BOTANY -- NÄGELI, C. & C. CRAMER. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. Zürich F. Schulthess, 1855-58. 4 in 1 vol. (6), 120; (4), x, 623; (6), 39, (1); (4), 39, (1) pp. W. tog. 51 (partly cold.) lithogr. plates. 4°. Hcl. w. (parts of old spine laid down), stamp on ti., a bit foxed/browned in places).
€ 200
BOTANY -- PAYER, J.-B. Traité d'organogénie comparée de la fleur. Par., Libr. de V. Masson, 1857. 1 text-vol.: viii, 748, (6 revised pp.), (2) pp. & 1 atlas-vol.: viii pp. & 154 lithoger. plates. Lge-8°. Hcl. extra. (Spines a bit faded, spine ends a bit worn, hole in halft-ti., a bit foxed).
CHAMBERS, D.D.C. The Planters of the English Landscape Garden. 1993. -- J. SINCLAIR. Fresh Pond. The History of a Cambridge Landscape. (2009). 8°-obl. -- J. HOWLEY. The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland. (1993). -- J. FARR. The Gardens of Emily Dickinson. (2004). -- C.P. CHRISTIANSON. The Riverside Gardens of Thomas More's London. (2005). -- T. LONGSTAFFE-GOWAN. The London Town Garden, 1740-1840. (2001). -- 6 vols. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. in 5 vols. on gardens. (11).
€ 70
EULER, L. Volledige inleiding tot de algebra. Uit het Hoogduits vert. Amst., M. Magérus, 1773. 2 vols. 344; 546 pp. W. 2 fold. plates. Cont. brds., uncut.
€ 100
GARDEN HISTORY -- BOUCHENOT-DÉCHIN, P. & G. FARHAT, eds. André Le Nôtre in perspective. (2013). Fol. Obrds. w. relief printed dust-j. -- L.D. COREY, (a.o.). The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden. (2013). Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D. KETCHAM. Le Désert de Retz. A late 18th-c. French Folly Garden, the Artful Landscape of Monsieur de Monville. (1994). 8°-obl. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D. & J.-P. le DANTEC. Reading the French Garden: Story and History. (1990). Sm-4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- (4).
€ 60
GARDEN HISTORY -- DUMBARTON OAKS COLLOQUIUM ON THE HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 10, 26-32. Washington, 1987-2011. 8 vols. of the series. 4°. Owrps. (7) and ocl. -- And 2 related publications by D.O. on garden history. (10).
GARDEN HISTORY -- HUNT, J.D. Gardens and the Picturesque. Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. (1992). -- M. FRANCIS & R.T. HESTER, Jr. The Meaning of Gardens. Idea, Place and Action. (1990). -- M. WILLES. The Making of the English Gardener. Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660. (2011). -- R. REES. Interior Landscapes. Gardens and the Domestic Environment. (1993). -- 4 vols. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 3 similar. (7).
GARDEN HISTORY -- RAPHAEL, S. An Oak Spring Sylva. -- Id. An Oak Spring Pomona. -- L.T. TOMASI. An Oak Spring Flora. -- Upperville, 1989-97. 3 vols. Lge-4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. Bibliographical surveys of the Oak Spring Rare Book Collection. -- M. LAIRD. A Natural History of English Gardening, 1650-1800. New Haven, (etc.), (2015). Lge-4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- (4).
GARDEN HISTORY -- ROBERTS, J. Royal Landscape. The Gardens and Parks of Windsor. (1997). Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- P. HENDERSON. The Tudor House and Garden. Architecture and Landscape in the 16th and Early 17th c. (2005). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- D. COKE & A. BORG. Vauxhall Gardens. A History. (2011). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- S. DANIELS. Humphrey Repton. Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England. (1999). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- M. BROUWER, (a.o.). Theatergarden Bestiarium. The Garden as Theater as Museum. (1990).4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- (5).
