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The Principles of Mechanics; Explaining and Demonstrating the General Laws of Motion, The Laws of Gravity, Motion of Descending Bodies..
by Emerson, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1754. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Good Condition. Attractively rebound in brown calf, blindtooled and gilt, with new endpapers on early marbled paper. Foxed, stained, age toned and chipped throughout. Many of the plates repaired at the folds with Japanese paper, a few with early repairs with newspaper on the verso and earlier repairs reattaching the plates by sewing. Plate edges chipped in the margins with some loss onto the plate area in a few cases, offsetting onto text pages. Despite all this, the 32 plates are complete and largely intact, and the text is complete and legible. xi, (5), 312pp
Though it went through editions until 1825 and an abridgement in 1769. The detailed plates show windmills, water wheels, fountains, and, most famously, a sail powered cart with gears that directly supply power to the front wheels. ESTC N11794.
Bibliotheca Mechanica 101/102; the first edition is rarely seen. Just 15 copies of the first edition in OCLC, 4 of them in the US. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042698.
Though it went through editions until 1825 and an abridgement in 1769. The detailed plates show windmills, water wheels, fountains, and, most famously, a sail powered cart with gears that directly supply power to the front wheels. ESTC N11794.
Bibliotheca Mechanica 101/102; the first edition is rarely seen. Just 15 copies of the first edition in OCLC, 4 of them in the US. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042698.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042698
- Title
- The Principles of Mechanics; Explaining and Demonstrating the General Laws of Motion, The Laws of Gravity, Motion of Descending Bodies..
- Author
- Emerson, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (rebound in leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Innys and J. Richardson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
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Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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