Search Results: Science from Charles Agvent

Rome: B. Deuersin, & Z. Masotti, 1654. Third, and best, Edition. Hardcover. Two small institutional stamps on the title page with an early annotation. Worming to the title and first few pages as well as the last few of the index and the binding, extensive on a few pages; the rest of the text fine. Folio (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in contemporary vellum; [xxxii (including engraved title-page)], 618, [24] pages. Title page printed in red and black with engraved printer's device; additional engraved title page; woodcut initials; head- and tailpieces; full-page engraved arms of the dedicatee, Ferdinand IV; about 50 tables and several examples of musical scores in the text; 215 woodcut illustrations; and 34 mostly full-page engraved plates. The last, best, and most valuable edition, as well as the first one in folio, of one of the major scientific works by the most famous German Jesuit scholar. Kircher examines all aspects of magnetism-from that of the earth to animals, music, and love--and presents some… Read More

New York: ASCE, 1958. Offprint. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps, 8 pages. Illustrated with charts.

(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1998]. Reprint. As new. viii, 80 pages. Originally published in 1888, this reprint of the second and enlarged edition of 1907 covers 412 books and provides useful collations and annotations.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1911). First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt on spine a little dull, slight rubbing to front cover. Early owner inscription on front free endpaper well below Edison's signature. Near Fine. Publisher's sage green pebble-grain cloth with front cover stamped in blind and lettered in gilt with oval photographic portrait of Edison pasted to center; "Published November, 1911" on the copyright page. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates including a frontispiece portrait of Edison. SIGNED by Thomas Edison with his umbrella signature on the front endpaper.

Basil: Ludovici Regis, 1621. Third Latin Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a serviceable binding. Folio (8" x 12-1/2") bound in library buckram; irregularly paginated: [10], 502, [58] pages. Illustrated with 270 woodcuts, many full and half page, some signed with the monogram "RMD," and generally attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (fl.1525-1572) or, less commonly, Blasius Weffring. Previously published in 1556 and 1561, this edition seems scarcer than either of the previous. PRINTING & THE MIND OF MAN 79: "The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times." Herbert Hoover, who first translated this book into English, described this title in his autobiography as "the first important attempt to assemble systematically in print the world-knowledge on mining, metallurgy, and industrial chemistry. It was the great textbook of those industries for two centuries and had dominated thought and practice all that time. In many mining regions… Read More

Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in red oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by the Griffin Press in Australia. Illustrated with 14 full-page black-and-maroon line drawings and a profusion of smaller black-and-white drawings by Fritz Kredel. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; small scratch to leather at the rear. About Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in red oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by the Griffin Press in Australia. Illustrated with 14 full-page black-and-maroon line drawings and a profusion of smaller black-and-white drawings by Fritz Kredel. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

London: J[ohn] L[egat] to be sold by George Hutton, 1639. First Edition. Hardcover. Small catalog sticker on spine, trimmed along fore-edge with minor loss to title page, some soiling, else Very Good. Small quarto (5-1/8" x 7") in later polished blue morocco leather-backed boards; A4, a4, B-P4, Q2. [2, blank], 33, [1], 92, [1 errata], [1 blank] pages. Complete with the original first blank. Woodcut initials and head-pieces. An important early treatise on agriculture by one of the earliest advocates in England of an improved system of husbandry who devoted much time and money to practical experiments. Among his references are mention of the newly founded plantations in America and new agricultural machines. This copy has the cancel title page with "ver." in the Biblical quote and with the errata leaf. It is occasionally listed as a variant edition of his DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, but that is an error. Ferguson notes that this is a completely different work of "an original genius in… Read More

New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1955. Offprint. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps; 16 pages. Illustrated with photographs and charts. An offprint reprinted from TRANSACTIONS, Vol. 120, 1955, page 208.

Middletown, (CT): E. & H. Clark, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Ink stamp of McGill University on title page with "Library Medical Faculty McGill University" written in ink as well. Their bookplate on front pastedown, stamped "Withdrawn," along with a Montreal bookseller's ticket. Moderate foxing throughout. Joints splitting but covers tight; spine rubbed with McGill University in gilt at base. Very Good. Small quarto (5-3/8" x 8-3/4") bound in original full calf leather with a red morocco spine label. 484 pages.

