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	Rare Mining Book, Macnamara Russell, Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania with maps Russell, Macnamara; Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania...with numerous photographic and other views, plans sections, etc.  London, Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, E.C., 1896. Quarto, pp. x, 174, frontispiece view of Mount Lyell, 16 other views, maps and profiles with four folded and in rear pocket. Lacks one folded map which is plate 17. The work is in the original green cloth with gilt cover titles. Binding is tight with scuffing and soiling to covers. Owners stamp on upper title page margin, text is clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $1,100.00
	Rare Science Book by Plinius Secondi (Pliny), Gasius; Plinii Secundi divinu m opus cui titulus, Historia mundi. 1525 Plinii Secundus, Casius (Pliny); Ioannes Frobenius lectori S. D. En damus C. Plinii Secundi divinum opus cui titulus, Historia mundi, multo quam antehac unquam prodijt emanulatius: idq[ue] primum ex annotationibus eruditorum hominum, praesortim Hermolai Barbari: deinde ex collatione exemplariorum. quae hactenus opera doctorum nobix quam fieri potuit emendatissime sunt excusa: postremo ex fide uetustissimorum codicum, ex quibus non pauca restituimus, quae alioque nemo, quamlibet eruditus uel deprehendit, uel deprehendere poterat. Absit inuidia dicto. Vicimus superiores omneis. Si quis hanc palmam nobis eripuerit, non illi quide[m] inuidebimus, sed studijs publicis gratulabimur. Bene uale lector, & fruere Agathe tyche. Additus est index, in quo nihil desideres. Basileae: apud Io. Frobenium, Mense Martie, An. M. D. XXV.[1525]. Folio, pp. 36, 671, 143, printer's device on the title page; verso of p. 671, title page of the index; verso of the final leaf. The work is complete and in a beautiful contemporary full calf with gilt ruled edges, gilt armorial seal on cover, gilt titles, 7 gilt spine panels and gilt text block edges. Light archival restoration to binding edges. The text is very clean with early small penned notes to margins of some pages. Over all in very good condition. PRICE: $8,200.00
	Rare Science book by Robert Plot; The Natural History of Oxfordshire. Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England. Plot, Robert.; The Natural History of Oxfordshire. Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England. 1st edition, 1st issue (authors initials only on title page). Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford, and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, 1677. Small folio, pp. 12, 366, 9, 16 plates and engraved folded map, large engraved devise on title page and engraved arms and initial in dedication of Charles II. The 16 engraved plates are by Micahel Burghers. Each plate has a dedication within an elaborate cartouche addressed to the owner of the land where the illustrated specimens were found. The work is complete and is the first issue with the first initials of Robert Plots name shown on the title page. His full name was shown in the subsequent printings. The work is in the original paneled boards with a later matching calf spine and gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean. Toning to end sheets and some text margins, early penned signature on verso of title page with some bleeding through of ink. Over all in very good condition. PRICE: $3,200.00
	Rare science book by Scaliger, Julius Caesar: Exotericarvm exercitationvm liber qvintvs decimvs, de svbtilitate, ad Hieronymvm Cardanvm. Scaliger, Julius Caesar: Exotericarvm exercitationvm liber qvintvs decimvs, de svbtilitate, ad Hieronymvm Cardanvm.. In extremo duo sunt indices: prior breuiusculus, continens sententias nobiliores: alter opulentissimus, penč omnia complectens. Francofurti ,Apud Andreas Wechelus, 1576. Octavo, pp. 16, 1130, 90, printers vignette last leaf, numerous scientific woodcuts in text. PRICE: $3,700.00
	Rare science book by Silliman, Benjamin; Elements of Chemistry, 1st edition, 1830-1831. Silliman, Benjamin; Elements of Chemistry in the Order of the Lectures Given in Yale College. 1st edition, 2 volumes, New Haven, Hezekiah Howe, 1830-1831. Vol. 1, pp. vi, 518, numerous text illustrations. Volume 2, pp. vii, errata, 696, 3 plates, numerous text illustrations, 48 page appendix with analysis of minerals and mineral waters, 12 page index. PRICE: $1,250.00
	Rare Science Book by Vannuccio-Biringucci; De La Pirotechnia. 1558. Biringucci, Vannuccio; De La Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, Nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di esse: e di quanto s'appartiene all'arte della fusione over getto de metalli, e d'ogni altra cosa a questa somigliante. Venetia, 1558 ( 1559 in coloph.) Octavo, pp. 356 (paginated 1 side only, page 288 incorrectly numbered), text illustrated. PRICE: $4,500.00
	Rare Science Book by Walter Gualteri; (Charleton); Exercitationes de Differentii & Nominbus Animalium. Quibus Accedunt Mantissa Anatomica et quaedam de variis Fossilium Generibus..Oxford: At the Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. Gualteri; (Charleton), Walter; Exercitationes de Differentii & Nominbus Animalium. Quibus Accedunt Mantissa Anatomica et quaedam de variis Fossilium Generibus..Oxford: At the Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. Small folio, pp. xx, 120, 107, 78, 19, with title page vignette, and engraved text illustrations. PRICE: $1,300.00
	Rare Science Book by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger; (editor) Naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Gesammelt und Durch Subcription Herausgegeben Haidinger. Erster-Vierter Band, (all published) Wien, 1847-1851. Haidinger, Wilhelm Karl von; (editor) Naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Gesammelt und Durch Subcription Herausgegeben Haidinger. Erster-Vierter Band, (all published) Wien, 1847-1851. PRICE: $2,000.00

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