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174741248Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1747. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of an exhaustive work on the fabrication of hemp rope for ships from raising the plant to extracting the raw materials to manufacturing cordage. But perhaps most significant as one of the earliest treatises on the commercial cultivation of cannabis. Includes two lovely and detailed fold-out plates of the male and female plants both fine that would make High Times proud. Though not exactly institutionally rare OCLC locates ten copies of this edition seven in the U.S. it is so in the trade with none currently in commerce and only a handful at auction since 1980. A second volume was published in 1769. Polak 2858. Scott 341 citing only the 2nd edition this one presumably scarcer. Hardcover. 4to. Full contemporary calf with gilt titles and decorative spine. Engraved and woodcut initials woodcut diagrams and head- and tail-pieces. Joints cracked though intact. Spine laid down. Internally fine very good overall. With the bookplate of Edward Duke of Norfolk. L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
176655107Nürnberg Christ. de Launoy seel. Erben und Winterschmidt 1766- 67. 4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. paperlabels pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. 3031810;2057 pp. 36 folded engraved plates. The first 7 leaves slightly brownspotted otherwise clean occasional with marginal brownspots. <br/><br/><em>First German edition. </em> unknown
16-5945Paris: impr. de L.-F. Delatour 1767. Folio. 28.5 x 43.6cm. Contemporary qtr. roan with defects on edge of spine.Very good.vi 302pp. and 43 plates hors texte. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:763363871.Chapitre I. Introduction & principes généraux sur l'art du serrurier.Chapitre II. Des gros ouvrages en fer pour la solidité des bâtimens.chapitre III. Des ouvrages de serrurerie qui servent à la sureté de ceux qui habitent les maisons.Chapitre IV. Des ouvrages de serrurerie qui ont rapport à la fermeture des portes des croisées des armoires & des coffres.chapitre V. Des serrures de toutes les espèces par M. de Réaumur.Chapitre VI. De la Serrure des équipages & particulièrement des ressorts.Chapitre VII. Des renvois de Sonnettes & de leur pose ; de la serrure des persiennes ; des stores pour les cabinets d'appartemens ; & du travail de quelques ornemens pris aux dépens du fer. Paris: impr. de L.-F. Delatour, 1767 unknown
26828Paris. chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour. 1760. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to 26cm first edition lxxx3832710p. with 17 folding plates in contemporary full mottled calf boards expertly rebacked early in tan calf real decorated raised bands gilt borders and decorations in the panels crushed crimson morocco label gilt marbled endpapers clean a fine attractive copy cgc/snds - Nissen 545. DSB. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU Henri-Louis 1700-1782. His major interest and contribution to technology and society was in agriculture. The first half of the eighteenth century had witnessed the beginning of a technological renaissance in agriculture chiefly in England where it was notably celebrated in the writings of Jethro Tull whose major work Horse-Hoeing Husbandry was published in 1733. Although the ideas of Tull and Duhamel enjoyed substantial popularity among a progressive group of French landowners the opposition - either in the form of active criticism or in the passive inertia of an almost medieval agrarian society - was too strong for France to enjoy the rapid agricultural changes which occurred in England and shortly after in Scotland. However enough progress was made for Duhamel to receive recognition for his pioneering work during his lifetime. DSB. Paris. chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour. 1760 hardcover
16-5703A Paris: chez H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour rue Saint Jacques à Saint Thomas d'Aquin 1758. 4to. 19 x 25cm. 2 vols. Contemporary tree calf. Small loss of leather at corners. First 70 pages of vol 1 with small burn hole in lower right corners.Ca. 50 folding engraved plates.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:186686027: Physical Description:2 v. 6 lxviii 307 1 s. 14 14 utv.-pl. ; 4 iii 1 432 s. 17 5 utv.