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1932001590London: The Ashendene Press 1932. 2 182pp. Publisher's original orange vellum bound by W. H. Smith with their pallet to lower turn in title publisher and date in gilt to spine silk ties. Hint of fading to spine but otherwise bright and clean. Housed in a Cockerell paper covered card slipcase. One of three hundred and twenty-eight copies on paper with twenty-five on vellum. "Printed in Subiaco type with chapter-headings and shoulder-notes in red. All the coloured initials are filled in by hand in red blue or green by Graily Hewitt & his two assistants" Hornby 'A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at The Ashendene Press MDCCCCV-MCMXXXV' page 90. Hornby himself thought it was "one of the most satisfactory of the books of the Press" ibid page 92. Ashendene XXXVIII. First Thus. Hardback. Very Good. 4to. The Ashendene Press Hardcover
18231010F41London: C. Baldwyn; James Robins 1823-1826 . First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". George Cruikshank. The enormously important first English edition of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder-Und Hausmarchen' complete in two volumes and illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank. The first English language editions second issues of these two volumes with the umlaut in the 'Marchen' of the title pages. Cohn 369Volume I though bearing the second issue title page has the following first issue points: a list of plates to page 218; the title to the tale of 'The Travelling Musicians' on p. 9 has no additional words; in the 'Notes' to the rear the note referring to the preface comes last.Illustrated with an engraved title page to each volume alongside eleven further plates to volume I and nine further plates to volume II.Collated complete.Translated into English by Edgar Taylor a British solicitor and author of many legal historical literary works and translations. He was the first translator of this work which was known in German as 'Kinder-Und Hausmarchen' and had been published between 1812 and 1815. They were published anonymously and Taylor wrote to the Grimms that his translations were for 'the amusement of some young friends'. The book was an immediate success and did much to make Grimm's stories acceptable as reading material for children thanks to Taylor's omissions and alterations to the more gruesome episodes in the original German.The stories to this work include 'Hans in Luck' 'The Travelling Musicians' 'Snow Drop' 'The Lady and the Lion' 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'The Golden Goose'.Volume I lacks half title but volume II retains half title.With publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume II but lacking to volume I.With the bookplate of Richard Barrington and the inscription of Angela Shoosmith to the front pastedown of volume I.Of the illustrations by Cruikshank John Ruskin declared "the etchings are the finest things next to Rembrandt's that as far as I know have been done since etching was invented." In mixed bindings with one volume in half calf with marbled paper covered boards and another in cloth. Joint heads of calf volumes starting with front board a touch tender and rear board firmly held. Joints of cloth volumes starting with boards firmly held. Volume II lacking front free endpaper. Bookplate and inscription to front pastedown of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with significant spotting throughout each volume and with offsetting to leaves facing plates. Major closed tear to page 229 of volume II. Neatly repaired closed tears to fore edge of pages 181-184 not affecting text. Good C. Baldwyn; James Robins hardcover
4918Genesis Publications 2014. Limited Anniversary Edition. As New/Fine. In absolutely New/Fine condition briefly opened only to authenticate the signatures and the edition number. No flaws of any kind to the book matching slipcase matching dustbag and additional accessories. A scarce and beautiful set for a Rolling Stones collector. <br /> <br /> Book is quite large and heavy and will incur additional shipping and handling dependent on destitnation. <br /> <br /> Singed by photographer Christopher Sykes tour manager Peter Rudge and Rolling Stone member Ronnie Wood. Typically you will find editions signed by Sykes and Rudge only. <br /> <br /> The original run was 2500. In 2014 however 400 were made into an Anniversary copy that celebrate Ronnie Wood's first tour with the band and were authenticated with Ronnie Wood's signature. Extras include a handmade solander box with hotel room keys all the backstage passes and the tour "Access Backstage" silk armband as a pull ribbon. 416 pages 620 images 27000 words. <br /> <br /> What the publisher has to say about this very unique edition:<br /> <br /> "Published with The Rolling Stones the band's official tour diary is now available in a new celebratory binding. Specially signed by Ronnie Wood only 400 of these Anniversary Copies will ever be created.<br /> <br /> The Anniversary Copies feature a specially designed cover created to Ronnie Wood's approval inspired by his metal 'disc front' Zemaitis guitar. The instrument remains one of Wood's go-to guitars for playing slide and as well as being played throughout the '75 tour has appeared on many Stones recordings. The book's aluminium cover is silkscreened with the same engravings that are etched onto the front of Wood's famous instrument.<br /> <br /> Over 400 silver-edged pages are quarter-bound in leather and housed in a protective solander box. The tour's 'Access Backstage' silk armband serves as a pull ribbon for the large-format book. Recessed panels within the box contain facsimile memorabilia: backstage passes and even hotel room keys. The 'Starship' is silkscreened onto the outer box with lenticular images of the Stones appearing in the aircraft's cut-away windows. Genesis Publications unknown
