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Ephemerides Astronomicae Anni 1793. Ad Meridianum Vindobonensem jussu Augustissimi A Maximiliano Hell, Astronomo Caes.Regio Universit. Et Francisco de Paula Triesnecker Adjuncto Astronomiae Caes. Regio Calculatae Cum Appendice Continente...

HELL, Maximilian (1720 - 1792) . · 1792

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

Viennae [ Vienna, Switzerland] : Typis et sumpti. Joan. Thom. Nob. De Trattnern, Caes. Reg. Maj. Aulae Typographi Et Bibliopolae, MDCCXCII. [ 1792 ] . 0 Annual astronomical tables for the meridian of Vienna, printed in 1792 for the upcoming year of 1793. Later full leather bin...

An Introduction to Astronomy. in a series of letters, from a preceptor to his pupil. in which the most useful and interesting parts of the science are clearly and familiarly explained... The Eighth Edition, corrected and greatly improved

BONNYCASTLE, JOHN ( 1751-1821 ) - · 1822

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London: Printed for J. Nunn; Cadell and Davies ; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ; John Richardson ; J. Mawman ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; T. Hamilton ; G. and W. B. Whittaker ; John Robinson ; and Simpkin and Marshall , 1822 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo....

English Physitian Enlarged : With Three Hundred Sixty, and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until now: the epistle will inform you how to know this impression from any other....

CULPEPER, NICHOLAS (1616-1654) - · 1656

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London: Printed by Peter Cole, at the sign of the printing-press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1656 . 0. A defective copy of this scarce book. 8vo. 6.5" x 4.2" x 1.0". [20pp.]/pp.368/p.372/p.377-378/p.389-392. Errors in paging: p. 174 misnumbered as 284; p. 175 as 285; ...

Evolution and Creation.

MCMULLIN, ERNAN. (EDITOR).535 · 1985

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985. 0268009171. 1st edition. Anthology Essaya "written from a variety of perspctives in science, theology, and pphilosophy, they combine to form a powerful argument in favor of the compatibility of evolution and creation a...

The Earth Beneath the Sea.

SHEPARD, FRANCIS P. · 1960

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. 2nd printing. 72% of the Earth\'s surface lies beneath the sea. "What do we know of the submarine mountain ranges taller than the Himalayas or of submarine trenches deeper than the Grand Canyon? Francis P Shepard of Scripps Institution of...

A History Of Inventions, Discoveries, And Origins. By John Beckmann... Translated from the German, by William Johnston. Fourth Edition.

BECKMANN, JOHANN, 1739-1811; JOHNSTON, WILLIAM - TRANSLATOR; GRIFFITH, J. W. (JOHN WILLIAM) - EDITOR ; FRANCIS, WILLIAM, 1817-1904] - EDITOR. · 1846

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1846 . 0. A very good two volume set in full leather prize bindings for The Rugby School. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 1.2". Tan calf with gilt school crest; "Rugby School" to front board. Each spine withfive raised bands, gilt decorate...

A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New. In Two Volumes. By The Rev E. Blomfield .

BLOMFIELD, REV. E. [ REVEREND EZEKIEL BLOMFIELD 1778–1818 ] . · 1807

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Bungay [ Suffolk ]: Printed And Published By C. Brightly And T. Kinnersley, 1807. 0. A very good two volume set in original matching flame calf bindings. Illustrated with 39 full-page engravings; one table, and 22 maps. 4to. 10.0" x 9.0" x 2.5". Hinges and corners carefully st...

Mars And Its Canals By Percival Lowell, A.B., LL.D.

LOWELL, PERCIVAL (1855-1916) - · 1906

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

New York : Macmillan Company 1906 . 0. A very good tight binding. First Edition. 8vo. pp.xv./[1p.]/pp.393/[2pp. - Adverts] . Well illustrated with frontis and a further 15 pages of plates (one double), as well as numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Green cl...

Method of Studying Physick Containing what a physician ought to know in relation to the nature of bodies... Written in Latin by the learned Hermann Boerhaave, Now Professor of Physick in the University of Leyden. Translated into English by Mr. Samber

BOERHAAVE, HERMAN (1668-1738) / SAMBER, ROBERT (1633-1729) - TRANSLATOR · 1719

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London : Printed by H. P. for C. Rivington .. B. Creake .. and J. Sackfield, MDCCXIX [ 1719 ] . 0. A very good full leather binding. First English edition. 8vo.[44pp.]/pp.331/[32pp.] . Contemporary brown calf boards, rebacked at some time in the past, preserving the original l...

