Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch | Lots 23-47 Selections from the Collection of Dr. Eugene Vigil and the

23 ADAMS, George (1750-1795). Micrographia Illustrata, or the Microscope Explained.... London: for the author, 1747.

4to (215 x 165 mm). 65 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf gilt (upper joint repaired, hinges starting).

Second edition, a reissue of the first edition of 1746 with the 20pp. catalogue of Adams’ instruments at the end. In the Micrographia Illustrata, Adams gives credit to Leeuwenhoek and Trembley for their previous work on the Hydra, but he was criticized for his use of illustrations from the work of earlier authors, particularly Hooke and Lyonet, often without attribution. ESTC T53415. $2,500 - 3,500

25 BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). The Microscope Made Easy. London: R. Dodsley, 1742.

8vo (197 x 115 mm). 14 engraved plates (9 folding) and one folding table. (Tear to corner of plate 8 with loss of plate number, some minor browning or spotting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (rebacked to style, some light wear).

FIRST EDITION. Baker, who was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific achievements, took an interest in microscopy, culminating in the publication of the present work, his first contribution to the field.

[With:] BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). The Microscope Made Easy. London: J. Dodsley, 1769. 8vo (205 x 125 mm). 15 engraved plates (most folding), folding letterpress table. (Some minor spotting or browning, a few short tears to folds.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving old lettering-piece, endpapers renewed). Fifth edition. $200 - 300 24 ADAMS, George (1750-1795). Essays on the Microscope, containing a Practical Description of the most improved Microscopes. London: Dillon and Keating, 1798.

4to (272 x 212 mm). Half-title; engraved allegorical frontispiece, several wood-engraved illustrations; 36 engraved plates on 32 sheets; 16pp. publisher’s advertisements. (Some spotting or staining.) Contemporary calf gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spine).

Second edition, with plates and text bound together in one volume, of Adams work on Microscopes. Adams invented the lucernal microscope, a type of projection microscope. $500 - 700

26 BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype... London: R. Dodsley, 1743.

8vo (200 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece, woodcut illustrations in text. (Some spotting or browning.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece, hinges starting). Provenance: Philip Earl Stanhope, likely Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (17141786) Fellow of the Royal Society (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION in which Baker describes his repetition of Trembley’s systematic experiments of 1739. Despite giving credit to Trembley and to Leeuwenhoek for his 1702 observations, Baker was criticized for publishing his work before Trembley’s 1744 book. Wellcome II, p.88. $200 - 300

27 BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Essai sur l’histoire du polype, insecte. Paris: Chez Durand, 1744.

8vo (172 x 116 mm). 22 engraved folding plates. (Title soiled with old tear repaired.) Modern half morocco, uncut.

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Baker’s work first published in 1743 in English, in which he examines the physiology of the polyps, including their reproductive systems, diseases, and the means of locating them. Wellcome II, p.8. $150 - 250

29 BLACKWALL, John (1790-1881). A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1861-1864.

Two parts bound in one, folio (357 x 256 mm). 29 engraved plates with hand-coloring. Modern green calf with overall spider web design in relief, central leather and stone onlay spider on upper cover, signed “John F. Newman Dublin 1976”; cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION. “Since the publication of Dr. Lister’s treatise [Tractatus de Araneis] in 1678, little attention has been bestowed upon the natural history of spiders in this country, till within the last thirty years...under these circumstances, it is hoped that the present imperfect endeavour...will be regarded with due consideration for the numerous and great difficulties by which the undertaking is surrounded” (Preface, p.[1]). $500 - 700 28 BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.

8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (hinges starting, some light wear.) Provenance: Sir William Gregory (1625-1696) British judge and politician (armorial bookplate); Acton Scott (letterpress bookplate).

FIRST EDITION presenting Baker’s microscopic observations on salts, crystals, and aquatic life. Wellcome II, p.89.

[With:] BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting, a short tears to folds of a few plates.) 19th century half tan calf, marbled boards, edges marbled (some very minor rubbing.) Provenance: W. E. Davies (signature); Tomlinson (presentation inscription from Davies); Thomas Fiddian (bookplate). Second edition.

$300 - 400

30 BRUGUIÈRE, Jean Guillaume (1749-1798). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l’helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c. Paris: Panckoucke, 1791.

4to (313 x 230 mm). Half-title; 95 engraved plates (5 double-page). (A few small spots, some minor dust-soiling to a few leaves.) Original boards uncut (rebacked in modern calf gilt, some rubbing). Provenance: California Academy of Sciences (blindstamp on title-page).

