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185982600Cincinnati: Bloch & Co 1859. First edition of American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise's historical account of the era of Herod I. Octavo contemporary cloth over boards lacking the front free endpaper library bookplate to the front pastedown later collector's stamps to the title page with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. In good condition. Rare. American reform rabbi editor and author Isaac Mayer Wise established the first synagogue in the United States to include a mixed-gender choir family pews and count women in forming a quorum. Published in 1847 his Manhag American prayer-book was adopted and became the standard prayer book in most congregations throughout the Western and Southern states. He additionally published over two dozen works on the history of Judaism and Christianity including The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth Judaism and Christianity: Their Agreements and Disagreements and The Cosmic God. Bloch & Co hardcover books
185982600Cincinnati: Bloch & Co 1859. First edition of American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise's historical account of the era of Herod I. Octavo contemporary cloth over boards lacking the front free endpaper library bookplate to the front pastedown later collector's stamps to the title page with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. In good condition. Rare. American reform rabbi editor and author Isaac Mayer Wise established the first synagogue in the United States to include a mixed-gender choir family pews and count women in forming a quorum. Published in 1847 his Manhag American prayer-book was adopted and became the standard prayer book in most congregations throughout the Western and Southern states. He additionally published over two dozen works on the history of Judaism and Christianity including The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth Judaism and Christianity: Their Agreements and Disagreements and The Cosmic God. Bloch & Co hardcover
174039297Paris, De Bure, 1740. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, richly gilt spine and and red speckled edges. Leather title-label to spine. Corners neatly repaired. Title in red/black. (2), III-XXX, (2) Errata, 148 pp., many diagrams. The ""Preface"" and the first 18 leaves of the text with a foxing to lower margin and right corners. The ""Preface"" is an historical account of Newton's method ""la sublime méthode"", written by Buffon. Without the leaf ""Extrait des Registres"".
174039297Paris De Bure 1740. 4to. Contemporary half calf raised bands richly gilt spine and and red speckled edges. Leather title-label to spine. Corners neatly repaired. Title in red/black. 2 III-XXX 2 Errata 148 pp. many diagrams. The "Preface" and the first 18 leaves of the text with a foxing to lower margin and right corners. The "Preface" is an historical account of Newton's method "la sublime méthode" written by Buffon. Without the leaf "Extrait des Registres". <br/><br/><em>The influential first French edition of Newton's important work which constitutes the most extensive description of the mathematical method he used in his famous "Principia" the method of infinitesimals which was already written about 1671 but not published until 1736 i.e. posthumously with the title "Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series.". In this work "Newton stated clearly the fundamental problem of the calculus: the relation of quantities being given to find the relation of the fluxions of these and conversely. In conformity with this problem and the new notation Newton then gave examples of his method.In this book Newton introduced his characteristic notation and conceptions. He regarded his variable quantities as generated by the continuous motion of points lines and planes rather than as aggregates of infinitesimal elements the view which had appeared in "De analysi".The rate of generation Newton called a "fluxion" designating it by means of a letter with a dot over it a "pricked letter" the quantity generates he called a "fluent". Boyer The History of the Calculus.Colson in his preface to the first edition from 1736 says: "I gladly embraced the opportunity that was put into my hands of publishing this posthumous work because I found it had been composed with that view and design. And that my own Country-men might first enjoy the benefit of this publication I resolved upon giving it an English translation with some additional remarks of my own I thought it highly injurious to the memory and reputation of the real Author as well as invidious to the glory of our own Nation that so curious and useful a piece should be any longer suppress'd and confined to a few private hands which ought to be communicated to all the learned World for general Instruction.It was through the French translations of his works that Newton came to play the seminal role as the most important of mathematicians that he did in France and particularly the years around 1740 when the present work appeared in French for the first time were seminal to the scientific development in France where the likes of Voltaire had only just made the nation acquinted with the work of the great mathematician. Gray No 236. Babson No 173. </em> hardcover
