ASTRONOMY -- AL-BITRÛJÎ. De motibus celorum. Crit. ed. of the Latin transl. of M. Scot. Ed. by F.J. Carmody. 1952. Owrps. (Spine ends sl. worn, wrps. partly browned). Rare. -- PTOLEMAEUS. Almagest. Transl. & annot. by G.J. Toomer. (1984). Lge-8°. Ocl. -- O. PEDERSEN. A survey of the Almagest. 1974. Lge-8°. Ocl. (Back cover stained). -- And 1 o. (4).

ASTRONOMY -- ASTRONOMIE POPULAIRE en tableaux transparents. Brussels, Kiessling & Cie. Libraires, (n.d., ±1850). W. 12 hand-coloured engraved plates on stiff card, six of which incorporate transparencies. Lge-4°. In or. portfolio, blindstamped w. gold lettering, w. ties. (Spine of portfolio reinforced w. tape, a few transparencies on plates III and VII torn). -- Added: NOUVELLE CARTE CÉLESTE rotatoire a l'usage des ecoles. Brux.?, n.d. (2nd half of the 19th c.). Card w. paper starred sky & volvelle w. tie, showing the constellations on the Northern hemisphere at any given date of the year. Explanatory text on v°. 180 x 180 mm. (Upper paper detaching in places, ticket pasted on, mechanism firm).

ASTRONOMY -- BAYER, J. Uranometria. A reproduction of the copy in the British Library. (Facs. ed. 1603). Alburgh, Archival Facs. Ltd., 1987. Fol. Ocl.

ASTRONOMY -- COPERNICUS, N. On the Revolutions. Ed. by J. Dobrzycki. Transl. & Comm. by E. Rosen. (1978). 4°. Ocl. -- O. GINGERICH. An annotated Census of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus (Nuremberg, 1543 and Basel, 1566). 2002. 4°. Obrds. -- R. VERMIJ. The Calvinist Copernicans. The reception of the new astronomy in the Dutch Republic, 1575-1750. 2002. Obrds. -- E. ROSEN, ed. Three Copernican treatises. 1939. Ocl. -- And 4 o. on C. (8).

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI, G. Le Opere. Eds. A. Favaro, G. Abetti. Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1968 / Giunti, 2013-19. 20 in 25 vols. (of which 4 appendices). 4°. Owrps.

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI, G. Two new sciences. Including centers of gravity & force of percussion. Transl. by S. Drake. (1974). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Sidereus nuncius. Le messager celeste, Texte, trad. & notes établis p. I. Pantin. 1992. Owrps. -- Id. Sidereus Nuncius or the Sidereal messenger. Transl. w. introd., conclusion & notes by A. v. Helden. (1989). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Le messager des étoiles. Trad. p. F. Hallyn. (1992). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S. DRAKE. Galileo's notes on motion, arranged in probable order of composition and presented in reduced facsimile. (1976). 4°. Owrps. -- And 3 o. by/on G. (8).

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI -- ATTI DELLE CELEBRAZIONI GALILEIANE (1592-1992). Trieste, (1995). 5 vols. W. ills. Obrds. w. dust-j. Complete set. -- GALILÆANA. Journal of Galilean Studies. Anno I-II, IV-XIX. Firenze, 2004-22. 18 issues. Owrps. w. belly band. (Year III lacks). -- (23).

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI -- BREDEKAMP, H. Galileis denkende Hand. Form und Forschung um 1600. (2015). 4°. Obrds. (Galileo's O Bd. IV). -- Id. Galilei der Künstler. Der Mond. Die Sonne. Die Hand. (2007). Obrds. -- S. DUPRÉ. De optica van Galileo Galilei. Interactie tussen kunst en wetenschap. 2001. Owrps. -- A. FAVARO. Amici e correspondenti di Galileo. A cura di P. Galluzzi. 1983. 3 vols. Owrps., uncut. -- S.M. PAGANO, cur. I documenti del processo di Galileo Galilei. 1984. Owrps. -- And 5 o. on G. (12).

