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5521722. Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper laid down to a cream laid paper matrix as issued printed from three blocks in dusky pink olive green and grayish blue with a gold border and pink watercolor frame. Printed area measures 6 11/16 x 4 5/8 inches 170 × 117 mm watercolor frame measures 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches 215 x 160 mm and the matrix measures 15 1/2 x 11 inches 393 x 278 mm full margins. Inscribed "P. Inv. AMZ del et Sculp" in the block lower left and dated "1722" in the block lower right. An excellent example with rich color in very good condition and with no visible defects. <br /> <br /> Bartsch 22. Count Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder visited London from his native Venice in 1721. During the course of that trip Zanetti purchased 130 drawings by Parmigianino from the collection of Thomas Howard the late Earl of Arundel and also had the opportunity to view some early chiaroscuro woodcuts which belonged to William Cavendish then the second Duke of Devonshire. Zanetti was completely taken by the painterly nature of the chiaroscuro prints and upon his return to Italy he set out to teach himself the technique of printing from multiple wooden blocks. Zanetti experimented widely with the appearance of color and the influence it had on his printed images and he explored the emotional and visual evocations which different pigment combinations generated. Zanetti reimagined Parmigianino's masterful Mannerist compositions using this method and the results were so well received that they initiated an 18th century revival of the romantic art form. This particular print is among those works after Parmigianino which launched this resurgence in chiaroscuro printmaking. unknown
1938062639London: Jonathan Cape 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Publisher. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two sumptuously bound volumes of the David Garnett edition of the "Letters of T.E. Lawrence" specially bound for the partners in the Jonathan Cape company. Probably the only two so bound in fine near identical half leather bindings Jonathan Cape's copy in scarlet leather and Wren Howard's in brown leather. Cape's copy is signed by Jonathan Cape and Wren Howard has a note from his widow giving provenance to the copy laid in. Both volumes in fine condition. These two copies surely deserve to be kept together to mark the triumvirate that meant so much to this publishing House Jonathan Cape the eponymous partner Wren Howard and of course T.E. Lawrence to whom much of the early success of the company rested. Still the most important collection of T.E. Lawrence correspondence. O'Brien A202. Remains one of the best sources for information on T.E. and his life. 896pp each volume. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
2000G0711932093I4N00Music Sales Ltd 2000. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Music Sales Ltd paperback
29574HB NODJ 1973 STATED 1ST PUBLISHED this EDITION THUS LIMITED EDITION #77/300 COPIES NEAR FINE SLIPCASE BLUE LEATHER CVR WITH CHRISTOPHER ROBIN & WINNIE THE POOH IN GOLD GILT Blue leather bound with gilt stamp to front cover and gilt lettering & RAISED BANDS along spine which shows light sunning otherwise in Near Fine condition. goldGilt page edges. In original BLUE Slipcase which is in Very Good condition shows light shelf wear and rubbing to edges .NO JACKET. Methuen Children’s Books ( LONDON PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN hardcover
17701845<p><strong>A rare example of Russian text of the Enlightenment --- "The best and most luxurious edition" of Catherine's famous 'Great Instructions' </strong>such described by Count M.A. Korf then director of the Imperial Library. First published and "signé de la propre main de Sa Majesté Impériale" in 1768; this edition however is the only in several languages and illustrated.</p><p>These instructions were "largely compiled and adapted by Catherine personally from the texts of Montesquieu and Beccaria. Although the project was never brought to fruition the impulse behind it stands as one of the nobler concepts of Catherine's reign" Fekula 2013 for a later edition.</p><p>A major document of the Enlightenment it condemned torture and capital punishment and endorsed such principles as the equality of all before the law.</p><p>The illustration consists of two detailed symbolic engravings each repeated once by Roth d. 1798 an engraver from Nuremberg who mostly worked in Russia.