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- Sanctorii Sanctorii ... Commentaria in primam sectionem Aphorismorum Hippocratis ... De remediorum inventione.
- Includes Latin text of book 1 of the Aphorismi, translated by Niccolò Leoniceno., Includes index.
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- Prodigioso volcan de fuego.
- Purchased in memory of Marcia Goodman, first librarian of the History of Science Collections., Italian translation of the original Spanish edition of 1638, entitled Prodigioso volcan de fuego, que exhala en medio del mar Oceanom enfrente de la Isla San Miguel, una de las Terceras, y nueva Isla que ha formado. Tuvo principio en tres de Iulio deste presente año de 1638., Describes the appearance of a submarine volcano in the Açores, which was preceded by tremors, and resulted in the death of large numbers of fish.
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- Freti Danici or svndt accvratiss delineatio.
- Derived from a drawing by Hans Kneiper and forwarded to Braun and Hogenberg by Henrik Rantzau; see R.A. Skeltons Introduction to the 1980 facs. ed. of Civitates orbis terrarum., Inset (11 x 11 cm.): Interior Arcis magnificentia., Excerpt from Joan Blaeu's Major Atlas, 1665.
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- Tractatus De sphæra, De spiritalibus, et De geometria practica
- Handwritten and hand illustrated manuscript of the lectures of professor Orazio Grassi, who taught astronomy and mathematics at the Jesuit Collegio Romano, which was written by one of his students., ex. R.P. Horatio Grassio, Societatis Iesu., "In Collegio Romano ex Bdo. P. Horatio Grassio. Societatis Iesu Die ii Iuni, 1623"--P. [56]., Holograph in black ink with hand drawn illustrations also in black ink., Title in red and black in triple border., Text is divided into four sections with caption titles., Sections on geometry and hydraulics have problems sets illustrated with ink sketch diagrams or landscapes., There is a maximum of twenty-three lines of text per page and blank pages show the use of a mechanical device or blind rule to assist the writer in making even and consistent lines., In slipcase.
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- The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher : in four parts containing : I. His Complete master-piece : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man, to which is added, The family physician, being approved remedies for the several distempe
- Part 3 has special title page: 43rd ed. London : Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1788., Part 4 has special title page: London : Printed for the Booksellers, 1784., Handwritten notes throughout text.
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- Ephemerides coelestium motuum Io. Antonii Magini Patavini, ... ab anno Domini 1611 vsque ad annum 1630 iusxta Copernici obseruationes accuratissimè supputatæ, correctæ, & auctæ, ad longitudinem inclyta Venetiarum urbis ... : quibus additum est eiusdem Sup
- Earlier editions issued between 1582 and 1610 covered different ranges of years. Cf. NUC pre-1956., Signatures: a⁴ b² A-S⁸ R⁴, ²A-G⁴, A-S⁸ T⁶, A-S⁸ T⁶., Title vignette (publisher's device)., Head- and tail-pieces., Includes indexes., With: Supplementum Ephemeridvm, ac tabularum secundorum mobilium / Io. Antonii Magini Patauini. Venetiis : Apud Hæredem Damiani Zenarij, 1614.
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- Vranometria, omnivm asterismorvm continens schemata. Nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa.
- Bound with the author's Explicatio characterum aeneis uranometrias imaginum. Vlmae, 1697.
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- Hieronymi Fracastorii Homocentrica. Eivsdem De cavsis criticorvm diervm per ea qv in nobis svnt ...
- Colophon: Venetiis, MDXXXVIII., Italic type., Several errors in paging., The Homocentrica was previously published under title: Homocentrica, sive, De stellis., Port. missing.
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- Geology lectures
- Professor Guyot's Geology class lectures at Princeton. Also contains a guest lecture entitled "The six days of the creation" delivered on April 6, '60., by Prof. Guyot., Holograph., "N. Perry Jr.", Section headings and marginal notes in red ink; tables in blue ink; corrections to text in pencil., One pen-and-ink diagram; four pen-and-ink maps; five pen-and-ink illustrations.