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18765677Bangkok: Royal Publishing House 1876. Together good plus. Two volumes. 448; 442pp. Large quarto. First volume in contemporary quarter sheep and pebbled boards; second volume in later library buckram. Even tanning heavier to second volume. Scattered chipping small closed tears worming and moisture damage to second volume. A substantial and complete two-year run of the Royal Gazette a rare landmark Thai newspaper. "The Royal Gazette was first published in 1858 during the reign of King Rama IV. It was launched because ‘the traditional practice of manually copying various announcements was slow’. The content included government announcements legal regulations and statements that countered misinformation in relation to government news as well as notifications of births and deaths. It was distributed to various ministries and provinces coming to be regarded as the first newspaper published by the Thai people" -- Suveeranont.<br /> <br /> The first version of the gazette lasted for about a year before it was discontinued but the paper was revived in 1874 by King Rama V also known as King Chulalongkorn. The present volumes represent the first two years of this second incarnation of the Royal Gazette complete with forty-eight issues each. Royal Publishing House unknown
1878027250Breslau: S. Schottlaender 1878. First Edition 1st Printing. 1/4 Leather. Very Good. 88 Pp; 170 Pp. Watered Endpapers. Very Scarce Early Book By German Science Fiction/Utopian Literature Pioneer Kurd Lasswitz 1848-1910. "As The First Major Sf Writer In German He Holds The Same Place In Germany As Do H. G. Wells In England And Jules Verne In France. He Taught Philosophy For Many Years At The Gymnasium Ernestinium In Gotha And It Is Symptomatic Of 19Th-Century Gerrman Intellectual Culture That He Irradiated His Fiction With Theoretical Speculation; There Is Not Kl Fiction Without A Lesson. William N. Fischer Claims On Kl's Behalf That Many Of His Ideas Directly Prefigure Later Critics' Use Of Terms Like 'Extrrapolation' And 'Analogue'.The Seriousness Of His Didactic Impulse Can Be Seen In The Strong Emphasis He Places In His Fiction On Establishing A Plausible Imaginary World Whose Hypothetical Nature Will Be Governed And Given Verisimilitude By Resemblance To Scientific Method Evident In Its Realization. Unsurprisingly The Stories That Embody These Overriding Concerns Tend To Be More Effective As Broad Technological And Scientific Canvases Than As Studies In Character; The Tales Collected In Bilder Aus Der Zukunft Read Consequently Almost Like Illustrated Tours Of Various 'Superior Terrestrial Cultures Located In The Future." John Clute In The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. "Many Inferences About The Future Can Be Drawn From The Historical Course Of Civilization And The Present State Of Science; And Analogy Offers Itself To Fantasy As An Ally". William B. Fischer In Science Fiction Studies 1978. A Well-Worn Copy Spine Leather Entirely Perished Recently Re-Backed To Style Preserving Original Marbled Endpapers Publisher's Internal Cloth Hinges Still Holding. Very Scarce With Only A Few Examples Shown In Institutional Holdings Indexed In Worldcat. From The Collection Of Sf Collector/Dealer/Publisher Forrest Ackerman. <br/> <br/> S. Schottlaender hardcover
184333039Paris: Victor Masson; Matthieu Bonafous; Felix-Edouard Gurrin-Menevill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates; Natural History; Nature; Science; Maritime; Voyages; Color lithos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 134 107 pages; SOUVENIRS D'UN VOYAGE DANS L'INDE EXECUTE DE 1834 A 1839 COLOR PLATES OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE TRENTE-CINQ PLANCHES. Delessert's voyage to India. 8 uncolored lithographed plates of Indian landscapes and cities; 27 engraved zoological plates all but 4 hand-colored; folding engraved map is present in back. Half title. 2 parts in one volume. Large 8vo later 19th-century 1/2 morocco gilt spine ends and raised bands rubbed cover corners worn; occasional marginal fingersoiling half-title and title chipped along fore edge plate 5 in part 1 badly foxed stain in blank lower outer corner of plate 10 in part 2. Paris 1843 . Contents generally VG with plate colors bright. First edition. Nissen ZBI 1067; Vicaire III 119. French Language text. . Victor Masson; Matthieu Bonafous; Felix-Edouard Gurrin-Menevill hardcover
