Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 435. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. The orange in cross section in actual size depiction with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 215. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Some foxing and small repairs to right margin. Three views of a lemon in actual size depiction with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 301. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Some tape residue lower margin. Unusually large wrinkled lemon with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 441. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Unusually large lime with ribbon title in latin from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much status symbols as functional agricultural structures..... More

Rome: Herman Scheus, 1646. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate 311. Image measures 12 X 8 inches. Baroque lemon in 3/4 profile and half cut with fanciful pink ribbon title. from 'Hesperides, Sive, de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor', published in Rome in 1646, the first book entirely devoted to citrus fruit, with many depicted in actual size. In cooler parts of Europe, citrus fruit was grown in orangeries starting in the 17th century; many were as much status..... More

Regensburg: Bosse, 1979. Illustrated. 501 pages, square 8vo, stiff printed green wrappers. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse, 1979. Scarce. Near Fine. Volume 98 of Kolner Beitrage zur Musikforschung. More

Amsterdam: Abraham Someren, 1692. Title vignette, 26 half-page engravings and decorative woodcut vignettes and initials throughout. 419pp + 4pp table. Small 8vo, old mottled calf with gilt spine, leather spine label (bottom piece of spine end missing, lacks frontispiece and half-title, corners bumped). Amstelodami: Abrahamum a Someren, 1692. A very good copy, with pages quite clean and bright. This work, first published in 1521, established the new literary genre of Marconic verse. The longest piece in the work is a...... More

Paris: Hachette, 1966. Text in French. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color images throughout. 327 pages. 4to, off-white pictorial silk, d.w. Paris: Hachette, (1966). Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. A very good(+) copy with light discoloration at cloth edges; in a good dust wrapper, chipping and tearing to edges. More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white with some full-bleed images. 264 pages, 4to, burgundy cloth with gilt stamping, dust wrapper. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, (1993). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

Paris: guill, 1675. Les apparences des Astres, la fabrique du Monde, la formation des Plantes, La Lumiere, la Pesanteur, etc. Illustrated with numerous woodcut figures and diagrams. Short thick 12mo. Contemporary calf covered in patterned paper (very worn with covers detached but block still firmly sewn -- needs rebinding). Paris, Guill. Deesprez, 1675. First and only edition of this very enlightening statement of the universe and its motion as understood at this time. This little known book which discusses the..... More

New York: Blom, 1972. 336 pages. 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Blom, 1972. Reprint. A fine copy, as new in shrinkwrap. More

New York: Scribner, 1969. Translated by Arnold Pomerans. 443pp. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (chipped at spine). New York: Scribner, (1969). Slightly shelf worn, but still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More