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1860List2417Marysville 1860. Marysville 1850s-1860s the bulk mid-1850s. A collection of documents including eleven receipts three manuscript legal documents four manuscript documents relating to land claims; five partially printed documents relating to land claims; two letters from the US Land Office in Marysville 1858 regarding land claims; six billheads from Marysville firms with receipts for a range of goods some illustrated; one letter from Marysville written in 1853 concerning a death in a family. Generally fine condition. Fine. A mini-archive or assemblage of documents relating to the early Euro-American citizens of Marysville and its environs in the 1850s. The population of Marysville grew quickly after the town’s incorporation to 10000 by the mid-1850s due to its strategic location close to the gold fields but the levee system put in place to control flood damage limited the town’s growth beyond this initial phase. The documents here relate to Marysville in this early period of growth and include several quitclaim land deeds as well as illustrated billheads. As a group they offer an ephemeral record of the city in its early period with the legal documents and deeds showing the means with which the area was settled. A well preserved group overall. unknown
18553206Coyoteville: September 12 1855. Very good. 2pp. plus integral blank. Original mailing folds moderate toning staining and ink spotting but still easily readable. Bottom fourth of integral blank excised. An informative Gold Rush letter about mining in the long-vanished ghost town of Coyoteville which was an extraordinarily rich gold area for a couple of years in the early 1850s. A noted tunneling method nicknamed "coyoteing" was developed in the town and subsequently inspired the name of the town. In the present letter Moses Pine writes to "Catherine" in Branch County Michigan and signs his name simply as "Mose Esq" at the conclusion. The author informs Catherine presumably his wife or sister of his activities some of the economic realities and some of the practical details of prospecting for gold in California. Presuming that "it would be impossible for the whole of Branch County to raise $10 unless they sell a horse" Pine comments that he had ginger bread on the Fourth of July after working all day and yielding a "half Ounce Gold Dust." He then provides a detailed description of his mining: "I am now tunneling in a hill. We are 150 feet under the ground. Day before yesterday we got small respect 25 cents to the pan for the first and the bed rock pitching. I think we will find good pay in the going 100 feet further the expense is heavy as we have to blast and timber the tunnel." Pine also talks of his health and that "I work hard every day do my cooking and baking." He then expresses his hope to get back to Michigan to "rest a few months" but knows nothing of other Michigan folks in California: "Have not seen nor heard anything of them in a year. I guess they have all gone home with a fortune in a horn. Well good luck to the lucky. Old Mose will come home after a while with a pretty hat on." A nicely-detailed letter from an unusual and obscure Gold Rush location. September 12 unknown
18492389Ashtabula Oh: January 29 1849. About very good. 1pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light dampstaining and short closed tears along gutter somewhat affecting first few lines of text but not overall sense. An interesting letter from O.H. Field an aspirational field representative of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in Ashtabula Ohio to the company secretary George R. Phelps inquiring about a policy for a group of men headed to the Gold Rush in California in January 1849. Connecticut Mutual was founded in Hartford three years prior to the composition of this letter in 1846. Fitch's missive begins with a report on his efforts to drum up interest in life insurance in his area with pamphlets and other materials sent to him by Phelps: <br /> <br /> "Yours of Oct 1 1849 with blanks pamphlets &c was not received by me until the 25th of Dec. following. I have not had any definitive applications for insurance. It was somewhat new here and the minds of the people had not been called to it. I have however distributed pamphlets and in other ways called the attention of our citizens to the subject. I think that something yet might be done.