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1797105650Paris: Chez Tavernier. 1797. 1st ed. An VI. Octavo full-leather binding with gilt-stamped decorations bands and title to spine gilt dec border to boards contemporary marbled endpapers pp viii 243 last page misprinted as 343. Three large folding engraved maps drawn up by Major James Rennell the leading British geographer of his time when Mungo Park returned from West Africa: all in very good condition. Spine rubbed minor scuffs to boards front free endpaper just starting to detach. Very good condition. First edition. Published in Paris in the revolutionary "An VI" 1797. Describes the explorations in the interior of Africa of Daniel Houghton 1740 - 1791 and Mungo Park 1771 - 1806. Daniel Houghton was sent by the African Association the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa; his instructions were to sail to the mouth of the Gambia navigate the river to the Barra Kunda falls and then to travel overland to the Hausa lands to the east. He was one of the first European explorers in the interior of Africa but after a successful visit in Bambouk territory he disappeared somewhere on his journey to Timbuctoo his last despatch being in July 1791. Mungo Park was then sent by the African Association and travelled more extensively in West Africa. He published the book "Travels in the interior districts of Africa" in 1799 i.e. this book precedes Park's publication. Uncommon. 1st Edition. Leather. Chez Tavernier hardcover
1715PHO-1389A La Haye : chez les frères L'Honoré, & compagnies, 1715 2 volumes in-12° (163x100 mm). 9ff-280-2ff-222-9ff., illustré d’un frontispice et 1 planche (sur 23), avec un dictionnaire de la langue des Algonkins et quelques mots de Hurons , reliure refaite , dos conservé avec ses manque , plats en cuir noir, coloriage sur la planche, ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de garde .
1790WOC-2456Nouvelle édition. Tome 2 seul, orné de 6 planches hors-texte et de 3 pages tableaux de Noms: François – Hollandois – Hottentots. Lausanne, Chez, Mourer, Libraire et Hignou & Compositeur Imprimeurs, 1790. In-8 (19,5x12,5cm) relié demi veau blond d'époque à coins, dos lisse orné de faux-nerfs dorés, titre doré sur maroquin rouge. 296pp.
1800PHO-2418Paris, Imprimerie de la République, an VIII (1800). 3 vol. in-4 (28,5 × 21 cm), XII-491pp., 2ff.-516pp., 3ff.-562pp., demi-veau fauve à petits coins de vélin, dos lisses teintés vert et ornés de bateaux (reliure de l’époque). Charnières fendillées, accrocs à deux coiffes. Infimes rousseurs, petites déchirures sans gravité. Tome I, quelques cahiers brunis, 1 feuillet fragile.
1723P2-5A-4WHELER G. Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grèce et du levant. La Haye, Rutgert Albers, 1723. 2 volumes in-12 (170x100mm), reliés plein veau époque, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de caissons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, titre imprimé en rouge et noir, de la bibliothèque de J.C. Dezauche. XII + 358 pp. + 332pp. Illustré de 82 gravures hors-texte. Bel exemplaire. In-12, 358 & 332 pp. Illustrated with 82 engraved plates of which 8 are double page. 2 frontispieces, 5 plates of inscription and 12 pages of numismatics. Title printed in red and black, contemporary calf, red label, nice copy. From the library of J.V. Dezauche the geographer.
1782PHO-1331Paris ,Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 12,7 cm) de X-508 pp. ,Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges ,la carte et le frontispice sont manquants , défauts à la reliure .
1782PHO-1839Paris, Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 12,7 cm) de X-508 pp., Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre, tranches rouges, illustré de la gravure de la mort de Cook, la carte est manquante, défauts à la reliure, mouillure en fin d’ouvrage.
1782PHO-717Paris ,Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 13 cm) de X-508 pp. Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre,la carte et le frontispice sont manquants.
