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Liege, Everard Kints 1734-1735. 4:o. Engraved frontispiece, (18), 546, (25); (4), 40, 39-224, 223-643, (37); (6), XI, (3), 622, (40) pp. + 1 folding table. With numerous coat of arms and decorative, illustrative vignettes. Uncut copy in contemporary marbeld wrappers. Covers worn, spines missing or partly missing. Internally a very good and clean copy.

Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz 1957-2005. 4:o. LVIII, XXIII, (1) 586; XII, 674, XVII, 675-1268; XXII, 1269-1870; 1871-2190 pp. + (6), 62 pp. + VIII, 88 pp. Original printed wrappers, cloth covers for vol. 1 and vols. 2:1-3 for binding. Very good condition throughout.

Stockholm, F.A. Carlbohm 1794-1800. 4:o. Graverat titelblad, (8), 46, 588; graverat titelblad, (14), 574, (2) s; planschdel i liggande 4:o med 38 graverade planscher; planschdel i liggande 4:o med graverat titelblad + 53 graverade planscher i folio. Samtida halvfranskta band, lätt nötta, ett rygghuvud naggat, ett blad marginallagat. Den stora planschdelen i lite avvikande samtida halvfranskt band, nött rygg några planscher uppfodrade, ett par med lagade skador, någrade fläckade. Huvudsakligen ändå en bra uppsättning.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1864-65. 20 parts in 19 issues. As issued in publisher's printed wrappers. Interiors with some faint, occasional foxing, else fine. Parts 2, 3, 6, 8, 18 are unopened and near fine except for some occasional minor foxing, parts 7 and 9 just slightly soiled and with a couple of tiny chips, tears and creases along the edges, wrappers of parts 4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19/20 are soiled and chipped with rear wrappers loose, wrappers of part 12 somewhat soiled and chipped and with both wrappers loose, spines and wrappers of parts 1, 10 and 15 somewhat soiled and quite heavily chipped. All parts complete with advertisements except for the following parts: part 5 (3x21 cm of the margin torn out from page 5/6), part 10 (one slip missing (“New Serial by Capt. Main Reid”), ca 7,5 x 8 cm part torn out from page 1 of ad for ”Liverpool & London & Globe”), part 14 (all 16 pages of advertisements at the front torn out), part 15 (half of page 15-16 torn out from advertisements at the front, a total of 6 pages missing from the advertisements at the back (Liverpool & London & Globe (4 pp.) + Mappin, Webb & Co (2 pp.)) and part 19/20 (missing slip at the back (“Foreign Bank Notes”); two copies of ad, “The Scottish Widows' Fund”, of which one is loosely inserted and the other copy is torn with half the ad missing). The following parts are all complete but with variations as specified: part 1 (“Fry's Homeopathic Cocoa” (on lemon coloured paper), “The Queen Insurance Company” (on green paper)), part 2 (two copies of “Fry's Iceland Moss Cocoa”), part 6 (two copies each of “Norton’s Camomille Pills” and “Armadale” slip, “Liverpool & London & Globe” printed on cream coloured paper), part 8 (slips as described but with additional, loosely inserted slip on orange coloured paper: “Charles Lever's Works”), part 9 (“Dr E Jongh's” with textual variation + ad with the original text loosely inserted, two copies of “Albert Insurance Company”). Plates in fine condition except for where noted: part 1 (slightly foxed), part 3 (slightly foxed), part 4 (foxed, heavy damp-staining at the lower edges), part 5 (slight damp-staining at the edges), part 6 (trifle foxing), part 8 (trifle foxing at edges), part 10 (slightly foxed), part 11 (heavy damp-staining), part 12 (heavy damp-staining), part 13 (some damp-staining at upper corners), part 14 (slightly foxed), part 15 (slightly foxed, damp-staining at upper edges), part 16 (slightly foxed, slight damp-staining at upper edges), part 17 (heavy damp-staining at lower edges), part 18 (trifle foxing at edges), part 19/20 (slightly foxed, damp-staining at upper edges). Reference: Hatton & Cleaver's A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. Bibliographical, Analytical and Statistical.

London, Printed for C. Nourse 1786. Fifth edition. (4), XXXII, (4), IX-XII, (8), 400; (4), 392, 76 pp. + 16 folding engraved plates (of which 5 are maps, 2 celstial). Many diagrams, figures and engraved headpieces. Near contemporary full calf, spines sparsely gilt. Small damages to head and foot of spines, one leaf with tear, back free end-paper of vol. 1 torn out. Overall a very good copy. The standard textbook on navigation for the eighteenth century British navy. It was reprinted many times.

Stockholm 1881-2006. 1-71 i halvfranska band (lite nötta i början), resten i lite amatörmässigt gjorda halvfranska band, sista årgången i fyra häften.

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils 1866. First edition. 43x32 cm. (10) pp, 912 cols; (6) pp, 942 cols, (8) pp. + numerous plates by Doré. Publisher's red cloth, decorated in blind and gilt. Some wear to covers, joints skillfully repaired, some minor damages. Still overall a very good copy.

