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17501828AG1750. um 1750. Öl auf Leinwand. 152 x 232 cm. Rückseitig bezeichnet «Gessner Salomon ca. 1750». unknown
165149175Amsterdam: Pieter Niellius 1651. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. aster.-2aster.4 A-3M4 = 240 leaves. 16 464pp. Contemporary Dutch vellum very slightly bowed panelled in blind with central stamped vignette spine with raised bands and elegant calligraphic title. Title vignette depicting the arms of Amsterdam. A few old marginal annotations. Various old library stamps at title and bottom margins of two text leaves that on the final leaf bleeds through to text on recto. A very good copy text clean and fresh throughout attractively bound.<br /> <br /> First Latin edition of this late medieval chronicle of Jewish history "one of the outstanding achievements of Hebrew literature in the Renaissance" Enc. Jud. reprinted in 1680 under the Hebrew title Shevet Yehudah The Tribe of Judah. First published in Hebrew at Adrianople in 1554 it was followed by various Hebrew or Yiddish Judaeo-German editions prior to Gentius' version; a Spanish version appeared at Amsterdam in 1640.<br /> <br /> During the 1520s Solomon ibn Verga 1460-1554 wrote his Shevet Yehudah The Tribe of Judah a compilation of accounts of the persecutions undergone by Jews from the destruction of the Second Temple until his own day. At times the author intersperses the historical account with disputations and deliberations of which some are authentic and others imaginary. The author drew his historical material from Josippon the Sefer ha-Kabbalah of Abraham ibn Daud from the narrative of Nathan ha-Babli and from Maimonides’ letters including Iggeret Teiman. He also utilized a brief Hebrew chronicle dealing with the general expulsions and religious persecutions probably that of Profiat Duran and consulted the writings Isaac Abrabanel. For his own period he mentions some of the events which he heard of or witnessed and for which he is sometimes the only source. The work has special importance in the annals of Jewish historical thought. The thoughts and reflections which the author interweaves in his imaginary discussions that is in the literary and not the historical section of the work reflect his dissatisfaction with the traditional outlook and opinions of the Middle Ages.<br /> <br /> The Orientalist and diplomat Georg Gentius 1618-1687 was born in Dhame Saxony and came to study with Heinsius De Dieu Golius and L'Empereur in Leiden as well as the rabbis of Amsterdam. Among the latter Menasseh ben Israel respected Gentius for the courtesy he displayed in his scholarly and personal dealings with the Jews and asked him to complete a Latin translation of the Shevet Yehudah which he himself had begun. With this publication dedicated to the Hamburg consuls Gentius created a larger public for one of the most fascinating historical works of the Hebrew Renaissance and heralded a new era in Jewish history by its critical and empirical approach to the phenomena of history.<br /> <br /> Provenance: old entry of “Nicol. Nonnea D.†at title leaf. References: EJ 8:1203-05 noting the various editions along with Steinschneider 6982. Fürst 3:474. A. Katchen Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis esp. 247-68: Discussion of Gentius leads into Shevet Yehudah. A.A. Neuman “The Shebet Yehudah and Sixteenth Century Historiography†in: Louis Ginzberg Jubilee Volume English Section NY 1945 253-73. Pieter Niellius hardcover
185711291857. Mixed method engraving. <p>A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p></p> unknown
1839AGLavierte Tuschzeichnung. Blattgrösse: 288 x 245 cm. Zeichnung: 165 x 132 cm. Katalog Kunsthaus 1930 Nr. 623. Entwurf zu den Schriften in Quart nicht erschienen. unknown
46231Hamburg B. S. Berendsohn 1854-1857. . Deckel-Titel: "Hamburg und seine reizende Umgebung". - Die Stahlstiche zeigen: Rathhaus-Markt Georgsplatz Esplanade Lombardsbrücke Jungfernstieg Alster im Winter Michaelis-Kirche Catharinen-Kirche Jacobi-Kirche Reesendamm-Brücke Conventgarten Lesehalle Waterloo-Hotel Uhlenhorst Wandsbeker Schloß Andreasbrunnen in Eppendorf Klopstocks Grab Booth's Garten in Flottbek Blankenese Steinwärder Bergedorfer Schloß Friedrichsruh u.a. - Statt Taf. 22 "Die Staats-Wassermühle" hier "Die Poststraße". Zusätzlich eingebunden "Die Börse u. die Börsen-Arcaden". - Bernhard Salomon Berendsohn 1800-1856 Hamburger Buchhändler u. Verleger gründete sein Unternehmen 1833. Das Hauptgeschäft bildeten hochwertige Stadtansichten in Kupfer- bzw. Stahlstich. - Besitzvermerk von alter Hd. - Repräsentatives Exemplar des selten vollständigen Werkes Hamburg, B. S. Berendsohn, ( 1854-1857). unknown
