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81 2073 Agriculture  Duchesne E A 81 2073 Agriculture Duchesne E A
81 2073 Agriculture  Duchesne E A 81 2073 Agriculture Duchesne E A
81/2073 [Agriculture]. Duchesne, E.-A. Traité du maïs ou blé de Turquie, contenant son histoire, sa culture et ses emplois en économie domestique et en médecine. Paris, Madame Huzard/ Baillière, 1833, 366,(2)p., 2 engr. plates (1 col., 1 fold.), contemp. hmor.

- Lacks frontisp.; the plates loose; occas. sl. foxed. = Rare.

€ (70-90)
81 2074 Agriculture  Herrera A de 81 2074 Agriculture Herrera A de
81/2074 [Agriculture]. Herrera, A. de. Agricultura general, que trata de la labranza del Campo, y sus particularidades: crianza de animales, propriedades de las plantas que en ella se contienen, y virtudes provechosas a la salud humana. Madrid, J. de Urrutia, 1790, (8),494,(10)p., contemp. treecalf w. gilt spine and leather letterpiece, folio.

- Two index lvs. lack lower corner; sm. tear along lower inner margin title. Frontcover and backstrip chafed.

€ (120-150)
81 2075 Amuchástegui A 81 2075 Amuchástegui A
81/2075 Amuchástegui, A. Some Birds and Mammals of South America. London, Tryon Gallery, 1966, unpaginated, frontisp. and 16 full-p. col. plates, printed in 305 numb. copies, contemp/ orig. cl., large folio.

= Unnumbered copy, bound in cloth: "File copy only, ex series" in green pen on colophon.

€ (80-100) 130
81 2076 Anatomy  Albinus B S 81 2076 Anatomy Albinus B S
81/2076 [Anatomy]. Albinus, B.S. Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii, anatomici summi. Leyden, J.A. Langerak and J. & H. Verbeek, 1744, (8),28; 277,(3)p., handcol. engr. title-vignette, 87 (of 89) anatomical plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, folio.

- Lacks 2 plates; contemp. owner's entry and tipped-in catalogue entry on first blank. Backstrip professionally restored.

= Choulant 60f; Hirsch/ H.1, p.91; Bibl. Walleriana 337 (incompl.); Wellcome II, p.26; Garrison/ Morton 399: "Albinus was one of the greatest anatomical illustrators of the 18th century; his illustrations of the bones and muscles were noted for their beauty and accuracy and his work established a new standard in anatomical illustration". The first edition.

€ (400-600) 400
81 2077 Anatomy  Bidloo G 81 2077 Anatomy Bidloo G
81 2077 Anatomy  Bidloo G 81 2077 Anatomy Bidloo G
81 2077 Anatomy  Bidloo G 81 2077 Anatomy Bidloo G
81 2077 Anatomy  Bidloo G 81 2077 Anatomy Bidloo G
81/2077 [Anatomy]. Bidloo, G. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams. Utr., J. van Poolsum, 1728, 2nd Dutch ed., (10)textp., engr. frontisp., 106 (fold.) plates (1x on 2 plates), probably engraved by A. BLOTELING after designs by G. DE LAIRESSE, each plate w. accomp. letterpress textleaf, late 19th cent. gilt calfbacked cloth covers, large folio.

- Frontisp. and several leaves (finger)soiled in margins; (sl.) foxed/ spotted, mainly in first half of the volume; 1 textp. w. inkstain; the plate of the female nude body w. contemp. added pubic hair and short annot. in pen and ink; one plate sl. stained; plate no. 55 w. neatly closed large tear in image and a few plates w. neatly closed small tear in blank margin; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities; joints starting but holding well.

= The second Dutch edition, originally published in Latin in 1685 (Bibl. Walleriana 1039; Krivatsky 1239; Choulant p.93-95). This edition not in the usual bibliographies. Splendid baroque anatomical atlas. "For Lairesse, the anatomical illustrations Bidloo asked him to undertake were an occasion for an artistic meditation on anatomy: he displayed his figures in an emotional, almost tender manner, contrasting the raw dissected parts with the full, soft surfaces of uncut flesh, placing flayed, bound figures in ordinary nightclothes or bedding, setting ordinary household objects such as books, jars or cabinets in the same scene as cut-up torsos or limbs, and in one plate showing a fly crawling on an opened abdomen. His illustrations brought the qualities of Dutch still-life painting into anatomical illustration, and gave a new, darker spiritual expression to the significance of the act of dissection." (Norman Library no. 231); "These are masterpieces of Dutch baroque art. When William of Orange came to England in 1688, Bidloo was chosen to accompany him as his physician." (Garrison/ Morton 385 (Latin ed.)). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

€ (2.000-3.000)
81 2078 Architecture  K ramer  H 81 2078 Architecture K ramer H
81 2078 Architecture  K ramer  H 81 2078 Architecture K ramer H
81/2078 [Architecture]. K(ramer), H. Architecture van verscheidene Nieuwe Poorten; of Deuren van Huisen: nooit voor dezen in 't licht geweest. Architecture de diverses nouveaux portes des maisons. Amst., C. Danckerts, n.d. (±1700), (2)p., 25 engr. plates by C. DANCKERTS, sl. later marbled boards, 4to.

