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MICHELL, J[ohn]. CANTON, J[ohn]. Traites sur les aimans artificiels... Paris. Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin l'aine, 1752. First French edition. 8vo. cxx, 160pp. With four engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Extremities worn, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary spine panel. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26409
FARADAY, Michael. The selected correspondence. Cambridge. University Press, 1971. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 538; viii, [2], 541-1078pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's navy cloth, contrasting red cloth lettering-pieces, blue printed dustwrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrappers price-clipped and a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27060
[ASTRONOMY]. [TABOR, J.]. An epitome of astronomy; containing the information requisite for the solution of the entire series of astronomical questions given at the A.B. Pass Examinations in the London University, from its foundation to the present time. London. C.H. Law, School Library, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 6, [9]-58pp (complete despite this apparent pagination jump, which is found in all copies). With ten lithographed plates (lettered A-D, and numbered I-VI). Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth. Slightly rubbed to extremities, offsetting to glassine interleaving, else a crisp copy. Inscribed 'To Fred Bone, with the donor's best wishes. Percy House, Christmas 1864' to FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26197
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 On Sale: £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19239
MORRIS, Gael. Tables for Renewing and Purchasing of leases. As also For Renewing and Purchasing of lives. With other Necessary Tables For Computing of interest, either Simple of Compound. London. Printed, and Sold by J. Brotherton, 1735. First edition. 8vo. iv, 48, [2], 92pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. A trifle rubbed. Title page lightly browned, later inked ownership inscription of Henry Lonsdall to recto of FFEP. Inked inscription to recto of p[1]: 'Examd. G. Morris'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21860
DOUGLAS, James. Myographiae comparatae specimen: or, a comparative description of all the muscles in a man and in a quadruped. Shewing their discoverer, origin, progress, insertion, use, and difference. To which is added, an account of the muscles peculiar to a woman. With an etymological table, and several useful index's. London. Printed by W. B. for G. Strachan, 1707. First edition. 12mo. xxxvi, 216, 16pp. Distinguished from other edition of the same year by 'G. Strachan' not 'George Strahan' in the imprint. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Early inked initials to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24245
GARDINER, William. Tables of logarithms for All Numbers from 1 to 102100, and For the Sines and Tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the Quadrant; as also, for the Sines of the first 72 minutes to every single second: with Other useful and necessary tables. London. Printed for the Author...by G. Smith, 1742. First edition. Quarto. [6],14,[74];[152]pp. With a list of subscribers and an errata slip. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros of the La Rochefoucauld family to both boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, ink-stamp of the Château de La Roche-Guyon to title page, inked inscription of the author to final page of preface. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18632
JOYCE, Rev. J[eremiah]. Scientific dialogues: intended for the instruction and entertainment of young people; in which the first principles of natural and experimental philosophy are fully explained. Manchester. Printed & published by S. Johnson, & Son, 1843. New edition. 16mo. viii, 536pp. With 200 woodcuts in the text. Later half-calf, brown buckram boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, all edges red. Lightly rubbed. Bookplate of C. W. Blunden to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25161
STOWE, W. E.. Time tables shewing without mental calculation the number of days from any given day in any month, to every day in any other month during a year. London. Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1848. First edition. Quarto. [2]pp. 12 engraved tables with slides. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Boards rubbed and marked. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22529
BUNSEN, Robert. Gasometrische methoden. Braunschweig [i.e. Brunswick]. Druck und verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1857. First edition. 8vo. x, 305pp, [3]. With a half-title, a terminal errata leaf, and numerous woodcuts in the text. Contemporary half-cloth, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities worn and marked, joints split, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, ink library stamps and shelf-marks to half-title and title page, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25082
ASTON, F[rancis] W[illiam]. Isotopes. London. Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. viii, 152pp. Original publisher's blind-ruled navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Endpapers browned, bookseller's ticket to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25083
LOWAN, Arnold Noah. Table of arc tan x. New York. Works Projects Administration, 1942. First edition. Quarto. [2], xxvi, 169pp, [5]. Original publisher's tan cloth boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed, corner's bumped. Internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24004