The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

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The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

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Overview
Achard, Franz Carl | Bestimmung der Bestandtheile einiger Edelsteine, first and only German edition

25 Achard, Franz Carl | Bestimmung der Bestandtheile einiger Edelsteine, first and only German edition

Agricola, Georgius | de mensuris, from the library of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Basel, 1533

26 Agricola, Georgius | de mensuris, from the library of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Basel, 1533

Agricola, Georgius | Two works bound together in contemporary half pigskin, including "The first handbook of modern systematic mineralogy," Basel, 1546, 1550

27 Agricola, Georgius | Two works bound together in contemporary half pigskin, including "The first handbook of modern systematic mineralogy," Basel, 1546, 1550

Agricola, Georgius | The only collected edition of Agricola to include De re metallica, Basel, 1657

28 Agricola, Georgius | The only collected edition of Agricola to include De re metallica, Basel, 1657

Albertus Magnus | An incunable edition of De mineralibus, not in Goff or BMC, Cologne, about 1500

29 Albertus Magnus | An incunable edition of De mineralibus, not in Goff or BMC, Cologne, about 1500

Albertus Magnus & Thomas Aquinas | Four scarce post-incunable editions of Albert the Great and his greatest pupil, Venice, 1517–1519, 1517, 1507, 1516

30 Albertus Magnus & Thomas Aquinas | Four scarce post-incunable editions of Albert the Great and his greatest pupil, Venice, 1517–1519, 1517, 1507, 1516

Albertus Magnus | First pocket edition and the final separate sixteenth-century printing of De Mineralibus, Cologne, 1569

31 Albertus Magnus | First pocket edition and the final separate sixteenth-century printing of De Mineralibus, Cologne, 1569

Albertus Magnus | First Manger edition of Ryff’s enduring popularization of Albertus Magnus, Augsburg, 1571

32 Albertus Magnus | First Manger edition of Ryff’s enduring popularization of Albertus Magnus, Augsburg, 1571

Albinus, Petrus | Meisznische Land und Berg-Chronica

33 Albinus, Petrus | Meisznische Land und Berg-Chronica

Almedigen, Harrsch — Ferdinand Ludwig | First edition of a little-known work on meteorology

34 Almedigen, Harrsch — Ferdinand Ludwig | First edition of a little-known work on meteorology

(Amber) — Philipp Jacob Hartmann | The “best and most thorough work yet to appear on amber” in its time

35 (Amber) — Philipp Jacob Hartmann | The “best and most thorough work yet to appear on amber” in its time

Bacmeister, Jean | Essai sur la bibliotheque et le cabinet de curiosites et d'histoire naturelle de l'Academie des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg

36 Bacmeister, Jean | Essai sur la bibliotheque et le cabinet de curiosites et d'histoire naturelle de l'Academie des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg

Barba, Alvaro Alonso | The first book of the art of metalls

37 Barba, Alvaro Alonso | The first book of the art of metalls

Barba, Alvaro Alonso  | Berg-Buchlein darinnen von der Metallen und Mineralien Generalia und Ursprung...

38 Barba, Alvaro Alonso | Berg-Buchlein darinnen von der Metallen und Mineralien Generalia und Ursprung...

Barba, Alvaro Alonso | Collected edition of important treatises on mini metallurgy

39 Barba, Alvaro Alonso | Collected edition of important treatises on mini metallurgy

Barba, Alvaro Alonso | [Arte de los metales]

40 Barba, Alvaro Alonso | [Arte de los metales]

Baumeister, Joseph Edler von | Die Welt in Bildern vorzuglich zum Vergnugen und Unterricht der Jugend

41 Baumeister, Joseph Edler von | Die Welt in Bildern vorzuglich zum Vergnugen und Unterricht der Jugend

Becher, Johann Joachim | Two works in one volume

42 Becher, Johann Joachim | Two works in one volume

Beringer, Johann Bartholomaeus Adam, and Georg Ludvig Hueber | Lithographiae wirceburgensis

43 Beringer, Johann Bartholomaeus Adam, and Georg Ludvig Hueber | Lithographiae wirceburgensis

Berzelius, Jons Jacob | An exceptionally rare copy of this chemical treatise

44 Berzelius, Jons Jacob | An exceptionally rare copy of this chemical treatise

Besson, Jacques, Dauphinois | One of the first French works on machines and mechanical engineering

45 Besson, Jacques, Dauphinois | One of the first French works on machines and mechanical engineering

Beudant, Francois Sulpice | Voyage mineralogique et geologique, en Hongrie, pendant l'annee 1818

