1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Upper joint splitting; spine-ends worn; corners showing.
= Nissen, ZBI 2114; Hagen I, p.402; Horn & Schenkling II, 11273; Wellcome III, p. 356; cf. Bibliotheca Walleriana 10856 (listing the first edition publ. in 1718 as Descriptions et usages de plusieurs nouveaux microscopes, tant simples que composez). The second enlarged edition of a scientific work concerning microscopy by the French naturalist Louis Joblot (1645-1723). "The publication of Descriptions established Joblot as the first French microscopist. The first part of the book described several microscopes and their construction and introduced some improvements, including the use of stops (diaphragms) in compound microscopes to correct for chromatic aberration. Joblot designed the first porte loupe, a simple preparation microscope in which the lens is supported by a string of 'Musschenbroek nuts,' forming a ball-and-socket jointed arm." (DSB VII, p.110).
- Hinges weak; contemp. manuscript table of contents on 2nd blank; owner's stamp on title. Binding partly worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 3861; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 187. Finely illustrated microscopical work on small water-animals.
- First and final lvs. (incl. wr.) w. vertical brown stain; occas. foxed.
= From the library of JACOBUS VAN 'T HOFF, with his owner's entry on orig. frontwrapper.
AND 1 other: J. BECKENKAMP, Leitfaden der Kristallographie (Berlin, 1919, ills., modern hcl., orig. wr. pres. With owner's entry of JOHANNES M. BIJVOET on frontwr.).
- Sl. browned/ foxed, mostly in margins.
= Bierens de Haan 3472 (1st ed., 1738); Bibliotheca Mechanica p.232 (French transl. 1739): "One of the best 18th-cent. introductions to Newtonian physics, this book is filled with interesting experiments and problems. The first part is devoted to general mechanics, hydrostatics, electricity, and magnetism, while the second part treats of optics, acoustics, comets, and winds (...)." The final 8 pages contain "Lyst der natuurkundige, wiskundige, anatomische, en chirurgische instrumenten, welke by Jan van Musschenbroek, te vinden zyn te Leiden." (Bierens de Haan 3474 (French transl.)).
- Original wr. sl. dustsoiled; otherwise a fine copy. = Nissen, BBI 404.
- Good copy. = Nissen, BBI 541.
Eloffe, A. Les champignons comestibles et vénéneux. Guide pour les reconnaitre. Ibid., A. Goin, n.d. (1880), 158p., 12 lithogr. plates (11 of which handcol.), orig. wr.
- Scattered stamps; occas. trifle foxed. = Rare. Not in Nissen.
Mouillefert, P. La truffe et sa production. Ibid., Agricole de la Maison Rustique, 1888, 88p., 18 woodengr. ills., orig. wr.
- Ticket on spine. = Rare. Not in Nissen.
- Washed copy w. heavily restored margins (occas. w. loss of text). Sold w.a.f.
= Rare edition. Cf. Springer p.28-29; Landwehr 19-2; Bibl. Gastronomica 3687. Third part only of 't Vermakelyck Landt-leven, but complete in itself. This part dealing with veterinary medicine, beekeeping and cooking.
- Half of the plates cut short in outer margin on/ just in the plate mark (not affecting image); occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. soiled/ stained; worn along edges.
= Nissen, IVB 140; Anker 66.
- Vol. 2 lacks plate X and vol. 5 lacks plates I and II; 4 plates in vol. 8 with waterstain in upper corners. All vols. lack backstrip, bookblock occas. shaken.
= Nissen, ZBI 678.
AND 5 others: Histoire naturelle des minéraux (...) vol. 1-5, of which vols. 4 and 5 are bound unif. with the above (no ills.).
- Two vols. (sl.) mouldy along bottom edge of endpapers, on covers and first few pages; 3 vols. (sl.) waterstained along bottom edge; vol. 8 lacks 1 plate and w. duplicate plate. Spine-ends partly (sl) dam.; lower edges rubbed.
= Nissen. ZBI 672.
- Lacks 1 plate. A few plates occas. sl. foxed/ browned. All vols. binding (sl.) worn/ dam. Text not collated.
= The final 10 vols. of Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, numb. vol. 11-20 (the first 10 vols. being the History of Man and Quadrupeds). Nissen, ZBI 720.
- Vols. 16-18 only. All three vols. bookplate E.J. Slyper on upper pastedown; margins trifle browned. Upper joints split or nearly split; some cracks in spine; top of spines worn (vol. 16 top of spine dam.); vol. 18 repaired section of spine in brown mor.
= The first three vols. of the rare 4to edition of the first edition of the ornithological section of the famous Histoire Naturelle, also published in folio, small folio and 12mo. Nissen, IVB 160 and ZBI 672; Anker 74; Ronsil 413.
AND 4 others: Histoire naturelle (...) supplement vols. I-III and VII (1774-89), of which vols. I-III are bound unif. with the above (all complete).
- Bindings trifle stained. A fine set. = Nissen, IVB 167.
- One leaf sl. stained. Binding (sl.) rubbed/ worn along extremities. Good copy.
= With the bookplate of J.G. van Marle on upper pastedown. Very rare.
- A few lvs. w. waterstain in lower outer corner; occas. (finger)soiled/ spotted in margins; lower pastedown detached.
= The rare first Dutch translation of Hervieux' famous book on canary birds.
- Plates only, without the text. Plate numbers changed in pen and ink; a few plates trifle/ sl. foxed. Portfolio worn/ dam. at spine; joints splitting.
= Nissen, IVB 441; Anker 209. Fifty neatly HANDCOLOURED plates of birds and eggs; 51 plates orig. published in 57 instalments. "Based partly on the author's own observations and collections during a twelve years' stay in Western Asia, and Northeast and Central Africa, the work gives a systematic synopsis of all the birds observed up to the date of publication in Northeast Africa and the adjacent districts" (Anker). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Trifle foxed/ yellowed; new endpapers. Good copy.
= Nissen, IVB 506; Anker 255; Zimmer p.354. Study of the feet, heads and tongues of birds, according to the author's system of classification. Also contains a Latin-Polish ornithological lexicon.
- Modern owner's entry and rubbed/ weak spot on title-p.; partly yellowed/ stained; the plates attached to stubs.
= Nissen, IVB 506; Anker 255; Zimmer p.354. Study of the feet, heads and tongues of birds, according to the author's system of classification. Also contains a Latin-Polish ornithological lexicon.
- Owner's entry in ballpoint on title-p. Corners, backstrip and backcover sl. rubbed/ sl. worn. Otherwise a very fine copy.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- (Sl.) foxed. Backstrip sl. discoloured. = Nissen, IVB 645; cf. Anker 346.