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188025137Berlin Germany: Wertheim Zeidler Roloff Strom & Walter Conrad Wilhelm Stein Globus Jandorf Gulzer Wenzel Bohme Appel Fuchs et al 1880. Group includes 7 cabinet cards and 60 cartes-de-visite. Portraits are mostly of young men and young women with a few older adults & children; one cdv of a group of men in a horse-drawn cart accompanied by a young man on bicycle. One cdv with hand coloring. The cabinet cards average approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size. Cartes about 2 1/2" x 4" with several longer examples. A few of the cdv's with a name identified: Balke Virujinski Bergmann Fuhrmann; most of the photos are not identified. Several with edge tips wear soiling chipping to the mounts; a few corners clipped or chipped; others very clean and with clear images. A couple with the image faded and with some spotting. Photographs all contained within a red-velvet covered album of the period with gilt decorations and metal clasps broken; one gilt corner mount unpinned; lacking the central ornament; binding worn leaves loose within. Several of the images are loosely laid-in; many of the mounting 'windows' torn. The group of photographs are in very good condition overall; the binding is in fair to good condition. An interesting overview of the prolific Berlin Germany photographic studio portrait work being accomplished at the end of the 19th century. . Photography. Photograph Album. Very Good. Wertheim, Zeidler, Roloff, Strom & Walter, Conrad, Wilhelm Stein, Globus, Jandorf, Gulzer, Wenzel, Bohme, Appel, Fuchs et al hardcover books
180627116France: L'Institut des Sciences Lettres et Arts 1806. 71 -134 pages; extracted from the Memoires de l'Institut des Sciences Lettres et Arts; French text. Set out in six 'memoires'; with a folding plate; Rumford's researches regarding experiments in heat. Sir Benjamin Count Rumford in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire Thompson 1753 - 1814 American-born & educated British royalist natural philosopher and philanthropist who left during the Revolution and who ".Once in Britain Thompson presented himself as an expert on America rather than as a refugee and became the main contact between American loyalists in England and the British government.Like Davy's Faraday's and Tyndall's Rumford's is a story of the social mobility which science could bring: the farm boy and shop assistant became the Massachusetts Yankee at the courts of Europe. He spoke well German French Spanish and Italian; he played billiards against himself and enjoyed chess; he was a good draughtsman; indifferent to literature sculpture and painting he had a great taste for landscape gardening. His daughter Countess Rumford returned to America and died in 1852. In his eloge at the Institut de France on 9 January 1815 Georges Cuvier emphasized the revolutions warfare and conflicting loyalties which had dominated Rumford's life and was mildly embarrassed by his pursuit of honours and wealth. He stressed the value of Rumford's practical inventions with their scientific basis. Later to Tyndall lecturing at the Royal Institution in 1883 Rumford's researches on the nature of heat put him firmly in the tradition leading to James Joule conservation of energy and modern thermodynamics.Brown author of the biography of Rumford places his researches on heat in their context where the implications Tyndall saw were not perceived by Rumford or his contemporaries and where the diversity and utility of his discoveries based on research rather than empiricism were most impressive. He has an important place in the origins of applied science." David Knight in the ODNB Title page with the small name-stamp of collector George R. Brush; M.D. in the U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; bound in the original plain brown paper wrappers with the handwritten name 'Rumford.' A little wear and dustiness to the cover some spotting and foxing within; in very good condition. Extracted from Original Volume. Soft Cover. Very Good. L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts paperback books
187326983Liege Belgium: Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1873. 33 pages; French text. The author has inscribed and signed on the title page "A Monsieur le professeur Hirn hommage a l'autor Folie" to Gustave-Adolphe Hirn 1815 - 1890 French physicist astronomer. mathematician and engineer."The author relates the history of thermodynamics and develops two fundamental principles: the equivalence of heat and work by J.R. Mayer and heat consumption in the work by R. Clausius." University of Liege collections site abstract of this work by François Folie 1833-1905 Belgian scientist astronomer academician and student of the work of thermodynamic work of R. Clausius. This is a separately-printed and paginated offprint edition of the lecture originally published in the Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1873 2e serie. Title page also with the small previous owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"size; bound in plain tan paper wraps. Some wear & darkening to the cover; contents clean and in very good condition. Signed by Author. Offprint Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique paperback books
