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Segneri Pablo or SeneriABAA

El Confessor Instruido

Kent Corita or Sister Mary Corita born Frances Elizabeth Kent 1918 86ABAA

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE POP ART PIONEER

73222A holographic letter on Immaculate Heart College letterhead from the American Roman Catholic religious sister and Pop Art pioneer. Undated it was likely written in the mid-1960s prior to her return to secular life in 1968 as Corita Kent. The letter was written in reply to Eugene Anthony "Gene" McNerney Jr. 1899-80 a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia who worked as newspaper artist and magazine illustrator before embarking on a distinguished career in the Marine Corps. Attributing the delay in responding to her hectic schedule she writes "We're not really ungrateful - just inefficient . after teaching three successive summer sessions it almost seems tame to be back in regular session." Kent also makes reference to an ad she placed in Graphis Annual and two individuals associated with her work with the Department of Fine Arts concluding with an invitation to an open house and sale. Kent served as the chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. After the Second Vatican Council she transformed the college's annual Mary's Day procession into a community celebration which was part of the sister's campaign to bring secular people together. During this time Kent's work became increasingly political addressing events such as the Vietnam War and humanitarian crises. Incorporating brilliant colors and bold shapes her art was her activism. Tensions between the order and church leadership were mounting with the Los Angeles Archdiocese criticizing the college as "liberal" and Cardinal James McIntyre labeling Kent's work as "blasphemous" which hastened her departure from the order. Most sisters followed suit and the Immaculate Heart College closed in 1980. Kent continued to create spiritually-informed artwork primarily silkscreen or serigraphy which played an important role in the renaissance of the poster as a medium of communication and continues to influence graphic design well into the 20th century. One page 8 Â½" x 11" folded into thirds for mailing. Some uneven toning; otherwise very good. unknown books

johnson rare books & archives · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

VELLEIUS PATERCULUS Marcus Gaius or Caius c. 19 BC. c. 31 AD.. B. C. A. D.ABAA

M. Velleii Paterculi Quae Supersunt: Cum Variis Lectionibus Optimarum Editionum; Doctorum Virorum Conjecturis & Castigationibus; et indice locupletissimo. Accedit Annotationum Libellus.

1711LLV2175Oxoniae:: E. Theatro Sheldoniano 1711. 1711. 8vo. xvi 140 44 60 pp. Title engraved vignette index; few stains. Original gilt-stamped decorative panels mottled calf; joints reinforced stickers on spine. Former ownership blind emboss stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Very good. Second edition issued earlier in 1693. This edition printed at the Sheldonian Theatre of Paterculusâ€™ Roman history contains the addition of 44 pages of additional notes. It contains not all copies do Dodwellâ€™s Annales Velleiani. Lowndes vol. 4 p. 1798. "His Compendium of Roman History consists of two books dedicated to M. Vinicius and covers the period from the dispersion of the Greeks after the siege of Troy down to the death of Livia AD 29. The first book brings the history down to the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC; portions of it are missing including the beginning. The later history especially the period from the death of Julius Caesar 44 BC to the death of Augustus AD 14 is treated in much greater detail. / The author does not display real historical insight although generally trustworthy in his statements of individual facts. He may be regarded as something of a courtly annalist rather than an historian. His chronology is inconsistent though sometimes useful. On Caesar Augustus and above all on his patron Tiberius he lavishes praise or flattery; but his portrait of the latter is a useful corrective to the sensationalist attacks of a Tacitus as is his treatment of Livia. The repetitions redundancies and slovenliness of expression may be partly due to the haste with which as the author frequently states it was written. The inflated rhetoric the straining after effect by means of hyperbole antithesis and epigram belong firmly to the Silver Age of which Paterculus is the earliest example. He purposed to write a fuller history of the later period including the civil war between Caesar and Pompey and the wars of Tiberius; but there is no evidence that he did so. His chief authorities were Catoâ€™s Origines the Annales of Quintus Hortensius Pompeius Trogus Cornelius Nepos and Livy." Wikip. See: Eleanor Cowan ed. Velleius Paterculus: Making History Classical Press of Wales 2011. E. Theatro Sheldoniano, 1711. unknown books

Jeff Weber Rare Books · Suisse400,00 $US≈ 338,44 €

18th Century Mathematics Puzzles The Ladies' Diary or Woman's AlmanackABAA

1777-1797 The Ladies' Diary: Or Woman's Almanack.Containing New Improvements in Arts and Sciences and Many Entertaining Particulars: Designed for the Use and Diversion of the Fair-Sex.

177726884London England: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1777. Twenty-two issues of this yearly British almanac bound in one volume; consecutive and inclusive from the 1777 issue to 1797. These are printed in red & black have the tax stamps on the margins of the title pages and are of 32 pages' length with exceptions or notes as below: 1782: On page 31 the section "VI Rebus by Mr. R. Richardson of Frosterly" has been solved with the manuscript letters & names of clues neatly written at the margins. 1786: pgs 1-2 15-32; However another issue is bound after this incomplete issue that is entire in 48 pages. These almanacs are noted on the title pages as printed for the Company of Stationers; and this "extra" issue is noted on the title page as "Printed for T. Carnan in St. Paul's Church Yard; who after an expensive Suit in Law and Equity by the unanimous Opinion of the Judges of the Court of Common Please dispossessed the Stationers' Company of their pretended exclusive Privilege of Printing Almanacks which they had usurped for two Centuries; a convincing Proof that no unjust Monopoly will ever stand the Test of an English Court of Justice." 1788: pgs 1-2 15-32 only. 1793 Misbound pages out of order and complete 32 pages. 1795: A name of "Old Batholomew" has been added in ms. at the 4th Sept. in the monthly almanac pages section. 1797 pgs 1-16 only. "The existence of the Ladies' Diary or the Woman's Almanack an 18th century English magazine devoted largely to problems and puzzles in mathematics indicates that stereotypes about the inability of women to understand and enjoy mathematics were less strongly believed in the 18th century than they are today.The Ladies' Diary became one of the widely read 18th century magazines devoted to the popularization of science and mathematics; these were addressed mainly to readers with no specialized training in the subjectsThe Ladies' Diary differed from these others primarily in the language used in some of the problems--language which reminds the reader that the problems were addressed to women" from the excellent overview of the magazine its influence & impact by Teri Perl San Francisco State Univ. Historia Mathematica 6 1979 article on the 'Diary' Indecipherable by us previous owner name on back endpaper.Approx. 4" x 6 3/8" size; bound in marbled-paper covered boards leather corners edges tinted yellow; spine covering gone; wear to the edges tips of the binding; bottom cord of top board let go; the block still solidly sewn some edges trimmed close; contents generally clean and in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for the Company of Stationers hardcover books

Certain Books, ABAA · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

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