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1781Embry 151275Printed for E. Newbery London: 1781. Second edition. Occasional light foxing throughout short tear to folding map overall near fine in fine but simple modern binding. Five plates including two folding and one supplied in facsimile. Folding map. Rebound in modern brown morocco spine simple gilt. Folding frontis depicts Cook's death. Printed for E. Newbery, London: 1781. Second edition. unknown books
1955E01069 volumes including the three atlas volumes and portfolio volume. Volume I: <i>The Voyage of the Endeavour</i> cclxxxiv696 pages with 20 maps 25 illustrations including color frontispiece appendix and index. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume II: <i>The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 </i>clxx1028 pages with 19 maps 63 illustrations appendixes and index. Half-title gives II as number within the set. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume III parts 1 and 2: <i>The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780</i> Part One ccxxiv718 pages with 17 maps and 64 illustrations. Half-title gives III as number within set. Admiralty instructions and the journal of the Third Voyage with supplementary extracts from journals or logs by James King Charles Clerke James Burney Richard Gilbert Thomas Edgar. Part 2: viii723-1647 with 2 maps 10 illustrations appendixes and index. Volume IV: <i>The Life of Captain James Cook</i> xi760 pages with 11 maps 38 illustrations bibliography and index. Written by J. C. Beaglehole. First separately published by A. and C. Black 1974 then for the Hakluyt Society. These volumes in royal octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with blind stamped silhouette of Cook in gilt on front boards and gilt lettering to spines. Portfolio <i>Charts & Views</i> Drawn by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the Original Manuscripts edited by R. A. Skelton. Pages viii with 58 loose maps charts plans profiles views and other illustrations some folding folio 15 3/4" x 10 1/2" in original blue cloth portfolio with gilt pictorial of cook on front in original jackets except for portfolio volume. <i>The Charts & Coastal Views</i>. Volume One: <i>The Voyage of the </i>Endeavour<i> 1768-1771</i> With a Descriptive Catalog of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them. Together with original drawings of the <i>Endeavour</i> and her boats lxiv328 pages with color frontispiece 480 half-tone plates and index. Volume Two: <i>The Voyage of the </i>Resolution<i> and </i>Adventure<i> 1772-1775</i> c332 pages with color frontispiece 23 color plates 320 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volume three: <i>The Voyage of the</i> Resolution<i> and </i>Discovery<i> 1776-1780</i> . together with the running journal of James King 1779-80 cxxxvi319 pages with color frontispiece 22 color plates 298 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volumes chief editor Andrew David. Assistant Editors for the Views Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. Folios 17 1/4" x 11" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship <i>Victoria</i> embossed in gilt on front covers. Hakluyt Society Extra Series 34a 34b 35 36a 36b 37 43 44 and 46. First printings. Condition: Lacks jacket for portfolio volume and the spine head is bumped. Jackets: Volume one volume three part two price clipped some jackets spines toned Charts & Coastal Views with some edge wear and closed tears else a near fine set in like jackets. Hakluyt Society hardcover books
1857462459Trenton: Printed at the Office of the True American 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 211pp. 11 plates plus large folding map in color. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Library of Congress duplicate stamp bottom of the front board and corners bumped very slight loss at the spine ends small tears and faint stain in the margins of the map with a minor archival repair on the verso overall very good or better. Inscribed by the author George H. Cook to Spencer F. Baird of the Smithsonian who is acknowledged on p.11 for his survey of fishes in the area: "Prof. Spencer F. Baird with the respects of Geo. H. Cook." Baird's small ownership stamp on the titlepage. Baird's comprehensive geological and natural history survey of the County with Beesley's informative and relatively early historical sketch including early mentions of sea bathing at the County resorts. A noteworthy association copy the map by Egbert L. Viele is highly prized in its own right. Printed at the Office of the True American hardcover
