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[ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA]. A treatise of the construction of logarithms: to which are added, tables of logarithms, sines and tangents. From the encyclopaedia. Philadelphia. Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1802. First edition. Quarto. 71pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's powder-blue paper boards, later rebacked with cream paper. Boards rubbed. Hinges exposed, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, early inked ownership/gift inscriptions to FFEP, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22506

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DAVIES, A. M., GREGORY, J. W.. [Caption title:] The Geology of Monte Chaberton. [London]. [s.n.], [1894]. 8vo. [1], 304-310pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's plain salmon wrappers. Extremities a trifle dust-soiled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21319

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MANNING, Thomas. [Caption title:] XVI. New Method of computing Logarithms. By Thomas Manning, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. Read June 5, 1806. [London]. [Printed by W. Bulmer], [1806]. First edition. Quarto. 327-342pp. Stapled into later blue power blue powder wrappers, booksellers ticket of Henry Sotheran to upper wrapper. Extremities a trifle creased a browned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24821

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BARTHOLIN, Caspar. Caspari Bartholini Thom. F. Specimen philosophiae naturalis, Praecipua Physices Capita exponens... Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. Typis Leon. Lichfield, Impensis Henr. Clements, 1703. 12mo. [12], 164, [4], 23pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn, loss to head and foot of spine and lettering-piece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19418

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PLANTAMOUR, E.. De la temperature a Geneve d'apres vingt annees d'observations (1836 a 1855). [Geneva]. [s.n.], 1856. First offprint edition. Quarto. [1], 290-330pp. Unopened in original publisher's plain paper wraps. Title in manuscript to upper wrap, light foxing, loss to spine, upper wrap nearly detached. Creasing to leaves, short tear to head of drop-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13425

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MAGELLEN, J[ean] H[yacinthe] de. Description of a glass-apparatus from making In a few Minutes, and at very small Expence, the best mineral waters of pyrmont, spa, seltzer, seydschtz, aix-la-chapelle, &c. together with the description of two new eudiometers... London. Printed for the Author, 1783. Third edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged by the author. 8vo. viii, 80pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut and unopened in later speckled paper wrappers. Extremities rubbed, later blank paper label to upper wrapper. Small worm-track to upper corners of first two leaves. Presentation copy, inked inscription to foot of title page: 'ex dono authoris'. More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 19239

[CAUSANS, Le Chevalier de]. [Division du cercle]. [Paris]. [s.n.], [1759]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Single folded sheet. Creased, margins a trifle chipped, ink-stamp of Furstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek to head of p.1, later inked manuscript numerals to foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11737

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URE, Andrew. Dr. Andrew Ure...on Galvanism. London. [Barnes & Scarsbrook], [1890]. 8vo. 33pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Harry Percy Boord to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 26417

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LONSDALE, Henry. Dr Lonsdale's inquiry regarding the hydrocyanic acid. (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 138.). Edinburgh. Printed by John Stark, [c.1840]. 8vo. 32pp. Contemporary (original?) plain blue paper wraps. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13281

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MATTHEWS, Bryan, Sir et al.. [Drop-head title:] A discussion on The Physiology of man at high altitudes. [Cambridge]. [University Press], [1955]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 42pp. Stapled, as issued. Edges a trifle browned, staples rusted. Inked ownership inscription of George Lowe to first page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23439

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[LAWSON, John]. [Drop-head title:] An arithmetical problem. [Cambridge?]. [s.n.], [1770?] First edition. Quarto. 7pp, [1]. Disbound. A trifle creased. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22453

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NAPIER, Mark. [Drop-head title:] On the progress and prospects of science in scotland at the close of the sixteenth and commencement of the seventeenth centuries, as compared with the same at cambridge a century later... [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], [1856]. 42pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'To the Lord Napier / from his affectionate cousin / the Author'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23492

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[HORSLEY], Samuel, Lord Bishop of Rochester. Elementary treatises on the fundamental principles of practical mathematics. For the use of students. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1801. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 398pp. With a half-title and eleven engraved folding plates. Uncut and largely unopened in contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Sylvester Lord Glenbervie to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24902

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[NATURAL PHILOSOPHY]. Elements of natural philosophy, arranged under the following heads: Matter and Motion, The Universe, The Solar System, The Fixed Stars, The Earth considered as a Planet, The Atmosphere, Meteors, Springs, Rivers, and the Sea, Fossils, Plants, Animals, The Human Frame, and the human understanding. Belfast. Printed by Joseph Smyth, 1812. First edition?. 12mo. iv, 161pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary sheep, gilt. Extremities worn and marked, lower board later restored to style, splitting to spine and joints. Ownership inscription to recto of FFEP; 'James J. Adams / January 14 1845', occasional slight marginal loss, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17423

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FONTENELLE, [Bernard Le Bouvier de]. Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes, augmentes des dialogues des morts. A Lyon. De l'Imprimerie de Leroy, 1800. Nouvelle edition. 12mo. xii, 407pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some splitting to joints. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21865

PASTEUR, L[ouis]. Etudes sur la biere, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procede pour la rendre inalterable, avec une theorie nouvelle de la fermentation. Paris. Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. 8vo. viii, 387, [1], 4pp. With a half-title, 12 engraved plates, 85 illustrations in the text, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's printed orange wrappers. Extremities rubbed and creased, shipping to spine, some loss to upper panel. Offsetting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24385

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FREND, William. Evening amusements; or, the beauty of the heavens displayed. In which several striking appearances, to be observed on various evenings in the heavens, during the year 1813, are described.. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1813. First edition. 8vo. iv, 192pp. Contemporary blue half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, boards and spine sunned, light surface wear to edges and corners. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Jane & Harriet Cunningham, from their dear Papa', to second blank fly-leaf. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34611

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FOURMARIER, P[aul]. Experiences sur la formation de certains conglomerats origine des poudingues auriferes du transvaal. Liege. Imprimerie H. Vaillant-Carmanne, 1903. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed green wrappers. Loss, short tears, and some marking to extremities. A trifle dusty internally. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of of upper cover. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21334

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LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent. Extraits des mémoires de lavoisier concernant la météorologie et l'aéronautique. Paris. Étienne Chiron, [1926]. L'Office National Météorologique. Large 8ov. [4], 229, [2]pp. With portrait frontispiece. Original publishers cream card wrappers lettered red and black. All edged untrimmed, top edge unopened. Wrappers a little stained and marked, lightly toned throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30761

GALTON, Francis. Finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. xvi, 216pp. With a half-title and 16 plates.

[Together with:] GALTON, Francis. Supplementary chapter to 'finger prints' decipherment of blurred finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition. [2], 18pp. With 16 plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Fingerprint directories. London. Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. [8], 127pp, [1]. With a half-tile and nine plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Hereditary genius an inquiry into its laws ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32941