HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 307 



6021 BARTHOLOMEW (Alfred, architect] SPECIFICATIONS for PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE, with 

 Essay on the Decline of Excellence in the Structure and in the Science of Modern English Build- 

 ings ; with proposed Remedies, 160 woodcuts, Svo. hf. red morocco, 5s fid 1840 



' A compilation of forms of documents necessary for the execution of detail work in buildings.' D. N. B. 



6022 BAJRTOLI (Adolfo) I VOLUMI MOLECOLARI e le DILATAZIONI dei LIQUIDI alle TEMPERATURE 

 CORRISPONDENTI, roy. 4to. (pp. 58), sewn, with inscr. to the Duca di Rignano, 3s Roma, 1884 



6023 BARTOLI (Cosimo) Del MODO di MISURARE le DISTANTIE, le SUPERFICIE, i CORPI, le PIANTE, 

 le PROVINCIE, le PROSPETTIVE, e tutte le altre Cose terrene, secondo le vere Regole d' EUCLIDE, 

 ecc., prima edizione; with woodcut title, fine portrait, 2 plates and numerous woodcuts of geodetic 

 instruments, etc., and diagrams, 4to. boards (large and sound copy) ; RARE, 1. \s Venetia, 1564 



' Raro.' Riccardi. 



6024 - - TERZA [ULTIMA] EDIZIONE ; with woodcut title (different from the above) ; folding plates, 

 and numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4to. old limp vellum (some II. stained), 14s ibidem, 1614 



' uno dei migliori trattati di geoinetria pratica pubblicati nel sec. XVI, e meritava non essere diinenticato dal 

 Brunet." Riccardi. 



6025 BARTOLI (Danielle, s.j.) Del SUONO de' TREMORI ARMONICI e dell' UDITO ; with woodcuts 

 and diagrams, 8vo. old vellum (fine copy) ; RARE, 1. \s Bologna, 1680 



' Livre'tres curieux . . . L'auteur y examine les eftets du son dans 1'air et dans 1'eau. Le chapitre 7 du 2<= traite, qui 

 traite des scdlesparlantes, est fort interessant ; il y de'crit les salles de Mantoue et de Caprarola, qui exciteut I'e'tonneinent 

 de toutes les personnes qui visitont ces lieux.' Fetis. 



6026 BABTOLI (Francesco) CONTABILITA PREPARATA, contenente le Tavole di Ragguaglio fra le 

 Misure, Pesi e Monete che si usavano nei Conmni della Provincia di Ancona, con quelli del 

 Sistema Metrico-Decimale e viceversa, 8vo. sewn, 3s (p. L. 6 nett) Ancona, 1866 



6027 BABUS (Carl, Brown Univ.) CONDENSATION of VAPOR as induced by NUCLEI and IONS, with 

 66 illustrations, roy. 8vo. sewn, 4s (p. Qs Qd nett) Washington, 1907 



6028 The NUCLEATION of the UNCONTAMINATED ATMOSPHERE, with 104 illustrations, roy. 



8vo. sewn, 4s (p. Qs 6d nett) ibidem, 1906 



6029 BASHFOBTH (Francis, pr., R.M.A., Woolwich) BALLISTIC EXPERIMENTS from 1864 to 1880, 

 8vo. (pp. 33), sewn, with author's inscr., Is Univ. Press, Cambridge, J907 



6030 - DESCRIPTION of a CHRONOGRAPH, adapted for Measuring the Varying Velocity of a Body 

 in Motion through the Air, and for other Purposes, with woodcuts, roy. 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, 

 3s Qd 1866 



6031 BASILITJS VALENTINUS, O.S.B. {recte Johann THOLDE] CHYMISCHE SCHRIFTEN alle | 

 so viel derer verhanden | anitzo zum Ersten mahl zusammen gedruckt | auss vielen so wol 

 geschriebenen als gedruckten Exemplaren vermehret und verbessert; with curious woodcuts, 

 2 vols. large 12mo. in 1, old vellum (sound copy) ; RARE, 1. 15* Hamburg, 1677 



THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the author's complete works. ' He regarded salt, sulphur, and mercury, as the three 

 bodies contained in the metals, and inferred that the philosopher's stone must be a *-ort of combination a compound, 

 namely, of salt, sulphur, and mercury ; so pure that its projection on the baser metals should be able to work them up 

 into greater ahd greater purity, bringing them at last to the state of silver and gold. His practical knowledge was great ; 

 he knew how to precipitate iron from solution by potash, and \vas acquainted with many similar processes, so that he is 

 ranked as the founder of analytical chemistry.' 



