PERIODICALS -- GIDS IN HET PLANTENRIJK, De. Tijdschrift voor Tuinbouw en Plantkunde. Onder red. v. Becker, Scalongne & Michell. Jg. 1-3 (all published). Amst., 1871-74. 3 vols. Obrds. W. lithogr. portr. of F.A.W. Miquel and a double-p. cold. lithogr. of the Primula Japonica.
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ADHÉMAR, J. Révolutions de la mer. Déluges périodiques. 2e éd. Par., 1860. 1 text-vol. & 1 plate-vol. Owrps. (Spines worn/dam., some foxing). -- F. JULIEN. Courants et révolutions de l'atmosphère et de la mer. Par., 1860. Owrps. (Spine rep. w. paper, w. stamp/ticket, a bit foxed). -- R.A. BAGNOLD. The physics of blown sand and desert dunes. (1965). Ocl. -- F. HJULSTRÖM. Studies of the morphological activity of rivers as illustrated by the river Fyris. 1935. Owrps. -- H. VILLAT. Leçons sur la théorie des tourbillons. 1930. Owrps. (Spine browned/dam.). -- And 9 o. (15).
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(AIRY, G.B.). Tides and waves. (Published in: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana vol. 5). Lond., (1842). 241-396 pp. W. 6 plates (1 fold.). 4°. Cont. h. mor. (Spine partly gone, corners bumped/worn, plates a bit foxed/browned).
€ 200
BEECKMAN, I. Journal tenu par Isaac Beeckman de 1604 à 1634. Publ. avec une introd. et des notes p. C. de Waard. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1939-1953. 4 vols. (incl. supplement). W. ills. 4°. Or. brown cloth w. 2 top edges gilt.
€ 360
BIRDS -- SEPP-NOZEMAN. Nederlandsche vogelen 1770-1829. Met inleiding en wetenschappelijke inhoudsopgave. (Facs. uitg.). Tielt, Lannoo, 2014. W. 250 cold. plates. Lge-fol. Obrds. In or. box w. handle. (Box a bit dam.).
€ 100
BOTANY -- BERLIN, B., (a.o.). Principles of Tzeltal plant classification. An introd. to the botanical ethnography of a Mayan-speaking people of Highland Chiapas. (1974). Ocl. -- R.J. MARLES. Aboriginal plant use in Canada's Northwest boreal forest. (2000). Obrds. -- A.G. MILLER & M. MORRIS. Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. (2004). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J.J. SCHOFIELD. Discovering wild plants. Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest. (1989). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- Q.C.B. CRONK. The endemic flora of St. Helena. (2000). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 4 o. (9).
€ 70
BOTANY -- CLAESSENS, J. & J. KLEYNEN. The flower of the European orchid. Form and function. (2011). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- K. CAMERON. Vanilla orchids. Natural history and cultivation. (2011). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- R. KAISER. Vom Duft der Orchideen. Olfaktorische und chemische Untersuchung. (1993). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- U. KÖRBER-GROHNE. Pflaumen, Kirschpflaumen, Schlehen. Heutige Pflanzen und ihre Geschichte seit der Frühzeit. (1996). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- B. MATHEW. The Crocus. A revision of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae). (1982). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 13 o. (18).
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BOTANY -- HEGI, G. Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa. (2.-3. Aufl.). (1939-2008). 6 in 22 vols. Prof. ill. 4°. Ocl. (17; 13 w. dust-j.) & obrds. (Lacks vol. 7 index-vol.).
€ 150
BOTANY -- TROLL, W. & WEBERLING, F. Infloreszenzuntersuchungen an monotelen Familien. 1989. Obrds. -- P. LEINS & C. ERBAR. Blüte und Frucht. Morphologie, Entwicklungsgeschichte, Phylogenie, Funktion, Ökologie. 2. Aufl. 2008. Obrds. -- A. SUCHANTKE. Metamorphose. Kunstgriff der Evolution. (2002). 4°. Obrds. -- P. SCHILPEROORD. Metamorphosen im Pflanzenreich. Lesen im Buch der Verwandlungen. (2011). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J. NIETZOLD. Phänologie. Vom Rhythmus des Zeitleibes der Pflanzen im Jahreslauf. (1993). Or. bind. -- And 3 o. (8).
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BOTANY -- UPHOF, J.C.Th. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. 1968. Ocl. (Plasticized). -- B. BERLIN. Ethnobiological classification. Principles of categorization of plants and animals in traditional societies. (1992). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- K. CRITCHLOW. The hidden geometry of flowers. Living rhythms, form and number. (2011). Sm-4°. Owrps. -- A.D. BELL. Plant form. An illustrating guide to flowering plant morphology. (2008). Sm-4°. Obrds. -- V. HARLAN, Hrsg. Wert und Grenzen des Typus in der botanischen Morphologie. (2005). Owrps. -- And 3 o. (8).
BOTANY -- WARNER, B. & J. ROURKE. Flora Herscheliana. Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838. (1998). 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D. SCHUMANN, (a.o.). Ericas of South Africa. (1995). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- G. FAGAN. Roses at the Cape of Good Hope. (1995). Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M. & L. FRASER. The smallest kingdom. Plants and plant collectors at the Cape of Good Hope. (2011). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- H. HERRE. The genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae. (1971). 4°. Ocl. w. (rep.) dust-j. -- And 1 o. (6).
