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1802AQ22506Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson 1802. 71pp 1. Uncut in original publisher's powder-blue paper boards later rebacked with cream paper. Boards rubbed. Hinges exposed book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP early inked ownership/gift inscriptions to FFEP foxed. The entry for logarithms as used in the Encyclopaedia Britannica Edinburgh 1768-71 which was loosely edited but largely pirated by Thomas Dobson and issued in America as the eighteen-volume Encyclopaedia. The work was issued in weekly numbers between 1790 and 1797 with the complete work only published in 1798; the published who had suffered a catastrophic fire in 1793 printed a number of the entries and sold them separately sometimes augmented as is the case here with plates or tables. From the recently dispersed library of Erwin Tomash 1921-2012 American engineer recognised for his early pioneering work with computer equipment peripherals. His library consisted of over 3000 books and manuscripts relevant to the history of computation from medieval and renaissance works on arithmetic finger-reckoning and the abacus to the birth in the twentieth century of theoretical and practical computer science under Alan Turing. Tomash E 9. First edition. Quarto. Printed by Thomas Dobson hardcover
181052209<p>Edinburgh for Archibald Constable and Company and for Vernor Hood and Sharpe 1810. FOURTH EDITION VOLUME 18 ENLARGED AND IMPROVED 1810. Slim approximately 265 x 190 10¼ x 7½ inches 2 full page engraved plates pages: general title page 727-748 first and last leaves have text unrelated to conjuring printed in double column amateur binding of grey cloth spine and marbled paper covers. Stain to bottom corner of title page small pale stain to top inner corner of both plates a good copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> Edinburgh, for Archibald Constable and Company, and for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810. hardcover
1856037R53Sanborn Carter & Bazin Boston: 1856. 1856 14 Volumes. 8vo. 230 mm. Bound in original half leather over cloth boards; raised bands. Heads of a few volumes slighly chipped or worn but still very tight. Handsome on the shelf and in the hand. Marbled edges and endpapers. Hardbound. Very good. Francis Lieber 1800-1872 an educator & political activist was born and educated in Germany emigrating to Boston in 1827. Not long after his arrival in the U.S. Lieber approached the firm of Carey Lea & Carey of philadelphia proposing a number of possible literary projects. Henry Carey agreed to sponsor an encyclopedia. It was a massive undertaking. Lieber modeled the work on Brockhaus' 'Conversations Lexikon' with appropriate portions adapted to its American audience. Publication of the original parts issue began in 1829. For this edition Lieber had the assistance of: Edward Wigglesworth 1804-1876; Thomas Gamaliel Bradford 1802-1887; Henry Vethake 1792-1866; and many others. Indeed Lieber convinced many distinguished Americans to contribute appropriate sections to his enterprise. For example Joseph Story a famous federal judge and a founder of Harvard Law School contributed over 120 pages on divers legal topics. PRICE JUST REDUCED! BASEMENT Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. Sanborn, Carter & Bazin, Boston: 1856. hardcover
1836BOOKS313710Philadelphia PA: Desilver Thomas & Co. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1836. No Edition given. Hardcover. 13 volumes in full leather. . 8vo. All labels intact. Minor foxing and stains . Desilver, Thomas & Co. hardcover
1852157619Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1852-60. Nine-tenths of its contents may be said to be absolutely new A handsomely bound set of the scarce eighth edition containing revisions that were "more thorough than had ever been attempted in any previous edition. It has received so great an accession of original contributions that nine-tenths of its contents may be said to be absolutely new" vol. I pp. xviii-xix. The first edition was published in 1768. 22 vols quarto 279 x 216 mm. With 405 engraved plates of which numerous double-paged and a few folding and prolific woodcuts in the text. Bound with half-titles. Contemporary green morocco spines lettered and richly floral-tooled in gilt twin gilt fillets and floral roll bordering covers board edges ruled in gilt turn-ins richly gilt marbled endpapers and edges. Vol. XXI lacking pp. 89-96. Ownership signature of one Elizabeth Foster Staniforth on first blank of vol. I. Couple of vols with marks to covers light rubbing and wear to extremities neatly retouched with colour some offsetting from plates and very occasional foxing else largely clean throughout; vol. XI with neat paper repair to upper margin of p. 773; vol. XX with closed central tear to fold of plate 38 without loss. A very attractive set indeed. unknown
