Sep 26, 2019 - Sale 2517

Sale 2517 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINTS--1724.) Bound volume of pamphlets, most of them Mexican and many of them scientific. 16 volumes bound in one. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; various wear to contents but most strong; personal marca de fuego of Francisco de Uraga (BF-15011) on top edge. Mexico and Madrid, 1724-90

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Among the highlights are: Leve rasgo, y succinta descripción de los lastimosos efectos, que en esta ciudad de Sevilla causò el espantoso terremoto. An account of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. [7] pages. Mexico, 1756 Hercules coronado, justa academica, palestra ingeniosa, parnaso de las musas mexicanas. 20 pages. Mexico, 1724 Ossorio. Astronomica y harmoniosa mano. Explains how to track holy days using the fingers of the left hand as a calculating device. Folding plate (4-inch repaired closed tear). [6], 30 pages. Mexico, 1757 Disertacion fisica sobre la materia y formacion de las auroras boreales. Plate, 37 pages. Mexico, 1790 Oracion inaugural que para la abertura del real y nuevo estudio de botanica. [4], 24 pages. [Mexico], 1788 Bomba hydraulica, instrumento facil. Plate. [2], 12 pages. Mexico, 1770 Lecciones matematicas . . . dictaba D. Josef Ignacio Bartolache. Plate. [45] pages. Mexico, 1769 Extracto de la obra publicada en Madrid . . . de disertacio fisico-médica. 12 pages. [Mexico, 1788]. A complete list is available upon request.