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Philadelphia & London, 1738-1840. 8vo. (2) + XVI + 342 + VI + 9-466 + 1-92 + 93-272 pp. Contemporary cloth. Gilt lettered spine. A little worn and fagile. Short crack to joints. Provenance: Nils Samuel von Koch. Occasional light foxing.. .

Padua, F. Bertelli, 1621. Folio (300 x 210 mm). (4), 115 pp. Engraved title-page, woodcut initials, 42 engraved plates. Bound in modern green half morocco with grey paper boards. Faded spine. In slip-case. Newer booklabel to front pastedown. A small corner tear-off to index leaf and 1 repaired corner pp. 9-10. Old inscription to title. Second edition of this work, first edition published in 1607. Classic book on machinery of the late Italian Renaissance.. .

London, Printed for the Author, 1723. Folio. (16) + 440 + 432 + 68 s. 4 foldede kobberstukne karter. 44 kobberstukne plansjer, hvorav flere foldede. Nyere eleg. priv. håndbundne helskinnbd.med 6 opphøyde bind. Tittelfelter i rødt og grønt. Rik ryggdekor i gull. Dekor i blindpreg på for- og bakdekkel.. .

Erlangen 1754-55. 4to. (26) + 457 + (1), (44) + 374, (30) + 428 + (20) pp. Engraved frontispiece in all volumes. 215 Nye håndb. skinnbd. med 6 bind. Ryggdekor i gull. Tittelfelter i rødt og grønt. Marmorert overtrekkspapir. (26) + 457 + (1), (44) + 374, (30) + 428 + (20) s. Kobberstukket frontplansje i alle bind. 215 kobberstikk.. .

Stockholm 1788-89. 4to. Atlas i oblong-folio. (10), 1096; 1248, (26) pp. Engraved title-page in both text volumes. Atlas with 34 engraved plates. Large paper copy. Half-titles not present. Finely bound in contemporary half calf, gilt spine.. .

Nouvelle edition. Amsterdam, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1735. 4to. 2 engraved frontispieces. 78 (of 79) engraved plates, of which many folding. Finely bound in contemporary three calf. Spines richly gilt in compartments. Plate no xlii not present, otherwise a fine and well preserved set.. .

Contemporary half calf. Title-labels in red and green. Gilt spine. Large 8vo (222 x 130 mm). Some traces of use. Rubbed. 10 volumes waterstained.. . Compiled by Martinius Houttuyn, based largly on the principles of Linné’s Systema natura (12th edition). Publisher varies. Part I. No. 1-8 were published by F. Houttuyn. Part I. No. 9-18, Part II. No. 1-14 and Part III. No. 1-3 were published by de Eerven and F. Houttuyn. Part III. No. 4-5 were published by J. van der Burgh en Zoon.

London, Printed for Js. Jenkins, by L. Harrison (1814). Large quarto. Engraved title with coloured vignette, Engraved coloured dedication leaf, 52 engraved aquatint plates (including frontispiece). With tissue guards. Modern black half morocco. Text and plates are bright and clean, tissue guards with minor foxing and a few with small tears.. .

Stockholm 1620. Folio. Samt. helpergamentsbd. med 4 opph. bind. Rødt tittelfelt i skinn. Rik dekor i blindpreg. Beslag i messing (Georg Hornbein). (8) + XVI + 663 + (27) s. Kobberstukket tittelbl. trykt i rødt og sort. Treskårne vignetter og intialer. Lite ormhull nederst på tittelbl. og første bl.Cont. full vellum with 4 raised bands. Mounted red title on spine. Boards richly blindtooled. Two brass clasps (Georg Hornbein). Engraved title-page printed in red and black. Woodcut vignettes and initials. A little worming on title and first leaf.. . .

Second English edition. London, John Stockdale, 1812. 4to (292 x 230 mm). xxiii + (i) + 552 + xxxii + 525 pp. 52 aquatint and engraved plates, of which 43 hand-coloured and 26 folding (after G. Geissler). 3 engraved folding maps. Engraved vignettes in text, mostly hand-coloured. Finely bound in contemporary half calf. Black morocco labels. Marbled edges. Occasional spotting and a few minor tears.. .

