Venice: Presso li Guerigli, 1651. 290 pages, all rather fine and clean, blue edges. Thick tall 8vo, copper engraved illustration on title page, engraved decorative chapter initials and tail pieces. Full vellum, lightly soiled, hand-lettered title on spine. Small ex-libris on inside front cover. Venice: Presso le Guerigli, 1651. First Edition. Scarce. More

Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Woodcut design on title page. 473, (7) pages. Thick 12mo, full calf, gilt spine (rubbed). Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Revised and augmented. Very good. Drips of what looks to be sealing wax on endpapers. Old bookseller's label on front attached endpaper. Small oval abrasion though leather down to board on back cover. More

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. 383 pages, 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1653. Traduites en Francois par Monsieur Arnauld d'Andilly. Extra engraved title page by Champaige; some woodcut head and tail pieces throughout. [18], 600, [16] pages. Thick 12mo, bound in old vellum (early ownership signatures on endpapers; some worming to text but still solid and attractive). Paris: Chez Pierre Le Petit, 1653. Cinquiesme edition. A very good copy. More

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Facsimile title page from first complete edition of Bacon's essays. 391 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped gray leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Illustrated in black and white. 246 pages, large 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. A fine copy. More

New York: Abrams, 1979. 378 works illustrated in black and white. 299 pages. 4to, light blue cloth, d.w. New York Harry N. Abrams, 1979. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: Chesire House, 1932. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. viii + 147pp., tall 8vo, half green leather over marbled boards, deckled edges; spine faded, lightly rubbed. New York: Chesire House, 1932. A near fine copy. One of 1200 numbered copies. More

Paris: Estienne Danguy, 1646. Woodcut initials and decorative head & tailpieces throughout. XII, 225 pages. 12mo, contemporary vellum with calligraphic spine lettering. Paris: Chez Estienne Danguy, 1646. For some reason an attempt was made to obliterate the publisher's information on title, otherwise a solid copy; some pages at rear with neat marginalia, but mostly clean. A very good copy of this scarce book. OCLC lists only 3 copies, including Cambridge & Bibliotheque Nationale de France. More

London: Phaidon, 1947. 292 photogravure plates. 255pp. 4to, cloth. WITH: BENESCH. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Selected Drawings. 64pp., 4to, red cloth, d.w. Together, 2 vols. London: Phaidon, 1947. Very good in slightly rubbed dust jackets. More

London: Samuel Roycroft. Engraving. Measures 14 1/4" x 9 1/4" This engraving by Masson appears in Richard Blome's "History of the Old and New Testament", published circa 1690 after Nicolas Fontaine's volumes known as the "Royaumant's Bible". The illustration depicts Revelations 13, showing a fire-breathing dragon, a king cowering in fear, and angels pouring water down from above to extinguish the flames. The engraving was dedicated to the "Worshipfull Samuel Vincent of Buckenham house in Norfolk."Scuffs and toning, repairs to..... More

Oxford: Tho. Bowman, 1671. Illustrated with 3 in-text engravings, one full-page, (two showing cloud formations and one of a steam vessel experiment). Small 8vo, [22], 302 pages, bound in contemporary calf (well-rubbed with damage to spine and label chipped; two contemporary signatures, otherwise quite clean). Oxford: Printed by W. Hall for Tho. Bowman, 1671. A very good unsophisticated copy of this rather scarce work. Generally accepted as the first systematic attempt to explain weather phenomena in which Bohun received some..... More