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68-8073Berlin German & Paris France: 19th & Early 20th Century German and French Journalists 1897 - 1925. 8vo. Three Quarter Leather on Marbled Boards. 462 pp. Very Good. Inked inscriptions from previous owners on FFEP. Rebound. [Berlin, German & Paris, France: 19th & Early 20th Century German and French Journalists] 1897 - 1925. hardcover
63-6754London: John Boydell ca. 1767. Engraving 13.25" x 15.75" with Decorative Border On Paper Mounted on Canvas Good with marginal tears. [London: John Boydell, ca. 1767.] unknown
63-6753London: John Boydell ca. 1767. Engraving 20" x 17" with Decorative Border On Paper Mounted on Canvas Good with marginal tears. [London: John Boydell, ca. 1767.] unknown
1916051554Wien Vienna: Artaria & Comp. 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. Original huge map on cloth. Double elephant folio. 122 x 110 cm. Descriptive texts and titles in French and German. Age toning and slightly foxing. Torn on margins. Repaired. Otherwise a good copy. Borders showed in color. Franz Fried was an Austrian cartographer who lived in Austria and mapped mostly Central and Eastern Europe and Balkan Peninsula. <br/> <br/> Artaria & Comp. hardcover
9211690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on lightweight cream laid paper 10 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches 274 x 137 mm the full sheet. Some scattered light surface soiling along with age related toning and some handling creases minor edge tears and losses and scattered inscriptions. Extensive inscriptions in red and black ink on the verso and in the margins on the recto. The color is exceptionally fresh rich and saturated. Mirza Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim 30 August 1569 - 28 October 1627 known by his imperial name Jahangir "Conqueror of the World' was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress Mariam-uz-Zamani born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint Salim Chishti. <br /> <br /> -Singh Pashaura; Fenech Louis E. eds. 2014. The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8. unknown
elala5641Philadelphia: 1908. First Edition. Including maps of Niagara Falls 9 Niagara Town Lewiston Lewiston Town Lockport 7 North Tonawanda 5 Tonawanda 3 Wilson Town Youngstown &c. large folio. pp. 144. 52 mostly coloured maps many double-page a few sheets containing several maps. lacking the initial double-page county map. ads. original cloth covers detached spine wanting title defective some marginal tears & chipping not affecting images. elala5641 Philadelphia: 1908 hardcover
189013401890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto 12 1/2 x 9 inches 318 x 230 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. <br /> <br /> The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown
1786ST20133London: Excudebant A. Rivington & J. Marshall: Impensis J. F. & C. Rivington T. Longman & T. Cadell 1786. 175 x 105 mm. 7 x 4 1/4". 368 pp. 1 leaf ads. <br/> Contemporary brown "school cloth" rough linen raised bands. Front flyleaf with owner inscription of John Cutler dated Sept 21 1789 four lines of Latin doggerel threatening anyone who steals the book with hanging and two large copperplate trials of Cutler's signature. ESTC N63834. Not in Darlow & Moule. A little fraying at top and bottom of joints light foxing and toning throughout due to paper quality a couple of small ink stains but a surprisingly appealing copy the text extremely clean and the unsophisticated makeshift binding--remarkably--with no significant wear.<br/> <br/> This is an almost startling survival: an 18th century New Testament in Greek in its original utilitarian binding preserved in condition far better than what could be anticipated given the audience of generally uncareful pupils for which it was intended. Considering the usual depredations of school children the rough school cloth should have been worn to shreds long ago but against the odds it has fortuitously escaped hard use and now gives us a glimpse of an important element of the English schoolroom very close to its original condition. One particularly delightful aspect of our copy is the flamboyant declaration of ownership by a pupil called John Cutter who inked his name no fewer than four times in different styles and with calligraphic flourishes across the flyleaf. Cutter's neatly penned book curse threating any would-be thieves with hanging may have helped to preserve the book as it now exists. In fact there are few signs of use by any owner rightful or unlawful. The leaves are free from any markings and the insubstantial binding appears to have rarely left the shelf. Excudebant A. Rivington & J. Marshall: Impensis J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, & T. Cadell unknown
