477 Jenner (Edward). On the Varieties and Modifications of the Vaccine Putule, Occasioned by the Herpetic State of the Skin, 1st ed., Cheltenham, 1806, 13 pp., sl. dust-soiling, author’s presentation copy, inscribed ‘From the Author’ to title in an unidentified hand, together with a reprint [Gloucester, 1819] of the same work, lacks title, some soiling, plus [Facts, for the Most Part Unobserved, or Not Duly Noticed, Respecting Variolous Contagion, 1808], lacks title (and additional 1809 leaf sometimes bound at rear), plus [Worgan, John Dawes], An Address to the Royal Jenner Society: For the Extermination of the Small Pox, by Vaccine Inoculation, Delivered May 17th, 1808], pp. 5-16, lacks first two leaves, some light browning, all orig. blue wrappers with later linen backstrips, a little creasing, soiling and marginal chipping, slim 4toLeFanu 81, 82, 85 & Dedications, 18. (4)
£300-500
478 Jenner (George Charles). The Evidence at Large, as Laid Before the Committee of the House of Commons, Respecting Dr. Jenner’s Discovery of Vaccine Inoculation, Together with the Debate which Followed, and Some Observations on the Contravening Evidence, &c, 1st edition, 1805, half-title, errata leaf at rear, author’s presentation copy for Mr Hands to half-title and ownership inscription of J.C. Hands (dated 1806) to front pastedown, some spotting and a few early leaves (incl. title) browned, trivial wormtracing to some foremargins not affecting text, contemp. boards with printed paper label to spine, sl. rubbed and damps-stained, joints split at head and foot, 8vo Edward Jenner’s evidence is printed at pp 1-7. LeFanu 69; BMI II, 581. Dr J.C. Hands is believed to have practised in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. (1) £300-400
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479 Maclaurin (Colin). An Account of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books, 3rd ed., 1775, half title, seven folding engraved plates (plate IV neatly repaired), occasional light soiling, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo (1)
£100-150
480 Muirhead (James Patrick). The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, Illustrated by His Correspondence with his Friends and the Specifications of his Patents, 3 vols., 1854, eng. frontis. to each vol., numerous eng. plts., inc. many folding, wood eng. illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo (3)
£100-150
481 Wallace (Alfred Russel). The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature, 1886, two folding colour maps, illustrations, presentation inscription, bookplate, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Student’s Elements of Geology, by Sir Charles Lyell, 2nd ed., 1874, numerous illustrations, one or two spots, prize label, a.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others including A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith, 2 vols., 1855, Amedee Guillemin’s The Applications of Physical Forces, 1877 and Alexander Blyth’s Poissons: Their Effects and Detection, 1884 (14)
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£100-150