SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS -- A 123 leaf manuscript notebook in French on the use of scientific instruments and the principles of fortification, c. 1750, 2° (some leaves detached, possibly lacking title), old calf (boards detached, spine lacking) Provenance: Lord Verney (bookplate); Bibl. Halliwell. Nr. 11 (shelf mark and stamp); together with an 80 leaf manuscript in Latin, headed "Additiones ad Elementa Matheseos Wolfii Arithmetica," c. 1680, 4°; the manuscript copy of an edict by Charles Emanuel of Savoy, Turin, 1733, 2°, 2 leaves, in Italian, regarding the regulation of sales and making of drugs; a manuscript treatise on arithmetic by Giovane Marino, Venice, 1803, small 2°, 44 leaves, in Italian; 13 Russian military patents on vellum, all signed by state officials, dated St. Petersburg, 1734-92; and 4 literary manuscripts, one of a work by Francesco Guerazzi. (a lot)