<br /> <br /> The letter goes on to describe a potential policy for a group soon leaving for the Gold Rush and requests a favorable rate in order to stimulate interest in policies from additional parties: <br /> <br /> "A company is now being formed to head out about ten men to work in the gold regions of California. The individuals who furnish the money wish to obtain an insurance for two years on the lives of the several persons who go out to secure the amount advanced. The men who propose to go are generally hardy healthy & of good habits & from 25 to 45 years of age. They expect to go by the overland route either from Independence Missouri or some more southerly route not south of Vera Cruz. Will you have the goodness to inform me by return mail if the company will take such risks -- & if so the rates of insurance as near as may be which you will charge -- whether you will insure more than the amt. actually advanced & if so how much & any other information you may think proper to give. If I receive a favorably sic reply I shall probably send you more proposals soon."<br /> <br /> A neat letter concerning the preparations and considerations necessary for a journey to California in the early days of the Gold Rush and the role and rise of early American insurance companies in the planning of such lengthy and dangerous overland travel. January 29 unknown
1969List910Chicago 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear fine condition. Fine. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group originally as eight members consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin founders of the Youth International Party YIPPIES Tom Hayden a co-founder in Students for a Democratic Society Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale whose case would be declared a mistrial during the trial leading to his exclusion from the Chicago 7 David Dellinger and Rennie Davis members of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam MOBE and John Froines and Lee Weiner. The address 28 E. Jackson was a building where Rennie Davis rented a space so it is possible that the MOBE printed this though we cannot confirm. unknown
199423242Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Editions 1994. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 10.6x8.4x1.4in. Illustrated with 3992 photographs of hallmarks of manufacturers of gold and silver works in Paris and the Seine for the period 1838-1875. Contains an index of symbols an index of surnames and an index of Paris street names. The Brumaire Law of Year VI 1797 the basis of the legislation on hallmarks still in force today is presented in its entirety in facsimile. Text in French. <br>410pp 3.90lb 10.6x8.4x1.4in Imprimerie Nationale Editions paperback
198781416New York: Doubleday 1987. First Edition stated presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Dave Valdez Jacket photograph. 26 cm. xii 4 270 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Index. Signed on Vice President of the United States bookplate on fep. Below this is a gift inscription not from Bush referencing campaign help. George Herbert Walker Bush June 12 1924 - November 30 2018 was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party Bush also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 in the U.S. House of Representatives as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and as Director of Central Intelligence. Bush served in the navy during World War II. After the war he graduated from Yale and moved to Texas where he built a successful oil company. He won election to the 7th congressional district in 1966. President Nixon appointed Bush Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. In 1974 President Gerald Ford appointed him as the Chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China and in 1976 Bush became the Director of Central Intelligence. Bush was elected vice president in 1980 and 1984 as Reagan's running mate. In the 1988 presidential election Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis becoming the first incumbent vice president to be elected president since Martin Van Buren in 1836. Bush navigated the final years of the Cold War and played a key role in the reunification of Germany. Bush presided over the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War ending the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the latter conflict. Publishers Weekly described this book as an early salvo in the vice-president's campaign for the White House in 1988. It describe it as a standard candidate's biography but livelier than others because Bush has held such a variety of important positions. As a young man from Connecticut and a former Navy pilot in World War II he went to Texas and made a fortune in the oil fields. After serving in the House of Representatives and two failed attempts at the U.S. Senate he served as U.S. representative to the United Nations chairman of the Republican National Committee steering the party through the Watergate scandal envoy to China in the last years of Chairman Mao and head of the CIA. Bush writes about his seven years as vice-president stressing his belief that the prime requisite of the number-two spot is loyalty and concludes by emphasizing his political conservatism. Victor "Vic" Gold