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ACTA ERUDITORUM anno MDCXCIV. Leipzig (Christian G

1300 - ACTA ERUDITORUM anno MDCXCIV. Leipzig (Christian Goezl) 1694. In-4°, green vellum with gilt decoration, spine with gilt raised bands and red morocco labels, hinges broken, marbled endpapers, 518 pp. entirely gilt, with 11 plates.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

ADAMS, George. A Treatise describing and explainin

1301 - ADAMS, George. A Treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of the new celestial and terrestrial globes, London (published by the author at “Tycho Brahe’s Head”), 1772. In-8°, contemporary calfskin binding (upper cover detached), pp. xxviii + 345 + [17, Adams’s Catalog of Instruments] with 14 plates.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

ADAMS, George. Astronomical and Geographical Essay

1302 - ADAMS, George. Astronomical and Geographical Essays: containing, I. A Comprehensive View of the General Principles of Astronomy … IV. An Introduction to Practical Astronomy; or the Use of the Quadrant and Equatorial, London (R. Hindmarch) 1789. In-8°, contemporary calf binding, corners worn, weak hinges, ribbed spine, cap torn off, red morocco label. Pp. xx + 665 + [15] with frontispiece and 21 folded engraved plates.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

APIANUS, Petrus. *Instrument Buch durch Petrum Api

1303 - APIANUS, Petrus. Instrument Buch durch Petrum Apianum erst von new beschriben. First and foremost, it contains a new quadrant … Ingoldstadt (In Aedibus Apiani) n.d. [1533]; folio, paperback (temporary cover), text and several loose leaves, 104 unnumbered pp. Collation: A4[i], B-N4, loose leaves f Hiir, missing from ff Biiret Biiir, numerous full-page and in-text woodcut illustrations. Title page repaired but still fragile with a small loss in the text; restoration on folio Gii.

Estimation

2 000 - 3 000 €

APOLLONIUS of Perga. On Conics, Books V, VI, VII.

1304 - APOLLONIUS of Perga. On Conics, Books V, VI, VII. Paraphrased by Abalphato of Asphahan, published here for the first time. With Archimedes’ Assumptor appended at the end, from Arabic manuscripts …, Florence (Joseph Cocchini) 1661. In-Folio (228 x 330 mm). Recent vellum plates in the 18th-century style with title in red, pp. [36] + 415, title in red and black, numerous geometric figures in the text. A copy with full margins and in very fresh condition.

Estimation

8 000 - 9 000 €

BAKER, Henry. *The Microscope Within Everyone’s Re

1305 - BAKER, Henry. The Microscope Within Everyone’s Reach, or a Description, Calculation, and Explanation of the Nature, Use, and Power of the Best Microscopes; …, Paris (Ch. A. Jombert) 1754. In-8°, contemporary watermark plate with flaking, marbled endpapers, xvi + [iv] + 356 pages with 15 fold-out plates. A fine copy.

Estimation

300 - 350 €

BAILLY, History of Ancient Astronomy, … 2nd editio

1306 - BAILLY, History of Ancient Astronomy, … 2nd edition, Paris (de Bure fils ainé), 1781, Quarto, contemporary scaly calf (rubbed), ribbed spine, gilt (somewhat faded, cap ends damaged), marbled endpapers, p. xxiv + 527 with 3 large folding plates.

Estimation

700 - 900 €

BAILLY, History of Ancient and Modern Astronomy, 2

1307 - BAILLY, History of Ancient and Modern Astronomy, 2 vols., Paris (Bernard), Year XIII [1805]. In-8°, contemporary scaly sheepskin binding (some wear), flat gilt spine, green morocco labels, marbled endpapers. xlviii + 371 pp.; 495, last quire of vol. 2 burnished.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

BARTOLI, Cosimo. On the Method of Measuring Distan

1308 - BARTOLI, Cosimo. On the Method of Measuring Distances, Areas, Bodies, Plains, Provinces, and Perspectives; and All Other Earthly Things That May Come to Mind for Men, …, Venice (Francescho Franceschi Sanese), 1589. Large in-8°, vellum (wavy), ff. [ii] + 145 + [iv], numerous figures and woodcut illustrations in the text. A few handwritten annotations. A fine copy.

Estimation

900 - 1 200 €

BEDOS DE CELLE, François. Practical Gnomonics, or

1309 - BEDOS DE CELLE, François. Practical Gnomonics, or the Art of Drawing Sundials with the Greatest Precision Using the Methods Best Suited to This Purpose and Most Carefully Selected, Intended Primarily for Those Who Have Little or No Knowledge of Mathematics, Paris (Briasson) 1760. Large 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, gilt-ribbed spine, top cap partially torn off, marbled endpapers, pp. xxii + 404 + [ii] with 34 folding plates. A fine copy.

Estimation

700 - 800 €

BION, Nicolas. Treatise on the Construction and Pr

1310 - BION, Nicolas. Treatise on the Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. With the figures necessary for understanding this treatise, 3rd edition, Paris (Michel Brunet, Etienne Ganeau, Claude Robustel, Charles Osmont), 1725. In-4°, contemporary sheepskin binding (some wear), marbled endpapers, pp. [viii] + 431 + [x, table of contents & corrections], frontispiece, and 37 folding plates.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

BION, Nicolas. Treatise on the Construction and Pr

1311 - BION, Nicolas. Treatise on the Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. With the figures necessary for understanding this treatise, 4th edition, revised, corrected, and expanded, (Charles-Antoine Jombert & Nion fils), 1752. 4o, contemporary scaly calfskin binding, cap bands missing, corners slightly worn, marbled endpapers, pp. [viii] + 448 + [xii, Table of Contents, approval, and errata].

