LA VIGNE ET LE VIN by Francisque Chaverondier - 1876: Guide Theorique et Practique du Vigneron (Orne de Trente-Huit Gravures)

Paris: Didier & Cie., 1881. Septieme (seventh) edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 600 pages. Quarter leather binding, red & black boards backed with brown calf. Gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Contains two albumen prints; one is the frontispiece by J.M Rutherford, of the moon 3/4 full. The other is at page 336 by J. Nasmith of the Apennins Chain of craters, including Archimedes Crater. Also contains all 6 fold-out diagrams & numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Occasional foxing throughout, not affecting the photographs of diagrams. Binding is tight. Text in French.

Stuttgart Schweizerbart, 1850. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. 3rd edition. Folio. Internally very good, with clean, unmarked and unfoxed pages. Lovely plates throughout. 123 plates. Marbled boards. Original spine material is missing and spine is covered with binding tape. Ships daily. Please note our pictures.

1830. PORTER, Arthur L. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ARTS, being a practical Display of the Arts and Manufactures which depend upon Chemical Principles. With numerous Engravings. On the Basis of Gray's Operative Chemist, adapted to the United States, with Treatises on Calico Printing and Bleaching, and other large Additions. Philadelphia, Carey & Lea, 1830. First edition. Octavo. 803pp. +70ff. plates (numbered as 67). Large volume in bound in publisher's binding: cloth spine and paper covered boards. A goldmine of information on the arts, crafts and trades. Samuel Frederck Gray, the author of "The Operative Chemist" (1828) wrote on medicine, pharmacy and botany. Arthur Livermore Porter was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont. With a great deal on the processing of ores and metals, on distilleries, and on heating and lighting. Ex-library, minimal markings, foxed; spine and boards detached. Pages x and 397, and plate 39 are torn. As is needs rebinding. Scarce.

The Geological Society of America, 2006. Paperback. Used- Very good condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. One small crease on the top middle of back cover. No creasing on the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Special paper maps in pocket at back of book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Note: ISBN printed in book may apply to other books, as well.

AMSTELAEDAMI: APUD HENRICUM WESTENIUM, 1687. Bella edizione del 1687 di questa raccolta di opere del medico inglese Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689). La prima opera "Observationes medicae" è la sua celebre che venne utilizzato come testo medico tanto che lui era conosciuto come l'Ippocrate inglese. Tra le sue scoperte la malattia conosciuta come "Il ballo di san Vito".. Ritratto di Sydenham inciso da A. Nagtegael. Segue "Epistolae responsoriae duae" sulla "On epidemicis" e "On the lues venerea". Segue "Tractatus de podagra et hydrope" sulla gestione dell'artrite. Segue "Additiones novae". L'ultimo "Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu" i sintomi della febbre. Antiche note manoscritte ai margini. Ottimo esemplare completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro su tassello al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone… Read More

Paris: Didier & Cie., 1881. Septieme (seventh) edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 600 pages. Quarter leather binding, red & black boards backed with brown calf. Gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Contains two albumen prints; one is the frontispiece by J.M Rutherford, of the moon 3/4 full. The other is at page 336 by J. Nasmith of the Apennins Chain of craters, including Archimedes Crater. Also contains all 6 fold-out diagrams & numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Occasional foxing throughout, not affecting the photographs of diagrams. Binding is tight. Text in French.

First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 25-348; 4 plates within text block, 8 folding charts depicting a vertical section of the Atlantic, depth chart, paths of hurricanes, sea drifts, winds and routes, and the gulf stream, and 1 folding table of a pilot's sheet - all in perfect condition barring one small tear(4 cm.) on Plate VIII; original navy blue cloth, corners rubbed and bumped, textblock bright and sound. Considered the first textbook of modern oceanography, this work was among the first to recognize the sea as a separate branch of science. Maury was a distinguished naval officer and a prolific writer on oceanography and naval subjects; he was instrumental in establishing an international system for recording oceanographic data, based on worldwide cooperation of naval vessels and the merchant marine. This work went through many editions; here on offer is the first printing of an enlarged and revised sixth edition - "An Entirely New Edition" - first published and entered on the Congressional Register… Read More

1644 Sir Francis Bacon Essays Elzevir Economics Science Crime LAW Political
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
― Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.
An extremely rare Elzevier printing of Bacon's "Sermones Fideles". "Sermones Fideles" is the title of the work as a whole, but it contains four other works that come from 'The Essays'. Bacon discusses politics, economics, ethics, crime, law, and science all through the lens of philosophy. This work was translated from his 'Essays' which was printed earlier in English.
Item number: #19209
Price: $750
BACON, Francis
Fr. Baconi de Verulamio Sermones fideles, ethici, politici, oeconomici, sive interiora rerum. Accedunt Faber fortnae, colores boni et mali
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1853 Use of GLOBES Astronomy Outer Space Moon Constellations Navigation Keith

Thomas Keith was a 19th-century astronomer who, along with Joseph Guy, was heavily involved in astronomical research on planetarium models and globes. In his book "Use of the Globes", Keith describes phases of the moon, stars and constellations, use of compasses and navigational tools, motion of the earth, and much, much more.
Item number: #19035
Price: $499
KEITH, Thomas

A new treatise on the use of the globes, or, A philosophical view of the earth and heavens ... : designed for the instruction of youth
London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxiv, 423, [1], 16
o 9 folding plates
· Provenance: Handwritten – Augusta Norton
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7in X 4.25in (18cm x 11cm)
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1874 Astronomy Star ATLAS Zodiac Constellation MAPS Richard Proctor Astrology
Richard Proctor was a 19th-century English astronomer known for his studies on the planets in the solar system as well as the moon and the sun. In his many astronomical books, Proctor discusses his research on the planets, stars and constellations, and the sun, as well as his observations on meteors and comets. His most fascinating work was 'A Star Atlas' – an impressive collection of star and constellation charts and night sky maps.

Item number: #19450
Price: $599
PROCTOR, Richard A
A star atlas for the library, the school, and the observatory showing 6,000 stars and 1,500 objects of interest
London : Longmans, Green, 1874.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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14, [2]
o
14 double-page charts
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Cloth
· Size: ~14.75in X 9.75in (37.5cm x 25cm)
· Quite scarce
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