Milestones of Science and Mathematics, 39 new arrivals
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Leipzig: 1707. 8vo (167 x 95 mm). 94, [2] pp. With one engraved folding plate, one final leaf of index. Bound in contemporary French calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (hinges split but holding firmly, slight wear to..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude de Marne & Johann Aubry, 1597. 8vo (165 x 110 mm). [36], 669 [3] pp. Signatures: )(8 ):(8 )::(2 A-2T8. Final two leaves of index misbound at beginning, final leaf blank. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations..... More
London: Printed for Lockyer Davis, in Holbourn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1772. In: Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenuious in Many Considerable Parts of the World. Vol. 62, pp. 147-264. London: Printed for Lockyer Davis, in Holbourn, Printer to the..... More
London: Printed for R. Hunter, 1823. 8vo (227 x 140 mm). [6], 83 [1], [2] pp., 8 plates (7 engraved, 1 folding, 1 bound as frontispiece), all but one engraved by Lowry after Francis Ronalds, errata leaf at the end. Near contemporary grey drab boards, pages uncut (light soiling and..... More
Innsbruck: Daniel Agricola, 1619. 4to (215 x 164 mm). [12], 1-199, 100-138, 239-254 pp., engraved allegorical plate bound after dedication, several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Pp. 200-237 mispaginated 100-137. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine painted over and lettered in ink, boards with blind-ruling..... More
London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1760. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 51, pp. 100-174, 3 folding engraved plates. 4to (221 x 178 mm). Entire volume 60, part I: [10], 457 [1] pp., 10 folding engraved plates. Bound in 20th century half green calf, spine..... More
Pavia: Giovanni Capelli, 1814. 4to (330 x 240 mm). vi, [2], 145, [VII] pp. Uncut, with deckle edges; frontispiece engraved portrait of Volta by G. Garavaglia, without the addenda slip tipped to the last page in only a few copies. 20th-century marbled paper boards. Text generally crisp and clean with..... More
Florence: Stamperia Imperiale, 1757. 8vo (252 x 180 mm). [8], cxxiv, 336, [2] pp. Signatures: [cross]4 a-g8 h6, A-X8 [chi]1. Title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 14 engraved plates (including 2 tables, 13 folding), final errata leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Early 19th-century half mottled calf..... More
Livorno: nella stamperia di Gio. Vincenzo Falorni, 1776. 4to (220 x 178 mm). [7], 4-126, [2] pp., large folding engraved plate bound at end, title-page with woodcut vignette. Signatures: [A]4 (A1+[Chi]2) B-Q4. Bound in contemporary carta rustica, marbled edges, paper sticker with handwritten date "1784" to front cover (spine with..... More