186526017Blois France: Seraphin-Mederic Mieusement 1865. Each of these 27 albumen photos approx. 4" x 5 1/2" size mounted vertically or horizontally on the page on a slightly darker shade the whole surrounded by a thin rule-line and usually with an imprinted title identifier and nearly all with the Mieusement Blois studio imprint. The photographer had begun and ended his career in Blois and was known for his architectural photographic work. Each image tipped to its own guard and which is in turn sewn into the album. Images include: Chateau de Blois statue Equestre Louis XII; Chateau de Blois Galerie Interieure Facade Louis XII; unidentified Interior spiral column & staircase; Chateau de Pierrefonds Restaure par Mr. Viollet-Leduc; pencil notation on back '.l'honneur' notes in English; unidentified elaborately carved large cabinet-on-cabinet with royal arms; unidentified - perhaps wallpaper pattern example Blois pattern with faint pencil notations regarding coloration of original small pencil design; unidentified - another pattern example Blois pattern with royal monogram with faint pencil notations regarding coloration of original; unidentified - another pattern example Pattern with royal cartouches strapwork style with faint pencil notations regarding coloration; Chateaux des Bords de la Loire columned interior view of the 'stateroom' hall; another columned interior view of the 'stateroom' hall this with more extensive marginal color comments; close-up of the canopied recess in the 'stateroom' hall also extensive marginal color comments; close-up of the canopied recess in the 'stateroom' hall alcove surmounted by the royal arms porcupine marginal color comments; Cheminee Partie Louis XII comments; fireplace royal arms comments; Chateau de Blois another fireplace. Chateau de Bloise Lucarne Francois I er; Lucarne au chiffre d'Anne de Bretagne; Lucarne au chiffre d'Anne; Chateau de Pierrefonds; Chateau de Blois exterior ornamentation; Chateau de Chaumont; another Chaumont exterior doorway detail; Chaumont interior fireplace & decor; Chateau de Chambord detail of exterior stone carving; Chateau d'Amboise doorways with monumental carved hunting scene; this particular photograph with the small ticket tipped-on the reverse of Librairie Papeterie Reliure Cartonnage Abonnement et Journaux Frappy Chapu Cabinet de Lecture Fournitures de Bureau et Dessins Rue Napoleon No. 33 a Amboise; Chateau de and handwritten presumable by the studio after these two imprinted words Azay-le-Rideau a detail of elaborate decorative iron window grillwork; hand-printed only in the margin Azay-le-Rideau a detail of exterior doorways; Chateau de Blois upper windows detail; Blois detail of carved panel. Approx. 10" x 13 1/2" size binding oblong format; reddish-brown polished textured paper over heavy dense gray cardstock boards; no spine covering boards held on by the cloth structure tapes only cover paper much chipping and wear especially the back. The photographs tipped-on to leaves of 3-4 pages of paper thickness - most of these papers are coming apart; several pages detached edge-chipping soiling and wear to the margins. The images in good to very good condition some with extraordinarily fine detail atmospheric and well-done. In good condition. . Photograph Album. Hard Cover. Good. Seraphin-Mederic Mieusement hardcover books
188225318Sergiyev Posad Russia: I. Efimova 1882. 186 4 pages. Including a double-page color tinted lithograph view of the monastery grounds and architecture; at back is a double-page map-plan giving the geographical position of the monastery and the layout of the grounds within the wider community; a number key with description is on the following pages. Text entirely in Cyrillic describing in a chronology the history of the monastery established by one of the most important Russian Orthodox patron saints of Russia the monk Sergius of Radonezh Saint Vartholomei Kirilovich. With the occasional marginal pencil comment and mark. Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in the original finely pebble-textured dark teal cloth. Edge-wear tips wear-through; spine cloth fraying and loosening at bottom. Remains of old label old sticker with number on front board; no blank free endpapers; a couple of pencil numbers and a pen number and with the stamp of a church library with a central illustration of the same & another rectangular stamp that is partially incomplete throughout. Text generally clean and very good; lithographed plate & the map also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. I. Efimova hardcover books
184525725No Place Listed: Not Published 1845. Approx. 3 1/8" x 4" size bound in plain paper. Cover paper darkened; spine paper covering chipped away at bottom revealing cloth reinforcement as headband; cover chipped at edges; some spotting and foxing to leaves; generally clean very legible and in good condition. Manuscript. Soft Cover. Good. Not Published paperback books