FIRST EDITION of Bruguière’s contribution to Panckoucke’s Encyclopédie Méthodique. Bruguière, who accompanied Kerguelen-Trémarec on his first voyage to the Antarctic in 1773, named more than 140 marine genera or species. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck named the genus Bruguiera in his honor. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy of this work has sold at auction in the last 45 years. $300 - 400

31 BUONANNI, Filippo (1638-1725). Observationes circa viventia, quae in rebus non viventibus reperiuntur. Cum micrographia curiosa. Rome: Typis Dominici Antonii Herculis, 1691.

2 parts in one volume, 4to (225 x 160 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title on 2Q2v, 69 engraved plates (4 folding). (Some browning to a few leaves.) Contemporary vellum, title hand-lettered on spine (old library label at foot of spine); quarter morocco folding case.

FIRST EDITION. Buonanni, a student of Athanasiuis Kircher, was likely the first to employ a microscope in the practice of medicine. In the Observationes, he defends his theories of spontaneous generation, and in the Micrographia curiosa, he provides his observations on early microscopes. Garrison-Morton 264; Nissen ZBI 752; Norman 374. $4,000 - 6,000

32 ELLIS, John (1710-1776). An Essay towards a Natural History of the Corallines and other Marine Productions...Commonly Found on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. London: for the author, 1755.

4to (260 x 203 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 40 engraved plates (6 folding). (Some offsetting or light browning.) Modern quarter calf.

FIRST EDITION, including an additional unnumbered plate with the earliest depiction of Cuff’s aquatic microscope not called for in Nissen. Ellis includes a description of a large octopus observed near the North Pole by a whaling party in the summer of 1753. Nissen ZBI 1281.

$500 - 700

33 EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Magesties Dominions. London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1670.

3 parts in one volume, folio (302 x 190 mm). Engraved device on titlepage, one engraved plate, 4 in-text engraved vignettes. (A few spots or stains, title slightly soiled with old tear repaired.) Contemporary blindtooled calf (rebacked to style, endpapers renewed, hinges starting, some light wear).

Second edition, with two appendices with separate titlepages: Pomona, or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees, In relation to Cider, dated 1670, and Kalendarium Hortense: or the Gardners Almanac, the third edition, dated 1659, each with separate pagination and register. ESTC R586; Henrey 133; Wing E3517. $400 - 600

34 GLEICHEN, Wilhelm Friedrich von (1717-1783). Dissertation sur la generation, les animalcules spermatiques, et ceux d’infusions... Paris: de l’Imprimerie de Digeon, An VII [1799].

4to (270 x 210 mm). Half-title; 31 engraved plates (9 folding, 2 with hand-coloring), 2 engraved tables. Modern quarter green morocco.

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, translated from the German edition of 1778. Gleichen von Russworm, a self-educated scientist, was influenced to take up the microscope in 1760 when he met Martin Ledermüller. His work describes his pioneering use of phagocytic staining in his research to study animal tissues, a technique which would not be commonly used until the 19th century. Garrison-Morton 2465; Nissen ZBI 1590.

$600 - 800

35 GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun. With a general account of Vegetation Founded theron. London: for Spencer Hickman, 1672.

8vo (155 x 92 mm). 3 folding engraved plates. (Some light browning or offsetting). Contemporary blind-ruled calf (rebacked preserving a portion of the original spine). Provenance: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1899), Shakespeare collector (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF GREW’S FIRST BOOK, which contains his accurate observations of the structures of wood, bark and roots. “His most important contribution to botany was his belief that the flower contains the sexual organ of a plant. He distinguished the calyx, stamens and pistils, and that the anthers scatter pollen” (Dibner). In The Anatomy of Vegetables, Grew introduced the term “parenchyma.” THE HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS COPY. Dibner Heralds 21; ESTC R30321; ; Henrey 163 and pp. 135-138; Norman 944; Wellcome III, p.164; Wing G-1946. $1,500 - 2,500

36 HEURCK, Henri Ferdinand van (1838-1909). The Microscope: Its Construction and Management. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1893.

4to. Half-title; illustrated. Original publisher’s green cloth gilt (hinges starting). Provenance: Keith Steel-Maitland (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Wynne E. Baxter. “The Fourth Edition of this book had only just appeared when Mr. Wynne E. Baxter, a skilfull English microscopist, honoured us by offering to publish an English Edition...Materials accumulated to such an extent that we may now issue the present volume, not as a translation of the Fourth Edition, but as being a really new Work--a Fifth Edition” (introduction). A BRIGHT COPY. $300 - 400

37 HILL, John, Sir (1716?-1775). Essays in Natural History and Philosophy.... London: for J. Whiston and B. White, 1752.

8vo (202 x 123 mm). (Some minor browning.) Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving old spine, some light wear). Provenance: a few early notes on endleaves.