-pl. ; 4:o. Starting in 1755 Duhamel began publishing an eight-volume work titled Traité complet des Bois et des Fôrets that would attempt to detail all aspects of trees including their planting growth maintenance and transportation. The first installation started with two volumes titled Traité des Arbres et Arbustes 1755. Other titles that were included in the comprehensive work were La Physique des Arbres 1758 De l’Exploitation des Bois 1764 and finally Du Transport 1767.Between the years 1752 and 1777 he authored various works that appeared both in Diderot’s Encyclopédie and the Dictionnaire des Arts et Metiers. Among the more than 20 subjects he covered were metallurgy tobacco pipes and the kilns used in their manufacturing the printing of playing cards candlesticks paste soap locks refining sugar and fishing.Duhamel died in Paris on August 13 1782. At the time of his death his forests in Vrigny and Denainvilliers contained no less than 692 different species of trees. His enduring legacy was testament to the amateurs and scientists who hoped to accomplish a fraction of what he had achieved. 2 volumes in-4 veau époque50 planches dépliantes. 3 coiffes arasées manques de cuir à 3 coins et légères dégradationsaux 70 premières pp. du 1° volume A Paris: chez H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, rue Saint Jacques, à Saint Thomas d'Aquin, , 1758 hardcover
1759ST15736eLondon: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White 1759. First Edition in English. 268 x 210 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". xxiv 491 9 pp. the last ads. Translated and edited by John Mills. <br/> Contemporary sprinkled calf raised bands rebacked with brown morocco original tan morocco title label restorations to corners. With a folding diagram for barley planting and six copper engravings of farm equipment ploughs seed drills etc. four of them folding. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir George Shuckburgh Bart. and ex-libris of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. Fussell II 48-49; Hunt 564 this copy. ◆Extremities a bit rubbed corners bumped but A FINE COPY INTERNALLY quite clean fresh and wide margined in a solid serviceable binding.<br/> <br/> This is the Hunt copy of an influential work by the French polymath whom Raphael calls "one of the outstanding botanists of the 18th century" in the fields of plant physiology and agriculture. A physician naval engineer and botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-82 gave up on formal university training to take lodgings near the Botanical Gardens where he pursued his own plan of learning from the director and from other distinguished persons who gathered there. After inheriting his father's estate he set up a model farm on the property to test various theories and methods of agriculture. According to Fussell Duhamel was a proponent of Jethro Tull's "drill husbandry" method of cultivating seeds planted in rows by machine the technique that formed the basis of modern agricultural practice. "He carried out extensive and probably costly experiments and demonstrated the financial advantages and increased physical volume of yield the system provided. This book no doubt played a large part in stimulating interest in the drill husbandry." Hunt notes that the present work was "apparently collected from several publications by Duhamel . . . with the addition of observations and experiments by other French and English writers" by translator and editor John Mills ca. 1717 - ca. 1794. The present item was once owned by one of the greatest botanical book collectors of modern times Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt 1882-1963. According to the Hunt Institute website "at the age of 15 Rachel received her first rare book Leonard Meager's 'The English Gardener' 1670 from a family member. Given her interest in plants gardens books and history this book planted the seed! for a lifelong appreciation of reading and collecting books about botany gardens and other plant-related topics." In addition to assembling an outstanding book collection Hunt was a respected bookbinder who studied with Cobden-Sanderson's pupil Euphemia Bakewell and operated the Lehcar Rachel spelled backwards Bindery out of her family home. She was a founding member of the Hroswitha Club for women bibliophiles which has since merged with the formerly all-male Grolier Club. Another previous owner Sir George Shuckburgh sixth baronet 1751-1804 was a prominent mathematician who was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal for his work to establish the standard length of a yard. Printed for J. Whiston and B. White unknown
#[34755]'s Gravenhaage Amsterdam Ottho van Thol & Gerrit de Groot 1759. 4to. Contemporary half calf sl. damaged uncut. With title-page printed in red and black with fine engraved title-vignette engraved frontispiece depicting a shipyard 9 engraved head pieces by Nicolas Ozanne and 24 engravings on 23 folding plates by Jacob van Schley. 349XX pp. First Dutch edition; first published in Paris in 1752 Éléments de l'architecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux. The first training manuel for aspiring naval contructors written by the founder of the school for students of naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre. - Age-browned. - A fine copy of a landmark in the development of naval architecture. Cat. NHSM II p.748; Polak 2859 French ed. unknown
