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2013DBS-9780199691432OUP 2013. 1St. Hardcover. New. OUP hardcover
190985348Ried - Bienne : Edition Ph. Robert 1909. 500x370mm. 18 planches en couleurs reliure d'ÂŽditeur. CaractÂres typographiques dessinÂŽs par EugÂne Grasset. Exemplaire numÂŽrotÂŽ n¡ 586. LÕalbum est en bon ÂŽtat ÂŽtui cartonnÂŽ de lՎditeur conservÂŽ mais il est tachÂŽs. 4123 Edition Ph. Robert unknown
1805AQ15607Paris: Chez Locard et al. 1805. 4 iii 1 285pp 1. With a folding table. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed marked and stained. Recent bookplate of John Fowles to FEP slight loss to lower corner of leaf I4. The first edition of a contemporary account of the Haitian Revolution from the perspective of the defeated French colonists. The insurrection began in 1791 with the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue now Haiti rising against French colonial rule. The revolt ended in 1804 with the Haitian people gaining independence from France thereby becoming the first country to be founded by those formerly enslaved. The book is primarily a defence of French actions during the conflict and in particular the conduct of military commander Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur vicomte de Rochambeau 1755- 1813. In 1801 Rochambeau was appointed to lead an expeditionary force against Saint- Domingue in an effort to restore French control. He proceeded to wage a war of extermination massacring thousands. His brutal tactics served only to galvanise the rebels and he was ultimately defeated in November 1803. John Fowles 1926-2005 English novelist notable works include The Magus 1965 and The French Lieutenant's Woman 1969. . First edition. 8vo. Chez Locard et al. unknown
184442<p><strong>Collection of two very rare italian medical treatises on Surgery and dermatology</strong></p><p><strong>No copy of both treatise recorded in WorldCat</strong></p><p>Blandin Philippe Frédéric. <em>Degli accidenti che possono sopraggiungere nelle operazioni chirurgiche e dei mezzi per rimediarvi / tesi di Federigo Blandin ; prima traduzione italiana con note del dott. </em><em>Alessandro Foresi.</em> Firenze : D. Passigli 1844.</p><p>8° 220 x 150 mm original brown paper boards blind tooled glit titles at spine pp. 280 1-errata</p><p>bound with</p><p>Lepelletier Almire. <strong><em>T</em></strong><em>rattato della erisipela e delle differenti varietà che può presentare . / di Alm. </em><em>Lepelletier.</em> Livorno : Bertani Antonelli e c. 1838.</p><p>8° 220 x 150 mm original brown paper boards blind-tooled gilt titles at spine 136-223.</p><p><strong>Many illustrations along the text of first work</strong></p><p>The first work consists of the first Italian edition translated and commented by the Tuscan doctor and art collector Alessandro Foresi of the treatise on accidents that can occur during surgical operations and on how to remedy them printed in first absolute edition in Paris with the title <em>Des accidents qui peuvent survenir pendant les opeÌrations chirurgicales et des moyens d'y remeÌdier</em>. Paris : Felix Locquin 1841.</p><p>The work is divided into two parts. The first part pp.1-138 is formed by the translation of Blandin's original work where it deals with the main accidents that can happen in an operating room grouping them into three main families:</p><p>1 Nervous accidents</p><p>2 Bleeding accidents</p><p>3 Spontaneous introduction of air into the veins</p><p>The second part pp139-289 is represented by the commentary accompanied by explanatory illustrations by the doctor Alessandro Foresti who is also responsible for the translation of the original work.</p><p>Foresti bases his comment on the theory that most of the accidents in the operating room are due to a lack of knowledge of human anatomy by most of the surgeons and reports several real cases in support of his thesis enriching the treatise with explanatory images.</p><p>The second work initially published as the 4th part of the <em>Collezione di monografie memorie tesi ec. estratte dal repertorio medico-chirurgico-ostetrico che si pubblica a Bruxelles sotto la direzione di una società di medici / compilata e tradotta dal D. Niccola Orsini </em>but often given the heterogeneity of the topics of the 4 treatises bound individually it is a dermatology treatise on Erispela by the French doctor and writer Lepelletier Almire.</p><p>Lepelletier summarized the main current opinions of his times on the disease its causes symptoms possible complications and the main methods proposed for its treatment.</p><p>Erysipelas from the Greek εÏυσίπελας - red skin is an acute skin infection involving the deep dermis and partly the hypodermis caused by pyogenic bacteria; the main culprit is group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus but sometimes staphylococcus aureus or other less common germs are involved.</p><p>CONDITION: Light foxing along the volumes due to the quality of the paper but a good copy of a fascinating collection of extremely rare medical treatise.</p> Passigli paperback