Paris, Debure, 1768. Imperial 4to (336 x 252 mm). (4) + XXX + (2) + 347 + (1 blank) + (4) + 348-767 + (1 blank) + III-XVI + 627 + (1) pp. Engraved frontispiece. 56 engraved plates (of which 4 folding) and maps. 19th. century half vellum. Gilt spines. Red and green labels. Plate 33 and 34 misbound. Plates partly browned or foxed mostly to margins. The first leaves in volume one with worming in upper margin. Two pages with one tear in lower margin, one affecting text (pp. 136 & 718).. .

Leipzig, Im Weidmännischen Buch-Laden, 1734. Folio (353 x 225 mm). (20) + 198 + (2) pp + 122 + (2) pp. Half-title. Additional engraved title-page. Title-page printed in red and black. 59 double-page engraved plates. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin. Bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional browining and spotting.Schwerdt Vol. II:246. Schwerdt describes the 1734 edition as “the fourth and the best”. .

72 original photograps, size 25 x 31 cm, mounted on 64 heavy cardboards. Contemporary red half calf, rubbed, inner hinges cracked. Some foxing to cardboards.. .

Nürnberg, Christian de Launoy, 1761. 4to. (16) + 202 + (2) pp. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved portrait. 100 handcoloured engraved plates. Fine contemporary red morocco. Spine with 5 raised bands and leather label. Spine and covers richly gilt. Inner gilt dentellles. Blue edges. A little worn at top of spine.. .

Christiania, C. S. Schwach, 1779-80. (24) + 599 + (1) s. + 38 + (2) + XLVIII + 76 + (14) s. Med Erindring til Bogbinderen og Efter-Erindring. Kobberstukket kart. 2 kobberstukne plansjer. Bundet i ett samtidig skinnbind med skinntittelfelt og ryggdekor i gull. Øvre del av rygg med håndskrevet nummerering. Tittelbladet med liten fuktskjold i øvre marg. Proveniens: Eksemplaret har tilhørt presten Henrik Christopher Glahn (1738-1804) med hans signatur på forsats. Komplett og fint eksemplar. Uvanlig. Opplaget var kun 300 eksemplarer.. .

Kristiania, Jacob Dybwads Forlag, 1912. First edition in 40 original parts. With portraits, illustrations and maps. Original pictorial wrappers (with four variant motivs). Housed in a clamshell box. Part 21 and 40 with advertisments for publisher’s binding tipped on to front wrappers. 10 parts with booksellers receipts enclosed. Wrappers with minor foxing and chipping to head and tail of spine and margins. Part 16 and 30, wrappers loose from contents. Part 12 with a small waterstain, otherwise a well preserved set of the original editon of this work that was issued prior to the first edition in book form. Rosove 8.A1.. .

London, Printed W. Nicol., Shakespeare Press, 1822. VIII, [2], [2], LXII, 279, [1]; [6], 322 pp. 2 engraved frontispieces, 29 engraved plates, of which one plate with two illustrations, and one double-page plan. Text-illustrations. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt and blind tooled. Covers gilt. All edges gilt.Rebacked. Covers restored. Rubbed. Provenence: Bookplate to front pastedown (Lord Batterssea), Two bookplates to front endpaper. Occasional foxing in places. Some offsetting. .

Lugundi (Sumptibus Pauli Frelon), 1602. Folio (350 x 237 mm). (16) + 1-644 + 1-47 + (44) pp. Complete, but mispaginated at end (page 1-47). Title printed in red and black. Illustrated with woodcut portrait and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Finely bound in near contemporary full calf with six raised bands. Spine and covers richly gilt with French lilies. All edges gilt. A little rubbed. 1 leaf with marginal tear. Minor foxing. Fly-leaf with inscription dated 1701.. .