- Backstrip worn.

= Very rare work on doorways, not in the usual reference works. The author is most probably Hendrick Kramer, town mason of Amsterdam. Contains an extra plate showing a funerary monument, seemingly from a different series.

€ (800-1.000) 800
81 2079 Astronomy  Brandes H W 81 2079 Astronomy Brandes H W
81/2079 [Astronomy]. Brandes, H.W. Vorlesungen über die Astronomie, zur Belehrung derjenigen, denen es an mathematischen Vorkenntnissen fehlt. Leipsic, G.J. Göschen, 1827, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),VIII,255,(1); VIII,273,(2)p., 22 fold. engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

= Houzeau/ Lancaster I, 8991.

€ (100-150)
81 2080 Astronomy  Lansberghe P van 81 2080 Astronomy Lansberghe P van
81 2080 Astronomy  Lansberghe P van 81 2080 Astronomy Lansberghe P van
81 2080 Astronomy  Lansberghe P van 81 2080 Astronomy Lansberghe P van
81/2080 [Astronomy]. Lansberghe, P. van. Bedenckinghen, Op den Daghelijckschen, ende Jaerlijckschen loop van den Aerdt-cloot. Middelburg, Z. Roman, 1629, 1st ed., (20),100p., woodcut title vignette, 5 fold. engr. plates, 13 woodcut text ills. and several headpieces and historiated initials, contemp. hroan, sm. 4to.

- Title-p. and final textleaf browned; partly (sl.) waterstained (esp. first 4 textleaves); 1 fold. plate repaired on fold. Binding dam. (lacks backstrip and most of paper over covers).

= Copy with 4 extra fold. engr. plates (numb. "I" to "IIII") from an unidentified work, showing the solar system in various aspects. Our copy is without the portrait, of which Hoogendoorn says (under LansPo7.1): "The portrait of the author at age 67 is not always present"; Bierens de Haan 2666; Poggendorff I 1373. ''In his Progymnasmatum astronomiae restitutae de motu solis (Middelburg, 1619) Van Lansberge taught the probability of the earth's motion according to the Copernican doctrine; the same is true of Bedenckingen op den dagelyckschen, ende jaerlyckschen loop van den aerdt-kloot (Middelburg, 1629), translated into Latin by M. Hortensius as Commentationes in motum terrae diurnum, et annuum (Middelburg, 1630)'' (DSB, p.28). No copy traced in the JAP. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1700
81 2081 Auction booksellers' and library catalogues  Dryander J 81 2081 Auction booksellers' and library catalogues Dryander J
81/2081 [Auction, booksellers' and library catalogues]. Dryander, J. Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks. Vols. I-V. New York/ London/ Amst., Johnson Reprint Corp./ A. Asher & Co., 1966, 5 vols., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. (top edge of 2 vols. sl. stained).

= Facs. reprint of the edition London, 1796-1800, cataloguing the private library of the English naturalist and botanist Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Comprises: I. Scriptores Generales; II. Zoologi; III. Botanici; IV. Mineralogi; V. Supplementum et index auctorum.

Cobres, J.P. Deliciae Cobresianae. Büchersammlung zur Naturgeschichte. Amst., A. Asher & Co., 1966, 2 vols., (8),XXVIII,470; (6),471-956,(1)p., 2 frontisp., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.

= Facs. reprint of the edition Augsburg, 1782.

Rivinus, A.Q. Bibliotheca Riviniana sive Catalogus librorum philologico-philosophico-historicorum, itinerariorum, inprimis autem medicorum, botanicorum et historiae naturalis scriptorum &c. rariorum. Ibid., idem, 1966, (22),740,(107)p., portrait, orig. giltlettered cl.

= Facs. reprint of the edition Leipsic, 1727.

€ (70-90)
81 2082 Bergsträsser J A B 81 2082 Bergsträsser J A B
81/2082 Bergsträsser, J.A.B. Ueber Signal-, Order und Zielschreiberei in die Ferne mit neuen Angaben und dreizehn Kupfertafeln oder über Synthematographe und Telegraphe in der Vergleichung. Frankfurt a.M., Andreäischen Buchhandlung, 1795, (4),116p., 13 numb. ills. on 12 fold. engr. plates, contemp. boards.