193654291Chicago: Walter Hill 1936. Each signed with initials of the Artist. Matted with the corresponding captioned illustrations. 1 vols. Various Sizes 13.5 x 11 inches to 3 x 7 inches matted on 14.5 x 22 inch boards . In worn and split cloth drop box morocco label. Each signed with initials of the Artist. Matted with the corresponding captioned illustrations. 1 vols. Various Sizes 13.5 x 11 inches to 3 x 7 inches matted on 14.5 x 22 inch boards . Bitting p. 13: "Fully annotated. The name was synonymous with gourmandise and among the ancients was given to choice dishes the name of the author was probably Coelius who gave the name Apicius to his book"; Vicaire p. 277 Walter Hill unknown books
17881035141788. First Edition. KEATE George. An Account of the Pelew Islands Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson and Some of His Officers Who in August 1783 Were There Shipwrecked in the Antelope a Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company. London: G. Nicol 1788. Quarto contemporary full tree calf rebacked in calf-gilt with original red morocco spine label and marbled endpapers preserved. $3500.First edition of this riveting account of a bold and hazardous enterprize with stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Henry Wilson folding map of the Palau Islands and 15 superb full-page engraved plates of native portraits the chief his wife and son views and plans weapons and utensils.""The exploring untraversed oceans in spite of every danger that could menace or dismay the discovering multitudes of islands and of people whose existence was not known before and the fame of fixing the geography of the Southern World were the noble fruits of this bold and hazardous enterprize."" ""In August 1783 the Antelope commanded by Henry Wilson of the East India Company's Marines ran on a rock near one of the Pelew Islands Wilson and his crew escaped safely to shore. He and his men were well treated by the natives and in time they managed to build a small vessel from the wreck in which they were able to reach Macao taking with them Prince Lee Boo one of the king's sons. Wilson brought him to England where he was lionized and created a very good impressionhe however unfortunately died of small-pox"" Cox. Following the Prince's death the East India Company dispatched a mission to inform King Abba Thulle and to present him with gifts of European seeds and plants. Keate describes the Palau Islands as ""a rich jewel sparkling on the bosom of the ocean."" Four London editions were published between 1788-89 of which this is the first. Cox II 302-3. Hill 907. Howgego W41. A handsome large copy with binding beautifully restored. unknown
191032821Minneapolis: Litho. Dept. of International Stock Food Company n.d. ca 1910. 1910. 20 1/2" x 28 1/4" colorful chromolithograph that promotes how International Stock Food will make the sows raise more healthy pigs. An elaborate and colorful broadside that was taken from a book given to purchasers of 25 pounds of International Stock Animal Feed. The lithographs were originally folded within the book so it is normal to see horizontal and vertical folds. The company was founded in Minneapolis in 1886 by Marion Willis Savage and still is in operation today. It was sold in 2007 to new owners and the headquarters are now located in Canada. Savage manufactured and sold animal feed as well as veterinary supplies and used these posters as a means of advertising. The front side of the poster is colorful and promotes the use of hog feed in order to help sows to raise more healthy pigs. Testimonials tell of one sow raising 21 pigs or three sows raising 52 pigs. The reverse side contains testimonials from successful users of the feed. The company further says "It keeps sows healthy and extra vigorous so that they will give more and richer milk and insures their raising more pigs if a practical test does not prove this true we will not charge you a cent for all you feed. Is this fair" As a way of promoting his 3 Feeds For One Cent Savage purchased exhibited and raced horses. The stable included