HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., HO, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 187 



3703 FONT COUL ANT (Comte Philippe Gustavo Doulcet de) THEORIE ANALYTIQUE du 



SYSTEMS du MONDE, avec les Supplements aux Livres II, V et VII, .4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 



with Sandhurst College bookplate (SCARCE), 1. 15s 1829-46[-60] 



370A SECONDE EDITION, considerablement augmentce, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. cL (somewhat foxed], 



2. 1856-34-46 



Vols. Ill and IV are of the first edition, no second edition having ever b:en published. The former contains the theory 

 of the planets, and vol. IV the lunar theory. 



3705 POPE (Frank Leonard ; editor ' Electrical Engineer ') MODERN PRACTICE of the ELECTRIC 

 TELEGRAPH, 5th Ed., enlarged, 65 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. morocco neat, 2s New York, 1871 



3708 POPULAR SCIENCE RE VIEW (The): a Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instruct- 

 ive Articles on Scientific Subjects, edited by JAMES SAMUELSON, from the beginning in 1862 to 

 1881, with very numerous plates (many coloured], besides woodcuts, 20 thick vols. 8vo. A/", calf extra 

 (fine set], 2. 10-s 1862-81 



Contaiuing contributions by G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S., Sir William Crookes, George Gore, F.R.S., Robert Hunt, F.n.s., 

 Georgs Henry Lewes, and many other well-known scientists. 



3707 PORTA (Giovanni Battista della) ARS DESTILLATORIA, das ist, die Edele vnd in aller Welt 

 geliebte Kunst zu destilliern, welche nicht allein einen newen vnd zuvor vnbekannten Methodum 

 ... in sich begreitft : sondern auch alle Heimlichkeiteii der Natur zu erkiindigen, vnd alle 

 vermischte Sachen in ihre eigene vnd sonderbare Elementen zu resolviren . . . vntenveist ... in 

 unsere Hochteutsche Sprach ybersetzt [von PETER UFFENBACH] ; with numerous woodcuts illus- 

 trative of contemporary chemical apparatus, sm. 4to. sound copy in contemporary pressed pigskin, 

 with clasps (name and stamp on title] ; RARE, 1. 55 Franckfurt a. M., 1611 



This German edition was unknown to Graesse and Ebert. 



3703 ELEMENTORUM CURVILINEORUM Libri III, in quibus altera Geometric parte restituta, 



agitur de CiRCULl QUADRATUKA ; with numerous diagrams, 4to. sound and tall copy in boards, 

 10* Qd RomcB, 1610 



3709 ANOTHER COPY, hf. cl. (a few holes in title, and some II. browned), 8s 6d 



The treatise on circle squaring is here first published ; the rest of the work was already contained in the Pneumatica of 

 100J (q. v. infra). The work, according to Prof, de Morgan, is a 'ridiculous attempt, which defies description, except that 

 it is all about lunules.' 



3710 De FURTIVIS LITERARUM NOTIS, vulgo de ZIFERIS Libri IV, editio princeps; with 



woodcuts (with MOVABLE SLIPS), and fine woodcut ornaments, cr. 4to. old Italian vellum (blank 

 bottom of title margined], 1. 5s Neapoli, Joa. Maria Scot us, 1563 



THIS FIRST EDITION is VERY RARE, Graesse mentioning only the folio edition of 1604. ' Dans ce traite des chilfres ou 

 d'ecriture secrete, il indique 180 precedes differents et met en outre sur la voie de les multiplier a 1'infiui.' Biogr. Gen. 



3711 - MAGLE NATUR ALIS, sive de Miraculis Rerum Naturalium LIBRI IIII, cum Indice, 18mo. 

 boards, withinscr. ' Monasterii Weingartensis, A. S. 1599,' 105 Qd Antverpiw, Christ. Plaritinus, 1585 



The Afagia Natitralis in 4 books is quite a different work from that in 20 books, containing far more occult and 

 superstitious matter than the latter, which made it however more acceptable to the contemporary reader. The author 

 mentions therein the camera obscura without the lens, the discovery of which is generally ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci, 

 but was really first mentioned by Levi ben Gorson in a work translated in A.D. 1342 under the title ' De Sinibus et Cordis.' 

