HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND. W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. ti^O 



13750 PTOLEMiEUS (Claudius^ Harmomcorum Libri III, ex Codd. MSS. XI, nunc priinum 

 Groece editus [sic]. Johannes Wallis, s.t.d., r.s.s. recensuit, edidit, VersioneetNotisillustravit, 

 et Anctariuni adjecit; o-itli fine engraved portrait bi/ J. Savage, and diagrams on copper and "-ood, 

 4to. FINE COPY in old mottied calf e:ctra, richly tooled back (RARE), 18* r>c? 



Oxoniiy c Theatro Sheldonktno, 1682 



' Tiaite fort utile pour couuuitre la theorie de cet art et son liistoire chcz les anciens'. — Mvntuiic. 



The above is the lirst edition of tlie orijjina! Greek, as only a Latin translation had hitherto been publishe*!, at Veuice 

 in 1502 (v. No. ')H30 aiite\ 



*Ptolemee s'est proiKjst- de fonder uii< i K-iin. .-clectique, dans laquelle il faisait entrer les principes opposes de 

 Pytliagore et d'Aristoxt-ne (c. Nos. jS30 and 1 i Tl -7 ■ n^'), s'eftonjant de dcmontrer que chacun avait un objet et un mode 

 d'action dittVrents *. — Fe.>!s. 



13760 MAGNiE CONSTRUCTIONIS Liber I., cum Theonis Alexandrini Comuientariis, Jo. 



Rapt. Porta Interprete ; with numerous diagrams, sin. 4t«. old Italian vellum {somewhat 

 browned, but a SOUND COPY) ; RARE, £1. os Xcapoli, Ful. Stelliola, 1605 



137<il Operis Quadripartiti in Latinum Sermoneni Tradintio ; ad jectis Libris posterioribus, 



Antonio Gogava Interprete; item, de Sections Conica, Okthogona, qua' Parabola 

 dicitur : deque Speculo Ustorio, Libelli II, hactenus desiderati : restituti ab Antonio Gogava, 

 cum Pra'fatione Gemm.e Frisii ; u-ith diagrams and curious woodcut initials, sni. 4to. sew7i 

 {binding torn off); RARE, £1. \os Lovanii, P. Phalesius et M. liotarius, 1548 



The street \vh*-re this book was printed has probably doix- its i>art in illuminating the supen^thics of the rufllaiily 

 Imjierial destroyer of Kheinis Cathedral. 



13762 De PR-EDICTIONIBUS ASTRONOMICIS [Versione l.atina], cui Titulum fecerunt, l^uadri- 



partitum, Libri IV, eiusdem Fructus Librorum suorum, sive Centum Dicta, posterior Editio, 

 lOmo. ofd vellum {title wormed), lOs Perusia;, 16445 



13763 PUISSANT (Colonel Louis, de VInstltut) Traite de Gkodesie, ou Exposition des Methodes 

 Tri^onometriques et Astronomiques, applicables a la Mesure de la,Terre, et a la Construction dii 

 Canevas des Cartes Topographiques, troisieme [et derniere] Edition ; with 14 fine folding 

 plates on copper, chiefly of Geodetic Instruments, 2 vols. 4to. mottled calf gilt (fine copy) ; scarce, 

 £2. 17* 6rf 1842 



' Puissant avait une predilection toute particulicre pour la geodesie, dont on pent dire ([u'il fut pendant un dfini-si. cle 

 le repre'seiitant le plus eminent.' — Biogr. Gin. Ho was the first to point out the errors in Delanibre and Mechain's B" , .? < 

 Sygtenwnu'triqHf ihciiiuxl (q. v. ante). 



