Octavo Editions from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Basel: Michael Isingrin (Oakland: Octavo), 1542; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; this is not a printed book) of the 1542 first edition of the first printed herbal to accurately depict botanical detail in plants. Fuchs's herbal is one of the foundational works of western medicine, pharmacy,… Read more about this item

Venice (Oakland: Octavo), 1610; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy, still in shrinkwrap. Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of a copy of the first edition of one of the most important works in the history of the science of astronomy. Galileo Galilei's telescopic observations marked a defining… Read more about this item

Paris: Firmin Didot (Oakland: Octavo), 1817-1824; 2002. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of a deluxe copy (signed by Redoute) of the first edition of the most beautiful botanical book of all time, from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. This Octavo Edition contains… Read more about this item

England (Oakland: Octavo), 1400-1450; 1999. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM; this is not a printed book) of a 1400-1450 manuscript of the New Testament in Middle English, made by Lollard disciples of John Wyclif, from the collection of Bridwell Library. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital… Read more about this item

Duisburg (Oakland: Octavo), 1595; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on 2 CD-ROM discs; not a printed book) of a hand-colored copy of Mercator's foundational Atlas. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 300% of original size) of every page of the… Read more about this item

France (Oakland: Octavo), 1524; 1999. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours from 1524 in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. This Octavo edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at… Read more about this item

London: The Kelmscott Press (Oakland: Octavo), 1896; 1998. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on 2 CD-ROM discs; not a printed book) of a magnificent copy of the finest printed work of William Morris's Kelmscott Press, the Kelmscott Chaucer, which features illustrations by the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.… Read more about this item

Livorno: n.p. (Oakland: Octavo), 1624; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of one of only two complete copies of this little-known precursor of Surrealist art from the Italian Renaissance (it was a favorite of Tristan Tzara, among others). This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images… Read more about this item

London: Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount (Oakland: Octavo), 1623; 2001. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy (in shrinkwrap) of a remarkable digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of perhaps the finest surviving copy of the First Folio, from the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library. This Octavo Edition contains… Read more about this item

New York: Julius Bien (Oakland: Octavo), 1868; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of the 1868 first edition of this landmark of nature photography and conservation. California State Geologist Josiah Dwight Whitney created this lavish publication, issued in an edition of only 250 copies,… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Thorpe (Oakland: Octavo), 1609; 2003. 1st edition. No Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of one of only thirteen surviving copies of the 1609 first edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, from the Grenville Library at the British Library. This milestone of digital publishing and preservation, part of… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Newcomb (Oakland: Octavo), 1687; 1999. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy (in shrinkwrap). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of the 1687 edition of this splendidly engraved festival book commemorating the coronation of King James II of England, from the collection of Bridwell Library. One of the… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Reinier & Josue Ottens (Oakland: Octavo), 1754; 1999. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy (in shrinkwrap). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc, not a printed book) of the 1754 edition of this striking hand- colored work picturing in vivid and imaginative detail tropical fish as known in 18th century Europe, from the… Read more about this item

London: Edward Lear (Oakland: Octavo), 1832; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of the 1832 first edition of this monument of ornithological illustration, from a copy in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Edward Lear is well-known for his nonsense… Read more about this item

London: William Blake (Oakland: Octavo), 1794; 1826; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of two magnificently hand-painted copies of Blake's most famous illuminated book. Copies C (1794) and Z (1826) from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the U. S. Library of Congress present… Read more about this item

France (Oakland: Octavo), 1524; 2002. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours from 1524 in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. This Octavo edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 300%)… Read more about this item

Nuremberg (Oakland: Octavo), 1532; 1538; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of two important works on art theory and instruction by Albrecht Durer. This addition to the celebrated Octavo Digital Editions series reproduces a sammelband volume containing the first two books of Durer's Von… Read more about this item

Mainz: Johann Gutenberg (Oakland: Octavo), ca. 1455; 2003. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on two CD-ROMs; not a printed book) of one of only three surviving perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible on vellum, from the Library of Congress. This milestone of digital publishing and preservation, part of the groundbreaking Octavo… Read more about this item

London: Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount (Oakland: Octavo), 1623; 2001. 1st edition. Other Binding. As New/No Jacket (as issued). As new copy of a remarkable digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of perhaps the finest surviving copy of the First Folio, from the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library. This Octavo… Read more about this item

Lyon: Joannem Frellonium (Oakland: Octavo), 1547; 1999. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of the 1547 edition of one of the landmarks of Renaissance wood engraving. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 800% of original size) as well as… Read more about this item