1872036246Munich / Berlin: Friedrich Bruckmann 1872. 1st Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good . 97 Pp With Mounted Plates. Red Cloth Heavily Embossed In Gilt Beveled Edges With Double Borders Embossed In Blind All Edges Gilt Cloth Endpapers. Bookplate Of Leopold Duke Of Albany. Inscription On Second Free Endpaper From Queen Victoria Of England To Her Son Leopold "For Dear Leopold From Illegible Two Words Dea---- ---A---A Shortened Name Used By Queen Victoria Osborne January 1 1873." Leopold Was Then A Student At Oxford. A Fine New Year's Gift With What May Be Viewed As Exceptionally Romantically Maternal Germanic-Victorian Plates. <br/> <br/> Friedrich Bruckmann hardcover
1871025478Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1871. First Edition . Original Blue Printed Wrappers. Very Good . 8 7/8" Tall. 40 Pp. Original Blue Printed Wrappers. Preserved Nicely In A Well Made Maroon Chemise And Slipcase With Morocco Spine Label Gilt. Inscribed And Signed By Pasteur " Hommage De L'autour / L. Pasteur" In Small Handwriting At Upper Right Of Front Cover. A Scarce Book In The Trade Particularly Scarce When Inscribed And Otherwise Unmarked As Here And A Very Early Inscription From Pasteur In Any Case. <br/> <br/> Gauthier-Villars unknown
1857CHINESEL007987London Mission Press Shanghai. 1857. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 264 2 errata. Recently rebound in blue cloth gilt.Very good indeed. Rare - even the second edition of 1864 is scarce. London Mission Press, Shanghai. hardcover
18972092902144200899Not Available 1897. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1880027837Paris: Derveaux 1880. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Xvi 89 Pp 1 Pp Catalog At End. Simply Bound With Brown Binder's Tape Spine And Brown Card Wrappers Two Preliminary Blanks Two Final Blanks. Pages Square And Unworn No Marks. Small Area Of Light Damp-Spotting At Part Of Top And Bottom Of Most Pages No Waviness To Pages. Émile Jean-Marie Gautier 1853 - 1937 Was An Anarchist And Later A Journalist. He Coined The Term "Social Darwinism". He Obtained A Doctorate In Law. He Became A Disciple Of Jules Vallès. Gautier Attended The Anarchist Congress That Met In London From 14 July 1881. Other Delegates Included Peter Kropotkin Errico Malatesta Saverio Merlino Louise Michel And Marie Le Compte. While Respecting "Complete Autonomy Of Local Groups" The Congress Defined Propaganda Actions That All Could Follow And Agreed That "Propaganda By The Deed" Was The Path To Social Revolution. He Was Implicated During The Trial Of Peter Kropotkin And On 19 January 1883 Was Sentenced By The Criminal Court Of Lyon To Five Years In Prison. On 15 August 1885 He Was Pardoned. Renouncing Political Activism Gautier Worked At Various Newspapers Including L'écho De Paris Where He Met Octave Mirbeau And Le Figaro Where He Published "Documentary Chronicles". These Were Published As A Collection In 1992 Under The Title Les Étapes De La Science Steps Of Science. According To The Historian Of Social Thought Mike Hawkins Emile Gautier Was The First To Use The Term "Social Darwinism" In His Pamphlet Of The Same Name Published In 1880 In Paris. He Became A Well-Known Popular Science Writer. His 1902 Fleur De Bagne Prison Flowers Written With His Childhood Friend Marie-François Goron Was An Ancestor Of Techno-Thrillers And Crime Dramas With Science Themes. <br/> <br/> Derveaux paperback
181346988London Robert Baldwin 1813 a. 1814. 8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spines lacks and boards detached. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry Mineralogy Mechanics. By Thomas Thomson". Vol. II and Vol. III. Entire volumes offered. Berzelius' papers: pp. 276-284 357-368 the first paper in vol. II pp. 443-454 vol. II a. pp. 51-62 93-106 244-257 a. 353-364. vol. III. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em> First printing of these milestone papers in the history of chemistry where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name or in the event of elements having the same first letter by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 see the note on p. 359 in the first paper it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted they became the new international language of chemistry.Berzelius "contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modification is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but in England only after some considerable time."Findlay "A Hundred Years of Chemistry" p. 14.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. The volume contains other notable papers THOMAS THOMSON "On the Discovery of the Atomic Theory" pp. 329-338. and JOHN DALTON "Remarks on the Essay of Dr. Berzelius on the Cause of Chemical Proportions" pp. 174-180 Vol. III. </em> hardcover
