HENRY SOTHERAN & CO.. 140. STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 667 



13329 PIESSE (G. W. Septimus, analytical chemist) The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of 

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

 Essences, etc., first edition, luith numeroits pretty full-page and other woodcuts^ post Svo. cl. 

 {scarce), 6s 1855 



13330 Fifth Edition, edited by Charles H. Piesse, f.i.c, ivith frontispiece of a Lavender 



Stilly and numerous other woodcuts^ Svo. (pp. 515), c/., 8* 6c? apud atictorem, 1891 



One of the best books on the subject, by heads of the old London perfumery firm of Piesse and Lubin. 



13331 PIFFEBI (Francesco, Monaco Camaldolense) Monicometro: Instromento da misurar 

 con la Vista Stando Fermo ; with numerous woodcuts, sm. 4to. boards {large and sound copy) ; 

 RARE, £1. 55 Siena, 1695 



' Raro opuscolo. V'i si trova un prime tentative della costruzione dei distanziometri.' — RicainU. 

 The Libri copy fetclied 47 francs in 1847, but the work was unknown to Poggendorff. 



133.32 PIO-IRON INDUSTRY, Collective Exhibit illustrating the, Franco-British Exhibition, 

 1908, ivith plate, 8vo. sewn, \s Iron and Steel Institute, 1908 



13333 PIGEON (Jean) Description d'une Sphere Mouvante, par le Moyend'une PENDULE,d'un 

 Globe monte d'une Facon particuli^re et d'un nouveau Planisphere pour les Distances et 

 Grosseurs des Planetes, selon I'Hypothese de Copernic ; with fine front, by Scotin, and 3 plates 

 (2 with volvelles), sm. Svo. old calf gilt (rare), £1. Is 



Jacques QuillaUj Imprimeur-Jur^ de VUniversitCy 1714 

 This rare work was unknown to Querard, Brunet, or Graesse, but is mentioned by Poggendorff, who states that the 

 author made a planetarium, as described above, for Louis XIV., for which he received ' a royal reward ', and sold another 

 ' lor a hijili price ' to Peter the Great in 1710. 



13334 PIGQOT (A. Snowden) The Chemistry and Metallurgy of Copper, including the 

 principal Copper Mines of U.S. and other Countries, with the Art of Mining and Preparing Ores 

 for Market, and the various Processes of Copper Smelting, etc., with 15 woodcuts, post Svo. cl., 

 {scarce), 6s Philadelphia, 1858 



13335 PIGOTT (Edward; discoverer of PigotVs Comet; son of Nathaniel Pigott) Account of 

 .some Luminous Arches, 4to. (pp. 4), se^on, \s 6d 1789 



13336 Determination of the Longitudes and Latitudes of some Remarkable Places near 



the Severn, 4to. (pp. 6), unbound, 2s %d 1790 



The author's determination of geographical coordinates is deduced from observed meridian transits of the moon's limbs. 



13337 The Latitude and Longitude of York determined from a Variety of Astronomical 



Observations, with a Recommendation of the Method of determining the Longitude of 

 Places by Observations of the Moon's Transit over the Meridian, 4to. (pp. 17), sewn, Qs 1786 



' In a paper on the geographical co-ordinates of York he gave the first practical application of the method of longitudes 

 by lunar transits, independently struck out by him.'— Afiss Aqnri< M. Clrrke. 



Added are: Adverti-sement of the expected Return of the Comet of 1532 and 1G61 inlTSS, byNEviLMASKELYNE, pr., f.r.s. 

 (pp. 6) : A New Method of finding Fluents by Continuation, by Saml^el Vince, pr., f.r.s. (pp. 11). 



13338 Observations of a New Variable Star, 4to. (pp. 10), unbound, 2s 6d 1784 



13339 Observations and Remarks on those Stars which the Astronomers of the last 



Century suspected to be Changeable, 4to. (pp. 30), seivn, 6s 6d 1786 



' A catalogue of fifty variable or suspected stars was published by him fsujj/a] in 17S6, with the remark that ' these 

 discoveries may, at some future period, throw fresh light on astronomy.' — MissAguPs M. Clerke. 



Added is : An Account of a Subsidence of the Ground near Folk.stone, by Edward Kinc;, f.r.s., tvith 2 plates, 1780. 



13340 PIGOTT (Nathaniel, f.r.s.) Observations of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disc, 

 made at Louvain, in the Netherlands, May 3, 1780, with diagram, 4to. (pp. 5), unbound, 2s 6rf 178<) 



The author was a private gentleman of Whitton, Middlesex, and an able amateur astronomer. He carried out for the 

 Austrian Government, then in possession, the first determination of the geographical positions of the chief towns of the 

 Low Countries in 1772, with the help of his son Edward and his own servants. 



13341 PIHL (O. A. L.) On Occulting Micrometers, and their Value as applied to Exact Astro- 

 nomical Measurements, roy. 4to. (pp. 71), sewn, with inscr. to Prof A. S. Herschel, F.ll.S., 3s 6d 



Christiania, 1893 



13342 The Stellar Cluster x Persei micrometrically surveyed, with 2 folding maps, roy. 



4to. (pp. 107), sewn, with inscr. to the same, 4s 6d ibidem, 1891 



13343 PILAtRE de ROZIER (Jean Fran9oi8), La Vie et les M^moires de, ecrits par lui-meme, 

 et publies par M. TTouRNON DE La Chapelle] ; with 4 folding woodcuts, ISmo. sewn (rare). 

 15s " 1786 



M. Pilsltre de Rozier was the first man to go up in a balloon (together with the ilarquis d'Arlandes). Before him 

 only annuals were sent up for experimental purposes. He was killed in an attempt to cross the Cliannel in a combined 

 rhurliere and muntgoljiin', which caught fire and burst, in 1785. Thp above work contains a full account of his ascent and 

 death, and also includes his chief memoirs contributed to the Journal dr Physique. 



13344 PILLET-WILL (Michel Frederic Comte) De la Defense et du Produit des Canaux et 

 des Chemins deFER; de I'lnlluence des Voies de Communication surla Prosperite Industriellede 

 la Prance ; unth Atlas of 29 large folding copperplates and maps, 2 vols. 4to. hf calf, with auto, 

 of George Rennie, c.e., f.r.s.., on titles, 15s 1837 



Even in 1S37 there were some railways already operated for some time in France, chiefly horse lines in the mineral 

 districts of the Centre. The plates relate to Canal Engineering, and include a long profile of the Canal du Rhone au Rhin, 

 through Mnlliou.se, of interest at this mojnent of the Franco-Nietzschian War. 



13345 PINOOT (Daniel, Artificial Stone Manufacturer) Essay on the ORIGIN, Nature, Uses, and 

 Properties of Artificial Stone, with some Observations upon Common Natural Stone, Clays, 

 and Burnt Earths in general, in which the I^urability of the latter is shown to be equal, if not 

 superior, to the hardest Marbles, being the Result of many Experiments, Svo. sewn {rare), 6s 1770 



13346 PINO (Domenico, o.p.) L'Incredibilita del Moto della Terra brevemente esposta, Svo. 

 sewn (RARE), 10s 6d Milano, 1806 



a delightfully belate<i refutation of the Newtonian system, published under the auspices of Pope Pius Vll. The author 

 is unkindly ignored by Poggendorft" and Riccardi. 