188747165New Haven Conn. J.D. & E.S. Dana 1887. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Gilt lettering to spine. A small stamp to top of title-page. In: "The American Journal of Science. Editors James D. and Edward S. Dana" Third series Vol. XXXIV July to December 1887. VIII500 pp. textillustr. and 10 plates. Entire volume offered. The joint paper: pp. 333-345 and textillustr. Apparatus. A few faint brownspots to titlepage otherwise clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this classic paper which announced one of the most celebrated experiments in the history of physics and eventually led Einstein to his Relativity Theory.The experiment was expected to show the rate of the earth's movement through the ether; they looked in vain for a difference between the speed of light in the direction of the earth's motion around the sun and the direction perpendicular to it. The failure of this experiment was a serious blow to classical scientific theories because it cast doubts on the existance of the universal ether which had been a basic principleof for example the Newtonian theories of the universe. Vide PMM: 378 401 408.The paper appeared first in the "American Journal of Science" in November as offered here and was published a month later in "Philosophical Magazine" in a slightly modified form."Michelson trained at the U.S. Naval Academy and Morley minister turned chemist began a series of experiments to determine the relation of ether drift and the velocity of light effects of extremely minute values. They used a slightly silvered glass set angular to a ray of sunlight so that a part ofthe ray was transmitted a part reflected out and again returned thereby providing two paths one perpendicular to the other. If drift existed the superimposed rays would produce interference. None was observed showing that the earth's motion did not affect the light's speed. The negative result held revolutionary implications which led directly thru Lorentz and Einstein to the acceptance of new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry."DibnerIn 1919 Einstein met Michelson in California. At a dinner given in honor of them both Einstein said in a speech "You Michelson uncovered an insidious defect in the ether theory of light as it existed and stimulated the ideas of H.A. Lorentz and Fitzgerald out of which the Special Theory of Relativity developed. Without your work this theory would today be scarcely more than an interesting speculation." In an interview in 1842 Einstein said: "It is no doubt that Michelson's experiment was of considerably influence upon my work insofar as it strengthened my conviction concerning the validity of the Principle of relativity.On the other side I was pretty much convinced of the validity of the principle before I did know this experiment and its result. In any case Michelson's experiment removed practically any doubt about the validity of the principle in optics and showed that a profound change of the basic concepts of physics was inevitable."Michelson was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize "for his optical precision instrument the inteferometer and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations he has carried on."Dibner: Heralds of Science: 161 lising the later version from "Philosophical Magazine" - Norman 1505.- Magee "A Source Book in Physics" pp. 369 ff. the later paper.The volume contains another paper by Michelson and Morley "On a method of Making the Wave-lenght of Sodium Light the actual and practical Standard of Lenght" pp. 427-430. </em> unknown
1917R5124Published at the Governing Senate 1917. Paperback. Good. Folded sheets sometimes in two gatherings. The paper is brittle sometimes with large chips eliminating text -- but overall legible and satisfactory. The collection includes: Numbers 151-155 158-181 183x2-186 193-198 200 x2 202 205-214 217-221 224 published 1 July - 15 September 1917. A total of 58 issues very rare. The October Revolution is said to have begun with the storming of the provisional government's Winter Palace on 25 October 1917 according to the pre-Revolutionary calendar which lagged behind the Western calendar by 2 weeks. 25 October corresponds to 7 November in the post-Revolution calendar tho all Russian religious holidays still lag 2 weeks behind their Western counterparts. <br/><br/> Published at the Governing Senate paperback
