HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 565 



1L370 MANSION (Paul, Univ. Ghent) Theorik des Equations aux Deriv^es Partielles du 



i<., Premier Ordre ; 8vo. sewn, with auto, and MS. corrections by Prof. H. W. Lloyd Tanner, 



-" F.R.S. (scarce), 4s 6d 1875 



11371 MANUFACTUBEN (Die) und Fabricken Deutschlands nacli ilirer heutigen La^e 

 betrachtet und mit allgemeinen Vorschliigen zu ihren vorziiglichsten Verbesserungs-Mitteln 



— begleitet, von dem Verfasser des Lehrbegiifs siinitlicher okonomisehen und Cameralwissenscliaften, 

 2 vols. 8vo. old hf. calf [binding damaged), 6* Frankfurt am Mayv, 1780 



11372 MANUSCRIPT (Astronomical), neatly written on A^O pp., with diagrams, marked ' Optics 

 Vol. 4. From Feb. 12, 1755 to July 1, 1756', and consisting of remarks on astronomical observa- 

 tions, details as to the constrvction and nse of telescopes^ etc., 4to. parchment, £1. 5* 1755-6 



11373 (Mathematical), in Italian, neatly and evenly written on 150 pp., with diagrams, 



roy. 4to. parchment (slightly water -stained), £3. 3.v Scec. XV. 



Matheipatical manuscripts of such an narly peiiod as the above (late XVth Century) are of rare occurrence. The above 

 MS. is precedetl by 3 pp. of a family chronicle by former owners, extending frojn 14S3 to loOl). 



11374 -: Another Manuscript, very neatly written on over 300 pp. of writing paper, 



with several hundred well-executed diagrams and other illustrations ^ sni. 4to. contemporary 

 English calf (m excellent preservation), £2. 15* [c. 1710] 



This manuscript is divitled into the following chapters : Principles of Geometric : Practical Geometrie : Geometrical 

 Arithmetick : Trij^onometry, or the Doctrine ot Plain Triangles: Treatise of Regular Fortification : Of Irregular Fortifi- 

 r-ation : Navigation : The Doctrine of Plain Right-angled Triangles, applied in Problems of Mercator's Sailing : 



Of DlALMKO. 



The last chapter treatij of: The Way of making an Horisontal Dyal geometrically: A South Vertical Dial : An East 

 Dial : A West Dial : An Erect Declining Dial : An Equinoctial Dial : The Polar Dial. 



11375 : A Manuscript entitled : Elemen [sic] de Mathematique; very neatly written 



on 461 pages, 4t<). old caff (hack damaged), £1. 1* Sa;c. XVI II. 



This MS. bears the book-label ' Tixall Library ', probably that of Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford, Constable of Tixall Hall, 

 Staffordshire, the botanist, antiquary, and benefactor of French emigres. 

 11376 : A Manuscript, vern neatly written on 486 pp., including ASTRONOMY, ARITH- 

 METIC, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Perspective, Mechanics, Fortification, 

 Gunnery, Dialling, and Navigation, with numerous exceedingly well-executed original draw- 

 ings in sepia (those of fort if cation COLOURED), besides diagrams, thick folio, old calf (bin dina 

 badly damaged), £\. \5s [c. 1760 J 



A manu.script quite unusual for the excellency of its illustrations, which include a number of charming views. 



11377 : A similar Manuscript, very neatly and clearly written on 568 pp. of Urong 



drawing paper, each page ruled with red ink, with many hundred illustrations, including numerous 

 very pretty drawings in sepia, roy. folio, contemporary English calf gilt (binding slightly damaged 

 and a few water-stains, otherwise in SPLENDID CONDITION), £2. 2.? {r.. 17561 



The subjects contained in this nianuscri|)t are : Arithmetick : Logarithnietical Arithmetick : Geometry -. Practical 

 Geometry: Mensuration of Superficies : Cask Gauging: Plain Trigonometry: Spherical Geometry: Spherical Trigono. 

 metry: Heights and Distances: Geography and the Use of the Terrestrial Globe : The Construction of Mapps and Charts : 

 Navigation : Astronomy [including Dialling] : The Gregorian Kalandar [nu] : Of the Shifting of the Tides: Remarkable 

 Observations and Accidents, etc., on board H.M.S. Britannia, Captn. F. R. : Surveying: Perspective: Fortification: 

 Propositions of Motion applied to Mechanical Powers: Gunnery. 