</p><p><strong>"The most magnificent and desirable of the more than 40 editions of the Nakaz"</strong> Widener <strong>"one of the most remarkable political treatises ever compiled and published by a reigning sovereign in modern times"</strong> I. de Madariaga Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great 1981 p. 151. Some great scholarly publications have taken place among these numerous editions especially published in St. Petersburg in 1893 using the French text from this edition and 1907 as well as the more recent The Nakaz of Catherine the Great: Collected Texts 2010 with a bibliography of the 43 editions edited by Butler and Tomsinov.</p><p><strong>Physical description:</strong> Quarto 26.3 x 20.5 cm. Title pages in Russian Latin German and French 403 pp. with 4 allegorical head- and tailpieces engraved by Christopher Melhior Roth after Jacob Shtelin. Contemporary full Russian calf spine with raised bands stamped in bling label lettered in Russian patterned endpapers red edges.</p><p><strong>Condition</strong>: Binding covered with clear adhesive film dampstain to back cover; very occasional light spotting otherwise a lovely attractive example.</p><p><strong>Bibliography</strong>: Drage 208; Fekula 2013; Sopikov 6456 'best edition'; SK 2151; Widener M. Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library on their copy exhibited in 2012.</p> Imp. Akad. Nauk, Skt. Peterburg, hardcover
9815A total of 17 panels with color-printed woodcuts one double-page & one four panels wide. Oblong 12mo 70 x 84 mm. orig. wooden boards orig. purple silk title label but no title! on upper cover. Japan: late 19th century.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> A very rare kind of shunga this is an example of a mitate an “appropriation of a classical source…then used to portray the modern urban demi-monde.â€â€“C. Andrew Gerstle “Shunga and Parody†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 p. 335.<br /> <br> <br> In this shunga the appropriation is the tea ceremony. The text is full of sexual puns. For example skill in the tea ceremony really means skill in sexual matters. Tea ceremony tools are actually references to sexual acts and techniques. The finely color-printed frontispiece panel depicts a haboki the feather brush used to arrange the ashes and a natsume a tea caddy.<br /> <br> <br> The next set of images shows three well-dressed men in a tea ceremony room receiving a tea ceremony performance from an equally distinguished-looking woman. However when one opens the flaps a four-panel scene is revealed where we see the same three men having an orgy with the woman.<br /> <br> <br> Each of the remaining ten images has in the upper outer corner a small image of tea ceremony tools or rituals including kuchikiri the breaking of the seal on a jar of new tea koboshi a vessel to drain the liquid after warming the tea bowl chausu a utensil to grind the tea leaves into a powder chawan tea bowl fukusa silk cloth used for ritual purification mizusashi fresh water container kama kettle hishaku bamboo ladle chasen tea whisk and natsume tea caddy. These are followed by ten panels of text explaining the sexual meaning of each tea ceremony implement.<br /> <br> <br> The ten images show various sex acts all referring to the tea ceremony tools. For example the kuchikiri image shows a man deflowering a virgin. The text below is a conversation between the two: The woman says “Please wait. I can’t handle it.†The man replies “The time has come. Stay still here it is. How does it feel†For the kama which is also slang for homosexuality we see an old man a monk having anal sex with a young male lover.<br /> <br> <br> The color printing is at a very high level with the use of embossing and metallic pigments and twice impressed black ink that gives a rich sheen. The woodblocks are very fresh: there is excellent definition of the strands of hair of both men and women.<br /> <br> <br> We suspect that this rare object was produced for the pleasure of a tea ceremony enthusiast.<br /> <br> <br> In very fine and fresh condition. We do not find this cited in any of the usual reference works. unknown
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript. 16mo. (16 x 10 cm). In Ottoman script. [22] p. This is a very unique and collectible satyric manuscript includes adaptation of classic and modern poems from Turkish / Ottoman literature into poker by an unknown poet (Âsik Menem). Probably Âsik (Minstrel) Menem was a nick name of the poet. Manuscript contains 10 poems of Yunus Emre, Mehmed Emin Bey which adapted into poker by this unknown poet such: "El-Hu!" by Yunus Emre. Its well-known refrains "Allah deyu deyu" are adapted like "Karo çikdi flosa sekli Allah deyu deyu". Poet changed the original verses and refrains like sometimes a loser poker player, sometimes like a winner. It's extremely rare. No copy in Turkey and libraries worldwide.
