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- United States exploring expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
- v. 1-5. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838-42 / by Charles Wilkes. 1845 -- v. 10. Geology / by James D. Dana. 1849 -- v. 17. Botany : Cryptogamia ; Musci / by William S. Sullivant ; Lichenes / by Edward Tuckerman ; Algae / by J.W. Bailey and W.H. Harvey ; Fungi / by M.A. Curtis and M.J. Berkeley ; Phanerogamia of Pacific North America / by John Torrey ; ed. by Asa Gray. 1874., under the command of Charles Wilkes., v. 10, Atlas, has imprint: New York : G.P. Putnam ; London : Putnam's American Agency, [n.d.]., Published under act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842, which provided: "That there shall be published ... an account of the discoveries made by the Exploring expedition under the command of Lieutenant Wilkes ... which account shall be ... published in a form similar to the voyage of the Astrolabe, lately published by the government of France.", By the same act, the edition was limited to 100 copies. Mr. Wilkes, however, secured copyright on his Narrative of the expedition, under which privilege he published several editions of that part of the reports. Later, also, the authors themselves, or publishers who might be willing to undertake it, were allowed to issue an additional 150 copies of most of the various reports, and under this arrangement, from 100 to 150 copies of most of the volumes were published in addition to the 100 copies provided for by the government. The official edition however was 100 copies only., The publication was never completed. Five volumes are unpublished: v. 18, Botany / by Asa Gray; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v. 21-22, Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v. 24, Physics / by Charles Wilkes., Volumes of unfinished plates--some of them in proof before lettering--are found, without t.p. or other printed matter. The Library of Congress has two such volumes: one of 71 pl. (4 col.) from the atlases to Botany, and one of 32 col. pl., 28 of which belong to the unpublished v. 21-11, Icthyology, and 4 to v. 12, Mollusca and shells., v. 10 book plate: Ex libris Herbert McLean Evans
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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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- Albertus Durerus Nurembergensis pictor huius aetatis celeberrimus, versus è Germanica lingua in Latinum ... Quatuor his suaru[m] Institutionum geometricarum libris ... denuo ad scripti exemplaris fidem omnia diligenter recognita, emendatius iam in lucem e
- Signatures: a⁴ A-P⁶ Q⁴., The illustrations on P6r and Q1r have folded flaps., Printer's device on t.p. and on leaf at end., Several errors in paging., Lib. III contains Dürer's expositions on the construction of letters, with many large woodcut specimens of roman capitals., With: Dürer, Albrecht. Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti ... De urbibus, archibus, castellísque compendis ... Parisiis : C. Wecheli, 1535.
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- United States exploring expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
- v. 1-5. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838-42 / by Charles Wilkes. 1845 -- v. 10. Geology / by James D. Dana. 1849 -- v. 17. Botany : Cryptogamia ; Musci / by William S. Sullivant ; Lichenes / by Edward Tuckerman ; Algae / by J.W. Bailey and W.H. Harvey ; Fungi / by M.A. Curtis and M.J. Berkeley ; Phanerogamia of Pacific North America / by John Torrey ; ed. by Asa Gray. 1874., under the command of Charles Wilkes., v. 10, Atlas, has imprint: New York : G.P. Putnam ; London : Putnam's American Agency, [n.d.]., Published under act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842, which provided: "That there shall be published ... an account of the discoveries made by the Exploring expedition under the command of Lieutenant Wilkes ... which account shall be ... published in a form similar to the voyage of the Astrolabe, lately published by the government of France.", By the same act, the edition was limited to 100 copies. Mr. Wilkes, however, secured copyright on his Narrative of the expedition, under which privilege he published several editions of that part of the reports. Later, also, the authors themselves, or publishers who might be willing to undertake it, were allowed to issue an additional 150 copies of most of the various reports, and under this arrangement, from 100 to 150 copies of most of the volumes were published in addition to the 100 copies provided for by the government. The official edition however was 100 copies only., The publication was never completed. Five volumes are unpublished: v. 18, Botany / by Asa Gray; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v. 21-22, Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v. 24, Physics / by Charles Wilkes., Volumes of unfinished plates--some of them in proof before lettering--are found, without t.p. or other printed matter. The Library of Congress has two such volumes: one of 71 pl. (4 col.) from the atlases to Botany, and one of 32 col. pl., 28 of which belong to the unpublished v. 21-11, Icthyology, and 4 to v. 12, Mollusca and shells., v. 10 book plate: Ex libris Herbert McLean Evans
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- Elements.
- avthore Ioanne Schevbelio ..., Wrongly attributed to Eucleides of Megara. Cf. Britannica, 1959., Signatures: a⁴ A-Pp⁴ Qq⁶., Imprint date from colophon., Printer's mark on t.p. and on last p., Page 315 misnumbered 351; numerous other errors in pagination., "Brevis regvlarvm algebrae descriptio, vna cvm demonstrationibvs geometricis, avtore Ioanne Schevbelio": p. [1]-76.