Creseus Directum Arion Minor Heirand the legendary Dan Patch for whom he paid $60000.00 in 1902. In 1906 Dan Patch would break the world record by completing the mile in 1 minute and 55 seconds at the Minnesota State Fair. The record stood for 54 years. In 1909 Dan Patch injured one of his legs. On July 4 1916 both Dan Patch and M. W. Savage became ill. While Mr. Savage was recovering from surgery he learned that his favorite race horse had died. Less than a day later on July 12 Savage also died his physician stated the cause of death was the shock of losing Dan Patch. M. W. Savage was 57 years old at the time of his death. An excellent display piece. Litho. Dept. of International Stock Food Company, n.d. (ca 1910). unknown
18882003030066New York Julius Bien & Co 1888. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas folio 26 3/8 x 19 inches. Rebacked with modern leather spine over publisher's gilt-lettered boards. Very good binding and cover. At head of title: Geological Survey of New Jersey. Scale of maps 1-17: 1 mile to an inch. 20 double page chromolithographic maps 70 x 51 cm. Light toning. Collated listed of maps: no. 1. Kittatinny; no. 2. Southwestern Highlands; no. 3. Central Highlands; no. 4. Northeastern Highlands; no. 5. Southwestern Red Sandstone Vicinity of Flemington; no. 6. Central Red Sandstone Valley of the Passaic; no. 7. Northeastern Red Sandstone The Counties of Bergen Hudson Essex; no. 8. Trenton; no. 9. Monmouth Shore; no. 10. Lower Delaware Vicinity of Salem; no. 11. Camden; no. 12. Mount Holly; no. 13. Barnegat Bay; no. 14. Delaware Bay Bridgeton; no. 15. Southern Interior; no. 16. Egg Harbor; no. 17. Cape May; no. 18 New Jersey State Map Geographic; no. 19 New Jersey Relief map Hypsometric; no. 20 Geological Map of New Jersey. <br> 2nd edition 1st was published in 1884 this edition has an additional map not present in the first. According to Felcone this atlas represents the first accurate mapping of New Jersey the result of the first topographical survey based on triangulation of an American State. LeGear. Atlases of the United States L5609; Schwartz Seymour I. and Ehrenberg Ralph E. The mapping of America p. 310. Rumsey 2902. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. New York, Julius Bien & Co hardcover
195359302Menu original format 16 x 10,5 cm, aux armes de la Reine Elizabeth, texte calligraphié du menu, rédigé en français : "Potage de Tomate à l'Estragon", "Truite de Rivière", "Poulet Reine Elizabeth ou Cornets de Jambon Lucullus", "Salades", "Galettes aux Fraises", "Roulade", "Mousse au citron", "Café. Friandises", "Moselle Brauneberger '43", 'Champagne Krug '45" / Original Coronation Luncheon Menu", 1953, with Queen Elizabeth coat of arms, size : 16 x 10,5 cm, Manuscript calligraphied text, with first mention of "Poulet Reine Elizabeth" and full text in french
Menu original format 16 x 10,5 cm, aux armes de la Reine Elizabeth, texte calligraphié du menu, rédigé en français : "Potage de Tomate à l'Estragon", "Truite de Rivière", "Poulet Reine Elizabeth ou Cornets de Jambon Lucullus", "Salades", "Galettes aux Fraises", "Roulade", "Mousse au citron", "Café. Friandises", "Moselle Brauneberger '43", 'Champagne Krug '45" / Original Coronation Luncheon Menu", 1953, with Queen Elizabeth coat of arms, size : 16 x 10,5 cm, Manuscript calligraphied text, with first mention of "Poulet Reine Elizabeth" and full text in french Scarce copy of this original "Coronation Menu". The text is handwritten, and some slight differences can be found in the calligraphy between each of the original menus. The Coronation Day banquet was served by Le Cordon Bleu London to 350 people. At this occasion was created the "Coronation Chicken" recipe ("Poulet Reine Elizabeth"). Remarkable document, both from a historical and gastronomic point of view ! Good copy (small discoloration on the top and very small superficial lack on the side) Français
198491537Gallery. New. 1984. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 174 pages; 223 black and white plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery hardcover
158140653DBRom, in aedibus populi Romani, 1581 (im Druckevermerk 1582). Folio. 340 S., (12) Bl. (Index). Mit einer Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem letzten Blatt. Etwas späterer Pergamentband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.
