HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 197 



3905 [BATJCOURT (Antoine)] MANUAL of LITHOGRAPHY ; clearly explaining the whole Art, and 

 the Accidents that may happen in Printing, with the different Methods of avoiding them, 3rd Ed., 

 corrected, to which is added (NOW FIRST PRINTED) SELECTIONS from the WORK of M. BREGEAUT, 

 forming a SEQUEL, and bringing down the Improvement in the Art to the present Time, trans, by 

 CHARLES JOSEPH HULLMANDEL; with 2 folding lithographic plates by the Translator, 8vo. cl., 

 uncut (SCARCE), 1. Is 1832 



' Hullmandel's practice and study resulted in the discovery of a new mode of preparing the stones. . . . Among other 

 improvements he made in the art were a graduated tint, the introduction of white in the high lights, and the use of the 

 stump on the stone." Cosmo Monkliouse. 



3906 BAY (John, F.R.S.) MISCELLANEOUS DISCOURSES concerning the DISSOLUTION and CHANGES of 

 the WORLD, wherein the Primitive Chaos and Creation, the General Deluge, Fountains, Formed 

 Stones, Sea Shells found in the Earth, Subterraneous Trees, Mountains, Earthquakes, Vulcanoes, 

 the Universal Conflagration and Future State, are largely Discussed and Examined, 12mo. old 

 calf, 12s Qd . 1692 



' Important on account of the accurate views it propounds as to the nature of fossils, and from the use made of them 

 by Paley '. D. N. B. 



3907 BEAD (John) EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS with the DOUBLER of ELECTRICITY, to 

 determine its real Utility, in the Investigation of the Electricity of Atmospheric Air, in different 

 degrees of Purity, 4to. (pp. 9), sewn, 3-? 1794 



3908 - A METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, principally relating to Atmospheric Electricity, kept at 

 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, from May 9, 1789 to May 8, 1791, 2 copperplates, 2 parts 4to. (pp. 60), sewn, 

 5s 6d 1791-2 



3909 BEAD (Samuel), Henry CHATFIELD, and Augustin F. B. CBEUZE: REPOBTS on 

 NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, 1842-4, by the CHATHAM COMMITTEE of NAVAL ARCHITECTS, appointed 

 by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, April 27, 1842, with numerous folding plates and 

 tables, folio, hf. russia gilt (SCARCE), 1. Is 1847 



' Sent for the information of the Committee of Reference by Admiralty Order. 14th February 1848.' Inscr. on title. 



Including 'Tables of Practical Data for the Construction of Ships of War.' Samuel Read, who died in 1863, aged 67, 

 was one of the founders of the Institution of Naval Architects, and his above Reports 'are highly esteemed.' His biography 

 is unjustly excluded from D. N. B. 



3910 RECORDE (Bobert, M.D.) The CASTLE of KNOWLEDGE [on reverse of title :] containing the 

 Explication of the Sphere, bothe celestiall and materiall, and diuers other thinges incident therto. 

 W ith sundry pleasaunt proofesand certaine newe demonstrations not written before in any vulgare 

 woorkes, first edition, with emblematic engraved title, and numerous woodcuts, sm. folio, new hf. 

 brown calf gilt (title somewhat defective, a few headlines shorn, some II. water-stained, and last 2 II. 

 mended, otherwise a LARGE AND SOUND COPY) ; VERY RARE, with auto. 'John Bowies' [?], 1593' 

 on title, 7. 15s [colophon :] Reginalde Wolfe, 1556 



'The Copernican system was recognised in this book for the first time in England". J. 0. Halliwell-Phillipps. It 

 contains a dedication in English to Queen Mary, and another in Latin to Cardinal Pole. D. N. B. erroneously mentions 1551 

 as the date of the first edition, a statement palpably wrong, as Queen Mary's accession did not take place until 1553, 

 and Cardinal Pole was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury (as such the work is dedicated to him) only after Abp. 

 Cranmer's execution in 1556. 



GROUNDS of ARTES [Arithmetic], last edition (1699) v. HATTON, ante. 



391 1 [ ] The PATHWAY to KNOWLEDG, containing the FIRST PRINCIPLES of GEOMETRIE, as they 



may moste aptly be applied vnto practise, bothe for vse of instruments Geometricall, and astro- 

 nomicall and also for proiection of plattes in euerye kinde, and therfore much necessary for all 

 sortes of men, first edition, with printer's device on last leaf, ivoodcuts, and numerous diagrams, 

 sm. 4to. sprinkled calf antique, newly rebacked (title soiled and a few slight wormholes, otherwise 

 a LARGE AND SOUND COPY) ; very rare, 8. 8s [colophon :] Reynold Wolfe, 1551 



According to Prof, de Morgan this work contains the first use of the term 'sine' in English. ' He explains solar and 

 lunar eclipses, promises a treatise on cosmography, and gives a description of Euclid Bk. I Prop. IV, a method of working 

 various questions in practical geometry, and a list of astronomical instruments in use. There is also a rough determination 

 of the magnitude of the earth, which is said to be 21,600 miles round.' D. N. B. 



3912 - : RECORDS ARITHMETICK : or, the GROUND of ARTS : teaching the perfect work and practice 

 of Arithmetick, both in whole Numbers and Fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then 

 in former time hath been set forth ; afterwards augmented by JOHN DEE, and since enlarged with 

 a third part of Rules of Practice, abridged into a briefer method then hitherto hath been published, 

 etc., by JOHN MELLIS; and now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and enlarged, etc. etc. 

 etc. by R. C. and Ro. HARTWELL, Philomathemat., with diagrams, 12mo. partly fclacfc Utter ; new 

 hf. brown calf gilt (rare), 1. 15s 1648 



The above copy belonged to WILLIAM ANDREW CHATTO, the historian of wood-engraving, and bears his auto, and iuscr. 

 on flyleaf. 



3913 [ ] The WHETSTONE of WITTE, which is the seconde parte of Arithmetike : containyng the 

 atraction of Rootes : The Cossike Practise, with the rule of Equation : and the woorkes of Surde 

 Nombers, first edition, with diagrams, and 2 folding tables, sm. 4to., tlartt letter ; new sprinkled 

 calf gilt (part of one table in contemporary MS., and some II. water-stained, otherwise a LARGE 

 AND SOUND COPY) ; very rare, 7. 7s Jhon Kyngston [col. : 1557] 



The above is the first treatise on Algebra in English, and the first English work employing the symbols ' + ' and ' '. 



'Interesting as containing the earliest introduction of the sign = for equality ... In this work Recorde shewed how 

 the square root of an algebraical expression could be extracted.' W. W. 11. Ball. 



' Recorde was practically the founder of an English school of mathematical writers. He was the first writer in English on 

 arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy, and the first to introduce algebra into England. He seems, in fact, to have been 

 one of the first to see the independence of an algebraical operation and its numerical interpretation. Recorde is superior to 

 others, even Vieta, in his perception of general results connected with the fundamental notation of algebra, and he is free 

 from the tendency, then common, to invest simple numbers with the character of planes, solids, etc. He also uses frac- 

 tions and Arabic numerals with greater freedom than was usual in his time.' D. N. B. 



THE ABOVE COPY CONTAINS THE FOLDING TABLES WHICH ARE NEARLY ALWAYS ABSENT Signature r consists only of one 

 folding table, r 2-4 apparently having never been issued. 



