104 150
243
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BACON, FRANCIS, Sir.
Sylva Sylvarum; or, A Natural History.
[18], 340;
[4], 32; [2], [221]-227, [1] (of [3]) pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait and addi-
tional title; lacks final blank. Folio, 293x188 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, cover
corners restored, endpapers renewed; light foxing on additional title and portrait.
London: S. G. and B. Griffin for Thomas Lee, 1676
[200/300]
Tenth edition. Gibson 180; Wing B332.
244
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BERNOULLI, JEAN.
Opera omnia.
91 (of 93) engraved plates;
LACKS THE TWO
PORTRAITS
. [4], xxiv, 563, [1]; [2] (of [4]), 620; [2], 563, [1]; [3]-588 pages; lacks the half-
title in Volumes 2-4. 4 volumes. 4to, 248x193 mm, contemporary speckled boards with
vellum corners, spines perished, bindings broken; varying toning or browning, owners’
stamps and inscription on titles, puncture through blank outer margin of final leaves and
rear cover of Volume 4.
SOLD AS IS
.
Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1742
[400/600]
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
.
Bibliotheca Mechanica, page 36-37; DSB II, 51-55.
245
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[BLOXAM, RICHARD ROUSE.]
Urania’s Mirror; or, A View of the
Heavens.
32 uncolored engravings of the constellations on stiff card, each with pinholes
through star locations and leaf of tissue mounted on back. 200x142 mm, cards loose as
issued in 2-piece pictorial board box (chipped and worn, with few crude tape repairs and
one side of the lid detached); scattered light foxing on the engravings.
London: Samuel Leigh, [1825]
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
;
uncolored state of the engravings, which were also available with hand-color-
ing. In the first edition the constellations were shown on a blank background; in the second,
surrounding stars were added. The cards were intended to be viewed with backlighting to accen-
tuate the pinholes and simulate the appearance of the stars in the sky. Regarding the authorship
see P. D. Hingley, “Urania’s Mirror,” Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume
104 (1994), Number 5, pages 238-39.
[
SEE ALSO DOUBLE
-
PAGE ILLUSTRATION PRECEDING LOTS
236-238]
246
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BOSCOVICH, ROGER JOSEPH, S.J.
De solis ac lunae defectibus libri V.
xliii, [1], 343 pages, including half-title. 8vo, 170x112 mm, contemporary mottled sheep
gilt with decorated paper endleaves, extremities rubbed, lettering piece chipped; mostly
light foxing.
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1761
[250/350]
Second edition of a poem on solar and lunar eclipses originally published the year before in
London, also dealing with the foundations of astronomy and Newton’s theory of light. Whyte,
page 219; Wallis 48.001.
247
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BOSCOVICH, ROGER JOSEPH, S.J.
Les Eclipses.
Latin text with French
translation by Augustin Barruel, S.J. [4], xxxii, 540, [2] pages, including half-title. 4to,
263x184 mm, contemporary
1
/
4
sheep, modern boards, spine wormed, ends chipped, front
joint cracked, cords intact; scattered foxing, some gatherings toned, conspicuous dampstain-
ing in upper outer corners at end with restoration on last 2 leaves not affecting text.
Paris: Valade & Laporte, 1779
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH
.
Whyte, page 219; Wallis 48.005.