Science and the Enlightenment. [Halley (Edmond, editor)], Mi...

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Science and the Enlightenment. [Halley (Edmond, editor)], Miscellanea Curiosa [...], With several Discourses read before the Royal Society [...], London: Printed by J.B. for Jeffrey Wale, et al., 1705, lacking plate II, gutter margin with two small worm trails, contemporary panelled calf, worn, splits and chips, 8vo, Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions [...], volume V only, London: G. Smith, et al., 1740, full-page and folding engraved plates, rebacked calf, 8vo, [&] Lettsom (John Coakley), Hunts Designed to promote Beneficence, Temperance & Medical Science, volume II only, London: J. Manman, 1801, illustrated with engraved portrait 'silhouettes' of Quaker philanthropists, contemporary quarter-calf (upper-cover detached, further wear), 8vo, (3).

Provenance: 3rd: From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier, book label to recto pastedown.