Kjøbehavn, G. L. Lahde, (1805). Tverr-Folio. Tilsammen 60 kobberstukne plansjer. (50) + 7 + (1) + (26) + 18 + (182) s. Bundet i ett fint priv. håndb. helskinnbd. Dansk og Tysk tekst.. . Det danske topografiske verket “Novus Atlas Daniæ” ble utgitt av den danske kunstneren Johan Jacob Bruun i 1761-64. Verket ble aldri fullført. Etter hans død ble plansjene kjøpt av G. L. Lahde og verket ble utgitt på nytt i 1799 og 1805. Et meget fint eksemplar.

Stockholm, Tryckt i Ecksteinska tryckeriet, 1824. Text vols.: (4) + IX + (1) + 242 + (2) + VIII + (2) + (243) - 496 pp. Additional engraved title-page. Folding table. Atlas. (415 x 547 mm). Lithograped title-page. List of plates. 1 text leaf. 2 maps. 3 plans. 13 plates. The smaller plates and text leaves pasted on to larger sheets. Occasional spotting and soiling, mostly to margins. Text vols. in contemporary half calf. Gilt spine. Atlas volume in 20th. century half calf. Red leather label. Lacking small piece at head and foot. Front joint cracked, but holding. First edition. Klinckowström visited New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Morristown. In his letters he discusses the acquisition of Florida, the Missouri question, slavery, Indian relations, the American Navy, Mississippi steamboat navigation, the latest scientific inventions, immigration and social customs./List of plates and maps: 1. Map of the Northern Section of the United States including Canada &c. 2. Map of the Southern Section of the United States including Florida &c. 3. Plan of Philadelphia. 4. Third street in Philadelphia. 5. Gerards Bank in Philadelphia. 6. Bridge over the Skuykill River 7. Capitolium in Washington, as it looked before and after the rebuilding in 1819. 8. Esquisse of Wards painting in Earles Gallery in Philadelphia. 9. Perkins newly innvented fire-extinguisher with one page printed description. 10. Map of New York and its environs. 11. View of Broadway and the Town Hall in New York. 12. Plan of a common dwelling-house in New York. 13. Plan of the steam-boat Chancellor Liwingstone. 14. Plan of an old fort in Tennesee. 15. Prospect of New York Harbour and Long Island Sound. 16. Hoboken opposite New York. The two maps of the United States are engraved by John Melish and the views are drawn by Klincowström and engraved by Akrell.Sabin 38053. Howes 5749.. .

London, Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co, 1806. VII + 943 + (1) + 717 + (2) + 784 + 727 + 888 + (889-1851) + (29) + 352 + 42 + VI (index) + (16 pp. Portrait. 9 engraved hand-coloured plates. Contemporary half calf (Hays, Bookbinder & Bookseller Derry). Gilt spine. Bookplate to front pastedown (John V. Stewart. Rock Hill).. . Animal Kingdom : Vol. I. Mammalia - Birds - Amphibia-Fishes. Vol. II-III. Insects. Vol. IV. Worms. Vegetable Kingdom. Vol. I-II. Mineral Kingdom. Life, dictionary, &c.

Jacob Dybwad, Comunicazioni dello Istituto anatomico dell`Universitá di Christiania. Christiania 1911 - 16. Folio. Notes and drawings reproduced in facsimile. Original boards, printed in red and black, with dustjacket in slipcase. A few of the slipcases with signs of wear, otherwise a fine set. Limited edition to 248 copies.. . This magnificent work is the only available edition of a complete facsimile of the anatomical notebook of Leonardo preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.

København, J. H. Schubothium, 1817-21. 8vo. (8) + 317 + (1) + XIV + 277 + (1) s. 12 håndkolorerte plansjer. Bundet i ett eleg. samt. skinnbd. (Rivière) med fem opphøyde bind. Grønt tittelfelt. Rik ryggdekor i gull. Marmorert overtrekkspapir, snitt og forsatspapir. Fint eks.. . Contemporary half calf (Rivière) with five raised bands. Green title-label. Spine richly gilt. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 12 handcoloured plates.