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HEDWIG, Johann (1730-1799). Theoria Generationis et Fructificationis Plantarum Cryptogamicarum. St. Petersburg: typis Academiae Imper. Scientiarum, 1784.4to (252 x 194mm). 37 hand-colored engraved plates by Capieux after drawings by the author.   (Some dampstaining or damp-wrinkling to plates, heaviest on first 3 plates, some minor offsetting of color to facing versos). Contemporary red morocco gilt, edges gilt (some minor marginal dampstains).  FIRST EDITION of Hedwig's important thesis on the reproduction of cryptogamic plants, which was issued with colored and uncolored plates.  Brunet III, 77; Nissen, BBI 832; Pritzel 3879.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[GEORGIA] -- [STEPHENS, William (1671-1753)]. A Brief Account of the causes that have Retarded the Progress of the Colony of Georgia, in America... London: N.p., 1743.  8vo (190 x 120 mm). Half-title. 20th-century half red morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (original sewing-holes present in gutter margin).  FIRST EDITION.   "Though Thomas Stephens was the son of William Stephens, who succeeded Oglethorpe as governor of Georgia, he was a leader of what the administration forces called the malcontents. Thomas complains of the prohibition against Negroes and against the transportation of rum, (this latter deprived the colonists of a trade which the New Englanders, especially those from Rhode Island, found very lucrative) and in an Appendix of 101 pages gives various contemporary letters and protests regarding affairs in Georgia" (Streeter Sale 1152). De Renne I, p.112; Howes S-942; Sabin 91305.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. TAILFER, Patrick, Hugh ANDERSON, David DOUGLAS, et al. A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America, From the First Settlement thereof until this present Period.... Charles-Town, South Carolina: P. Timothy for the Authors, 1741.  8vo (200 x 124 mm). Collation: A-Q4; pp. [i]-xviii, 1-118 [i.e. 110, pp.79-86 omitted in the pagination]. Modern quarter calf gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, marbled boards, uncut. Second American edition, published in the same year as the first edition with the Charles-town, and with the catchword "mean-" on p.3, and the   catchword "of" on p.27, and omitting pp.79-86 from the pagination.   De Renne, Howes and Sabin suggest that this is possibly a London imprint, although Church considers it to be a genuine Charleston imprint and of great typographical importance and rarity. The collation of the present copy conforms with the Hoe and Streeter copies.Tailfer's pamphlet constitutes a forceful critique of General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia government. Talifer was the leader of an outspoken group of malcontents in Savannah who were driven out of the colony by Oglethorpe and took refuge in Charleston in 1740. "The most interesting of all books about Georgia written in the colonial period, for attack is almost always more interesting than praise. The authors...give here their account of what they felt to be Oglethorpe 's despotism. The work is a masterpiece of invective and one of the cornerstones of the historical literature of Georgia" (Streeter Sale 1147). Church 940; De Renne I, p.95-96; Howes T-6; Sabin 94216; Willigham Georgiana 3. For a copy of Stephens' response to Tailfer's tract, see lots 358 and 359.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. THICKNESSE, Philip (1719-1792). Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, Late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and Unfortunately Father to George Touchet, Baron Audley. [London?]: Printed for the Author, 1788.  2 volumes (of 3), 8vo (184 x 113 mm). (Lacking the portrait frontispiece called for in Sabin, some staining, some chipping, some creasing.) Contemporary half calf gilt, black leather lettering-pieces gilt, red morocco onlays gilt, marbled boards, blue sprinkled edges (vol. I front cover detached, front joint cracked vol. II, some rubbing, some chipping). Provenance: George Best, Esq. (signature); T. Fairfax Best (armorial bookplate, Wiarton).  FIRST EDITION, with final blank leaves. Thicknesse, a prominent English author, visited the Colony of Georgia in September of 1736. The titular son reference 's Thicknesse 's son with his second wife, George Thicknesse-Touchet (1758-1818), the 19th Baron Audley in the title. Thicknesse 's will demanded that upon his death his right hand be severed and given to George "to remind him of his duty to God after having so long abandoned the duty he owed to a father, who once so affectionately loved him" (Olmert). The present work was "probably printed in London like many other works of the author, but might also have been printed at Bath where was his home" (Sabin). Like the present copy, "many of the located copies lack vol. 3, of this edition, published after the first two volumes" (Sabin). Michael Olmert (1996), Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella, p. 72; Sabin 95343.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [YAZOO LAND COMPANIES]. ANDERSON, John E. and William J. HOBBY. The Contract for the Purchase of Western Territory, Made with the Legislature of Georgia, in the Year 1795; Considered with a Reference to the Subsequent Attempts of the State, to Impair its Obligation. Augusta, [GA]: Randolph & Bunce, 1799.  1 volume, 4to. With pp. 17-24 and 74-90 uncancelled; with the unsigned gathering of 2 leaves (apparently not present in the Streeter copy), containing an errata statement and explanation, bound after the title-page, (without C4, blank, as in the Streeter copy). (Short tear along gutter margin of title, title browned.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt.  FIRST EDITION, "ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PAMPHLETS ON THE YAZOO LAND CASE" (Streeter). A RARE EARLY GEORGIA IMPRINT.  "The argument made here, that the state had no right to rescind the sale made to the land companies, was upheld by the Supreme Court in Fletcher vs. Peck decided in 1810, and the original investors who had bribed the Georgia legislators were paid off on their original deeds upward of four million dollars" (Streeter Sale 1160). VERY RARE: According to online records, no copy of this pamphlet has appeared at auction in over 50 years. De Renne I, pp.286-287; Evans 35111; Howes A-231; Sabin 27034.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [YAZOO LAND COMPANIES]. Sundry Papers, in Relation to Claims, Commonly Called the Yazoo Claims. December 18, 1809. Printed by the Order of the House of Representatives. City of Washington, [D.C.]: A. and G. Way, 1809.  8vo (212 x 122 mm). (Some browning or spotting.) Modern quarter calf, red morocco lettering-piece gilt. FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies printed, of this "grouping of the most significant documents relating to the Yazoo claims" (Eberstadt 167:224), which includes the Constitution of Georgia of 1789. Georgia sold its western lands to four land companies in 1795, The Georgia legislature repudiated the sale of the land along the Yazoo River to the   Yazoo land companies, ultimately leading to the John Marshall decision in Fletcher vs. Peck in 1810. RARE: According to online records, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 45 years. De Renne I, p. 339-340; Howes Y-4; Shaw and Shoemaker 19074.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. WHITEFIELD, George (1714-1770).  A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia. In Two Parts. --A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his Arrival at London to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. London: James Hutton, 1738, 1739.  2 works in one volume, 8vo (199 x 123 mm). (Closed tear touching letters repaired on title-page of first work, some browning.) 20th-century half roan, marbled boards.   FIRST EDITIONS of Whitefield's first and fourth journals. De Renne calls A Continuation of the...Journal from his Arrival at London to his Departure...on his Way to Georgia Part IV of the journals, whereas Sabin calls it Part III. Whitefield's "influence in America...was many-sided and far reaching. With his advent a religious awakening already begun was greatly stimulated...Although others contributed greatly to this movement, Whitefield was its most dynamic representative" (DAB). De Renne I, pp. 75-76 (second edition only); p. 82 (with the last leaf in facsimile); Sabin 103534, 103538.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. ZUBLY, John Joachim (1724-1781). The Law of Liberty. A Sermon on American Affairs, Preached at the Opening of the Provincial Congress of Georgia ... With an Appendix, Giving a Concise Account of the Struggles of Swisserland to Recover Their Liberty. London: for J. Almon, 1775.  8vo (199 x 120 mm). (Title-page bound in on a stub.) Modern red cloth, red morocco lettering-piece gilt. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, printed in the same year as the first edition published by Henry Miller in Philadelphia.   Swiss-born American pastor and planter, Zubly was seated as a delegate for Georgia to the Continental Congress in September 1775. Despite initially supporting the Patriot cause, he was accused of disloyalty in the fall of 1775 due to his moderate positions. He left the Continental Congress by mid-November 1775, and was exiled with half of his property seized on July 1, 1776. Adams American Controversy 75-160b; De Renne I p. 210;  ESTC T37611; Howes Z-23; Sabin 106388.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. A group of 3 works about the state of Georgia, comprising:  JONES, Charles Colcock. Jr. Hernando De Soto. Savannah, GA: J.H. Estill for the Author, 1880. Later quarter black morocco gilt. .   PRESENTATION COPY WITH TYPED CARD TIPPED-IN: "With the Compliments of Charles C. Jones, Jr., Augusta, GA." De Renne II, p. 789. -- JONES, Charles C., O.F. VEDDER, and Frank WELDON. History of Savannah, GA. Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Co. Publishers, 1890. Publisher 's quarter brown leather, edges gilt. Bradford 2737; De Renne II, pp. 885-6. -- JENKINS, Charles Francis. Button Gwinnett Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Original green cloth-backed boards; dust jacket; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 775 of 1001 copies. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[HOW, William (1620-1656)]. Phytologia Britannica, natales exhibens indigenarum stirpium sponte emergentium. London: Richard Cotes for Octavian Pulleyn, 1650.  8vo (145 x 86mm). Interleaved. (Minor browning and soiling, short wormtrack on B1-B2 affecting a few letters, first leaf [blank except for signature mark A on recto] and imprimatur leaf detached.) Contemporary calf (rebacked in sheep, flyleaves detached). Provenance: Richard Abbott (contemporary signatures on flyleaves and some annotations); A. Robertson, Brantford (bookplate).  FIRST EDITION of this encyclopedia of English flora, in Latin with common names in English. This is the second British flora after Thomas Johnson's Mercurius botanicus.  Henrey 290; Wing H2956; ESTC R14016.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

