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SCIENCE BOOK CATALOG XLII
BOOKS RELATING TO SCIENCE
1 . Atkinson, E. ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON PHYSICS EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED $125.00
New York: William Wood & Co, 6th edition, 1873
8vo, pp xii,859; cloth (edge wear); G+ copy; with 745 figures
2 . Ball, R.S. THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS $150.00
London: Cassell & Co, 2nd edition, 1892
8vo, pp xix,556; full leather prize binding (hinges cracked); VG copy; with 18 color plates and 90 text figures
3 . Ball, R.S. THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS $175.00
London: Cassell & Co, 2nd edition, 1893
8vo, pp xix,556; full leather prize binding, aeg; VG copy; with 18 color plates and 90 text figures
4 . Beatty, J.K. & others THE NEW SOLAR SYSTEM $10.00
Cambridge: Sky Publ. Corp, 2nd edition, 1982
4to, pp 240; cloth, dj; VG copy; with many color and b&w photos
5 . Beccaria, G. A TREATISE UPON ARTIFICIAL ELECTRICITY $1750.00
London: J. Nourse, 1776
4to, pp viii,457,(10); new 1/4 leather; fine ex-lib copy; with 11 folding plates
"...in which are given solutions of a number of interesting electric phenomena, hitherto unexplained. To which is added an essay on the mild and slow electricity which prevails in the atmosphere during serene weather."
6 . Bertholon, A. DE L'ELECTRICITE DU CORPS HUMAIN DANS L'ETAT DE SANTE ET DE MALADIE $750.00
Lyon: Bernuset, 1780
12mo, pp xii,541,(3); new boards (uncut); VG copy
7 . Brewster, D. THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON $225.00
London: William Tegg, 1861
12mo, pp 372; full leather prize binding; G+ copy; with 1 plate and 16 figures
8 . Brisson, M.J. TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE OU PRINCIPES DE PHYSIQUE $650.00
Paris: Bossange, Masson & Besson, 4th edition, 1803
cr 8vo, 3 vols; pp civ,352; 419; 476; 1/4 leather; G+ exlib copy; with 46 folding plates
9 . Cavallo, T. THE ELEMENTS OF NATURAL OR EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY $225.00
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson & Son, 1819
8vo; Vol.I, pp xxx,472; Vol.II, pp iii,551; rebacked full leather (pages browned and foxed); G copy; with 21 folding plates
"...Cavallo's last, most ambitious, and least successful exposition: his wordy, overly elementary Elements of Natural Philosophy." D.S.B.
10 . Chalmers-Hunt, J.M. NATURAL HISTORY AUCTIONS 1700-1972 A REGISTER OF SALES IN THE BRITISH ISLES $20.00
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976
roy 4to, pp xii,189; cloth, dj; new copy
This book is a systematic record of every auction known in which natural history specimens have been offered for sale in the British Isles, and cites most, it not all, of the more important sales. Includes entomological sales, zoological sales other than those of birds insects and shells, botanical sales, ornithology and oology, fossil sales, minerals, and shell sales.
11 . Chevreul, M.E. THE PRINCIPLES OF HARMONY AND CONTRAST OF COLOURS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE ARTS $100.00
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1912
cr 8vo, pp xlvi,465; cloth (spine faded); VG copy; with 18 plates (15 color)
12 . De La Serve COURS DE PHYSIQUE (Manuscript) $375.00
1832
cr 8vo, pp 176; boards (edge wear); G+ copy; with some figures
13 . Dibner, B. THE VICTORIA AND THE TRITON $25.00
Norwalk,CT: Burndy Library, Publication No. 19, 1962
cr 8vo, pp 58; wrappers; VG copy
14 . Diderot, D. A DIDEROT PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADES AND INDUSTRY $75.00
New York: Dover Publ, 1959
roy 4to, 2 volumes, pp xxx,19(index); cloth, dj; fine set; with 485 plates with descriptions
Edited with introduction and notes by Charles Coulston Gillispie.
