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Leipzig:: Insel. 1924. hardcover. 2. Series: Der Dom: Bücher deutscher Mystik. 232 x 137 mm. 8vo. 500, [2] pp. Indexes. Gilt-stamped quarter parchment, red boards. Very good. ... more information

Paris:: Garnier Frères, [no date] ca. 1880. hardcover. 1. Tall 8vo. xxxvi, 666 pp. Engraved frontis. port., 12 engraved plates; light marginal foxing. Original blind & gilt stamped decorative red cloth, decorative gilt spine, raised bands, all edges gilt. A FINE COPY. . The complete works of the brilliant playwright Molière with 12 handsome engraved plates depicting scenes from the plays. ... more information

Paris:: n. p.. 1752. hardcover. 2. 251 x 191; 274 x 190 mm. 2 colored mezzotint anatomical drawings combined (as intended) to create a pregnant woman with the opened uterus (plate nos. III, & VIII; border extremities chipped (illustrations unaffected), minor creasing, minor tears (neatly & professionally repaired). Mounted on archival board. Very good. . First edition. Beautifully drawn & colored large anatomical mezzotint plates. Gautier-d'Agoty was an assistant of the master anatomist Jaco... more information

London and New York:: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [no date, c. 188-?]. hardcover. .. Thick Quarto. More than 900 engravings throughout. Modern [2004] full diced dark calf, raised bands, edges not gilt. Formerly bound in calf. . With a fore-edge painting SIGNED by John T. Beer entitled, “The Dearth of Water.” Painted during the last decade of the nineteenth century, the book was nearly brand new when Beer applied his brush to the fore-edge. The scene shows a picture of religious figures drawing wa... more information

Paris:: Masson & Co.. 1967. paperback. 2. 8vo. xii, 368 pp. Figs., refs., index. Printed wrappers. Rare. Very good. . “La génération spontanée est une chimère” (“Spontaneous generation is a dream”) [Louis Pasteur] “Biogenesis is the process of lifeforms producing other lifeforms, e.g. a spider lays eggs, which form into spiders. The term is also used for the assertion that life can only be passed on by living things, in contrast to abiogenesis, which ... more information

N.p.,: [1965]. [1965]. paperback. 2. 277 x 216 mm. 4to. 261 pp. Figs., tables, list of participants. Cloth- backed printed wrappers. Very good. ... more information