Horblit - 100 Books Famous In Science from Milestones of Science Books

London: Peter Short, 1600. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Folio (278 x 190 mm). [16], 240 pp. Signatures: *8, A-V6. Woodcut title device and large woodcut arms on verso, one folding plate facing p. 200, 87 woodcuts in text of which 4 full-page, decorative woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. In its original contemporary… Read more about this item

London: J. Johnson, 1774. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1774-1777. 8vo (228 x 140 mm). 6 engraved plates including frontispiece to each volume (3 plates folding). Vol. I with half-title, 2 unnumbered leaves with 1 p. errata and 3 pp. adverts at rear; vol. II and III with 1 p. errata, index and 2 advert… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo (222 x 144 mm). xxix [3], [1] 2-425, [5]; xxiii [1], [1] 2-444, [2], 15 [1] pp. Including 21 lithographic plates (1 bound after p.148 of vol. I, the rest at end of volumes), half-titles, errata slip to vol. I, numerous diagrams… Read more about this item

New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1874-78. 8vo (227 x 143 mm). Entire volume: xi [1], 529 [1] pp., including 60 photo-lithographed plates and errata on final unnumbered page. Contemporary half sheepskin over marbled boards, spine blind-ruled and lettered in gilt, red-sprinkled edges (extremities rubbed, traces of white paint… Read more about this item

Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (230 x 152 mm). [4], 371, [5] pp., a few text diagrams. Contemporary dark-blue cloth with the original upper and lower printed wrapper bound in, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers (spine ends and extremities slightly rubbed, lower corners bumped). Lower- and fore-edge… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Entire first year (1899) and second year (1900) of this journal present, bound in one volume. 8vo (223 x 148 mm). vi, 292; vi, 260 pp., including general titles, member directories, and text diagrams. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boads (interim binding), spine with hand-written… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (212 x 138 mm). xliv, 322; viii, 323-653, [3] pp., including half title to each part, woodcut vignette to titles, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 2 folding letterpress tables in volume I, 3-pages errata and 13 folding engraved plates bound at end of volume II. Original… Read more about this item

Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (225 x 146 mm). [4], 371, [5] pp., a few text diagrams. Bound in contemporary black calico with blindstamped boards and gilt-lettered spine (joints expertly repaired, calico over lower joint partially split, corners bumped). Text bright and clean throughout, lower corner of first… Read more about this item

Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces,… 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

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

Oxford: Henry Hall for R. Davis and B. Took, 1680. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (164 x 110 mm). [22], 440, [28], 268 pp., advertisement leaf bound before title in second state with date January 1679/80. Second part with separate title page and pagination. Signatures: [pi]1 A8 a2 B-2E8… Read more about this item

Paris: Crapelet for Duprat, Bachelier, 1799. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paris: Crapelet for Duprat, An VII [1799] (vol. I-II), Crapelet for Duprat, An XI-1802 (vol. III), Courcier, An XIII-1805 (vol. IV), Bachelier, 1825 (i.e., 1823-1827) (vol. V). Bachelier, 1829 (2nd edition, vol. I-II). 4to (270… Read more about this item

Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1862. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Offprints from: Abhandlungen der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861-1862. Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler, 1862-1863. 4to (305 x 238 mm). [4], 43 [1]; [3] 4-16 pp., 5 lithographed plates (3 for part I and 2 for part II; 4 folding). Pages of part II… Read more about this item

Berlin: G. Reimer, 1847. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (220 x 139 mm). [4], 72 pp. Contemporary German half cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered paper label to upper board, original printed wrappers bound in, original endpapers, custom black cloth clamshell case (rubbing of boards and extremities, smaller patches of frayed cloth along hinges). Light… Read more about this item

Leipzig: E A. Brockhaus for Wilhelm Engelmann, 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1842-1843. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). [i-xi] xii-xxvi, [1] 2-289 [3]; [i-v] vi-xvii, [1] 2-564 pp., including half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol. I, pp. 225-240 misbound after p.272 in vol. I, errata on pp. [559]-564 in vol. II. Contemporary half… Read more about this item

Strasbourg: D. Hauttius for the Elzevirs [at Leiden], 1635. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 8vo (194 x 150 mm), [xvi], 495 [1], [24] pp. Engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved portrait by Jacob van der Heyden, woodcut diagrams, final leaf of errata. Text browned throughout as usual, leaves O3 and… Read more about this item

London: for P. Elmsly and H. Payne, 1779. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (207 x 122 mm). lxviii, 302, [18] pp. Engraved folding plate (some offsetting of text onto). (Lightly browned, some spotting.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered label (heavy chipping toward spine… Read more about this item

Paris: Herissant und Barrois, 1789. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (203x125 mm). [24], lxxii, 498, [2] pp. Errata on final leaf. Contemporary French mottled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers (top of spine little chipped, light wear to extremities, boards bowed… Read more about this item

Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1668. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (239 x 174 mm). [6], 128 pp. Half-title, title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette of the Accademia della Crusca, leaf with proverb in Arabic type, 28 numbered engraved plates (3 double page), 10… Read more about this item