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ADAMS, GEORGE, the Younger.
An Essay on Electricity . . . Fourth Edition.
6 folding engraved plates. xi, [1], 573, [1], 14, [2] pages *
Astronomical and
Geographical Essays . . . Third Edition.
Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 16 fold-
ing engraved plates. xx, 564, 14, 2 pages; lacks pages ix-xii *
Geometrical and Graphical
Essays . . . Second Edition.
34 folding engraved plates. [4], vi, [6], 518; [2], 91, [1], 14,
[2] pages. 2 volumes. Together, 4 volumes. 8vo, 210x128 mm, contemporary uniform mot-
tled calf gilt with leather lettering pieces, top of spines slightly chipped; varying toning and
foxing, marginal dampstaining at beginning and end of An Essay on Electricity and in first
volume of Geometrical . . . Essays. Early 19th-century owner’s inscription on front free
endpapers.
London: R. Hindmarsh for the Author, 1792; 1795;
J. Dillon and Co. for W. and S. Jones, 1797
[200/300]
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(AGRICULTURE.)
Group of 9 volumes.
Various formats, various contempo-
rary bindings, overall condition varies.
Vp, 1674-1783
[400/600]
Goes, editor. Rei agrariae auctores legesque variae. 3 plates. [20], 360, [120]; 328 pages,
including engraved additional title. Spine ends chipped, joints cracked; some gatherings
browned, wormtrail through outer margin of approximately 50 leaves affecting some sidenotes.
Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius à Waesberge, 1674 * Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri-Louis. A
Practical Treatise of Husbandry. 6 engraved plates; folding table. xxiv, 491, [9] pages. London:
J. Whiston et al., 1759 * Modo di nuova sorprendevole invenzione con cui deesi tener conto
del bestiame buino acciocche. 80; 58, [1] pages, including half-title. Backstrip defective.
Bologna: San Tommaso d’Aquino, 1765 * Plinius Secundus, Gaius. Histoire de l’Agriculture
Ancienne, extradite de l’Histoire Naturelle. xliv, [4], 358 pages. Paris: G. Desprez, 1765 *
[Young, Arthur.] A Course of Experimental Agriculture. 4 plates in Volume 4. Half-titles. 4
volumes. Varying browning or foxing and marginal dampstaining. Dublin: J. Exshaw et al.,
1771 * Jung, Johann Heinrich. Versuch eines Lehrbuchs der Landwirtschaft der gantzen
bekannten Welt. [8], 456 pages. Contents browned, dampstaining in outer margin of opening
leaves. Leipzig: Weygand’sche Buchhandlung, 1783.
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ALBINUS [or WEISSE], PETER.
Meissnische Land und Berg-Chronica, in
welcher ein vollnstendige Description des Landes so zwischen Elbe, Sala und
sudödischen Behmischen Gebirgen gelegen.
Titles within woodcut historiated bor-
ders; 2 full-page engraved and 6 woodcut text portraits; 2 text maps; numerous woodcut
coats of arms. [12], 449 [i. e., 447], [13]; [8], 205, [6] pages. 2 volumes in one. Folio,
305x191 mm, contemporary vellum boards with remnants of thong ties, spine darkened,
chipped at top; contents browned, wormtrail through index leaves at end slightly affecting
text.
Dresden: (Gimel Bergen), 1589-90
[1,000/2,000]
FIRST EDITION
of an expanded version of the author’s 1580 Commentarius novus de Mysnia
oder Newe Meysnische Chronica, on the history and mining industry of Saxony. Hoover 43;
Honeyman Sale 52 (“important also for the early history of European porcelain”).
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS
Lots 236-285
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