HISTORY OF SCIENCE, BIOGRAPHIES, 2 VOLUMES

i. Smith, Thomas (1638-1710). Vitæ quorundam eruditissimorum et illustrium virorum. Quorum nomina exstant in pagina sequenti. London [?Amsterdam]: David Mortier, 1707, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary speckled calf, (bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1992), [T&W S151; ESTC T147511; STCN 296626805 (“Printed in the Netherlands?”)] ii. Ward, John (c.1679-1758). The lives of the professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives. London: John Moore for the author, 1740, folio, contemporary calf, ("E Lib. Anton Scarlett Ao 1740", inscription at head of title-page; bought from Michael Phelps, London, 1992), [T&W W11; ESTC T145612], rebacked

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