1886142373New York: Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor 1886/ Philadelphia: Review Printing House 1887. First editions of two official publications of the Society of the Cincinnati a valuable resource on the Revolutionary institution. Quarto two volumes uniformly bound in three quarter contemporary morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands top edges gilt marbled endpapers. The two-volume collection includes a first edition of Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati Formed by the Officers of the American Army of the Revolution 1783 New York: Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor 1886 illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington by P. Hull after the painting by Mrs. E. Sharpless and 47 engraved and reproduced portraits of members original wrappers bound in this is a rare official account of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati compiled by the New York Society's Secretary John Schuyler and containing a trove of information on the institution's early years with short biographical accounts of every founding member of the New York chapter. This is the first copy of this title we can find in the auction record since 1908. Together with a first edition of Proceedings of The General Society of the Cincinnati 1784-1884 Philadelphia: Review Printing House 1887 one of likely only 250 copies printed illustrated with an engraved portrait of George Washington by J.C. Buttre after the painting by Edward Savage this is the official account of the proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati's annual meeting's from 1784-1884 published following a resolution passed during the 100th annual meeting on May 14 1884. The idea to publish this account was first suggested during the April 1881 annual meeting by General W.G. DeSaussure of South Carolina in an edition of 250 copies for official use by its members. We have not been able to locate another copy in the auction records. OCLC 57270107. Bound with a contemporary photographic facsimile of The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati--the New York chapter's manuscript document of the Society's principles and tenets signed in facsimile by dozens of New York members up until 1850. From the library of Josiah Piece with his ownership inscriptions. Josiah Pierce 1827-1913 was born in Gorham Maine graduated from Bowdoin College in 1848 and practiced law in Portland. In 1855 he became the U.S. Secretary of the legation in St. Petersburg. Following the end of his diplomatic service he continued to live in St. Petersburg as a businessman for Winans Harrison & Winans railroad contractors. In 1865 he received from the Emperor of Russia the Knighthood of the 3rd Class of the Order of St. Anne. Following the termination of his employment with Winans in 1870 he moved to London where he became a member of the Royal Geographical Society the Zoological Society and the Royal Institution. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati of Massachusetts representing his grandfather Archelaus Lewis 1753-1834 an officer in the Revolutionary War whose uncle Francis Lewis 1713-1802 was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York. In near fine condition. Rare. The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal and hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolution. Its membership is restricted to descendants of military officers who served in the Continental Army. Largely the concept of Brigadier General Henry Knox the Society held its first meeting in May 1783 at the Verplanck House in Fishkill New York presided over by General von Steuben and Alexander Hamilton. George Washington was elected its first President. Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor hardcover
1563254015Basileae i.e. Basle: Per Joannem Hervagium 1563. First collected edition. Title within architectural border with device of Johann Herwagen. Profusely illustrated with iwoodcut maps music tables diagrams. Text in two columns; with Index. 4 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf rebacked new leather spine labels labels misnumbered later endpapers; covers worn but sound one joint starting but firm. Text show various degrees of slight worming and scattered light foxing but overall a very good sound set of this massive collected edition complete except for the final blank leaf of Volume VI. First collected edition. Title within architectural border with device of Johann Herwagen. Profusely illustrated with iwoodcut maps music tables diagrams. Text in two columns; with Index. 4 vols. Folio. This is the first of three continental editions of the works of Bede the others being from Cologne in 1612 and 1688. Johann Herwage a printer originally from Strassburg married the widow of the great Basel printer Johann Froben and for a while collaborated with his stepson Hieronymus Froben. From 1532 however he again started printing under his own name.<br /> <br /> RARE ON THE MARKET. Adams B-477 Per Joannem Hervagium unknown
L3 box788 b1<p>The Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language 中文大辭典 In Traditional Chinese Revised Edition Complete 10 Volumes. Editing Committee of The Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language Editor in Chief: Dr. Chang Chi-yun. Published by China Academy in 1973 Republic of China 62. Red cloth hardcover complete 10 volumes total 17608 pages.</p> China Academy hardcover
187832636<p>Dayton Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House 1878. First Edition. Octavo original blue cloth lettered in gilt and with black border lines. Compiled by the ladies of the St. Francis Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Mobile Alabam.<strong> Very scarce important early cookbook with the first appearance of recipe for Jambalaya here called Jam Bolaya. </strong>Much Creole cuisine preceding the New Orleans Creole cookery books. Spine ends chipped front corners bumped front hinge starting. Very Good overall.</p> United Brethren Publishing House hardcover