FIRST EDITION. Despite Hill’s quarrel with the Royal Society, he was an enthusiastic microscopist, and he presented the results of several of his studies in the field of botany, medicine, and geology-chemistry to the Society. $150 - 250

38 HILL, John, Sir (1716?-1775). The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth; explained by the Microscope. London: for the author, 1770.

Folio (498 x 297 mm). 46 engraved plates. (A few small spots, some very minor soiling.) Contemporary boards (rebacked and recornered); quarter morocco folding case.

Second edition, THE VERY RARE LARGE-PAPER FOLIO EDITION, a reissue of the first edition, which was published in octavo format. Rare: according to online records, no copy of this edition has appeared on the market at auction since 1964. Henrey 803. $800 - 1,200

39 HILL, John, Sir (1716?-1775). A Decade of Curious Insects: Some of them not describ’d before: Shewn in their Natural Size. London: Printed for the author, 1773.

4to (plates 290 x 227 mm, text 277 x 215 mm). 10 hand-colored engraved plates. (Some minor dampstaining to outer margins.) Modern green cloth. Provenance: E. W. Classey (bookseller’s ticket).

FIRST EDITION, A WIDE-MARGINED COPY, of Hill’s scarce work. English botanist John Hill is best-known for his British Herbal, and Vegetable System. SCARCE: according to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 45 years. Nissen ZBI 1938. $1,500 - 2,500

40 HOOKE, Robert (1635-1702). Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. London: for James Allestry, 1667.

Folio (298 x 198 mm). Title-page with engraved arms of the Royal Society, 38 engraved plates (32 folding), woodcut head-pieces and initials. (Some very minor spotting or soiling.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (sympathetically rebacked preserving original spine, edges and corners neatly restored); calf folding case gilt. Provenance: W. P. Collins (booksellers stamp rear flyleaf).

FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the title dated 1667 instead of 1665, of “he most influential work in the history of microscopy, containing the discoveries made with Hooke’s newly perfected compound microscope. Micrographia was not only the first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations, but also the first to pair its descriptions with profuse and detailed illustrations” (Norman). Garrison-Morton 262; Grolier/Horblit 50; Keynes 7; Norman 1092; PMM 147. $12,000 - 18,000

42 NEEDHAM, John Tuberville (1713-1781). An Account of Some New Microscopical Discoveries. London: for F. Needham, 1745.

8vo (199 x 123 mm). 6 engraved folding plates. (Some minor browning or spotting.) Modern calf antique.

FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the cancel title re-worded “New Microscopical Discoveries...” and with the updated dedication. “Needham’s most important contributions to science were early observations of plant pollen and the milt vessels of the squid, a forward-looking theory of reproduction, and a classic experiment for determining whether spontaneous generation occurs on the microscopic level” (DSB). ESTC T39892; Norman 1577. $800 - 1,200 41 JOBLOT, Louis (1645-1723). Descriptions et usages de plusieurs nouveaux microscopes, tant simples que composez, avec des nouvelles observations faites sur une multitude innombrable d’insectes, & d’autres animaux de diverses especes, qui naissent dans les liqueurs preparees, & dans celles qui ne le sont point. Paris: Jacques Collombat, 1718.

2 parts in one volume, 4to (248 x 185 mm). Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, first leaf of text engraved, 34 engraved plates. (Some minor browning or spotting, a few rust spots.) Contemporary specked calf, spine gilt. Provenance: Dom. S. Aloys. Cantiliac S. J. (stamp on titlepage); L. M. (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TREATISE ON PROTZOA. Though Joblot is betterknown for his work with microscopes from the 1754 edition of this work, this first edition of his Descriptions “established Joblot as the first French microscopist. The first part of the book described several microscopes and their construction and introduced some improvements, including the use of stops (diaphragms) in compound microscopes to correct for chromatic aberration” (DSB). Nissen ZBI 2113.

$1,500 - 2,500

43 NICERON, Jean Francois (1613-1636). La Perspective curieuse. Paris: widow of F. Langlois, 1652.

Folio (342 x 240 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 50 engraved folding plates (one double-page). (Neat early repair to lower corner of title-page, short marginal tear on one plate, some very minor soiling.) Contemporary brown sprinkled sheep, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands gilt, tan and brown lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: Frantz Carl Antoni von und zu Enzentriedt (armorial bookplate).

