HENRY fctiTHERAN & tJO., i4b, STRANr), W.b., AND' 37, PlbbADILLY, W. 241 

 4?25 ^AGTLIENTE (Giovanni Antonio) OPERA Not A che insegna a fare ogni RAGIONE cli MER^ 

 CANTIA. Et prmla a sapper feleuare ogni numero, Foi a Moltiplicare, Partire, Somare, Sottrare 

 con le sue proue, la Regola del tre con laquale si puo fare ogni ragione cli Mercatia, cioe come saria 

 a dire. ISe la libra, el centenaro oner el migliaro <li una Mercaritia uale tanti danari, che ualera 

 tante libre. Et anchora a sapper fare le Ragioni delle Compagnie & baratti con altre molte ragione. 

 Et a pertegare le terre & mtiri con arte Giometricale come nellopera uederete; title within fine 

 woodcut border, with portrait of Archimedes on rev., also numerous interesting woodcuts and orna- 

 ments, sm. 4to. boards (3 IL stained and last I. slightly wormed, otherwise a REMARKABLY FINE 

 COPY), 8. 85 [col. :] Stdpado u Bernadin Venetian de Vidali, \_Venetia,], 1527 



EXCESSIVELY RARE, and unknown to Brunet, Graesse and other bibliographers. The work consists of signatures 

 A to N (the last misprinted F) in fours, or 52 11. iu all. 



4723 : Lo PRESENTE LIBRO Insegna La VERA ARTE de lo EXCELLE | TE SCRIUERE de diuerse 



VARIE SORT! de LiTERE Le quail se | fano pr geometrica Ragione, & con La pesente | opera ognuno 

 Le Potra Irnparare impochi giorni p | Lo amaistramento, | ragioni, | & \ Essempli, come qui 

 sequente | Vedrai. | Opera del TAGLIENTE nouamente | composta cum gratia nel anno di nra 

 salute | MDXXV ; with numerous beautiful specimens of handwriting, ornamental alphabets, 

 initials, printing characters, etc., some in while on black ground, besides full-page woodcut of 

 writing tools, sm. 4to. hf. vellum (a very fine and large copy) ; excessively rare, 15. 



[rcnetia,] 1525 



One of the earliest, and most important works on calligraphy, giving a great variety of specimens of handwriting, 

 printing characters, etc., all beautifully executed. 



The above edition, the second and probably the rarest of all (which consists of 21 unnumbered 11., signatures A F in 

 fours), is excessively rare, and was unknown to Brunet and Graesse. Ricc.ardi mentions this edition, but gives a very 

 faulty copy of the title, and moreover mistakenly states that the signatures consist of A E only. The only copy he 

 quotes was that of the Biblioteca Cjmmunale of Reggio. The first edition of 1521 was kuowu alike to Brunet, Grae.sse, 

 and Riccardi. 



A copy of the edition of lf>27 fetched 10. at auction in 189S. 



4727 [TAGLIENTE (Hieronymo)] OPERA che insegna a fare ogni RAGIONE de MERCATIA, & a 

 pertegare le terre con arte giometrica Intitolata COMPONIMENTO di ARITHMETICS ; printed in 

 gotfjic letter, title printed in white on black ground, with large woodcut on reverse, and numerous 

 curious woodcuts in text, and arithmetical diagrams, 16mo. hf. bound, rough edges (half the title 

 missing, but a TALL AND REMARKABLY CLEAN COPY), very rare, 7. 7* * s. I. aut t. n. (? 1528) 



The date is given on the title, but a portion of the latter being torn otf, only MDX is still discernible. Owing to the 

 extreme rarity of all the works of both Taglientes, no complete bibliography of their works and editions has ever been 

 given, and it is therefore impossible to identify this, or the edition given below. It consists of SS leaves, or signatures 

 A to Z in fours, the last 1. being blank. 