BOTANY -- WIJNANDS, D.O. The botany of the Commelins. A taxonomical, nomenclatural and hist. account of the plants depicted in the Moninckx Atlas and in the four books by Jan & Caspar Commelin on the plants in the Hortus Medicus Amstelodamensis, 1682-1710. 1983. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- E.J. WEEDA, (e.a.). Ned. oecologische flora. Wilde planten & hun relaties. (1985-94). 5 vols. Prof. ill. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- H. ROMAGNESI & J. WEILL. Fleurs sauvages de France et des regions limitrophes. (1977). 2 vols. Fol. Ocl. -- Added: H. BOCK. Kreutterbuch, Darin underscheidt Nammen und Würckung der Kreutter, Stauden, Hecken und Beumen, sampt ihren Früchten (…). (Reprint 1577. 1964). Ohcf. -- And 3 o. (12).
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BOUSSINESQ, J. Cours de physique mathématique de la faculté des sciences. Théorie analytique de la chaleur. Mise en harmonie avec la thermodynamique et avec la théorie mécanique de la lumière. Par., 1901-21. 3 vols. xxv, (3), 333, (1); xxxii, 625, (1); xlviii, (2); 417, (1), zlviii, 217, (1) pp. Cont. cl. w. blue labels. (Spines slightly browned, libr. stamps on free endpaper, vol. 3 a bit browned).
BOUSSINESQ, J. Théorie analytique de la chaleur mise en harmonie avec la thermodynamique et avec la théorie mécanique de la lumière. Par., 1901-03. 2 in 1 vol. xxv, (3), 333, (1); xxxii, 625 pp. Cont. red h. mor. w. owrps. bound up.
CAHAN, D., ed. Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of 19th-c. science. (1993). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- C.W. KILMISTER, ed. Schrödinger: Centenary celebration of a polymath. (1987). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- N. BLAEDEL. Harmony and unity. The life of Niels Bohr. (1988). Obrds. -- A. PAIS. Niels Bohr's times, in physics, philosophy, and polity. 1991. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- Id. 'Subtle is the Lord…' The science and the life of Albert Einstein. 1982. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 9 o. (14).
CLEEMPOEL, K. v. Astrolabes at Greenwich. A catalogue of astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. (2005). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. In slipcase. -- P. v.d. KROGT. Old globes in the Netherlands. A catalogue of terrestrial and celestial globes made prior to 1850 and preserved in Dutch collections. 1984. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- O. MURIS & G. SAARMAN. Der Globus im Wandel der Zeiten. Eine Geschichte der Globen. (1961). Ocl. -- K. GAULKE. Der Ptolemäus von Kassel. Landgraf Wilhelm IV. von Hessen-Kassel und die Astronomie. (2007). 4°. Obrds. -- And 2 o. (6).
DARWIN, G.H. Scientific papers. Cambr., 1907-16. 5 vols. xiv, (2), 463; xvi, 516; xvi, 527; xvii, (3), 592; lxvi, 81, (1) pp. W. front.-portr. Ocl.
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. Ed. by P.A. Schilpp. Evanston, 1949. xvi, 780 pp. W. photographic front. & plates. Or. brown textured cloth over bevelled brds., t.e.g., uncut & (for the greater part) unopened. In or. slipcase. (Slipcase slightly worn on edges). (Vol. 7 of The Library of Living Philosophers).
€ 1200
EINSTEIN, A. Äther und Relativitätstheorie. Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 a.d. Reichs-Universität zu Leiden. Berl., Springer, 1920. 16 pp. Owrps.
ENCYKLOPÄDIE der mathematischen Wissenschaften. 4. Band: Mechanik. In 4 Teilbänden (&) Registerband. Redigiert von F. Klein & C. Müller. - 5. Band: Physik. In drei Teilen. Redigiert von A. Sommerfeld. Lpz., Teubner Vlg., 1901-35. 2 in 8 vols. Lge-8°. Cont. hcl. extra w. black labels. (Some joints split, ex libr. copies w. stamps).
€ 300
FOKKER, A.D. Over Brown'sche bewegingen in het stralingsveld, en waarschijnlijkheids-beschouwingen in de stralingstheorie. Haarl., 1913. (8), 130 pp. Mod. cl. w. or. front side laid down. Rare thesis. -- Added: G.L. de HAAS-LORENTZ. Die Brownsche Bewegung und einige verwandte Erscheinungen. 1913. Hcl. (Top of spine slightly dam., spine bumped, stamp on ti.). -- (2).
FOURIER, J.B.J. Œuvres. Paris, 1888-90. 2 vols. 4°. Owrps., uncut. (Cover vol. 1 partly fails, vol. 1 loose(ning), half-ti. vol. 1 dam.). -- J.L. LAGRANGE. Mécanique analytique. Nouv. éd., rev. & augm. Par., Courcier, 1815. 2 vols. 4°. Dissimilar binds., also in size, bind. vol. 1 partly gone). -- (P.S.) LAPLACE. Exposition du système du monde. 5e éd. Brux., 1826. W. engr. front.-portr. of the author. 4°. 19th c. hcl. -- L. EULER. Lettres a une Princesse d'Allemagne, sur divers sujets de physique et de philosophie. Nouv. éd. Revue et augm. p. J.-B. Labey. Paris, 1812. 2 vols. W. 9 fold. engr. Cont. mottled cf. -- (7).
GAUSS, C. F. & W. WEBER. Atlas des Erdmagnetismus nach den Elementen der Theorie entworfen. Supplement zu den Resultaten aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins. Lpz., Weidmann, 1840. iv, 36 pp. Mit 18 double-p. lithogr. plates & 4 double-p. tables. 4°. Mod. bind. (Foxing).