46 Beudant, Francois Sulpice | Voyage mineralogique et geologique, en Hongrie, pendant l'annee 1818

Biringucci, Vannoccio | First edition of Pirotechnia, the Norman copy

47 Biringucci, Vannoccio | First edition of Pirotechnia, the Norman copy

Biringucci, Vannoccio | The first French translation of Pirotechnia

48 Biringucci, Vannoccio | The first French translation of Pirotechnia

Biringucci, Vannoccio | Two early editions of Pirotechnia

49 Biringucci, Vannoccio | Two early editions of Pirotechnia

Boerhaave, Herman |  Institutiones et experimenta chemiae, the 1724 unauthorized edition

50 Boerhaave, Herman | Institutiones et experimenta chemiae, the 1724 unauthorized edition

Boerhaave, Herman | Elements of chemistry, London, 1735

51 Boerhaave, Herman | Elements of chemistry, London, 1735

Boerhaave, Herman | A new method of chemistry, London, 1741

52 Boerhaave, Herman | A new method of chemistry, London, 1741

Boodt, Anselmus de | First edition of Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, an important seventeenth-century work on minerals and gems

53 Boodt, Anselmus de | First edition of Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, an important seventeenth-century work on minerals and gems

Boodt, Anselmus de — Adrian Toll, ed. | Second edition, revised and enlarged, of Gemmarum et Lapidium

54 Boodt, Anselmus de — Adrian Toll, ed. | Second edition, revised and enlarged, of Gemmarum et Lapidium

Boodt, Anselmus de | First French translation of Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia

55 Boodt, Anselmus de | First French translation of Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia

[Bourget, Louis and Pierre Cartier] |  First edition of this geological treatise on fossils

56 [Bourget, Louis and Pierre Cartier] | First edition of this geological treatise on fossils

Bradley, Richard | First edition of A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature

57 Bradley, Richard | First edition of A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature

Brander, Gustavus — Daniel Solander | First edition catalog of fossil shells in the Brander collection

58 Brander, Gustavus — Daniel Solander | First edition catalog of fossil shells in the Brander collection

Breislak, Scipione | Physische und Lithologische Reisen...

59 Breislak, Scipione | Physische und Lithologische Reisen...

Breislak, Scipio | Altas geologique, with engravings showing basalt formations across Europe

60 Breislak, Scipio | Altas geologique, with engravings showing basalt formations across Europe

Brückmann, Franz Ernst | Magnalia Dei in Locis Subterraneis

61 Brückmann, Franz Ernst | Magnalia Dei in Locis Subterraneis

Brückmann, Franz Ernst | Epistola itineraria

62 Brückmann, Franz Ernst | Epistola itineraria

Brunfels, Otto | Catalogus illustrium medicorum, one of the earliest medical bibliographies

63 Brunfels, Otto | Catalogus illustrium medicorum, one of the earliest medical bibliographies

Brunschwig, (Hieronymus) — (Bartholomaeus) Vogter | Three works on distillation and medicine

64 Brunschwig, (Hieronymus) — (Bartholomaeus) Vogter | Three works on distillation and medicine

Buch, Leopold von | Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln, first edition, the Norman copy

65 Buch, Leopold von | Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln, first edition, the Norman copy

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc | Les Epoques de la nature...

66 Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc | Les Epoques de la nature...

Bulifon, Antonio | Raguaglio istorico dell' incendio del monte Vesuvio

67 Bulifon, Antonio | Raguaglio istorico dell' incendio del monte Vesuvio

Burnet, Thomas | First edition in English of Burnet’s visionary cosmogenisis

68 Burnet, Thomas | First edition in English of Burnet’s visionary cosmogenisis

Burtin, François-Xavier | Oryctographie de Bruxelles ou description des fossiles...

69 Burtin, François-Xavier | Oryctographie de Bruxelles ou description des fossiles...

Bytemeister, Henrici Johannis | Second, enlarged edition of Bytemeister’s illustrated catalogue of scientific and natural curiosities

70 Bytemeister, Henrici Johannis | Second, enlarged edition of Bytemeister’s illustrated catalogue of scientific and natural curiosities

Caesius, Bernardus and Francisco Mateo Fernandez Bejarano | Two first editions related to mineralogy

71 Caesius, Bernardus and Francisco Mateo Fernandez Bejarano | Two first editions related to mineralogy

Cancrin, Franz Ludwig von | Erste Gründe der Berg und Salzwerkskunde

72 Cancrin, Franz Ludwig von | Erste Gründe der Berg und Salzwerkskunde