Agrostologia Helvetica difinitionem descripionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinum in Helvetia sponte nascentium completens. Two volumes bound in one. by Gaudin, J - 1811

France, 1749. In French and Latin. Volume IX (nine) only. A rare book "with approval and privilege of the King." The French Revolution and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in France in the 1790s makes this a truly rare volume to have survived as many churches were looted and damaged and clergy persecuted, imprisoned and executed. From title page: "La Sainte Bible en Latin et an Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirees du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbe de Senones, de M. l'Abbe de Vence, & des Aureurs les plus celebres; pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Ecriture Sainte. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures. Tome Neuvieme. A Paris, Rue S. Jacques, Chez: Gabriel Martin, a l;etoile; J.B. Coignard & Ant. Boudet, a la Bible d'or; Pierre-Jean Mariette, aux Colomnes d'Hercule; Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, a S. Thomas d'Aquin. M.Dcc. XLIX. Avec… Read More

London: Frederick Warne, 1866. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; brown cloth covers with ultra bright gilt decorations on spine and front cover. Elephant, snail and butterfly glow in bright gilt. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. 271 toned pages with intermittent light foxing. Contents include: The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy Cupid, Hymen and Plutus The Philosopher and the Pheasants The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf The Tame Stag The Wild Boar and the Ham The Bull and the Mastiff The Dog and the Fox: to a lawyer Plutus, Cupid and Time The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm: to Laura The Countryman and Jupiter: to Myself The Baboon and the Poultry: to a levee-hunter The Court of Death The Man and the Flea The Hark and Many Friends The Poet and the Rose The Mastiff and much, much more. Corners are worn. Spine has two tears to spine and is frayed at top and bottom. Fep and following page have booksellers penciled notations. Pages 97-112 and 115-126 are detached from rest… Read More

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Hagae-Comitis: Apud Arnoldum Leers, 1682 Book. Very Good. Full vellum. [xviii], 412 pages + portrait plate of the author Glisson before page 1. Illustrations in the text. Small adhesion damage to the title page affecting the r of puerili. Ink number written on the front free end paper has transferred a little to the title page. In the original full vellum binding, ink titled to the spine..

Zurich: Bey Orell, Gessner, Fussli und Compagnie, 1796 Book. Good. Hardcover. 342, [2] pages + map. In old half leather binding, some wear and damage to edges. Modern ink owner's name to the front pastedown. Pages browned throughout. Underlining in red and blue crayon throughout, more so to the first half of the volume. German translation of the first 12 letters by Forster. The second part of the letters was apparently published in English in 1798 and in German in 1800..

France, 1749. In French and Latin. Volume IX (nine) only. A rare book "with approval and privilege of the King." The French Revolution and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in France in the 1790s makes this a truly rare volume to have survived as many churches were looted and damaged and clergy persecuted, imprisoned and executed. From title page: "La Sainte Bible en Latin et an Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirees du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbe de Senones, de M. l'Abbe de Vence, & des Aureurs les plus celebres; pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Ecriture Sainte. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures. Tome Neuvieme. A Paris, Rue S. Jacques, Chez: Gabriel Martin, a l;etoile; J.B. Coignard & Ant. Boudet, a la Bible d'or; Pierre-Jean Mariette, aux Colomnes d'Hercule; Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, a S. Thomas d'Aquin. M.Dcc. XLIX. Avec… Read More

London: Frederick Warne, 1866. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; brown cloth covers with ultra bright gilt decorations on spine and front cover. Elephant, snail and butterfly glow in bright gilt. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. 271 toned pages with intermittent light foxing. Contents include: The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy Cupid, Hymen and Plutus The Philosopher and the Pheasants The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf The Tame Stag The Wild Boar and the Ham The Bull and the Mastiff The Dog and the Fox: to a lawyer Plutus, Cupid and Time The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm: to Laura The Countryman and Jupiter: to Myself The Baboon and the Poultry: to a levee-hunter The Court of Death The Man and the Flea The Hark and Many Friends The Poet and the Rose The Mastiff and much, much more. Corners are worn. Spine has two tears to spine and is frayed at top and bottom. Fep and following page have booksellers penciled notations. Pages 97-112 and 115-126 are detached from rest… Read More

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Hagae-Comitis: Apud Arnoldum Leers, 1682 Book. Very Good. Full vellum. [xviii], 412 pages + portrait plate of the author Glisson before page 1. Illustrations in the text. Small adhesion damage to the title page affecting the r of puerili. Ink number written on the front free end paper has transferred a little to the title page. In the original full vellum binding, ink titled to the spine..

Zurich: Bey Orell, Gessner, Fussli und Compagnie, 1796 Book. Good. Hardcover. 342, [2] pages + map. In old half leather binding, some wear and damage to edges. Modern ink owner's name to the front pastedown. Pages browned throughout. Underlining in red and blue crayon throughout, more so to the first half of the volume. German translation of the first 12 letters by Forster. The second part of the letters was apparently published in English in 1798 and in German in 1800..