HAHN, F.-V. v. Thesigraphie. Untersuchungsmethode an biologischen Objekten insbes. Nahrungsmitteln. 1962. W. 526 ill. Fol. Ocl. (plasticized) w. (rep.) dust-j. -- A.J. SMITS & T.T. LIM, eds. Flow visualization. Techniques and examples. (2003). Obrds. -- G.S. SETTLES. Schlieren and shadowgraph techniques. Visualizing phenomena in transparent media. (2001). Obrds. -- M. BISCHOF. Tachyonen, Orgonenergie, Skalarwellen. Feinstoffliche Felder zwischen Mythos und Wissenschaft. (2004). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 5 o. (9).
HEIM, A. Geologie der Schweiz. Lpz., 1919-22. 2 in 3 vols. W. 160 illustr. in text, and 27 cold. tables. Lge-8°. Cont. hcf. (Binds. a bit chafed in places, small libr. stamps in places, but a good set). -- E. SUESS. Die Entstehung der Alpen. Wien, 1875. Cont. clothbacked marbled brds. -- R. LUCERNA. Morphologie der Montblancgruppe. 1914. Owrps. (Back cover fails). -- And 6 o. on the Alps in 7 vols. (12).
HELMHOLTZ, H. v. Vorlesungen über theoretische Physik. 2. durchges. Abdruck. Lpz., 1922. 6 vols. Lge-8°. Ohcl. (Traces of use (in a library) and wear). -- Added: L. KOENIGSBERGER. Hermann v. Helmholtz. Braunschweig, 1902-03. 3 vols. Each vol. w. front. portr. Fine cont. marbled cf. w. marbled brds. -- And 3 o. in 4 vols. -- Tog. 13 vols.
HERIVEL, J. Joseph Fourier: The man and the physicist. 1975. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- D.S.L. CARDWELL. James Joule, a biography. (1989). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- J.T. CUSHING. Philosophical concepts in physics. The historical relation between philosophy and scientific theories. (1998). Lge-8°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- V.E. THOREN. The lord of Uraniborg. A biography of Tycho Brahe. (1990). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- G. CANTOR. Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and scientist. A study of science and religion in the 19th c. (1991). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- E.J. AITON. Leibniz, a biography. (1985). Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 5 o. (11).
HUMBOLDT, A. v. Cosmos. Ensay o de una descripcion fisica del mundo. Vertido p. B. Giner. Madrid, 1874-75. 4 vols. Cont. hcf. (Spine ends chipped, spines a bit chaded, some browning). -- Id. Cosmos. Essai d'une description physique du monde. Trad. p. H. Faye, (a.o.). Nouv. éd. Milan, 1854-65. 5 in 6 vols. Or. printed wrps. (Spines a bit worn/dam., some foxing). -- (10).
HUMBOLDT, A. v. Kleinere Schriften. Geognostische und physikalische Erinnerungen. - Umrisse von Vulkanen aus den Cordilleren von Quito und Mexico (= Atlas der Kleineren Schriften). Bd. 1 & Atlas (= all publ.). Stuttg./Tübingen, 1853. 1 text-vol. (4), viii, 474 pp. W. 6 fold. tables. & 1 atlas-vol. w. engr. ti., engr. dedication leaf & 12 engr. plates (incl. 1 cold.). 8° & 4°-obl. Cont. hcf. w. orange label (=text) & or. clothbacked brds. (Atlas: spine renewed, sides soiled/stained, rather foxed).
€ 180
HUMBOLDT, A. v. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. (&) Atlas zu Alexander v. Humboldt's Kosmos. Volks-Ausg. (…) hrsg. v. T. Bromme. Stuttgart/Augsburg, Cotta/Krais & Hoffmann, 1845-62. 6 vols., incl. atlas vol. xvi, 493; (2), 544; (2), 644; (2), 649; (2), 1297 pp. & 136 pp. W. 39 engr. maps, for the greater part cold. by hand, and 3 plain engr. plates w. tog. 30 views. 8° (5) and 4°-obl. Cont. hcf. w. dec. gilt backs (5) & blindtooled cl. w. gilt lettering. (Top of spine vol. 1 a bit dam., atlas-vol. skilfully rebacked).
€ 400
HUMBOLDT, A. v. Über die Haupt-Ursachen der Temperatur-Verschiedenheit auf dem Erdkörper. Berl., 1827. 4°. Old (worn/dam.) wrps. (Sides loose, a bit browned, stain on outer margin last leaf). -- Id. Kosmos. Ontwerp eener natuurkundige wereldbeschrijving. Naar het Hoogduitsch d. E.M. Beima. 2e verm. & verb. dr. Harlingen, 1865-66. 4 vols. Cont. hcf. (A bit foxed/browned). -- H. BERGHAUS. Physikalischer Atlas zu A. v. Humboldt, Kosmos. 2004. 4°. Owrps. -- Id. Ansichten der Natur, mit wissenschaftlichen Erläuterungen. 1849. Cont. h. mor. -- And 5 o. (smaller) works. (12).
HUMBOLDT -- BRUHNS, K., hrsg. Alexander v. Humboldt. Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie. Lpz., 1872. 3 vols. xx, 480, (2); vii, 552; (6), 314 pp. W. 3 engr. front. portrs., 1 table. Later hcf., spines gilt and w. red labels. (Some minor foxing in places, but a good set).
