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1793373234J. Dodsley London 1793. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 21 pages. This 1765 article published in The Annual Register provides a detailed account of John Harrison's groundbreaking work in solving the longitude problem at sea through the use of artificial time-keepers. Harrison an English clockmaker developed the marine chronometer a device that allowed sailors to accurately determine their longitude while at sea. His invention was crucial for safe navigation reducing the risk of ships becoming lost or wrecked due to miscalculations. The article outlines the proceedings and debates surrounding Harrison's work including his struggles with the Longitude Board which was reluctant to grant him the full 20000 prize promised under the 1714 Longitude Act. Despite proving the accuracy of his time-keepers Harrison faced political opposition and bureaucratic delays before finally receiving recognition for his achievements. Published at around the same time that Harrison's book of a similar title was published this contemporary 21 page account quotes Harrison extensively and represents the opinions and ideas regarding navigation from the perspective of the time. The whole volume extends to around 600 pages. Bound in modern but not recent brown buckram with a contrasting black leather lettering piece gilt title. Library label to the endpapers stamp on first blank and label to reverse of the title page. The first blank has a hand note stating "Given by Lt.Col. A.R. Hurst". Hurst has served with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War. The whole volume is very clean with bright pages very firmly bound and in attractive condition. Size: 13.5 x 21 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Featured Items; Printed before 1800; Special Features. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. J. Dodsley hardcover
175520334ABLa Haye, Jean van Duren 1755. 2 Bände. XLVI (recte XLII), 544 S.; 1 Bl., XXXV, (1), 540 S. PpBde der Zt mit Rückenschild. Einbände minimal berieben und geringf. fleckig.
175045871(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1750). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" Tome IV, Année 1748. Pp. (189-) 218 and 1 engraved plate.
174242613Paris, Theodore Le Gras, 1742. Small 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Spine and covers worn. From the library of Count A.G. Moltke with his large gilt coat of arms on both covers. (4),502 pp. Large fold. engraved plate (plan du Connvent artinique), 1 fold. Plan du Port, du Fort et du Bourg Grenade. plan du Fort, Grenade, 2 maps (L'isle de saint Christophle, L'isle de la Barbade, 1 folded plate showing natives preparing tobacco leaves, 5 botanical plates (2 with cacao), 3 zoological plates. Internally fine, some light yellowing to margins.
171444514(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1712"". Pp. 115-147 and 3 large folded engraved plates with many figs.
170445591(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1704). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates (celestial maps).
170646059(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1706). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1705. Pp. 300-331, textillustrations.
175045871Berlin Haude et Spener 1750. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" Tome IV Année 1748. Pp. 189- 218 and 1 engraved plate. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this paper in which Euler proves that given the static principle he can derive the equilibrium conditions for a fluid and from these he obtains the integrability conditions for a "Pfaffian" form in three variables. He also looks at the equilibrium of a weight suspended from three elastic cords by looking via analogy to a special case of the problem for fluids."In his 1748 paper Euler in "Reflexions sur quelques loix generales de la nature." starts by declaring his commitment to the least-action principle. His expression corresponds to what we would now call potential energy so that his statement of least action formulated by Maupertuis in 1746 in statics is equivalent to the principle that a system of bodies at rest will adopt a configuration that minimizes total potential energy. Euler called this quantity "effort"."Enestrom: E 146. </em> unknown
178842787Leipzig Officina Solbrigia 1788 4to. Orig. blank wrappers. Frontwrapper loose. 6702 pp. and 4 engraved plates with many figs. Titlepage and 2 lvs. brownspotted. Scattered marginal brownspots. Wide-margined copy printed on good paper. <br/><br/><em>This dissertation is probably the first monograph on the Gadfly. - BMC NH II p.576. - Horn &Schenkling Fischer :76. </em> unknown
178842787Leipzig, Officina Solbrigia, (1788) 4to. Orig. blank wrappers. Frontwrapper loose. (6),70,(2) pp. and 4 engraved plates with many figs. Titlepage and 2 lvs. brownspotted. Scattered marginal brownspots. Wide-margined copy, printed on good paper.
