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TranslatedfromtheFrench.PrintedforC.Henderson,1764,FIRSTEDITIONinEnglish,uniformly slightlybrowned,afewspotsandstains,lastleaftornatupperinnercorner(causedbyadhesion offreeendpaper),pp.[iv],247,8vo,modernmarbledboards,stampofLynnFreePublicLibrary ontitle,accessionnumberininkonversowiththenote‘Auction,Leonard’s,June1879,’ accessionnumberrepeatedatheadoftext,afewnineteenth-centurypencilnotes,good(ESTC T86542,BLandTankernessHouseonlyintheUK,though9recordedintheUS) £1,800.00 AselectionfromAlembert’sMélangesdeLitérature,d’Histoire,etdePhilosophie,whichbeganin 1753,2vols.,andgrewto5volumesby1767.Herewehave:RemarksonTranslation,Discoursebefore theFrenchAcademy,ReflectionsonEloquence,andStyleingeneral,TheGovernmentofGeneva, TheAbuseofCriticisminReligion,TheAlliancebetwixtLearnedMen,andtheGreat,Reflexionson theUseandAbuseofPhilosophyinMattersthatareproperlyrelativetoTaste,MemoirsofChristina, QueenofSweden. Alembertischieflycelebratedasascientist,but‘the1750sweremorenoteworthyind’Alembert’slife forthedevelopmentofinterestsoutsidetherealmofmathematicsandphysics.Thoseinterestscameas aresultofhisinvolvementwiththeEncyclopédie’(DSB).OnthestrengthofhisDiscourpréliminaireto theEncyclopédiehewasadmittedtotheAcadémieFrançaise,anditwastothatbodythatmostofthese miscellaneouspieceswereaddressed. Theanonymouseditorbeginsbyremarkingthat‘amongthemanytriflingproductionswhicharedaily importedfromouringeniousrivalstheFrench,itissurprisingthatsuchanauthorasMr.D’Alembert shouldbealmostunknowninourlanguage.’HethengoesontotellusthattheEssayonTastewas translatedbyMr.Gerrard,thoseonGenevaandQueenChristinaby(helpfully)‘anothergentleman’: theremainderpresumablybyhimself.Thenineteenth-centuryannotatorhaswrittenattheheadofThe AbuseofCriticisminReligion,‘Averybadtranslation.’ TheEssayonGenevawashighlycontroversial,andcausedthesuspensionofthelicenceforthe Encyclopédie,andd’Alembert’sresignationaseditor. The word mélanges was apt 2. Alembert (Jean Le Rond d’) Mélangesdelittérature, d’histoire,etdephilosophie.Nouvelleedition,revue, corrigée&augmentéetrèsconsiderablementpar l’auteur.[Fivevolumes.]Leiden:thebrothersMurray, 1783,largefoldingtableinvol.i(Systèmefigurédes connaissanceshumaines),pp.[iv],VIII,407,[1];[iv], 478,[2];[iv],432;[iv],456;xx,531,12mo,contemporary speckledcalf,giltrulesoneithersideofraisedbands onspines,contrastingletteringpieces,initial‘C.V.K.’in giltonablackstripatfootofspines,rededged,alittle trivialdamagetotheleather,verygood(Nottingham onlyinCOPAC,Toronto,HamiltonCollegeonlyinNorth AmericaonWorldcat) £750.00 A scarceedition,publishedintheyearoftheauthor’sdeath,andanattractivecopy.‘Astimewenton, d’Alembert’spenwasincreasinglydevotedtonon-scientificsubjects...Hewroteandreadmanyessays beforetheAcadémie;thesebegantoappearinprintasearlyas1753.Inthatyearhepublishedtwo volumesofMélangese d littérature,d’histoire,etdephilosophie. Thefirsttwowerereprintedalongwith twomorein1759;afifthandlastvolumeappearedin1767.Thewordmélangeswasapt,forinthese volumeswereessaysonmusic,law,religion,histreatiseontheÉlémensdephilosophie,translations ofportionsofTactics,andotherassortedliteraryefforts.Theymakeanoddmixture...’(DSB). Butthe 1 blackwell rare books scientific contributionsarenotnegligible,includinganessayontheapplicationofprobabilitytheoryto thequestionofinnoculation,andanelegyofJeanBernoulli:plus,ofcourse,thepreliminarydiscourses totheEncyclopédie. TheMurraysofLeidenhaddealingswithJohnMurrayinLondon,buttherewasnofamilyconnection. 