HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 317 



6218 BILLET (Felix) TRAITE d'OPTiQUE PHYSIQUE; with 14 plates, 2 vols. 8vo. d. (v. I water- 

 stained), 5s (p. F. 15 nett unbound) 1858-9 



6219 - ANOTHER COPY, 2 vols. hf. red morocco (nice copy), Is Qd 



6220 BILLY (Jacques de, s.j.) NOVA GEOMETRIC CLAVIS ALGEBRA, cuius Beneficio aperitur 

 immensus Matheseos Thesaurus, et resolvuntur plurima Problemata hactenus non soluta in Serie 

 Mulbaruni Quantitatum continue Proportionalium ; with vignette on title, and numerous diagrams, 

 4to. old calf, newly rebacked (title soiled and slightly torn) ; RARE, 1. Is Parisiis, 1643 



' A scarce work, unnoticed by Montucla and Chasles, containing much inquiry respecting the theory of numbers. As 

 is well known, we are indebted to Billy for a large portion of the numerical inventions of Fermat. This volume sold for 

 29 francs in 1857." Libri Catalogue. 



6221 BINGLEY (Henry ; Royal Mint) CHEMICAL FRAGMENTS [in verse], 12mo. (pp. 55), sewn 

 (rare), 5s 1829 



Queer doggrel memoria technim, e.g : 



Two more thermometers of note, 



Of which we likewise read, 



Are Reaumur's, as is on it wrote, 



And the French Centigrade. 



6222 BINKES (J. W., Observatorium, Leyden) Over de NAAUWKEURIGHEID van de WAARNEMING 

 van MAANS-AFSTANDEN, met de Hulpmiddelen der tegenwoordigen Tijd, 8vo. (pp. 61), sewn, 

 2s 6d Amsterdam, 1861 



6223 BINNS (William) ELEMENTARY and SECOND COURSE of ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION : a New 

 Method of Teaching Mechanical and Engineering Drawing ; with practical Remarks on the TEETH 

 of WHEELS, the Projection of Shadows, Principles of Shading, and Drawing from Machinery; 

 with numerous plates (linen-mounted), and woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 6s (p. 19s Qd) 1871-69 



6224 BIOT (Jean Baptiste, de Vlnstitut; F.R.s.),EssAi de GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE, appliquee aux 

 Courbes et aux Surfaces du Second Ordre, 8 e Ed. ; with 9 folding plates, 8vo. hf. calf, 5s 1843 



' Ouvrage tres-estime.' Biogr. Gen. 



6225 - TABLES BAROMETRIQUES PORTATIVES, donnant les Differences de Niveau par une simple 

 Soustraction, avec Instruction contenant 1'HlSTOlRE de la FORMULE BAROMETRIQUE ; et sa 

 Demonstration complete par les simples Semens de 1'Algebre ; with 5 tables, 8vo. sewn, 5s 1811 



6226 - RELATION d'un VOYAGE fait dans le Departement de 1'ORNE, pour constater la Realite 

 d'un Meteore observe a 1'Aigle le 26 Floreal an 11 ; with maps, 4to. (pp. 47), sewn, 4s 



Thermidor an XI [1803] 



6227 - TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE d'AsTRONOMiE PHYSIQUE, 3 e [DERNIERE] Ed., corrige'e et 

 augmentee, 5 vols. 8vo. mottled calf extra (Atlas wanting), 12s 1841-57 



' Biot in his Astronomie Physique has considered the subject of the motion of the solar system in space. An investiga- 

 tion, based on the proper motions of several stars, induced him to conclude that there did not exist sufficient grounds for 

 believing that the solar system is advancing towards any determinate point of the heavens '. Robert Grant. 



La VERITE sur le PROCES de GALILEE (1858) v. GALILEI, post. 

 = , etF. LEFOBT : COMMERCIUM EPISTOLICUM (1856) v. NEWTONIANA, post. 



6228 BIRINGrUCOIO (Vanoccio, Sennese) De la PIROTECHNIA Libri X, dove ampiamente si tratta 

 non solo di ogni sorte e diversita di MINIERE, ma anchora quanto si ricerca intorno a la prattica di 

 quelle cose di quel che si appartiene a 1'arte de la FUSIONE over GITTO de METALLI, come d'ogni 

 altra cosa simile a questa, prima edizione; handsomely printed, with woodcut title, and numerous 

 fine woodcuts representing fireworks, gunnery, and especially metallurgical processes, sm. 4to. old 

 limp vellum (A VERY FINE AND UNUSUALLY TALL COPY) ; VERY RARE THUS, 3. 3s 



Venetia, per Venturino Roffinello, 1540 

 6229 ANOTHER COPY, old vellum (water-stained), 2. 2s 



6230 ANOTHER COPY, sewn (wanting II. 71-3, and title and a few II. stained, otherwise a very 



sound and large copy), 1. 2s 6d 



The first printed book on casting cannon and the manufacture of gunpowder and fireworks, and especially valuable for 

 its metallurgical portion. 



' La premiere edition de 1540 est la plus belle.' Brunei. 



6231 - TERZ\ EDIZIONE; with woodcut title, and numerous woodcuts, sm. 4to. very sound copy 

 in old limp vellum ', 1. 10s ibidem, per Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1558 



6232 - QUARTA EDIZIONE, nuovaraente corretta, et ristampata, con TAVOLA; printed in italics, 

 with numerous woodcuts, thick 12mo. old limp vellum (back of cover damaged, otherwise a FINE 

 AND LARGE COPY), 1. Is ib., Gir. Giglio, 1559 



6233 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf, or, hf. vellum, 18s 6d 



6234 QUINTA [ed ULTIMA] EDIZIONE, nuovamente corretta, et ristampata, con due TAVOLE ; 



with numerous woodcuts, thick 12mo. old hf. sheep gilt, 15s Bologna [1678] 



6235 - La PYROTECHNIE, ou ART du FEU, contenant X Livres, ausquels est amplement traicte 

 de toutes sortes et diversite de MINIERES, FUSIONS et SEPARATIONS de METAUX : des formes et 

 monies pour getter artilleries, cloches, et toutes autres figures : des distillations, des mines, contre- 

 mines, pots, boulets, fusees, lances, et autres fetiz artih'ciels, concernans 1'art militaire, et autres 

 choses dependantes du feu, traduite par feu maistre JACQUES VINCENT ; handsomely printed in a 

 large Roman type, with fine woodcuts, 4to. old calf extra (corner of a few II. stained, otherwise a 

 FINE COPY), 3. 3s Claude Fremy, 1556 



THE FIRST FRENCH , EDITION, AND EXTREMELY RARE. A copy of the edition of 1579 fetched 4. in 1905. 



6236 - NOUVELLE P]DITION; with numerous woodcuts, 4to. old limp vellum (FINE COPY); VERY 



RARE, 1. 15s Rouen, Jacques Cailloue, 1627 



' Working on lines similar to those of Agricola (q. v. ante), and at about the same period, the Italian Biringuccio busied 

 himself with the processes of metallurgy, as detailed in his work Pirotechnia, which appeared in 1540 This too is marked 

 by the clearness and exactitude with which various technical procedures are described, Birinjzuccio held aloof from tl'" 

 iatro-chemical questions and the alchemistic doctrines of his day. 1 Prof. E. v. Meyer, 



All editions of the above work are rare and increasingly difficult to get. 



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