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI -- DRAKE, S. Galileo against the philosophers in his Dialogue of Cecco di Ronchitti (1605) & Considerations of Alimberto Mauri (1606). Engl. transl. w. introd. & notes by S. Drake. 1976. Lge-8°. Ocl. -- Id. Galileo Studies. Personality, tradition, and revolution. (1970). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. MARR. Between Raphael and Galileo. Mutio Oddi and the mathematical culture of late Renaissance Italy. (2011). Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- J. RENN, ed. Galileo in context. (2001). Owrps. -- F. CAMEROTA, ed. Il compasso di Galileo (Galileo's Compass). (2004). Booklet w. accomp. CD-ROM and envelope w. cardboard reproduction of the geometric and military compass. 4°. Tog. in or. cardboard clamshell box. -- And 12 o. on G. (17).

ASTRONOMY -- GALILEI -- MAFFIOLI, C.S. Out of Galileo. The science of waters, 1628-1718. 1994. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- W.W. OSTERHAGE. Galileo Galilei. At the threshold of the scientific age. (2018). Owrps. -- S. GATTEI, ed. On the life of Galileo. Viviani's Historical Account & other early biographies. (2019). Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M.A. FINOCCHIARO. Retrying Galileo 1633-1992. (2005). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- G. GALILEI. Discourse on bodies in water. Transl. by Th. Salusbury. W. introd. & notes by S. Drake. 1960. 4°. Ocl. -- And 10 o. (15).

ASTRONOMY -- GOLDSTEIN, B.R. Theory and observation in ancient and medieval astronomy. 1985. Ocl. -- N. ORESME. Le livre du ciel et du monde. Ed. by A.D. Menut & A.J. Denomy. Transl. w. an introd. by A.D. Menut. 1968. Ocl. -- F.S. BENJAMIN Jr. & G.J. TOOMER, eds. Campanus of Novara and medieval planetary theory. Theorica planetarum. 1971. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. CASSINI. Gio: Domenico Cassini. Uno scienziato del Seicento. (2a ed. 2003). Obrds. -- S.M. McCLUSKEY. Astronomies and cultures in early medieval Europe. (1998). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 2 o. (7).

ASTRONOMY -- GUILLEMIN, A. Le ciel. 5me éd. 1877. W. 62 plates, of which 22 in colour, and 361 illustr. in text. Lge-8°. Exuberantly gilt dec. or. mor. bind., a.e.g. -- J. RAMBOSSON. Histoire des astres. 1874. W. 3 celestial charts, 10 cold. lithogr. and 63 wood-engr. in text. Lge-8°. Or. red h. mor. (Outer corners a bit dam.). -- Chr. HUYGENS. Receuil des observations astronomiques. Rédigé p. D.J. Korteweg & A.A. Nijland. N.d. (c. 1925). 4°. Cont. cl. (Extrait des 'Oeuvres completes', vol. XV). -- And 1 o. (4).

ASTRONOMY -- JOHNSON, F.R. Astronomical thought in Renaissance England. A study of the English scientific writings. 1937. Ocl. -- V.E. THOREN. The lord of Uraniborg. A biography of Tycho Brahe. (1990). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- J.R. CHRISTIANSON. On Tycho's island. Tycho Brahe and his assistants 1570-1601. (2000). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- S. WEPSTER. Between theory and observations. Tobias Mayer's explorations of lunar motion, 1751-55. 2007. Owrps. -- D.B. HERRMANN. The history of astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung. Transl. & rev. by K. Krisciunas. (1984). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. (9).

ASTRONOMY -- KAISER, F. De sterrenhemel. 4e dr. bew. d. J.A.C. Oudemans. 1884-88. 2 vols. W. 9 lithogr. plates. Cont. hcf. (Cf. a bit discold., but a good set). -- E. v.d. VEN. De physische toestand der zon. 1876. W. cold. lithogr. front. Cont. h. mor. -- W.G. ten HOUTE DE LANGE. Dag en nacht, zon en maan. De planeten en hun loop. Toestellen voor het aanschouwelijk weergeven v.d. hemelverschijnselen en hoe deze zelf te bouwen. (1935). Owrps. -- C. FLAMMARION. De wonderen des hemels. Bew. d. B.C. Goudsmit. 3e dr. N.d. (c. 1920). Lge-8°. Or. dec. cl. -- And 6 o. (11).

ASTRONOMY -- KEPLER, J. New Astronomy. Transl. by W.H. Donahue. (1992). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- Id. Neue Astronomie. Übers. & eingel. v. M. Caspar. 1929. 4°. Ohcl., uncut. (Joints partly split). -- Id. Schriften zur Optik 1604-11. Eingeführt und ergänzt v. R. Riekher. (2008). Owrps. -- J. KOZHAMTHADAM. The discovery of Kepler's laws. (1994). Owrps. -- J.V. FIELD. Kepler's geometrical cosmology. (1988). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 3 o. by/on K. (8).

