HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 583 



11725 MEIBOM (Johann Heinrich; M.D. ; Liibeck) De CERVISIIS, POTIBUSQUE et EBRIAMIXIBUS 

 EXTRA VINUM aliis Commentarius ; accsdit ADREANI TURNEBI LTBELLUS de VINO ; sm. 4to. 

 boards (rare.}, 15* ffelmestadii, 1668 



A learned treatise, full of quotations from Greek and Latin authors, which was reprinted by Gronovius in his 

 Thesaurus. It was unknown to Poggendorff. 



11726 MEIBOM[mtfe MAYBATJM] (Marcus sive Marqvard) : ANTIQUE Musics AUCTORES 

 VII, Greece et Latine, MARCUS MEIBOMIUS restituit et Notis explicavit; with 5 folding tables 

 and 8 pp. of music, besides diagrams, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, white vellum (FINE COPY) ; RARE, 3. 3s 



Amstelodami, apud Ludov. Elzevirium, 1652 



11727 ANOTHER COPY, calf gilt 'joints cracked, and one table wanting), with bookplate of 



Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S., 2. 7s Qd 



Including : ARISTOXENI Harmonicorum Elementa ; EUCLIDIS Introductio Harmonica ; NTCOMACHI GERA.SINI 

 Pythagorici Harmonices Manuale ; ALYPII Introductio Musica ; GAUDENTII Philosophi Introductio Harmonica ; BACCHII 

 SENIORIS Introductio Artis Musics;; ARISTIDIS QUINOLIANI de Musica Libri III; MARTIAXI CAPELL.E de Musica 

 Liber nonus. 



1 Collection tres-estimee, et que Ton rencontre difficilement '. A. Willems. 



'Ony trouvede bonnes choses concernant la musique des anciens ; particulieremeut sur 1'obscure description de 

 1'orgue hydraulique donne par 1'auteur latin. Cette collection, dont 1'utilite ne peut pis etre contestee, est un service 

 important rendu a la litterature musicale'. Fetis. 



The author was a well-known crank, who in turn offered for sale his supposed discovery of constructing the triremes 

 of the ancients to the French government, and his revision of the Old Testament, after a novel method of his own, to the 

 British government for the paltry sum of 20,000. He also pretended to have discovered the authentic text of St. 

 Jerome's commentary on the Book of Job, supposed to have been lost, for which he refused an offer of 10,000 florins. 



Following an invitation to Sweden by the learned and eccentric Queen Christina, Meibom caused the musical 

 instruments of the ancients to be made from instructions contained in the above work in order to revive the ancient 

 Greek music before the Swedish court. As he further insisted on improving the performance by the accompaniment of his 

 own harsh voice, the attempt caused great merriment. He considered himself insulted, and in a fit of rage boxed the 

 ears of the Queen's physician, which at once put a stop to the revival of ' classic ' music, and to his further stay in Sweden. 



11728 MELANCHTHON [hie MELANTHON, germanice SCHWARZERD] (Philipp) DOCTRINCE 

 PHYSICS ELEMENTA, sive INITIA, dictata in Academia Vuitebergensi, ex postrema Autoris 

 Recognitione, cum Rerum et Verborum Indice ; editio princeps [col. :] Basilece, ex ojfic. Joa. 

 Oporini, 1550 : LIBER de ANIMA recognitus ab Autore ; Witebergce, hceredes Petri Seitzii, 1544 ; 

 both works neatly printed in italics, with woodcut initials, and the second with vignette on title 

 2 vols. 12mo. in 1, VERY SOUND AND CLEAN COPIES in contemporary German pressed vellum on 

 oaken boards, ornamented with biblical figures, and dated 1545, with autos. ' F. Cornelii Curtii 

 1621 ', and ' Bibliothecce Augustiniance Ingolstadii' on title, and numerous marginal notes in a 

 very neat XVI. Century hand (very rare), 3. 15s 1550-4 



The above first edition of the Doctrince, the only independent scientific work published by Luther's fellow-labourer in 

 the Reformation, is excessively rare, and was unknown to Graesse, Poggendorff, and Kiistner. The former quotes the 

 editions of 1555, 1559, and 1587, while the other two only knew an edition of 1531. The work is not mentioned at all by 

 Brunet and Ebert. 



According to Kastner, the first book of the Doctrina contains a more lucid exposition of astronomy than is to be found 

 in many treatises published during the XVIII. Century. 



Melanchthon also wrote prefaces to Arati Phenomena, 1521, Purbachii Theories, 1534 \_v. No. 3562, ante], Schoneri 

 Tabula; Astronomies, 1536, Alfragani Rudimenta Astronomica, 1537, Joannis de Sacro Bosco Libellus de Sphoera 

 I'o. No. 4174, ante], and Stifel's Arithmetica Integra, 1544 [q. v. post], wrote a commentary on Ptolemy's de Prs'dictionibus 

 Astronomicis, 1553, and described some eclipses in Bonincontri de Rebus Ccelestibus, 1540. 



' II admettait cinq facultes de Tame : potenliam vegetatioam, sentientem, appetivam, locomntivam et rationales. La 

 revelation divine etait pour lui 1'un des criteria de la certitude. Dans ses Initin Doctrince Physical, il n'admettait pas 

 1'opinion d' Aristarque, deniontree depuis par Kopernick : ' C'est, dit-il, une doctrine contraire a la Bible, et qu'on peut 

 d'ailleurs refuter par la physique, que la Terre et les planetes tournent autour du Soleil.' ... II etait convaincu avec 

 Platon ' que les etoiles ont ete crees pour les yeux de rhomme '.'Dr. F. Hoefer. 



11729 MELDOLA (Raphael; F.R.S.) CHEMISTRY of PHOTOGRAPHY, with 14 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 

 3s (p. Qs) 1889, or 1901 



A course of lectures, admirably illustrating the chemical principles underlying the subject. 



11730 The CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS of VITAL PRODUCTS and the INTER-RELATIONS between 



ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, Vol. I (all pub.) : Hydrocarbons, Alcohols and Phenols, Aldehydes, 

 Ketones, Carbohydrates and Glucosides, Sulphur and Cyanogen Compounds, Camphor and 1 

 Terpenes, and Colouring-Matters of the Flavone Group, roy. 8vo. cl., 12* (p. 1. Is nett) 1904 



11731 COAL, and what we get from it: Lectures at the London Institution, Jan. 20th, 1890, 



with 11 woodcuts, 12mo. cl.. Is Qd 1891 



11732 The POSITION and PROSPECTS of CHEMICAL RESEARCH in GT. BRITAIN, 8vo. sewn, 



Is 1907 



11733 MELDRUM (Andrew Norman) The DEVELOPMENT of the ATOMIC THEORY, PARTS 4-7, 

 8vo. sewn, 2s Qd Manchester, 1911 



11734 MELLANBY (J.) GLOBULIN, with 16 diagrams, roy. 8vo. (pp. 36), sewn, Is Qd [1905] 

 'Globulin as used in this paper indicated a proteid insoluble in water but soluble in dilute solutions of electrolytes.' 



11735 MELLOR (Joseph William, D.SC.) CHEMICAL STATICS and DYNAMICS, including the 

 Theories of Chemical Change, Catalysis, and Explosions, with 50 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 4s 

 (p. 7* Qd) 1904 



11736 HIGHER MATHEMATICS for STUDENTS of CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS, with special 



Reference to Practical Work, with 142 diagrams, 8vo. cl., 6s Qd (p. 12s Qd nett) 1902 



11737 [MELVILLE (Rear-Adml. George Wallace, u.s.N.) ANNUAL REPORT of the CHIEF of the 

 BUREAU of STEAM ENGINEERING for 1890, and '98-1902, with numerous folding plates and other 

 illustrations, Q vols. 8vo. sewn, 10s Qd Washington, 1890-1902 



11738 REPORT of the U.S. NAVAL 'LIQUID FUEL' BOARD of TESTS conducted on the 



HpHENSTEiN WATER TUBE BOILER, showing the relative Evaporative Efficiencies of Coal and 

 Liquid Fuel under Forced and Natural Draft Conditions, with 144 illustrations (including many 

 hiding plates), large impl. 8vo. sewn, with author's inscr. to Francis Elgar, P.I.N.A., F.R.S'., 

 8* 6rf ibid., 1904 



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