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1992DEMO006065IStatesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1992. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. In a mahogany and copper scroll case with vertical slot and hidden crank handle; with a protective velvet cloth <br/><br/>Only 16cc.Remarkable bilingual presentation / re-interpretation of this Biblical work placing it in the the Reagan / Bush era. Illustrated with 16 color etchings by Bernard Solomon the translator and etcher. He realized there were remarkable parallels between the Biblical story of Esther and that of Anita Hill Clarence Thomas and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. This interpretation unfolds sequentially as each leaf is unrolled from the 33 in. high scroll holder. The body of the scroll holder is one of the original copper plates used for the etchings which is why it is limited to an edition of only 16. The top and bottom of the handcrafted minaret-style case is finely shaped and polished mahogany by Anthony V. Mann. Designed with a hidden crank to rewind the scroll into the case. Altogether remarkable! The Boxwood Press hardcover
193144935Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf 1931. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo. 104pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with gilt and blue lettering to cover in original photo-illustrated dustjacket protected in modern mylar. Images of politicians and other famous persons in unposed moments captured by Salomon whose historic work inspired London's Graphic to coin the term "candid camera" while Salomon himself coined the word "Bildjournalist" photojournalist. Magnificently illustrated with full page b/w photographs of Pablo Casals Albert Einstein Wilhelm Furtwängler William Randolph Hearst Thomas Mann Mussolini and others. Description of photos in German English French and Italian. Text in German. Dustjacket with ear along edges one inch chip at left lower corner of back and a few small chips as well as light creasing along edges. Front cover slightly bent outwards. Small abrasion on front free endpaper. Very light foxing to half-title title page and table of contents. Dustjacket in overall good binding and interior in very good condition. J. Engelhorns Nachf hardcover
2003C131795Italy: Skira. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 8884911192 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - HARDCOVER - 2000 pages; 26.5 pounds -- "The art of Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940 spans two centuries: a leading protagonist of Post-Impressionism Vuillard also took part in the renewal of the decorative arts after 1900. This catalogue raisonné of the paintings and pastels of Édouard Vuillard provides an extraordinary opportunity to look again more carefully and above all comprehensively. Hundreds of photographs taken by Vuillard himself together with an unprecedented collection of preparatory drawings and sketches focus more closely on the artist's creative process than has any previous study. These three voumes present a compelling re-examination of Vuillard's work and recommends itself to experts and art lovers alike. -- AUTHOR: Antoine Salomon a direct descendant of the Vuillard-Roussel family has throughout his life assembled a unique body of documentation on the art and the creative life of Vuillard." Modern Art Art History Post-Impressionism Édouard Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Skira hardcover
178688943Paris: la veuve HerissantBarrois l'aîné 1786. Fine. One of the finest illustrated books of the 18th century bound in contemporary full green morocco. la veuve Herissant Barrois l'aîné Paris 1786 - 1793 22 x 30.4 cm Grd. In-4 3 volumes reliés Deluxe edition superbly illustrated with 3 engraved titles a portrait a frontispiece and 72 figures 4 vignettes and 66 tailpieces all by Le Barbier and engraved by Alix Baquoy Dambrun Delignon Gaucher Giraud le jeune Godefroy halbou Langlois jeune Le Beau Lépine Le Villain de Longueil Pauquet Petit Ponce Taxier Thomas Trière and Viguet. The first plates are numbered and within frames with captions in the lower margin the following ones bear pagination indications. Some plates are dated from 1782 to 1792. Fine printing on vellum. Contemporary full green morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 cornucopia tools and roulettes. Frame roulette on the boards. Roulette on the leading edges and interior. Pink paper on pastedowns. Edges gilt. Traces of rubbing. Darker areas on the boards of volume 2. Spine uniformly lightened. Scattered foxing. Salomon Gessner; poet painter and engraver rapidly acquired great renown throughout Europe for his Idylls and particularly in France. His lively and simpler prose renewed the genre and the baroque language. He himself published most of his books in his printing house and also illustrated them himself. Besides the Pastorals songs and others the edition contains a selection of letters and a short essay on landscape a genre in which Gessner excelled. The great care brought to the printing to the engravings and the remarkable execution of Le Barbier's drawings have contributed to making this work one of the finest of the 18th century. At the end of volume 3 are found 2 letters from Gessner addressed to Barbier regarding the illustrations the author also expressing his pleasure with Barbier's dedication to Madame de Genlis. la veuve HerissantBarrois l'aîné hardcover
