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[Leibniz] Grotefend, C. L.
Leibniz-Album aus den Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Hannover.
Hannover, Hahn, 1846. Folio (45.3 x 29.5 cm). [vi], 28 pp. With a nice engraved portrait of Leibniz and one wood-engraving of his house in Hannover. Very nice and highly unusual red velvet binding with elaborate, gilt decorated, embossed decorations and letterings.
Read moreLinnaeus, C. [Nauclér, S.]
Hortus Upsaliensis, quem cum consensu ampliss. facult. medicae in regio ad salam lyceo, sub praesidio viri celeberrimi, d:ni doct. Caroli Linnaei, med. et botan. profess. reg. et ord. acad. imper. Regg. Monspel. Stoch. et Upsal. socio hujusque secretario. Speciminis academicvi loco, publicae disquisitioni subjicit Samuel Naucler.
Upsaliae [Uppsala], [the author], 1745. Small 4to (17.7 x 14.1 cm). [iii], 48 pp.; folded view, folded map, and two engraved plates. Early 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards. Edges speckled red.
Read moreLippi, C.
Fu il fuoco, o l'acqua che sotterro Pompei ed Ercolano? Scoperta geologico-istorica, fatta dall'autore il di 14 e 26 Ottobre 1810, e da lui scritta nelle lingue latina, inglese, francese, italiana, tedesca, e spagnuola in due lettere. Seguite dalle scritture pro et contra, presentate all' Accademia di scienze di Napoli, per di lei ordine; e dalle decisioni di questa Società, relative al' argomento. Prima edizione Italiana.
Napoli, Domenico Sangiacomo, 1816. 8vo (18.9 x 11.4 cm). [iv], 384 pp.; one folded plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Rich gilt spine. Edges yellow.
Read moreLorentz, H. A.
De electrische stroom. Oude en nieuwe denkbeelden. In: Herdenking van het 150-jarige bestaan van het Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam. 1769 - 17 augustus - 1919.
Rotterdam, Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam, 1919. 4to (26.0 x 22.0 cm). 25 [49] pp.; 12 text figures. Later quarter cloth over original printed wrappers (society's logo printed on rear wrapper).
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