Estimation

600 - 700 €

BION, Nicolas. *Dritte Eroffnung der neuen mathema

1312 - BION, Nicolas. Dritte Eroffnung der neuen mathematische Werck-schule Nicolai Bion, in welcher die Zubereitung und der Gebrauch verschiedener astronomischer Instrumente beschrieben wird by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, Nuremberg (Peter Conrad Monath), 1721. In-4°, torn contemporary vellum half-leather binding, title in red and black, pp. [xii] + 176 + [viii] + 48. Separate title page for the supplement. Text entirely gilded. 29 plates.

Estimation

400 - 600 €

BIRD, John. *The Method of Dividing Astronomical I

1313 - BIRD, John. The Method of Dividing Astronomical Instruments, London (John Nourse) 1767.

Estimation

900 - 1 200 €

BLAEU, Guillaume. Astronomical Treatise on the Use

1314 - BLAEU, Guillaume. Astronomical Treatise on the Use of Celestial and Terrestrial Globes and Spheres, in Two Parts, … Amsterdam (J & C. Blaeu) 1642; Small quarto, half sheepskin with marbled back covers, marbled endpapers; title page missing and replaced by a handwritten one, pp. [xvi] + 277, woodcut figures in the text.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

BONNE, [Rigobert]. Atlas of 49 (out of 50) double-

1315 - BONNE, [Rigobert]. Atlas of 49 (out of 50) double-page maps and 24 fold-out tables, Paris, n.d., prepared to accompany Guillaume Thomas Raynal’s Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the Two Indies, 1770. Quarto, half-basane, marbled covers heavily worn with losses at the corners and spine. Several prints are somewhat faint.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

BORDA, Charles de. *Description and Use of the Ref

1316 - BORDA, Charles de. Description and Use of the Reflection Circle with Various Methods for Calculating Nautical Observations, 2nd edition, Paris (Firmin Didot) 1802. In-4°, contemporary half-calf, marbled covers, 90 pp. with 3 folding plates and 33 + [3, Firmin Didot catalog]. Attached at the end is a handwritten page in a contemporary hand, “Note on the Use of the Reflecting Circle in Hydrographic Operations.” A fine copy.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

BOUGUER, New Treatise on Navigation Containing the

1317 - BOUGUER, New Treatise on Navigation Containing the Theory and Practice of Pilotage, Paris (H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour), 1760. In-8°, tortoiseshell-patterned half-leather binding (restored, label missing), marbled endpapers, pp. xxxii + 352 + Tables (unnumbered) with 2 plates (out of 12).

Estimation

150 - 200 €

BOULENGER, Jean. *Geometry, or the Measurement of

1318 - BOULENGER, Jean. Geometry, or the Measurement of Distant Straight Lines by the Geometric Square, Paris (Pierre Charpentier & Nicolas Leroy) 1624. Pet-in-4°, modern semi-soft vellum binding, printed title page, engraved title page dated 1623 “for the Author residing at the Hostel de Soissons,” 172 pp. + [viii, table], numerous drawings and copperplate engravings in the text. Very slightly browned, with water stains on the last two quires. Endpapers replaced.

Estimation

800 - 1 200 €

BULLET, Treatise on the Use of the Pantometer, a G

1319 - BULLET, Treatise on the Use of the Pantometer, a Geometric Instrument Suitable for Measuring All Kinds of Angles, Measuring Accessible and Inaccessible Distances, Surveying and Dividing All Kinds of Figures, etc. … Paris (Denys du Puis) 1701. In-12°, contemporary sheepskin binding, spine with gilt raised bands (worn, end caps partially torn off), pp. [xvi] + 137 + [v, Privilege], with an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut vignette signed 'P. L. S.' on the printed title page, and 23 plates incor

Estimation

200 - 300 €

[SUN DIALS]. A New Treatise on Solar and Lunar Sun

1320 - [SUN DIALS]. A New Treatise on Solar and Lunar Sundials, and on How to Construct a Sundial with a Shadow Marker at Noon. With an Explanation of Terms Relating to the Sphere, Marseille 1779. In-8°, marbled covers (replaced), 8 + 40 + [ii] + 8 pp., with 44 woodcut plates, one per page. Handwritten title.

Estimation

150 - 200 €

CAPRAE, Balthasaris. *Vsvs et fabrica circini cviv

1321 - CAPRAE, Balthasaris. Vsvs et fabrica circini cvivsdam proportionis, perquem omnia ferè tum Euclidis, tum mathematicorum omnium problemata facili negotio resoluuntur, Bologna (H. H. de Ducciis), 1655. Small 4to, modern vellum binding, endpapers replaced, pp. [viii] + 80, woodcut illustrations in the text, first section browned; otherwise a fine copy.

Estimation

700 - 800 €

CARDAN, Jérôme. *De Subtilitate*, 21 books … With

1322 - CARDAN, Jérôme. De Subtilitate, 21 books … With an appended Apologia against the slanderer, which opens with one of these books, Basel (Officina Petrina), 1560. In-12°, contemporary vellum half-leather binding, torn and restored, pp. [lxxviii] + 1426 + [xii].

Estimation

300 - 400 €

CASATI, Paolo, *Fabrica, et vso del compasso di pr

1323 - CASATI, Paolo, Fabrica, et vso del compasso di proportione … e con varij problemi vsuali moistra l'vtilità di questo stromento, Bologna (Gio. Battista Ferroni) 1664. Pet in-4°, title page on vellum (a few stains), pp. [viii] + 172 with 3 copperplate engravings outside the text (one with a repaired margin and a tear at the top, one with a tear that does not affect the image), woodcuts in the text, and 8 pages of drawings at the end. First quire browned, a few stains.

