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.-
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Basel, Johannes Herwagen, [(colophon):...
Editio princeps of the works of...
£45000
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HUMBLOT, F.
Journal de voyage ...
France, June–September 1866.
A handsome manuscript on mining engineering,...
£3500
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FINÉ, Oronce.
Opere di Orontio Fineo … divise in cinque...
Venice, Francesco Franceschi, 1587.
First Italian edition of the works of Finé. ...
£2750
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[SACROBOSCO, Johannes de.]
CLAVIUS, Christophorus. In sphaeram Ioannis...
Rome, Francesco Zanetti for Domenico Basa,...
Third edition, the first to contain Clavius’s...
£2500
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PARKER, Thomas Netherton.
Leaves out of the Book of a Country Gentleman.
Oswestry, W. Price, London, Longman &...
First and only edition of this very rare...
£1950
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BOYLE, Robert.
Tractatus … Ubi 1. Mira aëris …...
London, Henry Herringman, 1671 [but printed...
I. Second edition, very scarce. The first...
£1750
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[GUARINI, Giambattista Lascaris].
Ragionamenti filosofici.
Rome, Gioacchino Puccinelli, 1785[-6].
Only edition, very uncommon, of this collection...
£875
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MEITNER, Lise, and Otto R. FRISCH.
On the Products of the Fission of Uranium...
Copenhagen, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1939.
First edition of this highly important...
£850
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SACCHI, Giovenale.
Del numero e delle misure delle corde musiche...
Milan, [Giuseppe Mazzucchelli (colophon),]...
First edition of Sacchi’s first work:...
£850
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MORTON, John.
The natural History of Northampton-Shire,...
London, R. Knaplock and R. Wilkin, 1712.
First edition of Morton’s systematic...
£775
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RIEMANN, Georg Friedrich Bernhard.
Ein Beitrag zu den Untersuchungen über...
Göttingen, Dieterichsche Buchhandlung, 1861.
the very rare offprint issue from the abhandlungen...
£750
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BOTTO, Giuseppe Domenico.
Observations microscopiques sur les mouvements...
[Turin], Imprimerie Royale, [1840].
An extremely rare offprint from the Memorie...
£675
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MARZAGLIA, Gaetano.
Fascetto di pratiche matematiche spiegate...
Verona, Dionisio Ramanzini, 1780.
A lovely copy of the second edition, considerably...
£650
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[ROYAL PRUSSIAN SOCIETY OF SCIENCES.]
Miscellanea berolinensia ad incrementum...
Berlin, Johann Christoph Papen, 1723.
First continuation of Leibniz’s Miscellanea...
£575
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STENUIT, Alfred, and G. de VOGHEL.
Manuel de sauvetage dans les mines. Notions...
Tamines, Duculot-Roulin, 1909.
Only edition of this attractively illustrated...
£350
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HOPKINS, William.
Address delivered at the Hull Meeting of...
London, Taylor & Francis, 1853.
First edition, an 1853 Address to the British...
£350
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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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MÖSSBAUER, Rudolf Ludwig.
‘Kernresonanzabsorption von Gammstrahlung...
Berlin, Springer, November 1958.
First appearance of Mössbauer’s PhD...
£200
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ANDREWS, Mark.
The Science and Engineering of Water. An...
Toronto, AE Publications, 2024.
An extensively illustrated catalogue of...
£85
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ANDREWS, Mark E.
The Photographer at Work. Documenting Civil...
Toronto, AE Publications, 2025.
A beautifully produced catalogue of photographs...
£85