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NATURAL HISTORY ALBUMABAA

Manuscript on paper entitled on first leaf "Kaito shosan bussanshi" trans.: "Local natural history specimens from all over Japan carefully described"

New York Natural History and Geological SurveyABAA

NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK

1894WRCAM28514Albany 1894. Thirty volumes described below. Original cloth gilt-stamped in the earlier volumes in the series several volumes rebacked with original backstrips laid down. Several volumes with minor nicks or tears in cloth but overall a very good set of a work seldom found in decent condition. A complete set of one of the great monuments of American science and natural history illustration of the 19th century. It is virtually impossible to assemble all of the volumes in this set as they were issued across more than half a century and are generally found in poor condition because the bindings were not adequate for the weight of the heavy text blocks. Many of the volumes were issued in two states with the plates either colored or uncolored. In this set all possible plates some 539 are colored. The New York Natural History and Geological Survey was established by the state legislature in 1836 under the direction of James Ellsworth DeKay. By far the most ambitious scientific project undertaken in the United States up to that time it was designed to be issued in six sections: Zoology Botany Mineralogy Geology Agriculture and Paleontology. After six years of preparation volumes began to appear in 1842. The first four parts a total of twelve volumes were issued in 1842-44 and the five volumes of the Agriculture section between 1846 and 1854. The final section Paleontology began publication in 1846 but under its editor James Hall it took on a life of its own. Hall managed to turn it into a long career in his position as state paleontologist ultimately issuing thirteen volumes where only one had been planned originally. Without Hall's genius as a lobbyist for additional state funds the entire project would have been wrapped up in the 1850s. Instead he was still in office at age eighty-three when the final volumes were published. NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK is notable for its vast array of color plates and in later volumes its use of other innovative forms of natural history illustration. In all it contains several thousand plates colored and uncolored making it a project on the same scale as the Pacific Railroad Survey. The present set contains 539 handcolored lithographs. The set is much less well known because far fewer volumes were produced than the U.S. government publications but it clearly was the model on which the great U.S. surveys of the 1850s were based. Some sections of the set are particularly desirable and more difficult to obtain while others were produced in very small editions. An essential work for any collection of early American science or American illustration especially color plates. A synopsis of the set with notes on illustration and rarity is given below. A detailed collation of the set is given in Meisel. Part I. ZOOLOGY OF NEW YORK: OR THE NEW YORK FAUNA; COMPRISING DETAILED NOTICES OF ALL THE ANIMALS HITHERTO OBSERVED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This series was edited by James Ellsworth DeKay. Vol. I. Mammalia. Albany. 1842. Thirty-three plates. These plates are usually found uncolored as here. A colored issue does exist but is extremely rare. Vol. II. Birds. Albany. 1842. 141 handcolored plates. Vol. III. Reptiles and Amphibians. Albany. 1842. 102 plates. These plates are usually found uncolored as here. The extremely rare colored issue of this volume is probably the hardest segment or issue to find of the NATURAL HISTORY. Vol. IV. Reptiles and Amphibians. Albany. 1842. The text volume for the preceding. Vol. V. Mollusca and Crustacea. Albany. 1844. Fifty-three handcolored plates. Part II. A FLORA OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COMPRISING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE INDIGENOUS AND NATURALIZED PLANTS HITHERTO DISCOVERED IN THE STATE. Albany. 1843. Two volumes. 161 handcolored plates. This section was edited by the noted botanist John Torrey. Not surprisingly the beautiful colored lithographs of flowers have made this one of the most sought after sections of the NATURAL HISTORY. Part III. MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK; COMPRISING DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MINERALS HITHERTO FOUND IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND NOTICES OF THEIR USES IN THE ARTS AND AGRICULTURE. Albany. 1842. Eight uncolored plates. This section was edited by Lewis C. Beck. Part IV. GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK. Prepared by various authors. Vol. I. Mather William W.: Part I.first geological district. Albany. 1842. Forty-two handcolored plates. Vol. II. Emmons Ebenezer: Part II.second geological district. Albany. 1842. Fifteen uncolored plates. Vol. III. Vanuxem Lardner: Part III.third geological district. Albany. 1842. No plates only illustrations in text. Vol. IV. Hall James: Part IV.fourth geological district. Albany. 1843. Nineteen uncolored plates. Part V. AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSIFICATION COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOILS AND ROCKS AND THE NATURAL WATERS OF THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS. This section was edited by Ebenezer Emmons. Vol. I. Part I. Albany. 1846. Twenty-one uncolored plates. Vol. II. Analysis of Soils Plants and Cereals. Albany. 1849. Forty-two uncolored plates. Vol. III. Fruits. Albany. 1851. Text only. Vol. IV called "Atlas" to Volume III. Fruits. Albany. 1851. Ninety-five handcolored plates. This volume is also highly sought after for its plates of fruits from upper New York State prefiguring the many fruit illustrations which began to be produced in Rochester in the mid1850s. Vol. V. Injurious Species of Insects. Albany. 1854. Forty-seven handcolored plates. Part VI. PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK. This section was edited throughout by James Hall. Vol. I. Organic Remains lower division. Albany. 1846. 100 uncolored plates. Vol. II. Organic Remains middle division. Albany. 1852. 104 uncolored plates. Vol. III. Part I. Organic Remains.lower Helderberg group. Albany. 1859. No plates. Vol. III. Part II. Atlas for above. Albany. 1861. 143 uncolored plates. Vol. IV. Fossil Brachiopoda. Albany. 1867. Sixty-three uncolored plates. Vol. V Part 1 Vol. 1. Lamellibranchiata. Albany. 1884. No plates. Vol. V Part 1 Vol. 2. Lamellibranchiata. Albany. 1885. Ninety-six plates. Vol. V Part 2 Vol. 1. Gasteropoda. Albany. 1879. No plates. Vol. V Part 2 Vol. 2. Gasteropoda. Albany. 1879. 120 uncolored plates. Vol. VI. Corals and Bryoza. Albany. 1887. Sixty-seven uncolored plates. Vol. VII. Trilobites. Albany. 1888. Sixty- four uncolored plates. Vol. VIII Part 1. Paleozoic Branchiopoda. Albany. 1892. Forty-four uncolored plates. Vol. VIII Part 2. Paleozoic Branchiopoda. Albany. 1894. Eighty-four plates. The final eight volumes of this series are much harder to find than the first four having been issued much later and in smaller editions. The final two volumes comprising Volume VIII are extremely rare. MEISEL II pp.613-18. ANB 6:356 De Kay 9:861 Hall. REESE STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 73. BLUM PICTURING NATURE 199-209. hardcover books

