28th Apr, 2022 10:00

Fine Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 203
 

Robertson (John) A treatise of such mathematical instruments

Robertson (John)

A treatise of such mathematical instruments, as are usually put into a portable case: containing their various uses in arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, architecture, surveying, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece and 5 of 6 plates only, contemporary polished calf, gilt, spine in compartments, worn and rubbed, [Tomash & Williams R100], 8vo, Printed for T. Heath, Mathematical Instrument-Maker, 1747; with Martine (George) Essays and Observations…..Thermometers, third edition, folding chart, contemporary calf, worn upper cover almost detached, book-plate, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1780; Fontenelle (Bernard le Bovier de) A Week’s Conversation on the Plurality of Worlds, second edition, frontispiece, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn, bookplate, Printed for E. Curll, 1728; Aristotle’s Compleat Master-Piece, sixteenth edition, illustrations, folding plate torn with lose, contemporary calf, worn, 1725; Culpepper (N.) The English Physician, Enlarged….Medicines made of English Herbs, contemporary calf, worn, [c. 1790]; Nesbit (A.) A Treatise on Practical Mensuration, new edition, illustrated, contemporary calf, worn, 1853; and another similar, v.s (8) [sold not subject to return]

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