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pp. 14, 16, 14, cb, 12, 20, 1 tav. Le cinque “note” che compongono questo scritto sono di importanza capitale per la storia dell’astronomia: oltre a ipotizzare la lentezza di rotazione di Venere, Schiaparelli conclude che il pianeta sia avvolto costantemente da una coltre di nubi: è il primo scienziato a formulare quest’ipotesi nella storia dell’astronomia, ipotesi che – insieme ad altre – sarà destinata a resistere fino ai nostri giorni. La serie è estratta manualmente dai volumi dei “Rendiconti” del Reale Istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere. Compresa la tavola. In these five “note”, Schiaparelli reports his discoveries about the slow rotation of Venus, and for the first time makes the hypotesis on the blanket of clouds surrounding the planet, that is considered his discovery. The serie is materially taken from the volumes of the “Rendiconti del Reale istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere”, including the plate.
M0980eVery rare. Mémoires publiés par les membres de la Mission Archéologique Française au Caire 3/1. IFAO Le Caire 1888. First edition. Folio ix & 191 pages 74 plates. Modern half-leather. Some ancient tape repairs on the title page and the preface the top edge of the last plate is very slightly chipped without loss of text otherwise a very good copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III VSX. Language: French/Français. This book ships from the USA shipping costs will be updated accordingly TXR. Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom Pyramids Tombs Temples & Towns. unknown
2511SCHIAPARELLI ELSA. Scarce Portrait Photograph Signed by the famed couturier. Excellent condition. Schiaparelli's designs broadly influenced the fashion world. The black and white photograph measures 7 x 9 inches black and white. Schiaparelli was renown for her originality and closely associated with surrealist artists. unknown
195465170E-321: E P Dutton & Co Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. New York. 1954. 254 pgs. Illustrated with Color / Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Elsa Schiaparelli on the half-title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities DJ chipped at the spine ends. Bound in black cloth boards with pink titles present to the front board and the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Her name was Elsa Schiaparelli. She was known as the Queen of Fashion; a headline attraction in the international glitter-glamour show of the late twenties and thirties feted in Rome where she was born Paris New York London Moscow Hollywood . . . Her style was a social revolution through clothingluxurious eccentric ironic sexy. Her fashions inspired from the whimsical to the most practicalfrom a Venetian cape of the commedia dellarte to the Soviet parachute. She collaborated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: on jewelry designs with Jean Schlumberger; on clothes with Salvador Dalí his lobster dress for her a lobster garnished with parsley painted on the skirt of an organdy dress was instantly bought by Wallis Simpson for her honeymoon with the Duke of Windsor ; with Jean Cocteau Alberto Giacometti Christian Bérard photographers Baron Adolph de Meyer Horst Cecil Beaton and the young Richard Avedon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages . E P Dutton & Co Inc hardcover
2511This is a portrait photograph of the famed designer. Highly uncommon. Excellent condition. Schiaparelli's designs broadly influenced the fashion world. unknown books
201299428Yale University Press. New. 2012. Hardcover. 0300179553 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 312 pp. ; 192 illus. 118 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Yale University Press hardcover