HEWATT, Alexander (1739-1824). An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia.  London: for Alexander Donaldson, 1779.  2 volumes, 8vo (205 x 124 mm). (Some spotting and browning.) Later calf, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt.FIRST EDITION of the "earliest history of this region" (Howes). Hewitt, a Presbyterian minister, lived in Charleston for several years. He remained loyal to the King during the Revolutionary War, and he was expelled and his property seized in 1777.   His comprehensive account of the economy and society of the two colonies includes a critique of slavery and the colonial reaction to the Stamp Act. His work was used as the uncredited basis for David Ramsay's The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, published in 1785. De Renne I, p. 217; Howes H-452; Sabin 31630; Streeter sale II:1133.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[INDIANA]. COLTON, Joseph H. (1800-1893).  The State of Indiana Delineated.  New York: J.H. Colton, 1838.  16mo (93 x 141 mm). Engraved folding map with hand-coloring, publisher's advertisement. (Some separations on map folds, some spotting.) Original morocco-backed boards, paper label on upper cover (some wear and light dampstaining, upper cover with a few slice-marks). Provenance: George Robinson (signature dated 1839 on flyleaf).   FIRST EDITION, including the map, which is often cited as being printed separately, but whose inclusion is mentioned on the printed label on the front cover in the present copy. The map includes overland routes to western territories, including Texas, Oregon, and California. Bradford 1005 ( "Vastly more correct than any other pocket map of Indiana, and with the book, will be found a valuable directory and guide for travellers to that state"); Howes C-622; Sabin 34577; Streeter Sale 1416.

LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809). CLARK, William (1770-1838).  History of the Expedition...  Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814.2 volumes, 8vo (204 x 127 mm). With 5 (of 6) plates and maps (lacking the large map). (Several leaves, including the title-page to vol. I, with repairs occasionally affecting text, spotting and staining.) Contemporary calf (modern rebacking, recornered, some wear).  FIRST EDITION OF THE "MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL OVERLAND NARRATIVES," (Grolier American), AND THE "DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPLORATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT" (Wagner-Camp)President Thomas Jefferson, who commissioned the expedition and ensured its funding by Congress in 1803, contributed a prefatory "Life of Captain Lewis" to the work.   Publication was delayed by the death of Lewis, but the work was finally brought to press on 20 February 1814 by Bradford and Inskeep.   Of the 2,000 copies that were printed, only 1,417 were perfect and put out for sale.   According to Elliott Coues, "the map is gone from many if not most of the copies of the book now extant. ..[It] was not inserted in all copies of the original edition." Church 1309; Grolier American 30; Howes L-317; Sabin 40829; Streeter III: 1777; Wagner-Camp 13:1.  

LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809) and William CLARK (1770-1838). Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814.4to (267 x 210 mm). Engraved folding map after Clark by S. Lewis (short tear at fold, some minor offsetting), 5 engraved maps and plans on 3 leaves. (Lacking half-title, a few small stains.) 20th-century quarter calf, corners vellum-tipped (extremities very slightly rubbed). Provenance: Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet (1795-1890), British diplomat, first President of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong (bookplate, signature on flyleaf); Milburn McCarty Jr. (stamp on flyleaf).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THE AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT OF "THE MOST IMPORTANT WESTERN EXPLORATION" (Howes). Lewis and Clark intended to publish their journals after the completion of their 1804-1806 expedition, but their official duties and Lewis's death in 1809 delayed publication. Nicholas Biddle edited the text of the first American edition with the assistance of Paul Allen, and the first edition was published in Philadelphia in 1814. The present edition was edited by Thomas Rees from sheets of the first American edition; he notes, "the only liberty that has been taken with the language, has been merely the correction of a few inadvertent grammatical or typographical errors" (p. xiv). His introduction includes Jefferson's "Message on the Subject of this Expedition" of 19 February 1806 (pp. viii-ix) and an extract from Lewis's "Fort Mandan" letter of "17" [i.e. 7] April 1805 to Jefferson (pp. x-xii). Hill, p.180 ("one of the most interesting narratives of North America in existence"); Sabin 40829; Wagner-Camp 13:2.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[MAP]. WIT, Frederick de (1629/30-1706). Novissima et Accuratissima Septentrionalis ac Meridionalis Americae Descriptio. Amsterdam, ca 1680.Engraved map of the Americas, 500 x 590 mm visible area, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Decorative cartouche with Native Americans, serpents and cherubs, decorative cartouche depicting two angels, a Native American and a devil falling away, letterpress Alphabetical Table of Names tipped to right margin with descriptions in Latin, Dutch, French and English.   FIRST EDITION, the eighth state, first engraved in 1670, and updated to include New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Quiri Regio, Fretum Aniani, and with the crack at longitudinal line 338 °E in the southern hemisphere repaired. McLaughlin 49 (state 8); Tooley America 33.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[MAP]. REID, John (fl. ca 1775-1800). The State of Virginia from the best Authorities. New York, 1796.  Engraved map of Virginia (short marginal tear repaired verso, a few tiny rust spots, a few faint pencil annotations in southwestern Pennsylvania). Overall sheet 410 x 518 mm. Matted and framed.   From the first edition of Reid's American Atlas, the second folio atlas published in America following Matthew Carey's American Atlas of 1795. The map depicts roads east of the Alleghanies, including those to New London and Hot Springs; only one road west of the Alleghanies, from Ft. Cumberland to Clarksburg, is included. Wheat & Brun 572.Property from the Collection of Richard D. Simmons, Alexandria, VA

