Henry sotheran & co., i40, strand, w.c, and 37, Piccadilly, av. 259 



5090 VILANT (Nicolas, Reg. Prof. Mathematics, St. Andrews) The Elements of Mathematical 

 Analysls, abridged, with Notes demonstrative and explanatory, and Synopsis of Book V of 

 Euclid, 8vo. sewn. As Edin., 1798 



5091 VINCENT (Camille) Carbonisation des Bois en Vases Clos, et Utilisation des Produits 

 Derives ; with 28 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. sewn, 3« 1873 



5092 Industrie des Produits Ammoniacaux ; with 32 woodcvU, roy. 8vo. seion, Zs 6d 



(p. F. 9 nett) 1884 



5093 VINE (Charles J.) Hints on Drawing for Process Rkproduction, toith plates^ 12nio. teum, 

 ls(W 1895 



VINET (Elie) Spilera Johannis de Sacro Bosco Emendata (1562)— 1>. Sacro Bosoo, ante, 



5094 VINTNERS, The Art and Mystery of, 8vo. (pp. 79), sewn {title wanting) ; rare, 7» 6rf 



[c. 1750] 



a veritable wine adulterator's vade-mecum, full of horritl recipes to restore wine even In the most hopele«s condlUoii, 

 and valuable as a collection of contemporary trade tricks. It wa* unknown to Watt. 



5095 VIOLETTE (Henrv) Nouvelles Manipulations Ciiimk^ues Simplipi^cs, contenant U 

 Description d'Appareils entifereinent nouveaHx, d'une Construction simple et facile ; vyiih 

 nnmerons woodcuts and tables, 8vo. hf. calf, 'As BrurdltM, 189B 



5096 VIOLLE (B.) Traite Complet des Carres .MAGiQUES,8uivi d'un Traitd des Cubes Magiqubs, 

 et dun Essai sur les Cercles Magiques, 2 vols. 8vo., and Atlas, with 54 plates, containing 400 

 figures, oldon*; folio— 3 vols. hf. morocco {nice copy), 18* 6rf 1837-8 



The most complete work ever pubiishe«l on this curiouii arithmetical amusement. 

 •An elaborafi work, useful as containing hundreds of illuHtrations.'—W^. W. R. Ball. 



5097 VIROINIO (Michele) De Natur.« in Systemate Organico Uniformitate PhjriiciD 

 Aninialis et Vo;.,'etabili8 Exercitatio, 8vo. seivn, Ss fid Jtomn^ 1784 



509S VIRLET (Theodore) Coup d'<EiL g6n6ral et stetistiqiie sur la M^TALLURGIE, 8vo. (pp. 136), 

 sewn, '2s (id 1837 



5099 [VISCONTI, Latine] VICECOMES (Antonio Maria, Piacentino) Practica Numerorum, et 

 Mensurarum, ac Alluvionis Partitionem, investijjandi, et nt in Indice seqnenti; with armt of 

 Octavio Farnese Duke of Parma on title, numerous woodcuts and diagraiM, ami printer* $ device on 

 last I., sm. 4to.^/ie copy in contemporary limp vellum (VERY RARE), £1. 12«6(/ Brixiae, 1581 



5100 Another Copy, contemporary iimp vellum {name cut off blank top of title, otherwiee a 



large and fine copy), toith bookplate o/ Michel Chasles, £1. 10* 

 'A book of mixed arithmetic and algebra, in which the mod( 



modem method of division is usel. It would, I think, repay 

 an examination, particularly on the part which relates to the extraction of roots.'— Pro/, dt Morgan. 'This work of 

 Visconti is very scarce.'— M. lAbri. It was unknown to Brunei, Graesse, PoggendorfT, etc. 



