Lot 63
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[Geodesy]
Group of works on the figure and history of the earth, 18th century
The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician
Auction: 23 October 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de. The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle … translated from the French. London: for T. Cox [and others], 1738. First edition in English, 8vo (19.9 x 12.6cm), contemporary mottled calf gilt, marbled edges, vii [1] 232 pp., engraved folding map, 9 engraved folding plates, engraved headpiece to p. 29, manuscript annotations in ink and pencil to p. 7 and final blank, L1 with closed tear in margin;
Burnet, Thomas. The Sacred Theory of the Earth: containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes which it hath undergone, or is to undergo, till the Consummation of all Things … Sixth Edition. London: for J. Hooker, 1726. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, xxxii 456, [16] 568pp., engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, 12 engraved plates (mostly folding), 2 engraved vignettes in text, one full-page engraving to verso of p. 559 in volume 2, each volume with advertisement leaf to rear, with James Stirling's ownership inscriptions ('Ja: Stirling') to title-page of volume 1 and front pastedown of volume 2, volume 1 plate 9 partly split along one fold, volume 2 lacking front free endpaper;
Idem. Telluris Theoria Sacra … Editio Secunda. London: Walter Kettilby, 1689. 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to (19.9 x 15.2cm), contemporary panelled calf, [14] 287, [18] 262 pp., 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved folding plates, engravings in text, part 2 with errata supplied in manuscript (the errata page crossed through), front joint cracked (4)