= First edition of this rare work. Defence written by Bergsträsser against the claim by the French that Claude Chappe was the inventor of the visual telegraphic system. Poggendorf I, p.152.

€ (150-250) 150
81 2083 Bonnet C 81 2083 Bonnet C
81/2083 Bonnet, C. Considerations sur les corps organisés, Où l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & où l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet. Amst., M.-M. Rey, 1762, 1st ed., 2 vols., XLII,(2),274; XX,328p., 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, contemp. unif. calf.

- Vol. 2 prelim. lvs. trifle wormholed in blank margin. Bindings sl. worn/ rubbed.

= Wellcome II, p.200; Pritzel 982; Heirs of Hippocrates 947; Garrison/ Morton 472: "Bonnets theory of generation offered the best synthesis of 18th century ideas of development and remained a leading authority until von Baer. Bonnet believed in the preformation of the embryo."

€ (150-250)
81 2084 Bonnet C 81 2084 Bonnet C
81 2084 Bonnet C 81 2084 Bonnet C
81/2084 Bonnet, C. Contemplation de la nature. Amst., M.-M. Rey, 1764, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (6),LXXXIV,298; (4),VI,260p, 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces. Idem. Considerations sur les corps organisés, Où l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & où l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet. Ibid., idem, 1762, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., XLII,274,(2); XX,328p., 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, contemp. hcalf.

- Ad 1: partly sl. yellowed/ browned. Joints starting; spine-ends dam. Ad 2: bookplates on upper pastedown; contents fine. Shelftickets on spine; 2 corners showing.

= Ad 1: Pritzel 983; cf. Wellcome II, p.200 (later eds.). Ad 2: Pritzel 982; Wellcome II, p.200; Heirs of Hippocrates 947; Garrison/ Morton 472.

€ (200-300)
81 2085 Botany  Agricola G A 81 2085 Botany Agricola G A
81 2085 Botany  Agricola G A 81 2085 Botany Agricola G A
81 2085 Botany  Agricola G A 81 2085 Botany Agricola G A
81/2085 [Botany]. Agricola, G.A. Nieuwe en Ongehoorde dog in de Natuur welgegronde Queek-Konst van Boomen, Heesters en Bloemgewassen, ofte derselver algemeene vermeerdering. Behelsende hoedanig men allerly Bomen, door in stukken gesnedene Wortels, Stammen, Takken, ja selfs door Bladeren, op een gemakkelijke manier kan aanqueeken en vermenigvuldigen. Dutch transl. and ed. J. Le Long. Amst., A. van Damme, 1724, 2nd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (14),208; (8),92,(10)p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp., 34 fold. plates, sl. later marbled calf w. gilt spine, sm. 4to.

- Contents fine. Spine-ends dam.; upper joint worn/ splitting; sm. paper ticket on frontcover.

= Cf. Henrey II, p.443f (1st ed.); Hunt 452 (1st ed.): "This was the first treatise on cuttings and graftings, and it made Agricola famous". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.

BOUND WITH: Vallemont, P. Naauw-keurige waarneemingen ontrent de seldsaamheeden en uitwerkselen der natuur, Bestaande in de Konst over de Groeying der Bloemen, Planten &c. (...). Leyden, J. du Vivier, 1719, 2 parts w. continuous pagination, (24),375,(8)p., engr. title-vignette, 12 plates.

- Lacks one textleaf; title-p. dustsoiled/ yellowed; contents partly sl. yellowed.

€ (300-500) 400
81 2086 Botany  Blankaart S 81 2086 Botany Blankaart S
81 2086 Botany  Blankaart S 81 2086 Botany Blankaart S
81 2086 Botany  Blankaart S 81 2086 Botany Blankaart S
81/2086 [Botany]. Blankaart, S. De Nederlandschen Herbarius. Of Kruidboek der voornaamste Kruiden, tot de medicyne, Spysbereidingen en Konstwerken dienstig, handelende van zommige hier te Lande wassende Boomen, Kruiden, Heesters, Mossen, enz. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1714, 2nd ed., (8),614,(26)p., engr. frontisp. and 36 full-p. plates, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Foxed (partly slightly, but almost throughout); occas. yellowed.

= Nissen, BBI 171; Pritzel 830; Bibl. Med. Neerl. I, p.503; Bibl. Walleriana 1109; Krivatsy 1309. Nice plates, partly in the style of the plates w. floating plants in architectural/ landscape settings used in Munting's botanical works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.

