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1780266788Petropoli Saint Petersburg: Typis Academiae scientiarum 1780. 18 folding engraved plates at end one folding table in text. viii LACKING 84 pages of introductory matter pp. 1-395 pp. Articles in Latin and in French. 1 vols. 4to. Modern quarter brown morocco and marbled boardsnew endpapers. Ex-library with discard stamp on original endpaper. 18 folding engraved plates at end one folding table in text. viii LACKING 84 pages of introductory matter pp. 1-395 pp. Articles in Latin and in French. 1 vols. 4to. Part two of the report on the year 1777 by the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences. Articles include<br/><br/>Peter Simon PALLAS article on the giant anteater Observationes circa Myrmecophagam Africanam at pp. 223-231; Description du Bufle i.e. Buffalo à Queue de Cheval.pp. 232-257; Observations sur l'Asne dans son état sauvage ou sur le veritable onagre des anciens pp. 258-277.<br/><br/>An article by Daniel BERNOULLI at pp. 109-129 on the mesurement of time; and several articles by the great Swiss mathematician Leonhard EULER: De integratione formulae; De valore formulae integralis; Novae demonstrationes circa resolutionem numerorum in quadrata; Considerationes circa brachystochronas; Sur l'effet de la refraction dans les observations terrestres; De motu oscillatorio penduli cuiuscunque dum arcus datae amplitudinis absolvit; De theoria lunae ad maiorem perfectionis gradum evehenda. Typis Academiae scientiarum unknown books
19311210991931. Softcover. VG small bookplate inside front cover. Original wraps. Six loose issues: Vol. 1:1; 3:12; 21:12; 22:1. paperback books
19473852San Francisco 1947. Number 96. Bifolium. 4pp. Single leaf folded in half 20 cm x 28 cm. Near fine. Monthly newsletter featuring a few brief Academy news items including two brief pieces on the Grand Canyon one of which described a trip through the Grand with Norman Nevills. Cover photograph by Otis 'Doc' Marston from the library of Francis Farquhar. <br/><br/>"Members of the Academy will enjoy this series on the exploits of their fellow members the Farquhars and Norman Nevills. The title: Through the Grand Canyon with America's Famous Boatman Norman Nevills. unknown books
1763LLV2074Amsterdam:: n.p. 1763. 1763. Two volumes. Sm. 8vo. 176 x129 mm. Collation: -2 A-Y8 Z4 Z4 blank; -1 A-R8 S2. Pagination: 4 358 2 blank; 2 276 pp. Title is an insert. Illustrated woodcut as chapter-title heading 1 typographic ornament vol. II chapter-title heading; paper flaws in margin vol. I pp.115-118 light spotting occasional worming at gutter one signature loose. Original plain paper wrappers completely untrimmed. Very good. This enormously popular collection of games was first published in 1717 and went through numerous editions well into the 19th century. Gaming in the eighteenth century mostly card games such as "Quadrille" card game popular during the 1700s played by four people with a deck of 40 cards "Hombre" a predecessor to whist and bridge "Piquet" "Comet" "Reversis" "Papillon" "l’Ambigu" Tontine Lottery Triumph Poque Sizette billiards Paume "palm game" – an indoor predecessor to tennis Trictrac similar to backgammon Toc and Chess. STCN 176308 1 copy. Thierry Depaulis Les loix du jeu: bibliographie de la litterature technique de jeux de cartes en francais avant 1800 1994 91; Catherine Perry Hargrave A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming p. 411; F.A. Jackson & G.B. Keen Catalogue of the Chess Collection of the Late George Allen 1878 p.1. n.p., 1763. unknown books
175311459Paris: Delaguette & Le Prieur 1753. 1st edition. 3 vols. 4to. Frontispieces in each volume engraved by Le Bas after Francois Boucher 1703-70. c.1900pp. 258 x 192mm.Contemporary half calf gilt a little rubbed. Occasional very light foxing or browning faint dampstain on a few leaves in vol. 1 but a fine set still. Bookplate & signatures in vol. 1.</p> <p> FIRST EDITION complete 4to. run later volumes appeared in 12mo. only Collects the prize competition papers of the Royal Academy of Surgery from the 1730's to the 1750's and features a frontispiece repeated in each volume by Francois Boucher considered the greatest French master of the first half of the 18th centuryand probably the most productive and versatile painter of the century. As royal painter Boucher could probably be called on to grace the prize publication of the recently created Royal Academy of Surgery; nevertheless a medical work illustrated by an artist of his rank was no less an exception then as now and should be valued on that basis. Blake 2.</p> . Delaguette & Le Prieur unknown books
1982S5054Washington D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences 1982. 1982. 254 x 192 mm. 29 pp. Frontis. port. Printed wrappers. Very good. National Academy of Sciences, 1982. unknown books
