Category: Bibliography

26 cm. xl, 267 pp. Frontis., 13 plates, 2 tailpieces, index. Gilt-stamped red cloth, dust jacket; some fading to jacket. Burndy bookplate. Very good. ISBN: 0900470704 Originally issued in 1900 (250 copies printed). Dust jacket present.
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Bibliographie Instructive: ou Traite de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers: contenant un catalogue raisonne . . .

By: DE BURE, Guillaume-Francois (1731?1782).

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Paris:, Chez Guillaume-Francois de Bure le jeune, 1765. : 1765

Seller ID: LV2096

Two volumes. 8vo. [iii]-xvi, 734, [2]; 544 pp. Head and tail pieces, index, summary of the articles, errata; cords split between pp. 320-321 on vol. 1; some stains. Original mottled calf with elaborate gilt-stamped spine, all edges red; heavily worn, boards showing at edges, covers loose. Internally good. Scarce. These two parts contain the Belles-lettres: being vols. 3 and 4, of the catalogues by De Bure [or Debure or Bure] (1731?1782), the noted French printer, bibliophile and bookseller, who here describes a vast library of rare and unusual books from the 14 century up to his era, includin...
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Mainz zur Zeit Gutenbergs: Festvortrag gehalten bei der Eroffnungsfeier der Gutenberg-Festwoche der Stadt Mainz am 20. Juni 1937.

By: DERTSCH, Richard.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Mainz am Rhein:, Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1937. : 1937

Seller ID: BL1944

8vo. 26, [1] pp. Two color title (printed in red and black), 3 full page illustrations. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine.
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A Guide to Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library: Supplement Containing Accessions for the Years 1966 through 1975.

By: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library; RIGGS, John Beverley (curator).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Greenville, DE:, Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1978. : 1978

Seller ID: BL2040

ISBN-13: 9780914650157

Tall 8vo. xii, 293 pp. Index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0914650157 Manuscript holdings focused on "Middle Atlantic states to American economic, business, industrial, and technological history."
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Bibliotheca chemica. A bibliography of books on alchemy, chemistry and pharmaceutics.

By: FERGUSON, John (1837-1916).

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London:, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. : 1954

Seller ID: S4665

Reprint. Two volumes. 248 x 171 mm. Large 8vo. xxi, 487; [vi], 598 pp. Gray cloth, gilt spines; spine freckled. Very good.
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Bibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets. Two Volumes in One.

By: FERGUSON, John.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London:, Holland Press, (1981). : 1981

Seller ID: S8550

Two volumes in one. Reprint. Thick 8vo. 62, 25, 42, 38, 44, 35, 36; 41, [175]-213, 68, 28, 61, 79, 33, 77 pp. Illus., indexes. Blue cloth, gilt spine. FINE.
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Bibliotheca Chemica: A bibliography of books on Alchemy Chemistry and Pharmaceutics.

By: FERGUSON, John.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London:, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. : 1954

Seller ID: S9623

Two volumes. 8vo. [2], xxi, 487; [6], 598 pp. Tan cloth, red- and gilt-stamped spine titles, dust jacket (vol. 1 only). Fine. Dust jacket present.
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Indians of Latin America: An Exhibition of Materials in the Lilly Library.

By: GIBSON, Rebecca Campbell & Roger E. BECKMAN.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Bloomington:, Lilly Library, Indiana University, [n.d.]

Seller ID: BL2373

Series: Lilly Library Publication XXV. Tall 8vo. 55 pp. Frontis., illustrations, index. Printed wrappers; wraps a bit creased. Burndy bookplate. Very good. One of 1500 copies printed.
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A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History in British Depositories. Reproduced for the Division of Manuscripts of the Library of Congress.

By: GRIFFIN, Grace Gardner.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: No place given:, The Library of Congress, 1946. : 1946

Seller ID: BL2053

8vo. xvi, 313 pp. Index. Printed boards; offsetting to covers. Burndy bookplate. Very good.
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Iconografia medica Mexicana. Catalogo grafico descriptivo de los impresos medicos Mexicanos de 1552 A 1883 ordenados cronologicamente.

