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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    497 498 499 500 501 BOUGUER (Pierre; F.R.S.) TRAITE du NAVIRE, de sa CONSTRUCTION, et de ses MOUVEMENS, premiére édition: with 12 folding plates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (RARE), 17s 6d 1746 This important work is generally considered to have laid the foundation of the theory of naval architecture. TRAITE d’OPTIQUE sur la GRADATION de la LUMIERE. Ouvrage posthume, publié par PAbbé N. L. DE LA CAILLE ; with 7 folding plates, 4to. contemporary French mottled calf extra, with arms on side (RARE), £1. 1s 1760 ‘His investigations concerning the intensity of light laid the foundation of photometry ; their results were fully em- bodied in his Traité ad Optique (1760) ’. [BOULANGER (Jean, Lecteur du Roi)} TRAICTE de la SPHERE et de ses Parties, ot sont declarez les Noms et Offices des Cercles . . . plus le PLANISPHERE UNIVERSEL ou se trouvent facilement expliquées plusieurs belles et rares propositions ; with fine copperplates by G. HONDIUS, and table, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, old limp parchment (RARE), 15s Rouen, 1651-50 Unknown to Poggendorff and other bibliographers. BOULLIAU [latine BULLIALDUS] (Ismaél) ASTRONOMIA PHILOLAICA : Opus Novum, in quo Motus Planetarum per novam et veram hypothesim demonstrantur, editio princeps; with wood- cuts, folio, vellum (RARE), £1. 10s Parisiis, 1645 This important work according to Newton first mentions the sun’s attraction, which decreases in inverse proportion to its distance. Opus NovuM ad ARITHMETICAM INFINITORUM, in quo plura 4 nullis hactenus edita demonstrantur ; numerous plates, folio, old calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F R.S.,and MS. MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS BY HIM, 10s Lutetiea Par., 1682 BOURDET (—) TRAITE pratique des DIGUES le long des FLEUVES et des RIVIERES, avec Régles _ touchant les Epis, Fascinages et Réservoirs ; with 9 plates, 12mo. old hf. calf gilt, with bookplate of Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 5s Berlin, 1773 BOURDIN (Pierre, s.J.) Cours de MATHEMATIQUE, contenant en 100 figures une Idée gene- rale de toutes les Parties de cette Science ... avec un Traité de |’Usage du Globe terrestre, et de l’Optique Dioptrique et Catoptrique, 3° Ed., with 100 etched illustrations, sm. 4to. old calf (title mounted, and name cut out); rare, 10s 6d 1661 The French edition of this work was unknown to Poggendorff. ; BOURDON (Pierre Louis Marie) APPLICATION de ]’ALGEBRE & la GEOMETRIE, 4° Ed. ; with 15 plates, 8vo. hf. calf, 4s . 1837 ELEMENS d’ALGEBRE, 7° Ed., Svo. Af. calf, 3s 6d 1834 ‘Bourdon was an excellent elementary writer, both on arithmetic and algebra. 1 began my career as an author, by a translation of part of his work on algebra.’—Prof. de Morgan. BOURGEOIS (Léon) REPRODUCTION ARTIFICIELLE des MINERAUX ; with 8 plates (1 coloured), roy. 8vo. sewn, 3s 6d ~ 1884 BOURN (Charles) PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of ENGINEERING, and Trigonometrical, Sub- terraneous, and Marine SURVEYING, with Appendix, 3rd Ed., folding plates and woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (out of print), 4s 1867 BOURNE (John, ¢.£.) TREATISE on the SCREW PROPELLER, SCREW VESSELS, and SCREW ENGINES, for Peace and War, with other Methods of Propulsion, Tables of the Dimensions and Performance of Screw Steamers, and detailed Specifications of Ships and Engines, 3rd [last] Ed., with 3 fine steel portraits of the Author, Sir F. P. Smith, and J. Ericsson by Adlard, 51 plates, and 287 woodcuts, thick roy. 4to. hf. morocco (scarce), 17s 6d (p. £3. 3s) 1867 Last edition wholly rewritten and greatly enlarged of the most complete work on the subject ever issued, and a work of considerable historical value. - TREATISE on the STEAM ENGINE, with Investigations on the Motive Power of Heat, Tables, ete., and its Manufacture and Management, with 37 plates and 546 woodcuts, thick 4to. cl., 8s 6d (p. £2.. 2s) 1862 or 1866 ‘Of priceless value to engine-makers and engine-users, containing a vast amount of practical information on the steam engine, such as is to be met with nowhere else.’—Mechanic’s Mag. BOURNON (Jacques Louis, Comte de) OBSERVATIONS sur quelques-uns des MINERAUX, soit de l’Isle de CEYLAN, soit de la Cote de COROMANDEL, 4to. (pp. 35), sewn, 2s 1823 BOURQUELOT (Emile) Les FERMENTATIONS ; with 21 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 2s 1893 BOUTY (Edmond) Notes sur les PROGRES RECENTS de la PHYSIQUE; with woodcuts, large post 8vo. sewn, 1s 1882 BOUVIER (Hannah M.) FaminiAr Astronomy, or an Introduction to the Study of the Heavens, with Treatise on the Globes, and ASTRONOMICAL DICTIONARY (pp. 89), with 2 star-maps and 219 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s 6d Philadelphia, 1856 _ ‘A work of great value... No work which I have seen, of a partly familiar character; contains so much accurate information on astronomy.’—Sir G. B. Airy. BOWMAN [the Younger] (John Eddowes, F.¢.S.) INTRODUCTION to PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY ; PRACTICAL HANDBOOK to MEDICAL CHEMISTRY, both ed. by CHARLES L. BLOXAM, woodcuts, 2 vols. 12mo. in 1, hf. bound, 2s 6d 1861-2 BOYD (Capt. John M‘Neill) MANUAL for NAVAL CADETS, 2nd Ed., with coloured plates, and numerous woodcuts, thick post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d 1860 BOYER (Jacques) HISTOIRE de MATHEMATIQUES ; with portraits and fss., 8vo. cl., 4s 1900 An excellent short history of the science, consisting of 247 pp. of text, and a copious index. BRADLEY (Thomas) ELEMENTS of GEOMETRICAL DRAWING; or Practical Geometry, Plane and Solid, including both Orthographic and Perspective Projection, with 60 plates by Lowry, 2 vols. obl. impl. folio, Af. bound, 8s 6d (p. £1. 12s) [1861] BRAMER (Benjamin) PROBLEMA: wie auss bekannt GEGEBENEM SINU, eines Grades Minuten | oder Secunden | alle FOLGENDE SINUS auffs leichteste zu finden | und der Canon Sinuum zn absol- vieren seye; with woodcut title, 4to. (pp. 30), sewn (slightly stained and wormed), 10s6d Marpurg, 1614 Chiefiy based on Joost Birai’s invention of the circle of proportion.
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