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Deliziosa tavola xilografica proveniente dall'edizione ottocentesca della nota opera del 1590 "Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo di Cesare Vecellio". Le tavole, disegnate dal Vecellio sono riproduzioni dell'edizione cinquecentesca dell'opera. Lo scritto, fondamentale per lo studio sul costume ed abbigliamento di ogni genere e luogo, è universalmente celebrato come la più antica enciclopedia sui costumi La tavola è impreziosita da testo esplicativo contenente notizie e curiosità. INCISIONE: xilografia AUTORE: Cesare Vecellio DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 23x14,50 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 16x10,5 EPOCA: 1859 CONDIZIONI: buone condizioni, usure al margine destro, rare fioriture Al verso della tavola presente testo esplicativo che non corrisponde alla planche in questione. Viene fornita copia anastatica della corretta spiegazione della tavola. Testo italiano e francese. Nice woodcut coming from the edition of the XIX century of the famous work of 1590 "Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo di Cesare Vecellio". The planches, drawn by Vecellio are reproduction of the XVI century edition of the work The writing, important work about the costume and appearel of each kind and place, is universally celebrated as the most ancient aencyclopedia about costumes. The planche is enriched by explicative text containing curiosities and information. ENGRAVING: xilography AUTHOR: Cesare Vecellio PASSE-PARTOUT DIMENSION: cm 23x14,50 ENGRAVING DIMENSION: cm 16x10,50 DATE: 1859 CONDITIONS: good; wearings in the right edge and occasional foxings In the verso of the planche there is the explicative text not corresponding to this planche We provide anastatic copy of the correct explanation. Italian and french text.
612 pages. Chronology of the Boxer Uprising. Glossary and key of Chinese terms. Black and white illustrations. "Containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery; etc.... This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China... Profusely illustrated with scenes in China and all objects of interest in that wonderful country." - from title page. Above-average wear and soiling. Hinges open. Partial lean to spine. Brown staining to lower corner of first ten leaves - text unaffected. A worthy copy of this chauvinistic work. Book
154p. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXII. Tells of Pennsylvania German and Moravian marriages based on the casting of lots and drawing of straws. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In French. 301, [4] p. Marie et Marie. Une saison a Constantinople, 1856-1858.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 64 p., color plates. Makedonya Türkleri (Türkmenler, Torbesler / Türkbas Çenkeriler be Yörükler) arasinda yasayan halk inançlari.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish and Macedonian (Cyrillic). 141, [3] p. Makedonya Sosyalist Cumhuriyetinde yasayan Türklerin manileri.= Manichata kaj Turtsite od sr Makedonija. [= Les manelers chez les Turcs en RS de Macedoine].
Very Good French Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In French and English. 85, [1] p., unnumbered color and b/w plates. Minor wear on spine. A very good copy. A catalogue of exhibition held on between 28 November - 8 January 1973-1974. This is the 4th Edition. Mahmal et Attatichs: Peintres et voyageurs en Turquie, en Egypte et en Afrique du Nord.
68 pages. Contents: Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover features construction of the 67-mile link between Calgary and Banff; Anticipating B.C.'s big blast at Ripple Rock; Article 1201 of the Customs Tariff makes Canadian Customs Officers Censors - in spite of themselves; Nice colour-photo ad for the 1958 Ford; The Large Family Isn't the Best Kind Now - so argues Dr. Robert Brockway; Humourous BMO full-page ad shows mad housewife, laughing daughter, and a hole where the stove sat... before mom threw it out the window!; Telephone Swindlers - how they operate and why they're seldom caught; Quebec scriptwriter Laurette Larocque-Auger - article with photos; The Coming Revolt Against Leisure; The Non-Taxable Loves of Mrs. Ollenberger (fiction); The Great Back-To-School Boom - the strongest surge in adult education the nation has ever seen; We Took Our Girls on an Arctic Vacation - Erik Watt and family attempt an eleven-hundred mile trip down the Mackenzie River to Aklavik in a 14' boat; Handsome full-page colour ad for the Buick Limited; Swiss Watch full-page ad features Norman Rockwell image of watchmaker at work; Nice one-page colour ad for Labatt's '50' Ale; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1958 Dodge features road construction scene; Colour ad for Beatty clothes washers; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features well-dressed couple in an elegant setting. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Nice colour ad for the Parker 61 Capillary Pen inside front cover; Editorial - Let Courts, Not Customs Men, Decree Which Books to Ban; Nice Matinee cigarette colour photo ad; Colour ad for EMBA brands of mutation mink; Jockey Johnny Longden tells his own story - many great photos; Why the World Wants More of the Theatre du Nouveau Monde; Trade Secrets of the Combines Detectives - they seek out 'price-fixers'; How the Dutch sold Canada on Tulips, by Alan Phillips; Should you send your child to camp?; Pearl McLeod's old-fashioned kitchen in Penobsquis, New Brunswick; How to Plan for your Retirement; Dictaphone Time-Master colour centerfold ad loose but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Magazine
