MÖSSBAUER, Rudolf Ludwig.

‘Kernresonanzabsorption von Gammstrahlung...

Berlin, Springer, November 1958.

First appearance of Mössbauer’s PhD...

£200

NEWTON, Isaac.

Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions,...

London, for Samuel Smith and Benjamin...

First edition of Newton’s Opticks,...

£70000

[PARKER, Richard Green; Junkichi KATAYAMA 片山 淳吉, editor.]

物理階梯 [Butsuri kaitei; ‘A...

Gifu Prefecture, Ministry of Education,...

First edition, very rare, of Japan’s...

£1750

PONCELET, Jean-Victoire.

Traité des propriétés projectives des...

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1865–1866.

Second edition, revised and enlarged, Émile...

£950

POPE, William.

Manuscript arithmetic schoolbook.

[Tiverton?] ‘Sunday Oct^r...

A manuscript arithmetic schoolbook belonging...

£850

QUETELET, M. A.

Letters Addressed to H. R. H. the Grand...

London, Charles & Edwin Layton, 1849.

First edition in English. ‘This book...

£550

[ROYAL PRUSSIAN SOCIETY OF SCIENCES.]

Miscellanea berolinensia ad incrementum...

Berlin, Johann Christoph Papen, 1723.

First continuation of Leibniz’s Miscellanea...

£575

SACROBOSCO, Johannes de; Francesco GIUNTINI, editor.

Sphaera Ioannis de Sacro Bosco emendata....

Antwerp, heirs of Arnold Birckmann, 1566.

A richly annotated and illustrated copy...

£3000

[SACROBOSCO, Johannes de.]

CLAVIUS, Christophorus. In sphaeram Ioannis...

Rome, Francesco Zanetti for Domenico Basa,...

Third edition, the first to contain Clavius’s...

£2500

TARTAGLIA, Niccolò Fontana.

Quesiti, et inventioni diverse.

[(Colophon:) Venice, Venturino Ruffinelli...

First edition, annotated throughout by...

£6750

SHŌKOKU Dōjin 勝圀道人, pseud. [KAMURO An’e 禿安慧].

護法新論 [Gohō shinron; ‘A New Treatise...

[Japan], Seimeikan, (colophon:) Keiō 3 [1867].

First edition, very rare, of this illustrated...

£1250

BARRIE, James Matthew.

A set of seven first editions, and one...

London, 1888–1896.

An attractive set of J. M. Barrie’s...

£650

[CARLYLE.]

Illustrated memorial Volume of the Carlyle’s...

London, The Carlyle’s House Memorial...

First edition of an uncommon commemorative...

£325

CHIANG Yee.

The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh.

[Edinburgh, Constable, for] London, Methuen,...

First edition, signed, of this unusual...

£180

[COSTUME.]

Dresses of different Nations or the Companion...

[N.p., 1810s?]

Very rare costume book, possibly a Scottish...

£1500

FENN, John, Sir.

Original Letters written during the Reigns...

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787.

Second edition, published in the same year...

£1200

KENNET, Charles Egbert.

S. Thomas, the Apostle of India; an Enquiry...

Madras, Addison & Mount, 1882.

Second edition, revised, very rare, of...

£275

NEPOS, Cornelius; Andreas SCHOTT, editor.

Opera quae quidem extant … Nunc denuo...

Frankfurt, Claude de Marne & the heirs...

First edition thus, edited by Andreas Schott...

£850

POPE, Alexander.

The Impertinent: or a Visit to the Court....

London: Printed for E. Hill [but Edinburgh,...

‘Third Edition’, very rare, not the...

£950

[SEVILLE.]

Mercantile contract between Sebastián...

Seville, 25 July 1576.

A commercial document from the heyday of...

£1200