[NATIVE AMERICANS -- CHEROKEE] -- [POINSETT, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)]. Removal of the Cherokees... July 4, 1838. [Washington, D.C.]: printed by Thomas Allen, [1838].  8vo (237 x 155 mm). (Some minor soiling.) Folded sheets, with stab-sewing, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION of this letter from the Secretary of War transmitting correspondence between the War Department and Major Winfield Scott. Correspondence runs from 6 April 1838 to 27 June 1838. De Renne II, p. 464.  [With:] ROSS, John (1790-1866). Memorial of John Ross ...Representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, on the Subject of the Exiting Difficulties in that Nation... [Washington:] Ritchie & Heiss, [1846].8vo (225 x 138 mm). (Holes from stab-sewing in gutter, minor staining.) Modern quarter leather. FIRST EDITION outlining communication between members of the Senate and members of the Cherokee Nation, who were requesting financial restitution. Ross encouraged members of the Cherokee Nation to protest these calls of relocation. These efforts were unsuccessful and General Scott was ordered to enforce the relocation on 6 April 1838, better known now as the "Trail of Tears." Streeter 559.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822-1903). A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States. New York & London: Dix & Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856.  12mo. Several woodcuts. (Stitching weak, some minor spotting.) Publisher 's brown cloth stamped gilt and blind-stamped (some light wear).  FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Olmsted first published the accounts of his journey through the seaboard slave states in the New York Daily Times under the pseudonym "Yeoman.". After making a second journey to expand his observations, he published his observations in book form, endeavoring to "correct the erroneous impressions of the earlier" which he noted was "too fault-finding" (Preface). De Renne II, pp. 580-1; Howes O-78; Sabin 57242 (first American edition).Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). Elliott Coues, editor. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895.3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in vol.I, folding facsimile letter, 7   maps (including 6 folding into rear pocket of the Index volume). (Some toning and light chipping to extreme outer margin, maps with a few short tears.) Original green cloth gilt (some minor rubbing).LIMITED EDITION, number 788 of 1150 copies. This new edition was "first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index."   (Rittenhouse). Howes P-373; Rittenhouse 467 ( "Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents").Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

ST. CLAIR, Arthur (1736-1818).  A Narrative of the Manner in Which the Campaign Against the Indians...  Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1812.  8vo. Half-title, with the extended list of subscribers. (Light toning and spotting.) Original boards, printed paper label on spine (front joint cracked, minor scuffs).  FIRST EDITION of St. Clair 's account of the defeat of 800 soldiers by Ohio Territory Native Americans. Howes S-24; Sabin 75020.  

[TENNESSEE]. BREAZEALE, John William McNairy (1795-1843). Life as it is; or Matters and Things in General: Containing ... Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville, [TN]: printed by James Williams, 1842.  12mo (182 x 115 mm). (Some minor staining and chipping.) Later red morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: William H. Harmon? (signature dated 1867, annotations).  FIRST EDITION of this history of Tennessee covering various wars with the Indigenous population, the Harpe brother murderers, and the election process. Bradford 530; Howes B-741; Sabin 7651; Streeter Sale 1670.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[WELCH, Andrew G. (1797-1852)]. A Narrative of the early Days and Remembrances of Oceola Nikkanochee, Prince of Econchatti, A Young Seminole Indian. London: Hatchard and Son, 1841.  8vo (214 x 125 mm). Half-title, lithographic frontispiece, 2 lithographic plates. (Tear on half-title repaired, some spotting and toning.) Modern quarter black morocco gilt.  FIRST EDITION of this work, attributed to Dr. Andrew Welch Nikkanochee, nephew of the Seminole chief Oceola, was adopted by Welch after his capture by U. S. troops. Welch wrote several books about the Seminole wars, many of which include Nikkanochee 's detailed recollections from the perspective of his relatives who were involved. De Renne II, p. 479; Decker 37:110; Howes W-230; Sabin 56642.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[WESTERN EXPANSION] -- [McAFEE, Robert Breckinridge (1784-1849)]. A History of the Late War in the Western Country. Lexington, Kentucky: Worsley & Smith, 1816.8vo (199 x 121 mm). (Some minor spotting and staining.) Contemporary half red morocco gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (some slight rubbing). Provenance: Thomas Tarquiar? (faint signature, 27 February 1822, on verso of preliminary blank); Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943), 25th Governor of Illinois (bookplate).[Laid in:] A Calling called for Mrs. Pullman for Thursdays at The Arlington, inscribed: "With Love and "˜a Merry Christmas '."FIRST EDITION. "This valuable work is now scarce; it is one of the most authentic books on the subject, and is the source from which many subsequent writers have borrowed very freely" (Sabin 42929). From the library of Frank Lowden, 25th Governor of Illinois. Lowden married to Florence Pullman, daughter of the industrialist George M. Pullman,   the industrialist who founded the Pullman Company. The laid in card is presumably from Lowden 's mother-in-law. Howes M-9; Streeter Sale 1076.

[WESTERN FRONTIER] -- TAYLOR, Joseph Henry (1844-1908). Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri. Pottstown, PA: By the Author, 1889.  8vo (194 x 127 mm). Numerous illustrations. (Some occasional spotting, some toning.) Later quarter brown morocco (preserving the original backstrip of dark red calf gilt), marbled boards.  FIRST EDITION of Taylor 's account of living in North and South Dakota and the Northwestern territories between 1864 and 1889. The author printed this edition on an improvised hand-press. Howes T-68.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried (1697-1770). Historia musculorum hominis. Leiden: Theodor Haak and Hendrik Mulhovius, 1734.  4to (255 x 192mm). 8 engraved folding plates by Jan Wandelaar (4 in outline). (Title-page a little toned and soiled with a small triangular tear at foot, variable browning and spotting throughout, plates clean.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt (spine ends, joints and corners discreetly restored, lower joint with a short split). Provenance: Dr. Wilhelm Pfitzner (ownership inscription on front flyleaf, dated Strassburg, 1890).  FIRST EDITION of Albinus' very detailed verbal descriptions of all the muscles of the human body, with four excellent illustrations depicting the muscles of the hand drawn and engraved by Jan Wandelaar. The plates show the hand life-size with all the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones.    Choulant-Frank, p.280; Heirs of Hippocrates 829; Norman 28; Wellcome II, p. 26  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

