HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 787 



A COMPLETE SET TO 1909 : 



15616 ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (ROYAL), MEMOIRS of the, complete from the 

 Beginning in 1822 to 1909 (Vols. 1-59), with numerous plates (some coloured or folding), 

 maps, and other illustrations, 59 vols. 4to., vv. 1-51 in 37 v. hf. calf gilt, and the rest in 

 parts or boards as issued (FINE SET) ; SCAECE, 42. 1822-1909 



A complete set of the Memoirs of the first Astronomical Society ever constituted, and containing many contributions 

 of great value. 



The earlier volumes are now out of print and VERY SCARCE. 



15617 BAYER (Johaxm) URANOMETRIA, omnium Asterismorum continens Schemata, nova Methodo 

 delineata, editio princeps ; with fine engraved title, and 51 star-maps on copper by Alex. Mair, 

 folio, hf. calf gilt (sound and clean copy] ; very rare, 3. 10s 



(col. :) Augustce Vindel., Christ. Mangus, 1603 



1561P ANOTHER COPY, old white vellum (guarding of the maps wormed, otherwise a VERY 



LARGE AND FINE COPY), with bookplate of MICHELANGELO GIACOMELLI, Abp. of Chalcedon (1695- 

 1774), 4. 4* 



FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST IMPORTANT STAR ATLAS. ' Bayer, the German astronomer, was the first to improve on the 

 old plan [of distinguishing stars by the locality they occupied and their constellations, e.g., Oculus Tauri for a Tauri], 

 which he did by publishing in 1603 a celestial atlas, in which the stars of each constellation were distinguished by the 

 letters of the Greek alphabet. Bayer's letters are still in common use.' The late G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S. 



An earlier attempt to classify stars was made by ALESSANDRO PICCOLOMINI (v. Nos. 3625-8 and 13298 ante), who used 

 Latin letters for distinguishing four different magnitudes. 



15619 BLACK (Joseph, M.D., F.R.S.E., Prof. Chemistry, Edin.) LECTURES on the ELEMENTS of 

 CHEMISTRY, delivered in the University of Edinburgh, now published from his MSS., by JOHN 

 ROBISON, Prof. Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh, with fine portrait on copper, and 3 plates, 2 vols. 

 4to. scored calf gilt (sound copy) ; VERY RARE, 2. 5s Edin., 1803 



'During above 30 years he inculcated the elements of chemistry upon enthusiastic and continually growing audiences. 

 ' It could not be otherwise ', Robison wrote in 1803. ' His personal appearance and manner were those of a gentleman, 

 and peculiarly pleasing. His voice in lecturing was low, but fine ; and his articulation so distinct that he was perfectly 

 well heard by an audience consisting of several hundreds. His discourse was so plain and perspicuous, his illustrations 

 by experiments so apposite, that his sentiments on any subject never could be mistaken, even by the most illiterate ; and 

 his instructions were so clear of all hypothesis or conjecture, that the hearer rested on his conclusions with a confidence 

 scarcely exceeded in matters of his own experience.' His lecturss had thus a powerful effect in popularising chemistry ; 

 and attendance upon them even came to be a fashionable amusement '. D. N. B. 



LORD LISTER'S COPY : 



15620 : ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS, PHYSICAL and LITERARY, read before a [the PHILO- 

 SOPHICAL] SOCIETY in EDINBURGH, and published by them, VOLS. II-II1, with numerous folding 

 copperplates, 2 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt (2 joints cracked, otherwise a very sound and large copy] ; 

 VERY RARE, 2. 10* ibidem, 1770-1 



Vol. II of this now very rare publication js of great importance as it first contains (on pp. 172-248) DR. JOSEPH BLACK'S 

 classic 'Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quick -lime, and some other Alkaline Substances', a description of which may 

 be found under BLACK (p. 318, No. 6248). It also includes (pp. 159-71) the important essay by WILLIAM CULLEN, M.D., 

 F.R.S., 'Of the Cold produced by evaporating Fluids, and of some other Means of producing Cold', containing the 

 discovery of latent heat, and the author's theory of ' specific heat ' ; also ' A Solution of Kepler's Problem ', by MATTHEW 

 STEWART, F.R.S. (in v. Ill), a Letter from BENJAMIN FRANKLIN to David Hume, on the ' Method of securing Houses from 

 the Effects of Lightning ', and the important essay by THOMAS MELVILL, ' Observations on Light and Colours', containing 

 fundamental experiments in spectrum analysis ; besides numerous contributions (some important) on medical and other 

 subjects. 



