Paris: 1774. Pasumot, François (1733-1804). Autograph letter signed, in French, to an unidentified correspondent. Paris, January 20, 1774. 4pp. 231 x 177 mm. Minor foxing, one or two tiny marginal tears, but fine otherwise. A long, densely written (ca. 1500 words) letter from French cartographic engineer and antiquarian François Pasumot..... More
Paoli, PA: Burroughs, 1954. Patterson, George W. (1912- ). Symbolic methods in the design of delay- and cycle-free logical nets. Mimeographed typescript. Paoli, Pennsylvania: Burroughs Corporation Research Center, March 16, 1954. Unbound as issued. [1], 9ff. Text diagrams. 281 x 217 mm. Light toning but VG. “The relations between the..... More
Paris: Sebstian Cramoisy & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1651. Pecquet, Jean (1622-1674). Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur. 4to. [12], 108pp. Text engravings, including full-page engraving on p. 21. Paris: Sebastian Cramoisy and Gabriel Cramoisy, 1651. 222 x...... More
Paris: Thomas Jolly, 1666. Raveneau, Jacques (d. ca. 1683). Traité des inscriptions en faux et reconnoissances d’escritures & signatures par comparaison & autrement. 12mo. [22], 215pp. 2 engraved plates, folding printed leaf after p. 124. Paris: Thomas Jolly, 1666. 152 x 84 mm. Mottled calf, gilt spine ca. 1666, hinges..... More
![Book Id: 6765 Autograph letter signed to [Francesco] Aglietti in Italian....](https://jnorman.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6765.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1499438677)
Pavia: 1808. Concerning Publication of His Masterpiece on Hernias Scarpa, Antonio (1747-1832). Autograph letter signed to [Francesco] Aglietti (1757-1836), in Italian. Pavia, 28 November 1808. 1 page, 258 x 191 mm., address on verso. Lightly creased where previously folded, small lacuna in upper margin repaired where seal was broken, but..... More
1945. Schwinger, Julian (1918-94). Notes on lectures by Julian Schwinger: Discontinuities in waveguides. Prepared by David S. Saxon. Dittoed typescript, numbered “24”, each leaf stamped “Confidential”; first leaf with Harvard. Radiation Research Laboratory Document Room stamp dated 10 March 1945. [3], xxviii, 109ff. 281 x 217 mm. In stiff binder..... More
Paris: 1879. [Thomas de Colmar Arithmometer.] Sebert, H. Rapport . . . sur la machine à calculer dite arithmomètre inventée par M. Thomas (de Colmar) et perfectionée par M. Thomas de Bojano. Offprint from Bulletin de la Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, series 3, 6 (1879). 34pp. 2 folding plates..... More
London: Whittacker, 1896. Sennett, Alfred Richard. “Carriages without horses shall go.” Being a reprint of a paper on horseless road locomotion . . . to which is added remarks on the future of horseless road locomotion; notes on the new enactment; the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896; evolution in modes..... More
![Book Id: 46761 De recondita abscessuu[m] natura libri VII. Marco Severino](https://jnorman.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46761.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1655143150)
Naples: Octavio Beltrani, 1632. Severino, Marco Aurelio (1580-1656). De recondite abscessuu[m] natura libri VII. 4to. 24, 48, 52, 28, 48, 144, 192, [64]pp. Engraved title, 1 engraved plate and 12 full-page engraved illustrations in the text. Naples: Ottavio Beltrano, 1632. 185 x 130 mm. Vellum (probably 18th century), title gilt-lettered..... More
Basel: J. Oporinus, 1555. Struthius, Josephus [Stru , Józef] (1510 – 1568/69). Sphygmicae artis iam mille ducentos annos perditae & desideratae libri V. 8vo. [16], 366, [16]pp. 2 folding tables, woodcut text illustrations. Basel: Oporinus, [1555]. 155 x 100 mm. Limp vellum ca. 1555, remains of leather ties, old paper..... More
1934. Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) and Thomas A. Chalmers. Detection of neutrons liberated from beryllium by gamma rays: A new technique for inducing radioactivity. Offprint from Nature 134 (1934). Single sheet, unbound. [2]pp. 216 x 134 mm. Crease in upper left corner, lower right corner chipped, light toning but very good..... More
Paris: Béchet jeune, 1832. Trebuchet, Adolphe (1801-65). Code administrative des établissemens dangereux, insalubres ou incommodes. [6], xvi, 17-320pp. Paris: Béchet jeune, 1832. 211 x 126 mm. 19th-century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards, paper label on spine, light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing but very good. 19th-century French library stamp on..... More
1864. Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). On anomalies in zoological and botanical geography. In Natural History Review (1864): 111-123. Whole number. [4], 156, vi, 627-631pp. plus 8 leaves of advertisements. 223 x 146 mm. (uncut and partly unopened). Original printed wrappers, a little worn and chipped, small split in upper spine..... More
Boston: Russel, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. Warren, John. The conchologist. [4], 204pp. Lithographed frontispiece and 15 lithographed plates. Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. 211 x 163 mm. Quarter sheep, gilt spine, marbled boards ca. 1834, hinges cracked, lower extremity of spine chipped, light edgewear. Occasional light spotting, two small..... More