1892006542London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Trade Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The First Trade Edition there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled 3" tear top edge half-title page light foxing to end pages period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria Florence Italy to Mr Sampson noted linguist John Sampson possiby dated 1899 with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction before adding "The Tinkers. This is quite unfinished. It needs a great deal from you. Please note that I have got some queer items as to the Tinkers of old times." In the next paragraph he mentions Shelta Shelta Thari being an esoteric language spoken by the tinkers which Leland had discovered in 1876. He goes on to ask "Can you send me an Old Irish alphabet' and later "I hope it will not take you long to put together what you and Professor Meyer will give" referring to Professor Kuno Meyer a German scholar distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. Then an address in Hamburg Germany where he can be reached after June and "Sincerely Charle G. Leland". While I can find no book that these three men published together Sampson and Meyer did much work later to carry forward research and knowledge of the Shelta language and customs. A quite fascinating correspondence and ASSOCIATION COPY. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover
18756269Oxford Clarendon Press. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Bookplates of scholar Gilbert Bagnani on inner covers of volumes. Books have rubbing to boards. Light bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear. Very light foxing. Bound in attractive dark red boards with gilt lettering.; Published from 1875-88.; 6 Volume Set COMPLETE. Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
18356232Puebla: Imprenta del Hospital de S. Pedro 1835. Good plus. 2653pp. plus engraved frontispiece. Contemporary limp vellum edges sprinkled blue with one fore-edge loop closure intact. Some biopredation to vellum heavier to rear wrapper. Light tanning and scattered foxing internally with some minor worming in lower gutter margins not affecting text. An extensive bilingual catechism on the "principal mysteries of our holy faith" one of two editions printed in Puebla in 1835. The question-and-answer text printed in Spanish and Nahuatl on facing pages provides basic explanations of the central tenets and practices of Catholicism. An engraved frontispiece depicts "La Madre Santissima del Lumen" the Holiest Mother Mary of the Light in her usual appearance holding the baby Jesus and surrounded by Angels.<br /> Palau 85329. Pilling 1251. Sabin 23424. Imprenta del Hospital de S. Pedro unknown
1885023087New York: D. Appleton and Company 1885. SEE PHOTOS. From the library of Thomas Alva Edison genius of technology who held over 1000 patents including the electric light phonograph and motion picture projector. This book bears his "Library of Thomas A. Edison" engraved bookplate believed to be the earliest of several Edison bookplates and found only in volumes he acquired in the 19th century for personal use. SEE PHOTOS. Because so many important scientific journals were published in German in those days a German language dictionary was an essential reference tool in the laboratory. Laid in loose is a printed authentication slip from Edison's youngest son Theodore M. Edison. Bound in contemporary brown cloth with a dark brown leather spine stamped in shiny gold. SEE PHOTOS. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. xvi 852pp. ii 522pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1868000431Boston: Fields & Osgood 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Boston: Fields & Osgood 1868 hardbound Volume 6 July to December 1868 of the magazine. Taves & Michaluk V001. 10.25" x 6.75" 828 pp. Ex-Tacoma Public Library; half black calf with marbled paper boards. Quite scuffed particularly at the corners and hinges. Pages are age toned some are wrinkled one page is torn but complete not a page within the Verne issue. Strongly bound. Somewhat worn see scans but still quite strong better than Good just short of very good by reason of one or two too many scuffs. Fascinating and quite rare Jules Verne English-language first/first. Just a few pages buried within this hefty collection of six months of Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading - a Fields & Osgood double-column weekly issue - treat Verne's first novel Five Weeks in a Balloon. At the time the magazine editors were apparently of the opinion that Verne