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"HALES, (STEPHEN). - FOUNDING A NEW SCIENCE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.
Reference : 46839
(1735)
La Statiqie des Vegetaux, et L'Analyse de L'Air. Experiences nouvelles Lûes à la Societé Royale de Londres. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, par M. De Buffon.
A Paris, Debure, 1735. 4to. Contemp. full calf, 5 raised bands, richly gilt spine. Titlelabel gone. XVIII,(8),408,(2) pp. and 20 engraved plates (on 10 folded sheets). A wide-margined copy, clean and fine, printed on good paper.
First French edition - ""Vegetable Staticks"", 1727 - of this milestone work in plant physiology, being the first complete account of the physiology of plants, including the reaction with air and the movement of the sap. Hale's also here introduced a new method of gas collection and the work greatly influenced the subsequent develpment in chemistry and contributed to the discovery of many of the most impirtent medical gases. This importent French translation by Buffon which has the famous ""Préface du traductcur,"" in which Buffon praises the experimental method, and includes Hales’s appendix of 1733, was very influential.""Hale's many experiments with gases led him to demonstrate the dependence of plants on air, that plants inspire and give off ""air"". He measured the volume of waterabsorbed and evaporated in plants and studied the movements of the sap in plants. By weighing a grown potted plant and also the loss in soil in which it grew, hales proved that something material was absorbed by the plant from the air. With the use of a manometeer (pressure gauge) he traced the blood pressure and velocity in the veins and arteries of animals.""(Dibner in ""herald of Science"", no. 26).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1727 B - Milestones of Science:91 (Engl. ed.) - Dibner: No 26 (Engl. ed.). - Horblitt 45 a (Engl. ed.).- PMM: 189 a (Engl. ed.).
Programme Walking into Everywhere Tour 1998.
Trinifold Management LTD 1998. In-4 agrafé, non paginé de 30 pages au format 34 x 24,5 cm. Couvertures illustrées. Plats et intérieur frais, malgré de minuscules frottis aux coins. Magnifique et luxueux programme de la tournée Mondiale de Jimmy Page et Robert Plant qui eut lieu en 1998, avec double page centrale et de très nombreuses photographies couleurs de Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, ainsi que des musiciens de la tournée : Charlie Jones, Michael Lee et Phil Andrews. Rare édition originale anglaise en superbe état général. Collection personnelle.
Vente exclusivement par correspondance. Le libraire ne reçoit, exceptionnellement que sur rendez-vous. Il est préférable de téléphoner avant tout déplacement.Forfait de port pour un livre 8,50 €, sauf si épaisseur supérieure à 3 cm ou valeur supérieure ou égale à 100 €, dans ce cas expédition obligatoire au tarif Colissimo en vigueur. A partir de 2 livres envoi en colissimo obligatoire. Port à la charge de l'acheteur pour le reste du monde.Les Chèques ne sont plus acceptés.Pour destinations extra-planétaire s'adresser à la NASA.Membre du Syndicat Lusitanien Amateurs Morues
Pathological herbarium notes. Issued by the office of pathological collections. No. 1.
Washington D. C., s.e., 1920 ; 206 x 269 mm, 10 ff. + 16 ff. + 12 ff. + 14 ff. + 8 ff. + 15 ff. + 13 ff, feuilles agrafées (quelques rousseurs). Texte dactylographié au moyen de stencils et roneotypé sur papier ordinaire. En langue anglaise. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. No. 1. December 1, 1920. No. 2. September 1, 1921. No. 3. January 1, 1922. No. 4. April 1, 1922. No. 5. November 1, 1922. No. 6. April 1, 1923. A List of Specimens of Fungi Pre. Bon état.
THE XEROPHYTE,
, Barleyfield, Southburg, Thetford, Norfolk, 1978 - 1986, Magazine, 4 numbers / year ( one for each season ). Little color plates. Summer 1985 is missing.
Probably all issued. Only sold as a package.
Ad illustrem systematis Naturae Authorem Carolum a Linné equitem auratum Epistola de Novo qvodam Zoophytorum genere. (And) Nacricht von einer neuen Thierpflanze. (2 Parts).
