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Full titles continues. illustrated with above four hundres copper cutts curiously done from the life; and an explanation of their different names, places of growth, and countries from whence they are brought; the way to know the true from the false, their virtues, &c. A work of very great use and curiosity. Done into English from the originals. First edition in English, translated from the French "Histoire generale des drogues," (a General History of Drugs) first printed in 1694. Complete with 86 plates. Includes a dedication to Dr Sloane (physician to Her Majesty), a preface and advertisment for a forthcoming publication in Volume I, an account of authors quoted in the work, an index at the rear followed by a list of works from the same publisher in Volume II. With the bookplate of Prescott Pepper (c. 1709 - 1742) of Pepper Hall in South Cowton, North Yorkshire, to the front pastedown and Henry S. Harland to the recto of the ffep pp [16], 224 (68 plates); 225-419, [13], (18 plates), ESTC No. T113762. First English Edition. Bound in full contemporary tooled calf, with maroon morocco labels and gilt titles to the spine, five raised bands. Quarto In very good condition, hinges starting to crack however the binding remains strong, some loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine in Vol I and the head of Vol II, corners rubbed, pages overall very clean, discreet ownership signatures to title page of both Vol I and II, tape repairs to pp. 136/7 and plate 49 which is torn to the middle, no loss, small hole in margin pp. 155/156, a few red pencil marks to the margins, some occasional toning to plates (one has some ink splashes).…

First Edition. 4to, pp.[iv], 144, '211' [recte213], [1, errata], with 19 folding copper-engraved plates; title printed in red and black; occasional light foxing, last leaf with small marginal loss to lower outer corner, one plate stained at head, else a fine copy; bound in contemporary Cambridge-panelled calf, gilt green morocco lettering-piece to spine, edges speckled red; skilfully recornered and rebacked to style, extremities slightly rubbed; housed in a cloth box with gilt morocco lettering-piece to spine; small ink stamp 'R.H.Inglis' to title verso, modern bookplate of Jean Michel Cantacuzène to front pastedown.First edition of Newton's Opticks, 'which did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis', and 'expounds Newton's corpuscular or emission theory of light, and first contains his important optical discoveries in a collected form' (Babson), also discussing rainbows and Newton's Rings. The work is unusual in being issued almost entirely in English rather than Latin, and in contrast with his Principia mathematica reads more as a record of experiments and the conclusions drawn from them. Newton specifies in his Advertisement that 'I have here Published what I think proper to come abroad, wishing that it may not be Translated into another Language without my Consent'; 'My design in this book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments' (p.1). Newton explains the composition of colours, using prismatic experiments; discusses rainbows and the effect of light upon colour; and also calculates the varying wavelengths of different colours. The work concludes with a set of 'Queries', startling speculations on the nature of matter which had a profound influence on eighteenth-century and later thought. The two final mathematical tracts on curvilinear figures in Latin, published here for the first time, expressly assert Newton's priority over Leibniz in his third major contribution to science, the invention of calculus. Provenance: 1. Ink stamp of 'R.H.Inglis', likely the Conservative politician Sir Robert Harry Inglis (17861855), MP for Dundalk, Ripon, and Oxford University. 2. Christie's, London, 20 November 1992, lot 198, to Jean Michel Cantacuzène. Babson 132; PMM 172; Wallis 174. For a discussion of the development of Newton's optical work, see Shapiro, 'The evolving structure of Newton's theory of white light and color', in Isis 71 (1980), pp.21135. Language: English.…