who was then largely unknown to the American public was describing actual events rather than fictitious ones in his tale of African adventures undertaken via the vehicle of a hot-air balloon. Here in the five pages of this first appearance see scan of the first one only certain passages of the novel occur along with a synopsis by the apparently intrigued editor who concludes with the line: "All I can say is that it was shameful of our newspapers which profess to record everything that passes to treat this important event with such utter silence." Verne is even mis-identified by the flummoxed staff who refer to him as "M. Jules Berne." For this title this piece is exceeded in English-language rarity only by its own softbound variant - i.e. the same piece not bound together in six-monthly tomes such as this which was the habit of the era which few have presumably largely perished. Taves & Michaluk at V001 note that "The London" sourcing reference for the Verne article remains unknown. See all scans. L53n <br/> <br/> Fields & Osgood hardcover
182643113London W.Nicol 1826. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1826 - Part III. Pp. 250-265 and 4 engraved plates. Some faint dampstains to plates. One plate with a small tear no loss. the same plate some creasing at upper part verso of plate somewhat soiled. Page 261 with some marginal brownspots and some soiling. The other leaves clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a main paper in the history of Computing Science in which Babbage set forth some of the basic principles that guide modern computers."Babbage's first publication of his system of mechanical notation that enabled him to describe the logic and operation of his machiness on paper as they would be fabricated in metal. Babbage later stated that: "Without the aid of this language I could not have invented the Analytical Engine; nor do I belive that any machinery of equal complexity can ever be contrived without the assistance of that or of some other equivalent language. The Difference Engine No.2.is entirely described by its aid." .Babbage considered his mechanical notation system to be one of his finest inventions and thought it should be widely implemented. It was a source of frustartion to him that no other machine designerr adopted it probably because no ther engineer during Babbage's time attermpted to build machines as logically and mechanically complex as Babbage's. More than one hundred years later in the 1930s when development in logic were applied to switching systems in the earliest efforts to devwelop electromechanical calculators. Ckaude Shannon demonstrated that Boolean algebra could be applied to the same types of problems for which Babbage had designed his mechanical notation system."Hook & Norman No. 37.Together with Babbage's paper comes a paper by J.F.W. Herschel "On the parallax of the fixed stars" pp. 266-280. </em> unknown
186047825New York: American Bible Society 1860. Very Good. New York: American Bible Society 1860 but ca. 1861-62. First Edition. Octavo; bound in black cloth with spine stamped in gilt; edges sprayed red; new endpapers; 408pp. collated and complete. Corners bumped; minor shelfwear and rubbing; binding sound; tape remnants to front endpapers; minor creasing; a Very Good or better copy. <br /> <br /> First Edition of the first complete New Testament published in the Cherokee language. Individual books and portions had been printed from the 1820s onward primarily by Cherokee printer and journalist Elias Boudinot and missionary Samuel Worcester. This edition nearly entirely in the Cherokee alphabet with English titles at the foot of the first page of each book. Uncommon in retail. <br /> <br /> Pilling pp. 40 - 41; Darlow & Moule 2448. American Bible Society unknown
188425481Paris: Raoul Marchand. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1884. Hardcover. French Art; FINE Binding; Decorative Binding; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Rochas Albert de. Albert de Rochas. Le Livre De Demain. Blois: Raoul Marchand 1884. 8vo. Three-quarter decorated vellum & marbled boards. Binding lightly soiled contents about fine. Lacking 1 etching of 4 lacking 8 pages printed on gray paper includes 1 silhouette of 4. All other leaves present. #118 of 250 signed by Rochas and the Publisher. Examples of French poetry and short prose printed on 44 different types of paper in a diverse array of colors - blue aquamarine varying shades of orange yellow brown brick patterns cream-colored and others. Each portion of text surrounded by decorative border pages occasionally heightened in gold and silver various typefaces many printed in various color inks wth ornately illustrated borders. 2 photolithograph plates 4 etched plates 4 pages of chromatic circles 8 full-page silhouettes. An elegant 19th century example of the Book Arts. 11 mounted paper samples. Laid in limitation sheet bound in marker ribbons . Raoul Marchand, hardcover
