Liepaja (Latvia): 1933. Printed poster in red and black. 60 × 80 cm. Liepaja gardening society organises Chrysanthemum Ball in October 7, 1933, in Latvian People's house. 3 honorary awards to the best dancers of Waltz, Mazurka and folk dance. More
Budapest: Ajtai K. Albert. 1905. In contemporary half cloth. XIX, 331 p. 30 plates. More
Habana: Imp. de G. Montiel y Comp., Calle de la Amargura, num. 36. 1878. In contemporary half leather. 280, 35 [1] p. First edition of the first catalog of Cuban mollusks. Contribucion a la Fauna Malacologica Cubana was written by the most notable Cuban malacologist of all time Rafael Arango..... More
Manila: En la Imprenta de Sto. Thomas por D. Candido Lopez, Año de 1837. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum, presumably the original binding from Manila. Tinted title on spine. LXXVII, (3 [second leaf blank]), 887, (1) (with mispaginations) p. Scarce first edition of the first locally published book on..... More
Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Jodocum Pluymert, 1663. First Latin edition, translated from English by Olfert Dapper. In marbled paper. (6), 78 p. Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) was an English naval commander, diplomat and natural philosopher. Member of the Gresham College, founding member of the Royal Society, considered as the father of wine bottle..... More
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Kassán (Kassa): Füskúti Landerer Ferenz betűivel, 1801. First Hungarian edition. Signed by Kéler on last page of text. Text in Hungarian, and in German on the engraving. In contemporary coloured hard paper wrappers. 16, (4) p. and 1 folding plate. Bártfa or Bártfafürdő (today: Bardejov or Bardejovské Kúpele in Slovakia)..... More
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Hannov. et Gurlpherpit (Hannover, Wolfenbütte: Gothofredi Freytagii (Gottfried Freytag), 1696. First edition. Papered spine. Printer’s device on last page. 8º; (a)1–(b)8, (c)1–3 .; 37, (1) p. Scarce pharmacological work on the ipecacuanha root, that can be used as an emetic, nauseant, expectorant and diaphoretic. “Relatio ad inclytam Societatem..... More
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[France]: [1841]. Manuscript in ink and watercolors. In contemporary red maroquin binding by Chezaud (signed on spine). Panels and spine richly gilt, front panel with the initials L. M. ff [35 (of which 17 watercolors)]. (ca. 245 × 315 mm.). A beautiful, mid-19th-century, watercolor-illustrated book on botany. The text on..... More
New York: Macmillan and Company, 1890. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henry de Saussure on the front free endpaper of the first volume. With Saussure’s armorial bookplate in both volumes, and ownership stamp on the title pages. In uniform half paper-vellum binding, gilt title on spine. Bibliographical notes..... More
Paris. Nepveu, Passage des Panoramas, No 26, 1822. First edition. Six volumes, in their first binding: contemporary half leather, spine with raised bands, gilt ornaments and title, panels covered with marbled paper. Illustrated with 54 hand-colored lithographs (many protected with the original tissue paper). Shelfmark vignettes at the head of..... More
Pesten [Pest]: Lauffer és Stolp kiadó könyvkereskedés tulajdona, [1858]. Illustrated with twelve lithograph plates and two text illustrations. First edition. In original hard paper. 175 [1] p. and 12 tinted lithograph plates [frontispiece included]. John Xantus de Vesey (1825–1894) was a Hungarian exile naturalist and zoologist. He was a Freedom..... More