Barton, Richard (1706-1759) Lectures in Natural Philosophy, Designed to be a Foundation, for Reasoning Pertinently, upon the Petrifica

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Barton, Richard (1706-1759) Lectures in Natural Philosophy, Designed to be a Foundation, for Reasoning Pertinently, upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals, and Sanative Quality of the Lough Neagh in Ireland[bound with] A Dialogue Concerning [...] Ireland [and] Some Remarks Towards a Full Description of Upper and Lower Lough Lene. Dublin: for the author by Reilly, 1751.
First editions, large quarto, the first work is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, three folding, and three full-page engravings; the second work reuses the same frontis as the first, and the third work has its own frontispiece; edges untrimmed throughout; contemporary half-leather and sprinkled paper boards, almost completely perished; serious water staining to the first few leaves, that tapers off quickly, and then begins again at the end of the third work; 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500


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