Very Good English Modern full leather each volumes in traditional Ottoman style. Roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. Last 2 volumes are in Modern Turkish. 10 volumes set: ([23], 674, [10] p.; 479, [5] p.; 534, [5] p.; 432, [4] p.; 602, [6] p.; [4], 554, [5] p.; [21], 912 p.; [1], [5], 786, [4] p.; 892 p.; 1112 p)., folding maps, b/w plates. 1896 - 1938. Their contents are: Vol. 1: Description of Contantinople and environs, as of 1631. Vol. 2: Journey to Brousse and Nicomedia, 1640, Pontus, Caucasus and Crimea, 1640-44.i expedition to Crete, 1645; journey to Erzerum and Caucasus, 1648. Vol. 3: Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, 1650; Roumelia, Bulgaria and Dobrudja, 1655-56. Vol. 4: Persia and Iraq, 1655-56. Vol. 5: Journey to Moldavia and expeditions to Transylvania and Russia, 1658; to Anatolia, then across the Dardanelles to Adrianople, 1659; expeditions to Moldavia and Dalmatia, 1660. Vol. 6: Expedition to Transylvania and journey to Albania, 1661-62; expeditions to Hungary, Montenegro and Croatia, 1663-64. Vol. 7: Austria, Crimea, Daghestan, Caucasus, Astrakhan. Vol. 8: Crimea, Crete, Salonica, Roumelia (Greece). Vol. 9: Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Vol. 10: Egypt. Evliya Çelebi was son of the chief court jeweler, he was educated in a madrasah (Islamic college) and a Qur?an school in Constantinople; and, excelling as a Qur'ân reciter, he was shown favour by the reigning sultan, Murad IV. Entering the Ottoman palace school, he developed skills in Arabic, calligraphy, and music. Under the patronage of the court he began the journeys that took him from Belgrade to Baghdad and from Crimea to Cairo, sometimes as an official representative of the government and sometimes on his own. The result of these travels was his masterwork, the Seyahatname (1898-1939; 'Book of Travels'). This work is also referred to as the Tarih-i seyyah ('Chronicle of a Traveler'). Evliya possessed a vivid imagination, occasionally mixing fact and fantasy; he described places he could not possibly have visited. Noted for his fascinating anecdotes and charming style, he wrote about the ethnography, history, and geography of the Ottoman Empire and neighbouring lands and about the inner workings of the Ottoman government during the 17th century. (Source: Britannica). Currently there is no English translation of the entire Seyahatname, although there are translations of various parts. The longest single English translation was published in 1834 by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, an Austrian orientalist: it may be found under the name "Evliya Efendi." Von Hammer-Purgstall's work covers the first two volumes (Istanbul and Anatolia) but its language is antiquated. Other translations include Erich Prokosch's nearly complete translation into German of the tenth volume, the 2004 introductory work entitled The World of Evliya Çelebi: An Ottoman Mentality written by University of Chicago professor Robert Dankoff, and Dankoff and Sooyong Kim's 2010 translation of select excerpts of the ten volumes, An Ottoman Traveller: Selections from the Book of Travels of Evliya Çelebi. Evliya is noted for having collected specimens of the languages in each region he traveled in. There are some 30 Turkic dialects and languages cataloged in the Seyâhatnâme. Çelebi notes the similarities between several words from the German and Persian, though he denies any common Indo-European heritage. The Seyâhatnâme also contains the first transcriptions of many languages of the Caucasus and Tsakonian, and the only extant specimens of written Ubykh outside the linguistic literature. First Printed Set of Evliya Chalabi's book(s) of travels. Voyages and Travels in Greece, the Near East and adjacent regions made previous to the year 1801; being a part of a larger catalogue of work on geography, cartography, voyages and travels, in the Gennadius Library in Athens, compl. by Shirley Howard Weber, Vol. II: 1631.; TBTK 10360.; Özege .; Only 2 copies located in OCLC as set: 80395042. Rare as set.
