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8vo.[ii], 330 pp. Wood engraved illustrations throughout. Original printed yellow wrappers bound into modern boards. Includes prospectusand subscription slip for La Blanchere's forthcoming Répertoire Encyclopédique de Photographie. Unopened.First edition, a comprehensive treatise on the newly developed stereoscope, a technology whereby the viewer uses a two-lensdevice to see left and right images at the same time, creating a threedimensional scene. This nine-part study covers the history of binocular viewing from Euclid to Brewster before discussing contemporaryimprovements and progress, theory, construction and materials, preparation of photographic slides, and applications. The final chaptersuggests recently developed add-on lenses for further uses, such asmicroscopy.Although stereoscopes became obsolete in the early 20th century owing to improved photographic processes, they were in household use for both research and recreation for the last few decades ofthe 19th century. This monograph is an… Read More

(offered with) Mesure des trois premier degre's du meridien dans l'hemisphere Austral, tirée des observations de M.rs de l'académie royale des sciences, envoyés par le roi pour l'équateur. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1751 Two separate volumes. 4to. [ii], xxxvi, 280, xv, [1]; [xii], 266, x, viii pp. With 6 engraved plates (5 folding), including the map of Quito, in the first work, and 3 folding plates in the second work. Engraved headpieces. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco labels, upper front cover of both books with mild stain; some minor marginal waterstain to a few leaves of the second volume, otherwise a clean and wide-margined set.
First edition of the account of the scientific expedition to the equator sponsored by the Academie des Sciences. The French Academy sent out two expeditions in 1735, the purpose of which was to measure an arc of the meridian in order to settle a controversy over the shape of the earth. La Condamine, along with Bouger and… Read More

Paris: Courcier, 1806. With 5 folding engraved plates. Original wrappers, slightly torn around the edges, thick uncut copy in its original state, interior waterstained. Lacroix's signature on verso of title. Second edition. This important text was considered the best and most extensive work on this subject ever written. It was the catalyst to a mathematical revival in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century. When Babbage, Peacock, and Herschel formed the Analytical Society in 1812 in order to introduce English students to the vast storehouse of continental discoveries, one of their earliest undertakings was the translation of this work.

Genevae: Apvd Ioan. de Tovrnes, 1630. Encircled portrait of Lactantius to title, printer's device to colophon, decorated initials. Early calf, worn, hinges cracked, head and foot of spine chipped. Fly-leaf detached, English note to fly-leaf, two leaves of binder's waste from Greek-Latin dictionary. Includes excerpt from Hieronymus' (ie, Jerome's) De viris illustribus, Lactantius' works and translations into Latin of Lactantius' Greek works, plus Tornaesius' letter to the reader.

Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Errata on final text leaf. Contemporary marbled paste-paper boards.

Paris: La Veuve DeSaint, 1788. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary polished calf, spine with morocco label and gilt floriated compartmental designs, covers with gilt borders, gilt dentelles and marbled edges; a3 with small stain in paper, and other than some occasional soiling and browning, interior clean. From the library of H.C. Schumacher with his small ownership inscription dated 1810 on the verso of half-title.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece. Black publisher's cloth in original dust-jacket; top edges stained yellow. Some small chips and light soiling to dust-jacket, end-papers lightly spotted. First edition of this mystery/horror tale about a chemist and his bacteriologist protegé who unwittingly wreak havoc upon the public. Laing (1903-81), an American novelist and poet was also the author of the horror/mystery tale The cadaver of Gideon Wyck. A graduate of Dartmouth, he later there became an English professor as well as assistant librarian of the University Library. Laing also collaborated with Painter (? - ?) on The glass centipede.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Cloth-backed boards; fine in original dust-jacket. First edition of this important book on human feelings and emotions. "It is about the nature of our experiences, our ability to feel, our understanding and acceptance of what we feel. At the same time, it is a convincing argument against those who wish to control those feelings, to negate them, to deny them, even to outlaw them.".

New York: Pantheon Books, 1970. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Black publisher's cloth, title in blind to top cover. Fine in original dust-jacket. First issue of the first American edition. "Each chapter describes a different kind of relationship - - - the 'knots' of the title - - - bonds of love, dependency, uncertainty, jealousy." The title not only describes the content of the poems, but also the sometimes unusual form of the printing on each page. Laing (b. 1927) studied medicine at Glasgow University, practicing as a physician at the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital and serving as a psychiatrist in the British army before going into private practice.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original blue stiff printed wrappers; minor browning to interior. First American edition, which includes an introduction found only in this printing. This volume marks the author's first foray into the genre of the sonnet.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1971. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Publishers cloth, in original dust-jacket. First American edition. All but the first chapter consists of a series of revised talks that were given by Laing between 1967-68. Discussing the inter-workings of families, the first chapter was originally intended for psychoanalysts, the second to social workers, and the third to psychiatrists. The remaining chapters consist of five talks that were given on Canadian Radio.

