[INSTRUMENTS]. -- CASATI, Paolo. Fabrica et uso del compasso di proportione. Bologna, 1685. 8o. Woodcut on title, 4 folding plates, woodcuts in text. Contemporary vellum. Later enlarged edition. -- MOTTE, Andrew. A Treatise of the Mechanical Powers, wherein the Laws of Motion, and the Properties of those Powers are explained and demonstrated... London: Benjamin Motte, 1733. 8o. 3 engraved plates, illustrations in text. Contemporary calf (front cover detached). Second edition. -- FAURE, Giambattista. Congetture fisiche intorno alle Cagioni de' Fenomini osservati in Roma nella macchina elettrica. Rome, 1747. 8o. Contemporary plain boards. FIRST EDITION. -- COLLINA, Abondio. Considerazioni istoriche sopra l'origine della bussola nautica nell'Eruopa e nell'Asia. Faenza, 1748. 8o. 19th-century half morocco. First Italian edition of this rare work on the mariner's compass. -- OZANAM, Jaçques. Méthode de lever les plans et les cartes de terre et de mer... Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755. 8o. 16 engraved plates. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Later edition. (5)