Search Results: Authors starting with N from Milestones of Science Books

Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The Horblit-Tomash copy. Three parts in one volume. Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. 8vo (198 x 135 mm), [8], 56; [92]; [2] 3-62, [2] pp., separate title page to each part, first title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams in text, privilege leaf at end. Old reused vellum, spine with later gilt-lettered morocco label, later endpapers (some soiling of vellum, minor repair to head of spine). Protected in custom-made red morocco-backed cloth slipcase with red cloth chemise. Text only very little browned, occasional minor spotting, single small wormhole in inner margin at end of first part and beginning of second affecting some letters and numbers. Provenance: James Bell (signed on free-endpaper); Harrison D. Horblit, Erwin Tomash (bookplate each to front inner cover). A fine copy, much less browned than usual. ---- Tomash & Williams N5bis (this copy); Macdonald, Napier, pp.141-143; Honeyman… Read More

St. Louis: ACIC, published for United States Air Force and NASA, 1962. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. 1st Edition. No Binding. Oblong folio. 1962-1966. 21 (of 44) sheets, size 22 x 29 inches (735 x 560 mm). Present are LAC numbers 39-42, 56-62, 74-80, 93-95. A few marginal creases in places. ---- Ashworth, The face of the moon, Linda Hall 39 (for Chart 'Mare Humorum') - "The success of the Lunar Photographic Atlas inspired the U.S. Air Force to embark on the project of producing detailed charts of the moon based on the same photographs used by Kuiper. With the exception of Lohrmann and perhaps Mayer, this was the first time that professional cartographers had been called on to deal with the problem of mapping the lunar surface. The moon was divided into 68 quadrants (although the numbers run from 1-144, since the far side was included in the numbering system), and the first two maps appeared in 1961. Eventually, 44 charts were published, until the project was superseded by… Read More

Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (255 x 195 mm). vii [1], 165, [3] pp. With 21 mount photo-mechanical plates ("Lichtdruck") on 19 leaves; 2 lithographed plates (1 in color); wood engravings in text. Original publishers printed boards and cloth spine (boards rubbed and age-toned, cloth at joints partly split and frayed, corners slightly scuffed). Text and plates little age-toned, occasional foxing (some plates stronger). ---- Ashworth, The face of the moon, Linda Hall, 20 (for 1st ed.) FIRST GERMAN EDITION. "Nasmyth was brought up in an artistic family, made a fortune as a manufacturer and inventor, and retired to take up astronomy. He built his own 20" reflector in 1842 (inventing the Nasmyth focus in the process), and began to concentrate on lunar studies. Nasmyth brought photography to the aid of selenography in an unusual manner. Since photography was not yet advanced enough to… Read More

London: John Murray, 1885. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (224 x 162 mm). xvi, 213 [1] pp., including half-title, Woodburytype frontispiece, 46 text illustrations, and 24 mounted Woodburytypes and one chromolithograph. Pages uncut and largely unopened. Original Publishers silver-pictorial cloth with depiction of lunar craters on front cover (soiling of boards, spine ends repaired). Text with light browning and occasional minor spotting and dust-soiling, the plates with some foxing in margins. Provenance: J. Norman Lockyer*, ink stamps to frontispice verso and title-page, presented by the publisher John Murray (ink stamp "with Mr. Murray's compliments" to title-page; Nature publishing house (ink stamp to title-page "Nature / Bedford Street / 8 Nov 1885"). Interesting association copy. ---- The Photobook, p.51; Ashworth, The face of the moon, Linda Hall, 20 (for 1st ed.). - THIRD EDITION. Compared to the previous editions considerably… Read More

