Science
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Science at Quaritch is broadly defined, ranging from medicine, anatomy, pharmacology (including herbals) and natural history to astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics.
An interest in the origins of modern chemistry has led to a specialisation in works on alchemy and distillation, and from there we have also branched out into occultism and hermeticism. We have developed an interest in gastronomy and books on nutrition and wine, an area which over the years has become one of our specialities.-
[ARNAULD, Antoine, and Pierre NICOLE.]
La logique ou l’art de penser, contenant,...
Paris, Jean Guignart, Charles Savreaux,...
Scarce first edition of the work known...
£1750
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ASTRUC, Jean.
Tractatus de motus fermentativi causa novam...
Montpellier, Honoratus Pech, 1702.
A dissertation on fermentation published...
£500
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AUGIER DU FOT, Anne Amable.
Catechismo d’ostetricia per istruzione...
Venice, Stamperia Graziosi, 1787.
Uncommon first Italian edition of this...
£550
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BACON, Francis.
Francisci Baconi, Baronis de Verulamio,...
London, Edward Griffin [and John Haviland]...
First edition, first issue, a copy from...
£3500
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[BALLANTINE, E.]
Natural History of Quadrupeds, for Children,...
London, Harvey & Darton, 1824.
A scarce work, second edition, the first...
£400
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BALLARIN, Vincenzo.
Dimostrazione sintetica della quadratura...
Venice, Fracasso, 1828.
First and only edition of this confident...
£900
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BARBIERI, Lodovico.
Trattato di psicologia nel quale si ragiona...
Venice, Pietro Valvasense, 1756.
First edition of the polymath Barbieri’s...
£350
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BELL, Charles, Sir.
Letter signed to ‘the Treasurer of the...
Soho Square, London, 18 March [probably...
The neurophysiologist Sir Charles Bell...
£375
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BENZI, Ugo; Giovanni Lodovico BERTALDI, commentator.
Regole della sanità et della natura de...
Turin, heirs of Giovanni Domenico Tarino, 1618.
Scarce first vernacular edition of the...
£2500
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BERENGER, Charles Random de.
Helps and Hints how to protect Life and...
London, J. & C. Adlard for T. Hurst ‘for...
First edition, with advice on riding...
£180
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[BERKENHOUT, John].
Clavis anglica Linguæ botanicæ; or, a...
London: Printed for the Author. Sold by...
First edition, dedicated to John Hope of...
£325
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BERRYAT, Jean, et al., editors.
Receuil de Mémoires, ou Collection de...
Dijon, Auxerre, Paris and Liège, F. Desventes,...
The scarce first collected edition of these...
£6000
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BIGLAND, John.
Letters on natural History, exhibiting...
London, James Cundee for Longman, Hurst...
Scarce first edition of Bigland’s...
£200
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BINGLEY, William.
Animal Biography, or authentic Anecdotes...
London, R. Taylor & Co. for Richard Phillips,...
Third edition of Bingley’s most popular...
£175
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BLAINE, Delabere Pritchett.
The Outlines of the veterinary Art, or...
London, A. Strahan for T.N. Longman &...
Very rare first edition, with contemporary...
£1400
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BLAINE, Delabere Pritchett.
An Encyclopaedia of rural Sports, or, complete...
London, Spottiswoodes and Shaw for Longman,...
Second edition of Blaine’s comprehensive...
£275
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BLANCHET, Joseph.
L’art, ou les principes philosophiques...
Paris, Augustin-Martin Lottin, Michel...
First edition, though designated as...
£750
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BLANCHON, Jacques.
Iacobi Blanchoni Ucessiensis adversus Ludovicum...
Lyons, Jean de Tournes, 1550.
First edition of a very rare work of...
£950
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BLANFORD, William Thomas.
Observations on the Geology and Zoology...
London, Macmillan and Co., 1870.
First edition of the geologist and naturalist...
£300
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BOSE, Johann Andreas.
Io. Andr. Bosii introductio generalis in...
Jenae, Johann Bielke, 1676.
First edition of a pioneering work of statistics...
£1500