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1691S13100Florence:: Gio: Filippo Cecchi 1691. 1691. Large 4to. xv CCLXIX 20 pp. Half-title title printed in red & black title vignette 75 copper engraved plates numerous woodcut initials and head & tailpieces index; prominent waterstains to corners lacks the portrait of Cosimo some copies have the portrait others do not. Later quarter vellum marbled boards black leather gilt-stamped spine label vellum tips. Very good. Second edition first printed in 1666/7. This marvelous work contains descriptions of experiments on air-pressure freezing of water an early account of Torricelli's invention of the barometer thermometer electrical and magnetic experiments measurements of the velocity of sound and light and experiments on heat and cold. It contains many large full-page engravings of experimental apparatus used to conduct these early experiments in natural physics. The engravings on pages iii vi viii and xiii show Torricelli's thermometer with a column of liquid and capsules of various density liquids that will either float of sink depending upon the surrounding temperature. Also known as a "termometro lento" slow thermometer this clever instrument is still marketed as a functioning curiosity today. / As the mechanism of the atmosphere exerting continuous pressure on the surface of the earth was unknown at that time the experiments using a barometer and bell jar pp. xxiv-xxxi seem rather naïve to us today. The members of the Academy couldn't determine why the mercury in the column didn't fall once the barometer was 'shielded' from the surrounding atmosphere. What they failed to realize is that the air pressure inside the bell jar remained the same as the outside since it had not been evacuated. Page lxxxxix depicts a curious experiment in which an organ pipe and a bellows to blow air through a pipe are encased in a vacuum chamber. The experiment demonstrated that when the chamber was evacuated the pipe no longer made sound even though the bellows were still forcing 'air' through the apparatus therefore showing that air at normal pressure was a necessary component to produce sound. / The Academy of Experiments was founded in Florence in 1657 and flourished for only ten years 1657-1667 and presents the first group effort at scientific investigation on the part of scientists including such original minds as Viviani Borelli Steno Redi Cassini and Torricelli. Its moving spirits were two of Galileo's most distinguished disciples Viviani and Torricelli. The necessary financial support came from the two Medicis the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his brother Leopold; both of them had studied under Galilei. More than a decade before the formal institution of the Academy the two Medici brothers had started a laboratory well equipped with such scientific apparatus as was then obtainable. :: Wolf. / "This collection contains papers describing experiments on light sound and electricity. Amber rubbed in vacuo . . . magnetic attraction across a vacuum . . . magnetic screening . . . rubbed amber and gems . . . discharging action of flames . . . electrical attraction is mutual. . ." :: Wheeler. / Barchas-Stanford 1345 1666/7 ed.; Boffito 'Gli strumenti della scienza' pp. 133-134; Brunet V-29; Catalogo Bibl. Mediceo-Lorenese 569; Cinti 163; Dibner Heralds of Science 82; DSB IX p.3 Magalotti; Gamba 853; Krivatsy/NLM p.25 1666/7; Maylender Michele "Storia delle Accademie d'Italia" 1926-30 II pp. 7-16; Michel V-76; Riccardi II 407; Wellcome III p. 23; Wheeler 196 1684 ed.; Wolf The History of Science Technology and Philosophy I p. 55. This edition not in Bakken but has the 1684 translation. Gio: Filippo Cecchi, 1691. hardcover books
200995303Buenos Aires: Patricia Rizzo Editora 2009. 24;34cm. Con colaboración de Jorge Cordonet en la investigación de campo 2 vols: 191; 32 p b/w and color plates ports. facs. bibl. fldg. wrps. Plus facs. printed in blue and red ink. "Incluye publicación facsimilar de la edición argentina de la revista Rovente futurista 1924" front cover Includes facsimile of the newspaper Rovente futurista serie 3 Anño 2 no. 1 Nov. 1924 published in Buenos Aires and edited by Piero Illari. Sponsored by the Instituto Italiano di Cultura of the Ambasciata d'Italia in Buenos Aires p. 4-5. A major study of Futurist movement of Marinetti in the Rio de la Plata region Argentina Uruguay and the qualities that unite two cultures in this case beween Italian Futurism and the vanguard of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires and Montevideo. With a wide variety of reproductions of photographs paintings magazine covers and books and documents in general the author shows what was meant in this movement and what were their influences and impacts on the Rio de la Plata. This edition is accompanied by a facsimile publication of the only publication that was futuristic in Argentina ROVENTE magazine published in 1924.A basic and important reference. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. Patricia Rizzo Editora unknown books
