Sales catalogue 28: Marks and Co

Date:
c.1934
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/14/12
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 28: Marks and Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    714 DEVONSHIRE. —Cuaprrusz (Wo., of Hxeter) A Review of Part of Rispon’s SURVEY of DEvoN, containing the GENERAL DrscripTion of that County, with Corrections, Annota- tions and Additions, 4to., half vellum, Hxeter: printed and sold by R. Thorn, &c. . . « 1785 12/- Bound up with the above is the following pamphlet: ‘‘ Devon New County Rate... of one farthing in the pound on the annual value of the County amounting to £905,984 12s. 43d. in 1817.” 28 pages, sq. 8vo. 715 DIALLING.—Ha tt (Rev. Francis, otherwise Linn) An ExpuicaTiIon of the Drauy sett up in the Kine’s GARDEN at [Whitehall], Lonpon, An. 1669. In which very many sorts of Dyalls are conteined, by which, besides the Houres of all kinds diversly expressed, many things also belonging to GmrOoGRAPHY, ASTROLOGY and ASTRONOMY, are by the Sunnes Shadow made visible to the Eye.. Amongst which very many Dialls, especially the most eurious, are new inventions, hitherto divulged be none, folding front. and 73 engravings on 17 pages, sm. 4to., contemp. calf, rebacked (one joint cracked), Printed at Liege by Guillaume Henry Streel, 1673 £3/10/- 716 DIALLING.—Lirysourn (WmM.) The Art of D1aALLiIne performed GEOMETRICALLY by Scale and Compasses; Arithmeticaliy, by the Canons of Sines and Targents; Instru- mentally, by a Trigonal Instrument, accommodated with Lines for that purpose; the Geometrical Part whereof is performed by Projecting of the Sphere in Plano, upon the Piain itself, whereby not only the making, but the Reason also of Dials is discovered, SECOND EDITION, DILIGENTLY CORRECTED AND ENLARGED, with a second way of Geometrical Dialling, very Kasie, Plain, and Universal, nwmerous large woodcut diagrams in the text and a folding plate, sm. 4to., contemporary sheep, Printed by J. Grover, for Thomas Sawbridge... 1681 £2/2/- - 917 DICTIONARY.—Tuomasti (Tuomar) Dictionartum [LatiInaA-ANGLiCUM] summa fide ac diligentia accuratissime emendatum . . . Huic etiam (praeter Dictionariam Historicum et Poeticum, ad prophanas historias, Poétarumque fabulas intelligendas valdé necessarium) . . . Septima EpIrio superioribus cum Graecarum dictionum, cum earundem primitvorum adjec- tione multé auctior, printer’s device on title (crudely hand-coloured), thk. sm. 4to., old calf (worn), Cantabrigie, Johannis Legatt, 1606 £1/15/- Short Title Catalogue, No. 24013; only two copies recorded. Lord Birkenhead’s copy, with his bookplate, in- scription in Latin on fly-leaf, and stamp on title which has some scribbiings. 718 DICTIONNAIRE DES MARVEILLES DE LA NATURE, par Mons. A. J. S. D., 2 vols, 8vo., contemp. French calf gilt, with arms of Guyer Louis Phélypeaux, in gilt, on sides, Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1781 £1/1/- 719 DIDEROT (Denis) et DDALEMBERT (Jean le Ronp) ENcycLopepis, ou DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE des ScrencEs, des Arts et des METIERS, par une Societé de Gens de Lettres, OriGINAL Epirion; Text, 17 vols; SUPPLEMENT, 4 vols; PLATES (comprising several hundred fine full-page copper-plates), 11 vols in 12 ; tozether 33 vols, roy. folio, uniform XVIIIth cent. mottled calf gilt (some joints cracked or rubbed), Parzs et Genéve (various publishers), 1751-72 [soip| ‘The immortal precursor of the Revolution.” Diderot’s name and fame are indissolubly linked with this monument of French philosophy. Apart from the versatility he displayed in dealing with the sciences and the arts, a line is due to his supervision of the metiers, or trades, and to the serious trouble which he took to acquaint himself with the conditions of wages, employment, and of commerce and manufacture. The fine series of copper-plates amply illustrate the various subjects, 720 DIONIS CASSII.—Historrm Romana que supersunt, cum annotationibus Henricr VALESII, JOANNIS ALBERTI FABRICII ac paucis aliorum greeca ex codicibus MSS. et frag- mentis Supplevit, emendavit, latinan versionem XYLANDRO—LEUNCLAVIANAM limavit, varias lectiones, notas doctorum et Suas cum apparatu et indicibus adjecit HERMANNUS SAMUEL REIMARUS, with 2 fine engraved portratts, 2 vols, folio, contemp. French blue morocco gilt, g.e., Hamburg Ohristeani Heroldt, 1750-52 £3/10/- ‘‘ Edition‘la plus belle, la pluscompléte, et la meilleure que l’on ait dans ce format.”—BRUNET. 721 DIONYSIUS ARHOPAGITA. [Opera]: CeLESTIS HIERARCHIA, ECCLESIASTICA HIER- ARCHIA, DIVINA NOMINA, MysticA THEOLOGIA, UNDECIM EPISTOLE, IGNATII UNDECIM EPISTOLE, POLYCARPI EPISTOLAUNA, etc., finely printed in gOtbic type, very fine and large woodcut on title, 121 leaves, folio, boards, ‘vellum back, Jn alma Parhtstorum schola per Joannem Higmanii, 1498 £8/8/- Large copy from the Pinelli, Wodhul!, Grace and Earl Cromer Libraries, with bookplates of Sheffield Grace and Earl of Cromer.
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