ASTRONOMY -- KONKOLY, N v. Praktische Anleitung zur Anstellung astronomischer Beobachtungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die astrophysik. 1883. W. 345 wood-engr. in text. Cont. hcl. -- J.J. v. LITTROW. Die Wunder des Himmels oder gemeinfaßliche Darstellung des Weltsystems. 2. verb. Aufl. 1837. 2 in 1 vol. W. front. portr. and 23 fold. plates. Cont. cl. -- M.A.F. PRESTEL. Das astronomische Diagramm, (…). 1859. W. 140 wood-engr. in text. (NB Without the nearly always lacking 'zwei Tafeln' announced on the ti.-p.). - Bound with: A.M. NELL. Der Planetenlauf. 1858. - 2 in 1 vol. Cont. hcf. -- (3).

ASTRONOMY -- NEWTON, I. The optical papers. Vol. 1: the optical lectures, 1670-72. Ed. by A.E. Shapiro. (1984). Lge-8°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E. HALLEY. Correspondence and papers of Edmond Halley. 1932. Ocl. -- A. COOK. Edmond Halley, charting the heavens and the seas. 1998. Obrds. -- N.J.W. THROWER, ed. Standing on the shoulders of giants. A longer view of Newton and Halley. (1990). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. v. HELDEN. Measuring the universe. Cosmic dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley. (1985). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- R.S. WESTFALL. Never at rest. A biography of Isaac Newton. (1980). Ocl. -- And 1 o. (7).

ASTRONOMY -- SAWITSCH, A. Abriss der practischen Astronomie, vorzüglich in ihrer Anwendung auf geographische Ortsbestimmung. Aus dem russischen übersetzt v. W.C. Goetze. Hamburg, 1850-51. 2 in 1 vol. xvi, 409; xvi, 453 pp, (1) lf. W. 6 fold. plates. Cont. hcf. (some minor foxing, but a v.g. copy).

ASTRONOMY -- TELESCOPES -- BRANDL, B.R., (a.o.), eds. 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes. A review of history, science and technology. (2010). Obrds. -- P.J.K. LOUWMAN & H.J. ZUIDERVAART. A certain instrument for seeing far. Four centuries of styling the telescope. (2013). 4°-obl. Obrds. -- A. v. HELDEN, (a.o., eds.). The origins of the telescope. 2010. Obrds. -- D.C. LINDBERG, ed. John Pecham and the science of optics. Perspectiva communis. 1970. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 7 o. (11).

ASTRONOMY -- TELESCOPES -- HELDEN, A. v., (a.o., eds.). The origins of the telescope. 2010. Obrds. -- R. RIEKHER. Fernrohre und ihre Meister. 2., stark bearb. Aufl. (1990). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- I. KEIL. Augustanus Opticus. Johan Wiesel (1583-1662) und 200 Jahre optisches Handwerk in Augsburg. (2000). Owrps. -- C. de WAARD. De uitvinding der verrekijkers. Eene bijdr. tot de beschavingsgeschiedenis. 1906. Or. clothbacked brds. -- G.B. della PORTA. De telescopio. 1962. Owrps. -- And 2 o. (7).

ASTRONOMY -- WEIß, E. Bilder-Atlas der Sternenwelt. 1888. W. 41 cold. lithogr. plates. Fol. Or. clothbacked brds., front side w. cold. lithogr. of a telescope and 2 observatories. (Lower spine end a bit dam.). -- M. WOLFF. Stereoskopbilder vom Sternhimmel. 1. Serie. 3. unveränd. Abdr. 1909. W. 12 stereoscopic photogr. and accomp. texts. Sm-8°. Loose as published in envelope bind. -- E. DEBES. Kleiner Mondatlas. N.d. (c. 1910). W. 14 double-p. plates. Sm-8°. Ohcl. -- R. SCHURIG. Himmel-atlas (…) für das Aequinoctium 1925.0. 7. Aufl. hrsg. v. P. Götz. (1942). 4°. Ohcl. (Spine rep.). -- And 3 similar. (7).

