Claude ELIEN

Ailianou ta heuriskomena hapanta. Claudii Aeliani praenestini pontificis et sophistae, qui Romae ...

Apud Gesneros fratres ( Gessner), Tiguri (Zurich) 1556, In-folio (20 x31,5cm), (48) 655pp. (57) Sig : AZ6, az6,

Brand printer Andreas Gesner. Bilingual edition printing with double column, Greek one side, the Latin translation of the other; the two Greek columns form the middle of the book. Conrad Gesner Edition directed by, printed by Andreas Gesner and put on the market of the library by Hans Jakob Gesner. [...]

1 800 €

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Victor de SEZE

Recherches phisiologiques et philosophiques sur la sensibilité ou la vie animale

Chez Prault, à Paris 1786, In-8 (11,5x20,5cm), relié.

first edition.
Bound in full sheepskin marbled later, ca 1930. Back to Jansenist nerves. Author and title browned. spine cleared evenly. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

200 €

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SPALLANZANI

Oeuvres de M. l'abbé Spallanzani

Chez Pierre Duplain, à Pavie & se trouve à Paris 1787, in-8 (12x20cm), 3 volume reliés.

First collective edition, bringing Opuscules animal and plant physical and experiences to serve the story of the generation of animals and plants; with an outline of the history of organized beings before fertilization Jezan Sennebier. translation by John Sennebier. The third volume: Experiences, [...]

1 200 €

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Guillaume de BAILLOU (BALLONIUS)

Opera omnia in quatuor tomos divisa

apud fratres de Tournes, Genevae (Genève) 1762, 4 tomes en 2 vol. in-4 (20x25,5cm), relié.

Collective first edition. General title page in red and black.
Bound in full sheepskin blond rooted later, ca 1800. Smooth spine decorated with two boxes to the grotesque and two chains, wheels and tail head. Part of title and volume number in red morocco. Rubbed Caps with minor losses. Upper [...]

550 €

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Pierre Joseph MACQUER & Henri Gabriel DUCHESNE

Manuel du naturaliste. Ouvrage utile aux voyageurs et à ceux qui visitent les cabinets d'histoire ...

Chez Rémont, à Paris 1797 (An V), in-8 (12x20cm), 4 volumes reliés.

Stated the second edition, but actually the third, enlarged, with three volumes and eight plates of constellations; rare. The first edition appeared in 1770 in a single volume, a second being added in 1771.

Contemporary spotted sheep, spine with four tools and roulettes [...]

1 800 €

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Abbé NOLLET

Leçons de physique expérimentale.

Chez Durand, à Paris 1749 - 1764, fort in-12 (9x16cm), (6) lx ; 379 pp. et (4) 488 pp. et (4) 512 pp. et (4) 535 pp.

New edition, the volumes comprising three different editions (1749, 1753 and 1764), as is very often the case for this work when it is in a uniform binding, with editions and reprints spread over time. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 116 folding plates; particularly appreciated illustrations, [...]

1 300 €

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PROCLUS & Georg HENISCH

Commentarius in sphaeram procli diadochi. Cui adiunctus est Computus Ecclesiasticus, cum Calendario ...

Typis Davidis Franci, Augustae Vindelicorum (Augsburg) 1609, in-4 (15x20cm), (8) 367pp. (20) (1), relié.

First edition, rare. Printing on both columns. Vignette of a sphere in the title page. 14 figures and in-text tables and many diagrams, including a timetable for the position of the stars and the zodiac figures, tables of latitudes and longitudes.Plein soft vellum vintage flap. Smooth back silent. [...]

1 600 €

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Pierre-Jean-Claude MAUDUYT

Mémoire sur les différentes manières d'administrer l'électricité, et observations sur les ...

De l'Imprimerie Nationale, à Paris 1784, in-8 (12x19,7cm), (2) 301p. 46p., relié.

First Edition, illustrated with 2 folding plates on heavy paper. Paged party to share: Summary of newspapers, door colophon date 1786 Full brown calf and marbled ice.. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. 2 corners bumped. of p.96 in the end, foxing and pale yellow in margins; on the [...]

550 €

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