The above copy is of special interest as having belonged to LORD LISTER, P.R.S. 



15621 BRTJNSCHWYG [oder BRUNSWICK] (Hieronymus) Das BUCK zu DISTILLIEREN die 

 zusamen gethonen ding COMPOSITA genant | durch die eintzige ding | vnd das buch Thesaurus 

 pauperu ] fur die armen | durch experiment von mir JHERONYMO BRUNSCHWICK vff geklubt vnd 

 geoffenbart j zu trost vn heil de menschen vfi nutzlich ir leben und lieb daruss zu erlengeren vnd 

 in gesuntheit zu behalten ; got^ic letter, with 238 large and fine woodcuts of chemical apparatus 

 and manipulations, etc., folio, old calf extra, inside borders, with silken linings and flyleaves, g. e. 

 (title slightly soiled and blank bottom margined, with 2 letters replaced in fs.,' also last I. mounted, 

 and a few other slight repairs, otherwise an unusually fine copy) ; very rare, 9. 



Strassburg, durch Jahanem Griininger, 1519 



15622 LATER ISSUE OF THE GERMAN EDITION, printed in gotljtc letter ; with all the 238 fine 



woodcuts, folio, oaken boards covered with richly pressed pigskin, with portraits in centre, metal 

 clasps (title and a few II. browned, and a number of others slightly waterstained, also 2 II. torn and 

 one slightly defective) ; rare, 5. 15* ibidem, durch Bartholomeu Gruniger [sic] , 1537 



' La plupart des re"impressions dont nous avons deja parle reproduisent le petit Destillirbuch et non le grand, lequel 

 ne reparait que dans les editions de Strasbourg, Jo. Griiuinger, 1519, et de Strasb., Earth. Griininger, 1537, in-fol.' 

 Brunei. 



15623 : A VERTUOSE BOKE of DISTYLLACYON of all MANER of WATERS of the HERBES. with 



the Fygures of the Styllatoryes, fyrst made and compyled by the thyrte Yeres Study and Labour 

 of the moste conynge and famous Master of Phisyke, MASTER JHEROM BRUYNSWYKE, and now 

 newly translate out of Duyche into Englisshe, by LAURENCE ANDREWES, first English edition, 

 Mack letter, in double columns, with numerous ivoodcuts, and printer's device on last I., sm. folio, 

 old hf. calf (title missing, and some inner margins stained, otherwise A TALL AND DESIRABLE 

 COPY) ; very rare, with the Duke of Sussex's bookplate, 7. 15* 



\Imprynted at London in the Flete Strete by me Laurens Andrewe, in the sygne of 

 the Golden Crosse, M.CCCCCXXVII, the XVIII. daye of Apryll] 

 The author is not mentioned by Poggendorff or H. Kopp. 



1 Les 238 figures en bois imprimees dans le texte sont les premieres essaies de representer les operations chimiques par 

 1'art de dessin . . . Dans ces reimpressions-ci [de 1519 et 1537] on a ajoute une traduction allemande des deux premiers 

 livres ^de vita sana et longa) de 1'ouvrage de Marsilius Ficinus, De vita triplici libri III sous le titre Medicinarivs, das buch 

 der Gesuntheit faite par Joh. Adelphus. Les editions publiees depuis 1540 ont ete entierement changees, les deux livres de 

 destination, le grand et le petit, y ayant ete entierement entremeles.' Graesse. 



