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| Foscarini, Paolo Antonio (1580-1616) | 1 |
| Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) | 1 |
| Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680 | 1 |
| Hales, Stephen (1677-1761) | 1 |
| Harris, John (1667?-1719) | 1 |
| Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) | 1 |
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| Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm | 1 |
Martini Lister, é S.R. Lond. De fontibus medicatis Angliae : exercitatio nova, & prior
Lister, Martin (1638?-1712)
1684
Errata: p. 104 (second count). The second edition of Exercitatio prior, which is placed first in the volume, and the first of Exercitatio nova. The latter has separate pagination and signatures, and...
Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum : in quo ejus novVs verVs & sVpreMVs VsVs inDICatVr
Ward, Samuel (1577-1640); Ward, Samuel (1572-1643)
1639
Chronogram in title is intended for 1637, date of the first edition. The plate is an emblematic engraved half-title, reading "Magnetica Magnalia". Dedication signed by the author: S. Ward. (He is ...
The discourse made before the Royal Society : concerning the use of duplicate proportion... together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions
Petty, Sir William (1623-1687)
1674
Imprimatur dated "Thursday Decem. 10. 1674" and signed "Brounckek [sic], P.R.S." [i.e. William Brouncker, 2nd viscount Brouncker], on A1 verso.
Ephemeri vita: or The natural history and anatomy of the ephemeron, a fly that lives but five hours
Swammerdam, Jan (1637-1680); Tyson, Edward (1650-1708)
1681
The first English translation. Tyson states in his Preface that the Contmeplations are omitted in this translation, which was undertaken by a person of his acquaintance. Edited by E. Tyson.
An account of some new microscopical discoveries : founded on an examination of the calamary... also observations on the Farina faecundans of plants ... . Dedicated to the Royal Society
Needham, John Turberville (1713-1781)
1745
Edition statement from DNB v. xiv, p. 158. Dedication signed T.N [sic; Turbeville Needham]. The B.M. catalogue lists "another copy with a new titlepage bearing the author's name", also dated 1745 ...
Remarks on some late papers, relating to the universal deluge: and to the natural history of the earth
Harris, John (1667?-1719)
1697
A defence of John Woodward's "Essay toward a natural history of the earth" against certain attacks, especially in "Two essays sent in a letter from Oxford to a nobleman in London" by L.P. Signatures...
Historia fluxionum : sive Tractatus originem & progressum peregregiae istius methodi brevissimo compendio (et quasi synopticè) exhibens
Raphson, Joseph (1715); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von (1646-1716)
1715
Second issue of the first edition, with pp. 97-123 (sigs. Cc-Ii) added. These pages give the correspondence between Newton and Leibniz and their friends, in 1715 and 1716, along with other material be...
The plus ultra reduced to a non plus: or, a specimen of some animadversions upon the Plus ultra of Mr. Glanvill, wherein sundry errors of some virtuosi are discovered, the credit of the Aristotelians in part re-advanced
Stubbe, Henry (1632-1676)
1670
Pp. 115-116, and 178-179 repeated in pagination. First leaf blank; 3 signed a2. An additional title-page, "A specimen of some animadversions", 1670, precedes the text proper. In this issue, Coga...
A complete history of drugs
Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699); Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699); Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1656-1708); Lémery, Nicolas (1645-1715)
1748
Title in red and black; plates engraved throughout. "Pomet's general history of drugs": 202 p. at end. Preface signed John Hill.
An account of some experiments and observations on tar-water : wherein is shown the quantity of tar that is therein. Which was read before the Royal Society
Hales, Stephen (1677-1761); Reid, Andrew
1747
Signatures: [A]¹ B-D⁴ E³ F-K⁴ L². "A letter to the Reverend Dr. Hales,... By A. Reid Esq;" p.[31]-74, has separate title-page with same imprint, but the pagination is continuous.
Mathematical collections and translations : the first tome. In two parts
Salusbury, Thomas; Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); Lopez de Zuñiga, Diego; Foscarini, Paolo Antonio (1580-1616); Castelli, Benedetto (1643); Corsini, Ottavio (1592-1642)
1661
Collation: pt. 1: 8 p. l., 503, [24] p.; pt. 2: 7 p. l., 118, [5] p. Half-title: Mathematical collections and translations: in two tomes. The work was published in two volumes, 1661-65. It is rare...