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	HALES (STEPHEN): Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750. The Second Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox, 1750. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [3] - 24 [24 blank], disbound; lacks half-title. Hales (1677–1761), politely and circumspectly notes that the "Religious View" of Earthquakes having been considered by the Bishop of London in "...his excellent letter..." he will now venture to "...give a short account of what seems to me a probable natural cause of them." The Bishop of London, Thomas Sherlock, had of course, in his celebrated Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on Occasion of the Late Earthquakes, taken advantage of the earthquake as an occasion to denounce looseness and immorality. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 6156 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HILL (ABRAHAM): Familiar Letters Which passed between Abraham Hill, Esq. Fellow and Treasurer of the Royal Society...and Several eminent and ingenious Persons of the last Century. Transcribed from the original Letters. London: Printed for W. Johnston..., 1767. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Tall 8vo, 210 x 125 mms., pp. [iv], xxxii, 241 [242 blank], including half-title, pages .46, 48 and 127 mis-numbered 6, 84 and 125 respectively, recently rebound by Period Binders of Bath in quarter calf, morocco label, marbled boards; ex-library, with small library stamp on verso of title-page and on last page of text, but a very good copy with a clean text, and two later autographs in pencil on title-page. Hill 1635-1722), secretary of the Royal Society, was a great friend of the the scientist and polymath Robert Hooke (1635 - 1722). He was probably one of the best administrators of his time, collecting and collating information, arranging meetings, and organizing documents. The editor of these letters was Thomas Astle. The letters are both gossipy and factual; for example, writing to John Brooke on 16 My, 1663, he notes that woman condemned to death in Essex for being a witch had been reprieved by a judge; while "a lad, disguised in woman's apparel, was, at twenty-eight years of age, married to a dying man, and has ever since kept a widow's estate from the right owner, and became a midwife of much practice among the neighbours; nay, besides this, was the father of many children, and not discovered, till some little time ago he died." Has life in Essex changed much? GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 6754 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	RUMFORD (SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON), COUNT OF: Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical. The Third Edition. [Volume 1]. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies..., 1797, 1798, [?1802]. 3 volumes in 2. 8vo, pp. [viii], 464; [vi], 496; iv, 191 [192 blank, 193 - 194 adverts], 6 engraved plates in volume 1, 12 engraved plates (including one folding) in volume 2, 13 engraved plates in third volume, recently recased in modern grey boards, black lettering to spine. There is no title-page as such for the third volume, which begins on a1r with the Advertisement. It is not clear that this is volume 3 until the drop-title for Essay X (On the Construction of Kitchen Fire-Places) on B1r, where the lower running volume number is "Vol. III." The volume probably wasn't issued with the first edition of volume 2 without a title-page, but it would probably have been a singleton. In any case the volumes as they are contain the first ten essays of a collection that eventually reached four volumes. The tenth essay is in two parts and comprises 191 pages. Rumford's topics are wide-ranging including g essays on the poor, on food, on chimneys and fire-places, on fuel and heat, and on kitchens. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 4634 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	SAUSSURE (HORACE-BENEDICT DE): Essais sur l'Hygrometrie. I. Essai. Description d'un nouvel Hygrometre comparable. II. Essai. Theorie de l'hygrometrie. III. Essai. Theorie de l'evaporation. IV. Essai. Application des theories precdentes a quelques phenomenes de la meteorologie. A Neuchatel, Chez Samuel Fauche..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xxiv, 367 [368 blank], including half-title, engraved vignette on first page of text, two engraved plates (one folding) at end, original boards (somewhat worn), some spotting and water-staining, front hinge splitting. Saussure (1740 - 1799) began research for this work several years before he was able to publish it. The first two essays describe forms of hair hygrometer (to measure humidity), which he invented; the technology is still in use. The third essay deals with evaporation, and the last with the results of his experiments in the first three essays. Baron Cuvier regarded these essays as one of the greatest scientific contributions of the 18th century. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 1097 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.