William Reese Company · États-Unis14 000,00 $US≈ 11 845,40 €

WOMEN'S HISTORY & LITERATURE SUFFRAGE STANTON Elizabeth CadyABAA

Autograph Letter Signed. 2pp signed to Parker Pillsbury Dec. 8th 1895

189544165New York December 8th 1895. Autograph letter signed on recto and verso of single cream laid sheet 22x14.5cm.; approx. 85 words; dated 26 West 61st N.Y. Dec 8th and simply addressed to "Parker" presumably Stanton's friend and fellow-suffragist Parker Pillsbury 1809-1898 who with Stanton had co-edited the women's rights newsletter "The Revolution" twenty years earlier. Faint mail folds small unobtrusive archival paper remnants to two corners from having been previously mounted else Near Fine and still quite fresh. Brief contemporary 1897 pencil note at bottom edge "Mrs. Stanton - born Nov. 12 1815 Now past 82 - C.E.R." though based on contents we would place this letter as having been written around 1895. Brief but significant missive addressed to Parker Pillsbury the American minister and women's suffrage advocate regarding a copy of Stanton's "Woman's Bible" she had just sent him. "I wonder if I could interest them a "Mrs. White" and one other sufficiently in the Woman's Bible to sell ten or twenty copies in there sic respective woman's clubs It is published at my expense hence I am trying to push its circulation." The controversial "Woman's Bible" a series of commentaries pertaining to the portions of the Bible relating to women was published in two parts in 1895 and 1898 and composed almost entirely by Stanton alone her committee of Bible revisors finding the project too controversial and harmful to the cause of women's suffrage. Clearly at the time of writing this letter the book was still meeting with resistance thus our placing the date at around 1895 Stanton turning to Pillsbury as a potential source of influential and wealthy patrons she inquires "Is Mrs. White still living & working Is that rich woman that Mr. illegible used to visit in Maine living". But by 1897 the book had become a best seller though many of the members of the women's suffrage movement would continue to distance themselves from it. This letter quite significant as a testimony to the aging Stanton organizer of the historical 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and her continuing indefatigable efforts and initial lack of support in getting this work circulated. See Tracy A. Thomas "Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundation of Family Law" 2016 pp. 15 & 223. unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis6 500,00 $US≈ 5 499,65 €

FERRANTI; NIMROD; COMPUTER HISTORYABAA

Faster than Thought. The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer

19512436Hollinwood/Lancs: Ferranti Ltd 1951. First edition. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE MANUAL FOR ONE OF THE FIRST VIDEO GAMES. VERY POSSIBLY THE FIRST COMPUTER GAME MANUAL. Although they were "keen to be involved" in the 1951 Festival of Britain electrical engineering firm and computing pioneer Ferranti was still without an exhibit by late 1950. John Bennet an employee of the firm stepped up and suggested the construction of a machine that could play Nim a matchstick game in which players compete to force a final move.â€¨â€¨ The Nimrod is considered to be the first or second computer game ever constructed depending on how one defines the term and is certainly the first to be constructed and played outside of North America. It was inspired by the Nimatron an "electro-mechanical machine exhibited at the 1940 World's Fair in New York City" that also played Nim Donovan which isn't typically considered a computer and followed only Toronto's Bertie the Brain built in 1950 which played tic-tac-toe. The manual which includes a technical description of the computer appears to be the first of its kind as we can locate no records of any user manuals or pamphlets for the Nimatron or Bertie the Brain both of which were also presented and played at public festivals. The game was tremendously well received both at Festival of Britain and at the Berlin Industrial Show in the same year. It is reported that it drew politicians and academics notably including Alan Turing who is rumored to have been one of the few to beat it! Sources: Donovan T. 2010.Â Replay: The history of video games. East Sussex England: Yellow Ant. Hollinwood/Lancs: Ferranti Ltd 1951. Small octavo approx. 4x7 in. original green wrappers stapled at spine custom box. A little toning at extremities very minor crease at top of few pages. An extremely well-preserved copy. RARE. Ferranti, Ltd unknown books