LOWER, Richard (1631-1691). Tractatus de Corde. Item de motu et colore sanguinis et chyli in eum transit. Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1669.  8vo (152 x 94mm). 7 folding engraved plates. (Some minor marginal toning.) Late 18th- or early 19th-century calf (rebacked preserving original spine, a little wear to spine ends and corners). Provenance: gift inscription on front free endpaper, signed "L. G."  Second edition, First Elzevier edition, preceded by two London issues published earlier the same year. "Lower made the next great advance after Harvey in the physiology of blood circulation when he determined experimentally, with the assistance of Robert Hooke, that venous blood is changed to arterial blood in the lungs by virtue of its contact with air. The experiments leading to this discovery are reported in the third chapter of Lower's De Corde, a work that contains a number of other important observations, such as the scroll-like structure of the cardiac muscle (confirmed 250 years later by Mall), the heart's contractive and expulsive movements, the tamponade effect or pericardial effusion and the limiting effect of pericardial adhesions of the heart" (Norman 1397, first edition).   Krivatsy 7158; Rahir 1486; Wellcome III, p.552; Willems 1412.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[MANUSCRIPTS—CONCHOLOGY]. TERVER, Ange Paulin (1798-1875). 2 manuscript notebooks containing a profusion of fine and accurate drawings of mollusks. [Lyons, ca 1830-1840].“Conchyliologie” [cover title], 4to (263 x 200mm), composed of 69 leaves of “Explication de la Planches,” interleaved with 80 leaves containing finely drawn pencil studies of over 2,470 species of mollusks, mostly keyed to the Explication sheets or captioned individually (in ink towards end). (Some toning to leaves, occasional minor spotting.) Bound in contemporary quarter morocco, gilt-lettered cloth. “Planches des especes dans Generie Helix,” small 4to (223 x 178mm), contains a manuscript title, 8 leaves containing finely drawn pencil studies of mollusks, the remainder blank leaves. With title-page signed and dated “Mars 1859.” Bound in cloth-backed blind-embossed boards (some edgewear). Manuscript notebooks containing remarkable examples of finely detailed and accurate drawings of mollusks. The larger collection of drawings cover the following genera: Helix, Plausilia, Cyclostoma, Paluvina, Hinima, Buhonius, Pupa, Sorgue, Natica, Curbo, Scalaria, Crochus, Bulla, Purpura, Monodonta, Rissoa, Buccinum, Cerithium Siamella, Planaxis, Colombella, Gurritella, Fusus, Triton and Casidaria. All the plates in both manuscripts have legend (“Explication”) pages or genus species captions in ink below individual drawings. The final drawing in the smaller notebook has an incomplete series of six drawings that demonstrate the technique used by Terver to achieve his fine results drawing mollusk shells. Ange Paulin Terver was a French malacologist, and member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon. He was curator of its zoological collections from 1849 to 1872. In 1853 he became a member of the Société d'agriculture de Lyon, serving as secretary of the Commission des soies from 1853 to 1868.His collection of terrestrial and freshwater snails were purchased by the city of Marseille (Musée de Marseille). His family donated his collection of 14000 coquilles to the Muséum de Lyon. The larger manuscript was intended as the beginning part of a great work that included collaboration with Michaud cited by Terver in 1839, but was never published. Most of his unpublished drawings of identified species of mollusks were given to the Natural History Museum of Lyon. [With:] TERVER, Ange Paulin. Catalogue des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, obervés dans les possessions françaises au nord de l’Afrique. Paris and Lyon, 1839. 8vo, sewn in contemporary marbled wrappers. 3 lithographed plates. (Some spotting.) FIRST EDITION.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

AMBROSINI, Giacinto (1605-1671). Phytologiae; hoc est De Plantis partis primae tomus primus. Bologna: sumptibus Haeredum Evangelistae de Duccijs, 1666.Volume I (all published), folio (312 x 207mm). Allegorical engraved frontispiece showing a large garden, 36 full-page woodcuts in the text. (Some minor occasional mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary vellum over boards (spine repaired at head with vellum, covers bowed). Provenance: Congregazione dell'Oratorio di San Filippo Neri Bologna (oval stamp on title).  FIRST EDITION. The Phytologiae was intended to be the first of a two-volume dictionary of plants with the second volume planned to be devoted to trees was never published due to Ambrosini 's death. The woodcuts in this work on herbaceous plants were done by Lorenzo Tinti. "Giancinto (Hyacintho) was director of the Botanical Gardens at Bologna from 1657-1665, following the directorship of his brother Bartolomeo. The genus Ambrosinia was named after the two brothers" (Hunt).  Hunt 303; Pritzel 132; BM(NH) 36; Wellcome II, 39. RARE.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

MINKOWSKI, Hermann (1864-1909). Raum und Zeit. Offprint from: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung,  Volume 18. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1909.  8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece. (Minor bumps at corners.) Original printed wrappers (minor toning at edges, extremities lightly rubbed, minor bump at upper fore-corner); quarter calf folding case. Provenance: Ed. Meyer (contemporary signature on title). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. The ideas previously expressed in Minkowski's first paper on space-time did not become widely known until he expanded them the following year. "In this paper 'Space and Time,' read by Minkowski in Cologne only a few months before his death, he introduced the notion that made possible the expansion of the relativity theory of Einstein from its specific to its general form. The technical description of Minkowski's hypothesis is the four-dimensional space-time continuum... Minkowski maintained that the separation of time and space is a false conception; that time is itself a dimension, comparable to length, breadth and height; and that therefore the true conception of reality was constituted by a space-time continuum possessing these four dimensions ..." PMM 401.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[MURRAY, Charlotte, Lady]. The British Garden. A Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Plants, Indigenous, or Cultivated in the Climate of Great-Britain. Bath: S. Hazard, 1799.2 volumes, 8vo (ca 222 x 138mm).   (Occasional minor foxing.) Contemporary plain brown cloth, with old hand-lettered spine labels, uncut and partially unopened (spine a little sunned, minor wear with a few breaks to cloth along joints, labels chipped and darkened). Provenance: William Granville Eliot (armorial bookplates); E. W. W. James (pencil signatures); Norman Douglas Simpson (bookplate in Vol I).  FIRST EDITION. Henry 512 and p. 584; ESTC T99214. VERY RARE: According to online records no copies of the first edition have appeared at auction in at least the past 45 years.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[ANONYMOUS]. Nature's Cabinet Unlock'd. Wherein is Discovered the natural Causes of Metals, Stones, Precious Earths, Juyces, Humors, and Spirits, The nature of Plants in general ... By Tho. Brown D. of Physick. London: for Edward Farnham, 1657.  12mo (138 x 75mm). (Some pale marginal staining to title and Preface leaves, minor browning throughout.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked in modern calf, some chips and wear to covers).    FIRST EDITION of this work spuriously ascribed to Sir Thomas Browne. The Preface is signed in type "Religio Medici." Its authorship was denied by Sir Thomas Browne, and the actual author is unknown. Contains a 2-pp. publisher 's advertisement at end for John Baptist Porta 's Natural Magick [published 1658]. Wing B5065; ESTC R16043. RARE: According to online records only two copies have appeared at auction in the last 50 years.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

