Lot 480
British, natural history, science & miscellaneous, including Graves, George
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The naturalist's pocket book. London, 1818. 8vo, 8 plates, 5 hand-coloured, original boards, uncut, library stamp to title, worn, upper board detached; Murray, John Elements of chemistry. Edinburgh, 1822. Fifth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Planta, Joseph The history of the Helvetic confederacy. London, 1807. 3 volumes, 8vo, second edition, folding map, original boards, uncut, marginal pencil scoring, spines worn, no library stamps; Geoffroy, S.F. A treatise on foreign vegetables. London, 1749. 8vo, edited by R. Thicknesse, contemporary calf, spotting, upper cover detached; Chaptal, M.I.A. Elements of chemistry. London, 1791. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, three covers detached; Yeats, G.D. Observations on the claims of the moderns to some discoveries in chemistry and physiology. London, 1798. 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, covers detached, lacks spine; Costa, E.M. da Elements of conchology. London, 1776;. 8vo, 6 (of 7) plates, lacks pp.287-290, binding broken, title very soiled; Mylne, A. An elementary treatise on astronomy. Edinburgh, 1819. 8vo, 5 folding plates, original boards, uncut; Dereham, W. Astro-theology. Edinburgh, 1769. 8vo, calf, worn; Gosse, P.H. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. 1860. 8vo, chromolithographed plates, original cloth gilt; Sadler, Miachel T. The law of population. London, 1830. 2 volumes, 8vo, half calf, two covers detached; Townson, Robert Tracts and observations in natural history and physiology. London, 1799. 8vo, 7 plates, 1 folding, original boards, uncut, upper board detached; Lavoisier, A.L. Elements of chemistry. Edinburgh, 1793. Second edition, 8vo, 2 folding tables, 13 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed; Hospitallier, E. The modern applications of electricity. London, 1882; all volumes with RCSI library stamp on titles, spotting, some dust-soiling; and others, similar; sold not subject to return (quantity)