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An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics Together With an Account of Polyglot Bibles, Polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek Fathers, and the Latin Fathers. 4th
Dibdin, Reverend Thomas Frognall, D.D., F.R.S.
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, Pall-Mall East; and G.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1827. Imperial octavo (oversized). Boards are 117/8" by 8 1/2", paper is 11"x 7 1/2" with wide margins. Lovely marbeled endpapers,.. more
Price: $1,650.00
Horned Giants : Hunting Eurasian Wild Cattle.
Brandt, Capt. John H. (USPHS ret.).
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, Inc., 1996. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of slipcase and boards. SIGNED by author and numbered (199 of.. more
Price: $240.00
Brandt, Capt. John H. (USPHS ret.).
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, Inc., 1996. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of slipcase and boards. SIGNED by author and numbered (199 of.. more
Price: $240.00
Attempt to Investigate Some Obscure and Undecided Doctrines in Relation to Small-Pox [Smallpox], Varioloid and Vaccination.
Bell, Luther V.
Boston: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1836. Fair octavo hardcover in brownish binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head.. more
Price: $150.00
Bell, Luther V.
Boston: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1836. Fair octavo hardcover in brownish binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head.. more
Price: $150.00
Ancient Warriors of the North Pacific : the Haidas, Their Laws, Customs and Legends, with Some Historical Account of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Harrison, Charles.
London: H.F. & G. Witherby,, 1925. Very good octavo in red cloth with black lettering and totem on spine. Some shelf wear to edges and corners... more
Price: $250.00
Harrison, Charles.
London: H.F. & G. Witherby,, 1925. Very good octavo in red cloth with black lettering and totem on spine. Some shelf wear to edges and corners... more
Price: $250.00
Insurance in Venice from the Origins to the End of the Serenissima. Documents Published for the 125th Anniversary of the Company, 1831-1956. Two Volumes.
Stefani, Giuseppe. Translated by Arturo Dawson Amoruso.
Trieste: 1958.. First translated edition. Two very good folio sized (oversized) hardcovers in biege cloth binding without dust jackets. Both volumes have.. more
Price: $140.00
Stefani, Giuseppe. Translated by Arturo Dawson Amoruso.
Trieste: 1958.. First translated edition. Two very good folio sized (oversized) hardcovers in biege cloth binding without dust jackets. Both volumes have.. more
Price: $140.00
![Duodecimo. 2 complementary works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum over boards. Slight wear to edges and corners. Many pages have foxing, more so in the pages of the Axiomata. A few pages have very slight tears at foredge. A small rectangle has been cut from the lower corner of the first free endpaper. Binding has a small nick at foredge of back board. Vellum slightly scuffed. with light soiling. [24]154 [10], [182] p. Large printer's device on last page. Many simple geometrical woodcut illustrations, primarily of triangles. Contains the first 2 parts of Stevin's work on trigonometry translated into German from the original Dutch, with 4 axioms (Pitisci Axiomata) from Bartolomeo Pitiscus added by Schwenters in his forward. The second part of the book is a work consisting of tables for sine, tangent and secant added by Schwenters. The work does not include the 3rd part of Stevin's Trigonometry, which covered spherical triangles - indeed, Schwenters states Stevin did no writing in this area, which is incorrect. The original edition of this work is titled "Driehouckhandel". The translator for this work is unknown and was perhaps Schwenter himself, but appears not have had access to a complete copy. (Struick, Principle Works of Simon Stevin, II B p. 755). Less desirable than Dutch editions but still a scarce work on Trigonometry by one of the more important mathematicians of the early Dutch independence period. Simon Stevin (1548-1640) was a Dutch bookkeeper, mathematician, engineer, and science advisor to Maurits (Maurice) of Nassau, stadholder of the United Provinces. Stevin helped set up an engineering school and advised in a number of major nautical related projects. Steven in most well known for introducing decimal fractions to Europe in 1585, though his original arcane notation was abandoned shortly thereafter. He is also known for creating a "land yacht", powered by sails that could move before the wind faster than a horse. On at least one instance he, Maurits, and over 20 others put it to entertaining use on a beach. In all a lovely copy of the book.](/motte/images/items/120x500/10495.jpg "Duodecimo. 2 complementary works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum over boards. Slight wear to edges and corners. Many pages have foxing, more so in the pages of the Axiomata. A few pages have very slight tears at foredge. A small rectangle has been cut from the lower corner of the first free endpaper. Binding has a small nick at foredge of back board. Vellum slightly scuffed. with light soiling. [24]154 [10], [182] p. Large printer's device on last page. Many simple geometrical woodcut illustrations, primarily of triangles. Contains the first 2 parts of Stevin's work on trigonometry translated into German from the original Dutch, with 4 axioms (Pitisci Axiomata) from Bartolomeo Pitiscus added by Schwenters in his forward. The second part of the book is a work consisting of tables for sine, tangent and secant added by Schwenters. The work does not include the 3rd part of Stevin's Trigonometry, which covered spherical triangles - indeed, Schwenters states Stevin did no writing in this area, which is incorrect. The original edition of this work is titled \"Driehouckhandel\". The translator for this work is unknown and was perhaps Schwenter himself, but appears not have had access to a complete copy. (Struick, Principle Works of Simon Stevin, II B p. 755). Less desirable than Dutch editions but still a scarce work on Trigonometry by one of the more important mathematicians of the early Dutch independence period. Simon Stevin (1548-1640) was a Dutch bookkeeper, mathematician, engineer, and science advisor to Maurits (Maurice) of Nassau, stadholder of the United Provinces. Stevin helped set up an engineering school and advised in a number of major nautical related projects. Steven in most well known for introducing decimal fractions to Europe in 1585, though his original arcane notation was abandoned shortly thereafter. He is also known for creating a \"land yacht\", powered by sails that could move before the wind faster than a horse. On at least one instance he, Maurits, and over 20 others put it to entertaining use on a beach. In all a lovely copy of the book.")
[ TRIGONOMETRY ] Kurzer doch gründlicher Bericht/ von Calculation der Tabularum Sinuum, Tangentium vnd Secantium. Sampt deroselben gebrauch/ in Solvierung oder aussrechnung aller flachen Triangel: in zweyen Theilen begriffen: ... auss dem Niderländischen
Stevini, Simonis [ Simon Stevin ]. Danielis Schwenters, editor and contributor.
Nürnberg: Simon Halbmayer, 1628. Duodecimo. 2 complementary works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum over boards. Slight wear to edges and corners. Many pages.. more
Price: $2,550.00