180833788London: for Samuel Bagster In the Strand 1808. THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION RARE LARGE PAPER COPY AND A UNIQUE HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY. Vignette half-title engraved portrait frontispiece two plates of music 17 illustrations of fish within the text AND A TOTAL OF AN ADDITIONAL 84 PLATES IN ALL. A UNIQUE COPY HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED MANY TINTED OR COLOURED BY HAND. Royal thick 8vo superbly bound by Bayntun of Bath England in very fine full crushed dark green crushed morocco the spine with raised bands separating the compartments the bands gilt stopped the compartments with full gilt panels incorporating fine tooling in a very pleasing pattern the centers of the panels with fishing motifs in gilt the covers elaborately decorated in gilt iin all over designs incorporating multi-ruled and multi-layered panels both gilt ruled and blind ruled and with fine gilt fishing motifs at the four extremities of each cover board edges gilt ruled turnovers with triple gilt fillet rules marbled endleaves all edges gilt. vi 512 pp. A very handsome copy the binding and text-block and plates all beautifully preserved some mild rubbing to the corners the binding is strong the gilt work and presentation are all very pleasing an especially fine example. VERY RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. THE ADDITIONAL PLATES ARE OF SCENERY FAUNA FLORAFISHES AND TINTED OR COLOURED BY HAND. The Bagster printing of 1808 was the first to try an exact reprinting of the 1653 first edition.<br> A beloved classic of the English language and what many call the finest "How-To" book ever written; Walton's ANGLER has been described as "full of wisdom kindly humour and charity; it is one of the most delightful and care-dispelling books in the language." "More than most authors he lives in his writings which are the pure expression of a kind humorous and pious soul in love with nature while the expression itself is unique for apparent simplicity which is really elaborately studied art" DNB. for Samuel Bagster, In the Strand hardcover
16394113Harderwijk and Amsterdam: Nicolaes van Wieringen and Johannes Janssonius 1639. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine a lozenge-shaped ornament on both boards surrounded by a single and a double fillet border remnants of two leather closing ties densely red sprinkled edges. Folio. With a richly engraved title a full-page engraved portrait of the author by J. van Velde 5 double-page engraved maps of Gelderland 4 double-page engraved plans of Nijmegen Arnhem Zutphen and Harderwijk all with a view in profile at the top and 3 full-page engraved portraits of Arnold van Egmond Karel van Egmond and Maarten van Rossem by H.L. Roghman and Retter. First edition of the first extensive history of the duchy of Gelre present day Gelderland in the Netherlands beautifully illustrated with large maps and plans. The work consists of fourteen books. The first contains a historical-topographical description of the region while the other thirteen tell the history of Gelre in chronological order from the time of the Batavi until 1581 when the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe Act of Abjuration was signed. The maps shows various parts of Gelre in detail and the plans depict the four main towns: Nijmegen Arnhem Zutphen and Harderwijk.Johannes Isaac Pontanus 1571-1639 a historian and medical doctor from Harderwijk was commissioned to write the history of Gelre in 1621. The local government het Hof van Gelre and Zutphen had already asked for this history in 1597 but the other historians they had commissioned Paulus Merula 1558-1607 and Johannes Lontius -1621 had both passed away before they were able to complete the work. Pontanus used their notes for his history together with various other manuscripts and finished it shortly before his own death. The work was translated into Dutch by Arend van Slichtenhorst in 1653 using the same maps and plans but in a reduced size.With a later manuscript index on the second free flyleaf and a contemporary inscription on the back pastedown. The edges and corners of the boards are slightly scuffed the vellum is slightly rubbed with a brown ink stain on the front. The work is lightly browned and finger soiled throughout with an occasional small tear of water stain in the margins. Otherwise in good condition.l Bodel Nijenhuis 581; Nijhoff-Van Hattum 254; STCN 830964118 22 copies of which 5 incomplete; Wittop Koning p.78. Nicolaes van Wieringen and Johannes Janssonius, hardcover
1719SS13189London:: Printed for B. Creake . . . J. Sackfield . . .; And sold by W. Mears . . . 1719. 1719. Sm. 4to. xxii 201 5 pp. 10 folding engraved copperplates 5 figs. pp. 24 54 75 112 half-title is a publisher's ad for Boerhaave rear publisher's ads 2 ff. head and tail-pieces; title edges chipped. With errata. Title p.101 perforated stamp and with a rubber stamp on verso of the John Crerar Library eight plates with the ex-library rubber stamp on versos; waterstained throughout. WITH FREQUENT EARLY INK CORRECTIONAL NOTES. Modern half blind-stamped dark calf gilt spine title raised bands marbled paper over boards new endleaves bindery ticket at rear: Pat M. Bruno. Inscription on recto of front blank verso is ad for Boerhaave book "W. --- 1720 Power." SPURIOUS EDITION OF DESAGULIERS' FAMOUS PRIVATE LECTURES CONTAINING NOTES ON BOYLE'S AIR PUMP AND NEWTON ON COLOR THEORY. FIRST ENLARGED EDITION early issue without "All carefully Examined and Corrected by Mr. Desaguliers" on title which otherwise is re-titled "Lectures of