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.-
‘A.C.’ and ‘A.L.C.’
Dialogue entre un médecin et un homme...
Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1824.
Rare first edition of this entertaining...
£375
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ADAMS, John Couch.
The scientific Papers … edited by William...
Cambridge, University Press, 1896 [– 1900].
First edition of the posthumously published...
£175
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AELIANUS, Claudius, Conrad GESSNER (translator), and Pierre GILLES (editor).
Περι ζωων ιδιοτητος βιβλιον...
Cologny, Philippe Albert, 1616.
Uncommon Geneva edition of Aelianus’s...
£300
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ALLEN, John.
Principles of modern Riding for Gentlemen,...
London, C. & C. Whittingham for Thomas...
First and only edition of an uncommon...
£350
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ALOS, Juan.
Pharmacopoea Cathalana, sive antidotarium...
Barcelona, Antonio & Balthasar Ferrer, 1686.
Scarce first edition of this Barcelona...
£1500
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[ANATOMY.]
‘Breve compendio anatomico’.
[Italy, c. 1720.]
A handsome set of apparently unpublished...
£1750
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ANDREWS, Mark E.
The Science and Engineering of Water: An...
Toronto, A.E. Publications, 2022.
A lavishly illustrated catalogue, tracing...
£85
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ANDREWS, Mark E.
The Science and Engineering of Materials:...
Toronto, AE Publications, 2023.
An extraordinary survey of four centuries...
£85
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[ANON.]
The Gentleman’s compleat Jockey, with...
London, Peter Parker, 1711.
Fifth edition, very scarce, of an anonymous...
£1750
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[ANON].
Elogio del corno. Dell‘ autore della...
Venice, Stamperia Graziosi, 1796.
Only edition, as far as we can tell unrecorded,...
£275
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ANSELMI, Giorgio, the younger.
Georgii Anselmi nepotis Epigrammaton libri...
Venice, Maffeo Pasini, September 1528.
The definitive edition of the epigrams...
£875
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[APPERLEY, Charles James.] ‘NIMROD’, and Henry ALKEN (illustrator).
The Chace, the Turf, and the Road.
London, A. Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1837.
First edition of a series of articles...
£350
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APULEIUS, Lucius.
L. Apuleii Metamorphoseos, sive lusus...
Venice, ‘in aedibus Aldi et Andreae...
First Aldine edition of the works of...
£2000
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[ARISTOTLE.]
Disputations on Aristotle’s Organon.
Milan, 1600-1601.
An interesting manuscript comprising...
£1250
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[ARISTOTLE – ELIAS.]
Biblioteca Armeno-Georgica. I. Commentarii...
St Petersburg, Academiae Imperialis Scientarum,...
Uncommon edition, published by the Imperial...
£250
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ARM’S OF TILLY (The).
The Virtues and Effects, of the Remedy,...
[Colophon:] Printe [sic] by John Enschedé,...
Unrecorded printing of an advertising...
£1500
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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