1967123671Hollywood: Capitol Records 1967. Rare Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP boldly signed by Paul McCartney one of the most-admired and influential lyricists of the twentieth century. Quarto signed by Paul McCartney on the front panel. Recording produced by George Martin. Cover by M C Productions and The Apple. Staged by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth. Photographed by Michael Cooper. Wax figures by Madame Tussauds. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. Released on May 26 1967 The Beatles' eighth studio album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band spent 27 weeks at number one on the Record Retailer chart in the United Kingdom and 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the United States. It was lauded by critics for its innovations in songwriting production and graphic design for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture. Its release was a defining moment in 1960s pop culture heralding the Summer of Love while the album's reception achieved full cultural legitimization for pop music and recognition for the medium as a genuine art form. Capitol Records unknown
1931140941772Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher 1931. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Unpaginated. Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards. Near Fine with wear along bottom edge and tips faint occasional thumbsoil and foxing in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a few short closed tears to edges sticker wear to bottom of front panel rectangular chip to top of back panel with associated closed tear and creasing a little foxing. Illustrated in color throughout. The very first book of Mickey Mouse published by Disney in its rare dust jacket. David McKay, Publisher unknown
19100001045Cambridge: Cambridge University Press eleventh edition 1910. Full Flexible Leather with Vertical Case. Very Good . Large 4to complete with 29 volumes 8.75 x 11.75 about 1000 pages each. The ultimate encyclopedic reference for the historian or any other scholar who wishes to discover the "state of knowledge" in his or her specialty before 1910. When we found that precious edition at a yard sale in Minnesota more than 40 years ago when we were a lowly graduate student we almost wet our pants. Of course we bought it even though it cost us nearly two months' rent and we've been hauling it around with us ever since. Now it is time to pass it on to someone who will love as much as we the Royal we did! A Collectors' item. The interiors of all volumes are about as good as it gets. Original burgundy flexible leather covers are very good. They were very good when I bought them more than forty years ago and they have received several applications of preservative oils since then. Though a bit fragile they will last many more decades with care and careful handling. The 29 volumes sit horizontally in a vertical case of mahogany we think which has but minor easily remedied scuffing. The case is included obviously. Also included a "reader's guide" which is bound in tan buckram. This is obviously a very heavy product that is very expensive to ship and so shipping is negotiable depending on buyer's location and desire for care security etc. The product is undoubtedly too large to entrust to the US Postal Service. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1925000514Damascus: al- Matba'a al- Haditha 1925 Book. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A comprehensive work by a well-known scholar and politician from Damasscus about the city including the political social and the other aspects during the Ottoman synasty in the last period. Six volumes 4to. in Arabic printed between 1343 and 1347 AH. 1925 and 1927 AD. in Damascus. 309 317 271 310 308 425 p. in later fine bindings. al- Matba'a al- Haditha hardcover
18930002122CROTON-ON-HUDSON WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK. Good. 1893. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of late 19th Century secret societies and fraternal organizations being an 1893 - 1895 IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN TRIBES Minutes Book. The book proper published specifically for the Club has printed forms for the IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN TRIBES. Pages on the left side of the open ledger have a Printed Heading with space for filling in information by hand. The page heading reads: "HUNTING GROUNDS OF" "WIGWAM OF" "TRIBE NO" "IMP. O.R.M." "SLEEP" and "MOON G.S.D.4" then below the heading information is printed information for the TRIBE to record Minutes Activities Events the INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS etc. Includes such titles as: "Keeper of Wampum" "Application of Paleface" "Record of Previous Council Fire read" "Twig box was opened by" "New Business" "Council Fire was then Quenched" etc. Almost all pages are filled in with various handwritten minutes and notes about the REDMEN meetings including dates 1893-1895 place Croton-on-Hudson New York events New Member Induction Bill needing Payment Committee Reports Problem members General Problems Plans Political Stands etc. Pinned-on to one of the pages is a 2 page handwritten letter on "Improved Order of Red Men Wigwam of Kitchawau Tribe No. 237" letterhead. We cannot help but note that this book and the Society it represents predates the Washington Redskins baseball team controversy declaring the team name racist yet this fraternal organization clearly honors Native Americans and stands as an homage to their