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Preisdatenbank abonnierenYarrell (William) A History of British Fishes, 3 vol. including 1839 Supplement, woodcut illustrations throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end of Supplement, a little light foxing, bookplates, vol.1-2 bound in contemporary half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, Supplement in original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1836-39.
---. Murray (Rev. Thomas Boyles) Pitcairn: the Island, the People, and the Pastor, engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, some spotting, hinges weak, SPCK, [1860] ~ Le Blond (Mrs. Aubrey) Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun, plates, hinges weak, 1908 ~ Weeks ( Rev. John H.) Congo Life and Folklore, plates, light foxing, missionary pamphlet loosely inserted, 1911, original cloth, slightly rubbed, spine of third mentioned faded ; and 2 others, Travel, 12mo & 8vo (5).
---. Fearnside (William Gray) and Thomas Harrel, editors. Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth Century, engraved frontispiece, additional title, 48 (of 49) plates, a little very light foxing and dust-soiling, hinges slightly weak, original cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, lightly soiled, slightly knocked, 8vo, [1851].
Ormerod (George) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vol., second edition, list of subscribers, 3 engraved portrait frontispieces, 58 plates including hand-coloured map, double-page map and plate, a little light foxing, contemporary half red morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, a little light soiling, folio, 1882.
Allen (Zachariah) Solar Light and Heat: The Source and the Supply. Gravitation: with explanations of planetary and molecular forces, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Samuel Powell inscribed on front free endpaper, illustrations, ex-Franklin Institute library copy with ink stamp on title and others leaves, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, library label on spine, another lacking, 8vo, New York, 1879.
Blake (A.V., publisher) Poster announcing publication of The Mechanic's Own Book and Artist's Guide, 600 x 510mm., letterpress printed on yellow paper within a bold key-pattern border, 16 small wood-engraved illustrations, old folds and light offsetting otherwise in very good condition, S.Adams, printer, New York, Blake and Boston, Ives and Dennett, c.1860.
Boyle (Hon. Robert) Tracts: containing I. Suspicions about some Hidden Qualities of the Air ... , 6 parts in 1 vol., first edition, lacking initial and final blanks but with Advertisement to the Binder leaf and its conjugate blank, Pt.6 (New Experiments) bound first (with its 4 preliminary leaves), Prefaces to Parts 4 (Animadversions) & 5 (Cause of Suction) bound before sub-titles, title slightly defective at inner margin with some loss to rules (repaired), a little soiled and browned, light water-staining to some leaves, final leaf reinforced at upper outer corner, modern calf-backed marbled boards, morocco gilt label, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.; Wing B4054; Fulton 119], 8vo, by W.G, to be sold by M.Pitt, 1674.
Chaze (Guillaume) Illustrissimo D.D. Comiti de Vogue, Dignissimo Patris sui Filio summaeque Familiae in se uno Expectationem sustinenti. Addictissimus Cliens Guillelmus Chaze Chazariensis. D.D.D., broadside printed on silk, large armorial headpiece, dedication and letterpress text in four columns, overall 850 x 520mm. including wide top and bottom margins, light browning across centre, a few surface splits on old folds affecting several letters, other minor defects, folded into a recent cloth-backed folder, 4to, 1688.
Clebsch (Rudolf Friedrich Alfred) Theorie der Elasticitat Fester Korper, half-title, some light foxing, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, Leipzig, 1862; De motu ellipsoidis in fluido incompressibili viribus quibuslibet impulsi. Dissertatio inauguralis physico-mathematica ... , foxed, disbound, preserved in modern calf-backed folder, Konigsberg, 1854, first editions, 8vo & 4to (2). *** The first describes a new approach to the theory of elasticity while the second is Clebsch's doctoral thesis written under the supervision of Franz Neumann.
Euler (Leonhard) Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice, 2 vol., first edition, engraved head-piece and 32 plates, some foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining, ex-Signet Library copy with shelf-number in ink on front free endpapers and label on paste-downs stamped withdrawn, nineteenth century sprinkled calf, gilt, gilt Signet arms on covers, rebacked preserving old gilt spines and recornered, a little rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back boxes, 4to, St.Petersburg, 1736. *** Famous work on mechanics by one of the outstanding mathematicians of all time.
Kelvin (William Thomson, Lord) Notes of Lectures on Molecular Dynamics, and the Wave Theory of Light. Delivered at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, first edition, papyrographic reproduction, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, Baltimore, 1884; and a copy of the first letterpress printing published in 1904, 4to &8vo. *** Reproduction of stenographer's handwritten text compiled from his short-hand notes taken during the lectures.