September 25 1928 - June 5 2017 was an American journalist author and Republican political consultant. Gold began his career as a lawyer and advisor to the Democratic Party in Alabama before switching to the Republican Party. He worked as deputy press secretary for Senator Barry Goldwater during the 1964 presidential election and press secretary for Vice President Spiro T. Agnew from 1970 to 1973. Gold left politics for a time to work as a writer and political commentator returning in 1979 as a speechwriter to the presidential campaign of George H. W. Bush and was an advisor to Bush's 1988 and 1992 campaigns. He was the author of several published works of non-fiction. He co-wrote George H. W. Bush's 1987 autobiography and co-wrote a novel in 1988 with Lynne Cheney. Doubleday hardcover
16-6432Lyon: 1568. Engraved map on old laid paper Handcolored. 14.5 X 17cm. Unevenly trimmed in upper margin. Very rare. "Pierre Eskrich born Pierre Krug and known variously as Pierre Cruche or Pierre Vase c. 1518 – c. 1590 was a French engraver illustrator and painter. Connected with humanists during the Reformation one of his major works was the 16 piece Mappe-Monde Nouvelle Papistique made in 1566 for Jean Baptiste Trento to depict the Protestant's satirical view of the Catholic world. He also illustrated an unpublished project on birds." Lyon[?]: 1568 unknown
201639593Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum 2016. Hercules Segers. Two volumes complete. THE STANDARD CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE PRINTS DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS. 700 pp. Profusely illustrated with outstanding color plates. Includes seven essays and an entry for each painting and drawing and FOR EACH KNOWN IMPRESSION OF ALL OF SEGER'S PRINTS. Folios. Publisher's cloth. Original slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT. A monumental work of scholarship and very scarce--and very rare in the original slipcase. <br/><br/> Rijksmuseum hardcover
1631026131Lugduni Batavorum Leiden Holland: Apud Franciscum Hegerum 1631. Book. Very Good. Vellum. ffep title page 26 preliminary pages 384 plus 2 misnumbered pages between pp. 244 and 245 numberd 245 and 244 respectively and 2 blank pp. between pp. 266 and 267 colophon blank rfep. Engraved title page with portrait medallion "vatis amatoris iulia sculpta manu"; author's portrait on verso of tenth preliminary leaf. Page 353 mis-number 353 and p. 361 misnumbered 369 but page sequence is correct. Vellum overlapping fore-edges Vellum is soiled spine darkened with chip in red leather label. Front hinge is split between ffep and title page but binding stitching is secure and tight. Owner's name and pencil markings on ffep. Text block is very tight pages are very clean throughout with only a corner off of leaf five and a tiny closed tear in the margin of pp. 105-106 neither of which affects the text. Two lines underscored on p. 151. Latin. Iohannis Secundi Johannes Secundus Janus Secundus Jan Everaerts 1511-1536 was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality. He wrote elegies epigrams odes epistles epithalimia itineraries and other prose. His most famous work was Liber Basiorum Book of Kisses which is among the works in this volume. The compiler Peter Schrijver 1576-1660 was was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium. A remarkably tight and clean copy of this very scarce book. Size: 12mo. Apud Franciscum Hegerum Hardcover
10694viii 362 pp. 8vo cont. tree calf flat spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: S. Crowder & J. Robson 1778.<br /> <BR> <BR> First edition in English. “The greatly enlarged and only English version of Dissertatio physica inauguralis de caloris animalium causa Edinburgh 1775 by Patrick Dugud ca. 1755-1783 who changed his name to Leslie. In this work he further develops his ideas on the origin and maintenance of animal heat ascribing it to the presence of phlogiston. The second and major part pp. 91-352 discusses the nature and properties of phlogiston with good accounts of the theories of animal heat by Black Cullen Hales Lavoisier Priestley and others. The importance of this book in the history of chemistry is discussed by Partington and McKie Annals of Science 2 1937 384-387. Elected F.R.S. 1781 Leslie practiced as a physician in Durham but died prematurely at age twenty-eight.â€â€“Neville II p. 58.<br /> <BR> <BR> Very nice copy with Christie’s facsimile bookplate of Matthew Boulton sold London December 1986. Boulton 1728–1809 manufacturer and entrepreneur was a partner of James Watt in the development of the steam engine.<br /> <BR> <BR> ⧠Cole 821–“The author has expanded his doctoral dissertation considerably and developed further his ideas concerning animal heat. Critical examinations are made of past and contemporary theories. Leslie gives an extended discussion of phlogiston.â€. unknown
