Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/112
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    199 200 201 203 204 205 219 220 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 1 BABBAGE (Charles, F.R.S.) REFLECTIONS on the DECLINE of SCIENCE in ENGLAND, and on some of its Causes, 8vo. original boards, uncut. 7s 6d 1830 ‘An outspoken attack on the management of the Royal Society, which contributed materially to the origin of the British Association in the following year.’—D. N. B TABLE of the LOGARITHMS of the Natural Numbers, from 1 to 108000, 2nd Ed., printed on rey paper, roy. 8vo. boards, with inser. ‘from the author,’ 5s 6d 1831 grey paper, roy ; ; — FourRTH IMPRESSION, roy. 8vo. Af. roan, 5s 1844 ‘ Babbage’s Table of the Logarithms is the best for ordinary use. Great pains were taken to get the maximum of clearness. The change of figure in the middle of the block of numbers is marked by a change of type in the fourth figure, which is the best method that has been used. Copies of the book were printed on paper of differeut colours—yellow, brown, grecn, etc.— as it was considered that black on a white ground was a fatiguing combination for the eye.’—J. W. L. Glaisher, F. RS. ———, CATALOGUE of the MATHEMATICAL and SCIENTIFIC LipRARy of, to be sold by Private Contract by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8vo. sewn (SCARCE), 10s 6d 1872 This excellent collection, perhaps one of the most valuable and representative scientific libraries ever collected within recent ties, consisted of 2590 lots distributed as follows :—Pure Mathematics, 799; Astronomy, 454; Mechanics and Acoustics, 267 ; Optics, 182; Electricity and Magnetism, 181; Meteorology, 11; Tables, 265; Transactions of Scientific Societies, 101 ; Miscellaneous (including History, Biography, etc.), 327. Owing to the unmerited neglect which books of this character have constantly received, not only from the book-collector but also from the bibliographer, the above catalogue is of no little bibliographical value. BABINET (Jacques, de l'Institut), et Charles Pierre HOUSEL: CALCULS PRATIQUES appliqués aux SCIENCES d’OBSERVATION ; with diagrams, 8vo. sewn, 3s 1857 BACHET de MEZIRIAC (Claude Gaspard, s.J.) PROBLEMES PLAISANS et DELECTABLES, qui se font par les Nombres, avec leur Démonstration, 2° éd., aungmentée, sm. 8vo. boards, uncut (RARE), mole LS Lyon, 1624 © Containing an interesting collection of arithmetical tricks and questions.’—IW. W. R. Ball. BACON (Sir Francis, ViscounT St. ALBAN) Works, edited, with Lirz, by BAstn MONTAGU, beautifully printed in large type, with fine steel portraits at different periods, and other plates, 17 vols. 8vo. Af. calf gilt, red edges, £5. 5s W. Pickering, 1825-34 Still a valuable edition, and most attractive for the library froin its beautiful execution. It was carefully collated with the original editions and translations, and contains translations as wellas the originals of the Latin works, and numerous letters not contained in earlier editions. THE STANDARD EDITION: wae) —— Works, both Latin and English, together with his Lire and LETTERS, collected and edited by JAMES SPEDDING, RoBerT LESLIE ELLIS, and DOUGLAS DENON HEATH, with steel portraits and fss., 14 vols. 8vo. cl. (fresh set), £7. 1861-74 ANOTHER SET, 14 vols. new hf. polished morocco gilt, uncut, t.e. g., £10. 10s 1862-83 —_— PHILOSOPHICAL WorRKS, methodized, and made English, from the Originals, with new Prefaces and References, by PETER SHAw, M.D., 2nd Ed., 3 vols. 4to. old hf. calf, 10s 6d 1737 —— PHYSICAL and METAPHYSICAL WoRKS, ed. by JOSEPH DEVEY, post 8vo., cl., 2s 1853 ——— De DIGNITATE et AUGMENTIS SCIENTARIUM Libri IX; Ed. nova, cum Indice locupletissimo ; engraved front., 18mo. old calf, with silken ties, 15s Lugd. Bat., Fr, Moiardus et A. Wyngaerde, 1645 A prettily printed edition. ‘The philosophical opinions of Bacon, as distinguished from his teaching on logic and the method of science, are mainly to be found in ‘ De Augmentis Scientiarum,’ an expansion of the ‘ Advancement of Learning ’ and the ‘ Descriptio Globi Intellectualis ’..—Prof. Fowler. ——NOVUM ORGANUM SCIENTIARUM ; with engraved front., 18mo. old calf, 12s 6d Lugd. Batav., 1645 ——— NovuM ORGANUM, edited, with Intro., Notes, etc... by THOMAS FoWLER, pr., Prof. Logic, Oxon., 8vo. cl., 7s 6d (p. 15s) Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1878 A reprint of the first edition of 1620, with Intro. (pp. 151), and copious notes ‘explaining the difficulties of the work (by no means few or small), and presenting Bacon in his relations to the History of Philosophy, Logic, and Science.’--Preface. The Twoo Booxxs of St. FRANCIS BAcoN. Of the PROFICIENCE and ADUANCEMENT of LEARNING, Divine and Humane. To the King [SEcoND EDITION], sm. 4to. old hf. calf (rubbed, but good copy), £4. 4s William Washington, 1629 ——— THIRD EDITION, 4to. old sheep, with wide margins, £3. 3s Oxford, by I. L., Printer to the University, for Thomas Huggins, 1633 -—_—— Of the PRoFICIENCE and ADVANCEMENT of LEARNING, Divine and Human [ed. by BASII, MONTAGU, K.C.], post 8vo. cl., uncut, 6s 6d Pickering, 1825 sae Craik (George Lillie) BACON ; his Writings, and his Philosophy, 3 vols. 16mo. in 1, c/., 2s 6 . 1846-7 BACON (J.) The THEORY of CoLouRING: the Principles of Contrast and Harmony in the Arrangement of Colours, 6 coloured plates, post 8vo. el., 2s 6d 1866 BACON (Roger, Ordinis Minorum) OPERA quedam hactenus INEDITA : Vol. I. [all published], containing: I. Opus Tertium. IJ. Opus Minus. III. Compendium Philosophiz; edited [with Preface and Life (pp. 100)] by JoHN SHERREN BREWER, pr., with 3 fss. of MSS., thick roy. 8vo. roxburghe, 10s : 1859 Dr. Brewer’s Introduction is ‘among the most valuable recent studies on Roger Bacon.’—D. N. B. THESAURUS CHEMICUS : in quo Liber Scientiarum, Alchemia major, Breviatum de dono Dei, Verbum abbreviatum de Leone viridi, Secretum Secretorum, Tractatus III verborum, et Speculum Secretorum, 18mo. (pp. 408), sewn (a few Ul. slightly wormed) ; RARE, £1. 1s Francofurti, 1620 The third edition of Friar Bacon’s first printed work, originally issued under the title Opera Chemica in 1485. BADNALL (Richard) TREATISE on RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS, explanatory of the CHIEF DIFFICULTIES and Inconveniences which at present attend the General Adoption of Railways, and the Means to overcome them, as proved by a Series of INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS ; with Remarks on the OPERATION and ErrEcT of LocoMOTIVE PoWER, 10 dlustrations, 8vo. original hf. cl. (VERY SCARCE), £1. 1s 1833 One of the earliest works on RAILWAY ENGINEERING, treating especially friction and gravity in connexion with inclines, and suggesting ‘a most important improvement in the formation of Railways’—a switchback alignment. He was the first to suggest in this work the use of coupling-rods instead of loose chains.
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