Academie Royale des Sciences (France), Paris; MARTYN, John; CHAMBERS, Ephraim (translators).Biblio.com
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1742Best.-Nr. SS13441London:: Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . 1742-53. 1742. 5 volumes. 8vo. Vol.1: 4 x 11-456 16; Vol.2: 2 407 15 10; Vol.3: 2 422 16; Vol.4: 2 410 14 11-26; Vol.5: 2 426 14 pp. The first 10 pages of the "Addenda" are bound at the end of vol.2 pp.11-26 are bound at the end of vol.4. 44 of 45 engraved plates mostly folding I: 17; II: 6; III: 6; IV: 6; V: 9 of 10 plates pl. 10 supplied in facs. see p. 422 TOTAL: 44 2 folding tables vol. I tables some folding addenda indexes; 2nd wasp plate vol. V with small scrape effecting some of the image. Original speckled calf; rebacked and with later endleaves vols. I III & V with joints gently mended with kozo. PROVENANCE: Bookplates of Henry and Carol Faul mounted on top of the following engraved bookplate for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: "Sub libertate Florent" dated 1780 "The Gift of . . ." -- also with their gilt-stamp applied to the foot of the later spines "American Academy"; Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. Very good. HENRY FAUL'S COPY -- WORKED FOR ENRICO FERMI & BIKINI ATOLL TEST. A collection of early scientific papers from leading figures all belonging to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris the French equivalent to the Royal Society of London. The abridged papers all appeared between 1699 and 1720 and include diverse topics such as anatomy apiculture astronomy incl. Moon chemistry electricity entomology gases geography geology herpetology invertebrates magnetism medicine meteorology mineralogy monsters music mollusks natural history optics physics scientific instruments including the barometer microscope zoology and more. / AMONG THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS OR NOTABLES MENTIONED: Agricola Amontons Baert Juan de Barros Bernoulli Bignon Borelli Bouvet Robert Boyle Carre Cassini Chazelles Chevalier Coronelli Dampier Descartes Dodart Fermat Fontenay Fontenelle Galileo Gandolphe Gassendi Gesner Gouye Halley Van Helmont de la Hire du Hamel Huygens Jeaugeon Kepler Kircher Leibnitz Lemery Leuwenhoek Malpighi de Marca Mariotte Mollard Gregory Nazianzen Isaac Newton de Nointel Ortelius Parent Picard Renau Riccioli Sanctorius Strabo Tournefort Varignon etc. PROVENANCE: 1 American Academy of Arts & Sciences bookplate: The Academy seal features Minerva the goddess of wisdom science and trade and the arts. Her temple on the Aventine Hill was a meeting place for skilled craftsman writers and actors. She is also depicted as a warrior a symbol appropriate for an organization created in the midst of the American Revolution. Around Minerva are representations of the new country—on her right a field of Indian corn a stand of oaks and the outline of a town; at her feet a hoe a plow and a sickle; on her left a quadrant and a telescope a ship heading for shore and the sun completely risen above the cloud. Over the whole is the motto SUB LIBERTATE FLORENT which suggests that arts and sciences flourish best in. -- 2 Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. -- 3 Henry and Carol Faul. Henry Faul was a geologist working on Enrico Fermi's team at the University of Chicago. He was responsible for prospecting uranium ore in Colorado and Utah. He also travelled to Manhattan Project sites at Los Alamos and in Washington DC. Following the war Faul continued to work on nuclear projects and participated in the Bikini Atoll test. He received his M.S. from the University of Chicago during the war and went on to get his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ESTC T131275. Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . , 1742-53. unknown
2010Best.-Nr. SBS-9780754627531ASHGATE 2010. Hardcover. New. ASHGATE hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. SBS-9780754627531ASHGATE 2010. Hardcover. New. ASHGATE hardcover
Best.-Nr. 125591London Association of Scientific Workers July 1952. . 29-page mimeographed document string bound 25 x 20 cm; short pencilled note to leaf M.4 a little spotting primarily to the early and late leaves some creasing upper leaves torn through one of the punch holes very good condition. A rare mimeographed report on the effects of nuclear weapons produced by the Association of Scientific Workers a British trade union for members 'who have to speak write about or in any way concern themselves with the subject'. According to the introduction the union aimed to publish three volumes on nuclear issues the first on scientific and industrial concerns the second on military uses and the third on international control of weapons and substances but 'to date only vol. II is completed'. The contents provide detailed information about the different types of weapons their composition uses and effects and mitigation and civil defence strategies. Included are thermonuclear devices less than a year after the first example was detonated in Operation Greenhouse and what are now known as 'dirty bombs' weapons that are not fissile but can spread radioactive substances. It is likely that the Australian nuclear physicist and Manhattan project veteran Eric Burhop 1911-1980 was involved in the production of this document. Burhop was born and educated in Australia and completed his graduate training at Cambridge. After the war he 'took a teaching position at University College London. Since his days at Cambridge his politics had been somewhat radical. Burhop was also one of the many Manhattan Project veterans who became troubled by the proliferation of increasingly powerful nuclear weapons. He became the Chairman of the Atomic Science Committee of the Association of Scientific Workers in an effort to speak out in favor of global disarmament after the war' Atomic Heritage Foundation biography. London, Association of Scientific Workers, July 1952. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2083002115802307Nakasu old book publishing company N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 8 sheets 32 books Nakasu old book publishing company paperback
1865Best.-Nr. 036341London : Robert Hardwicke 1865. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 400 Pp 9 Color Plates Encompassing 75 Illustrations With Description On Facing Page Not Included In Book Pagination. First Printing 1865 Of This First And Only Edition Of This Work Prepared During The Author's Lifetime Although Reprinted In 1868 The First Posthumous Edition And Thereafter. The Author's Preface Provides The Author's Explanation Of The Many Revisions Additions And Deletions To His Previous Works. Three Quarter Green Morocco Brown Morocco Spine Label Gilt; Buff Endpapers.; 1865 Date On Title Page. All Edges With Publisher's Red Color. Wear Loss Of Paper On Edges Of Boards Pinpoint Frays At Tips But Binding Exceptionally Sturdy. Rare; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1865 Edition Only The 1868 And Later Editions. Sir William Jackson Hooker1785 - 12 August 1865 Was An English Systematic Botanist And Organiser And Botanical Illustrator. He Held The Post Of Regius Professor Of Botany At Glasgow University And Was Director Of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He Enjoyed The Friendship And Support Of Sir Joseph Banks For His Exploring Collecting And Organising Work. His Son Joseph Dalton Hooker Succeeded Him To The Directorship Of Kew Gardens. Robert Hardwicke hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. ZB445183Mdison: Democrat Printing Co. etc. 1892-1900. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Oct. 26 weekend SALE item volumes 8-13 complete volumes original paper wrappers untrimmed as issued some external wear and tears overall very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Mdison: Democrat Printing Co., etc. unknown
2006Best.-Nr. 2081502111907155Chishiki-san-ken 2006. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chishiki-san-ken paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 60368Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 110 pp. With 174 ills. 9 col. . 21 x 30 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1982. 0937318094 . Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences paperback
Best.-Nr. Z1-W-010-01421British Geological Survey. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. British Geological Survey unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-A-018-02736British Geological Survey. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. British Geological Survey unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-M-006-02322Stationery Office Books. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Stationery Office Books unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-Q-024-03372Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Cambridge University Press unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-078-00182National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-T-021-00946New York Academy of Sciences. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. New York Academy of Sciences unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-S-030-03134Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford University Press unknown
1807Best.-Nr. 135159Stockholm: Henrik A. Nordström 1807-08. First edition all published of the series of "Economic Annals" of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden. The work issued in monthly parts deals with economics in the sense of practical advice and findings applicable in agriculture and business in general. 8 vols octavo. 3 folding tables and 1 folding plate. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards flat spines ruled and decorated gilt red morocco labels yellow edges. Spine ends a little worn some slight surface wear and corners rubbed the February 1807 issue lacking 2 leaves pp. 87-90; in very good condition. hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 006910Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover
1842Best.-Nr. biblio642Paris: L.Curmer 1842-43. Very Good. 2 vols in 8 Rel demi-cuir plats percaline embosses dorures xxiv416p 664p Abondamment illustré de gravures sur acier et sur bois dont 33 planches aquarellées plans dépliants portraits taches de rousseurs clairsemées L.Curmer unknown
1990Best.-Nr. x-0422801801Routledge 1990. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 358 pages. 9.21x5.98x0.94 inches. Routledge hardcover