4728 - ANOTHER EDITION, printed in got!)ic letter, with numerous woodcuts and ornaments, 

 16mo. boards (wanting title, and with a small hole going through the larger part of the work] ; 

 very rare, 5. ICte s. 1. aut a. 



The collation of this edition agrees exactly with the one above, but the different spelling, as well as some woodcut 



it, mark it as a distinct, and judging from internal evidence, earlier edition. 

 According to Cicogna (in ' Saggio di Bibliograh'a Veneziana ') the author wrote the work at the request of his kinsman 



ornaments varying from those in 



Giovanni Antonio. It resembles to some extent the latter's Opera Nova (q. v. supra). 



4729 TAISNIEB (Jean) OPUS MATHEMATICUM VIII Libros complectens, quorum VI priores Libri 

 Absolutissimse CHEIROMANTL-E Theoricam ... VII. PHYSIOGNOMIC Dispositionem . . . VIII. 

 PERIAXIOMATA de FACIEBUS SICNORUM . . . complectitur . . . Item ISAGOGEN ASTROLOGLE 

 JUDICIARIES, et totius Divinatricis Artis Encomia, cum Indice copioso ; with author's portrait on 

 reverse of title, and very numerous woodcuts illustrating Palmistry, Physiognomy, and Astrology, 

 folio, sound copy in old limp vellum (RARE), 2. Is . Colonim Agrippinw, 15t>2 



4730 ANOTHER COPY, sewn (slightly wormed, and 3 small holes in title], 1. 10s 



' II y a beaucoup emprunte au medeein B. Codes pour cet ouvrage, qui expose d'une faQon didactique la chiromancie, 

 la physiognomic, les presages, 1'astrologie, etc.' Blogr. Gzii. 



47 31 TAIT (Peter G-uthrie, F.R.S.E.) ELEMENTARY TREATISE on QUATERNIONS, with diagrams, 

 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 12s Qd) Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1867 



4732 SECOND EDITION, enlarged, with diagrams, Svo. prize calf extra (ni>;e copy], Is Qd 



Univ. Press, Cambridge [1873] 

 Still the best working book on the subject for the student. 



4733 - LECTURES on some RECENT ADVANCES in PHYSICAL SCIENCE, with woodcuts, post Svo. 

 cl. (out of print), 4s 1876 



4734 - SECOND EDITION, revised, with a Lecture on FORCE, woodcuts, post Svo. cl., 5s 1876 



An excellent sketch on the more recent discoveries in physics based on the doctrine of energy. It includes a chapter 

 on the ' Early History of Energy '. 



4735 -- LIGHT, with diagrams, post Svo. cl., (\s Edin., 1884 



4736 - PROPERTIES of MATTER, with diagrams, post Svo. cl., 3s (p. 7s Qd) ib., 1885 



' These [above three worksj are written in a forcible style and with a masterly touch which characterises all his 

 productions. Tait has a great power of treating abstruse questions in a simple, direct manner.' 



4737 SKETCH of THERMODYNAMICS, 2nd Ed., extended, large post Svo. cl., 3s ib., 1877 



, and Lord KELVIN, P.R.S. : ELEMENTS of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY v. Nos. 2247-50, ante. 



4738 - , and William John STEELE: TREATISE on the DYNAMICS of a PARTICLE, with 

 numerous Examples, 2nd Ed., with diagrams, post Svo. cl., 3s Cambridge, 1865 



4733 - THIRD EDITION, considerably augmented, diagrams, post Svo. cl., 4s 1871 



, and Balfour STEWART : The UNSEEN UNIVERSE y. Nos. 4597-8, ante. 

 v. KELLAND (Philip), ante. 



4740 TABB (Ralph Stockman, Cornell Univ.) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY of the UNITED STATES, with 

 briefer Mention of FOREIGN MINERAL PRODUCTS, 2 plates, chart, and 27 woodcuts, Svo. cl., Qs Qd 

 (p. 16* nett) New York, 1894 



With bibliography on mining and metallurgy. 