By: GUERRA, Francisco.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: D. F. Mexico:, Imprenta Del Diario Espanol, 1955. : 1955

Seller ID: M2318

293 x 227 mm. Tall 8vo. xvi, ccclxxiii pp. Illus. Loose, as issued in original printed wrappers. Unopened. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Dr. Guerra (b. 1916), medical historian, has compiled an impressive catalogue of medical works with Mexican imprints, in chronological order and profusely illustrated with facsimiles of title pages, plates, charts, and illustrations. There is also an extensive bibliographical section. First Edition.
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Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. [Vol. I: Printed Books 1477-1700; Vol. II, Part I: Introduction to Printed Books 1701-1800; Vol. II, Part II: Printed Books 1701-1800].

By: HUNT, Rachel McMasters Miller.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Pittsburgh:, Hunt Botanical Library, 1958-1961. : 1958

Seller ID: BL2218

3 vols. Large 8vo. lxxxiv, 517; ccxliv; ix, 655 pp. Frontis., plates (some with color), indexes. Dark green cloth, gilt-stamped cover illustrations and spine titles. Burndy bookplates. Fine. Limited to 750 sets. Describes in full 764 rare botanical books printed before 1800. Each entry contains full collations and extensive annotations.
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Catalogo delle Pubblicazioni.

By: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Florence:, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, 1966. : 1966

Seller ID: S11147

8vo. 189 pp. Index; ink marginalia p. 96 only. Printed wrappers; rear cover a bit creased, holograph ink title to spine. Very good.
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Catalogo delle Pubblicazioni.

By: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Florence:, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, 1970. : 1970

Seller ID: S11148

8vo. 236 pp. Index; pages slightly toned. Printed wrappers; front cover slightly creased, holograph ink title to spine. Very good.
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Image for Settimana del Libro Antico e Raro. Catalogo di 100 preziosi volumi, manoscritti, incunabuli, libri illustrati, legature artistiche ecc., che saranno esposti a Firenze, nel Palazzo Riccardi, Galleria di Luca Giordano, da Sabato 28 maggio 1932 a Venerdi 3 giugno e quindi venduti al maggior offerente Sabato 4 giugno, a ore 15. Precedono tre studi bibliografici ed eruditi di Nello Tarchiani, Umberto Dorini ecc.

Settimana del Libro Antico e Raro. Catalogo di 100 preziosi volumi, manoscritti, incunabuli, libri illustrati, legature artistiche ecc., che saranno esposti a Firenze, nel Palazzo Riccardi, Galleria di Luca Giordano, da Sabato 28 maggio 1932 a Venerdi 3 giugno e quindi venduti al maggior offerente Sabato 4 giugno, a ore 15. Precedono tre studi bibliografici ed eruditi di Nello Tarchiani, Umberto Dorini ecc.

By: IV Fiera Internazionale del Libro.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Firenze:, Presso l'Istituto Italiano del Libro, 1932. : 1932

Seller ID: BL2146

8vo. xxxix, 96, [1] pp. Illustrations tipped in; plate-section is of loose leaves, as issued. Printed wrappers; a bit worn, some light foxing, some pages uncut. Housed in original folding boards chemise; boards mended with tape. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Rare. This work includes 96 separate, numbered plates (edition states that plate 43 has been removed, 95 total plates).
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Image for Libros Virumque Cano, Gaudeamus: The Gifts of John Nicholas Brown to the John Carter Brown Library, from 1924 to 1969. A Tribute on His Seventieth Birthday, 21 February 1970.

Libros Virumque Cano, Gaudeamus: The Gifts of John Nicholas Brown to the John Carter Brown Library, from 1924 to 1969. A Tribute on His Seventieth Birthday, 21 February 1970.

By: John Carter Brown Library.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Providence:, Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1970. : 1970

Seller ID: BL2385

8vo. 80 pp. Port. of Mr. Brown, index. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine.
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Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library . . . Introduction by Owen Gingerich.

By: KENNEY, Louis A.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Diego:, San Diego State University, 1988. : 1988

Seller ID: S8622

ISBN-13: 9780295968018

4to. 335 pp. Frontis., list of 211 items, numerous photos & illus. (some color), index. Gilt stamped pictorial maroon cloth. Maroon cloth slip case. FINE. LIMITED EDITION of 1000 numbered copies. Descriptive bibliography of 211 rare astronomical works, lavishly illustrated throughout with images from such rare works as Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium of 1566, and Sacro Bosco's Sphaera Mundi of 1485. A vital and handsome reference work. ISBN: 029596801x
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Category: Bibliography