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Group of 11 volumes.
8vo and 12mo, Mauduyt in contem-
porary
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calf, the rest in contemporary calf or sheep, overall condition varies.
Vp, 1745-1802
[800/1,200]
[Gordon, Andreas.] Versuch einer Erklärung von den Ursachen der Electricität. [44], 90
pages. Contents dampstained, with traces of mold on endleaves. Breslau: Johann Jakob Korn,
1745 * Michell, John; and Canton, John. Traités sur les Aimans Artificiels. 4 folding plates.
[8], cxx, 160 pages. Paris: Hippolyte-Louis Guérin, 1752 * Nollet, Jean-Antoine. Essai sur
l’Électricité des Corps . . . Seconde Édition. Frontispiece and 4 folding plates. xxiii, [1], 276
pages, including half-title. Top of spine chipped. Paris: les Fréres Guérin, 1753 * Nollet, Jean-
Antoine. Lettres sur l’Électricité. 4 folding plates. xi, [1], 264 pages, including half-title. Paris:
Hippolyte-Louis Guérin & Louis-François Delatour, 1753 * Nollet, Jean-Antoine. Lettres
sur l’Électricité . . . Nouvelle Édition. 12 plates. Half-titles in first 2 volumes, not called for in
the third. 3 volumes. Paris: H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour, 1764-67 * Sigaud de la Fond,
Joseph-Aignan. Traité de l’Électricité. 12 folding plates. [2], xxx, 413, [3] pages. Paris: chez
des Ventes de la Doué, 1771 * Bertholon, Pierre. De l’Électricité des Végétaux. 3 folding
plates; folding letterpress table. xvi, 468, [2] pages, including half-title. Spine ends damaged;
occasional dampstaining. Lyon: Bernuset, 1783 * Mauduyt de la Varenne. Mémoires sur les
Différents Manières d’administrer l’Électricité, et Observations sur les Effets qu’elles ont pro-
duits. 2 folding engraved plates. [2] (of [4]), 301 pages; lacks half-title. Paris: Imprimerie
Royale, 1784 * Petetin, Jacques-Henri-Désiré. Nouveau Mécanisme de l’Électricité. 10 fold-
ing plates. [4], iv, xxviii, 300 pages, including half-title. Spine ends chipped, cover edges worn
through. Lyon: Bruyset Aîné, An 10 [1802].
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EUCLID.
Elementos Geomé-
tricos de Euclides . . . Con Algunos
Selectos Teoremas de Archimedes.
Spanish translation and notes by Jakob
Kresa, S.J. 7 folding engraved plates. [8], 459
pages. 4to, 204x148 mm, contemporary limp
vellum with spine title in ink and remnants
of thong ties, upper outer corners of covers
damaged; contents generally quite clean,
with only infrequent light marginal soiling
and few minor stains on F2.3, portion of
rear free endpaper torn off.
Brussels: Francisco Foppens, 1689
[800/1,200]
FIRST KRESA EDITION
of books 1-6, 11, and
12 of the Elements. A Moravian-born Jesuit who
taught in Prague, Olomouc, Madrid, and Cádiz,
Kresa (1648-1715) was known for his work in
analytic trigonometry. On pages 251 and 264 of
this edition are 2 problems devised and solved by
the mathematician Antonio Hugo de Omerique,
the first appearance of his work in print. Duarte
Sale 162; Palau 84725; Peeters-Fontainas 406 (noting an additional leaf of errata in some copies,
not present here). See also lot 267.