19341697301934. TELINGATER Solomon. 1914-i. Dokumental'nyi pamflet. By Ilya Feinberg. 92 20 pp. illustrated throughout with photomontage and 9 full page plates including 2 foldout plates. 8vo 250 x 180 mm. publisher's bound in black cloth front board embossed and printed with metallic red and silver ink preserved in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: MTP 1934. This stunning book was published to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the First World War. A splendid example of Telingater's skill as a book designer combing photomontages with dramatic layout and strips of red paper with white type tipped in throughout the book. An elaborately constructed book that is an analysis of the Great War and the international and domestic issues and events that coincided and inspired the Russian Revolution. Intricately designed with two concertina foldouts one depicting dinosaurs. Front inner hinge repaired otherwise very good condition. hardcover
194320095Washington D. C.: The National research Council 1943. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. We offer a nearly complete run of this important early computer serial: Numbers 1 2 5-59 66-70 each in the original wrappers as published. Small quarto and octavo sizes approx 12 inches shelf space. Occasional minor soiling. From the library of Frank M. Verzuh with his name on some covers. Wraps. MTAC is the first period journal devoted entirely to the literature of computation. The journal had a very small subscription base in the early years. Through 1946 it's subscription list was less than 350 readers. Many were discarded as computing advanced at a rapid pace. As of this writing Worldcat shows less than 80 institutions with even partial runs. The first volume contains lists and descriptions of printed tables where they were published as well as new errors discovered in the published sources. These errors introduced by humans whose job description were "computers" continued to appear until mechanical computers significantly reduced and eventually eliminated them. Large businesses military and financial operations used these tables to save time - so error notices were important. Later issues particularly in Volume 2 of this serial contained interesting and groundbreaking material related to the development of computers as we know them today. <br/><br/>Professor FM Verzuh attended the Moore School lectures and was a participant in early computering at MIT. The fact that this serial was still present on his shelf at his retirement is an indication of it's importance. Scarce in the marketplace. See Origins of Cyberspace 777 for a detailed description and history of the serial which was published in a total of 14 volumes until a title change in 1960. Important articles included in this run include Origins of Cyberspace 577 579 1077 and 1078. "MTAC remains the primary periodical source of information on the electromechanical and electronic digital computers designed and built during the late 1940s and early 1950s as well as on the scientific uses of punched-card machines mechanical desk calculators etc" It also served as a journal of record for the newly formed Association of Computing Machinery until the founding of their own journal in January 1954. The National research Council unknown books
a015.016GB: R T Birchall - Preston 326 x 255 mm. Old half dark green leather and marbled boards. Spines heavily decorated in gold and all lettered "HAYDN - BOOK C". Leather title labels on front covers. All with the large armorial bookplate of Frederick A Heygate Lambert with small Garratts Hall Library case label. PAGINATION ERRATIC THROUGHOUT but appear to be complete as issued. Salomon is in 7 sets of 16 pages whilst Hague is about 48 pages. All fairly clean tight and sound BUT some offsetting throughout and some occasional damp and other marks. A good working set but perhaps not for the collector. Hardback. Good. R T Birchall - Preston Hardcover
50930Folio half parchment binding in good condition. Two extra pages included: numbered 17 17 vso andn 23 23 vso. Illustrated with a folding map by S. de Bray dated 1644 some restorations on the back. B10059 unknown
