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[INVENTION & INNOVATION]. A group of 5 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, condition generally good.
Estimate: $700-$900
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[INVENTION & INNOVATION]. A group of 5 works, including:
FERGUSON, James. Ferguson’s Lectures on Select Subjects. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. 3 volumes. Mixed calf. Second American edition. -- IMISON, John. The School Of Arts… Useful Knowledge… of Real Experiments and Improvements in Several Pleasing Branches of Science. London: for the author, [ca 1790]. Cotemporary calf (rebacked). Second edition. -- Memoires Presentes a L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par Divers Savans. Paris: Baudoin, 1806. 2 volumes. Later quarter straight-grained morocco. -- ECKMANN, John. A History of Inventions and Discoveries. William Johnston, translator. London: R. Lea et al, 1814. 4 volumes. 19th-century morocco gilt by Matthews. Second edition. -- And 1 other. Together, 5 works in 11 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
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