Lecount (Lt. Peter) A Practical Treatise on Railways ... , advertisement leaf tipped in at beginning, 10 folding engraved plates at end, some light spotting, lacking front free endpaper, original cloth, rebacked and recased preserving original spine, rubbed, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.; Otley 411; Skempton 840], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1839. *** An expanded version of the author's article on railways for the seventh edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Newton (Sir Isaac) Opuscula Mathematica, Philosophica et Philologica, edited by G.F.Salvemini, 3 vol., half-title, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, 64 folding engraved plates, 2 folding tables, note to binder leaf at end of vol.3, 2 preliminary leaves in vol.1 misbound before A1 rather than after title and another should be after title vol.2, 2ff. of tables in vol.1 folded, some light soiling and browning, plates damp-stained, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Babson 9; Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], Lausanne and Geneva, Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.
Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, edited by Thomas Le Seur and Francis Jacquier, 2 vol ... , Glasgow, 1833 ~ Wright (J.M.F.) A Commentary on Newton's Principia, 2 vol., 1833, together 4 vol., diagrams, some spotting and light browning, uniform modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, spines gilt, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.] ~ Brougham (Henry, Lord) and E.L.Routh. Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia, first edition, diagrams, title very lightly foxed, original cloth, rubbed and faded, split at foot of spine, 1855 ~ Brewster (David) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, 12pp. catalogue on yellow paper at beginning, 2 advertisement leaves, engraved portrait, foxed and water-stained at beginning and end, original printed cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, worn and stained, New York, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 1831; and 4 others on Newton, 8vo & 12mo (10).
North Carolina.- in Pamptico Sound, near Occacock Inlet, in North Carolina; Proposals ... for building a Light House on the head land of Cape Hatteras on the coast of North Carolina, letterpress broadside, 400 x 240mm., in 2 columns, each headed Treasury Department, Revenue Office, setting out specifications for the two buildings, contemporary ink notes referring to this as the basis of a contract between Henry Dearborn, Commissioner of the Revenue and the contractor, small loss to a few words on old fold, backed with tissue, Philadelphia, 7 March 1796.
Pitcairn (Archibald) The Whole Works ... Wherein are Discovered, the True Foundation and Principles of the Art of Physic. With Cases and Observations upon most Distempers and Medicines, translated by George Sewell and J.T.Desaguliers, second edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, foxed, particularly title and first few leaves, hole in outer margin of A3, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1727; Opera omnia medica, title in red and black, some light foxing, modern library cloth, Leiden, 1737, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 8vo & 4to (2).
Playfair (John) The Works, 4 vol., first edition, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning of vol.1, all but vol.2 with half-titles, 8 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling and water-staining, ex-University of London library copy with small ink stamp (stamped "withdrawn") on verso of titles, modern cloth, uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1822.
Savery (Thomas) The Miner's Friend; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire, described... , reprint, 2 engraved portraits, 4 engraved plates at end, illustrations throughout, some light offsetting, original printed yellow boards, rubbed and soiled, 12mo, 1827. *** Description of an engine designed to pump water from the Cornish mines, reprinted from the first edition of 1702. The charming vignettes depict putti at work using the engine etc.
Young (Thomas) A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts, edited by Rev. P.Kelland, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 43 double-page engraved plates, 2 printed with colours, some light spotting and offsetting to plate vol., ink signatures on front free endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, vol.2 rebacked, 8vo, 1845.
Academie Royale des Sciences.- Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. Annee M.DCC.XX., vol. 2 (?of 2) only, 15 folding engraved plates, a little very light spotting and browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt spine, rubbed, 12mo, Paris, chez Panckoucke, 1777. *** Part of Panckoucke's reprint edition, pp.1-33 contain an important memoir on pendulum clocks by the horologer Saurin, "Remarques sur les horloges a pendule."
Callet (Francois) Essai sur les Echappemens, [an extract from Memoires de la Societe, Etablie a Geneve pour l'Encouragement des Arts & de l'Agriculture, Tome Premier, Second Partie], 4 folding engraved plates, some light browning, early ink inscription to half-title, contemporary wrappers, lightly soiled and with ink inscription, 4to, [Geneva], 1780.
Callier (M.) Rapport fait par M. Haton de la Goupilliere au Nom de Comite des Arts Mecaniques, sur un Nouveau Balancier Compensateur pour les Chronometres de Marine, [an extract from Bulletin de la] Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, engraved plate, a little very light spotting, contemporary wrappers, chipped, lightly soiled, 4to, Paris, 1824.