16-48891676. Mezzotint. 21.3 x 25.7 cm. On old laid paper. Very rare. Monogrammed and dated in the plate. Likely Dutch 1676 unknown
1820ST15905London: J. Johnston 1820. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 233 x 143 mm. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8". iv 2 319 pp. <br/> Attractive contemporary purple straight-grain morocco covers with gilt frame in the Romantic style raised bands spine compartments framed in gilt with drawer-handle cornerpieces gilt titling gilt-ruled turn-ins with drawer-handle ornaments at corners green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. With engraved title page featuring hand-colored vignette and 19 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES. Front flyleaf with bookplate of Harald Pedersen and verso of front free endpaper with bibliographical notes in pencil. Abbey "Life" 265; Tooley 434. ◆Spine sunned to maroon bottom corners a bit rubbed frontispiece cropped close at foot with much of the imprint trimmed away otherwise quite a fine copy--the plates in excellent impressions and pleasantly colored without the typical offsetting from these kinds of illustrations and the binding lustrous and with scarcely any wear.<br/> <br/> With charming illustrations by one or more of the 19th century's leading caricaturists this work is an imitation of the popular "Tour" books of Doctor Syntax featuring a pedantic clergyman and schoolmaster meeting with an onslaught of amusing misfortunes in the course of his wanderings. The original "Tour" published in 1812 was conceived of as a parody of the books of picturesque travels then enjoying a considerable vogue and when it met with a great popular response itself two more tours followed in 1820 and 1821. Even this could not sate the public and a number of imitations of the Syntax books including the present work were issued. There is some disagreement as to whether Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827 or Isaac Robert Cruikshank 1789-1856 created the illustrations here; as Tooley notes "Both Rowlandson and I. R. Cruikshank are credited with the designs for the plates the balance of opinion favoring Cruikshank but according to the advertisement . . . more than one artist was employed or at least a different engraver to the artist." Either way the amusing illustrations of the follies and faux-pas of the good Doctor Syntax do not disappoint. Aside from being in pleasing condition our copy also stands out for its particularly attractive contemporary binding. J. Johnston unknown
1813157227London: W. Faden Geographer To His Majesty and To His Royal Highness The Prince Regent 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. 125 p. 23 cm book in leatherette box. Chart pp. 4-10. One fold-out distance table. Book has brown cloth spine with grey paper boards the latter looking like original publisher's wraps. Worn extremities. Small tear in paper on front board. Front free endpaper loosening. Ink signature on title. <br/><br/>Second edition first was 1799 of the earliest published topographical description of the young province of Upper Canada prepared by its first surveyor-general. Smith 1764-1837 originally came to Upper Canada in 1793 serving as a quartermaster in a British regiment stationed at Niagara. That same year he was appointed to the position of surveyor-general by Gov.-Gen. Simcoe. Advertisement following the title states that the notes and gazetteer were drawn up at Simcoe's request to illustrate a separately issued map of the colony. This second edition was revised corrected and updated by Lt.-Gov. Francis Gore to accompany a new map compiled in the surveyor-general's office and published under his direction. Casey I 983. Lande 2208 with map. Morgan p. 353. Sabin 85205. TPL 736. W. Faden, Geographer To His Majesty, and To His Royal Highness The Prince Regent hardcover
01-085716th Century . Engraving. Bartsch XV no. 3. 135 x 145 mm. 16th Century unknown
1942437877New York: International Publishers 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine. 19th printing. Octavo. 309pp. Orange cloth. Ownership signature of Alvah Bessie slight wear on the boards near fine without dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Alvah Bessie and his wife: "To Alvah & Helen Let us persist! Viva the literature of the People and its writers like Alvah! Comradely Mike Gold. SF May 9 1954." Also laid in is an invitation to Gold's Memorial Service as well as a letter from Gold's widow thanking Bessie for his friendship and his note after Gold's death. An important book written during the 1920s from the underside of the Jazz Age and anticipating the socialist and labor-oriented fiction of the Depression. Gold whose real name was Irwin Granich also wrote for the radical magazine The Liberator. A splendid association. International Publishers hardcover
