Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions: (Volume 9)
G. Smith, 1741. Hardcover. Volume IX only. 1741 copy sturdily rebound in the 20th Century by David Comstock in 3/4 burgundy simulated leather over burgundy buckram boards. Title in gilt on spine. Pink floral endpapers. Book block untrimmed. Contents sound and clean. 8vo. 514pp, Index (4pp). With 13 illustrations , including numerous fold-out, copper engravings as called for. Benjamin Baddam (c1693–1740) was a printer and compiler of the Memoirs of the Royal Society. He compiled an abridgement of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions. It was printed for him between 1738 and 1744 by Godfrey Smith in ten volumes, with 131 folding plates drawn by G. Smith and engraved by James Hulett, under the title Memoirs of the Royal Society, being a new abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1665 to 1735. Very Good. Item #11182
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