The Manhattan Rare Book Company · États-Unis5 500,00 $US≈ 4 653,55 €

Thou Jacques Auguste deABAA

Historiarum sui Temporis. Partis Primae.Libri VI

1604045016Ambrosium & Hieronymum Drouart 1604. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 5 volumes bound in 9 in contemporary calf. Worn at the edges and corners spines a little dry but intact and attractive overall. Volume 1 with a single title page some copies were apparently bound with a second title page noting Estienne the publisher of the Folio edition. Old bookplates inside covers ownership marks and stamps to titles and first pages occasionally trimmed a little close on the top edge just touching the running title scattered minor pencil marks light dampstain to the corners of a section of vol vii but otherwise clean and a very good set overall. This is the second edition of Thou's history published 1604-1608 and the first octavo edition. It was published just after the Folio edition a few months after for the first volumes and almost simultaneously thereafter. The first two octavo volumes corresponding to the first folio volume and printed in 1604 identified here as Pars I and Partis Primae Tomus II is bound in four volumes as is the second volume published in two octavo volumes in 1606 and corresponding to the Folio volume also published in 1606. They are identified as Tomus Secundi Pars Prima and Tomi Secundi Pars altera. The final volume identified as Libri VI is bound in one and published in 1608 the Folio edition was published in 1607-8. Because Thou was editing and changing his systems of identification as he published the books the naming system is a little odd - this final volume follows the third and fourth octavo volumes and not the first two in how it is numbered. 1005pp index; 1013 index; 958 index; 886 index; 501 privilege index. Kinser pages 10-20. Graesse VII 147. Thou's history is one of the great monuments of Renaissance history and in its scientific factual take on events was much more a work of the enlightenment than the counter-reformation. As a result and despite some minor changes from the first edition all of the later books dealing with the wars of religion and other topics ended up on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1609. A 1620 edition collected all of the history and added Thou's Mémoires. Size: Octavo 8vo. 9-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045016. Ambrosium & Hieronymum Drouart hardcover books

Pazzo Books · États-Unis5 000,00 $US≈ 4 230,50 €

Dingle Edwin JohnABAA

The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China. A Work Devoted to Its Geography & Resources and Economic & Commercial Development

21412Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald. Hardcover. Very good. Compiled and translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment." Second edition undated but 1917 or 1918. Large folio 21.25 x 15.25 inches pp 12 xi 1 88 187 xxxiii 18 with index 25 attractive colored maps in English and Chinese and many colored charts and graphs. Original embossed black cloth with beveled edges and gilt titles. Some chipping the the cloth at the spine ends and on raised bands corners rubbed through but a very good copy internally sound and clean. A fascinating and comprehensive reference providing extensive statistics on all aspects of Chinese manufacturing industry agricultural production natural resources and trade imports and exports broken down by province and city as well short write-ups on the history and principal commodities of dozens of cities and on the climate geography and mineral resources of China as a whole. There is a lengthy and most interesting list of "Commodities of the World's Commerce Compilied with Special Reference to China" that provides information on the sources and uses of such items as buffalo horns coprolites dragon's blood Ignatius beans kukui oil mangrove bark sea slugs and silkworm gut. A list of public companies in China detailing their capital profits etc. is included as an appendix and this is followed by 39 pages of ads for manufacturers shipbuilders and shipping lines insurance companies banks and import/export firms. The author was an English journalist and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society who lived in Asia for nearly two decades traveling in China India Tibet and Burma. In 1920 this book was advertised as "the only work of the kind every produced for and about China." Other works of this nature have undoubtedly been produced in the ensuing century but it is hard to imagine any could be as impressive a production as this one. North-China Daily News & Herald hardcover books

Walkabout Books · États-Unis4 800,00 $US≈ 4 061,28 €

PERRAULT Claude 1613 1688 HISTORY OF ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES Royal Academy of SciencesABAA

Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences: Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Animaux

1734D4425Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1734. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes comprising Vol. III parts I to III of Memoires de lAcadémie Royale des Sciences depuis 1666 jusquà 1699. Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1733-1734. Part I: 231pp.; Part II: 294pp.; Part III: 215pp. 97 engraved folding plates depicting animals and skeletal diagrams. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Claude Perrault in first volume. Contemporary French calf spines gilt edges red; some occasional browning; repairs to joints some rubbing. Unidentified armorial bookplate to front pastedown beneath monogrammed bookplate D.P. with chipmunk and two mice. A later reduced format edition of Perraults Memoires of 1671-1676 Perraults study of this nature was first published in 1669 with the results of investigations of five animals and later expanded with studies of over forty animals. Prior to 1670 most descriptions of animals paid little attention to their internal structure and there were very few images in natural history encyclopedias that depicted skeletons or muscles. That changed with the establishment of the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1666 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert with the approval of King Louis XIV. The Academy functioned with neither statutes nor regulations until 1699. At that time the Academy used the term mathématique to encompass the fields that are now called astronomy mathematics and physics and the term physique to encompass the fields that are now called anatomy botany zoology and chemistry. In January 1699 Louis reorganized the Academy giving it first regulations. The effect was to give the King more control over their activities in exchange for becoming an official institution under his protection with the new name Académie Royale des Sciences. One of the original academicians the physician Claude Perrault organized regular sessions at which participants could dissect deceased animals from Louis XIVs royal menagerie and record all they observed. Lions chameleons bears gazelles wolves ostriches crocodiles monkeys eagles tigers porcupines and salamanders among some were all laid open by the academics scalpels. These superb folding plates record in great detail the pioneering work at the Academy. These three volumes in three parts focus on the transformative and foundational years of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and Claude Perraults efforts which had made comparative anatomy a vital tool for the classifying naturalist. Par La Compagnie des Libraires hardcover books

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis4 500,00 $US≈ 3 807,45 €

Barlow Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln 1607a1691ABAA

Brvtvm fvlmen: or The bull of Pope Pius V. concerning the damnation excommunication and deposition of Q. Elizabeth : as also the absolution of her subjects of their oath of allegiance with a peremptory injunction upon pain of an anathema never to obe

