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ALBERTUS MAGNUS. On animals. A medieval Summa Zoologica. Transl. and annotated by K.F. Kitchell & I.M. Resnick. (1999). 2 vols. Lge-8°. Ocl. -- Added: G.E. RUMPHIUS. The Ambonese curiosity cabinet. Transl., ed., annot., and w. an introd. by E.M. Beekman. (1999). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 1 o. in 2 vols. (5).

AUDOUIN, V. Histoire des insectes nuisibles a la vigne, et particulièrement de la pyrale qui dévaste les vignobles des départements de la Côte-d'Or, de Saonne-et-Loire, du Rhône, (etc.); avec l'indication des moyens qu'on doit employer pour la combattre. Par., 1842. (4), xvi, 349, (12) pp. W. 23 fine engr. full-p. plates under tissue guards after Vaillant and Audouin, the majority gommé and in fine colouring. 4°. Cont. brown hcf. (Cf. a bit rubbed/dry, some foxing throughout, but a good copy).

BERGHUIS, S. De Nederlandsche boomgaard, beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der vereeniging tot regeling en verbetering van de vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur. (Voorw. H.C. v. Hall). Amst., G.L. Funke, (1874). 2 in 1 vol. W. chromolithogr. front.-portr. of Willem III & front. after O. Erelman and 124 chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. Berghuis, all printed by G. Severeyns. 4°. Or. blind tooled red cloth w. gilt lettering. (Extremities of bind. a bit worn/dam., upper hinge broken, a bit loose(ning), a bit foxed in places).

BIRDS -- NUYENS, A. De vogelwereld. Handboek voor liefhebbers van kamer- en parkvogels. Gron., 1886. 2 in 1 vol. xiv, 156; (4), 100 pp. W. 48 very fine cold. chromolithogr. plates dep. 300 species by J. Bungartz. Fol. Old clothbacked brds. (Some light foxing throughout, but in good condition).

BIRDS -- PELT LECHNER, A.A. v. Oologia Neerlandica. De eieren der in Nederland broedende vogels. 's-Grav., 1910-13. 2 vols. W. tog. 617 cold. ill. & 50 photo-engr. on 191 plates. Lge-8°. Loose as issued. In 2 ohcl. portfols. (Spines a bit browned).

BROWNE, Th. Pseudodoxia Epidemica. Ed. by R. Robbins. Oxford, 1981. 2 vols. lxi, (7), 640; (8), 641-1198 pp. Ocl. w. dust-j. - Rare.

COPERNICUS, N. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ll VI (Ed. Basileensis) cum comm. manu scriptis Tychonis Brahe. Ed. Z. Horsky. Prague, Sumpt. Pragopress, 1971. 4 vols. (=1 text-vol., 1 vol. w. notes, 1 vol. w. introd. material in Czech, English, French, German, Russian & 1 portfol. w. specimen lvs. Obrds. (1) & owrps. In or. slipcase. (Cimelia Bohemica 16).

FACSIMILE EDITIONS -- DODONAEUS, R. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive ll. XXX. (W. introd. in Dutch. Reprint of the ed. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1583. (1979)). (20), 860, (28) & loosely inserted introd. of (16) pp. Fol. Or. bind. In or. slipcase. -- And 1 o. (2).

FACSIMILE EDITIONS -- MUNTING, A. Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen, waar in de veelerley aart en bijzondere eigenschappen der boomen, heesters, kruyden, bloemen, met haare vrugten, zaden, wortelen en bollen, neevens derzelver waare voort-teeling, gelukkige aanwinning, en heylzaame geneeskrachten. (Facs. ed. 1696. 1986). Or. antique style artificial leather w. brass clasps and catches.

