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195439015Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1954. First edition of the first work in Asimov's acclaimed Robot series. Octavo original blue boards red topstain. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light wear to the cloth near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Dust jacket design by Ruth Ray. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. "One of the classic presentations of the womb-city metropolis as mother which has haunted imaginations ever since. The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are the best books Isaac Asimov ever wrote" The Guardian. In 2004 The Caves of Steel was nominated for a retroactive Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1954. A television adaptation was made by the BBC and shown in 1964: only a few short excerpts still exist. In 1989 the book was adapted by Bert Coules as a radio play for the BBC with Ed Bishop as Elijah Baley and Sam Dastor as R. Daneel Olivaw. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1823WRCAM43415APhiladelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1823. Letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. advertisement verso blank 1p. table of contents verso blank. Forty-six double-page handcolored engraved maps of the United States all but one with borders of letterpress descriptive text; uncolored double-page engraved view showing the comparative heights of mountains throughout the world; handcolored double-page engraved table showing the comparative lengths of the principal rivers worldwide; five letterpress tables four double-page three of these handcolored; 18pp. of letterpress text. Mounted on guards throughout. Modern half calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Dampstaining along lower edge causing chipping to initial leaves. Closed tear in bottom margin of first map repaired with tissue. Very light offsetting from maps. Some dust soiling light tanning and foxing. Good plus. A handsome atlas of the Americas with individual color maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long. At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States with substantial historical background text accompanying each map. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver. <br> <br> Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. The map published in Carey & Lea's atlas preceded the official account of that expedition by expedition botanist Edwin James which includes a smaller map with similar detail titled "Country drained by the Mississippi Western Section." Carey & Lea's 1823 publication of James' ACCOUNT perhaps explains the prior inclusion of this map with Long expedition information in their atlas. <br> <br> On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." Carey & Lea's atlas was first issued in 1822; this is the second issue with revised states of three maps Maine North Carolina and Louisiana with the same printing of the remaining maps and a cancel title. HOWES C133 "aa." PHILLIPS ATLASES 1373a. SABIN 15055. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 348 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea hardcover books
184568182The First English Translation of the Pentateuch in America LEESER Isaac translator editor. BIBLE IN HEBREW. The Law of God. In Five Volumes. The Pentateuch Philadelphia: C. Sherman 1845. First edition of the first English translation of any part of the Hebrew Bible in America the Pentateuch. The Pentateuch means the first five books of the Bible. These books comprise Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy. Complete with five octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 189 x 118 mm. With text in Hebrew and the corresponding English on the facing page. Generally the Hebrew is on the recto English on the verso. Modern half calf over marbled boards. Calf ruled in blind. Spines with red and brown calf spine labels lettered in gilt. Spines stamped in gilt. Some unobtrusive creasing to upper corner of final three leaves of volume I. A tiny dampstain to top of text block of volume I not affecting leaves. Edges very slightly trimmed as shown by remnants of gilt but still with large margins. Some minor foxing and toning mainly to preliminary leaves most of text is very clean. Overall a near fine copy. "Leeser's career as a translator also began in Philadelphia in 1830 with the publication of his rendering from German of J. Johlson's Instruction in the Mosaic Religion. Leeser as part of his ongoing efforts to contribute to the development of Jewish education and culture in America translated a number of important works into English from German Spanish French and Hebrew. Among his most important translations were Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem Joseph Schwartz' Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine as well as his renowned Bible translations first of the Pentateuch and later of the entire Hebrew Bible. Leeser continued to play an unceasing role in creating the cultural foundations of Jewish life in Philadelphia and throughout North America. In 1845 Leeser founded the first American Jewish Publication Society and in the same year published his translation of the Pentateuch entitled The Law of God a bi-lingual edition which included the unpointed unvocalized Hebrew text. " Penn Libraries; Biographical Sketch of Isaac Leeserby Arthur Kiron Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections. "The translator of the first American Jewish Bible Isaac Leeser 1806-68 was a modern Orthodox German Jew who immigrated to America in 1822. Leeser 'was the most important Jewish religious leader in the United States during the Ante-bellum Period.' In 1830 Leeser published an English translation of Johlson's catechism Instructions in the Mosaic Religion in Philadelphia another English edition appeared in 1867. However his major work was a Bible translation for American Jews the authoritative English translation until the first Jewish Publication Society translation appeared in 1917." A History of German Jewish Bible Translation Abigail Gillman pg 126. "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. Leeser was not fully equipped for this work for he was no specialist in Hebrew philology