Third edition, edited by Roberval, the first to contain Mersenne’s important optical treatise L’Optique et las catoptrique. Niceron, a friar of the Minim order, studied perspective in Italy, where he taught mathematics. In the first edition of this, his major work, he demonstrated a keen understanding of the science of perspective. The first edition of his work contained the first published reference to Descartes’ derivation of the law of refraction. Later editions of the work “simply provide more detail” (DSB). $1,500 - 2,500

44 PERSIUS FLACCUS, Aulus (34-62). Persio tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato. Francesco Stelluti (1577-1653), translator. Rome: G. Mascardi, 1630.

Small 4to (207 x 148 mm). Engraved title-page, engraved portrait of Persius, full-page engraved plate depicting a bee as seen under a microscope, 5 small engravings. (O4 with 1-in. paper flaw affecting 7 lines of text Contemporary vellum gilt (upper hinge starting). Provenance: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715) English stateman and poet (armorial bookplate dated 1702); David Garrick (1717-1779) Shakespearean actor and playwright (bookplate)

FIRST EDITION of Stelluti’s translation, and THE FIRST BOOK TO CONTAIN ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL OBJECTS AS SEEN THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. Stelluti, a friend of Galileo and a founder of the Accademia Dei Lincei, used a microscope given to his fellow founder Federico Cesi by Galileo, which he used to make detailed observations of insects. Stelluti’s illustrations of the honeybee first appeared in an extremely rare broadside by Cesi in 1625 (known in two copies), but the Persio contains the first such illustrations to appear in a book. Garrison-Morton 259; Nissen ZBI 3988; Wellcome I:4917.

$1,500 - 2,500

46 TORRE, Giovanni Maria della (1713-1782). Nuove Osservazioni Microscopiche. Naples: n.p., 1776.

8vo (231 x 165 mm). 14 engraved folding plates. (Some spotting.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards. Provenance: Philip O. Gravelle (1891-1955), American chemist (bookplate).

Second edition, FROM THE COLLECTION OF A NOTED CHEMIST. In the 1920s, Philip O. Gravelle developed a comparison microscope for use in the identification of fired bullets and cartridge cases, which was thereto a significant advance in firearms identification in the field of forensic science. $500 - 700 45 SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680). The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of Many Species.... London; for C. G. Seyffert, 1758.

Folio (402 x 250 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved device, 2pp. list of subscribers; 53 engraved plates. (Some spotting or browning.) Contemporary calf gilt (covers detaching, front endleaves disbound and one gathering becoming loose, some wear).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Thomas Flloyd and with a life of Swammerdam by Boerhaave. Dibner Heralds of Science 191; Nissen ZBI 4057; Norman 2037. $800 - 1,200

47 TREMBLEY, Abraham (1700-1784). Memoires pour servir a l’histoire d’un genre de polypes d’eau douce.... Leiden: Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744.

4to (263 x 206 mm). Engraved head- and tail-pieces; 13 engraved folding plates. (Mostly marginal dampstain to a few leaves, a few small spots, minor soiling to a few leaves.) Modern leather, uncut.

FIRST EDITION. “In 1740 the scientific world was electrified by Trembley’s discovery that the green hydra (Chlorohydra viridissima) was definitely an animal, even though it contained chlorophyll and --a fact even more astonishing--possessed powers of multiplication from artificial division hitherto thought to be unique to plants” (Norman 2094). $400 - 600

48 MIDDENDORP, Jacob (1538?-1611). Academiarum Celebrium Universi ter Rarum Orbis Libri VIII. Cologne: Goswin Cholinus, 1602.

2 volumes in one, 8vo (166 x 93 mm). Woodcut printer’s devices on titles, decorated initials, one in-text woodcut. (A few short tears not affecting text with some minor losses, some browning, some wormholing). Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, hand-lettered on spine, yapp edges, edges sprinkled red, vellum tabs (neat early repair to lower cover, some light soiling). Provenance: Unidentified early signature (Heiligenstadii, 1771); M. Benjamin Waldi, P.A. (signature).

Fifth and best edition of this academic history of the world, with the text expanded by Middendorp, who added a new preface. Middendorp pioneered the history of education and universities, describing the foundations for European higher education through review of the origins of the university, scholastic honors, and academic positions. He also incorporates information about ancient schools and religious centers across Europe. See Adams M1415-16; see STC German p. 622 (earlier editions); not in Alden.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $500 - 700

49 MINKOWSKI, Hermann (1864-1909). Raum und Zeit. Offprint from: Jahresbericht der Deutschen MathematikerVereinigung. Volume 18. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1909.

