[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce scientific works of John Greaves (including study of the Pyramids). 1737

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(SCIENCE) Greaves, John. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF MR. JOHN GREAVES, PROFESSOR 
OF ASTRONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: Many of Which Are Now First 
Published... A Description of the Pyramids in Egypt... A Discourse on the Roman Foot, 
and Denarius... A Description of the Grand Seignor’s Seraglio. To Which Are 
Added... a Dissertation Upon the Sacred Cubit of the Jews... Translated from the 
Latin of Sir Isaac Newton, Not Yet Published. Adorn’d with Sculptures. To the 
Whole Is Prefix’d, an Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings 
of the Author. In Two Volumes. Published by Thomas Birch... London: Printed 
by J. Hughs, for J. Brindley; and C. Corbett. 1737. 2 vols. 
(6),lxxii,(2),x,356;(2),(357)-540,(6),(591)-800pp. 3 of the sections have their own title-pages. 
Main titles printed red & black. Illustrated with all 8 copper engraved plates 
(some folding) plus text drawings. Cont. calf, a bit rubbed & edges chipped, 
expertly rebacked in period style, gilt tooled spines with red morocco labels 
and inlaid black calf volume numbers. From the famous Heber library with the 
stamp “Bibliotheca Heberiana” on the front blank.     $1,500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
Only 3 copies have been sold at auction in the last 30 years and all were 
lacking 1 or more plates.

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