1782106474BBParis, Pissot, pere & fils et Laporte, 1782. 8°. X, 508 S. mit gestoch. gefalt. Frontispiz u. 1 gefalt. gestoch. Karte. Kalbslederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild und floraler Rückenvergoldung. [4 Warenabbildungen]
1796AMO-3003By William Robertson, principal of the University of Edinburgh, historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland, and member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. In three volumes. The Seventh Edition. London, Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, and E. Balfour, Edinburgh : and sold by T. Cadell Jun. W. Davies, Successors to Mr. Cadell, 1796 3 volumes in-8 (22,5 x 14 cm) de XLIV-343, (1)-475 et (1)-422-(34) pages. 4 grandes cartes dépliantes et 1 planche dépliante de glyphes de l'ancien Mexique. Reliure de l'époque (vers 1800) veau raciné, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, tomaison ovale de maroquin noir, tranches citron, roulette dorée sur les coupes. Reliure de très belle facture, probablement anglaise. Infimes frottements, un coin légèrement usé, sinon très fraîches reliures, intérieur également très frais imprimé sur beau papier, sans rousseurs notables. A noter une petite brûlure sur le bord des plats du deuxième tome (coulure acide), tranche et marge des derniers feuillets tachées sans gravité. Texte en anglais. Nouvelle édition anglaise. Robertson (1721-1793) contributed to the history of Spain and Spanish America in his History of America (1777), "the first sustained attempt to describe the discovery, conquest and settlement of Spanish America since Herrera's Décadas". Cette histoire de l’Amérique depuis l'arrivée de Christophe Colomb jusqu'à la fin de la conquête espagnole est basée sur l'étude de documents historiques solides. On y trouve le récit des conquêtes par Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortez, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci. Les nombreuses notes historiques en fin de chaque volume sont très intéressantes. Les cartes géographiques sont très belles et parfaitement conservées. Provenance : Ex libris gravé monogramme non identifié. Très bel exemplaire conservé dans ses premières reliures en veau raciné.
179843089Paris, Fuchs et Guillaume, An VIe. (1798). Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Very slightly rubbed. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 25. - 335,(3) pp., 2 engraved folded plates and 1 folded table..(the entire volume offered). Vauquelin's papers: pp. 21-32 a. pp. 194-204. Some brownspots to the first and last leaves, otherwise fine and clean.
179843089Paris Fuchs et Guillaume An VIe. 1798. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Very slightly rubbed. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" Tome 25. - 3353 pp. 2 engraved folded plates and 1 folded table.the entire volume offered. Vauquelin's papers: pp. 21-32 a. pp. 194-204. Some brownspots to the first and last leaves otherwise fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First printing of the papers in which Vauquelin describes and announces his discovery of Chromium. The first paper was simultaneously printed in Mem.de l'Institut. Because of its many coloured compounds Fourcroy and Haüy suggested the name 'chromium' for the new metal. Greek chroma-colour.In 1797 Vauquelin began his own studies of Siberian red lead. He was convinced that the mineral contained a new element. None of the elements then known could account for his results. He reported "a new metal possessing properties entirely unlike those of any other metal." A year later Vauquelin was able to isolate a small sample of the metal itself. He heated charcoal nearly pure carbon with a compound of chromium chromium trioxide Cr 2 O 3 . When the reaction was complete he found tiny metallic needles of chromium metal. DSB XIII p. 597 - Parkinson "Breakthrough" 1798 C.The volume contains other importent papers in the history of chemistry Guyton "Examen de quelques propriétés du Platine" a. "Examen de quelques critiques de la nomenclature de chimistes francais" Chaptal "Observations sur la fabrication de l'acétite de cuivre verd-de-gris etc. </em> unknown
173546590Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1735. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1733". Pp. 23-39 pp. 73-84 pp. 233-254 a. 1 engraved plate pp. 457-476. With titlepage to the volume 1733/1735. Margins of titlepage with a few brownspots. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of these milestone papers in the histroy of electricity in which Dufay explains his discovery of two kinds of electricity and the relation between them attraction and repulsion shocks and sparking and the full recognition of electrostatic repulsion. He formulates the two-fluid theory of electricity. He further showed that "not all bodies can become electrified themselves" by friction and went on to show "that they can all acquire a considerable electrical virtue when the tube of rubbed glass wood metals or liquids are brought near them" provided only that they are insulated by beiing stood on "a support of glass or of sealing-wax".Dufay "TRANSFORMED A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS WEEDS INTO THE FIRST GARDEN OF EUROPE" Heilbron"Dufay's substantive discoveries - ACR the two electricities shocks and sparking - are but one aspect and perhaps not the most significant of his achievement. His insistence on the impiortence of the subject on the universal character of electricity on the necessity of organizing digesting and regulariizing known facts before grasping new ones all helped to introduce order and professionel standards into the study of electricity at precisely the moment when the accumulation of data began to require them. He foundthe subject a record of often capricious disconnected phenomena the domain of the polymaths textbook writers and prfesional lecturers and left a body of knowledge that invited and rewarded prolonged scrutinity from serious physicists." Heilbron "Electricity in the 17 & 18 Centuries" p. 260.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1734 P - Ronalds Library p. 145. - Not in Wheeler Gift Cat. </em> unknown
173546590(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1735). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1733"". Pp. 23-39, pp. 73-84, pp. 233-254 a. 1 engraved plate, pp. 457-476. With titlepage to the volume (1733/1735). Margins of titlepage with a few brownspots.
171745962(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1717). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1714"". Pp.361-378 and 1 folded engraved plate.