17372<p>Original edition of this essential book where Rameau continuing his theoretical demonstrations about music theory and harmony takes strong positions.</p><p>A very decent copy.</p><p>Génération harmonique ou Traité de musique théorique et pratique. Par M. Rameau. A Paris Prault fils MDCCXXXVII. In-8 195 x 121 mm veau marbré dos orné à 5 nerfs pièce de titre de maroquin vieux rouge roulette sur les coupes tranches rouges Reliure de l'époque. 16 227 17 pp. et 12 planches dépliantes hors-texte. Première édition d'un des plus importants ouvrage théoriques de Jean-Philippe Rameau. Diverses petites restaurations à la reliure coiffes coins haut des plats charnières. Coups taches et petites griffures. Deux petits manques à la pièce de titre. Ouvrage sain. Découpe comblée à la page de titre qui a enlevé un ex-libris manuscrit sans manque au texte imprimé. Intérieur frais. Quelques feuillets brunis salissures à la page de titre. Bon exemplaire dans l'ensemble.</p> Prault hardcover
1997Q-905410693XRoutledge 1997-01-01. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Routledge hardcover
200448505New York: Bloomsbury 2004. Very Good Condition/Very Good. New York: Bloomsbury 2004. First Edition with full number line. Smal quarto; publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 304pp.; halftone and full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear corners a bit bumped else a Very Good and sound example. Bourdain's first cookbook a collection of 110 recipes from his years as executive chef at Les Halles on Park Avenue in Manhattan.<br /> <br /> Inscribed and signed on title page "To Bob Dave Anthony Bourdain." With the original palm card to the author signing for this book held at Books & Books at Levenger in Delray Beach Florida. Bloomsbury unknown
1770159238Paris: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge 1770. Updated edition of 1714 map. Near fine. 52 x 69 cm hand-coloured map. Centrefold. Bottom corner chipped. <br/><br/>An updated edition of Delisle's important map of the Northern Hemisphere. When first printed in 1714 Delisle's map was the first to correctly place the west coast of North America by moving it farther east from previous mapping. California is correctly shown as a peninsula not an island. However this edition continues the coastline of the Pacific Northwest with a large island labeled Foufang that is apparently Chinese and serves as the western boundary of a large Mer de l'Ouest. Other conjectural rivers and lakes including Lake Valasco appear to the north. A rudimentary Alaska is named Presqu'Isle du Nord-Ouest. Bauche improved upon the depiction of Japan although Hokkaido Isle du Jeso is still not shaped correctly. Only a small remnant of the Terre de la Compagnie appears near Hokkaido. <br /> <br />Delisle or de l'Isle 1675-1726 was the son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean Dominique Cassini who among other important contributions aligned the study of astronomy to the study of geography. Under Cassini's direction observations were made from locations all over the world that enabled longitudinal calculations to be made with much greater accuracy. Delisle continued his work with dedication constantly revising and improving his maps. Chez l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge unknown
469852Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. Measuring approximately 11" x 14". Photographer's rubberstamp on verso: "Copyright by Philippe Halsman" and neat pencil notation in an unknown hand: "1958 / Marian Anderson." Three-quarter length portrait of Anderson dressed in an ornate embroidered brocade jacket standing and facing the camera with her eyes closed and mouth open in song. A fine copy with the image bright and crisp. From the 1940s through the 1970s Halsman's portraits of international figures appeared on the covers of widely circulated magazines such as Look The Saturday Evening Post and Life which published approximately 100 covers by Halsman. The National Portrait Gallery organized the first full exhibition of the photographer's work "Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective" which toured in 2000. His portrait of Anderson is an iconic image taken on January 7 1955 when Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. On that occasion she sang the part of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in Maschera. She is also noted for her dramatic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 when she was denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington DC. Eleanor Roosevelt quit her membership in the DAR and arranged for Anderson to sing at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. In 1961 she performed at President Kennedy's inauguration. An especially large and striking photograph of Anderson. unknown