Estimation

600 - 700 €

CENERI, Angelo Maria, *L'uso dello strumento geome

1324 - CENERI, Angelo Maria, L'uso dello strumento geometrico detto la tavoletta pretoriana, 2nd expanded edition, Bologna (Lelio dalla Volpe), 1749. Quarto, modern sheepskin binding, gilt-ribbed spine, marbled endpapers, pp. [iv] + 64 + [iv] (a few minor stains), red edges, 12 fold-out plates.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

CLAVIUS, Christophoro. *Gnomonices libri octo*, Ro

1325 - CLAVIUS, Christophoro. Gnomonices libri octo, Rome (Apud Franciscum Zanettum) 1581. Folio. Modern marbled paper binding, brown morocco label, [xvi] + 654 pp., numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, a few handwritten annotations in the margins; lower half of the title page missing, old inscriptions erased.

Estimation

800 - 1 200 €

CLAVIUS, Christophoro. *Astrolabium*, Rome (Bartho

1326 - CLAVIUS, Christophoro. Astrolabium, Rome (Bartholomew Grassi) 1593. In-4°, plate with slight wear, contemporary cold-gilded (rubbed) with brass fasteners, pp. [xlviii] + 759 + [iv], numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Pagination error between pp. 184 and 189, apparently with no missing text; pagination 193–196 repeated after page 196; stamp erased on the title page; otherwise a very fine copy.

Estimation

3 000 - 4 000 €

DANTI, Ignatio. Primo Volume dell' vso et fabbrica

1327 - DANTI, Ignatio. Primo Volume dell' vso et fabbrica dell' astrolabio, et del planisferio, 2nd expanded edition, Florence 1578. In-4°, flexible vellum binding of the period (creases and tears; three of the four fasteners missing), [viii] + 325 + [i, register], numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text.

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

DE CHAULNES, Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Du

1328 - DE CHAULNES, Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Duke of. 'Description of a Microscope and Various Micrometers Designed to Measure Circular or Straight Parts with the Greatest Precision,' original issue of Descriptions des arts et métiers, faites ou approuvées par Messieurs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences [Paris] 1768. Folio, 19th-century half-shagreen with marbled covers, marbled endpapers, [ii] + 18 pp. with six full-page engraved plates and three hand-drawn sheets of notes and sketches

Estimation

800 - 1 200 €

DE CHAULNES, Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Du

1329 - DE CHAULNES, Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Duke of. A New Method for Constructing Mathematical and Astronomical Instruments, Paris (L. F. Delatour) 1768. Folio, temporary paper binding, 44 pp. with 15 full-page engraved plates.

Estimation

700 - 900 €

DELAMARCHE, Félix. The Uses of the Sphere and of C

1330 - DELAMARCHE, Félix. The Uses of the Sphere and of Celestial and Terrestrial Globes …, 4th edition, Paris (F. Delamarche & Ch. Dien) 1821. In-8°, green half-maroquin with modern marbled boards, marbled endpapers, pp. vi + 215 with 4 full-page plates and 3 fold-out plates; title page and last page heavily burnished.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

DESCARTES, René. *Principia philosophia*, *Vltima

1331 - DESCARTES, René. Principia philosophia, Vltima edition cum opotima collate, diligenter recognita, & mendis expurgata. Amsterdam (Blaviana Press), 1692. In-4°, back cover in vellum, gilt with the figure of a lady bearing a coat of arms featuring three fish (stains), pp. [xl] + 222 + [xiv] + 248 + [xxiv] + 92 + [iv] + [xii] + 191 + 164 + 88, woodcut figures in the text.

Estimation

600 - 800 €

DOV Jan Pieterszoon, *Tractat von machen und gebra

1332 - DOV Jan Pieterszoon, Tractat von machen und gebrauch eines neugeordneten mathematischen instrumente … Amsterdam (Wilhelm Janszoon Blaeu) 1616. In-4°, modern vellum leaf with cold-stamped gold, 72 pp., burnished, illustrations in the text; the plate of the instrument is MISSING.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

DUHAMEL, Jean Pierre François Gillot. Elementary,

1333 - DUHAMEL, Jean Pierre François Gillot. Elementary, Theoretical, and Practical Underground Geometry. In which we discuss mineral veins and their distribution within the earth; trigonometry applied to the identification of veins, the management of mining operations, and the preparation of their plans and profiles, Paris (Royal Printing Office) 1787. In-4°, contemporary calfskin, gilt spine (wear, top hinge broken), marbled endpapers, pp. xxiii + [i, errata] + 294 + [i] + 183 [tables] with 14 fold

Estimation

700 - 800 €

[ENCYCLOPEDIA] Collection of plates on the science

1334 - [ENCYCLOPEDIA] Collection of plates on the sciences, the liberal arts, and the mechanical arts, with explanations: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. 111 engraved folio plates with 16 pages of descriptive text. Unbound.

Estimation

400 - 600 €

ESNAULT-PELLETERIE, Pierre. Rocket Exploration of

1335 - ESNAULT-PELLETERIE, Pierre. Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere and the Possibility of Interplanetary Travel. Lecture delivered on June 8, 1927. Paris (French Astronomical Society) 1928. Offprint from the March 1928 supplement to L'Astronomie, with its original printed red cover preserved. Large in-8°, black calf with gilt edges and modern inlaid blue triangular corners, marbled endpapers, pp. viii + 96.

