Authors starting with S from Antiquariat Botanicum

London: T. Dawks et al, 1683. ... more information

London: : David Bogue, , 1880-1882. . 1/2 Leather. Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo (25.6 x 16.7 cm). Bound in 19th century half green morocco and marble boards. 3 Volumes (1 Text and 1 Plates). Collation: Volume I: [vii] viii-x, [1] 2-472 pp. + hand colored frontispiece; Volume II [iv] [473] 474-914 pp.; Volume III: [iv] [104] pp. + 52 lithograph plates. All the plates were delineated by Kent with his signature as delineator. Spines with raised bands and panels with gilt floral pattern. Title and Vo... more information

Oxford:: Printed at the Theater, , 1705. . First edition, Large Paper Copy. Full Calf. Very Good +. Folio (43 x 27 cm). Contemporary leather rebacked. Spine with decorative panels, raised bands and title on red leather gilt. There are shallow cut marks on the front cover. Large paper with signature of John Wood (British architect) on title page. copy. Collation: [10] 282p. + in txt ills. This is a bright clean copy. This is Scarburgh’s annotated edition of the first six books of Euclid’s geo... more information

Paris: : Chez F. Buisson, , 1804 . First edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo (19.6 x 20.0 cm). Original half leather on marble boards with new leatherback and end papers. Darkening stain on lower part of front cover. Internal condition with minor foxing. Collation: [1], 338p. Last two pages numbered 137/138. Includes 8 fine engraved folding plates, engraved by Adam. Library stamps of title page and half-title of Norwich & Norfold Medical Books Society. A generally sound copy. First edition o... more information

London: S. Highley, 1855. Second edition.... more information

Tiguri(Zurich: Sumptibus authoris, typis Gessnerianis, 1708. First unequivocal demonstration that images contained in rock were from prehistoric animals, mainly fish.... more information

Tiguri (Zurich): Typis et Sumptibus. Bodmerianis,, 1719. Contemporary mottled calf. Very Good. 4to (20.0 x 16.5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf; Ends of spine with wear, minor loss at top; Raised bands with blank panels except upper second panel with red morocco leather label; Hinges and corners rubbed.Marble end papers. Collation: [40], 512, [24- Index & Errata] pp. + 19 copper engraved plates of grasses, 8 folded. Text block with red ink edges. Text and plates in very good condition. There is close... more information

Leipzig, 1844. Significant collection of papers by Schleiden that includes his most important "Beitraege zur Phytogenesis.... more information

Erlangen:: Johann Jacob Palm,, 1793 . Second edition. 1/2 Vellum. Very Good +. 2nd edition. Folio (42.5 X 26.7 cm). Larrge paper copy. Modern half vellum with marble boards. New end papers damp staining in lower gutter to first 40 pages.Collation: [2], [5] 6-94;[2] [95]-197, [3]; [4] 199-280pp. + 75 uncolored plates, loose in separate box made with same marble paper. Text and plates uncut. Ther is some minor paper creasing and small tear at bottom of pp.261-265 that does not affect text. The text and plat... more information

London: Upcott Gill, 1892-94. Contemporary blind stamped cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition.. 3 Vols. 4to (25.7 x 18.9 cm) Original blind stamped green cloth with gilt labeling. Minor wear to edges. Repair to front hinge of volume 1. Text block gilt. Collation: Vol. 1-viii, 666pp. + 38 plates; Vol. 2-viii, 621, [1-blank], [2- Ads] pp. + 26 plates.; Vol. 3- viii, 457., [3-Ads] pp. + 22 plates. Text and plates are very good. There is only sporatic minor foxing to head and tail of text. Schneider was a Frenc... more information

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1953-59. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Blue cloth bindings with title, volume, editor, and publisher in gilt on spine. Vol 3 has some rubbing and is slightly faded. Collation: Vol. I- x, 1-789pp.; Vol. II- viii, 600pp.; Vol. III-xii, 811 pp. Volume III includes an article by Dr. McMillan on “Particle Accelerators”. These three volumes were published over several years with the first two in 1953 and the third in 1959. Each volume contains articles by distinguished... more information

San Francisco: Dewey & Co., 1879. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo (18.4 X 11.3 cm). Original blind stamped bluegreen cloth; gilt title on spine; Leaf cluster on front cover in gilt with title author and publisher, all embossed; Slight wear to binding. Collation: [5], 6-122, [6 –Ads] pp. Provenance: Inscribed copy to “Prof. E. W. Hilgard,/ With the respects of/ ‘The Author’. ” ... more information

Hague, 1937. 8vo. Genetica XIX 4/5, p. 417-422. ... more information

Cambridge: : printed for the Author, sold by Corn..,, 1738. . First edition. 1/4 Leather. Very Good +. 2 vols. 4to.19th century quarter calf on marble boards with new end papers. Fore edge of text block in red ink. There are raised bands on the spines with gilt decoration on raised band and panels. Title and volume number are in separate panels. The gilt is bright and attractive. Internal condition generally very good with only occasional damp staining at head of spine. Collation: Vol. I - [6], vi, [8]... more information

Philadelphia: : Carey & Lea,, 1832.. First American edition. 1/2 cloth. Very Good. 8vo (25 cm). Orignal half maroon cloth and paper boards with new later matching spine having tooled panels and gilt lettering. Collation: vii, 207 pp., + 5 plates. First American edition. The binding is in good condition. Internal text with some foxing to plates as well. The lithograph plates illustrate dental chair, instrumentation and other aspects of dental restoration. Snell was the first dentist to invent a recl... more information

London, 1866-1881. . Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo. Bound in half calf and marble boards. These volumes cover the origin and first publications of the Quekett Microscopical Club. There are 96 lithograph plates and one folding graph. The plate numbering in Volume I suggests X plates, but there is no text evidence for plate IX.  These early issues of a journal that is still being published chronical the beginnings of a remarkable club. The founding fathers, M.C.Cooke, Thomas Ketteringham, and Wit... more information

Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1929. Significant treatise on atom structure and spectral analysis.... more information

London: : Macmillan and Co., , 1908. . First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes 8vo (21.7 x 13.7 cm). Original green cloth. Collation: Volume 1 - [iv]-lii, 1-518, [2 – catalog]; Volume 2 - [iv]- xii, 1-542, [2 - catalog] pp. The work is illustrated with a portrait, 71 illustrations and 7 maps (3 are folding; 1 colored). The binding is in very good condition with only minor rubbing and small stain one cover. Internally each volume is quite clean with only minor foxing; free... more information

London: : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, , 1890.. First edition. Original Cloth. Good +. 1st Edition. Roy. 8vo (25 x 18 cm). 2 Volumes. Original maroon cloth. Collation: Vol I – [iii] iv-xxxi, [1] 2- 529, [1- printer s imprint]pp. + folding colored map and numerous engravings and photogravure frontispiece.; Vol. II- [iii] iv- xv, [1 -blank], [1] 2- 472, [2, publisher s advertisements] pp. + wood-engraved frontispiece (with tissue guard) , 2 folding colored map and numerous engravings. ... more information

Nürnberg: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1826. Third edition. Original Blind-Stamped green cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Original blind stamped dark green cloth with gilt decoration on spine that includes author, title and date of publication. Collation: viii, 207, [1]16pp. + 4 hand colored engraved plates by Sturm with original tissue guards. Sturm was the son of an engraver with whom he apprenticed learning drawing and copper plate engraving. Jacob grew in prominence at age 16 and became in high de... more information