Authors starting with L from B & L Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

With 5 folding engraved plates. Original wrappers, slightly torn around the edges, thick uncut copy in its original state, interior waterstained. Lacroix's signature on verso of title. Second edition. This important text was considered the best and most extensive work on this subject ever written. It was the catalyst to a mathematical revival in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century. When Babbage, Peacock, and Herschel formed the Analytical Society in 1812 in order to introduce English s... more information

Original printed wrappers, some staining and slightly chipped; some dampstains to preliminary and last leaves, otherwise a fine, uncut and unopened set.  First edition of what is described by Garrison as an unrivaled bibliography of the literature of psychiatry, neurology and psychology. Heinrich Laehr (1820-1905) was editor-in-chief of the Allgemeine Zeitschrift f r Psychiatrie (1858- ) and was the author of a calendar of psychiatry containing important events connected with the history of the subject... more information

Stapled in original printed wrappers. New edition, reprinted from the 1907 Kerr edition, which itself was translated from the original French edition of 1883. Included is an introduction and notes by Fred Thompson. Lafargue (1841-1911), a physician and the cuban-born son-in-law of Karl Marx, was a leader in the French Socialist movement, as well as an important player in the development of the Spanish socialist movement. This humorous piece, written while he was in a French prison, was just one of many wor... more information

Beautiful contemporary prize binding of full calf, gilt supra-libros of the Academie de Paris, Prix du Concours Général, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; moderate staining in Volume II, otherwise a loveley set. Second edition of the author’s masterpiece which laid the foundation of modern mechanics. “Perhaps the most beautiful mathematical treatise in existence; called by Hamilton, ‘a kind of scientific poem.’ It contains the discovery of the general equations of motion, th... more information

Contemporary polished calf, spine with morocco label and gilt floriated compartmental designs, covers with gilt borders, gilt dentelles and marbled edges; a3 with small stain in paper, and other than some occasional soiling and browning, interior clean. From the library of H.C. Schumacher with his small ownership inscription dated 1810 on the verso of half-title. First edition of the author's masterpiece which laid the foundation of modern mechanics. "Perhaps the most beautiful mathematical treatise in exis... more information

Frontispiece. Black publisher’s cloth in original dust-jacket; top edges stained yellow. Some small chips and light soiling to dust-jacket, end-papers lightly spotted. First edition of this mystery/horror tale about a chemist and his bacteriologist protegé who unwittingly wreak havoc upon the public. Laing (1903-81), an American novelist and poet was also the author of the horror/mystery tale The cadaver of Gideon Wyck. A graduate of Dartmouth, he later there became an English professor as well ... more information

Cloth-backed boards; fine in original dust-jacket. First edition of this important book on human feelings and emotions. “It is about the nature of our experiences, our ability to feel, our understanding and acceptance of what we feel. At the same time, it is a convincing argument against those who wish to control those feelings, to negate them, to deny them, even to outlaw them.”... more information

Original blue stiff printed wrappers; minor browning to interior. First American edition, which includes an introduction found only in this printing. This volume marks the author’s first foray into the genre of the sonnet. ... more information

Publishers cloth, in original dust-jacket. First American edition. All but the first chapter consists of a series of revised talks that were given by Laing between 1967-68. Discussing the inter-workings of families, the first chapter was originally intended for psychoanalysts, the second to social workers, and the third to psychiatrists. The remaining chapters consist of five talks that were given on Canadian Radio. ... more information

Black publisher’s cloth, title in blind to top cover. Fine in original dust-jacket. First issue of the first American edition. “Each chapter describes a different kind of relationship - - - the ‘knots’ of the title - - - bonds of love, dependency, uncertainty, jealousy.” The title not only describes the content of the poems, but also the sometimes unusual form of the printing on each page. Laing (b. 1927) studied medicine at Glasgow University, practicing as a physician at the Glas... more information