18994002642Moscow: Sinodalnaya Typografija 1899. Fine. Octavo iv 114 paginated in Old Slavonic; old quarter sheep with marbled boards. <p><p>Rare: evangelical text translated into the Aleut language and printed in Cyrillic prepared by Ivan Veniaminov-Popov 1797-1879 the great Orthodox missionary to the northern Pacific. Veniaminov was educated in Irkutsk and as a young man he was selected for the Orthodox mission to Unalaska arriving there in 1822 with his wife and children. While there had been some successful conversions already the Church feared that Christian and indigenous beliefs had become merged. The scope of the missionary project soon expanded to include the entire Alaskan peninsula and surrounding islands a vast and often inhospitable geographical area. For ten years Veniaminov was an intrepid traveller often using small craft and kayaks to visit coastal settlements and travelling on foot through rugged mountainous regions. In 1832 he was appointed to a relatively sedentary position at Sitka as minister to the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast.</p> <p>Veniaminov was a skilled linguist fluent in several dialects; he prepared this evangelical text in the Aleut language which was first published by the Moscow Synod in 1840 and later in 1899 the present edition. Both editions are rare. As a pioneer apostle to the frozen north Veniaminov was canonized Saint Innocent and holds a cherished place in the history of the Orthodox Church.</p> </p> . Sinodalnaya Typografija unknown
1810biblio1361<p>This is a fair copy of the 1810 London edition the 10th. The covers have come unhinged but this two volume monumental work remains completely restorable.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Rivington, et al hardcover
18232943Paris: Memorial Bossange Bechet Roret 1823-1824. Hardcover. Very Good. Each volume approx. 450 p. 3 fold out maps total. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Purple half morocco binding with marbled boards gilt lettering on spines 5 raised bands top edge of text block gilt marbled end papers. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: very light wear to covers and spines marbled boards lightly worn a few lightly worn corners and spine edges spines darkened to black edges of text block lightly darkened small book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover- name of Ogden in ink on ffep. pages with light spotty foxing bindings very tight. Vol. 1- light scuff to top rear of spine. Vol. 6- light nick to spine. Vols. 78- bottom spine end and bottom cover edges worn light nick to top edge of rear cover of Vol. 8. Vol. 1- " Carte de L'Ile Ste. Helene dressee pour le Memorial de Ste. Helene par un ancien Ing eur. du cabinet de Napoleon d'apres les renseignemens pris dans l'ouvrage meme et ceux fournis par Mrs. Marchand St. denis Pierron et autres attaches au service de Napoleon." - St. Helena map esp. for this volume engraved by Blondeau et Richard Wahl- 16 x 18 in. Vol. 2- "Trace de Longwood"- fold out plan- 11 x 10 in. Vol. 3- " Carte Pour L'intelligence de quelques chaptires de la Capagna d"italie dietes par Napoleon et inseres dans le memorial de Ste. Helene" - map of Napoleon' Italian campaign- 12 x 18 in. NOTE- 8 volumes all in French bound by Brentano's Paris stamped at base of spines. Memorial, Bossange, Bechet, Roret hardcover
18272823Paris: Henri Feret 1827. Leather Bound. Very Good. Vol. 1- 411 p. Illustration on frontis with tissue. Vol. 2- 483 p. Vol. 3- 495 p. Vol. 4- 488 p. Vol. 5- 475 p. Vol. 6- 464 p. Vol. 7- 460 p. Vol. 8- 544p. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. Tan polished calf binding gilt lettering on black leather labels on spine gilt decoration on spine and cover edges 5 raised bands edges of text block flecked with brown. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spine each volume with several small tears to leather covers many leather labels missing top edges of text block darkened pages white many with spotty light foxing bindings tight. Each volume with book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover- Vol. 5 with small book plate each volume with notation in pencil at top of ffep. " April 28th 1832". Vol. 1 2- light nick to top of spine end. Vol. 237- missing all leather labels. Vol. 54- one leather label missing. Vol. 3- a bit heavier wear to front cover. Vol. 6- leather label partially detached. Henri Feret hardcover