19712090502126801504Macmillan 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 27 Macmillan paperback
1766177778London: Printed for Paul Vaillant in the Strand 1766. Leather bound. VG soiling but otherwise bright and very clean inside a superb copy. Full red leather with extensive gilt tooled border on both covers all edges gilt marbled endpapers. 5 raised bands with extensive and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. 8 302 pages 9 unnumbered leaves of plates Tables 1-5 Plates I II III IV. The last four leaves of plates are numbered I-IV. A superb copy of a book rarely encountered either in the trade or at auction. Printed for Paul Vaillant, in the Strand unknown books
191440Smith Elder London 1914. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; This copy is 243 of a limited edition of 350. Volume 1 & 2 were Scott's 1st "Discovery Expedition" whilst this Volume 3 is from his 2nd "Terra Nova" Expedition. Although often sold as a set Volume 3 is a complete book in its' own right. The original broadsheets were produced at Cape Evans to amuse the men on the 'Terra Nova' Expedition. It was designed to be published separately from Volume 1 & 2. Cherry-Garrard was the Editor and typist and Wilson the main illustrator. The 1st issue was presented on Midwinter's Day 1911 the 2nd on 8th September and the 3rd on 15th October. Content included poetry humorous articles illustrations of sledging flags and caricatures. Includes Wilson's moving poem 'The Barrier Silence' and Ponting's hilarious tongue twister 'The Sleeping Bag'. Original covers all page edges gilt. Copiously illustrated drawings in the text and full-page plates from sketches and paintings by E. Wilson H. Ponting and others. Ex Library with stamps on some pages Croydon Library. Spine shaken gutta-percha binding delicate some pages loose as is usual with the 1st Edition. Gutta Percha was used as the binding glue in many early books it is not a difficult job to remove and reback using modern glues The South Polar Times was a magazine written and printed by the members of Antarctic Expeditions during the various voyages they undertook. In 1907 the batches were printed and issued in some 250 copies. The South Polar Times form what is perhaps the most personal of the printed documents to have come out of that most remarkable of periods of Antarctic adventures revealing so many often contradictory aspects of these men's various personalities. It contains a diary of the events of each month a record of the proceedings of the local Debating Society a monthly acrostic humorous notes besides articles of a more solid nature as well as stories sketches of various kinds and poems. One of the corner stones of an Antarctic collection. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Limited Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Smith Elder hardcover
Octavo. Pp. 32 unpaginated text pages. Plus 32 copper engraved plates, numbered, captioned, and extensively explained on the copper. Charming device to title-page depicting a cherub cheerfully striking two kettledrums. Bound in contemporary waxed marbled paper, double layered; few marginal spots and light smudges. In overall fine condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. Exquisitely illustrated. The first part shows the choreographed movements that the infantryman makes while progressing through the 12 classic steps: "Load your weapon", "Open the pan", "Take the cartridge", "Bite the cartridge", "Prime", "Shut the pan", "Weapon to the left", "Cartridge in the barrel", "Draw ramrod", "Ram", "Replace ramrod", "Shoulder arms". The second series of plates continues with "Ready", "Present", "Fire", "Recover your weapon", etc., etc. For contemporary reactions to the publication of this book see: "La France litéraire, contenant les auteurs français de 1771 à 1796", Vol. 1; "Gazette Nationale, ou Le Moniteur Universel", No. 130, May 1791; "Feuille de correspondance du libraire", No. 1, June 1791. For brief listings in contemporary general bibliographies, see: Joseph-Marie Quérard: La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique (Paris, 1827); Maurice Tourneux: Bibliographie l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution Française (Paris, 1804); Johann Samuel Ersch: Allgemeines Repertorium der Literatur für die Jahre 1791 bis 1795 (Weimar, 1800); Idem: La France littéraire contenant les auteurs français de 1771 à 1796 (Hamburg, 1797); Johann