1839ST20302-03London: Published for the Proprietor by Charles Tilt 1839-40. FIRST EDITION. 198 x 122 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 7/8". Two volumes. <br/> Extremely pleasing contemporary crimson pebble-grain morocco covers with a double gilt rule surrounding a large scrolling central frame raised bands spine gilt in compartments with elaborate small tools radiating from floral centerpieces turn-ins gilt patterned endpapers all edges gilt. WITH A TOTAL OF 36 ENGRAVED PLATES 18 in each volume by William and Edward Finden and others as called for after sketches by Bacon and Captain Meadows Taylor. Joints just a bit rubbed at head and tail two small scratches to one cover corners with just a whisper of wear occasional faint offsetting from plates the faintest foxing or stains to a very few plates a bit of thumbing otherwise beautiful copies with only the most trivial of imperfections.<br/> <br/> These are handsomely bound and extraordinarily well-preserved copies of the final two volumes of a series inspired by the author's time on the Indian subcontinent. The son of a noted sculptor Thomas Bacon 1813-92 was a talented artist whose service in the Bengal Horse Artillery furnished him with endless fascinating and "exotic" subjects for his sketches and drawings. In 1837 he published "First Impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan" which found an appreciative audience at a time when illustrated travelogues were much in vogue. He produced illustrations for Wilson's "Oriental Portfolio" and for the present "Oriental Annual" which had brought stories and views of the Far East to the British public beginning in 1834. In the 1839 edition Bacon and his very able engravers the Finden brothers present dramatic scenes of the seas around Tenerife and of the peaks of the Himalayas along with wonderfully detailed depictions of "monumental architecture" including temples tombs and military installations. For the 1840 volume Bacon collaborated with his friend Captain Philip Meadows Taylor 1808-76 a longtime British administrator with extensive knowledge of the region. There is more focus on cities in this volume and the authors recount both legends and historical facts to set the scene. The plates include a portrait of the emperor of Delhi but focus on city views and fine architecture. Produced when William 1787-1852 and Edward 1791-1857 Finden were in an extended period at the top of their craft the plates here are characterized by the great delicacy of detail sophisticated gradation of light and rich texture of surface for which they were known. While volumes from this periodical series appear on the market regularly they are rarely so finely bound and in such remarkable condition as the present pair. Published for the Proprietor, by Charles Tilt unknown
1693ST19567-153La Haye: Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen 1693. Translated by Guilleragues. 140 x 75 mm. 5 1/2 x 3". 346 pp. <br/> Attractive contemporary speckled calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central gilt tool surrounded by gilt rules and tendrils gilt lettering all edges speckled red expert repairs to spine ends and perhaps to corners. With woodcut initials tailpieces and frontispiece of a nun at a writing desk. Front pastedown with ink signature of Martin Bowes. Brunet III 1031; see also: Barbier II 1286. Joints and corners a little worn but the binding otherwise in excellent condition; just a hint of browning along a couple edges but A REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY.<br/> <br/> This is a collection of passionate love letters purportedly written by a Portuguese nun Mariana Alcoforado to her French lover Noël Bouton de Chamilly. First published in 1669 the letters express profound longing heartbreak and emotional intensity. Although the work originally included just five letters the racy content raised quite a sensation and the book proved so popular that it went through several expanded editions that included newly "discovered" missives. The present edition includes a total of 12 epistles by our nun and 11 responses from her lover as well as another series of "tender and passionate" love letters between a couple referred to only as "la présidente F. à M. Le baron de B." Though the original work is now widely believed to be a piece of fiction written by the supposed translator French diplomat Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne viscomte de Guilleragues 1628-84 it is still considered to be a very important epistolary novel providing insight into the emotional landscape of the time and influencing numerous adaptations and imitations in literature. Some importance of the work can be seen in the fact that copies of the first edition consistently bring substantial prices at auction more than $25000 three times since 2010. The early ownership inscription on the pastedown belongs to Martin Bowes 1670-1726 a barrister and fellow of the Royal Society. Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen unknown
