London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
Hartford: Hale & Hosmer, 1814. 12mo (14cm.); contemporary gilt-lettered calf over marbled paper-covered boards; vi,[7]-90pp. (collated complete); woodcut frontispiece of a young woman reading. Boards scuffed with exposure along margins and corners, faint foxing and damp stain to early leaves, else Very Good and sound. Early American edition of..... More
London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by W. Griffin, [1766]. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pages. Bound in 19th century boards with leather spine and tips with gilt lettering to spine. Chipped at extremities with loss to bottom of spine. General scuffing and rubbing to boards. Ownership stamp..... More
London: Abelard-Schuman, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (25 /- net); 223pp.; portrait frontispiece, plates and illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Forms part the series The Life of Science Library. More
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1950. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 220pp.; portrait frontispiece, text illus. Light wear and dust soil to jacket, ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown; Very Good or better overall. More
Amsterdam: Chez Changuion, 1765. Octavo; viii + 268pp. Marbled calf with matching grisaille marbled textblock edges. Double-ruled gilt panel borders with ornaments at panel corners; gilt-embossed spine and title-lettering—though spine title now largely chafed away. Gilt inner dentelles, vestiges of gilt edge tooling. Both panels stamped with gilt crest. Striking..... More
Amberes [Antwerp]: Andres Perisse, 1755. 12mo (16 cm); [xvi], 318pp. Full bound in contemporary dark brown roan, gilt spine. Edges red speckled. Boards worn at edges and corners with some loss to spine ends. Generally scuffed and scratched with minor staining. Boards lifting at fore edge but binding tight. Pages..... More
Dedham: Herman Mann, 1799. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 49,[1]pp. (lacking half title, otherwise collated complete). Very occasional spotting and light soil to textblock, a few leaves toned, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon oration delivered by the Congregationalist minister Abiel Holmes (1763-1837), father and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes..... More
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772. Second Edition. Octavos (20 cm); xi, 244pp; vii, 276pp +1ad. Both volumes full bound in contemporary mottled calf with red and brown spine labels and gilt stamping. Marbled endsheets. Both bindings generally scuffed and rubbed at all edges..... More
Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. First French Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo; 19th-century calf over papier-peint boards, gilt-tooled spine; [4],316; [4],283,[1]pp. (collated complete with half titles). Small abrasions to boards somewhat clumsily repaired, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and exceptionally fresh copy. First appearance in..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1895. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; vi,[7],224,[14]pp.; portrait frontispiece and two additional leaves of plates. Moderate shelf wear mostly at spine ends and corners, boards slightly bowed, later (1922) ownership inscription to front free endpaper and 20th century ex libris of the..... More
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and..... More
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Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1930. 4e Edition. Quarto (23.5cm); half blue morocco over decorative paper-covered boards, original wrappers bound in, gilt spine in five compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii,305pp.; four leaves of plates. Light shelf wear, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good and sound copy in an..... More
St. Louis, MO: William K. Bixby, 1907. First Edition, Limited to 487 copies of which this is no. 212. Quarto; publisher's three-quarter calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xxvii,[1],263pp.; frontispiece, large folding map, and thirty (30) leaves of plates, chiefly facsimiles. Slipcase rather scuffed and toned..... More
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. First Edition. Two volumes; large octavos (24cm); publisher's cloth in matching price-clipped pictorial dust jackets; xvii,[5],627; xi,[5],710pp.; seven leaves of plates. Dust jacket quite rubbed and worn, top half of Vol. I rear flap fold split, old faint rubber-stamp price to front free endpapers;..... More
London: Printed by C. Bensley; for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. First Bensley Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, spine elaborately tooled in calf, blue papier-peint endpapers; xxix,[1],79pp.; engrave frontispiece (tissue-guard) and five leaves of plates. Boards scuffed at extremities, front board rather crudely reattached, else a Very Good, internally clean..... More
Marburg: Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1776-1777. Two volumes in one; 12mo; contemporary gilt-tooled roan, gilt spine in five compartments, papier-peint pastedowns, housed in contemporary paper-covered slipcase; 106,[2]; 291,[5]pp.; music throughout text. General rubbing to margins, spine gilt rather dulled, contemporary ownership notes to front free endpaper verso, old paper repairs to..... More
Boston, New-England: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1766. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 45,[5]pp. (collated complete with half title page); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Brief spotting to half title, gatherings starting to separate, dark damp staining affecting final blank (not part of the final gathering), else a Very Good..... More
London: Printed for W. Innys, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt et al., 1754. Twelfth Edition Corrected and Improved. Octavo; bound in modern quarter calf with five raised bands and gitl stamping to spine; new endpapers; [16]; xxx; 375; [26] appendices, collated and complete. 14 plates, 8 of which are..... More
Venezia: Presso Antonio Zattae Figli, 1791. First Edition. Small octavo (16cm.); later period-style parchment, two olive gilt-lettered morocco spine onlays, speckled endpapers; [8],196 [but 296]pp. ([*]4 A-S8 T4); steel engraved medallion to title page, fifteen engraved scenes printed in text throughout. Light wear to extremities, chiefly at corners, else a...... More
Boston: Printed by D. Fowle, for J. Winter in Union-Street, opposite the King's-Arms, 1754. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],41,[1]pp. (collated complete with half title page). Half title page (serving as upper cover) rather soiled and a bit wrinkled, contemporary gift inscription partly trimmed, else a Very Good example... More
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [4],88pp. ([A]2 B-M4). Leather remnants along spine, title page a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Political tract first published in an unspecified "Morning Paper" delineating a path for peace between France and England in the midst of the French..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed [from covers]; [4],90pp. ([A]2 B-M4 N1), half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French..... More
Paris: Chez Jacques Estienne, rue S. Jacques, au coin de la rue de la Parcheminiere, a la Vertu, 1710. First Edition. 12mo. [xii], 250 pp., bound in alternating 8s and 4s, collated complete. Bound in full contemporary calf; five raised bands, gilt decorating, and red leather label to spine; edges..... More