1892508New York: John C. Rankin Company 1892 <br />. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Very Good. 64 pages. 24.5 x 21 cm.Official Catalogue for the United States Food Exposition in commemoration of the discovery of America 1492 at Madison Square Garden from October 1st to the 27th. Under the auspices of the Food Manufacturers Association. Full page black-and-white photos of Madison Square Garden throughout as well as iconic New York sites such as the Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall. An abundance of illustrated pages highlighting iconic American food advertising - Tabasco Sauce Sea Foam Baking Powder Heinz Van Houtens' Cocoa Reynolds Cheese Hotel Devonshire and Horton's Ice Cream etc. Covers lightly rubbed. Small closed tear to rear of spine. Interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> John C. Rankin Company paperback books
18022433S W Fores 1802. Loose_leaf. Hand colored etching. Very good. Williams Charles. A waggish sense of humor is presented here in this etching. A massive butcher presides in front of his stall pointing out the benefits of a gargantuan joint of beef. His clientele dressed in ostentatious costume look on as he points of the merits of his wares: "There is not such dignified Beef in the Market - believe me Right Honorable every Inch of it; Coronets marked in the fat and Genealogy in the lean - had it pon Honor - from my Lord cram Bullock - delicious! - you may smell the Oil Cake a mile - no vulgar ingredients - only half a Crown per pound - a mere trifle - I have indeed some low bred beef at Sixpence but I am sue Sir it would not suit your refined Taste." The gentleman answers: "Why look ye - Master Suet as I am not over ambitious if you please - I'll have a slice of the Citizen." His wife adds: "Husband dont be so Wulgar I say send home a Sir Loin of true Nobility." Light foxing small close tear to top edge. Past crease marks visible. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> S W Fores unknown books
184029877Wien: Bureau der Theaterzeitung Satyrischer Bild No. 91 1840. 282 x 216 mm. <br/><br/>Some minor staining; creased at folds. Bureau der Theaterzeitung [Satyrischer Bild No. 91] unknown books
181036243Paris: Sieber PN 231 1810. Oblong folio. Half dark blue calf with light brown speckled boards spine in compartments gilt titling gilt; marbled endpapers. 1f. recto title within decorative border incorporating musical instruments verso blank xxii introduction 286 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn rubbed and bumped; front hinge split. Slightly worn browned foxed soiled creased and stained; occasional offsetting; first leaves worn and frayed at outer margins; title leaf torn with early tape repairs to inner margin and verso partial publisher's handstamp to blank lower margin. "Italian pedagogical methods were widely disseminated and emulated in the 18th century and with the founding of the Paris Conservatoire in 1795 training in solfeggio was instituted as a basis of the curriculum . The first important collection was Solfeges d'Italie Avec la Basse chiffree. . which appeared in 1772 and saw three later editions as well as several pirated ones . <br/><br/>The French solfège tradition has served as a point of departure for numerous methods of teaching basic musical skills developed in other countries among them the methods of Wedge Hindemith Kodály and Villa-Lobos. Since World War II many instruction manuals have been printed in a variety of languages all of them more or less indebted to solfeggio and solfège ." Owen Jander in Grove Music Online. Sieber [PN 231] unknown books
182526869Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1825. 12mo. Early dark green cloth-backed green paper boards titling within decorative devices gilt to spine. 1f. frontispiece engraved by J. Mitchell after Clennel depicting three gentlemen raising their glasses in a toast 1f. half-title with decorative device 1f. title 5-300 303-310 index pp. <br/><br/>Text only but with indication of tunes to which the text is to be sung in many instances. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn bumped soiled and dampstained. Blank margins of some leaves moderately browned or slightly lacking affecting several letters; some foxing; offsetting from frontispiece to half-title. Rare. Worldcat 3 copies only of this edition at the Smithsonian Edinburgh University Library and Norfolk UK County Council Library; copies of all editions are quite scarce. Catalogue of English Song Books Forming a Portion of the Library of Sir John Stainer p. 65. Humphries & Smith p. 248. OCLC no. 28012823. Oliver & Boyd unknown books
189489582London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society 1894. Paperback. Very Good. index v 52p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm.Modest chipping and browning around cover edges. Unopened. Edited by Titus Tobler and translated from Tobler's text by Aubrey Stewart. <br/><br/> Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society paperback books