London: Simon Miller, 1659. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing, pencil notes on endpapers; small chip to head of spine. Near Fine and very scarce. Small duodecimo (3-1/8" x 5-1/2") bound in early calf with gilt-ruled covers and gilt decoration and lettering on the spine; [xii], 51, [7 - ads] pages. First separate printing and First English Edition of Roger Bacon's letter to William of Paris that first appeared in Dee's BACON'S EPISTOLAE, published in Hamburg in 1618. Bacon begins this long essay denying the existence of magic, but concludes showing how to create a "Philosophers Egg." He writes about optics, gunpowder (Bacon is believed to have introduced gunpowder--a Chinese invention--to the West), and petroleum in warfare. Bacon makes some bold futurist statements such as “admirable Artificial Instruments” of locomotion (“It's possible to make a Chariot move with an inestimable swiftnesse and this motion to be without the help of any living creature”), of flight (“It's possible to make… Read More

Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good or better dustwrapper. The true First Edition and not the book club edition which also states "First Edition" and has a priced dustwrapper. Illustrated with drawings and photographs.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Some uneven sunning to the covers. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper and scarce as such.

New York: Christie's, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Pictorial cloth. Quarto; 400 pages with numerous illustrations, including many in color. A collection comprising six revolutionary centuries of scientific, mathematical, and philosophical thought.

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild foxing to the title page. Handful of pages with margins trimmed closely but with no loss. Near Fine. Recent full calf leather; [6], v, 130 [1] pages. Austin 1247; Evans 24534; Heirs of Hippocrates 761. An important first book by a noted antiquarian, geologist, and physician in early nineteenth century America who, among other accomplishments, led the fight for systematic instruction of pharmacists. Mease would continue to write on rabies throughout his life, being particularly active in exposing quack cures of the dreaded disease. Errata leaf present with one manuscript correction. Possibly lacking the half title page though none of the copies we are aware of have one. The last copy to appear at auction was in 1988.

Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, n.d. First British Edition. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. Near Fine with a fine inscription. Decorated red cloth, part of the Famous Scots Series and likely published in the same year as the American edition, 1905. Carnegie's biography of the inventor of the steam engine. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by the author "To Alexander Booth Esq/Laurel Bank/Dalkeith Road/Dundee" and SIGNED in full "Andrew Carnegie." Laid in is a four-page publisher's catalog.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text fore-edge and mostly to first and last few pages; slight soiling to the spine of the book. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12") bound in full sailcloth stamped in brown with a native tapa design; 490 pages. Introduction by Sir Gavin de Beer. Illustrated with text wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Herbipoli (Wurzburg), 1697. Hardcover. Browning throughout both volumes, mostly affecting the text only in the first volume but to the plates as well in the second. Circular spot about the size of a silver dollar on the front cover of the first volume where the vellum is lacking; otherwise, the binding is in very good shape. Overall, Very Good. Two quarto (7" x 8-5/8") volumes bound in contemporary vellum with titles in ink on the spines; [xl], 676; [677]-1389 [21] pages. With the half-title page, engraved title page, and 60 engraved plates, 6 of them folding. Considered to be one of Schott’s most comprehensive works, with in-depth discussions on angels, demons, witchcraft, satyrs, as well as animals and physical deformities in human beings. Striking plates including many depicting imagined beings. Gaspar Schott (1608-1666) joined the Society of Jesus in 1627 and began his studies at the University of Wurzburg. The 30-Years War forced him out of Germany, and he eventually traveled to Rome and… Read More

Framed Autograph. Not examined out of frame, but appears to be Fine. A 7-1/2" x 10" black-and-white portrait printed on 11-1/2" x 14-1/2" paper with the Pach Bros. 1906 imprint at the bottom right of the image. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Thomas Neal./from Thomas A. Edison" below the image. Framed to an overall size of 12" x 15". A fine SIGNED photo portrait of Edison in his prime showing the great inventor and entrepreneur seated in three-quarters profile, wearing a three-piece suit with a carnation in his lapel.

Philadelphia: Joseph A. Speel, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered light to moderate foxing with little effect on the plates. Very light wear to the spine head, the cloth bright and fresh. Close to Fine and quite scarce as such. Octavo, in the publisher's brown cloth; 310 pages with Errata slip tipped in. THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON AERONAUTICS. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and 12 lithographic plates, most illustrating famous balloons. Wise is considered to be the first American aeronaut of any consequence and made numerous contributions to the field including experiments with parachutes and the construction of air balloons.