PLATE XXXIII. THE ESSAYES Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Difcourfes of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne, Knight Of the noble Order of St Michaell, and one of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French king, Henry the third his Chamber. 1037 INDAGINE (John). Briefe Introductions, bothe naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable unto the Art of Chiromancy, or Manuel diuination, & Phisiognomy; with circumstances upon the faces of the signes. Also certain Canons or rules upon diseases & Sicknesse, &c. Written in the Latin tonge by Jhon Indagine & now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers. Black Letter. Small 8vo, bound by Ramage in full crimson morocco gilt, g. e. Londini, J. Day, 1558. £31 10s 1038 INDIA. Mandevile (Sir John). The Voyages and Travels: Wherein is set down the Way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem: As also to the Lands of the Great Caan, and of Prestor John; to India, and divers other Countries: Together with many and strange Marvels therein. Illustrated with a great number of crude woodcuts. Small 4to, calf, gilt. London, 1722. £8 8s 1039 INGLIS (Mrs. Richmond). Anna & Edgar; or, Love & Ambition. A Tale. Thin small 4to. Handsomely bound by Scott of Edinburgh, with his ticket, in full crimson morocco extra, the back gilt tooled, with designs of Roses and Harps, the sides richly gilt tooled, consisting of corner ornamentations, including musical instruments, two oval-shaped designs, composed of leaves and flowers, together with a Female figure, holding lance and shield, beneath which is a Chippendale ornament, containing a bird. g. e. Edinburgh, 1781. An exceedingly fine example of Scotch 18th Century Binding. £25 1040 INSURANCE. Abstract Account of the Westminster Society for Insurance on Lives and Survivorships and Granting Annuities. 14 pp., 8vo, unbound. London, 1798. 10s 6d 1041 INVASIONS. A History of all the Real and Threatened Invasions of England from the Landing of Julius Cæsar to the present period, to which is added A Mode of Defending the Kingdom, with an epitome of Military Horsemanship, and General Tactics. 8vo, calf. Windsor, 1794. 8s 6d 1042 INVENTIONS. Allen (John). Specimina Ichnographica: or, a brief Narrative of several new Inventions and Experiments; particularly, The Navigating a Ship in a Calm, The Improvement of the Engine to raise Water by Fire, A new Method of drying Malt, etc. With folding frontispiece. 44 pp., small 4to, half calf. 1043 London, Printed for W. Innys, 1730. £6 10s Bramah (Joseph). A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir James Eyre, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; on the subject of the Cause, Boulton & Watt, v. Hornblower & Maberley: for infringement on Mr. Watt's Patent for an Improvement on the Steam Engine. 92 pp., royal 8vo, wrappers. On the front wrapper is written: 'Mr. Mylne London, 1797. with Messrs. Boulton & Watts Cts." £1 10s 1044 INVENTION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST CALCULATING MACHINES. Morland (Samuel). A New, and most useful Instrument for Addition and Subtraction of Pounds, Shillings, Pence, and Farthings, without charging the Memory, disturbing the Mind, or exposing the Operator to any uncertainty: which no Method heretofore published, can justly pretend to. Together with: The Description and Use of Two Arithmetick Instruments. Together with a Short Treatise, explaining and Demonstrating the ordinary Operations of Arithmetick. As likewise, a Perpetual Almanack, and several useful Tables. Engraved portrait, 11 engraved plates showing the Mechanism of FIRST EDITIONS. 2 vols. in 1, 12mo, contemporary calf. £3 10s Sir Samuel Morland (1625-1695) was one of the most famous inventors of his day, he Inventions-continued. 1045 Smeaton (J.). An Account of Some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea. *** Presentation Copy from the Author to the Society of Civil Engineers. A Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of Experiments made therewith. Engraved plate by J. Mynde. 16 pp. An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and cther Machines, depending on a circular Motion. Three large folding plates. 77 pp. 1760. The three Works in one vol., small 4to, half calf. IRELAND. £2 10s 1046 An Answer to M. Molyneux, His case of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated: and his Dangerous Notion of Ireland's being under no Subordination to the Parliamentary Authority of England Refuted. Small 8vo, original calf. London, Printed for R. Parker, 1698. 10s 6d 1047 Carve (Thomas). Lyra sive Anacephalaeosis Hibernica, in qua De Exordio, seu Órigine, nomine, moribus, ritibusque Gentis Hibernicae Succinctè tractatur; Cui Quoque Accessere Annales Ejusdem Hiberniae, Nec non Rerum gestarum per Europam ab Anno 1148. Engraved frontispiece and five plates. 4to. Fine Copy in full morocco gilt, g. e. Sulzbach, 1666 £8 15s This curious work is dedicated to Pope Alexander VII. Among the plates is a portrait of Donovan O'Brien on horseback, with a view of Limerick in the background; also portrait of King Charles I., with a circumstantiated account of his behaviour upon the scaffold. 1048 Charter of the Royal Hospital of King Charles II., etc., near Dublin, for the Relief and Maintenance of ancient and maimed Officers and Soldiers of the Army of ireland. Small 8vo, bound in contemporary Irish calf, gilt tooling, with device in centre of front cover of the Irish Harp enclosed in a wreath, and with the title "The Charter of the Royal Hospital" encircling both. 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