Lot 193
Science, mathematics, miscellaneous subjects
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
Wells, Edward. Elementa Arithmeticae Numerosae et Speciosae. London: J. & J. Knapton, 1726. Editio altera [second edition], 8vo, contemporary calf panel binding, armorial bookplate of Colonel Barrington Price of Becket House, Berkshire, joints cracking but firm [ESTC T120695];
Malcolm, Alexander. A New System of Arithmetick, Theorical [sic] and Practical. London: printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1730. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, some staining, joints cracking, boards stained and worn [ESTC T100675];
Vial de Sainbel, Charles. An Essay on the Proportions of Eclipse. London: Printed for Martin and Bain, 1795. Second edition, 4to, modern half calf, part of the collected edition of ‘The works of Charles Vial de Sainbel, Professor of Veterinary Medicine,’ [ESTC T102166], with frontispiece portrait of the author, 2 folding plates, some light staining and spotting throughout, frontispiece becoming detached. Eclipse (1764-89) was an undefeated 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse considered to be the greatest racehorse of his day;
Euler, Leonhard. Elements of algebra. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1797. First English edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, modern paper boards, wanting frontispiece portrait of the author, numerous diagrams, charts, edges untrimmed [ESTC T99892];
Steel, John Henry. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Ox: being a Manual of Bovine Pathology. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1881. First edition, 8vo, full calf gilt by Bickers & Son, London, 2 plates (1 colour), numerous illustrations, with gilt stamp on upper board and prize bookplate of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, binding worn and scratched;
Piesse, G.W. Septimus. The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856. 2nd edition, 8vo, original publisher's blue cloth gilt with vignette on upper board, 2 plates, numerous illustrations, binding worn, pencil annotations on endpapers, ink stamp of Theosophical College, Glasgow Lodge, library;
and 21 others (29)