RAY, John (1627-1705). Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium. Cambridge: John Field, 1660.  2 parts in one volume, 8vo (142 x 87mm). (Minor soiling and spotting; small rust hole on A3 affecting a few letters; a few early annotations on title and marginal markings in the second part.) Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine, hinges reinforced). Provenance: Beilby Thompson of Escrick (1742-1799), Yorkshire landowner and politician (engraved armorial bookplate).    FIRST EDITION of Ray 's first book. With cancel title [*1] with corrected text ([*2] not present). Contains a second part Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis with separate title and pagination (register continuous).  Henrey 24; Wing R383; ESTC R203306; Kenes, Ray, pp. 1-6.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

RISLER, Josua; and Christian THRAN. Serenissimi Marchionis et Principis Bada-Durlacensis Hortus Carolsruhanus, in tres ordines digestus, exhibens nomina plantarum exoticarum, perennium & annuarum quae aluntur per Christianum Thran ... accedit aurantiorum, citreorum limonumque malorum Catalogus. Lorrach [Baden-Wurttemberg]: S. A. de la Carriere, 1747.  8vo (180 x 100mm). (Minor spotting and soiling, lacking first leaf presumably a blank.) Contemporary calf gilt (minor wear to spine ends and corners, joints rubbed). Provenance: 19th-century gift inscription in French on front flyeaf and note on rear flyleaf.  FIRST EDITION. A rare catalogue prepared by Josua Risler containing identifications of the plants growing in the Royal Gardens and Orangerie at Karlsruhe. The primary part is organized by exotic, perennial and annual plants, and lists 2,993 plants that main gardener Christian Thran recorded in his diary. The second part by Risler contains a listing of 154 citrus fruit plants growing in garden at Carolsruh, most likely in the Orangerie. Thran was the gardener for margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach from 1731 to 1746 who asked him to create the palace garden in the French baroque styles. Pritzel 7369. VERY RARE:   According to online records no copies of the first edition have appeared at auction in at least the past 45 years.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob (1672-1733). Piscium querelae et vindiciae. Zurich: Sumptibus authoris, typis Gessnerianis, 1708.  4to (222 x 165mm). 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt fillet border on covers, binding slightly rubbed. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and small embossed stamp on title, sale Sotheby 's 16 March 2004, lot 96).  FIRST EDITION. A rare work on fossil fish in relation to the great flood. Nissen, ZBI 3663.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

STEELE, Richard (bap. 1672-1729). An Essay Upon Gardening, containing a Catalogue of Exotic Plants for the Stoves and Green-houses of the British Gardens. York: for the Author by G. Peacock, 1793.4to (259 x 208mm). Half-title, list of subscribers, with additional leaf of subscribers and author's apology for errors; 3 folding engraved plates, each with letterpress explanatory leaf, errata leaf at end of first part. (Some foxing to plates, occasional marginal spotting or toning, mostly to explanatory leaves opposite plates.) 19th-century half calf with earlier spine laid down. Provenance: John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. (etched bookplate); D. Shirley (signature on pastedown).    FIRST EDITION. Henrey 1384; ESTC T82581.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

TORELLI, Joseph (1721-1781). De Nihilo Geometrico, Libri II. Verona: Augostino Carattoni, 1758.  8vo (209 x 134mm). (Title-page fore-margin trimmed and with a pale stain, otherwise a fine crisp copy.) Contemporary Italian boards, spine lettered in an early hand.    FIRST EDITION of a text book on infinitesimal geometry by the Veronese scholar best known for his works on geometry. Torelli 's De nihilo geometrico presents a new basis for infinitesimal analysis, which had been started but not exhaustively treated by Newton and Leibniz. His rejection of the concept of limits and his support of the ideas of Bernard Nieuwentijt against Leibniz caused his work to be largely ignored in modern times. Riccardi II, 538.   EXTREMELY RARE: According to online records only one other copy has appeared at auction in at least the past 45 years.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

