Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/1
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    134. 136. 138. 19 (Jewellery). Boot, Anselmus Boetius. Gemmarum et lapidum historia, qua non solum ortus, natura vis et precium, sed etiam rodus quo exiis, olea, falia, tincturae, essentiae, arcana et magi- sterla arte chymica confici possint, ostenditur. 10 leaves, 294 pp. 8 leaves. Wiih many cuts in the text. 4to. Vellum. Hanau, 1609. Italian Lire 115.— First edition of this curious and interesting work on precious stones. It is also interesting for containing the prices of gems and pearls and illustraiions of lapidary’s tools. - Rare. (Jewellery).Tesoro delle gicie. Trattato cuioso nel quale si di- chiara la virtu, € proprieta delle giocie come perle, gemme, avori, balsami, etc. 14 leaves, 212 pp., 2 leaves. 16mo. Vellum. Padova, 1626. . Lit. ' 70.— Deals with jewels (diamonds, rubies, chrysoprases, etc.), with perfu- mes, also with pharmacy. (Mathematics) Beugbem, Cornelius. bibliographia mathematica et artificioso novissima, seu conspectus primus catalogi librorum mathematicorum se. arithmeticorum, geometricorum, astronomi- corum, geographicorum, opticorum, harmonicorum et mechani- corum, acc. cosmographia sive atlantis Blaviani quam Janssoniani conspectus. 7 leaves, 526 pp. 12mo. Old calf. Amsterdam, 1688. Lit. 100.— Probably the first purely mathematical bibliography containing the books published from 1645 to 1688. Divided into 7 classes according to langua- ges: Latin, French, German, English (pp. 217-98). - Rare. 4to. Vellum. Venice, Bernardino de Bindoni, 1540. Lit. 125.— Riccardi I, 164: « Tutte le edizioni di questa operetta sono ricercatis sime », - Brunet I, 1116: « Toutes les éditions de cet Abacho sont diffi- ciles a trouver». The first important treatise on arithmetic. The arran- gement of the five acts of arithmetic in this work is the following: they are numeration, multiplication, partition, summation and subtraction. - Somewhat waterstained. - Rave (Mathematics). Kuclides. La prospettiva. Tradotta da E. Danti. Insieme colla prospettiva di Eliodoro Larissaeo. Heliodori Laris- diagrams, ana printer’s device. Three parts. 4 leaves, 110 pp., 1 leaf, 18 leaves (last blank). 4to. Pretty original binding, old vellum with gilt border, filets and ornaments in the centre (one corner damaged). Florence, Giunti, 1573. Lit. 90.— (Mathematics). Galilei, Galileo. La operazione del compasso. geometrico et militare. 4 leaves, 80 pp. With folding plates. 4to. Half vellum. Padova, 1640. Lit. 90.— Brunet II, 1462. Riccardi, col. 506; « Buona edizione « Contains Galilei’s invention of the compass of proportion. - Rare. (Mechanics): Zonea, Vittorio. Novo teatro di machine et edificii. 4 leaves, 115 pp. With frontispice and 42 engraved full page plates. Smail folio. Boards. Padova, 1656. Lit. 250.— ' Riccardi, 661, 669. Very rare work on machinery, displaiyng the won- derful inventions of the author, including those for various mills, cop- perplate and printing presses. The last machine illustrated represents a monster siphon tor perpetual. motion. - Title browned, but good com- plete copy of this rare book.
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