230 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



4535 SPINOZA (Benedictus de) 'Stelkonstige Reeckening van den Regenboog', and ' Reecken- 

 ING van Kanssen ' : Two nearly Unknown Treatises. Reimpression [with Preface] by D. Bierens 

 DE Haan, with diagrams, cr. 4to. sewn {scarce), Qs Leiden, 1884 



' The editor of Spinoza, Glazeinaker, thought this tract on the rainbow was lost, if not burned '.—Preface. These two 

 works were the only contributions of the philosopher to the exact sciences. 



4536 SPITZGESCHOSSE, Die Derivation der, als Wirkung der Sehwere, bearbeitet v. Dy., Art. 

 Hptm. ; with plate, 8vo. sewn, \s 6d Cassel, 1864 



4537 SPON'S Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval, with Tech- 

 nical Terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, edited by Owen Byrne and Ernest 

 Spon, ivith nearly 8000 illustrations, 3 vols, large roy. 8vo. in 8, cl., £1. Is (p. £5. 8s) 1869-74 



4538 Another Copy, with the Supplement, ed. by Ernest Spon, m.i.c.e., with about 10,000 



illustrations, 4 thick vols. roy. 8vo. handsomely bound in hf. crushed morocco, t. e. g. (fine copy), 

 £3. 155 (p. £9.) 1873-81 



Still much valued as a general work of reference on engineering. 



4539 Mechanics' Own Book : a Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs ; 2nd Ed., with 



1419 illustrations, thick 8vo. cl. {name cut off title), 2* (p. 65) 1886 



4540 SPON (Ernest, M.I.C.E.) Water Supply : the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells, 

 with Geological Considerations, 2nd Ed., with front. ^ and 304 woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. {out Sprint), 

 5s Qd (p. 105 60?) 1885 



4541 Workshop Receipts [First Series], with 66 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s (p. 5*) 1888 



4542 SFOONEK (Charles Edwin, m.i.c.e.) Narrow Gauge Railways, with numerous plates and 

 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., Zs M (p. 125 Qd) 1871 



4543 Another Copy, with the plates linen-mounted, thick 8vo. hf. calf {title stamped), 4* 6g? 



Mr. Spooner's unique experience with the Festiniog Railway on the 1 ft. 11^ inches gauge had much to do with the 

 decision to provide (or saddle) India with a metre-gauge main-line system. 



4544 SPOTTISWOODE (William, p.r.s.) Polarisation of Light, with 2 coloured plates, and 29 

 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl. {scarce), Hs 6d 1874 



4545 SPRAGUE (Jolin T., m.i.c.e.) Electricity : its Theory, Sources, and Applications, 2nd Ed., 

 enlarged, with 124 ivoodcuts, thick post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 15s) 1884 



4546 SPRATT (Thomas, 85^A Bp. of Rochester) History of the Royal Society of London, for the 

 Improving of Natural Knowledge, 4th Edition, unth 2 plates, 4to. old calf gilt, 6s 1734 



4547 SPRATT (Vice-AdmL Thomas AbelBrimage, f.r.s.) On the Geology of Malta and Gozo, 

 2nd Ed., luith folding front., map, and 2 coloured charts, 8vo. (pp. 16), sewn {scarce), 5s Malta, 1854 



' Col. Randolph, Greni". Guards. Fr, Sm Will™. Reid.'— /user, on cover. 

 The above was unknown to the author's biographer in D. N. D. 



4548 SQUIRE (Jane) Proposal for Discovering our Longitltde, Avith French Translation on 

 opposite pp., with queer folding chart of cabalistic signs named in uncouth jargon, 4to. old 

 sprinkled calf {fine copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S. , £1. Is 1742 



4549 Second Edition, in English only, with folding charts, sin. 8vo. old calf, with emblematic 



design on sides, ivith bookplate of Charles Srd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 12s 1743 



The authoress, probably tlie only woman who ever wrote on such a i^ubject, claims to have discovered how to find the 

 longitude at sea, on the naif supposition that the course of the ship and the distance run be exactly known. The tirst part 

 contains her voluminous and persistent correspondence with the members of the Parliamentary Commission for judging 

 proposals to determine the longitude, and begins with the dedication ' Gloria in Excelsis Deo, et in Terra Pax Hominibus 

 bonse Voluntatis '. The authoress is not in D. N. B., and her work is not mentioned by Watt, Lowndes, or AUibone, and 

 seems to be vkry scarce. 



4550 STAHL(Georg Ernst; originator of the phlogiston <Aeory)FUNDAMENTACHYMIAEDOGMATlCAE 

 et ExPERiMENTALis, etc. etc., annexus est Tractatus IsAACi Hollandi de Salibus et Oleis 

 Metallorum ; Ed. II. auctior, 3 vols. 4to. in 1, boards, 15s Norimbergae, 1746-7 



' 11 y etablit I'existence de son,phlogistique comme principe. '—iJio(/r. Gen. See Bkchee (No. 303), ante. 



4551 STAINVILLE (J. de, Ecole Pohjtechnique) MELANGES d'ANALYSE Algebrique et de 

 Geometrie ; with 3 plates, thick 8vo. hf bound, 4s 1815 



4552 [ ] Recueil de Problemes resolus par des Considerations purement Geometriques ; ivith 



4 plates, 8vo. cl. {scarce), 5s 1809 



4553 STALKART (Marmaduke) Naval Architecture, or the Rudimentary Rules of Ship 

 Building, with Observations tending to its further Improvement [with Dictionary of Tech- 

 nical terms], engraved front., roy. folio, contemporary tree-calf gilt {luanting Atlas of plates), 

 5s 1781 



4554 STALKER (John), and George PARKER: Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing: 

 a compleat Discovery of those Arts, Avith the best way of making all sorts of Varnish for 

 Japan, Wood, Prints, or Pictures, the Method of Guilding, Burnishing, and Lackering, 

 with the Art of Guilding, Separating, and Refining Metals, and of Painting Mezzo-tinto 

 Prints ; also Rules of Counterfeiting Tortoise-Shell, and Marble, and for Staining or Dying 

 Wood, Ivory, and Horn, with above 100 distinct Patterns for Japan-work, in Imitation of 

 the Indians, for Tables, Stands, Frames, Cabinets, Boxes, etc., with 24 large copperplates, 

 roy. io\\o,f.ne copy in contemporary calf (very rare), £6. 6s Oxford, apud auctores, 1688 



An extremely rare volume, unknown to Lowndes, and containing many noteworthy recipes or directions now probably 

 lost or forgotten. The plates * in imitation of the Indians ' [rccte Chinese and Japanese] are of especial interest. 



4555 STANCARI (Vittorio Francesco ; Univ. Bologna) Sched^ Mathematics post ejusObitum 

 collecta3 ; ejusdem Observationes AsTRONOMlCiE ; with 4 plates, 4to. contemporary Italian 

 vellum {one corner water-stained), 12s 6c? Bononiw, 1713 



' Avec eloge par EusTACHK Manfredi. On y remarque principalement les pages relatives au calcul infinitesimal, les 

 premieres qui aient et6 publiees sur ce sujet en Italie.'— £iogfr. Gen. 



4556 STANDAGE (H. C.) Agglutinants of all Kinds for all Purposes, 8vo. cl, 4s Qd (sells 6s nett) 



1907 



