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	Rare book: Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum; A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Honorable Robert Boyle. 1692 The Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum; A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Honorable Robert Boyle; at St. Martins in the Fields, January 7, 1692. London, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1692. Octavo, pp. half title, ruled title, 40. The work is complete and in a late 19th century ornately gilt tooled black calf with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean, owners book plate on end sheet, text is clean. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS. PRICE: $800.00
	Rare book: Rush, Benjamin; An Eulogium, intended to Perpetuate the Memory of David Rittenhouse, Late President of the American Philosophical Society Rush, Benjamin; An Eulogium, intended to Perpetuate the Memory of David Rittenhouse, Late President of the American Philosophical Society, Delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church in High Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec., 1796. Philadelphia, Ormrod & Conrad, 1796. Octavo, pp. 46, vignette tail piece. The work is complete and in a full calf with decorative gilt covers and gilt titles. The binding is tight and pristine. toning to title page, text very clean. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS PRICE: $400.00
	Rare Book: Webster, Noah; A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, 1806 Webster, Noah; A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language; in Which, Five Thousand Words Are Added to the Number Found in the Best English Compends; the Orthography Is, in Some Instances, Corrected; the Pronunciation Marked by an Accent or Other Suitable Direction; and the Definitions of Many Words Amended and Improved; to Which Are Added for the Benefit of the Merchant, the Student, and the Traveller, I. Tables of the Moneys . , II. Tables of Weights and Measures . , III. Divisons of Time . , IV. An Official List of the Post-Offices in the United States . , V. The Number of Inhabitants in the United States, with the Amount of Exports, IV [i.e., VI]. New and Interesting Chronological Tables of Remarkable Events and Discoveries. First edition. Sydney's Press for Hudson & Goodwin,, Hartford.....(CT):, 1806.  Octavo, pp. xxiii, (1), 408 pp. This rare work is complete and in the original calf with gilt titles. The binding is tight, titles are bright, scuffing to boards. Text is lightly toned. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS PRICE: $2,500.00
	Rare Botany work: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer; Agrostographia sive Graminum, Juncorum, Cyperorum, Cyperoidum, iisque affinium Historia. 1719 Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob; Agrostographia sive Graminum, Juncorum, Cyperorum, Cyperoidum, iisque affinium Historia. Tiguri (Zurich), Typis & Sumptibus Bodmeriania, 1719. Quarto, pp. title in red and black, 40, 512, 24, 8 folded and 11 unfolded plates of grains and grasses. The first edition of a rare work in a 19th century calf over marbled boards with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean with light scuffing to boards. Penciled notations on end sheet indicating 1st edition state and pagination, light foxing to first text leaves and last plates. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS PRICE: $1,500.00
	Rare California Gold Rush Book: Lawson B. Patterson; Twelve Years in the Mines of California Patterson, Lawson, B.; Twelve Years in the Mines of California; Embracing a general View of the Gold Region, with Practical Observations on Hill, Placer, and Quartz Diggings; and Notes on the origin of Gold Deposits. Cambridge, 1862. octavo, pp. 110. The book is complete and in the original embossed dark brown cloth with gilt stamped cover title. The binding is tight with spine expertly re-backed to match. Originally from the library of noted American mining geologist Rossiter Raymond with his initials and presented to the AIME by Alfred Raymond with AIME book plate on paste down. The text is very clean. A very nice association copy. Patterson arrived in California in July 1849, and for the next twelve years worked his diggings near Georgetown, in El Dorado County. In addition to describing the gold region, Patterson provides a narrative of his own experiences. Much of the book contains information on the gold region, conditions found and advice to new miners. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $650.00
	Rare chemistry book by Robert Dossie; Les Secrets et les Fraudes de la Chymie et de la Pharmacie Modernes Devoiles Dossie, Robert; Les Secrets et les Fraudes de la Chymie et de la Pharmacie Modernes Devoiles....A la Hate, chez Pierre Gosse Junior, Paris, 1759. Octavo, pp. xii, 370, 10 (index). The text is in full calf with gilt spine titles and panels and red text block edges. Outer hinge wear and corner wear has been nicely restored. Toning to end sheets, title and first and last pages. Over all in very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $550.00
	Rare Chemistry book, James Parkinson, The Chemical Pocket-Book; or Memoranda Chemica Parkinson, James; The Chemical Pocket-Book; or Memoranda Chemica . . . . embellished with Copperplates. First American edition, Philadelphia, 1802. Octavo, pp. xii, 215, engraved frontispiece of Guyton laboratory and folded plate of Woodhouse laboratory. The work is complete and in a contemporary tree calf with red/gold spine title. The binding is tight with light scuffing to boards. Book plate on paste down of Barnes Woodhouse, light foxing to text, moderate to end sheets. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $320.00
	Rare Chemistry Book, Robert Hare; Course of Chemical Instruction, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1828 Hare, Robert; A Compendium of a Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. 1st edition, Philadelphia, J. G. Auner, 1828. Quarto, pp. xix, 310, numerous text woodcuts, some full page, Appendix, pp. 46, woodcuts, some full page. The work is complete and in the original full calf with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight with scuffing to the boards, Auner's original bookseller plate on front paste down. The text has light to moderate toning and a water stain to the outer margin of the first and last pages with stain being more severe in the last pages of the appendix. Lower outer corner of page 121 torn away with lose of some text words in last few lines. This book was obviously put to use by a student. In good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS. PRICE: $700.00

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