Experimental Philosophy". Includes: Sir Isaac Newton's Colours. Proposition. Lights which differ in Colour differ also in Degrees of Refrangibility. Initially published without the author's permission and then by evidence of the printed Preface agreed to issue the book with an erratum. / There are multiple forms of this edition as different copies collate differently Andrade Kenney Honeyman copies. The Honeyman copy called a second edition has two title-pages and the Preface by Desaguliers with an imprint of 1719. There are also differences in the title-pages. The fiasco of the unauthorized edition is the cause of the various issue differences. "Perhaps Dawson hoped . . . to ingratiate himself with his patron but instead he incurred the wrath of the lecturer. Immediately Desaguliers became aware of the book which he called 'ill put together sadly transcrib'd and worse corrected' he approached the booksellers. He found that two-thirds of the imprint had already been sold by Messrs Mears Creake and Sackfield but they paid him ten guineas 'to pacifie me'. They also promised to insert into all remaining copies a preface that Desaguliers would write together with a substantial errata. The preface follows the Dawson dedication in some copies of the book entitled A System of Experimental Philosophy but precedes it in another version called Lectures in Experimental Philosophy." See: Carpenter pp. 34-5 119. / Contents: Mechanical experiments Mechanical powers & definitions; How to make a heavy Body seem to rise it self; gravity balance leaver pulley wheel axle wedge screw laws of nature hydrostatics; Description of Robert Boyle's Air-Pump uses & experiments; How to make an air vacuum; Barometers Thermometers Hydrometers; Catoptrichs; Dioptrichs; Sir Isaac Newton's Colours; Condensing Engine; "Rowley's Horary being a machine to represent the Motion of the Moon about the Earth and the Earth Venus and Mercury about the Sun." / The preface written by Desaguliers himself explains that this volume of lectures was released "before I designed to publish them." He then retells how Paul Dawson "took a copy of the lectures . . . that they may be service to him when he went thro' my courses and they were afterwards sold and published without my knowledge." He obtained a copy of the text and made numerous corrections :: thus the micro-print 1 ½ page errata. The he invites the owner to annotate the book throughout "before he begins to read the lectures." And indeed the owner named Powers did annotate this copy :: clear evidence he read that Preface. A2-3. / The DNB asserts that Desaguliers "held in great esteem by Sir Isaac Newton" "is said to have been the first to deliver learned lectures to general audiences. Lectures by him at his London house were widely attended and were made attractive by experiments." In addition it mentions that Paul Dawson was responsible for the work and that Desaguliers himself "disavowed" himself of the edition. :: DNB pp. 850-1. / Nicholas A Hans describes the types of persons attending Desaguliers' lectures: "merchants craftsmen and clerks and his private audiences consisted of gentlemen and courtiers and included ladies as well." :: Nicholas A Hans New Trends in Education in the Eighteenth Century 1951 p. 141. / Westfall says of Desaguliers he "became a fixture at the meetings of the Royal Society where he carried out sets of experiments intimately related to various aspects of Newtonian natural philosophy. Some of his experiments such as the transmission of heat through a vacuum influenced Newton's views and other found their way into the third edition of the Principia." :: Never at Rest pp. 685-6. / Writing for the DSB A. Rupert Hall points out that Desaguliers did not produce his own version of these lectures until 1734 "when he took occasion to denounce this unauthorized version. . ." :: DSB IV pp. 43-6. / John Theophilus Desaguliers 1683-1744 born at La Rochelle emigrated to England in 1685 as a Huguenot refugee hidden in a tub at 2-years of age studied at Oxford he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1714. As the Society's experimenter and a close friend of Newton he often verified Newton's theories through experimentation. "In 1717 he published Physico-Mechanical Lectures an eighty-page abstract of the twenty-two lectures of his course. Although not authorized by Desaguliers the present work is the first full account of his lectures edited by his student Paul Dawson. Primarily of interest as a textbook of Newtonian physics many chemical topics are included. The first issue appeared with the title A System of Experimental Philosophy." / REFERENCES: Bakken title: "Lectures of experimental philosophy . . . 1719" pp. 52-3; Goodison English Barometers 1680-1860 p. 369; Keynes Boyle 366 pp. 122-9; Roy G. Neville I p. 354 second issue; Poggendorff I 554; Wellcome II p. 451; Wheeler 249. Not in Babson Barchas Gray or Verne L. Roberts catalogues. See: DSB IV p. 45; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 1714-1840 35; Audrey T. Carpenter John Theophilus Desaguliers: A Natural Philosopher Engineer and Freemason in Newtonian England Bloomsbury Academic 2011. FULL TITLE: A System of Experimental Philosophy Prov'd by Mechanicks wherein the principles and laws of Physicks Mechanicks Hydrostaticks and Opticks are demonstrated and explained at large by a great number of curious experiments. . . To which is added Sir Isaac Newton's colours: the description of the condensing engine with its apparatus: and Rowley's Horary; a machine representing the motion of the Moon about the Earth; Venus and Mercury about the Sun according to the Copernican System. Printed for B. Creake, . . . J. Sackfield . . .; And sold by W. Mears, . . . 1719. hardcover books
