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199746696HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
43448Venice : Apud Ioannem Variscum Giovanni Varisco 1588. First and only edition. Octavo 190 x 140 mm modern brown cloth over boards; faint trace of stamp tp front free endpaper original first blank with early ownership signature to verso browned clipped at upper corner title-page with vignette woodcut printer's device and with coat of arms to verso; pp. 7 Dedication to Francesco Maria II della Rovere Duke of Urbino 1 foreword by Paulus Manutius 2 foreword by Judah Alchalay 4 index 1-127; decorative woodcut initials; sidenotes; first few leaves with a mild horizontal crease at centre some occasional and very light foxing otherwise clean and crisp throughout; a very good copy in a modern binding. David de' Pomis 1525-1593 was a physician philosopher and linguist born in Spoleto to a Jewish family of bankers. He commenced medical studies in Todi under two of his uncles both rabbis and continued them at Perugia where he received his doctorate in 1551. He was then for a brief period rabbi and physician at Magliano in Tuscany. However there followed a number of years of insecurity during which successive papal edicts withdrew and restored the right of Jewish physicians to attend Christians; de' Pomis found himself forced to keep moving from town to town in Italy finally settling in Venice in 1569. It was here that he published most of his works. His tract De Medico Hebraeo Enarratio Apologica Venice 1588 is a refutation of aspects of a bull of 1581 issued by Gregory XIII 1572-85 which brought various charges against Jews - and more specifically Jewish physicians. De' Pomis argues that in accordance with the teachings of the Bible as well as the Talmud a Jewish physician is morally obligated to attempt to alleviate the suffering of every patient. He also cites numerous cases in the historical record to illustrate the fact that Jewish doctors can and have distinguished themselves by their medical prowess and civic-mindedness. The last section comprises a selection of Talmudic rules translated into Latin presented as a form of collective argument to counter the charge that the Talmud is to be despised for its moral character. The writings of the learned De’ Pomis were wide-ranging. He is now perhaps best known for his trilingual Hebrew Latin and Italian dictionary the Ẓemaḥ David Venice 1587 which he dedicated to Pope Sixtus V - although this work is more than a straightforward dictionary since it also contains disquisitions on scientific and historical subjects. He also wrote a philosophical essay on human suffering Discorso intorno a l'humana miseria e sopra il modo di fuggirla Venice 1572 a treatise on the plague Venice 1577 and another on geriatric conditions Venice 1588. Very rare. No sale record traced on Rare Book Hub. hardcover
199746703HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
198817892DAS BESTE 1988. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation DAS BESTE hardcover
199746701HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
199746695HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
199746682HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Elias Lije Baley & R. Daneel Olivaw Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
165189641Paris: Pierre DAVID 1651. Fine. Pierre DAVID Paris 1651 10.6 x 16.8 cm 4 volumes reliés en 1 Second edition. Full forest-green morocco binding spine with five raised bands framed with gilt dotted lines and decorated with double gilt panels gilt rolls at head and tail triple gilt fillets bordering the covers marbled paper endpapers and doublures gilt dentelle frame on the inside covers all edges gilt double gilt fillets along the edges an elegant binding signed by Krafft. Bound following it are: - Nicolas Papins De pulvere sympathico dissertatio printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1650 8 unnumbered leaves the last blank and 40 pp. - By the same author La poudre de sympathie deffendue contre les objections de Mr. Cattier médecin du Roy printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1651 4 unnumbered leaves and 56 pp. - Isaac Cattiers Response à Monsieur Papin Docteur en Medecine touchant la poudre de sympathie printed in Paris by Edme Martin in 1651 87 pp. A fine copy beautifully preserved in a splendid binding signed by Krafft. The treatise on the Scoter occupies pp. 119 of the second part. This exquisite duck has been the subject of numerous and lengthy controversies The history of the scoter deserves our attention as it holds both gastronomic and theological interest. Because of the peculiar beliefs surrounding their origin these birds were considered lean meat and therefore permitted during Lent. This curious privilege arose from the fact that they appeared suddenly