1758019221Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert 1758. Second Edition. Hardcover. Some light fraying to a few edges of folding plates one plate with a long closed tear with no loss. Light wear to the binding a one-inch split to the top front joint. A clean well-margined copy. Near Fine. Quarto 7-1/2" x 10" bound in contemporary marbled calf leather with a gilt-decorated spine with 5 raised bands and a gilt-lettered morocco spine label marbled endpapers text block edges stained red; xliv 484 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece title-vignette and 10 engraved chapter heading vignettes by Ozanne as well as 24 engravings on 23 folding plates. This spectacular training manual for the construction of ships was written by the founder of naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre in 1741 and is considered a landmark volume in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding identified as the first practical manual in the field. This Second Edition contains corrections and an additional tenth chapter and illustrations not in the First Edition. <br/><br/> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
1758000183<p><strong>A landmark in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding.</strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Contemporary calf with gilt titles and decoration to spine raised bands. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Octavo: 25 × 19 cm; pp. 1 ll. xliv 1-49 ii-xxix 51-484. With the frontispiece engraved by Chedel and engraved by Nicolas Ozanne 2 vignettes one on the title page and one on the dedication page 9 headpieces and 24 numbered plates on 23 folding plates.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Polak: 2859; Scheepvaart Mus.: ii 747; OL-ID: OL24604183M</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Binding shows some minor bumps and scuffs and a few surface abrasions. The joints are somewhat age brittle. Contents with occasional minor blemish but generally clean. Nonetheless a very good copy.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> Duhamel du Monceau's manual is considered a milestone in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding. This second edition with an additional chapter by the author himself contains corrections and additional illustrations not included in the first edition of 1752.</p> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
1760212277Paris: H. L Guérin et L. F. Delatour 1760. First edition. With 17 folding plates. lxxx 383 27 10 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary quarter calf marbled boards uncut. Some rubbing to extremities plates XIII & XV significantly stained ptherwise both text and plates are clean and sound; overall a fresh copy. First edition. With 17 folding plates. lxxx 383 27 10 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Important work on the cultivation of trees by this prolific 18th-century polymath and savant 1700-1782 member of the Royal Academy who published over 100 separate during his prolific lifetime on a wide range of subjects which engaged his passions for chemistry botany agronomy and naval architecture. His most important contribution to agriculture was perhaps his introduction of the methods of cultivation of Jethro Tull into France with his publication in of TRAITÉ DE LA CULTURE DES TERRES 1750-1761. But Duhamel was above all a great advocate of the Tree in France and his numerous works on the cultivations of trees and shrubs as well as forests and forest maintenance are among his most important contributions. Previous to this work Duhamel had published his TRAITÉ DES ARBRES ET ARBUSTES QUI SE CULTIVENT EN FRANCE 1755; and LA PHYSIQUE DES ARBRES 1758. This continuation of "notre travail sur les Forêts" the author says in his Preface is in this case "purement pratique"; and his aim to place simplified methods of cultivation "within the reach of all sorts of readers." He divides his work into six books: 1 on terrain exposure climate choice on trees; 2 Different methods of propagating trees; 3 Care of young trees; 4 Transplanting; 5 Forests; 6 Maintenance of Woods and Revitalization of damaged Forests. illustrated by the fine line engravings this is indeed the work Duhamel most intended for a practical audience. Nissen 545; Raphael Sylva #34 H. L Guérin et L. F. Delatour unknown