52 pages. Contents: Fantastic colour illustrated ad for Heavy-Duty K-Line International Harvester Trucks - built at Chatham, Ontario; Spy Against the Reich - Part 1 of 8, by Michael Annesley; The Decisive Year, by Douglas Reed who comments on the progress of the war and how it may turn out; They're "Naturals" - Kim Beattie writes about the stream of young, well-trained airmen now suring to Britainn's battle sky from scores of Empire training stations in Canada; The Wedding Day, by Eve Burkhardt; The South American Way - Ronald McEachern reports on the living mosaic of peoples and customs, wealth and poverty, new and old, that is South America - with photos; The Last Trick, by Will R. Bird; Beverley Baxter writes about exiled leaders now living in London; He's in the Navy Now (part 2) - from an Eastern Canadian port Naval Volunteer Bill Caskie - now a stoker - puts to sea - with 5 photos; A Farmer Writes to his Son - and the Son replies - a moving answer to what's the matter with farming; Nice 2-colour full-page Pontiac ad; Dodge 'Job-Rated' Truck ad; Canada 1827 - a letter from the past which paints a fascinating picture of the Ontario of more than a century ago; Ad for Vaseline Hair Tonic!; Sweeney Schriner is featured in a small Alka-Seltzer ad; Fargo Truck ad; Canadian War Savings Committee ad for War Savings Certificates; Average wear to textblock. Front cover loose and soiled but present - features photo of Mountie on horseback. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
56 pages. Features: The last chapter of the great E.P. Taylor Myth - the E.P. Taylor of modern Canadian folklore, reighning tycoon of a nation and master of all the hidden levers of power - he is not and never was, by Barbara Moon with many photos; Anatomy of a world-wide sensation - pilot Ralph Flores and his passenger Helen Klaben survived a 48-day ordeal in the winter wild; What the new drive for church unity means to Christians; How I was trapped by Jasper the Cartoon bear for Maclean's Magazine - the true confessions of the cartoonist who created Jasper the bear in 1948 and has been running hard to keep up with Canada's most famous bear ever since, by James Simpkins; The Tribal Customs of space-age children - an eyewitness account by Robert Thomas Allen; Our Alabama - a report by Peter Gzowski on the harsh realities setting whites against Indians near Glaslyn, Saskatchewan - article with many great black and white photos; The Montreal Stampede to Learn French; Colour photo Coke ad of a young lovely lifeguard and her many admirers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover painting by Macpherson shows Aerobee rocket taking off from Fort Churchill, Manitoba, to study the Northern Lights; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad inside front cover shows the deepest causeway in the world, the Strait of Canso Causeway - 180' deep in the middle; One-page colour-photo ad for GE presents a pink and yellow fridge which is difficult to look at; Two-page colour ad for Shell is nondescript but for the large illustration of a girl high up the the bucket of a tractor as she rescues her cat from a roof; William Mercer says we're going haywire in our security (pension) plans; How Sir Roy Dobson Pushed Canada into the Jet Age - the Managing Director of A.V. Roe Limited in Manchester was the father of the CF-100, and also purchased a major interest in Algoma Steel; For Five Seasons Tanya Moiseiwitsch has dazzled audiences with the dazzling costumes she creates for the Shakespearean festival; How Elgin Armstrong Beats the (Harness) Races; The Garden That Grew From a Gravel Pit - Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens - article with nice colour photos; The Search for Strangler Sweeney (fiction); Prospector Viola MacMillan - super photo-illustrated article on "the most remarkable woman in Canada" who is worth $10 million; Canadian Club colour-photo ad features Jack Richardson and Luigi Tagliapietra engaged in 'water jousting' on their gondolas in Venice; One page ad for International (Harvester) Construction Equipment explains the new concept of 'Sanitary Landfill' and illustrates how their Drott Bullclam (hydraulicall bucket) product is specifically designed for this application; Cinci beer ad features nice