in countless flocks upon the waters surface and aided by a taste for the marvellous people imagined that they were born from seaweed decayed wood or shells. The poet Du Bartas echoed this notion in his Création du Monde when he celebrated this strange creature: Ainsi le vieil fragment d'une barque se change En des canards volants ô changement étrange Même corps fut jadis arbre verd puis vaisseau Naguère champignon et maintenant oyseau! It is easy to see how such a belief could reassure the most timid consciences; it thus required Pope Innocent III to issue an explicit prohibition placing the flesh of the scoter among forbidden meats. In vain did he launch his prohibitions for enthusiasts continued to eat them; and when the truth about these birds became known thanks to Graindorge and the accounts of navigators other pretexts were sought to preserve the old regulations. It was suggested that the scoters blood was cold even claimed that its fat resembled fish oil and the custom which lasted into the nineteenth century of eating scoters during Lent was extended to other waterfowl such as brant geese coots and teal which were conveniently confused with the species sanctioned by the councils. Cf. G. Oberlé Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus no. 869 concerning Graindorges Traité de lorigine des macreuses 1680. Pierre DAVID hardcover
198745776HEYNE WILHELM 1987. 1. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Deutsche Erstausgabe! Der Welterfolg! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
122188Frankfurt an der Oder Elsner 1800. . 8vo 18 x 11 cm; modern black cloth with Hebrew hand-written title to spine; 80 woodcut illustrations some browning to pages some staining to title; bookplate to front inner cover; 72 81-84 65-68 91-100 ll. misfoliated.<br /> Although the fable of Sefer HaTapuach is attributed to Aristotle there are claims that it is in fact a medieval Neo-platonic Arabic work of unknown authorship.<br /><br />Sefer Meshal HaKadmoni is considered to be the first fully illustrated printed book in Hebrew the first edition of which was printed circa 1491 in Brescia by the Soncino family printers with different illustrations.<br /><br />It is a collection of moral fables and animal stories by Isaac ben Solomon ibn Abi Sahula in rhyming prose interspersed with verse. Ibn Sahula who was both a scholar and a physician was born in 1244 in Guadalajara Castile and was a wanderer for much of his life. He was a student under the Kabbalist R. Moses of Bugros and wrote secular poetry until around 1281 when his outlook changed. It was then that he began to write Meshal Ha-Kadmoni.<br /><br />Ibn Sahula writes that his material is original but based on the Talmud and Midrashim and that in style he has followed the example of the prophets who presented moral lessons in allegorical form. He also sets out to demonstrate that Hebrew is as suitable a vehicle for conveying moral lessons as Arabic. The stories show both Kabbalistic and Indian influences.<br /><br />The use of animal characters is not typical in Jewish writing but Ibn Sahula employs this device in order to deliver the tale's moral in the clearest way possible. While animals in Christian fables were usually characterised by a single dominant characteristic the cowardly rabbit the cunning fox Ibn Sahula gave the animals in his fables complex characters and highly specific religious tendencies: the birds pray in a 'minyan' in a synagogue; the deer prays three times a day; and the lion dreams of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.<br /><br />Some eighty woodcut illustrations grace the 64 leaves of this book with one or two captioned woodcuts to a page. Though the illustrations resemble those of incunabula editions Meir Parenzo the printer of this edition commissioned an entire new series of woodcuts providing more detail and artistic sophistication. The illustrations were prepared by three different hands. <br /><br />The first edition of this work was printed circa 1491 in Brescia by the Soncino family printers with different illustrations.<br /> Vinograd Frankfurt 479. Frankfurt an der Oder, Elsner, 1800. hardcover