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	HALES (STEPHEN): Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750. The Second Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox, 1750. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [3] - 24 [24 blank], disbound; lacks half-title. Hales (1677–1761), politely and circumspectly notes that the "Religious View" of Earthquakes having been considered by the Bishop of London in "...his excellent letter..." he will now venture to "...give a short account of what seems to me a probable natural cause of them." The Bishop of London, Thomas Sherlock, had of course, in his celebrated Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on Occasion of the Late Earthquakes, taken advantage of the earthquake as an occasion to denounce looseness and immorality. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 6156 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HILL (ABRAHAM): Familiar Letters Which passed between Abraham Hill, Esq. Fellow and Treasurer of the Royal Society...and Several eminent and ingenious Persons of the last Century. Transcribed from the original Letters. London: Printed for W. Johnston..., 1767. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Tall 8vo, 210 x 125 mms., pp. [iv], xxxii, 241 [242 blank], including half-title, pages .46, 48 and 127 mis-numbered 6, 84 and 125 respectively, recently rebound by Period Binders of Bath in quarter calf, morocco label, marbled boards; ex-library, with small library stamp on verso of title-page and on last page of text, but a very good copy with a clean text, and two later autographs in pencil on title-page. Hill 1635-1722), secretary of the Royal Society, was a great friend of the the scientist and polymath Robert Hooke (1635 - 1722). He was probably one of the best administrators of his time, collecting and collating information, arranging meetings, and organizing documents. The editor of these letters was Thomas Astle. The letters are both gossipy and factual; for example, writing to John Brooke on 16 My, 1663, he notes that woman condemned to death in Essex for being a witch had been reprieved by a judge; while "a lad, disguised in woman's apparel, was, at twenty-eight years of age, married to a dying man, and has ever since kept a widow's estate from the right owner, and became a midwife of much practice among the neighbours; nay, besides this, was the father of many children, and not discovered, till some little time ago he died." Has life in Essex changed much? GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 6754 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	RUMFORD (SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON), COUNT OF: Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical. The Third Edition. [Volume 1]. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies..., 1797, 1798, [?1802]. 3 volumes in 2. 8vo, pp. [viii], 464; [vi], 496; iv, 191 [192 blank, 193 - 194 adverts], 6 engraved plates in volume 1, 12 engraved plates (including one folding) in volume 2, 13 engraved plates in third volume, recently recased in modern grey boards, black lettering to spine. There is no title-page as such for the third volume, which begins on a1r with the Advertisement. It is not clear that this is volume 3 until the drop-title for Essay X (On the Construction of Kitchen Fire-Places) on B1r, where the lower running volume number is "Vol. III." The volume probably wasn't issued with the first edition of volume 2 without a title-page, but it would probably have been a singleton. In any case the volumes as they are contain the first ten essays of a collection that eventually reached four volumes. The tenth essay is in two parts and comprises 191 pages. Rumford's topics are wide-ranging including g essays on the poor, on food, on chimneys and fire-places, on fuel and heat, and on kitchens. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 4634 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	SAUSSURE (HORACE-BENEDICT DE): Essais sur l'Hygrometrie. I. Essai. Description d'un nouvel Hygrometre comparable. II. Essai. Theorie de l'hygrometrie. III. Essai. Theorie de l'evaporation. IV. Essai. Application des theories precdentes a quelques phenomenes de la meteorologie. A Neuchatel, Chez Samuel Fauche..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xxiv, 367 [368 blank], including half-title, engraved vignette on first page of text, two engraved plates (one folding) at end, original boards (somewhat worn), some spotting and water-staining, front hinge splitting. Saussure (1740 - 1799) began research for this work several years before he was able to publish it. The first two essays describe forms of hair hygrometer (to measure humidity), which he invented; the technology is still in use. The third essay deals with evaporation, and the last with the results of his experiments in the first three essays. Baron Cuvier regarded these essays as one of the greatest scientific contributions of the 18th century. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 1097 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.