40330Oblong folio 227 x 293 mm. Disbound. i manuscript index tipped-in 233 pp. including three blanks. Notated on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper with watermark of a shield with "GR" below.<br /> <br /> Contains the following works:<br /> <br /> 1. Clari Giovanni Carlo Maria 1677-1754 adapted by Charles Avison 1709-1770. "Unto the Lord." Duet. 16 pp.<br /> 2. Clari/Avison. "O all ye Nations." Duet. 10 pp.<br /> 3. Carissimi Giacomo 1605-1674. "Hodie Simon Petrus." Duet. 5 pp.<br /> 4. Carissimi. "O nomen Jesu." Duet. 4 pp. Attributed to Giovanni Battista Bassani in RISM ID: 800226688.<br /> 5. Steffani Agostino 1654-1728. "Saldi marmi." Duet. 19 pp.<br /> 6. Steffani. "Dolce è per voi." Duet. 9 pp.<br /> 7. Clari. "L'Amante disperato" "O femina mendace". Duet. 16 pp.<br /> 8. Steffani. "M'hai da piangere." Duet. 11 pp.<br /> 9. Steffani. "Dolce labbro." Duet. 9 pp.<br /> 10. Purcell Henry 1659-1695. "In guilty Night." Trio. 9 pp. <br /> 11. Anon. "O sanctissima." Duet. 1 p. Not in index.<br /> 12. Handel George Frederic 1685-1659. "T'amo sì." Duet. Full score. 12 pp.<br /> 13. Kent James. 1700-1776. "Hear my prayer." Anthem for two solo voices and four-part choir. 10 pp.<br /> 14. Marcello Benedetto 1686-1739. "My God my God." Solo. Full score. 16 pp.<br /> 15. Marcello. "Da voi parto." Solo cantata. 10 pp.<br /> 16. Astorga Emanuele. "Ruscelletto che vai." Solo cantata. 10 pp.<br /> 17. Clari. "Ecco Amor ecco Amore." Trio. 21 pp.<br /> 18. Astorga. "Oh che voi direste bene." Duet. 14 pp. <br /> 19. Caldara Antonio 1671-1736. "Voi vene pentirete." Duet. 4 pp <br /> 20. Kent. "When the son of Man shall come." Anthem for three voices. 15 pp. Incomplete.<br /> <br /> All pieces in a single hand with the exception of items 11 and 20 in two different hands.<br /> <br /> With "Lady Cornewall" in contemporary manuscript to upper margin of index; "1792" to upper outer corner and "554" to upper inner corner of first page. Occasional pencil annotations including figured bass; half a measure canceled on p. 185. <br /> <br /> Disbound; first signature detached. Occasional small tears to edges; several minor inkstains to pp. 56-57; pp. 124-125 excised likely due to a scribal error with no loss of music; contemporary repairs to upper outer margin of p. 7; final leaf detached; remnants of red sealing wax to corners of index. It is notable that the all of the music in the present manuscript is drawn from repertoire significantly older than the manuscript's date of 1792 in some cases over 100 years earlier performance of music of the past being a relatively novel concept at the time.<br /> <br /> The Academy of Ancient Music was "founded as the Academy of Vocal Music in 1726 to revive the glories of 16th- and 17th-century sacred music and madrigals. Again though it was the music itself rather than profit that provided the inspiration the founders a mix of leading professionals and aristocratic enthusiasts; and again the society was formalized and admitted larger audiences as the century progressed - although these changes brought their own problems with an increasing partiality for later Baroque music including Handel's oratorios and a gradual decline in missionary zeal for the older repertory." Simon McVeigh in Oxford Music Online<br /> <br /> "Lady Cornewall" was most likely Catherine Cornewall 1752-1835 wife of Sir George Amyand Cornewall 1748-1819 a portrait of whom by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792 is held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. The manuscript index is possibly in her hand. "Rather different in character was the collection made by the Cornewall family of Moccas Court Herefordshire which has almost entirely vanished. Fortunately a detailed and most interesting manuscript catalogue dated 1796 and now owned by Albi Rosenthal has survived. This was predominantly a vocal collection amounting to about 2000 items with some Italian bias but besides Alessandro Scarlatti and Jomelli it extended to Gluck. A special section of the catalogue dated 1795 contained music belonging to a Miss Cornewall who also owned R.C.M. MSS. 2061-4." A. Hyatt King: Some British Collectors of Music p. 17. unknown