Hamburg, Heroldischen Buchhandlung, 1770. Large 4to. Orig. blank blue covers. Backstrip nearly gone. 11,12 pp. and 1 large folded handcoloured engraved plate (42x25,5 cm.). The plate strenghtened in folding on verso. A large uncut copy, printed on thick paper. Clean and fine.
First edition of Bolton's discussion on how to place the newly found Zoophytes in the Linnean system, is it animal or plant, does the genus belongs to zoology or botany ?. In a previous letter to Linné the same year he tells him, that he intends to publish a work on a new zoophyte and ask for permission to dedicate it to Linné as a token of his high esteem.
Observations on Stomata. Received May 31, - Read June 16, 1898.
(London, Harrison and Sons, 1898). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Year 1897, Volume 190 - Series B. - Pp. 531-621.
First printing of a classic paper on plant physilogy and plants growth, reporting his discovery of the stomatal responses to light. The fundamental concept that the growth of plants, and the interrelation between their parts, is controlled by hormones, stems from the classic work of Charls Darwin and his son Francis Darwin.
"KNIGHT, THOMAS ANDREW. - INTRODUCING GEOTROPISM IN PLANT GROWTH.
Reference : 46062
(1806)
On the Direction of the Radicle and Germen during the Vegetation of Seeds. In a Letter to... Joseph Banks. Read January 9, 1806.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1806). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1806. Pp. 99-108.
First apperance of a milestone paper in plant physiology as the concept of tropistic behaviour arose from the experiments described in this paper. Knight showed that forces, generated by means of a water-wheel, made roots and shoots of seedlings orient themselves to centrifugal forces, just as they do to gravity.Knight's investigations on geotropism ""enabled Knight to distinguish between geotropic and hydrotropic reactions of the root, and opened the whole question of tropic responses, of their physical basis and adaptive significance in the lfe of plants.""(Morton, ""History of Botanical Science"", p. 390.).""His most famous work was on what are now called geotropisms. In a letter read by Banks to the Royal Society in 1806, Knight described how he eliminated the influence of gravitation on germinating seeds: He attached them at various angles to the rim of a vertical wheel which was driven by a stream in his garden to revolve continuously at a rate of 150 r.p.m. As the germinating plants grew, each shoot was directed to the center of the wheel" when a shoot passed the center of the wheel its tip turned back so that growth was still centripetal" the roots grew away from the center. Next he set up a similar structure with the wheel horizontal and rotating at 250 r.p.m. so that the seedlings were influenced by both gravitation of the earth an the centrifugal force. In this case, growth was at an angle of 80° to the vertical, the shoot upward and inward, and the root downward and out. Reducing the rotation to 80 r.p.m. decreased the centrifugal force to such an extent that the plants grew at an angle of 45° to the vertical.""(DSB).
"KNIGHT, THOMAS ANDREW. - INTRODUCING GEOTROPISM IN PLANT GROWTH.
Reference : 46390
(1806)
On the Direction of the Radicle and Germen during the Vegetation of Seeds. In a Letter to... Joseph Banks. Read January 9, 1806.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1806). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1806. With titlepage to 1806, Part I. Pp. 99-108. With a stamp on verso of titlepage.
First apperance of a milestone paper in plant physiology as the concept of tropistic behaviour arose from the experiments described in this paper. Knight showed that forces, generated by means of a water-wheel, made roots and shoots of seedlings orient themselves to centrifugal forces, just as they do to gravity.Knight's investigations on geotropism ""enabled Knight to distinguish between geotropic and hydrotropic reactions of the root, and opened the whole question of tropic responses, of their physical basis and adaptive significance in the lfe of plants.""(Morton, ""History of Botanical Science"", p. 390.).""His most famous work was on what are now called geotropisms. In a letter read by Banks to the Royal Society in 1806, Knight described how he eliminated the influence of gravitation on germinating seeds: He attached them at various angles to the rim of a vertical wheel which was driven by a stream in his garden to revolve continuously at a rate of 150 r.p.m. As the germinating plants grew, each shoot was directed to the center of the wheel" when a shoot passed the center of the wheel its tip turned back so that growth was still centripetal" the roots grew away from the center. Next he set up a similar structure with the wheel horizontal and rotating at 250 r.p.m. so that the seedlings were influenced by both gravitation of the earth an the centrifugal force. In this case, growth was at an angle of 80° to the vertical, the shoot upward and inward, and the root downward and out. Reducing the rotation to 80 r.p.m. decreased the centrifugal force to such an extent that the plants grew at an angle of 45° to the vertical.""(DSB).