tribal attributes. Please read the Wiki article after the description. The ledger is also a treasure trove of genealogical and social history of the Westchester County area with many many names of members and their activities. The book has a leather spine and corners leather edged with gilt paper title label on front cover 8.5" x 13.5" pages printed on watermarked paper "Kenilworth" approximately 200-300 unnumbered pages. The front cover is split at its spine fold and is almost disbound. Internally a couple signatures including the first are shaky; one page is loose and is pinned-on to another page otherwise the pages are quite nice - tight bright and clean with writing that is clear and fully legible. HISTORICAL NOTES: Wiki: The Improved Order of Red Men traces its origin to certain secret patriotic societies founded before the American Revolution. They were established to promote Liberty and to defy the tyranny of the English Crown. Among the early groups were: The Sons of Liberty the Sons of St. Tammany and later the Society of Red Men. Their rituals and regalia are modeled after those used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935 but has declined to less than 38000. Notable members: Theodore Roosevelt Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RED MEN FRATERNITY IMPROVED ORDER OF THE RED MEN KITCHAWAU TRIBE CROTON-ON-HUDSON WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK WASHINGTON REDSKINS SECRET PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE SONS OF LIBERTY THE SONS OF ST. TAMMANY THE SOCIETY OF RED MEN DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS SOCIETIES BROTHERHOODS SECRET SOCIETIES MOUND CITY LODGE PYTHIAN CASTLES PYTHIAN SISTERS DRAMATIC ORDER KNIGHTS OF KHORASSAN THE NOMADS OF AVRUDAKA PYTHIAN SUNSHINE GIRLS AND THE JUNIOR ORDER ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR HALF CENTURY MATRONS CLUB PRINCE HALL AFFILIATION SISTERHOODS RELIGION AOKMC THE ANCIENT ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC CHAIN MASONS MASONIC FREEMASONS CHIVALRY ARCANE OCCULT AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY 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 . hardcover
32353-V1-1Government Printing Office Washington 1870. Full cloth Rare first edition orig. signed by the later preseident of the USA James A. Garfield. 487 pp. Index -good.-The cover is somewhat smudged and discoloured ex-libris Ernesti de Halle This is Ernst von Halle 1868-1909 / Hamburg Berlin-Grunewald economist on the inside of the front board small bits torn out of the two front fly-laves name in ink on the front fly-leaf stamp form the Amerika-Institut in Berlin on 2 pages some foxing. Spine damaged at top and bottom small parts of cloth missing. Still in a good condition. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1870 hardcover
229659J. Debrett London 1789. 146 pp plus 2pp of Debretts advertisements at end - no half-title as often contemporary quarter-calf binding spine replaced- annotations on front paste-down and title- see below - overall a firm and comfortable copy of this foundation stone of Australian settlement - with contemporary patina and association. Title page inscription: Geo. Brown's Book 1795 Given him by Mr Chas. Booth of Retford Nott 1792 Front paste-down inscription: "Mr Chas. Booth inlisted for a Soldier on being refus'd his Fortune to purchase a Commission went over to Ireland and died as soon as he arrived He was a handsome youth about Twenty years Old - was the son of Mr Alister John Booth - Retford - The youngest of his numerous family. " A sad and poignant minor marker in the sequence of this tome's history. Second edition . J. Debrett, London, 1789 unknown
1951M9730London c.1951-1953. Very Good mounted on contemporary linen. Notes: A very scarce wall map of Bahrain published jointly by the Royal Geographical Society and the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The map depicts roads tracks buildings cultivated areas marshland and the Bahrain Refinery. Major cities as Awali Manama Town and Muharraq Town are shown in detail. The map has three large insets of Muharraq Awali and Manama.<br><br>Bahrain small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-baḥrayn meaning “two seas.†The economy has long relied on processing crude oil from neighbouring countries and more recently the financial commercial services and communications sectors have grown markedly as has tourism.<br>Britain’s decision to withdraw all of its forces from the gulf in 1968 led Bahrain’s independence in August 1971. A treaty of friendship was signed with the United Kingdom terminating Bahrain’s status as a British protectorate.<br> Size : 925x655 mm 36.42x25.79 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Asia Middle East Persian Gulf; unknown