87802ADVERTISING - 20TH CENTURY MATCHBOX COVERS. RinpyÅ ç‡ç¥¨. A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1300 MATCHBOX COVERS LABELS AND ADVERTISING CARDS DEPICTING A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS BUSINESSES AND PASTIMES. A collection of carefully preserved matchbox covers labels and advertising cards tipped-in to 2 commercially manufactured scrapbook albums. The albums are bound in heavy card stock. They are roughly 30 x 22 cm. each but are not uniform in appearance. The labels vary in size from 3.5 x 5.5cm to 7.5 x 11cm. Most are of the smaller size. The images on them include advertisements for restaurants and cafes as well as brands of clothing alcohol cars bicycles and motorcycles. unknown
1721215234Hamburgi : Impensis Viduae Liebezeitiæ & Theodori Christoph Felgineri 1721. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in later 19th c. leather over the original boards. Raised bands. Some light dust-dulling to the spine ends. Panel edges somewhat worn and rubbed as with age particulaly at corners. Pages dust-toned with tanning and shadow staining to margins and scattered foxing. Text is legible throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description: 317 17p ; 21.5 x 17cm. Subjects: Karaites -- Tanakh -- Judaism -- Jewish studies -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800. Notes: Title page in red and black. Includes bibliographical references and index. Errata listed on final leaf. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Other names: Liebezeitiæ vidua de printer. Trigland Jacobus 1652-1705. Felginer Theodor Christoph printer. Hamburgi : Impensis Viduae Liebezeitiæ & Theodori Christoph, Felgineri hardcover
189749506New York: The Century Co 1897. Folio. Blue cloth and decorative paper over boards portfolio housing full set of 10" X 13½" glossy prints. Near fine/very good. Images are largely superb and without edgewear while the four-flap portfolio shows mild edgewear. Incredibly uncommon complete set of this large grouping of reproductions of steel-engraved portraits of a wide array of mostly 19th century world notables -- mainly head-and-shoulders some half-length most with facsimile signature underneath many based on photographs and many engraved by noted English-American artist Timothy Cole. Subjects include random assortment Thomas Bailey Aldrich Bismarck Eleanore Duse U.S. Grant Nathaniel Hawthorne Thomas Jefferson Leo XIII Mozart Florence Nightingale Louis Pasteur P.H. Sheridan Leo Tolstoy John Greenleaf Whittier. see "Alphabetical Index of Plates" image for complete list. A complete set of these is exceptionally scarce -- especially in such bright exceptional condition and with the rarely-present portfolio in nice condition -- and would be nearly impossible to assemble. The Century Co unknown
1870202721870. Early photographs of African Americans produced during the decades following emancipation provide important visual documentation of Black life during the Reconstruction and early Jim Crow eras. Portrait photographs and vernacular images from the late nineteenth century capture African Americans navigating newly won freedoms while confronting the economic and social constraints that defined the post slavery United States. Such photographs often record moments of labor travel and self presentation reflecting both the aspirations and realities of African American life during a period of profound social transformation. This small photographic archive dating from the 1870s through the 1890s preserves rare images of African American men during the generation immediately following the end of slavery.<br /> <br /> Archive of four original photographs including two tintypes and one albumen print measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.25 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches. The most visually complex image an albumen photograph dating from the late 1890s depicts a Black man and a young boy standing on railroad tracks behind a caboose where four white men are also present. The African American man wears a hat and carries a large sack across his back while the boy holds a basket filled with produce suggesting a scene connected to travel commerce or railroad labor in the expanding transportation networks of the late nineteenth century. The presence of the caboose and railroad workers situates the photograph within the rapidly developing rail infrastructure that reshaped the American economy during the post Civil War period. The remaining photographs consist of tintype portraits of African American men dressed in the formal attire of the late nineteenth century including bowler hats vests and tailored suits. One sitter is photographed wearing a three piece suit and holding a cane while another poses beside a table while holding his hat in hand.<br /> <br /> Portrait photography played an important role in African American communities during the decades after emancipation as newly freed individuals asserted dignity respectability and personal identity through formal portraiture. At the same time vernacular photographs such as the railroad scene record the economic realities and labor environments in which many African Americans worked during the late nineteenth century. Together these photographs document African American presence within both public labor landscapes and private studio portraiture during a formative period in the history of Black life in the United States. Four original photographs including tintypes and an albumen print measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.25 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches. One photograph with clipped corners; otherwise images clear and well preserved. Overall condition very good. unknown
