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THE following catalogues have been issued by Messrs. Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., of 11 Grafton Street, London, W.: No. 644, Books and Periodicals relating to Mathematics, Physics and Allied Sciences including two small collections on Accountancy and Mining; No. 650, Books and Periodicals on all Branches of Zoology, Geology, Palaeontology and Botany ; and a Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts issued to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the firm of Bernard Quaritch : 1847-1947. Noteworthy among these is Messrs. Quaritch‘s centenary catalogue. This is of especial interest to booklovers on account of the introductory matter, in which is related the growth of the firm from small beginnings in October 1847, in a shop in Castle Street, Leicester Square, London, to its present status as a business of world-wide repute. There is also a portrait of the founder, who died in 1899, and a brief sketch of his life, prepared by his daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Quaritch Wrentmore. As might have been anticipated, this catalogue is worthy of the occasion. It is a lavishly illustrated production, containing six coloured and some forty black-and-white plates. Among more than two hundred books listed for sale there is a number of items of scientific interest, including the editio princeps of Pliny‘s "Historia naturalis", printed at Venice in 1469; a first edition of Newton‘s "Principia"(another copy is offered in Catalogue 644); an exceptionally fine copy of Hooke‘s "Micrographia"; and the first illustrated edition of the "Hortus Sanitatis", printed at Mainz in 1491. Many interesting works are listed in Catalogues 644 and 650, which contain 423 and 1,926 items, respectively.
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Old Scientific and Natural History Books. Nature 161, 305–306 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161305d0
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