8vo. Original wrappers (minor losses with repairs to spine ends, some minor creasing or spotting); cloth folding case.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. “In this paper ‘Space and Time,’ read by Minkowski in Cologne only a few months before his death, he introduced the notion that made possible the expansion of the relativity theory of Einstein from its specific to its general form. The technical description of Minkowski’s hypothesis is the four-dimensional space-time continuum... Minkowski maintained that the separation of time and space is a false conception; that time is itself a dimension, comparable to length, breadth and height; and that therefore the true conception of reality was constituted by a space-time continuum possessing these four dimensions...” PMM 401.

[With:] MINKOWSKI. A group of offprints, comprising: “Ein Kriterium fur die Algebraischen Zahlen.” A reprint of a work Minkowski wrote as a student under David Hilbert at Konigsberg. 1899. -- “Uber die Annaherung an Eine reelle Grosse Durch Rationale Zahlen.” Offprint from: Mathematische Annalen. Vol. 54. 1899. -- “Quelques Nouveaus Theoremes dur l’Approximation des Quantites a l’Aide de Numbres Rationnels.” Offprint from: Bulletin des Sciences Mathematiques. 1900. -- “Zur Geometrie der Zahlen.” Offprint from: Mathematiker-Kongresess. Vol. 8, Issue 13. 1904. -- Together, 4 offprints, all in original wrappers. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $1,000 - 1,500

50 NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727). Universal Arithmetick, or a Treatise of Arithmetical Composition and Resolution. London: for J. Senex and W. and J. Innys, 1728.

8vo (198 x 112 mm). 8 engraved folding plates. (Some spotting or browning.) 20th-century calf, spine gilt (joints lightly rubbed, hinges reinforced). Provenance: Joseph D. Teitelbaum (bookplate).

Second edition in English, preceded by an edition of 1720. Newton’s work was first published in Latin in 1707 as Arithmetica universalis. ESTC T18667.

$800 - 1,200

51 [PAIS, Abraham, his copies] -- 2 pamphlets from Abraham Pais’ library, comprising:

LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon, Dr. (1853-1928). “Aethertheorieën en Aethermodellen (1901-1902).” Lessen over Theoretische Natuurkunde aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden Gegeven Door Dr. H.A. Lorentz. Hendrik Bremenkamp, editor. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1920. Volume III, 8vo (252 x 163 mm). Printer’s device on front cover, numerous illustrations. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original printed paper wrappers backed in paper (chipped, browning, defective spine). --“Het Relativiteitsbeginsel voor Eenparige Translaties (1910-1912).” Lessen over Theoretische Natuurkunde aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden Gegeven Door Dr. H.A. Lorentz. Adiraan Daniël FOKKER (1887-1972), Editor. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1922. Volume VI, 8vo (248 x 163 mm). Printer’s device on front cover, numerous illustrations. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original printed paper wrappers (chipped, browning, defective spine). [With:] Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, Provenance for the lot: Abraham Pais (1918-2000) (bookplate laid-in); sold Jeff Weber Rare Books.

Just before the Nazi ban on Jews earning doctorates, Dutch-American Physicist Abraham Pais was awarded the last Ph.D. issued to a Dutch Jew on 9 June 1941 until after World War II concluded. He worked as an assistant to Niels Bohr (1885-1962) and was Albert Einstein’s colleague at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Pais was also a notable science historian, and published biographies on Einstein and Bohr, as well as 17 biographies of prominent physicists he knew personally in The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $300 - 500

53 PORTA, Giambattista della (1535?-1615). Natural Magick...in twenty books. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658.

Folio (273 x 168 mm). Engraved title-page (repaired with portions provided in facsimile); letterpress title printed in red and black (marginal repairs affecting portion of rule border); numerous woodcut illustrations. (Lacking P2/3, provided in facsimile, several leaves frayed with occasional minor losses, some minor worming lower margin, some soiling or browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original spine, overall wear).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Porta’s treatise which “epitomizes the combination of credulity and empiricism typical of the late Renaissance: uncritical reports of the marvelous and miraculous and holdovers from medieval books of secrets are mixes with attempts to define natural magic and to apply mathematical and experimental techniques in science” (Norman). ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Wing P-2982. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $600 - 800 52 PORTA, Giambattista della (1535?-1615). Natural Magick...in twenty books. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658.

Folio (277 x 174 mm). Engraved title-page; letterpress title printed in red and black; numerous woodcut illustrations. (A few short marginal tears or paper flaws, some minor browning, minor wrinkling to first and last few leaves). 20th-century sheep (some wear). Provenance: K.C. (blindstamps); a few 20th-century marginal notes in pencil and red underlinings.

