La Flèche: George Griveau, 1645. A Fine Presentation Copy of Jacques Grandami's Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae petita ex virtut magnetica Athanasius Kircher's Correspondent on his Works on Magnetism   GRANDAMI, Jacques. Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae petita ex virtut magnetica. La Flèche: George Griveau, 1645. First edition. A fine presentation copy presented by the author..... More

Paris: Vivantium Gualtherot, 1553. "Cosmographia is About the World, Which Consists of Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire" APIANUS, Petrus. Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses Medicum & Mathematicum insigne, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta, figurisque novis illustrata: Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis..... More

[Various]: [Various], 1891. The Extensive Collection of Record Breaking Aerobatics and Stunt Flying 'Ace' Joann Osterud [AERONAUTICS COLLECTION]. [OSTERUD, Joann]. The extensive collection of 372 titles all related to Women in Aviation, Manned Flight, Aeroplanes, Aerobatics, Stunt Pilots, etc. etc. [Various places and publishers, all published between 1891 and 2006]. The authors..... More

[Chicago]: , 1901. The Wright Brothers' First Publication on Aeronautics WRIGHT, Wilbur. Some Aeronautical Experiments. By Wilbur Wright Dayton, O. Reprint from Journal of the Western Society of Engineers December 1901. First edition, offprint issue, of the Wright Brothers’ First Published Report of their Trial Flights with Motorless Gliders at Kitty..... More

Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man..... More

Firenze: All'Insegna della Nave, 1671. Kircher's Nemesis Spurns His Claims Yet Again One of Three Companions To Petrucci's Defense of Kircher A Fine Presentation Copy From The Author REDI, Francesco. Esperienze Intorno. A Diverse Cose Naturali, e Particularamente a Quelle, che ci son Portate dal Indie Fatte da Francesco Redi e Scritte in..... More

Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1672. "An Impressive Display of Kircher's Virtuosity as a Linguist" KIRCHER, Athanasius. Principis Christiani Archetypon Politicum sive Sapientia Regnatrix; quam Regiis instructam documentis ex antiquo…Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1672. First edition. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in; 261 x 200 mm). Portrait..... More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871. Popularizing the Study of Natural History WOOD, Rev. J.G. Strange Dwellings being a description of the habitations of animals abridged from 'Homes without hands'… with designs by W.F. Keyl, J.B. Zwecker, and E. Smith. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871. First edition thus. Octavo (7..... More

London: Printed for Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Second Printing of the Best Edition Of The Most Famous English Herbal GERARD, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie, Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye..... More