Waters Library

  • Publisher: Lud. Billaine, & Joannis Du Puis, Paris
  • Format: Hardcover
Crisp clean copy of the Latin text. One neat stamp on the title-page (College Library Carlow), Modern but not recent half calf, with marbled paper sides. Very Secure. With the engraved portrait frontispiece by Landry. Lowndes 2744. Ussher became Bishop of Armagh in 1625. This work established a precise chronology of the Bible, in some instances to the exact hour and day. Size: Large Folio
johnrsandersonbookseller-2750.00-561af070fdb1b6229ffe33596cf49e56
Found: 2021-03-29
$2,750.00
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  • Publisher: W. Hall; G. Hall
Oxford: W. Hall; G. Hall, 1660. First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A collection of two of James Ussher's works on the Old Testament, in the original Latin, in a good condition for its age. The first editions of these works.Two volumes in one.In Latin.Internally, this is in a very nice condition, a rare condition to find a book of this age.A collection of two works written by James Ussher.'Chronologia Sacra', published in 1660, this is the first edition. ESTC citation number R203869.... Collated, complete.This work is a corrected summary and supplement to Ussher's earlier work 'Annales Veteris Testamenti', which was a chronology of the Old Testament.'De Romanae Ecclesiae', published in 1660. ESTC citation number R203870. Collated, complete.James Ussher was a prolific scholar, and a school leader, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Amaragh and the Primate of All Ireland, between 1626 and 1656.'Chronologia Sacra' is edited by Thomas Barlow. In the original calf binding. Externally, the front board is detached but present. Small cracks to the head and tail of the rear joint. Rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few marks and some discolouration to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with some spotting. Closed tear to leaf A2 of 'Chronologia Sacra', no loss of text. Tidemark to the tail of leaves D1-D4 of 'Chronologia Sacra'. Internally, this is in a very nice condition, a rare condition to find a book of this age. Goodmore
rookebooks-2049.29-bc7bf7e6da95ff27fdad613c19e77b88
Found: 2021-03-29
$2,049.29
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  • Publisher: Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig
  • Format: Softcover
8vo (222 x 144 mm). iv [2], 94 pp., 20 illustrations in text. Original publisher's printed wrappers (chipping at lower spine repaired with partial loss of printed title), pages untrimmed. Internally clean and unfoxed, a few pencil annotations and markings. Provenance: M.K. Engelbert van Bevervoorde (pencil signature to title-page). A very good copy, rarely found in original publishers binding. ---- DSB XIV, 217; Norman 2192 (journal issue). - First edition in book form of the famous work on the... continental drift, the mainwork of Wegener. The text appeared first in Petermanns Mitteilungen 1912. Later editions appeared in 1920,1922 and 1929; foreign editions after 1922. Wegener began his university career at the physical institute of the University Marburg in 1909, where he worked until 1919. After his habilitation in the fields of astronomy, meteorology and cosmic physics in Marburg, he became the director of the local observatory in 1910 and in parallel worked as a lecturer at the physical institute. Wegener became widely known for his pioneering theory on continental drift, which he published in two papers in 1912, both entitled "Die Entstehung der Kontinente" (The origin of continents). Although it was thought ludicrous at first, it has since been confirmed and is now quite acclaimed. In 1915 he published a book-length extension of his work on continental displacements now entitled "Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane." Because of the First World War, Wegener's book went unnoticed outside Germany. In 1922, however, a third (revised) edition was translated into English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish, pushing Wegener's theory of continental drift to the forefront of debate in the earth sciences. The present first edition is much rarer than the journal issue. - Visit our website for additional images and information.less
milestonesofsciencebooks-3884.84-dc0d2840eece787306c82ac8e0ecc8cd
Found: 2021-03-29
$3,884.84
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  • Publisher: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard
London: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. All four books, with supplementary "Review", rarely offered as a complete text. First editions, published 1684-1690. 1) THEORY OF THE EARTH published 1684: [xvi], 224 pages of text; engraved title, two double-page engraved maps, text engravings. Contains Books I & II. 2) Bound with: THEORY OF THE EARTH published... 1690: [xiv], 224 pages; engraved title page and in-text engravings. Contains Books III & IV. 3) Bound with: A REVIEW OF THE THEORY OF THE EARTH, And of its Proofs: Especially In Reference To Scripture published 1690: [ii], 52 pages, followed by [i] page of publisher's advertisement. Books I, II, III, IV and the REVIEW all have their own title page. Original paneled calf boards, rebacked in full leather with corners strengthened. The boards are somewhat worn. The gutter (inner margin) of the text has numerous small worm holes, which do not enter the text. The first engraved title page is creased and it and the title page are slightly soiled. The map of The Americas depicts California as an island. Lowndes "[This work] will ever continue to charm the reader by the eloquence of its style, and the grandeur of its imagery". Wing B5950. First edition in English, with the first edition in Latin issued in 1681 under the title "Telluris Theoria"..more