Catalogues. [Sale Catalogue] The Celebrated Collection of English and Continental Clocks Formed by the Late Courtenay A. Ilbert, Esq ... On Thursday, November 6, 1958 and Friday, November 7, 1958, colour frontispiece, plates, original printed boards, 1958 ~ The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock ... A Loan Exhibition at the Exhibition Galleries of Ronald A. Lee, plates, original printed wrappers, 1969 ~ Science Museum (Special Exhibition Gallery) ... British Clockmaker's Heritage Exhibition, May 23rd to September 14th, 1952, plates, original printed wrappers, plates mounted on upper cover, a little light browning, 1952; and 24 others, horological sale catalogues and collections, v.s. (27).
Chastel (Francois) Recueil de Tables Progressives pour les Vibrations du Regulateur, first edition signed by the author, author's ink signature at end of preface, Geneva, de ... Luc Sestie, 1817; bound with Arlaud (Francois) Table qui Indique les Nombres qu'Il Faut aux Roues de Rencontre des Montres ... , second edition, light browning and very light spotting, Geneva, chez Luc Sestie, 1805, early ink annotations in text and signature to front free endpaper, bookplate of Leon Leroy, contemporary boards, paper label to spine, very slightly rubbed, 8vo *** A good copy of two very rare works.
Grossmann (Moritz) Prize Essay. A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Detached Lever Escapement for Watches and Time-pieces, translated from the German by C.C. Pierce, 8pp. advertisements and advertisements to endpapers, illustrations, small ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, light browning, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, oblong 8vo, Chicago, The Jewelers' Publishing Co., 1884.
Hautefeuille (Jean de) Sentiment de Mr. de Hautefeuille, sur le Different du R.P. Malebranche Prestre de l'Oratoire, & de Mr. Regis Touchant l'Apparence de la Lune Vže a l'Horizon & au Meridien, avec Quelques Particularitez Concernant l'Horlogerie, engraved plate mounted onto p.4, drop-head title, small tear to A2, small marginal paper flaw to A1, contemporary ink corrections and additions throughout, light soiling and water-staining, modern vellum, 4to, Paris, 1694.*** This may be the author's copy with his corrections and additions. There is a reference to [Thomas] Tompion on p.8. Apparently unrecorded.
Havard (Henry) L'Horlogerie, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, Paris, n.d. ~ Planchon (Mathieu) La Pendule de Paris, original wrappers bound in, foxed and browned, contemporary morocco-backed boards, [Paris], 1921 ~ Andrade (J.) Les Organes Reglants des Chronometres, browning, hinges weak, original cloth-backed printed boards, Paris, 1922 ~ Defossez (L.) Les Savants du XVIIe. Siecle et la Mesure du Temps, original cloth, Lausanne, 1946 ~ Jaquet (Eugene) and Dante Gibertini. Le Reparation des Pendules, second edition, a little light browning, original cloth-backed printed boards, Bienne, 1948; and 6 others, French Horology, 8vo & folio (11).
Jodin (Jean) Les Echappemens a Repos Compares aux Echappemens a Recul ... , half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, 2 small stamps, some water-staining, not affecting plates, light browning and a little very light foxing, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Paris, chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1766.
Leybourn (William) Dialling, Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing, How to Make Such Dials, and to Adorn Them with All Useful Furniture Relating to the Course of the Sun; Performed Arithmetically, Geometrically, Instrumentally and Mechanically, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 plates including 14 folding, 4 small engravings in text, tables, front free endpaper with ink inscription and top corner torn, contemporary ink marks to title, a few marginal wormholes, occasional light browning or spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original spine label laid down, very slightly rubbed and corners a little chipped, small folio, by J. Matthews for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1700. *** The most complete seventeenth century treatise on the subject, this greatly enlarged on Leybourn's earlier "The Art of Dialling" (1669). Only two editions were ever published, both quite scarce.
Martinelli (Domenico) Horologi Elementari, Divisi in Quattro Parti. Nella ... fatti con l'Acqua ... con la Terra ... con l'Aria ... col Fuoco, first edition, woodcut title vignette, 16 engraved plates, a little light soiling and light browning, some light water-staining, mainly to title, small embossed ownership label on title, F1 with 2 small marginal paper flaws, nineteenth century calf, spine gilt, later gilt decorated morocco onlays on covers, extremities very slightly rubbed, small 4to, Venice, per Bortolo Tramontino, 1669.
Panckoucke (Charles Joseph, publisher) Art de l'Horlogerie, Tire du Dictionnaire des Arts et Metiers de l'Encyclopedie Methodique ... , first edition, 68 engraved plates (?of 79), including 6 double-page, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, title with inner and bottom margins repaired, some light browning, light foxing and soiling, nineteenth century half vellum, rubbed and soiled, joints repaired but a little cracked, 4to, Paris, [Panckoucke], 1784. *** Contains horological plates and articles by well-known horologists of the day such as Berthoud, Julien, Le Roy, Soubeyran, Romilly and others. Untimately finished Panckoucke's "Encylopedie Methodique" comprised 169 vol. of text and 159 vol. of plates.