119771Guildford Genesis Publications Limited in association with Hedley Fine Art Books 1981. . Anniversary edition 1 of 50 specially bound copies no. 158 signed by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten; folio 35 x 25 cm; signed by Mountbatten to edition page 20 pages of illustrations 13 off-set lithograph plates including six in colour and tipped in; original full black morocco by Zaehnsdorf boards ruled and framed in gilt with a gilt vignette of Resolution to upper board and facsimile James Cook signature to lower board gilt inner dentelles spine in six elaborately gilt compartments all edges gilt housed in original clamshell case with gilt vignette of the Resolution to upper cover gilt morocco lettering piece to spine a fine copy.<br /> The full facsimile of the British Library's copy of Captain Cook's manuscript journal for his second voyage in which he was sent by the Admiralty to ascertain whether a great Terra Australis really existed below the Antarctic Circle. The Resolution was the first vessel on record to cross the Antarctic Circle the first to use the Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer to keep longitude and definitively disproved the Terra Australis theory.<br /><br />'Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time' PMM.<br /><br />The British Library copy is the 'most authentic account of Cook's second voyage available' and was used by the great Pacific scholar J.G. Beaglehole as his definitive version. This was also the first time Cook prepared his journals in direct anticipation of publishing them to the public. Cook had seen how well Hawkesworth had done with his journals for the first voyage and endeavoured to be the editor of the second. This would go on to cause significant friction with the official botanist George Forster who had been partially enticed to accompany the voyage on the promise of being the editor of the journals that would result.<br /><br />As well as the facsimile of Cook's journal the work has prefatory essays on the history of the original manuscript the scientists Johann Reinhold and George Forster Swedish naturalist Anders Sparrman the astronomer William Wales and official Draughtsman William Hodges as well as illustrative plates and appendices of some of Forster's notes on fishes and lichen.<br /> Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited in association with Hedley Fine Art Books, 1981. hardcover
1837PHO-2283Paris, A. Bertrand, 1837. 2 volumes in-8 (21,5x13,5 cm), xv, [1], 574 ; [4], 520, vii pp., illustré de 4 gravures et une carte dépliante, relié demi chagrin époque, traces de réparations à la reliure, cachets répétés, rousseurs et brunissures.
Quarta edizione. Qualche lieve alone ai margini di alcune carte, leggere fioriture, ma nel complesso un bell’esemplare. Raro. Uno dei più importanti libri del XVI secolo di argomento gastronomico, in particolare dedicato ai cerimoniali e alla disposizione dei banchetti di corte. Domenico Romoli fu scalco (il maggiordomo dedicato a presiedere alla mensa) di importanti signori del tempo, e infine di papa Leone X. Grande marca tip. al frontespizio in cornice figurata con Adamo ed Eva accanto all’albero su cui si attorciglia il serpente. Biblioteca Internazionale di Gastronomia, 1699, in nota; Paleari Henssler, Bibliografia latino-italiana di gastronomia, p. 645, in nota.
156761964Frankfurt a. M., Christian Egenolff Erben, 1567. 8°. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. Mit ca. 60 tlw. ganzs. Textholzschnitten. 368 num., 8 nn. Bll., Blindgepr. Schweinsldr.-Bd. d. Zt. a. 3 Bünden.