13764 PULKOWA OBSERVATORY:— Librorum in Ribliotheca Speculae Pulcovensis con- 

 tentorum Catalogus Systematicus, ex Opere Descriptionis Speculae seorsim excudi curavit, In- 

 dice et Praefatione auxit F. G. W. [v.] Struve, 8vo. (pp. 438), sewn, 5s Petropoli [Petrograd], 1845 



13765 PULLEN (William Wade Fitzherbert, m.i.m.e.) Experimental Engineering : Vol. I : 

 Treatise on the Methods and Instruments used in Testing and Experimenting with 

 Engines, Roilers, and Auxiliary Machinery, with 517 illustrations, thick 8vo. c/., 10* (p. 15s nett) 



Manchester, 1900 



13766 Injectors: their Theory, Construction, and Working ; 2nd Edition, with 111 u->oodcuts, 



cr. 8vo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 3* Qd nett) ib., 19(K) 



13767 Mechanics : Theoretical, Practical, and Experimental, with 318 illustrations, cr. 8vo. 



cZ., 25 6rf (p. 4s 6rf) 1902 



13768 Steam Engineering, with Instructions for carrying out numerous simple Experiments ; 



5th Edition, nith 454 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 4s nett) Manchester, n. d. 



PURBACHIUS (Georgius)— w. Peuerbach, Nos. 13191-2, ante. 



13769 PXJRSHALL (Conyers, m.d.) Essay on the Mechanical Fabrick of the Universe : or the 

 Dependance of Effects on their Causes, in a New Hypothesis, suited to our Modern and 

 Experimental Philosophy, in which are solved several Phenomena hitherto unaccounted for ; as 

 the Cause of Gravitation, Motion, Reflection, etc., with a Method to find out the Exact 

 Rate that a Ship runs, and consequently the Longitude, udth woodcuts, sm. 8vo. old calf {cracked), 

 10s 6d ' 1707 



a very storehouse of learned ignorance. In spite of all that was known at the time, the author attributes atmospheric 

 pressure to the action of the ' tetherial particles darted from the celestial bodies '. These particles have also to do duty in 

 explaining vegetation, smell, and the subjects mentioned in the title. There is also a description of a curious contrivance 

 to ascertain the longitude. Le<nvay appears to have been quite unknown to the learned author. 



13770 PURVIS (John Edward; F.i.c, St. John's Coll., Cantab.) The Influence of Dilution on 

 the Colour and the Absorption Spectra of various Permanganates, with plate, 8vo. (pp. 10), 

 sewn, Is Qd [Cambridge,] 1909 



13771 , and R. M. COTJRTAULD : The Decomposition and Nitrification of Sewage; 



(1) in Alkaline Solutions, (2) in Distilled Water, 8vo. (pp. 7), sewn. Is [ib.,] 1907 



13772 , and W. H. FOSTER: The Absorption Spectra of Collidine and 9-Chlor-Collidine, 



8vo. (pp. 4), sewn. Is [ib.,] 1907 



13773 , and W. A. R. WILKS : The Influence of Light and of Copper on Fermentation, 



8vo. (pp. 12), sewn, Is [tb.,] 1907 



13774 PUTSCH (Albert) Gas and CoAL Dust Firing : a Critical Review of the various Appliances 

 patented in Germany for this Purpose since 1885, translated by Charles Salter, with 103 wood' 

 cuts, 8vo. cL, 4s (p. 7s Qd nett) 1901 



13775 PYE (Samuel, m.d., author of * Moses and Bolingbroke ') The Mosaic Theory of the Solar, 

 or Planetary, System, 4to. (pp. 124), sewn, uncut {somewhat browned), 10s Qd 1766 



' Offering a New Theory, not of the Earth alone, but of the Solar, or Planetary System, on Mosaic principles.'— Pre/oc*. 

 The above copy contains a large number of contemporary MS. notes (Vby I)k. Nevil Maskklyne, f.r.8., Astronomer 

 Royal), exposing sorr e of the author's blunders. Four of the notes are cut out of the margins. 



13776 PYBIAN" (Frank Lee, Hitchin) Uber 0-Hydroxylaminobenzoes.\ure und ihre Ester und 

 iiber Oxy-^-Anthranil : Inaugural-Dissertation, roy. 8vo. (pp. 116), sewn, 2s 6c? Zurich, 1904 