WEISS, Friedrich Wilhelm (1744-1826). Plantae Cryptogamicae Florae Gottingensis Collegit et Descripsit. Gottingen: Abraham Vandenhoeck, 1770.8vo. One hand-colored folding plate. (Some browning and spotting throughout, lacking first leaf, presumably a blank.) Contemporary marbled boards (rebacked in modern calf, minor rubbing and wear to boards). Provenance: William Withering (1741-1799), English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis (signature on title and his underlinings and some annotations in ink).    FIRST EDITION of this rare work on algae, mosses and ferns. FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM WITHERING. Although best known for his pioneer work on use of extracts of foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) to treat dropsy (edema), a condition associated with heart failure, Withering was also an avid enthusiast in the identification and classification of lichens, algae and mosses. He kept lichen among his herbarium, and enumerated 118 species in genus Lichen in his Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, published in 1776. Withering was meticulous, almost obsessional, in his observation and recording of plants. His work on the flowering plants was largely derived from others, but on the algae and agarics he broke new ground. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[WINE MAKING]. A group of 7 works, including:PASTEUR, Louis. Etudes sur la Biere, ses Maladies. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. Original printed wrappers; custom chemise and slipcase. FIRST EDITION, later state. -- VIZETELLY, Henry. A History of Champagne. London & NY: Vizetelly & Co. et al, 1882.   -- PHIN, John. Open Air Grape Culture: A Practical Treatise. NY: C.M. Saxton, 1862.   -- [STEPHEN, John]. A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, Gins, Rums. Philadelphia: for the author, 1860. FIRST EDITION. -- And 3 others. Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth gilt,   condition generally very good. Complete list upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS & PRINTING HISTORY]. A group of 19 works, including:Bibliotheca Americana Catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University Books Printed 1675-1700. --Short-Title List of Addition Books Printed 1471-1700. Providence, 1973. 2 volumes. -- REED, Talbot Baines. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries. London, 1952. New edition. -- A Book of Types Initials, Borders & Ornaments. Edinburgh, 1916. Original cloth-backed boards. -- HAMILTON, Charles. Great Forgers and Famous Fakes. NY, 1980. -- VITALE, Philip H. Bibliography, Historical and Bibliothecal. Chicago, 1971. -- HAIN, Ludovici. Repertorium Bibliographicum. Staten Island, NY: Maurizio Martino, N.d. 4 volumes. -- LEHMANN-HAUPT, Hellmut. The Book in America. NY, 1952.   Second edition. -- GRAVELL, Thomas L. et al. American Watermarks 1690-1835. New Castle, DE, 2002. -- BAURMEISTER, Ursula. Des Livres et des Rois: La Bibliotheque Royale de Blois. [Paris], 1992. -- And 10 others. Together, 19 works in 25 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth except where noted, some with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS & PRINTING HISTORY]. A group of 14 works, including:ADAMS, H.M. Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries. Cambridge, 1967. 2 volumes. Dust jackets. -- CHURCHILL, W.A. Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France, Etc. Mansfield Centre, CT, 2006. -- DURLING, Richard J. A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, MA, 1967.   PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DURLING. -- Another copy. -- KRIVATSY, Peter. A Catalogue of Incunabula and Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine First Supplement. Bethesda, MA, 1971.   PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KRIVATSY. -- KRIVATSY, Peter. A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, MA, 1989. FIRST EDITION. -- BLAKE, John B. A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, MA, 1979.   PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BLAKE. -- another copy. -- Short-Title of Books Printed in Italy and of Books in Italian Printed Abroad 1501-1600. Boston, 1970. 3 volumes. Later edition. -- And 7 others. Together, 14 works in 25 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, many with inscriptions to Marjorie A. Stuff, former Librarian at The National Library of Medicine, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOTANY]. A group of 17 works, including:MERRILL, E.D. and, Egbert H. WALKER. A Bibliography of Eastern Asiatic Botany. Jamaica Plain, MA, 1938.   PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MERRILL AND WALKER. -- DESMOND, Ray. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists. London, 1977. -- WITHERING, William. An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medicinal Uses. [Birmingham, 1979]. LIMITED EDITION, number 4519 of unknown number. -- Les Botanistes Francais en Amerique du Nord Avant 1850. Paris, 1962. -- FREEMAN, R.B. British Natural History Books 1495-1900 A Handlist. [Kent, England et al], 1980. -- BRITTEN, J. and G.S. BOULGER. A Biographical Index of Deceased British and Irish Botanists. London, 1931. Second edition. -- MIREK, Zbigniew et al, editors. Studies in Renaissance Botany. Kraków, 1998. -- VON SACHS, Julius. History of Botany (1530-1860). Henry E.F. Garnsey, translator. Oxford, 1890. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- And 9 others. Together, 17 works in 23 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, some illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[ASTRONOMY]. A group of 5 works, including:PRITCHARD, Charles. Uranometria Nova Oxoniensis. Oxford, 1885. 2 ALSs tipped-in before title-page: Copy of KNOBEL, Edwin. ALS ( "Edwin B. Nobel"), as Secretary for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to Pritchard. London, 9 January 1886. Awarding the RAS Gold Medal to Pritchard for his work on Photometric research; PRITCHARD. ALS ( "C. Pritchard"), to the Warden for the New College Library. N.p., 10 January 1886. Regarding gift of the present book with the above ALS. Provenance: New College Library (exlibris stamp, signature). ASSOCIATION COPY. -- HALE, George Ellery. The Study of Stellar Evolution. Chicago, 1908. Provenance: British Astronomical Association Library (stamps, shelfmarks). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. -- CHAMBERS, George F. A Cycle of Celestial Objects. Oxford, 1881. Second edition.   -- And 2 others. Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original or contemporary cloth, condition generally good. Complete list upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOTANY]. A group of 16 works, including:[AUCTION CATALOG]. The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein Collected by the Late Arpad Plesch. London: Sotheby & Co, [1975]. 3 volumes. Original boards. -- HARSHBERGER, John W. The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work. Mansfield Centre, CT, 1991. -- LAWRENCE, George H.M. et al, editors. B-P-H Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum. Pittsburgh, PA, 1968. -- VERDOORN, Frans. Plants and Plant Science in Latin America. Waltham, MA, 1945. -- WYCOFF, Edith, librarian. Bibliographical Contributions from the Lloyd Library. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1911-1918. 3 volumes. -- [AUCTION CATALOG]. A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books Being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library Formed by Robert De Belder. London: Sotheby 's, 1987. -- REED, Howard S. A Short History of the Plant Sciences. NY, 1942. -- And 9 others. Together, 16 works in 21 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, some illustrated,   most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [MEDICINE]. A group of 7 works, comprising:MAJOR, Ralph H. A History of Medicine. Springfield, IL, [1954]. 2 volumes. Dust jackets. --Classic Descriptions of Disease. Springfield, IL et al, 1939.   Second edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THOMAS. -- JORDAN-SMITH, Paul et al. Burton 's Anatomy of Melancholy and Burtoniana a Checklist of Part of a Collection in Memory of Sarah Bixby Smith. Oxford, 1959. -- SALLANDER, Hans. Bibliotheca Walleriana the Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected by Erik Waller. NY: Maurizio Martino Publisher, N.d. 2 volumes in one.   "Reprint edition," one of 400 copies. -- BRUSH, Stephen G. History of Modern Science a Guide to the Second Scientific Revolution, 1800-1950. Ames, 1988. Dust jacket. -- MEADE, Richard Hardaway. An Introduction to the History of General Surgery. Philadelphia et al, 1968. -- Journal of the History of Biology. Volume 1, Number 1 - Volume 18, Number 1. Cambridge, MA, Spring 1968-1985. 17 (of 18) volumes, Vols. I-2, 4-18.   Later cloth, original wrappers bound in. -- Together, 7 works in 24 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [MEDICINE]. A group of 14 works, including:EALES, Nellie B. The Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology ... Part I. 1472 To 1800. --Part II. 1800 to the present day. Berkshire, England, 1969, 1975. 2 volumes. Part II in original printed wrappers. -- STILLWELL, Margaret Bingham. The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing 1450-1550. NY, 1970. -- HORBLIT, Harrison D. One Hundred Books Famous in Science. NY: The Grolier Club, 1964. Slipcase. -- HOOK, Diana H. et al. The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine. San Francisco, 1991. 2 volumes. -- [NORMAN, Haskell F.] One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine. NY: The Grolier Club, 1995. Slipcase. -- SPARROW, Ruth A. Milestones of Science. Buffalo, NY, 1972. -- The Barchas Collection at Stanford University: A Catalogue of the Samuel I and Cecile M. Barchas Collection in the History of Science of Ideas. [Sandford, CA], 1999. -- NEEDHAM, Joseph. A History of Embryology. NY, 1959. Dust jacket. Second edition. -- And 6 others. Together, 14 works in 20 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, many limited edition, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [MEDICINE]. A group of 15 works, including:MAJOR, Ralph H. A History of Medicine. Springfield, IL, [1954]. 2 volumes. Dust jackets. -- WILLIAMS, Henry Smith. A History of Science. NY et al, 1904. 5 volumes. -- Guide to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. London, [1927]. -- POYNTER, F. N. L. A Catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. London et al, 1954. Dust jacket. -- MOORAT, S. A. J. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library... I. MSS Written before 1650 A. D. London, 1962. -- The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine Part I: The Middle Ages and The Renaissance. --Part III: The Modern Age. NY: Christie 's, [1998]. 2 (of 3) volumes (Part I and III only). Original boards. -- And 9 others. Together, 15 works in 21 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [EARTH SCIENCE]. A group of 43 works, including:SINKANKAS, John. Gemology An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ et al, 1993. 2 volumes. -- Investigations Representing the Departments Physics Chemistry Geology Mathematics, The Decennial Publications, First Series, Volume IX. Chicago, 1903. Later Edition. -- CUSHING, Harvey. A Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius. Hamden, CT et al, 1962. Second edition. -- ADAMS, Frank Dawson. The Birth and Development of the Geological Sciences. Baltimore, 1938. -- GUERLAC, Henry. Essays And Papers in the History of Modern Science. Baltimore et al, 1977. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GUERLAC. -- WRIGHT, Wilmer Cave, translator. Giovanni Maria Lancis Aneurysms. NY, 1952. -- WINGATE, S.D. The Mediaeval Latin Versions of the Aristotelian Scientific Corpus. London, 1931. Original printed wrappers. Provenance: Melville Harrison Hatch (1898-1988), American entomologist (bookplate, signature). -- TATON, R. Reason and Chance in Scientific Discovery. A.J. Pomerans, translator. NY, 1957. -- And 35 others. Together, 43 works in 52 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most in original cloth, most with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [MAGIC & EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE]. A group of 8 works, comprising:THORNDIKE, Lynn. A History of Magic and Experimental Science. NY et al, 1923-1958. 8 volumes. -- FERGUSON, John. Bibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets. London, 1981. 2 volumes in one. -- BROCK, Alan St. H. A History of Fireworks. London et al, 1945. -- HAGGARD, Howard W. Mystery, Magic, and Medicine The Rise of Medicine from Superstition to Science. Garden City, NY, 1933. -- BERNARD, Claude. An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine. Henry Copley GREENE, translator. [NY], 1949. -- DEBUS, Allen G. The English Paracelsians. London: Oldbourne, 1965. -- CANICK, Michael. A Price Guide to Magic Books: 1639-1990. NY, 1997. Original spiral bound printed wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CANICK TO ANTIQUARIAT BOTANICUM. Second Printing. -- CAILLET, Albert L. Manuel Bibliographique des Sciences Psychiques ou Occultes. Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, N.d. 3 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies. -- Together, 8 works in 17 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [MATHEMATICS]. A group of 5 works, comprising:RUSSELL, Bertrand. The Principles of Mathematics. London, [1951]. Second edition. -- CLAGETT, Marshall. Archimedes in the Middle Ages Vol. I The Arabo-Latin Tradition. Madison, Philadelphia, 1964-1984. 5 parts in 10 volumes. -- MILLER, Johann. Regiomontanus on Triangles. Barnabas Hughes, translator. Madison et al, 1967. -- James & James. Mathematics Dictionary. Princeton, NJ et al, 1968. Third edition, Multilingual edition. -- Together, 5 works in 13 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth with original dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [NATURAL HISTORY]. A group of 27 works, including:RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago. Histologie du Systeme Nerveux de L'homme & des Vertebres. Madrid, 1972. 2 volumes. Second French edition. -- SALLANDER, Hans. Bibliotheca Walleriana the Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected by Erik Waller. Stockholm, 1955. 2 volumes. -- HOOK, Diana H. et al. Origins of Cyberspace. Novato, CA, 2002. -- DOE, Janet. A Bibliography of the Works of Ambroise Paré. Chicago, 1937. -- ROBBINS, Christine Chapman. “John Torrey (1796-1873) His Life and Times.” Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 95, no. 6. Torrey Botanical Society, 1968. Contemporary cloth. Provenance: George Hill Mathewson Lawrence (1910-1978), American Botanist (bookplate, inscription). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROBBINS TO LAWRENCE. -- ROBERTS, Verne L. et al. Bibliotheca Mechanica. NY, 1991. -- GILLISPIE, Charles C. Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. NY et al, 1981. 16 parts in 8 volumes, plus 2 volumes of supplements. -- DORF, Philip. Liberty Hyde Bailey an Informal Biography. Ithaca, NY, 1956. Provenance: Helen Van Pelt Wilson (1901-2003), American Garden Writer (inscription). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DORF TO WILSON. -- ARAGO, Francois. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men. London, 1857. -- CROWTHER, J.G. British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century. London, 1962. Second edition. -- Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library. NY: Christie's, 2008. -- The Library of the Earl of Macclesfield Removed from Shirburn Castle. London: Sotheby’s, 2004-2008. 10 volumes (Vols I-VII, IX-XI only). -- And 15 others. Together, 27 works in 50 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most in original cloth, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [NATURAL HISTORY]. A group of 52 works, including:BREWSTER, David. Memoirs of ... Sir Isaac Newton. Edinburgh et al, 1855. 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf.   Later edition. -- DEMEREC, M. et al. Cytology, Genetics, and Evolution. Philadelphia, 1941. -- WILSON, Edmund B. The Cell in Development and Heredity. NY, 1925. Provenance: Julius Feldmesser (1918-2000), former Nematologist (stamp). Third edition. -- MICHEL, Henri. Scientific Instruments in Art and History. NY, 1966. -- HUGHES, Arthur. A History of Cytology. London et al, 1959. -- MANUEL, Frank E. Isaac Newton Historian. Cambridge, MA, 1963. -- CLARK, George et al. History of Staining. Baltimore et al, 1983. Third edition. -- CAJORI, Florian. Sir Isaac Newton 's Mathematical Principles. Berkeley, CA, 1947. Third issue. -- BEDINI, Silvio A. Early American Scientific Instruments and their Makers. Washington, [D.C], 1964. -- OLBY, Robert. The Path to the Double Helix. Seattle, 1974. -- TILEY, N.A. Discovering DNA. NY et al, 1983. -- WILLIAMS, Harley. Don Quixote of the Microscope. London, 1954. -- And 40 others. Together, 52 works in 53 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY]. A group of 9 works in 11 volumes, comprising:BASTOS, Antonio. Celestial Objects and Satellite Astronomy. N.p, 1974. Original boards. -- KENNEY, Louis A. Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library. San Diego, CA, 1988. Original cloth; slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KENNEY. -- CARMODY, Francis J. The Astronomical Works of Thabit B. Qurra. Berkeley et al, 1960. Provenance: A. George Molland (1941-2002), Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Aberdeen (signature, 1969). -- DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste. Histoire de L'Astronomie Ancienne. N.p.: Jacques Gabay, 2005. 2 volumes. --Histoire de L'Astronomie du Moyen Age. N.p.: Jacques Gabay, 2006. --Histoire de L'Astronomie au Dix-Huitieme  Siecle. N.p.: Jacques Gabay, 2004. --Histoire de L'Astronomie Moderne. N.p.: Jacques Gabay, 2006. 2 volumes. -- BROWN, Basil. Astronomical-Atlases, Maps & Charts. London, 1932. Original boards gilt. -- KANAS, Nick. Start Maps History, Artistry, and Cartography. Chichester, UK, 2007. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KANAS. -- Together, 9 works in 11 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original printed wrappers except where noted, all FIRST EDITION except where noted, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

