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



REBUS MATHEMATICIS RESPONSORUM Liber VII 1., cuius prsecipua Capita sunt, de Duplicatione 

 Cubi ; et Quadratione Circuli ; qme claudit ITpoxapov, sen Ad Usum Mathematici Canonis 

 Methodica ; with woodcut vignette on title, and numerous diagrams 2 vols. folio in 1, old limp 

 vellum (VERY RARE), 2. 10s Turonis, I. Mettayer, 1591-3 



All the above are original editions and of great rarity, having been privately printed for distribution among the author's 

 friends only. They include his most important work, In Artem Analyticam Isagoje. 



15395 VIGENERE (Blaise de, Bourbonnois) TRAICTE des CHIFFRES, ou Secretes Manieres 

 d'Escrire ; with plates and other illustrations, 4to. fine copy in old calf (RARE), 1. Is 1586 



'11 y a beaucoupd'erudition cabalistique.' Biogr. Gen. 



15396 TRAICTE du FEU et du SEL. Excellent et rare Opuscule, trouve parmy ses Papiers 



apres son Deceds, derniere [2 e ] Edition, reveue et corrigee ; with engraved vignette on title, 4to. 

 large copy in old limp vellum (slightly ivater- stained) ; RARE, 17s tid Rouen, 1642 



This work contains the first description of crystallised benzo'ic acid. ' On y trouve une recette pour faire de 1'or.' 

 Biogr. Gen. It was translated into English in 1649, and into Latin in 1613 (for Theatrum Chimlcum). 



15397 VILLE (Georges) On ARTIFICIAL MANURES, their Chemical Selection and Scientific Applic- 

 ation to Agriculture, translated and edited by SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, P.R.S., with 5 folding plates 

 (one coloured), and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 1. Is) 1879 



15398 - NEW EDITION, revised by SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, P.R.S., and JOHN PERCIVAL, with 5 

 folding plates (one coloured), and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., Is (p. 10s Qd nett) 1909 



The author first demonstrated that wheat would grow in calcined sand to which salts of ammonia only were added. 



15399 VIMERCATO (Giovanni Battista, Monaco di Certosa) DIALOGO [della Descrittione Teorica 

 et Pratica] de gli HOROLOGI SOLARI : nel quale con Ragioni specolative, et pratiche facilmente 

 s'insegna il MODO di FABRICAR tutte le Sorti di HOROLOGI, nuovamente ristampato, con Postille 

 in Margine, ed un Agiunta di un Horologio da servir sene al Lume della LUNA, o a i Raggi di essa 

 per saper qual Hora sii della Notte ; with 3 folding plates, and numerous large woodcuts, sm. 4to. 

 contemporary vellum (sound copy] ; RARE, 1. 10s " Padova, 1672 



Last edition of this popular work on dialling. All editions of this work, which was unknown to Lalande, Poggendorff, 

 and Brunet, are now VERY RARE. ' Buon trattatello di gnomonica.' Riccardi. 



15400 VINTEJOUX (F.) NOUVELLES TABLES d' INTERETS COMPOSES et d'ANNUiTEs, et Precis de 

 la Theorie et de la Pratique des Operations Financieres a Long Terme, particulierement des 

 Emprunts, 8vo. hf. French morocco neat, 6s (p. F. 12 nett) 1905 



15401 VIOLLE (Louis Jules Gabriel; de VInstitut) COURS de PHYSIQUE, TOME I: PHYSIQUE 

 MOLECULAIRE ; with 566 woodcuts, large 8vo. (pp. 1021), hf. morocco gilt (nice copy], )5s (p. F. 28 

 nett sewn) 1884 



15402 ANOTHER COPY, 2 vols. hf. calf neat, 14s 1883-4 



15403 TOME II IRE PARTIE : ACOUSTIQUE ; with 163 woodcuts, large 8vo. hf. calf neat , 



5s (p. F. 9 nett sewn) [1886] 



15404 VISPK.6 (Fra^ois Xavier) DISSERTATION of the GROWTH of WINE in ENGLAND, to serve as 

 an Introduction to a Treatise on the Method of Cultivating Vineyards, in a Country from which 

 they seem at present entirely eradicated, and making from them GOOD SUBSTANTIAL WINE, 8vo. 

 (pp*. 69), sewn, 6s Qd Bath, 1786 



The vineyards got entirely eradicated because post-Reformation stomachs were weaker than their Mediaeval forebears. 

 But that wine can be grown in England was shown by the late Marquess of Bute in Glamorganshire, where the vineyard 

 is still kept up. Whether Lord Bute's guests at Castell Coch liked the brand any more than they did William Burges's 

 grand oaken settles is n>t recorded. 



15405 VITELLIONIS Mathematici Doctissimi HEPI V 'OIITIKHS, id est de NATURA, RATIONS, et 

 PROIECTIONE RADIORUM Visus, Luminum, Colovum atque Formarum, quam uulgo PERSPECT- 

 IUAM uocant, Libri [cum Prsefatione PETRI APIANI], editio princeps; with pretty woodcut on 

 title, large arms, and very numerous diagrams, Norimbergce, Jo. Petreius, 1535 : Euclidis 

 ELEMENTORUM GEOMETRICORUM Libri XV, cum Expositione THEONIS in priores XIII a 

 BARTHOLOM^EO ZAMBERTO Veneto Latinitate donata, CAMPANI in omnes, et HYPSICLIS Alexan- 

 drini in duos postremos : adiecta sunt PHENOMENA, CATOPTRICA et OPTICA, deinde Protheoria 

 MARINI et DATA, postremum, OPUSCULUM de LEVI et PONDEROSO, hactenus non visum ; with 

 numerous woodcut initials and diagrams, Basileaz, Joh. Hervagius, 1537 2 vols. folio in 1, old 

 oaken boards, covered with stamped pigskin, with metal clasps (very fine and large copies) : 

 rare, 3. 15s 



Vitello's work contains not only a summary of all that was known on optics to the ancients and to Alhazen, but also 

 a number of original investigations. 



'A work on optics less diffuse and more systematic than that of Al Hazen, on which it was based. Witelo explained 

 the twinkling of stars as due to the motion of the air, and showed that the effect was intensified if the star was viewed 

 through water in motion. He pointed out that the rainbow was not formed by reflexion alone, as was taught by 

 Aristotle, but was due to both reflexion and refraction.' Prof Cajori. 



The existence of a separate edition of his works was unknown to Poggendorff and Heller, who only quote the edition 

 published with Alhazen's works in 1574. 



The second piece is the flrst complete edition of Euclid's works. The above copy contains the three preliminary 11., with 

 an address by Philip Melancthon, which were abstracted in nearly all cases by the clerical censor an interesting instance 

 of the rigidity of Ecclesiastical censure at the period of the Reformation. 



15405 VLACQ, (Adriaan) : EPHEMERIDES MOTUUM CCELESTIUM ad Annos vulgaris Aerse 1633-6, 

 summa Diligentia in Luminariurn Motibus et Zyzygiis, ex Tabulis Lansbergianis ab A.V. ; in 

 reliquis Planetis ex Tabulis Rudolphinis a JOANNE KEPLERO supputatre, cum Instructione super 

 earum Usu ; with vignette on title, and 2 other woodcuts, sm. 4to. boards (sound and clean copy), 

 14s Goudce, P. Rammasenius, 1632 



15107 ANOTHER COPY, old vellum (title slightly defective), 10s 6d 