1819183664London: Printed for Sherwood Neely and Jones; and Davis and Dickson 1819. The Newtonian ascendancy A handsomely bound edition bringing together Newton's masterpiece with several works refining Newtonian theory and an early draft of the Principia itself. This translation of the Principia together with the Laws of the Moon's Motion by John Machin c. 1686-1751 is drawn from the first edition in English published in 1729. William Davis 1771-1807 originally brought out the three-volume edition in 1803 revising and extending Motte's translation to cover the remaining third of Newton's text. This is thus only the second edition of a complete translation of the Principia into English. No further edition was published until the "modernized" version brought out by the University of California Press in 1934 and no entirely new translation was made until 1999. This edition pairs these works with the Short Comment on and Defence of The Principia 1770 by William Emerson 1701-1782 and Newton's own System of the World written 1685. By the turn of the 19th century the Principia's theory of gravity had become widely accepted in scientific circles and Davis's edition "made this available to a number of generations of nineteenth-century students" ODNB. 3 vols octavo 212 x 127 mm. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 56 plates 8 of which folding. Extensive tables and formulae in the text. Contemporary calf spines lettered decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and black morocco labels covers panelled in blind light brown coated endpapers edges sprinkled brown. Spine ends restored. Light bumping and wear minor browning and offsetting to contents: a very good copy. Babson 22; Grey 25; Wallis 25. unknown
19562267AWA 1956. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Elias Lije Baley & R. Daneel Olivaw Sirmkovrilo! AWA hardcover
196417194GOLDMANN WILHELM 1964. 2. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Falsa Numero! Maloftege! GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
17715136166113<p><strong>NEWTON MARTIN Benjamin</strong><strong>.</strong> <em>Philosophia Britannica: Or A New and Comprehensive System of the Newtonian Philosophy Astronomy and Geography; In a Course of Twelve Lectures; With Notes; Containing the Physical Mechanical Geometrical and Experimental Proofs and Illustrations of All the Principal Propositions in Every Branch of Natural Science: Also a Particular Account of the Invention Structure Improvement and Uses of All the Considerable Instruments Engines and Machines; With New Calculations Relating to Their Nature Power and Operation.</em></p><p>London: Printed for W. Strahan; J. & F. Rivington; W. Johnston; Hawes & Co.; T. Carnan and F. Newbery; B. Collins; W. Frederick; and sold by the Author at his House in Fleet-Street 1771. Third edition. Complete in four volumes. Three text volumes plus a separate atlas volume of plates. Quarto. Approximately 8.5" x 5.5". Vol. I: xxx 333pp 3 ads; Vol. II: xiv 390pp 2 ads; Vol. III: x 405pp index. Atlas volume with 81 engraved copperplates the majority folding. Contemporary or near-contemporary half marbled calf over marbled boards with one repair to the upper spine of Vol. IV. Bindings sound and well-aligned. Engraved plates clean and strong with no losses; folds supple and correctly opening. Text generally clean throughout with manuscript annotations on the versos of the plates linking them to the relevant portions of text. Overall Very Good to Very Good.</p><p>Third and expanded edition of Benjamin Martin's monumental exposition of Newtonian natural philosophy combining physics astronomy geography mechanics and experimental science into a single unified system. The work includes extensive treatment of optics celestial motion gravitation hydrostatics pneumatics electricity and the mechanical powers alongside detailed explanations of contemporary scientific instruments and experimental apparatus. The separate atlas volume contains 81 finely engraved plates illustrating astronomical systems orreries telescopes microscopes air pumps electrical machines engines survey instruments and mechanical demonstrations.</p><p>This third edition represents the fully mature state of Martin's project as a practical synthesis of Newtonian science for broad professional use in the later eighteenth century. Unlike earlier editions which often survive without the full engraved apparatus this issue consolidates the theoretical text and the mechanical-visual program into a coherent instructional system. The separate atlas format allows for larger clearer mechanical and astronomical engravings than the inline plates of earlier printings making this edition particularly well suited for institutional reference in the history of science technology and scientific pedagogy.</p> Printed for W. Strahan; J. & F. Rivington; W. Johnston; Hawes & Co.; T. Carnan and F. Newbery; B. Collins; W. Frederick hardcover
1926279<p>First edition of Isaac Babel's <em>Red Cavalry</em> transliterated as Konarmiya or Konarmiia. First printing. Original wraps. Octavo with deckle edges. Margins lightly yellowed; occasional light soiling; some pencil underlining. Original illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. Rebacked with small repairs and spine title apparently refreshed. Corners rounded with two small areas reinforced to reverse of covers. In custom grey cloth clamshell case.</p><p>True first edition in the original Russian of Babel's masterpiece frequently cited as the greatest literary work of the Russian Revolution and a high spot of both Russian and European Jewish modernism. Few copies extant having needed to survive the chaos of the early Soviet Union; the destruction of copies following Babel's banning purge and eventual murder under Stalin; the burning of copies by the Nazi regime where it appeared on the "combustion lists"; the massive widespread destruction of the Second World War; and the chaos at the end of the Soviet Union.</p> Gosudrastvennoe Izdatel'stvo paperback
