Sales catalogue 20: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles

Date:: 20th century

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/50/5

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 20: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Science. London Meeting, 1862. Ad- dresses of the President, Lord Brougham, and the Presidents of Depts. 1862. 94 pp. 8vo 7s 6d Includes addresses on Jurisprudence by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C.; Punishment and Reformation by Thos. Chambers, Q.C.; Public Health by Wm. Fairbairn; Social Economy by R. Monckton Milnes; and Trade and International Law by Travers Twiss, Q.C. Waval ZAffairs. 645 Act (An) for preventing Injuries and Wrongs done to Merchants at Sea, in their Persons, Ships or Goods; and prohibiting Marines from serving under Forraign Princes or States without License. 1650. 8 pp. Fo. 12s 6d 646 Act (An) for Encouragement of Officers and Marriners, and Impresting Seamen. Feb. 23, 1648. Caption title, 8 pp. BLAcK LETTER, Ko. 18s 647 Act (An) for Impresting of Sea-men. 1649. Caption title, with Commonwealth Arms at head, 4 pp. BLACK LETTER. Fo. 18s 648 Letter (A) from a Captain of a Man of War, toa M.P. 1773. 23 pp. 8vo 8s 6d On the condition of commanding officers in H.M.’s Navy in regard to finances. 649 Observations on the present Naval Estab- lishment in regard to the Reduced Officers. 1773: 36 pp. 8vo 7s 6d 650 Smith (G. C.) Portsmouth; or the first part of an Humble Address to the Lord Bishop of London, concerning the fatal licence given to the general admission of unmarried females into British Ships of War. 1828. 128 pp. 8vo 12s 6d With an historical detail of the measures recently adopted to prevail on the Lds Commnrs. of the Admiralty to withdraw their sanction of the gross immoralities, and the fatal enormities that prevail in the ships of H.M.’s Navy that arrive in port to be refitted or to be paid off. Humismatics (Coins and Medals) 651 Akerman (J. T.) A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins: from the earliest period of the Roman Coinage to the extinction of the Empire under Constantinus Paleologos. 1834. 2 vols. Plates, orig. cloth, uncut. Plates a litile foxed, otherwise a good copy. 8vo 16s 652 [Arbuthnot (Dr. John)] Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, explain’d and exemplify’d, in several Dissertations. J. Tonson, 1727. With 18 engraved plates of measurements, weights and values. Contemp. calf, hinges slightly cracked, but quite firm. Very good copy. 4to £1 10s A dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians occupies pp. 282 to 327. the Copper Coinage and the Mint. Con- taining: (1) A Comparison of the Pro- posals made by the Officers of the Mint and Mr. Matthew Boulton, the Engineer. (2) General Observations on the Reports. (3) Certain Queries relating thereto. Writ- ten entirely in the autograph of Sir Charles Blagden, Physician, in 1787, whilst Secre- tary to the Royal Society; with an A.L.s to Lord Hawkesbury, submitting the Papers for his consideration. With Blag- den’s rough Drafts, Extracts from the Reports, Extracts from Boulton’s Letter of 17th Dec., 1787, and odd notes on the Price of Copper. The Collection on 54 pp., mainly sm. 4to £10 10s Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1850) was elected Secretary of the Royal Society on May 5, 1784, by a large majority, following the resignation of Mr. Maty. consequent upon the quarrel between Sir Joseph Banks (the President), and his opponents. Blagden was a careful worker in physical research, and contributed many papers to the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’’ besides publishing several papers on medical subjects. Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was born in Birmingham, where his father had long been carrying on the trade of silver stamper and piercer. He entered his father’s business early, and, following the death of his father in 1759, founded his famous Soho works. In partnership with James Watt he was largely instrumental in making the steam engine a commercial success. He later became interested in the reform of the Copper Coinage, and in 1788 set up several coining presses at Soho to be worked by steam. After making large quantities of coins for the East India Co., several foreign governments, and certain of the colonies, he undertook the production of a new copper coinage for Great Britain in 1797. Boulton held a prominent place in the scientific society of his time, and Benjamin Franklin, Priest- ley, Darwin, Wedgwood and Edgeworth were among his intimate friends. 654 Evelyn (John) Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with some Account of Heads and Effigies of Illustrious and Famous Persons, in Sculps, and Taille-Douce, of whom we have no medals extant; etc. Ist EDN. 1697. Engravings, new papered boards, FINE copy. Fo. £2 2s 655 Laing (Henry) Supplemental Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Scottish Seals, Royal, Baronial, Ecclesiastical and Municipal. Embracing the period from A.D. 1150 to the 18th Century. Edinburgh, 1866. 15 plates, orig. cloth, ve-cased. 4to £1'1s 656 Metallick (The) History of the Reigns of King William III and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, and King George I. Being a series of near 400 medals, with the Expli- cation of the Devices, Inscriptions, and Legends, on which are represented the Alliances, Battles, Sieges, etc. 1747. 37 plates, boards (broken), clean copy for vebinding. Fo. £1 ils Rapin and Tindal’s History. 657 Pinkerton (John) An Essay on Medals: or, an Introduction to the knowledge on Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and

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