GARDENS/GARDENING -- HENNEBO, D. (&) A. HOFFMANN. Geschichte der deutschen Gartenkunst. (1962-65). 3 vols. W. 199 illustr. on plates and 118 text-illustr. Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D. HENNEBO, H. WIEGAND, E. SCHMIDT, (u.a.). Geschichte des Stadtgrüns. (1970-81). 5 vols. 4°. Owrps. (3) and ocl. w. dust-j. -- M.L. GOTHEIN. Geschichte der Gartenkunst. (Photomech. Nachdr. d. Ausg. 1926. 1994). 2 vols. W. 637 illustr. Lge-8°. Ocl. -- (10).

GARDENS/GARDENING -- SYPESTEYN, C.H.C.A. v. Oud-Nederlandsche tuinkunst. geschiedkundig overzicht v.d. Nederlandsche tuinarchitectuur v.d. 15de tot de 19de eeuw. 1910. Or. pictorial cl. (Top of spine slightly dam.). -- M. CONAN. Baroque garden cultures: emulation, sublimation, subversion. (2005). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- H.W.M. v.d. WYCK. De Ned. buitenplaats. Aspecten van ontwikkeling, bescherming en herstel. 1982. Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D.O. WIJNANDS, (e.a.). Een sieraad voor de stad. De Amsterdamse hortus botanicus, 1638-1993. (1994). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 5 similar. (9).

GARDENS/GARDENING -- VRIES, J.V. de. Hortorum viridariorumque. (Facs. ed. 1587. 1980). 4°-obl. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E. BÖRSCH-SUPAN. Garten-, Landschafts- und Paradiesmotive im Innenraum. (1967). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E. de JONG, (a.o.). The Anglo-Dutch garden in the age of William & Mary. (1988). 4°-obl. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J. DIXON HUNT. Greater perfections. The practice of garden theory. (2000). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 20 o. (24).

HU, D. China and Albert Einstein. The reception of the physicist and his theory in China, 1917-79. 2005. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- C. JUNGNICKEL & R. McCORMMACH. Intellectual mastery of nature. Theoretical physics from Ohm to Einstein. (1986). 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- N. COPERNICUS. Complete works: On the revolutions (&) Minor works. Transl. & comm. by E. Rosen. (1992). 2 vols. 4°. Owrps. -- G. GALILEI & Chr. SCHEINER. On sunspots. Transl. & introd. by E. Reeves A. v. Helden. (2010). Owrps. -- And 6 o. (12).

KRÜGER, L., (a.o.), eds. The probabilistic revolution. Vol. 1: Ideas in history. Vol. 2: Ideas in science. (1987). 2 vols. -- RUDWICK, M.J.S. Bursting the limits of time. The reconstruction of geohistory in the age of revolution. (2005). -- W.R. NEWMAN. Gehennical fire. The lives of George Starkey, an American alchemist in the scientific revolution. 1994. -- A. GRAFTON. Defenders of the text. The traditions of scholarship in an aghe of science, 1450-1800. 1991. -- Id. Worlds made by words. Scholarship and community in the modern West. 2009. -- 6 vols. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. (10).

LONG, P.O. Openness, secrecy, authorship. Technical arts and the culture of knowledge from antiquity to the Renaissance. (2001). -- R.J. MAGNUSSON. Water technology in the MA. Cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire. (2001). -- G. SALIBA. Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance. (2007). -- J.P. HOGENDIJK & A.I. SABRA, eds. The enterprise of science in Islam. New perspectives. (2003). -- B.A. ELMAN. On their own terms. Science in China, 1550-1900. 2005. -- 5 vols. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. (16).

MacKENZIE, D. Inventing accuracy. A historical sociology of nuclear missile guidance. (1990). -- F.L. HOLMES & T.H. LEVERE, eds. Instruments and experimentation in the history of chemistry. (2000). -- W. LEFÈVRE, ed. Picturing machines, 1400-1700. (2004). -- B. RUSSELL, ed. Robots. The 500-year quest to make machines human. (2017). 4°. -- P.P. WEGENER. The Peenemünde wind tunnels, a memoir. (1996). -- 5 vols. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. (9).