1815275647New York: New-York Courier 1815. First. pamphlet. 21 pages printed with text in double columns. Original pamphlet sewn dampstain at upper corner and rough at edges but well inside the ample margins; some pages still un-opened. New York: At the Office of the New-York Courier 1815. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce pamphlet. OCLC lists only 13 copies including those at Columbia Cornell Yale Harvard and the New York Historical Society.<br/> <br/> Attributed to Isaac Bronson by F. Redlich in "The Molding of American Banking" 1868 volume 1 page 308. "Isaac Bronson was a highly successful financier of the Jacksonian era who was also one of the period's most original and influential banking theorists. Bronson accumulated his very considerable fortune in New York primarily by judicious personal money-lending operations on long-term bonds and mortgages at a cautious 7 per cent annual return supplemented by successful ventures in land speculation. In addition to wealth he had by the 1830's acquired a weighty reputation for sober financial conservatism and was regarded as an authoritative exponent of sound banking principles. Prominent in the financial community he had long thrown his weight as a sound banking theorist against the "wild-cat" practices of the then rampant state banks." --Venit A. 1945. The Journal of Economic History<br/> <br/> New-York Courier unknown
1815275647New York: New-York Courier 1815. First. pamphlet. 21 pages printed with text in double columns. Original pamphlet sewn dampstain at upper corner and rough at edges but well inside the ample margins; some pages still un-opened. New York: At the Office of the New-York Courier 1815. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce pamphlet. OCLC lists only 13 copies including those at Columbia Cornell Yale Harvard and the New York Historical Society.<br/><br/> Attributed to Isaac Bronson by F. Redlich in "The Molding of American Banking" 1868 volume 1 page 308. "Isaac Bronson was a highly successful financier of the Jacksonian era who was also one of the period's most original and influential banking theorists. Bronson accumulated his very considerable fortune in New York primarily by judicious personal money-lending operations on long-term bonds and mortgages at a cautious 7 per cent annual return supplemented by successful ventures in land speculation. In addition to wealth he had by the 1830's acquired a weighty reputation for sober financial conservatism and was regarded as an authoritative exponent of sound banking principles. Prominent in the financial community he had long thrown his weight as a sound banking theorist against the "wild-cat" practices of the then rampant state banks." --Venit A. 1945. The Journal of Economic History<br/><br/> New-York Courier unknown books
168748832Gouda: Justus van der Hoeve 1687. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Three parts quarto. asterisk-2 asterisk4 A-3A4 3B = 197 leaves; K2 signed H2. 16 364 14 indexpp. Title in red and black printed marginalia woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary paneled calf expertly rebacked to style gilt lettering piece. Occasional touch of mild foxing else a fine crisp amply-margined copy. <br /> <br /> First edition of this remarkable collection modeled on a work of Hugo Grotius with the same title including the transcription of an epistolary debate between the Dutch theologian Phillip van Limborch 1633-1712 and the Jewish scholar Isaac Orobio de Castro ca.1617-1687. Jonathan Israel views the work as "a key exemplum of the new 'enlightened' method of upholding Christianity." Limborch was a leading Dutch theologian aligned with the Arminians and professor in the Seminary of the Remonstrants at Amsterdam. Orobio de Castro had been Professor of Theology at Salamanca who was imprisoned by the Inquisition on account of his sympathy with the Jews of Spain. He fled the country going first to France and then to Holland where he abjured Christianity and became deeply involved in the philosophico-religious controversies in the Low Countries. In the present work Limborch publishes three letters written by Orobio de Castro along with his own detailed responses. In arguing against the "truth" of the Christian religion "Orobio retorted that the advent of Christ has done nothing to render mankind less sinful or to lessen suffering that the rise of Christianity far from being unparalleled was surpassed by the expansion of Islam. and that far from being unchallengeable Christ's miracles had not been performed publicly like the miracle at Mount Sinai but virtually in secret a circumstance which renders them entirely dubious. These responses and his further claims that the New Testament is unreliable providing no basis for trust in Christ's miracles since the text exists only in Greek a language neither Jesus nor the Apostles had the slightest knowledge of. made no impact on Limborch Le Clerc or Locke who were convinced of their triumph over Orobio. Nevertheless Orobio's arguments were fully and objectively reported in the text and subsequently widely read across Europe and some of those who read it were not so sure that Orobio was 'vanquished'. Boulainvilliers who meticulously examined the text concluded that Limborch's arguments were less securely grounded on reason than he and his allies supposed and that even without their realizing it it was Orobio who won the contest a verdict echoed in other anti-Christian clandestine philosophical literature of the early eighteenth century" Israel.