ASTRONOMY -- WOLF, M. Die Milchstrasse. 1908. W. 10 full-p. photogr. and 53 illustr. in text. Obrds. (Bind. a bit dam., traces of use). Max Wolf (1863–1932), a pioneer of astrophotography. From the library of Chriet Titulaer and w. his bookplate. -- Added: Y. TERZIAN. Planetary nebulae. 1978. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. GOCKEL. Das Gewitter. 1905. Or. dec. cl. -- C. BAMBERG, BERLIN. Astronomische & physikalische Instrumente, Mess-Apparate, Optik. N.d. (1920's). 4°. Ocl. -- And 7 o. (11).

ASTRONOMY -- WOOLF, H. The transits of Venus. 1981. Ocl. -- F. BIANCHINI. Observations concerning the planet Venus. Transl. by S. Beaumont. (1996). Or. bind. -- D.B. NUNIS, ed. The 1769 Transit of Venus. The Baja California Observations of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d Auteroche, Vincente de Doz, and Joaquin Velazquez Cardenas de Leon. 1982. Ocl. -- E.O. GINGERICH, ed. Astrophysics and 20th-c. astronomy to 1950: Part A. (1984). Sm-4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. (8).

BEDINI, S.A. Patrons, artisans and instruments of science, 1600-1750. (1999). Ocl. Rare. -- F.J. DIJKSTERHUIS. Lenses & waves. Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the 17th c. 1999. Owrps. Thesis. -- E.A. WHITAKER. Mapping and naming the moon. A history of lunar cartography and nomenclature. (1999). Sm-4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- M. DAUMAS. Les instruments scientifiques au XVIIe et XVIIIe s. 1953. Sm-4°. Owrps., uncut. -- And 7 o. (11).

BOTANY -- BENTLEY, R. & H. TRIMEN. Medicinal plants being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine. Lond., 1880. 4 vols. W. 298 (of 306) beautifully cold. plates. Cont. mor., all edges red. (Binds. skilfully & unobtrusively restored, wear to corners, some endpapers replaced, inside however clean & colours splendidly preserved). -- And 4 o. (8).

BOTANY -- CHENU, J.C. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique. Par., 1859-62. 2 vols. (4), viii, 508; (6), 327 pp. W. ± 3900 engr. in the text, partly cold. Lge-8°. Cont. h. mor. (Spine sunned, some yellowing in places but a sturdy copy of this valuable resource for shell collectors). -- Id. Leçons élémentaires d'histoire naturelle (…) et un traité de conchyliologie. Par., 1847. lxxxvii, 284 pp. W. 12 b&w. plates. Cont. hcf. (Some age-toning throughout). -- (3).

BOTANY -- HESSDÖRFFER, M. Die schönsten Blüten-Sträucher. Berl., 1905. W. 24 cold. plates, each w. c. 2 pp. of text. 4°. Ohcl. w. pictorial front side. (Wear to extremities, plates gorgeous & well-preserved). -- Id. Die schönsten Stauden für die Schnittblumen- u. Gartenkultur. Berl., 1900. Complete vol. in 12 installments, containing 4 splendidly cold. plates each (= total 48 plates), all of them w. c. 2 pp. of text. 4°. Installments in owrps, loose as issued, w. ocl. pictorial cover. -- Added: Id. Een keur van Bloemheesters. Bew. door E.Th. Witte. Leid., (1905). W. 24 cold. plates. 4°. Or. pictorial cl. -- Id. Een keur van Vaste-Planten geschikt voor Snijbloemen en cultuur in den tuin. Leid., (1900). W. 48 cold. plates. 4°. Rebacked in cl. w. use of or. spine & pictorial front side. -- (4).

BOTANY -- HULME, F.E. Familiar wild flowers. 1st-8th series. Lond., Cassell, 1906 (= 1906-12). 8 in 2 vols. 1303 pp. W. 323 cold. chromolithogr. plates & num. wood-engr. initials & tailpieces. Custom hcf. extra w. red letterpieces. (Spines weak, but binding holds, inside w. minimal age-toning, cols beautifully preserved).

BOTANY -- JAVORKA, S. & V. CSAPODY. Ikonographie der flora des südöstlichen Mitteleuropa. Stuttg., Fischer, 1979. 61, XL, 703, 79 pp (including appendix w. German captions). W. 40 cold. plates & c. 4000 images of plants. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j.