It has as frontispiece * A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Academy in his Majesty's Dock Yard Portsmouth.' 



11378 MANUSCRIPTS (Old English) : I. Tlie Method of Delineating upon ane Horizontall 

 and Perpendicular Plane by the Pantographicall Instrument, 3 pages,m<A4 diagrams: 

 II. The Description of y® Instrument, 3 pages, with illustrations and leaf of drawings : III. 

 A Description of the Graphicall Compasse as it is used in Epipedography, 1 page, rvith 

 illustration : IV. To Make the Water for the Weather Glasse, 2 pages, with illustration— 

 4to., \0s6d Scec. XVII. 



11379 MANZINI (Carlo Antonio, da Bologna) L'Occhiale all' OccHio : Dioptrica Pratica, 

 dove si tiatta della Luce, della Refrattione de' Raggi, dell' Occhio, della Vista, e degli Aiuti che 

 dare si possono a gli Occhi per vedeie quasi I'impossibile, dove in oltre si spiegano le Regole 

 Pratiche di Fabbricare Occhiali a tutte le Viste, e Cannocchiali da oaservare i Pianeti, e 

 le Stelle Fisse, da Terra, da Mare, et altri da ingrandire Migliaia di volte i minimi de gli Oggetti 

 vicini ; with fine etched portrait by Testana, and well-executed woodcuts of grinding and polishing 

 tools, machines, and operations, besides diagrams, sm. 4to. contemporary vellum (FINE copy) ; VERY 

 RARE, £1. 15* Bologna, 1660 



a rare and very interesting work, and one of the eailiest containing copious descriptions and illustrations of con- 

 temporary methods of grinding and polishing glass for telescopes. An inscription beneath the portrait states that the 

 author was ' il primo che sin hora habbia perfettamente praticato il fabricare occhialoni." 



11380 MAIJ'ZONI (Domenico) La Brieve Risolutione di Aritmetica universale, in aual si voglia 

 Nef^otio, dove intervenga Nuniero, Peso, e Misura, con laquale si perviene all' Intelligetia della 

 Valuta di qualunque Cosa appretiata h. Lire e Soldi di Moneta ; with title within woodcut border, 

 and fine and large woodcut initials, 12mo. contemporary limp vellum (binding damaged, also 

 water-stained, and a few holes in last I.) ; very rare, £2. 2* 



[col. .] Vinegia, al Poggio delle Gride in Rialto, 1553 

 An extremely rare work, described in the Supplement to Riccardi, who only knew one copy in the possession of 

 Andrea Tessier. There was no copy in the Libri Library, nor was it known to Prof, de Morgan or Poggendorff, who do 

 not even mention the author's name. 



■ 11381 MAKGHAL ( — , ingenieur des constructions navales) Les Navires de Guerre les plus 

 Regents ; with 30 woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 127), hf. calf, 2s 6d 1876 



11382 MAKCHETTI (Alessandro, da Pontormo) : Problemata VI a Leidensi quodam Geometra 

 Christophoro Sadlerio missa ; ab hoc verb Germanis, Italisque Mathematicis proposita : 

 resoluta ab A. M.; accesserunt bina eiusdem Auctoris Theoremata Geometrica ; with diagrams, 

 l8mo. <pp. 48), sewn {I'are), Is Qd Pisis, 1675 



* Raro opuscolo. '—iJiccardi. 



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