HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 183 



THE FIRST STAR MAPS : 



3625 [PICCOLOMINI (Alessandro, Abp. o/Patrasso)] De la Sfera del MONDO, Libri IV in Lin- 

 gua Toscana : De le S telle Fisse, con le sue Figure e Tavole, dove cd maravigliosa agevolezza 

 potra ciasche duno eonoscere qualunque stella de le XLVIII Immagini del Cielo stellato, ecc, 

 prima edizione ; with woodcuts, diagrams, and 48 star jjiaps, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, old Italian vellum 

 {hole in title and last 2 //. mended), rare, £1. Is Venetia, 1540 



3626 Altra Edizione, old limp vellum {binding damagd and stained, also some II. water- 

 stained), \5s ibidem, 1548 



The second work ' De le Stelle Fisse ', which has a separate title-iWRft and pa-^ination, is of special interest, conteining 

 as it does the first published star maps— a. fact not generally known. Four different magnitudes are distinguished, and the 

 stars are named with Latin letters. The Greek lettering, still in use at the present time, was (Irst used by Johannes 

 Bayer in 1(303. 



3627 [New Edition of Both Works] : di nuovo da lui ripolita, accresciuta, e lino ii sei Libri, 



di Quatro che erano anipliata, e qua^i per ogni parte rinovata, e riformata ; with numerous dia- 

 grams, woodcuts, and the 48 star maps, 2 vols. 4to. in \, sound copy in old vellum, \5s i6w?«m[1564] 



The first work has been greatly enlarged in the above edition, and increased from four to six books. 



3628 Gli Stessi ; with numerous diagrams, woodcuts, and 48 star maps, 2 v., 1579 : La Prima 



Parte delle Theoriche overo Speculationi de i Pianeti; with numerous diagrams, 1568— 

 3 vols. 4to. in 1, very sound and clean copies in contemporary limp vellum, 18# 6rf i6., 1579-68 



3629 De Sphaera Libri IV, ex Italico in Latinum conversi ; eiusdem Compendium de CooNO- 



SCENDIS Stellis Fixis, et de Magnitudine Terr* et Aqu* Liber, itidem Latinus factus, 

 Joan. Nicol. Stupano Rheto interprete ; with woodcuts, numerous diagrams, and 48 star maps, 



3 V. : VERiE Solaris atque Lunaris Anni Quantitatis aliarumque lieruni ad Calendarii 

 Romani Emkndationem pertinentium, de Ortu atque Occasu Stellarum Fi.xarum EXPLICATIO. 

 Opus olim a Petro Pitato Veronensi conscriptum ; nunc revisum, etc. [a JOA. Nic. Stupano]— 



4 vols. 4to. in 1, contemporary limp vellum (RARE), £1. 12» 6rf Basilece, 1568 

 'Pierre Pitatus de Verone fit un grand uonibre d'obscrvations pour determiner au juste lea p^riodes lunaires et 



solaires. 11 presenta en 1550 au pape Pie IV un plan de reformation.'— 3fo»Uuda. 



3630 PIERRE de STE.-MARIE MAGDELAINE {de la Congregation des Fueillans) TraitA 

 d'HoRLOGlOGRAPHlE, contenant plusieurs manieres de construire sur TOUTES SURFACES, toutes 

 sortes de LiGNES Horaires, et autres Cercles de la Sphere, avec quelques Instrumens pour la 

 mesnie pratique, et pour connoistre les Heures durant NuiT : I'Heure de Fluset Retlusdela Mer ; 

 plus la Methode de Couper, en Pierre ou en Bols, les Corps Reguliers et autre Polycdres, par le 

 Cube et par le Cylindre ; nouvelle Ed., augmentde de plusieura Propositions ; with engraved title, 

 atid T2Jine copperplates, \2mo. fine copy in contemporary calf extra (RARE), £1. 10s 1680 



Honz eau-Lancaster No. 11,455 ; but unknown to Poggendorff, Graesse, Brunet, etc. 



