The Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein - 1899

Lugduni Batavorum Apud Petrum Vander Aa, 1723. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Seventeen Folding Plates. Title Page, (16), 413 Pp, + 15 Pp Catalogus Librorum Followed By 17 Folding Plates At End, Each With Many Figures. Full Vellum, Early 18Th Century, Blind Stamped Design At Center Of Covers, Spine Stamped In Gilt. , Hand Marbled Papers On Pastedowns, All Edges Colored Red. Text Block 17.5 Cm Tall. Latin Exposition Of Newtonian Philosophy, Addressed To Students. A Very Nice Example In Original Vellum, Light Wear At Spine Ends, A Few Tiny Holes In Bottom Spine Edge Of Rear Cover And In Gutter Edge At Bottom Of Plates 16 And 17, Not Affecting Text Or Illustrations. Red Color Of Edges Of Page Blocks Is Almost Entirely Unfaded And Still Shiny. No Marks Or Bookplates. Per Wikipedia, Willem Jacob 'S Gravesande (1688 - 1742) Was A Dutch Lawyer And Natural Philosopher, Chiefly Remembered For Developing Experimental Demonstrations Of The Laws Of Classical Mechanics. As Professor Of… Read More

London: Macmillan And Co, 1913. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xiv, (1), 219 Pp + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Gilt And Blindstamped. Seven Line Inscription And Signature Of Zeeman, Dated In December 1924, To Alfred Lande. Light Rubbing At Corners And Front Spine Edge, Gilt All Present But Not Brilliant, Very Faint Dampstaining In Upper Right Third Of Front Cover And Small Area In Upper Corner Of Rear Cover But No Trace On Contents; Otherwise Clean, No Fading To Cloth. From Wikipedia: Alfred Landé (1888 -1976) Was A German-American Physicist Known For His Contributions To Quantum Theory. In 1913 Landé Was Sent By Arnold Sommerfeld, His Thesis Advisor At The University Of Munich, To Be A Special Assistant For Physics To David Hilbert At The University Of Göttingen, To Replace Paul Peter Ewald, Whom Sommerfeld Had Sent To The Same Position In 1912. Landé Obtained His Doctorate Under Sommerfeld At The University Of Munich, Two Weeks Prior… Read More

Oppenheim: Par Iean Theodore dé Bry marchant libraire & bourgeois d'Oppenheim qui est sur le Rhin, 1619. Small quarto (19.5 x 14 cm.), [7], 8-72 pages, five plates engraved on copper, one folding. ~ FIRST FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION and FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. The first book on individual heating using stoves. A rare work on improvements in fireplaces and stoves, featuring five plates of ornate examples. It was published by the copper engraver and publisher Jean Theodore de Bry (1561-1623), born in Strasbourg, who settled in Oppenheim in 1609. The text was published by the same publisher the previous year in German as part of a larger work by the author and titled Holzsparkunst. Franz Keslar or Kessler (circa 1580 - circa 1630) a painter from Frankfurt, describes several models of heating previously unrecorded in France. Keslar's innovation was a response to the dwindling supply of wood for heating and cooking throughout the Continent, promoting a transition from the use of hearths to the more efficient… Read More

1742 1st Astronomy by Roger Long ZODIAC Planets Comets Navigation Newton Physics
Roger Long was an 18th-century English astronomer from Cambridge. While little is known of his life, he is certainly best-known for his book 'Astronomy' – a thorough treatise studying all aspects of astronomy. In this treatise, Long covers the surface and phases of the moon, planetary orbits, the rings of Saturn, comets and meteors, behavior of sunlight, the zodiac and astrological signs, as well as the importance of astronomy on navigation.
While the contents of this book are extensive, the full-page and folding engravings set this work apart from other astronomy texts of this era.
Item number: #18660
Price: $2950
LONG, Roger
Astronomy : in five books
Cambridge: printed for the author: 1742-1764 (i.e. 1784). First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 books in 2 volumes
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Vol. 1 (Books 1-2) – xvi, [8], 356
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Vol. 2 (Books 3-5) – iv, 357-728, [14]
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Bononiae: ex Typographia Lelii a Vulpe , 1748. The first five full volumes in this series, containing: Volume 1) Printed 1748 (reprint) [viii], 1-645pp Contains engraved title and 9 full page or folding plates. In two parts. The Commentaria (p1-297) and the Opuscula (301-645). This second part includes the important treatise by Eustachii Manfredd (p599-641 and 2 of the plates) entitled 'De novissimis circa fixorum siderum errores observationibus'. This confirmed James Bradley's hypothesis about astronomical phenomena, and together they provided the first evidence of the Earth's movement around the Sun (Ie the first scientific confirmation of Copernicus' work). (2) Vol. II Part I. printed 1745 (1st edition - possibly later impression as errate shows amendments to August 1745). [vi], 1-506 [ii]. pp Engraved title. Commentaria. No plates (none called for). (3) Vol. II part II. Printed 1746. (1st edition errata to July 27th 1746). Viii, 1-406 [ii]. pp Engraved title and 24 engraved plates (complete),… Read More