<br /> <br /> Edited from a manuscript formerly in the possession of the Leiden professor of theology Simon Episcopius and now in the University Library Amsterdam the Exemplar Humanae Vitae is the autobiography of the Portuguese Jew Uriel da Costa ca.1585-1640 who was excommunicated from the Sephardi Jewish community of Hamburg in 1618 after addressing a polemical broadside to the leaders of the Sephardi congregation of Venice in which he criticized rabbinic Judaism as incompatible with the Torah. He later settled in Amsterdam where he submitted to a public recantation of his views before the Portuguese Jewish congregation and committed suicide shortly thereafter. A radical freethinker who here makes an imposing plea against dogmatics da Costa may be viewed as a forerunner of Spinoza. An English translation was published at London in 1740; a complete edition of his few works was edited in 1922 by Carl Gebhardt Schriften des Uriel da Costa and published as the second volume of the Bibliotheca Spinozana. At the conclusion Limborch offers his refutation of da Costa's challenge to revealed religion. References: Bamberger no. 67. Fürst 1:17. De Graaf Cat. 70: Spiritualists Nonconformists & Dissenters no. 360. J. Israel Radical Enlightenment OUP 2001 esp. pp. 464-466. Oscott Catalogues: Recusant Books part 2 no. 2286; The Old Library part 2: Bible Collections no. 895. For Da Costa's Exemplar cf. Roth B18.30 citing the English version of 1740. The work was already scarce and much sought after in the early modern era as evidenced by: DeBure Theology no. 583: “ouvrage estime & recherche les exemplaires en sont peu communs†and Osmont Dictionnaire vol. 1 p.406: “rare et estimé.†In his 1694 catalogue of Christian Hebraic works Bibliotheca Latino-Hebraica Carlo Imbonati offers a surprisingly long discussion of De Veritate on pp. 201-209. Justus van der Hoeve hardcover
1836WRCAM43669Shawanoe Baptist Mission Ind. Ter. Ks.: J. Meeker 1836. 88pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. A bit of light foxing. Very good. The second number of McCoy's THE ANNUAL REGISTER. of which only four numbers were ever printed containing valuable first-hand particulars regarding the western Indian tribes. McCoy first visited the Prairies in 1828 with follow-up tours during the next three years. In 1831 he settled at the Shawanoe Mission in 1831 which had been founded by Lykins earlier that year. During the following years McCoy travelled widely in the western country. In 1835 he had Jothan Meeker who had established a press at the Mission a year earlier print the initial number of THE ANNUAL REGISTER. McCoy's works are full of information regarding the Indian emigrant's introduction into the new country and provide details concerning many tribes e.g. Pawnee Otoe Omaha Cherokee Delaware Kickapoo Osage Kansas etc. Also included are descriptions of the military posts within Indian Territory conditions of various tribes etc. Complete sets of the four numbers are rarely met with - even the Streeter set lacked the first number. Printing began in Kansas in 1834 and McCoy's ANNUAL REGISTERs are the first works of any substance printed in the state. SABIN 43111. HOWES M67 "aa." FIELD 983. GRAFF 2586. STREETER SALE 544 ref. McMURTRIE & ALLEN Meeker 41. J. Meeker hardcover books
309874Goshen CT: The Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. Letter S of 26 copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full black morocco with a six-color morocco onlay on upper cover panelled spine with gilt title t.e.g. others uncut by Gray Parrot with his label on rear pastedown. Very fine in original morocco-backed folding case. Letter S of 26 copies of the Large Paper De Luxe Edition on handmade Crown & Sceptre paper. With photoengraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page specially produced by Richard Benson with calligraphy by Stephen Harvard and illustrations printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. 1 vols. 8vo. The beautiful deluxe issue of the standard essential bibliography. The Angler's & Shooter's Press unknown
1953283970gnome press 1953 first edition. near fine book near fine jacket blue boards lettered in brown tiny name written on the ep tiny top of the spine and corner chips hard to see.some rub marks top of the boards. gnome press hardcover
1820136164London: R. Ackermann 1820. First illustrated edition First illustrated edition with plates watermarked 1816-20. By 1820 Rudolph Ackermann 1764-1834 had established himself as one of the premium publishers of colour plate books in Britain largely thanks to a number of works on English topography starting with The Microcosm of London in 1808. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine was the first title in Ackermann's "Picturesque Tour" series and was issued in six monthly parts. While Gerning's text was originally published in German in 1819 the introduction makes it clear that Ackermann was already working on his illustrated edition. Abbey suggests that "that the text was commissioned by Ackermann as were the views for the plates". Quarto 343 x 280 mm. With 24 hand-coloured aquatints and one large folding map with colour highlights. Includes the list of subscribers. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in dark green half morocco green buckram boards raised bands spine lettered in gilt compartments and boards ruled in single gilt fillets top edge gilt pale green endpapers. Spine slightly sunned boards a touch scuffed and rubbed minor offsetting from plates occasional light spotting a couple of creases to the Bornhofen plate and a small repair to the margin on the Biebrich plate. Overall a very good copy. Abbey Travel 217; Tooley 234. hardcover
