$3,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
... New Digester of Bones: It's Improvements and New Uses it Hath Been Applyed to, Both for Sea and Land. Together With Some Improvements and New Uses of the Air-Pump... London: J.M. for Henry Bonwicke, 1681. First edition. / London: Joseph Streater, 1687. Two titles bound in one volume. 4to. [viii], 1-54; [viii], 1-123[1]pp. + advert. leaf for Charleton's Lectures, lacking the terminal blank of the first work. Illustrated with 3 folding engraved plates, of which one corresponds to the first title and the other two correspond with the second. Later period-style blind paneled sheep; with rubbing to joints and extremities, light scattered foxing and areas of discoloration to several leaves at back of the first work, damp staining in blank gutters at back of the second work, with a few heads trimmed close. Wing P309 & P308; ESTC R17820 & R24444. Papin's invention of the forerunner of the pressure cooker, which lead to the development of the steam engine.