nor a master if Jewish learning in general and he was quite conscious of his shortcomings but he was inspired. He says in his preface: 'I thought in all due humility that I might safely go to task confidently relying upon that superior aid which is never withheld from the inquirer after truth.' He made good use of the various German translations by Jews of the collective commentary known as the Biur vol. III sec. 81 and of other Jewish exegetic works. As a result his translation though based in style upon the King James version can be considered an independent work for the changes he produced are numerous and great. His prime consern was to supply the traditional interpretation when necessary and the retention of the Jewish spirit at times even at the expense of beauty of style. The translation went through numerous editions and 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 History of Jewish Literature 1090. HBS 68182. $11500 C. Sherman hardcover books
173943292London: printed for John Wilcox 1739. First edition 12mo pp. xii 88; 5 engraved folding plates of diagrams; contemporary parchment-backed marbled boards manuscript titling on spine; very good and sound. With the South Library bookplate Earls of Macclesfield and 3 small Macclesfield pressure stamps in the preliminaries. In a new maroon cloth clamshell box. This is apparently the first of two issues without the canceled title page. Both are very rare ESTC locating only one copy of each at the Bodleian and the British Library respectively. OCLC adds LC Berkeley and University of Leiden. <br/><br/> printed for John Wilcox hardcover books
19512003008New York: Gnome Press 1951. First editions. hardcover. Very good./Very good. Very good in very good dust jackets. First edition stated on each title page. The Empire has evidence of tape on the back panel of the jacket. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case with leather spine with gold lettering. Gnome Press unknown books
182729764Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1827. Folio. Mounted on guards throughout. Letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. "Advertisement" to Third Edition dated "January 1827" verso blank 1p. "Contents" and "Index" verso blank plus forty-six double-page handcolored copper engraved maps most with descriptive letterpress in margins and many with supplementary text pages following; one double-page engraved plate of mountains uncolored; and one double-page colored plate of river lengths. Titlepage remargined minor foxing some faint staining along bottom edge. Later 19th-century three-quarter calf and original plain paper boards later gilt morocco label. Boards slightly rubbed.<br/> <br/>One of the most important early atlases printed in the United States: a handsome atlas of the Americas with individual colour maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long.<br/> <br/>At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver and substantial historical background text accompanies each map. Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." The 1827 edition "Third edition Corrected and Improved" of Carey & Lea's historic atlas first published in 1822 includes much new material with all the maps and text updated except for the Washington D.C. and Michigan maps. This was the first American atlas that was modeled on Le Sage's plan of having explanatory text surrounding the maps. The maps for the most part by Fielding Lucas are beautifully drawn and colored.<br/> <br/>Howes C133 "aa"; Phillips 1373a; Sabin 15055; Wheat Transmississippi West 348 and 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea unknown books
177166800The Very Scarce First Edition of "TraitÈ de la Circulation et du CrÈdit" PINTO Isaac De. TraitÈ de la Circulation et du CrÈdit. Contenant une Analyse raisonnÈe des Fonds d'Angleterre & de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou Jeu d'Actions; un Examen critique de plusieurs TraitÈs sur les ImpÙts les Finances l'Agriculture la Population le Commerce &c. PrÈcÈdÈ de l'Extrait d'un Ouvrage initulÈ Bilan sur la Jalousie du Commerce o˘ l'on prouve que l'intÈrÃt des Puissances commerÃantes ne se croise point &c. avec un Tableau de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou plutÙt Je d'Actions en Hollande. Par l'auteur de l'Essai sur le Luxe & de la Lettre sur le Jeu des Cartes qu'on a ajoutÈs ‡ la fin. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. The very scarce first edition. xvi 368 with additional 8 pp. sheet H inserted before gathering I: entitled Etat des Finances en Angleterre a la fin de la session du Parlement en 1770. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards spine ruled in gilt with green label and gilt lettering: at foot of spine in gilt lettering 'BibliothËque de Michel Chevalier' spine head slightly frayed. Occasional spotting and staining but a very good copy and with the bookplate of Michel Chevalier 1806-1879 follower of Saint-Simon author of the Cours d'…conomie Politique and co-architect of the Anglo-French 'Cobden-Chevalier' commercial treaty of 1860. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell. "Economique. Sur le commerce l'agriculture les finances; passages pp. 70-72 sur la populatin anglaise; pp. 183-196 et 216-335 sur la population en France et en Angleterre. En particulier nÈcessitÈ d'augmenter Ègalement la population dans les villes et danse les campagnes pout Èviter les dÈsÈquilibres sociaux et Èconomiques. Analyse de plusieurs ouvrages dont un livre qualifiÈ de rare: 'Le dÈtail de la France' part Boisguilbert" INED. Pinto admired the Physiocrats but disagreed with them. "Pinto's TraitÈ is written from a national as well as an international perspective. Pinto's experience as a merchant and financier in the Republic along with his knowledge of French and English economic thought laid the foundations for his European economic model. Pinto wanted above all to convince his readers of hte soundness of the British system of public debt. With the adoption of improvements in the redemption policy proposed in his book the system would achieve a high degree of perfection. In France the physiocratic opinions of the elder Mirabeau in particular required Pinto to respond and in England the otherwise admiring Hume was in disagreement. By means of a critical discussion of the work of these and other authors Pinto propagated a financial policy that he thought would benefit both the State and the individual" I.J.A. Nijenhuis Een Joodse Philosophe. Isaac de Pinto 1717-1787 Amsterdam NEHA 1992. Goldsmiths' 10791. Higgs 5282. Kress 6811. Palgrave III pp. 109-110. HBS 66800. $8500 Chez Marc Michel Rey hardcover books
