London: printed by J. Dillon, and Co. for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, Opticians, Holborn, 1799. Early Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. 8vo: xiv[bound out of sequence],594pp, with six copper-engraved plates. Tall, uncut, wide-margined copy, completely unsophisticated, in original drab grey boards, beige paper spine, printed paper label. An exemplary..... more

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn, 1708. Full Calf. First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or slightly later 18th-century Cambridge-paneled calf, the spine richly gilt in..... more

Frankfurt: Dominicus a Sande, 1712. Paper-Covered Boards. First Edition, in Latin. Foolscap 8vo (160 x 98mm): [14],476,[38]pp, with title-page vignettte of galleon in full sail, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated initials, and 25 folding copper-engraved plates. Bound in speckled paper-covered boards (scuffed with minor loss to edges, spine, and..... more

Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, 1677. First Edition. Full Calf. Complete in folio (311 x 181mm): [12],358,[12]pp, with magnificent folding map of Oxfordshire (often wanting)..... more

London: printed for Jacob Robinson in Ludgate-Street, MDCCXLIV [1744]. First Edition. First Edition of this tract on the nature and historical perceptions of comets. 8vo: [2],46pp, with two copper-engraved folding plates, one showing the comet’s path and one demonstrating the origins of the comet’s tails. Beautifully bound by Fitterer in..... more