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

FERGUSON, James. *Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isa

1336 - FERGUSON, James. Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, 4th ed., London (William Strahan), 1770. In-8°, calf binding with triple gilt fillets, corners worn, spine with gilt raised bands (rebuilt), tear at one cap. Pp. viii + 489 + [14], title page burnished, 17 folding plates engraved by J. Mynde.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

[FREZIER], Amédée François. Treatise on Fireworks

1337 - [FREZIER], Amédée François. Treatise on Fireworks for Entertainment, new edition. Completely revised and considerably expanded, Paris (Nyon fils) 1747. In-8°, worn contemporary sheepskin binding, gilt ribbed spine (gilding almost worn away, title label missing, cap bands torn off, hinges partially broken), marbled edges, marbled endpapers, pp. vol. + [i] + 496 with engraved frontispiece, 3 chapter heads engraved after Cochin, and 13 large folded plates. Preliminary pages slightly browned, te

Estimation

300 - 400 €

GALGEMAIR, Georg. Inventum P. Apiani, that is: Des

1338 - GALGEMAIR, Georg. Inventum P. Apiani, that is: Description of a Geometric Instrument. …, Augsburg (D. Franken) 1616. Small in-4°, modern dark blue morocco, gilt spine (faded), marbled endpapers, pp. [iv] + 45 + [iii, Inventum by Cyprian Leovitius]. MISSING ff. E2–3; repairs to the last two leaves. Illustration of the instrument, plate between ):(^{4} and A^{1}.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

GALILEO, Galileo. *La operazione de compasso geome

1339 - GALILEO, Galileo. La operazione de compasso geometrico e militare …, Padua (Paolo Frambotto), 1640. Large in-4°, late cardboard binding (spine torn and half missing), p. [iv] + 80 with 1 fold-out plate; wide margins; clean.

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

GALLON, [Jean Gaffin]. Machines and Inventions App

1340 - GALLON, [Jean Gaffin]. Machines and Inventions Approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences from Its Founding to the Present, with Their Descriptions, 2nd edition, Paris (A. Boudée) 1776–78. 3 folio volumes, sheepskin binding, cover very worn, missing sections and signs of wear, some torn caps, rounded corners, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers. pp. viii + 203 + 95, with 495 plates comprising Volumes 2 & 3.

Estimation

2 000 - 3 000 €

GENNETÉ, Claude Léopold. Knowledge of Coal Seams a

1341 - GENNETÉ, Claude Léopold. Knowledge of Coal Seams and Their Exploitation in the Mines That Contain Them, Along with the Origin of Springs, and Hence of Streams, Rivers, and Great Rivers, Nancy (J. B. H. Leclerc) 1774. In-8°, contemporary half-basane, marbled covers (slight wear), gilt-ribbed spine, title label in red morocco, red edges, pp. viii + [viii, table of contents] + 149 + xvi + 133 + [1, errata], 3 folding plates engraved on copper and 1 folding chart.

Estimation

250 - 300 €

GENSANNE, M. de. *La géométrie souterraine, ou tra

1342 - GENSANNE, M. de. La géométrie souterraine, ou traité de géométrie pratique apliqué à l'usage des travaux des mines (Underground Geometry, or A Treatise on Practical Geometry Applied to Mining Operations), Montpellier (Rigaud, Pons & Cie) 1776. In-8°, half sheepskin with corner pieces (in vellum, showing wear), marbled covers, 224 pp. + [ii], with 5 folding plates.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

[GINET, Nicolas]. The Use of a Four-Pronged Propor

1343 - [GINET, Nicolas]. The Use of a Four-Pronged Proportional Compass. s.l., n.d. [Paris 1772.]. In-8°, contemporary tortoiseshell-patterned calf, marbled endpapers, 252 pp. + [iv], with frontispiece and 3 folding plates.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

GOLDMAN, Nicolas. *Tractatus de usu proportionator

1344 - GOLDMAN, Nicolas. Tractatus de usu proportionatorii sive circini proportionalis …, Leiden (Ph. de Cröy for the author) 1656. Folio. Contemporary vellum binding, pp. [iv] + 87 with 16 engraved plates, one per page; text in Latin and German; handwritten annotations in the margins, possibly corrections by the author.

Estimation

900 - 1 000 €

GÜSSMANN, Franz. *News of the Construction of Tele

1345 - GÜSSMANN, Franz. News of the Construction of Telescopes for Observing Extraordinary Mountain Formations. Vienna (Joseph Stahel) 1788. In-8°, sheepskin (later), ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, marbled endpapers, 104 pp. with 1 large fold-out plate.

Estimation

600 - 700 €

HARRIS, John. *The Description and Use of the Glob

1346 - HARRIS, John. The Description and Use of the Globes and the Orrery, to Which Is Prefixed, by Way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System, London (Thomas Wright, mathematical instrument maker … & Richard Cushee, globe-maker) 1731. In-8°, contemporary calfskin with cold-stamped gilt decoration (upper cover detached), ribbed spine, gilt, pp. viii + 190 with frontispiece & 6 folding plates.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

HERSCHEL, William. “Description of a forty-foot re

1347 - HERSCHEL, William. “Description of a forty-foot reflecting telescope,” reprinted from Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London, London, n.d. [1795].In-4°, calfskin with natural grain, flat gilt spine, red label (hinges broken, front cover detached). 65 pp. + [i] with 19 loose plates (some tears).

Estimation

400 - 500 €

HORCHER, Philippe. Three Books in Which the Constr

1348 - HORCHER, Philippe. Three Books in Which the Construction of the Proportional Compass Is Taught, …, Mainz (Balthasar Lippius), 1605. Small in-4°, 54 pp., slightly browned, with one folded woodcut and others in the text.

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

HOSTE, Jean l'. Summary of the Artificial Sphere a

1349 - HOSTE, Jean l'. Summary of the Artificial Sphere and Its Use, Geneva (Ioan de Tournes & Iacques de la Pierre), 1629. In-8°, scale-patterned sheepskin (heavily rubbed), ribbed spine, gilt (faded, some losses in the leather), 204 pp., woodcut figures and illustrations in the text, title in red and black, text slightly browned throughout, armorial bookplate.

