HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 259 



5090 VILANT (Nicolas, Reg. Prof. Mathematics, St. Andrews] The ELEMENTS of MATHEMATICAL 

 ANALYSIS, abridged, with Notes demonstrative and explanatory, and SYNOPSIS of BOOK V of 

 EUCLID, 8vo. sewn, 4s Edin., 1798 



5091 VINCENT (Camille) CARBONISATION des Bois en VASES CLOS, et UTILISATION des PRODUCTS 

 DERIVES ; with 28 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. sewn, 3s 1873 



5092 - - INDUSTRIE des PRODUCTS AMMONIACAUX ; with 32 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. sewn, 3s Qd 

 (p. F. 9 nett) 1884 



5093 VINE (Charles J.) HINTS on DRAWING for PROCESS REPRODUCTION, with plates, 12mo. sewn, 

 Is Qd 1895 



VINET (Elie) SPH^RA JOHANNIS DE SACRO Bosco EMENDATA (1562) v. SACRO Bosco, ante. 



5094 VINTNERS, The ART and MYSTERY of, 8vo. (pp. 79), sewn (title wanting) ; rare, Is Qd 



[c. 1750] 



A veritable wine adulterator's vade-mecum, full of horrid recipes to restore wine even in the most hopeless condition, 

 and valuable as a collection of contemporary trade tricks, it was unknown to Watt. 



5095 VIOLETTE (Henry) NOUVELLES MANIPULATIONS CIHMIQUES SIMPLIFIEES, contenant la 

 Description d'Appareils entierement nouveaux, d'une Construction simple et facile ; with 

 numerous woodcuts and tables, 8vo. hf. calf, 3s Bruxelles, 1839 



5096 VIOLLE (B.) TRAITE COMPLET des CARRES MAGIQUES, suivi d'unTraite des CUBES MAGIQUES, 

 et d'un Essai sur les CERCLES MAGIQUES, 2 vols. 8vo., and Atlas, with 54 plates, containing 400 

 figures, oblong folio 3 vols. hf. morocco (nice copy), 18s 6d 1837-8 



The most complete work ever published on this curious arithmetical amusement. 

 ' An elaborate work, useful as containing hundreds of illustrations.' W . W. R. Ball. 



5097 VIBGrlNIO (Michele) De NATURJE in SYSTEMATE ORGANICO UNIFORMITATE Physicse 

 Animalis et Vegetabilis Exercitatio, 8vo. sewn, 3s Qd Romce, 1784 



5098 VIRLET (Theodore) COUP d'CEiL ge'ne'ral et statistique sur la METALLURGIE, 8vo. (pp. 136), 

 sewn, '2s Qd 1837 



5099 [VISCONTI, Latine] VICECOMES (Antonio Maria, Piacentino) PRACTICA NUMERORUM, et 

 MENSURARUM, ac Alluvionis Partitionem, investigandi, et ut in Indice sequenti; with arms of 

 Octavio Farnese Duke of Parma on title, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, and printer's device on 

 last I., sin. 4&o. fine copy in contemporary limp vellum (VERY RARE), 1. 12s Qd Brixiae, 1581 



5100 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary limp vellum (name cut off blank top of title, otherwise a 

 large and fine copy), with bookplate of MICHEL CHASLES, 1. 10s 



(> A book of mixed arithmetic and algebra, in which the modern method of division is used. It would, I think, repay 

 an examination, particularly on the part which relates to the extraction of roots.' Prof, de Morgan. 'This work of 

 Visconti is very scarce.' M. Libri. It was unknown to Brunet, Graesse, Poggendorff, etc. 