HUMBOLDT -- COTTA, B. & J. SCHALLER. Briefe über Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Ein Commentar zu diesem Werke für gebildeten Laien. Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (Abt. 1-2). Verbes. Aufl. Lpz., 1850-51. 3 vols. W. 24 (fold.) plates/maps. Fine cont. green hcf. w. dec. gilt backs. -- A. v. HUMBOLDT & H. BERGHAUS. Briefwechsel aus den Jahren 1825 bis 1858. 2. Ausg. 1869. 3 vols. Or. printed wrps., uncut. (Wrps. a bit dam.). -- A. v. HUMBOLDT. Correspondance scientifique et littéraire. Publ. p. M. de la Roquette. Par., 1865. Cont. black h. mor. w. dec. gilt back. -- And 1 o. (8).
JAPAN -- COLLECTION OF 3 JAPANESE WORKS ON WEATHER & ASTRONOMY: NAKANISHI KEIBO. Min’yô seiu benran (Civil Manual for Weather (Effects)). Kyoto, 1767. 2 vols., complete. Blue covers. First ed. -- IGUCHI TSUNENORI. Tenmon zukai (Schematic Illustrations of Astronomy). Osaka, 1897? 5 vols., complete. W. diagrams in text of which 1 moveable. Yellow covers. First edition was published in 1688. Vol. 4 suggests 1897 as date of publ. -- FUMON ENTSU. Bukkoku rekishô hen (Astronomy and the Calendar System in the Country of Buddha). 1810. 5 vols., complete. Olive green covers. (Heavily wormed). -- Tog 12 vols. Cont. string binds.
KAMERLINGH ONNES, H. Nieuwe bewijzen voor de aswenteling der aarde. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1879. (14), 290 pp. W. 4 lge-fold. plates. Clothbacked brds. - Rare thesis.
KANT -- ADICKES, E. Kant als Naturforscher. Berlin, 1924-25. 2 vols. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut. -- Id. Untersuchungen zu Kants physischer Geographie. Tübingen, 1911. Lge-8°. Cont. clothbacked brds. (Libr. stamps in places). -- Added: I. KANT. Physische Geographie. (Einzig rechtmäszige Aufl.). Mainz, (etc.), 1802-05. 8 parts in 5 vols. Sm-8°. Cont. brds. (3) and mod. brds. (in tune w. the other vols.). -- (8).
KAYSER, H. Abhandlungen zur Ektypik harmonikaler Wertformen. Zürich/Lpz., 1938. W. (fold.) plates. Ocl. (Upper outer corner free endpaper cut off). Rare first edition. -- And 1 o. by K. (2).
LAPLACE, (P.-S.). Théorie analytique des probabilités. 3e éd. Rev. & augm. Par., 1820. (6), clxxiii, 645 pp. 4°. Cont. h. red mor. w. raised bands. (Spine ends a bit chafed/chipped). (Œuvres Complètes tom. 7).
LAPLACE, P.S. Traité de mécanique céleste. (Photomech. reprint of the ed. 1798-1825). Brux., 1967. 5 vols. 4°. Or. binds.
LEONHARD, K.C. v. Geologie oder Naturgeschichte der Erde auf allgemein faßliche Weise abgehandelt. Stuttg., F. Schweizerbart, 1836. 5 vols. W. 97 very fine steel-engr. and lithogr. plates, 9 cold. by hand, partly under tissue guards. Sm-8°. - Id. Geologischer Atlas zur Naturgeschichte der Erde. - Vulkanen-atlas zur Naturgeschichte der Erde. Stuttg., Schweizerbart, 1841. 2 in 1 vol. 33, (1) pp. W. 11 (cold.) engr./lithogr. maps to the 1st part & 15 (cold.) engr./lithogr. maps to the 2nd part. Sm-4°-obl. - Tog. 6 vols. Uniformly bound in cont. hcf. w. marbled sides, gilt lettered and dec. spines. (A bit age-toned/browned, some small libr. stamps in places, 1 plate vol. 2 loose, but a very handsome set).
€ 600
LONG, W.J. Beasts of the field. (1901). - Fowls of the air. (1901). - School of the woods. (1902). - Following the deer. 1903. - Northern trails. 1905. (A bit loose). - "Whose home is the wilderness". (1907). - Boston/Lond., Ginn & Co. 6 vols. W. illustr. by Ch. Copeland. Or. illustr. green cl. -- Added: Ch.G.D. ROBERTS. The watchers of the trails. - Red fox. - The kindred of the wild. - Lond., Duckworth, 1903-06. 3 vols. W. illustr. by C.L. Bull. Or. illustr. green cl., t.e.g. -- (9).
LORENTZ, H.A. Lectures on theoretical physics delivered at the University of Leiden. Authorised transl. by I. Silberstein & A.P.H. Trivelli. Lond., 1927-31. 3 vols. x, 195; xii, 410, (2); xii, 326, (2) pp. Ocl. (A few underl.).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- ATLAS INTERNATIONAL des nuages et des etats du ciel. I. Atlas général. II. Atlas des nuages tropicaux. Par., 1932. 2 vols. W. num. loose plates. 4°. Ohcl. portfol. (Vol. 1 w. some tears, stamp to front side bith vols.). Rare. -- And 2 o. on clouds. (4).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- BJERKNES, V. Vorlesungen über hydrodynamische Fernkräfte nach C.A. Bjerknes' Theory. Lpz., J.A. Barth, 1900-02. 2 vols. xvi, 338; xvi, 316 pp. Hcl. extra.