3631 PIESSE (G. W. Septimus, analytical chemist) The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of 

 Obtaining the Odours of Plants, with Appendix on the Colours of Flowers, Artificial Fruit 

 Essences, etc., first edition, with numerous pretty full-page and other woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. 

 {scarce), Is 6c? 1855 



One of the best books on the subject. 



3632 PIETRA (Angelo, Genovese Monaco) Indrizzo degli Economi, osia ordinatissima Instrut- 

 tione da regolatamente FORMARE qualunque SCRITTURA in un LlURO DOPPIO ; aggiuntovi 

 r Essemplare di un Libro Nobile, col suo Giornale, ad Uso dellaCoNGREG.VTiON Cassinese, dell' 

 Ordine di S. Benedetto, eon due Tavole, 1' una de' Capitoli, et 1' altra delle Cose piu degne, a pieno 

 intendimento di Ciascuno ; with woodcut on title, ana folding table, folio, white vellum (very fine 

 copy) ; very rare, £2. 2* Mantova, Franc. Osanna, 1586 



Independently of its value as an early and important work on book-keeping, the above work is of interest as giving an 

 insight into the economy of an Italian monastery at the end of the XVIth century. 



3633 PIQG (James) Railway ' Block' Signalling : the Principles of Train Signalling, and Appa- 

 ratus for ensuring Safety, with 147 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl.. As (p. 7* 6rf) [1898J 



A good account, with historical chapter, of the practical abolition of railway collisions in England. 



3634 PILATBE de ROZIER (Jean Franqois) : LETTREsde 1'Observateur Bon-Sens h M. de * • *, 

 sur la Fatale Catastrophe des infortunes Pilatre de Rosier et Romain, les A^ronautes et 

 I'Aerostation ; with 2 etchings, of the balloon and of • Vaffreuse catastrophe ', 8vo. (pn. 39), sewn 

 (RARE), \6s Londres [Paris] , 1785 



Unknown to llatton Turner, and interesting as a contemporary account of the disaster that overtook the two balloonists, 

 whose balloon, a combination of the MontgJfiere and Ckarliere (or the heated air and hydrogen varietieK) took fire at a 

 height of 1200 feet on an attempt to cross the Channel from Dover to Calais, and they themselves wore dashed to the ground. 



3635 PILBROW (James, c.E.) Atmospheric Railway and Canal Propulsion, and Pneumatic 



Telkgraph, 2nd Ed., with 3 large folding platen, 8vo. (pp. 42), sewn, Hs 6d 1844 



An attempt to overcome the hopeless waste of i)ower on the 'atmospheric railway' of Clegg and Samuda, by making 

 the piston run in a closed pipe, and work a series of cogs and pinions. 



3636 : BoYM AN (Boyman) PiLBRow's Condensing Cylinder Steam Engine, vnth 8 large 



folding plates, 8vo. (pj). 103), sewn, 6s 1841 



3637 PINAR (Manuel Conde de Canete del, cdpitdn de fragata) Observaciones de Precision 

 con el Sextante ; Examen y CORRECCION d6\ Sextante ; with 2 plates— 2 vols. 8vo. hf. maroon 

 morocco neat, 45 6^ [^ Madrid, 1895-67] 



3638 PINGR6 (Alexandre Guy) Com^tographie, ou Traits historique et theorique des Comi;tes ; 

 with copperplates, 2 vols. 4to. old mottled calf extra (SCARCE), £1. 5* Imprimerie Royale, J 783 4 



• The most complete historical and general treatise on comets which has appeared.'— Pro/. Newcomh. 



3639 PINI (Ermenegildo [recte Carlo] ; Barnabite) De Venarum Metallicarum Excoctionk, 

 editio princeps ; with 36 folding plates of metallurgical plant or processes, 2 vols. 4to. boards, 

 uncut, 12s J ^it J if f r Mediolani, 1779-80 



* Cet ouvrage a eu du succfes '.Srunet* 