A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their Allies.
1997 91 p., 171 figures, paperbound. Library stamps, else very good copy.
The Powers of Presence: Consciousness, Myth, and Affecting Presence
University of Pennsylvania Press (29 octobre 1981)
Relié, jaquette illustrée, nombreuses illustrations, très bon état.
Syntaktische Studien zu den Monseer Fragmenten - Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung der inneren Form des althochdeutschen
The Hague - Paris, Mouton 1969 96pp., original softcover, in the series "Janua Linguarum. Studia memoriae Nicolai Van Wijk dedicata" series practica vol.75, VG
"AMICI, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - A FUNDAMENTAL PAPER ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY.
Reference : 45519
(1820)
Observations sur la Circulation du suc dans le Chara. (Traduit par M. Fresnel jeune des Memoires della Societá italiana delle scienze residente a Modena. T. XVIII).
(Paris, Crochard, 1820).. No wrappers. Extracted from: Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Series 2, Tome 13. Pp. 384-409 a. 1 folded engraved plate. The plate with some brownspots.
First French edition of this groundbreaking paper in microscopy and biology. The paper was first published in Italian as ""De microscopi cattadiottrici memoria"", Modena 1818, and here he explains how, by the improved acromatic microscope, he was able to observe the circulation of protoplasm in Chara cells. He thereby became immediately famous not only as an optician but also as a microscopic biologist.After improving his microscope ""Amici immediately applied his instrument to the study of the circulation of sap in the Chara. The main matters that he clarified were ""the dependence of this circulation on the series of chlorophyll grains, that the sap flows faster in the cell wall than in the internal cell space, that there is no dividing wall between the rising current and the descending current of sap and the possibility of dividing the sap current into two separate circuits by constricting the cell"" (H. von Mohl).Garrison & Morton: 266.
Drinking and Alcohol Problems
Five Kings House. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 40 pages. Texte en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
L'Âge d'or des livres d'heures
Elsevier-Séquoia 1977 192 pages in4. 1977. Relié. 192 pages. illustrations en couleurs
livre en très bon état intérieur frais très bonne tenue avec sa jaquette (bords frottés + frottements)
L'Âge d'or des livres d'heures
Elsevier-Séquoia 1977 192 pages in4. 1977. Relié. 192 pages. illustrations en couleur
livre en bon état voire très bon état de conservation intérieur frais bonne tenue cependant sa jaquette est très abîmée
Votre vie entre vos mains (comprendre, prévenir et surmonter le cancer du sein)
Marabout Dos carré collé 2001 In-8 (13.5x21.5 cm), dos carré collé, 1er plat illustré, 319 pages, notes et avant-propos de l'auteur, traduction de Dominique Françoise ; une pliure au dos, une étiquette déchirée sur le 4e plat, quelques annotations dans le texte, assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Panorama von der Laugenspitze ( 2429 m )
Oesterreichischen Touristen-Club Wien 1882 In-8 broché ( 205x135 mm ) contenant un grand panorama dépliant.
The English Book Trade. An Economic History of the Making and Sale of Books.
Londres, George Allen & Unwin, 1939, fort in-8°, 500 pp, 16 pl. de gravures hors texte, index, reliure toile éditeur lég. salie. First edition
The author presents herein the results of original research into the economic aspects of the transition from the medieval manuscript to the modern printed book. The problems of supply of materials, labor created by the introduction of machinery, and the growth of the literary market are discussed.
The English Book Trade. Second revised edition.
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1965, in-8°, 500 pp, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Fine/good copy.
