793 Fifty-five Tracts, Reports, and Surveys, connected with numerous public works, both in the United States and in Great Britain. This collection is valuable; and many of the numbers are rare, having been presented to Major Douglass by distinguished officers, and are enriched with his marginal references. 794 Reports to the House of Commons, of the Commissioners for making Roads and Bridges in the Highlands of Scotland, from 1803 to 1809, folio paper. 795 Five Reports of the Caledonian Canal, from 1803 to 1809, folio paper. Printed by order of the House of Commons. 796 Seven Reports on the Holyhead Roads, from 1803 to 1809, folio, paper. Printed by order of the House of Commons. 797 Nicholas Wood. A Practical Treatise on Railroads and In tercommunications, 260 engravings, hf cf. 8vo. Phila. 1832 798 Wm. Turnbull. Treatise on Strength, Flexure, and Stiffness of Cast Iron Beams and Columns, 8vo. 799 F. W. Simms. Treatise on Principles and Practice of Levelling, pls. hf cf. 8vo. Lond. 1832 800 Mathematical Instruments employed in Surveying, Levelling, and Astronomy, bds. pls. 8vo. Lond. 1836 801 M. Becquey. Annuaire du Corps Royal des Ponts et Chaussées, lif cf. 8vo. Paris, 1827 802 M. J. Cordier. Essais sur le Construction des Routes, &c. hf cf. 8vo. Lille, 1823 Art of War, Navigation, Mechanical Philosophy, and General Science. 802* Greener on Gunnery-with fine steel Plates, 8vo. cl. Lond. 1841 803 Epures de Fortifications. Plates, 4to, hf. cf. 804 La Valem du Marquis Amb. Spinola. La Siege de la Ville de Breda conquisé par les armes du Roy Philippe IV. Plates, folio, boards. Antwerp, 1631 805 J. E. G. Hayne. Elemens de Topographie Militaire. Plates cf. 8vo. Paris, 1806 806 Programmesextraits du travail de la commission mixté d'of ficers d'artillerie et du genie, 4to. Metz, 1807 807 Petit Postes. A military work of elegant colored plans, hf. bd. 4to. 808 ALallemand. Traité, theorique et pratique, des operations secondaires de la Guerre, hf. Russia, Svo. with 4to. vol. plates and maps. Paris, 1824 809 E. M. Blunt. The American Coast Pilot. Thirteenth edition. shp. 8vo. N. Y. 1831 Lot 810 Tables required to be used with the Náutical Ephemeris, for finding the Latitude and Longitude at sea. Half calf, 8vo. New Brunswick, 1806 811 The Arcana of Useful Science, 4 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1829 812 John Robinson. A system of Mechanical Philosophy; with Notes by Sir David Brewster, 4 vols. cf. 8vo. Edinb. 1828 813 John Millington, Epitome of the Elementary Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, plates, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1823 814 Journal of the Franklin Institute. New series. 18 vols. bds. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1829 815 B. Martin, a new and complete System of the Newtonian Philosophy, Astronomy, and Geography. 3 vols. cf. 8vo. Lond. 1771 Edinb. 1814 816 Prof. Playfair. Outlines of Natural Philosophy. Plates Lond. 182 I 818 Prest. Webber. Enfield's Institutes of Natural Philosophy Quarto, shp. Boston, 182 I 819 Journal of the American Institute, 4 vols. hf. cf. 8vo. N. Y. v.. 820 W. James Gravesande. Mathematical Elements of Natur Philosophy confirmed by experiments, 4to. 127 plates, vols. shp. Lond. 174 amer 821 Hon. J. F. Adams. Report on Weights and Measures. 1 cf. 8vo. 822 Science made Easy. Washington, 18inciples Small quarto, muslin, illustrat Select 823 Dr. Thomas P. Jones. Conversations in Natural Philosoples shp. 8 vo. Philadelphia, 18 liq 824 Is. Hays. Arnott's Physics. 2 vols. bds. 8 vo. Phila. 18 825 Sir John Pettis. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowi Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining, and Enlarging Bodies of Confined Metals, Curious plates, Lot. 830 Jacob Bigelow. 8vo. Elements of Technology, plates, hf Rus. 831 R. D. Thompson. British Annual and Epitome of the Progress of Science for 1839, mus. 12mo. Lond. 1838 832 Jas. Renwick. Familiar Illustrations of Natural Philosophy, hf bd. 12mo. N. Y. 1839 833 Valuable Secrets concerning Arts and Trades, sheep, 12mo. Norwich, 1795 834 Cambridge Problems; being a collection of printed questions proposed to the candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, from 1801 to 1820, hf cf. 8vo. Camb. 1821 835 L. C. Boistard. Recueil d'experiences et d'observations faites, plates, 4to. Paris, 1822 836 Jas. Mitchell. A Portable Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, plates, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1831 837 Prof. Playfair. Second Dissertation on Physical Science, bds. 8vo. 838 Forty-five Tracts on Scientific Subjects, Svo. 839 Thirteen do. do. do. 4to. 840 Geo. Shaw. Manual of Electro-Metallurgy, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1842 841 And. Mackay. The Theory and Practice of finding Longitude, 2 vols. Lond. 1810 842 The British Gunner, by Capt. J. Morton Spearman, 12mo. plates. cl. Lond. 1828 843 Webster's Principles of Hydrostatics, 8vo. bds. Lond. 1835 844 Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Steamboats, fol. hf cf. 1822 845 Observations sur les effects et l'application avantageuse du Belier Hydraulique; avec Planches, Paris, 1822 846 Pugin's New Work on Floriated Ornament, with 30 plates, splendidly printed in gold and colors, roy. 4to. elegantly bound in cloth, with rich gold ornaments. Agriculture and Horticulture. Lond. 1846 847 Geo. W. Johnson. A Dictionary of Modern Gardening, 12mo. cl. 848 Papworth (J. B.) Hints on Ornamental Gardening, consisting of designs for Garden Buildings, Gates, Fences, &c., with observations on the Theory of Rural Improvements, Rural Architecture, &c., colored plates, royal 8vo. bds. Lond. 1823 Lot. 849 Loudon, J. C. The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion comprising the choice of a Suburban or Villa Residence; the Arrangement and Furnishing of the House; the Laying out, Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds; and the Management of the Villa Farm, including the Dairy and Poultry. Illustrated by nearly 350 engravings, 8vo. cl. Lond. 1838 "The whole work contains so much sound sense, combined with the results of long experience, that it will be invaluable to every one who wishes to enjoy all the comforts of which a suburban residence is susceptible." 850 J. C. Loudon on the Laying out, Planting, and Managing of Cemeteries, plates, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1843 851 Loudon's Edition of Repton on Landscape Gardening, and Landscape Architecture, new edition, with an Historical and Scientific Introduction, a Systematic Analysis, a Biographical Notice, Notes, and a copious Index, 250 Woodcuts, Portrait, thick 8vo. cl. Lond. 1840 N. Y. 1846 852 J. S. Skinner. Guenon's Treatise on Milch Cows, plates, mus. 8vo. 853 Jno. Hinds, The Veterinary Surgeon, or Farriery taught on a new and easy plan, shp. 12mo. Phila. 1834 854 G. A. Walker. Gleanings from Grave Yards, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1839 855 C. W. Johnston. Farmer's Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Rural Affairs, shp. plates, 8vo. Phila. 1844 856 A. J. Downing. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, plates, mus. 8vo. N. Y. 1844 Another Copy. 858 John Hinds. The Groom's Oracle, or Pocket Stable Directory, plates, shp. 12mo. Phila. 1831 859 The Complete Family Piece, and Country Gentlemen's and Farmer's Guide, shp. 12mo. Lond. 1736 Typography and the Fine Arts.-Bibliography, &c. 860 Notices Illustrative of the Drawings and Sketches of some of the best masters in all the Principal Schools of Design, mus. 8vo. Lond. 1820 861 Wright's Court-Hand Restored, or the Student Assisted in Reading Old Charters, Deeds, &c., small 4to, 23 plates, cloth. Lond. 1846 862 John Corner. Portraits of celebrated Painters, with Medallions from their best Performances, plates, muslin, 4to. Lond. 1825 Lot. 863 Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor, including an ac count of the origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the Sixteenth Century, a series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets and Doomsday Characters, together with an elucida tion of every subject connected with the Art, by J. Johnson, Printer, 2 vols. 16 mo. hf. mor. Lond. 864 Canova's Works, engraved in outline by Moses, with Descriptions and a Biographical Memoir, by Cicognara, 3 vols. imperial 8vo. 155 pls. and fine portrait, hf. bound, mor. Lond. 1849 865 Brulliot (Fr.) Dictionnaire des Monogrammes, Marques Figurées, Lettres Initiales, Noms-abrégés, &c., avec lesquels les Peintres, Dessinateurs, Graveurs, et Sculpteurs, ont designé leurs Noms, royal 4to. last and best edition, with many thousand fac-simile prints of the Monograms, and Marks of Painters and Engravers, half bound, mor. gilt edges. Munich, 1832 866 Rafaelle du Fresne. Trattato della Pittura di Leonardo de Vinci, pls. folio, hf. mor. Bologne, 1786 867 Illustrations of Shakespeare, by British Artists, 8vo. port folio. Lond. $68 Sir Joshua Reynolds. Discourses on Paintings and the Fine Arts; delivered at the Royal Academy, boards, 12mo. Lond. n. d. 869 W. B. S. Taylor. Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols. mus. 12mo. 870 The Cabinet of Arts; a Series of Engravings by English Artists, hf. bd. published at £5 5s., 8vo. Lond. 1799 N. Y. 1830 Printing, with 871 Boune's Catalogue of Engravings, bds. 8vo. 872 Timperley's (C. H.) Dictionary of Printers and the Progress of Literature and Biographical Illustrations, thick royal 8vo, cloth, plates. 873 Catalogue of Dr. Kloss' Library, bds. 874 Another copy. 8vo. Lond. 1839 Lond. 1835 875 Catalogue of the Library of Ch. Bedford, priced with the purchasers' names, gt. cf. 8vo. Lond. 1806 876 Martin's Catalogue of Books privately printed, including those of Bannatyne, Maitland, and Roxburghe, the Private Presses of Darlington, Auchinleck, Lee Priory, Newcastle, Middle Hill, and Strawberry Hill, 8vo. cloth. Only 250 copies printed. Lond. 1834 877 Dibdin's (Dr.) Introduction to the Knowledge of the rare and valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, Bibles. Fathers, &c., 2 vols. cloth bds. Lond. 182 |