1856List3639Boston / New York / Philadelphia / New Orleans 1856. Lacks stitches at spine likely removed from a larger volume lithograph in fine condition one small tear to margin at final leaf. Very good plus overall. An uncommon American sheet music printing of the popular comic song unknown
1927055231Istanbul: Türk Tarih Encümeni Mecmuasi / Matbaa-i Âmire. AH 1343 1927. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modern black cloth Arabic lettered gilt on spine. Roy. 8vo. 23 x 16 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 207 p. First edition of this extremely rare Turkish book including Qirimi's first-hand account of the Prut War and Treaty 1711 and the defense of the city he participated in during the Russian invasion of Crimea 1735-36. The book was translated into Ottoman Turkish and edited by Turkish turcologist and soldier Necib Asim Yaziksiz 1861-1935 with annotations from the original work titled "Umdet al-Akhbar" i.e. The principle of the news. Abdulgaffar Qirimi was a Crimean scholar who lived in the Crimean Khanate in the first half of the 18th century and served in various government positions. Qirimi dedicated his work to Genghis Khan the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate. He reported many original details and especially for the 18th century his information is authentic and based on personal descriptions. The main part of the work is devoted to the Golden Horde starting from Genghis Khan and his descendants Crimean Khanate Gerayids and murzas. When Abdulgaffar Qirimi wrote a history of the descendants of Jochi Khan he used in his book more than 20 historical works as sources. He stated the names of these works and indicated where he got this or that information. At the same time he had access to the archives of the Crimean Khanate and used his family legends as well as popular traditions. Plenty of space in his work occupies his own observations as a participant in military campaigns and court life. His work concerning khans Berke Tokhta Uzbek Tokhtamish and Ulugh Muhammad reflects the popular version and is based on the oral historiography of the Tatars. The Russo-Ottoman War of 1710-1711 also known as the Prut River Campaign was a brief military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The main battle took place during 18-22 July 1711 in the basin of the Pruth river near Stanileti Stanilesti after Tsar Peter I invaded Ottoman Moldavia following the Ottoman Empire's declaration of war on Russia. The ill-prepared 38000 Russians with 5000 Moldavians found themselves surrounded by 200000 Turks under Grand Vizier Baltaci Mehmet Pasha. After three days of fighting and heavy casualties the Tsar and his armies were allowed to withdraw after agreeing to abandon the fortress of Azov and its surrounding territory. The Ottoman victory led to the Treaty of the Prut which was confirmed by the Treaty of Adrianople. Özege 21999.; TBTK 479.; OCLC 281773486. <br/> <br/> Türk Tarih Encümeni Mecmuasi / Matbaa-i Âmire., [AH 1343] hardcover
1907055307Dersaadet - Constantinople: Mahmud Bey Matbaasi. AH 1324 1907. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Original chromo-lithograph map on cloth. 63x98 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. Chipped on extremities some wear on folds foxing and stains on margins and cloth with small holes. Overall a good/fair copy. First separate edition of this rare and attractive chromo-lithographic map of the Imperial Ottoman lands in Europe as well as the Bosphorus and Crete in separate panels drawn by Turkish infantry major El-Hac Nasrullah b. El-Hac Nâsir from Daghestan during the last period of the rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II with praise to the Sultan. The map gives detailed information on the lower left telegraph and postal codes of the Imperial vilayats such as Bosnia Bulgaria Algeria Egypt and Tunisia etc. Additionally on the lower right demographic statistics and data of vilayats and some cities. This rare map shows the complete Ottoman Balkans according to the Ottoman administral system. West Anatolia and West Black Sea Coats on the east Adriatic coasts on the east and Ottoman Greece Bulgaria Albania and Bulgaria are included on the map. These countries are separated by Selanik Thessaloniki Roumeli Monastery Ioannina Kosovo and Shkodra vilayats. <br/> <br/> Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., [AH 1324] paperback