London: William Godbid für Ralph Needham, 1667. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (159x95mm). [22], 205, [18 index] pp., 7 engraved plates, one folding. Contemporary full leather (some wear and pumping), red edges, brown label to spine (partly gone). Title page with stamp, some browning and foxing to text, some dampstaining to lower margins of first 20 pages. ---- Wellcome IV, 218 ; Norman 1579 ; Garrison-Morton 467.2 ; NLM/Krivatsy 8283 - FIRST EDITION OF THIS FOUNDING WORK ON DEVELOPMENTAL CHEMICAL EMBRYOLOGY. Having obtained his BA from Trinity College Cambridge, and been admitted a fellow of Queens, Needham went to Oxford in 1662, where he attended anatomy lectures and became closely involved with the work of Thomas Willis, Robert Boyle, Thomas Millington and Richard Lower. He subsequently returned to Queens, taking the degree of doctor of physic in 1664. His Disquisitio, the 'first book to report chemical… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (225 x 160 mm). [2], xviii, 576 pp. Half title, 5 tinted lithographed plates and 26 maps of the moon, including one folding, publisher's advert leaf bound at beginning. Publisher's original cloth (spine and extremities rubbed, spine faded and ends frayed, stitching weak, only lower cords holding in first third). Light browning of text (plates less), mainly marginal light soiling. Provenance: J.M. Baron (bookplate); W. Buckeridge (signature on bookplate); ?S. Dores (signature on bookplate, dated 1949); British Astronomical Association (stamp on title and endpaper). ---- Ashworth, The face of the moon, Linda Hall 21 - FIRST EDITION. Neville, who wrote under the name Neison, published the first observer's guide to the moon written in English, and it is still one of the best. It contains a wealth of detail on more than 500 named features, as… Read More

Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1814. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (252 x 198 mm). 39 [1] pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting. Medical essay no. 110 by the French physician Charles-Severin Neret.

Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (212 x 138 mm). viii, 82 pp. Bound in contemporary half cloth, spine with old paper label titled in script (little wear to extremities). Text little age-toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. ---- D.S.B. II, p.25. FIRST EDITION, rare. Neumann (1832-1925) "was especially prominent in the field of potential theory. His investigations into boundary value problems resulted in pioneering achievements; in 1870 he began to develop the method of the arithmetical mean for their solution. He also coined the term "logarithmic potential." The second boundary value problem of potential theory still bears his name; a generalization of it was later provided by H. Poincaré" (D.S.B.). This work, the mathematical study of the magnetical rotation of the polarization axis, is based on Neumann's habilitation paper of 1858.

London: Printed by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John Nourse, 1736. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (245 x 185 mm). iv, ix-xxiv, 1-140 [2], [143]-[144], [1] 144-339 [1], [2] pp. Engraved plate bound as frontispiece facing title, several woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut initials, head-and tailpices, divisional title, errata/advertisement leaf [T]2 here bound at the end. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine and boards ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, original endpapers preserved, red-sprinkled edges (minor repair to hinges and portion of upper board leather, hinges partially cracked but cords holding firmly, minor wear to corners and spine ends). Frontispiece slightly brown-stained at fore-margin, text with occasional faint spotting, but generally very clean and crisp throughout. Provenance: Jan Sniadecki* (neat inscription on title page). A fine copy in original binding. ---- Babson 171; Norman 1595; Wallis 232; Honeyman 2427.… Read More

Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to (245 x 181 mm). [28], 484, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette; engraved folding plate of the cometary orbit facing p. 465; woodcut text diagrams throughout. Bound in full contemporary speckled calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt-tooled in compartments and with gilt-lettered label in second compartment, red-sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers (front joint partly split towards head; boards and extremities rubbed; head of spine scuffed with cap bands showing; corners slightly bumped and worn). Pages partially unopened at upper edge. Text with light even browning and pale spotting (folding plate stronger). Provenance: ink inscription "Sancti Arnulphi Mettensis, 1763"* on title page. ---- FIRST AMSTERDAM REPRINT OF THE SUBSTANTIVE SECOND EDITION AND "A FINE EXAMPLE OF BOOKMAKING" (Macomber-Babson). Newton made constant revisions to the Principia which, during… Read More