€ 80
GARDEN HISTORY -- SEGRE, A.V. The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665. A Manuscript Planting Notebook with a Study, Transcription, and Translation. (2006). 2 vols. 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. & owrps. In or. slipcase (slipcase slightly dam.). -- W. MACDONALD & J.A. PINTO. Hadrian's Villa and its Legacy. (1995). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M.W. JONES. Origins of Classical Architecture. (2014). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- I.K. McEWEN. Vitruvius. Writing the Body for Architecture. (2003). Ohcl. -- And 1 o. (6).
€ 50
GARDEN HISTORY -- SIRÉN, O. China and Gardens of Europe of the 18th c. (1990). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- H. SUGA. Japanese garden. (2015). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J.D. HUNT. The Dutch Garden in the 17th c. (1990). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- L.D. COREY, (a.o.). The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden. (2013). Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 2 o. (6).
GARDEN HISTORY -- WALKER, P. & M. SIMO. Invisible Gardens. The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape. (1994). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M. GALINOU. Cottages and Villas. The Birth of the Garden Suburb. (2010). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- W.L. CREESE. The Search for Environment: The Garden City before and after. (1992). Owrps. -- R.E. GRESE. Jens Jensen. Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens. (1992). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S.A. SPONGBERG. A Reunion of Trees. The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction into North America and European Landscapes. (1990). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S. CONNOR. New England Natives. A Celebration of People and Trees. 1994. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 7 o. on landscape architecture. (13).
€ 75
HUXLEY, Th.H. 'On the hypothesis that animals are automata'. In: The Fortnightly Review, XCV new series, 1874, p. 555-580. Lge-8°. Old wrps., uncut.
IBN al-RAZZâZ al-JAZARî. The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices. (Kitâb fî ma 'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya). Transl. & annot. by D.R. Hill. (1974). W. plates & text-fig. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- K. RUITENBEEK. The Lu Ban jing. A 15th-c. Chinese carpenter's manual. 1989. Owrps. -- I. SZABÓ. Geschichte der mechanischen Prinzipien & ihrer wichtigsten Anwendungen. (1977). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- L.T.C. ROLT & J.S. ALLEN. The steam engine of Thomas Newcomen. (1997). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. (15).
INSTRUMENTS ET MACHINES A CALCULER, Catalogue du musée, section A. 1942. Illustr. Owrps. (Spine ends a bit dam.). (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers). Rather scarce survey of calculating machines. -- Added: M. d'OCAGNE. Le calcul simplifié par les procédés mécaniques et graphiques. Histoire et description sommaire des instruments et machines a calculer, tables, abaques et nomogrammes. 2e éd. 1905. Owrps. -- J. BERTRAND. Calcul des probabilités. 2me éd. 1907. Cont. hcl. -- O. BLUMENTHAL. Principes de la théorie des fonctions entières d'ordre infini. 1910. Owrps. -- (4).
KING, H.C. & J.R. MILLBURN. Geared to the stars. The evolution of planetariums, orreries, and astronomical clocks. Bristol, (1978). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Added: H.J.M. BOS, (a.o.), ed. Studies on Christiaan Huygens. Invited papers from the symposium on the life and work of Christiaan Huygens, Amsterdam, 22-25 August 1979. Lisse, 1980. Obrds. -- A. THOM. Megalithic lunar observatories. (2nd rev. ed.). Oxf., (1973). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- (3).
MONTFERRIER, A.-S. de. Dictionnaire des sciences mathématiques pures et appliquées. 1835-36. 2 vols. 4°. Cont. hcf., gilt spines w. red and green labels. (A bit foxing). Fine set. -- Added: A. v. BEMMELEN. Lessen over de algebra of stelkunst. 2e dr. 1830. Cont. hcf. -- R. LOBATTO. Over de inrigting en berekening van duurzame weezen-fondsen, (…). 1830. Obrds. -- And 9 o. in 10 vols. (14).
