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Jishin nendai-ki.
A chronical of earthquakes from ancient times to Ansei 2, with special attention to the Ansei Edo Earthquake.
Auicennae Arabum medicorum principis
ex Gerardi Cremonensis versione, & Andreae Alpagi Belunensis castigatione ; a Ioanne Costaeo, & Ioanne Paulo Mongio annotationibus iampridem illustratus ; nunc uero ab eodem Costaeo recognitus, & nouis alicubi obseruationibus adauctus ; quibus principum philosophorum, ac medicorum consensus, dissensusq́ue indicantur ; vita ipsius Auicennae ex Sorsano Arabe eius discipulo, à Nicolao Massa Latine scripta, & figuris quibusdam ex priori nostra editione sumptis ; additis nuper etiam librorum Canonis oeconomijs, necnòn Tabulis isagogicis in vniuersam medicinam ex arte, Humain [sic], idest Ioannitii Arabis, per Fabium Paulinum Vtinensem ; cum indicibus quattuor, duobus uocum Arabicarum, altero Gerardi Cremonensis, altero Bellunensis, duobus rerum memorabilium, altero in Auicennae contextu, altero in annotationibus contentarum., Vol. 1 has added engraved t.p.: Auicennae Arabum medicorum principis, Canon medicinae. Quo vniuersa medendi scientia pulcherrima & breui methodo planissimè explicatur. Eiusdem De viribus cordis. [De] remouendis nocumentis in regimine sanitatis. [De] syrupo acetoso. Cantica., "Tabvlae isagogicae in vniversam medicinam. Ex arte Hvmain, idest Ioannitij Arabis. Auctore Fabio Paulino Vtinensi. Collectae, et editae a Fabritio Raspano ..." (v. 1) has special t.p., The general index (v. 3) also has special t.p., "De viribus cordis" is translated by Arnaldus de Villa Nova and "Cantica" by Armegandus Blasii., Vol. 1: [52], 590, 583-982 p.; v. 2: [12], 437, [3] p.; v. 3: [304] p., Microfiche. New Canaan, Conn. : Readex Microprint, [1993]. 48 microfiches. (Landmarks II). s1993 ctun b
Il regno della China detto presentemente Catay, e Mangin, diuiso sopra le Carte più esatte nelle sue Principali Prouincie
da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola, con l'aggionta di nuoui regni, e prouincie ne confini dela medesima China, conforme le relationi più recenti de più illustri viaggiatori del nostro secolo, e particolarmente delli Pri Gio. Grueher, Benedetto Goes, Martino Martini, e Monsieur Tauernier, et altri ; Giorgio Widman sculp., Relief shown pictorially.
Europ IIII Tab.
Text on verso: Europae Tabula IIII, Continet Germaniam Magnam ..., From: Ptolemäus, Claudius: Geographia.
A deliniation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland; exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata, illustrated b
By W. Smith., The first geological map of England and Wales; for description see Annals of science, v. 3, no. 2, p. 190-212., Also includes 6 folded section maps by W. Smith: 1. Geological section from London to Snowdon. London, J. Cary, 1817.- 2. Geological view and section in Essex and Hertfordshire ... [London, 1819]- 3. Geological view and section of Norfolk ... [London, 1819] - 4. Vertical section of strata in Surry dipping northward ... London, J. Cary, 1819.- 5. Section of the strata through Hampshire and Wiltshire to Bath. London, J. Gary, 1819.- 6. Geological view and section through Dorsetshire and Somersetshire to Taunton. London, J. Gary, 1819.
Topographia insulae Huenae in celebri porthmo regni Daniae, quem vulgo Oersunt uocant. Effigiata Coloniae 1586.
Excerpt from Joan Blaeu's Major Atlas, 1665., Inset views of Uraniburg Observatory (15 x 11 cm. and 13 x 11 cm.): Vranibvgvm arx, quamplurimis, uaria exactaq. ratione ... -- Totius ambit. et capacita tis delieneatio., Includes references A-I and K.
Reliquiæ diluvianæ, or observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena attesting the action of an universal deluge
by William Buckland., Includes index., Micro-opaque. New York : Readex Microprint, 1968. 5 cards ; 23 x 15 cm. (Landmarks of science) s1968 nyun c
Typus totius terraquei geographice delineatus, et ad usum globo materiali superinducendus : Globus geographicus novus anno 1700 constructi monachii.
Twelve gored map of the world with relief shown pictorially., Fol. III. from: Novus atlas ... Part V, Geographica artificialis ...
L'Optiqve et la catoptriqve
dv Reverend Pere Mersenne Minime ; novvellement mise en lvmiere apres la mort de l'autheur., Micro-opaque. New York : Readex Microprint, 1975. 3 cards ; 23 x 15 cm. (Landmarks of science) s1975 nyun c