51-3515Paris: Chés l'Auteur des Estampes Veuve Hérissant Barrois l'aîné s.d. 1786-1793. 4to. 23m x30cm.; 3 vols. 19th Century half morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Fine condition. Numerous plates and engravings in the text. Extra illustrated with 45 engravings by Moreau le jeune for the edition published by Renouard in Paris in 1799 some before lettering. Expertise by Dominique Courvoisier Paris.Salomon Gessner 1730–1788 a Swiss painter and poet devoted himself almost entirely to literature for ten years. He wrote elegiac poetry of an unreservedly sentimental nature. He was a talented painter of classical landscapes and an accomplished draughtsman and engraver producing prints as illustrations to his own works. Notes: Engraved headpieces tailpieces and plates after Le Barbier by Ponce Alix Baquoy Delignon Gaucher Godefroy Halbou de Longueil Pauquet Texier Thomas TrieÌ€re Langlois Viguet Le Beau Le Villain Petit and Dambrun.Description: 3 volumes 1 ¹. 215 pages ; 2 ¹. 182 pages ; 236 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmRay The Art of the French Illustrated Book no. 39; Cohen-de Ricci cols. 433-434 and 435 ffor the Renouard ediiton. OCLC Number: 270944086Engraved headpieces tailpieces and plates after Le Barbier by Ponce Alix Baquoy Delignon Gaucher Godefroy Halbou de Longueil Pauquet Texier Thomas TrieÌ€re Langlois Viguet Le Beau Le Villain Petit and Dambrun.Description: 3 volumes 1 ¹. 215 pages ; 2 ¹. 182 pages ; 236 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContents: t. 1. Idylles --Evandre et Alcimne pastorale --Eraste --t. 2. Nouvelles idylles --Lettre sur le paysage aÌ€ M. Fueslin --A la cascade --Chanson d'un suisse aÌ€ sa maitresse sous les armes --Ynkle et Yariko --La nuit --Tableau du deÌluge --Le premier navigateur --t. 3. La mort d'Abel --Daphnis.3 volumes in-4 demi-maroquin brun avec coins dos orné de fleurons dorés tête dorée non rogné Reliure vers 1900.Belle édition illustrée de 3 titres gravés 2 frontispices 72 figures 4 vignettes et 66 culs-de-lampe gravés en taille-douce d'aprèsLe Barbier.Exemplaire relié sur brochure auquel on a ajouté 45 gravures de Moreau le jeune pour l'édition publiée chez Renouard à Paris en 1799 dont certaines en double état dont avant la lettre.Tables manuscrites de l'époque ajoutées à la fin des tomes II et III. Paris: Chés l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Hérissant, Barrois l'aîné, s.d. [1786-1793]. hardcover
189766711897. Offered here is an original watercolor image size: 15 x 12 inches by the noted British painter Solomon Joseph Solomon 1860-1929 which appeared in the May 1897 edition of the Graphic Magazine. The painting is signed in the lower left corner “S J Solomon 97.†Matted and framed. Solomon Joseph Solomon was a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy. Solomon made an important contribution to the development of camouflage in the First World War working in particular on tree observation posts and arguing tirelessly for camouflage netting. Solomon’s painting was grounded in his influence from his teacher Alexandre Cabanel but was also influenced by Frederic Leighton and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Solomon painted mainly portraits to earn a living but also painted dramatic theatrical scenes from mythology and the bible on large canvasses. A large and masterfully executed painting. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of E. W. Phipps. unknown
17661833AG1766. 1766. Lavierte Tuschzeichnung. 162 x 235 cm. Von Salomon Gessner unten links signiert und datiert. unknown
179332948-275Paris Defer de Maisonneuve 1793. With color-printed engraved frontispiece and 5 color-printed plates engraved by Colibert Clément and Casenave. 3 blank ff.; 161 pp. 3 blank ff. Royal 4to. Contemp. full calf with red spine triple gilt fillets on covers gilt inside dentelles back rep. Paris Defer de Maisonneuve 1793. De luxe edition printed on "grand papier vélin" with the six stipple-engraved color-prints "avant la lettre" after the Paris book illustrator and painter Nicolas André Monsiau 1754-1837. Still a good copy of one of "the most beautiful editions in French" M. Bircher. - Slightly foxed. - Leemann-van Elck 699; Maler und Dichter der Idylle S. Gessner 1980 no. 92; Cohen/de Ricci 436; Lewine 211. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER vor 1900 ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BEFORE 1900 ; Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve unknown