colour photo of couple in nautical theme; Pilkington Glass ad features colour photo of the interior of the home of J.L. Silverman of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Nice colour-photo ad for Old Vienna beer features nicely dressed couple in kitchen with bowl of salad and box of bear; Photo ad for Studebaker-Packard features the Champion 4-door sedan; Colour ad for Kingsbeer by Dow, "Canada's Finest Lager"; Colour ad for the Sheraton-Brock Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario; Syl Apps and Frank Buckland answer the questions "Should we import Russian Hockey Players?"; Brief bios with photos of writers who joined Maclean's in the last year - Christina McCall, Shirley Mair and Ken Lefolii; Polysar ad on back cover features colour painting of man replacing another inner tube in one of his car's tires - as he family waits by the side of the road; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Half of centrefold Kodak ad (page 31-32) not included. The other half, page 33, is secured with archival tape, otherwise a sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Very attractive full-page two-colour ad for International Harvester's TracTractors; Ad for RCA Victor audio products; Runaround in Reverse (short story); Jail Without Locks - British Columbia's new Borstal home near Vancouver - a prison with no guards nor locks - article with photos; Edward Johnson of Guelph - Part 1 - article with photos; A Train Journey (short story); Beverley Baxter's letter from London; Beauty Business - article about beauty products - with photos of their manufacture; Will Poland Be Next?, by Douglas Reed - article with photos; The Flying Yorkshireman (short story); Well I Declare! - tips on dealing with Customs officers - article with photos; Nice ad for Chevroet trucks; Hudson car ad; Tennis player Don Budge is featured in Bromo-Seltzer ad; Lux soap ad featuring photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Canada's First Marathon Victory - W.J. (Billy) Sherring of Hamilton won the marathon at the Athens Olympics in 1906 - brief article with photos; Nice half-page colour ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes). Above-average external wear. Coverfold halfway open. Covers almost loose. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
pl. veau moucheté, tit. doré sur pc. bordeaux, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de filets, dentelles et motifs floraux dorés, tr. rouge, bandeaux et lettrines, (coiffes absentes, mors fendus, nerfs et dos frottés avec des épidermures, coins émoussés avec des mq.) Important et très rare commentaire de la coutume de Bresse par Revel (Dupin, réf. 1212-3). Exemplaire dédié à Monseigneur Louis-Alexandre-Caterine Duport Chevalier Seigneur de Montplaisant Baron d’Attignat Conseiller du Roy en tous ses conseils Président à Mortier au Parlement de Bourgogne.
débroché, non-coupé, (rares annotations à l’encre, int. légt jauni, exemplaire fragile) Thèse de référence abondamment citée (André Mutel, Notes sur les usages locaux du bailliage de Caux dans la coutume rédigée de 1583 ; Pierre Arsac, Le règlement des dettes successorales dans les coutumes rédigées ; Matthieu Goux, Faire vivre la Coutume de Normandie : problématiques générales et bibliographie indicative ; etc.).
252 pages. Faint one inch crease to top corner of front cover. Very limited signs of use. Looking for your ideal love match? The dating scene has changed. Both sexes seem to be confused, lonely and looking for love in all the wrong ways. Author uses insight and humor from her love column to help readers on their quest to find that special someone. Discusses: preparing yourself for a relationship, the mystery of attraction, who should ask first, where to look for singles, dating for single parents, and much more. Book
"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
"A fascinating study of love customs - both in and our of wedlock - in a land where sex was never called a sin" Exceptionally clean and crisp vintage pbk 159p. Book
SOURCES DIVERSES. DEBUT 20e SIECLE. In-4 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. LOT IMPORTANT DE COUPURES DE PRESSE collées dans un cahier de type "scolaire" - Des petites annotations parfois sur les coupures au crayon de couleur (date ou autre reference) - VENDU EN L'ETAT - VOIR PHOTO - VERS LES ANNEES 1900-1930.
128 p. Illustrated with photographs. 210mm. Softbound. Original color pictorial wraps. People's Place Book No. 9. Explains why the Amish avoid the use of most electrical appliances, and tells how they still manage to do their farm work; light and heat their homes; entertain themselves; and raise their families. Many Americans could learn something from this way of life.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG010A
181 pages, illustrated, map, notes, index. eng
297p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
274 p. Illustrated. 195mm. Softbound. Apollo Editions paperback. VERIA BX 3