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- BJERKNES, V. (&) J., H. SOLBERG & T. BERGERON. Hydrodynamique physique avec applications à la météorologie dynamique. 1934. 3 vols. xx, 273; (3), 274-566; (4), 567-864 pp. Ohcl. (Spine ends slightly chipped). -- Added: Id. Physikalische Hydrodynamik. Mit Anwendung auf die dynamische Meteorologie. Berl., 1933. Ocl. (Joints worn/partly split, some underl. in red). -- (4).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- BJERKNES, V. & J.W. SANDSTRÖM. Dynamische Meteorologie und Hydrographie.1: Statik. 2: Kinematik. Braunschweig, 1912-13. 2 vols. W. num. diagrams/ill. 4°. Hcl. (W. stamp on ti-pp., some marg. annot. in pencil).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- BLODGET, L. Climatology of the United States. 1857. W. 12 fold. lithogr. maps (all w. libr. punch stamps). Mod. cl. (Ex libr. copy w. stamps, a bit foxed). W. author's autograph dedication. -- H.M. DAVY. Les mouvements de l'atmosphère et les variations du temps. 1877. W. 24 cold. maps. Cl. (W. stamp). -- F.W.C. KRECKE. Het klimaat van Nederland. 1863. 2 in 1 vol. W. cold. lithogr. ti. & 5 fold. plates/maps. Cont. h. mor. (Joints split/worn, corners bumped). -- E. HUNTINGTON. The climatic factor as illustrated in Arid America. 1914. W. num. ill. & 14 plates. 4°. Owrps. (Spine dam./stained). -- W. SARTORIUS v. WALTERSHAUSEN. Untersuchungen über die Klimate der Gegenwart und der Vorwelt, mit. bes. Berücksichtigung der Gletscher-Erscheinungen in der Diluvialzeit. 1865. W. 1 fold. cold. plate & 1 fold. cold. map. 4°. Wrps. -- And 12 o. (17).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- CHARPENTIER, J. de. Essai sur les glaciers et sur le terrain erratique du bassin du Rhone. Lausanne, 1841. (4), x, 363, (2). W. fold. map and 8 plain lithogr. 4°. In old vellum bind. (1 fold. lithogr. fully split on fold, libr. stamp on ti., bind. a bit warped, but a very good copy). -- Added: L. AGASSIZ. Untersuchungen über die Gletscher. Solothurn, 1841. xii, 326, (2) pp. 19th c. hcl. Unfortunately without the atlas. -- (2).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- COTTE, (L.). Traité de météorologie. Par., 1774. W. 14 engr. plates. 4°. Cont. hcf. (Upper joint partly torn/dam., inner lower margin stained at the end). -- H. LECOQ. Élémens de géographie physique et de météorologie. Par., 1836. W. 4 fold. plates (incl. 1 movable). Mod. bind. -- A. QUETELET. Météorologie de la Belgique comparée a celle du globe. Brux./Par., 1867. W. front. Cont. h. mor. (Top of spine dam., upper joint partly split). -- (3).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- COUDRAYE, (F.-C.) de la. Théories des vents et des ondes. 2e éd. Par., (1801). W. lge-fold. map. Hcf. (W. stamp on ti.). -- (J.) LARTIGUE. Exposition du système des vents. Par., 1840. W. 2 lge-fold. maps. Brds. -- W. FERREL. A popular treatise on the winds: Comprising the general motions of the atmosphere, monsoons, cyclones, tornadoes, waterspouts, hail-storms, etc. etc. Lond., 1890. Ocl. (Spine worn/dam.). -- (3).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- DOVE, H.W. Klimatologische Beiträge. 1857. 2 vols. W. 2 lge-fold. maps. Brds. (W. stamps). -- Id. Über Eiszeit, Föhn und Scirocco. 1867. Old (worn) brds. (W. stamp, a bit foxed). -- Id. Meteorologische Untersuchungen. 1837. W. 2 fold. plates. Mod. brds. (Lower outer corner stained in places). -- Id. Monats- und Jahresisothermen in der Polarprojection. 1864. Fol.-obl. W. 20 maps. Ohcl. (Bind. soiled/worn, weak hinges). -- And 5 o. (smaller) works by the same. (10).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- FLAMMARION, C. L'atmosphère. Météorologie populaire. Par., 1888. W. 15 chromolithogr. plates, 2 cold. maps & num. text-ill. Lge-8°. Fine cont. h. mor. extra w. richly dec. gilt spine & t.e.g. (A bit foxing). -- Id. Les étoiles et les curiosités du ciel. Par., 1899. Prof. ill. Lge-8°. Cont. green hcf. w. red label. (A bit browned foxed). -- (2).
€ 65
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOGARD, H. Observations sur les traces de glaciers qui, a une époque reculée, paraissent avoir recouvert la chaine des Vosges et sur les phénomènes géologiques qu'ils ont pu produire. 1840. 81 pp. Cont. red h. mor. - First edition. Rare.
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOGARD, H. Recherches sur les glaciers et sur les formations erratiques des Alpes de la Suisse. Épinal, Impr. de veuve Gley, 1858. ix, 319, (3) pp. Lge-8°. Owrps. (A bit age-toned, but a very good copy). - First edition.
