Mineralogy And Geology from Milestones of Science Books

Leipzig: Friedrich Heckel, 1734. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio (323 x 200 mm). [16], 1-452 (i.e. 448); [12], 1-164, [2], 165-386; [14], 1-534 pp., bound without the leaf "Dem Buchbinder" as usual. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Bernigrot fil after I.W. Stör in vol. I, half-title in vol. I only as called… 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

Mainz: Jacob Mydenbach, 1491. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 23 June 1491. Chancery Folio (285 x 197 mm). 441 (of 454) unnumbered leaves, lacking the first printed leaf A1 and the final two gatherings 2D-2E of the index including colophon (11 unillustrated text leaves and final blank). Text… Read more about this item

Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Die Entstehung der Kontinente. In: Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 58/1, 1912, pp. 185-195, 253-256, 305-309, folding plate/map and text illustrations. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 4to (270 x 220 mm). In two volumes (with part I… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (228 x 155 mm). x, 852; vi, 697 [1] pp., including 624 text illustrations, 10 lithographed plates of which 6 printed in colors. Uniformly bound in contemporary half sheepskin and marbled… Read more about this item

Braunschweig: Schulbuchhandlung, 1790. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (155 x 100 mm). [i-v] vi-viii, [9-11] 12-126 pp. Contemporary thin cardboard, spine and front cover hand-lettered in ink, blue-dyed edges (some paper chipping at spine ends and joints, dust-soiling). Protected in a dark-blue roan pull-off case. Light even… Read more about this item

Wigan: printed by D. Lyon, sold by White, 1793. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1793)-1809. 4to (256 x 200 mm). ix [3], ii, ii, [102], 28 pp., including half-title, 54 hand-colored engraved plates (many heightened with gum arabic) and explanatory text. Bound in 20th century half calf, spine… Read more about this item

Zürich: David Gessner, 1709. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (370 x 245 mm). [2], 44 (i.e., 42) pp., including engraved title with large vignette by J.H. Huber after J.M. Füssli, 10 folding engraved plates depicting fossil plants (one printed in brown) bound at the end. Page numbers… Read more about this item

Zurich: D. Gessner, 1746. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Natur-Geschichte des Schweitzerlandes: samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Aufs neue hrsg. und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Joh[ann] Georg Sulzern. Zürich: David Gessner, 1746. 16, 488, [2]; [8], 381 [1] pp. First title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette,… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (224 x 157 mm). 12 pp. Contemporary green cloth, gilt lettered spine, original printed pictorial wrappers bound in. Minor dust soiling of wrappers, little age toning, but generally crisp and clean throughout. ---- EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST… Read more about this item

Paris: Martin le Jeune, 1580. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (165 x 108 mm). [16], 361, [23] pp. Signatures: *8 A-Aa8. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Bound in 19th century fine brown morocco by Hardy (see Flety 89), spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John Taylor and John Wyat, 1691. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (168 x 105 mm). [26], 158, [2], 28, [2] pp., including half-title and final errata leaf to second part. Bound in contemporary speckled sheepskin, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, original endpapers (rebacked, extremities… Read more about this item

Edinburgh / London: William Creech / Cadell and Davies, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xx, 528 pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine preserved, red morocco lettering piece. Text little age toned, occasional very minor spotting, brown offsetting from silk bookmark… Read more about this item

Zürich: Orell Füssli und Compagnie, 1808. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (200 x 115 mm). xxx, 408; [2], [16], [1], iv-x, 428 pp., including 8 leaves of errata bound after title and 6 hand-colored engraved folding maps bound at end of vol. II. Uniformly bound in Swiss green half… Read more about this item

Naples: Gaetano Nobile, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (300 x 230 mm). viii, 207 [1] pp., 7 lithographed plates bound at end. All pages untrimmed. 20th-century papercard boards. Text and plates bright and clean with just a little browning and dust-soiling to outer edges and occasional… Read more about this item

Paris: De Bure l'Aîné, 1742. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two parts in one volume. 4to (289 x 220 mm). [8], 1-230, [4], 231-491 [1] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved and hand-colored allegorical frontispiece by Chedel after Boucher and 32 engraved plates, all in fine… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (393 x 260 mm). [24], 340, [44] pp., including half-title, additional engraved title page (by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree), letterpress title printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, engraved portrait of… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Rees, Orma, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (230 x 145 mm). [8], 93 [1] pp., hand-coloured lithographed map and 16 lithographed plates (5 folding, one bound as frontispiece facing title), 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Pages untrimmed, except… Read more about this item

Grenoble / Paris: Cuchet / Nyon, Nee & Masquelier, 1778. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. Large folio (432 x 290 mm). [8], xviii, [2], 460 pp., including 2 engraved vignettes, woodcut initials, approbation leaf, general index, and 20 engraved plates (one double-page). Near contemporary calf, plain spine richly tooled in gilt and with… Read more about this item

Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (222 x 144 mm). iv [2], 94 pp., 20 illustrations in text. Original publisher's printed wrappers (chipping at lower spine repaired with partial loss of printed title), pages untrimmed. Internally clean and unfoxed, a few… Read more about this item