Po’sonyban (Bratislava): Wéber Simon Péter és fijának betűivel, 1816. With an engraved, folded map of Solar System Orbits. First Hungarian edition. In 20th century hard paper. (24), (1)–136, (2 [errata]) p., and 1 engraved, folded plate. First Hungarian edition of Bode’s “Allgemeine Betrachtungen über das Weltgebäude” (after the 1804, Berlin..... More

Empresso com licença em Lisboa [Lisbon]: por Iorge Rodriguez a custa de Pero Ramires, Anno de 1603. Woodcut armorial device on the title page, with a few woodcut initials throughout. Illustrated with several tables and nearly one hundred woodcut images, some full-page. Among them is a large world map (f..... More

A Paris: Chet Hervé Du Mesnil, ruë sainct Iacques, à la Samaritaine, M. D. C. XXIX [1629]. First edition. Illustrated with a woodcut figure and charts in the text and two large folding woodcut plates of star charts inserted at the end. Ornamented with numerous woodcut head-pieces and initials. In..... More

En Barcelona: en la Imprenta de Antonio, y Balthazar Ferrer, [ca. 1681]. First edition. In modern cardboard. [16] p. Rare Spanish Astronomical Treatise on the Great Comet of 1680. The 1680 comet, or Kirch's Comet, discovered by Gottfried Kirch in November 1680, was the first comet to be discovered..... More

Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvkiadó-Hivatala, 1878. First edition. From “Értekezések a Mathematikai Tudományok Köréből, VI/VI.” (Tractate of Mathematical Sciences, VI/6.). In original paper. 9, (1) p. Publishing his observations in charts with a short introduction in Hungarian on the first page. with: Konkoly (-Thege), Miklós A napfoltok..... More

[Paris]: [1772/73]. Manuscript on vellum, in almanac format. Contemporary French red morocco, the covers framed by a gilt triple-fillet border with small corner tools; at the centre of each board an oval recessed panel containing a hand-painted armorial miniature in gouache, protected by a transparent varnish. The arms are those..... More

Russia: Pochta SSSR, 1967. 75 ×125 mm. Soviet space program stamp sheet, with the picture of the spacewalk. Signed three times by Alexey Leonov the first human to conduct a spacewalk. More

A Paris: [Imprimé chez C. Guillery, Avec Permission], M. DC. LXXXIII [1683]. First editions. In contemporary leather, spine with raised bands, gilt compartment and title vignette. Gilt turn-inns, tinted edges, marbled endpapers. 4to. [8] 48 pp., 12 engraved plates. A groundbreaking 1683 catalogue documenting the first public exhibition of engineering..... More

Florentiae (Florence): Typis Amatoris Massae Forolivien, M.DC.XLVII [1647]. First edition. Two parts in one volume. Title page printed in red and black, featuring a woodcut device, and woodcut initials throughout. Certain values are highlighted in red in the table on pp. 151–156. Includes a large folding sexagenary table at the..... More

In Bologna: presso Vittorio Benacci, 1601. Illustrated with two double-page engraved plates. Enriched with two recurring large woodcuts and woodcut and typographical head and tailpieces. First edition. In contemporary vellum. Coll: [𝜋]4; A–H4 ; [ 8], 64 p., and [2] engraved plates. One of the earliest reports of the decisive..... More

Budapest: Táltos, 1916. With two full-page illustrations and numerous initials and astrological illustrations printed in blue and black. First edition. Limited and numbered edition up to 100, this copy holds number 26. In original illustrated hard paper. With a full-page manuscript inscription by the author on half-title in ink, dated..... More

[Toledo]: [Juan de Ayala], [1540]. Title page with armorial woodcut, three large woodcut illustrations, and woodcut initials throughout. First edition (only part published). Complete. Bound in modern full leather, with raised bands and title vignettes on the spine. ff. [8] 240 (many misnumbered); sign.: +8 a–z8 [et]8 A–F8. An important..... More