Stockholm, Pet. Momma 1757 & 1756. Första delen i andra upplagan, andra delen i första. 4:o. Graverad titel, (32); (52) s. + 2 utvikbara tabeller + 51 dubbelsidiga graverade planscher. Samtida gråpappers omslag, lite nött, ryggen skadad. Delvis lite åldersfläckad, sista planschen lite mer fläckad, en tabell lite naggad i kanten, graverade titelbladet aningen skuren i nedre kant. Huvudsakligen ändå ett bra exemplar invändigt.

Upsaliae, Werner 1709. (16), 144 s. + graverad frontespis. Träsnitt i texten. Samtida pergamentband. Fint skick. Hyllningsdikten är inbunden i slutet av detta ex. Med Julius Lagerholms exlibris. Detta är Hoorns skildring av den anatomiska demonstrationen i Uppsala 1705. Hoorn höll i den tredje delen som avhandlade fortplantningsorganen. Ämnet var ömtåligt så denna, vår kanske första sexualupplysningsbok författades på latin. I texten finns avbildade bl.a. spermier, som Hoorn hade studerat i mikroskop, dessa avbildningar torde vara de första mikroskopbilderna i en svensk bok. Insidan av bakre pärm med Michael Hermonius namnteckning, daterad februari 1709. Hermonius (1680-1749), var präst och satt i riksdagen under flera perioder. Han var student i Uppsala när demonstrationen ägde rum och kanske en av de som var där?

London, Hodder& Stoughton 1909 30,5x25 cm. 105 leaves. With 25 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's white cloth, gilt decorations on upper cover and spine. Covers soiled and stained, lower part of spine skilfully repaired, first and last leaves a bit foxed at upper part, otherwise a very good copy. Printed in a limited edition of 750 copies, this is no. 393. This edition have two more plates than the trade edition.

London, T.C. & E.C. Jack 1915 New edition. 29x19 cm. XX, 876 pp. With more than 1300 drawings. Cloth. A bit worn and extremely bulging, preserved in a fold-over cloth box, labelled "M.S.S. revision copy Fox-Davies". AUTHOR'S WORKING COPY. Author's own copy with many manuscript additions and corrections and profusely extra illustrated with seals, cigarette cards, pencil sketches and tracings in his own hand, embossed crests, newspaper cuttings, illustrations on silk, booklets, autograph letters, etc, etc.

Leipzig, Verlag von Quelle & Meyer 1920. First edition. XXX, (2), 776; (4), 698; (4), 778 pp. + a total of 208 pages of photographic plates in black and white + several colour plates and fold-out maps as well as illustrations in the text. Publisher's decorated half-cloth binding. A couple of corners on volumes II and III quite heavily bumped, the front joint of volume III with a couple of tiny holes and some slight rubbing at the lower edge of the front board, else a fine and well-kept set. First edition of this rare work edited by lawyer and politician Heinrich Schnee, the last governor of German East Africa.

Paris, André, Dalu fils & Cie [1878] 41,5x29 cm. Title-leaf, leaf of contents + 80 chromolithograph plates Loose as issued in original worn and damaged portfolio. The spine is replaced by later simple paper spine, the whole portfolio is wrapped in plastic. The plates are in very good condition. These decorative plates depict many different brick buildings, also with many details. This is the second volume of two, the first part also with 80 plates.

Rouen, Imprimerie de Raphaël du Petit Val 1611. Engraved title, 3-558, (12); 96, 3-94, 3-94, 3-94, (12) pp. Contemporary vellum, spine with trace of handwritten title, remains of ties. Printed title-page to first volume is missing, engraved title is mounted, two leaves with minor damage in the text and loss of a few letters, a few leaves with minor marginal damage, a few stains. Overall a very good copy. Important and rare collection of French 16'th and early 17'th century poetry.

Washington, Administrations-Tryckeriets officin 1867. 38 pp. + 1 large folding map of U.S. Publisher's cloth. Map with two rather large tears with old repair with tape, also with a few minor damages at folding, but still overall very good. The map is entitled: “Map of the United States and Territories shewing [sic] the extent of Public Surveys and other detials constructed from the Plats [sic] and other sources of the General Land Office…”; and measures 76x141 cm.

Stockholm, Ignatius Meurer 1629. (16), 224 s. + (12), 311, (5) s. Bundna i ett senare halvskinnband med rik ryggförgyllning (Fr Ljunggrens Bokbinderi, Göteborg). De första 14 sidorna i andra arbetet inbundet i fel ordning, två av dessa blad har smärre marginalskador. En del äldre marginalanteckningar i båda arbetena. En del fläckar i texten men huvudsakligen ett exemplar i gott skick. Insidan av främre pärm med Gustaf Berndtssons exlibris.

