AGRICOLA, G.A. Nieuwe en ongehoorde Dog in de Natuur welgegronde Queek-Konst van Boomen, Heesters en Bloemgewassen, Ofte derselver algemeene Vermeerdering. (…) uyt 't Hoogduyts vert. d. J. le Long. Amst., A. v. Damme, 1724. 2 in 1 vol. (14), 208; (6), 92, (10) pp. W. 2 engr. fronts. and 34 fold. engr. (17 for each vol.). Mod. antique style hcf. extra w. raised bands & black label. (Small piece of blank outer margin first front. gone, a bit dog-eared at the beginning, some faint marg. stains, slightly browned, last blank fails, else a fine copy).

ARACHNIDS -- LISTER, M. Naturgeschichte der Spinnen überhaupt und der Engelländischen Spinnen insonderheit aus dem Lat. übers., und mit Anm. verm. v. F.H.W. Martini (…) und versehen von J.A.E. Goeze. Quedlinburg/Blankenburg, C.A. Reussner, 1778. xxviii, 302, (13) pp. W. 5 engr. plates depicting spiders (1 fold.). Cont. marbled brds. w. red label & red edges. (Repair on p. ix, recent owner's entry on ti., margins waterstained in places, plates a bit browned). -- Added: D.B. QUATREMERE DISJONVAL. Neuesten Entdeckungen über die Natur der Spinnen und vorzüglich über deren Verhältniss mit den Veränderungen in der Atmosphäre, in wie fern sie nämlich die Beschaffenheit der Witterung voraus anzeigen. Aus dem französ. der 2. Ausg. frei übers. Berl./Lpz., (n.pr.), 1801. 148 pp. Sm-8°. Cont. limp brds. w. red gilt title label. -- (2).

ASTRONOMY -- DICQUEMARE, J.F. Idée générale de l'astronomie, ouvrage àla portée de tout le monde. Par., Herissant, 1769. xii, 114, (6) pp. W. 24 engr. plates (2 fold.). Fine cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands & richly dec. gilt back.

BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, J.H. Études de la nature. 2nd-3rd éd., corr. & augm. Par., P.F. Didot le jeune & Mequignon, 1787-88. 4 vols. xxiv, 499, (1); 510; 492, (4); lxxxviii, 426, (4) pp. W. fine engr. front. & 4 fold. engr. plates. Sm-8°. Fine cont. black h. mor. (Upper joint vol. 1 partly split).

BICKER, L. Verhandeling van het zog der vrouwen, ter beantwoordinge op de vraage by de Hollandsche Maatschappye der Weetenschapopen opgegeeven in de jaaren 1760 en 1761. Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1763. Blank, (12), 224 pp., blank. Fine cont. marbled cf., richly dec. gilt spine, raised in compartments. (Outer upper coner front side a bit bumped, but a good copy).

BOTANY -- DODONÆUS (DODOENS), R. Cruydt-boeck volghens sijne laetste verbeteringhe: Met bijvoeghsels achter elck Capitel, uyt verscheyden Cruydt-beschrijvers: Item, in 't laetste een Beschryvinghe vande Indiaensche ghewassen, meest ghetrocken uyt de schriften van C. Clusius. Nu wederom v. nieuws oversien en verb. Antwerp, Plantijnsche Druckerije v. Balth. Moretus, 1644. (36), 1492, (60) pp. W. fine engr. title and more than 1450 woodcuts in text. Fol. 19th c. h. marbled cf. (Spine fails, front side loose, margins trimmed (but ample), outer upper corner of pp. 769-1000 a bit stained/wrinkled, but in fine and clean interior condition (apart from some age-toning)).

BOTANY -- JUSSIEU, A. de. De euphorbiacearum generibus medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis æneis illustratum. Par., Ex Typ. Didot Jr., 1824. 118 pp. W. 18 engr. plates. 4°. Cont. wrps., uncut. (Wrps. soiled, a bit foxing).

DUPIN, Ch. Développements de géométrie, avec des applications à la stabilité des vaisseaux, aux déblais et remblais, au défilement, a l'optique, etc. Pour faire suite à la géométrie descriptive et à la géométrie analytique de M. Monge. Par., 1813. xx, 373, (1) pp. W. num. ill. of perspectival projections of curvatures and oscillations of surfaces on 11 fold. engr. plates by Adam after designs by the author. 4°. Cont. dark blue h. mor. w. raised bands & gilt lettering. (Slightly browned/foxed).

(EMERSON, W.). The elements of geometry. In which, the principal propositions of Euclid, Archimedes, and others are demonstrated after the most easy manners. To which is added, a collection of useful geometrical problems. - Bound with: Id. The doctrine of proportion, arithmetical and geometrical. - Lond., J. Nourse, 1763. 2 in 1 vol. viii, 183, (1); iv, 32 pp. W. 296 geometrical figures and perspective designs on 14 fold. engr. plates. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands & red labels.