177732710-1390Zurich for the author 1777-78. With 2 engr. titles with a small etched vignette 20 etched plates and 39 etched vignettes in the text all by Salomon Gessner. 191 pp.; 194 pp. 4to. Contemp. half calf with 2 spine labels spines gilt repaired slightly rubbed. Zurich for the author 1777-78. Only German quarto edition of the works of Salomon Gessner 1730-1788 only few copies printed. It is considered the finest of all editions and one of the best illustrated works produced in Switzerland comparable to the edition of Marguérite de Navarre's "Heptameron François" with the illustrations by Dunker and Freudenberger. Gessner himself was responsible for the illustrations the ornaments and the printing. In this German version he included the pastoral play "Evander und Alcimna" and the poem "An den Wasserfall" which the French "Oeuvres" of 1777 did not contain; on the other hand he omitted the "Contes" of Diderot which the French edition offered. There are four new illustrations as well and three were left out. - A clean wide-margined copy. - Leemann-van Elck Salomon Gessner p. 113 and no. 539; Maler und Dichter der Idylle Salomon Gessner cat. 1980 no. 88; Goedeke IV 1 82 11; Rümann 329; Lanckoronska/Oehler II 164; Cohen/de Ricci 432; Lonchamp 329. Not in Meyer. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BEFORE 1900 ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; Zurich, for the author unknown
173749776Augsburg 1737. Des florirenden vermehrten Wiens Fernere Befolgung oder Wahrhaffte und genaue Abbildung .;Pars Quarta Durchgehend Wasserrand. Vorsatzbl knittrig Johann Andreas Pfeffel Quer-2°. Hldr. Oesterreich unknown
200130645Old Tappan New Jersey U.S.A.: Scribner and Welford. New. 2001. Hardcover. 068485466X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- 569 pages. " 'Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love we must be creatures who despair' begins Solomon's expansive and astutely observed examination of the experience origins and cultural manifestations of depression. While placing his study in a broad social contex-- according to recent research some 19 million Americans suffer from chronic depression--he also chronicles his own battle with the disease. Beginning just after his senior year in college Solomon began experiencing crippling episodes of depression. They became so bad that after losing his mother to cancer and his therapist to retirement he attempted unsuccessfully to contract HIV so that he would have a reason to kill himself. Attempting to put depression and its treatments in a cross-cultural context he draws effectively and skillfully on medical studies historical and sociological literature and anecdotal evidence analyzing studies of depression in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge Inuit life in Greenland the use of electroshock therapy and the connections between depression and suicide in the U. S. And other cultures. In examining depression as a cultural phenomenon he cites many literary melancholics Virginia Woolf Samuel Beckett John Milton Shakespeare John Keats and George Eliot as well as such thinkers as Freud and Hegel to map out his 'atlas' of the condition. Smart empathetic and exhibiting a wide and resonant knowledge of the topic Solomon has provided an enlightening and sobering window onto both the medical and imaginative worlds of depression." from Publishers Weekly -- with a bonus offer-- . Scribner and Welford hardcover
200470449Berkeley California U.S.A.: TEN SPEED PRESS. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1580084273 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE UNMARKED - Mouth-watering color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . TEN SPEED PRESS hardcover
199736884New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1997-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition no print line presumed first looks unread absolutely NO age toning tight clean unmarked boards undamaged dust jacket NOT price-clipped dj shows ordinary mild shelf wear Near Fine/Very Good. Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover
186124225Cape Town: Saul Solomon & Co 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. charcoal cloth front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine. XII.180 pages. 28 x 22.5 cm. The first edition of the very first book to be illustrated with original photographs on the African continent and very important as such. It includes photos by the photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa 1859 - 1870. 17 mounted albumen print photographs including additional illustrated title page; woodcuts in text. With a circular original photograph of Prince Alfred mounted on the title page. There is also a second printed title page. In addition there are sixteen original full page photographs ten being photographs of paintings by Bowler and Baines and six being original images of Prince Alfred's tour including a fine photograph of Chief Moshesh and his councillors. Solomon the publisher was also one of the founders of Old Mutual today one of the largest insurance firms in South Africa. As representative for Cape Town Solomon entered the very first Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope Cape Parliament when it opened in 1854. He remained an MP for this constituency until his retirement in 1883. Color half title. Armorial bookplate of Raydon Charles Peden and with his stamp of the first two front endpapers. Minor scattered toning primarily to the first few leaves. Saul Solomon & Co hardcover