Estimation

800 - 900 €

JACQUINOT, Dominique. The Use of the Astrolabe wit

1350 - JACQUINOT, Dominique. The Use of the Astrolabe with a Short Treatise on the Sphere … along with a Further Explanation of the Use of the Astrolabe, by Jacques Bassentin, a Scot, Paris (Jérôme de Marnef & Guillaume Cavaellat), 1573; In-8°, sheepskin binding heavily damaged, ribbed spine, gilt (heavily damaged, cap ends torn off), ff. 108 (f. 26, Eii, missing), text in very clean condition with numerous woodcut illustrations in the text.

Estimation

400 - 600 €

JOBLOT, Louis. Natural History Observations Made w

1351 - JOBLOT, Louis. Natural History Observations Made with a Microscope on a Large Number of Insects, and on the Microorganisms Found in Prepared and Unprepared Liquids, Along with a Description and the Uses of Various Microscopes, etc., 2 vols. (in 1), Paris (Briasson) 1754. In-quarto, contemporary marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red edges, pp. xiii + [iii] + 38 + [iv, pp. xvii–xx of the preliminaries] + 124; vi + 78 + 27 with 53 folding plates (one plate has a tear but no missing material)

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

JOURNAL of the École Polytechnique or Bulletin of

1352 - JOURNAL of the École Polytechnique or Bulletin of Work Carried Out at the École Centrale des Travaux Publics, 3 vols., Paris (Imprimerie de la République), Years III & IV [1794–96]. Quarto, red half-morocco, marbled covers, flat gilt spines (scuffing, wear, and missing sections). Numbering reversed on volumes 1 and 2; plates and fold-out tables. Set of 3 vols.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

JOURNAL DES SAVANTS from the year 1680, Volume 8,

1353 - JOURNAL DES SAVANTS from the year 1680, Volume 8, reprinted in Amsterdam (Peter the Great), 16872. In-12°, with a contemporary vellum plate (stains and soiling).

Estimation

200 - 300 €

KÄSTNER, Abraham Gotthelf. Notes on the Art of Sur

1354 - KÄSTNER, Abraham Gotthelf. Notes on the Art of Surveying, Together with a Treatise on Altitude Measurements Using the Barometer, Göttingen 1775. In-8°, contemporary sheepskin binding, spine with cold-stamped gold raised bands, marbled endpapers, red edges, [lii] + 440 pp. with 4 folding plates.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

KRABBE, Johannes. *Neues astrolabium sampt dessen

1355 - KRABBE, Johannes. Neues astrolabium sampt dessen nutz und Gebrauch, Nichtalleinden Astronomis und Medicis …, Wolfenbüttel (Elias Holwein) 1525 [correctly 1625]. Small in-4°, modern cold-stamped gold-leaf vellum binding, pp. [xii] + 143 with woodcut illustrations, several full-page plates in the text. Title page burnished, text clean, a few pages with notches.

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

LA HIRE, Philippe de. Astronomical Tables … in whi

1356 - LA HIRE, Philippe de. Astronomical Tables … in which the motions of the Sun, the Moon, and the other planets are given, derived solely from observations and independently of any hypothesis. The positions of the principal fixed stars visible on our horizon. The method of astronomical calculation, and the calculation of eclipses using only straight-line trigonometry. The description, construction, and use of instruments in modern Islamic astronomy. And several useful problems in astronomy and ge

Estimation

200 - 300 €

LA LANDE, Jérôme de. *Abrégé d'astronomie*, Paris

1357 - LA LANDE, Jérôme de. Abrégé d'astronomie, Paris (Veuve Desaint), 1774. In-8°, mostly with period foxing, gilt-ribbed spine, brown morocco title label, marbled endpapers, red edges, xxxvi + 507 pp. with xvi large folded plates. Label from Louis Victor Pavie, bookseller in Angers. A fine copy.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

LAMBERT, G. H. Brief Rules for Perspective Drawing

1358 - LAMBERT, G. H. Brief Rules for Perspective Drawing … as well as Proportional Compasses, Augsburg (Eberhardt Kletts), 2nd edition, 1768. In-12°, marbled paper cover, 32 pp. with 2 folding plates; text gilded. An old, illegible stamp from an institutional library on the cover and title page.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

LE CLERC, Sébastien. Treatise on Theoretical and P

1359 - LE CLERC, Sébastien. Treatise on Theoretical and Practical Geometry for Artists, Paris (Ch. Ant. Jombert) 1744, 8vo, contemporary scaly sheepskin binding (heavily worn), marbled endpapers, p. xvi + 232 + [viii, Jombert’s catalog], engraved headers and footers, 45 folding plates.

Estimation

250 - 300 €

[LEMONIER, Pierre - Collège de HARCOURT]. 'Geometr

1360 - [LEMONIER, Pierre - Collège de HARCOURT]. 'Geometria juxta doctrinam D.D. &c by Pierre Le Monier, Professor of Philosophy at Harcourt, in the year of our Lord 1732. Manuscript on in-4° paper, comprising 77 numbered leaves, plus 4 unnumbered leaves (index) + 'Physica,' comprising 174 numbered leaves, plus 4 unnumbered leaves (index). Contemporary full calf binding (scuffed, corners worn), spine with gilt raised bands (cap caps missing), red morocco labels bearing the titles 'Physica' and 'T

Estimation

700 - 800 €

L'HOSPITAL, Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de

1361 - L'HOSPITAL, Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de Mesmes, Analysis of the Infinitely Small, for the Understanding of Curved Lines, 2nd edition, Paris (François Montalant) 1715. In-4°, contemporary vellum half-leather binding with blind-stamped gilt, some soiling, pp. xvi + 182 with 11 plates (plate 4 reinforced).