With frontispiece plus 6 engraved plates, engraved title vignette, folding hand-coloured map. Contemporary half morocco and cloth, stained, corners worn; marbled endpapers. Ownership signature of David Maitland on title page, annotations; some browning on first and last blanks, but overall a clean copy. First edition, dedicated to Charles Lyell, of the author's account of his voyage in the north polar seas. Primarily a hunting expedition, Lamont recounts how he and his companions killed dozens of walru... more information

With 16 full-page plates, text illustrations. Original publisher's cloth; author's inscription dated 1912 on the fly-leaf. First edition. Telephoto lenses were introduced in 1891 by Steinheil and Dallmeyer. The outstanding feature of their discovery was large, clear pictures of distant objects. The present text is the first attempt to outline the theory and techniques of telephotography.... more information

Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial, and 1 folding engraved plate. Original wrappers, top of front wrapper torn away; minor spotting on preliminary and endleaves, otherwise an excellent unsophisticated copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. First edition of the author’s fascinating treatise on lightning rods. Landriani treats not only practical matters of construction and use, but also incorporates a section on scientific theory, differentiating between natural and artificial electricity. ... more information

Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards; generally browned due to paper stock, some signatures more than others. Book label of Fratelli Salimbeni and bookplate with initials CPC and motto, “nec adversa retorquent.” First edition. A remarkable work which presents the author’s explanation of the origin and formation of the solar planetary system. Laplace’s celebrated nebular hypothesis as well as his discoveries on the rotation of the moon, its elliptic path, etc., are included.
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Complete with folding plate in Volume 4, all half titles and errata; with an extra errata leaf in Volume 4, uncalled for by Horblit. Volumes I and II printed on paper watermarked “Mecanique Celeste.” In prize half calf, gilt arms of Glasgow University, spines elaborately gilt with morocco labels. With prize bookplate awarding this copy to George Johnson in the class of physics, April 1910. Johnson (b.1889) was a navel architect who graduated in 1912. During World War I he worked on the battle-crui... more information

Red publisher’s cloth in original dust-jacket. A fine copy. Publisher’s review slip laid-in. First edition of this “novel of ideas.” “This is a book which can be read on many levels - - - as philosophy, as history, as probing psychology.” The author “describes and illustrates . . . the dreadful and simultaneously beautiful consequences of human awareness.”... more information

Title in red and black. With printer's device (Heitz, Frankfurter und Mainzer Drucker und Verleger Zeichen, 90), 3 folding woodcut plates, and 107 woodcut text illustrations. Early vellum, new endpapers; title remargined, occasional soiling and some browning to extremities, otherwise a nice copy with sharp impression to the plates. Preserved in a clamshell box. First edition of this rare treatise on perspective and draughtsmanship, important for its use by artists, architects, and goldsmiths. The woodcu... more information

Complete with all blank leaves, half-titles and directions to the binder. With more than 800 engravings, including 173 copper engraved plates and 359 text images by and after Thomas Holloway, Fuseli and others, and by William Blake. Contemporary polished calf, gilt spines, front joints a bit sensitive; interior with minor foxing and off-setting of the plates as usual, but generally a tall, clean and well-margined set in excellent condition. First English edition of Volumes I and II, with the sheets of the ... more information

With a couple of facsimile pages. With frontispieces and many hundreds of plates accurately copied from the originals by Barlow. Rebound in modern full calf. Some browning and staining. This collection of Lavater's essays in English is one of the best editions of his most famous work. Lavater (1741-1801), a Swiss mystic, was the founder of the so-called science of physiognomy. These essays, which were significant to the history of psychiatry, include discussion of the external features of man, animal,... more information

With frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, and 2 plates. Original cream-coloured boards; an uncut copy, with an unobtrusive split on the upper margins of the glassine wrapper. From the library of George Dickens Wilkinson, Jr. with his bookplate and one of the Lawrence phoenix bookplates. An excellent complete copy preserved in a clamshell box. First edition, first printing, one of 200 copies specially bound and signed by Lawrence; our copy is number 177. The title was the first in the Lugarno Series o... more information