1898210627-MB72Hachette et Cie 1898. Very Good folio hardcover illustrated throughout with several full page photogravures and engravings bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards Text in French Comprehensive history of dance. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Folio. Hachette et Cie Hardcover
18802895Paris: Garnier Freres 1880 -1885. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. VOL 1 – xvi 540 pgs. Vol 2 – lv 436 pgs. Vol 3 – 466 pgs. Vol 4 – 450 pgs. Vol 5 – 526 pgs. Vol 6 – 488 pgs. Vol 7 – 518 pgs. Vol 8 – 504 pgs. Vol 9 – 468 pgs. Vol 10 – 518 pgs. Vol 11 – 496 pgs. Vol 12 – 510 pgs. 6 x 9 1/2 in. Text in French.Deep green half morocco with lacquered green marble boards. Gilt lettering and designs on spine. 5 raised bands. Gilt upper text block. Tissue-protected frontis Vol 1 tissue-protected engravings and fold-out illustrations. Silk bookmark. Condition of book is NEAR FINE; Vols 1 and 12 have some very slight wear to spines otherwise the leather and marbled boards are remarkably clean and vivid. Gilt upper text block very bright. Some slight shelf-wear to top and bottom edges. Garnier Freres hardcover
1835002814London: H. Fisher R. Fisher et P. Jackson 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. Allom Thomas. 3 volumes each with 76 pages of text and 36 leaves of plates: added engraved title page in vol. 1 frontispieces in vol. 2 and vol. 3 215 total engraved views on 108 plates; 29 cm. Contemporary linen with a diagonal embossed pattern; originally a dark purple but now faded especially the spines which are now a light brown. Leather spine labels with gilt-tooled decoration and title: Westmorland Cumberland Durham et Nordhumberland." All page edges speckled. Pale pink endpapers. Bound with tissue-guards which have been removed. Vol. 1 added engraved title page contains English title: Westmorland Cumberland Durham & Northumberland Illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom &c. with Historical & Topographical Descriptions by Thomas Rose Fisher Son & Co. London 1833. No date of publication but plates are dated 1832-1835. Text in French; captions on plates in English. Originally published in English as Fisher's Picturesque Illustrations of Great Britain and Ireland: The Fourth Series Comprising the Splendid Lake Scenery Seats &c. of Westmorland Cumberland Durham & Northumberland. A beautiful collection of English views. In Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; ends of spine rubbed with minor loss; corners rubbed and bumped; spines are faded; lacking one corner of spine label on vol. 1; otherwise labels are intact; occasional foxing primarily along fore-edges of plate leaves; otherwise clean and bright. A heavy set; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. H. Fisher, R. Fisher, et P. Jackson hardcover
181349243London Robert Baldwin 1813. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Marbled boards. Spine lacks and boards loose. In: "Annals of Philosophy; or Magazine of Chemistry Mineralogy Mechanics. By Thomas Thomson". Vol. II. - VIII480 pp. a. 7 plates. Entire volume offered. Berzelius' paper: pp. 276-284 357-368. Some browning and brownspots to plates. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this milestone papers in the history of chemistry where Berzelius introduced his famous chemical symbolism the offered paper is the first on the subject - Leicester & Klickstein calls it the "Preliminary note whereby an element is generally represented by the first letter of its Latin name or in the event of elements having the same first letter by the first two letters. Even though his atomic symbols were introduced in 1813 see the note on p. 359 it was quite a few years before Berzelius's symbols were adopted by the chemistry community. But once accepted they became the new international language of chemistry. Berzelius "contributed more to the development of the atomic theory and to the setting up of accurate values of the atomic weights than did any other worker of the time. Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modification is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a simple and easely retained manner". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but in England only after some considerable time."Findlay "A Hundred Years of Chemistry" p. 14.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1813 C. - Leicester & Klickstein "A Source Book in Chemistry" p. 258 ff. - Holmberg 1813:28 a. </em> hardcover