First edition. THE VERY RARE FIRST ISSUE WITH THE 'MISSING TANQUAM' . First Latin edition of the Opticks, the extremely rare first issue with Ss1 in its original state (cancelled in almost all copies). Of Newton's three greatest contributions to science - his theory of gravity, his theories of light and colour, and the invention of calculus - the first was published for the first time in the Principia (1687), and the other two in the Opticks (1704), "one of the supreme productions of the human mind" (Andrade). "Newton's Opticks did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis" (Babson, p. 66)."One of the supreme productions of the human mind" (Andrade), "All previous philosophers and mathematicians had been sure that white light is pure and simple, regarding colors as modifications or qualifications of the white. Newton showed that the opposite is true . Natural white light, far from being simple, is a compound of many pure elementary colors which can be separated and recombined at will" (PMM). The Optice contains translations not only of the Opticks itself but also of the two appended mathematical tracts, Tractatus de quadratura curvarum and Enumeratio linearum tertii ordinis. The former is Newton's first publication of his method of fluxions, or calculus, which he developed in terms of 'prime and ultimate ratios', an early version of the theory of limits; it includes the first published statement of the general binomial theorem and of 'Taylor's theorem' on series expansions. The real importance of this Latin edition is the seven new 'Queries' it contains: "The Queries contain some of Newton's most influential and speculative writing" (Gjertsen, p. 519). The purpose of the original 16 queries in the Opticks was principally to compensate for the many years' delay between the writing of Opticks and its publication, during which many discoveries had been made (by Newton and others). Each of the new Queries, with one exception, is longer than the original 16 taken together. "In the new Queries, Newton expressed fundamental views on the nature of light, on the nature of bodies, on the relation of God to the physical universe, and on the presence in nature of a whole range of forces which furnish the activity necessary for the operation of the world and for its permanence. At the last moment, he dared even a bit more, and inserted three further speculative passages in the Addenda to the volume. The new Queries were the most informative of the speculations that Newton ever published." (Westfall, p. 644). "Th[is] edition is known in two states. In query 20 Newton had written of space: 'Annon spatium universuum, sensorium est entis incorporei, viventis, et intelligentis?' (Is not infinite space the sensorium of a Being incorporeal, living and intelligent?). It must have struck Newton that to call space 'the sensorium of God', without any qualification, was too bold a claim. Consequently, he chose to substitute for page 315 a cancel in which he spoke of infinite space ('spatio infinito'), as 'tanquam sensorio suo' (which is as it were his sensorium). He failed, however, to modify the whole edition and copies with the missing tanquam been found in the Babson collection, the Bodleian library, and [Cambridge University Library]. But worse, from Newton's point of view, an uncancelled copy found its way to Leibniz, who lost no time in accusing Newton of claiming that space is an organ of God" (Gjertsen, p. 413). Some of the other added Queries contain remarkably prescient speculations. Query 23 "was an extended version of the speculations on forces that Newton had once planned to insert in the Principia. Heavily, indeed overwhelmingly, chemical in content, it was arguably the most advanced product of seventeenth-century chemistry" (Westfall, p. 644). "In a remarkable paragraph [in Query 22, pp. 320-321] which did not survive into subsequent English editions he compared the force of attraction in proportion to size in particles of light and gross bodies by comparing velocities and radii of curvature of rays of light and projectiles. He concluded that the force of attraction in particles of light is more powerful by a factor of 1015, that is, the short-range forces are immensely more powerful than gravity" (ibid., p. 646). "Newton wrote most of the Opticks between 1687 and early 1692. He wrote Book I, Parts I and II, expounding his new theory of light and colour, in 1687. He then appears to have set aside the Opticks for about three years, but by the late summer or autumn of 1691, he had considered it - at least for a few months - to be complete. It is most likely that he carried out new research and wrote the remainder of the Opticks - that is, Books II and III - in the winter or spring of 1692, or perhaps six months earlier. At some time between late August 1691 and late February 1692, Newton decided to revise the draft significantly. After this effort he brought it close to its published form except for the brief last book on diffraction [which Newton called 'inflexion'] and the queries which were not prepared for publication until shortly before publication in 1704. "The composition of Book II in 1690 or 1691 at first went very quickly. Newton made so few changes in the text that he was able to mark up the manuscript of the ['Discourse of] Observations' from 1675 for his amanuensis to copy for the Opticks. This formed Parts I and II and much of Part III . After revising the 'Observations', Newton was confronted with a decision on how to end his book. At first he planned to follow this material with a new fourth book or part on diffraction, but he was also toying with the idea of a speculative 'Fourth Book'. Newton soon reined in his more speculative tendencies and turned to more empirical optical investigations. He continued experiments on diffraction and also discovered an entirely new phenomenon: coloured rings produced in transparent thick plates. By the autumn.…