1853314000SERBY AND MILLER AUBURN DERBYORTON AND MULLIGAN BUFFALO 1853 HARDBACK BOOK IN GOOD CONDITIONtop of title page-fifth thousand wear at ends of spinesolid binding. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. SERBY AND MILLER [AUBURN] DERBY,ORTON AND MULLIGAN [BUFFALO] hardcover
1967008323New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1967. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. RARE Review Copy of this groundbreaking behind-the-scenes look into the New York art scene of the 1960s. With four 8" x 10" B&W glossy photos from the book laid in; George Segal's "Couple at the Stairs"; Andy Warhol in his studio; Marcel Duchamp in his Manhattan apartment; and Lee Bontecon relaxing in her studio first 3 photos Fine last photo small faint spot bottom margin and faint bottom corner crease. The book is Near Fine small prior owner name 2nd front end page slight bowing to boards. In a Very Good dust jacket 1/4" chip across head and 1 1/2" chip base of spine narrow chip at top edge front flap fold several small closed edge tears. Original photographs from this New York collection are uncommon at auction.RBH. While these four are not originals they would be striking framed as a set. Holt, Rinehart and Winston Hardcover
15943076<p>Wittenberg: Georg Muller 1594. Rare first edition of one of the earliest works on the subject of scurvy by the well-known anatomist undertaken to survey the incidence of the disease in the ducal territories around Wittenberg and consequently qualifying as an example of public health medicine. According to O’Malley Alberti was able to positively demonstrate the disease’s prevalence in the territory surveyed and astutely recommend citrus fruit as part of a preventative diet a benevolent property later recognized by James Lind in his Treatise on the Scurvy Edinburg 1753. “The book was known by James Lind and referred to by him in his celebrated treatise” O’Malley p. 98. Salomon Alberti 1540-1600 is best known for producing the first illustrations of the venous valves and for producing the first extensive printed account devoted solely to their function in his Tres Orationes Nuremberg 1585. The correct understanding of the venous valves was essential to Harvey’s concept of a systemic circulation of the blood. The work went through at least two 17th-century editions 1624; 1674 though the editio princeps appears to be the only one containing Alberti’s public disputation of 1591 with Ernestus Hettenbach which constitutes the first public announcement of his results. NUC lists NLM; OCLC adds UCLA Medical and Oxford for this edition.</p><p> Durling 81 giving incorrect no. of pages but correct signature run A-Q8 R4; not in Adams or Waller and first edition not at Wellcome; C. D. O’Malley in DSB I.98; Thorndike VI.229-30.</p> Georg Muller hardcover
16646997Rouen: The Hague: Elzevier Lo¸ys du Mesnil 1664. 12mo 5 x 2æ in.; approx. 13 x 7 cm. 288pp. Bound by Chambolle-Duru signed and dated 1865 in full red morocco the covers framed by triple gilt fillets with ornamental corner sprays of scrolling volutes dots and star tools; spine in six compartments with five raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt. Title with woodcut ornament woodcut initials and typographical head-pieces; early armorial bookplate of Comte Joseph de Lagonde. Doublures in striking citron oak-toned / light mustard morocco richly inlaid with shaped red and green morocco onlays and elaborately tooled in gilt with interlaced strapwork volutes dots and stars; marbled endpapers and fly-leaves; all edges gilt. Tabarin was the stage name of Anthoine Girard c.1584ñ1633 the famed Parisian street performer whose comic dialogues circulated widely in pirated editions. This Rouen issue is a pirated reprint of the Geuffroy 1627 text notable for the first appearance of the second part of the Farces Tabarinques and the inclusion of Les Avantures et Amours du Capitaine Rodomont while omitting the Rencontres of Gratelard. Housed in a later marbled board slipcase with morocco front edges. A crisp jewel-like example of late 19th-century Parisian decorative binding. Fine. [The Hague: Elzevier] Lo¸ys du Mesnil unknown
18381260001838. First Edition. SLAVERY CONSTITUTION GILMAN Winthrop S. SOLOMON John LINCOLN William S. Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long and Thadeus B. Hurlbut: For the Crime of Riot Committed on the night of the 7th of November 1837 while engaged in defending a Printing Press From an attack made on it at that time by An Armed Mob Written out from notes of the trial taken at the time By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also The Trial of John Solomon . and James M. Rock Indicted with James Jennings Solomon Morgan and Frederick Bruchy: For a Riot Committed in Alton On the night of the 7th of November 1837 in unlawfully and forcibly entering the Warehouse of Godfrey Gilman & Co. and breaking up and destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln A Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. New York: John F. Trow 1838. Small octavo 4-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches later 19th-Century three-quarter brown calf and marbled boards; pp. i-ii 1-5 6-158 2. $2200.First edition of the crucial record of the controversial 1838 trials of over 20 defendants documenting the deadly mob attack on Reverend Lovejoy and his press a work that swiftly provoked Northern fears that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers.""The deadly 1837 mob riot that killed the abolitionist publisher and minister Elijah Lovejoy and destroyed his printing press had swift national impact. It proved to be ""a climactic event in the larger struggle for free speech"": one that raised fundamental questions on the ""private suppression of speech and the nature and future of republican government."" It also triggered ""an emerging view that free speech and press were rights or 'privileges' and 'immunities' to which all American citizens were entitled everywhere in the U.S."" The murderous riot demonstrated that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers"" Curtis Free Speech 217-18.Prior to his death Reverend Lovejoy had seen mobs twice destroy his presses in Alton Illinois but despite no support from the state legislature or local officials he persisted. On November 7 1837 the warehouse where his new press was held was set on fire and he was murdered. In January 1838 eleven of Lovejoy's supporters and Gilman owner of the warehouse were indicted for attempting to protect Lovejoy and defend his pressa prosecution that outraged many in the North. At the same time eleven of the rioters ""only a small fraction of those who attacked the warehouse"" were also indicted Finkelman Slavery 148 The January trial of Gilman and his co-defendants is documented in the nearly 80 first pages of this very elusive first edition followed by coverage of the same month's trial of the eleven mob participants. Both trial records contain indictments arguments of counsel and witness testimony. While all in both trials were acquitted anger remained that defenders of Lovejoy and his press were indicted at all. The trials ""crystallized the fear that slavery would destroy free speech and civil liberty Lovejoy's death was part of a great transformation"" in a movement that recognized ""states and cities had acted against free speech simply by not acting by failing to provide protection free speech then required protection to be a meaningful right"" Curtis 227 239-400. To scholar Paul Finkelman ""the history of speech and anti-slavery is critical for our understanding of how opposition to free speech works"" Speech Press and Democracy 818. First edition first printing: with engraved frontispiece; rear pre-publication advertisement for Twelve Months in Alton. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 121163. Ex-library with gilt numbers on otherwise plain spine and evidence of library label removal.Text fresh with mild occasional soiling edge-wear to bright boards. A distinctive near-fine copy. hardcover
19567237Ejnar Munksgaard 1956. Leather. VERY GOOD. Complete facsimile of the autograph original in three volumes: v. 1 Introductio. Zeraim et Moed v.2. Naschim et Zeziqim pars I v.3. Neziqim pars II et Qodaschim. Vol. 1: 56 pp. LXI plates from left 416 pp. from right; Vol. 2 380 pp. from right; Vol 3: 29 2 XVII plates from left 2 381-784 pp from right. Folio half black calf over olive green finished paper over boards black calf labels with gilt lettered and ruled titles tan endpapers sepia tone plates. Publisher's reinforced binding. Some rubbing to covers text very clean and sharp binding tight. The magnum opus of the preeminent scholar in post-Talmudic Judaism. The survival of Maimonides autograph original in the Cairo Geniza is one of the great wonders of intellectual and religious history. "No praise can be too high for the outer form of his works both in language and logical method. The Mishneh Torah was the only work which he wrote in Hebrew and the language is superb clear and succinct. . The Mishneh Torah is a model of logical sequence and studied method each chapter and each paragraph coming in natural sequence to its preceeding one." In 14 subdivisions Maimonides classifies "by subject matter the entire talmudic and post-talmudic halakhic literature in a systematic manner never before attempted in the history of Judaism." While ostensibly a strictly halakhic compendium the work allows for natural excurses on the many facets of Maimonides's broad learning including Medicine Philosophy Civil Law and refutations of Islamic and Christian theology. The very splendor of this work was itself the main concern of its critics who worried that "the architectural beauty of its structure its logical arrangement and ready-reference nature . would turn students away from the study of the Talmud and commentaries." Encyclopedia Judaica. Ejnar Munksgaard unknown
