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- Notes of nine lectures on the Alps, glaciers, glacial theory delivered by Professor Agassiz at the Masonic Temple, Boston, 1847
- J.J.D., Holograph., Pen and ink drawings throughout text.
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- The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man : with an essay concerning the Pygmies, &c. of the antients : wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkies, and not men, as formerly pretended : to which is added,
- being the works of Edward Tyson ... ; adorn'd with copper-plates, engraved by M. van der Gucht., Originally published as Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris (London, 1699)., "This edition would seem to be made up of the sheets of the 1699 issue with a new title and the addition of 78 p., 8 plates."--Russell., A majority of the plates signed Michael Burghers., Signatures: A² B-O⁴ P², B-H⁴, A-K⁴., Publisher's advertisements: p. [1]-[2] (7th group)., Handwritten notes throughout text., Includes bibliographical references.
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- A true and exact relation of the late prodigious earthquake & eruption of mount Ætna, or Monte-Gibello; as it came in a letter written to His Majesty from Naples
- by the Right Honorable the Earle of Winchilsea, His Majesties late ambassador at Constantinople, who in his return from thence, visiting Catania in the island of Sicily, was an ey-witness of that dreadful spectacle. Together with a more particular narrative of the same, as it is collected out of severall relations sent from Catania. Published by authority.
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- Über Ammoniten : über ihre Sonderung in Familien, über die Arten, welche in den älteren Gebirgsschichten vorkommen, und über Goniatiten insbesondere
- von Leopold von Buch., "Zwei in der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften gelesene Abhandlungen.", Offprint from Abhand. K. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1830, p. 135-158, 159-188., Stamp on t.p.: F.F. Bibliothek Donaueschingen., With: Über Terebrateln : mit einem Versuch, sie zu classificiren und zu beschreiben / von Leopold von Buch. Berlin : Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1834.
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- Dialogo di Vincentio Galilei nobile fiorentino della mvsica antica, et della moderna.
- Title within ornamental design: printer's mark at end.
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- Map of Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
- Crowder Mercantile and Investment Company., "Showing segregation of coal and asphalt land"--Panel., Date from map verso., "Matters of interest concerning lands of Choctaw Nation"--Map verso.
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- Lexicon mathematicvm : hoc est rerum omnium ad vniuersam planè mathesim quoquo modo, directè, vel indirectè spectantium, collectio, et explicatio ...
- authore Hieronymo Vitali ..., Added engraved t.p.: "Hieron. Vitalis. C. R. Qvadrivivm Scientiarvm siue Lexicon Mathematicvm.", Title engraving by Joseph Facciolus., Signatures: a⁶ b-h⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-Z⁴ 3A-Y⁴ 3Z⁶ 4A-Z⁴ 5A-Z⁴ 6A-S⁴ chi²., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials., Page 455 misnumbered 355, 716 as 726., Errata: p. [66] (first group)., History of Science Coll. copy: pages 337-344 are repeated., Includes index.
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- De la generation des vers dans le corps de l'homme : de la nature et des especes de cette maladie : des moyens de s'en preserver & de la guérir
- par M. Andry., Statement of responsibility follows the edition statement., Dedicated to Guy Crescent Fagon., Signatures: v. 1: [par.]¹ a⁸ b⁴ c⁸ d² e⁸ f-g⁴ A-Ii⁸⁻⁴ Kk⁶; v. 2: [par.]¹ A⁸ B⁴ C⁸ D² E⁸-Pp⁸⁻⁴ Qq⁶ (T2 missigned T1)., Head and tail pieces; initials., Page 583 misnumbered 58., Errata: v. 2, last 3 pages., "Lettres écrites à l'auteur par Mr Hartsoeker, & par Mr Baglivi, sur le sujet des vers," p. [711]-733, 841-850., "Sçavoir si le fréquent usage du tabac abrege la vie. Traduction du latin," p. 810-840., Includes bibliographical references.
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- De locis solidis secunda divinatio geometrica : in quinque libros iniuria temporum amissos Aristæi senioris geometræ
- In quo de locis ordinationum conicarum limitibus pertractatur -- In quo loci ordinatarum potentium limites indicantur -- In quo loci variarum dispositionum limites assignantur., autore Vincentio Viviani ... opus conicum continens elementa tractatuum ejusdem Viviani, quibus tunc ipse multa, maxima, & abdita in mathesi theoremata demonstrare cogitaverat., Engravings by Giovanni Antonio Lorenzini., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials; side notes., Liber primus begins with a list of definitions., Errata: p. 117-118 (3rd group)., Provenance note on t.p.: "Ambros. Khom A. 1877."
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- Lexicon mathematicvm : hoc est rerum omnium ad vniuersam planè mathesim quoquo modo, directè, vel indirectè spectantium, collectio, et explicatio ...
- authore Hieronymo Vitali ..., Added engraved t.p.: "Hieron. Vitalis. C. R. Qvadrivivm Scientiarvm siue Lexicon Mathematicvm.", Title engraving by Joseph Facciolus., Signatures: a⁶ b-h⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-Z⁴ 3A-Y⁴ 3Z⁶ 4A-Z⁴ 5A-Z⁴ 6A-S⁴ chi²., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials., Page 455 misnumbered 355, 716 as 726., Errata: p. [66] (first group)., History of Science Coll. copy: pages 337-344 are repeated., Includes index.
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- Traité de la peinture
- par Leonard de Vinci., A revision of the 1651 translation by Ronald Fréart de Chambray of Trattato della pittura. Cf. Brunet, V, col. 1258., "La vie de Leonard de Vinci"--P. xix-liv., Signatures: a⁸ i⁸ o⁴ u⁸ aa⁴ ee⁸ A⁸ B⁴ C⁸ D⁴ E⁸ F⁴ G⁸ H⁴ I⁸ K⁴ L⁸ M⁴ N⁸ O⁴ P⁸ Q⁴ R⁸ S⁴ T⁸ V⁴ X⁸ Y⁴ Z⁸ Aa⁴ Bb⁸ Cc⁴ Dd⁸ Ee⁴ Ff⁴., Head-pieces., Verso of t.p. (p. [ii]) blank., Handwritten on t.p. verso: Tempelman, 1777., Book plate: John Fiott, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1806., Book plate: Verum Atque Decens.