195012999Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1950. First Edition. Fine. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop; 1950; First Edition 5.5x8"; Light blue-gray paper boards with beige cloth backing red brown lettering on pale green background with ornamental border on front cover with paper label on spine; ix 1 93 pp. 1 folded map in back pocket facsimile of Creuzbar map of 1849; Overall Fine condition Kurutz 8b. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop unknown books
16660000696Bononiae Bologna: Sumptibus haeredum Euangelistae de Duccijs 1666. First Edition. Vellum. Very good . Folio 31.4 x 21cm. Contemporary vellum. Collation: 16 576 70 p. engraved frontispiece and 36 woodblock prints in text or singly. The frontispiece has allegorical figures in a garden with arms of the University of Bologna. Bottom of spine repaired with new vellum. The internal condition is very good. This is a very scarce title from an Italian botanist and brother of naturalist Batolomeo Ambrosini. He succeeded his brother to the chair of botany at the University of Bolognia and also assumed direction of the botanical garden. His first work was Hortus Bononia studiosirum consistus which was followed posthumously with the Phytologiae offered here. The Phytologiae was intended to be the first of a two-volume dictionary of plants with the second to be on trees. The second volume was never completed. The woodcuts in this work on herbaceous plants were done by Tinti and provide a good working illustration for the plant described in the text. This very scarce work comes from a period of great botanical study and characterization in Italy. The genus Ambrosinia is named after the two brothers. Hunt 303; Pritzel 132. <br/><br/>This very scarce work comes from a period of great botanical study and characterization in Italy. The genus Ambrosinia is named after the two brothers. Hunt 303; Pritzel 132. Sumptibus haeredum Euangelistae de Duccijs hardcover books
200785931Buenos Aires: Ediciones de la Antorcha 2007. 30cm. 159p b/w and color plates facs. ports. cat. bio/chron. bibls. color pict. fldg. wrps Until a few years ago the artwork of Sirio b. Spain moved to Argentina in 1910 - d. 1953 although famous during his life his work was lost or scattered in different collections. Architect and artist Amengual spent years in this recompilation editorial project of Sirio's original production as muralist Train Station of Jujuy caricaturist drawer of "Caras y Caretas" book illustrator La gloria de Don Ramiro by Enrique Larreta and engraver of the many prints created for other important publishing companies. LIMITED EDITION 1500 Ediciones de la Antorcha unknown books
1976300196New York: Praeger 1976. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Introduction by Paolo Grassi. Testimony to Times Past by Mario Labroca. Profusely illustrated some in color. 314 pages. Small 4to purple cloth d.w. New York: Praeger 1976. First edition.<br/><br/> Praeger unknown books
197615778NY: Praeger 1976. First U.S. edition. 4to pp. 314. A fine copy in dj. OP The story of LaScala Italy's foremost lyric theater. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings. Praeger unknown books
1976001796New York: Praeger Publishers 1976. With an introduction by Paolo Grassi and testimony to times past by Mario Labroca. 314p. 474 illus. many colored quarto format dj. Praeger Publishers unknown books
197634113New York: Praeger 1976. Folio. 314 pp. In dustjacket. Praeger unknown books
2001185622Milan Italy: Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala 2001. Softcover. VG edge-wear to covers; light rubbing to corners; back cover scratched. tight binding. interior clean. black illustrated wraps w/ French flaps. 263 pgs w/ color illustrations. text in Italian. Cover and endpaper signed by the arist. Blue pen squiggles to endpaper edge. Wonderfully illustrated. A scarce edition. Edizioni del Teatro alla Scala unknown books
1798045492Madrid: Cano 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full sheep spine rubbed and worn hinges weak still sound and very good internally. Enlightenment minded work critical of the inquisition. 175pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045492. <br/><br/> Cano hardcover books