C032 CURRUS TRIUMPHALIS ANTIMONII, Opus A ntiquioi is Medicine et Philosophise HermeticsR 



studiosis dictatum, e Germanico in Latinum versum, Opera, studio et sumptibus PETRI JOANNIS 

 FABRI, M.D., 12mo. FINE COPY in old white vellum (RARE), 1. Is Tolosce, 1646 



According to Graesse the first Latin edition. 



C033 - The TRIUMPHAL CHARIOT of ANTIMONY, with the Commentary of THEODORE KERCK- 

 RINGIUS, M.D. ; being the Latin Version of Amsterdam, 1685, trans, with Memoir [(pp. 25), by 

 ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE], with fs. front, and woodcuts, post Svo. cl., uncut, Is 6d 1893 



' He shows how to prepare antimony itself Irom the native sulphide ... He gives distinct recipes for the preparation 

 of antimony trichloride, of powder of algaroth (basic chloride of antimony), of antimony trioxide, and of potas.-ic 

 antimoniate, and there can hardly be a doubt that he recommended and applied those preparations for internal use.' 

 Prof. E. v. Meyer. 



6034 - Les DOUZE CLEFS de PHILOSOIHIE [?traduites par D. L'AGNEAU] ; with 12 cabalistic 

 plates, 12mo. old vellum (binding slightly damaged, and last I. in MS.), Is 6d 1741 



Forming part of the ' Bibliotheque des Philosophers chimiques'. 



6035 BASSI (Giulip, Piacentino) Dell' ARIMMETICA PRATICA Libri VII, nelli quali con grandisslma 

 facilita, e brevita s'insegna il vero modo di sciogliere tutte le Ragioni Mercantili, e de' Cambji ; 

 di cavare le Radici Quadrate, e Cubiche, e di form are varie sorti di Squadroni, secondo 1' uso 

 moderno ; aggiuntevi brevi>sime Regole per fare i Conti delle Misure; prima edizione; with 

 engraved title and portrait cet. 46, folio, hf. calf gilt (someuhat browned and side margin cut off 

 one, 1., otherwise a large and sound copy) ; RARE, 1. os Piocenza, G. A. Ardizzoni, 1645 



' A work of considerable rarity, as it never' was seen by Prof, de Morgan, \\lio inserts the name of the author only in 

 the index to his list of Arithmetical Books.'- Libri Catalogue. 



6036 ARIMMETICA e GEOMETRIA PKATICA, folio, contemporary vellum, 15s ib., Giov. Bazachi, 1666 



' Scarce. The Proemio contains curious information respecting the history of algebra. Leonardo Fiboi:acci's MS works 

 are disbelieved, and curious notations employed, amongst which is remarkable a peculiar use of the dot (.)over and under 

 the arithmetical figures.' Idem. 



6037 : NUOVA IMPRESSIONE, corretta, ed accresciuta da GIOSEFFO POBCELLJ, di molte Note 



Teoricp-Pratiche, e d' un nuovo TRATTATO de' CAMBJ, e d' altre Geometriche Operazioni; with 

 portrait cet. 46, and '2 plates, 2 vols. folio in 1, old hf. calf (binding damaged), 1. Is 



ib., N. Orcesi e G. Tedeschi, 1765 



6038 BATERDEN (James Rae, A.M.I.C.E ) TIMBER [Strength and Testing, Seasoning, etc. etc., with 

 Bibliography], with 55 illustrations, Svo. cl., 4s (p. 6s nett) 1908 



6039 BAUDET (P. J. H., Utrecht) NOTICE sur la PART prise par WILLI M JAXPZ. BLAEU (li*7!- 

 1638) dans la DETERMINATION des LONGITUDES TERRESTRES; icith folding fs. oj MS. page, 6v<. 

 (pp. 19), sewn, 3s Qd Utrecht [lb75J 