17431935Lipsiae Leipzig: Apud Jo. Fridericum Gleditschium By Johann Friedrich Gleditsch 1743. 18 6-32 16 2138 columns i.e. 1069 pp. 107 pp. Quatro 23 x 18 cm. Edition novissima New edition. Copper engraving of the author's portrait on the frontispiece. Period vellum with embossed gilt spine. Engraved decorative headpieces tailpieces initials. In Latin some Hebrew and Greek.<br /> <br /> Good condition. Slight damage to the top of the spine. Bookplate pasted down to the front endpaper. Library number in ink on the title pre-revolutionary library stamp on the title and cols. 43-45 305-306 589-590 793-794 1037-1038 1293-1294. Ink and pencil numbers on the front and back endpapers. Minor foxing. Owner's marks on the first pages. Marginalia in ink on col. 1915.<br /> <br /> The inscription on the bottom margin title p. 1 3 5 7. reads Ex libris Nicolai Chanenko Signiferi Generalis i.e. From the books of Mykola Khanenko the Grand Standard-Bearer.<br /> Mykola Khanenko 1693 - 1760 was a prominent Ukrainian politician scholar and writer. Starting his military career at 17 under Peter the Great Khanenko rose from a scripture to the one of the most respected titles in the army. He became what is known as khorunzhiy an officer responsible for bearing the standard for the Getman's army. Grand Standard Bearer was an official title in the Zaporozhian Cossack army and was a high official rank.<br /> Khanenko meticulously studied for years - first in Kyiv Academy in Lviv later on his own: he was a proponent of something known today as lifelong education. He became a polyglot keen in Latin wrote poetry in different languages and translated Latin books into Russian.<br /> This attentiveness and encyclopaedic education made him a person close to the Getman figure: he was akin to procurator for both Ivan Skoropadsky and Pavel Polubotok. Polubotok and Khanenko were imprisoned by Peter the Great for a number of years after submitting a plea to choose a new Getman in a democratic way. Freed in 1726 Khanenko took part in the Russian-Turkish war in Crimea.<br /> <br /> Later Khanenko switched to compiling the Ukrainian Malorossian law codex. His activities and interests do show the reality of Cossack officers: a tough but educated democratic and self-governing community.<br /> Khanenko also left one of the first ever written memoirs on Ukrainian life of the era. He consistently wrote a diary from 1719 to 1754 and it was published a century later Chteniya v Imperatorskom Obschestve. Moskva: V Universitetskoi tipografii 1858. // Diariusch ili Zhurnal. His love for books and interest in religious studies was in detail reviewed by some scientists among which an article inquired in great detail describing the presumably personal library of Khanenko of at least 150 books. His diary notes dozens of Latin books: bought gifted sent for binding translated. Most of those are historical scientific and religious editions Bilokin' S. Knyzhni interesy Mykoly Khanenka // Ï€Ïοσφώνημα. Istorychni ta filolohichni rozvidky. no. 5 pp. 117-124. L'viv 1998. Later the volume left Khanenko family library and for some time was a part of the Novgorodseverskaja gimnazia library. This is shown by the rubber stamp visible across different pages and a librarian inscript - both clearly dated as pre-1917.<br /> The library inscript in walnut ink runs through the bottom margin of the frontispiece p. 1 and p. 3 stating the book "Belongs to Novgorodseverskaja gimnazia". The Novgorod-Seversk gymnasium was a Russian Empire secondary school active 1808-1918 within the modern Chernigov region of the Western Ukraine. The gymnasium is considered one of the oldest schools situated within the historical Ukraine territory with Ukrainian classic writer Panteleimon Kulish 1819-1897 and teacher Konstantin Ushinskiy 1823-1870 among its pupils.<br /> Closer to the modern days during the 20th century the book was a part of Prof. Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis 1903-1988 collection. BaltruÅ¡aitis was a son of a known symbolist poet and Lithuanian ambassador in Soviet Russia. He was an art historian specialising in the styles and spiritual phenomena of the Middle Age thus the book suited his collection well. The bookplate depicts his satirical self-portrait.<br /> <br /> Salomon Glass 1593-1656 was a German theologian Jena professor since 1620's specialising in Hebraism. Editor of the Nuremberg Bible. This encyclopaedic Philologia sacra is his major work. With the 1st edition of the 1st vol issued in 1623 the five vols. present in this book were completed by 1636 and subsequently reissued a number of times.<br /> <br /> The work is divided into five parts. Glassius looks into philology as a tool to understand the Holy scripture and describes the methods to use this tool. He provides a system of biblical literature and examines different languages used in them including literal and figurative meanings of the tropes. This systematic approach is considered a great example of the new research practices in theology and the encyclopedia became a classic. Apud Jo. Fridericum Gleditschium [By Johann Friedrich Gleditsch] unknown