1846005928New York: Paine & Burgess 1846. Two Volumes bound in One viii 340 pages and vi 136 pages respectively First Edition distinguished by the collation of Volume I original blind-stamped cloth with decorative gilt titling to spine all edges gilt wear and exposure to spine head and tail tips lightly bumped and exposed Has a total of 15 plates which includes a frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume 1 and one colored frontispiece portrait of Pocahontas in Volume 2 a facsimile of a letter from Dolley Madison to the author and 12 engraved illustrations by F.O.C. Darley occasional scattered foxing. Spine loose. Inscribed by the Author. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paine & Burgess hardcover
1483184819N: N 1483. 1 1483 J. Koelhoff the Elder Cologne. A leaf from Jean Gerson. Opera. 36-39 lines double column gothic letter. 28.7 cm. x 21.3 cm. 2 1485 J. Otmar Reutlingen. A leaf from Jacobus de Voragine. Legenda Aurea. 45 lines and headline double column gothic letter. 28.5 cm. x 20.2 cm. 3 1491 A. Koberger Nuremberg. A leaf from Bonaventura. Quaestiones super IV libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. 64 lines of commentary round text and headline double column gothic letter. 30 cm. x 21.2 cm. 4 1494 A. Koberger Nuremberg. A leaf from Johannes Herolt. Sermones de Tempore et de Sanctis. 62 lines and headline double column gothic letter. 30.2 cm. x 21.4 cm. 5 1496 H. Quentell Cologne. A leaf from Geradus de Harderwyck. Epitomata seu reparationes totius philosophiae naturalis Aristotelis. 46 lines and headline gothic letter. 19.1 cm. x 13.3 cm. 6 1496 A. Koberger Nuremberg. A leaf from Alexander Carpentarius. Destructorium Vitiorum. 62 lines and headline double column gothic letter. 27.2 cm. cropped x 19.7 cm. 1483-1496. Together:. N unknown
174939377London: Printed By Thoas Baskett. Good with no dust jacket. 1749. . Behalf of Themselves and Their United Brethren Was Referred: Together with some Extracts of the Most Material Vouchers and Papers contained in the Appendix. "Deals in large part with the Moravian emigration to America. No American record of sale. Collation: half title Acta Fratrum Unitatis in Anglia 1749 verso blank; Syllabus verso blank; title verso blank; p. Iii Extract from the Votes of the House of Commons verso blank; inserted 4 pp. Anno Regni Georgii II. . An Act etc. ; second title Report of the Committee verso blank; pp. 3--27 verso blank; Appendix pp. 1--58; Unitatis Fratrum Fidei Liturgiae et Praxeos Expositio pp. 59a 59b 59c---120; 2 leaves Added since in an Octavo Edition; with respect to Page 121 the following Preface; pp. 121---156. P. Iii as above contains an Order addressed to Lieut. -Gen. Oglethorpe and Mr. Velters Cornwall for the ecouragement of the Moravians to settle in America. The following 4 pp. which seem to have been inserted contain An Act for encouraging this settlement and defining the Moravian attitude toward taking oath and bearing arms. The colophon of this Act dates it London 1749. Among the Vouchers and Papers are leters to and from Count Zinzendorf and General Oglethorpe. The Report deals with the numbers character and American colonization of the Moravians and their missions in the West Indies and other parts of the world. Beginning at p. 59 are the Augsburg Confession gospel of the Synod of Bern litany etc. Small folio mottled calf"RBH SDabin Folio B. M. 69731.Original binding mottled claf. Wear to extremities some edgewear to first few leaves prior to title page. . Printed By Thoas Baskett unknown
16500071451650. No Binding. Good. Single manuscript leaf size approx. 217 x 133 mm in Persian written on both recto and verso in elegant black nasta'liq script on buff paper. The text is arranged in ruled panels with a central vertical floral divider and enlivened by diagonal gilt cartouches and triangular cornerpieces illumintated in gold deep blue and polychrome floral decoration. The text is composed in refined Persian literary prose with rhythmic cadence consistent with ethical and didactic writing in the tradition of Sa'di of Shiraz and is very likely drawn from the Golestan or a closely related classical prose work. The confident calligraphy and balanced design are characteristic of Safavid-period book production intended for cultivated private readership. The illuminated cartouches with reserved script together with the delicate floral ornamentation reflect a mature Safavid aesthetic while later marginal or interlinear annotations in blue attest to continued reading and use. Condition is consistent with age and use. The paper shows overall toning and surface wear with areas of rubbing and discoloration including a noticeable rubbed patch affecting text on one side. Minor losses at lower corners and abrasions. Gold and pigments remain largely intact and visually effective. The calligraphy throughout remains clear and legible. Preserved as a single detached leaf. Ships unmounted and unframed <br/> <br/> unknown
