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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    991 DELAFOSSE (Gabriel) Rapport sur les Procriks de la MINERALOGIE, impl. 8vo. sewn, 2s Impr. Impér., 1867 992 DELAMAINE [the Elder] (Richard) GRAMMELOGIA, or the MATHEMATICALL RING, showing (any reasonable Capacity that hath not Arithmeticke) how to RESOLVE and WORKE all ORDINARY OPERATIONS of ARITHMETICKE, and those which are most difficult with greatest facilitie: the EXTRACTION of Roots, the VALUATION of LEASES, ete. the measuring of Plaines and Solids, with the RESOLUTION of PLAINE and SPHERICALL TRIANGLES, and that onely by an Ocular Inspection, and a Circular Motion, with folding plate, and engraved diagrams, 12mo. (pp. 30) sewn (VERY RARE), £2. 5s J. Haviland, 1630 This rare edition is not noticed by the author's biographer in D.N.B. The only edition contained in Brit. Mus. is that of 1631, with a differently worded title. The work is intended to- express ‘the speech in lines’ in imitation of Napier’s ‘Rabdologia ’, and contains an attack on W, Oughtred. The MAKING, DESCRIPTION, and USE of a SMALL PorTABLE INSTRUMENT for the Pocket (or according to any Magnitude) in form of a mixt Trapezia, thus called a HORIZONTALL QUADRANT, with engraved title, fine copperplates on movable slips, and woodcut diagrams, 12mo. contemporary calf (FINE COPY), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F-R.S. (RARE), £1. 15s W. Leake [1631] PRESENTATION COPIES FROM TALLEYRAND: 994 DELAMBRE (Jean Baptiste Joseph, de l’Institut) ASTRONOMIE THKORIQUE et PRATIQUE ; with 29 folding plates, 3 vols. 4to. contemporary hf. calf ; presentation copy from Talleyrand to the Duke of Gloucester, with Sandhurst College bookplate, 17s 6d 1814 ‘Given tothe Duke of Gloucester at Paris by Prince Taleyrand [sic] Feb 7. 1819.’—Inser. on flyleaf. ‘Un euchainement des plus heureux y rend facile et presque populaire l’intelligence des résultats les plus sublimes; chaque page y porte l’empreinte de l’invention et du génie, et l’entendement se récrée et se délasse A suivre dans son ensemble cette série de formules élégantes, de démonstrations ingénieuses qui n’appartiennent qu’a l’auteur.’—Fourter, 993 995 ——— HisTorrE de l’ASTRONOMIE; with fine portrait by Desmoulins, and plates, COMPLETE in 6 vols. 4to. contemporary hf. calf, presentation copy from Talleyrand to the Duke of Gloucester (as above); RARE, £7. 1817-27 ConTeNnu: Astronomie Ancienne, 2 y.,’17: Astronomie du Moyen Age, ‘19: Astronomie Moderne, 2 v., ’21: Astronomie au XVIITe Siécle, publié par C. L. Mathieu, 27. This important work is the first history on a strictly scientific basis, freed from all mythological conceptions and errors that had hitherto disfigured all similar works, and showing chronologically in a masterly manner the steady advance of the science. : TABLES ASTRONOMIQUES publiées par le Bureau des Longitudes de France, Ie Partie : TABLES du SOLEIL, par M. Delambre. TaBues de la LUN#, par M. Biirg, ’06: Ile Partie. NOUVELLES TABLES de JUPITER et de SATURNE, par M. Bouvard. Nouvelles Tables écliptiques des Satellites de Jupiter, par M. Delambre, 08: TABLES ECLIPTIQUES des SATELLITES de J UPITER, par M. Delambre, ’*17—3 vols. 4to. in 1, contemporary hf. calf, presentation copy from Talleyrand (as above), 12s 6d 1806-17 METHODES ANALYTIQUES pour la DETERMINATION d’un ARC du MERIDIEN, précédées d’une Mémoire sur le méme sujet par A. M. LEGENDRE; with 2 plates, 4to. sewn, uncut, 12s 6d An VII (1799) Appointed by the French Government, the author measured in 1792 the arc of the meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona, which was completed in 1799 by Laplace, etc., and served as the basis of the metric system, — 998 ——— RApPoRT HISTORIQUE sur les PRoGRES des SCIENCES MATHEMATIQUES depuis 1789, et sur leur état actuel, 8vo. boards, with Prof. Williamson’s auto., 5s 1810 999 TABLES de JUPITER et de SATURNE, 4to. sewn, uncut, 7s 6d 1789 First Edition of the author’s first published work. ‘These tables were found to surpass greatly in accuracy those of all preceding astronomers ’.—Prof. R. Grant. f , et Pierre Francois André MECHAIN : Base du Systime Mérrique DECIMAL, ou Mesure de l’Are du Méridien compris entre les Paralléles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, executée en 1792 et Années suivantes ; with numerous folding plates, 4 vols. 4to. contemporary calf gilt (bindin of v. LV not quite uniform and joint cracked otherwise a sound and large copy) ; RARE, £3. 10s 1806-21 The account of the important meridian measurement which served as basis for the metric system. ‘Si l’on considére importance du sujet, les questions d’astronomie, de géographie et de physique qu’il fut nécessaire de traiter, les noms célébres des savants francais ou étrangers qui concoururent a cet examen, les conséquences capitales et durables de ce travail, on peut dire qu’aucune autre application des sciences n’est comparable a celle-ci, et n’offre le méme caractére d’exactitude, d’utilité et de grandeur ’.—Fourier. 1001 DELAMOTTE (Philip Henry, F.s.A.) The PRACTICE of PHOTOGRAPHY : a Manual for Students and Amateurs, with calotype portrait taken by the collodion process, post 8vo. cl. boards (scarce), 10s 6d 1853 The first handy-book of photography. . It contains a full account of the collodion process on glass, and a number of recipes then in use for all photographic processes. 1002 DELAUNAY (Charles Eugéne) Rapport sur les Proaris de l’ASTRONOMIE, impl. 8vo. 996 997 1000 sewn, 1s 6d 1867 1003 TRAITE de MECANIQUE RATIONNELLE; with 126 woodcuts and diagrams, 8vo. hf. calf neat, 4s F 1856 1004 QUATRIEME EDITION ; with 116 diagrams, 8vo. hf morocco (out of print), 6s 1866 1005 DELAVAL (Edward Hussey, F.R.S.) EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY into the CAUSE of the CHANGES of COLOURS in OPAKE and COLOURED BODIES, with Historical Preface, 4to. sewn (rare), 10s 6d 1777 Including the author’s ‘Experiments and Observations on the Agreement between the Specific Gravities of the several Metals, and their Colours when united to Glass, ete.’ DELUC (Jean André)—v. LUC, post. DE MORGAN (Augustus)—v. MorGav, post. 1006 DEMPSEY (G. Drysdale, c.z.) The BUILDERS’ GUIDE in Materials and Construction, 2nd Ed., with Supp'ement and Appendices, 230 wovodcuts, 8vo. el., 4s (p. £1. 1s) : 1857 4 *
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