556117 folding engraved plates & engraved vignettes. 2 p.l. lxxx 383 27 10 pp. Large 4to cont. mottled calf spine nicely gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1760.<br/> <br/> First edition and an attractive copy complete with the two Additions. Duhamel 1700-82 French polymath made notable contributions in agronomy chemistry botany and naval technology. His major interest and contribution to technology and society was in agriculture. Duhamel “adapted Tull’s system to France based on his own wide reading in French agronomy and on original experiments.â€â€“D.S.B. IV p. 224.<br/> <br/> One of Duhamel’s main interests was the cultivation and use of timber; this is one of his chief books on the subject. “The sections of the book discuss the soil the climate and the choice of trees; their propagation; nursery gardens; planting; forests; and maintenance and re-afforestation with all instructions based firmly on the author’s long experience of forestry.â€â€“Raphael An Oak Spring Sylva 34.<br/> <br/> The attractive plates depict methods of grafting agricultural implements etc.<br/> <br/> Fine and handsome copy. Blindstamp of “Ovesholm†on half-title. This was the castle in southern Sweden built in 1792-1804 by Carl Adam Wrangel 1748-1829 who filled the building with a fine library paintings and sculpture.<br/> <br/> ⧠Stafleu & Cowan 1545. unknown
556050 folding engraved plates. 3 p.l. lxviii 307 pp.; 2 p.l. iii 1 432 pp. Two vols. Large 4to cont. mottled calf spines nicely gilt red & black morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1758.<br/> <br/> First edition. Duhamel 1700-82 French polymath made notable contributions in agronomy chemistry botany and naval technology. His major interest and contribution to technology and society was in agriculture. Duhamel “adapted Tull’s system to France based on his own wide reading in French agronomy and on original experiments.â€â€“D.S.B. IV p. 224.<br/> <br/> This is the second in Duhamel’s series of books describing all aspects of trees and their cultivation. It is one of the most complete treatises on trees the anatomy and structural properties of wood and the management of tree stands of the 18th century. In his “Dissertation†pp. xxix-lxv of Vol. I Duhamel gives an interesting account of the then-current botanical systems including those of Morison Ray Tournefort Magnol and Linnaeus. The text of Vol. I is largely concerned with the anatomy of trees. Vol. II is devoted to the most up-to-date methods of tree propagation.<br/> <br/> Fine and handsome set. Blindstamp of “Ovesholm†on half-titles. This was the castle in southern Sweden built in 1792-1804 by Carl Adam Wrangel 1748-1829 who filled the building with a fine library paintings and sculpture.<br/> <br/> ⧠Pritzel 2468. unknown
#[32900]Paris Charles-Antoine Jombert 1758. 4to. Later mottled calf. With engraved frontispiece 10 engraved vignettes after Nicolas Ozanne and 24 engravings on 23 folding plates. XLIV484 pp. First published in Paris in 1752. - The first training manuel for aspiring naval constructors written by the founder of the school for students of naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre in 1741. A landmark volume in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding and a true practical manual presenting basic notions on the frames and the main parts of the ship specifies the standards and technical references of the different types of vessels dealing with plans and giving directly applicable calculation methods. - Small library-stamp on title-page. - A fine copy of this first practical manual on naval architecture. Cat. NHSM II p.748; Polak 2860: cette seconde édition est plus recherchée elle comporte le chapitre X qui ne figure pas dans la première. unknown
1759ABC_48436The Hague and Amsterdam: Ottho van Thol and Gerrit de Groot 1759. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown calf sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold brown-grey sprinkled paper sides. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece the title-page is printed in red and black with a woodcut vignette 24 folding plates on 23 leaves 7 folding letterpress tables 9 engraved headpieces 1 at the start of each chapter a woodcut illustration as a vignette on the title-page and numerous woodcut tailpieces. First Dutch translation of an important work on shipbuilding with large plates depicting the construction of ships. It was the first manual for students of naval engineering written by the founder of the school for naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre. The work rarely appears on the market as we have only been able to find four other copies in sales records of the past hundred years.The present work is a translation of Élémens de larchitecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux Paris 1752 by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 which discusses shipbuilding. The text includes many tables and