(17th Century Science) | A group of works pertaining to science and math

(17th Century Science)

A group of 10 rare seventeenth-century works on various scientific and mathematical subjects, comprising:

Ward, Seth. A sammelband of three works, comprising: Idea trigonometriae demonstratæ (in usum juventutis Oxoniensis.) Item prælectio de cometis... Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1654; De Cometis ubi... Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1653; In Ismaelis Bullialdi... Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1653. 8vo; occasional soiling and spotting, early manuscript annotations. Drab paper wrappers; soiled, defective, with parts of the sewing perished and some of the text loose, ownership signature to front wrapper. [USTC 3069126; ESTC R38935]

François, Jean. Traité de la quantité considérée absolument et en elle-mesme. Rennes: Chez P. Hallaudays, 1655. First edition, 4to. Numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text and margins; a few rough edges, shaved close touching a few marginal diagrams, gathering K browned. Contemporary limp vellum; creasing and wear, tear at head of spine. [USTC 6132469: listing just 2 institutional copies]

Gautruche, Pierre. Philosophiae ac mathematicae totius institutio... Vienna: Joannes Blaeu, 1661. Third edition, 12mo. Engraved plates; tear to front free endpaper, the plates shaken. Contemporary calf; worn, hinges cracked, joints starting. [USTC 2696978]

Swan, John. Speculum mundi (A glasse representing the face of the world). London: Davenport for J. Williams, 1665. Third edition, 4to; light soiling, occasional spots, the front blanks excised, a few gatherings shaken, overopened in the middle of the text block, a few early annotations. Contemporary calf, manuscript spine label, brown paper wrapper; worn, with losses in the leather, spine cracked. Heraldic bookplate. [USTC 3078321; ESTC R1744]

[Sir Isaac Newton, ed.] — Varen, Bernhard. Geographia generalis. Cambridge: John Hayes for Henry Dickinson, 1672. First edition, 8vo. Title-page printed in red and black, Engraved folding plates; infrequent spots, the titlepage nearly detatched. Contemporary calf, gilt spine; worn, front board detached. Heraldic bookplate. [USTC 3089778; ESTC R30178; Wing 1173]

Leybourne, William. Dialling, plain, concave, and convex. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1682. First edition, folio; engraved folding plates; dampstaining, occasional browning, mostly to plates. Contemporary speckled calf; rebacked, worn.

Edwards, John. Cometomantia. London: Brab. Aylmer, 1684. First edition, 8vo; lightly toned, a few spots and stains. contemporary paneled calf; rebacked, board edges worn, hinges cracked. Library stamp of Ston College Library, with discharge stamp dated 1933. [ESTC R1472]

Taylor, John. Thesaurarium mathematicæ, or The treasury of mathematicks. London: Printed by J.H. for W. Freeman, 1687. First edition. 3 parts in one volume, 8vo. Separate titles, engraved frontispiece portrait, 8 folding plates, tables. Contemporary calf; Extremities rubbed, spine worn. [USTC 3114133; ESTC R23734]

[l'Hôpital, Guillaume François Antoine de]. Analyse des infiniment petits, pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1696. First edition of the first complete treatise on differential calculus, 4to. Title-page with engraved coat of arms, engraved folding plates, engravings headpieces and intitials; occasional light toning and soiling, wormed. Contemporary calf, gilt; worn, joints cracked, chewed, with loss to corner of lower board. Heraldic bookplate.

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de. Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes... Nouvelle edition, augmentee d'un nouvel Entretien. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, [n.d.]. 12mo; Engraved frontispiece, woodcut titlepage vignette; frontispiece torn, small loss to to upper corner of title, the final leaf affixed to the rear board. Contemporary sheep; worn, hinges cracked, joints starting. Bookplate of Kimbolton Castle: the Duke of Manchester

Sold as a collection of volumes not subject to return.

PROVENANCE

The 2nd and 8th works: Sotheby's, 11 December 1993, lot 723 (part lot); (v) Ibid., lot 738