178688943la veuve Herissant Barrois l'aîné | Paris 1786 - 1793 | 22 x 30.4 cm (Grd. In-4) | 3 volumes reliés
194320095Washington D. C.: The National research Council 1943. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. We offer a nearly complete run of this important early computer serial: Numbers 1 2 5-59 66-70 each in the original wrappers as published. Small quarto and octavo sizes approx 12 inches shelf space. Occasional minor soiling. From the library of Frank M. Verzuh with his name on some covers. Wraps. MTAC is the first period journal devoted entirely to the literature of computation. The journal had a very small subscription base in the early years. Through 1946 it's subscription list was less than 350 readers. Many were discarded as computing advanced at a rapid pace. As of this writing Worldcat shows less than 80 institutions with even partial runs. <br /> <br /> The first volume contains lists and descriptions of printed tables where they were published as well as new errors discovered in the published sources. These errors introduced by humans whose job description were "computers" continued to appear until mechanical computers significantly reduced and eventually eliminated them. Large businesses military and financial operations used these tables to save time - so error notices were important. Later issues particularly in Volume 2 of this serial contained interesting and groundbreaking material related to the development of computers as we know them today. <br /> <br /> Previous owner Professor FM Verzuh attended the Moore School lectures and was a participant in early computering at MIT. The fact that this serial was still present on his shelf at his retirement is an indication of it's importance. <br /> <br /> Scarce in the marketplace. See Origins of Cyberspace 777 for a detailed description and history of the serial which was published in a total of 14 volumes until a title change in 1960. Important articles included in this run include Origins of Cyberspace 577 579 1077 and 1078. "MTAC remains the primary periodical source of information on the electromechanical and electronic digital computers designed and built during the late 1940s and early 1950s as well as on the scientific uses of punched-card machines mechanical desk calculators etc" It also served as a journal of record for the newly formed Association of Computing Machinery until the founding of their own journal in January 1954. The National research Council unknown
178632947-1233Paris l'Auteur des Estampes Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé 1786-93. With 2 engr. frontispieces 3 engr. titles 72 engr. plates and 70 vignettes engr. after Le Barbier by Bacquoy Dambrun Godefroy a.o. XII pp. 1 leaf 215 pp.; 182 pp.; 236 pp. Large 4to. Contemp. calf gilt lettering on spine all edges gilt marbled endpapers slightly rubbed. Paris l'Auteur des Estampes Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé 1786-93. One of the most beautiful 18th-century de luxe editions in France of Salomon Gessner's 1730-1788 complete works with the charming illustrations by Barbier. Gessner's friend Michael Huber 1727-1804 Henri Meister and Bruté de Loirelle were responsible for the translation. At the end of volume three are two letters by Gessner addressed to Barbier concerning the illustrations and the translation. Barbier had dedicated this work to Madame de Genlis and Gessner expressed his pleasure about this gesture. - Nice copy. - Leemann-van Elck Gessner p. 691; Cohen/de Ricci 433; Lewine 209; Sander 786. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ; Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé unknown
114096Moscow GIZ 1930. . First edition slim 8vo 20.4 x 9.2 cm; text by Kirsanov and design by Telingater; original printed wrappers with photomontage and typographic design by Telingater small repairs to spine otherwise a very good copy.<br /> An attractive copy of one of the most striking books of the Russian avant-garde rarely found in such fresh condition. <br /><br />A student of El Lissitzky Telingater was awarded the Gutenberg Prize for his achievements and design of books and typefaces. This work combines typographic and photomontage design for the covers as well as inventive layout for the text.<br /> Rowell and Wye 913. Moscow, GIZ, 1930. unknown
1830AGLavierte Tuschzeichnung in Sepia. 22 x 17 cm. unknown
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3515278Short description: In Russian. Egiazarov Solomon Adamovich. Studies on the history of institutions in Transcaucasia: Kazan: type. Unta 1889-1891. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU3515278 unknown