1681H0011a2-a6b-b7c-c7d-2315 pages. Small square octavo 7 Â¾" x 6 Â¼" bound in full leather. Second edition. Thomas Barlow 1607-1691 was an English academic and clergyman who became Provost of The Queen's College Oxford and Bishop of Lincoln. He was considered in his own times and by Edmund Venables writing in the Dictionary of National Biography to have been a trimmer a reputation mixed in with his academic and other writings on casuistry. His views were in fact Calvinist and strongly anti-Catholic and he was one of the last English bishops to identify the Pope as the Antichrist He worked in the 1660s for the 'comprehension' of nonconformists but supported the crackdown of the mid-1680s; and declared loyalty to James II of England on his accession having strongly supported the Exclusion Bill which would have denied the Catholic James the succession. Pope Pius V's response to Queen Elizabeth I of England assuming governance of the Church of England included support of the imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots and her supporters in their attempts to take over England "ex turpissima muliebris libidinis servitute". A brief English Catholic uprising the Rising of the North had just failed. Pius then issued a bull Regnans in Excelsis dated April 27 1570 that declared Elizabeth I a heretic and released her subjects from their allegiance to her. In response Elizabeth who had thus far tolerated Catholic worship in private now actively started persecuting them. Condition: Original bards with new period spine and red label with gilt lettering to spine corners rubbed and bumped else a good to very good copy. Printed by S Roycroft for Robert Clavel at the Peacock hardcover books

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

Frezier Amedee Francois 1682 1773ABAA

A Voyage to the South-Sea And along the Coasts of Chili and Peru in the Years 1712 1713 and 1714 Particularly Describing the Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants as well Indians as Spaniards: Their Customs and Manners Their Natural History

1717E01353559index pages 36 of 37 maps and copper cuts of the coasts harbor cities plants and other curiosities comprising: 14 plates 3 folding 22 maps charts or plans 14 folding. title page printed in red and black. Printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. Lacks the frontispiece map. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" bound in leather with raised spine bands and red label with gilt lettering. Postscript by Dr Edmund Halley and an account of the settlement commerce and riches of the Jesuits in Paraguay. Palau 94965 Sabin 25926 Nissen ZBI 1433 Hill p117 First English edition. FrÃ©zier was educated in Paris and served as lieutenant of infantry from 1702 til 1707 when he entered the engineer corps. In 1712 the government sent him to examine the condition of the Spanish colonies in America. After visiting the principal points in Peru Chili and Brazil he returned to Marseilles. He pointed out several mistakes in the "Relation" of Father Feuille and this led to a bitter controversy between the two travelers. FrÃ©zier introduced the large Chili strawberry into France. First published in France in 1714. The first edition into English is preferable to the French original "because it contains Halley's. postscript which corrects certain geographical errors made by FrÃ©zier" Hill. "The first part of this book gives an interesting account of the voyage from France around Cape Horn. The second part relates to the voyage along the coasts of Chile and Peru describing the chief towns and cities. FrÃ©zier a man of observation brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants. Condition: Rebacked with original spine label laid down; lacking frontispiece map and binder's leaf free endpapers renewed intermittent foxing else a very nice copy. Jonah Bowyer hardcover books

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

Fung HK. H. K.ABAA

The Shop Signs of Peking

193119347Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 18 leaves 10 x 13.25 inches oblong in original string-tied brocade boards with mounted paper label. A few spots of loss to the brocade offsetting from silver paint to adjacent pages light soiling to title page all else very good. Printed in an edition of just 100 copies this volume contains 101 hand-colored illustrations with captions in English and Chinese translating the purely pictorial signs into written form. Historically Chinese shops used pictorial signs due to low literacy rates in the local population. Although certain aspects of the signs were fairly universal depicting the articles for sale as the author explains in the preface "the shop signs of different parts of China varied according to the customs of the people" especially when the items being sold were not easily represented by pictures. In these cases centuries-old local traditions prevailed. Fung writes: "The wine flag can be recognized from a great distance when one wants to satisfy his thirst he will not have to strain his optic nerves to get what he wants; they are as conspicuous as the barber poles in Western Countries.The only explanation that I can give for the existence of these pictorial signs is that in the former times the percentage of illiteracy among the people was very low. I am sure with the establishment of the new public school system that most of the Chinese people can read the written language of the country. Therefore it is plain to see that these signs will gradually disappear as they are no longer necessary. Eventually they will become nothing but relics of the ancient Chinese Customs. So it is very advisable for those who are interested in things Chinese to add a copy of this album to their collection in Orientalia.". Chinese Painting Association of Peking hardcover books

Walkabout Books · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 172,88 €

Cook James 1728 1779 etalABAA

The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery with The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages

1955E01069 volumes including the three atlas volumes and portfolio volume. Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour cclxxxiv696 pages with 20 maps 25 illustrations including color frontispiece appendix and index. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 clxx1028 pages with 19 maps 63 illustrations appendixes and index. Half-title gives II as number within the set. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume III parts 1 and 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780 Part One ccxxiv718 pages with 17 maps and 64 illustrations. Half-title gives III as number within set. Admiralty instructions and the journal of the Third Voyage with supplementary extracts from journals or logs by James King Charles Clerke James Burney Richard Gilbert Thomas Edgar. Part 2: viii723-1647 with 2 maps 10 illustrations appendixes and index. Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook xi760 pages with 11 maps 38 illustrations bibliography and index. Written by J. C. Beaglehole. First separately published by A. and C. Black 1974 then for the Hakluyt Society. These volumes in royal octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with blind stamped silhouette of Cook in gilt on front boards and gilt lettering to spines. Portfolio Charts & Views Drawn by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the Original Manuscripts edited by R. A. Skelton. Pages viii with 58 loose maps charts plans profiles views and other illustrations some folding folio 15 3/4" x 10 1/2" in original blue cloth portfolio with gilt pictorial of cook on front in original jackets except for portfolio volume. The Charts & Coastal Views. Volume One: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771 With a Descriptive Catalog of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them. Together with original drawings of the Endeavour and her boats lxiv328 pages with color frontispiece 480 half-tone plates and index. Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 c332 pages with color frontispiece 23 color plates 320 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volume three: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780 . together with the running journal of James King 1779-80 cxxxvi319 pages with color frontispiece 22 color plates 298 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volumes chief editor Andrew David. Assistant Editors for the Views Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. Folios 17 1/4" x 11" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed in gilt on front covers. Hakluyt Society Extra Series 34a 34b 35 36a 36b 37 43 44 and 46. First printings. Condition: Lacks jacket for portfolio volume and the spine head is bumped. Jackets: Volume one volume three part two price clipped some jackets spines toned Charts & Coastal Views with some edge wear and closed tears else a near fine set in like jackets. Hakluyt Society hardcover books

