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Halliwell, James Orchard (ed)Biblio.com

Ludus Coventriae: A Collection of Mysteries formerly represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi

Halliwell, James Orchard (Ed)Biblio.com

A Collection of Letters Illustrative of the Progress of Science in England from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles the Second

1841A42106Historical Society of Science 1841. xix 124 2 9 . . HB. 8vo orig. cloth blind-stamped acanthus scroll frame to boards with central gilt symbol to front board corners lightly bumped. Bookplate of Yatton Court Herefordshire. From the library of K.G.V. Smith 1929-2017 British dipterist at the Natural History Museum London and book collector. Enclosed is a post card from Paul Latcham scholar and collector of bookplates and former editor of the Bookplate Journal. He suggests that the bookplate is probably that of J.G. Rodney Ward resident at Yatton Court from the late 1860s to 1880s. An attached pencil note to Ken Smith in a different hand states that Latcham was pleased to see a previously unknown County bookplate Herefordshire. First edition. Includes 83 letters by among others Thomas Digges Tycho Brache John Dee Thomas Lydyat Charles Cavendish John Pell. 'The contents of the present volume are so very miscellaneous that it would be a difficult task to give a satisfactory analysis of them within the limits of a few pages. Perhaps it may be sufficient to state that the Editor has endevoured to form such a collection of early letters on scientific subjects as would be likely to assist any future author of a critical history of English science.' - Preface. The central design to the front board of this book is the 'Monas Hieroglyphica' an esoteric symbol invented and designed by John Dee the Court Astrologer to Elizabeth I; it is also the title of the 1564 book in which Dee expounds the meaning of his symbol. One of the letters included in this published collection is from John Dee. James Orchard Halliwell 1820-1889 was an antiquarian literary scholar and collector of English nursery rhymes. He published many books including 'Nursery Rhymes of England' 1842 and the 'Life of Shakespeare' 1848. He was accused of stealing manuscripts from Trinity College Cambridge and eloped with and married the daughter of the the famous bibliomaniac Sir Thomas Phillipps. Historical Society of Science hardcover

Pemberley Natural History Books · Royaume-Uni200,00 £GB≈ 228,36 €

Lubbock, Sir John William; Dayman, Rev Charles OrchardBiblio.com

The Stars in Six Maps on the Gnomonic Projection

1860003712Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. LUBBOCK Sir John William; DAYMAN Rev. Charles Orchard. The Stars in Six Maps on the Gnomonic Projection. Designed and constructed by Sir John William Lubbock Bart. and published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. New Edition revised by the Rev. W. R. Dawes F.R.A.S. containing all the objects in Admiral Smyth's Cycle of Celestial Objects. London: Edward Stanford 6 & 7 Charing Cross c.1860. Large folio approx. 470 × 380 mm. Complete with printed front wrapper title page explanatory letterpress six large engraved celestial maps on the gnomonic projection each hand-coloured in outline and printed rear wrapper. Original blue printed wrappers now worn with edge tears losses creasing and general fragility; the leaves all loose as issued. The title and explanation leaves browned with small edge tears and creases; paper brittle but text complete. The six maps in good to very good condition: clean impressions attractive hand-colouring as issued occasional marginal splits or creases but no major loss to the engraved image areas. Overall a complete survival in original issue state with all components present. The gnomonic projection in which all great circles appear as straight lines was adopted by Lubbock to allow the relative positions of stars and constellations to be visualised in a geometrically rigorous manner particularly useful for understanding celestial navigation and the apparent paths of bodies across the sphere. First issued in 1844 under the auspices of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge these maps were revised for this "New Edition" incorporating corrections and additions from the Astronomical Society's catalogues and from Admiral William Henry Smyth's Cycle of Celestial Objects one of the most important mid-nineteenth-century observational surveys. Complete sets in original wrappers retaining both the explanatory text and all six hand-coloured charts are distinctly uncommon. . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1860. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge paperback

The Plantagenet King · Royaume-Uni325,00 £GB≈ 371,09 €

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