18083801448Paris: n.p. 1808. A little dusted and rubbed spines wearing; a very attractive set in unsophisticated condition. Two volumes duodecimo with three wide folding engraved plates after John Webber; uncut in the original orange paper wrappers with printed paper labels. <p><p>A very good set in original condition of this attractive popular French account of various voyages for children. As the title suggests much of the material here is taken directly from the voyages of Captain Cook. The three folding engraved plates all after Webber respectively depict a MÄori war canoe a walrus hunt and a Tahitian human sacrifice.</p> <p>There were a number of juvenile editions based on Jean-Pierre Bérenger's popular collections of voyage accounts which first appeared in 1780. Bérenger was a Swiss polymath; politically active he was exiled from Geneva and spent much of his adult life in Lausanne. He wrote several important books on geography and the voyages to the Pacific. This Paris edition is largely devoted to the voyages of Cook and has chapters describing Tahiti New Zealand Unalaska and the Sandwich Islands followed by an abridged life of the navigator. Forbes notes that the second volume of this work includes a lengthy section some fifty pages devoted to Hawaii.</p> <p>No copy of this specific version is recorded by Forbes in Hawaiian National Bibliography though its existence is noted in the entries for two Avignon editions 370 & 495.</p> </p> . n.p. unknown
17888608<p><strong>First full-scale biography of Captain Cook</strong></p><p>Small quarto. 10 x 8 inches. Pp. xvi 527 1 ads. Engraved frontis portrait. Nicely rebound in three-quarter dark green leather marbled boards. Matching marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Light foxing to first few leaves including frontis portrait and title small library stamp on title else a fine clean and crisp copy.</p><p>First edition of the first full-scale English biography of Captain Cook compiled from Admirality sources as well as documents that were in the possession of Sir Joseph Banks. This work was intended to give a well-balanced account of Cook's life from birth to death including his family and early years and the capacities in which he was engaged prior to the famous voyage. Cook discharged several important duties while aboard the <em>Mercury</em> on the St. Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. The Newfoundland and Labrador surveys are discussed and the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth. Kippis includes most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death at Kealakekue pp. 454-474 and gives accounts of various tributes to Cook memory. Appendix No. 2 consists of "The Morai An Ode" by Miss Helen Maria Williams. Beddie: 32; Hill: 935; Forbes:149 Sabin: 37954.</p> Printed for G. Nicol and G.G.J. and J. Robinson hardcover
1955E0881<p>9 volumes including the three atlas volumes and portfolio volume. Volume I: <em>The Voyage of the Endeavour</em> cclxxxiv696 pages with 20 maps 25 illustrations including color frontispiece appendix and index. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume II: <em>The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775</em> clxx1028 pages with 19 maps 63 illustrations appendixes and index. Half-title gives II as number within the set. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume III parts 1 and 2: <em>The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780</em> Part One ccxxiv718 pages with 17 maps and 64 illustrations. Half-title gives III as number within set. <em>Admiralty instructions and the journal of the Third Voyage with supplementary extracts from journals or logs by James King Charles Clerke James Burney Richard Gilbert Thomas Edgar.</em> Part 2: viii723-1647 with 2 maps 10 illustrations appendixes and index. Volume IV: <em>The Life of Captain James Cook</em> xi760 pages with 11 maps 38 illustrations bibliography and index. Written by J. C. Beaglehole. First separately published by A. and C. Black 1974 then for the Hakluyt Society. These volumes in royal octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with blind stamped silhouette of Cook in gilt on front boards and gilt lettering to spines. <em>Portfolio Charts & Views Drawn</em> by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the Original Manuscripts edited by R. A. Skelton. Pages viii with 58 loose maps charts plans profiles views and other illustrations some folding folio 15 3/4" x 10 1/2" in original blue cloth portfolio with gilt pictorial of cook on front. Hakluyt Society Extra Series 34a 34b 35 36a 36b and 37. with original jackets except for portfolio volume. <em>The Charts & Coastal Views</em>. Volume One: <em>The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771 With a Descriptive Catalog of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them. Together with original drawings of the Endeavour and her boats</em> lxiv328 pages with color frontispiece 480 half-tone plates and index. Volume Two: <em>The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 </em>c332 pages with color frontispiece 23 color plates 320 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volume three: <em>The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. together with the running journal of James King 1779-80</em> cxxxvi319 pages with color frontispiece 22 color plates 298 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volumes chief editor Andrew David. Assistant Editors for the Views Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. Folios 17 1/4" x 11" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed in gilt on front cover. Hakluyt Society Extra Series 34a 34b 35 36a 36b 37 43 44 and 46.