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- Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- by a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland ; illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates., Facsim. of the 1st ed.: Edinburgh : Printed by A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar and sold by Collin Macfarquhar, 1771., Accompanied by booklet: Your authentic replica of the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica / originally published 1768-1771 Edinburgh, Scotland ; reissued by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, ©1979. 8 p. ; 26 cm.
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- Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri extinct monsters of the ancient earth : with twenty-eight plates copied from specimens in the author's collection of fossil organic remains
- by Thomas Hawkins., Subscription list: p. [3].
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- A natural history of the Crinoidea, or, Lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites, illustrated with fifty coloured plates
- by J.S. Miller., Includes index to plates., Each plate is accompanied by descriptive text.
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- Monumenta aere perenniora, inter astra ponenda.
- von Maximilian Hell kaiserl. königl. Hofastronomen an der Universität zu Wien, im Jahre 1789 der astronomischen Republik gewidmet. Aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt von Anton Jungnitz Mitglied des königl. Preußischen Schulen-Institus, und Astronom an der Universität zu Breßlau in Schlesien., German; Fraktur
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- Discorso istorico-filsofico sopra o il tremuoto : che nella notte del di 24 venendo il 25. dicembre dell'anno 1786, dopo le ore 9., d'Italia scosse orribilmente la città di Rimini, e varj paesi vicini
- dato in luce dal dottore Giuseppe Arciprete Vannucci ..., Errata: p. 188-190.
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- A dobsinai jégbarlang ... Die eishöhle von Dobschau. Im auftrage der K. Ungarischen naturwissenschaftlichen gesellschaft untersucht und beschrieben
- von dr Jos. Alex. Krenner ... Mit 6 lithographirten tafeln und 3 holzschnitten., In portfolio., Hungarian and German in opposite columns.
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- Completa raccolta di opuscoli, osservazioni, e notizie diverse contenute nei Giornali astrometeorologici dall' anno 1773. sino all' anno 1798.
- del fu signor abate Giuseppe Toaldo ... coll' aggiunta di alcune altre sue produzioni meterologiche e pubblicate ed inedite ..., Edited by Domenico Tiato., A projected fifth volume (cf. Avviso at end of v. 4)--was never published., "Elogio di Giuseppe Toaldo scritto da Angelo Fabroni.
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- Micrographia.
- An abridgment of the author's Micrographia, attributed by Keynes to Henry Baker; the plates are largely those of the original edition of 1665, with some omitted and some copied (as explained in the preface); additional captions have been added and plate numbers changed to conform to the abridgement., Signatures: [A]₂ B-R₂ [S]-[T]₂., P. [2], [7]-[8] (third sequence) blank., Title vignette; tail-pieces; horizontal chain lines., Errata: p. 65., Includes index.
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- Johannes Hevelii Prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum planè & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construendum, quàm ad omnium planetarum tabulas corrigendas omnimodè spectant; nec non novas & correctiores tabulas solares, al
- Quibus additus est uterque Catalogus stellarum fixarum, tam major ad annum 1660, quàm minor ad annum completum 1700. Accessit corollarii loco Tabula motus lunae libratorii ..., Half-title: J. Hevelii Prodromus astronomiae cum Catalogo fixarum, & Firmamentum Sobiescianum., Added engraved half title on double leaves., "Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia," has special t.p., added engr. t.p. on 2 leaves and separate paging., "Edmundi Halleii Catalogus stellarum australium ... partim correctus, & ad annum Christi MDCC completum reductus à Jo. Hevelio," p. [309]-320., "Joannis Ernesti Schmieden Cenotaphium. Illvstri viro Joanni Hevelio ... sacrandam ad memoriam positvm," with special t.p., p. ℓ. 7-10.
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- Tres epistolæ de maculis solaribus : scriptæ ad Marcum Velserum, Augustæ Vind. II. virum praefect. Cum obseruationum iconismis.
- Signed at end: Apelles latens post tabulam., Title vignette (publisher's or printer's device)., Signatures: A-B⁴.
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- Atlas coelestis
- By the late Reverend Mr. John Flamsteed, regius professor of astronomy at Greenwich., Engr. title vignette, head and tail pieces.