EMERSON, W. The principles of mechanics. Explaining and demonstrating the general laws of motion. 2nd ed. Lond., J. Richardson, 1758. (2), viii, (2), 284 pp. W. 43 fold. engr. plates. 4°. Later hcf. w. red label. (Rebacked, corners worn, soiled/stained in places, espec. at the end, w. num. marg. annot. both in ink & pencil).

's GRAVESANDE, W.J. Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm'd by experiments: or, an introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. Transl. into English by J.T. Desaguliers. 6th ed. Lond., 1747. 2 vols. (4), lxxv, 475, (1); (2), 389, (33) pp. W. 127 fold. engr. plates. 4°. Fine cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, gilt fillet border on all sides, black and green labels, & marbled edges. (Spines skilfully rep., else a very fine and clean set).

GUILLIÉ, (S.). Essai sur l'instruction des aveugles, ou exposé analytique des procédés employés pour les instruire. Par., 1817. 224 pp. W. allegorical front. by Dubois & 21 engr. plates by Dubois and A. Hubert after J. Ribault. Or. printed wrps. (Wrps. a bit worn/loosening, faintly stained in places).

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING -- AENEAE, H. Wiskundige beschouwing van een hellend water-scheprad, nieuwlings door den Heere A.G. Eckhardt in 's Haage uitgevonden. Amst., G. Warnars, 1774. xvi, 34 pp. W. 7 fold. engr. plates showing parts of a cartwheel. No bind. (Plates loose from bind., else fine).

LACAILLE, N.L. DE. Traité d'optique. Nouv. éd., revue, corr. & augm., particulièrement de la marche des images dans les instrumens d'optique, des lunettes achromatiques et de l'Iris. Par., 1802. vii, 160, (4) pp. W. 6 fold. engr. plates. Later hcl.

LANGENBECK, C.J.M. Eenvouwige en zekere manier van steensnijden. Met eene voorrede van Dr. J.B. Siebold. Vert. d. F.G. van Ingen. Amst., W. Holtrop, 1806. 69 pp. W. 6 fold. engr. plates. 4°. Hcl. (Corners worn, upper inner margin faintly stained).

LULOFS, J. Einleitung zu der mathematischen und physikalischen Kenntniß der Erdkugel. Aus dem Holländischen übers. von A. G. Kästner. Göttingen/Leipzig, E. Luzac, 1755. (12), 430, 174, (10) pp. W. 15 fold. plates. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & red edges. (Upper joint partly split, extremities a bit chafed/rubbed, foxed in places).

MARSIGLI, L.F. Natuurkundige beschryving der zeën. The Hague, by de Compagnie, 1786. (6), xxvi, 216 pp. W. engr. front., 12 (10 fold.) maps, profiles of coast-lines and tables, & 40 full-p. engr. plates by M. Pool showing corals and sea-plants. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands & brown label. (Top of spine chipped, corners bumped, margins of 2 lvs. of prelims a bit stained, else a very good and clean copy with ample margins).

MARTINET, J.F. Verhandelingen en Waarneemingen over de Natuurlijke Historie, meerendeels van ons Vaderland. Amst., J. Allart, 1795. vi, 451, (1) pp. W. 9 (1 cold.) engr. fold. plates. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & red label, uncut.

NEWTON, I. La chronologie des anciens royaumes corrigée. A la quelle on a joint une chronique abregée, qui contient ce qui s'est passé anciennement en Europe, jusqu'à la conquête de la Perse par Alexandre le Grand. Par., G. Martin, (a.o.), 1728. (40), 416, (4) pp. W. 3 fold. engr. plates. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & brown label. (Spine ends chipped/a bit dam., joints split at the ends, back cover a bit dam./chafed, upper margin slightly stained at the beginning).

SOPWITH, T. A treatise on isometrical drawing, as Applicable to Geological and Mining Plans, picturesque delineations of ornamental grounds, perspective views and working plans of buildings and machinery, and to general purposes of civil engineering. Lond., J. Weale, 1834. xvi, 239, (8) pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti. & 32 engr. plates. Cl. (Spine faded/loosening, plates a bit foxed).

VARENIUS, B. Geographia generalis, in qua affectiones generales telluris explicantur. W. appendix by J. Jurin. Ed. 4a auctior & emend. Naples, Exp. B. Gessari, 1715. (24), 511, (1), 54, (2) pp. W. engr. ti. (cut out and laid down), 1 fold. map & 8 fold. plates. Cont. vellum. (Tiny hole in back cover, outer margin stained at the beginning, (rather) browned in places).

VOSSIUS, I. De motu marium et ventorum. Liber. the Hague, A. Vlacq, 1663. (12), 123 pp. W. woodcut ti-vign. & ills. Sm-4°. Mod. hcf. w. gilt lettering on spine & marbled paper on sides.