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Lacks jacket for portfolio volume and the spine head is bumped. Jackets: Volume one volume three part two price clipped some jackets spines toned Charts & Coastal Views with some edge wear and closed tears else a near fine set in like jackets. Due to the size and weight this will require additional postage and handling.</p> Hakluyt Society hardcover
1786399London: Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms No. 16 Pater-noster-Row 1786. First Edition First State. Full calf. Near fine. The Anderson Edition of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World published in 1784. Folio 15.25 x 9.75 i title ii blank iii-iv preface 5-650pp 651-653 tables 654-655 "Concluding Remarks by the Editor" and "Contents of this Work" Directions to the Bookbinder 2pp subscribers list. First state with date 1784 appearing on title page. Expertly repaired spine raised bands gilt title over red morocco. Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. 150 illustrated copper plates 41 Maps/Elevations 109 Illustrations including large foldout map titled "A General Chart." Plates in near fine condition with only occasional toning. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Includes directions to bookbinders and 2pp list of subscribers. Forbes 61. This copy lacks the "Death of Captain Cook" illustration. Beddie 19. This important work is a compilation Captain Cook's three voyages. It also includes voyages by Carteret Anson Drank and others. This version does not include the copy of "The Death of Captain Cook" #27. An attractive copy of this rare folio. Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster-Row unknown books
17785440Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Very Good/Attractive set of the French-language version of Cook's account of his second expedition A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World London 1777. This astonishing journey from 1772 to 1775 went around the globe as far south as possible to explore the existence or not of a postulated southern landmass. In the course of the voyage Cooks ships Resolution and Adventure crossed deeply into Antarctic waters ultimately turned back by ice barriers. Zig-zagging through the South Pacific Cooks ships also visited Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia Norfolk Island Palmerston Island South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia many of which Cook named in the process. This French edition of his report was published close on the heels of the English version in two distinct formats a five-volume quarto and a six-volume octavo with a quarto atlas containing the extraordinary set of 66 engraved plates after William Hodges. The French translator Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard incorporated into the text a great deal of material from the rival account of the voyage that Johann Reinhold Forster published under guise of his son Georg based on a draft of Cooks own journal. In English Forsters account was published separately. A fine set. Six volumes octavo 20 cm and atlas volume in quarto 27 cm. Text volumes bound in cat's paw calf; six-panel spines tooled in gilt with red leather title labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Minimal wear. Atlas volume bound separately in contemporary speckled calf with black leather title label. 65 copper-engraved plates including double-page folding "Carte de l'Hemisphere Austral" portraits scenes botanical representations plans and other maps. Excellent condition throughout. References: Mitchell Library p. 52; Sabin 16249 4to ed. Hôtel de Thou hardcover books
176515915Paris, Mondhare, 1765. Ca. 43 cm x 66 cm. Gerahmt.
2013102462Walther König Köln. New. 2013. Paperback. 3863351827 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 176 pages; well-illustrated mostily in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Walther König, Köln paperback
1773250521001Dublin: A. Leathley 1773. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. <br /> Cook's Voyages extra illustrated An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere : and successively performed by Commodore Byron Captain Wallis Captain Carteret and Captain Cook in the Dolphin the Swallow and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks esq.<br /> Overall Condition: VERY GOOD<br /> <br /> IMPORTANCE & SCARCITY<br /> <br /> First Dublin Edition in beautiful fine binding with multiple plates added from a later printing. This is the only Dublin edition I see for sale with ANY illustrations. The first Dublin edition did not have plates in its 3 octavo volumes but rather a fourth Quarto--VERY SCARCE--Atlas volume containing 52 plates. The first Dublin edition was printed at the same time as the first English edition.