First issue of the second edition, the first in its definitive expanded form, of one of the earliest botanical classifications, written by the famous English botanist John Ray (1627-1705), the great pre-Linnaean pioneer of classification. "The father of British botany", he first published his floral classification in 1682 as Methodus plantarum nova, but the definitive enlarged form of his systematic classification first appeared in the present second edition of 1703 with a revised title.Ray had completed this new edition by 1698, when he wrote to Dr. Sloane, "as to my methodus emendata it lies by me finished, and ready for the press, but I believe will hardley ever be printed. No bookseller will undertake it." This edition, a great improvement on that of 1682, might never have been published but for the kindness of the professor of botany in Leiden, Dr. Peter Hotton, who arranged for 1100 copies to be printed there, so that he might see it through the press. The printers finished their task in 1703.Although printed in Leiden and published in Amsterdam, the imprint on the title-page gives a false London imprint, though also indicating it was sold by Janssonius van Waesberge in Amsterdam. This was done against the author's wishes by the Waesberges who thought it would be to their advantage. Ray showed his gratitude to Dr. Hotton by dedicating the work to him. The frontispiece shows a portrait of the author engraved by Abraham de Blois after a painting by William Faithorne.The folding table and quire M slightly browned, but otherwise in very good condition.l Henrey 317 (7 copies); Stafleu & Cowan 8700 ed. 2, 1st issue (6 copies); STCN (2 copies); not in Hunt; Johnston. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With an integral engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and an inserted letterpress hierarchical table (folded up at the foot). Pages: [35], [1 blank], 202, [26] pp.…

1st Edition. "2 volumes, 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 inches). Engraved frontispiece folding maps: "A New Map of North America" and "A New Map of the Island of Barbados;" and five further maps of "A New Map of Newfoundland," "New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pensilvania &c.," "A New Map of Virginia, and Maryland," "Carolina, A Map of ye Island of Bermudos," "The Island of St. Christopher's," and "A New Map of the Island of Jamaica" by Herman Moll (one or two short marginal tears, some occasional browning). Contemporary speckled paneled calf, spine decorated in gilt (rebacked to style, inner hinges strengthened). Modern quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Hugh Campbell, Third Earl of Loudoun on the front paste-down of each volume; Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher on the front free endpaper of volume one; Charles J. Tanenbaum (Collection of American Cartography). "Mr. Dockwra and Dr. Cox were both so kind as to inform him fully of the Jerseys, and Mr. Pen did him the Same Favour for Pensylvania" (Preface). First edition. Oldmixon was a prolific political writer of poesy, and mainly English history. This work gives a separate accounts of the history and economy of each British American colony, and includes Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New England, and all the colonies to Georgia, Hudson's Bay, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the West Indies. In his Preface he credits many influential contemporary sources: "the History of New-England, publish'd by Cot. Mather, furnished him with what events he has mention'd relating to that Colony.When he wrote of New-York, he corrected the mistakes which others had led him into, by better information from Capt. Congreve, who has had a command in the regular forces there several years. Mr. Dockwra and Dr. Cox were both so kind as to inform him fully of the Jerseys, and Mr. Pen did him the Same Favour for Pensylvania; those three Gentlemen doing him the honour to admit him to their friendship. (Oldmixon - Preface). Herman Moll, who created the beautiful maps for Oldmixon's account, emigrated to London from Germany in about 1675. By 1678 he is recorded as working for the map-maker Moses Pitt as an engraver and frequenting famous Jonathan's Coffee House, where he mingled with the likes of Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, the buccaneers William Dampier and Woodes Rogers, John Oldmixon, Thomas Salmon, Samuel Simpson, and for all of whom he made maps to accompany their works."Moll first gained notice in London in the late 1670s as a fine engraver working for map publishers such as Moses Pitt, Sir Jonas Moore, the royal hydrographer Greenville Collins, John Adair, [Jeremiah] Seller and [Charles] Price, and others. What can be identified as his two earliest maps-'America' and 'Europe' respectively-and bearing the imprint 'H. Mol schulp.' appeared in Moore's 'A New Systeme of the Mathematicks Containing a New Geography' in 1681 Moll worked increasingly independently. He published his first solo volume, the now rare 'Atlas Thesaurus' in 1695, and in 1701, by which time he worked completely on his own, he published his first major work, 'A System of Geography' [as here], an informative global geography with a full complement of crisp, straightforward maps that sold initially for 18s. a copy. Although relatively traditional and derivative, it helped to establish him as an independent geographer-cartographer: "Moll's reputation rests upon a long and extremely fertile career of almost sixty years that yielded a diverse offering of over two dozen geographies, atlases, and histories and a myriad of individual maps, charts, and globes, spanning the known earth. Through his many works, he had also had an impact beyond geography and cartography on his adopted country and its future by graphically staunchly advocating early British expansion and empire" (Dennis Reinhartz for DNB). Howes O61; Kress 2597; Sabin 57157.".…

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