 The camera with the lens was first described in the worlc rewritten in 20 books. 



3712 MAGLE NATURALIS LIBRI XX, in quibus Scientiarum Naturalium Divitiae et Delicia? 



demonstrantur, iam de novo, ab omnibus Mendis repurgati, in Lucem prodierunt ; accessit INDEX ; 

 with woodcuts and diagrams, thick 12mo. old calf (back slightly damaged), 10s Qd Hanovice, 1644 



This celebrated work was the earliest to contain a description of the camera obscura with a lens. ' Parmi beaucoup de 

 choses ridicules ou pueriles on trouve une foule de bonnes observations sur differents points d'histoire naturelle, sur la 

 lumiere, les verres optiques, les feux d'artifice, la statique, la dynamique, la boussole, la fabrication des lunettes, etc.' 

 Blogr. Gen,. 



3713 De MUNITIONS Libri III ; with numerous woodcuts, cr. 4to. boards, uncut (fine copy], 10s 



Neapoli, 1608 



Treating of fortification. 



3714 PNEUMATICORUM Libri III, quibus accesserunt CURVILINEORUM ELEMENTORUM Libri II, 



editio princeps ; with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, white vellum (side 

 margins neatly mended, but a sound copy] ; RARE, 1. Is ib., 1601 



This work is of interest as containing the earliest attempt towards measuring the volume of steam given off by a given 

 quantity of water. 



'An apparatus similar to that of Hero of Alexandria is described by della Porta, in his Pneumatics, published in 1601, 

 with this addition, that the condensation of steam within a close vessel is described as a means of producing a vacuum, 

 and thereby causing water to ascend and fill the vessel'. Prof. Rankine, F.ll.S. 



3715 POMARIUM : Sylvas coeduametglandariam, Olivetum, Vineam, Arbustum, Hortos Coron- 



arium, et Olitorium, Segetein, Pascua, Cultum, et quicquid ad universam agricolationis historian! 

 pertinere visum est ; with vignette on title, and woodcut initials, cr. 4to. sound copy in old hf. 

 vellum extra (VERY RARE), 1. 5s ib., 1583 



This seems to be one of the rarest of della Porta's writings ; it was unknown to Brunct and Graesse, nor is it contained 

 in a full list of the author's works in Biogr. Gen. 



3716 - De REFRACTIONS OPTICES Parte Libri IX, editio princeps; with numerous diagrams, 

 sm 4to. sound copy in limp vellum, 18s ib , 1593 



' Plus que nel'avait fait Maurolico, il approcha de la veritable theorie de la vision, et de'montra que nous apercevons 

 les objets, non par des rayons emanaut de 1'oeil, mais par la lumiere qui y penetre du dehors. Ses experiences d'optique 

 sont fort curieuses, et il profita beauooup des connaissancos que Paolo Sarpi, avec qui il s'etait lie, possedait sur cette 

 niatiere. II fnt le premier qui lixa la distance du foyer d'uri miroir concave au quart de son diametre.' Blogr. Gen. 

 The author also explains in the work the twinkle of stars as the result of the dispersion of their light in the atmosphere. 



3717 I TRE LIBRI de' SPIRITALI, cioc d' INALZAR AcQUEper FoRZAdell' ARIA ; with numerous 



woodcuts, cr. 4to. FINE COPY in contemporary limp vellum (RARE), 15s ib., 1606 



' On trouve a la page 75 de cet opuscule une figure representant la machine inventee par Porta pour clever 1'eau a 1'aide 

 de la force elastique de la vapeur, figure dont Fr. Arago a donne un fac-simile dans sou Histoire des machines a vapeur '. 

 Brunei. There is also an illustration of a thermoscope on page 76. 



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