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Porta’s Magiae naturalis libri viginti, first published in 1558. This translation follows the expanded edition of 1589. Porta’s compilation of science and pseudo-science includes sections on changing metals, counterfeiting precious stones, medical remedies, perfume, cookery, and “burning gasses,” or optics. ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Wing P-2982. $1,000 - 1,500

54 RIEMANN, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (“Bernhard Riemann”) (18261866). Gesammelte Mathematische Werke und Wissenschaflicher Nachlass. Herausgegeben Unter Mitwirkung von Richard Dedekind von Heinrich Weber. Heinrich WEBER (1843-1912 ), and Richard DEDEKIND (1831-1916), editors. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1892.

8vo (243 x 163 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Some light spotting and overall browning.) Cloth-backed paper-covered boards, printed letteringpieces to top cover and spine (some chipping and rubbing).

Second edition of Riemann’s collected mathematical works. Riemann, a German mathematician, made several important contributions in the fields of mathematics and physics, including the Riemann integral, Riemann surfaces, and the Riemann hypothesis.

55 ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Emile, ou de l’education. Amsterdam: Neaulme [but Lyon: Bruyset], 1762.

4 volumes in 2, 12mo (159 x 98 mm). Half-titles to vols. I and III, titles printed in red and black, 5 engraved plates by Le Grand, de Longueil and Pasquier after Eisen. (Lacking half-titles Vols.II & IV.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges stained red (some light wear, chipping with losses to lettering-pieces).

Lyon edition, issue without the “Privilegie” in Vol.I, published by Bruyset, reproducing the plates designed by Eisen for the Paris edition of the same year. Rousseau’s treatise on education and the nature of man enraged the French parliament, who issued an order for his arrest, and he spent several years as a fugitive. McEachern 3B.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $600 - 800 56 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations. London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1809.

18 volumes, 4to (265 x 210 mm). 266 engraved plates. (Spotting throughout.) 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt, brown and black calf letteringpieces gilt (spines darkened and brittle, several covers detached). Provenance: Bernard Cohen (1914-2003) Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University (signature, vol. I).

Philosophical Transactions, first published in March 1665, is the first and longest running scientific journal in the world. These 18 volumes “consist of an invaluable collection of observations and discoveries made by the most eminent philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,” (Vol. I, Preface, [v]). [With:] Two additional volumes of Philosophical Transactions, comprising: Volume 6. London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1809. 19th-Century calf gilt. -- Volume 171, part 2. London: Harrison and Sons, 1880. Original publisher’s cloth (spine defective, covers detaching). Provenance: Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Bath (stamped). Includes the dissertation on tides by George Howard Darwin (18451912), son of Charles Darwin (1809-1882).

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $600 - 800

57 SMOLLETT, Tobias George (1721-1771). The History and Adventures of an Atom. London: Robinson and Roberts, 1769.

2 volumes, 12mo (165 x 99 mm). Printer’s device on title-pages. (Lacking half-titles, some browning or spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt, red morocco letter-pieces gilt (rubbed, joints separating, some chipping to extremities). Provenance: old signature effaced; G. Abrims? (signature, 1824).

FIRST EDITION, second state with the date in title corrected in Volume II. This work was published anonymously, though an editor of an edition of Smollet’s works in 1790 claimed that Smollett wrote this satire of English politics during the Seven Years’ War. Smollett is best known for picaresque novels, and influenced Charles Dickens. ESTC 006326884; Rothschild 1923. 58 NEWBERY, John (“Tom TELESCOPE”) (1713-1767). The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies, and Familiarized and Made Entertaining by Objects with which they are Intimately Acquainted. London: Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, 1770.

12mo (115 x 69 mm). Copperplate-engraved frontispiece, 5 copper-engraved plates, 5 in-text engraved diagrams, numerous engraved head-and-tail-pieces and initials. (Very occasional spotting.) Contemporary paste paper boards (slightly rubbed, a few adhesive remnants on paste-down); tan buckram folding case. Provenance: Charlotte Marcia Janetta Cooper (signature); Constance R.E. Cooper (signature, 1 November 1834); S. Roscoe (bookseller’s label).

Fourth edition of the most popular lectures given by young Tom Telescope on the scientific advancements of the time. ESTC N11819; Roscoe, J348.