Estimation

400 - 600 €

LUSUERG, Giacomo. Di Galileo Galilei, il compasso

1362 - LUSUERG, Giacomo. Di Galileo Galilei, il compasso geometrico advlto … Newly printed and published by Domenico Lvsuergh, Rome (Ant. Ercole) 1698. In-12°, contemporary vellum binding (stains), text nearly detached, 202 pp. (pp. 1–22 unnumbered) + 202 + [xxii] with frontispiece and 6 folding plates engraved on copper (some tears).

Estimation

500 - 800 €

MAGELLAN, J. H. de. Description of English Octants

1363 - MAGELLAN, J. H. de. Description of English Octants and Sextants, or Reflecting Quarter-Circles … London (Elmsley) & Paris (Valade) 1775. In-4°. Plain sheepskin, gilt-ribbed spine, red and dark green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, xvi + 172 + [ii] pages with 3 folded plates.

Estimation

700 - 800 €

MANENTI, Giovanni. *Tariffa de cambi e altro*, Ven

1364 - MANENTI, Giovanni. Tariffa de cambi e altro, Venice (G. A. di Nicolini da Sabio), 1534. In-12°, recent vellum binding, brown label, 402 unnumbered folios, large woodcut on the title page and colophon, 9 pages of measurements (1 with a notched margin).

Estimation

200 - 250 €

MARCHELLI, Giovanni, *Trattato del compasso de pro

1365 - MARCHELLI, Giovanni, Trattato del compasso de proporzioni …, Milan (Giusepp Galleazi), 1759. In-12°, modern sheepskin binding, gilt-ribbed spine, marbled endpapers, title in red and black, pp. xxii + 352 + [xvi, index] untrimmed, with 1 large fold-out plate

Estimation

300 - 400 €

MARTINE, George. Dissertations on Heat with New Ob

1366 - MARTINE, George. Dissertations on Heat with New Observations on the Construction and Comparison of Thermometers …, Paris (Jean Thomas Herissant) 1751. In12° (8 and 4), contemporary scaly calf (fairly worn), ribbed spine without label, gilt lettering faded, hinges partially broken, e.g., marbled endpapers, red edges, pp. xvi + 381 + [iii] with a large fold-out table.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis de. *The Shape of the Ear

1367 - MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis de. The Shape of the Earth Determined by Observations … Made … at the Arctic Circle, new edition, Paris 1739. In-8°, recent sheepskin binding, ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, pp. xxiv + [iv] + 208, some pages browned, woodcut illustrations in the text and one folded engraved map.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

MONTUCLA, J. F. History of Mathematics… new, subst

1368 - MONTUCLA, J. F. History of Mathematics… new, substantially expanded edition, 4 vols., Paris (Henri Agasse), Year VII–X [1799–1802]. Contemporary sheepskin binding; the bindings of the first two and last two volumes do not match. In-4°, pp. viii + 739 with 12 fold-out plates; 718 with 14 folding plates; viii + 832 with 17 folding plates; 688 with 2 folding plates; portrait engraving of De la Lande on the front endpaper of vol. 3. Missing the portrait of Montucla in vol. 1.

Estimation

500 - 600 €

NEWTON, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principis ma

1369 - NEWTON, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principis mathematica … Perpetuis commentariis illustrata, compiled by Fathers Thomas Le Seur and Francis Jacquier. From the French Order of the Minims, Professors of Mathematics. Second edition, far more accurate and corrected, 3 vols., Geneva (Cl. & Ant. Philibert) 1760. In-4°, full Russian leather, worn, corners rounded, hinges weak or broken, spine with gilded raised bands (faded); marbled endpapers. Pp. xxxii + 548; [viii] + 422; [viii] + 703.

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Lessons in Physics, 6 vols.,

1370 - NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Lessons in Physics, 6 vols., Paris, 1754–65. In-12°, marbled sheepskin of the period, gilt-ribbed spine, red morocco labels. A beautiful, rare set, uniformly bound and in very good condition.

Estimation

800 - 900 €

NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Essay on the Electricity of

1371 - NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Essay on the Electricity of Bodies, Paris (Frères Guérin) 1765. In-12°, in 8 & 4, with a contemporary sheepskin binding (slightly scuffed), ribbed spine, gilt, pp. xxiv + 276 with frontispiece and 4 engraved folding plates. A fine copy.

Estimation

200 - 300 €

NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Letters on Electricity, Pari

1372 - NOLLET, Jean Antoine. Letters on Electricity, Paris (Guérin & Delatour) 1753; Letters on Electricity, … Part Two, Paris (Guérin & Delatour) 1760; Letters on Electricity … Part Three, Paris (P.E.G. Durand) 1770. Essay on the Electricity of Bodies, Paris (Guérin) 1765. 4 works bound in 2 volumes. In-12° in 8 & 4, contemporary sheepskin binding, ribbed spine with gilt lettering (faded), red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, pp. xii + 264; xii + 284; xvi

Estimation

500 - 600 €

OZANAM, Jacques. *Use of the Proportional Compass

1373 - OZANAM, Jacques. Use of the Proportional Compass and Universal Instrument for Quickly and Very Accurately Solving Problems in Practical Geometry… with a Treatise on the Division of Fields, new edition, Paris (Charles Antoine Jombert) 1748. In-12°, marbled calf binding of the period, top cap missing, marbled endpapers, pp. xxiv + 240 + 12 (Jombert’s catalog) with 12 large folding plates.