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

Denmark Literary History SoyaABAA

1923 - 1957 Collection of over 50 individual Inscribed & Signed Publications of Danish Humorist Playwright Author Carl Erik Soya

193523506Denmark: Various 1935. 'Soya' Carl Erik Martin Soya 1896 - 1983 Danish author epicure playwright and social-satire moralist. "Soya's works are a mixture of primitiveness with refinement uncertainty & intransigence with forbearance courage with compassion A Rabelais-like character comedian and fabulant who is constantly haunted by a misanthropy akin to Guy de Maupassant His countless publications extend into a majority of genres and forms: newspaper journalism reviews poetry children's books school plays librettos aphorisms pamphlets Among numerous honors received were the Holberg Medal in 1947 Henrik Pontoppidan Memorial Fund 1949 Gyldendals Herman Bang scholarship 1950 Oehlenschlæger scholarship in 1961 Johs. Ewald scholarship in 1968 and the Danish Academy's highest award in 1975." see the third edition of the Danish biographical dictionary published 1979-84 The collection was formed due to the close and enduring friendship of Soya with Valdemar Bruun with most of the titles warmly inscribed and signed by Soya to Valdemar. exceptions noted Many of the books also have the illustrated bookplate of Dr. Bertel Bruun 1937 - 2011 Danish-American naturalist international conservationist and neurologist author of several birding guides and a descendant of the original recipient the distinctive 'bird" plate which was designed by Dr. Bruun is usually found on the front endpaper. Several of the books are signed and inscribed to Dr. Bruun and are described as such. Including: Kvinderne I Persien Og Andre Aeventyr. 1923 Steen Hasselbalchs Forlag Denmark. 169 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper to Valdemar Bruun from Carl Erik Soya; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards; spine ends wear and rubbing good condition. Parasitterne Skuespil I 5 Akter Med Tegninger af B. Biilmann Petersen. 1929 Teatrets Skuespilserie Levin & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 154 pages; inscribed on the half-title page to Valdemar Bruun "mein brofarbe Kammerat og Kritikurfra Carl Erik"; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Ganske Almindelige Mennesker Skitser Og Fortaellinger Tilegnet Forfatterer af "Hans Og Grethe" 1930 Leven & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 163 pages; warmly inscribed on the front endpaper "Kari Valemar.Carl Erik"; original buff-color plain wraps with black spine titles; some edge tips wear and soiling to covers; contents in very good condition and clean. Ganske Almindelige Menneskeranother copy also inscribed and signed dated 1944 from Carl Erik & Agnes; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Jeg Kunde Nemt Ta' 100 Kroner! Fortaelling Omslagstegning af Kai Mottlau 1931 Leven & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 100 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Fire Bornerim Tekst af Soya Musik af Kai Rosenberg. 1931 Vald. Pedersens Bogtrykkeri Kobenhavn; 14 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Fire Bornerim another copy this copy inscribed & signed on the half-title to the Bruun family from the Soya family; bound in gray paper wrap covers side-string bound with the title "Juleaften 1931"; some edge tips wear and soiling to wraps; in very good condition. Hvem er Jeg Eller Naar Fanden Gi'r et Tilbud Komedie i et Forspil nogle Mellemspil et Efterspil og 11 Billeder Med Illustrationer af B. Biilmann Petersen. 1932 Det Kobenhavnske Forlag Nordlundes Bogtrykkeri. 80 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; black and white illustrated contents; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Lord Nelson Laegger Figenbladet eller En Nat I et Vokskabinet Historisk Skuespil I 2 Bind Og 16 Kapitler Omslagstegning af Mogens Zieler. 1934 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 34 pages; example No. 128 of 500 signed by Soya; printed double-column; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some tips and spine ends wear & fading; in very good condition. Avner for Vinden Trargikomedie I 7 Billeder Omslagstegning af Freddie Dansk Undulag-Obdroetter Klub D.U.K. tilegnet. 1937 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 44 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page; printed double-column; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some tips and spine ends wear & fading; in very good condition. Den Leende Jomfru Skuespil I 5 Akter Omslagstegning af Karl Larsen 1934 example # 6 pf 500 signed 54 pages; bound with Lord Nelson Laegger Figenbladetsame as above example No. 137 signed by Soya and additionally inscribed & signed on the half-title; with Fristelsen Skuespil I 3 Akter Omslagstegning af Sikker Hansen de trofaste Venner Kai og Karen Rosenberg tilegnet. 1935 26 pages example No. 40 of 500 signed; with Avner for Vindensame as above example No. 16 signed; bound with Maalet Troen og Synspunktet Det Nye Spil om Enhver Omslgstegning of Soya III 11Aar Paa dette Blade n Tak til Ingeborg og Sven Clausen for Godt Kammertskab unservejs. 1938. 63 pages; example No. 164 signed; with Min Hoje Hat eller Tryllekunstens Triumf Aeventyrkomedie I to Afdelinger omslagstegning af Ungermann Tilegnet de Dame rog herrer der uddeler Forfatterunderstottelserne paa Finansloven. 1939. 126 pages; example No. 128 signed and additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title "Kare Valdemart!.Din gamle Ven C.E. Sept. 39."; All these plays published by Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn; with their original illustrated stiff paper wrap front covers bound in light gray hardcover boards gilt spine titles; some wear an soiling to binding; contents in very good condition. Den Leende Jomfrusame as above example No. 409 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; bound with Lord Nelson Laeggersame as above example No. 319 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Fristelsensame as above example No. 297 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Handlingen Foregaar I Danmark Skitser og Fortaellinger Omslagstegning af helge Refn Tilegnet Guy de Maupassant. 1936 61 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Avner for Vindensame as above example No. 17 signed and additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Maalet Troen og Synspunktetsame as above example No. 338 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; bound with Min Hoje Hatsame as above example No. 235 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; All these plays published by Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn; with their original illustrated stiff paper wrap front & back covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornaments in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. To Kassered Horespil en transmission Hvis Holberg. 1935 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 32 2 pages; laid-in is the illustrated postal announcement card for the book addressed by hand from Soya to V. Bruun; with postal cancellation; fragile brilliantly-colored paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; short closed tear to wrap at edge; postal card & book in very good condition. Horespilafdelingen. 1939 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 16 pages; original printed paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Brudstykker Af et Monster et Skuespil I 6 Skuespil 1940 Nyt Nordisk Forlag - Arnold Busck Kjobenhavn. 90 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & C.E. Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. La Chaine et la Trame To Traade Piece en Cinq Actes Trauduit du danois par Gilles Gerard-Arlberg. 1941 Les Editions Borgen Copenhague. 79 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title to Ebba & Valdemaarfrom Agnes & Carl Erik in 1952; original illustrated paper wrap covers design by Bjorn Wiinblad; some edge tips wear and chipping to covers little soiling; in good condition. Smaa venlige Smaafisk Fortaellinger og Humoresker Med Forord af Tom Kristensen. 