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Lot 26
Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De distillatione lib. IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, epigrams in Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean, Arabic, Slavonic, and Armenian, each with Latin translation, full-page engraved portrait of the author within elaborate frame by Giacomo Lauri, woodcut ornaments and initials and 35 illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscriptions to foot of title, portrait and facing leaf, portrait slightly shaved, browned, title spotted and stained with some marginal holes, worming to second leaf of Proemium (causing hole) and R3-S2 with slight loss, water-staining to beginning and end, engraved bookplate of George C.Harvey, old half vellum, spine with red and black roan labels, rubbed and soiled, [cf.Ferguson II 216, Strasbourg edition of 1609, "the Roman edition is much the finer book"], small 4to, Rome, Camera Apostolica, 1608. ⁂ Important treatise which represents the most comprehensive view of the applications of distillation in the sixteenth century. The distillation process, as applied to every conceivable substance, was the basis of alchemical research and as such was the beginning of experimental chemistry. The nine parts of this work deal with the various kinds of distillation, including methods of extraction, the preparation of scented distilled waters, oils distilled from resins, oils distilled from woods, the distillation of corrosive mineral acids, the properties of these acids, distillation of alcohol from wine, and the preparation of various ointments.
Lot 30
Magic & Conjuring.- Hardy (F.) Ventriloquism Made Easy, ?first edition, 32pp., 4pp. advertisements at end, original printed orange boards, slightly rubbed, F.Pitman, [c.1865] § Endless Amusement...the Art of making Fire-Works, Diverting Experiments with the Magic Lantern and Camera Obscura...Tricks and Changes of the Cards..., ?lacking frontispiece, light foxing, ink inscription on front pastedown, original printed boards, rubbed and marked, rebacked in cloth, Thorp & Burch, [1832 or later], 12mo (2)
Lot 18
A Zenza Bronica ETRS Camera Outfit, Zazanon MC 1:2:8 f=75 mm lens nr 7801973, Minolta Flash Meter III, Zenzanon MC 1:3:5 f=150mm nr 15428673 in a camera bag with accessories together with a A Konica Minolta Dimage A2 Camera Super Fine EVF, GT Lens 7.2-50.8mm 1:2 8-35 APO, together with Instruction Manual and Quick Reference Guide and a Nikon FE 3903250, Nikkor 35mm 1:2 192076, plus two studio lights.
Lot 303
Olympus OM-1 camera with F Zuiko lens 1:18 f=50mm nr 1075248, Olympus OM-2N camera with Olympus OM-system G-Zuiko auto-w 1:3.5 f=28mm lens nr343941, additional lenses including 1:4 f=20mm nr 106249, 1:4 f=75~150mm nr 439815 and 1:1.8 f=50mm, an Olympus pen-ee camera and a Braun of Nurnberg Super paxette camera with Schneider-kreuznach Xenar lens 1:2.8/50 nr 4283654.
Lot 374
17 x positive glass plate magic lantern slides by Tempest Anderson, (1846-1913) the eminent ophthalmologist, volcanologist and photographer. Black bordered plates, with white labels, annotated by hand in black ink. Three smaller square plates sized 8.2x8.2cm, annotation now illegible. The remaining fourteen plates (8.2 x10cm) have clearly written descriptions, all initialled 'T A' in Tempest Anderson's hand and dated 1896.Subjects: These images were taken in the Alpine areas of France and Italy. They depict aspects of the Mer de Glace, glacier tables, crevasses etc in Chamonix, Mont Mallet and Mont de Saxe. The subjects and annotations reflect several of Anderson's passions; geology, the Alps and photography. Anderson was at the forefront of technological advances in photography, he made his own equipment and even invented a panoramic camera with revolving lens, which was later independently produced by Kodak, so it is interesting to see him note which lenses he used on some of these plates. Typical annotations include: 'Lateral moraine near mauvais pas' 'Bergschrund Col du Géant. Telephoto lens' & 'Bergschrund at foot of La Vierge above Géant icefall, horizontal stratification. Vertical veining'.
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