5101 VITRUVIXJS Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri X, cum Commentariis Danielis 

 Barbari, electi Patriarchae Aquileiensis : Multis Aedificiorum, Horoloqiorum. et 

 Machinarum Descriptionibus, et FiGURis, unJi cum Indicibus copiosis, aucti et illastrati ; 

 with very numerous large and fine woodcuts, and diagrams, folio, old limp vellum ($ome U. 

 browned as ustial, otherwise a very sound copy), £1. 15* Venetiie, 1567 



5102 Another Copy, old limp vellum {back of binding slightly damaged, but a pine and 



exceptionally clean copy), £2. 2s 



a beautiful edition, esteemed for the woodcuts it contains. 'Texte de I'Mitlon Lyonnaise de 15M 

 conjectures et muni d'un commentaire explicatif. Une partie des flgures ont ^t^ grav^«s par Giov. Crugher.' 

 The Sunderland copy (in calQ fetched £4. 15*. 



5103 De Architectura Libri X, ope Codicis Guelferbytani, Editionis Principi«, ceterorunique 



Subsidiorum recensuit, et Glossario illustravit AUGUSTUS KODE; with vignette of the 

 Mausoleum on title, 4to. sewn, 5s Qd Berolini, 1800 



5104 Another Copy, calf extra, g. e. (fine copy), 8* 



' Assez belle edition '.—lirunet. The glossary is in f^tln, German, French, Italian, and BogUsli. 



5105 I DiECi Libri dell' Architettura, tradotti e coniinentati da Modh. Daniel Barbaro 



eletto Patriarca d'Aqnileia, da lui riuednti et ampliati ; et hora in piu comrooda Forma ridotti ; 

 with plates {some folding), and hundreds of other fine tooodcuts, 4to. new hf. calf antique {title 

 mounted, and about 2011. wormed), with auto. * D'Arblay' on fiyleaf, and tome MS. notes in the 

 same handwriting, £1.5* Venetia, 1567 



An e<lition much valued for its woodcuts. Those on machinery are espftclally Interesting. 



' Ce qui donne i cet ou vrage une valeur particuliin», c'est quil est le seul de ce genre qui suit pan'enu Jiuqa A Bott^e'wt 

 quMl renfenne des notions importantes i)our Thistoire de Tart, c'est qu'll a *t* ecrit k une ipoque od rarehifeeetnrt 4 BOfM 

 atteignit & sa plus grando jH-rfection '.—livtg. ^Vn. 



Book 8 dealH with water-supply and AyiiKurcTH ; the 0th with diallino, and the 10th with XBcnAinrB. 



5106 Architecture (Jenerale, retltiite en Abregd par Claude Perrault ; withcopperptatee, 



12ino. old calf {back of binding slightly damaged), 4< 6a Amsierdafn. 1681 



5107 [VIVENAIB (— )J The AiR Balloon : or a Treatise on the Aerostatic Globe, JAtely 

 invented by the celebrated MONS. MONTGOLFIER of Pari«, shewing, I. Those Properties of Air, 

 which influence an Air Balloon. II. The particular ConHtniction and Methods of filling it. 

 III. Some of the great Variety of probable Uses which this iniportivnt Discovery may lie applied 

 to for the Benefit of Mankind. The whole rendere<i familiar to the plainest Capacity, with etching 

 showing ascent of a earless balloon. 8vo. (np. .36). sctcn (very rare), £1. 10# G. Kearsley, 1783 



The first Enolish work on bai,U)oxino. Mr. Hatton Tumor, who did not own a copy, only mentions an edition of 

 1784. A postscript gives an account of the ascent of J. A. C. Charlrs on Dec. 1st, 17JO— the flrst aaoent of a balloon tilled 



^' There are some interest in^r sugRcstlons as to the future uses of balloons, and ascent* are generally recommended on medical 



crounds as a ' chanjje of air'. ^ ^ .mi m t ^ m,. 



5108 VIVIAN (John Henry) Description of the Proces.s of Amalgamation, twM 7 />to^,4to. 



(pp. 22), sewn, 4s 



Describing the methods used at Freiberg In Saxony. 