1941 Poul Carit Andersens Forlag Kobenhavn. 167 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya dated 1940; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. En Gaest Fortaelling. 1941 Carit Andersens Forlag Kobenhavn. 126 pages; signed "Soya" on the half-title; laid-in couple of photo-copied reviews of a timeline of Soya works at this period of his accomplishments in Danish; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Poul Reumert Med Forord af Axel Kjerulf. 1942 Grafisk Forlag Kobenhavn. 64 pages; a photographically illustrated biography of this Danish stage and film actor; original printed paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya.To Traade et Skuespil I 5 Skuespil. 1943 - 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 144 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition.Min Farmors Hus et Tidsbillede. 1943 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 349 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; text block paper browned; in very good condition. Orla Lundbo. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 98 pages; with black and white illustrations from the production; Danske Forfatterbiografier Nr. 4.; inscribed and signed on the half-title to Valdemaarfrom Carl Erik; useful 2- page chronological list of Soya works at back; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and chipping to covers little soiling; in good condition. Eventyr af Soya Hr. Mands Hemmelighed Tegninger: Jacob Skjodsholm. 1944 Knud Th. Mollers Bogtrykkeri Ringkjobing. 24 pages; limited edition No. 17 of 300; signed by Soya Jacob Skjodsholm & Knud Th. Moller at the introductory sheet; color illustrations; original paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Smil Saa! Udvalgte Humoristiske Fortaellinger Med Forord af Kaj Munk. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 264 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & C.E. Soya in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. 30 Aars Henstand et Skuespil I 4 Skuespil. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 189 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. 33 Kunstnerportraetter tekst af Soya tegninger af Yvonne de Ripperda. 1945 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 89 pages; black and white portrait illustrations; original printed paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping old damp-discoloration at top edge in good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Brudstykker Af et Monster et Skuespil I 6 Skuespil. 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 148 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik in the year of publication; original printed paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping in very good condition. Festskrift til Soya Paa Halvtredsaarsdagen 30. Oktober 1946. 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 120 pages; color frontisipiece portrait of Soya by Johannes Nielsen; black and white illustrations of places people of importance in Soya's life; original illustrated paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping in good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Fire Komedier in two volumes: Vol. I: Vogelfeder Umbabumba with Vol. II: Chas Hvoffer Skaend's VI 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 276 327 pages; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles all text block edges tinted black both volumes contained in a matching paper-covered cardstock boards slipcase; additionally titled in gilt on the front boards of both volumes "Valdemar 26- 9 - 46 fra Agnes og Carl Erik"; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not additionally signed by Soya. Love Med Korset Skuespil I Een Akt. 1950 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 91 pages; limited edition of 750; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Carl Erik & dated in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and darkening; in very good condition.Slaraffenland Bornebog for Born - Alle Aldre Tegninger Af Arne Ungermann. 1950 Wilhelm Hansen Forlag Kobenhavn. 44 pages; inscribed and signed on the title page from Carl Erik & dated in the year of publication; nice lithographed color illustrations by Ungermann; original illustrated paper covered board pink cloth spine; some edge tips wear and rubbing darkening to binding; in very good condition. Hvis Tilvaerelsen Keder Dem - Udvalgte fantsier. 1952 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 185 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page from Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and soiling; in very good condition. Soya II Tanker Om Kvinder Kaerlighed Og Det Med Tegninger af Soya III. 1953 Borgens Forlag. 21 pages; inscribed and signed on the endpaper from Agnes & C.E. & dated in the year of publication; black and white illustrations and red leaf-ornaments in the printing; plain paper wraps with 'Soya' on the cover; some wear and soiling to the over-wrap; in very good condition. Lomme Uld 344 Indfald Og Udfald af Soya. 1955 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 53 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel Bruun from Soya in the year of publication; original paste-paper covers printed in yellow in red; some light edge-wear and darkening in very good condition. Blodrodt og Blegrodt Gamle nye fantasier. 1955 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 123 pages; on the half-title is "Dedikationen se Side 5 November 1955" in Soya's handwriting; the printed foreword dedication is "Kaere Valdemar." evidently for his old friend Valdemar Bruun; laid in is a newspaper-clipping of a review of the book with a portrait of Soya; with laid-in Tak for venligheden Den 30. Oktober 1956 signed Carl Erik - Soya on the cover 4 pages No. 99 of 250 and signed by the publisher Rasmussens on the limitation page; a small paper wrapped pamphlet; the "Blodrodt."volume in the original printed paper wraps bound in red patterned-paper covered boards in a modernist style red leather spine and corners gilt spine titles; both publications with light wear and soiling in very good condition. Blindebuk Eller Sadan Kan det Ga! En Tratralogi for Teatret. 1956 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 365 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel Bruun from Agnes & C.E. - Soya in the year of publication; original printed paper wraps; some edge-wear paper splitting along spine edge; in very good condition overall. I Den Lyse Nat Skuespil I to Akter. 1956 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 67 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Ebba og Valdemar from C.E. in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition.Vilhelms Bibel 586 Indfald Og Udfald af Soya. 1957 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 80 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel from Soya in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition.With related ephemera:Hilsener til Soya 7 page booklet with commentary from various Scandinavian writers regarding Soya. Light wear in very good condition.Soya: Afdode Jonsen: 4 Akter. 23 page small playbill booklet for this production 1957 - 1958 with a portrait frontispiece of Soya and other illustrations within of the players; small inscription on front cover good condition.1996 Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten newspaper clipping regarding "Moralisten og satirikeren Soya" by Hans Andersen with a portrait of Soya; old fold lines darkened in very good condition.A loose endpaper excised from an unknown publication inscribed and signed from Agnes & Carl Erik - Soya in 1953 to Bertel Bruun; light wear and darkening very good. Overall the collection is in very good condition and especially interesting for the personal dedication and signing for most of the volumes. NOTE: This is a large group of material; shipping will be figured at time of purchase. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Various books