16141230372London: Imprinted for John Brill 1614. Third Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very good condition. xvi 366 pages of text. Newly rebound in hardcover charcoal linen with a maroon leather spine label. New endpapers added with original endpapers retained. Illustrated title page and numerous woodcut initials in-text. Early marginalia on the title page preface and final endpaper including the name Leo Agbirowz. The page edges are slightly trimmed and there is minor to moderate soiling and staining scattered here and there. This is the third edition in English the first being in 1596. Philippe de Comines 1447-1511 was a French diplomat in the courts of Kings Louis XI and Charles VIII. His work is famed as a realistic view of the Machiavellian intrigue at the French court. The latter section of the work is an important contemporary account of the Italian Wars of the late 15th century which ended with Charles VIII's death in 1498. Imprinted for John Brill hardcover
182725576Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. An early map of the Exmouth Western Australia area from the North West Cape to Roebuck Bay. Lithograph with original outline color 15 3/4 x 21". Scale ca. 1:1 650 000. Plate no. 44 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1286; Phillips 749; Bib ID 1553060. P. Vandermaelen unknown
182725575Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. Maps. Very good condition. An early map of the Broome & the Kimberly Western Australia area from P. Cantheaume to Cambridge Gulf including the Lacepede Islands. Broome is at the bottom of the Dampier Peninsula called "C. Boileau." Lithograph with original outline color 25 x 21.5". Plate no. 35 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1282; Phillips 749; Bib ID 30855. P. Vandermaelen unknown
4240919th century red morocco 231 pag. First and last page restored some dirt and old writing on titlepage. unknown
199214255Paris: Michel Aveline Editor 1992. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 13.2x9.5x1.1in. in shrinkwrap. <br>Alberto Pinto 1945-2012 was a French interior designer of considerable acclaim. This is the first monograph on Pinto highlighting the first 20 years of his work. Exquisite photographs illustrate some of the sumptuous interiors he created including his own apartment in Paris. <br>301pp 4.74lb 13.2x9.5x1.1in Michel Aveline Editor hardcover
191039540Paris: Floury 1910. Philippe Zilcken. A FASCINATING LIVRE D'ARTISTE illustrated with 15 wonderful full-page hors-texte original drypoints by the author depicting the daily life architecture and scenery of early-20th-century Algeria. 123 pp. printed on fine Dutch white laid paper plus 15 original drypoints printed on fine Dutch cream laid paper. Edition limited to only 120 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist / author underneath the limitation statement. Folio. A PRISTINE COPY IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPS. Light wear to wraps internally UNCUT FINE; AND BRIGHT. Livres d'artiste with text and original prints by the same person are very rare. Zilcken 1857-1930 was an important painter and etcher. His well-known fascination with North Africa shows through in both the text and the illustrations of this book. <br/><br/> Floury paperback
5437Manuscript letter single folio sheet dated 16 February 1716 signed Louis in the hand of Louis XV's secretary countersigned by Louis Phélypeaux Marquis de La Vrillière Secretary of State addressed to Cardin Le Bret member of the parliament of Provence and nephew of the regent the Duc d'Orléans stating that a royal edict has been sent to the parliament of Provence 'which explains the circumstances in which merchants of my Kingdom must obtain passports from me to which edict I append a declaration forbidding any of my subjects to conduct commerce in the South Seas'; the verso with address of Le Bret; the document is complete legible and remarkably fresh with original folds. In France the period 1715-1723 is known as the Régence during which time Philippe Duc d'Orléans was in charge of the country's affairs owing to the fact that Louis XV was still a minor. In 1716 when this letter was written the War of the Spanish Succession had only recently ended and a member of the French House of Bourbon Philip V was now on the Spanish throne. The royal edict alluded to in the present letter ostensibly forbidding French subjects to conduct trade in the Pacific was typical of French diplomacy towards Spain in the early part of the eighteenth century. It was designed to allay Spanish fears that its monopoly of the rich resources along the western seabord of the Americas - namely the silver mines of Mexico and Peru - was under threat from the French but in reality the situation was quite different. While flattering the Spanish and officially appearing to discourage this type of trade France turned a blind eye toward its own merchants rounding Cape Horn and from the end of the seventeenth to well into the eighteenth century French private companies including the Compagnie de la Mer Pacifique or Mer du Sud and other private adventurers out of ports such as St Malo and La Rochelle conducted many voyages to the west coast of the Americas. These merchants carried royal passports which described the purpose of their voyages as being non-commercial in nature - they were simply exploring or acquiring scientific knowledge. Paradoxically these voyages proved so lucrative resulting in massive volumes of silver bullion for the French coffers that a genuine voyage of exploration in the Pacific was not carried out by the French until Bougainville 1766-69. Throughout this period England the new rival of France as a maritime superpower adopted an official policy towards the Spanish similar to that of the French - one of non-interference with the Spanish trading empire on the Pacific seaboard of the Americas - and it was not until the voyages of Wallis Carteret and Cook that it undertook serious exploration of the Pacific. unknown