174242613Paris Theodore Le Gras 1742. Small 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Spine and covers worn. From the library of Count A.G. Moltke with his large gilt coat of arms on both covers. 4502 pp. Large fold. engraved plate plan du Connvent artinique 1 fold. Plan du Port du Fort et du Bourg Grenade. plan du Fort Grenade 2 maps L'isle de saint Christophle L'isle de la Barbade 1 folded plate showing natives preparing tobacco leaves 5 botanical plates 2 with cacao 3 zoological plates. Internally fine some light yellowing to margins. <br/><br/><em>This volume describes the isles Martinique Guadeloupe Barbade Barbados and Grenade Grenada."A very pleasant and instructive work in many respects"Chalmers - "The most copious that we possess on the Antilles; very full on the Natural history and productions of the islands." Sabin: 38412. </em> unknown
171444514Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1714. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1712". Pp. 115-147 and 3 large folded engraved plates with many figs. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a classic paper in animal physiology in which Réaumur investigates the means by which mollusks starfish and various other invertebrates move about. He was the first to describe ambulacral feet."Réaumur was among the greatest naturalists of his or any age. In the breadth and range of his researches in the patient detail of his observations and in the brilliant ingenuity of his experiments it would be difficult to name his equal. Thomas Henry Huxley has compared his favourably with Darwin."DSB. </em> unknown
170445591Paris Jean Boudot 1704. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates celestial maps. <br/><br/><em>First printing of these 5 papers accounting the observations of the comet. Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet in the morning sky on April 20 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".An independent discovery was made by Maria Margarethe Kirch Berlin Germany on April 21 1702 and by Philippe de la Hire Paris France on April 24. The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5 1702. </em> unknown
170646059Paris Jean Boudot 1706. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences". Année 1705. Pp. 300-331 textillustrations. <br/><br/><em>First apperance of this importent paper in which Varignon describes the function and theory behing his invention of the manometer a term which he coined in this paper. 'Manometre' from Greek manos metron = sparce measure.Stitched together is another importent paper JOSEPH TOURNEFORT "Observations sur les Maladies des Plantes" pp. 332-345 in which he made the first classification of plant diseases. </em> unknown
177257289Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap in Market-Street 1772. First edition 8vo 2 parts in 1; pp. xxviii 160 24; original full speckled calf; joints cracked front board neatly reattached head of spine chipped with minor loss; textblock toned; some foxing. Bookplates of the Peabody Institute and the Library Company of Baltimore both with release stamps. The preface is signed William Smith. With the sectional title page Sermons on Various Subjects. "On the Death of Rev. Nathaniel Evans" is signed "Laura" i.e. Elizabeth Ferguson. Among the subscribers are Tench Cox the printers Hugh Gaine and Isaiah Thomas both of whom took 25 copies and Oliver Goldsmith of London. Evans 12386; Hildeburn 2770; Sabin 23179; Wegelin 33. <br/><br/> printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street unknown books
178857095Providence: printed by Bennett Wheeler n.d. 1788. 8vo pp. 16; corners cut on the curve; original drab wrappers; a few short tears in the fore-margins no loss otherwise very good. With the ownership signature on the first page of text of Carlos Daggett possibly Carlos Daggett 1793-1870 the farmer and laborer in East Sudbury Massachusetts. Merrick was also a member of the Junior Class who in July of 1788 was accidentally drowned in the waters off Fox Point in Providence. Alden 1127; Bartlett p. 51; Evans 21357; Sabin 58637. <br/><br/> printed by Bennett Wheeler, n.d. unknown books
178857095Providence: printed by Bennett Wheeler n.d. 1788. 8vo pp. 16; corners cut on the curve; original drab wrappers; a few short tears in the fore-margins no loss otherwise very good. With the ownership signature on the first page of text of Carlos Daggett possibly Carlos Daggett 1793-1870 the farmer and laborer in East Sudbury Massachusetts. Merrick was also a member of the Junior Class who in July of 1788 was accidentally drowned in the waters off Fox Point in Providence. Alden 1127; Bartlett p. 51; Evans 21357; Sabin 58637. printed by Bennett Wheeler, n.d. unknown
