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Amsterdam,: Johannes Loots,, (1710).. [iv, blank], [viii], 114, [vi], [iv, blank] pp. Small 8vo. (10,5 x 16,5 cm.) 19th century marbled boards (worn), uncut. With 26 folding engraved plates. ¶ Bierens de Haan 4400. - Only edition of this uncommon work on the constructions of sundials. The author taught mathematics and astronomy at the Amsterdam Athenaeum. Fine copy of a work that rarely appears on the market. A number of leaves have annotations in the outer margin in a fine contemporary handwriting.

(Köln),: Parklan,, (1996).. xi, [iii], 322 pp. 4to (22,5 x 25,5 cm.). Original publisher's boards with coloured dust-jacket. With 16 coloured plates and numerous black & white illustrations. ¶ A very good copy.

Munn and Co.,: (New York),, 1935-1937.. 2 volumes: xii, 499; vi, 650 pp. 8vo (14,5 x 19,5 cm.). Original red publisher's cloth. With a large number of plates and text illustrations. ¶ A great American classic, written with contributions by numerous authorities. The first volume is in the 4th, completely revised and enlarged, edition, the second volume in the first edition.

Nottingham,: The Auction House,, 2002.. 40 pp. 4to (21 x 27 xm.). Original printed wrappers. With numerous illustrations of which some in colour. ¶ Sale catalogue of the auctionof 29 October 2002 at Mellors & Kirk.

Amsterdam,: Rodopi,, 1988.. [iv], 163, [i] pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With numerous illustrations. Being the thematic issue of: Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis der Geneeskunde, Natuurkunde, Wiskunde en Techniek, Vol. X, 4, 1987.

London,: Constable,, 1921.. xii, 335 pp. 8vo (15 x 22 cm.). Original cloth (slightly dust soiled and rubbed). With a frontispiece and 157 plates. ¶ The rare original edition of a valuable work, illustrating 313 kinds of scientific instruments. This book is not only a means of information and reference respecting scientific instruments of every description, but also exhibits the great variety of such instruments that were produced in Great Britain during the first decades of the 20th century. --(Last 30 leaves have some fainnt damp staining in the upper marging).

London,: Portman Books,, (1989).. [vi], 361 pp. 4to. Original cloth with dust jacket. With text illustrations and 142 figures on plates. Daumas' pioneer work and classic study (1955) of the development of scientific instruments, here translated, edited and brought up to date by Dr. Holbrook. A must for every scientific library. Our of print!