Details
(i) SAUNDERSON, Nicholas (1682-1737). The Elements of Algebra, Cambridge: University Press, 1740, 2 volumes, 4° (261 x 200mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, one engraved plate, 8 engraved folding plates (lacking additional title in vol. I, occasional spotting ), modern panelled calf.
(ii) BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793). Histoire de l'Astronomie ancienne, Paris: De Bure, 1781, 4° (253 x 195mm.), second edition, 3 folding engraved plates, headpieces (hole to margin of Lii & Hh, marginal worming to last plate and blanks, children's scribble to verso of last blank & recto of rear free endpaper, occasional light spotting), contemporary cat's-spaw calf (skillfuly rebacked).
With four other books. (7)
(ii) BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793). Histoire de l'Astronomie ancienne, Paris: De Bure, 1781, 4° (253 x 195mm.), second edition, 3 folding engraved plates, headpieces (hole to margin of Lii & Hh, marginal worming to last plate and blanks, children's scribble to verso of last blank & recto of rear free endpaper, occasional light spotting), contemporary cat's-spaw calf (skillfuly rebacked).
With four other books. (7)