1404JC028<p><strong>SIVE DE Reflexionibus Refractionibus Inflexionibus & Coloribus LUCIS </strong>LIBRI TRES. Authore Isaaco Newton Equite Aurio. Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke. S. T. P. Editio Secunda auctior. LONDINI. Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys Regiae Societatis Typographorum ad Insignia Principis in Areâ Occidentali D. Pauli. MDCCIXI 1719.</p>_x000d_<p>In 4º de 195x12 cm com ix 415 págs. Encadernação da época inteira de pele com ferros a ouro na lombada e ferros a ouro rolados com motivos florais nas esquadrias das pastas e nos super-libris. Corte das folhas marmoreado. Acondicionado em estojo de pele.</p>_x000d_<p>Ilustrado com 12 gravuras desdobráveis abertas em chapa de metal com todas as figuras geométricas do estudo da reflexão da refracção e do estudo do arco-íris e das cores.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar com título de posse manuscrito e rasurado no pé da folha de rosto.</p>_x000d_<p>Segunda edição deste tratado um dos grandes livros da história da ciência.</p>_x000d_<p>Newton produziu muitas explicações para os mais variados problemas. Este livro Óptica de Newton fez pela Luz e pela Óptica o que o seu Principia tinha feito pela Gravidade ou seja colocou a Luz numa base científica diz E. W. Brown. Contém uma acumulação de fenômenos ópticos desde o seu primeiro trabalho uma pequena memória sobre Transação Filosófica 1672 até este livro editado 33 anos mais tarde.</p>_x000d_<p>EN In 4º 195x12 cm. ix 415 pags.</p>_x000d_<p>Contemporary full calf binding gilt at spine and gilt tooled at boards in floral frames. Marbled edges. Packed in case in the style of a tobacco case finished in full calf.</p>_x000d_<p>Illustrated with 12 folding plates containing the graphics from the study of the light reflection and refraction and the explanation of the rainbow.</p>_x000d_<p>Copy with ownership title erased at bottom of title page.</p>_x000d_<p>2nd Latin edition of Newton's 'Optics: or a Treatise of the Reflections Refractions Inflections and Colours of Light. London 1704'. One of the greatest books in the history of science.</p>_x000d_<p>Newton found out many explanations to many problems. This book Newtons Optics did for Optics and Light what his Principia did for Gravitation namely it gave Light a scientific basis says E.W. Brown. It contains an accumulation of optical phenomena from his first paper a short memoir in Philosophical Transaction 1672 to the above book Optics 33 years later.</p>_x000d_<p>Referências/References: </p>_x000d_<p>Gray 180; Babson 138; Wallis 180; British Lybrary: General Reference Collection 59.g.19</p> M-11-C-11 hardcover
1822H61BFWWJLAPYParis 1822. 18mo. Nepveu back of half-title: printed by dHautel Late 19th-century gold-tooled brown half morocco chemical-marbled sides marbled endpapers peacock pattern gilt edges. With 23 of 24 etched plates including 3 as frontispieces and 17 folding all but one in contemporary hand-colouring. 3 volumes. XXX IV 127 1 blank; 4 139 1 blank; 4 206 pp. The Dutch scholar Isaac Titsingh 1745-1812 was head of the Dutch trading post at Dejima and spent in total some 44 months in Japan in the years 1779-1780 1781-1783 and 1784. He collected material for a monumental work on Japan but published only several brief essays during his lifetime. The Paris-based publisher Nepveu posthumously issued two volumes of selections from Titsingh's papers translated into French: Cérémonies usitées en Japon pour les mariages et les funérailles 1819 and Mémoires et anecdotes de la dynastie regnante des Djogouns 1820. The present second edition combines these two works leaving out some short essays.The first volume consists of essays on Japanese marriage ceremonies the second is devoted to funeral ceremonies and some other feasts and includes an account of "dosia" a powdered recreational and medicinal drug while the final volume consists of a series of anecdotes about the shoguns.In very good condition with some plates slightly tattered at the edges. The bindings show some light wear.l Cordier Japonica col. 449; Landwehr & V.d. Krogt VOC 536; Tiele Bibl. 1096 note. unknown