BOTANY -- OLIVA-ESTEVE, F. Bromeliads. (2000). W. many illustr. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Bromeliaceae III. 2002. W. many illustr. Fol. Obrds. -- E.M.C. LEME. Nidularium - Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest. (2000). W. many illustr. Fol. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- A. ROGUENANT. Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea. (2001). W. many illustr. 4°. Ohcl. -- Id. Les Broméliacées. (2016). W. many illustr. 4°. Or. limp brds. -- And 15 o. on the same subject (20).

BOTANY -- SCHULZE, M. Die Orchidaceen Deutschlands, Deutsch-Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Gera, 1894. (8), unnumb. text. W. steel-engr., front.-portr. 1 tinted lithogr. & 92 cold. chromolithogr. plates. Ohbrd. -- F. HÖCHSTETTER. Großes, illustriertes Kräuterbuch. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung (…). Reutlingen, (1882). xv, 464 pp. W. 40 cold. plates. Cont. hcl. w. owrps pasted on sides & spine. -- (2).

BOTANY -- SINCLAIR, J. & J. FREEMAN. History and Description of the different varieties of the Pansey, or Heartsease, now in cultivation in the British Gardens. Lond., Effingham Wilson, 1835. ix, 112 pp. W. 24 splendidly handcold. lithographs. Cont. hcf. extra w. elegant spine w. bands, gilt & blindstamped dec. & red letterpiece, sides gilt-ruled, a.e.g. (Wear to spine ends, hinges & corners, w. some yellowing in places but the charming plates are generally clean).

BOTANY -- THOMPSON, R. The gardener's assistant. A practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. New ed. by W. Watson. (1904). 6 vols. W. 18 cold. plates, 30 b&w photograpic plates & num. text-ills. Lge-8°. Or. pictorial cl. (Some wear to spine ends & corners, bookplate 'Mens conscia recti' on paste-down). -- J. WRIGHT. The flower grower's guide. Lond., (c. 1895). 6 vols. W. 46 cold. plates by G. Hamilton & M. Low. 4°. Or. pictorial cl. w. gilt edges. (Extremities a bit worn, some foxing in places). -- (12).

BOTANY -- VICAT COLE, R. British Trees. Text rev. by D. Kempe. 1907. 2 vols. W. many b&w plates & illustr. Fol. Cont. hcf. (Wear to spine & corners, age-toned). -- L. de BAVAY. Traité théorique et pratique de la taille des arbres fruitiers. 1850. W. 10 b&w plates. Early 20th c. cl. w. owrps. pasted on. -- J. LOWE. The yew-trees of Great Britain and Ireland. 1897. W. 23 b&w photograph. plates & many illustr. in the text. Ocl. -- And 2 o. (7).

BOTANY -- VRIESE, W.H. de. Tuinbouw-flora van Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen; bevattende de geschied. en afbeeldingen v. nieuwe of merkwaardige planten, bloemen, vruchten, (...). Leiden, 1855-56. 3 vols. W. cold. front. lithogr., 38 lithog. plates: 16 fold. (14 cold.), 6 double-p. (5 cold.), 16 full-p. (6 cold.). Cont. hcf. w. gilt lettering on spine, a.e.g. (Hinges of all vols. partly split, wear to extremities, some age-toning throughout, a few of the plates bound in unexpected places).

BOTANY -- WINKLER, E., Getreue Abbildung aller in den neuern Pharmacopöen (…) aufgenommenen officinellen Gewaechse nebst ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben in medicinischer, pharmaceutischer und botanischer Hinsicht. 6e verb. Auflage. Lpz., C.B. Polet, (c. 1850). 270 sumptuously handcold. engr. Cont. hcf. (New endpapers, title-p. & 1st plate fortified w. paper, a few plates age-toned, some annot. in pencil, lacks register).

BRUINSMA, V. & G.W. De hedendaagsche kwakzalver. Een waarschuwing voor allen die hun gezondheid en hun beurs op prijs stellen. Leeuw., 1880. (8), 144 pp. Clothbacked brds. w. or. front cover laid down. (A bit browned). - Rare.

COHEN, E. Das Lachgas. Eine chemisch-kulturhistorische Studie. Lpz., W. Engelmann, 1907. (8), 99, (1) pp. W. 31 ills. & 1 fold. cold. caricatural plate by Gillray. Or. printed wrps. (Spine rep. w. cloth strip, loose in binding, quires loose, w. stamp). With author's autograph dedication to J. Roëll on front cover. -- And 2 o. (3).