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1574. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Three important early textbooks in ethics, physics, mathematical geography; in De sphaera are eleven illustrations; bound in early vellum, rebacked; edges colored red with some bleeding into leaves and some staining, not affecting text. Title pages have printer's device. Valerius (1512-1578), professor at Louvain and author of popular textbooks, professed the Capellan system. Category: Astronomy - Early works to 1800..

1859. [ENTOMOLOGY] ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, INTERRUPTED RUN 1859 - 1920, BOUND VOLUMES AND ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Societe Entomologique de France. Over 150 color plates, hundreds morte monochrome/tinted plates. Offered as a lot. 24 bound volumes, the rest in parts in original wrappers. Condition good to excellent. A few covers are detached or spines split in the paper issues, and spines of a few of the bound volumes are chipped (and backstrip is detached, 1859 volume). Very few plates are flawed: a few may have partial dampstaining. Overall the color plates are delicate and vivid, in excellent condition. As follows: Series 3, 1859-60, 2 volumes Series 4, 1861-67, 1869-70, 9 volumes Series 5, 1872-1879, 8 volumes Series 6, 1883-1890, 8 volumes 1891-1895, 1897-1899, 1902-1903, 1906, 1909, 1913-1920 (LX - LXXXIX), 20 volumes (1895 vol LXIV lacks part 3). Complete list available upon request.

[London]: [C. Davis, Printer to the Royal Society], 1753. First Edition. Extract. Very Good. First Edition. 565-568 pages. 4to. 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). An extract from "Philosophical Transactions Giving some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World ... Vol. XLVII For the Years 1751 and 1752...London: Printed for C. Davis, MDCCLIII" The article offered here, "A Letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning an electrical Kite" is found on pages 565-567 and is complete. Browned at the edges, leaves separated. Extract. "Until the middle of the eighteenth century electricity was known only in its static form, [often experimentally collected in Leiden jars]...The most dramatic result of [Benjamin Franklin]'s researches was the proof that lightening is really an electrical phenomenon. Others had made such a suggestion before him - even Newton himself - but it was [Franklin] who provided… Read More

Vilna, 1867. First Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. 8vo. 1867 for the first volume and 1876 for the other 3 volumes. First volume printed by S.I. Fin & a. Zvi Rosenkrantz. 3 other volumes at the printing house of the Widow and Brothers Rom. Some 1200pp for the 4 volumes. THE VOLUMES ARE: 1-LEHRE DER STATIK, DYNAMIK, MASCHINENKUNDE UND AKUSTIK. 2- BUCH DER CHEMIE 3-BUCH DER W?RME UND DAMPFKRAFT. 4- BUCH DES MAGNETISMUS- ALL 4 BOOKS IN HEBREW WITH TITLE PAGES IN HEBREW, RUSSIAN AND GERMAN. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY HUNDREDS OF ENGRAVINGS. ALL VOLUMES BOUND IN MODERN HALF LEATHER BINDINGS WITH MARBLED BOARDS., AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET WITH MARVELOUS ILLUSTRATIONS. A VERY GOOD SET

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms; the Extent, Boundaries, and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns, and Curiosities of Nature and Art. [1798, 1800, 1799, 1799 sequentially]Also giving a general account of the Fossil and Vegetable Productions of the Earth, the History of Man, in all Climates, Regions, and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments, and Religions; the State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures, and Knowledge...To Which is Added, A View of Astronomy, as Connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to Which the Earth Belongs; ...with a Copious Index annexed to each volume, Being a large and comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography.By John Payne. with Additional Corrections and Improvements from the Latest and Best Authors. by James Hardie, A.M. Author of Principles of Latin Grammar, the American Remembrances, and… Read More