First edition

John KEILL & Pierre Charles LEMONNIER

Institutions astronomiques, ou leçons élémentaires d'astronomie

Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, à Paris 1746, In-4 (20x26cm), (8) lxiv, 660pp., relié.

First edition
Binding full brown basement contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown sheepskin. Upper joint tightly split largely. Lower joint open in tail and head. Rubbed and scratched boards, with some gaps. Corners very dull and trimmed, bare. Scattered bites.

800 €

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Jean-Sylvain BAILLY

Histoire de l'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusqu'à l'époque ...

Chez De Bure fils aîné, à Paris 1781 - 1785, In-4 (20x25,7cm), xvj, 728pp. (13Pl.) et 751pp. (5Pl.) et (4) 415pp., 4 volumes reliés.

Second edition.
Binding full marbled and glossy brown calfskin. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco, piece of tomaison in red morocco. Upper joint of volume I split in the lead. A hitch with lack on the lower joint at the level of the first box. Upper joint of volume II closely [...]

1 800 €

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Paolo GIOVIO

De romanis piscibus libellus, doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus

Per Ioannem Grapheum, Antverpiae [Anvers] 1528, Pet. in-8 (10x15,5cm), a-h8 (126p), relié.

New edition, after the first edition of 1524 in Rome.
Modern binding in full parchment with bradel. Smooth back mute. Title sheet with small gaps on the external margin, same for the last page. Yellowed paper. Scattered foxing.

1 000 €

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First edition

Jean-François DEMACHY

Elément de chymie, suivant les principes de Becker & de Stahl

Chez Siméon-Prosper Hardy, à Paris 1757, In-12 (10x17cm), xxiv, 526pp. et viij, 623pp. et viij, 599pp. et viij,

First edition.
Binding full brown sheepskin marbled vintage. Back with ornate nerves. Title and volume pieces of beige sheepskin. Rubbed together. Flat headdresses. Estafilades on the boards. Blunt corners.

600 €

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BAUME

Manuel de chymie

Chez Didot le jeune, à Paris 1763, In-12 (10x16,5cm), xvj, 501pp. (3), relié.

Mention second edition.
Binding full brown marbled sheepskin used vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. Headdress trimmed. Tail cap partly missing. Upper joint split in the head and tail. Blunt corners, one broken and trimmed. Epidermures on the boards. Rubbed together. [...]

250 €

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First edition

BAUME

Manuel de chymie

Chez Didot le jeune, à Paris 1763, In-12 (10x16,5cm), xij, 495pp. (1), relié.

First edition.
Binding in full marbled brown calfskin. Back with ornate nerves. Missing title label. 2 small gaps on the top plate, one on the lower plate. Good copy, fresh.
Summary of all chemical experiments governed by the postulate of phlogiston theory which implies that there is a [...]

450 €

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First edition

Pierre Joseph MACQUER

Elemens de chymie theorique

Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, à Paris 1749, In-12 (10x17cm), xxiv, 336pp. (24), relié.

First edition illustrated with 4 folding boards in fine (instruments and tables of different elements).
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. A lack in mind. Very rubbed together. 2 blunt corners.

350 €

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Joseph Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND

Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale

Chez Gueffier, à Paris 1775, in 8 (12,5x20,3cm), xxiv, 342pp. 24Pl. et (4) 456pp. 28Pl., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at the end of volumes) on hard paper.
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back to ornate nerve. title label in red morocco and tomaison in black morocco. Headdresses of Volume II removed. Grip of [...]

800 €

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