THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS. by DARWIN, Charles.: - 1882

London, J. Wilcox, 1721.. 2 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1721. Title continued: By which is perform'd most propositions in Astronomy; as, the altitude, azimuth, right ascension and declination of the sun, &c. also his rising and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other conclusions exemplified at large. To which is added THE USE OF NEPEIRS BONES 1685, In multiplication, division and extraction of roots; also the nocturnal, the ring-dyal, and Gunter's line... Collected and digested into this portable volume for the use of young practitioners. SECOND EDITIONS, 1721 (actually a reissue of the first edition of 1685 with a cancel title page). THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPEIRS BONES, title page dated 1685, second edition. London, printed by T[homas]. B[raddyll]. for H[annah]. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, first published 1667, 2 works bound together. Small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 75 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, a folding plate to each volume,… Read More

London, printed for & sold by Edward Ryland, at No 67 in the Old Bailey, no date, (1790).. Title continued: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved. Price 1s Plain, 2s Coloured. Edition not known, circa 1790, 16mo in eights, approximately 120 x 90 mm, 4¾ x 3¾ inches, LACKS 2 COLOUR PLATES, Nos 9 (School Boys correcting their Master) and 27 (Old Women ground Young) hand coloured facsmiles inserted (see images), AND LAST LEAF OF TEXT FOR PLATE 31 (D8, 63/64), facsimile inserted for page 63 but lacking final page 64. Hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette, unnumbered hand coloured plate facing Introduction, the rest numbered 1-31, pages: (2 - title page, verso blank), ii (2 page verse introduction), (3)-62 numbered on versos only, collation: pi1, A-D8 (-D8), verse text, quarter brown roan, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, endpapers inscribed by 2 early owners (1802) and 1 20th cent., lacking rear endpaper, light creasing to… Read More

London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY, author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar" seeking information for this work. 2 volumes, complete set, 8vo approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, 2 frontispieces, portrait and Great Armilary Sphere, extra pictorial title pages, text printed red and black and dated 1874, 16 maps, 6 folding, 14 full page plates, 3 folding, 2 in colour and 1 heightened in gilt, 35 full page text illustrations, approximately 78 text illustrations of various sizes, pages: Volume 1, xl, [ii], 1-139 (Introduction), followed by Additional Corrigenda (1 tipped in slip), 1-444; Volume 2, xxi, [ii], 1-606 including index, bound in full vellum (probably a presentation binding), gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt pictorial covers with coat of arms of Marco Polo, gilt cross to all pastedowns, all… Read More

London, W. Bent, 1787.. Small section of the Universal Magazine (no title page) 1787 including 3 pages on early Australia with summary of plans for the convict settlement at Botany Bay, also several mentions of Captain Cook, pages 137-139. Slim 8vo, approximately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved portrait of Jonas Hanway and engraved folding chart of New Holland dated 1787, pages: 113-168, nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (their name in gilt at the foot of first pastedown), in half calf, gilt lettering and rules to spine, marbled boards with dividing gilt rules, new cream endpapers. Lacks original wrappers, printing on page 137 a little pale, but all text legible, pale age-browning, 2 small neat edge repairs, otherwise a very good copy. One article outlining early Dutch discoveries and the landfalls of William Dampier before Captain Cook's survey of the east coast. The folding chart is based on Fielding's map of 1786, though the 3 page article is short it details early Dutch discoveries… Read More

En Suisse, chez les Libraires Associés, 1780.. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION 1780, 2 volumes bound together in 1 volume. Text in French. Thick 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, 3 folding plates at the end of each volume, bound in half roan over speckled boards, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules between raised bands, blue speckled edges, pages: [2], 1-344; [2], 1-364, patchy fading to spine, covers rubbed with some loss to surface, spine pasted down, slight minor pale browning to 3 plates, endpapers age-browned, ink name and number to first pastedown, occasional small spot otherwise text clean, good tight copy. Guillaume Le Gentil was born in Coutances and intended to enter the church before turning to astronomy. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus). On his voyage to observe the transit of Venus he had many… Read More

