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An essay on electricity, explaining the principles of that useful science; and describing the instruments, Contrived Either to Illustrate the Theory, or Render the Practice Entertaining. Illustrated with six plates. To which is added, a letter to the author, from Mr. John Birch, Surgeon, on the Subject of Medical Electricity. By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument maker to his Majesty, &c. The fifth edition, with corrections and additions, by William Jones, Mathematical Instrument Maker. George ADAMS.

ADAMS, George (1750-1795)

An essay on electricity, explaining the principles of that useful science; and describing the instruments, Contrived Either to Illustrate the Theory, or Render the Practice Entertaining. Illustrated with six plates. To which is added, a letter to the author, from Mr. John Birch, Surgeon, on the Subject of Medical Electricity. By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument maker to his Majesty, &c. The fifth edition, with corrections and additions, by William Jones, Mathematical Instrument Maker

London: printed by J. Dillon, and Co. for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, Opticians, Holborn, 1799. Early Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. 8vo: xiv[bound out of sequence],594pp, with six copper-engraved plates. Tall, untrimmed, wide-margined copy, completely unsophisticated, in original drab grey boards, beige paper spine, printed paper label. An exemplary... more

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Opera omnia quae extant, philosophica, moralia, politica, historica ... in quibus complures alii tractatus, quos brevitatis causa praetermittere visum est, comprehensi sunt, hactenus nunquam conjunctim edita, jam vero summo studio collecta, uno volumine comprehensa, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata: cum indice rerum ac verborum universali absolutissimo. His praefixa est auctoris vita [comprising The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh; Sylva Sylvarum; The Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral; The Wisdom of the Ancients; Advancement and Proficiency of Learning; The Phenomena of the Universe or a Natural and Experimental History for the foundation of Philosophy]. Francis BACON, Francisci Baconi.

BACON, Francis [Francisci Baconi], 1561-1626

Opera omnia quae extant, philosophica, moralia, politica, historica ... in quibus complures alii tractatus, quos brevitatis causa praetermittere visum est, comprehensi sunt, hactenus nunquam conjunctim edita, jam vero summo studio collecta, uno volumine comprehensa, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata: cum indice rerum ac verborum universali absolutissimo. His praefixa est auctoris vita [comprising The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh; Sylva Sylvarum; The Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral; The Wisdom of the Ancients; Advancement and Proficiency of Learning; The Phenomena of the Universe or a Natural and Experimental History for the foundation of Philosophy]

Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt]: Impensis Joannis Baptistae Schonwtteri, typis Matthaei Kempfferi, 1665. 1665. Vellum. First Latin edition of Bacon's collected works, comjprising The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh; Sylva Sylvarum; The Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral; The Wisdom of the Ancients; Advancement and Proficiency of... more

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The Elements of Geometry. In which, The principal Propositions of Euclid, Archimedes, and others, are demonstrated after the most easy manner. To which is added, A Collection of useful Geometrical Problems. [bound with] The Doctrine of Proportion, Arithmetical and Geometrical. Together with a general Method of arguing by proportional Quantities. William EMERSON,

[EMERSON, William, 1701-1782]

The Elements of Geometry. In which, The principal Propositions of Euclid, Archimedes, and others, are demonstrated after the most easy manner. To which is added, A Collection of useful Geometrical Problems. [bound with] The Doctrine of Proportion, Arithmetical and Geometrical. Together with a general Method of arguing by proportional Quantities.

London: Printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller in Ordinary to his Majesty, 1763. First Edition. Full Leather. First Edition. 8vo; viii,183, [1]; iv,32 pp, with 296 geometrical figures and perspective designs on 14 folding engraved plates. Prefaces to both titles signed: W. Emerson. Contemporary full leather, the spine ribbed and divided... more

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Dialogues of the Dead, In Three Parts. I. Dialogues of the Antients. II. The Antients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French. With a Reply to some Remarks in a Critique, call'd The Judgment of Pluto, &c. And Two Original Dialogues. Bernard Le Bouyer de FONTENELLE.

FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bouyer de (1657-1757)

Dialogues of the Dead, In Three Parts. I. Dialogues of the Antients. II. The Antients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French. With a Reply to some Remarks in a Critique, call'd The Judgment of Pluto, &c. And Two Original Dialogues.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn, 1708. Full Calf. First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or slightly later 18th-century Cambridge-paneled calf, the spine richly gilt in... more

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The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. To which is prefix’d, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system. Joseph HARRIS.

HARRIS, Joseph (1704-1764)

The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. To which is prefix’d, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system

London: printed for B. Cole, at the Orrery, near the Globe Tavern, in Fleet-Street, late the Shop of Mr. Thomas Wright, Instrument-Maker to his late Majesty; and E. Cushee, near St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXVIII [1768]. Early Reprint. Half-Calf Gilt. 8vo: viii,220,[4]pp, with folding frontispiece (the Great Orrery) and six... more

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An examination of Dr. Burnet’s Theory of the earth: with some remarks on Mr. Whiston’s New theory of the earth. Also an examination of the reflections on the theory of the earth; And A Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston’s New Theory. By J. Keill, A. M. of Balliol College, Oxon. The second edition corrected, and all the Figures (25 in Number) Engraved on Copper Plates. To the whole is annexed a dissertatio on the different figures of the coelestial bodies, &c. With a Summary Exposition of the Cartesian and Newtonian Systems. By Mons. de Maupertuis, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Royal Academy in Paris. John KEILL.

KEILL, John

An examination of Dr. Burnet’s Theory of the earth: with some remarks on Mr. Whiston’s New theory of the earth. Also an examination of the reflections on the theory of the earth; And A Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston’s New Theory. By J. Keill, A. M. of Balliol College, Oxon. The second edition corrected, and all the Figures (25 in Number) Engraved on Copper Plates. To the whole is annexed a dissertatio on the different figures of the coelestial bodies, &c. With a Summary Exposition of the Cartesian and Newtonian Systems. By Mons. de Maupertuis, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Royal Academy in Paris

[Oxford?]: Printed for and sold by H. Clements, near the Theatre in Oxford; and S.Harding, on the Pavement in St. Martin’s Lane, London, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]. Second Edition. Full Calf. 8vo: [8],347,[1]; 67,[1]pp, with 25 copper-engraved figures on 13 numbered folding plates. In two parts, the second, Maupertuis’s dissertation, with separate... more

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Elementa Geographiae Generalis, Triplici Sectione Exposita, I. Praeliminaris naturam & constitutionem, itemque studii istiussara monstrat. II. Doctrinalis assections ejus demonstrat, & III. Artificialis objecti repraesentationem commonstrat. Cum Praestatione, Figuris aeneis, & indice. Johann. Georg LIEBKNECHT.

LIEBKNECHT, Jo[hann]. Georg (1679-1749)

Elementa Geographiae Generalis, Triplici Sectione Exposita, I. Praeliminaris naturam & constitutionem, itemque studii istiussara monstrat. II. Doctrinalis assections ejus demonstrat, & III. Artificialis objecti repraesentationem commonstrat. Cum Praestatione, Figuris aeneis, & indice.

Frankfurt: Dominicus a Sande, 1712. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Edition, in Latin. 16mo (6.5 x 4.25 inches, 162 x 106mm); [14], 476, [38]pp., with a title-page vignettte of galleon in full sail, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated initials, and 25 full-page copper engraved plates. Bound in speckled paper-covered... more

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A Journey to Paris in the Year 1698. Martin LISTER, 1638?-1712.

LISTER, Martin (1638?-1712)

A Journey to Paris in the Year 1698

London: Jacob Tonson, 1699. Early Reprint. Full Calf. 8vo: [6],248pp, with 6 plates (3 folding) but without the 3pp. of advertisements bound in some copies. Early full calf, spine very richly gilt in five compartments divided by raised bands, red morocco lettering piece gilt. On the front paste appears the... more

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The fable of the bees: or, private vices, publick benefits. With An essay on charity and charity-schools. And A search into the nature of society. The fourth edition. To which is added, A vindication of the book from the Aspersions contain’d in a Presentment of the Grand-Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive Letter to Lord C [with] The fable of the bees. Part II. By the author of the first. Bernard de MANDEVILLE.