Trajecti ad Rhenum, G. Broedelet 1717 12:o. Engraved title, (10), 355, (83) pp. + 38 engraved double-page and folding maps + 1 folding table. Contemporary vellum. Book-plate. A few maps with small tears but overall a very good copy.

Köpenhamn, L.A. Jørgensens Forlag 1875-1879. Text i 8:o: (4), LI, (3), 838, (2) s. Planschdel i folio: Titelblad + 106 kolorerade planscher ( 61 + 35 + 8 + 2). Samtida halvfranska band, ej uniforma, nötta ryggar, planschdelen mer allmänt nött. Texten och planscherna i rent och fint skick.

N.p. 1620. 4:o. (8), 142, (2) (blank); (12), 143 pp. With 2 engraved historiated title borders and 26 engraved mostly full-page illustrations with multiple subjects. In one, contemporary vellum. Some worming in the beginning and end but only marginal, a few stains, light marginal waterstaines in the beginning and end. A few leaves at end slightly loose and with some marginal wear. One leaf seems to be torn out after title-leaf but it's still complete so maybe it's a leaf thar was mistakingly bound in this copy, or an unknown leaf to this work? Overall a very good copy. The Reformir Spiegel consists of a theological tract followed by five illustrated prophecies, the so-called "132 magic figures." The prophesies are by Paracelsus, a papal prophecy and by Oraeus himself.

Verlag das Musikinstrument 1977-1982. 30,5x23,5 cm. 211; 226; 418; 404; 254; 236, (1) pp. Richly illustrated, partly in colour. 6 volumes in publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, in protective simple slip-cases. A near fine set. Bearbeitung: Geigenbaumeister Arnold Sprenger, Fritz Baumgartner and Adolf Heinrich König.

Paris, chez les auteurs, au Louvre; P. Didot l'ainé 1812. Folio. (4), 43 pp. + 72 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. Spine slightly worn, a few stains inside but overall a very good copy.

Karlskrona 1835-1986. Med åtskilliga planscher och andra illustrationer. 1836-1843 i häften med tryckta originalomslag, 1852-1852 i 2 samtida halvfranska band, 1854-1859 i häften med tryckta originalomslag, 1860-1940 i samtida blå kllotband, resten i häftenmed tryckta originalomslag. Enstaka skavanker men huvudsakligen i gott skick. Följande ingår denna omfattande serie: 1836-1837, 1839-1843, 1852-1853, 1854, hft 1-2, 5-10, 1855, hft 4-7, 1858, hft 1-6, 1859, hft2-6, 1860-1940, 1941, hft 2,4,6,8,10, 1942, hft 2-3, 5-12, 1943-1948, 1949 (saknar juli), 1950-1960, 1961 (saknar februari), 1962-1969, 1970 (saknar mars), 1971-1986:2. OBS! Denna svit säljs utan returrätt. Den går att inspektera på ett lager innan köp.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars 1878-1882 Fourth edition. 4:o. (4), XXI, (1), 395; XVI, 402; XXII, 350; XXXVI, 502; IX, (1), 508 pp. + 1 engraved portrait. Contemporary half calf. Some occasional light foxing, overall a very good set. One volume with small label from Thomas Thorne, Bookseller, Newcastle-on-Tyne. (Oeuvres complètes de Laplace, 1-5.)

Scandinavian Science Press & Brill 1973-2013. Illustrated. 48 volumes, all in hardcover except 12 volumes. 2 volumes a bit worn, otherwise a very good set.

London, Chapman and Hall 1870. First edition. VII, (1), 190, (2) + 1 engraved portrait + 1 engraved title leaf + 12 plates + advertisements. Near contemporary (ca 1900) brown and green half morocco binding with lavishly gilt spine with five raised bands, upper edges gilt, other edges deckled, original printed wrappers preserved at the end of the book. Owner's engraved book-plate (Frederic J. Clarke) on paste-down endpaper. Spine somewhat faded, the topmost raised band and the lower corners slightly rubbed. Page 9 with ca 25 x 7 mm triangular chip in the margin, pages 25-28 with tiny tear (ca 8 mm) at the upper edge, pages 29-32 with triangular chip at the upper edge measuring ca 25 x 4 mm. Interior else with some very faint and occasional foxing, else fine. All original printed blue wrappers preserved at the end of the book, back wrapper of booklet no. VI somewhat soiled, wrappers else very well kept. Front wrapper of booklet no. II lacks the full dot after 'II', inside of back wrapper has one word on the last line instead of seven, the advertisements lack the so called 'Cork Hat Slip' which was originally attached at the end of no. II. Front wrapper of booklet no. III lacks the full dot after 'III'. Booklet number V lacks the advertisments at the back, 'Chapman & Hall's Recent Publications'. Booklet no. VI lacks the advertisements at the front ('The Edwin Drood Advertiser') as well as at the back. All other details conform with Hatton & Cleaver's bibliography (pp. 373-383). Originally published in six parts, each with advertisments. Dickens last, unfinished novel beautifully bound in a near contemporary half morocco binding with all original printed blue wrappers preserved.