746Vienna VA: Andreas Galleries Inc. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 8 inches 90 pp with many color illustrations. Undated likely 1980s. Some handling wear sticker with gallery contact information affixed to rear inside cover; else clean and sound. Includes work by A.V. Alfieri Paul Caranicas Carlo Coene Primo Conti Giuliano Crivelli Salvatore Fiume Lorenzo Fonda Gigi Guadagnucci Bruno Maskarel and Vieri Vagnetti. "In the first dozen artists there is impressive talent - enduring talent. Complemented by the vision of the entrepreneurs who have founded George Andreas Galleries" preface. Includes color illustrations with short biographies of each artist. Andreas Galleries, Inc paperback books
m2743Candler School of Theology Emory University 1983. Signed & inscribed by author to Bishop T. Otto Nall. Quarto hardcover red cloth gilt letters 194 pp. Fine As New. From Abstract: This project is concerned with the laity’s role as active participants in public worship along models extant in documents of the New Testament and the Early Church. The study seeks to understand what roles are filled in public worship and what persons fill the roles. It also asks what it means to participate in public worship. The project was designed to formulate a plan for the revamping of morning worship at the First United Methodist Church Okeechobee Florida.This project paper includes an historical and contemporary review of the Okeechobee United Methodist Church; an explanation and evaluation of the work of the core group; results and interpretation of the questionnaires; the direction in which the congregation’s worship is presently headed and the initial work of Phase II which puts into effect the results of the project. hardcover books
194640087Montevideo: Impresora Uruguaya 1946. First edition. Paper wrappers. Darkening around wrapper edges else a very good clean copy. 12 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w plate. 8vo. Baltasar Brum RodrÃguez 1883-1933 was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923. Impresora Uruguaya unknown books
1720243089London: A. Bell 1720. hardcover. good. Done into English: With a large Explanatory Introduction; helping the better to understand some other Writings also of the same Author. 8vo old panelled calf; front cover detached. London: A. Bell et al 1720. Scarce.<br/><br/> First Edition in English of the treatis on fevers from Bellini's 1643-1704 magnum opus the "De uriinis et pulsibus." Bolgna 1683; Garrison-Morton 4162. Bellini a pupil of Redi and Borelli attacked the problem of secretion attributed by the chemical school to the action of ferments in favor of mechanics - hence the title of this English version. Previous owners small signature on top of title page.<br/><br/> A. Bell unknown books
168340699Bologna: ex typographia HH. Antonij Pisarrii 1683. First edition. <p> Inscribed by Bellini</p> <p>Bellini Lorenzo 1643-1704. De urinis et pulsibus de missione sanguinis de febribus de morbis capitis et pectoris. 4to. 20 606 i.e. 608pp. Woodcut ornaments. Bologna: ex typographia HH. Antonij Pisarrii 1683. 216 x 161 mm. Vellum c. 1683 title hand-inked on spine. Leaf Aaaa2 torn and repaired at an early date without loss of text otherwise a fine copy. Presentation copy from the author inscribed at the foot of the title: "All' Illmo Conte Tommaso della Gherardesca. l'Autore." </p> <p>First Edition inscribed by the author. This is the first inscribed copy of a major seventeenth century medical classic that has been on the market in more than a decade. Bellini professor of anatomy and medical theory at Pisa was one of the Italian founders of iatromechanics a system that framed physiologic events such as the circulation of the blood in terms of mathematical and physical principles. Bellini's De urinis et pulsibus represents the first important attempt by an Italian scientist to systematically apply iatromechanics to medical theory. "William Harvey's theory of the circulation was of fundamental importance to Bellini and other proponents of iatromechanism. Bellini asserted that good health depended on optimal function of the circulation of the blood and that disease was a manifestation of an inefficient circulation. Rejecting ancient humoral pathology he viewed blood as a physical fluid with specific properties that could be interpreted in terms of mathematical and physical principles. . . . Bellini emphasized that disease was often