Rare botany books: flora, herbaria, medicinal plants, horticulture, atlases and colored plates of natural history

First edition.
A small lack to foot of spine, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt initials at foot, joints rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, beautiful engraved bookplate pasted to verso of front cover, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
A photographic portrait and a reproduction pasted to the endpapers.
Some light foxing.

Rare collection of 10 articles on women's gynaecology in first edition, published between 1870 and 1874. Each article has its own title page, with the exception of one extract from a periodical. The whole is illustrated with several figures in the text and one colour plate.
Half brown sheep. Smooth spine. 2 red morocco title labels. Spine rubbed. Upper joint cracked.
Continuation of the article titles:
On the treatment of uterine haemorrhages with quinine sulphate.
Contribution to the study of membranous dysmenorrhoea.
On the danger of operations performed on the cervix.
On obstacles that the cervix may present during childbirth.

First edition.
Light marginal tears to the boards, two ink stains and a tiny lack at the head of the second board.

First edition.
Publisher's full sand-colored paper boards, smooth spine with small stains, edges rubbed, corners slightly bumped, handsome interior condition.
Complete volume in itself.

First edition.
Smooth unlettered spine skillfully restored using a piece of pink adhesive tape matching the covers, two corner losses to the second cover, some foxing.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Brochure presented in plain temporary wrappers, slight lacks at head and foot of the unlettered spine, author's name written in ink on the front cover, small corner lacks to covers, copy almost free of foxing.

First edition.
Exposition of the Pasteur method, frequency of rabies, failures of the new treatment, rabies in dogs and wolves, complete statistics...
Makeshift spine restored with a piece of ochre cloth, marginal lacks to boards.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies of this offprint from the Centre de recherches des études hispaniques.
Handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author to the team at Mercure de France.
With a frontispiece portrait of L. Pasteur.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from H. Colomb to a colleague.
Small tears with lacks to spine, marginal dampstain to head of front cover affecting the entire text block with diminishing intensity, angular lacks to back cover.
Rare but in poor condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 5 plates.
Small tears with lacks to spine, a pale angular dampstain to front cover affecting the first pages, internal foxing, back cover detached.
Rare but in poor condition.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Albert Mourgues to a colleague.
Small tears with lacks to spine, a pale marginal dampstain at head of first cover diminishing through the pages, a crease mark at foot of second cover.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Jules Parry to a colleague.
A pale angular dampstain at foot of first cover and throughout the text block.
Rare.

First edition.
Two pale dampstains to the margins of the covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Maurice Jourdan to a colleague.
A pale dampstain to the head margin throughout the text block.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from Louis Carrière to a colleague.
Complete with its folding chart in middle of volume.
Minor stains of no consequence to front cover, handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 13 figures.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from C. Rigaux to a colleague.
Illustrated with 10 figures.
Small trace of rubbing with lack to middle of spine, pale marginal dampstain at head throughout the text block.

First edition.
Half mint green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with cold fillets and gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, a small lack of leather on the second board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Light marginal worming to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Gaston Charvilhat at the head of the title page.
A slight lack at the head of the spine, worming and small stains on the boards which also show a slight angular lack, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with figures and adorned with tables.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 48 figures.
Spine slightly faded, front board loose.

Seventh edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded.
Half sheep binding with smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, traces of rubbing on edges, contemporary bindings.
These volumes deal with general technique for the first and special technique for the second.
Works illustrated with 600 black and colored figures.
Gift inscriptions in ballpoint pen on the front endpapers of the volumes.
The last leaf of the table in the first volume is detached, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Illustrated with 66 illustrations.
Preface by Pr E. Jeanbrau.
A good copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 149 figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
23 illustrations.
A good copy.

First edition.
Spine slightly faded with a small lack at foot, a small marginal lack at foot of second cover also affecting the last two pages but not touching the text.
Work illustrated with 6 plates.
Rare.

First edition.
Half caramel morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Complete copy with its folding map and rate table.
The history of towns, villages and castles, the description of places and monuments, details of the route, the nomenclature of metalliferous deposits and coal mines, their nature, their richness and their exploitation conditions, agricultural and industrial statistics...
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Rare.

First edition.
Two slight lacks to head and to foot of spine, tiny stains to upper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Covers slightly and marginally stained, internally good.
Rare, softcover.

First edition of the French translation by F. Fresnel.
Copy in original wrappers.
Spine split, covers lacking, title page loose and clumsily repaired with tape, some minor foxing.
Work complete with its 4 folding plates at rear.

First edition.
Birth of medicine, Egyptian, Greek and Roman medicine, Arab medicine, Medicine from Harvey to Jenner, scientific Medicine Laênnec and Jenner, exploration procedures, evolution of therapeutics and surgery, perspectives.
Warm autograph inscription from Etienne May to the Mercure de France review, with a typed signed letter from the publisher addressed to the same review. Complete with publisher's slip.
Covers partially faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, one joint showing slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted to verso of front cover.
Preface by Prof. E. Escat.
Work illustrated with 122 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, very light traces of rubbing without any significance to joints, marbled paper boards with very light scratches without significance, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front cover.
Work illustrated with 54 figures in the text and 12 chromolithographic plates.
Handsome and rare copy.

Fourth edition with some parts in first edition as 'revised and expanded with notes'.
Work decorated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Minor lacks to foot of spines, small tears without loss to head of some joints, gift inscriptions in pen to front covers and half-title page of first volume, cold stamps from bookshop to half-title pages, very minor marginal lacks to covers, scattered light foxing.