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Education Women's HistoryABAA

Incredible Correspondence Archive of Pre-Independence Women of India Seeking Personal and Financial Independence and Education 1920s-1940s

15265Extensive correspondence collection 1920-1940s. 66 letters by various authors mostly women native to the Indian sub-continent all very unusual in the fact that they are highly educated and in the midst of further studies or early in their careers decades prior to Indian Independence. The letters are addressed to a young teacher Probha who was former classmate to most of the writers as well as a few to her sister Rani or to both and follows them as they finish school enter teacher training college and ultimately fan out over India as bearers of a new generation of independent Indian women. In 1931 Indian female literacy hovered at just under 3% making the experiences of these forerunners and their correspondence incredibly rare. Prior to Indian Independence from Britain Gandhi called for uplifting the status of women through education and recognition of their inherent worth as human beings. Determined to inculcate the equality of the sexes into Indian culture Gandhi publicly did household tasks that were traditionally women's work and declared that "the future is with women." Indeed other activists also equated India's independence with new freedoms for women. However by 1931 Indian female literacy hovered under 3% and was often lower in the rural provinces where schools were few child marriage was prevalent and patriarchal norms dominated society. On the cusp of vast cultural change educated women and female schoolteachers and professionals were the rare exception. These letters record the interactions between a rare group of highly educated women their thirst for personal and financial independence as well as their conflicting feelings regarding the traditions that defined their lives and restricted them. Their nexus was the Queen Victoria Girls' High School in Agra a small city in the rural northern province of Uttar Pradesh most notable for being the home of the world famous Taj Mahal a symbol of reverence to a much-loved wife of antiquity and of honor to the traditional woman. In its tall shadow young sisters Probha and Rani Thomas attended high school at "QVHS" in the late 1920s-early 1930s where lifelong friendships developed with female students Libawati Ivy Monica Lila Mercy Winnie among others. Most of them became teachers where the extraordinary nature of their achievement stood in stark relief to the lot of most other women "This year only one out of five girls has passed from our village schools." As their lives continued and they spread across the country education became the uniting factor that drove the young women forward and brought them back to each other. "Probha what are you going to do now I am going back to old Q.V. to become a teacher and I am feeling very sad as my dear old class girls won't be there. All these past years seem like a dream. So soon the parting took place.No more Tenthies no more H.M. Club. All have faded like a passing cloud.I shall never find such a jolly set again Probha. This future seems very hard." They were witness to an extraordinary moment in history when the world was changing particularly for women and with their education they are in a unique position to describe the change "It is funny that when it is time for us to be silent we have to look after our visitors and perform useless ceremonies-someday we'll change but not yet." One recalls a train ride in which she sat near "a bold Gandhi's follower.In his eloquent poetical language he was telling people that he had been to jail and was saying that for the love of country he can endure anything." Probha and Rani's father a judge had lessons for them about the danger of Revolutionary activities when one of their friends gets involved "Arel De is intelligent and emotional but he has no self control.You may write to him but make it plain that you will drop correspondence if he writes politics again. He is either already on Police books or will soon be." Though they shied away from direct involvement in politics they encapsulated Indian women's liberation in the early century: striving after independent employment deferring marriage yet with respect for their elders. In one letter Monica sadly reports to Probha "I am not coming back to school. Although I am feeling very bad but yes father has done what is good for me. I asked many times to let me go but he forced me to stay here." And in another poignant letter "Lovey" writes "Rani sis do you remember once we were talking about this problem of getting married Now very soon I shall be facing it. John wants to settle down after my working for one year only & I wish to work for at least two years. I think I shall have to do my parents will decide. Please pray that I may get a chance of working for at least two years." In tone the women are warm and sisterly to an extent not found in letters of Western cultural origin and also profoundly honest in reporting to one another their successes and failures; a good or bad test score the struggle to study while encountering difficulties such as lack of clean drinking water and large snakes and even having the security of their families placed on their young shoulders "May God help me. May I pass in the 3rd division only for it is difficult time for us two sisters. Our father's money is nearly spent and if I pass I go for training. Please remember us in your prayers that we may soon become independent." As one of the young women finds out who goes back to QVHS as a student teacher life becomes more complicated as time goes on "My examination result is so bad.my poor mother is working so hard at home. It was too much to disappoint her.I know you would ask me but why have you done so badly The only answer I can give you is that I got 7 periods a week to teach & being a slow writer the notes of lessons & the preparation took all my study time." What they share is a clarify on the value of their education to all their future lives: "All the Normal Students High School and the middle candidates.tell each one of them that I wish them a very brilliant success. Tell them that I remember each one of them in my prayers that they all may pass in the 1st Division with scholarships." Cultural references show the writers and recipients of these letters were generally native of India although they often went by Western cognoms. A few of the letters from British servicemen or coworkers offer an interesting perspective on intercultural understanding and friendship in the days when Indian Independence loomed so closely on the horizon. A serviceman befriended by Probha writes "In those days we were very ignorant. We knew nothing at all of the country or the people and their ways and customs. I think we were most surprised to find that you spoke English.We were astounded to see such bad conditions existed for some people and very upset to find such a feeling of bitterness between our two peoples." Reflecting the dichotomy inherent to the lives of these girls several letters are from their mother who simultaneously pushes them on to achieve independence and reminds them of their cultural anchor. anxious for them and resolute that they will have every opportunity possible. An intelligent woman in her own right Probha's mother offers advice on her exams "Your last quarterly should have had better marks. I wrote a few little hints in my last letter. Please keep them in mind.I'll send your saris in a day or two.I couldn't get even a bit of voil in the bazaar. There was no chance of getting it from any out station. I've used the bits I had at home.I pray God to be with my baby & help her to be a true hearted & brave soldier." The letters are in English except for a few brief passages in Hindi as English was the primary language of education and commerce prior to Independence. A few are from an object of romance; a male teacher who courts Probha with poetry but does not succeed in convincing her to give up her freedom as a single woman. A rare archive of letters from an extremely uncommon cross-section of pre-Independence society: the forerunner of the modern educated and independent woman of India. unknown books