kurtgippertbookseller-4500.00-7b765b7377d851211dea56be9c42195f
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$4,500.00
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  • Publisher: Oxford The Theatre
  • Format: Hardcover
Oxford The Theatre, 1686.First edition. Folio (350 x 230 cms) Full contemporary panelled calf,rebacked,pp.xiv,450pp,+10pp index.two ll list of subscribers bound at end, Engraved title page,Dedication, Large folding engraved Map, 37 engraved plates,of which 26 are double page or folding, and mostly of the Great Houses of the County, and their Gardens,the other plates illustrate curiosities and natural phenomena,without the usually missing heraldic plate.A fine copy. Robert Plot, 1640-1696, was born... at the family home of Sutton Barne in Borden Kent. He was educated at Wye and then at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, graduating with BA in 1661, MA in 1664, DCL in 1671. His research interests were primarily concerned with the study of natural history and antiquities in England. He began his study for a multi-volume work in Oxfordshire, where he was living at the time, which resulted in the publication in 1677 of The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an essay towards the Natural History of England . Subsequently, in 1683, he was appointed Professor of Chemistry and the first Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford. Plot's second volume in the series of natural histories, The Natural History of Stafford-shire was published in 1686, his investigation of Staffordshire having been instigated at the invitation of Walter Chetwynd of Ingestre Hall. Plot dedicated the Natural History of Staffordshire to James II and in 1688 was subsequently named Historiographer Royal. His ambition to continue the multi-volume series for all England was however, never realised. Plot's work on Staffordshire combines scientific enquiry with local folklore to provide an intriguing account not merely of the county's natural history, but also its geology, pre-industrial manufacturing and culture during the 17 th century. The selected chapters available for access from The Natural History of Staffordshire include: Chapter 3; Of the Earths , Chapter 4; Of the Stones , Chapter 5; Of Formed Stones and Chapter 9; Of the Arts . Chapter 3 is of particular interest to ceramic historians, in its description of pre-industrial pottery manufacture in Staffordshire Upcot 1172less
brucemarshallrarebooks-2840.74-29622e0e495a2e92cda8575accc3d79e
Found: 2021-03-29
$2,840.74
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  • Publisher: Moses Pits; S. Millers
  • Format: Hardcover
[xii], 358 pages of text, followed by [xii] including the errata leaf and an index. Lacks the folding map of Oxfordshire. Otherwise complete with engraved title page and 16 full-page engraved plates by Michael Burghers. Original boards with corners strengthened attached to new leather spine. Endpapers renewed. There is moderate shelfwear and rubbing. There is minor foxing and soiling scattered throughout the text, minor staining to the corners of the first and final leaves, and several pages have... small tears repaired. Four issues of the first edition are known, with no priority established. In our issue the author's name is given in full and there is no reference to price on the title page. 320mm x201mm (12 1/2" x 8"). First edition, unknown/undetermined issue. Lowndes 1886.more
kurtgippertbookseller-3190.26-2516b2122db3cb57ee30099350086d62
Found: 2021-03-29
$3,190.26
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  • Publisher: For the author by C. Frost, Bristol
  • Format: Hardcover
viii, (2), 150, (1), 50 lithographed plates by the author, tinted by hand. . HB. Imp. 4to, later cloth, gt, edges uncut; 4cm tear to margin of leaf 101-102; very occasional minor foxing. Vg. Privately published by subscription (there are 127 names on the Subscribers List, some of whom are indicated as having placed a subscription for more than one copy). The author states in the preface, '.applying the slender talent of drawing I possessed, to executing myself the necessary illustrations in a series... of Lithographical Plates, as the only mode in which a private individual could bring forward such an undertaking.'John Samuel Miller [formerly Johann Samuel Müller] (1779-1830) was a naturalist and museum curator. A native of Danzig, Germany, he emigrated to England in 1801, settled in Bristol, and anglicized his name. In 1823 Miller was appointed first curator of the Bristol Institution, a post he held until his death. He was interested in a range of natural history topics including geology, botany, and conchology, and published a number of scientific papers, including descriptions of newly discovered species of British molluscs. (ODNB)The present book, based on Miller�s own research in the Bristol area, is a pioneering study in the field of palaeobiology. Miller first recognized fossilized stalked echinoderms from the 'environs of Bristol' as a distinct group and it was with this work that the formal scientific description and classification of crinoids began. Freeman, 2590; Nissen ZBI, 2822.less
pemberleynaturalhistorybooksba-1065.28-bb2f9e5be151d422f171e96c44f3214b
Found: 2021-03-29
$1,065.28
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  • Publisher: Whittingham ...and published by Robson, et al.
