6 works, comprising
Accum, Fredrick
£600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Chemical Amusement. London: T. Boys, 1818, Second edition, 12mo, 2 engraved plates, 60pp. + 24pp. publisher's adverts at rear, modern calf, uncut;
Desgauliers, J.T. Physico-Mechanical Lectures. 1717. 8vo, modern quarter morocco, lacks the 10 plates, title supplied in good facsimile;
Grey, Richard. Memoria Technica, or a New Method of Artifical Memory. London: W. Lowndes, 1799. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, hinges splitting;
Thornton, T.C. The New Cabinet of Arts. A Series of Entertaining Experiments. London: J.S. Pratt, 1846, 12mo, modern quarter calf, frontispiece, slightly browned;
Middleton, C. A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers. Dublin, 1749. 8vo, contemporary calf, some dampstaining, worn;
Taylor, J. The Wonders of Nature and Art. Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the Most Remarkable Curiosities and Phenomena. London, 1833. Fourth edition, 38 plates, contemporary half calf, some spotting, rubbed, new labels (6)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson