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



15364 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: Mineral Resources of the United 



States, edited by Albert Williams Jr. and David T. Day, 1882-4, '86-8, '91, and '93, 7 vols. 



8vo. cl., 10* Washington, 1883-94 



15365 Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, edited by F. V. 



Hayden, I.— XL Annual Report, and Preliminary Field Report, with numerous folding 



plates and maps, and woodcuts, 10 vols. 8vo. cl. {partly o.p.), £1. 5s ib., 1869-79 



15366 URftUHART (John W., c.E.) Electro-Plating, including the Practice of Electro-Typing, 

 with frontispiece and 12 tvoodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s , 1880 



15367 URRIOLA (Giro L.) Sur les Variations de la Temperature d'EBULLiTiON de I'Eau k 

 Panama, roy. 8vo. sewn. Is Qd Panama, 1908 



15368 UZIELLI (Gustavo) Di alcune Proprieta delle Rocce e delle Terre in Relazione alia 

 Ricerca di Acque Potabili ed alia Perforazione delle Gallerie ; with folding plate, 8vo. (pp. 50), 

 sewn, \s 6d Firenze, 1899 



15369 VAIL (Alfred) The American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, with the Reports of Con- 

 gress, and a Description of all Telegraphs known, employing Electricity or Galvanism, first 

 edition, with 81 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. roan (very scarce), £1. 5s Philadelphia, 1845 



Pp. 115-208 contain an account of all the magneto-electric telegraphic systems known at the time, from Lomond's, 

 invented in 1787, to Wheatstone's rotating disc telegraph, invented in 1841, and also include the author's own, the first 

 electro-magnetic printing telegraph invented (in 1837). 



There was no copy of the above edition in the Ronalds Library. The work was translated into French, German, and 

 Italian. 



15370 VALLA (Giorgio) Comentationes in Ptolomei Quadripartitum inque Ciceronis Parti- 

 tiones et Tusculanas Questioes ac Plinii Naturalis Historic Librum II. ; with diagra^ns, folio, 

 old English calf (6 II. somewhat defective, title soiled and holed, and corners of 2 II. torn off, other- 

 wise a tall and clean copy), £1. \s [col. :) Venetiis, in officina Simonis Biuilaquce, 1502 



The fourth part is entitled : ' Johannis Petri Vallae in Plinii Praefationis I. Libri Naturalis HistorifB Obscuriores Locos 

 Interpraetatio,' and treats of astrononomical subjects. 



15371 VALLA [o VALLO] (Lorenzo) Libretto di Abbaco, con il quale ogn' uno potra imparare 

 con Facilita Grande le sue Operationi, necessarie per fare qualsivoglia Conto : cio^, Numerare, 

 Sommare, Sottrare, Moltiplicare, e Partire : con la Prova Reale, e del Sette, ed altii belli Avver- 

 tinienti, e Regole Curiose ; ivith Austrian arms on title, 12mo. (pp. 24), boards {a few corners 

 defective, but a sound copy) ; rare, £1. 10^ Messina, Pietro Brea, 1611 



a very rare work of which Riccardi, who mentions the work in Biblioteca Matematica Italiana, Supp. V, was only able 

 to quote the above copy. It is not mentioned by other bibliographers, e.g. Prof, de Morgan and Poggendorff, nor was 

 there a copy in the Libri Library. 



15372 VALLIER (Emmanuel, chef d' escadron d'artillerie) L'Artillerie : Materiel, Organisation : 

 France, Alleraagne, Angleterre, Autriche-Hongrie, Italic, Espagne, Russie, Turquie, Etats-Unis, 

 Japon, etc. ; ivith 45 illustrations, 8vo. cL, 2s (p. F. 5 nett) 1899 



15373 VALTURIO (Roberto) : Opera de Facti e PreceptiMilitaei di lo excellente Misier 

 Roberto Yalturio Ariminese gia inscripta in Latin a lo illustre Signer Sigismon eg 

 Pandolpho vMalatesta Principe di Arimino et hora traducta in Vulgar [per Paulo 

 Ramdsio] a Nome et Gloria del magnanimo Capitanno e sempre felice in le Bataglie 

 Signer Roberto di Aragonia di San Severine General Loco Tenente del serenissime et 

 iustissimo Senate Venetiane ; with 96 fine vwodcuts after designs by Matteo Pasti, and 

 the first initial finely painted, thick folio, old vellum {top corners water-stained and a 

 few slightly jvorn away, otherwise a sound copy) ; very rare ; cheap, £30. 



Ipressa cu indvstria di Bonin di Boninis da Ragusi I . . . Verona corrrendo 

 lanno del Mille e quatrocento. Ixxxiii. adi xvii. defebruario [1483] 



The first Italian edition, and one of the earliest works published in the vulgar tongue. 



' Edition recherchee a cause des figures et parce qu'elle est la premiere de cette traduction italienne.' — Brunei. 



A copy of the above edition fetched £88 at auction last year. The above has a 4-p. MS. index added at end, 



15374 De Re Militari Libri XTI multb emaculatius, ac Picturis, quse plurirase in eo sunt, 



elegantioribus expressum, quam cum Veronae inter InitiaArtisChalcographicoe Anno M.cccclxxxiii 

 inuulgaretur ; with 96 large and fine woodcuts after Matteo Pasti (re-engraved), folio, old hf 

 Italian vellum [a few cortiers slightly waterstained, otherwise a FINE AND UNCUT COPY) : rare, 

 £6. 6* Parisiis, Christianus Wechelus, 1532 



The third edition of this celebrated work, and the first one printed in Paris. It was reprinted in 1534 and 1555, 



' Get ouvrage temoigne de la connaissance approfondie que Valturio avait des auteurs de I'antiquite ; il decrit avec une 



grande clarte leurs machines de guerre, et en donne en meme temps le dessi.n.' — Biogr. Gen. 



The woodcuts of this celebrated work are very remarkable in themselves, and as illustrating every variety of 



mechanical military engines, as well as of cannon. 



15375 VAN HISE (Charles Richard. ; Pres. Univ. Wisconsin) Treatise on Metamorphism, with 

 \^ plates [one coloured), and numerous other illustrations, thick 4to. (pp. 1286), cl., \2s 6c? 



U.S. Geol. Survey, Washington, 1904 



' Attempting to reduce the phenomena of metamorphism to order under the principles of physics and chemistry, or, 

 more simply, under the laws of energy.' 



15376 VAREN [latineY AR'ENIJJB] (Bernhard, M.D.) Geografhia Generalis, in qua Affectiones 

 Generales Telluris explicantur, Editio nova, summ^ Cura quam plurimis in Locis emendata, et 

 XXXIII Scheniatibus Novis, etc. etc. aucta et illustrata ab ISAACO Newton ; Ed. II. auctior et 

 emendatior ; with plates, sm. %\o. fine copy in contemporary calf, 8s Qd Cantabrigice, 1681 



' Ouvrage fort savant qui opera une revolution complete dans la science de la geographie.' — Biogr. Gen. 

 ' Ouvrage celebre et considerable, oi'i I'astronomie occupe une large place.' — Houzeau et Lancaster. 



15377 VATTIEB (Charles) L'Avenir de la Metallurgie du Fer au Chili, avec le I^r Supple- 

 ment ; with plate, and 3 folding maps, 2 vols, inipl 8vo. sewn, 3s 1890 