181989218Paris: Bachelier 1819. Fine. On Robert Fulton Bachelier Paris 1819 13.5 x 21.5 cm Relié First and only edition illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece see Polak 6795; not in Sabin. Bound in bottle-green full sheep Bradel-style binding smooth spine ruled in gilt with double fillets gilt date at foot original pink paper waiting cover preserved modern binding. A waterstain affects the lower margin of the initial leaves gradually fading throughout the volume. Unique and uncommon edition the purported 1814 edition is a bibliographical ghost. The plate depicts the explosion in the roadstead of Walmer of the Danish brig ""La Dorothée"". This experiment was the work of Robert Fulton; indeed most of this very rare memoir is dedicated to the research and discoveries of the great American scientist who died in 1815. Jacques-Philippe Mérigon de Montgéry 17821839 frigate captain and member of the Naval Works Council took part in numerous campaigns and naval battles between 1794 and 1827 Ireland Concarneau South Seas La Spezia the Levant and Black Sea Senegal Guiana the West Indies the United States England. ""Montgéry developed a passionate interest in steam navigation and more broadly in scientific and technical studies As a member of the Naval Works Council he frequently visited ports to examine various technical matters A highly original mind closely connected with Auguste Comte Montgéry produced a substantial body of work often demonstrating prophetic insight far ahead of the achievements of his time."" He helped popularize Robert Fulton's research in France on torpedoes and underwater explosives"" Taillemite. Bachelier unknown
161155315à Rouen: De l'imprimerie de Raphael Du Petit Val 1611. Fine. De l'imprimerie de Raphael Du Petit Val à Rouen 1611 8 x 14.50 cm relié New edition ornamented with an engraved title-frontispiece drawn by Léonard Gautier. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Richly ornamented spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Top headcap torn with lacks to joints. Joints cracked at foot. 2 wormholes at foot and 2 others along the upper joint at foot. Corners slightly bumped. Yellowed paper. Desportes' poetry was durably influenced and shaped by Italian literature. The author indeed returns to France after a journey to Italy where he fell under the influence of Petrarch - his first poems were moreover criticized as neo-Petrarchism. His first book appeared in a collective volume and gathered his poems imitated from Ariosto. His clear frank mannerist and refined poetry a court poetry eclipsed that of Ronsard at the court of Henri III. It was in turn criticized and replaced by that of Malherbe. Desportes' literature nonetheless forms an important aspect of Renaissance poetry. This edition contains the loves of Diane the loves of Hyppolite Cleonice the elegies the poems imitated from Ariosto the new loves the epitaphs and various pieces. De l'imprimerie de Raphael Du Petit Val hardcover
198086790s. l.: S. n. 1980. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. ca 1980 14.50 x 21 cm 1 page Manuscript note with crossed-out passages by Philippe Soupault 22 lines in purple ink on a sheet bearing at the top this inscription: ""B.P."" narrating Benjamin Péret's encounter with surrealism. The co-author with André Breton of the surrealist manifesto ""Les champs magnétiques"" tells us with a touch of nostalgia of Benjamin Péret's arrival in the surrealist adventure: ""André Breton fut bien étonné de recevoir la visite d'une 'dame' qui lui tendit un n° de la revue Littérature. Elle lui demanda d'aider son fils Benjamin qui voulait venir à Paris pour devenir écrivain. Quelques temps après cette démarche Benjamin Péret arriva à Paris et fut accueilli par Breton."" André Breton was quite astonished to receive a visit from a 'lady' who handed him an issue of the journal Littérature. She asked him to help her son Benjamin who wanted to come to Paris to become a writer. Some time after this approach Benjamin Péret arrived in Paris and was welcomed by Breton. He depicts the character of the newcomer: ""A cette époque Péret était timide inquiet et dévoué. Il admirait sans réserves et respectueusement André Breton et ses amis. Il était obéissant."" At that time Péret was shy anxious and devoted. He admired unreservedly and respectfully André Breton and his friends. He was obedient. and emphasizes his devotion to the group of disrespectful and disruptive surrealists: ""Lors du procès Maurice Barrès il accepta le rôle ingrat et dangereux du soldat inconnu venu témoigner en allemand."" During the Maurice Barrès trial he accepted the thankless and dangerous role of the unknown soldier who came to testify in German. Interesting recollections from the last living historical surrealist reminiscing tenderly about one of his former companions. S. n. unknown