1855215231855. Slavery & AbolitionAfrican American History Northup Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave 1855 stands as one of the most consequential firsthand accounts of American slavery documenting the kidnapping and illegal enslavement of a free Black man from New York and exposing the interstate slave trade that linked Washington D.C. to the plantation economies of Louisiana. Born free in New York State Northup was deceived into traveling to the nation's capital in 1841 where he was drugged imprisoned and sold into slavery. His narrative provides rare and detailed testimony of slave pens in Washington the markets of New Orleans and the labor regimes of cotton and sugar plantations in Louisiana. A first edition later printing published during the intensifying crisis around national abolition in the 1850s the work contributed to Northern antislavery discourse by candidly explaining the vulnerability of free Black citizens under federal law and the complicity of national institutions in sustaining bondage. Northup's reflections including his observation that cruelty was rooted in "the system under which he lives" articulates broader antebellum debates over slavery as an institution rather than merely as individual failing.<br /> <br /> Northup Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup. New York and Auburn: Miller Orton and Mulligan 1855. First edition later printing twenty-eighth thousand stated on title page. This printing comprises 336 pages and includes a frontispiece portrait of Northup and six inserted plates. Bound in original brown cloth embossed with a scene of an enslaver whipping an enslaved man on both covers spine gilt-lettered 12mo.<br /> <br /> Issued first in 1853 shortly after Northup regained his freedom the narrative went through multiple printings and additional editions by 1859 reflecting sustained public engagement with firsthand testimony of the domestic slave trade. The graphic illustrations underscore the publisher's intention to present the work as a moral indictment of slavery. Ex libris bookplate of historian Arthur M. Schlesinger appears on the front pastedown accompanied by a penciled inscription on the front free endpaper linking this copy to twentieth-century American historical scholarship. Frontispiece portrait and six plates present. Original brown cloth as described. No dust jacket as issued. Some rippling to pages. Binding and text block tight. Overall good. A significant antebellum printing of a foundational slave narrative that documents the kidnapping of free Black Americans and the operational realities of slavery in the nation's capital and the Deep South. unknown
17651844AG1765. ca. 1765. Lavierte Tuschzeichnung. 135 x 225 cm. unknown
190146917Broken Bow Nebraska: Copyrighted By Solomon D. Butcher and Ephrain S. Finch 1901. 1901. NEBRASKA. First edition. 8vo. Original edition published in 1901. Blind stamped cloth titles in gilt on the front cover decorated front and rear endpapers 4 403 7 pp. dedication preface illustrated mostly from photographs plates portraits advertisements errata sheet all edges in red. Introduction by Solomon D. Butcher. Butcher came to Nebraska in the early 1880s in time to catch a fleeting glimpse of the fading western frontier and to photograph thousands of scenes. Butcher photographed many scenes of Custer County including wild animals livestock log and sod buildings prominent citizens cowboys Indians ranches Indian villages and much more. Six Guns 350 says: "Has a long chapter on the lynching of Kid Wade the horse thief one on the exploits of Dick Milton and material on I. P. Olive and the burning of Mitchell and his companion Ketchum." Professionally re-backed with original covers laid-down by a master paper conservator a few nicks and small closed tears to the fore-edges of a few pages fore-edge of page 403 reinforced with cellophane tape else a very good tight and internally clean copy of an elusive title and an excellent piece of pioneer history. Copyrighted By Solomon D. Butcher and Ephrain S. Finch, 1901. hardcover
1762324172Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1762. First American Edition. xxi 1 blank 201 1 blankpp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep worn. Numerous tears some with small losses to text H10 and K4 with significant loss. Without blank leaves A12 and K6. Armorial bookplate. First American Edition. xxi 1 blank 201 1 blankpp. 12mo. Gessner's biblical epic first published in Zurich as Der Tod Abels in 1758. The first translation of German literature ever published in America according to Wilkens "Early Influence of German Literature in America" Americana Germanica III:2 1899 pages 102 164. Rare with only the American Antiquarian Society copy located by ESTC. Evans 9125; ESTC W19926; Hildeburn 1807 W. Bradford unknown