London, J. Wilcox, 1721.. 2 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1721. Title continued: By which is perform'd most propositions in Astronomy; as, the altitude, azimuth, right ascension and declination of the sun, &c. also his rising and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other conclusions exemplified at large. To which is added THE USE OF NEPEIRS BONES 1685, In multiplication, division and extraction of roots; also the nocturnal, the ring-dyal, and Gunter's line... Collected and digested into this portable volume for the use of young practitioners. SECOND EDITIONS, 1721 (actually a reissue of the first edition of 1685 with a cancel title page). THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPEIRS BONES, title page dated 1685, second edition. London, printed by T[homas]. B[raddyll]. for H[annah]. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, first published 1667, 2 works bound together. Small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 75 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, a folding plate to each volume,… Read More

London, printed for & sold by Edward Ryland, at No 67 in the Old Bailey, no date, (1790).. Title continued: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved. Price 1s Plain, 2s Coloured. Edition not known, circa 1790, 16mo in eights, approximately 120 x 90 mm, 4¾ x 3¾ inches, LACKS 2 COLOUR PLATES, Nos 9 (School Boys correcting their Master) and 27 (Old Women ground Young) hand coloured facsmiles inserted (see images), AND LAST LEAF OF TEXT FOR PLATE 31 (D8, 63/64), facsimile inserted for page 63 but lacking final page 64. Hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette, unnumbered hand coloured plate facing Introduction, the rest numbered 1-31, pages: (2 - title page, verso blank), ii (2 page verse introduction), (3)-62 numbered on versos only, collation: pi1, A-D8 (-D8), verse text, quarter brown roan, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, endpapers inscribed by 2 early owners (1802) and 1 20th cent., lacking rear endpaper, light creasing to… Read More

London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY, author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar" seeking information for this work. 2 volumes, complete set, 8vo approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, 2 frontispieces, portrait and Great Armilary Sphere, extra pictorial title pages, text printed red and black and dated 1874, 16 maps, 6 folding, 14 full page plates, 3 folding, 2 in colour and 1 heightened in gilt, 35 full page text illustrations, approximately 78 text illustrations of various sizes, pages: Volume 1, xl, [ii], 1-139 (Introduction), followed by Additional Corrigenda (1 tipped in slip), 1-444; Volume 2, xxi, [ii], 1-606 including index, bound in full vellum (probably a presentation binding), gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt pictorial covers with coat of arms of Marco Polo, gilt cross to all pastedowns, all… Read More

London, W. Bent, 1787.. Small section of the Universal Magazine (no title page) 1787 including 3 pages on early Australia with summary of plans for the convict settlement at Botany Bay, also several mentions of Captain Cook, pages 137-139. Slim 8vo, approximately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved portrait of Jonas Hanway and engraved folding chart of New Holland dated 1787, pages: 113-168, nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (their name in gilt at the foot of first pastedown), in half calf, gilt lettering and rules to spine, marbled boards with dividing gilt rules, new cream endpapers. Lacks original wrappers, printing on page 137 a little pale, but all text legible, pale age-browning, 2 small neat edge repairs, otherwise a very good copy. One article outlining early Dutch discoveries and the landfalls of William Dampier before Captain Cook's survey of the east coast. The folding chart is based on Fielding's map of 1786, though the 3 page article is short it details early Dutch discoveries… Read More

En Suisse, chez les Libraires Associés, 1780.. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION 1780, 2 volumes bound together in 1 volume. Text in French. Thick 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, 3 folding plates at the end of each volume, bound in half roan over speckled boards, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules between raised bands, blue speckled edges, pages: [2], 1-344; [2], 1-364, patchy fading to spine, covers rubbed with some loss to surface, spine pasted down, slight minor pale browning to 3 plates, endpapers age-browned, ink name and number to first pastedown, occasional small spot otherwise text clean, good tight copy. Guillaume Le Gentil was born in Coutances and intended to enter the church before turning to astronomy. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus). On his voyage to observe the transit of Venus he had many… Read More