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47G BORGO (Pietro) : Llimo di Abacho [p. 2a:] Qui comC-za la iiobel opera de aiithmeticha la<[ii:il 

 se tiacta tute cose a uierchatia pertiriente facta e cOpilata per Miser Piero br>rgi da Venesia, cr. 

 4to. boards {blank corner stained, otherwise sound copy with good margins) ; VERV rare, £4. 4v 



Vcnctia, per Jaconio Poifio, 1509 

 The fifth etlitiini of this rare wmk. ami tlie last fiillv il<'s>Tibed by Brunet. It was the earliest printtMl ir.'atise 0:1 

 algebra, aiul a fiiiracci>;iiit, of it will h.- lomi.l in I'iol. d.- .Moi- m's ' Arithiiicticivl Bwks," i)p. !iS)-100. 



• T<mtf;sle.si'tlitioiis do cat A'><"ho sunt ditticiles a trouver, etdepuis (luel'iuesaiineeson les recherche beaucMup.' -llninet. 

 The aathv,r is often cuiifouinlei with Lucas Bouuo [PAfiionJ, 7. v. post. 



477 BORK (Heinrich) Untersuchungen iiber das Veriialtex Zweier Primzahlex in 15 vug 

 aiif iliren <iuadratisc!ien Restcharakter ; with plate, 4to. (pp. 21), sewn, Is 6d Berlin, 18S5 



478 BORN (Ignaz Edler v. [/»c Baron Inig-o] ) New Process of Amalgamation of Gold and 

 Silver Ores, and otlier Metallic Mixtures, as introduced in Flunj^ary and Ji.dieniia, trans. l>y 

 RUD0L^^ Eric Raspe, with Supplement, or Comparative View of tlie former Method of Meltiu;^ 

 and Retininj^, and Account of its latest Improvements, and of the Quicksilver Trade, ivith 21 

 copperplates {many fold inj) of metallurgical plant, 4to. original boards, nncut (RARE), £1. 10s 1791 



The author was the discoverer of a new i)roce.ss of amalgamation— tirst described in this work —and of impruvetl 

 methods in several ileiiartnients of mining. The work is however of still greater interest on account of its translator, a 

 German professor at Cassel, who tied to England to avoitl punishment for theft. -He was elected a Fellow of the lloyal 

 Society, but struck ott" the rolls on his antece«lents becoming known. He was the author of the original 'Baron 

 Munchausen ', and a swindler of a most interesting type. ' In the autiunn of IT'.U Haspc wtiit on a lour in the extreme 

 Nortli of Scotland, wln're he professed to discover si>{nsof vast jnin.'>ral wivilrji. ^\\^ sustain liis n-puta' ion as a mineralogist 

 In- brought out, in I7!)l, a translation of Baron Born's new process nt anKil-am it iM;i ijy pliusilil.- manieuvres he 

 inveigled a local magnate. Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, into dishaisin.: i , innary op'iations. WIhmi the 



timecajne for the fruition of his schemes, llaspe disappeared, i'li^ i: :s,l m a iiaililiim whit'li Sir 



Walter Scott utilised in The Antuiuiirif.'—D. N. 1). 



BORREL (Jean)— r. liUTEO, post. 



479 BOSCOVICH (Rugrgiero Giuseppe, s.j. ; f.r.s.) Dissert ationes V ad Dioptricam 

 pertinentes ; with 4 plates, 4to. mottled vellum, 8>' Oi Vindobomv, 1767 



Apjtlying mathematics to the theory of the telescope. 



ISO BOSSE (Abraham, .<7mvc?/r) La PRATKiUE du Trait a Preuves de Mr. Desargues, pour la 

 Coupe des Pierres en 1' Architecture ; with \\Q plates, ^vo. vellum, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl 

 Stanhope, 5s 1643 



481 Traite des Pratiques Geometrales et Perspectives; with 6S plates, 8vo. stamped 



vellum, vuth Lord Stanhope's bookplate, 5s 1665 



482 BOSSUT (Charles, s.j. ; de V Institut) HiSTOiRE Generale des Mathematiques jusqu'en 

 1808 ; with portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary hf. calf, 10* Qd 1810 



Last and best edition, and still of value. 



