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LA HIRE, Philippe de (1640-1718). Gnomoniques; or, The art of drawing sun-dials on all sorts of planes by different methods ... rendered into English by John Leek. London: for Rich. Northcott, 1685.
8 (154 x 95mm). 5 folding engraved diagrams. (Title slightly soiled and with small repair at lower corner.) Contemporary sheep, red speckled edges (spine splitting at head). Provenance: Trotter of Mortonhall (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. First published in Paris, 1682, as La Gnomonique. Wing L181A.
[John DOLEMAN]. Campanalogia Improved; or, The art of ringing made easy ... second edition. London: printed for G[eorge] S[awbridge] and sold by Henry Green, 1705. 8 (144 x 90mm). Full page engraving on verso of N7. With final advertisement leaf. (Some gatherings browned.) Contemporary sheep (scuff marks, chipping to lower cover). Provenance: 'Cost F[ive] pence & penny at A. L. Henderson's auction -- Jan. 1713' (inscription on front free endpaper); Trotter of Mortonhall (armorial bookplate). A reissue of the 1702 edition with a new title page. The dedicatory epistle is signed J. D., C. M., J. D. being John Doleman. A1 is not present in this copy, nor in the two copies in the British Library, which suggests it is not called for. (2)
8 (154 x 95mm). 5 folding engraved diagrams. (Title slightly soiled and with small repair at lower corner.) Contemporary sheep, red speckled edges (spine splitting at head). Provenance: Trotter of Mortonhall (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. First published in Paris, 1682, as La Gnomonique. Wing L181A.
[John DOLEMAN]. Campanalogia Improved; or, The art of ringing made easy ... second edition. London: printed for G[eorge] S[awbridge] and sold by Henry Green, 1705. 8 (144 x 90mm). Full page engraving on verso of N7. With final advertisement leaf. (Some gatherings browned.) Contemporary sheep (scuff marks, chipping to lower cover). Provenance: 'Cost F[ive] pence & penny at A. L. Henderson's auction -- Jan. 1713' (inscription on front free endpaper); Trotter of Mortonhall (armorial bookplate). A reissue of the 1702 edition with a new title page. The dedicatory epistle is signed J. D., C. M., J. D. being John Doleman. A1 is not present in this copy, nor in the two copies in the British Library, which suggests it is not called for. (2)