[HONEYMAN] SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET & CO. The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 30/31 October 1978-19/20 May 1981. 7 volumes, 4to. Illustrated, sales results laid in. Original publisher’s printed gray-green wrappers (some minor wear). -- –An additional copy of vol. III, presumably H. P. Kraus’s copy, priced. Gray-green contemporary cloth with original wrappers laid down. Provenance: Hans Peter Kraus (1907-1988), bookseller (buyer packing slips). – [NORMAN]. HOOK, Diana H. and Jeremy M. NORMAN. The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine. San Francisco: Jeremy Norman & Co., 1991. 2 volumes, 4to. Original publisher’s cloth gilt. -- SOTHEBY’S. The Celebrated Reference Library of H.P. Kraus. 18/19/20 November 2003. 2 copies, 4to. Original publisher’s wrappers (one with split spine). -- SOTHEBY’S. The Inventory of H.P. Kraus. New York: Sotheby’s, 4/5 December 2003. 4to. Original Publisher’s wrappers. – Together, 3 works in 5 volumes condition generally fine.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $150 - 250 60 [PHYSICS] -- A group of 9 periodicals and offprints in 13 volumes, comprising:

An Introduction to the Fourth Dimension. Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford Trade School, N.d. 12mo. Binding intact. -- EDDINGTON, Arthur S. The Physical Society of London. Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation. London: Fleetway Press, Ltd., 1920. Provenance: S. H. Spark? (signature). Second edition. -- HELMHOLTZ, Hermann. Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1882, 1883 & 1895. 3 volumes. Provenance: George Eugene Uhlenbeck (stamped). -- HUBBLE, Edwin. “A Spiral Nebula as a Stellar System, Messier 31.” Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory. No. 376. Reprinted from the Astrophysical Journal, Volume LXIX, 1929. N.p.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1929. Binding intact (rubbed, darkened). Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate). -- KLEIN, Felix. Elementarmathematik vom Höhern Standpunkte Aus. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1911 & 1913. 2 parts in 2 volumes. Second edition. -- KLEIN, Felix. Gesammelte Mathematische Abhandlungen. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1921 & 1922. 2 volumes. Provenance: George Eugene Uhlenbeck (stamped). -- KLEIN, Felix. Vorlesungen Über Die Entwicklung Der Mathematik. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. Part I. Provenance: Abraham Pais (signature). -- PLANCK, Max. Zur Dynamik bewegter Systeme. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1908. -- REES, Abraham. The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. N.p.: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820. 4to. -- Together, 9 works in 13 volumes, all 8vo except where indicated, numerous illustrations, all in original paper wrappers (some chipping), all FIRST EDITION except where indicated, condition generally good.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $300 - 400 61 [PHYSICS] -- A group of 4 works in 4 volumes items related to physics, comprising:

CAJORI, Florian. A History of Physics in its Elementary Branches Including the Evolution of Physical Laboratories. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. (Browning.) Green cloth (soiled, chipping). Provenance: Orris Emery (signature, 1914). Later edition. – HINTON, Charles Howard. The Fourth Dimension. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited, 1906. Color folding frontispiece, numerous diagrams. (Slight browning.) Maroon cloth (some staining). Provenance: acquired from John M. Watkins (bookplate). Later edition. – LORENTZ, Hendrick Antoon. The Theory of Electrons and its Applications to the Phenomena of Light and Radiant Heat Leipzig and London: B.G. Teubner and G.E. Stechert & Co., 1909. 4to. Dual title-pages for New York and Leipzig. (Slight browning.) Original cloth binding, spine gilt-lettered (some wear). Provenance: Franklin institute Library (bookplate, perforated stamp). FIRST EDITION – RISDON, Philip James. Wireless. J.A. Fleming, Introduction. London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [1924?]. Portrait frontispiece, numerous diagrams, numerous photographic illustrations. (Some spotting.) Red cloth (spine fated, stained, hinges weak). Second edition. – Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo except where indicated, all in publisher’s cloth bindings, condition as described.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $300 - 400 62 [SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION] -- A group of 3 works related to scientific education, comprising:

