Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

302 301 301 c   (MACHINERY.) Castor, A. Recueil d’Appareils a Vapeur Employes Aux Travaux de Navigation de Chemins de Fer. 50 pages and 19 attractive double-page engraved schematic plates, lacking title-page. Folio, 22x15 1 / 2 inches, original black morocco gilt, extremities lightly rubbed; plates clean. Paris, 1860 [400/600] 302 c   (MEDICINE.) Japanese woodblock manual on Chinese medicine. 62 leaves with 13 woodblock illustrations and diagrams. 8vo format, 10x7 1 / 4 inches, stitched embossed limp blue paper wrappers, moderate wear; leaves generally good. Japan, Shotoku 5 (1715) [300/500]