183682404Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co 1836-1841. First editi<span class="match">on</span> <span class="match">of</span> "<span class="match">the</span> first anthology <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">Jewish</span> serm<span class="match">on</span>s in America" which "marked <span class="match">the</span> coming <span class="match">of</span> age <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">the </span>American synagogue and ministry"Goldman. Association copy linking <span class="match">the</span> two most prominent and influential figures in <span class="match">Jewish</span> America and England <span class="match">of</span> this era Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized <span class="match">the</span> format of the early American <span class="match">Jewish</span> sermon by preaching in English helping to establish regular serm<span class="match">on</span>s as a central part <span class="match">of</span> the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international <span class="match">Leeser</span> corresp<span class="match">on</span>ded regularly with <span class="match">Jewish</span> leaders in England most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses M<span class="match">on</span>tefiore who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. Goldman 687; Rosenbach 413 479 476; Singerman 0632 0748. Octavo four volumes bound in two original cloth paper spine labels from the library of Moses Montefiore with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. In good condition with some dampstaining and moderate toning to Volume I. Bound with Leeser's The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights as issued. A rare and desirable piece of American Jewish history. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser's "contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism." In addition to his influence on the Jewish pulpit in the United States Leeser became the first American Jewish publisher and produced the first Jewish translation of the bible into English. "The translation of the Bible was Leeser's great literary achievement and represented many years of patient labor and devotion to a task which he considered sacred.until the new Jewish Publication Society version was issued in 1917 it was the only source from which many Jews not conversant with Hebrew derived their knowledge of the Bible in accordance with Jewish tradition" Waxman 1090. C. Sherman and Co hardcover books
183682404Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co 1836-1841. First edition of "the first anthology of Jewish sermons in America" which "marked the coming of age of the American synagogue and ministry"Goldman. Association copy linking the two most prominent and influential figures in Jewish America and England of this era Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized the format of the early American Jewish sermon by preaching in English helping to establish regular sermons as a central part of the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international Leeser corresponded regularly with Jewish leaders in England most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses Montefiore who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. Goldman 687; Rosenbach 413 479 476; Singerman 0632 0748. Octavo four volumes bound in two original cloth paper spine labels from the library of Moses Montefiore with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. In good condition with some dampstaining and moderate toning to Volume I. Bound with Leeser's The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights as issued. A rare and desirable piece of American Jewish history. American Jewish lay minister author translator and publisher Issac Leeser’s “contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism." In addition to his influence on the Jewish pulpit in the United States Leeser became the first American Jewish publisher and produced the first Jewish translation of the bible into English. “The translation of the Bible was Leeser’s great literary achievement and represented many years of patient labor and devotion to a task which he considered sacred…until the new Jewish Publication Society version was issued in 1917 it was the only source from which many Jews not conversant with Hebrew derived their knowledge of the Bible in accordance with Jewish tradition†Waxman 1090. C. Sherman and Co hardcover
1209Twelve folding engraved plates. 1 leaf of ads 1 p.l. xi 1 415 pp. 1 p. of ads. 8vo 18th-cent. speckled calf carefully rebacked by Aquarius double gilt fillet round sides spine richly gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: G. & J. Innys 1719. Second edition in Latin and an influential book on the Continent. Newton published this edition in Latin to reach the Continental audience which had been little influenced by his optical experiments. The edition served its purpose and caused numerous demonstrations of his theory of colors to be performed in Paris. Newton's optical theories began to spread significantly outside Great Britain as a result of this book. See Westfall's Never at Rest pp. 794-95. A very good copy with the signature dated 14 Mar. 1822 of Stephen Peter Rigaud 1774-1839 historian of science astronomer and Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford. Stamp of the Radcliffe Observatory on verso of title. With the bookplate of William A. Cole the distinguished collector and bibliographer of chemistry. ❧ Babson 138. unknown books