1893114556New York: The Century Company 1893. Hardbound. Internally VG but front cover present separated from binding; general wear to folio case. Printed boards in portfolio format. 64 full-page sheets of prints and images. Includes a listing of the contents of the 64 plates and where they first appeared. Also includes a list of the engravers sometime with biographical information. The Century Company hardcover books
180929755London: J. Booth 1809. Image size ca. 200 x 300 mm. overall size 252 x 350 mm. <br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled; small strips of mounting tape to upper corners of verso. J. Booth unknown books
184032224Wien: Bureau der Theaterzeitung Satyrischer Bild No. 91 1840. 282 x 216 mm. <br/><br/>Some minor staining and damage to upper left blank corner. This satirical and humourous print depicts ballet dancers opera singers actors and musicians of the Viennese stage of the time. Bureau der Theaterzeitung [Satyrischer Bild No. 91] unknown books
1889500928<p>"James A. Beaver" on verso of check of the Lumberman's State Bank West Bay City MI . W.J. Martin West Bay City mayor June 8 1889; also endorsed by Martin and various bank officials. 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". Very good creases short tear cancellation cut not affecting signature.</p><p>Check designed and printed by Western Bank Note Co. Chicago with two vignettes - one of the bank and the other of logs and loggers.</p> unknown books
18562222067<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece of pointer and quail. Vignette title page and over fifty b/w illustrations. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and blind; gilt pictorial spine yellow endpapers plain edges. No dust jacket. Tight clean fine copy minor wear and rubbing. 480 pages.</p><p>Sporting bookplate of Walter Rutherford Peterson on front paste down.</p><p>BAL 8153.</p><p>Printed by John F. Trow.</p> Stringer & Townsend hardcover books
189030181London: Fred. Bruckmann 1890. Octavo. Full original publisher's highly decorative blindstamped dark red cloth folder with titling gilt to central panel of upper.<br/><br/>Each photograph ca. 5" x 3.75" 130 x 96 mm. laid down to publisher's red-edged card stock with "Bruckmann's Collection" printed to upper margin and titling and imprint below image. Fred. Bruckmann unknown books
1820360051820. Small oblong folio ca. 24 x 30 cm. Sewn. Notated in ink on rastrum-drawn 12-stave wove paper. Watermark "IVY MILL" dated 1820.<br/><br/>The first two works for soprano and continuo the Hasse for 2 sopranos and piano.<br/><br/>1r: Conclusion of unknown work text "Sì vi baccio ma ohimè". 11 measures <br/>1v-3r: POLLAROLO Carlo Francesco ca. 1653-1723. Assisa in Carro d'ombre. Cantata del Sig.r Carlo Franco Polaroli <br/>- Termini C9. 1 other manuscript copy located in RISM.<br/>3v-5v: PORPORA Nicola 1686-1768. Se la rosa fresca e bella. Cantata del Sig.r Niccolò Porpora<br/>- Sutton 101. 3 other manuscript copies located in RISM.<br/>5v-8v: HASSE Johann 1699-1783. Ah se dite mi privi. Duetto nell' opera Ipermestra dal Sig.r Hasse<br/>- Numerous manuscript copies located in RISM.<br/>9-13: blank<br/><br/>Outer leaves somewhat browned and soiled; some wear to corners and edges throughout. unknown books
186626206Roslyn Long Island New York 1866. Handwritten signature and date on slip of paper pasted to a slightly larger piece of backer paper. The second 'l" in the author's signature light. When held to light beneath the author's signature another is visible on the lower paper which appears to be Robert Robinson. William Cullen Bryant 1794-1878 American poet and journalist. ".An attentive listener inquisitive well informed shrewd in professional mattersdid not conform to any of the stereotypes of the "poet" of his day.In 1843 Bryant purchased property on Long Island New York at Roslyn where he was not only free to write but also able to pursue his botanical interests planting and nurturing specimens of trees and shrubs from around the world. The house and grounds of Roslyn have been preserved." Albert F. McLean in the ANB Paper is approx. 1 3/4" x 4 1/2" size written finely in black ink. with An engraved portrait of William Cullen Bryant by W. Wellwood for the Ladies' Repository circa 1862; approx. 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" overall size; light wear; both items in very good condition. Manuscript. Very Good. books
187124439New York NY: Johnson Fry & Co. 1871. Twenty - two images including the plates titled: Conrad and Medora dated 1867; the illustrated title page for 1871 'Byron & Moore Gallery'; and the images Kaled; Olympia; Gulmare; Rich and Rare engraved by Buttre after Fisher; Thou art not false but thou art fickle; Laura; Angiolina; Haidee; Medora; Leila; The Coming Step Buttre after Ward; Zelica Buttre after A. de Valentine; The Irish Girl Buttre after A. Elmore; Young Jessica Rice & Buttre after Ward; Parisina; Azim and Zelica Buttre after Corbould; Witch of the Alps; The Peri Bannister after Meadows; Maid of Athens; Don Juan and Haidee. Each image titled below; several with a verse from the relevant poem. The plates printed one side only on heavy paper stock and interleaved with plain paper guards. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approximately 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in gray-green decoratively blind-stamped cloth titled "Specimen" on front cover the back cover with the publisher name and address. Boards detached with edge and tips wear top cover stained spine covering gone. A few images with a little spotting in the margins and with evidence of being somewhat crudely edge-trimmed; generally the plates very clean and in very good condition an interesting specimen illustration book from this publisher. Specimen Book. Hard Cover. Good. Johnson Fry & Co. Hardcover books
