Results for: Natural History

Boodt, Anselmus de (ca. 1550-1632); De Laet, Jan (1582-1649)

Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia. Quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot, Brugensis, Rudolphi II. imperatoris Medicus. Postea Adrianus Tollius, Lugd.-Bat., M. D., recensuit; figuris melioribus, & commentariis pluribus illustravit, & indice auxit multo locupletiore. Tertia editio longe purgatissima. Cui accedunt Ioannis De Laet, Antvverpiani, De Gemmis & Lapidibus libri II. Et Theophrasti liber De Lapidibus, Gr. & Lat. cum brevibus notis.

Leiden: Joannes Maire, 1647.

Price: $4,900.00

Bound in contemporary Dutch vellum. Contents in excellent condition (light stain in outer margin of two leaves), complete with both folding tables (both with small tears without loss.) Illustrated with eighty-seven (87) woodcuts of gems and minerals, including geodes, hematite, crystals, corral, and fossils.Third and best edition (1st 1609, 2nd...

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Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576)

De subtilitate libri XXI. nunc demum recogniti atque perfecti.

Basel: L. Lucius, 1554.

Price: $7,500.00

Bound in early 19th c. mottled calf, rubbed and worn at extremities, expertly re-backed by Sean Richards. Gold-tooled border to boards, spine gilt and with labels. Internally a very fine copy with a little bit of foxing to scattered leaves. Title a little dusty. Large woodcut portrait of the author...

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Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)

Die Mißgeburt eines Schweins.

Germany: ca. 1496.

Price: $12,000.00

A fine impression, with good clarity and strong contrasts. Slight breakdown in the delicate cuts. Trimmed within the platemark, inconspicuous paper repair to edge. Provenance: From the renowned collection of Richard Holtkott (1890-1950) (Lugt 4265). Bartsch 95, High Crown watermark (Meder 20).“The pig represented here refers to 'The Monstrous Pig...

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Ercker, Lazarus (ca. 1530-1594)

Aula Subterranea domina dominantium subdita subditorum, das ist, Untererdische Hofhaltung: ohne welche weder die Herren regiren, noch die Unterthanen gehorchen können : oder, Grundliche Beschreibung derjenigen Sachen so in der Tieffe der Erden wachsen, als aller Ertzen der königlichen und gemeinen Metallen…

Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1684.

Price: $6,800.00

Complete with the engraved title page, which has been folded at the bottom to avoid trimming by the binder. Bound in 18th c. quarter vellum and marbled boards with some minor wear. The contents are in very fine condition. Small adhesion scar to title. Illustrated with 41 large woodcuts."Ercker's treatise...

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Gemma, Cornelius (1535-1579)

De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis universi, Libri II. Auctore D. Corn. Gemma, Louaniensi, Regio Medicinae professore. Peculiarem partis utriusque materiem vel argumentum sequens pagina planius explicabit.

Antwerp: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1575.

Price: $18,000.00

A fine copy bound in contemporary vellum. First title page with 17th c. ownership inscription, lightly toned at head, one woodcut slightly shaved at outer edge, small natural paper flaw in blank corner of p. 216 and 229 (2nd part). Illustrated with numerous woodcuts of deformities and monstrosities; anatomical illustrations...

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Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several other Lectures, Read before the Royal Society.

London: printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.

Price: $15,000.00

A VERY FINE, LARGE PAPER COPY. Illustrated with eighty-three engraved plates, five of which are double-paged. This copy is bound in contemporary, mottled calf (some abrasions to boards, joints rubbed, small losses at head and foot of spine), spine ornately tooled in gold. Internally, this copy is in fine condition...

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Imperato, Ferrante (ca. 1550- ca. 1625)

Dell'Historia Natvrale di Ferrante Imperato Napoletano Libri XXVIII: nella qvale ordinatamente si tratta della diuersa condition di miniere e pietre: con alcune historie di piante & animali, sin'hora non date in luce.

In Napoli: Nella Stamparia à Porta Reale per Costantino Vitale, 1599.

Price: $48,000.00

Bound in original limp vellum (minor defects to binding). The text is illustrated with 126 woodcuts of gems and minerals, plants, animals, and a folding, double-paged woodcut of Imperato’s private cabinet of curiosities. This is a fine, genuine copy. A handful of gatherings are foxed or lightly browned. A light...

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Jacobaeus, Oliger (1650-1701)

Muséum Regium Seu Catalogus Rerum tam naturalium, quàm artificialium, Quæ In Baslilica Bibliothecæ Augustissimi Daniæ Norvegiæq; Monarchæ Christiani Qvinti Hafniæ asservantur, Descriptus Ab Oligero Jacobæo, Me. & Phil. Prof. Regio.

Copenhagen: Joachim Schmetgen, 1696.

Price: $16,000.00

Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, the spine tooled in blind, with light wear. The contents are in excellent condition with the faintest amount of staining. The plates are in fine condition.The Royal Danish Kunstkammer was founded by King Frederick III in 1650 and was continued by his son, Christian V....

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Pliny, the Elder (23-79 A.D.); Holland, Philemon (1552-1637), translator

The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor in Physicke. The first [& Second] tome.

London: Impensis G. Bishop, 1601.

Price: $20,000.00

Bound in contemporary English calfskin, ruled in blind, rebacked and recornered in morocco. An excellent, crisp, bright copy with very minor faults: repaired clean tear with no loss, leaf P4. A few signatures with very light marginal dampstains. Occasional rust spots, marginal tears, or marginal natural paper flaws, no loss...

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