MP161661. First State of 2. Arthur Hind refers to Nanteuil as "the master of pure engraving" and "the undisputed head of the French school of portraiture". "At its best his work possesses a noble directness of expression and a complete freedom from all the attractive mannerisms by which a spurious reputation is so lightly gained." Hind A History of Engraving and Etching p. 144 This print was made two years after Nanteuil's appointment as portrait engraver to Louis XIV. It was largely due to Nanteuil's influence that the King granted the edict of 1660 by which engraving was pronounced free and distinct from the mechanical arts and engravers were declared to be entitled to the privileges of other artists. Nanteuil engraved portraits of many distinguished personages including the King Cardinal Richelieu and Queen Christina of Sweden. Le Tellier became Secretary of State for War in 1643 and Chancellor of France in 1677. He played a major role in transforming the French army into a much larger and more professional force dependent on the King and helped draft the revocation of the Edict of Nantes which had granted a large measure of religious freedom to Protestants. The previous owner paid $1800 US plus premium at auction in 2000. Adamczak 159. Pettijean & Wickert 64. copper engraving. 334 x 254 mm. sheet. signed in the plate. A good dark impression on laid paper with coat of arms watermark trimmed at or just outside plate mark. slight thin spots in left edge mounting tape on verso. Provenance: Estate of James Kingon Callaghan 1661
19290001973CHICAGO ILLINOIS IL. Good. 1929. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript Depression Era 5 year diary handwritten by a girl named June b. November 6 1909 whose surname is likely either Hluegner or Kandles as she has mention two Grandmothers with those names. June is a sad girl lonely for friendship even while a member of a sorority and it seems her happiness depends on her self image and body weight: 'Went to sorority. They all talk about their fellows. Oh lord! A perfect body!' Her sadness is also reflected in her nostalgia for a few moments of happiness in her past: 'in 1927 two years before this time I was seeing David Filerman. Wonder what he's doing now.' Home life is difficult too: 'Chas and Yi came over after Church. Dad certainly is unscientific. He's right. The world's crazy. Such a tirade of abuse I never heard. Too glad to go to Helen's.' She has one older sister Ruth who is 25 in 1929 and doesn't get along with her. Ruth seems to get all the guys eventually to get married in 1933. June is interested in gardening studies botany and music. Her basic premise is to find love marriage and to lose weight. In these 5 years she achieves nothing in that regard although she learns to drive a car on July 5 1929. June wonders Feb. 20 1930 "why I shouldn't act like other girls Why keep myself clean No fun like others." June is in turmoil about being able to go to college primarily The Principia A School and College for Christian Scientists to which she was accepted July 8 1929 but her attendance seems delayed due to financial difficulties. She does begin to attend in 1932 and also joins the school Glee Club. Besides attending school June works in an office. June does not have an aptitude for studies i.e. October 20 1931 E-French D-European History C-Geology and English and B-Botany. Every so often June laments the fact that she has no boyfriend no money nothing! She does not get along with her father but loves him dearly. Sometimes there's a reprieve and they have a lovely time together. June loves her mother though her mother has expectations of June i.e. her mother would have a fit if she learned she gained 10 lbs. She hates Chicago and often mentions taking grandparents and going shopping in Chicago. She might be living on the outskirts because one entry observes July 20 1931 that the grain is all cut and stacked. This Depression era diary notes on May 11 1930 "most of the furniture gone from the house couldn't give mother anything for Mother's Day". On March 9 1931 "not much food in the house but will manage - so hungry and cold". Then later that year March 26 the family receives a check for $8870.44 and they in turn are very happy. Some miscellaneous observations include: March 4 1933 President Roosevelt elected and March 8 1933 "House meeting on Death" and May 30 1933 "went to Art Institute and saw period rooms and painting exhibit" and June 22 1933 "Went to World's Fair - Marvellous". The approximately 395 page book is well filled and for researchers and historians of Chicago area Depression Era or women's studies will be hard pressed to find a more interesting peek into the world of this young woman. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GRANDMA KANDLES GRANDMA HLUEGNER GRANDMA HANSEN PRINCIPIA JUNE KANDLES JUNE HLUEGNER CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS THE PRINCIPIA DEPRESSION ERA WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES WEIGHT PROBLEMS SELF IMAGE PROBLEMS CHICAGO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