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOWARD, L. Barometrographia: twenty years' variation of the barometer in the climate of Britain, exhibited in autographic curves, with the attendant winds and weather, and copious notes illustrative of the subject. Lond., R. & J.E. Taylor, 1847. W. 20 cold. charts. Lge-fol. Cont. hcl. w. marbled paper on sides & title label on front side. (Bind. rubbed/chafed/worn, spine ends dam., corners worn, two plates with small repair on v°, a bit foxing in places).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- HOWARD, L. The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the metropolis, and at various places around it. 2nd, much enlarged and improved ed. Lond., 1833. 3 vols. v, (1), lxxii, 348; (4), 407; (4), 383 pp. W. 30 plates, of which 2 fold. and in col. Cont. cf. (All spines dam., spine vol. 2 partly gone, a bit foxed throughout, but in near fine interior condition).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- KÄMTZ, L.F. Lehrbuch der Meteorologie. Halle, 1831-36. 3 vols. xvi, 510, (2); xx, 595; x, 553 pp. W. 9 plain fold. lithogr. (3 at end of each vol.) and 8 fold. tables in vol. 2. Cont. clothbacked marbled brds. (Vol. 2 spine rep. and w. new endpapers, spine ends a bit dam. in places, slightly foxed throughout, but a very good set). -- Added: Id. Vorlesungen über Meteorologie. Halle, 1840. xvi, 591 pp. W. 6 lithogr. on 5 plates. Mod. leather bind., part of old spine laid down. (New endpapers, a bit stained & age-toned throughout). -- (4).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- KIRWAN, R. Estimation de la température de différens degrés de latitude. Trad. p. P.-A. Adet. Par., 1790. Old wrps. (Stained in places). -- E. HALLMANN. Die Temperaturverhältnisse der Quellen. Eine meteorologische Untersuchung. Berl., 1854-55. 2 text-vols. & 1 vol. w. tables. Later publisher's cloth (2) & owrps. -- A.E. FORSTER. Die Temperatur fließender Gewässer Mitteleuropas. 1894. Lge-8°. Clothbacked brds. (Top of spine dam.). -- (5).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- KÖPPEN, W. & A. WEGENER. Die Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit. 1924. iv, 255, (1) pp. W. fold. table, & some ill./diagrams. Lge-8°. Wrps., uncut. (Ti-p. a bit browned). Rare. -- E.N. LORENZ. The nature and theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere. 1967. xxv, 161 pp. W. diagrams. 4°. Ocl. -- H. ERTEL. Methoden und Probleme der dynamischen Meteorologie. 1938. Owrps. -- M. BRILLOUIN. Mémoires originaux sur la circulation générale de l'atmosphère. Halley, Hadley, Maury, Ferrel, W. Siemens, Möller, Oberbech, von Helmoltz. Annot. & comm. 1900. Or. limp cl. (W. stamp, a bit browned). -- (4).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- LECOQ, H. Des glaciers et des climats, ou des causes athmosphériques en géologie. Recherches sur les forces diluviennes, indépendantes de la chaleur centrale, sur les phénomènes glaciaire et erratique. 1847. Owrps., uncut. (Spine in moderate condition and loosening). Copy w. dedication in ms. by the author. -- Added: W. v. BRUCHHAUSEN. Die periodisch wiederkehrenden Eiszeiten uns Sindfluthen und die wichtigsten Folgerungen aus diesen wechselnden Ueberschwemmungen der südlichen und der nördlichen Kontinente. 1845. Owrps. (Spine reinforced). -- L. RENDU. Theory of the glaciers of Savoy. Transl. by A. Wills. 1874. Ocl. -- And 4 o. on the same subjects. (7).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- MILANKOVITCH, M. Kanon der Erdbestrahlung und seine Anwendung auf das Eiszeitenproblem. Belgrade, 1941. xx, 633 pp. Fol. Owrps., uncut. (Wrps. a bit dam., back cover fails, some underl./small annot. in pencil in places).
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METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- MILANKOVITCH, M. Théorie mathématique des phénomènes thermiques produits p. la radiation solaire. Paris, 1920. xvi, 338, 1 pp. Clothbacked brds. (Margins trimmed, half-ti. fails). -- Id. Mathematische Klimalehre und Astronomische Theorie der Klimaschwankungen. Berlin, 1930. iv, 176 pp. - Bound with: 3 o. works by o. authors on climate. -- Id. Autobiography. W. comments by V. Milankovitch. (1995). xxiii, 181 pp. Or. bind. -- And 1 o. by M., tog. 4 vols.
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- MÜHRY, A. Klimatologische Untersuchungen oder Grundzüge der Klimatologie. 1858. W. 2 fold. maps. Cont. h. mor. -- Id. Beitraege zur Geo-Physik und Klimatographie. Heft 1-3. 1863. Cont. h. mor. (Spine ends dam.). -- Id. Klimatographische Uebersicht der Erde. (&) Supplement zur klimatographischen Uebersicht der Erde. 1862-65. 2 vols. Cont. hcf. & cont. h. mor. (Spines & corners dam.). -- J. HANN. Handbuch der Klimatologie. 3. verm. Aufl. 1908-11. 3 vols. Hcl. (Spines vol. 1-2 a bit worn/dam.). -- And 1 o. (8).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- PENCK, A. & E. BRÜCKNER. Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter. Lpz., 1909. 3 vols. 1199 pp. W. 19 maps, 30 plates and 156 illustr. in text. Lge-8°. Cont. clothbacked marbled brds. (Some underl. in pencil in vol. 1, but in fine condition).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- REID, W. An attempt to develop the law of storms by means of facts (…) to point out a cause for the variable winds, w. the view to practical use in navigation. 3rd ed. Lond., J. Weale, 1850. vii, 530, (2) pp. W. 13 maps & diagrams, of which 10 fold. Lge-8°. Ocl., uncut.
