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. SQUIRES, Richard F.

    Typescript letter to John Derek Smith,...

    dated Gladsaxe [Denmark], December 7, 1965.

    Squires’ main research was into multiple...

    £180

  2. SMITH, Robert. 

    The Universal Directory for taking alive...

    London, printed for the author, 1768. 

    First edition of a guide to catching and...

    £500

  3. LAEMMEL, Rudolf.

    Untersuchungen über die Ermittlung von...

    Zurich, Jean Frey, 1904.

    The doctoral dissertation of Rudolf Laemmel,...

    £250

  4. BRAUN, Adolphe.

    Untitled flower study (orchids).

    c. 1870?

    A stunning monumental flower study by Adolphe...

    £1200

  5. BRAUN, Adolphe.

    Untitled flower study (camellia).

    c. 1870?

    An exquisite monumental flower study by...

    £1200

  6. [KRÜDENER, Barbara Juliane de Vietinghoff, Freifrau von.]

    Valérie, ou Lettres de Gustave de Linar...

    Paris, Henrichs, 1804.

    Rare first edition of Valérie,...

    £400

  7. SALADO GARCES Y RIBERA, Francisco.

    Varias materias de diversas facultades,...

    Utrera, Juan Malpartida, 1655.

    Very rare first edition of this highly...

    £2500

  8. S[HEAFE], T[homas].

    Vindiciae senectutis, or, a Plea for Old-Age:...

    London, George Mither and are to be sold...

    First edition of a rare encomium on senectitude...

    £1250

  9. PASTEUR, Louis.

    Visiting card with autograph note.

    [No place, undated.]

    With the autograph note ‘Avec ses remerciments...

    £400

  10. KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

    Vocabularium anatomiae latine-turcice. ...

    Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

    First edition of a comprehensive glossary...

    £375

  11. KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

    Vocabularium anatomiae latine-arabice. ...

    Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

    First edition of an uncommon glossary of...

    £375

  12. SIMON, John, Sir.

    A volume of autograph letters received...

    Circa 1848-1887.

    An interesting collection of letters to...

    £1250

  13. CREVE, Carl Caspar. 

    Vom Metallreize, einem neuentdeckten untrüglichen...

    Leipzig and Gera, Wilhelm Heinsius, 1796.

    First edition of this uncommon contribution...

    £550

  14. WALLIS, William.

    The Western Gentleman’s Farrier, containing...

    Troy (OH), John T. Tullis, 1838.

    Second edition of an American work on farriery,...

    £250

  15. LEIGH, William R.

    The Western Pony … Foreword by James L. Clark.

    New York, Huntington Press, 1933.

    First edition of Leigh’s finely printed...

    £450

  16. WINTER, Georg Simon; Valentin TRICHTER, editor.

    Wohlerfahrner Pferde-Arzt, welcher gründlich...

    Philadelphia, Edmund N. Schelly, 1840.

    First American edition of Winter’s important...

    £750