due to alterations in the elasticity or 'tone' of the solids or in the density of the fluids which hindered their motion. This in turn could cause local congestion or stagnation. Bellini's enthusiastic support of therapeutic bleeding reflected this pathophysiologic concept. He tried to prove that this phlebotomy increased the velocity of the circulation thereby washing away 'morbid matter' and restoring health" Fye pp. 181-82. </p> <p>In the book's section on diseases of the chest Bellini reported "several forms of heart disease especially of the syncopal type . . . in his book De urinis et pulsibus Bellini discusses the state of the coronary arteries and admits that the condition which he calls 'pressio' is dangerous and may cause the contraction of the heart to be abolished p. 541. He also has in mind external pressure by tumors fat and so on. However an intra-arterial coronary impediment of blood-flow by calcification was clearly described by this author. Bellini reported of a patient who died of a condition similar to the clinical picture of coronary disease as we now understand it in whose coronary arteries he found a 'stone.' It seems quite reasonable to deduce that Bellini saw in the post-mortem a coronary occlusion" Leibowitz History of Coronary Heart Disease p. 71. </p> <p>Bellini's work is also important in the history of urology as it marks the first important contribution to the chemical analysis of urine. Recognizing the value of urine as a diagnostic aid Bellini insisted on its chemical analysis in pathologic conditions. </p> <p>Bellini presented this copy of De urinis et pulsibus to Tommaso della Gherardesca 1654-1721 a distinguished member of an important Tuscan aristocratic family and as such a likely patron. Gherardesca was appointed bishop of Fiesole in 1702 and archbishop of Florence in 1703; he also founded the Seminario Maggiori di Firenze in 1712. The rarity of this inscription by Bellini cannot be overestimated. This is the first inscribed book by Bellini we have seen on the market in more than 40 years and it is also the first inscribed copy of a major seventeenth century classic on any aspect of medicine that we have seen on the market in more than a decade possibly longer. In addition this copy is clearly in the original binding in which it was presented and with the exception of one leaf which was inexplicably torn through and repaired the copy is in fine even very fine condition for a work of this period</p> . <p>Garrison-Morton 762.1 4162. Fye "Lorenzo Bellini" Clinical Cardiology 20 1997: 181-82. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Willius & Dry History of the Heart and the Circulation p. 64. Murphy History of Urology pp. 147-48.</p> . ex typographia HH. Antonij Pisarrii unknown books
1732046677Venice: Gabrielem Hertz 1732. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum light wear and soiling small tear to spine; modest foxing though most of volume otherwise clean With 7 full page plates within the pagination and a frontis portrait of the author. Styled the second Venetian edition the first was 1708. 28 500 i.e. 502 18; 4 291 i.e. 293 3 pp Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Medicine & Health; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046677. Gabrielem Hertz hardcover books
185331822Edinburgh: Constable 1853. 8vo pp. 505. Paper over boards with 3/4 leather. Cover little scuffed and worn o/w a VG tight copy. A memoir of the rebellion of 1831. Constable unknown books
1991110081Milan: Franco Sciardelli 1991. First edition. Softcover. Text in Italian by Pellizzari. A collection of 24 black and white photographs of famed Italian screenwriter Zavattini. A very near fine tight copy in wrappers with the original price sticker on the rear panel. Uncommon. Franco Sciardelli unknown books
1836SEM18276Rome: Published by Litografia Siotto 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Slim quarto. Contemporary marbled paper over boards; vellum spine. 3128 pp 5. 19th century facsimile edition. <br/><br/> Published by Litografia Siotto hardcover books