177134864London Printed For G. Woodfall Etc. 1771. Second Edition. Hardback. Finely bound all in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with contrasting title and volume gilt-blocked labels. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional detail on request. ; 0 pages; Edited and continued from the 1741 edition. Illustrated with 346 plates coats of arms - Plates printed on both sides. Subjects: Nobility--England--Early works to 1800. Baronetage--Genealogy England and Nova Scotia --Early works to 1800. London, Printed For G. Woodfall [Etc. ] hardcover
15182304190005Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Soceri 1518. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. First collected edition of Pontano's works - Aldine Imprint Later leather binding. Rebacked. Red leather spine label gilt. 4 326 pages. Early ink inscription on title page acid stain. Colophon page lacking bottom third blank park. Aldine printer's device dolphin and anchor on title. Brunet IV 808; Riccardi I 303; Olschki 12243; Ahmanson-Murphy 168; Adams P1860. Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Soceri hardcover
1832465994London : John Murray ; Parbury Allen & Co 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine text bound in good waxed green cloth with a contemporary paper spine label now age-toned. Covers and label scuffed with faint damp-stains to the margins. Endbands rubbed with the lower spine showing a tight crosswise tear and joint split with the the tail lifting; corners bumped. Preliminary and final leaves somewhat foxed with the interior very clean on the whole. Text remains tight with pages unread and unopened. A well-preserved example overall. Notes; Engraved subscriber's page for J. F. Davis Esq. F.R.S. bound in before title page somewhat foxed. Series; Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Physical description; ix 465 pages : table. Notes; ""Volume I."" No more published. Revised from the translation of Haji Mustefa and collated with the Persian original by John Briggs. Subjects; Muslims. India. History. 18th century. Mughal Empire. British India. London : John Murray ; Parbury, Allen, & Co hardcover
5361Denver: Henrietta Bromwell. Original Painting. Oil on Canvas Framed. Painting Fine within a Very Good Ornate Frame. Original oil painting framed depicting a disused pioneer cabin amid a forest clearing blue sky and pink clouds overhead. Exposed painting measures 9.75 x 8 inches; frame measures 14 x 11 inches. Bromwell neglected to sign and date many of her paintings; this work is signed "H. E. Bromwell" and features the "July 25 192unintelligible". On the back of the period frame is the remnant of a store label for Chain & Hardy Book Stationery and Art Co. Denver with only the address 1609-1615 Arapahoe St. and "Art Department" remaining. The painting is in Fine condition with three small chips to the gilded Victorian frame please see photos. Born in Illinois in 1870 Henrietta Elizabeth Bromwell 1859-1946 moved to the Colorado Territory when her father Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell joined the territorial legislature. She studied art at the University of Denver and with Anne Evans daughter of John Evans Colorado's second territorial governor founded the Denver Artists Club also known as the Artists' Club of Denver. By 1923 that organization evolved into the Denver Art Museum.<p>The subject of the painting is typical of Bromwell's oeuvre utilizing mountain streams rustic settings and pioneer life as her subjects. In an 1899 article Bromwell credited Monet as influencing her landscape painting as the lighter color palette and loose brushstrokes attest. Critics have suggested the influence of Henry Durrie and Jasper Francis Cropsey. Interest in Bromwell fluctuates with articles appearing periodically. In 1997 an issue of Colorado Heritage featured just that with the cover boasting a Bromwell painting akin to this offering.</p> . Henrietta Bromwell unknown
