Mathematics from Milestones of Science Books

Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to (245 x 181 mm). [28], 484, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette; engraved folding plate of the cometary orbit facing p. 465; woodcut text diagrams throughout. Bound in full contemporary speckled calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt-tooled… Read more about this item

Paris: Charles Angot, 1666. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 1666-1667. Three volumes. 4to (222 x 168 mm). [24], 540; [16], 564, [4]; [24], 646 pp., titles with woodcut device, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut text illustrations and diagrams throughout. Bound without final blank leaf 4M4 in vol. III. Contemporary uniform sprinkled calf, spines with 5… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1851. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (221 x 140 mm). xvi, 231 [1]; [3], 376-391 [1]; [3], 2-11 [1] pp., including half title and appendix of two reprints bound in by publisher, 1. The Eleventh Chapter of the History of The Royal Society, by C.R. Weld (London: Richard Clay, 1849) and… Read more about this item

Geneva: de Tournes, 1768. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 6 volumes. 4to (245 x 201 mm). Each volume with general title and index bound at the end; each part with separate title-page and pagination. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, author's portrait by Pierre Savart, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, and a total… Read more about this item

London: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1847. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (236 x 186 mm). [7] viii-xxix [1], 268 pp. Including half-title, four-line woodcut initials, color diagrams throughout printed in red, blue, yellow and black. Contemporary three-quarter calf over cloth, spine-ends and raised bands with gilt-decoration, gilt-lettered red morocco spine-label, original blue endpapers… Read more about this item

Venice: Filippo di Pietro, for Johannes Cordubensis, 1480. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 13 Nov. 1480. 4to (203 x 150 mm). 216 (of 224) unnumbered leaves. 35 lines, Gothic letter, 2- to 8-line initial spaces. Bound without first blank leaf a1 and final blank leaf y4… Read more about this item

Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy pour l'Imprimerie Royale, 1676. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 1676 [i.e., 1677]. 6 parts in one volume. Large folio (557 x 402 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Goyton after Sebastien le Clerc, general title with engraved vignette incorporating the royal arms of Louis XIV, half-title to each tract, numerous engraved head-… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1705. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (341 x 223 mm). [12], 282 pp., including half-title, title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian theater, final blank leaf Qq4, numerous woodcut and typographic text diagrams throughout. Signatures: pi2 a-b2 A-G2 H-Z4 Aa-Qq4. Contemporary Cambridge-style… Read more about this item

Leiden / The Hague: Daniel Goetval / Antonius de Groot, 1742. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (260 x 205 mm). [16], 95 [1] pp. Title page with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled endpapers… Read more about this item

Paris / Cambridge / New York: Hermann & Cie. / The Technology Press / John Wiley & Sons, 1948. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (253 x 165 mm). 194, [2] pp. Publisher's orange wrappers printed in red and black (wrappers a trifle dust-soiled, lower corner of front wrapper with small dog-ear, slight… Read more about this item

Basel: Henricus Petri, 1570. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Three parts in one volume. Folio (311 x 191 mm). [16], 271 [1], 163 [1], [8], 111 [1] pp. Signatures: *6, A-R6 Q8 R2 S-Y6, Z4, Aa-Tt4, Vv6, *4, AA-OO4. Separate title-page and pagination for Artis magnae and Operis… Read more about this item

Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two parts in one volume. 4to (243 x 197 mm). [4], xvi, 320; [2], 398, [2] pp. Title to each part printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece by Soubeyran after De la Monce, engraved… Read more about this item

Cordoba: for the author by Pedro Arias de la Vega and Domingo Acosta, 1735. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two parts in one volume. [56], lxxxxv, 442, [204] pp., woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams, letterpress tables, title to second part, general index at end.… Read more about this item

Basel: Johann Rudolph & Emanuel Thurneisen, 1713. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to (210 x 170 mm). [4], 35 [1], 306 pp. Woodcut title device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams in text, 1 folding plate with woodcut diagrams and 2 folding letterpress tables. Signatures: [pi]2 a-d4 e2, A-2P4 2Q2. Final section… Read more about this item

Turin: Imprimerie Royale, 1759. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1759-1773. 5 volumes. 4to (230 x 170 mm), uniformly bound in early 19th century half calf over sprinkled paper boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, light-blue endpapers, yellow-dyed edges (slightly rubbed, corners little bumped, vol I slightly smaller… Read more about this item

Ingolstadt: Apian, 1533. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Astronomy, Geography, sine tables, instruments, trigonometry, geometry, Werner, Regiomontanus. Astronomy, Geography, sine tables, instruments, trigonometry, geometry, Werner, Regiomontanus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Introductio geographica in Verneri annotationes. Ingolstadt: (Peter) Apian, 1533. 88 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E4 a4 b-c6 d8 e-h6 i8 k-l6 (D3 missigned… Read more about this item

Leiden: Jean Maire, 1649. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (204 x 156 mm). [12], 336, [4] pp., including final blank leaf, title printed in red and black, woodcut text diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: *4 **2 A-2T4 2V2. Bound in contemporary vellum with yapp edges, ink lettering on spine, blue sprinkled edges, original… Read more about this item

Rome: Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Folio (327 x 220 mm). [6], 197 [1] pp. Half-title, title with woodcut device, engraved frontispiece and 5 (3 folding) engraved plates. Pages uncut. Bound in fine 20th-century red morocco over xylographic paper boards (slight rubbing… Read more about this item

Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (245 x 195 mm). [2], 398, [2] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved title vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, including leaf of directions to binder at end. Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi]1) (A-3D)4. Bound without initial… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1866. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (246 x 165 mm). [2], iv, 42 pp. White-on-black-ground woodcut diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers (dog-earing of outer corners, spine reinforced with paper, upper spine chipped, light spotting. Text little age-toned, but generally bright and clean… Read more about this item