HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37. PICCADILLY, W. 179 



3559 PETTY (Sir William, f.r.s.) The Discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of 

 November 1674 concerning the Use of Duplicate Proportion in sundry Important Particulars ; 

 with a New Hypothesis of Springing or Elastique Motions, 24mo. contemporary sheen {title 

 somewhat soiled, and pp. llS-114 sliffhtlf/ defective); very rare, with Chippendale bookplate of 

 James Erskine, Lord Alva^ 1722-98, 18s 6rf John Martyn, Printer to the Borjal Soc, 1674 



In his dedication to the Duke of Newcafjtle the author states the work to contain three parts: ' I. an Endeavour to 

 explain the Intricate Notions, or Fhilosophia Prima of Place, Time, Motion, and Electricity; II. to excite the World to the 

 study of a little Matheraaticks by shewing the use of Duplicate Proportions in somi ot the most weighty of Humane 

 affairs; III. Chymerical Speculations, to consider such points and proportions, even in .-l/o/ns (sut-h, whereof perhaps a 

 Million do not'make up one visible Corpusctdum.,) as may give an intelligiblf Acrvani of tin; Nexures, Mixtures, and 

 Mobilities of all the parts of the Universe.' 



3560 PETVIN (John, Vicar of Ilsington, Devon) Letters conoeniiiiu' Mind, ^vith a Sketch of 

 Universal Arithmetic, comprehending the Differential Cah i lls, and the Doctrine of 

 Fluxions, Svo. contemporary ca// (rare), £1. 1* 1750 



' Donura Gulieliini [sic] Petvin Edvdo Stone'. [V Ednmnd Stone, k.k.s., matheuuitician, oh. ]~,;-,],—in<rr. en fliih-nf. 



This work, which was seominj^ly unknown to Prof, de Morgan, 'was written before tin' Disjxit' .imse about the 

 Doctrine of Fluxions', and aims at 'discovering the Philosophical Arithmetic (lost for Ages;, and reducing the Science of 

 Mathematics to its primitive Purity and Simplicity.' 



3561 PEUCER (Kaspar; Univ. Wittenberg, son-in-law of Melanchthon) Elementa DocTRiNiE de 

 CiRCULis CtELESTiBUS, et Primo Motu, recognita et correcta: De DiMENSiONE Terr^e et 

 Geometrice Numerandis Locorum Particulariorum Intervallis ex DOCTRINA Triangulorum 

 SPHiERicORUM et Canone Subtensarum ; accedit Descriptio Locorum Terrae Sanctae autore 

 Brocardo Monacho — 2 vols. 12mo. in I, with folding tables, and numerous woodcuts {one with 

 movable slips), and diagrams ; old limp vellum (very rare), £1. 5* Wittebergoe, 1553-4 



3562 PETJERBACH [Latine PURBACHIUS] (Georgr) : Elementa Arithmetices : Alqorithmus 

 de NuMERis Integris auctore Georgio Peurbachio. De Numeris Fractis, Regulis 

 CoMMUNiBus, et Proporcionibus [sic]. Cum Praefatione Philippi Melanchthonis; title 

 within woodcut border, 12mo. hf. calf {a number of II. water-stained^ otherwise sound, and a vei'y 

 large copy), £2. 10* [col. :] Vitebergae, per Jos. Clug, 1534 



An exceedingly rare edition, unknown to Prof, de Morgan, Poggendorff, Brunet, and Graesse. The latter mentions 

 however an edition of Wittenberg, 1536. It is of special interest as the first containing Melanchthon's Preface. The 

 last part, ' De Proportionibus ex Elementis Euclidis ', is by Johann Vogelin. 



3563 : QuADRATU Geometricu praeclarissimi Mathematici Georgii Burbachii ; title printed 



in red, with woodcut, and diagrams, folio (pp. 20), sewn (rare), £1. 10* 



Nurenberge, Joa. Stuchs, 1516 



' He also invented various other instruments, among which was the Gnomon, or Geometrical' Square, with canons and 

 a table for its use.'— i)r. Hutton, F.R.S. 



3564 Theoricarum nouarum [Planetarum] Textus cil vtili ac preclarissima expositione 



Francisci Capuani de Manfredonia. Ite in ead6 Syluestri de Prierio perfamiliaris com- 

 MENTATIO. Insuper Jacobi Fabri Stapuleii. ASTRONOMICUM. Omnia nuper summa diligentia- 

 emendata . . . ; finely printed in a small gotf)if letter, with device of Jehan Petit on title, large 

 woodcut on its reverse, and numerous smaller ones and diagrams, folio, old calf {binding damaged, 

 and text slightly wormed, but a sound tall copy), with auto. * Israel Lyons Junr. [the Mathe- 

 matician], Jan. 1764' (RARE), £1. 175 6rf 



[colophon :] Parisiis, caracteribus Michaelis Lesclecher opificis. 



Sumptibus Johanis Parvi et Beg. Chauderon, 1515 



Although containing no notable discoveries, the above work is important as closely examining the theories of the 



ancients, and as having been the first to inaugurate the new era of astronomical research. It is moreover a fine specimen 



of typography. 



' Les deux homines i qui les mathematiques doivent le plus dans le XVo slecle, sont Purhmh et Regwrnontanm. Ce ne 

 seri pas concevoir d'eux une idee trop avantageu.se, que de les regarder les vrais restaurateurs de ces sciences, et surtout 

 de rastronomie'.— Jlfontucto. 



3565 Editio Altera : Novae Theoricae Planetarum, h Petro Apiano iam ad omnem 



veritatem redacta?, et eruditis figuris illustratae ; with numerous diagrams, 16mo. seivn {last I. 

 mounted), 5s [col. :] Venetiis, Petrus de Nicolinis, 1551 

 V. Regiomontanus, Sacro Bosco, et Schreckenfuchs, post. 



3566 PEVERONE (Giovanni Francesco, di Cuneo) Due Breui et Facili Trattati, 11 primo 

 (I'Arithmetica : I'altro di Geometria : ne i (juali si contengono alcune Cose Nuoue Piaceuoli h 

 Utili, .si h, gentilhuomini come artegiani ; unth title within beautiful ornamental border, and 

 portrait, also numerous woodcuts and diagrams, cr. 4to. fine and large copy in old white vellum 

 (VERY RARE), £3. 3* Lionc, Gio. di Tournes, 1658 



Original edition of this rare work, a full account of which will be found in Biccanirs Biblioteca Matematica. It WM 

 reprintetl in lo81. 



3567 PFANHATJSER (W.) Die Galvanoplastik ; with 35 illustrations, large Svo. sewn, Ss 



Halle a. S., 1904 



3568 PFEIFEK. (Franz Xavier) Der Goldene Schnitt und dessen Erschcinungsformen in 

 Mathematik, Natur, und Knnst ; with 13 plates, roy. 8vo. new hf. cl., As 6d Augsburg, [1885] 



3569 PFEIFFEB (Emil) Die Analyse der Milch ; with 5 illustrations, roy. Svo. sewn, 2s 



Wiesbaden, 1887 



3570 PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL and TRANSACTIONS, edited by Jacob Bell, m.p., 

 complete from the beginning in 1841-2 to Jane 8, 1901, with plates and numerous 

 woodcuts, 66 vols. 8vo., vv. 1-51 hf. calf, and the rest sewn as issued, £15. 15^ 1842-1901 



The foremost pharmaceutical journal in the English language, and the official organ of the Pharmaceutical Society, of 

 which the original editor was the founder. It contains many articles of gieat interest to chemists, especially in connexion 

 with vegetable alkaloids. 



Complete sets such as the above are excessively difficult to get. 



