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Credit: Sales catalogue 103: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GLASS. Kunckel auquel on a ajouté le Sol sine Veste d’Orschall: VHelioscopium videndi sine veste solem Chymicum: Le Sol non sine Veste; te Chapitre XI. du, Flora Saturnizans de Henckel sur la Vitrification des Végétaux ; un mémoire sur la maniére de faire la Saffre; le secret des vraies Porcelaines de la Chine et de Saxe. Traduits de Allemand, par M.D. Paris, Durand, 1752 £2 10s 4to. Old calf, rebacked. Engraved front. 2 ll., lv, 629 pp., 1 leaf. 16 engraved plates (including front.), An interesting publication comprising all the more important works on the subject of glass-making. From the library of Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin’s grandfather, with his signature. GREECE. See No. 3. HAIR. Structure, Growth, Diseases and_ their Treatment. London, 1869 15s Svo. Half calf. 152 pp. With many woodcut illustrations. HEBRAICA. 260 Biblia Hebraica. Sine punctis. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1750 10s 6d 4to. Old calf. 2 vols. The first Hebrew Bible printed in England. Binding worn. HORACE. in a style between free imitation and literal version. By William Clubbe. Ipswich, George Jermyn, 1795 £2 2s 4to. Half calf. 20-+-136 pp. Latin and English are printed on opposite pages. A finely printed edition and obviously very rare, as it was printed in a small provincial town. 262 Horatius. Illustrations Photographiques pour Horace. Traduction de Jules Janin. Paris; L. Curmer, 1861 7s 6d 4to. Original folder. With 22 early photographs of antique medals and some pictures by Rubens and Raphael which bear on the subject of the poems of Horace. HOROLOGY. 263 Floutriéres (Pierre de) Traité d’Horlogeo- graphie auquel est enseigné a descrire et construire, toutes sortes d’horloges au soleil, etc. Paris, M. Daniel, 1619 15s Sm. 8vo. Old vellum. Numerous horological woodcut diagrams. 5 264 Lepaute (J. A.) Traité d’Horlogerie, contenant tout ce qui est nécessaire pour bien connoitre et pour régler les pendules et les montres . . . augmenté de la des- cription d’une nouvelle pendule poli- comératique. Paris, Samson, 1767 30s 4to. Contemporary calf, 2 ll., 28, 308, 35, 12, 4 pp. With 17 large folding plates showing clockwork. méchanique et pratique, approuvé par Académie des Sciences. Paris;. CH, Moette and others, 1741 30s 4to. Old half calf. 2 vols. 15 1l., 400 pp. 91 large folding plates showing clockwork. Some slight stains in the second volume. HUNGARY. Ie (Gell Uimcaridn cx) Venice, 1685 18s 4to. Contemporary boards, rebacked. With 7 large folding plates showing views of towns in Hungary, battle scenes, etc. A portrait of the Emperor is missing, otherwise fine, uncut. HUNTING. Venaticae scriptores et bucolici antiqui videlicet Gratii Falisci atque M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani, Cynegiticon Halieuticon et de Aucupio. Leyden and thev.llagueww jee Ad; Langerak, cete:,.4728 30s 4to. Vellum. Engraved front. The variorum edition, of the classical writers on hunting and falconry, with numerous critical notes. INQUISITION. of the Inquisition in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the East and West Indies, in all its branches from the origin of it in the year 1163 to its present state. Westminster, O. Payne, 1736 18s 4to. Old calf. 4 ll., 532 pp., 2 ll. With 7 engraved plates, one showing methods of torture. of the Inquisition and its proceedings, as it is practised in Italy. London, W. Bowyer, 1722 12s 6d 4to. Old panelled calf. 189 pp., 1 leaf. English and French text on opposite pages. IRONWORKERS’ STATUTES. dell’ antica e nobile arte de, Ferrari. Rome, Stamperia della Reu. Cam. Apostolica, 1690 17s 6d 4to. Vellum. 10 Il., 55 pp. The very interesting statutes of the guild of workers in iron. ITALY. (see also No. 56 and under “‘ Art ’’) Comedie. [Gl’In- gannati— |l’Amor Costante—l’Alessandro- VOrtensio]. Siena, Matteo Florimi, 1611 £4 ds 4 vols. 12mo. Old calf. Four very famous early Italian plays written and performed by members of a Sienese literary academy. Extremely rare. (Luigi) Girone Il Cortese. Venice, Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1549 £2 10s 4to. Limp vellum. 8 ll., 185 ff.. Woodcut portrait within fine woodcut border on title. Woodcuts and pretty woodcut initial letters at the beginning of each canto. Second edition of a rare romance of chivalry in verse, dedicated to Henry JI. In the preface the author gives the origin of the Knights of the Round Table. Brunet I, 126. Paris, Matteo il Maestro, 1609 £2.10s 6 vols bound in 3. 8vo. Old calf, rebacked. Medal- lion portrait of Aretine on title.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33160235_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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