175876869Paris: J. Barbou 1758. unbound cord tied housed in a green half-morocco goat over cloth boards clamshell case spine tooled in gold leaf with title author and date. large 12mo. unbound cord tied housed in a green half-morocco goat over cloth boards clamshell case spine tooled in gold leaf with title author and date. 92 3 pages. Pour éclaircir quelques traits de l"histoire de l'Imprimerie & prouver que Guttemberg n'en est pas l'Inventeur. Very rare first edition Bigmore and Wyman p.227. Unbound textblock lightly soiled with minor creasing at corners. Faint moisture staining throughout with some affecting the text. In this text Fournier sets out to prove that Gutenberg was not the inventor of the printing press by examining the history of printing. He believed that the technology Gutenberg made popular existed long before the German printer's work. Fournier also followed up this text with two additional works which are not present: De l'origine et des productions de l'imprimerie primitive en taille de bois 1759 and Observations sur un ouvrage intitulé Vindiciae Typographicae 1760. These two works provided further discussion of the origins of woodcut prints including a passage refuting popular belief about the origin wood engraving and some ideas for further study. <BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> Fournier 1712--1768 was born in Paris and trained as a wood engraver and type founder being a member of the 18th century dynasty of the well-known Fournier family. He later turned to steel engraving. He published a table of the proportions of the different printing characters whose purpose was to propose for all typefaces a fixed measurement in "typographic points" and a systematic gradation. He worked closely with the collaborators of the Encyclopédie providing the printer Le Breton with all the documentation relating to the typographic foundry and plans for his own instruments as well as providing Diderot with his collection of ancient alphabets. Finally after multiple disputes with his Parisian colleagues he became infamous for the printing of his famous Manuel Typographique 1764 1766 just prior to his death. J. Barbou unknown
1903LCCDKE4XUWG9Batavia: G. Kolff & Co. 1903. Contemporary brown cloth title in gold decorated endpapers. Folio. With 1 engraved double-page plate 4 lithographed colour-plates and 22 albumen photographs with guard leaves containing text. 2 works in 1 volume. Rare first and only edition of a report on the investigation of tea cultivation and production in Assam India and Ceylon. The Dutch cultural association Cultuur Maatschappij in Palakan-Salak asked H.J.Th. Netscher and Alexander Albert Holle to investigate the Assam and Ceylon tea cultivation and production with regard to the economic position of Java tea in the world market. Netscher and Holle had their investigations on tea cultivation and culture in British India and Ceylon printed but never put them on the market merely giving some copies to parties concerned with the tea industry. They gave the present copy to Norbert Pieter van den Berg head agent of the Dutch East Indian commercial bank at Batavia and president of the Javanese bank. The report discusses various aspects of tea and its cultivation including the geographic dissemination different kinds of tea seeds the conservation of tea seeds the process of drying tea leaves and the arrangement of tea factories. But the book also describes some remarkable things that caught Netscher and Holles attention of during their journey. They write for example about sugar and elephants. Nevertheless the main purpose of their report was to gather information on British-Indian tea cultivation especially regarding competion on the world market.The 22 albumen photographs in the present copy inserted through the whole book show mainly the tea gardens of Assam and Ceylon but also elephants and landscapes Netscher and Holle saw on their journey. A sign for that at least some of these photographs are contemporary is that they refer to their own train on one of the pictures. These pictures give this extensive and important report on tea cultivation enriching insights into the tea cultivation in British-India and Ceylon ca. 1900.Presentation copy from the Cultuur Maatschappij Parakan-Salak to Norbert Pieter van den Berg with some bolts at the end of the book unopened. Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed corners bumped some stains on the boards. Slightly browned not affecting the text otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 9 copies not noting the albumen prints; for Netscher & Holle: All about tea p. 128; Performing otherness: Java and Bali on international stages 1905-1952 p. 15; for Norbert Pieter van den Berg: Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde pp. 55-56. G. Kolff & Co., hardcover
19682091502135413708Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 49 Not Available paperback
19732091502135703607National Palace Museum Gakushu Kenkyusha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. National Palace Museum Gakushu Kenkyusha paperback
1899ST20804Paris: Armand Magnier 1899. No. 42 OF 500 COPIES this ONE OF 20 ON JAPON WITH ENGRAVINGS IN THREE STATES. 300 x 207 mm. 12 x 8". 4 p.l. <br/> ELEGANT SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID BY THE CLUB BINDERY and LEON MAILLARD Finisher both names stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins covers framed by curling gilt vines bearing citron morocco blossoms a total of 104 inlays on each cover raised bands spine panels with gilt vine circlets blooming with a total of 20 inlaid citron morocco flowers gilt lettering turns-ins elaborately gilt marbled endpapers top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in the pictorial front cover present in three additional states black & white B&W before letters and color. In slightly worn matching morocco-backed jacket. With 54 wood engravings by Romagnol after François Thévenot cover and portrait Adrien Moreau Act I Charles Léandre Act II Albert Laurens Act III François Flameng Act IV and Albert Besnard Act V including five full-page plates all in three states one before letters the full-page plates also in a color state separately furnished to subscribers by the publisher per a notice bound in at the end of the text. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Lower corners a bit bumped tail edge of lower board with shallow one-inch dent occasional paper flaws or discoloration to edges of leaves but an excellent copy the interior clean and fresh and the binding lustrous.<br/> <br/> This is a luxurious illustrated edition of Rostand's classic work offered in a sumptuous binding done by the Club Bindery for its co-founder and manager Robert Hoe. Rostand's influential and enduringly popular 1897 verse play in five acts--sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Romance of the Nose"--is loosely based upon the real-life story of the French author and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-55 who was famous for having a prodigious proboscis. A theatrical triumph from its opening night the play focuses on the eloquent Cyrano's unrequited love for the comely Roxanne whom he must court as secret proxy for a friend of handsome visage but wooden tongue. Rostand 1868-1918 wrote a number of successful plays often like "Cyrano" based on figures from French history. The present beautiful large-format copy was originally owned by Robert Hoe a founder of the Grolier Club and one of the world's great book collectors. After Grolier was established in 1884 it soon became apparent that the country's few established hand binders were overtaxed in providing repairs and rebinding for the club members' rapidly accumulating acquisitions. As a consequence in 1895 Grolier members along with Edwin Holden and other wealthy collectors established the Club Bindery in order to attract European craftsmen to provide close to home fine quality binding work rivalling what was available abroad. The Club Bindery was in operation until 1909 with Hoe being its manager and most important client. It provided bindings that tended to be traditional in style--though frequently with elaborate decoration--and that lived up to its patrons' expectations in terms of excellence. The first members of the staff of the Club Bindery were the Englishmen R. W. Smith and Frank Mansell. They were subsequently joined by a number of French binders chief among them being Leon Maillard who had worked previously for Cuzin Gruel and Marius-Michel and whose precise and intricate finishing is impressively demonstrated on our binding here. It is said by Beverly Chew that Hoe 1839-1911 had a collection that was "the finest America has ever contained." He acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing he owned a Gutenberg Bible on paper and one on vellum fine bindings French and English literature and Americana and when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. The present volume represents the fine level of aesthetic achievement typical of the bindery and it is especially impressive because of its significant dimensions. Armand Magnier unknown
1500ST20810PParis ca. 1500. 165 x 117 mm. 6 1/2 x 4 5/8". Single column 18 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red line fillers in blue and pink with gold bezant five one-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue ground one two-line initial in blue on gold ground with a flower in the center one three-line initial in blue filled with ivy on gold ground recto with panel border of colorful flowers vase and acanthus verso with A LARGE ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURE OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS surrounded by A FULL BORDER of acanthus flowers and two birds all on a painted gold ground. Slight soiling to vellum but a very well-preserved leaf in fine condition.<br/> <br/> From what was surely a costly Book of Hours this leaf features a charming and skillfully painted miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds attributable to the workshop of Jean Pichore fl. ca. 1502-20 a major figure among illuminators of the period and one of the most sought-after artists in France at the turn of the 16th century. Depicting the traditional subject associated with the hour of Terce our miniature portrays as usual an angel appearing to shepherds tending their flock bringing news of the birth of Christ. Although the biblical narrative suggests that the shepherds were startled by the angel's appearance the three figures in this miniature appear remarkably unmoved--in fact only one of them seems to take any notice at all. The first shepherd sits on the ground looking straight ahead; the second holds his hands in prayer but looks little more than well prayerful at the angel in the sky; and a third figure maintains a slightly aloof expression taking no particular interest in the unfolding miraculous event. What may seem to be indifference can be explained easily enough by the artist's successful portrayal of nighttime cold! All three shepherds are thickly dressed one with his arms pressed tightly against his chest another with a hood partly covering his face and the sheep are tightly huddled together into one woolly white cluster. Another manifestation of the artist's success here is seen in the particularly well done molding of the faces with subtle shading attractively rendered features and clear individuation. Moreover although the shepherds seem essentially unmoved their garments are dusted with a glistening gold radiance from above a further subtle touch revealing a high level of achievement on the part of the painter. Finally the borders are one last source of delight with a small bird shown in mid-flight and a second one investigating a single strawberry that seems to have been placed there just for him. All of these indications of sophistication suggest that the original manuscript must have been commissioned by a patron able to pay a premium for the work of a highly skilled atelier. unknown