1832Best.-Nr. 036310London: Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 1832. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Seven Volumes Of 2Nd Edition So Stated In All Volumes Without Later Supplementary And Continuation Volumes. Vol. I Undated With 1832 Preface;Vol. Ii Dated 1835; Vol Iii Dated 1836; Vol. Iv Dated 1837; Volume V Dated 1838; Vol. Vi Dated 1839; Vol. Vii Dated 1840. All Volumes Contain A Mixture Of Plates With Single And Double Plate Numbers. Apparently First Printings Of Second Edition Of All Volumes; Text Reduced And Plates Omitted Which Represent Such Allied Species As May Be Readily Distinguished By The Descriptions From Those Figured. Quarter Green Diced Morocco Over Green Cloth With An Intricately And Deeply Blindstamped Floral Design. 9 1/8" Tall. All Bindings Worn; Old Repairs To Joints; Fraying At Tips And Corners Of Spine Chipping To Lower Spines Of Several Volumes; Contents Clean Slight Foxing To A Few Plates; Contemporary Ownership Signatures Of Jane ----- In Each Volume. Vol. I With Rear Board Detached. International Postage At Usps Insured Mail Rates. Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 55313St. Petersburg: Akademiia nauk 1841. Octavo 23.2 × 14.5 cm. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; VII 3 III 1 94 2 IV 79 5 III 1 22 pp. including numerous folding leaves containing charts and tables pagination of copies in Russian libraries usually given as 224 pp. which corresponds to our copy. Pictorial bookplate with illegible pencil name to front pastedown last part of the name: Rostovtsev; traces of old paper cover to corners of pastedowns and flyleaves; old Soviet bookstore stamp to rear pastedown; spine somewhat worn and discolored with fraying to lower spine; internally about very good save the occasional foxing. The introductory excerpt taken from an official protocol suggests that this volume of bylaws was issued in response to significantly changes at the printing shop of the Imperial Academy of Sciences which was originally founded in 1729. An increasingly complex infrastructure faster presses and greater demand required careful training of new employees and greater standardization of processes. By 1841 the Academy was able to print books and periodicals in 120 languages while also issuing various internal bulletins and publications. The year 1841 also saw the transformation of the Russian Academy into the Imperial Academy of Sciences further necessitating greater codification. The first section contains the printing shop's statutes describing its tasks main tools and methods duties of employees rules for keeping accounts dispensing materials security measures the processing of printing orders and proper storage of type among many others. Supplements include charts with information such as a personnel directory ranks and dresscode for workers as well as detailed prices for typesetting and printing orders. This is followed by a separate section of bylaws for the Foundry itself followed by charts containing information such as the required number of type characters for Russian French and German sorted by letter number and weight. Further included are various blank forms for use in keeping accounts personnel records tracking orders and creating reports. A fine-grained glimpse into the workings of an important Russian publisher and foundry in the first half of the nineteenth century as well as a window into bureaucratic and administrative habits at the time. Among the works published by the printing house of the Academy were such milestones in Russian scholarship as Mikhail Lomonosov's "Rossiiskaia grammatika" 1755 Aleksandr Sumarokov's "Trudoliubivaia pchela" the "Sankt-Peterburgskie vedomosti" and various dictionaries and scientific journals. Specimens of available typefaces were published several times in the second half of the nineteenth century such as in 1765 1870 and 1874. Adariukov also lists a specimen issued in 1841 consisting of 43 pp. He refers to all typography-related publications by the Academy as being of the greatest rarity. No copies traced at past auctions either in the West or in Russia. As of September 2025 no copies located via KVK OCLC. unknown
Best.-Nr. 18077FIRST EDITIONS. Publisher’s cloth many covered in protective brown paper. From the library of Robert S. Mullikan 1896-1986 winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize for chemistry. He was primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital method of computing the structure of molecules. His signature appears in Volumes 29-39. First printings. The biographical memoirs include a photograph and short biography of recently-deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences. Columbia University Press printed the Memoirs on behalf of the Academy through 1974; thereafter the Academy’s own press in Washington began publishing the books. Biographies of all members that passed away are included; we find such luminaries as Enrico Fermi Thomas Hunt Morgan Robert Andrew Millikan Leo Loeb William Castle Arthur Compton Robert Yerkes Herbert Hoover Leo Szilard Edwin Hubble Ernest Lawrence Herbert Evans Herbert Spencer Jennings Harlow Shapley Vannevar Bush and even Albert Einstein. All were members of the Academy. unknown
1994Best.-Nr. 2091202133206631Kadokawashoten 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 books in total Kadokawashoten paperback
1999Best.-Nr. mon0000068217Films for the Humanities & Scien 1999-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-Library. VHS. Films for the Humanities & Scien unknown
