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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    477 478 se tracta tute cose a merchatia pertinente facta e cdpilata per Miser Piero borgi da Venesia, cr. 4to. boards (blank corner stained, otherwise sound copy with good murgins); VERY “RARE, £4. 4s Venetia, per Jacomo Pentio, 1509 The fifth edition of this rare work, and the last fully described by Brunet. It was the earliest printed treatise on algebra, and a full account of it will be found in Prof. de Morgan’s ‘ Arithmnetical Books,’ pp. 99-100. ”* Toutes les editions de cet Abucho sont difficiles a trouver, et depuis quelques années on les recherche beaucoup.’— Brunet. The authur is often confounded with Lucas Boreo (Pacroxr}, q. VU. post. BORK (Heinrich) UNTERSUCHUNGEN iiber das VERHALTEN ZWEIER PRIMZAHLEN in Bezug auf ihren quadratischen Restcharakter ; with plate, 4to. (pp. 21), sewn, 1s 6d Berlin, 1885 BORN (Ignaz Edler v. [izc Baron Inigo|) New Process of AMALGAMATION of GOLD and SILVER ORES, and other Metallic Mixtures, as introduced in Hungary and Bohemia, trans. by 479 480 — 484 485 486 487 488 £90 49] 492 493 ——— 494 495 496 and Refining, and Account of its latest Improvements, and of the Quicksilver Trade, with 2 copperplates (many folding) of metallurgical plant, 4to. original boards, uncut (RARE), £1. 10s 1791 The author was the discoverer of a new process of amalgamation—first described in this work—and of improved methods in several departments of mining. The work is however of still greater interest on account of its translator, a German professor at Cassel, who fled to England to avoid punishment for theft. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, but struck off the rolls on his antecedents becoming known. He was the author of the original ‘ Baron Munchausen’, and a swindler of a most interesting type. ‘In the autumn of 1791 Raspe went on a tour in the extreme North of Scotland, where he professed to discover signs of vast minoral wealth. To sustain his reputation asa mineralogist he brought ont, in 1791, a translation of Baron Born’s new process of amalgamation. By plausible manoeuvres he inveigled a local magnate, Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, into disbursing large sums for preliminary operations. When the time came for the fruition of his schemes, Raspe disappeared. The incident was crystallised in a tradition which Sir Walter Scott utilised ia The Antiquary.’—D. N. B BORREL (Jean)—v. BUTEO, post. BOSCOVICH (Ruggiero Giuseppe, 58.J.; F.R.S.) DISSERTATIONES V ad DIOPTRICAM pertinentes ; with 4 plates, 4to. mottled vellum, 8s 6d Vindobone, 1767 Applying mathematics to the theory of the telescope. BOSSE (Abraham, graveur) La PRATIQUE du TrRaIT & PREUVES de Mr. DESARGUES, pour la Coupe des Pierres en ]’Architecture ; with 116 plates, 8vo. vellum, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 5s 1643 — TRAITE des PRATIQUES GEOMETRALES et PERSPECTIVES; with 68 plates, Svo. stamped vellum, with Lord Stanhope’ s bookplate, 5s 1665 BOSSUT (Charles, s.J.; de l'Institut) HisrorRE GENERALE des MATHEMATIQUES jusqu’en 1808 ; with portrait, 2 vols. ’ 8vo. contemporary hf. calf, 10s 6d 1810 Last and best edition, and still of value. —--—- GENEKAL HISTORY of MATHEMATICS to the Middle of the XVIII. Century, trans. [by T. O. CHURCHILL], with Chronological Table of the most eminent Mathematicians [by JoHN BONNY- CASTLE], 8vo. boards, uncut ; or, old hf. calf gilt (scarce), 7s 6d 1803 —___'Trairi ELEMENTAIRE de MECHANIQUE STATIQUE ; ; with 7 plates, 8vo. contemporary calf gilt, with bookpiate of Charles 3rd Karl Stanhope, 5s 1772 TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE de MECHANIQUE et de DINAMIQUE, appliqué sae ate tel aux Mouvemens des Machines ; with 7 plates, 8vo. contemporary French mottled calf gilt (fine copy), with Lord Stanhope’s bookplate, 6s 6d Charleville, 1763 BOTTOMLEY (James Thomson, F.R.S.) FouR FIGURE MATHEMATICAL TABLES, enlarged Ed., 8vo. cl., 1s 6a 1890 BOTTONE (S. R.) RADIOGRAPHY and the ‘X’ Rays in Practice and Theory, 47 dlustrations, r, Svo. cl., ls 6d 1898. BOUCHARLAT (Jean Louis) ELEMENS de CALCUL DIFFERENTIEL et de CALCUL INTEGRAL, 3° Ed. ; with 4 plates, 8vo. hf. calf, 2s 6d 1826 - Boren EDITION, revue et annotée par H. LAURENT, with 5 folding plates, 8vo. seun, p. F.8 1881 — ELEMENTARY TREATISE on the DIFFERENTIAL and INTEGRAL CALCULUS, trans. by R. ' BLAKELOCK, 5 plates, 8vo. boards, 35 6d Cambridge, 1828 —— ReEMARQUES sur la PARTIE _ELEMENTAIRE de ALGEBRE, post 8vo. (pp. 56), sewn, 6s Ly yon, 1804 ‘Offert a Monsieur Puissant par auteur. Lyon le S Pluviose an 18. BoucHARLAT.’—Inscr. on fiyleas. This very rare little work—the author’s first—was unknown to Poggendorff and the author’s biographer in Biogr. Générale. BOUGUER (Pierre; F.R.S.) ENTRETIENS sur la CAUSE de PINCLINAISON des ORBITES des PLANETES, 2° Ed., avec un examen de l’étendue du Méchanisme ou des Loix de Physique ; with 2 plates, 4to. sewn, 5s ANOTHER Copy, old calf gilt, 6s 6d — HssAI dOPTIQUE, sur la GRADATION de la LUMIERE, premiere édition; with 3 ae 12mo. sewn, uncut (fresh copy) ; RARE, £1. 1s 1729 In this work the author laid the foundation of rational photometry, while it also contains important investigations on the absorption of light. His views were enlarged in the T'ra‘té d@’Optique (q. v. post). ——— De la MAN@UVRE des V AISSEAUX, ou TRAITE de MECHANIQUE et de DYNAMIQUE, dans lequel on réduit & des Solutions trés- -simples les Problémes de Marine les plus difficiles, qui ont pour objet le mouvement du Navire; with 15 folding plates, 4to., contemporary calf extru. with Chippendale bookplate of Thomas Salwer y, LL.D. (RARE), £1. 1s ee L757 ‘Le premier livre est un excellent traité de mecanique et de dynamique, ainsi que d’hydrostatique et d’hydrodynamique, ou l’auteur établit les principes de ces deux sciences ’.—Montuclu’s Histoire des Mathématiques, where a full account of the work will be found in v. IV, pp. 423-5. The third Book solves important sailing problems by geometrical means. — NOUVEAU TRAITE de NAVIGATION, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique du PILOTAGE; with 13 folding pate 4to. contemporary calf gilt, 12s 6d 1753 No copies of either of the above works were in the Scott Library.
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