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Exlibris Bibliothecae Domesticae Richardi Towneley de Towneley in Agro Lancastrensi, anno 1702. Copper-engraving : 9 x 7,5 cm, mounted to cardboard.
Heraldic bookplate with device : "Tenez le vray". Richard Towneley (1629 - 1707), English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer. He worked together with famous astronomers and physicists as Horrocks, Crabtree, Gascoigne, Flamsteed, Power and Robert Boyle. The collaboration with the latter led to the formulation of Boyle's Law, or as Boyle named it, "Mr. Towneley's hypothesis". A bit wavy, on verso tiny traces of glue.
Werner Skorianetz - Livres Anciens - Grand Lancy
Phone number : 41 (0)22 800 17 04
CHF20.00
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Mary Elizabeth Towneley (En religion Sur Marie des Saints Anges). Première Supérieure de la Province Anglaise des Surs de Notre-Dame de Namur. Biographie.
Londres, Oates and Washburn, 1925. in-8, XVI-373 p., front., ill. h.t., blasons h.t.
Tr. bel ex. [EN-1]
Mary Elizabeth Towneley (en religion soeur Marie des Saints Anges) première Supérieure de la Province Anglaise des Soeurs de Notre-Dame de Namur - Biographie
, Londres, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1925, xvi + 373pp.+ ills. hors texte, reliure toile d'éditeur, texte en français, bon état, R13053
