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SCIENCE BOOK CATALOG XLIV
BOOKS RELATING TO SCIENCE
1 . Abbri, F. & others STORIA DELLE SCIENZE: NATURA E VITA, DALL'ANTICHITA ALL'ILLUMINISMO $125.00
Milano: Elemond, 1992
4to, pp 611; cloth, dj, slipcase; fine copy; with many photos
2 . American Electrician ELECTRICAL DESIGNS $12.50
Bradley: Lindsay, 1901 (1984 reprint)
8vo, pp viii,262; wrappers; G+ copy
3 . 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
4 . 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
5 . Ball, W.W.R. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS $150.00
London: MacMillan & Co, 3rd edition, 1901
8vo, pp xxiv,527; gilt leather, all edges gilt; fine presentation copy
6 . 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
7 . 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."
8 . 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
9 . 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
10 . 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
11 . British Museum CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) $450.00
London: Trustees, 1903-40 (New York: Maurizio Martino, 1991 reprint)
8vo, 8 volumes in 4 parts; pp vii,2403,1480; cloth; G+ ex-lib set; Limited to 450 copies
12 . 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.
13 . 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; fine 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.
14 . 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)
15 . De La Serve COURS DE PHYSIQUE (Manuscript) $375.00
1832
cr 8vo, pp 176; boards (edge wear); G+ copy; with some figures
16 . Dibner, B. HERALDS OF SCIENCE AS REPRESENTED BY TWO HUNDRED EPOCHAL BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS SELECTED FROM THE BURNDY LIBRARY $40.00
Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library, Publication No. 34, 1955
4to, pp 96; wrappers; G+ copy; with many b&w text figures
17 . Dibner, B. THE VICTORIA AND THE TRITON $25.00
Norwalk,CT: Burndy Library, Publication No. 19, 1962
cr 8vo, pp 58; wrappers; VG copy
18 . 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.
19 . 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
20 . 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
21 . 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
22 . Gage, A.W. THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS $10.00
Boston: Ginn & Co, 2nd edition, 1907
8vo, pp viii,547; cloth; VG copy; with 420 figures
23 . 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
24 . 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
25 . 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
26 . Harvey, E.N. A HISTORY OF LUMINESCENCE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL 1900 $85.00
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1957
8vo, pp xxiii,692; cloth; VG copy
27 . 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)
28 . Lodge, O. PIONEERS OF SCIENCE $150.00
London: Macmillan & Co, 1908
8vo, pp xv,404; prize binding; VG copy; with 120 figures
29 . Lommel, E. THE NATURE OF LIGHT, WITH A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF PHYSICAL OPTICS. $25.00
New York: D. Appleton, 1876
8vo, pp xiii,356; cloth (edges worn); fair copy; with color frontispiece and 188 b&w text figures
30 . 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
31 . 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."
32 . Mottelay, P.F. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM $100.00
London: Charles Griffin & Co, 1922 (New York: Maurizio Martino Publ, 1990)
8vo, pp xx,673; cloth; fine copy; Limited to 300 copies
33 . 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
34 . 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.
35 . Osler, W. BIBLIOTHECA OSLERIANA $250.00
Kingston: McGill-Queen's University, 1969 (1987 reprint)
4to, pp xlii,792; cloth; fine copy
36 . Perry, J. SPINNING TOPS $45.00
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowoledge, 1901
cr 8vo, pp 136; cloth (spine wear); G ex-lib copy; with 58 b&w text figures
37 . 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
38 . Ptolemy, C. GEOGRAPHY OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY $2000.00
New York: Public Library, Limited edition, 1932 (No.194 of 250)
folio, pp xvi,167; 1/2 leather (edge wear); VG copy; with many maps
Translated into English and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson. Based upon Greek and Latin manuscripts and important late fifteenth and early sixteenth century printed editions. Including reproductions of the maps from the Ebner manuscript, ca. 1460. With an introduction by Professor Joseph Fischer
39 . 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
40 . 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.
41 . 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
42 . Sidgwick, J.B. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS $10.00
London: Faber & Faber, 2nd edition, 1961
8vo, pp 376; cloth; VG copy; with 39 figures
43 . 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
44 . 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
45 . 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."
46 . 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
47 . 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
48 . Vehrenberg, H. ATLAS OF DEEP-SKY SPLENDORS $27.50
Dusseldorf: Treugesell, 2nd edition, 1971
4to, pp 215; hardcover; G+ copy; with many photos
49 . Weaver, W.D. CATALOGUE OF THE WHEELER GIFT OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE 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
50 . Wright, L. LIGHT: A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL OPTICS CHIEFLY WITH THE LANTERN $50.00
New York: MacMillan & Co, 2nd edition, 1892
co 8vo, pp xv,391; cloth; G+ copy; with 4 colored and 5 b&w full page plates, 207 text figures
51 . 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."