112621Hamburg Johann Christoph Kistner 1723. 8vo. Engr. front 14; 2 168 10; 2 240 10; 2 202 2; 2 306 4; 167 1 pp. 17 engr. plates 3 fold. printed tabs. Contemporary full calf spine with raised bands and red label boards with gilt frame red marbled edges. This is the third and last part of the anonymoue edited â€Des Geöfneten Ritter-Platz†in a mixed edition with separate title pages for the different parts: â€Raritäten-und Naturalien- Kammern†1707 with 12 plates â€Berg-Werken†1720 with 5 plates â€Kauffmansbörse†1707 with 3 printed tables â€Manufacturen-Haus†1721 â€Curieuse Nachricht†1707.The first part is about the creation and maintenance of a cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkammern. It is a description on how to assemble an â€ideal†cabinet with instructions and advice how and what to collect: Naturalia plants minerals animals alive and stuffed shells and fossils ethnographic material coins and medals antiquities scientific instruments globes and maps clocks pictures manufactured curiosities and there is even a section devoted to ‘curiosities’ produced by women. There is also information on how to store and display the collection and the final 40 pages contain an annotated account of the chief cabinets throughout Europe. The third part on commerce and trade also contain a long chapter on coins and cureencies in Europe. hardcover
159650569Francofurti Frankfurt: Apud Andreæ Wecheli heredes heirs of Andreas Wechelus Claudium Marnium & Ioan. Aubrium 1596. 8vo. 16 1137 54 1138-1193 1 pp. Early full vellum with yapp edges lacking ties spine with gilt ruled bands contemporary hand written title to upper panel a gilt device with the motto "Rinasce piu Gloriosa" to the foot of the spine decorative gilt centrepieces and double gilt ruled borders to the boards 18th century armorial bookplate "Sinclair" - "Fide Sed Pugna" to the front pastedown an earlier inscription to the head of the front free endpaper. Leaf O4 pp. 215-6 with some marginal loss mostly mild dampstaining at intervals some soiling and light wear to the vellum but a decent copy overall. First published in Venice in 1567 the work came to be known as one of the standard Renaissance works on the study of classical mythology. It went through a number of editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries with additions to the original text being incorporated in the 1580s. Francofurti [Frankfurt]: Apud Andreæ Wecheli heredes [heirs of Andreas Wechelus], Claudium Marnium & Ioan. Aubrium unknown
52816<p>Paris Apud Carolum Stephanum Typographum Regium 1553. FIRST EDITION 1553 Latin text. Folio 335 x 235 mm 13¼ x 9¼ inches large pictorial device of the printer Charles Estienne on title page Printer's privilege on verso title page woodcut headpiece and large initial to first page of text pages: 216 2 - errata with 12 pages of prelims included in the pagination and only partially numbered signatures: A-S6 chi1 rebound in full modern calf gilt lettered morocco label to spine blind decoration to covers. Free endpaper before title page has a very early 5 line old ink note in French on the author previous owner's ex libris inscription on title page one word crossed out title page slightly dusty in the margins pale brown stain to lower margins of first 4 leaves larger slightly stronger damp stain in same position still affecting margin only from page 133-161 and again paler and smaller from page 193 to the end occasional very slight pale foxing very small ink mark to a couple of margins otherwise clean and bright. Apart from the already mentioned dampstains a very good copy A compendium of condensed decisions 'placita' mixed with commentary made by the supreme court in France the Parisian Parliament on ecclesiastical matters the king and the nobility the courts and the practice and implementation of law civil life and criminal justice. The "placita" dated from 14th century to the author's time but not quoted verbatim are organised by subject and cover such miscellany as the ban on selling masks the rights of bakers commercial loans Gallican church independence marriage forced by rape protections for surgeon's apprentices etc. Book XI includes a section on the laws governing public auctions. The manuscript note in French at the front informs that the author Jean du Luc was first prosecutor at the Parliament of Paris and afterwards prosecutor general of Queen Catherine de Medicis wife of Henri II. The ex libris in Latin on the title page reveals that the book belonged to another 'procurator generalis" in the Parisian Parliament. The edition of 1556 has a portrait on verso title page instead of the printer's privilege. Adams Books published in Europe 1501-1600 page 674 No.1646. 3 copies only listed of this edition in Library Hub Discover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> Paris, Apud Carolum Stephanum, Typographum Regium, 1553.
1752129645London : Printed For W. Clarke; And Sold By J. MacE And G. Ferraby At Hull; Mess. Stabler And Barstow And N. Bell At York; And P. Hodges At Hereford 1752. Third Edition. Hardback. Benjamin Chadwick's copy dated. Finely bound in modern speckled calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. T.p. in black and red. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 479 pages; Physical desc. : viii 479 1p. ; 8°. Latin text with English prose translation. ESTC citation no.: N19366 London : Printed For W. Clarke; And Sold By J. MacE, And G. Ferraby, At Hull; Mess. Stabler And Barstow, And N. Bell, At York; A hardcover
