Titles starting with E from Antiquariat Botanicum

London: : Printed for T. Osborne, T. Tyre, S. Crowder, H. Woodgate, , [1756]-1757. . Half Calf. Very Good +. 1st Edition. Folio (42 x 26 cm). Original marble boards with new calf spine. Collation: [2] I-iii, iv, I ii, [1] 2-174 + 60 engraved plates and engraved frontispiece by Grignio after Wale. It is entitled: “The Genius of Botany explaining to the gardener the characters of plats, while Flora & Pomona offer him their choicest products as rewards of his labour” (Henrey II, p. 95). The bin... more information

circa. 1700. . [Manuscript]. 1/2 Vellum. Very Good. 4to (24 x 17 cm). Half vellum on marble boards. 92 numered pages (duplicates of page no., 74 and 75, as Addendum to the Arithmetic section.) All pages are in Latin script with 3 in text tables, 3 folding tables at end and 4 folding plates containing 18 figures. The figures have red wash for shading. The title page is in red and black ink. The text is written in a fine legible hand. The title translates loosely as “Elementary Mathematics - An improve... more information

New York: Wiley, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth with author and title in silver.1st edition, 2nd printing, February, 1948. 147pp. Hans Bethe: Nobel Prize, Physics, 1967 “For his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars.” (Nobel Century). Signature of Dr. Edwin McMillan on front free end paper. ... more information

New York: Wiley, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Collation: x, [1], [1]-274 pp. Title, edition, author and publisher in silver on spine. Binding and text very good. Signature of Dr. Edwin McMillan on front free end paper. ... more information

New York: John Wiley & Sons. Hardcover. Very Good. Signature of Dr. Edwin McMillan on front free end paper. ... more information

Padua: : Nella Tipografia del Seminario, , 1819-20. First edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 4to (25.5 x 17.7 cm). 1st ed. 2 volumes in recent 1/4 leather binding on marble boards with new end papers in addition to original free end papers. vii [1] -284pp (2 folding plates); 1-299 [errata for volume 1] (2 folding plates)pp. This is a very clean and bright copy with four folding engraved plates of geometric, celestial, solar events, and orbiting of planets The text covers a wide range of astronomical event... more information

Coloniae: : Apud Petrum Cholinum, , 1627. . Full Vellum. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary vellum on boards. Spotting to covers. Title on separate paper glued to spine. Very clean internally. Previous owner’s monogram in red ink on free end paper dated 1647. Collation: 238 p. + woodcut diagrams in text with occasional floral vine decoration. Clavius was a Jesuit who taught mathematics at the Collegio Romano starting in 1565 while still a student and remained there as professor of Mathematics till 1595 whe... more information

Paris, : Chez Crochard, 1817. . First edition. 1/4 Leather. Very Good. 8vo.(19.6 x 11.9 cm) 2vols. Later quarter calf with original red morocco gilt labels; marble boards. Spine with decorative gilt panels. Corners of boards bumped with some loss. On front cover volume 1. Fore edge damp staining present in text of Vol. I. Ink stain in middle of tail for first 30 leaves.. Collation:Vol. I- [vii]- xxviii, [1]- 610 p. + 12 copper engraved plates; Vol II- [v]-xvi, [1]- 575pp. + 2 copper plates. Internal co... 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

Washington US: : Government Printing Office, , 1917. . First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Maroon cloth binding. Collation: [3] 4- 530pp. + numerous photograveur plates, engravings, and one folding engraved plate. Binding has title and author in gilt on spine. Covers have wear and lower corner soiling (front cover). There is signature of W. G. Swant (sic) Duluth, Minn. struck out with blue ink on front end paper dated Feb. 27, 1918. There is also separate name in blue ink next to inscription in bl... more information

London: Trans. Entomological Society in London, 1834-48. Half black morocco. Very Good. . 8vo. Half black morocco binding with gilt lettering on spine. Collection of 28 articles from Trans. Entomological Society in London, 1834-48 and Trans. Zool.Soc., London, 1835. The articles are often illustrated with plain or colored plates. Includes Descriptions of some species of Carabidae collected by Charles Darwin, 1837. Table of contents in manuscript also autograhed as well as every essay title.Contents: ... more information

Boston: American Orchid Society, 1924. Inscribed copy... more information

Paris: : Claude Jombert, , 1729.. First edition. Contemporary calf. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary calf hinge repaired. Collation: [22] [1] 2-164 [4] p. + 3 folding plates. Binding has raised bands, blank panels with upper having red morocco label and gilt title. This a very clean copy in original binding. Book plate of Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith (20 June 1723 (O.S.) (July 1, N.S.) - 22 February 1816) was a philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is sometimes called ... more information

Edinburgh/London : printed for William Blackwood, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817. Fine translation of Cuvier's essay complemented by Jamieson's commentary on Cuvier's geological findings and his own "Mineralogical Notes.... more information

London: Cox and Son, 1824. 4th Edition.... more information

Boston: : David Clapp, Printer, , 1848. . First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good +. 8vo(24 cm). Original offprint with printed orange wrapper housed in a cloth clamshell box. Collation: [2] 27 [1]p.; 18p. This is a very good to fine copy in original wrappers. The first article was originally published in the Boston Medical Surgical Journal in 1846. The second article is from the Transactions of the American Medical Association, Vol. 1. Bigelow had great concern for the suffering of surgical patients a... more information

Basel: Johannem Hervagium, Mense Augusto, 1537. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Folio. Period vellum with title in ink. Collation: [8] 1-587 [1] p. + Ornamental capitals and diagrams in text. Latin text with Greek letters used for designating points on geometric diagrams. Preface present. Paper used for printing title and last pages with some defects resulting in tears around defects. The title page has been restored along the gutter with a stub of old paper. The bottom right corner of title page restored with bac... more information

Paris:: Apud viduam & Gulielmum Cauellat, sub Pellicano, monte D. Hilarij, , 1598.. Very Good. 8vo (17.0 x 10.7 cm). Contemporary vellum showing some wear at inner hinges. Collation: [2] 350 [2] pp. Numerous diagrams are present in the text which is in both Latin and Greek. Ornamental capital and headpieces. Diagrams with fleurons. This is a later reprint of the first Gracilis edition of 1557 with identical collation. This work contains the enunciations of Euclid without proofs. Vellum binding h... more information

Oxoniæ: : E Theatro Sheldoniano : Impensis Rich. Clements : Prostat apud J. Knapton & C. Rivington,, 1723. . Full calf. Good +. 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm). Contemporary calf. Two works bound in one volume. Collation: [8], 230, [2]; 76, [3 – advs.] p. + 2 folded diagrams. There are numerous geometric diagrams complementing text. In the second work there are two geometric diagrams with paper overlays, triangles (p.30) and arcs (p. 39) Binding with later rebacking, wear and some loss to ends of spine... more information

New York: P.F.Collier, [1859]. First American edition.... more information