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- Sphaera mundi.
- Cichi Esculani cum textu.--Expositio Joannis Baptiste Capuani in eandem.--Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis.--Theodosij De speris.--Michaelis Scoti.--Qõnes reuerẽdissimi dñi Petri de Aliaco [et]c.--Roberti Linchoniensis Compendium.--Tractatus de sphera solida.--Tractatus de sphera Campani.--Tractatus de computo maiori eiusdem.--Disputatio Joannis de Monte Regio.--Textus theorice [Georgii Purbachii] cũ expõne Joãnis Baptiste Capuani.--Ptolomeus De speculis., Includes Sacro Bosco's Sphere and various commentaries on it, as well as other works on the sphere., Originally edited by Hieronymus de Nuciarellis., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: A⁴ B-2F⁸ 2G⁶ (2G6 blank), Double columns., Initials; side notes., Woodcut illustration of armillary sphere on leaf 4b., Printer's mark (Kristeller 286) on leaf 253b [i.e. 232], Numbers 181-200 omitted in foliation., Leaf 97 incorrectly numbered 81/, 92 as 192., Riccardi, P. Bib. matematica, II, col. 447-449., NUC pre-56, NS 0014920., Thorndike, L. Sphere of Sacrobosco, p. 343., Lacy Collection bookplate, cop. 1., Manuscript notes in margins, cop. 2., Some initials hand colored; gilded initial on leaf 201, cop. 2., Copy 2 imperfect: lacks t.p. The printed dates on line 3, leaf 2a, "Anno dñi. 1506," and the last line of leaf 3a, "M.D.VII.," of Bartolomeo Vespucci's oration have been erased (leaf 2a) or cut out (leaf 3a) and subsequently added in pencil. According to Thorndike (History of Magic, V, p. 164), this oration was delivered in Padua in 1506, in Ferrara in 1507, and published in 1508. Colophon date of "1484" is probably false ("1518" added in pencil beneath colophon). No references found for this edition with a 1484 imprint date (Proctor, BM 15th cent., NUC pre-56, Goff, Hain). This date also conflicts with the dates on leaves 2a and 3a. In addition, the heirs of Octavianus Scotus (named in the colophon) did not begin publishing until 1516 (cf. Norton, F. J. Italian printers 1501-1520). Thorndike calls the Venice 1518 edition a new and superior compilation, and does not mention a prior imprint of this edition.
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- Diuina proportione : opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria oue ciascun studioso di philosophia: prospectiua pictura sculptura: architectura: musica: e altre mathematice: suauissima: sottile: e admirabile doctrina consequira: e delectaras
- Author's name at head of dedication: Frater Lucas Patiolus ..., Place and date of imprint from colophon., Colophon (at end of Tractatus tertius): "Venetiis impressum per ... Paganinum de Paganinis de Brixia ... Anno redemptionis nostre M.D.VIIII. Klen. Iunii Leonardo Lauretano Ve. rem. pu. gubernante. pontificatus Iulii. II. anno. VI." Colophon also at end of "Pars prima" with slight variations., Title in red and black; initials., The geometrical figures accompanying the text are printed in the margin., Leaf 25 misnumbered 17 (2nd group), 14 as 15 (3rd group), 16-26 as 17-27., Manuscript notes in margins., Manuscript corrections in text: leaf 3a (2nd group)., DeGolyer Collection bookplate.
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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.
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- Unterweisung der Messung.
- Signatures: a⁴ A-P⁶ Q⁴., The illustrations on P6r and Q1r have folded flaps., Printer's device on t.p. and on leaf at end., Several errors in paging., Lib. III contains Dürer's expositions on the construction of letters, with many large woodcut specimens of roman capitals., With: Dürer, Albrecht. Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti ... De urbibus, archibus, castellísque compendis ... Parisiis : C. Wecheli, 1535.
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- Diuina proportione : opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria oue ciascun studioso di philosophia: prospectiua pictura sculptura: architectura: musica: e altre mathematice: suauissima: sottile: e admirabile doctrina consequira: e delectaras
- Author's name at head of dedication: Frater Lucas Patiolus ..., Place and date of imprint from colophon., Colophon (at end of Tractatus tertius): "Venetiis impressum per ... Paganinum de Paganinis de Brixia ... Anno redemptionis nostre M.D.VIIII. Klen. Iunii Leonardo Lauretano Ve. rem. pu. gubernante. pontificatus Iulii. II. anno. VI." Colophon also at end of "Pars prima" with slight variations., Title in red and black; initials., The geometrical figures accompanying the text are printed in the margin., Leaf 25 misnumbered 17 (2nd group), 14 as 15 (3rd group), 16-26 as 17-27., Manuscript notes in margins., Manuscript corrections in text: leaf 3a (2nd group)., DeGolyer Collection bookplate.