3549917Short description: In Russian. Rabinovich Isaac Moiseevich. Theory and Practice of Railway Law on Cargo Luggage and Passenger Transport. St. Petersburg: Type. M.M. Stasyulevich 1898. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU3549917 unknown
3549917Short description: In Russian. Rabinovich, Isaac Moiseevich. Theory and Practice of Railway Law on Cargo, Luggage, and Passenger Transport. St. Petersburg: Type. M.M. Stasyulevich, 1898. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU3549917
195114715spectacular association copy THE STARS LIKE DUST Doubleday 1951 first edition a few minor spots to the fore edge some age toning to the page edges else a near fine copy in a bright vg or better dust-wrapper save for a tiny chip missing from the base of the dust-wrapper spine and a printed slip from the Dirk Wylie Literary Agency unceremoniously taped to the front dust-wrapper panel. A reveiw copy with accompanying review slip laid in. Very scarce thus. Formerly the copy of Fred Pohl with his ownership signature on the front end-paper. It was Pohl who while acting as Asimov's literary agent at the time sold this book to Doubleday. A spectacular association copy between two very close and very old friends not to mention two Super Nova's of the genre. Doubleday unknown
013566New York: Fantasy House Inc. / Mercury Publications / Mercury Press First Editions 1949-1979 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order. An order from outside the US or Canada cannot be accepted due to the impossibility of satisfying the necessary export requirements and documentation. 338 science fiction fantasy pulp magazines digest size. Offered here is a COMPLETE UNBROKEN RUN of 338 consecutive volumes from the first issue Fall 1949 Vol 1 # 1 issue # 1 to July 1979 Vol 57 # 1 issue # 338 the first 30 years of a magazine which is still being published. The first issue Fall 1949 was titled The Magazine of Fantasy all subsequent issues were titled The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The editors were Anthony Boucher and J Francis McComas Boucher alone Robert P. Mills Avram Davidson Joseph W. Ferman and Edward L. Ferman. The publishers were Fantasy House Inc. Mercury Publications and Mercury Press. Unlike other SF magazine of the period there were almost no interior illustrations thus leaving more room for stories. Some notable tales were Star Lummox Star Beast Door Into Summer Glory Road Have Spacesuit Will Travel Starship Soldier Starship Troopers All You Zombies all by Heinlein Born of Man and Woman Matheson Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore the John the Ballad Singer stories by Wellman the People series by Henderson Canticle of Leibowitz stories by Walter M. Miller Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys Venus on the Half-Shell by Farmer many other tales by Dick Ellison early Stephen King including the first Gunslinger tale and such. Isaac Asimov wrote a well-received science column from November 1958 on. There were a number of Author Special issues each of which contained new stories by the author bibliographies and commentary on the author by other writers and authorities: Theodore Sturgeon Ray Bradbury Isaac Asimov Fritz Leiber Poul Anderson James Blish Frederick Pohl Robert Silverberg Damon Knight & Harlan Ellison. Many issues were obtained by subscription no labels never read and are thus fine. A couple have some spine damage there is some cover creasing small tears and scuffing condition ranges from good to as new with most being at least VG to near fine. Inquiries on condition contents or requests for cover scans of individual volumes are welcomed. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. New York: Fantasy House, Inc. / Mercury Publications / Mercury Press First Editions 1949-1979 paperback
180211944Paris: Chez Bernard 1802. 2 volumes bound as one. First French edition. Extensively illustrated with folding engraved diagrams of geometric problems. 4to contemporary calf with gilt tooling on covers and spine. Red morocco lettering panel. Gilt stamp of the “Prix du College Royal D’Henry IV†on both covers. xxiv 252; 258 errata1 ad. A fine especially bright copy with a small tear to upper spine. A VERY SCARCE ISSUE OF THESE IMPORTANT MATHEMATICAL LECTURES. These algebraic lectures given by Newton at Cambridge were first published by William Whiston in 1707. Whiston “extracted from Newton a somewhat reluctant permission to print it. Among several new theorems on various points in algebra and the theory of equations Newton here enunciates the following important results. He explains that the equation whose roots are a solution of a given problem will have as many roots as their are different probable cases.He extends Descartes rules of signs to give limits to the number of imaginary roots.The most interesting theorem contained in the work is his attempt to find a rule analogous to that of Descartes for real roots by which the number of imaginary roots of a equation can be determined.†Later with the idea of stimulating annotations to the work Gravedsande published SPECIMIN COMMENTARII IN ARITHMETICAM UNIVERSLAEM; and Maclaurins’s ALGEBRA seems to have been written in response to this. Chez Bernard unknown