1450ST11774-85Paris ca. 1450. 159 x 108 mm. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4". Single column four lines of text on the verso 15 on the recto in a very pleasing gothic book hand. <br/> Attractively matted. Recto with a line filler in colors and gold verso with a one-line initial in burnished gold on a maroon and blue background with white tracery and a three-line "D" in blue and white enclosing a spray of violets in the same colors the capital on a burnished gold ground the same side WITH A FULL SWIRLING BORDER of acanthus leaves flowers and berries and many burnished gold ivy leaves ENCLOSING A BLOODY ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS measuring approximately 78 x 54 mm. Fore and lower margins on the side with the miniature a bit rubbed and with a faint patina reflecting frequent use also minor fading and loss of paint and gold in the same place otherwise in fine condition THE MINIATURE itself REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED WITHOUT ANY EROSION OF PIGMENT.<br/> <br/> This leaf comes from a Book of Hours decorated by extremely skilled members of what must have been a first-class workshop. The Massacre of the Innocents cannot help but be a moving subject and the composition here as well as the painter's considerable ability add to the emotional impact in the present miniature. The center of the scene is dominated by the gold-armored gray-bearded soldier whose sword is raised over the head of a woman clinging to her son. The blood-spattered foreground is littered with the dismembered bodies of infants looking like so many broken dolls. On the left we see a row of modest cottages providing considerable depth as they recede toward distant hills. On the right stands a crowd of grim-faced soldiers all as elderly as their commander and seemingly following orders that are unwelcomed; it is perhaps the acute sadness in their faces that makes this scene especially memorable. The clear sky green fields and serene blue mountains in the distance contrast markedly with the horrific events unfolding. unknown
1420ST12005fFrance probably Paris ca. 1420. 210 x 146 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4". Single column recto with five lines of text verso with 16 lines all in a very pleasing very regular gothic book hand. <br/> Attractively matted. Rubrics in red verso with a one-line and two two-line initials as well as a line filler in colors and burnished gold recto with a one-line initial and a line filler in the same style and with a quite large five-line "D" in pink and white with enclosed floral diapering all on a burnished gold ground the same side WITH A LOVELY FULL BORDER of swirling hairline stems bearing numerous leaves and berries of burnished gold and with sprays of acanthus leaves and flowers in multiple colors spilling from the corners this ENCLOSING A POIGNANT ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURE OF THE REMOVAL OF CHRIST FROM THE CROSS measuring approximately 85 x 60 mm. the miniature within a thin gold frame and enclosed in turn on three sides by bars in colors and gold the scene showing two men on ladders unfastening Christ's lifeless body from the cross while Joseph of Arimathea waits below clutching cloth to be used for a burial shroud as the Madonna at the lower left of the picture reaches up to clasp her son's bloody arm. With a small cross stitched in white thread in each upper corner. ◆A little soiling right along hinge edge a few smudges in the border a couple of tiny flakes of paint missing from the cross and the sky otherwise fine the vellum clean and fresh the colors rich and the gold lustrous.<br/> <br/> This is an especially sorrowful scene depicted with power grace and sensitivity by an artist demonstrating very considerable skill in composition and execution. The scene is well designed with the cross providing a device for focus at the center of the miniature. Nicodemus identified by his expensive attire is atop a ladder behind the cross lowering Christ's limp body onto the shoulder of another man probably a servant whose ladder is set against the front. Despite the fact that the corpse is more bones than flesh the artist has made it seem a heavy burden draped over the shoulder of the man as he walks backward down his ladder. Fully stretched out Christ's left arm is held for balance by Nicodemus at the top right while the other arm hangs down toward the Virgin. While we can only see her back her image evokes great pathos as she reaches up with both hands to grasp the mangled arm of her son his blood running from his hand onto hers. Joseph of Arimathea whose position anchors the right side of the picture looks on with concern tightly holding linen to shroud the body. St. John and Mary Magdalen conventional participants in the Deposition are not present in this miniature. While it is possible and even likely that the same artist produced this scene and the miniature of Christ Carrying the Cross this one is better as the faces are more deftly painted and the folds in the various garments are more clearly defined. unknown