159316171Geneva: Pour Jaques Chouet De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc 1593 A new edition of the revised version of Commines' work edited by Denis Sauvage. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered spine and beveled edges. . Twelvemo. Woodcut border on title page; three copper engraved portraits with descriptive text on two leaves it is worth noting that these two leaves are often lacking in other copies but are present in this copy. Some staining to covers and lacking the leather ties. Some soiling on the title page in addition to some staining from an old ink armorial stamp on the verso which has bled through. Intermittent foxing and overall light browning. Contemporary ownership signature at bottom of the title page. A very good copy. Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature. His analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time. The Mémoires are divided into "books" the first six of which were written between 1488 and 1494 and relate the course of events from the beginning of Commines' career 1464 up to the death of King Louis. The remaining two books were written between 1497 and 1501 printed in 1528 and deal with the Italian wars ending in the death of King Charles VIII of France. Denis Sauvage 1520-1587 is known for his four-volume edition of Froissart's Chronicles 1559-1561. Pour Jaques Chouet [De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc], hardcover
1950235330New York 1950. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Light edgewear at corners; docketed on verso with Halsman's studio stamp; prints numbered in pencil 17 31 40; Near Fine. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Three intimiate and suprisingly "straight" portraits from a photographer known for his unusual methods and and results. <br /> <br /> Shirely Kessel was the wife of LIFE photographer Dimitri Kessel. unknown
003418A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires 1730. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Volume IX of the Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences. xvi 730 iipp. Contemporary calf very worn with the arms of Adam Gottlob Moltke 1710-1792 statesman diplomat and the closest advisor to the Danish king Frederik V 1723-1766 on the covers. With numerous illustrations in the text. From the libraries of George Schuckburgh sixth Baron Shuckburgh with his bookplate and Adam Gottlob Moltke 1710-1792 statesman diplomat and the closest advisor to the Danish king Frederik V 1723-1766 with his supralibros on the covers. Though the binding is quite worn it is in very good condition internally. Also contains: Divers Ouvrages de M. l'Abbe Picard and Divers Ouvrages de M. Roemer. <br/> <br/> A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1730. hardcover
1851139808Paris: Rovier 1851. hardcover. very good. Clinique Iconographique de l'Hopital des Veneriens. Extra illustrated title portrait & 67 superb chromolithographic plates with descriptive letterpress. Large 4to rebound in brown cloth leather spine label; some pages darkened and foxed. Paris: Rovier 1851. Very good.<br/> <br/> Fine atlas illustrating the case histories and the effects of venereal disease recorded at the hospital. Ricord born in Baltimore established the error of John Hunter's belief that gonorrhoea and syphilis were identical.Ricord was the first to establish the characteristic phenomena of the three stages of syphilis. Castiglioni pp. 735-6; Pusey the History and Epidemiology of Syphilis pp.559; The History of Dermatology pp. 120-23. GM 5202; 2381 Paris 1838 First Edition.<br/> <br/> Rovier unknown
51-7088Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale1770. A selection of 21 engravings on old laid paper. 25 x 20.5cm. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:490179653. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale,1770 unknown
155912310Venetia: P. Gironimo Giglio 1559. 153x97mm. 6x3¾". Venetia P. Gironimo Giglio 1559. En 8º 153 x 97mm. 12 248 8 hojas la última blanca. Marca del impresor en portada y última hoja. Encuadernación de la época en pergamino. Primera edición italiana de la famosa historia de Francia entre 1466 y 1483 y en particular la rivalidad polÃtica entre Luis XI y Carlos el Temerario. Philippe de Commines 1447-1511 fue un escritor francés de origen flamenco y diplomático en la corte de Borgoña y Francia. Charles Sainte-Beuve le considera el primer escritor verdaderamente moderno y el primer crÃtico e historiador filosófico desde tiempos clásicos. Su análisis de las escena polÃtica lo convirtieron en un escritor único de su tiempo. P. Gironimo Giglio unknown