London: Whittingham ...and published by Robson, et al., 1811. FIRST EDITION. I. Vegetable Kingdom. 1804. [iv]-vi-xii, 471, [1], [8]- index, works by author and leaf of preparing for the press A Cabinet of Fossilsd or an introduction to the study of Oryctology...With frontispiece, engraving on title and 9 hand coloured plates.II. The Fossil Zoophytes, 1808. [v],-iv-xiv, 286, [6]. frontispiece, engraving on title, and 19 hand coloured plates. includes index, advertisements, instruction for binder,... descriptions of frontispiece, errata..III. Vegetable and animals of the ANTEDILUVIANWORLD generally termed extraneous fossils. [ix]-x-xv,[i-errata], 455, 477-78 Memoirs of Cuvier, 479 Lamarck's memoirs on fossils of Paris, plus [6] pages index, frontispiece, engraving on title, 22 plates with leaf of descriptions. First edition of one of the earliest systematic works on fossils. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there was very little definitive teaching of geology in Britain. In London the best collection of fossils and minerals was to be found at the Royal Institution, under the charge of Humphry Davy. "The epistolary style (of Parkinson's work) was selected as the most easy of comprehension and the most likely to stimulate popular interest in fossils" (Zittel). Many fossil species are introduced in these pages for the first time, including plant, zoophyte, amphibia and mammals.The first volume provides a short history of paleontology, an account of the various views about fossils and a discussion of the surface forms and physical constitution of the earth. Peat, coal, and bitumen, among other matter, was described according to their properties, their mode of occurrence, state of preservation, and the changes through which they had passed. The second volume treats corals, sponges, and crinoids, and introduces the Linnean method of nomenclature. Parkinson expands on his own views in the third volume, "where he becomes more and more convinced the numerous fossil species belonged to extinct forms of life." He is convinced, for example, that the Mosaic account of creation could only be accepted in its general intent, that the "days" of the Biblical account in reality indicated very long periods of time in the development of the earth. He here provides an in-depth treatment of the research conducted by Lamarck, Cuvier, and the recently published William Smith. A significant amount of valuable data is added to scientific knowledge through these volumes.Parkinson (1755-1824) was an important physician (in 1817 he first described a shaking malady now known as Parkinson's Disease) as well as an amateur geologist. "While devoted to fossils as a whole, this work is of considerable interest to the lapidary and gemologist because the author includes much information on silcified woods, amber, and jet, with remarks on their uses in the lapidary arts" (see Sinkankas).more
rootenbergrarebooksmanuscripts-4500.00-20189c6ca662b40a3cbfc11baa364878
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  • Format: Hardcover
BARTRAM, William. Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions; Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with Copper-Plates. Dublin: For J. Moore, W. Jones, R. M'Allister, and J. Rice, 1793. 1st Irish ed. xxiv,520,[12]pp. Frontis., six plates, folding... map. Orig. salmon-colored paper-covered boards with black paper spine and corners, housed in custom box, inner cloth chemise. Boards slightly rubbed, spine partially abraded, front board professionally reattached. Internally a very clean, fully untrimmed copy. A remarkable copy thus. HOWES B-223, "aa." Reese, Federal Hundred 33. Sabin 3870.First Irish edition of one of the classic accounts of southern natural history and exploration, with much on the southern Indian tribes. The plates for this edition are larger and finer than the Philadelphia and London first editions. For the period, Bartram's work is unrivalled. "Most of this book is based on Bartram's excursions in the South, especially in Georgia, northern Florida, and the Carolinas, from 1773 to 1777. .It is credited with influencing everyone from Coleridge to Thoreau, and Bartram became famous, as her remains today"-Reese. ".Bartram wrote with all the enthusiasm and interest with which the fervent old Spanish friars and missionaries narrated the wonders of the new found world.he neglected nothing which would add to the common stock of human knowledge" - Field. "Unequalled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, scenery, and productions" -Sabin. "Extensive travels, in the early years of the Republic, through the southern frontiers and among the Creeks and Cherokees. A work of high character well meriting its wide esteem"-Howes. The map illustrates the east coast of Florida from the St. Johns River to Cape Canaveral.less
gsmacmanuscoa-3850.00-9a95ff770cb61c7daf433d38849206af
Found: 2021-03-30
$3,850.00
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  • Publisher: John Murray, London
  • Format: Hardcover