Samuel Ersch: "Das gelehrte Frankreich oder Lexicon der französischen Schriftsteller von 1771 bis 1796" (Paris, 1797); and "Réimpression de l'Ancien Moniteur" Volume 8, (1841): "Cet ouvrage est très-bien exécuté". No other record could be found and the book is not in any standard bibliography. Both OCLC and KVK locate a single copy worldwide, that in University of Augsburg. No artist could be identified as the creator of the magnificent plates. The catalogue of the grandiose Ernest Ponti Collection's sale attributes the illustrations to Borel himself: "32 très jolies planches de costumes militaires habilement gravées par Borel." For this, see: "Collection Ernest Ponti: Costumes et scènes militaires de tous pays, très importants recueils et estampes en feuilles (.) document et livres anciens, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 1935", item 70. There are several artists by the name of "Borel" in Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. Only two, both named Antoine Borel, lived in the late 18th and early 19th century. One, a miniaturist, who was born in Pesme in 1777 and who died in Besançon in 1838, does not seem like the right candidate. For the other Antoine Borel the entry in Bénézit states only that he was a French 18th-century painter, draughtsman and etcher whose subjects included portraits, historical and mythological scenes. It must be that Bénézit refers to Antoine Borel who was born in Paris in 1743 and died in 1810, a painter, draftsman and engraver. The son of a portraitist, he devoted himself first to this style of painting, then gave preference to the representation of matters of morals and political allegories. He later put his talent in the illustration of erotic books and pornographic prints and he is most remembered today for his contribution to this genre. But he also made many compositions for serious works. When, however, his style, technique, and chosen subject matter are closely examined it seems rather unlikely that he was the "Citoyen-Soldat" who made the superb illustrations for this book and the true identity of this extraordinary artist remains a mystery.
Koch, Eva & Thomas BobergNot in perfect condition. unknown
19802091502135707611Gakushu Kenkyusha 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Gakushu Kenkyusha paperback
18542111902160200045Touto Bunnoyagura 1854. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 42 pages Size: 18.8cmx12.6cm 42p Number of books: 1 Touto Bunnoyagura paperback
D17840Nuremberg: Peter Wagner. Hardcover. Good. 28 January 1495. 118 leaves including final blank. Gothic type. Rubricated. 4to 218x153 mm contemporary calf over wooden boards with brass catch lacking catch and cover bosses superficial scratches or incisions on covers spine worn with vertical cracks and chipped ends but binding sound later paper lettering pieces; marginal soiling conspicuous dampstain in outer margin of c5-6 with slight trace of mold and paper corrosion along fore edge scattered mostly light dampstains elsewhere early marginalia old catalogue cutting taped inside front cover; vellum fore-edge tabs. 17th-century ownership inscription of the Franciscan monastery of St. Bernardinus in Amberg Bavaria on leaf after title their stamp on top edges. <br/><br/> Peter Wagner hardcover books
1965150961New York: Grove Press Inc. 1965. First edition of one of TIME Magazine's ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panel gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt in 22 karat gold. Presentation copy inscribed by Alex Haley on a page bound in. Founded over a century ago in 1900 the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. In the searing pages of this classic autobiography originally published in 1964 Malcolm X the Muslim leader firebrand and anti-integrationist tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. Grove Press, Inc. hardcover
171534417London, Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page on Tower Hall, no date (c. 1715). Folio. 53X35 cm. Cont. hcalf with marbled boards. Rebacked and recornered in old style with raised bands. Engraved typographical titlepage with a large engraved vignette showing the English King's Coat of Arms. With all 15 double-page engraved sea-charts (numbered (1)-(15) in lower right corners). Neat repairs to inner margins of free endpapers and titlepage. Some browning to charts. Chart 5 (45x75,5 cm) having the right margin shaved reaching the printed frame.