<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published by A. Leathley et al. in Dublin in 1773. First Dublin edition first printing. Textually complete in three volumes. Without the VERY SCARCE fourth Atlas Volume of illustrations. Rebound circa 1810 in beautiful dark forest green fine full morocco binding: single ornamental gilt fillet paneling; five gilt-patterned raised spine bands with compartments tooled with gilt emblems and lettering; all edges stained a dark blue-green; gilt dentelles; pale yellow endpapers. Octavo. 8" x 5.25." Each volume collated and complete including original blanks and publisher ads at the end of volume 3. Refreshed endpapers. With six added plates - three foldout and three one-page. <br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR/EDITOR <br /> <br /> John Hawkesworth LLD c. 1715 - November 1773 was an English writer and book editor. He was commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Captain James Cook's papers relative to his first voyage. For this work "An Account of the Voyages undertaken" Hawkesworth is said to have received from the publishers the sum of 6000 pounds an unprecedented amount at the time. An Account of the Voyages would go on to become one of the most popular travel books of the eighteenth century. Hawkesworth an eminent London author was chosen by Lord Sandwich and commissioned by the Admiralty to prepare these narratives for publication. He was expected to add polish to the rough narratives of sea men and to present the accounts in a style befitting the status of the voyages as official government expeditions intended to embellish England's prestige as a maritime power. Although the book was a huge success fast becoming a best-seller it was disastrous for its editor. He was publicly attacked on three different counts: by the captains for tampering with the texts of their journals by prudish readers for reprinting descriptions of the sexual freedoms of the South Sea islanders and by devout churchmen for impiety in the general introduction to the work. <br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> Exterior is NEAR FINE for a 215-year-old binding. Square spines firm hinges and joints fairly sharp corners tight pages. Boards are colorful supple glossy and unfaded or soiled. Spine tips unrubbed. Light rubbing to the edges corners and spines. Rubbed boards. Gilt work intact and glossy. Stained edges in great condition. Quite beautiful! <br /> <br /> The Interior is VG Refreshed endpapers. Former owner's bookplate dated April 1810 on front pastedown of each volume. Offsetting from dentelles onto FFEPs and from the inserted plates onto adjacent pages. Embossed stamp of "Fort Frederic Virginia Co. Cavan" on title page and a few other pages of Volume I. No writing damp staining or worming. Pages range from clear and bright white to lightly toned and sometimes a bit darker. Light foxing overall with occasional areas of heavier foxing. Some light signs of handling - a small margin tear or two a few smudges and ink stains a few slightly bent page corner tips. <br /> <br /> Overall the highest graded and most complete copy I see for sale of this uncommon first Dublin edition and in the finest binding. No other copy with plates. A beautiful collectible set. A. Leathley hardcover
199847239HEYNE WILHELM 1998. 1. softcover. Dunkle Zeitalter Das HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
In-8° (mm 234x147). Pagine [2], 30 (di 32, mancano le ultime due pagine del testo). Frontespizio inciso, su disegno dello stesso Carême, in cornice di vignette in medaglioni e motivi antiquari, in alto il Dieu di Goût. 125 tavole realizzate da diversi incisori, sempre su disegno dell'Autore. Legatura moderna in mezza pelle con angoli, piatti ricoperti in carta decorata, al dorso titolo e data di stampa in oro. Seconda e rara edizione di questo magnifica opera del gran&shy;de inventore della cucina francese, il capolavoro della cucina aristocratica dell'Ancien Régime. La prima edizione, apparsa nel 1815, è pressoché introvabile. Il principio che guidò Marie-Antoine Carême nella compilazione del Patissier Pittoresque è espresso in questa sua affermazione: "les beaux arts sont au nombre de cinq, à savoir: la peinture, la sculpture, la poésie, la musique et l'architecture, laquelle a pour branche principale la pâtisserie". Affermazione che si traduce visivamente nelle 125 illustrazioni che corredano il volume, prevalentemente dedicate alle sue leggendarie pièces montées, complesse preparazioni di pasticceria di grandi dimensioni utilizzate come centrotavola, per le quali Carême traeva ispirazione da antichi libri di archictettura conservati nelle biblioteche parigine. Già al servizio di Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord e Napoleone, Carême fu in seguito chef de cuisine del principe reggente inglese, il futuro Giorgio IV, e in seguito dello zar Alessandro I. Prestigiosi anche gli ultimi anni della sua carriera, trascorsi a Parigi al servizio del banchiere James Mayer Rothschild. Esemplare discreto, con le mancanze dichiarate. Diffuse bruniture e fioriture; evidenti tracce d'uso. Ampia gora al margine interno; restaurati gli angoli esterni bianchi del frontepizio inciso. All'occhietto firma autografa di Carême, a garantire da possibili contraffazioni del volume.. .