3515278Short description: In Russian. Egiazarov, Solomon Adamovich. Studies on the history of institutions in Transcaucasia: Kazan: type. Unta, 1889-1891. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU3515278
18536011Auburn; Buffalo; London: Derby and Miller; Derby Orton and Mulligan 1853. Good plus. 4336pp. plus frontispiece portrait and six plates. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth spine gilt. Spine ends and corners worn cloth rubbed; patches of discoloration to rear board. Slightly later pencil ownership inscription and annotation on front free endpaper recto. Scattered staining and soiling heavier to initial leaves; moderate toning and dust soiling. Second printing "Fifth thousand" of this classic and powerful slave narrative. The author Solomon Northup was a free Black landowner in New York but was kidnapped into slavery during a trip to Washington DC in 1841 and spent twelve years enslaved under several owners in Louisiana before his freedom was obtained in 1853 after a coordinated search. His story in the words of Frederick Douglass "chills the blood" and Northup's work became one of the most influential and popular anti-slavery narratives of the 1850s. The first edition of 4000 copies was published in early July 1853 and sold out in weeks requiring the immediate undertaking of the present second printing and in the July 15 1853 it is advertised that "To-day the long looked for issue of the fifth thousand.will commence at Derby Orton & Mulligan's." A good copy and only slightly later printing of this cornerstone of American abolitionist literature. Derby and Miller; Derby, Orton, and Mulligan unknown
19321694041932. TELINGATER Solomon. O Lenine. O komsomole. On Lenin. On the Komsomol. 7 volumes. 8vo 190 x 130 mm. each volume bound in publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers preserved in publisher's red slip case with photograph of Lenin designed by Telingater preserved in a new cloth box. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia 1932. A classic example of Telingater's genius as a book designer. This particular work was banned and withdrawn from circulation after Pavel Postyshev the author of part 5 was jailed as an enemy of the USSR and subsequently the complete set in its original box is extremely rare with OCLC listing only NYPL and U. of Chicago in the U.S. The set is made up as follows: 1. Lenin V. Zadachi soiuzov molodezhi i.e. Tasks of Youth Unions. 32 pp.: ill. 2. Stalin I. O Lenine i.e. On Lenin. 32 pp. 3. Stalin I. O komsomole i.e. On the Komsomol. 64 pp. 4. Kaganovich L. Mezhdunarodnoe i vnutrennee polozhenie i zadachi komsomola i.e. International and internal situation and tasks of the Komsomol. 108 pp. 5. Postyshev P. Za bol'shevistskoe vospitanie novyh kadrov komsomola i.e. For the Bolshevik Education of New Komsomol Cadres. 64 pp. 6. Krupskaya N. Vospominaniia o Lenine i.e. Memories of Lenin. 248 pp.: ill. 7. Ul'ianova-Elizarova A. Vospominaniia ob Il'iche i.e. Memories of Ilyich. 96 pp.: ill. hardcover
178056257Providence & Philadelphia: March 31 1780. Large folio manuscript approx. 12½" x 36" on 3 conjoined sheets; neat professional repair on the verso at several previous folds else near fine. Signed in the lower left corner by Charles Stewart Esq. Commissary General of Issues Philadelphia; and in the lower right corner by Solomon Southwick D.C.G. dated Providence March 31 1780 "errors excepted." The document is in tabular form with vertical columns listed for flour bread loaf and hard salt beef salt pork fat cattle dry fish rice beans & peas roots molasses rum soap candles salt vinegar neats tongues hams pickled fish onions sheep coffee and sugar with monthly distributions for each six months inclusive for the last quarter of 1779 to the end of the first quarter in 1780 in casks barrels half-barrels pounds bushels gallons kegs quarts bags etc. A second table using the same criteria is underneath the first and accounts for a General return of provisions & stores sent from one post to another in the Rhode Island Department. On June 10 1777 Congress passed a bill outlining how the army of the United States was to be supplied with provisions. One Commissary General and three Deputy Commissaries General of Issues were appointed by Congress and the Deputy Commissaries General had the authority to appoint as many assistant Commissaries to act under them as necessary. Solomon Southwick the Rhode Island printer was acting here as a one of Deputy Commissaries General. The Journals of Congress June 10 1777 article XXXII note: "That each deputy Commissary general of issues shall from the monthly returns of the assistant commissaries make out a general return for the district specifying what remained in the magazines or stores at the last return; what