Leiden: Joh. and Herm. Verbeek, 1732. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (247x193 mm.), [8], 344 pp., including title-page with engraved device, printed in red and black and 13 folding engraved plates. Little occasional spotting and browning to text and plates, a few ink stains and annotations in pencil, little worming to lower gutter of first pages not affecting text. Contemporary calf (board corners, hinges and spine ends restored, boards scratched and rubbed). Provenance: Ticket of S. Kearney, bookseller to front pastedown, old inscription "John Seymoure" to title page. Good copy. ---- Babson 204; Wallis 279; Honeyman 2330. Third latin edition, published of Newton's lectures on algebraic notation, arithmetic, the relationship between geometry and algebra, and the solutions of polynominal equations delivered while Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University (1669-1702). The first edition was edited by Newton's successor in the… Read More

London: for W. Johnston, 1769. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (203 x 124 mm). viii, 1-346, [5], 348-464, [1], 468-536; [2], 63, [3] pp. 3 pages errata and 8 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered red morocco label (joints cracked towards head of spine, extremities rubbed, corners little scuffed). Text and plates very little browned only, a few pages with faint foxing. Provenance: William Morrison (incribed on front pastedown and title), A. Mc.Donald (inscribed on first flyleaf and dated 1890). A very good, unstained copy in untouched contemporary binding. Collated complete. ---- Babson 203; Gray 285. Third and last edition in English, and the only one edited by Theaker Wilder for the use of his students at Dublin. Very rare on the market with no copy sold at auction since 1977. Originally published and edited by… Read More

Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1723. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Analysis per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones ac Differentias cum enumeratione Linearum tertii ordinis. [bound after] Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Equite Aurato. Editio Ultima. Cui accedit. Amstalodami: Sumptibus Societatis, 1723. 4to (248 x 193 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume, [26], 484, [8]; [12], 107, [1] pp. Title pages with vignettes (of the first part printed in red and black), 3 engraved folding plates, many tables in the text. Contemporary full leather, spined with gilt morocco label and 5 raised bands richly gilt in compartments (hinges strengthened, upper and lower spine repaired, extremities worn, corners bumped), red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers. Internally only little browned, very minor occasional spotting and soiling. Very good, internally fresh and wide margined copy of a rare edition. ---- Gray 12; Wallis 12, Sotheran, Second Supplement I, 5672. - The… Read More

Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1652. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (179 x 137 mm). [10], 239 [1] pp. Includes folding table, but without the initial blank. Bound in later half calf over marbled boards, blind-stamped and gilt-lettered spine (repair to spine, hinges and corners). Text little browned throughout, light dampstaining to preliminary leaves and title and faint to several signatures near the end, occasional minor spotting, top margin trimmed closed but not affecting headlines, old repaired tear at fold of table. Provenance: F. B. Lorch (leather bookplate); Henry & Carol Faul (bookplate). Still a very good and unmarked copy. ---- Wing N1145; Hoover 610; Wheeler-Gift 136 (cites 15 leaves of prelims, in error). - FIRST EDITION of the first book written in English on gemstones and important also from the perspective of the development of geological science. "Nicols follows De Boodt closely and quotes him frequently. He… Read More

London: Harrison and Sons, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two works in one volume. 8vo (222 x 141mm). [4], iv, [9], vi-xix, [2] 2-12, 2, xxx, 66, xlvii [1], iv, 67-80, xxxiv [2], 81-176, [2], 177-234, xliv, 235-332, xxvii [1], 333-556, lviii, 557-567 [1] pp; iv [2] v-x, 28, 133 [1], 23 [1] pp. First work with 6 plates (5 folding, 1 coloured), second work with 1 folding plate. Contemporary red half calf, plain spine titled in gilt, upper board with Lord Houghton's stamp in gilt, powder blue endpapers (extremities slightly rubbed). Several leaves unopened. Text quite crisp and clean, little spotting to a few pages only, folding plate 'Diagram of the Causes of Mortality' a few mm proud of the book block resulting in slight soiling and short closed tearing at fore-edge. Provenance: Richard Monckton Milnes, first baron Houghton (1809-1885, stamp on binding); Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st marquess of Crewe (The Lord Houghton),… Read More