17920JT111France 1792. Dated November 27 1792 'DECRET DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE' dealing with the employees and their lodgings in both the Louvre and the Tuileries of the deposed King Louis XVI. Signed inprint by M. Monge and countersigned by Garat. Includes a bold unidentifiable signature. Some yellowing but otherwise in good condition. Autograph. Manuscript. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
1796law9<p>A Very Good First Edition Law of Bailments from the press of Samuel Etheridge Boston 1796. Beautifully rebacked with leather spine and gilt lettering on red leather label top of spine. Nointernal markings. Not Ex-Library. Age toned paper throughout.</p> From the Press of Samuel Etheridge for JOHN WEST, No. 75 hardcover
1762r021.172GB: Ebenezer Wilson 1762. Owner's name at start of both volumes. 177 x 105 mm. 346 and 388 pages. Both volumes recently professionally REBOUND in brown leather with five raised bands gold rules and gold lettering to spines. Third Edition. Hardback. VG. Ebenezer Wilson Hardcover
1719219230東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送協会. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1: 10000000 54.7cm x 79.5cm chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse washi repairs to folds on reverse. This colour map of Asia and the Pacific published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably despite being produced at the war's outset it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore with Darwin marked along the lower edge. <br> <br>The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia" documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging. . 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. unknown
175349695(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1753). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome VII, Année 1751. Pp. 221-245 and pp. 246-254 a. 1 engraved plate.
175349695Berlin Haude et Spener 1753. 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres" tome VII Année 1751. Pp. 221-245 and pp. 246-254 a. 1 engraved plate. <br/><br/><em>First editions. The first paper concerns the Argument over the principle of least action relating to the famous controversy - and one of the ugliest scientific controversies - between Koenig and Maupertuis. "In 1751 a sensational new argument began when S. König published some critical remarks on Maupertuis’s principle of least action 1744 and cited a letter of Leibniz in which the principle was in König’s opinion formulated more precisely. Submitting to Maupertuis the Berlin Academy rose to defend him and demanded that the original of Leibniz’ letter a copy had been sent to König from Switzerland be presented. When it became clear that the original could not be found Euler published with the approval of the Academy "Exposé concernant l’examen de la lettre de M. de Leibnitz" 1752 where among other things he declared the letter a fake. The conflict grew critical when later in the same year Voltaire published his Diatribe du docteur Akakia médecin du pape defending König and making laughingstocks of both Maupertuis and Euler."DSB - Enestrom No. 199.The second paper - Enestrom No. 200. </em> unknown
1728056508London: E. Curll in the Strand 1728. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece. LONDON : 1728. First published Latin 1723 in Quarto and then in English in 1727. Volume two has title-page dated 1727. Hardback. Full brown two-tone panelled calf. All edges sprinkled. Two volumes bound as one. From the library of Geo. Fleming Bishop of Carlisle in his hand to fly-leaf. Engraved frontispiece. Boards detached; ideal for a new spine; restoration. Boards VERY GOOD polished calf. A tight volume. Essentially tight and clean with very minor staining here and there. VERY SCARCE. Essentially a nice copy worthy of a new spine. x 244 131 pages. With 'The State of Those who Rise' - title page dated 1728 48pp with 'The Heathen Notions of the State of the Dead' and 'Resurrection A Poem' by Mr. Addison - sixth edition 38pp. Index 8pp. Will pack well. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Literature Theology and History. <br/> <br/> E. Curll in the Strand hardcover
17581801080024London : Printed for J. Nourse 1758-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Small octavo. Contemporary calf gilt ruled. 4 viii 340 pp. Boards detached. Toning and foxing. Dampstaining to final 15 pages. Occasional old ink marginalia. Contemporary signature of Jabez Huntington merchant and politician from Connecticut Colony dated 1764 to front flyleaf. Later signature of the Huntington family on endpapers. London : Printed for J. Nourse hardcover