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Cieza de Leon Pedro 1520 1554ABAA

The Seventeen Years of Travels of Peter de Cieza through the Mighty Kingdom of Peru and the Large Provinces of Carthagena and Popayan in South America

1709CA1100viii24412 pages with engraved map folding plan and four engraved illustrations in text and index. Quarto 9 Â¾" x 7Â½" bound in period calf with modern rebacking original gilt spine leather laid down and ruled gilt edges to cover. Translated by Joh Stevens. First English Edition. This is a highly regarded chronicle of the conquest and colonization of Peru by Spaniards in the latter part of the 16th century and is lauded for its at the time objectivity. Cieza de Leon's Chronica was to appear in 4 sections this translation being the first part only all that was available of the history until the latter part of the 19th century. Pedro Cieza de LeÃ³n was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily for his history and description of Peru CrÃ³nicas del PerÃº. He wrote this book in four parts but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries. Cieza de LeÃ³n was born to a family of Jewish conversos1 around 1520 in Llerena a town in southeastern Extremadura less than 60 mi from Portugal. Although recently converted from Judaism to Catholicism the family enjoyed good social standing in the region because of their networks and business dealings. His father Lope de LeÃ³n was a shopkeeper in the town and his mother Leonor de Cazalla was a native of Llerena. There is scant documentary evidence of the young Cieza de LeÃ³nâ€™s childhood and little is known of his early life before his voyage to the Americas. Given the fact that he left home at 13 it is unlikely that Cieza de LeÃ³n received more than a rudimentary education. In 1536 in CÃ³rdoba at 16 Cieza de LeÃ³n was greatly surprised to learn of the discovery of the land of the Incas and so decided to go to Seville to embark on his journey to South America to see for himself the artifacts of precious metals which had been brought to Spain from Cajamarca. In light of the prohibition of entry into the Spanish colonies for Jews and Jewish converts to Catholicism Alonso LÃ³pez and Luis de Torres attested for Cieza de LeÃ³n that he was not prohibited. Jewish converso Pedro LÃ³pez de Cazalla secretary of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conqueror of the Incan Empire was also his first cousin. He returned to Seville Spain in 1551 and married a woman named Isabel LÃ³pez de Abreu. Here he published in 1553 the first part of the chronicles of Peru Primera Parte. He died the following year leaving the rest of his work unpublished. His Second Part of Chronicles of Peru describing the Incas was translated by Clements Markham and published in 1871 for the Hakluyt Society. In 1909 the fourth part of his chronicle focusing on the civil wars among the Spanish conquerors was published under the title Third Book of the Peruvian Civil Wars. The third part of Cieza de LeÃ³n's CrÃ³nicas del PerÃº which examined the discovery and conquest of Peru by the Spaniards was considered by historians to be lost. The document eventually turned up in a Vatican library and historian Francesca CantÃ¹ published a Spanish version of the text in 1979. Though his works are historical and narrate the events of the Spanish conquest of Peru and the civil wars among the Spaniards much of their importance lies in his detailed descriptions of geography ethnography flora and fauna. He was the first European to describe some native Peruvian animal species and vegetables. Condition: Expertly rebacked some light rubbing to extremities foxing old book plate on front pastedown else very good. unknown hardcover books

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