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind, gilt on spine; an excellent copy all around. First edition. Laing recounts his travels through Sweden in 1838. This work caused controversy at the time of release due to the author's critical observations and writing, denouncing the union of Sweden and Norway as "a flagitious act" and describing the entire nation of Sweden as "the most immoral in Europe." The author's criticisms elicited strong responses from the Swedish people, most famously from Count Björnstjerna, the Swedish ambassador at the British court, who published a pamphlet publicly arguing against Laing and his claims. Laing (1812-1897) was a British writer, politician and chairman of the Brighton Railway. He represented the liberal Wick district in Parliament. Of particular interest was his later works on religion and science.

Paris: Andre Pralard, 1679. FIRST EDITION. Folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams throughout. Contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked. An excellent copy with the gilt stamp of the John Crerar Library on the front panel, bookplate of Patrick Hume on the title verso, inscription signed "Hume" on the flyleaf.

London; New York: Routledge & Sons; Dutton & Co, 1912. FIRST EDITION. With 16 full-page plates, text illustrations. Original publisher's cloth; author's inscription dated 1912 on the fly-leaf. PRESENTATION COPY. First edition. Telephoto lenses were introduced in 1891 by Steinheil and Dallmeyer. The outstanding feature of their discovery was large, clear pictures of distant objects. The present text is the first attempt to outline the theory and techniques of telephotography.

8vo. xxxiv, 304 pp. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial, and 1 folding engraved plate. Original wrappers, top of front wrapper torn away; minor spotting on preliminary and endleaves, otherwise an excellent unsophisticated copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. First edition of the author's fascinating treatise on lightning rods. Landriani treats not only practical matters of construction and use, but also incorporates a section on scientific theory, differentiating between natural and artificial electricity. He provides a detailed description of Franklin's experiments, and includes a catalogue of all known lightning rods installed in Europe. Landriani (1746-1815), physicist and inventor, was one of a small group of eighteenth-century Italian scientists who received government funds to travel for the purpose of investigating scientific advances in other countries. A number of letters from scientists such as Saussure and Toaldo, among others, are published here for the first time. Along… Read More

Caldwell, Ohio: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1939. FIRST EDITION. Orange patterned cloth. First edition.

London: Henry Frowde, 1842. SECOND EDITION. Frontispiece plus 15 plates, numerous text illustrations. Thin and flexible morocco, title in gilt on spine and cover, edges and corners worn, spine faded, aeg; interior very good. Second edition of a pioneering account on Egyptian culture. Lane (1801-1876), a British orientalist and translator, details customs of birth, marriage and death, religion, politics, and even magic, music and alchemy in Egypt, helping to perpetuate the image of a mysterious eastern culture. Completely immersing himself in Egyptian day-to-day activities, Lane is recognized for his accurate depiction of daily life, making this a distinctive work for its time. Lane is best known for his translation of One Thousand and One Nights.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Original red buckram, dust jacket in very good condition with minor edge wear and rubbing, book block beginning to come away from the spine. Internally perfect.

London: Richard Adams and John Wren, 1749. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. With 32 copper plates. Contemporary calf, morocco spine label; interior excellent. From the library of John Barton Winton with his small engraved bookplate.

Carlisle: Printed by George Philips, 1817. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Lacking the frontispiece, but with half-titles to each part present. Later quarter calf and marbled boards with red morocco spine label; interior browning with the occasional stain, marginal loss to upper corners of leaves M3, M4, and Z4, and a light damp stain affecting the last few signatures. First American edition (a reprint of the first English translation published in London, 1813-14). In 1803, Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern set out from Kronstadt, Russia on what would become the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. Langsdorff accompanied the expedition as a naturalist and physician, but parted ways with the crew in 1805 upon reaching Kamchatka - a peninsula in far eastern Russia - continuing on to explore the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. In 1806 he sailed from Sitka to the Spanish presidio at San Francisco. He provides detailed descriptions of the region (the original German edition of 1812 actually included a plate… Read More