has been received since; the number of rations and quantity of provisions issued and what remains in store distinguishing the several posts places magazines and regiments of corps as aforesaid; one to be sent to the Board of War one to the commander in chief one to the commander of the department one to the commissary general of purchases and one to the commissary general of issues." Solomon Southwick II 1731-1797 was the father of the erstwhile Newport and later Providence printer and newspaper editor Solomon III. He also was a printer and the publisher of the Newport Mercury which he had purchased from the heirs of James Franklin. He was a member of the first graduating class of the College of Philadelphia now the University of Pennsylvania. In 1778 he was appointed Deputy Commissary General responsible for obtaining and distributing food clothing and other supplies to Continental Army soldiers in Rhode Island. <br/><br/> March 31 hardcover books
1853140942732Auburn / Buffalo: Derby and Miller / Derby Orton & Mulligan 1853. First Edition. Poor. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in blind with spine lettered in gilt. A poor copy with heavily binding worn and soiled front hinge tender missing preliminary pages including the portrait frontis and opening directly to the title page binding appears repaired with spine seemingly glued down. Contents heavily browned and spotted. A well-worn copy. Derby and Miller / Derby, Orton & Mulligan unknown
15544378Lyon: Giovanni di Jean I de Tournes 1554. 8vo 151 x 102 mm. Printer’s woodcut device on title Cartier 5 woodcut author portrait on title verso 228 half-page woodcuts by Bernard Salomon. Upper margins cut close touching an occasional headline title soiled and with repair to lower blank corner small wormhole through woodcuts of 30 leaves fols. A1-D6 larger wormhole in 7 leaves fols. L3-M1 P5 with a small hole in cut B5 with small burnhole affecting two words. Late 18th-century marbled sheep smooth spine gold-tooled in panels citron morocco gilt lettering-piece speckled edges marbled endpapers ribbon marker extremities rubbed head of spine cracked. Provenance: 18th-century price note; Dr. Alamartine surgeon of the Lyon hospitals 20th-century blindstamp on flyleaf.<br /> <br /> First Italian edition of the de Tournes / Salomon picture Bible Old Testament only. The poet Damiano Maraffi provided the verse paraphrases which accompany each woodcut; he did the same for the New Testament published by de Tournes in 1554 with fewer woodcuts 95. Maraffi dedicated this edition to Marguerite de France Duchesse de Berry youngest daughter of Francis I. The wood engraver Bernard Salomon nearly all of whose oeuvre was published by de Tournes was one of the few Renaissance illustrators to achieve fame during his lifetime. His Old Testament woodcuts first appeared in 1553 with Claude Paradin’s French verse text Quadrins historiques de la Bible and Quadrins historiques d’Exode. De Tournes republished the cuts with texts in Spanish 1553 English 1553 and German 1554 as well as Italian. Successive editions contain varying numbers of cuts. “Considerable work could be done on Salomon’s sources for these blocks. But the cumulative effect of Salomon’s carefully detailed scenes is that of an individual contribution to Bible illustration. Particularly interesting from the point of view of technique are the night scenes in Exodus and the storm over Noah’s ark†Harvard/ Mortimer French 81. <br /> <br /> A modest copy but with fine impressions of the woodcuts of one of the greatest sixteenth-century French illustrated books. Cartier Bibliographie des éditions des de Tournes 268; Adams M-507; USTC 840556; cf. Brun Le livre français illustré de la Renaissance 1969 pp. 77-70 & 131.<br /> <br /> Giovanni di [Jean I de] Tournes unknown
1991248172Statesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1991. First Edition one 50. Designed illustrated and translated by Bernard Solomon. Illustrated with 110 woodblocks by Solomon including a large fold-out depicting his ideal Passover seder with living and dead notables plus other folding plates. Incorporates poems by David Ignatow Marge Piercy Harvey Shapiro Grace Paley David Meltzer and others. Folio. Cloth. Mint in slipcase. First Edition one 50. Designed illustrated and translated by Bernard Solomon. Illustrated with 110 woodblocks by Solomon including a large fold-out depicting his ideal Passover seder with living and dead notables plus other folding plates. Incorporates poems by David Ignatow Marge Piercy Harvey Shapiro Grace Paley David Meltzer and others. Folio. The Boxwood Press unknown
