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letters; and by means of machines placed at intervals such that each was distinctly visible from the next, messages could be conveyed through 150 miles within a quarter of an hour. Chappe's contraption was adopted by the Legislative Assembly in 1792, and in the following year Chappe was appointed ingénieur-télégraphe. The optical telegraph was first used for an official transmission in 1794, and remained widely in use in France until 1855, when it was superseded by the electric telegraph. This work was translated from a German publication issued the same year with the title Beschreibung und Abbildung des Telegraphen oder der neuerfundenen Fernschreibemaschine in Paris, but clearly published in Italy. A brief introduction to the principles of the device is followed by an eyewitness account of the first conveyance of a message from a device mounted on top of the Louvre. This is depicted on the first of the finely engraved plates. The other plates show the agreed signals and the transcription of a message in German. There was another Italian edition, printed in Rome (Roma, si vende presso Agapito Franzetti) the same year; not traced in NUC, RLIN or the Italian on-line catalogue; see E. Jacquez, Claude Chappe, notice biographique, 1893 for further information on the optical telegraph; Newton, Encyclopedia of Cryptology, p. 205. Chemical Cleaning Products for Hospital Sanitation 12. [CHEMISTRY.] Istruzioni per la Preparazione e per l'Uso delle Profumazioni con Acidi minerali. [Venice], Pinelli, zio e nipote, 1790s. £ 350 Folio, pp. 19, large armorial vignette to title; very clean and crisp in original yellow wrappers; a little dog-eared, else fine. First and only edition of an anonymous publication analysing the chemical processes involved in the production of mineral acids, especially for cleaning and disinfecting purposes, and as a form of air-purifier to reduce the risk of infection. A number of recipes are given, both for household use and, more importantly, for use in hospitals. The anonymous author stresses in particular its application in hospitals or on ships, to sanitise after the outbreak of infectious diseases, such as yellow fever, and the plague. No copy found in OCLC or KVK. Enlightenment in Letters to a Lady 13. CHIARI, Pietro. Lettere scelte di varie materie piacevoli, critiche, ed erudite scritte ad una Dama di Qualità … Tomo Primo [- Tomo Terzo]. Venezia, Angelo Pasinelli, 1752. £ 550
Three volumes in one, 8vo, pp. 8 including engraved frontispiece, 223, [1] blank; [viii], 224; [iv], 204 - prelims of volume two bound after first signature; occasional light spotting, but clean and crisp overall; contemporary full vellum; corners a little worn. Most complete edition of Chiari's wide-ranging letters addressed to a lady. The finely engraved unsigned frontispiece shows three figures in a Venetian carnival scene, one having unmasked the other, with mask and hat tumbling down, a masked female figure is looking on. Chiari was an astute social observe and his letters are of great interest, as they cover topics such as games and gambling, the theatre, coffee, and carnival. He also treats scientific subjects as the Copernican system, medicine, food and drink etc. Chiari (1712-1785), one of the most prolific Italian playwrights and authors, was influenced by Richardson, Fielding, Voltaire and Swift, and is known for introducing the novel into Italian literature. First published in one volume in 1750, expanded to two also in 1750 and finally completed with a third volume in 1751. There are editions with imprint 1750 -1752 published by Pasinelli and then this final one all with a 1752 imprint. The letters were reprinted in 1764. See Lanckronska 66; the Harvard copy of the 1750-52 printing apparently has a genealogical table bound in, which does not appear to be asked for and is not present either here nor in the British Library copy; all the editions are uncommon, with RLIN/OCLC locating copies at Harvard, Princeton (1752), Yale, Chicago, Johns Hopkins and New York Public Library in the US. Jansenist Publications 14. [COLONIA, Dominique de.] Bibliotheque Janseniste, ou Catalogue alphabetique des principaux Livres Jansenistes, ou suspects de Jansenisme, qui ont paru depuis la Naissance de cette Héresie, avec des Notes Critiques sur les veritables Auteurs de ces Livres, sur les Erreurs qui y sont continues & sur les condemnations qui en eut été faites par la Saint siege, ou par l'Eglise Gallicane, ou par les Evêques dicesains. [n.p., but Lyon], 1722. £ 480 12mo, pp. [xxxxviii], 307, [1] errata; a few signatures lightly browned, paper fault to foremargin of Bb3, no loss; woodcut and fleuron decorations in the text; contemporary sheep, spine in compartments, gilt-lettered spine label; surface rubbed and edges worn, but sound; from a religious school library with faint stamp to title and number in ink to front paste-down. First edition, uncommon, of this comprehensive annotated bibliography of Jansenist publications, which also includes a brief section of quietist works. The compiler de
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