2003186148Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2003. Hardcover. VG/VG Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; burgundy dj color illustrated mylar cover; xiv 456 pp; 44 unnumbered pages of plates. "This sixth volume in the series centers on the sociological and critical aspects of opera in Italy considering the art in the context of an Italian literary and cultural canon rarely revealed in English and American studies. In its six chapters contributors survey critics' changing attitudes toward opera over several centuries trace the evolution of formal conventions among librettists explore the historical relationships between opera and Italian literature and examine opera's place in Italian popular and national culture. In perhaps the volume's most striking contribution German scholar Carl Dahlhaus offers his most important statement on the dramaturgy of opera."--Jacket. <br/>Contents: Poetics and polemics / Renato Di Benedetto -- The dramaturgy of Italian opera / Carl Dalhaus -- Metrical and formal organization / Paolo Fabbri -- Opera and Italian literature / Marzio Pieri -- The dissemination and popularization of opera / Roberto Leydi -- Opera in Italian national culture / Giovanni Morelli. University of Chicago Press hardcover books
2002186135Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2002. Hardcover. VG/VG Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; burgundy dj with color illustration; mylar cover; xiii 346 pp bw illustrations. The History of Italian Opera Series Part II Systems Volume 5. Contents: Stage and set / Mercedes Viale Ferrero -- Directing opera / Gerardo Guccini -- Theatrical ballet and Italian opera / Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell. University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1998186141Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; burgundy dj mylar cover; xviii 4440 pp; bw illustrations. The History of Italian Opera Series Part II Systems Volume 4. Contents: Opera production to 1780 / Franco Piperno -- Opera production 1780-1880 / John Rosselli -- Opera production from Italian unification to the present / Fiamma Nicolodi -- The librettist / Fabrizio Della Seta -- The opera composer / Elvido Surian -- The opera singer / Sergio Durante. University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1985172467Firenze: Galleria Carini 1985. First edition. Softcover. 45 pages. Text in English with an essay by Carl Brandon Strehlke. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations with 1 gatefold list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and collections. A near fine copy in French style wrappers and with laid in errata slip. Galleria Carini unknown books
18267538Mexico City: Mariano Galvez Rivera 1826. First edition. Quarto size pp 8 276 8. A history of Texcoco a city built by the Acolhuas a pre-Columbian people of the Náhuatl-speaking group of tribes and once the chief seat of Aztec culture. There is much information on the legendary past and particularly the great king of Texcoco Netzahualcoyotl. It appears that the text is basically that of Veytia based on notes and other material of Boturini with some editorial additions by Bustamante. Boturini 1702-51 educated in Milan and Vienna arrived in Mexico in 1736. Fired with the intention of writing a history of pre-Conquest Mexico he assembled a collection of mss in Náhuatl and Spanish now principally preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris which has never been equalled. Returning to Europe in 1744 Boturini worked on his Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional fundada sobre material copioso de figuras symbolos caracterer y jeroglÃficos cantares y manuscritos de autores indios ultimamente descubiertos Madrid 1746 which is an inventory of pictorial texts of Spanish-Indian history. In that work he was assisted by Mariano Fernández de EcheverrÃa y Veytia. Veytia 1718 - 80 a native of Puebla was one of the great historians of pre-conquest Mexico of his day along with Clavigero and wrote on that subject as well as a history of his "querida" Puebla. He was a close friend of Boturini whose work in Mexico inspired his own studies. Carlos MarÃa de Bustamante 1774-1848 Mexican patriot politician journalist and pamphleteer was one of the intellectuals of the Insurrection movement. As well as recovering pre-Columbian and colonial mss Bustamante produced a number of historical works the most important of which is his Cuadro histórico de la revolución de la América mexicana 1823-32 which covers the period 1808-21. Ownership inscription on title-page: "Mexico 28 May 1834 J. H. Fritsch". Sabin 6835: Palau 33791. Some copies apparently have a folded map of the lake Texcoco - this copy does not and follows Palau's and Sabin's collation in that respect: further no plates or maps are called for in the index and no copies at auction indicate a map or plates. Contemporary mottled calf; covers decorated with a gilt border; gold-tooled spine; yellow-edged leaves. Very nice copy in excellent condition. <br/><br/> Mariano Galvez Rivera unknown books
