Lot 376
Mathematics, 9 volumes, includin Bossut, Charles
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Traités de Calcul Différentiel et de Calcul Intégral. Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la République, [1798]. 2 volumes, 8vo, folding plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spines with some loss, black and red morocco gilt labels; [Anonymous] Mécanique Generale; Mécanique Appliquée; Cours de Cinématique. Lithographed copy of a mathematical manuscript, 1074 pp., 4to in 19th century quarter morocco over boards, presumably lecture notes given at the College des Arts et Métiers, Paris ( Arts et Métiers in gilt to spine); Miller, Thomas A Treatise on the Differential Calculus... Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart, 1854. 8vo, presentation copy to Mr John Micklejohn from the author, inscribed to the flyleaf, contemporary purple calf gilt - a prize binding from Perth Academy; Clare, Martin The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial... London: Edward Symon, 1735. First edition, 8vo, 9 engraved plates, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with modern spine, black morocco gilt label to spine, ownership signature of D. Lambe to title-page [ESTC T86282]; Euler, Leonard Scientia Navalis seu Tractatus de Construendis ac Dirigendis Navibus, Pars Posterior... St Petersburg: Typis Academiae Scientiarum, 1749. Second part only, 4to, 28 plates, contemporary calf with red morocco gilt label to spine, hinges repaired, rubbed; [Idem] Scientia Navalis, Pars Prima…. Zurich: Orell Füssli Turici, 1967. Later reprint of first part only, 4to, original white printed boards, in original card box; Stieltjes, Thomas Oeuvres Complètes. Groningen: P. Noordhoff, 1914-18. 2 volumes, small folios, original grey card wrappers, some damage to foot of spines, library stamps of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (9)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of Professor Alexander Craik