HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 647 



12937 PAOLKPietro; Univ.Pisa) NOTAsugl'lNTEGRALlDEFlNm,4to.(pp.lO),seMw y 2sttd s I [c 183^1 



12938 PAPPUS Alexandrinus : MATHEMATICS COLLECTIONS a FREDERICO COMMANDING in 

 Latinum converse, et Commentariis illustratae ; in hac nostra Editione ab innumeris, quibus 

 scatebant Mendis, et prsecipue in Greece Contextu diligenter vindicate [a CAROLO MANOLESSIO! 

 with Austrian arms engraved on title, portrait of Leopold Wilhelm Archduke of Austria, by 

 J. Troyen, woodcuts, and numerous diagrams, folio, old calf (some slight water-stains on blank 

 margin, otherwise a fine and tall copy], 1. 5s Bononice, 1660 [in fine 16581 



' Best edition of a work indispensable to every mathematician.' Libri Catalogue. 



'. . . From the Seventh Book, which is the longest and most valuable, is derived a large part of our knowledge of 

 Greek geometry. Many of the writings here analysed are no longer extant, and it is on the indications (e q Euclid's 

 Porisms) which Pappus gives of the object or the contents of them that the geometers of the 17th and 18th Centuries 

 relied for their restorations of these writings. . . . Several of the books contain important theorems, the discovery of 

 which is probably due to Pappus himself. One of these has been long associated with the name of GuJdinus (1577-1643) 

 borne others have received a brilliant development from the mathematicians of modern times.' 



'He discovered the directrix in the conic sections. In mechanics Pappus showed that the centre of a mass of a 

 triangular lamina is the same as that of an inscribed triangular lamina whose vertices divide each of the sides of the 

 original triangle in the same ratio. He also discovered the two theorems on the surface and volume of a solid of 

 revolution which are still quoted in text-books under his name.' W. W. R. Ball 



12939 : Der SAMMLUNG des PAPPUS von ALEXANDRIEN VII. UNO VIII. BUCK ; GRIECHISCH 



und DEUTSCH, herausgegeben von C. I. GERHARDT; with numerous diagrams, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 



12940 PARACELSUS (Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus BOMBAST ab HOHENHEIM 



dictus], The HERMETIC and ALCHEMICAL WRITINGS of, now for the first Time translated faith- 

 fully and unabridged ; edited, with Notes, copious HERMETIC VOCABULARY, and INDEX, by 

 ARTHUR EDWARD WAITS, printed on specially made antique paper, 2 vols. 4to. cl., uncut, t. e. q\, 

 1. 7s Qd (p. 2. 12s Qd) 1894 



'Containing the whole and unabridged body of literature attributed to this celebrated adept, treating directly W 

 Alchemy and the transcendental doctrines and physics of the Magnum Opus; besides the whole Paracelsian Literature of 

 hischiruroi aTw^k ' he Umversal Medicine > and an exhaustive Catena of Alchemical References scattered throughout 



12941 - Of the NATURE of THINGS, Nine Books : Of the Generations, Growths, Conservations, Life 

 Death, Renewing, Transmutations, Separations, Signatures of Naturall things [translated by JOHN 

 FRENCH, M.D.], sm. Ito.unbound (lower corner worn}', RARE, 18s Qd 



Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1650 



me nrst book Of the generations of Naturall things' contains an account of how to generate artificial men 

 (homuncvh), of the secret poison of the basilisk, and many similar stories of Renaissance superstition. 



Paracelsus was the man who, in the first half of the XVI. century, opened out new paths for chemistry and medicine 

 by uniting them both. To him is undoubtedly due the merit of freeing chemistry from the restraining fetters of alchemy, 

 by a clear definition of scientific aims. He taught that 'the object of chemistry is not to make gold, but to prepare 

 eaicines. JrTty, JL. v. Meyer. 



12942 - : PARACELSUS his ARCHIDOXIS: comprised in Ten Books, disclosing the Genuine Way 



ot making Quintessences, Arcanums, Magisteries, Elixirs, etc., with his Books of RENOVATION 

 and RESTAURATION, of the TINCTURE of the PHILOSOPHERS, of the Manual of the PHILOSOPHICAL 

 MEDICINAL STONE, of the Virtues of the Members, of the THREE PRINCIPLES, and finally his 

 beven Books, of the DEGREES and COMPOSITIONS of RECEIPTS, and NATURAL THINGS, faithfully 

 and plainly Englished, and published by J[?OHN] H[?ESTER], Oxon., 12mo. hf. bound (somewhat 

 worn and browned) ; RARE, 1. Is Thomas Brewster, 1660 



THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. It was reprinted in 1661 and 16*3 



whn h T? a ab 5! ve , c ?Py, according to a MS. note in the book, belonged to JAMES GRAHAM, the famous quack doctor (1745-94), 

 $SJt^^^ he *^ ** ds * ^biting EMMA LTO 



12943 : FERGUSON (John, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. ; Univ. Glasgow) BIBLIOGRAPHIA PARACELSICA : 

 Contributions towards a Knowledge of Paracelsus and his Writings, PARTS III V, 3 parts 8vo 

 sewn (scarce], 8s Qd Glasgow, 1890-3 



i oo^ -D A -D A TLTOT m - ? 15 C0pies of this work wer8 Privately printed. 



12944 PARADISI (Giovanni Conte) RICERCHE sopra la VIBRAZIONE delle LAMINE ELASTICHE ; 

 ivith 2 folding plates, roy. 4to. sewn, 3s Qd Bologna, 1806 



1294 f ,^f. BIS 7 (Vice-Amiral Edmond, de VInstitut) NOTE sur les NAVIRES CUIRASSES ;' with 

 A folding plates, 8vo. (pp. 50), sewn, with inscr. to George Rennie, C.E..F.K.S., 3s Qd 1863 



j "777" T RAIT Vj e I'HELICE PROPULSIVE, public sous les Auspices du Ministere de la Marine et 

 des Colonies ; with coloured front, of the S.S. Himalaya, and 15 folding plates, woodcuts, and 

 foldma tables, impl. 8vo. sewn, with auto, of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., Ss Qd 1855 



The first part (pp. 1-271) consists of a translation of John Bourne's 'Treatise on the Screw Propeller.' 



12947 [PARIS (John Ayrton, M.D., F.R.S., P.R.C.P.)] PHILOSOPHY in SPORT made SCIENCE in 

 EARNEST : an Attempt to illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of 

 Popular 1 oys and Sports, 5th Edition; with considerable Additions, with numerous characteristic 

 woodcuts by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (good impressions), and diagrams, fcap. 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), 



1842 



12948 [ ] SIXTH EDITION, with considerable Additions, with all the woodcuts by GEORGE 



CRUIKSHANK, and diagrams, fcap. 8vo. cl., 5s 1846 



lon . ft This edition is dedicated to Faraday, 



12949 NINTH [LAST] EDITION, with frontispiece, all GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S woodcuts, and 



diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 5s 1 861 



This edition contains four additional chapters. 



rifcthl!?* ra H? n8 t0 th i is 4 D PP" lar book > with tllos e to PETTIGREW'S 'Egyptian Mummies,' represent George 

 !,. r Si rrJJL n JL m the "sual role of a scientific illustrator. 



12950 PARKHURST (Henry M ) NOTES on VARIABLE STARS, roy. 4to. (pp. 8), sewn, Is Qd 



Boston [Mass.] , 1901 

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