1769102661Londres W. Johnston, 1769, in-8, VIII-536-[2]-63-[3] pp. 8 pl, Demi-veau à coins brun, filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de frises à froid, Troisième édition de la traduction anglaise de Mr. Ralphson, révisée et corrigée Mr. Cunn, annotée par le révérend Theaker Wilder et augmentée d'un traité sur les mesures de ratio de James Maguire. L'originale a d'abord paru en latin en 1707 et la première traduction anglais en 1720. Elle est illustrée de 8 planches dépliantes reliées in fine. Cette édition fut mise au point par le commentateur Theaker Wilder à l'usage de ses élèves dublinois. À l'origine, ce petit traité abordant l'algèbre et la solution des équations a paru sans le nom de son illustre auteur et provient de ses leçons professées de 1673 à 1683 alors qu'il est professeur de mathématiques à Cambridge. Son successeur à ce poste n'est autre que William Whiston, traducteur de la première édition anglaise. Newton y donne notamment, sans démonstration, son interprétation de la règle des signes de Descartes pour obtenir le nombre de racines réelles d'un polynôme. Il faudra attendre 1865 pour que le mathématicien anglais James Joseph Sylvester en fasse la démonstration après que nombres de mathématiciens, et parmi eux Euler, s'y soient essayés en vain. Peu commun. Reliure restaurée, frottements et épidermures, quelques taches et rousseurs éparses. Ex-libris manuscrit Richard M. Elligott; ex-libris manuscrit Peter Villeneuve[?]; ex-libris manuscrit Cavanagh Wilder [? un parent du commentateur de l'ouvrage ?]. Gray, 286; Babson, 203. Couverture rigide
19012008771979. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. A fascinating archive of signed letters and documents pertaining to the American Sci-Fi master Isaac Asimov. The collection comprises 6 typed letters on the author's letterhead a typed questionnaire with autograph inscriptions a postcard with autograph signature an autograph letter on postcard and one photograph signed. 2 of the original envelopes are also included. Typed Letters Signed: 1. 26 Aug 1979 - pp.1 to Siv Lind. In which he complains about signing books which takes too much time. For this reason he has."long since decided no longer to fulfil these tasks. I'm sorry but I grow old and must concentrate on my work". 2. 8 Nov 1984 - pp. 1 to publisher Rolando Pieraccini. In which he discusses foreign rights to his works. "I have no control over them whatever and you must deal with Doubleday". 3. 8 Nov 1984 - pp. 1 to publisher Rolando Pieraccini. In which Mr Asimov lists his favourite short stories and assures the publisher that he will sign the title pages of his books "as my contribution to making the book more available to my Finnish readers." 4. 19 Dec 1984 - pp.1 to Renata Mattioli. Responding to a request for information about how many copies of his books have been sold and translated the author replies "I haven't got the least idea.I suspect the FOUNDATION SERIES has been the most translated and most sold.I think I have been translated into at least forty languages." 5. 11 Feb 1985 - pp. 1 to Peter Michielsen. In which he refuses to be interviewed by the journalist having ".developed a severe allergy to the whole thing." adding ".I don't have a "few hours" even to speak with my wife let alone be interviewed." 6. 10 Feb 1986 - pp. 1 to publisher Rolando Pieraccini. In which the author asks the publisher for instructions about how and where he should sign the material being sent to him. Typed Questionnaire with Autograph Inscriptions A one page pre-drafted letter with three questions sent to the author which has been answered with short autograph inscriptions and signed. Typed Note Signed "Here is my autograph". Postcard Signed Inscribed "Best Wishes" Autograph Document on Postcard Signed On the back of a postcard 13 hand-written lines in which the author describes the Foundation series character Gaal Dornick. Signed Photograph A black and white head-shot approx 8 x 10 which has been signed by Isaac Asimov. While he was a somewhat prodigious letter-writer few examples of Isaac Asimov's correspondence are currently available on the market making this collection particularly significant. The accompanying images are provided in high resolution and should give further information concerning content and condition of the items. Book ID: 06122401 <br/> <br/> unknown
199693166Peter Lang Pub Inc. New. 1996. Paperback. 082042904X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TWO VOUME SET. Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. DESCRIPTION - - Vol. I: Text- Vol. II: Plates. "Isaac de Moucheron 1667 1744 18th-century Dutch painter and interior decorator. In Holland at the turn of the eighteenth century the taste for more elaborate room decoration created a demand for large landscapes including imaginary garden scenes. Works by Isaac de Moucheron often illustrated imaginary Italianate gardens filled with classical architecture and statuary. His beautiful compositions were much sought after and often used for wall designs. Contents: Life and Times - Artistic Achievements - Appendices - Bibliography - Portraits of I. De Moucheron - Catalogue of Isaac de Moucheron's Oeuvre - An Inventory of Dutch Decorative Paintings - Indices - Plates. Peter Lang Pub Inc Frankfurt am Main 1996. 2 vols. Illustated. Scarce. One 1 2 Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Peter Lang Pub Inc paperback
