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NATURAL SCIENCES
Agriculture, Alchemy, Astronomy, Mechanics, Metallurgy,
Optics, Physics
302 Baker, H. Das zum Gebrauch leicht gemachte Microscopium, od. 1. Be-
schreibung, Berechnung u. Erlaut. von Microscopus etc. IL Erzahlung und hi-
stor. Nachricht dessen was vor erstaunenswiirdige Entdeckungen gemacht
worden etc. in engl. Sprache beschrieben, ins Teutsche fibers, v. J. L. St(ei-
ner). Zurich 1753. 8. Mit 1 Tab. u. 13 gefalt. Kupfertafln. Ppbd. Frs. 24.—
Beigeb.: Steiner, J. L. Kurze Abhandlung v. d. Vergrosserungs-GlSsern, nebst Beschreibung
e. neuen Universal-Microscopii. Zurich 1748.
Die interessanten Tfln. zeigen das Mikroscop u. s. Bestandteile, sowie zoolog.-botan. u.
mineralog. Praeparate. H. Baker (1698—1774). Schwiegersohn u. Mitarbeiter D. Defoes war ein
berUhmter, vielseitiger engl. Naturforscher.
303 Belidor, (B. F. de). Neuer Cursus mathematicus zum Gebrauch der Officiers
von der Artillerie, fibers, v. J. Th. Bion. Wien 1745. 4to. Frontispiece, 10 lea-
ves, 546 pp., 2 leaves. With 34 folding plates. Calf, somewhat rubbed. Frs. 24.-
First edition. A short piece of the second plate missing.
304 Comets. — Camerarius, Joach., Pabeperg. De eorum qui Cometae appelantur,
nominibus, natura, caussis, significatione . . . Lipsiae, Ioan. Steinmann, 1582.
8vo. Swd. Frs. 15.—
Contains dated accounts of many historical appearances of comets.
305 — lunctinus, Franc., Tractatio de Cometarum causis, effectibus, dif-
ferentiis, et eorundem proprietatibus. Lipsiae, Ioan. Steinmann, 1580. 8vo. 1 L,
41 pp. With 2 printer's devices. Swd. Frs. 15.—
Probably the first edition of an very scarce treatise on comets.
The author, Italian mathematician and astrologer, lived from 1523 to 1590.
306 Congreve, W. Abhandlung fiber d. allgemein. Grundsatze, die Krafte u. d.
Leichtigkeit d. Anwendung d. Congreveschen Racketensystems, ver-
glichen m. d. Artillerie. A. d. Englischen. Weimar 1829. 4to. W. 11 folded pla-
tes in lithography. Boards. Frs. 60.—
Not in Lipperheide. Rare lithographical incunabulum.
Sir William Congreve (1772—1828) was the inventor of war rockets, which were very effectual
in a naval attack on the French flotilla in Boulogne in 1806, where they were fired in salvos from
boats of special construction.
The pictures in this interesting treatise demonstrate the use of this new weapon in battles,
on the sea and in sieges.
Slightly stained by damp otherwise good copy. W. a library stamp on the titlepage.
307 Doppelmaier, J. G. Atlas novus coelestis secundum Nic. Copernici et ex
parte Tychonis de Brahe hipothesin. Nuremberg, Homann, 1742. Atlas-
folio. Title with vignette printed in black and red, frontispiece and 30
double-page plates all coloured. Bound up with 7 other plates by
Lowiz, Maier, Seutter, a. o. also coloured representing a comet, eclip-
ses of sun and mon &c. Half vellum. Frs. 200.—
Exceptional fine copy of this well known celestial atlas.
On the added plates there have been represented the comet of 1742 by Seutter, on this
plate we see also a globe with Australia, the eclipse of sun in July 1748 in 2 plates by G. M.
Lowiz with representation of three globes and a map of the world, the eclipse of moon in August,
1748 by T. Mayer, a plate of dialling, the endless Julian calendar and a table of winds by Matth.
Seutter.