BARROW, Isaac (1630-1677). Lectiones opticae & geometricae. Edited by John Collins, with revisions and corrections by Isaac Newton. London: William Godbid for Robert Scott, 1674.2 parts in one volume, 4to (197 x 159mm). General title (a cancel), errata on p. 127 (Part I), Benevolo Lectori leaf present (intended to be canceled) at beginning of Part II, errata p. 148 (Part II), additional addenda leaf at end of Part II following p. 148; 28 folding plates. (Imprimatur leaf, dedication leaf, and Epistola ad lectorem leaf bound after Part I, cancel title a 1/2-inch narrower than text and with a pale stain, stamp excised on first leaf of text of the Epistola [a1] with patched repair, plate 3 in Part I with paper flaw causing loss to blank lower fore-corner, occasional minor spotting, minor marginal soiling.) 18th-century half vellum, marbled boards (minor soiling and rubbing).    In 1669 Barrow issued his Lectiones XVIII, which would come to be known as the Lectiones Opticae. The Lectiones Geometricae were first published in 1670, and the two volumes together, revised, corrected, edited and slightly expanded by Collins and Newton, were first published in this 1674 edition. It is stated in the preface that Newton revised and corrected the Lectiones Opticae.    In this 1674 first complete edition, the title and preliminary matter for the Lectiones Geometricae were intended to be cancelled. ESTC notes this is   "A reissue of 'Lectiones XVIII' and 'Lectiones geometricae', with cancel general title page and added p. 149-151, [1] (addenda). No copy is recorded with the original second title page retained; the following leaf, "Benevolo lectori", is also intended to be cancelled ..." The present copy does not contain the second title, but does retain the Benevolo Lectori leaf.  Wing B945; Babson 249; ESTC R3609.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES]. A group of 60 works, including:JOHNSON, Laurence. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America. NY, 1884. -- KEYNES, Geoffrey. A Bibliography of Dr. Robert Hooke. Oxford, 1960. -- Another copy. -- JACOB, Margaret C. The Newtonians and the English Revolution 1689-1720. Ithaca, NY, 1976. -- [LINNAEUS, Carl Von.] NYNAS, Carina et al. A Linnaean Kaleidoscope Linnaeus and his 186 Dissertations. Stockholm, 2016. 2 volumes. -- [BEDFORD, Evan.] The Evan Bedford Library of Cariology Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets and Journals. London, 1977. -- McHENRY, Lawrence. Garrison’s History of Neurology. Springfield, IL, 1969. -- KEELE, K.D. Leonardo da Vinci on Movement of the Heart and Blood. London, 1952. Original quarter leather gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 438 of 1000. -- ALLAN, Mea. Darwin and his Followers the Key to Natural Selection. London, 1977. -- FREEMAN, R.B. Darwin Pedigrees. London, 1984. -- And 50 others. Together, 60 works in 63 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, many in dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigilene Vigil

ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-1472). De re aedificatoria. Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus, 29 December 1485.  Folio (262 x 187 mm). Collation: a-d8 e6 f-o8 p6 q-z8 &8 Ɔ8 ™ƒ8 (a1r blank, a1v dedication to Lorenzo de'Medici, a2r text, ™ƒ7v colophon, ™ƒ8r verse to the reader by "Baptista siculus," ™ƒ8v registrum). 204 leaves, 34 lines. Type: 111Rb. 6- and 7-line initial spaces with printed guide- letters. (Small mostly marginal worm-holes to ca 55 leaves at beginning and end occasionally touching letters, mostly marginal spotting.) 20th-century red morocco gilt (some light wear, a few sheets trimmed affecting marginal annotations). Provenance: Marginal annotations in a Renaissance hand; numerous spurious marginal notes and diagrams in a later "Leonardesque" styled hand in mirror-writing and with diagrams based on his codices (see below); William Marquess of Lothian (armorial bookplate); Emil Richter, Berliner Museum (note in ink on recto of ff.1, see below); acquired by a private individual in 1951; by descent to present owner.FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED TREATISE ON ARCHTECTURE, presumed earlier setting, with the last quire set in Roman letter as throughout (not Nerlius, see BMC).   According to Fowler, Alberti began work on his treatise in the middle of the 15th-century and enhanced and revised the work until his death in 1472. Some thirteen years later, his work was published due to the efforts of his brother. Alberti, who was architect of several important Renaissance buildings including the Basilica of San Sebastiano and Sant'Andrea in Mantua, and the Santa Maria Novella and the Rucellai Palace in Florence, based his work, based on Vitruvius's De Architectura, is divided into ten books describing the building of palaces and churches, and describing materials, construction, and ornament for sacred and secular buildings, as well as a section devoted to the restoration of buildings. "In accordance with classical principles, the principal elements of architecture are defined as beauty and ornament. Beauty is essentially harmony, the correct proportions of the parts" Alberti considers architecture not only for ecclesiastical purposes or private patrons, but for the first time particularly as a civic activity. His book includes a scheme for building a whole new town, the earliest printed example of town planning" (PMM). With spurious marginal annotations and drawings in brown in a "Leonardesque" hand on 8 leaves (occurring on ff. 7r, 21v, 30v, 44v, 76v, 131r, 164r and 203v), the last being signed "Leonardo da Vinci." A 24 April 1924 note in German from Emil Richter, the Berliner Museum, describes the annotations as being in the hand of Leonardo da Vinci ("kamm ich Betätigen dass diselben in eigener Hand von Leonardo da Vinci sind"). Though the handwriting and method of writing do bear some similarity to that of Leonardo (including the use of mirror-writing), the drawings, including a partial sketch of a hygrometer, are apparently copied from known examples by Leonardo, and the inscriptions are possibly later. BMC, VI, 630; BSB-Ink A-125; Cicognara, 370; Fowler 3; Goff A-215; GW 579; HC 419; Millard Italian 4; PMM 28.Property from the Estate of Nancy Hagensieker

[AMERICAN LITERATURE, EARLY 20th-CENTURY]. A group of 8 works, including:DOS PASSOS, John. Three Soldiers. NY: George H. Doran Company, 1921. With dust jacket [third state with the Stars and Stripes blurb on the front panel]. FIRST STATE with three blanks at front and p.213, line 31 reading "singing.". -- LONDON, Jack. Tales of the Fish Patrol. London: William Heinemann, 1906. . FIRST ENLISH EDITION, PUBLISHER 'S PRESENTATION COPY with blind-stamp on title. BAL 11887. -- RINEHART, Mary Roberts. The Circular Staircase. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, September 1908. -- SANDBURG, Carl. Potato Face. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. With dust jacket. -- And 4 others. Together, 8 works in 10 volumes, all 8vo, most in original cloth, all FIRST EDITION, condition generally good or fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[AMERICAN LITERATURE, 20th-CENTURY]. A group of 9 works, including:MILLER, Henry. Tropic of Capricorn. Paris: The Obelisk Press, [1939]. Original wrappers.   -- STEIN, Gertrude. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein. Paris: Plain Edition, [1933]. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies. -- STEINBECK, John. The Moon is Down. NY: The Viking Press, 1942. With dust jacket. Stated "second printing before publication." -- Another copy, unclipped dust jacket. Later issue with "By The Haddon Craftsman" on title-page verso and the large period on page 112 removed. -- POST, Wiley and Harold GATTY. Around the World in Eight Days. NY et al: Rand McNally & Company, August 1931. FIRST ISSUE, SIGNED BY POST AND BY GATTY. -- And 5 others. Together, 9 works in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or wrappers, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good or fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963). Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, 1916-1957. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1968-1959.7 volumes (including one duplicate, and a supplement), square 4to. Illustrated throughout. Ring-bound in original pictorial stamped buckram (spines darkened, some minor staining); supplement in stiff wrappers.FIRST EDITION of the definitive catalogue raisonne of Braque's works on canvas. Volumes 2-6, comprising: 1924-1927, 1928-1935, 1936-1941, 1942-1947, and 1948-1957; with a duplicate copy of 1936-1941. The supplement includes additional works to be included in the 1948-1957 volume. Without the first volume for the period 1916-1923, which was the last to appear, published in 1973.  Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York

Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Star Wars - Lego - a Brick Art Limited made artwork display featuring a Lego minifigure of Boba Fett, with information plaque beneath. Signed by Bulloch in white ink to the artwork, with character name added. Limited Edition, No 1/50 (the first one made, and presented to Bulloch). Framed. Measures 25cm x 25cm, approx. 

Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Star Wars - The Art Of Ralph McQuarrie - 2007 Limited Edition First Edition coffee table book in presentation slipcase. The book details McQuarries career through concept artist for Star Wars and other projects. The book appears generally as new, with some minor dings to the cover edge and slipcase. This was Bulloch's personally owned example of this scarce publication.