306 flENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



7168 DANTI (Egnatio, o.p.) Trattato <leir Uso eb della Fabiuca dell' Astrolabio, con il 

 Planisferio del Roias, prima edizione ; with numerous fine woodcuts, sm. 4to. sound and large 

 copy in old limp vellum (rare), £1. 5* Fiorenza, i Giunti, 1569 



'Sou Troite de l' Astrolabe reufenne uue reinarque capitale, dont les meilleurs auteurs ont k tort fait honneur i) Tycho 

 Brahe savoir la diminution de I'obliquite de I'ecliptique, ddduite de la coniparaisou des anciennes observations avec lea 

 modernes. '—Bioffr. Gen. The above edition is very rare, much rarer than the second of 1578. 



'This eminent mathematician was the first niaker of a dial sufficiently large to fix correctly the equinoxes and solstices, 

 and also constructed the large dial at Floreiice, described by Lalande in his Astronomic.'— Libri Catalogue. 



7169 DARBOUX (Gaston, de VInstitut) Lecons sur la Theorie Generale des Surfaces, et les 

 Applications G^om^triques du Calcul Inftnitesimal, Parties II et IV: Les Congruences et les 

 Equations Lineaires aux Deriv^es Partielles: des Lignes tracees sur les Surfaces; Deformation 

 intiniment Petite et Representation Spherique, 2 vols, large 8vo. hf. brown calf {nice copy), £\.\s 

 (p. F. 30 nett sewn) 1889-96 



7170 DARBY (William Arthur, Rector of St. Luke's, Manchester ; f.r.a.s.) The Astronomical 

 Observer : a Hand-Book to the Observatory and the Common Telescope, ivith woodcuts, roy. 8vo. 

 d., 3.? Qd 1864 



DARCET (Jean)— V. Arcet, ante. 



7171 DARWIN (Erasmus, m.d., f.r.s. ; author of 'The Loves of the Plants', and grandfather of 

 Charles Darwin and of Sir Francis Gallon) Frigorific Experiments on the Mechanical 

 Expansion of Air, explaining the Cause of the Great Degree of Cold on the Summits of High 

 Mountains, the Sudden Condensation of Aerial Vapour, and of the Perpetual Mutability of 

 Atmosplieric Heat, 4to. (pp. 10), seivn, 3s 1787 



7172 DARWIN (Sir George Howard; f.r.s.) The Tides, and kindred Phenomena in the Solar 

 System, ivith 3 plates, and 43 other illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 7* 6d) 1898 



7173 DARWIN (Robert Waring", m.d. ; f.r.s., son of Erasmus Darwin, father of Charles Darwin, 

 and uncle of Sir Francis Gallon) New Experiments on the Ocular Spectra of Light and 

 Colours, with folding plate, 4to. (pp. 36), sewn, 3s Qd 1786 



If the Superman always perpetuated his species after the mode of Darwins and Galtons, Hereditary Genius were a fact, 

 and the geniuses might fear a worse fate tlian Aristidcs ; but the sage still sometimes begets the simpleton, the House of 

 liOrds sits tight on the rock of human nature, and the world wags merrily on. 



7174 DARY (Georges) A traa^ers I'Electricite, 3" Edition ; with 317 illustrations, \{\,rge impl. 8vo. 

 sewn {title torn), 4s 6d (p. F. 10 nett) 1903 



7175 DASYPODIUS [sive RAUHFUSS rel HASENFUSS] (Conrad ; Univ. Strasshurg) Heron 

 Mechanicus; sen de Mechanicis Artibus, atque Disciplinis, ejusdem HoROLOGl.i Astronomici, 

 Argentorati in summo Tem])lo erecti, Descriptio ; ivith woodcut on title of the Strasshurg Clocks 

 and numerous other woodcuts, sm. 4to. sewn (VERY RARE), £1. 15s Argentorati, N. VVyriot, 1580 



A description of the famous astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral, constructed by the author, which is still 

 partially preserved, forming part of that reconstructed in 1S3S-42. 



'Cette fameuse horloge est vraimout un chef-d'cjeuvre, et le premier de TEuropc en ce genre, par les divers mouvcmens 

 et le nombre des ienx qu'elle execute.' — Montuda. 



7176 DATJBENY (Charles Giles Bridle, m.d., f.r.s.) Narrative of an Excursion to Lake 

 Amsanctus, and to Mount Vultur in Apulia in 183i, with 3 plates {water-stained) hy Lowi^y^ 

 and map, 8vo. sewn, 3s Oxford^ 1835 



A study on its volcanoes and geological configuration. 



7177 On the Site of the Ancient City of the Aurunci [Rocca Monfina, near Naples], 



and on its Volcanic Phenomena ; with Remarks on Craters oi Elevation, on the Distinctions 

 between Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks, and on the Theories of Volcanic Action at present most in 

 Repute, with plate and map, 8vo. sewn, 3s ih., 1846 



7178 DATJBREE (Gabriel Augusta, de VInstitut ; F.R.S.) Etudes et Experiences Synth^tiques 

 sur le Metamorphisme, et sur la Formation des Roches Cristallines, 8vo. seiniy with inscr. 

 as helow ; scarce. Is Qd 1859 



' Monsieur le Docteur Phipsou, etc. ofFert par I'auteur A. DAUBiiEE.'-^r«scr. on cover. 



A clas-^iic work on the subject which was awarded the prize of the French Academy. It includes an interesting history 

 of metamcrphism. 



7179 Experiences Synthetiques relatives aux Meteorites : Rapprochements auxquels 



ces Experiences conduisent, 8vo. (pp. 27), sewn, with inscr. to Dr. Phipson, 2* 6d 1866 



7180 Nouvelle Edition, refondue et augmentee, 8vo. (pp. 70), seivn, with inscr. to Dr. 



Phipson, 3s Qd 1868 



The first attempt at a classification of meteorites. 



7181 Notice sur la Decouverte et la Mise en Exploitation de Nouveau Gisements de 



Chaux Phosphatee, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, with inscr. to Dr. Phipson, 2s 1868 



7182 Observations sur le Metamorphisme, et Recherches Experimentales sur (xuelques-uns 



des Agents qui ont pu le produire, 8vo. (pp. 39), sewn, 2s 1858 



7183 DAVIES (David Christopher, f.g.s.) Treatise on Earthy and other Minerals and Mining, 

 2nd Edition, with 76 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cL, 4s M (p. 12.s Qd) 1888 



7184 Third [latest] Edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged by his Son E. Henry Davies, 



with 76 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 6s Qd (p. 12s 6rf) 1892 



7185 Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining, third Edition, carefully revised, 



with 148 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 12s Gd) 1886 



7186 Fourth Edition, with 148 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 5s Qd (p. 12s Gd) 1888 



One of the best text-books on the subject. At end is a glossary of Mining Terms. 



7187 DAVIES (John) The Inkeeper and Butler's Guide, or a Directory for Making and 

 Managing British Wines ; with Directions for the Managing, Colouring and Flavouring of 

 Foreign Wines and Spirits, and for Making British Compounds, Peppermint, Anniseed, Shrub, etc., 

 15th Ed., enlarged by his Son [R. Davies], post 8vo. hoards, uncut, 7s Qd 1822 



