Volume 1

Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets.

  • Ferguson, John, 1838-1916.
Date:
1896-1915
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Credit: Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    5748 FERGUSON (John, Prof. ( Ihem., Glasgow) ventions and^BoOKS of Secrets, Parts II—VI (Conclusion), andT^fflT5W?LEMENT, 7 parts cr. 4to. stiff wrappers, cl. backs, with author's inscr., £4. 4s Glasgow, 1883-1904 Very scarce, only 100 copies having been privately printed. The above is practically a complete set, as the first part, consisting only of IS pages, was published as ' Notes on some Books of Technical Receipts ’ in the Transactions of the Archaeological Society of Glasgow of 1883. The above includes the Supplement to Part II (1885), entitled : 1 Account of a Copy of the First Edition of the ‘ Speculum Ma.ius of Vincent de Beauvais, 1473 |0749 Another Copy, but without the First Supplement, 6 parts cr. 4to. stiff wrappers, cl. backs, £3. 10s ib., 1883-94 3750 Bibliographical Note on the ‘ De Triumpho Stultiti^e ’ of Perisaulus Faustinus, roy. 8vo. (pp. 14), sewn, 5s 1890 3751 Bibliographia Paracelsica : Contributions to the Knowledge of Paracelsus and his Writings, 5 parts 8vo. sewn, uncut, with author's inscr., £4. is Glasgow, 1877-93 Very scarce, only 100 and 150 copies having been privately printed. The first part is entitled : Examination of Dr. Friedrich Mook’s ‘ Theophrastus Paracelsus, eine kritische Studie.’ The last part contains a valuable Alphabetical Catalogue of the Writings of Paracelsus (pp. 42). 3752 Parts I—III only, 8vo. sewn, uncut, £2. 2s ib., 1877-90 |0753 Bibliotheca Chemica : a Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical, and Pharma- ceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris, f.r.s.,printed on handmade paper, with 2 photogravure portraits of Young, 2 vols. 4to. buckram, uncut (very SCARCE), with author's inscr. to Prof. G. Carey Foster, £12. 12s ib., 1906 Avery valuable bibliography, not only from the full descriptions and collations of the rare chemical books which con- stituted the library, but for the excellent bibliographical and scientific notes, many of which are wholly original. Another valuable feature of the work is that all the authorities, old and new, are given, with indication of the pages referring to the works under discussion. Many moot bibliographical and biographical questions are settled in this work, which is indispensable to the historian and bibliographer of chemistry. 754 On the First Edition of the Chemical Writings of Democritus and Synesius, with Postscript to Parts I and IV, and General Title, 4 parts 8vo. sewn (scarce), £1. Is ib. [1885-94] 755 The First History of Chemistry, 8vo. (pp. 17), sewn, 3s6<7 [ib., 1886] 756 Joannes Matthteus and his Tract ‘De Rerum Inventoribuslarge 8vo. (pp. 31), sewn, with author's inscr., 5s ib., 1902 757 Recent Contributions to the Literature of Gold-Making, 8vo. (pp. 13), sewn, 3s 6d ib. [1895] 758 Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry, with Supplement, 2 parts 8vo. sewn (scarce), with author's inscr., 7s 6d ib., 1888-94 759 Three Presidential Addresses to the Chemical Section of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 3 parts 8vo. sewn (with general title), 7s 6(7 ib., 1879 Including : On the Study of the History of Chemistry, ’75: Recent Inquiries into the Early History of Chemistry, ’76 : Eleven Centuries of Chemistry, ’78. |0760 Obituary Notices, by T. S. P[atterson, Prof. Org. Chem., Glasgow], with portrait, and J. M. T[homson, Prof. Chem., K.C.L.\ 2 parts 8vo. sewn,,3s 5d [1917]