Is:; GENEiiAL History of Mathematics to the Middle of the XVIII. Centurj% trans, [by T. O. 



( 11 URCHILL], with Chronological Table of the most eminent Mathematicians [by John lioNNY- 

 castle], 8vo. boards, nncut ; or, old hf. calf gilt {scarce). Is %d 1803 



1S4 Traite Elementaire de Mechanique Statique; icith 7 plates, 8vo. contemporary calf 



gilt, with bookj}^~ate of Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 5s 17 



1S5 Traite Elementaire de Mechanique et de Dinamique, appliqud principalement aux 



Mouvemens des Machines ; with 7 plates, 8vo. contemporary French mottled calf gilt {fine copy), 



with Lord Stanhope's bookplate, iSs 6(/ ' Charleville, 1763 



4sf) BOTTOMLEY (James Thomson, f.r.s.) Four Figure Mathematical Tables, enlar;,'ed Ed., 



Svo. cL, 1.9 Gd 1890 



487 BOTTONE (S. R.) Radiography and the ' X ' Rays in Practice and Theory, 47 illustrations, 



cr. 8vo. cL, \sQd . 1898 



iss BOUCHARLAT (Jean Louis) Eli^mens de Calcul Differentiel et de Calcul Integral, 



3" Ed. ; ivith 4. 2)lates, 8vo. hf calf 2s 6d 1826 



4b9 HuiTiiiME Edition, revue et annotee par H. Laurent, with 5 folding jdatcs, 8vo. sewn, 



4s (p. F. 8.) 1881 



490 Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus, trans. ])y R. 



Blakelock, 5 plates, Svo. boards, 3.s Qd Cauihri'/f/r, 1828 



491 Kemarques sur la Partie Elementaire de rALOtinRE, post Svo. (pp. 56), scu-)i, (is 



J.yon, ISO 4 

 ' OlTert ^ Monsieur Puissant par I'auteur. Lyon le S Pluviose an 13. Movch.xrlxt.'— laser, on Jh/laij. Tliis very rare 

 little work— the author's first— was unknown to Poggeniiorll and the author's biographer in liiogr. (',('■ iwmle. 



492 BOUGUER (Pierre; f.r.s.) Entretiens sur hi CAU.5E de I'Inclinaison des Orbites des 

 PLANiiTES, 2" Ed., avec iin examen de I'etendue du Mdchanisme ou des Loi-x de Physique ; with 

 2 plates, 4to. sewn, 5s 1748 



493 Another Copy, old calf gilt, Qs (Sd 



494 EssAi d'OPTiQUE, sur la Gradation de la LuMiiiRE, premiers edition; with Z plates, 



12mo. sewn, uncut {fre.sh copy) ; RARE, £1. 1* 1729 



In this work the author laid the foundation of rational photometry, while it also contains important iuvcsti 

 the absorption of light. His views were enlarged in the TraHi:. d'Optiqiie (7. v. post). 



IS oil 



495 De la Manceuvre des Vaisseaux, ou Traite de Mechanique et de DYNAMKiUL, dans 



lequel on r^duit a des Solutions tres-simples les Problemes de Marine les plus dirticiles, qui ont 

 pour objet le mouvement du Navire; with 15 folding plates, 4to., contemporary calf extra, with 

 Chippendale bookplate of Thomas Salwey, LL.D. (rare), £1. 1* 1757 



' Le premier livre est un excellent traite demecaniquri c*t de ilynann(iue, ainsi qued'hydrostaticiue et d'hydrwlynamicpie, 

 ou I'auteur etablit les jmncipes de ces deux sciences '.—Montucli's HUtoire des .\fnfli,'iii"fl'iii''s, where a full account of the 

 work will be found in v. I\', pp. 423-5. The third Book solves important .sailing iimMciii- I'V L,'(!onietrical means. 



496 NouvEAU Traite de Navigation, contenant la Theorie et la Pratique du Pilotage ; 



with IS folding plates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt, 12s 6d 1753 



No copies of either of tiie above works were in the Scott Library. 