calculations concerning for example the proportions of a ship the number of canons most convenient for the various types and sizes of ships and the resistance and displacement of the water. The plates show fascinating cross-sections and transverse sections of various parts of a ship a plan of the principal deck detailed figures showing the dimensions and shapes of the various beams and joists with extended tables of the various measures. The present work is a re-issue of the first Dutch edition published in 1757. Apart from the title-page the two editions are identical.The edges of the boards are slightly scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine. The work is uncut the outer margins of the plates are slightly frayed and soiled with a tear in plates 14 and 22 slightly affecting the image water stains in the margins of some of the leaves not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM II p. 748; STCN 176936017 6 copies; cf. Bierens de Haan 1895 1757 issue; Polak 2859 French ed.; Pritchard J. From shipwright to naval constructor. In: Technology and culture 28:1 p.16. Ottho van Thol and Gerrit de Groot, hardcover
1759L6KATGIQRNBCThe Hague: Ottho van Thol; Amsterdam Gerrit de Groot 1759. Contemporary half red roan marbled sides. Large 4to. With the title page printed in red and black with an engraved view of a shipyard engraved frontispiece view of a shipyard after the original by Jacob van Schley 1715-1779 9 charming engravings also by J. van Schley after the originals in the French edition showing various scenes of shipbuilding and 24 large plates on 23 folding sheets and 7 folding leaves with letterpress tables pp. 117-130. Rare first edition of the Dutch translation of the Éléments de larchitecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux Paris 1752 by H.L. Duhamel du Monceau the first manual for students of naval engineering written by the founder of the School for naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre 1751. A re-issue of the translation appeared in 1759.After a successful career in the French Navy in 1739 he was appointed Inspector of the French navy Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 became one of the most important shipwrights during the early years of French naval construction. When he wrote his well-organized manual he relied on the organization of basic concepts and stressed respect for rational inquiry into limits of everyday building techniques. He sought to replace routine with best practice. James Pritchard From shipwright to naval constructor in: Technology and culture 28:1 p.16.With the owner's inscription of Th. Zwanenburg Maassluis on the front paste-down. Roan frayed otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM II p. 748; STCN 2 copies; cf. Bierens de Haan 1895 1759 issue; Polak 2859 French ed. Ottho van Thol; Amsterdam, Gerrit de Groot, unknown
1768031913<p>Paris: Saillant & Desaint 1768. E.O. Due volumi in folio 25x35 cm così numerati: Volume 1: di 6-XXIX-3- 337 pagine con 62 tavole fuori testo. Volume 2: di 280 pagine con 118 tavole fuori testo. Prima edizione su carta forte. Sono quindi presenti tutte le 180 tavole dei frutti incise da Hussard a piena pagina. Manca invece l'antiporta che veniva aggiunta al momento della rilegatura del volume qui allegata in fotocopia. Bella legatura coeva in piena pelle dorso a nervi ornato e dorato; fili dorati di inquadratura ai piatti e ai labbri; risguardie con carta marmorizzata; tagli dorati. Piccola mancanza in testa al dorso e fenditura di qualche centimetro alla cerniera del primo volume. Ma condizioni molto buone per questa edizione originale dei lavori di Duhamel du Monceau riordinati da Leberriays famosa proprio per le sue raffinate tavole incise purtroppo spesso vendute separatamente.</p> Saillant & Desaint
176832996Paris: Saillant et Desaint 1768. Two Volumes; Vol I ii blank half title ii blank frontispiece title blank xxix 338pp 62 handcoloured plates Vol II Half Title i blank Title i blank 288pp 118 handcoloured plates. An exceptional copy of this important 18th Century Botanical work. Contemporary calf both front hinges starting. Internally mostly in fine condition a small number of stains on occassion toning to a few plates in Vol II but overall and stand out copy with beautiful handcoloring. 180 handcoloured illustrations handcoloured frontispiece to Volume I. Ex-Libris for The Horticultural Society of New York in front of each volume. Traité des arbres fruitiers 1768 by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau is a foundational 18th-century French pomological work. It detailed the description culture and illustration of numerous fruit tree species focusing on techniques like pruning and grafting to promote agricultural improvement. Saillant et Desaint unknown