First edition.
Half purple cloth binding, smooth spine faded with gilt double fillet at tail, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.

First edition.
One joint with small lacks and cracked at head and foot, creases and light marginal tears to the first cover and the two following pages but not touching the text.
Some small marginal wormholes.
Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's full pasteboard binding in imitation vellum, smooth spine unlettered, boards illustrated with decorative blind-stamped motifs in the manner of medieval stamped bindings, a light ink stain at head of first board, edges gilt.
Illustrations and borders in colors in the manner of medieval illuminations by J. Van Driesten.
Pen annotations on some tables of 'children's weighing' appearing at the end of the volume, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Some passages have been underlined in green and red ink by a previous owner of the work. Small corner lacks to boards, otherwise a rare and handsome copy complete with its folding chart at the end.

First edition.
Two small lacks without significance at head and foot of spine which also has a slight tear in its middle, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Split spine with minor lacks, slight corner wear to boards, occasional light foxing, marginal dampstain affecting the last two leaves.
Rare.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands, contemporary binding.
Blood emissions, blood transfusion, iron...
Work illustrated with 43 figures and one folding plate, foxing, library stamps.
Rare.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned.
When man still left nature the hope of maintaining itself in all its diversity.

Medical treatise probably in first edition.
Half sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, author's initial at foot.
Handsome copy in a small contemporary binding possibly from the author's personal library.

First edition.
Half sheep binding, smooth spine handsomely decorated, usual wear mainly to headcaps, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing, bibliophile's stamp, handsome copy.

First edition.
A very good copy of this rare treatise.

First edition.
Translation by P. Plantamour.
Full brown boards binding, handsome copy despite some light foxing.

First edition.
Fertilization, gestation, birth, anomalies, giants, dwarfs and extraordinary children.
Light foxing to first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
This is a thesis submitted for obtaining a doctorate in medicine.
Worming to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Spine and covers lightly soiled, some foxing but otherwise a handsome copy.
Very rare.

First edition.
Publisher's bottle-green cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind compartments, head slightly rubbed, blind fillet and interlace frames on boards, Napoleon III's coat of arms gilt at center of front board, gilt medallion depicting a crowned eagle and palms framing the inscriptions Académie de Paris and Prix du concours général at center of rear board, moiré paper doublures and endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work decorated with two engraved portraits of A. de Humboldt and a facsimile of one of his letters at head, figures throughout the text.
At the end of the volume, we find a biography of Humboldt's correspondents...

First edition.
Some tears, a small lack and occasional foxing affecting the spine and covers.
Work illustrated with photographic plates.
Rare.

First edition.
Lacks to foot of spine and to lower corner of first cover as well as to first leaves not affecting text, one tear to joint.
Rare.

First edition.
Full cloth Bradel binding with morocco title-label, contemporary binding.
Very numerous contributions on highly varied medical subjects, substantial volume of 648 pages.

First edition.
Full cloth Bradel binding with morocco title-label, contemporary binding.
Very numerous contributions on highly varied medical subjects, substantial volume of 661 pages.

First edition.
Full cloth Bradel binding, morocco title-label, contemporary binding.
Numerous contributions on very varied medical subjects, important volume of 627 pages written in German, French and English.

First edition.
First volume devoted to botany, insects, inventors and scientists, of this scientific series.
Two tears repaired to the joints, interior foxing.

First edition.
Poster illustrated with two illustrations.
A very good copy.

First edition. Handwritten signed inscription of the author, nice copy.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition in French.
Work illustrated with plates.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition of this offprint printed in a small number of copies.
Front cover marginally sunned with a small tear without loss.

First edition of the French translation.
A very good copy.

First edition of this offprint from the 'revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger'.
A marginal loss to the first page where there should have been an autograph inscription from the author, otherwise a fine copy.

First edition.
Illustrations, preface by M. d'Arsonval.
Tiny marginal stains to upper cover, one small tear without lack glued to a joint, internally good.
Rare.

First edition.
Concerning problems of sex determination, the role of genital glands on morphology, the problem of eugenics. Tear with slight loss reattached at foot of spine, one tear with loss but not affecting text on page 40.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of edition.
A very small repaired tear at the head of one joint, marginal worming to the front board.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Spine cracked and reglued, marginal dampstain affecting the very first pages, another affecting the last leaves which also show some foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
A marginal loss affecting the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of this offprint, printed to a small number of copies .

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription by C. Lnt-Cnl. Corps, our copy is enriched with an autograph letter from the author to the dedicatee in which he notably hopes to make A. Einstein see reason about the error of his theories on relativity.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by C. Lnt-Cnl. Corps.
Repaired tear with lack at head of spine, small marginal lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
A repaired tear at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with photographs, some pencil annotations.

First edition in French.
On the theory of relativity.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being marginally faded.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from C. Lnt-Cnl. Corps to Pierre Dupont.
On M. Michelson's new experiment.
Boards detached.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine faded and boards detached.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition in French.
Two tears and a lack at head and foot of spine.

First edition.
Minor marginal tears to the front cover without consequence.

First edition on ordinary paper.

First edition.
One small nick in the margin to upper cover.

First edition.
Preface by Dr Léon Vannier.
Spine faded.

First edition, with service de presse stamp on the second cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Appendix on generalized relativity, the ideas of Lorenz and Einstein explained using elementary calculations.
A slight corner lack affecting the rear board, otherwise a handsome copy.