15 . Encyclopedia Britannica 1771 $100.00
Edinburgh: A. Bell & C. Macfarquhar, 1st edition, 1771 (recent reprint, c.1970)
4to, pp vii,697; 1009; 954; hardcover; VG set
16 . Ferguson, J. BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA $275.00
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1906 (1954 reprint)
8vo; Vol.I, pp xxi,487; Vol.II, pp 598; cloth; G+ set
17 . Foster, G.C. & A.W. Porter ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM $25.00
New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 2nd edition, 1903
8vo, pp xix,568; cloth; VG ex-lib copy; with 374 b&w text figures
18 . Ganot NATURAL PHILOSOPHY FOR GENERAL READERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE $175.00
New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 9th edition, 1900
cr 8vo, pp xii,752; prize leather (edge wear); VG copy
Translated from Ganot's "Cours Elementaire de Physique" by E. Atkinson
19 . Greenhill, G. REPORT ON GYROSCOPIC THEORY $100.00
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1914
folio, pp 277; original boards (worn); G copy; with 11 b&w fold-out plates
20 . Gurley, W. & L.E. A MANUAL OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTS USED IN AMERICAN ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING $90.00
New York: W. & L.E. Gurley, 39th edition, 1905
sm 8vo, pp 446; cloth (edge war, inner hinges loose); G copy; with many b&w text figures
21 . Gurley, W. & L.E. A MANUAL OF THE PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTS USED IN AMERICAN ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING $110.00
New York: W. & L.E. Gurley, 42nd edition, 1908
sm 8vo, pp 470; cloth (edge wear); G+ copy; with many b&w text figures
22 . Hale, G.E. & N.A. Kent THE SPECTRUM OF THE HIGH POTENTIAL DISCHARGE BETWEEN METALLIC ELECTRODES IN LIQUIDS AND INGASES AT HIGH PRESSURES $60.00
Chicago: Publ. Yerkes Observatory, Vol.III, Part II, 1907
4to, ppp 29-66; wrappers (back cover missing); G copy; with 8 plates
23 . Kiessling ASTRONOMIE POPULAIRE OU DESCRIPTION DES CORPS CELESTES $100.00
Bruxelles: Kiessling et Compagnie, 3rd edition, 1862
4to, pp 24; cloth (covers detached, loose, text foxed); with 12 plates (10 color)
24 . L'Academie Royale des Sciences SECUNDE SUITE DES MEMOIRES DE MATHEMATIQUE ET DE PHYSIQUE DE L'ANNE'E M.D.CCLIII Vol.16 $125.00
Aamsterdam: J.Schreuder, 1762
12mo, pp 487-947; new 1/2 leather (light foxing); G+ copy; with 11 folding plates
25 . Lodge, O. PIONEERS OF SCIENCE $150.00
London: Macmillan & Co, 1908
8vo, pp xv,404; prize binding; VG copy; with 120 figures
26 . Mach, E. THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL OPTICS: AN HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL TREATMENT $150.00
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, n.d. (c.1925)
8vo, pp xi,324; cloth, dj; VG copy; with 10 plates and 280 figures
27 . Maxwell, J.C. A TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM $550.00
Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 2nd edition, 1881
8vo; Vol I, pp xxxi,464,13; Vol II, pp xxiii,456,7; recent cloth; VG set; with 20 full page engraved plates
Vol I: Part I - Electrostatics; Part II - Electrokinematics Vol II: Part III - Magnetics; Part IV - Electromagnetics
28 . MISCELLANEA CURIOSA $1250.00
London: James & John Knapton, 3rd edition, 1726,1723,1727
cr 8vo, 3 vols; pp (24),401; (4),372; (6),430; complete with 20 plates; Vol.1 - 3rd edition; Vol.2 & 3 - 2nd edition
"Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age: being most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the royal society, for the advancement of physical and mathematical knowledge."