3. Alingham (William) AnEpitomeofGeometrycontainingthe principaltheoremsofEuclid’sfirst,third,fifth,sixth,eleventh andtwelfthbooks,withtheirusesandapplications,digestedin amethodfittobereadbyallsuchwhowould,inshorttime,laya foundationforthemostrequiredpartsofthemathematicks.Also Euclid’ssecondbookanddoctrineofproportion,algebraically demonstrated.Towhichisannexed,atreatiseofmeasuring superficiesandsolids...Ofgreatusetoallthatwouldfoundtheir mechanickpracticesontheunerringprinciplesofgeometry, Moreparticularlyforallengineers,gunners,marriners,gaugers, surveyors,measurers,artificers,&c.Printed forandSoldby ThomasShelmerdine...andbytheAuthor,1701,Secondorthird edition(first,as‘GeometryEpitomized’,1695),withnumerous woodcutdiagramsandillustrations,afewpagenumbersshavedat head,sporadicworming,mainlymarginalbutinfourgatherings affectingafewletters,oneortwoinkspots,pp. [xvi],288,small 8vo.,contemp. calf,rebackedwithnewfrontfreeendpaper,traces ofabookplateinsidefrontcover,eighteenth-centuryownership inscriptionatheadoftitleofJ.Body,withanoteofitspurchasein 1757,good (ThisissuenotinESTC) £700.00 Thesecondeditionwaspublishedbytheauthorin1700,andtherearetwoothereditions(orissues) bearingthedate1701recordedinESTC(eachinasinglecopyonly),butnotthisone,ofwhichhowever thereisacopyinWellcome;thesectionaltitlesaredated1700,withoutmentionofprinter. Alingham(fl.1694-1710)keptaschoolinChannel(nowCannon)Row,Westminster(nexttothe RummerTavern,whichhasanicheinliteraryhistory,foritwasherein1676thattheyoungMatthew PriorwasdiscoveredreadingHoracebytheEarlofDorset).Alinghamalsowroteonfortification, maps,andscientificinstruments:seeTaylor,MathematicalPractitioners482(Biographies)-thisbook notlistedamongWorks.Alleditionsarescarce,veryfewcopiesbeingrecordedinESTC. 4. Allen (William Fry) ATreatiseonanentirelyoriginalSystemofcultivatingCucumbers,Melons andSeaKale,forcingBroccoli,Potatoes,&c.&c.WithanAddresstotheGardenersofSuffolk.... Ipswich:. R Deck;soldalsobyLongman[etc.],[1834],pp. iv,28,8vo., [boundwith:] Weeden (John)ApracticalTreatiseontheGrowthofCucumbers.Uxbridge:BytheAuthor;sold alsobyMessrs.Longmans;Cosier(Uxbridge),[etc.],[1832],FIRSTEDITION,engravedfrontispiece andonelithographedplateofcucumbers(foxed),pp.vii,30, [and:] [Sinclair (George), (attributed to)]UsefulandOrnamentalPlanting.BaldwinandCradock, 1832,FIRSTEDITION,woodcutillustrations,pp.iv,151,(FussellIII,p.112;Perkins1580)contemp. greenhalfcalf,gilt,lackstitlelabeltobackstrip,slightlyrubbed,good £550.00 Thefirsttwoitemsinthisvolumearerare.Theauthorofthefirst,Allen,wasgardenertoRev.M.G. Edgar,RedHouse,Ipswich.ItisnotFussellorPerkins;OCLClocatestwocopies,attheMassachusetts HorticulturalSocietyandtheGuildhallLibrary,London. TheauthoroftheseconditemdescribeshimselfasgardenertoR.H.CoxEsq.,ofHillingdonHouse, Uxbridge(‘forupwardsoftwenty-oneyears’).NotinOCLC,norFussellnorPerkins. 2 ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS 5. Aristotle (pseud.) TheWorksofAristotle,thefamousphilosopher:infourparts,containing1. HisCompleteMasterPiece;displayingtheSecretsofNature,intheGenerationofMan.Towhich isadded,TheFamilyPhysician:beingapprovedRemediesforthevariousDistempersincident totheHumanBody.2.HisexperiencedMidwife:absolutelynecessaryforSurgeons,Midwives, NursesandChild-bearingWomen.3.HisBookofProblems;containingvariousQuestions& Answers,relativetotheStateofMan’sBody.4.HisLastLegacy:unfoldingtheSecretsofNature, respectingtheGenerationofMan.NewandImprovedEdition.Printed forMiller,Law,andCater, [c.1820],8woodcutillustrationsinthetext,occasionalslightspottingorstaining,pp.317,[1], 12mo.,originalsheep,abitworn,especiallythespine,upperjointcracked,lackinglettering piece,good £375.00 Alleditionsofthis‘Aristotle’tendtoberare,andheavilyused,sothatthisisquiteagoodcopy.An editionforMiller,Law,andCater,withanaddedengravedtitle-page,isconjecturedbyESTCas1795. COPACrecordsthreecopiesofthepresentedition(nocopyintheBL),withconjectureddatesbetween 1810and1821. 6. [Armengaud (Jacques-Eugène and Charles) and Le Blanc (V.)] TheEngineerandMachinist’s Drawing-Book:ACompleteCourseofInstructionforthePracticalEngineer:comprisingLinear Drawing,Projections,EccentricCurves,theVariousFormsofGearing,ReciprocatingMachinery, SketchingandDrawingfromtheMachine,ProjectionofShadow,TintingandColouring,and