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1841EEG1374Paris:: Bechet 1841. 1841. 2 volumes. 8vo. 2 xiii 1 888; iv 815 1 pp. Original black paste-paper boards red leather gilt-stamped spine labels; extremities worn joints loose labels chipped. Foxed. Embossed ownership stamp of Dr. Ad. Valentin Bonn Germany. Good. Second edition. "A valuable work of reference containing a large amount of information on the various articles or the materia medica collected from the best authorities interspersed with much original matter" – Garrison & Morton 1967. PROVENANCE: Dr. Ad. Valentin fl. c.1903 of Bonn practiced in the field of laryngology. Bechet, 1841. hardcover
18872502050016Macmillan & Co. London 1887. Hardcover. Good. The Preeminent British Natural Science Journal A long run of 105 volumes. Includes: vol. 36 1887; v.37 Nov. 1887-Apr. 1888; v.38 May 1888-Oct. 1888; v.39 Nov. 1888-Apr. 1889; v.40 May 1889-Oct. 1889; v.41 1889-1890; v.42 May 1890-Oct. 1890; v.43 1890-1891; v.44 May 1891 Oct. 1891; v.45 1891-1892; v.46 May 1892-Oct. 1892; v.47 1892-1893; v.48 1893; v.49 1893-1894; v.50 1894; v.51 1894-1895; v.52 1895; v.53 1895-1896; v.54 1896; v.55 1896-1897; v.56 1897; v.57 1897-1898; v.58 1898; v. 59 1898-1899; volumes 60-140. <br> Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. 22 of the early volumes are bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards that is deteriorating. Some boards detached from those volumes rubbing general wear to bindings. Sold with all faults. The other 73 volumes have good bindings in red cloth. <br> Includes J. Thomson's famous essay "On the Cathode Rays" vol. 55; cf. PMM 386 and Swinton's description of the electronic principles of television vol. 78. Also includes Chemists William Ramsay and Frederick Soddy article that helium gas is produced by the radioactive decay of radium 1903. Interesting articles in this collection include: On the Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of Meteorites; British Tertiary Volcanoes; Fritsch's Crustacean Fauna of the Chalk of Bohemia; New Zealand Scale Insect; The History of Ancient Civilization; The Northfleet Series Electric Tramway; Skeleton of Phenacodus; Three Days on the Summit of Mont Blanc; Whirlwinds Waterspouts Storms and Rotating Spheres; Marine Biology and the Electric Light; The Surface Film of Water and its Relation to the Life of Plants and Animals; The Discover of Australian-Like Mammals in South America; A New Form of Air Leyden; A Treatise on Zoology; Fossil Insects; On Some Points in the Early History of Astronomy; The Application of the Microscope to Physical and Chemical Investigations; The Extermination of the American Bison; The Anatomy of the Frog. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Macmillan & Co., London hardcover
1894102635Galerie Georges Petit. As New. 1894. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 14 pages; both paintings illustrated. -- with a bonus offer-- . Galerie Georges Petit paperback
189973943Paris: Georges Petit 1899. First edition Folio 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 122 text pages followed by 52 pages of engravings with original tissue guards. Frontispiece engraving of Doria essay on the life of the Count Armand Doria by Arsene Alexandre and a Preface by M. L. Roger-Miles. Publisher's printed wrappers. Some minor aging to wrappers and creases to spine but solid clean no chips and fresh. Uncut and unopened. A very good copy.Issued in the same year as Armand Doria's two part auction catalog also issued by Georges Petit but considerably scarcer. Count Doria was a man of vision and a patron of the arts and an art collector. For example he was a patron to Adolphe-Félix Cals who stayed in his castle for an extended period of time. Other long-term guests were Gustave-Henri Colin and Victor Vignon. Count Doria also invited Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Édouard Manet.Count Doria was the owner of The Roman Campagna with the Claudian Aqueduct an 1826 painting by Corot which is now in the permanent collection of the National Gallery in London. Another Corot painting View of Olevano is at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth Texas. He purchased many more paintings by Corot over the years. He was also the owner of La Leçon de Tricot by Jean-François Millet. Another Millet painting he owned View of Farm Buildings across a Field is now in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Count Doria also owned La maison du pendu by Paul Cézanne but he exchanged it with art collector Victor Chocquet for another Cézanne painting La Neige fondante. He also owned Les Grands boulevards by Pierre-Auguste Renoir which is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Georges Petit unknown