Estimation

200 - 250 €

PAGNINI, Giovanni. *Costruzione ed uso del compass

1374 - PAGNINI, Giovanni. Costruzione ed uso del compasso di proporzione, Naples (Ignazio Russo) 1753. In-4°, temporary paperback binding (tears and missing pages), pp. [viii] + 56 with 15 engraved plates. Slipcase. Water stains; a few browned quires.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

PASI, Bartolommeo di. *Tarifa de pexi e misure*, V

1375 - PASI, Bartolommeo di. Tarifa de pexi e misure, Venice (Albertinus de Lisoa) 1503. In-4°, contemporary vellum folio (wavy), 300 unnumbered but hand-numbered pages, water stains, a few wormholes, repairs, a few annotations, colophon on p. 296.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. Construction of a 16-inc

1376 - PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. Construction of a 16-inch-long reflecting telescope, equivalent to an 8-foot telescope … and several other telescopes … including the composition of the mirror material, and the method for polishing and mounting them …, Paris (Philippe Nicolas Lottin) 1738. In-4°, full calf binding, heavily damaged, spine with gilt raised bands somewhat faded, label torn, marbled endpapers, pp. viii + 132 with 1 fold-out plate.

Estimation

900 - 1 200 €

PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. The Construction of a Re

1377 - PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. The Construction of a Reflecting Telescope by Mr. Newton … and Several Other Telescopes … Including the Composition of the Material for the Mirrors, and the Method of Polishing and Mounting Them …, Amsterdam (Pierre Mortier) 1741. In-8°, brown half-shagreen, marbled covers, marbled endpapers, title in red and black, pp. xii + 212, one folded plate (scorch marks, repaired tear), pages untrimmed, some browned.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. Description and Uses of

1378 - PASSEMANT, Claude Siméon. Description and Uses of Telescopes, Microscopes, Works, and Inventions … revised and expanded by his students and successors …, Paris, n.d. [after 1769]. In-12°, 116 pp. + [ii], with one folded engraved plate.

Estimation

900 - 1 200 €

[PAUCTON, Alexis Jean Pierre]. *Metrology, or a Tr

1379 - [PAUCTON, Alexis Jean Pierre]. Metrology, or a Treatise on the Measures, Weights, and Coins of Ancient and Modern Peoples, Paris (Veuve Desaint), 1780. In-4°, gilt-embossed calfskin, gilt-ribbed spine (some wear, damaged but sturdy hinges), marbled endpapers, marbled edges, pp. xvi + 955 + [i] + 6. A fine copy.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

PENTHER, Johann Friedrich. *Praxis geometriæ*, in

1380 - PENTHER, Johann Friedrich. Praxis geometriæ, in which not only all cases encountered in field surveying—using rods, the astrolabe, the compass, and the mensul...—are clearly discussed... are faithfully presented, 5th edition, Augsburg (Jermiah Wolffs & Johann Michael Probst) 1755. Folio, sheepskin (restored), Title frontispiece, [viii] + 97 + [v] with 25 unfolded plates + engraved title page Zugabe zur Praxi Geometriæ …Augsburg 1754 p[i] + 55 with 14 unfolded plates numbered XXVI t

Estimation

400 - 500 €

PESSUTI, Gioacchino. *Description of the Handling

1381 - PESSUTI, Gioacchino. Description of the Handling and Uses of the Theodolite, the Most Practical and Versatile Instrument for Almost All an Engineer’s Needs, Rome (Giovani Zempel) 1794. In-8°, half sheepskin with corner pieces, marbled covers, flat gilt spine, 139 pp. with a large fold-out plate. A fine copy.

Estimation

400 - 500 €

PETIT, Pierre. *L'Usage ou le moyen de pratiquer p

1382 - PETIT, Pierre. L'Usage ou le moyen de pratiquer par une règle toutes les opérations du compas de proportion, …, Paris (Melchior Mondière) 1634. In-8°, contemporary vellum binding, pp. [xcii] + 42 + [vi] + 159 + [iii], several browned quires, 2 fold-out tables.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

PICARD, Jean. Treatise on Leveling, with an Accoun

1383 - PICARD, Jean. Treatise on Leveling, with an Account of Several Leveling Surveys Conducted by Order of the King and a Summary of Land Surveying ... Edited by M. de La Hire, Paris (François Montalant), 1728. In-8° (8 & 4), contemporary scaly sheepskin binding, ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, pp. [xvi] + 212 + [xi with woodcut illustrations in the text and three engraved plates, one per page].

Estimation

400 - 600 €

PINI, Ermenegildo. *Description and Use of a Strat

1384 - PINI, Ermenegildo. Description and Use of a Stratimeter…, Verona (Luigi Mainardi), 1810. In-4°, half-basaqne, marbled covers, 44 pp. with 4 folding plates; water stains.

Estimation

150 - 200 €

POBLACION, Juan Martin, *De usu astrolabio compend

1385 - POBLACION, Juan Martin, De usu astrolabio compendium, schematibus, commodissimis illustratum, ac mendis quamplurimis repurgatum, Paris (Guillamue Cavellat), 1554. Small 8vo, modern red morocco leather binding, modern marbled paper endpapers, 52 folios, 24 woodcut figures in the text. Skillful repair to the title page; several contemporary annotations in the margins (some of which are crossed out); otherwise, a fine copy.

Estimation

1 500 - 2 000 €

PRIESTLEY, Joseph. *History of Electricity*, trans

1386 - PRIESTLEY, Joseph. History of Electricity, translated … with critical notes, 3 vols., Paris (Herrissant le fils), 1771. In 12°, contemporary scaly calf, ribbed spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, pp. xlvi + [iv] + 432; 532; 474 + [iv] with 9 folding plates.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

PRONY, Gaspard Clair, Baron de & MOLARD, Claud

1387 - PRONY, Gaspard Clair, Baron de & MOLARD, Claude Pierre Report … on the plans … to replace the Marly machine, Paris (Imprimerie Nationale) Year III [1794–5]. In-4°, half sheepskin, marbled covers (later), marbled endpapers, p. 34 slightly browned, all margins untrimmed, with 3 large fold-out plates.