5101 VITBUVIUS Pollio (Marcus) De ARCHITECTURA Libri X, cum Commentariis DANIELIS 

 BARBARI, electi Patriarchae Aquileiensis : Multis AEDIFICIORUM, HoROLOGiORUM, et 

 MACHINARUM DESCRIPTIONIBUS, et FIGURIS, unh, cum Indicibus copiosis, aucti et illustrati ; 

 with very numerous large and fine woodcuts, and diagrams, folio, old limp vellum (some II. 

 browned as usual, otherwise a very sound copy), 1. 15s Venetiis, 1567 



5102 - ANOTHER COPY, old limp vellum (back of binding slightly damaged, but a FINE AND 



EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN COPY), 2. 2s 



A beautiful edition, esteemed for the woodcuts it contains. ' Texte de 1'edition Lyonnaise de 1552 corrige sur de 

 conjectures et muni d'un commentaire explicatif. Une partie des figures ont ete gravees par Giov. Crugher.' Graesse. 

 The Sunderland copy (in calf) fetched 4. 15s. 



5103 - -De ARCHITECTURA Libri X, ope Codicis Guelferbytani, Editionis Principis, ceterorumque 

 Subsidiorum recensuit, et GLOSSARIO illustravit AUGUSTUS RODE; with vignette of the 

 Mausoleum on title, 4to. sewn, 5s Qd Berolini, 1800 



5104 ANOTHER COPY, calf extra, g. e. (fine copy), 8s 



' Assez belle edition'. Brunet. The glossary is in Latin, German, French, Italian, and English. 



5105 I DIECI LlBRI dell' ARCHITETTURA, tradotti e commentati da Mons. DANIEL BARBARO 



eletto Patriarca d'Aquileia, da lui riueduti et ampliati ; et hora in piu commoda Forma ridotti ; 

 with plates (some folding), and hundreds of other fine woodcuts, 4to. new hf. calf antique (title 

 mounted, and about 2011. wormed), with auto. ' D'Arblay* on fiyleaf, and some MS. notes in the 

 same handwriting, 1. 5s Venetia, 1567 



An edition much valued for its woodcuts. Those on machinery are especially interesting. 



' Ce qui donne & cet ouvrage une valeur particuliere, c'est qu'il est le seul de ce genre qui soit parvenu jusqu'a nous, c'est 

 qu'il renferme des notions importantes pour 1'histoire de 1'art, c'est qu'il a ete ecrit a une epoque ou 1'architecture i Rome 

 atteignit sa plus grande perfection '. Biog. Gen. 



Book 8 deals with WATER-SUPPLY and AQUEDUCTS ; the 9th with DIALLING, and the 10th with MECHANICS. 



5106 - - ARCHITECTURE GENERALE, reduite en Abrege' par CLAUDE PERRAULT ; with copperplates, 

 12mo. old calf (back of binding slightly damaged), 4s Qd Amsterdam, 1681 



5107 [VIVENAIR ( )] The AIR BALLOON: or a TREATISE on the AEROSTATIC GLOBE, lately 

 invented by the celebrated MONS. MONTGOLFIER of Paris, shewing, I. Those Properties of Air, 

 which influence an Air Balloon. II. The particular Construction and Methods of filling it. 

 III. Some of the great Variety of probable Uses which this important Discovery may be applied 

 to for the Benefit of Mankind. The whole rendered familiar to the plainest Capacity, with etching 

 showing ascent of a earless balloon, 8vo. (pp. 36), sewn (very rare), 1. 10s G. Kearsley, 1783 



THE FIRSP ENGLISH WORK ON BALLOONING. Mr. Hattou Turnor, who did not own a copy, only mentions an edition of 

 1784. A postscript gives an account of the ascent of J. A. C. CHARLES on Dec. 1st, 1783 the first ascent of a balloon filled 

 with hydrogen. 



There are some interesting suggestions as to the future uses of balloons, and ascents are generally recommended on medical 

 grounds as a ' change of air '. 



5108 VIVIA.N (John Henry) DESCRIPTION of the PROCESS of AMALGAMATION, with 1 plates, 4to. 

 (pp. 22), sewn, 4s 1825 



Describing the methods used at Freiberg in Saxony. 