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NATURAL SCIENCES
Agriculture, Alchemy, Astronomy, Mechanics, Metallurgy,
Optics, Physics
302 Baker, H. Das zum Gebrauch leicht gemachte Microscopium, od. 1. Be-
schreibung, Berechnung u. Erlaut. von Microscopus etc. IL Erzahlung und hi-
stor. Nachricht dessen was vor erstaunenswiirdige Entdeckungen gemacht
worden etc. in engl. Sprache beschrieben, ins Teutsche fibers, v. J. L. St(ei-
ner). Zurich 1753. 8. Mit 1 Tab. u. 13 gefalt. Kupfertafln. Ppbd. Frs. 24.—
Beigeb.: Steiner, J. L. Kurze Abhandlung v. d. Vergrosserungs-GlSsern, nebst Beschreibung
e. neuen Universal-Microscopii. Zurich 1748.
Die interessanten Tfln. zeigen das Mikroscop u. s. Bestandteile, sowie zoolog.-botan. u.
mineralog. Praeparate. H. Baker (1698—1774). Schwiegersohn u. Mitarbeiter D. Defoes war ein
berUhmter, vielseitiger engl. Naturforscher.
303 Belidor, (B. F. de). Neuer Cursus mathematicus zum Gebrauch der Officiers
von der Artillerie, fibers, v. J. Th. Bion. Wien 1745. 4to. Frontispiece, 10 lea-
ves, 546 pp., 2 leaves. With 34 folding plates. Calf, somewhat rubbed. Frs. 24.-
First edition. A short piece of the second plate missing.
304 Comets. — Camerarius, Joach., Pabeperg. De eorum qui Cometae appelantur,
nominibus, natura, caussis, significatione . . . Lipsiae, Ioan. Steinmann, 1582.
8vo. Swd. Frs. 15.—
Contains dated accounts of many historical appearances of comets.
305 — lunctinus, Franc., Tractatio de Cometarum causis, effectibus, dif-
ferentiis, et eorundem proprietatibus. Lipsiae, Ioan. Steinmann, 1580. 8vo. 1 L,
41 pp. With 2 printer's devices. Swd. Frs. 15.—
Probably the first edition of an very scarce treatise on comets.
The author, Italian mathematician and astrologer, lived from 1523 to 1590.
306 Congreve, W. Abhandlung fiber d. allgemein. Grundsatze, die Krafte u. d.
Leichtigkeit d. Anwendung d. Congreveschen Racketensystems, ver-
glichen m. d. Artillerie. A. d. Englischen. Weimar 1829. 4to. W. 11 folded pla-
tes in lithography. Boards. Frs. 60.—
Not in Lipperheide. Rare lithographical incunabulum.
Sir William Congreve (1772—1828) was the inventor of war rockets, which were very effectual
in a naval attack on the French flotilla in Boulogne in 1806, where they were fired in salvos from
boats of special construction.
The pictures in this interesting treatise demonstrate the use of this new weapon in battles,
on the sea and in sieges.
Slightly stained by damp otherwise good copy. W. a library stamp on the titlepage.
307 Doppelmaier, J. G. Atlas novus coelestis secundum Nic. Copernici et ex
parte Tychonis de Brahe hipothesin. Nuremberg, Homann, 1742. Atlas-
folio. Title with vignette printed in black and red, frontispiece and 30
double-page plates all coloured. Bound up with 7 other plates by
Lowiz, Maier, Seutter, a. o. also coloured representing a comet, eclip-
ses of sun and mon &c. Half vellum. Frs. 200.—
Exceptional fine copy of this well known celestial atlas.
On the added plates there have been represented the comet of 1742 by Seutter, on this
plate we see also a globe with Australia, the eclipse of sun in July 1748 in 2 plates by G. M.
Lowiz with representation of three globes and a map of the world, the eclipse of moon in August,
1748 by T. Mayer, a plate of dialling, the endless Julian calendar and a table of winds by Matth.
Seutter.
KATALOG Nr. 218 DES BUCH- UND KUNSTANTIQUARIATES
