[Rarebooks] FS: "Philosophical Transactions... 1700 [-1744]" 9 vols. w/229 plates

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THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1700 
[-1744]. ABRIDGED... [Edited by John Lowthorp and Others]. London: Thomas Bennet 
[and others]. 1705-1747. Thick 4to. 9 volumes. Profusely illustrated with a 
total of 229 engraved plates, all (but a few) are folding, plus 4 folding 
tables (one engraved). Cont. full calf, Volume 1 in a slightly different binding 
from Volumes 2-9 (which are uniform). Some hinges starting but all are sound.    
 $6,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
As usual, this set is a mixed edition. Volume 1 is the first edition, 1705; 
Volumes 2 & 3 are 4th editions, 1731; Volumes 4 & 5 are second editions, 1731; 
Volumes 6 & 7 are first editions, 1734; and Volumes 8 & 9 are first editions, 
1747. Editors of these volumes, in addition to John Lowthorp, are Henry Jones, 
John Eames and John Martyn. The correct plate count should be: Volume 1 with 
7 plates; Volume 2 with 14 plates; Volume 3 with 12 plates; Volume 4 with 19 
plates; Volume 5 with 29 plates; Volume 6 with 49 plates and 2 tables (one 
engraved); Volume 7 with 38 plates; Volume 8 with 32 plates and 2 tables; and 
Volume 9 with 29 plates. It is very common for plates to be missing as there are 
many unusual and valuable plates easily removed. For example, Volume 5 has a 
very attractive folding map of Baja California, etc., etc. THE PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS... ABRIDGED volumes were a key element in the diffusion of 
scientific, medical and geographical knowledge to a wide audience of readers throughout 
the 18th century. The contents include the writings of the greatest scholars 
of the 17th & 18th centuries. Volumes 1-3 cover the years “to 1700”; Volumes 
4-5 to 1720; Volumes 6-7 to 1733, and Volumes 8-9 to 1744. Additional volumes 
appeared at later dates.

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