HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 183 



THE FIRST STAR MAPS : 



3625 [PICCOLOMINT (Alessandro, Abp. of Patrasso\\ De la SFERA del MONDO, Libri IV in Lin- 

 gua Toscana : De 1 



potra ciasche duno 



prima edizione; i . . 



(hole in title and last 2 II. mended), RARE, 1. Is Venetia, 1540 



3626 - ALTRA EDIZIONE, old limp vellum (binding damaged and stained, also some II. water- 

 stained), 15s ibidem, 1548 



The second work ' De le Stelle Fisse ', which has a separate title-page and pagination, is of special interest, containing 

 as it does the first published star maps a. fact not generally known. Four different magnitudes are distinguished, and the 

 stars are named with Latin letters. The Greek lettering, still in use at the present time, was first used by Johannes 

 Bayer in 1C03. 



3627 - - [NEW EDITION of BOTH WORKS] : di nuovo da lui ripolita, accresciuta, e fino h sei Libri, 

 di Quatro che erano ampliata, e quasi per ogni parte rinovata, e riformata ; with numerous dia- 

 grams, woodcuts, and the 48 star maps, 2 vols. 4to. in I, sound copy in old vellum, 15s ibidem [1564] 



The first work has been greatly enlarged in the above edition, and increased from four to six books. 



3628 GLI STESSI ; with numerous diagrams, woodcuts, and 48 star maps, 2 v., 1579 : La PRIMA 



PARTE delle THEORICHE overo SPECULATIONI de i PIANETI; with numerous diagrams, 1568 

 3 vols. 4to. in 1, very sound and clean copies in contemporary limp vellum, 18s Qd ib., 1579-68 



3629 - De SPHAERA Libri IV, ex Italico in Latinum conversi ; eiusdem COMPENDIUM de COGNO- 



SCENDIS STELLIS FIXIS, et de MAGNITUDINE TERR.E et AQU.E Liber, itidem Latinus factus, 

 JOAN. NlCOL. STUPANO Rheto interprete ; with woodcuts, numerous diagrams, and 48 star maps, 

 3 v. : VER.E SOLARIS atque LUNARIS ANNI QUANTITATIS aliarumque Rerum ad CALENDARII 

 ROMANI EMENDATIONEM pertinentium, de Ortu atque Occasu Stellarum Fixarum EXPLICATIO. 

 Opus olim a Petro Pitato Veronensi conscriptum ; nunc revisura, etc. [a JOA. NIC. STUPANO] 



4 vols. 4to. in 1, contemporary limp vellum (RARE), 1. 12s Qd Basilea?, 1568 



'Pierre Pitatus de Verone fit uh grand nombre d'obscrvations pour deter 

 solaires. II presents en 1550 au pape Pie IV un plan de reformation.' Montuda. 



pour determiner au juste les periodes lunaires et 



3630 PIERRE de STE. -MARIE MAG-DELAINE (de la Congregation des Fueillans] TRAITE 

 d'HoRLOGiOGRAPHlE, contenant plusieurs manieres de construire sur TOUTES SURFACES, toutes 

 sortes de LIGNES HORAIRES, et autres Cercles de la Sphere, avec quelques INSTRUMENS pour la 

 mesme pratique, et pour connoistre les HEURES durant Nurr : 1'Heure de Fluset Refius de la Mer ; 

 plus la Methode de Couper, en Pierre on en Bois, les Corps Reguliers et autre Polyedres, par le 

 Cube et par le Cylindre ; nouvelle Ed., augmentee de plusieurs Propositions ; with engraved title, 

 and 72 fine copperplates, 12mo.fine copy in contemporary calf extra (RARE), 1. 10s 1680 



Houzeau-Lancaster No. 11,455 ; but unknown to Poggendorff, Graesse, Brunet, etc. 



