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Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788) | 129 |
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1716-1799) | 81 |
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie | 81 |
Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon | 73 |
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Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert (1720-1785) | 72 |
Murray, Sir John (1841-1914) | 52 |
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Science, early
Books and journals dating from the 16th century onwards, covering many different aspects of the sciences. The subjects covered range from general works on the major types of science, such as chemistry...
Bird miscellanies : illustrative of the habits and the faculties of birds
Rennie, James (1787-1867)
1847
De mineralibus et rebus metallicis libri quinque
Albertus Magnus, Saint (1193?-1280)
1569
Includes index.
Querelae & opprobria ventriculi, sive, Prosopopoiia ejusdem naturalia sua sibi vendicantis & abusus tam diaeteticos, quam pharmaceuticos perstringentis
Swalve, Bernhard (1625-1680)
1664
Added, engraved t.p., illustrated, with title: Ventriculi querelae et opprobria.
The naturall and experimental history of winds, &c
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Gentilis, Robert (1590-1654)
1653
Originally intended to form a part of the author's Instauratio magna, a work which was not completed. Cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue, new ed. With 16-page publisher's list of 140 books at end. R. G. is ...
Institutiones chimicæ prodromæ, id est, Joannis Joachimi Becheri... Oedipus chimicus obscuriorum terminorum & principiorum chimicorum, mysteria aperiens & resolvens : Opusculum, omnibus medicinæ & chimiæ studiosis, lectu perquam utile & necessarium
Becher, Johann Joachim (1635-1682)
1664
"There were two editions of this book in 1664, one of which appeared at Amsterdam and the other one at Frankfurt... It may be supposed that the Frankfurt edition is the original and the Amsterdam edit...
Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for renewing and purchasing the leases of cathedral-churches and colleges : according to the several rates of interest : with their construction and use explained. Also tables for renewing and purchasing the leases of land or houses, very necessary and useful for all purchasers, but especially those who are in any way concerned in church or college leases. To which is added, The value of church and college leases consider'd, and the advantage to the lessees made very apparent
Mabbut, George; Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Manningham, Thomas Bishop of Chichester (1651?-1722)
1742
Attributed to George Mabbut in NUC pre-1956. Erroneously attributed to Sir Isaac Newton.
Thesaurus Evonymi Philiatri de remediis secretis : liber physicus, medicus, & partim etia[m] chymicus, & oeconomicus in vinorum diversi saporis apparatu, medicis & pharmacopolis omnibus praecipuè necessarius. Quem praeter haec quae antea prelo commissa fuere, quàm plurimis fornacum figuris & auximus, & illustravimus
Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565)
1557
Evonymus Philiatrus is a pseudonym of Konrad Gesner.
D. Alexii Pedemontani De secretis libri sex mira quadam varietate referti
Alessio Piemontese; Wecker, Johann Jacob (1528-1586); Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565)
1561
Pagination irregular.
Opuscule tres-eccellent, de la vraye philosophie naturelle des metaulx : traictant de l'augmentation & parfection d'iceulx, avec advertissement d'eviter les folles despéces qui se font ordinairement par faulte de vraye science
Zacaire, Denis (1510-1556); Bernard, of Trevisan
1568
For the work here ascribed to Bernardus Trevirensis (or Trevisanus), cf. Lynn Thorndike, A history of magic and experimental science, v. 3 (1934) p. 619.
Unversehenes Praecipitatum dess ost-indischen Mercurii : oder aller irrgehenden Philosophen, und des Goldmachenden-Steins begierigen Alchymisten plötzlicher Tod
Keysers, Johan of Breda; Scheffer, Matthias
1681
"M. S." is Matthias Scheffer.