LEVER, Francis. Francis Lever, the Young Mechanic. London: John Harris, 1835. (132 x 108 mm). (Lacking most of quires A-B, some staining.) Original leather-backed cloth-covered boards (chipped, stained, text-block separating). RARE. -- SLOANE, Thomas O’Conor. Facts Worth Knowing Selected Mainly from The Scientific American for the Household, Workshop, and Farm. Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1890. (220 x 136 mm). (Some browning.) Contemporary sheep, morocco lettering-piece gilt (joints starting, rubbed). -- BRANNT, William T. and William H. WAHL (1848-1909), Editors . The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts, Covering the Latest, Most Important and Most Useful Discoveries in Chemical Technology, and their Practical Application in the Arts and the Industries. Philadelphia and London: Henry Carey Baird & Co. and Sampson Low, 1896. Printed table laid-in. Original publisher’s decorated red cloth (some minor soiling). Later edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, engraved plates, all FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated. ZSÁMBOKI, János (“Joannes SAMBUCUS”). Veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque Icones. [Leiden]: Ex Officinâ Plantinianâ Raphelengii, 1603. Folio. Modern dark brown morocco gilt. -- WILLIAMS, J. Frederic Lake. An Historical Account of Inventions and Discoveries in those Arts and Sciences. London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards, maroon morocco lettering-piece gilt, spine gilt, by J. Twomey. -- DARWIN, George. [Photograph of Charles Darwin], N.d. Signature of Professor George Darwin, on a Newnham Grange, Cambridge card (64 x 114 mm). With glossy photograph (251 x 198 mm) of signer’s father, Charles Darwin. George was Charles’ oldest son (of 5) and was a well-known mathematician and astronomer. – Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $400 - 600 64 [SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY] -- A group of 3 works in 4 volumes related to scientific inquiry, comprising:

The Royal Society of London. Henry OLDENBURG, editor. Acta Philosophica Societatis Regiae in Anglia. Amsterdam: H. & T. Boom, 1674. Volume III only (of 6), 12mo. Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, 8 engraved plates (2 folding), 33 in-text tables and diagrams (3 folding tables). (Overall browning, some dampstaining.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges sprinkled blue and red (overall wear). Provenance: FIRST EDITION. -- ALMEIDA, Teodoro de (17221804). Recreacion Filosófica, ó Diálogo Sobre la Filosofía Natural para Instruccion de Personas Curiosas Que no Han Frequentado las. Madrid: The Royal Printing Office, 1792. One volume only, 8vo (176 x 106 mm). 4 folding engravings. (Some staining or tearing.) Contemporary vellum, hand-lettering on spine (some wear or small holes). Second edition. -- MILL, James. Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind. London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1869. 2 volumes, 8vo. (Some overall browning.) Original publisher’s brown cloth by Edmonds & Remnant with their ticket (spines darkened, hinges starting). Provenance: Northwestern University, School of Commerce Library (bookplate, withdrawal stamp circulation pocket). New edition. – Together, 3 works in 4 volumes.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $400 - 600 65 [SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY] -- A group of 2 works related to scientific inquiry, comprising:

VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les Singularitès de la Nature. Paris or Geneva: [Cramer], 1768. 8vo (190 x 118 mm). Woodcut on title-page. (Light toning or occasional staining.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some minor rubbing). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Voltaire’s work containing his observations of natural history, science, law, medicine, philosophy, and religion. Cioranescu 64840. [With:] BROWNE, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, Together with the Religio Medici Together with many more Marginal Observations, and a Table Alphabetical at the end. London: Printed by J.R. for Nath. Ekins, 1672. 4to ( 222 x 162 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Some browning or light offsetting.) Later roan gilt, spine gilt(front joint repaired, some rubbing). Sixth and last edition of Browne’s popular work, corrected and enlarged with additional explanations, in which he refutes superstitious contemporary beliefs based on empirical observations in line with the Baconian method. The work is organized into books based on the renaissance scale of creation: mineral, vegetable, animal, man art, geography and history, and astronomy and the cosmos. Keynes 79; Wing B5165.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois $300 - 400 66 [SCIENCE – BINDINGS] – 12 works in 15 volumes about science with fine bindings, comprising:

ADLER, Mortimer J. The Four Dimensions of Philosophy. 1993. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ADLER. -- BOYLE, Robert. The Skeptical Chymist. 1997. -- DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man. 1998. 2 volumes. -- DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. 1987. -- EDDINGTON, A.S. and EINSTEIN, Albert. On Relativity.1999. -- FRANKLIN. Experiments and Observations on Electricity. 1996. -- HALES, Stephen. Statical Essays: Containing Haemastaticks. 2000. -- HOOKE, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon. 1995. -- LYELL, Charles. Principles of Geology. 1997. 3 volumes. -- NAPIER, John. The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms.[With:] MacDonald, William Rae. A Catalogue of the Various Editions of Napier’s Works. 1997. -- NEWTON, Isaac. A Treatise of the System of the World. 1993. -- VESALIUS, Andreas. The Illustrations of the Works of Andreas Vesalius. 1993. -- Together, 12 works in 15 volumes, all published New York, NY by Gryphon Editions or Norwalk, CT by the Easton Press, several privately printed for the members of the Classics of Science Library, some with title-pages in red and black, many with laid-in notes from the editors, all in original leather bindings, raised bands, gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves, attached bookmarks, 10 as new in original shrinkwrap, condition generally fine.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois

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