1756006153London: Grays-Inn; near London Bridge; in Fleetstreet; in Cornhill; in Pater-Noster-Row.: T Osborne and J Shipton; J Hodge; L Davies; J Ward; And R Baldwin. 1756. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. WARE I. WATE J. SMITH GL. ROBERTS Thos. VG 1st ed later issue 122 pls frontis & 2 vignettes. In contemporary boards gilt edge tooling corners & edges rubbed. Skilfully rebacked raised bands gilt tooling gilt titles to red morocco label. Internally frontis some spotting 17 1 1 2-92 93-96 2 97-112 2 113-120 2 121-748 4 complete with all 122 plates some large & folding plus frontispiece title page in red & black inks 2 vignettes leaves watermarked IA or XA pl 110 with 2 short gutter tears old ink name to title head Frances Puleston some browning & light spotting pls generally mounted per pl list 1 pl with Warwick Shire rather than Berkshire contents lists Books 1-10. But a Very Good copy. Originally issued in parts 1756-1757. 250420 mm. O'Neil 126a/b. Fowler 436. Avery AAW21. 'A work of Sterling Merit; it relates to the practical as well as the theoretical and decorative part of the Art' - Allibone 2581. Ware's best known work a translation of Palladio's great treatise which offers a comprehensive overview of the theory & practice of Georgian Architecture. It is organized in ten 'Books' treating all aspects of architecture including construction the classical orders interior & exterior details elevations bridges and geometry. <br/> <br/> T Osborne and J Shipton; J Hodge; L Davies; J Ward; And R Baldwin. hardcover
49391behelzende een verslag van de huwelijkse plegtigheden begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen. De Gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nopens dat Rijk. 's Gravenhage The Hague : the widow of J. Allart 1824. Two volumes octavo finely bound in modern half calf over marbled papered boards spine with ornamental gilt tooling and contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt pp. xvi; 250; 264; previous owner's name stamp to half-title hand coloured engraved title pages four spectacular hand coloured plates housed in a matching marbled paper box with calf trimming. A fine set. The first Dutch edition of a magnificently illustrated work on Japanese festive ceremonies and customs written by Isaac Titsingh Head of the Dutch Factory at Dejima the base of the Dutch East Indian Company. The Dutch edition was translated from the English edition of 1822 Illustrations of Japan which itself was based on the French edition of 1819- 20 Cérémonies usitées en Japon pour les mariages et les funérailles 1819 and Mémoires et anecdotes de la dynastie regnante des Djogouns 1820. This rare work on Japanese customs was written by a merchant with first hand knowledge of Japanese life the Dutch port of Dejima in Nagasaki being the only point of contact between Japan and the western nations. Landwehr VOC 538; Cordier Japonica 451.  hardcover
1655673Amsterdam: Elzevir 1655. First Edition. vellum. Very good. LA PEYRERE Isaac Praeadamitae sive Exercitatio super Versibus <br />duodecimo decimotertio & decimoquarto capitis quinti Epistolae D. Pauli ad Romanos. And 2nd part Systema Theologicum ex Prae-adamitarum Hypothesi. And final section called: Synagogis Iudaeorum universis. Elzevir Amsterdam 1655. TP 1 leaf = Elenchus Capitum 1 52 TP 2 leaves = Prooemium 4 leaves = Argumenta Capitum Systematis & errata 1 297 1 8 1 leave with engraved map of the Terra Sanctae. 4to. First Edition. <br /><br />An anonymous Dutch edition of Philosophia appeared in 1667 and new Latin editions in 1673 and 1674. Evidence for the staying power of the work and the controversies which surrounded it is found in <br /> the fact that it underwent a fourth edition long after Meyer's death in 1776. <br /><br />Rare Quarto edition which preceded the 12mo of the same year. <br /><br />La Peyrere is considered to be the father of Biblical criticism. He asserted in Praeadamitae that there were human beings before Adam. His approach to Biblical scholarship argued that the Bible was just the story of the Jewish people not all of humanity. His book and heretical views were quickly banned. La Peyrere was eventually arrested but offered a half-hearted renunciation of his views to escape punishment. La Peyrere went on to engage in polemics with Richard Simon famous defender of the Bible. A rare and important book in the Radical Enlightenment identified as one of the wicked books of the late 17th century. .the wicked sedition which commenced with La Peyreres Prae-Adamitae gained impetus with the utterly licentious dissipated dictionary of Koerbagh that shameless book the Philosophai S. Scripturae and Hobbes Leviathan and culminated in the Tractatus- Theologico-Politicus and Ethics of Spinoza Israel 367. <br /><br />CONDITION: Very Good in slightly soiled contemporary vellum over boards. Contemporary handwriting on titlepage. Dampstaining in corner of first pages causing ruff edges. Small repair in corner title. Some slight dampstaining in corner map. First edition. Spinoza had a copy of this edition in his library. <br /><br />PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Elzevir hardcover