192346949Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1923. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. full cloth. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 177. With htitle a. titlepage. 1513 pp. (Entire volume offered). De Broglie's papers: pp. 507-510, pp. 548-551 a. pp. 630-32. Clean and fine. A stamp to verso of titlepage.
192349718Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1923. 4to. Bound in one contemp. full buckram. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 177. Bound with orig. printed front-wrapper to No. 1, half-title and title-page to vol. 177. 1513 pp. (Entire volume offered). De Broglie's papers: pp. 507-510, pp. 548-551 a. pp. 630-32. Clean and fine. A punched stamp on foot of title-page.
171534417London Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page on Tower Hall no date c. 1715. Folio. 53X35 cm. Cont. hcalf with marbled boards. Rebacked and recornered in old style with raised bands. Engraved typographical titlepage with a large engraved vignette showing the English King's Coat of Arms. With all 15 double-page engraved sea-charts numbered 1-15 in lower right corners. Neat repairs to inner margins of free endpapers and titlepage. Some browning to charts. Chart 5 45x755 cm having the right margin shaved reaching the printed frame. <br/><br/><em>Second edition of this scarce "Atlas Maritime". According to Shirley it was first published by Richard Mount and Thomas Page in 1701 and re-issued with undated title as this in ab. 1715 but with the charts unchanged and a new engraved titlepage. A third issue came out in 1737 with a dated title. The fine charts are copied from Pieter Mortier's famous "Neptune Francois" 1693-1702 and reduzed in size."The charts in this early Mount & Page atlas "The Sea-Coasts of France" are re-engravings reduzed in size from the charts in the French Neptune of 1693. The charts may also be found in the 1702 edition of Mount and Page's Atlas Maritimus Novus." Rodney Shirley. - Not in Phillips. - Shirley Vol. II: M.M&P - 12 b. </em> hardcover
192349718Paris Gauthier-Villars et Cie 1923. 4to. Bound in one contemp. full buckram. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 177. Bound with orig. printed front-wrapper to No. 1 half-title and title-page to vol. 177. 1513 pp. Entire volume offered. De Broglie's papers: pp. 507-510 pp. 548-551 a. pp. 630-32. Clean and fine. A punched stamp on foot of title-page. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these papers which ESTABLISHED A NEW ERA IN PHYSICS by introducing the epochal new principle that particle-wave duality should apply not only to radiation but also to matter and thus CREATING QUANTUM MECHANICS. These 3 papers were extended to form his doctoral thesis of 1924 "Recherches sur la Théorie des Quanta."De Broglie relates "After long reflection in solitude and meditation I suddenly had the idea during the year 1923 that the discovery made by Einstein in 1905 should be generalized by extending it to all material particles and notably to electrons" Preface to his PhD thesis 1924."He made the leap in his September 10 1923 paper: E=hv should hold not only for photons but also for electrons to which he assigns a 'fictitious associated wave'. In his September 24 paper he indicated the direction in which one 'should seek experimental confirmations of our ideas': a stream of electrons traversing an aperture whose dimensions are small compared with the wavelenght of the electron waves 'should show diffraction phenomena' ."Pais "Subtle is the Lord" pp. 425-436.In the third paper October 8 he discusses "The interplay between the propagation of the particle and of the waves could be expressed in more formal terms as an identity between the fundamental variational principles of Pierre de Fermat rays and Pierre Louis Maupertuis particles as de Broglie discussed it further in his last communication . Therein he also considered some thermodynamic consequences of his generalized wave-particle duality. He showed in particular how one could using Lord Rayleigh’s 1900 formula for the number of stationary modes for phase waves obtain Planck’s division of the mechanical phase space into quantum cells.Louis de Broglie achieved a worldwide reputation for his discovery of the wave theory of matter for which he received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1929. His work was extended into a full-fledged wave mechanics by Erwin Schrödinger and thus contributed to the creation of quantum mechanics. After an early attempt to propose a deterministic interpretation of his theory de Broglie joined the Copenhagen school’s mainstream noncausal interpretation of the quantum theory."DSB."This idea i.e. de Broglie's that matter might behave as waves was tested and confirmed by Davisson and Germer in 1927. Thus the duality of both light and matter had been established and physicists had to come to terms with fundamental particles which defied simple theories and demanded two sets of 'complementary' descriptions each applicable under certain circumstances but incompatible with one another." Printing and the Mind of Man 417. </em> hardcover
