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1726013796London: J. Darby A. Betteswort &c 1726. Second Edition. Hardcover. Neat contemporary ink inscription to first title very small worm tracks to upper corner of about half of the pages. Lovely plates very clean. Near Fine. Tall Folio 8-3/4" x 14-1/2" bound in full calf leather neatly rebacked. Two parts in one volume lacking the printed title page as seems often to be the case. Text in French and English. Translated by Thomas Manington Gibbs. Illustrated with two engraved title pages a frontispiece a portrait and 103 engraved plates all nearly full page along with engraved head- and tail-pieces. <br/><br/> [J. Darby, A. Betteswort &c] hardcover
170888653Rouen: Jean-Baptiste Besongne 1708. Fine. Jean-Baptiste Besongne Rouen 1708 9.5 x 16.8 cm Relié Rare first edition of this curious travel account originally written entirely in verse 7500 lines though the authoron the advice of friendsagreed to intersperse it with prose narrative retaining 2500 lines of verse; see Sabin 20128 Gagnon 1134 1710 edition and Dionne II.Contemporary full brown calf binding spine with five raised bands gilt compartments decorated with gilt floral tools cherry red morocco label gilt roll tooling at head and foot double black fillet border on covers gilt fillets on board edges sprinkled yellow edges with red mottling.Lower right corner of upper cover restored; some spots and minor scuffs to the boards; occasional light foxing otherwise internally fresh and appealing.Unlike the second edition of 1710 this copy was not issued with a frontispiece. Almost nothing is known about the life of Dières de Dièreville a surgeon possibly born around 1670 who embarked in August 1699 aboard the Royale Paix from La Rochelle for a trading mission to Acadia. He arrived on 13 October and remained in the region for a year studying both the Acadians and the Indigenous peoples while also collecting plant specimens for the Jardin du Roi in Paris. His return voyage took place from 6 October to 9 November 1700 after which he settled as a surgeon in Pont-l'Évêque. At the request of Michel Bégon Intendant of La Rochelle he wrote the account of his travels. He was still alive in 1711 but nothing further is known of his life. Jean-Baptiste Besongne hardcover
17392092902141700270Not Available 1739. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
177218306Paris: Lottin 1772. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards spine and label gilt edges sprinkled blue. Fine internally fresh. First edition a descriptive account of two teenagers with super-human powers. The first a Provençal shepherd boy possessed the ability to detect subterranean waters. The second was an English girl who could see through earth and bodies to what lies beneath. The author supports the veracity of their abilities with similar accounts taken from scientists and natural historians eyewitness testimonies and a letter from one Lord Norton who was acquainted with the English seer transcribed in full.<br /> François Marin 1721-1809 was a French journalist author and censor. This work is attributed to him because he first reported on the dowsing gifts of the shepherd boy in the Gazette de France.<br /> There are no copies of this first edition in the U.S.<br /> Ellis The Divining Rod: A History of Water Witching with a Bibliography p. 33; not in Barbier Caillet or Dorbon. Lottin unknown
1777115583Paris: Nyon and Stoupe 1777. The invention of ball bearings making possible one of the great engineering feats of the 18th century First edition of this account of this remarkable feat the first practical use of ball bearings in engineering. Charged with designing the bronze equestrian statue of the Russian emperor Peter the Great that remains a celebrated landmark of St Petersburg the French sculptor Etienne Falconet decided that the traditional pedestal for equestrian statues would be too mundane. Only a massive rock would suffice. Eventually an enormous piece of granite was located in a marsh near the Gulf of Finland. The Thunder Stone as it was dubbed was estimated to be 40 feet long 25 feet side and 21 feet tall and weighed some 1800 tons: about 1300 tons more than any of the obelisks moved by the ancient Egyptians or Romans. Most engineers declared its removal impossible but Catherine the Great turned to Carburi a Greek of dubious moral reputation who had banished himself from his native island of Cephalonia and had come to Russia where he found favour with the empress. To move the giant rock Carburi devised a gigantic sled moving on a system of rails and six-inch bronze ball bearings. Although ball bearings had been shown in earlier sketches by both Leonardo da Vinci and Agostino Ramelli Carburi's feat was the first practical demonstration of their use. It predated the first modern recorded patent on ball bearings that awarded to Philip Vaughan a British inventor and ironmaster who created a design for a ball bearing in Carmarthen in 1794 by more than two decades. The project invited comparison to the moving of the Vatican obelisk by Fontana in the 16th century which Carburi here argues must have been easier because it was a shorter distance. Folio 423 x 280 mm. With 12 folding engraved plates most double-page by Sellier and d'Elvaux after Blarenberg. Contemporary mottled calf red morocco label spine gilt in compartments marbled endpapers red edges. Armorial bookplate of Henry Tronchin. Skilful and unobtrusive repairs to joints and tips final two plates with a couple of very light red paint marks occasional variable light browning and offsetting overall a pleasing copy of this handsome folio. Berlin Kat. 1794. unknown
1780342628En Madrid : Por Don Joaquin Ibarra 1780. New edition. Hardcover. Full contemporary gilt-bordered aniline calf worn. Hinges starting gutters worn. Crudely re-cased with the original boards retained. Inner gilt dentelles. Prelim plates detached. All edges gilt. Wide margins with the text remaining in uncommonly good condition; scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. Physical description plates : ill. ; fol.Notes; Added title-page engraved; engraved head- and tail-pieces; initials; vignettes. Preliminary matter v. 1 p. i-ccii includes; Prólogo de la Academia; Vida de . Cervántes Saavedra y anälisis del Quixote por Vicente de los Ríos; Plan cronológico del Quixote; Pruebas y documentos que justifican la Vida de Cervántes. Plates by Antonio Carnicero José del Castillo José Brunete Bernardo Barranco Pedro Arnal Gerónimo Gil and Gregorio Ferro; engraved by Fernando Selma Manuel Salvador y Carmona Gerónimo A. Gil Pedro Pasqual Males J. Joaquín Fabregat Joaquín Ballester Juan de la Cruz Francisco Muntaner and Juan Barceló. Referenced by: Palau y Dulcet 2nd ed. 52024. Language; Spanish. En Madrid : Por Don Joaquin Ibarra hardcover