171745962Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1717. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1714". Pp.361-378 and 1 folded engraved plate. <br/><br/><em>First printing of the paper in which Cassini describes his discovery of the inclination of the orbit of Saturn's fifth satellite. </em> unknown
1703PHO-2014À La Haye, Chez les Frères L'Honoré, 1703. 2 tomes en un volume in-12, veau, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre (reliure de l'époque) défauts d’usage. Rare édition de l'une des relations de voyage les plus importante pour l'histoire du Canada. - + 279 pp. & -- 220 + 8ff., Un frontispice et 24 planches ou cartes, certaines repliées, dont la « Carte Général de Canada ». Ex-libris manuscrit sur le titre. Première édition, troisième tirage.
1743WOC-1128Avec un Mémoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le même voyage. Cinquième édition, plus ample & plus correcte que les précédentes; & enrichie de nouvelles Figures. 79 planches, dont certaines dépliantes. A. La Haye, Chez Henry van Bulderen, Marchand Libraire, dans le Pooten, à l'Enseigne de Mezeray, 1731-1743. 3 volumes in-12 composite de (17,5x9,5cm) pour le 1 et 3 et de (16,8x9,5cm) reliés en plein veau, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons et de fleurons dorés, titre sur maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, fentes sur les charnières du tome 2 et coiffes supérieures faibles. ff-avis,339pp,ff-table + 364pp. + 414 ff-table.
17801243071780 A Genève, Chez Jean-Léonard Pellet, Imprimeur de la Ville & de l'Académie - M. DCC. LXXX. (1780) - Dix volumes In-12, reliures pleine peau marbrée d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs avec pièce de titre et de tomaison sur fond marron clair, caissons ornés de fleurons en doré, toutes tranches marbrées, signet vert - xij-571 + 624 + 608 + 500 + 425 + 511 + 589 + 599 + 431 + 564 pages - Sans le volume d'Atlas
17449470Genève, Herit. Cramer et Frères Philibert, 1744 ; in-4 ; plein veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre havane, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XXII pp., (1) f. bl., 348 pp., 1 planche dépliante ; les 2 dernières pages sont un catalogue de livres du libraire.
178053319Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1780. 8vo. Fine cont. full mottled calf, richly gilt spine and gilt titlelabel in red leather. Edges gilt. LXVIII,333,(3) pp. and 1 folded engraved plate (showing his experimental apparatus). Light browning to margins of title-page, otherwise clean and with broad margins. A fine copy.
178053319Paris Théophile Barrois 1780. 8vo. Fine cont. full mottled calf richly gilt spine and gilt titlelabel in red leather. Edges gilt. LXVIII3333 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate showing his experimental apparatus. Light browning to margins of title-page otherwise clean and with broad margins. A fine copy. <br/><br/><em>First French edition of perhaps the most important work in plant physiology. It is in this work that Ingen-Housz for the first time expounds the ideas and experiments that lead to his discovery of Photosynthesis in plant life and as such it is of fundamental importance in the economy of living things. "His Experiments upon vegetables was published in the autumn of 1779 and was at once recognized as a very important advance. In brief he showed that oxygen evolution by plant is absolutely dependent on light and that it only occurs from those parts which are green.The proof that light and green tissues are both essential for oxygen production finally cleared up the apparent contradictions and variable results of earlier experiments. Priestly was "much pleased" with Ingen-Housz's experiments and pointed immediately to the salient facts that he had established." A.G. Morton: History of Botanical Science. p. 332. Dibner: Heralds of Science No. 29. - Garrison & Morton No. 103. - Horblit No. 55. All the English edition of 1779. </em> hardcover
175042895(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from ""Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae"", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 245-266 a. 1 engraved plate (ad. p. 251). Clean and fine.
175042895Petropoli St. Petersbourg 1750. 4to. Uncut without wrappers. Extracted from "Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae" Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 245-266 a. 1 engraved plate ad. p. 251. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a groundbreaking paper in chemistry in which Lomonosov describes his discovery of the transition of a metal into passive state and this is the first scientific description of this phenomena. He observed and described fast termination of the dissolution of iron in concentrated nitric acid and attributed this to a change in the solvent properties."Lomonosov employed corpuscular mechanics in chemical explanations more extensively than Boyle had done. Treating chemical compounds as particles in adhesion he held that "adhesion is eliminated and renewed by means of motion.since no change in a body can take place withouy motion". He attempted to apply these theories to chemical phenomena - although he was limited to speculation- in papers on the action of chemical solvents in general."DSB VIII p. 469."Lomonosov was founder of Russian science and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia."Isaac Asimov. </em> unknown
179843088Paris, Fuchs et Guillaume, An VIe. (1798). Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Very slightly rubbed. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 26. - 340 pp. a. 1 engraved plate.(the entire volume offered). Vauquelin's papers: pp. 155-169, pp. 170-177 a. pp. 259-265. Some brownspots to the first and last leaves, otherwise fine and clean.