192346949Paris Gauthier-Villars et Cie 1923. 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. full cloth. Spines gilt and with gilt lettering. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 177. With htitle a. titlepage. 1513 pp. Entire volume offered. De Broglie's papers: pp. 507-510 pp. 548-551 a. pp. 630-32. Clean and fine. A stamp to verso of titlepage. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these papers which ESTABLISHED A NEW ERA IN PHYSICS by introducing the epochal new principle that particle-wave duality should apply not only to radiation but also to matter and thus CREATING QUANTUM MECHANICS. These 3 papers were extended to form his doctoral thesis of 1924 "Recherches sur la Théorie des Quanta."De Broglie relates "After long reflection in solitude and meditation I suddenly had the idea during the year 1923 that the discovery made by Einstein in 1905 should be generalized by extending it to all material particles and notably to electrons" Preface to his PhD thesis 1924."He made the leap in his September 10 1923 paper: E=hv should hold not only for photons but also for electrons to which he assigns a 'fictitious associated wave'. In his September 24 paper he indicated the direction in which one 'should seek experimental confirmations of our ideas': a stream of electrons traversing an aperture whose dimensions are small compared with the wavelenght of the electron waves 'should show diffraction phenomena' ."Pais "Subtle is the Lord" pp. 425-436.In the third paper October 8 he discusses "The interplay between the propagation of the particle and of the waves could be expressed in more formal terms as an identity between the fundamental variational principles of Pierre de Fermat rays and Pierre Louis Maupertuis particles as de Broglie discussed it further in his last communication . Therein he also considered some thermodynamic consequences of his generalized wave-particle duality. He showed in particular how one could using Lord Rayleigh’s 1900 formula for the number of stationary modes for phase waves obtain Planck’s division of the mechanical phase space into quantum cells.Louis de Broglie achieved a worldwide reputation for his discovery of the wave theory of matter for which he received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1929. His work was extended into a full-fledged wave mechanics by Erwin Schrödinger and thus contributed to the creation of quantum mechanics. After an early attempt to propose a deterministic interpretation of his theory de Broglie joined the Copenhagen school’s mainstream noncausal interpretation of the quantum theory."DSB."This idea i.e. de Broglie's that matter might behave as waves was tested and confirmed by Davisson and Germer in 1927. Thus the duality of both light and matter had been established and physicists had to come to terms with fundamental particles which defied simple theories and demanded two sets of 'complementary' descriptions each applicable under certain circumstances but incompatible with one another." Printing and the Mind of Man 417. </em> hardcover
2053Berkeley: University Relations 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. An uncommon photo book that commemorates the launch of the Campaign for UC Berkeley in 2008 highlighting the campus in pictures and in words from renown alumni and others. This is Joan Didion's copy with a university notecard to her laid in from one "Mary Kay" likely someone in University Relations. It reads in full: "Dear Joan Greetings from Berkeley! We have found yet another way to use your inspirational words about Berkeley. The enclosed book include the summary of your essay in 'There Was Light'--the version you approved for the television spot--as well as another well-used quote of yours at the end of the book. Should you ever want to read your essay again there are many people who have asked about it and would love to hear you read it again--or for the first time. I continue to follow your work and life and admire your