1987017302Chicago IL: Terra Museum of American Art 1987. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 300 pages. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains 260 color plates. Edited by Terry Neff and with contributions by Daniel J. Terra Frank H. Goodyear Michael Sanden Judith Russi Kirshner Elizabeth Milroy D. Scott Atkinson Elizabeth Milroy and Linda Bantel. Contains a lenghy inscription dated October 6th 1991 and signed Judith and Daniel Terra. First edition. Terra Museum of American Art Hardcover books
193010332London: Oxford University Press 1930. Hardcover. VG with the following condition notes: Ancient label remnants at base of spine and extreme top of spine two bookplates inside front cover deaccession stamp. A very clean solid copy of this large book. Tan cloth with gilt embossed title on cover and spine. T.e.g. xxx 311 pp. 7 color 114 bw plates. This large book is very clean inside. Includes a 12-page introduction by C.J. Holmes the full-page plates several of the color plates are tipped-in and the detailed and annotated catalogue arranged chronologically. Also contains a list of plates 95 paintings 19 drawings 4 silver 2 glass index of painters index of draughtsmen etchers silversmiths and glassworkers and index of owners. A major exhibition at the time. Cover and spine title is: A Commemoratiave Catalogue of the Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900. Contents as follows: Introduction by Sir Charles Holmes.--Paintings by H. Schneider and W.G. Constable.--Drawings and etchings by A.M. Hind and D. Hannema.--Silver by Miss C.J. Hudig and E.A. Jones.--Glass by Wilfred Buckley. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1955039798San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences 1955. x 807p. b/w illus. original blue cloth quarto format. California Academy of Sciences unknown books
19211314541921. Softbound. VG slight pencil writing on cover previous owners stamp at base of cover. Cream wraps. 44 pp. 16 bw plates 32 pp. ads at rear and 34 pp. ads preceding the catalogue. Lists 475 works and includes names and addresses of the artists also an alphabetical listing of the artists loosely inserted. paperback books
196135721961. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 80 pp. 24 bw plates. Lists 431 works. unknown books
196035711960. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 70 pp. 21 bw plates. Lists 307 works. unknown books
195535691955. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 68 pp. 22 bw plates. Lists 338 works. unknown books
195435681954. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 64 pp. 24 bw plates. Lists 189 works. paperback books
191117781911. Softbound. VG-. Wraps. appx. 90 pp. 17 bw plates. 371 works listed including 43 sculptures. Lists addresses of artists in rear. A very nice copy. paperback books
195235661952. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 72 pp. 18 bw plates. Lists 279 works. paperback books
190913331909. Softbound. Good some wear tiny pieces gone off cover corners covers loose and fragile. Wraps. xvii 68 viii pp. 17 two-tone repros. Catalogue lists 306 works. paperback books
195635751956. VG- clean and tight but with fading to covers. Green wraps. 80 pp. 36 bw plates. Catalogue lists 293 works. Artist index. paperback books
19551026321955. Softbound. VG-. Green wraps. 80 pp. 36 bw plates. Catalogue lists 290 works. Artist index. unknown books
19521361271952. Softbound. Good. Pinkish wraps. 55 pp. 40 bw repros. Lists 298 works including oils miniatures sculpture and graphics. Followed by index to artists reproductions and a membership list of exhibiting members and associates. unknown books
197519388San Francisco: the Academy 1975. 8p 5.5x8.5 inchesads program pen marks designate winner in each category crease to cover otherwise very good first edition booklet in stapled black pictorial wraps. the Academy unknown books
19091424751909. Softbound. VG label and stamp on cover top and small label at base of rear cover. Pinkish wraps. 39 pp. 12 bw repros and illustration. Catalogue lists 187 works. Extensive biographical information on each artist is provided. Includes 8 works by John La Farge. paperback books
19111424761911. Softbound. VG label on cover top and small label at base of rear cover. Pinkish wraps. 48 pp. 13 bw repros and illustration. Catalogue lists 209 works. Extensive biographical information on each artist is provided. paperback books
1881135541881. Softcover. VG- cover slightly worn and soiled scattered light pencil markings inside. White wraps. 54 pp. No illus. Lists 752 works with prices and includes an alphabetical list of names and residences of artists whose work appears in the exhibition. paperback books
19091424631909. Softbound. VG- label stain along top edge of front cover small label at base of rear cover. Tan wraps. 22 pp. 13 bw plates. Catalogue lists 106 works. Each artist or sculptor given a brief biography consisting mostly of instructors prizes collections. Quite nice. paperback books