MYCOLOGY -- CORDIER, F.S. Les champignons de la France. Histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employées dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique, la médicine. Par., J. Rothschild, 1870. 2 parts in 1 vol. xii, 231, (1 blank); 274 pp. W. 60 chromolithogr. plates. Lge-8°. Con. red h. mor. extra w. raised bands and richly dec. gilt back, top edge gilt, uncut. (Outer margin faintly waterstained at the beginning, dedic. page a bit stained, lower endpaper and last plate a bit moulded).

PHYSIOGNOMY -- PLANE, J.M. Essais su la phisionomie ou physiologie morale. (ti. vol. 2: Physiologie ou l'art de connaitre les hommes, sur leur physionomie). (1st-)2nd ed. Par., 1797-1803. 2 vols. W. 2 engr. ti. to vol. 1 & 15 engr. plates. Brds. (A bit foxing). -- J.H. LAVATER. Introduction to the study of the anatomy of the human body. Lond., 1824. W. 27 plates. Cont. hcf. (Spine dam.). -- Th. PIDERIT. Wissenschaftliches System der Mimik und Physiognomik. Wiederabdr. Ausg. 1867 hrsg. v. W. Prinz & N. Bulst. (1989). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 2 o. (6).

POULLE, E. (u.a.). Die Planetenlaufuhr. Ein Meisterwerk der Astronomie und Technik der Renaissance geschaffen von Eberhard Baldewein 1563-68. (2008). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J. BENNETT, (a.o.). London's Leonardo. The life and work of Robert Hooke. (2003). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- K. KLOTTER. Technische Schwingungslehre. 2. Bd.: Schwinger von mehrerer Freiheitsgraden. 2. Aufl. 1960. Ocl. (Ex libr. copy). -- G.L. BAKER & J.A. BLACKBURN. The pendulum, a case study in physics. (2009). Lge-8°. Owrps. -- R. BEYER. Kinematische Getriebesynthese. (&) Kinematisch-getriebeanalytisches Praktikum. 1953-58. 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 12 o. (18).

SAUCEROTTE, A.C. Élémens d'histoire naturelle, présentant dans une suite de tableaux synoptiques. Minéralogie-géologie, botanique et zoologie. Par., 1835. W. 33 lithogr. handcold. plates. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands. In cl. clamshell box. (Ti-p. laid down, a bit browned/foxed).

SMITH, B. & A. WHEELER, eds. The Art of the First Fleet & other early Australian Drawings. 1988. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- N. HOPWOOD. Haeckel's embryos. Images, Evolution, and Fraud. (2015). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D. FREEDBERG. The Eye of the Lynx. Galileo, his Friends, and the Beginning of Modern Natural History. (2002). Lge-8°. Ohcl. w. dust-j. -- G. CUVIER. Historical Portrait of the Progress of Ichthyology, from its Origins to our Own Time. (1995). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. in 5 vols. (9).

THUNDER & LIGHTNING -- WAAROM zijn zoveel menschen bevreesd voor den bliksem en donder? Uit het Hoogduisch. Amst., A.B. Saakes, n.d. (1794?). xviii, 92 pp. Cont. stiff brds., uncut.

ZOOS -- BOITARD, (P.). Le jardin des plantes. Description & mœurs des mammifères de la ménagerie et du muséum d'histoire naturelle. Par., 1842. lxvi, 472 pp. W. engr. fold. plan of the Paris zoo (w. small tears), 4 handcold. steel-engr., 2 portr., 51 plates & 212 text-engr. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. dec. gilt back & brown label. (Sides a bit stained, some minor foxing).

ZOOS -- BOITARD, (P.). Le jardin des plantes. Description & mœurs des mammifères de la ménagerie et du muséum d'histoire naturelle. Par., 1842. In 2 vols. lxvi, 200; (2), -201-472 pp. W. engr. fold. plan of the Paris zoo, 4 handcold. steel-engr., 2 portr., 51 plates & 212 text-engr. 4°. Cont. gilt green hcf. (Some minor foxing, else fine).