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.
  1. [LOO, Pieter van, attributed.]

    156 watercolours of flowers, plants, and fruits.

    [Holland, c. 1760–80].

    A truly stunning collection of over 150...

    £100000

  2. HOPKINS, William. 

    Address delivered at the Hull Meeting of...

    London, Taylor & Francis, 1853. 

    First edition, an 1853 Address to the British...

    £350

  3. BINGLEY, William.

    Animal Biography, or authentic Anecdotes...

    London, R. Taylor & Co. for Richard Phillips,...

    Third edition of Bingley’s most popular...

    £175

  4. CUVIER, Georges, and Edward BLYTH (editor).

    The animal Kingdom, arranged after its...

    London, William S. Orr & Co., 1851.

    Third Blyth edition of Cuvier’s Règne...

    £175

  5. FLEMING, Alexander, Sir.

    On the antibacterial Action of Cultures...

    [London, H.K. Lewis & Co., 1944.]

    Second edition of Fleming’s study announcing...

    £4000

  6. VISSCHER, Nicolaes [I]. 

    ...

    Amsterdam, Nicolaus [I] Visscher, 1659. 

    First and only edition of this rare...

    £3750

  7. [BERKENHOUT, John].

    Clavis anglica Linguæ botanicæ; or, a...

    London: Printed for the Author. Sold by...

    First edition, dedicated to John Hope of...

    £325

  8. [DEZALLIER D’ARGENVILLE, Antoine Joseph.]

    Conchyliologie nouvelle et portative, ou...

    Paris, ‘chez Regnard, Imprimeur de l’Académie...

    First edition, uncommon, of this pocket...

    £400

  9. AELIANUS, Claudius, Conrad GESSNER (translator), and Pierre GILLES (editor).

    Περι ζωων ιδιοτητος βιβλιον...

    Cologny, Philippe Albert, 1616.

    Uncommon Geneva edition of Aelianus’s...

    £300

  10. RAIMONDI, Eugenio.

    Delle caccie … libri Quattro, aggiuntovi’n...

    [Naples, Lazzaro Scoriggio, 1626.]

    Second edition, expanded and extended,...

    £2500

  11. POCOCKE, Richard. 

    A Description of the East, and some other...

    ...

    First edition, demy folio issue. A successful...

    £8000

  12. SWOBODA, Hermann.

    Die Perioden des menschlichen Organismus:...

    Leipzig, Deuticke, 1904.

    First editions, all rare, the first two...

    £200

  13. VILLA, Antonio, and Giovanni Battista VILLA. 

    Dispositio systematica conchyliarum terrestrium...

    Milan, ex typis Borroni et Scotti, 1841. 

    First edition of this catalogue of molluscs...

    £275

  14. BOYLE, Robert.

    A Disquisition about the final Causes of...

    London, H. C. for John Taylor, 1688.

    First edition, second issue, with Boyle’s...

    £750

  15. CULPEPER, Thomas.

    The English Physician enlarged: with three...

    London, Peter Cole, 1653.

    Second (first octavo) edition, enlarged...

    £1850

  16. BREREWOOD, Edward. 

    Enquiries touching the Diversity of Languages,...

    London, Printed [by Eliot’s Court Press]...

    First edition.  Brerewood, professor of...

    £3000

  17. [SCHLOSSER, Johann Albert].  BODDAERT, Pieter.

    Epistola ad … Hier. Dav. Gaubium …...

    Amsterdam, apud M. Magerum, 1772.

    First and only edition of Boddaert’s...

    £500

  18. [SCHLOSSER, Johann Albert.] BODDAERT, Pieter. 

    Epistola ad virum celeberrimum Johannem...

    Amsterdam, apud Cornelium van Tongerlo, 1770.

    First and only edition of Boddaert’s...

    £500

  19. WALCOTT, John. 

    The Figures, Description, and History of...

    London, W. Justins for the Author, and...

    First and only edition, very rare, published...

    £3500

  20. ALLIONI, Carlo.

    Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica...

    Turin, Giovanni Michele Briolo, 1785.

    First edition of the earliest Italian regional...

    £30000