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. BARBIERI, Lodovico.

    Trattato di psicologia nel quale si ragiona...

    Venice, Pietro Valvasense, 1756.

    First edition of the polymath Barbieri’s...

    £350

  2. BARLOW, [Francis].

    Barlow’s Birds and Beasts, in sixty-seven...

    London, Carington Bowles, [John Bowles,...

    An extremely rare edition of this drawing-book...

    £8500

  3. BELL, Charles, Sir.

    Letter signed to ‘the Treasurer of the...

    Soho Square, London, 18 March [probably...

    The neurophysiologist Sir Charles Bell...

    £375

  4. BERENGER, Charles Random de.

    Helps and Hints how to protect Life and...

    London, J. & C. Adlard for T. Hurst ‘for...

    First edition, with advice on riding and...

    £180

  5. [BERKENHOUT, John].

    Clavis anglica Linguæ botanicæ; or, a...

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

    First edition, dedicated to John Hope of...

    £325

  6. BERNEY, Thomas.

    An Address presented to the honourable...

    [(Colophon:) Westminster, Vacher & Sons],...

    One of several closely related printings...

    £300

  7. BIGLAND, John.

    Letters on natural History, exhibiting...

    London, James Cundee for Longman, Hurst...

    Scarce first edition of Bigland’s Letters...

    £200

  8. BINGLEY, William.

    Animal Biography, or authentic Anecdotes...

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

    Third edition of Bingley’s most popular...

    £175

  9. BLAINE, Delabere Pritchett.

    The Outlines of the veterinary Art, or...

    London, A. Strahan for T.N. Longman &...

    Very rare first edition, with contemporary...

    £1400

  10. BLAINE, Delabere Pritchett.

    An Encyclopaedia of rural Sports, or, complete...

    London, Spottiswoodes and Shaw for Longman,...

    Second edition of Blaine’s comprehensive...

    £275

  11. BLANCHET, Joseph.

    L’art, ou les principes philosophiques...

    Paris, Augustin-Martin Lottin, Michel...

    First edition, though designated as the...

    £750

  12. BLANCHON, Jacques.

    Iacobi Blanchoni Ucessiensis adversus Ludovicum...

    Lyons, Jean de Tournes, 1550.

    First edition of a very rare work of sixteenth-century...

    £950

  13. BLAND-SUTTON, John, Sir.

    Man and Beast in eastern Ethiopia. From...

    London, Macmillan and Co., 1911.

    First edition, a presentation copy from...

    £300

  14. BLANFORD, William Thomas.

    Observations on the Geology and Zoology...

    London, Macmillan and Co., 1870.

    First edition of the geologist and naturalist...

    £300

  15. BOSE, Johann Andreas.

    Io. Andr. Bosii introductio generalis...

    Jenae, Johann Bielke, 1676.

    First edition of a pioneering work of statistics...

    £1500

  16. BOTTO, Giuseppe Domenico.

    Observations microscopiques sur les mouvements...

    [Turin], Imprimerie Royale, [1840].

    An extremely rare offprint from the Memorie...

    £675

  17. BOYLE, Robert.

    Certain physiological Essays and other...

    London, Henry Herringman, 1669.

    Second edition in English, enlarged. ‘The...

    £1500

  18. BOYLE, Robert.

    Tractatus … Ubi 1. Mira aëris …...

    London, Henry Herringman, 1671 [but printed...

    I. Second edition, very scarce. The first...

    £1750

  19. BRAUN, Adolphe.

    Untitled flower study (orchids).

    c. 1870?

    A stunning monumental flower study by Adolphe...

    £1200

  20. BRAUN, Adolphe.

    Untitled flower study (camellia).

    c. 1870?

    An exquisite monumental flower study by...

    £1200