Phillips (Edouard) Rapport sur un Memoire de M. Phillips Relatif a un Nouveau Procede, Fourni par la Theorie du Spiral Reglant des Chronometres et des Montres, pour la Determination du Coefficient d'Elasticite des Diverses Substances ... , [an extract from] Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, a little very light spotting, contemporary wrappers, chipped, 4to, Paris, 1864.
Preud'Homme (Louis-Baptiste) Considerations Pratiques sur les Engagements des Roues & Pignons en Horlogerie, [an extract from Memoires de la Societe Etablie a Geneve pour l'Encouragement des Arts & de l'Agriculture], engraved title vignette, 2 folding plates, 6pp. manuscript notes on the use of the compass loosely inserted, light browning to title, contemporary wrappers, ink inscription and light soiling, 4to, Geneva, J.P. Bonnart, 1780.
Redier (A.) Memoire sur le Pendule Conique et sur de Nouveaux Instruments Chronometriques, folding engraved plate, 8ff. booklet 'Revue Chronometrique, Journal de l'Horlogerie Francaise' loosely inserted, light foxing, original printed wrappers, foxing, slightly rubbed and chipped, 8vo, Paris, Librairie de C. Borrani, 1860.
Rivard ([Dominique Francois]) La Gnomonique, ou l'Art de Faire des Cadrans, third edition, engraved title vignette, 12 folding engraved plates, tables, a little light browning and contemporary ink inscription to title, occasional very minor spotting, early bookseller's bookplate, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt spine, small chip to head of spine, 8vo, Paris, chez Charles Saillant, 1767. *** A famous and rare French book on dials, first published in 1742.
Robert (Henry) Description des Nouvelles Montres a Seconde a l'Usage des Ingenieurs, des Physiciens, des Medecins, etc., folding engraved plate, ink inscription to title, some light soiling, foxing and water-staining, contemporary wrappers, rubbed and chipped, soiling, 4to, Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1834.
Saunier (Claudius) Traite des Echappements et des Engrenages, 10 plates, a little light dust-soiling, Paris, Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger, 1855; bound with La Revue Chronometrique, Journal Scientifique et Practique, 2 folding tables, plates lightly browned and with very light foxing, a little light soiling, [Paris], 1855, hinges weak, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo
Saunier (Claudius) Almanach Artistique et Historique des Horlogers, Orfevres, Bijoutiers, Opticiens, 11 vol., illustrations, advertisements, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary receipts, advertisements and ephemera loosely inserted in some vol., original printed wrappers, vol.2 disbound, slightly rubbed and chipped, a little light soiling, together in contemporary cloth-backed board folder with ties, 12mo, Paris, L. Parmantier, 1859-69.
Stephan (E.) La Distribution de l'Heure par la Faculte des Sciences de Marseille, [offprint from Annales de la Faculte des Sciences de Marseille], presentation copy signed by the author, 3 engraved plates, edges of ff. chipped and frayed, original printed wrappers with author's inscription on upper cover, rubbed and chipped, upper cover almost detached, some light browning, 4to, Marseille, n.d. [?c.1900].*** Ink inscription reads "A mon comerade Rayet, hommage amical, E. Stephan".
Villarceau (A.-J. Yvon) Recherches sur le Mouvement et la Compensation des Chronometres, [Tome VII]; Memoire sur les Effets du Roulement dans la Theorie du Pendule a Reversion, [Tome XV]; each an extract from Annales de l'Observatoire Imperial de Paris, engraved folding plate, several ff. with corners and margins repaired, light foxing to first mentioned and some light browning to second, plate lightly dust-soiled, modern cloth with original printed wrappers mounted on covers, drop-back box, 4to, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1862.
Vinchent J. Notice sur les Appareils a Cadran et a Lettres, du St. Lippens, de Bruxelles, 2 folding engraved plates, browning, light dust-soiling to front free endpaper, bookplate of Leon Leroy, original printed wrappers, advertisement to inside of lower cover, worn, 8vo, Brussels, B.-J. Van Dooren, 1853.
A biscuit and apple green-glazed brushpot mark of Wang Bingrong, moulded with three sages in high relief on an apple-green glazed background incised with scrolls, the base signed Wang Bingrong (wood stand); and together with a light-green brushpot splashed with darker green glaze, 14.5cm, minor chips; 13cm
A Dutch-engraved light-baluster goblet, the round funnel bowl engraved with arms of four lions rampant beneath a coronet and flanked by lion supporters, supported on a bobbin-knopped stem, the central knop filled with bead inclusions, on a conical foot, 19cm high, circa 1750 (minute foot rim chip).
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