MOVEABLES -- DESARCES, H. Grande encyclopédie pratique de mécanique et d'électricité. La technique et la pratique modernes. Par., A. Quillet, (1913). 4 text-vols. w. ill. & 1 atlas-vol. of 20 multi-layered cold. lithogr. plates. 4°. Or. dec. cl. (Skilfully rebound w. use of old cloth).
€ 120
NATUURLIJKE HISTORIE VAN NEDERLAND. Haarl., 1856-63. 17 parts bound in 12 vols. W. tog. 303 (lithogr.) plates, partly cold. by hand. Uniformly bound in cont. hcf. binds.
€ 400
NEWTON, I. Historia ecclesiastica (De origine schismatico ecclesiae papisticae bicornis). Ed. crit., trad. y estudio de P.T. Pérez. 2013. Obrds. -- P.T. PÉREZ, Isaac Newton: Escritos inéditos en latín sobre historia eclesiástica. 2011. 2 vols. 4°. Ocl. -- L. de WREEDE. Willebrord Snellius (1580-1626), a humanist reshaping the mathematical sciences. 2007. Owrps. -- S. v. ZANEN. 'Een uitzonderlijke verscheidenheid'. Planten, vrienden en boeken in het leven en werk van Carolus Clusius (1526-1609). 2016. Owrps. -- FESTSCHRIFT anläßlich der 400jährigen Wiederkehr der wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit von Carolus Clusius (Chalres de l'Escluse) in pannonischen Raum. 1973. Owrps. -- And 15 o. (21).
NYE, M.J., ed. The modern physical and mathematical sciences. (2003). Ocl. w. dust-j. (The Cambr. Hist. of Science 5). -- P.A. SAMUELSON. The collected scientific papers. Ed. by J.E. Stiglitz, (a.o.). Vol. 1-4. (1966-77). 4 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- L. KOOIJMANS. Het orakel. De man die de geneeskunde opnieuw uitvond: Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738). (2011). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- C. de PATER. Petrus v. Musschenbroek (1692-1761), een newtoniaans natuuronderzoeker. (1979). Owrps. -- And 6 o. (13).
€ 65
ORNITHOLOGY -- SCHLEGEL, H. De vogels van Nederland, beschreven en afgebeeld. Leiden, P.W.M. Trap, 1854-58. 4 vols. Text-vol.: viii, 699, (1) pp.; 3 plate vols.: 362 handcold. (& gommé) lithogr. plates. Sm-8°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt backs. (Spines a bit chafed, some plates slightly browned).
€ 900
RAPPORT over de inrigting van eenige voorname musea van natuurlijke historie in het buitenland n.a.v. de voorgenomen stichting van een nieuw gebouw voor 's Rijks Museum te Leiden. 1878. W. 17 fold. plates. Or. brds. (Spine worn, book block broken, loose). Rare. -- Th. v. SWINDEREN. Het vijfentwintigjarig bestaan v.h. natuur- en scheikundig genootschap te Gron. 1826. Owrps. -- W.H. v. SETERS. Pierre Lyonet, 1706-89. 1962. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- P. de CLERCQ. The Leiden cabinet of physics. 1997. Sm-4°. Ocl. -- And 3 o. (7).
(SAVÉRIEN, A.). Geschiedkundig overzigt der vorderingen v.d. menschelijken geest in de eigenlijk gezegde wetenschappen en de kunsten (…) te weten: algebra, arithmetica, (…), optika, (etc.). 1822. Cont. hcf. -- L. BICKER. Verhandeling over de nuttigheid der ventilators op onze oorlog-, Oostindische en andere schepen, ter bewaring v.d. gezondheid (…). 1801. W. 2 fold. engr. plates. Cont. wrps. -- J.C. POGGENDORFF. Geschichte der Physik. 1879. Ocl. -- M. v. ROHR. Ernst Abbe. 1940. Ocl. -- P.A. DAGUIN. Traité de physique théorique et expérimentale avec les applications a la météorologie et aux arts industriels (…). 1855-56. 2 vols. W. over 1100 wood-engr. in text. Cont. hcf. (Spines a bit chafed/worn). -- And 3 o. (9).
