Sales catalogue 563: Maggs Bros

Date:
1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/108
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 563: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newton (Sir [saac)—continued. 243 - Pemberton (Henry). A View of Sir isaac Newton’s Philosophy. Vignette on title, folding plates, etc. FIRST EDITION. Thick 4to, calf, old style. London, Printed by S. Palmer, 1728. £6 6s Dedicated to Sir Robert Walpole. With a 15 pp. Poem on Sir I. Newton by R. Glover. 244 NORIS (Matteo). L’Odio e L’Amore. Drama. Da Rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro D’Haymarket. Per L’Accademia Reale di Musica. The text in English and Italian on opposite pages. 8vo, fine copy in contemporary crimson morocco, sides covered with gold tooling, Ce London, Thomas Wood, 1721. £3 3s 245 NORRIS (James). Haec & Hic; or, the Femine Gender more worthy than the Masculine. Being a Vindication of that Ingenious and Innocent Sex from the Biting Sarcasms, Bitter Satyrs, and Opprobrions Calumnies, wherewith they are daily, tho undeservedly, Aspers’d by the Virulent Tongues and Pens of Malevolent Men. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, calf, old style. London, Printed by Jo. Harefinch, for James Norris, 1683. £5 5s Title just shaved on fore-edge. A scarce and curious piece. 246 NORWAY. Pontoppidan (Rev. Erich). The Natural History of Norway: Containing a particular and accurate Account of the Temperature of the Air, the different Soils, Waters, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes ; together with the Dispositions, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants, etc. In two Parts. Translated from the Danish Original. With large folding map of Norway and numerous engraved plates. Folio, fixe copy in original calf. London, Printed for A. Linde, 1755. £4 15s 247 NOVELS (Old). The Cloister: or, the Amours of Sainfroid, a Jesuit, and Eulalia, a Nun. Translated from the French. Sm. 8vo, old half calf. London, Printed in the Year 1758. £3 15s 248 The Fortunate Imposter: or, the very Entertaining Adventures of Dick Hazard. A True Story. 12mo, half calf. London, Printed for Henry Woodgate and Samuel Brooks, 1759. £1 15s The History of the Human Heart: or, the Adventures of a Young Gentleman. Sm. 8vo, calf. London, Printed For J]. Freeman, 1749. £4 10s A scarce early novel. 249
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