1950140946872New York: Gnome Press Inc 1950. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth boards stamped in black. Very Good with slight lean to binding small ding to bottom edge of upper board. Tide mark to top edge that lightly intrudes into margins light soiling to ensheets minor toning to contents and former owner's name to front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with faded spine light rubbing to panels and closed edge tears and tear at the bottom front spine joint. Damp staining to rear flap with foxing to spine panel at verso. A nice copy of the sci-fi classic. Gnome Press, Inc unknown
171938274London, Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys, 1719 (colophon: Londini: Ex Officina Gulielmi Bowyer, 1718). 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Corners, fronthinge and spineends professionally repaired. Inner hinges reinforced. Gilt lineborders on back. Titlelabel in red leather with gilt lettering. Old owners name stamped on titlepage (small).Instead of htitle is bound ""Catalogus Librorum prostantium apud Gul. & Joh. Innys"" (1 leaf), the Cataloque is furthermore bound at end, but with a different typography. (2),XI,(1),415 pp. and 12 folded engraved plates. Very light brownning to a few margins. Printed on good paper, in general fine and clean internally.
171938274London Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys 1719 colophon: Londini: Ex Officina Gulielmi Bowyer 1718. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Corners fronthinge and spineends professionally repaired. Inner hinges reinforced. Gilt lineborders on back. Titlelabel in red leather with gilt lettering. Old owners name stamped on titlepage small.Instead of htitle is bound "Catalogus Librorum prostantium apud Gul. & Joh. Innys" 1 leaf the Cataloque is furthermore bound at end but with a different typography. 2XI1415 pp. and 12 folded engraved plates. Very light brownning to a few margins. Printed on good paper in general fine and clean internally. <br/><br/><em>Scarce second Latin edition of Newton's "Optics: or a Treatise of the Reflections Refractions Inflections and Colours of Light. London 1704." one of the great books in the history of science. "Newton's Optics did for Light what his Principia had done for Gravitation namely placed it on a scientific basis." E.W. Brown. The translation was brought to light "At the request of Newton Dr. Samuel Clarke prepared a Latin edition of his Optics which appeared 1706 and he was generously presented by Sir Isaac with GBP 500 or GBP 100 for each of his five children as a token of the appreciation and gratitude of the author. DeMoivre is said to have secured and taken charge of this translation and to have spared neither time nor trouble in the task. Newton met him every evening at a coffe-house and when they have finished their work he took De Moivre home with him to spend the evening in philosophical conversation."Brewster in his "Newton" 1855"."In the accumulation of optical phenomena from his first paper the short memoir in Philosophical Transaction 1672 until the above book the Optics. 33 years later Newton had gathered explanations to many problems. The rainbow is fully explained and also "Newton's rings" produced by pressing the flat side of a plano-convex glass against a double convex lens of long focal lenght producing rings of alternating brightness and darkness; his explanation was not valid as he did not know optical interference. He speculated on the double refraction of Icelandic spar." Dibner in Heralds of Science No 148 - G.J. Gray No 180. </em> hardcover
193084308New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932-35. Contemporary bookplate near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
193084308New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932–35. Contemporary bookplate near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. American composer and pianist George Gershwin’s orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as “Swanee†“Fascinating Rhythm†“That Certain Feeling†“The Man I Love†“Strike Up the Band†and “I Got Rhythm†among others. “In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important… is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George’s ‘improvised’ versions of the songs†Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover