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- SCHMID, E.E. Lehrbuch der Meteorologie. Lpz., 1860. 1 text- & 1 atlas-vol. w. 21 double-p. maps. Cont. hcf. & cont. mor. (Ex libr. copies w. sev. stamps). -- A. MÜHRY. Allgemeine geographische Meteorologie oder Versuch einer uebersichtlichen Darlegung des Systems der Erd-Meteoration in ihrer klimatischen Bedeutung. Lpz./Heidelberg, 1860. W. 2 fold. maps. Brds. (A bit foxed). -- W. v. BEZOLD. Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus den Gebieten der Meteorologie und des Erdmagnetismus. 1906. Lge-8°. Cont. h. mor. -- J. v. HANN. Lehrbuch der Meteorologie. 1926. 4. Aufl. 1926. Lge-8°. Cont. h. mor. (Libr. ticket on spine, stamp on ti., a bit browned). -- And 1 o. (6).
METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY -- SCHOUW, J.F. Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Klimatologie. 1. Heft (=all). Copenhagen, 1827. W. fold. table. Cl. Rare first edition. -- B. HELLAND-HANSEN & F. NANSEN. Temperatur-Schwankungen des Nordatlantischen Ozeans und in der Atmosphäre. 1917. W. 48 plates. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut & unopened. -- And 1 o. (3).
NAKAYA, U. Snow crystals, natural and artificial. 1954. Sm-4°. Ocl. w. (rep.) dust-j. -- D. BOSSE. Die Evolution der Minerale zwischen Kosmos und Erde. Entwurf einer Mineralogie und Kristallografie der lebendigen Erde. (2015). 2 vols. 4°. Obrds. In or. slipcase. -- G. BLASSE & B.C. GRABMAIER. Luminescent materials. (1994). Owrps. -- M. BISCHOF. Bioprotonen. Das Licht in unseren Zellen. (2008). Owrps. -- J.D. JOANNOPOULOS, (a.o.). Phototonic crystals. Molding the flow of light. 2nd ed. (2008). Lge-8°. Obrds. -- And 9 o. (15).
NEWTON, I. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Perpet. comment. illustr., communi studio Th. Le Seur & Fr. Jacquier. Ed. nova, summa cura rec. Glasgow, G. Brookman for T.T. & J. Tegg, 1833. 2 vols. xxx, (2), 752; xxxvi, 341; (vi), 204, (1) pp. W. num. diagrams in text. Lge-8°. Cont. clothbacked brds., uncut. (Apart from some minor foxing in places in excellent condition). -- Added: J.M.F. WRIGHT. A Commentary on Newton's Principia. Lond., For. T.T. & J. Tegg, (etc.), 1833. 2 vols. x, 458; cii, 381 pp. Lge-8°. Cont. clothbacked brds., uncut. (Spine vol. 2 partly gone, some minor foxing, but clean and good). -- (4).
NORTH, J.D. Stars, minds and fate. Essays in ancient and medieval cosmology. (1989). Ocl. -- Id. The universal frame. Historical essays in astronomy, natural philosophy and scientific method. (1989). Ocl. -- H.-G. NICKLAUS. Die Maschine des Himmels. Zur Kosmologie und Ästhetik des Klangs. (1994). Owrps. -- W. TAPE. Atmospheric halos. 1994. 4°. Obrds. -- J. MULLANEY & W. TIRION. The Cambridge Double Star Atlas. (2009). 4°. Or. ring binder. -- And 6 o. (11).
OPHTALMOLOGY -- HERSH, P.S. Ophthalmic surgical procedures. (1988). -- R.M. BURDE, (a.o.). Clinical decisions in neuro-ophthalmology. 2nd ed. (1992). -- J.W. BERGER, (a.o.). Age-related macular degeneration. (1999). -- D.T. TSE. Color atlas of ophthalmic surgery. (1992). -- J.J. HURWITZ. The lacrimal system. (1996). -- 5 vols. Dif. sizes. Or. binds. -- And 6 o. on the subject. (11).
PENCK, A. Die Vergletscherung der deutschen Alpen. Lpz., 1882. W. 2 tables, 2 maps. Cont. hcf. (Small libr. stamps in places). -- Id. Morphologie der Erdoberfläche. Stuttg., 1894. 2 vols. Cont. hcf. (Front side vol. 2 a bit scratched). -- 3 vols. First editions.
PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- CANDOLLE, Alph. de. Géographie botanique raisonnée ou exposition des faits principaux et des lois concernant la distribution géographique des plantes de l'époque actuelle. Paris, (etc.), V. Masson & J. Kessmann, 1855. 2 vols. W. 2 fold. maps. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut. (Spine vol. 1 reinforced, both vols. a bit loose(ning), minor foxing throughout). First edition. Inscribed by the author to 'Monsieur Paul' on the front cover of vol. 1. -- And 3 o., incl. 1 o. by C. (5).
PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- GRISEBACH, A. Die Vegetation der Erde nach ihrer klimatischen Anordnung. 1872. 2 vols. W. 1 fold. cold. map. Cont. hcf. (Small libr. stamps, some underl.). -- Added: A.F.W. SCHIMPER. Pflanzen-Geographie auf physiologischer Grundlage. 1898. W. 4 fold. cold. maps. Lge-8°. Ohcf. (Top of spine a bit weak, libr. stamp). -- (3).
PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- SCHOUW, J.F. Grundtræk til en almindelig Plantegeographie. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1822. viii, 463, (3) pp. W. 4 fold. tables. Sm-8°. Cont. cf. backed marbled brds. (Spine fails). -- Id. Specimen geographiæ physicæ comparativæ. Copenhagen, 1828. 65 pp. W. 3 fold. lithogr. 4°. Old wrps. -- Id. Europa. En letfattelig naturskildring. Copenhagen, 1832. (4), 124 pp. Sm-8°. Obrds. -- First editions. -- And 1 o. by S. (2nd ed. of 'Europa'). (4).
PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- SCHOUW, J.F. Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Pflanzengeographie. Aus dem Dänischen übersetzt v. Verfasser. Berlin, Reimer, 1823. viii, 524, (4) pp. W. 4 fold. tables. Sm-8°. Cont. marbled brds. (Bind. a bit worn in places, but in fine internal condition). -- Id. Pflanzengeographischer Atlas zur Erläuterung von Schouws Grundzügen einer allgemeinen Pflanzengeographie. Berl., Reimer, 1823. W. double-p. engr. ti., double-p. explanation of plates, & 12 cold. fold./double-p. engr. maps. Fol. Mod. cl. (A bit foxed, lower blank margin last map a bit stained). - First German editions. Very scarce.
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PLANT GEOGRAPHY -- WAHLENBERG, G. De vegetatione et climate in Helvetia Septentrionali inter fluminem Rhenum et Arolam observatis (…). Zürich, Imp. Orell, Fuessli & Socc., 1813. xcviii, blank, 200 pp. W. 4 fold. tables. Fine cont. (?) h. mor. bind. (A bit age-toned but in very good condition). - First edition.
POINCARÉ, H. Leçons de mécanique céleste. Paris, 1905-10. 3 in 4 vols. Lge-8°. Owrps., uncut. First edition. -- Added: Id. Leçons sur les hypothèses cosmogoniques professées a la Sorbonne. 2e éd. Paris, 1913. W. photo-engr. portr. of the author. Lge-8°. (Wrps. fail, loosening). -- And 1 o. by the same. (6).
POINCARÉ, H. Les méthodes nouvelles de la mécanique céleste. Paris, Gauthier-Villars & Fils, 1892-99. 6 parts in 3 vols. Lge-8°. Old cl., all owrps. bound up, uncut. (Text a bit age-toned, 3rd vol. bound in a slightly deviant colour blue, but a fine set).
SECCHI, P.A. Le soleil. 2e éd., rev. & augm. Par., 1875. 2 text-vols. & 1 atlas-vol. xx, 428; viii, 484 pp. W. 13 (all but 1) chromolithogr. plates & 6 double-p. plates to atlas. 8° (2) & sm-4°. Cont. brown h. mor. extra. (W. libr. stamps on ti-pp.).
SELAWRY, A. & O. Die Kupferchlorid-Kristallisation in Naturwissenschaft und Medizin. 1957. 4°. Ocl. -- S.W. TROMP. Physical physics. A scientific analysis of dowsing, radiathesia and kindred divining phenomena. 1949. Ocl. (W. libr. stamp, a bit foxed/browned). -- K. NASSAU. The physics and chemistry of color. 2nd ed. (2001). Obrds. -- S.B. LANG. Sourcebook of pyroelectricity. (1974). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- N. FRANKS. 21st century radionics. New frontiers in vibrational medicine. (2012). Owrps. -- And 7 o. (12).
SHALER, N.S. & W.M. DAVIS. Illustrations of the Earth's Surface: Glaciers. Boston, 1881. iv, (2), 198 pp. W. 31 plates. Fol. Ocl.
STEVIN, S. The principal works. Ed. by E.J. Dijksterhuis. Amst., Swets & Zeitlinger, 1955-66. 5 in 6 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. (Some dust-j. slightly dam.). - Complete set.
STUDER, B. Lehrbuch der physikalischen Geographie und Geologie. 1844-47. 2 in 1 vol. W. 8 lithogr. 19th c. hcf. -- S. HAUGHTON. Six Lectures on Physical Geography. 1880. Ocl. (Spine ends dam.). Copy w. dedication by the author. -- A. DAUBRÉE. Description géologique et minéralogique du Département du Bas-Rhin. 1852. W. 4 fold. lithogr. Obrds. -- Id. Les régions invisibles du globe et des espaces célestes, eaux souterraines, tremblements de terre, météorites. 2me éd. 1892. Ocl. -- Th.G. HALLE. On the geological structure and history of the Falkland Islands. 1911. W. 5 plates. Sm-4°. Bound. -- And 13 o., rather heterogeneous works on geology/physical geography. (18).
WAVRE, R. Figures planétaires et géodésie. Paris, 1932. - Bound with: B. DEMTCHENKO. Problèmes mixtes harmoniques en hydrodynamique des fluides parfaits. Paris, 1933. W. ms. dedication by the author to E.G.C. Poole. - And: N.M. GUNTHER. La théorie du potentiel et ses applications aux problèmes fondamentaux de la physique mathématique. Paris, 1934. - And: P. HUMBERT. Potentiels et prépotentiels. Paris, 1936. - 4 in 1 vol. Lge-8°. Cont. blue buckram. -- É. BOREL. Leçons sur les séries divergentes. Paris, 1901. -- Tog. 2 vols.
WIEN, W. Lehrbuch der Hydrodynamik. Lpz., 1900. Hcl. -- L. BOLTZMANN. Populäre Schriften. 3. unver. Aufl. 1925. Ocl. -- M. PLANCK. Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Wärmestrahlung. 5. Aufl. 1923. Ocl. (A bit foxing, spine ends slightly worn). -- E. MACH. Populär-wissenschaftliche Vorlesungen. 3. verm. Aufl. 1903. Mod. cl. (W. stamp). -- A. EINSTEIN. Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the special theory of relativity. (1995). Fol. Ocl. In or. slipcase. -- And 5 o. (10).