London: Harrison, 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. [1860]. 8vo (218 x 140 mm). [1-5] 6-79 [1] pp. Original dark-brown pebbled cloth, title in gilt on front cover, blind-ruling to covers, endpapers with publisher's adverts (spine mostly gone, cloth rubbed and spotted, some minor wear to corners). Text with minor even browning, slight dust-soiling mostly to outer margins of pastedowns. Provenance: from a private Durch collection. ---- VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the notice "[The right of translation is reserved]" on the title-page and the textual errors uncorrected, but with the publisher's printed adverts and not the plain yellow endpapers. "The earliest known copy of the Notes is in the Nurses' Home at St. Thomas's Hospital and bears the inscription in Florence Nightingale's hand: 'For my dear Beatrice from her loving F.N. New Year's Day 1860. This copy does NOT carry '[The right of translation is reserved]' on the title… Read More

Berlin / Leipzig: Georg Reimer / Veit & Co, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Content: 1. Die Beziehungen der Nervenzellsubstanzen zu den thätigen, ruhenden and ermüdeten Zellzuständen. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 52 (1896), 8 pp. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1896. 2. Mittheilungen zur Anatomie der Nervenzell. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 50 (1894), 8 pp. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1894. Lacking pp. 5-6. 3. Der gegenwärtige Stand der Nervenzellenanatomie. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 51 (1895), 6 pp. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1895. 4. Ueber experimentell erzeugte Veränderungen an den Vorderhornzellen des Rückenmarks bei Kanninchen mit Demonstration mikroskopischer Präparate. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 48 (1892), 8 pp. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1892. 5. Die Hypothese der specifischen Nervenzellenfunction. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift… Read More

Osaka: Narui Mohe, 1706. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 5 Volumes. Ōsaka: Narui Mohē, Hōei 3 (= 1706). (260 x 185 mm). With 44 (18 full-page) woodcuts. Caption title. Within single border, text in 12 vertical lines. Xylographically printed and stack-folded double leaves in Japanese stitched bindings. Blue original wrappers with xylographic title label, protected in chemise with toggle catches (some closed wormholes, stitching renewed, little soiled and rubbed). Internally little browned and spotted, few waterstains, wormholes occasionally affecting letters of text. Provenance: Red ownership seal on first leaf recto of each volume. ---- Kraft V, 497; Smith-Mikami 166 with illustr. no. 34. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST WORKS ON ASTRONOMY PRINTED IN JAPAN. "A well-known work on astronomy, that exerted no little influence at this period" (Smith-Mikami). Towards the end of the 17th century, astronomical works by the Jesuits… Read More

Rome: Ex typographia Palladis, excudebant Nicolaus et Marcus Palearini, 1747. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (224 x 165 mm). [12] 127 [1] pp. Signatures: a6 A-Q4 (K3 cancel), 70 leaves. Half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces. Two engraved plates of diagrams, numbered Tab I-II (bound as throwouts at pp. 48 and at the end). Contemporary sprinkled sheep, richly gilt spine, sprinkled paper pastedowns, red and yellow mottled edges, old paper shelf-labels on spine (worming in upper joint). Worm holes in inner margin, well away from the text and images. Text bright and unspotted, early annotations in French, mostly in pencil but a longer annotation in ink on p. 93 on a pasted in strip of paper; Walter Pagel library (paper label to front pastedown). A clean, crisp copy. ---- Sommervogel V, col. 1784, no. 1; Riccardi I/1, 175, 29; de Backer-S. V, 1784,1. - First edition. "An Italian translation was published in 1753. Two didactic… Read More