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Item #68823 Methodus Inveniendi Lineas Curvas Maximi Minimive proprietate gaudentes. Leonhard EULER

EULER, Leonhard.

Methodus Inveniendi Lineas Curvas Maximi Minimive proprietate gaudentes. sive Solutio Problematis Isoperimetrici Latissimo Sensu Accepti.

Lausanne & Geneva: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios. 1744. Full Description: EULER, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive Solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios., 1744. First edition of Euler’s most valuable contribution to mathematics, in which he developed the concept.....

Price: $7,500.00

Item #68310 The Jewel House of Art and Nature. Sir Hugh PLAT

PLAT, Sir Hugh.

The Jewel House of Art and Nature. : Containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with Sundry New Experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With Divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and uses thereof...Wherunto is added. A Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, Gums, and Resins; with the Vertues and use thereof.

London: Printed by Elzabeth Alsop, 1653. Containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with Sundry New Experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With Divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and uses thereof...Wherunto is added. A Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, Gums, and.....

Price: $7,500.00

Item #68978 Essays on Physiognomy. Johann Caspar LAVATER

LAVATER, Johann Caspar. BLAKE, William.

Essays on Physiognomy. Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the supervision of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.

London: Printed for John Murray... 1789. . Essays on Physiognomy. Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the supervision of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry.....

Price: $3,750.00

Item #68969 Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History. Charles DARWIN

DARWIN, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History. of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836.

London: Henry Colburn, 1839. Full Description: DARWIN, Charles. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition, second issue, and the first separate edition of.....

Price: $15,000.00

EINSTEIN, Albert.

Autograph Letter Signed.

Berlin, 1924. Berlin: 1924. Full Description: EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph Letter Signed. [Berlin]: 9. IX [September] 1924. Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to Mr. Zeisler. One quarto page (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm). Manuscript letter on recto, verso blank. With one horizontal center crease and one vertical.....

Price: $7,500.00

EINSTEIN, Albert.

Autograph Letter Signed.

Leiden, 1921. Leiden: 1921. Full Description: EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph Letter Signed. Leiden: 13. XI [November] 1921. Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to Mr. Zeisler. One octavo page (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 134 mm). Manuscript letter on recto, verso blank. With one horizontal center crease as expected.....

Price: $8,500.00

Item #68948 Is Mars Habitable? Alfred Russel WALLACE

WALLACE, Alfred Russel.

Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's Book "Mars and its Canals," With An Alternative Explanation,

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. Full Description: WALLACE, Alfred Russel. Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's Book "Mars and its Canals," With An Alternative Explanation, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. First Edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 133 mm). xii.....

Price: $1,250.00

MURRAY, Francis J.

Theory of Mathematical Machines.

New York: King's Crown Press (Columbia University), 1947. Full Description: MURRAY, Francis J.. The Theory of Mathematical Machines. New York: King's Crown Press (Columbia University), 1947. First edition, first printing with no indication of a later printing. Octavo (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm). vii, [1, blank].....

Price: $1,000.00

Item #68940 Digital Computer Simulation:. George S. FISHMAN

FISHMAN, George S.

Digital Computer Simulation:. Input-Output Analysis.

Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, 1968. Full Description: FISHMAN, George S. Digital Computer Simulation: Input-Output Analysis. Prepared for: United States Air Force Project Rand. Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, 1968. Octavo (10 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches; 276 x 213 mm). vii, [1, blank], 25, [3, blank] pp.....

Price: $500.00

Item #68935 On Infinite Direct Products. John VON NEUMANN

VON NEUMANN, John.

On Infinite Direct Products. Offprint of Compositio Mathematica. Volume 6, Fasciculus 1.

Groninggen: P. Noordhoff, 1938. Full Description: VON NEUMANN, John. On Infinite Direct Products. Offprint of Compositio Mathematica. Volume 6, Fasciculus 1. Groninggen: P. Noordhoff, 1938. Offprint from Compositio Mathematica. Octavo (9 11/16 x 6 1/2 inches; 246 x 165 mm). 77, [1, advertisement] pp. Publisher's blue printed wrappers. Mild sunning.....

Price: $1,250.00

Item #68233 Schoole of Skil: Containing Two Bookes:. Thomas HILL

HILL, Thomas.

Schoole of Skil: Containing Two Bookes:. the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill.

London: Printed by T. Judson, for W. Jaggard, 1599. Full Description: HILL, Thomas. The Schoole of Skil: Containing Two Bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of.....

Price: $10,500.00