€ (600-800) 600
81 2087 Botany  Bonnet C 81 2087 Botany Bonnet C
81 2087 Botany  Bonnet C 81 2087 Botany Bonnet C
81/2087 [Botany]. Bonnet, C. Recherches sur l'usage des feuilles dans les plantes, et sur quelques autres sujets relatifs à l'histoire de la végétation. Göttingen/ Leyden, E. Luzac fils, 1754, 1st ed., VII,(1),343,(1)p., engr. title-vignette and 31 fold. plates by G. WANDELAAR and J. VAN DER SCHLEY, 19th-cent. giltlettered hmor., 4to.

- Occas. sl. waterst./ foxed in blank margin; several plates (sl.) spotted. Joints splitting.

= Nissen, BBI 201; Pritzel 981; Poggendorff I, p.233. DSB II, p.286f: "(...) Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (...). In the Recherches, Bonnet grouped five memoirs, all of prime importance for plant biology (...). For his masterly experimentation, Bonnet should be considered one of the first naturalists to investigate experimentally the question of photosynthesis (...)".

€ (200-300) 200
81 2088 Botany  Calwer C G 81 2088 Botany Calwer C G
81/2088 [Botany]. Calwer, C.G. Deutschlands Technische Pflanzen. Stuttg., Krais & Hoffmann, 1854, VI,50,(1)p., 12 handcol. lithogr. plates, orig. clothbacked boards, 4to.

- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; textpages as usual trifle foxed. Covers sl. worn along extremities.

= Nissen, BBI 310; Pritzel 1427.

€ (70-90) 130
81 2089 Botany  Darwin E 81 2089 Botany Darwin E
81 2089 Botany  Darwin E 81 2089 Botany Darwin E
81/2089 [Botany]. Darwin, E. The Botanic Garden, a Poem. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. London, J. Johnson, 1799, 4th ed., 2 vols., XX,492; XVI,282,(2)p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp., 21 plates (1 fold.) i.a. by WILLIAM BLAKE, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece.

- Both vols. w. sl. offsetting from plates on opposite textp.; vol. 1 prelim. lvs. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin. Backstrips and corners sl. worn; joints splitting.

= Soulsby 730. Erasmus Darwin's poem about nature, describing the sexual system of over 80 plants, based on Linnaeus' system.

€ (100-150) 130
81 2090 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 81 2090 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
81 2090 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 81 2090 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
81 2090 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 81 2090 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
81 2090 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 81 2090 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
81/2090 [Botany]. Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. La physique des arbres; où il est traité de l'anatomie des plantes et de l'économie végétale (...). Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1758, 2 vols., (6),LXVIII,306; (4),III,(1),431p., 50 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. calf w. richly gilt spine and 2 mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Both vols. sl./ trifle foxed, mostly in (upper and outer) margins; one plate browned. Bindings rubbed; corners (sl.) showing; a few (sm.) wormholes in lower edge and in spine; two joints starting.

= Nissen, BBI 542.

€ (500-700)
81 2091 Botany  Forsyth W 81 2091 Botany Forsyth W
81 2091 Botany  Forsyth W 81 2091 Botany Forsyth W
81/2091 [Botany]. Forsyth, W. Über die Kultur und Behandlung der Obst-Bäume; enthaltend die vollständige Beschreibung einer neuen Methode Bäume zu beschneiden und zu ziehen. German transl. A.H. Meineke. Berlin and Szczecin, F. Nicolai, 1804, (2),13,(1),III-XII,425,(2)p., 14 engr. plates, contemp. boards.

- Sl. browned; plates sl. foxed. Boards worn.

= Rare German transl. of A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees (London, 1802) by the Scottish botanist William Forsyth, with plates depicting trees, fruits and garden tools. Pritzel 2985.

AND 2 others in 3 vols., i.a. A.I.G.C. BATSCH, Botanische Unterhaltungen für Naturfreunde zu eigner Belehrung über die Verhältnisse der Pflanzenbildung entworfen (Jena, 1793, 2 vols., contemp. unif. boads).

€ (100-150) 130
81 2092 Botany  Franck von Franckenau G 81 2092 Botany Franck von Franckenau G
81/2092 [Botany]. Franck von Franckenau, G. Flora Francica, h.e. Lexicon Plantarum, in quo earum nomina, temperamentum, vires, usus ac praeparata (...) Adnectuntur Programmata PHilologico-Botanica (...). Leipsic, S. Garmannus, 1698, 3rd ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (56),299,(1); 156,(24)p., contemp. calf w. red mor. letterpiece and gilt spine, sm. 8vo.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; yellowed throughout and a sm. wormhole in preliminary leaves; bookseller's ticket on lower pastedown. Spine-ends chipped; joints worn/ dam.; corners sl. worn; gilt on spine faded.

= Rare edition. Remarkable copy, with extensive AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION to Johann Gottfried Becker (Danisch court pharmacist for Frederick III) on first free endpaper. Pritzel 3015 (note).

€ (100-150) 100
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