strength and optimism. I hope this note finds you filled with hope for the new year. With warmest regards Mary Kay." There Was Light: An Autobiography of a University: Berkeley 1868-1968 referenced in the note was published in 1970 and featured essays about the university from thirty-one notable alumni including Didion. She attended Berkeley from 1953-1956 and went on to become one of California's greatest chroniclers as literary journalist and essayist. See photos for the pages that hold Didion's words. A short quarto in denim blue cloth with the title stamped on the front board; dark blue endpapers and a transparent page guarding the half-title; 130 pages. A short introduction from Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau on the photo-illustrated jacket's front flap. The jacket depicts the campus's famous Sather Tower The book is fine; the jacket is very good with rubbing to all edges and some faint dampstaining at the center of its spine mainly visible from the jacket's interior and with no discernible effect on the book itself. An incredible UC Berkeley association copy and keepsake; we dare say this would make a one-of-a-kind graduation gift. University Relations hardcover
17705057London: Printed for C. Moran 1770. First collected edition. Contemporary speckled calf skillfully rebacked with original spines laid down. Gilt and morocco labels to spines. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 155 x 96mm and collating complete including final advert leaf to volume II: 2 ii 147 1 blank; 2 v 1 advert 139 3. Bookplates of J. O. Edwards to front pastedowns of each with additional bookseller's ticket to front endpaper of volume II. Front endpaper of volume I detached at base but holding well else; some offsetting to preliminary and terminal leaves of both volumes. Occasional light pencil marginalia. Overall a fresh copy of a scarce work on the women of the London sex trade. ESTC reports only 8 copies in libraries and its most recent appearance at auction was in 1931. The present is the only complete copy on the market.<br /> <br /> Edward Thompson's position as a satirist "has drawn the attention of commentators from Dr. Johnson to modern times" and given that his "verse and prose was generally in the manner of his declared mentors the ancients Horace Juvenal and Ovid.his targets were frequently political and ad hominem" Bibliographic Society. Among his most notable works were those that addressed London's widespread sex trade praising and critiquing the women who had been immortalized as Toasts of the Town in Harris' Guide to Covent Garden Ladies. These were drawn together for the first time as a collection under the title The Court of Cupid: The Meretriciad 1761 The Temple of Venus 1663 The Courtesan 1765 and The Demi-Rep 1765. <br /> <br /> The Court of Cupid allowed Thompson to capitalize on the fame of London's courtesans reprinting and expanding works that were already popular; but it was also commercially beneficial to the demi-reps as well. For the most successful members of the trade staying in the public eye was necessary. It could help young courtesans develop reputations and clientele; it could ensure that established courtesans continued to be seen as desirable and thus could justify or increase their fees. Certainly this was the case for Kitty Fisher who appeared among a multitude of other Toasts and bawds in The Meretriciad and then became the central focus of The Courtesan four years later. By this time poetry satires and gossip columns could not get enough of her. "Her name grew familiar to the beaux of clubland and curiosity was piqued when it was known that she was an exclusive young lady who would accept no present and grant no interview without a formal introduction" Bleackley. As a woman immortalized in print and paint Joshua Reynolds famously did a series of portraits of her she could even publicly turn down and humiliate Casanova as being beneath her.<br /> <br /> Kitty is not alone among the multitude of women mentioned in this collection --- bawds and brothels friends and rivals were preserved for literary critics and historians to remember. Satires like Thompson's assist us in remembering that during the height of London's sex trade there existed a vibrant and successful community of women who profited from their sexual desirability and who used those profits to carve out a desirable social space outside of the constrained domestic roles into which patriarchy had insisted they fit.<br /> <br /> Register of Erotic Books 1097. ESTC T126148. Printed for C. Moran unknown