MANDEVILLE, Bernard de (1670-1733)

The fable of the bees: or, private vices, publick benefits. With An essay on charity and charity-schools. And A search into the nature of society. The fourth edition. To which is added, A vindication of the book from the Aspersions contain’d in a Presentment of the Grand-Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive Letter to Lord C [with] The fable of the bees. Part II. By the author of the first

London: printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear’s-Head, over-against Katherine-Street in the Strand / printed, and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane [through 1733], MDCCXIV [1714]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. Two octavo volumes, complete: [16],477(400 misnumbered 352),[1]; [2],xxx,432,[24]pp, title page of vol. II a cancel withb"C" of "Cicero" in the quotation... more

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A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX. Thomas PENNANT.

[PENNANT, Thomas (1726-1798)]

A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX

Warrington: Printed by W. Eyres, MDCCLXXIV [1774]. Full Leather. Third Edition. 4to; xiii, [1], 388, [2]pp. Extra-Illustrated with an engraved title page and 39 full-page copper-plate engravings (many folding), only 21 of which are enumerated in the list of plates. Bound in full leather with five raised bands to the... more

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[Fete Book] Courses de Testes et de Bague faittes par le Roy, et par les Princes et Seigneurs de sa Cour, en l'Annee 1662. Charles PERRAULT.

PERRAULT, Charles (1628-1703)

[Fete Book] Courses de Testes et de Bague faittes par le Roy, et par les Princes et Seigneurs de sa Cour, en l'Annee 1662

A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1670. First Edition. Half-Calf. First French Edition (published simultaneously with a Latin version) of a lavishly illustrated fête book describing the famed carrousel of 1662, a spectacular equestrian display staged by young Louis XIV. Folio: [8],8,17-61,[1,blank],63-67,[1,imprimatur],65-104pp, including half-title and engraved title (with portrait of Louis... more

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The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, Being An Essay toward the Natural History of England. Robert PLOT.

PLOT, Robert (1640-1696)

The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, Being An Essay toward the Natural History of England

Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, 1677. First Edition. Full Calf. Rare, complete first edition in folio. [12],358,[12]pp, with magnificent folding map of Oxfordshire (often wanting)... more

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The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses [Provenance]. Noël-Antoine PLUCHE.

PLUCHE, Noël-Antoine (1688-1761)

The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses [Provenance]

London: prinied [sic] for J. Osborn; and sold by C. Rivington, C. Davis, T. Longman, T. Astley, S. Austen [and 7 others in London, 1 in Bath], 1741. Second Edition. Full Calf. Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche by J. B. de Freval, in two volumes. 8vo: [2],x,[2],288,[8];... more

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A treatise of comets, containing I. An explication of all the various appearances of the late comet, . . . Illustrated with a Plan of the Earth’s and Comet’s Orbits. II. The history of comets from the earliest Account of those kinds of Planets, . . . III. The distance, velocity, size, solidity, and other properties of those bodies consider’d; . . . illustrated also by a Copper-Plate. George SMITH.

SMITH, George

A treatise of comets, containing I. An explication of all the various appearances of the late comet, . . . Illustrated with a Plan of the Earth’s and Comet’s Orbits. II. The history of comets from the earliest Account of those kinds of Planets, . . . III. The distance, velocity, size, solidity, and other properties of those bodies consider’d; . . . illustrated also by a Copper-Plate

London: printed for Jacob Robinson in Ludgate-Street, MDCCXLIV [1744]. First Edition. First Edition of this tract on the nature and historical perceptions of comets. 8vo: [2],46pp, with two copper-engraved folding plates, one showing the comet’s path and one demonstrating the origins of the comet’s tails. Beautifully bound by Fitterer in... more

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The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work. To which are added, three considerable discourses, I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates. II. Of the ordering of singing birds. III. Of falconry. By John Ray, fellow of the Royal Society. Francis WILLUGHBY, John Ray.

WILLUGHBY, Francis (1635-1672); John Ray (1627-1705)

The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work. To which are added, three considerable discourses, I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates. II. Of the ordering of singing birds. III. Of falconry. By John Ray, fellow of the Royal Society

London: printed by A[ndrew]. C[larke]. for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-Yard, MDCLXXVIII [1678]. First Edition thus. Paneled Calf. First Edition in English of "one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time, being the first systematic classification of the... more

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