184327079New York N.Y.: J. & H.G. Langley 1843. 431 pages; with a frontispiece plate illustrating a "Cot for the Treatment of Fractures at Sea. by J. M. Foltz Esq. Surgeon U.S.N." - Dr. Foltz also has contributed the extensive first article within on the topic of ".The Endemic Influence of Evil Government illustrated in a view of the Climate Topography and Diseases of the Island of Minorca with an account of the Medical Faculty - of the French Military Hospital on the Isle de los Reyos - and of the Statistics of the United States Naval Hospital at Mahon." Contents of the volume on various topics: complicated menstruation; obscure and remote effects of Syphilis; a curiosity in obstetric physiology; on electro-puncture in hydrocele with cases; on epidemic influenzas 'with special reference to the now prevailing epidemic catarrhal fever'; and dozens of other pieces American and foreign on medical pathology and therapeutics material medica and pharmacy surgery obstetrics and diseases of females; toxicology and medical jurisprudence. With a few small woodcut illustrations including of a cross-section of a Lepidopterous Insect; also a lithograph of Prof. A.H. Stevens' case of Spina Bifida; and a folding view of the river area at Rondout New York approx.8 1/2" x 18" overall which accompanies an article regarding the outbreak of ".a Malignant Fever which prevailed." there in 1843. Title page with the small previous owner oval name-stamp of J. Manley; front endpaper with small collector number-ticket. Volume approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards leather corners and spine; gilt spine titles. Both boards detached worn; contents with occasional spotting soiling or foxing; text block solidly bound and in good condition. First Edition. Leather. Good. J. & H.G. Langley books
1869WRCLIT41532London: James Blackwood 1869. viii2764pp. Canary yellow cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine rather faded cloth a trifle hand soiled clean marginal tear in prefatory leaf with no loss occasional light marginal discolorations but a good sound copy. First edition of this anonymously compiled biographical dictionary including important contemporary sketches of Rossetti Holman Hunt Millais Brown et al. An important and possibly uncommon book. James Blackwood hardcover books
189925646Bermuda: Not Published 1899. Five images of Bermuda; identifications handwritten in white ink on the backer-paper including: Admiral Sampson - Admiral Sir John Fisher on board U.S.S. New York Bermuda Feb 23rd 1899 6" x 8" approx. faded; At Happy Valley c. 80 well-dressed people in group pose 6" x 8" approx. a little faded features clearly visible; Mt. St. Agnes exterior view of venue 7 1/4" x 9" approx. good detail image with old rub-crease at center and rub of photo paper at upper margin; a smaller image identified in a later hand on back as The chapel Mt. St. Agnes Hamilton Bermuda 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" approx. top corners chipped surface crinkling; and Floating Dry-dock Ireland Island Bermuda this image with the title Tourmaline in Dock in the image - evidently a commercially-produced photo of this scene; this may be the yacht later used in the "Tourmaline Expedition" to the Sus referred to the in the book of that adventure by Henry M. Grey Approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" size somewhat faded details still discernible; the images are glued-in at the corners to gray paper backers except the small chapel photo which is loose as described. In good condition overall. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Not Published paperback books
188527056Montreal Canada: Dawson Brothers 1885. Color map sectioned on linen; with insets showing the continuation of the map to the Pacific showing British Columbia & Manitoba; Manitoba & connecting territory; Environs of Montreal and an inset of Newfoundland. Front endpaper and a blank back panel of the map with the owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Bound in the original hardcover blue textured cloth boards gilt cover titles patterned-paper endpapers; covers are approx. 4" x 6" size. Map opens to approx. 23 1/2" x 33 3/4" overall; some edge tips wear and dustiness to the covers' binding inner endpaper scraped from linen backing at one corner; map in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Dawson Brothers hardcover books