Two small octavo volumes bound in contemporary green calf with burgundy title labels with gilt arabesques on spines; double gilt rules to boards; marbled edges and endpapers. There is a little surface rubbing and some spotting to the plates and the impressive large folding map has a closed tear where attached to the first volume. xii, 316; viii, 272pp., complete with 7 plates and maps - 2 being chromolithographs by Day & Haghe; the large folding map is hand-coloured. The front paste-downs bear... the bookplate of F.W. Lowcock of Falls House, Linton (Yorks). Sir Charles Lyell journeyed up the Hudson River and across New York to the Niagara Falls. From there he went through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Alleghenies Carolinas, and into Kentucky and the Ohio before completing his journey via the Saint Lawrence River to Nova Scotia. The large geological map of the United States and Canada was (and remains) an important early study and its colour key identifies 20 different geological units. The map extends to about the 110th meridian to include the Republic of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and the North West Territory.more
mcmanmonbd-1135.11-88b8b7cd74abdd8c93f4136a3a620c35
Found: 2021-03-30
$1,135.11
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  • Publisher: James Kay, Jun. & Brother
  • Format: Hardcover
jhoodbooksellers-750.00-5fb4921db1527df7008037a81a16ca9a
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$750.00
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  • Publisher: Printed for A. Bettesworth and W. Taylor, London
  • Format: Hardcover
Small 8vo, (6) + 304pp. + (1)pp. advertisement for the author's other works. With attractive decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout the text. Bound in contemporary full brown leather with five raised bands, gilt stamped title-label to spine. The book is complete but is in fair condition only. Both boards are detached. Foxing and varying degrees of dampstaining throughout. Some portions of the text are in better condition than others but overall this is a reading copy only. Still, a rare and important contribution to scientific geology. Sold as is.
blackletterbooks-750.00-c8a7d49cbbdd0d12e3145ee797e4ce21
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  • Publisher: London: printed by William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery,
London: printed by William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery,, 1677. A starting point in evolutionary science Folio (308 x 187 mm). Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked to style with red morocco label. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Hale by F. H. Van Hove. A very good copy, clean and well-margined. First edition. The great jurist "argues for the creation of the human race by an intelligent agent; its arguments touch on numerous topics, including the impossibility of an infinite succession, the... character of time and space, the demographic tendencies of modern England and of ancient Israel, and the unlikelihood of spontaneous generation in anything more complex than a mouse" (ODNB). Anticipating Malthus, Hale seems to be the first to use the expression "geometrical proportion" for the growth of population. Garrison & Morton put this title at the head of their list of books on evolution. Garrison-Morton 215; Wing H258.more
peterharrington-2129.85-be26776d3e4049ec68cfbe6af1c42c9b
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London, John Murray, 1824.. SECOND EDITION 1824. 4to, approximately 265 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8 inches, 1 folding table, 27 engraved plates and maps at rear, 3 in colour, 1 folding, 2 small text illustrations, pages: vii, (Errata on verso of page vii), 1-303 including index, bound in full modern crimson morocco, gilt lettering to spine, new cream endpapers. Slight scuffing to spine, leaving a dark patch (see attached image), small neat repair to lower outer corner of title page, slight browning to edges... of title page, text clean apart from page 258 and the following pages which suffer from pale brown offsetting to pages of text from illustrations, slight browning to the top edges of plates, ink name to top of title page, otherwise a good tight copy. William Buckland is remembered as the first man to identify and name a dinosaur (although the name dinosaur had not yet been coined by Richard Owen). This was the megalosaur. Partly in response to the controversial works of Cuvier, Buckland wrote Reliquiae Diluvianae (1823) in which he argued that the evidence of geology alone demonstrated that a great flood had covered the entire globe. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.more
rogermiddleton-841.39-d17c06aa0afdb22b4a9346a06ec4b6f7
Found: 2021-04-03
$841.39
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  • Publisher: Appleton, New York
  • Format: Hardcover
Two Volumn, 1st US, Solid Very Good +, crimping not frayed spine ends, wear to tips, two panels rubbed, appears unread, very square and tight, very collectable set
jimbowlingbookseller-2035.00-44491bb72cef596588c3eef615e94ef3
Found: 2021-04-12
$2,035.00
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