HALES, STEPHEN. Vegetable Staticks: Or, an Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables... London, 1727. 8vo, 200 x 123 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked; some browning to first and last leaves. FIRST EDITION, 19 engraved plates by S. Gribelin. Horblit 45a; Norman 970; PMM 189. "William Boyd, 1797; N.W. Appleton, ownership inscriptions on title and endpaper; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- CLAIRAUT, ALEXIS-CLAUDE. Theorie de la Figure de la Terre, tireé des Principes de l'Hydrostatique. Paris, 1743. 8vo, 194 x 126 mm., contemporary marbled boards; lacks final leaf (presumably blank). FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette by Fressard, diagrams in text. Honeyman II:699. Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- KOENIG, EMANUEL. Regnum Vegetabile, Physice, Medice, Anatomice, Chymice, Theoretice, Practice Enucleatum... Basel, 1688-96. 2 vols. in one, 4to, 192 x 154 mm., contemporary vellum; lower margin of title trimmed (affecting a few words). Title in red and black. Pritzel 4795; Wellcome III, p. 408. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LUDWIG, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB. Institutiones Historico Physicae Regni Vegetabilis... Leipzig, 1757. 8vo, 196 x 117 mm., 19th century half calf, Edward Rudge's copy with his crest on spine. Second Edition. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5065. Edward Rudge's copy -- JACKSON, MARIE ELIZABETH. Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life... London, 1811. 8vo, 210 x 135 mm., half calf, rubbing to joints; slight browning and scattered light foxing. FIRST EDITION, 14 engraved plates (some folding). Nissen BBI 965. (5)

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HALES, STEPHEN. Vegetable Staticks: Or, an Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables... London, 1727. 8vo, 200 x 123 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked; some browning to first and last leaves. FIRST EDITION, 19 engraved plates by S. Gribelin. Horblit 45a; Norman 970; PMM 189. "William Boyd, 1797; N.W. Appleton, ownership inscriptions on title and endpaper; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- CLAIRAUT, ALEXIS-CLAUDE. Theorie de la Figure de la Terre, tireé des Principes de l'Hydrostatique. Paris, 1743. 8vo, 194 x 126 mm., contemporary marbled boards; lacks final leaf (presumably blank). FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette by Fressard, diagrams in text. Honeyman II:699. Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- KOENIG, EMANUEL. Regnum Vegetabile, Physice, Medice, Anatomice, Chymice, Theoretice, Practice Enucleatum... Basel, 1688-96. 2 vols. in one, 4to, 192 x 154 mm., contemporary vellum; lower margin of title trimmed (affecting a few words). Title in red and black. Pritzel 4795; Wellcome III, p. 408. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LUDWIG, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB. Institutiones Historico Physicae Regni Vegetabilis... Leipzig, 1757. 8vo, 196 x 117 mm., 19th century half calf, Edward Rudge's copy with his crest on spine. Second Edition. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5065. Edward Rudge's copy -- JACKSON, MARIE ELIZABETH. Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life... London, 1811. 8vo, 210 x 135 mm., half calf, rubbing to joints; slight browning and scattered light foxing. FIRST EDITION, 14 engraved plates (some folding). Nissen BBI 965. (5)

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