Viscometry.

MERRINGTON, A.C. · 1949

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1949. 1st edition. "The phenomenon of viscosity is of interest to research workers in many fields; to physists, chemists, engineers, fuel technologists, the medical profession - to rheologists, in fact." Pp.142, 60 figure illustrations, slight tonin...

Out of the Silent Planet.

LEWIS, C.S. · 1951

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: John Lane, 1951. 5th printing. Science fiction novel. While on a walking tour, the philologist Elwin Ransom is drugged and taken on board a spacecraft bound for a planet called Malacandra.. Pp.182, owner's name "Mrs Douglas Fairbanks"[Jr]" [Mary Lee Epling?] to front f...

Antique Brass Field Microscope with slides , lenses and box.

J. H. STEWARD BRASS BARREL MICROSCOPE. · 1869

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London: J. H. Steward, 406 - 66, Strand, 54, Cornhill, c. 1869 . 0. Small brass barrel microspoe 18cm, extending to 23cm. The box measures: 20.5cm x 6.8cm x 6cm. Containing 4 lenses and 5 original glass slides. This vintage J.H. Steward Brass Barrel microscope is a unique piec...

God and the Universe (signed).

GIBSON, ARTHUR. · 2000

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Routledge, 2000. 0415236665. 1st edition. "Incisive interpretations of the latest scientific theories of the origins of the universe with an unrivalled understanding of their philosophical and religious implications. In tackling head on the highly charged issue of God'...

The Story Of The Heavens By Sir Robert Ball...With Twenty-Four Coloured Plates And Numerous Illustrations. New And Revised Edition.

BALL, ROBERT SIR (ROBERT STAWELL BALL 1840-1913) · 1905

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Paris New York & Melbourne: Cassell And Company, Limited, MCMV [1905] . 0. A very good original blue cloth binding. 8vo. 9.2" x 6.5" x 1.7" . pp.xii / pp.568 /[2 pp.]/pp.8 - Adverts . Light blue title and illustration to front board and gilt titles to spine. Edges ligh...

The Antiquity of Man By Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised. Illustrated By Woodcuts .

LYELL, SIR CHARLES ( 1797-1875 ) . · 1863

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1863 . 0. Second edition, revised (including Appendix). 8vo. 9.0" x 5.75" x 1.75". pp.xvi./pp.528 . A very good green cloth binding with bright gilt titles to spine and gilt geological motif to front. Name and date to front free endpaper...

Creative Evolution.

BERGSON, HENRI. · 1912

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London: Macmillan and Co,Ltd, 1912. 3rd impression. Authorized translation by Arthur Mitchell. Chapters: I.The Evolution of Life - Mechanism and Teleology; II.The Divergent Directions of the Evolution of Life - Torpor, Intelligence, Instinct; III.On the Meaning of Life - The O...

A History of Platinum. From the Earliest Times to the Eighteen-Eighties.

MCDONALD, DONALD. · 1960

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Johnson Matthey & Co. Ltd, 1960. 0. 1st edition. Pp.254, occasional black & white illustrations. Light blue cloth, silver titles to front and spine, dustwrapper has darkening to spine. VG/VG. A heavy book (approx.3lbs) which may require extra for sending overseas).

God and the Web of Creation.

PAGE, RUTH. · 1996

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: SCM, 1996. 0334026539. 1st ed. "Central to Dr Page's book is the view that there is too much anthropocentricity in doctrines of the creation, so that the world of nature is too often seen as it relates to human beings and not in its own right. She argues that a rethink...

Eco-Theology.

DEANE-DRUMMOND, CELIA. · 2008

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2008. 9780232526165. 1st edition. "Concern for the environment has developed and intensified over the last few decades to the point where it now dominates much of our contemporary political landscape and culture. The rise of religious environmen...

The Theology of Food. Eating and the Eucharist.

MONTOYA, ANGEL F. MENDEZ. · 2009

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Wilet-Blackwell, 2009. 9781405189675. Illuminations: Theory and Religion series. "This book takes seriously the idea that food matters and that eating and many of its aspects - table-fellowship, culinary traditions, the relationship between tasting and knowing, and the aesthet...