Rare Scientific Books

2 works in one vol., folio (29.2 x 18.8 cm); [first work:] Roman type, occasional Greek type, woodcut device to title and Gg6v, woodcut historiated initials, diagrams, and tables, some browning (as usual), occasionally heavy, some foxing, very occasional early ink and later pencil marginalia, 19th-century Italian inscription to first blank; collation: []6 a-z4 A-Z4 Aa-Ff4 Gg6; [second work:] woodcut portrait of the author to title, woodcut initials and tables, some foxing and heavy browning, quire Ff shaved with slight loss to fore-edge, restoration to final blank; collation: A-Z4 Aa-Ff4 (Ff4 blank); rebound in period vellum over boards, boards slightly marked and rubbed, new endpapers, red speckled edges, overall a good copy.

Third edition; 8vo (21 x 14 cm); armorial bookplate, half-title, folding plate, appendix with thirteen tables, p.xix incorrectly numbered xxi, p80 marginal notes in a contemporary hand, p.389 misnumbered 386; contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece; xxi [ie.xix], [3], 564, [4]pp. An excellent copy.

First edition; 4 parts in 2 vols, folio (31 x 20 cm); folding engraved chronological table at beginning of volume one, numerous engravings throughout, many full-page, some double-page and folding, engraved title pages to each part, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, a few marginal repairs to volume one, some damp-staining, leaves toned, occasional foxing, some leaves trimmed; later full brown morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers, corners slightly rubbed, presented in a modern green cloth slipcase; [2], 206, [6], 788, [10]; [2], 277, 191, [12]pp.

11 vols in all, comprising: I) Fisica de' Corpi Ponderabili: first edition; 4 vols, thick 8vo; 18 folding plates, scattered light foxing, slight toning to leaves; II) Opuscoli Matematici e Fisici: first edition; 2 vols in one, 4to; 2 folding plates, scattered light foxing; III) Mémoire sur la Dispersion de la Lumière: first edition; 4to; numerous tables to text, many full-page, some browning to leaves; IV) Traité des fonctions elliptiques et des intégrales eulériennes: first edition; 3 vols, 4to; 4 folding plates, lacking portrait of Euler in volume 2, some leaves browned, scattered light foxing; V) Géométrie Descriptive: fifth edition; 4to; 28 folding plates, light dampstaining to prelims, scattered light foxing; VI) Mécanique Analytique: first edition; 4to; 4 folding plates, scattered light foxing, light dampstaining to plates; contemporary half vellum (7 vols) and full vellum (4 vols), bound to match, red and green morocco title labels with gilt lettering, gilt tooling to spines, light wear to extremities, overall an attractive set.

Second edition; 4to (26.5 x 19.8); engraved device to title, engraved and woodcut headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 4 folding plates, some leaves toned, scattered light spotting; contemporary speckled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, elaborately gilt in compartments, red morocco label to second compartment with gilt lettering, minor worming to spine, light wear to boards and extremities, red speckled edges, overall a very good example; xlii, 414, [2]pp.

First English edition; three volumes bound in five, large 4to. (35.5 x 29 cm.); engraved titles, 174 engraved plates including portrait of George Washington, bookplate ( vol I only), subscriber's list, marbled endpapers, scattered spotting throughout mostly marginal, some minor offsetting; skilfully restored preserving the contemporary diced russia, gilt borders, spine gilt ruled and lettered, all edges gilt; [3]-280; 4--238; [239]-444; [1]-252; 253-437 pp; overall an attractive copy.

First US edition, first issue (with errata to verso of title in vol II); 2 vols, 8vo, (20.2 x 13.5 cm); illustrated throughout, hinges slightly loose on vol I but holding, occasional marginal annotations in vol I, slight spotting to prelims, slight marginal discolouration of leaves to both vols, pale yellow endpapers; publisher's russet cloth stamped in black with frames and cornerpieces, gilt lettering to spine, black ink stain to upper cover of vol II, spines bumped, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good set; [vi], 409, [2]ads; [vii], 436, [12]ads pp.

Tall narrow 8vo (232 x 126 mm); comprising 60 double-page charts for locomotive specifications, 14 with ms. additions, 13 original hand-coloured drawings of G.N.R. locomotives, a few others with unfinished pencil sketchings; original roan, rubbed at extremities, upper hinge pulling slightly with some splitting.

Second edition, 5 vols, 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm), pp. 349, 368, 375, 354, 375; contemporary calf, flat spines in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece to second, black morocco numbering roundel to fourth, gilt ruled, citron edges; slightly scuffed; overall a very good set.

First edition; 8vo (20 x 12 cm); one large folding plate; bound in contemporary red morocco, covers with gilt coat of arms to the centre and detailed vine borders, spine gilt ruled and title, ex-libris and small French customs sticker to front free endpaper, green ribbon marker, blue silk endpapers, minor foxing throughout, all edges gilt, a near-fine copy; [2] 87pp.