187229260AB1872. London Vanity Fair 1872. Folio. 208 208 pages. Complete set. Interleaved with 51 chromolithographic portraits. Beautifully restored original Hardcover half-leather with orginal spine gilt letttering and ornament. With new linen-covered boards using the original pastedowns and endpapers. A stunning Volume in excellent condition. All illustrations in wonderful colour. Portraits include: 1. Caricature of Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers President of France. Caption read "Faute-de-mieux Premier" / 2. Caricature of Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of Orrery 1829-1904. Caption read "Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds" / 3. Caricature of Dr Frederick Quin 1799 - 1878. Caption read "Homoeopathic Society" / 4. Men of the Day No.38: Caricature of Mr. James Anthony Froude. Caption reads: "He created Henry VIII exploded Mary Stuart and demolished Elizabeth" / 5. Caricature of Wilkie Collins 1824-1889. Caption read "The Novelist who invented Sensation" / 6. Caricature of Spencer Horatio Walpole 1806-1898. Caption read "He defended Hyde Park" / 7. Caricature of John Ruskin. Caption read "The realisation of the Ideal" / 8. Caricature of George Grenfell Glyn M.P. 1824-1887. Caption read "The Whip" / 9. Alexander William Kinglake 18091891 - British politician military historian writer and traveler. Caricature / 10. Caricature of William Henry Smith 1825 1891. Caption read "Newspapers" / 11. Caricature of Sir Roundell Palmer. Caption reads: "He refused the Woolsack and voted against the Disestablishment of the Irish Church" / 12. Caricature of Mr.John Francis Maguire MP. Caption reads: "A Home Ruler" / 13. Caricature of Charles Kingsley 1819-1875. Caption read "The Apostle of the Flesh" / 14. Caricature of John Tyndall. Caption read "The Scientific Use of the Imagination" / 15. Caricature of Reverend John Cumming. Caption read "The End of the World" / 16. Caricature of The Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy MP DCL. Caption reads: "Conservative" / 17. Caricature of Mr William Hepworth Dixon. Caption reads: "He discovered New America and Free Russia" / 18. Caricature of King Amadeus of Spain. Caption reads "He would be a King" / 19. Caricature of Sir Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet MP 1829-1906. Caption reads: "Permissive Prohibition" / 20. Caricature of The Hon Hamilton Fish. Caption reads: "Consequential damages" / 21. Caricature of The Hon. Charles Sumner 1811-1874. Caption reads: "The Massive Grievance" / 22. Caricature of Ulysses S. Grant. Caption read "Captain Tanner Farmer General Imperator" / 23. Caricature of Thomas Hughes M.P. 1822-1896. Caption read "Tom Brown" / 24. Caricature of Mr S Morley MP. Caption reads: "Dissent" / 25. Caricature of Sir Arthur Wellesley KG PC MP 2nd Duke of Wellington. Caption read "The son of Waterloo" / 26. Caricature of Frederic Leighton 1830-1896. Caption read "A sacrifice to the Graces" / 27. Caricature of Michael Costa 1808-1884. Caption read "Orchestration" / 28. Caricature of Mr George Leeman MP. Caption read "A Yorkshire Solicitor" / 29. Caricature of Horace Greeley. Caption reads: "Anything to beat Grant" / 30. Caricature of The Rt Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie MP. Caption reads: "He did not decline the Speakership." / etc. hardcover
395521 leaf. Narrow oblong folio 287 x 48 mm. With music and text in Latin "verum DEUM" indicating that this fragment may have been part of a liturgical manuscript. <br /> <br /> Very slightly worn and soiled; light vertical crease. In very good condition overall. Early manuscript organ tablature is quite rare to the market. unknown
37153300 x 204 mm. Signed "O.v. Alv." and dated 18 April 1876. On light blue paper with watermark 'G.G." <br /> <br /> The subject is depicted three-quarter length in military dress holding a top hat in his left hand and a cigar in his right. His first finger points up towards a small drawing of a musical staff with a trombone and several musical notes. Alvensleben was a German artist working in Dresden where he studied at the Kunstakademie. The Wiener Zeitung reported that Böhme performed three concert pieces on the trombone at the Carl-Theater there on 3 August 1860. unknown