Estimation

500 - 600 €

REINHOLD, Erasmus. A Thorough and True Report. On

1388 - REINHOLD, Erasmus. A Thorough and True Report. On Field Surveying, Together with Everything Related to It: In Which All the Errors That Have Arisen in Surveying to Date Are Revealed, 2 parts in 1, Erfurt (Georg Bawman) 1574. In-4°, unbound, title in red and black, name cut out without text, 436 unnumbered pages, woodcut illustrations in the text, one full-page plate, 3 plates outside the text, and 5 fold-out tables. Text relatively lightly browned.

Estimation

900 - 1 200 €

RICO Y SINOBAS, Manuel. *Libros del Saber de Astro

1389 - RICO Y SINOBAS, Manuel. Libros del Saber de Astronomía del Rey D. Alfonso X de Castilla. Compiled, annotated, and commented on by …, 4 vols. (of 5), Madrid 1863–66. Large folio

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

RIVARD, François. Treatise on the Sphere, second e

1390 - RIVARD, François. Treatise on the Sphere, second edition, revised, corrected, and expanded … to which a Treatise on the Calendar has been added. Paris (Jean Desaint & Charles Saillant) 1743. In-8°, calf leather (some wear, one corner missing), gilt-let spines, cap ends torn off, tear in the label, marbled endpapers, pp. [iv] + 156 with 3 plates (2 folded) + 85 (Calendar).

Estimation

150 - 200 €

ROIAS, Juan de. *Commentariorum in astrolabium, qu

1391 - ROIAS, Juan de. Commentariorum in astrolabium, quod planisphærium uocant, libri sex nunc primum in lucen editi, 2nd edition, Paris 1551. In-4°, vellum plate nearly detached from the text, pp. [xxiv] + 281 + [xii], woodcut illustrations in the text. A few stains but generally a fine copy.

Estimation

3 000 - 4 000 €

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Lessons in Experimental Physics

1392 - SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Lessons in Experimental Physics, 2 vols., Paris (De la Doué), 1767. In-12°, contemporary scaly calf leather, ribbed spine, gilt; marbled endpapers, marbled edges, pp. xvi + 424 + [ii]; 501 + [vii] with 18 folded engraved plates.

Estimation

300 - 400 €

SORBIÈRE, Samuel. Account of a Journey to England,

1393 - SORBIÈRE, Samuel. Account of a Journey to England, Cologne (Pierre Michel). 1666. In-12°, contemporary sheepskin binding, heavily damaged; top and bottom caps and spine head torn off; hinges broken but sturdy, pp. [viii] + 180 + [iv] with one fold-out plate.

Estimation

150 - 200 €

[[SOUMILLE, Bernard Laurent] Le Grand Trictrac (tr

1394 - [[SOUMILLE, Bernard Laurent] Le Grand Trictrac (tric trac) or An Easy Method for Learning, Without a Teacher, the Gameplay, Terminology, Rules, and Many of the Subtleties of This Game, Enriched with 170 Plates or Illustrations, Including Decisions on Specific Cases. Avignon (Girard) 1738. In-8°, contemporary half-calf binding (wear), marbled endpapers, pp. [viii] + 320O + [iv], woodcut illustrations in the text, pp. 265/266 detached, text slightly browned.

Estimation

150 - 200 €

STOEFLER, Johann. An Explanation of the Constructi

1395 - STOEFLER, Johann. An Explanation of the Construction and Use of the Astrolabe by Johann Stoflerino of Jüsten, a German: and the Entire Work, Recently Ingeniously Compiled and Published by the Most Learned in Spherical Sciences, Oppenheim 1513, colophon at the end: “Impressum Oppenheim p[er] Jacobum Köbel. r.c. 1512.” In-folio, gilt calfskin (wear, upper hinge broken), 12 + 78ff, [1 section signed I–XII], A–N6; numbered [12] I–LVII, engraved title-page border and numerous woodcut illu

Estimation

4 000 - 5 000 €

STOEFLER, Johann. *Elucidatio fabricae ususque ast

1396 - STOEFLER, Johann. Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii, … with an Astrolabio declaration added by Iac. Koebellio, 2 parts in 1 vol. Paris (Jérôme de Marnef & the widow Cavellat) 1585. In-8°, contemporary vellum binding (stains and wear, upper hinge detached), [iv] + 172 + 32 ff, numerous woodcut figures in the text. Missing, as is almost always the case, the fold-out plate on folio 108.

Estimation

400 - 600 €

[DECIMAL SYSTEM]. PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'OR. Report o

1397 - [DECIMAL SYSTEM]. PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'OR. Report on the measures taken to establish uniformity of weights and measures in the Republic …, Paris (Imprimerie de la République) Year III [1794–5]. In-12°, recent marbled paper, 24 pp. MARTIN, C. F. The Universal Regulator of Weights and Measures, a New Invention, to Teach … How to Determine the Reciprocal Ratios of the New System and the Weights and Measures of All Countries, as Well as the Francs, Livres Tournois, and Foreign Currencies …

Estimation

200 - 250 €

SWINDEN, J. H. van. Collection of Papers on the An

1398 - SWINDEN, J. H. van. Collection of Papers on the Analogy Between Electricity and Magnetism. The Hague (Libraires associés), 1784. 8vo, contemporary cardboard binding (shown wear), flat spine, red labels, pp. xxxvi + [iv] + 506 with 3 large fold-out plates.

Estimation

120 - 150 €

TARDE, Jean. The Uses of the Quadrant in the Magne

1399 - TARDE, Jean. The Uses of the Quadrant in the Magnetic Compass. Divided into two books. The first provides an introduction to the quadrant. The second covers the uses, benefits, and services that can be derived from it. …, Paris (Jean Gesselin) 1638. In-4°, modern vellum binding, pp. [xii] + 118 with numbers. Woodcut illustrations in the text.

Estimation

1 200 - 1 500 €

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