181899422Liverpool June 16 1818. 1818. Fine. - Original vellum document consisting of 2 attached sheets with scalloped top edges. An indenture 24 inches high by 30 inches wide and the assigns 22 inches high by 30 inches wide as usual folded down to 9 inches by 10-1/2 inches. 84 lines of text handsomely calligraphed over the two sheets. Within the initial "T" is the British emblem encircled by the words: "Honi soit qui mal y pense" a motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter which translated means "Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it". The document has 2 George III embossed revenue stamps with a metal band one for three pounds and the other for one pound. There are also 2 Royal Cyphers.<p>On the rear fold of the document is a sketch of property showing several divisions including "Embleton Street 12 yards wide Dr Solomons land & Cottage". Upper Stanhope Street "20 yards wide" is on the south and Hayton Street "6 yards wide" is on the north. To the west of Solomon's land is land of Bland and another party. Further to the west is a 12 yard plot of land sold to Rowland Owen and "Release dated 23rd & 24th December 1818". This parcel appears to have the signature of Sefton over its description. Another entry on the indenture dated August 11th & 12th 1820 conveys property to Robert Rawlinson and Thomas Hesketh by the trustees of the will of Samuel Solomon. The conveyance is signed by two of Solomon's sons Abraham an oculist in Birmingham and John an amateur boxer and non-practicing lawyer. It is also signed by Ebenezer Daniell the manager of Solomon's Cordial Balm firm. Further in 1828 there is notice of "59 yards including half of Hayton Street" being conveyed to James Watts of Toxteth Park. It was later conveyed to a M J Hicks in October 1832. Both of these later conveyances are accompanied by minimal sketches. <p>The document is signed by the Earl of Sefton a party of the first part Peter Still and Alexander Strong of Lincoln's Inn parties of the second part Joseph Dawson of Liverpool party of the third part John Henderson of Toxteth party of the fourth part John Clare of Liverpool party of the fifth part. The lessees are described as "Samuel Solomon of Gilead House near Liverpool Doctor of Physic" and his Trustees "John Bird of Liverpool aforesaid Architect" and "Thomas Murrow of Liverpool".<p>In addition to the June 16 indenture there are 3 others:<p>1 A 15 inch high by 24 inch wide indenture on parchment dated June 15 1818 and titled "The Earl of Sefton to Doctor Solomon & Trustee / Lease for a year". The trustee is identified as John Bird of Liverpool Architect and it is signed by Sefton.<p>2 A 16 inch high by 23-1/2 inch wide indenture on parchment dated June 15 1818 and titled "The Earl of Sefton to Doctor Solomon & Trustee / Lease for a year". The trustee is identified as John Bird of Liverpool Architect and it is signed by Sefton.<p>3 A 17 inch high by 23 inch wide indenture on parchment dated August 17 1818 and titled "Peter Brown to Dr. Solomon and Trustee / Lease for a year". The trustee is identified as John Bird of Liverpool Architect and it is signed by Peter Brown. The indentures are folded down to approximately 8-1/4 by 6 inches.<p>Each of these 3 indentures on parchment has a George III embossed revenue stamp of one pound fifteen shillings a royal cypher the stamp of James Walker of Bermondsey parchment dealer and the British emblem within the initial "t" encircled by the words: "Honi soit qui mal y pense".<p>The 3 indentures by the Earl of Sefton are of particular interest for this reason - parliamentary elections were being held from June 17 to July 18 1818 and being an Irish peer Sefton was eligible to run for a seat. Dr. Solomon who by this time had become quite wealthy was the chief organizer of the Earl's campaign. Solomon spared no expense on his behalf in Liverpool which was famous for lively electioneering. It was to no avail as Sefton lost his election to George Canning. It seems quite possible that these leases given their dates within 2 days of the campaign served as a kind of reward for Solomon's future efforts.<p>"Doctor" Samuel Solomon c. 1768 - May 21 1819 was born in Cork and moved to Dublin influenced by his uncle Isaac Solomon who worked as a druggist there. Around 1789 he and his uncle went into business in Liverpool's dockland area. In 1796 he began marketing his "Cordial Balm of Gilead" which he claimed would cure one of ulcers of the lung kidneys and liver sexual dysfunction hypochondria female complaints etc. His claim to have been a Doctor of Medicine is suspect. Solomon became very wealthy from the sales of his expensive tincture made from a mixture of brandy and turpentine flavored with herbs as well as from real estate investments. [Liverpool], June 16, 1818. hardcover
17751821AG1775. 1775. Lavierte Tuschzeichnung. Blattformat: 324 x 478 cm. Tuschzeichnung: 264 x 418 cm. Unten in der Mitte vom Künstler signiert «S. Gessner. 1775». Das Papier etwas stockfleckig. Kunsthaus Zürich 1930 Katalog-Nr. 741 Tafel XVI. unknown