3631 PIESSE (G. W. Septimus, analytical chemist] The ART of PERFUMERY, and the Methods of 

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

 Essences, etc., first edition, with numerous pretty fall-page and other woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. 

 (scarce), 7s Qd 1855 



One of the best books on the subject. 



3632 PIETRA (Angelo, Genovese Monaco] INDRIZZO degli ^EcoNOMi, osia ordinatissima INSTRUT- 

 TIONE da regolatamente FORM ARE qualunque SCRITTURA in un LIBRO DOPPIO ; aggiuntovi 

 1' Essemplare di un Libro Nobile, col suo GIORNALE, acl Uso della CONGREGATION CASSINESE, dell' 

 Ordinedi S. Benedetto, con due Tavole, 1' una de' Capitoli, et 1' altra delle Cose pin degne, a pieno 

 intendimento di Ciascuno ; with woodcut on title, and folding table, folio, white vellum (VERY FINE 

 COPY) ; VERY RARE, 2. 2s Mantova, Franc. Osanna, 1586 



Independently of its value as an early and important work on book-keeping, the above work is of interest as giving an 

 insight into the economy of an Italian monastery at the end of the XVIth century. 



3633 PIGG (James) RAILWAY ' BLOCK ' SIGNALLING : the Principles of Train Signalling, and Appa- 

 ratus for ensuring Safety, with 147 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 7s Qd) [1898J 



A good account, with historical chapter, of the practical abolition of railway collisions in England. 



3634 PILATRE de ROZIER (Jean Frai^ois) : LETTRES de I'OBSERVATEUR BON-SENS a M. de * * *, 

 sur la FAT ALE CATASTROPHE des infortunes PILATRE DE ROSIER et ROMAIN, les AERONAUTES et 

 1' AEROSTATION ; with 2 etchings, of the balloon and of ' Vaff reuse catastrophe ', 8vo. (pp. 39), sewn 

 (RARE), 15s Londres [Paris] , 1785 



Unknown to Hatton Turner, and interesting as a contemporary account of the disaster that overtook the two balloonists, 

 whose balloon, a combination of the ilontgoljtere and Cfiarliere (or the heated air and hydrogen varieties) took lire at a 

 height of 1200 feet on an attempt to cross the Channel from Dover to Calais, and they themselves wore dashed to theground. 



3635 PILBROW (James, C.E.) ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY and CANAL PROPULSION, and PNEUMATIC 

 TELEGRAPH, 2nd Ed., with 3 large folding plates, 8vo. (pp. 42), sewn, 8s Qd 1844 



An attempt to overcome the hopeless waste of power on the 'atmospheric railway" of Clegg and Samuda, by making 

 the piston run in a closed pipe, and work a series of cogs and pinions. 



3636 - : BOYMAN (Boy man) PILBROW'S CONDENSING CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE, with 8 large 

 folding plates, 8vo. (pp. 103), sewn, Qs 1841 



3637 PINAR (Manuel Conde de Canete del, cdpitdn de fragata) OBSERVACIONES de PRECISION 

 con el SEXTANTE ; EXAMEN y CORRECTION del SEXTANTE ; ivith 2 plates 2 vols. 8vo. hf. maroon 

 morocco neat, 4s Qd [? Madrid, 1895-67] 



3633 PING-RljJ (Alexandre Guy) COMETOGRAPHIE, ou Traite historique et theorique des Cometes ; 

 with copperplates, 2 vols. 4to. old mottled calf extra (SCARCE), 1. 5s Imprimerie Royale, 1783 4 

 ' The most complete historical and general treatise on comets which has appeared.' Prof. Newcomb. 



3639 PINI (Ermenegildo [recte Carlo] ; Barnabite] De VENARUM METALLICARUM EXCOCTIONE, 

 editio princeps ; with 36 folding plates of metallurgical plant or processes, 2 vols. 4to. boards, 

 uncut, 12s Mediolani, 1779-80 



' Cet ouvrage a eu du succes '. Brunei 