COMPUTERS AND AI -- BOWDEN, B.V., ed. Faster than Thought. A Symposium on Digital Computing Machines. Lond., Pitman, 1953. xix, 416 pp. W. front., 18 plates, 2 fold. diagrams and many illustr. in the text. Ocl.

DENTISTRY -- WITTHAUS, C.H. Brieven over conserveerende Tandheelkunde. - G.V. BLACK. The management of enamel margins. - J.P. BUCKLEY. Practical Therapeutics. - Utr., W. Leijdenroth, 1906. 3 titles (all text in Dutch) in 1 vol. 295, 3 pp. Owrps. (Hinge delicate).

DUFF, Ch. A handbook on hanging. (Lond.), The Cayme Press, 1928. (2), 128 pp. Sm-8°. Or. clothbacked dec. brds. w. paper letterpiece. (Spine ends sl. chipped. sides a bit browned, bookplate tipped in on free endpaper).

FORBES, R.J. Studies in ancient technology. 1955-64. 9 vols. All prof. ill. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Short history of the art of distillation. From the beginnings up to the death of Cellier Blumenthal. 1948. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity. 1936. Ocl. -- (11).

GILBERT, W. De mundo nostro sublunari philosophia nova. (Facs. ed. 1651). (&) S. KELLY, The De Mundo of William Gilbert. 1965. 2 vols. Ocl. -- D.H.D. ROLLER. The magnet of William Gilbert. 1959. Lge-8°. Ocl. -- M. HUNTER. Robert Boyle reconsidered. (1994). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J.W. SHIRLEY, ed. Thomas Harriot, Renaissance scientist. 1974. Ocl. w. dust-j. (Spine a bit faded). -- J.A. BENNETT. The mathematical science of Christopher Wren. (1982). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- R. ARIEW. Descartes and the last scholastics. (1999). Ohcl. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. (smaller) works on the history of science. (18).

HORSES -- EDWARDS, P., K.A.E. ENENKEL & E. GRAHAM, ed. The Horse as Cultural Icon. 2012. Obrds. -- L.H. CURTH. 'A plaine and easie waie to remedie a horse'. Equine medicine in Early Modern England. 2013. Obrds. -- And 1 o. on horses in Dutch. (3).

HUYGENS, Chr. Observations astronomiques. Système de Saturne. Travaux astronomiques 1658-1666. (Repr. ed. 1925. Amst., 1967). W. ills. 4°. Artificial leather w. gilt lettering (AVH = Anton van Helden) & silk endpapers. (Oeuvres Compl. Tom XV). -- Id. The pendulum clock or geometrical demonstrations concerning the motion of pendula as applied to clocks. Transl. w. notes by R.J. Blackwell. Introd. by H.J. M. Bos. (1986). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. F.J. DIJKSTERHUIS. Lenses & waves. Christiaan Huygens and the mathematical science of optics in the 17th c. (2004). Obrds. -- J.G. YODER. Unrolling times. Christiaan Huygens and the mathematization of nature. (1988). Ocl. W. author's autograph dedication. -- (4).

HUYGENS, Chr. Oeuvres complètes. Publ. p. la Société Hollandaise des Sciences. (&) Liste alphabétique de la Correspondance de Chr. Huygens qui sera publiée p. la Société Hollandaise des Sciences. (Repr. ed., except vols. 1: 1888 & 13-1 and 13-2: 1916). Amst., Swets & Zeitlinger, 1967-79. 23 in 24 vols. Prof. ill., partly w. fold. plates. 4°. Owrps. (3 original volumes w. dam./foxed outer wrps. as usual).

KLEIN, U. & E.C. SPARY, eds. Materials and expertise in early modern Europe. Between market and laboratory. (2010). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- J.V. FIELD & F.A.J.L. JAMES, eds. Renaissance & Revolution. Humanists, scholars, craftsmen & natural philosophers in early modern Europe. (1993). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- P.A. SMITH & B. SCHMIDT, eds. Making knowledge in early modern Europe. (2007). Ocl. -- H.F. COHEN. How modern science came into the world. (2010). Obrds. -- C. HAKFOORT. Optics in the age of Euler. Conceptions of the nature of light, 1700-95. (1995). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 8 o. on the history of science. (13).

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