SIAMESE TWIN -- WETENSWAARDIGE BIJZONDERHEDEN omtrent de Siamesche Tweeling-Broeders Chang en Eng. N.pl., n.d. (1836). (2), 6 pp. -- With: CHANG & ENG. Plain lithogr. by R(uurt) de Vries (1813-1874), depicting the Siamese twin Chang and Eng. N.d. (c. 1836). 220 x 150 mm. -- (2).
€ 150
SIZES & WEIGHTS -- BOSSCHA, J. Relation des expériences qui ont servi à la construction de deux mètres étalons en platine iridié, comparés directement avec le mètre des archives. Leiden, 1886. (4), 201 pp. W. 2 fold. tables. 4°. Cont. clothbacked brds. Rare. W. (hardly readable) dedication by the author to ? on the front cover. -- Added: (P.) KELLY. Le cambiste universel, ou traité complet des changes, monnaies, poids et mesures, de toutes les nations commerçantes et de leurs colonies; avec un exposé de leurs banques, fonds publics et paiers-monnaies; (…). Trad. et calculé aux unites françaises sur la 2de éd; augm. de tableaux des monnaies d'or et d'argent, (…). Paris, 1823. 2 vols. xxxii, 440; xxiv, 371 pp. 4°. Or. printed brds., uncut. (Spines loosely inserted, outer corners a bit dam.). -- (3).
SIZES & WEIGHTS -- (VISSER, J.). Het voordeel en het gemak van gelijke maten en gewigten. 1834. Cont. wrps., uncut. -- Added: A.W. FABER. Anleitung z. Gebrauche des Rechenstabes. (1901). Lge-8°. Owrps. -- C.J.D.M. VERHAGEN. Rekenmachines in Delft. 1960. Owrps. -- H. MELDAU & A.J.L. MORITZ. Het kompas aan boord v. ijzeren en stalen schepen. 1915. Ocl. -- And 14 o., primarily on surveying. (18).
STEENSTRA, P. Grondbeginsels der meetkunst, of kort begrip der ses eerste boeken met het elfde en twaalfde van Euclides. 2e dr. Leyden, 1770. Cont. hcf. (Spine varnished). -- P. v. CAMPEN. Gronden der trigonometrische doorzigtkunde. Leiden, 1810. Cont. brds., uncut. -- J. de GELDER. Beginselen der meetkunst, ontworpen naar haren tegenwoordigen staat van vordering. 2e dr. 's-Grav., (etc.), 1817. W. 8 fold. plates. Later hcf. -- GEOMETRIA ELEMENTARIA et practica. Leuven, 1774. W. 20 fold. tables. Cont. wrps., uncut. -- And 4 o. in 5 vols. (9).
VILLIERS, J.A.J. de. Storm van 's Gravesande, zijn werk en zijn leven uit zijne brieven opgebouwd. 1920. Ocl. -- H.J. BETH. Newton's "Principia". 1932. 2 vols. Ocl. -- E.J. DIJKSTERHUIS. De elementen van Euclides. 1929-30. 2 vols. Ocl. -- Id. Simon Stevin. 1943. Ohcl. -- And 6 o. (12).
WEISE, G. Gustav Weise's Naturgeschichte in Bildern. Das Pflanzen- und Mineralreich. Tl. 1. Stuttg., (1893). 1 of 2 vols. W. 12 chromolithogr. plates (incl. title). Fol. Or. clothbacked chromolithogr. brds. (Upper hinge strengthened). -- Added: Ch. KINGSLEY. Glaucus or the wonders of the shore. Lond., 1899. Cont. tree cf. w. dec. gilt back, gilt dec. borders on both sides, black label & marbled edges. (Weak joints). -- L. FIGUIER. Le savant du foyer ou notions scientifiques sur les objets usuels de la vie. Par., 1862. W. num. ill. Cont. h. mor. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & all edges gilt. (Top of spine chipped, slightly foxed). -- (3).