Sales catalogue 90: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/5
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 90: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    209 Lebrun (M.) Nouveau Manuel Complet du Cartonnier, de Cartier, et du fabricaunt de cartonnages, ou l’art de faire toutes sortes de cartons et de cartes a jouer, contenant les meilleurs procédés pour gaufrer, colorier, vernir, dorer, couvrir en paille, en soie, etc. Paris, Roret, 1845 3s 6d 12mo. Half green morocco, 4 folding plates at the end containing 139 diagrams. __ 210 Leeuwenhoek (Antonius van) Arcana Naturae. Delft, Henricus a Crooneveld, 1695 21s 4to. Vellum. Engraved frontispiece. 3 1l., 568 pp., 14 pp. 27 engraved plates and a few engravings in text. The engraved portrait and one plate are missing. Frrst Ep1rion. 211 Leighton (Alexander) Speculum belli sacri; or the looking glasse of the holy war. No place or printer, 1624 7s 6d 4to. Halfcalf. 1011.,316 pp. The last three leaves defective, with several words in manuscript. (Probably printed abroad.) S.T.C. 15432 records 3 copies. 212 Lenglet Dufresnoy (Nicolas) Traité Historique et Dogmatique sur les Apparitions, les Visions et les Révelations particulieres. Avignon et Paris, Jean-Noel Leloup, 1751 10s 6d 12mo. Old calf. 2 vols. Caillet, 6500. 213 Lettres d'Amour d’une religieuse Portugaise écrites au Chevalier de C. The Hague, 1716 7s 6d 8vo. Old calf. Engraved frontispiece. 214 Lovell (Robert) Panzoologicomineralogia, or a compleat History of Animals and Minerals. Oxford, Ben. Hall for Jos. Godwin, 1661 £2 2s 8vo. Contemporary calf, back repaired. First EpDITION. 215 Macarenic Poetry.—Coccaius (Merlinus) Opus Macaronicarum. Amsterdam, 1692 10s 6d 8vo. Vellum. With portrait and many engravings in text. Brst EpITIon. 216 Meygra Entreprisa Catoliqui Imperatoris- ... Lyons, 1760 8s 6d 8vo. Old calf. One of 150 copies only printed. 217 Macchiavelli. Tutte le Opere. Without place or printer, 1550 10s 4to. Vellum. Portrait on title. According to the British Museum catalogue, this famous edition of Macchiavelli, known as the ‘‘ Testina ”’ edition from the portrait of Macchiavelli on the title-page, was published in 1610. 218 Malta. Abela (G.) and Ciantar (G.) Malta Illustrata. Malta, 1772 18s Folio. Old vellum. 2 vols. bound in 1. Portrait front. and engraved plates of Maltese antiquities. 219 Knights of Malta. Hellwaid (Ferdinand de) Bibliographie Méthodique de lVordre Souv. de St. Jean de Jerusalem. Rome, 1885 30s Small folio. Original boards. 220 Serie de Gran Maestri del Sacro Militar Ordine Gerosolimitano. [Rome ?], 1763 £3 Folio. Old calf. Title and 68 engraved portraits of the Grand Masters of the Order of St. John, Very rare. 223 Mathematics. Briggs (Henry) and Gellibrand (H.) Trigonometria britannica sive de doctrina triangulorum libri 2. Gouda, Petrus Rammasenius, 1633 [SOLD] Folio. Boards. Briggs wrote the first part of the book, describing the construction of the tables, while the second part, dealing with their use in trigonometry is by Gellibrand. Briggs is largely responsible for the use of logarithms in astronomical and other calculations, having prepared the table of logarithms for the first time. 224 Theologumena Arithmeticae ad rarissumum exemplum Parisiense emendatus. descripta. Accedit Nicomachi Gerasini Institutio Arithmetica...edid. Fr. Astius. Leipzig, 1817 3s 6d 8vo. Wrappers. 225 Medical. Armstrong (John) The Art of preserving Health. A Poem. London, 1774 3s 6d 8vo. Boards. 226 Beddevole (Dominique) Essays of Anatomy, wherein the formation of the Organs and their Mechanical Operations are clearly explained. Second Edition. London, Walter Kettilby, 1696 15s Sm. 8vo. Old calf. ; 227 —— Gamper (Petrus) Icones Herniarum editae a Sam. Thom. Soemmering. Frankfurt, Varrentrapp and Wenner, 1801 30s Large folio. Half calf, a little worn. 3 11., 16 pp., 14 large plates. Original edition. One of the most important medical works of the celebrated scientist. The plates are designed by Camper himself. The author made important studies on the hernia of newly born infants and invented the surgical trusses still in use to-day 228 Celsus (Aurelius Cornelius) De re medica libri VIII. Lyons, Jean de Tournes, 1554 8s 6d 12mo. Velfum. Title in one of de Tourne’s exquisite little borders, 229 Cocchi (Antonio) Dei Bagni di Pisa. Florence, 1750 5s 4to. Old vellum. With several plates. , ; 230 Croce (Johannes Andrea) Cirurgia Universale e Perfetta. Venice, G. Ziletti, 1583 £2 Small folio. Vellum. With many woodcuts, two of them full-page, showing operation scenes and surgical instruments. Woodcut initial letters throughout. i Margin of title repaired, margins of last three leaves repaired, and extremity of one or two margins ink- stained. Culpepper (Nicholas) The English Physician enlarged. London, 1792 2s 6d 8vo. Vellum. 231
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