Ward (Professor John, F.R.S.), The Lives of the Professors o...

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Ward (Professor John, F.R.S.), The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College: To which is prefixed The Life of the Founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With An Appendix, consisting of Orations, Lectures, and Letters, written by the Professors, with other Papers serving to illustrate the Lives, first edition, London: Printed by John Moore for the Author, et al., 1740, repaired portrait frontispiece, 2 folding and 2 full-page engraved plates, recto ffep and verso pastedown extra-illustrated with two additional portrait engravings of Gresham, tipped-in booksellers' clippings, 20th century half-calf over marbled boards, crown folio (32cm x 21cm), [&] Sprat (Thomas), The History of the Royal Society of London, For the Improving of Natural Knowledge, fourth edition, London: J. Knapton, et al., 1734, black and red title, foliated and historiated initials, 2 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf boards, rebacked in 19th/20th century brown morocco, red-speckled edges, 4to, (2).