29 . Musschenbroek, P. COMPENDIUM PHYSICAE EXPERIMENTALIS CONSCRIPTUM IN USUS ACADEMICOS $750.00
Lugduni: S. & J. Luchtmans, 1762
8vo, pp (4),516; vellum (frontpaper and half-title removed); G+ copy; with 14 folding plates
30 . North, J. MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY SCIENTISTS $10.00
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1969
cr 8vo, pp x,190; hardcover; G+ copy; with 17 figures
Covers Babbage, Darwin, Joule, Lister, W.H. Perkin, Hugh Powell, James Smith & Andrew Ross.
31 . Osler, W. BIBLIOTHECA OSLERIANA $250.00
Kingston: McGill-Queen's University, 1969 (1987 reprint)
4to, pp xlii,792; cloth; fine copy
32 . Pollard, A.F.C. THE DECIMAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE(Optics, Light and Cognate Subjects) $30.00
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1926
8vo, pp viii,109; cloth; VG copy
33 . Redi, F. OPERE DI FRANCESCO REDI GENTILVOMO ARETINO E ACCADEMICO DELLA CRUSCA $950.00
Napoli: Michele Stasi, 2nd edition, 1778
8vo, 7 volumes bound in 4; 1/4 leather (some foxing, some marginal water-staining); VG set; with 31 folding plates
34 . Revenga, L. SCIENCE THROUGH THE AGES $20.00
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1986
4to, pp 145; wrappers; new copies; with many color figures and photos
On early manuscripts, maps, drawing, and printed books.
35 . Schellen, H. SPECTRUM ANALYSIS IN ITS APPLICATION TO TERRESTRIAL SUBSTANCES, AND THE PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES $150.00
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1872
8vo, pp xviii,455; cloth (endpaper torn); VG copy; with 13 plates and 223 figures
36 . Sidgwick, J.B. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS $10.00
London: Faber & Faber, 2nd edition, 1961
8vo, pp 376; cloth; VG copy; with 39 figures
37 . Smith, D.E. RARA ARITHMETICA $225.00
Boston: Ginn & Co, 1st edition, 1908
8vo, pp xvi,507; cloth; VG copy; with 9 plates and 246 figures
38 . Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. THE HONEYMAN COLLECTION OF SCINTIFIC BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS $350.00
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Sale Catalog 1978-1981
4to, no page numbers, in 7 parts, approximately 300 pages; per part; wrappers; VG set; with many b&w text figures
39 . Sparrow, R.A. MILESTONES OF SCIENCE $125.00
Buffalo: Society of Natural Sciences, 1972
4to, pp xiv,307; cloth; fine copy; with many illustrations
"Epochal books in the history of science as represented in the library of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences."
40 . Thompson, S.P. ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM $30.00
New York: The MacMillan Co, 2nd edition, 1896
8vo, pp xv,634; cloth; VG copy; with 297 figures
41 . Tyndall, J. FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE.~A SERIES OF DETACHED ESSAYS, ADDRESS, AND REVIEWS $250.00
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 9th edition, 1896
8vo, 2 vols; pp 452; 490; full leather prize binding; VG set; with 1 map
42 . Vehrenberg, H. ATLAS OF DEEP-SKY SPLENDORS $27.50
Dusseldorf: Treugesell, 2nd edition, 1971
4to, pp 215; hardcover; G+ copy; with many photos
43 . Weaver, W.D. CATALOGUE OF THE WHEELER GIFT OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICANINSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS $375.00
New York: American Inst. of Elect. Eng., 1909
8vo, 2 vols; pp vii,504; 475; cloth; G+ ex-lib set; with many b&w text figures in Vol.I
44 . Wiles, A.J. MODULAR ELLIPTIC CURVES AND FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM $30.00
Anmaah: Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Series, Vol.141, No.3, May 1995
8vo, pp 443-572; wrappers; fine copy
This is the original proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in the Annals of Mathematics.
45 . Zeitlinger, H. BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICO-MATHEMATICA $1250.00
London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1921-1952
8vo; Volumes I & II and First, Second (Vols I & II), and; Third Supplements, all published; buckram; G+ ex-lib set; "with 127 Plates, containing 247 Portraits and Facsimiles"; with 17397+7198+22943+5951 listings
"Catalogue of works in many tongues on Exact and Applied Science, with a subject index."