182229763Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1822. Folio. Mounted on guards throughout. Letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. 'Advertisement' dated 'June 21 1822' verso blank 1p. 'Contents' and 'Index' verso blank. 46 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps of America all but one with borders of letterpress descriptive text 1 uncoloured double-page engraved view showing the comparative heights of mountains throughout the world 1 hand-coloured double-page engraved table showing the comparative lengths of the principal rivers worldwide 5 letterpress tables 4 double-page 3 of these hand-coloured 18pp. of uncoloured letterpress text. Contemporary half black morocco over plain paper boards rebacked with original spine laid down and corners renewed. Housed in a cloth clamshell case leather label.<br/> <br/>First edition of one of the most important early atlases printed in the United States: a handsome atlas of the Americas with individual hand-coloured maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long.<br/> <br/>At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver and substantial historical background text accompanies each map. Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. The map published in Carey & Lea's atlas preceded the official account of that expedition by expedition botanist Edwin James which included a smaller map with similar detail titled "Country drained by the Mississippi Western Section". Carey and Lea's 1822 publication of James Account perhaps explains the prior inclusion of this map with Long expedition information in their atlas. On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." Carey and Lea's atlas was first issued as here in 1822; an 1823 second issue followed substantially the same as the first but with a new title and revised states of several maps and text leaves generally minor revisions including additional shading to maps and improved resetting of several text leaves.<br/> <br/>Phillips 1373a; Howes C133 "aa"; Sabin 15055; Wheat Transmississippi West 348 and 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea unknown books
04633London: Samuel Bagster 1808. A Superb Mid-Twenties Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Oval Miniatures<br/>Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Fifty-Five Engraved Plates of which Ten are Hand-Colored<br/><br/>COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN binder. WALTON Isaac. The Complete Angler; or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers Fish-Ponds and Fishing. In two parts: The first written by Mr. Isaac Walton; The second by Charles Cotton Esq. With the lives of the authors. by Sir John Hawkins. London: Printed for Samuel Bagster 1808.<br/><br/>First Bagster Edition.<br/><br/>Octavo 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. iv vi vii-512 pp. Hand-colored frontispiece and nineteen engraved plates and two sheets of music. Ten of the plates are engraved by Audinet eight after Wale two after Samuel; two music plate; two plates of fishing tackle and flies. There are seventeen fine engravings of fish and two large woodcuts in the text. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of fifty-five engraved plates of which ten are hand-colored.<br/><br/>Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full green crushed levant morocco over beveled boards covers with elaborate gilt frames spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt decorated board edges wide gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Front doublure of brown morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Isaac Walton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Set into the rear doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Charles Cotton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Both miniatures measure 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm. Green watered silk end-leaves. Tips of joints slightly split but absolutely sound spine slightly sunned otherwise a very fine example housed in its original felt-lined green cloth clamshell case spine lettered in gilt.<br/><br/>List of plates including the extra-illustrations which are marked with a 77 total 11 of which are in color<br/><br/>1. Frontis. Portrait of Izaak Walton Charles Cotton and Sir John Hawkins hand-colored<br/>2. Portrait of St. Francis Bacon<br/>3. Portrait of Bp. Ken<br/>4. Portrait of Hon. Robert Boyle<br/>5. Portrait of Dr. Robert Sanderson Mr. Richard Hooker Sir Henry Wolton Mr. George Herbert Dr. John Donne<br/>6. Portrait of Edward First Earl of Sandwich K.G.<br/>7. Robert Herrick<br/>8. Portrait of Sir Henry Wotton hand-colored<br/>9. Portrait of George Herbert<br/>10. Portrait of Edward Herbert Lord Herbert of Castle Island and Lord Herbert of Chierbery in England<br/>11. Portrait of Bp. Taylor<br/>12. Portrait of Arch Bishop Williams Lord Keeper<br/>13. Portrait of Thomas Hearn M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon<br/>14. Portrait of Charlemagne<br/>15. Portrait of The Most Revd. Dr. Usher Late Lord Arch Bishop of Armagh<br/>16. Dovedale hand-colored<br/>17. Uske Monmouthshire<br/>18. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>19. Fitchet and Martin<br/>20. The Wild Boar<br/>21. Portrait of Hierom of Prage<br/>22. Basking Shark<br/>23. Cuckoo and Wryneck<br/>24. Portrait of John Stow<br/>25. Portrait of Bp. Overall<br/>26. Bittern<br/>27. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>28. Portrait of Seneca<br/>29. Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh hand-colored<br/>30. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>31. Untitled B&W Portrait<br/>32. Portrait of Erasmus<br/>33. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>34. Arabian Camel<br/>35. Squirrels<br/>36. Partridges<br/>37. Golden Plover & Lapwing<br/>38. Portrait of Marcellus Malpighius M.D.F.R.S. hand-colored<br/>39. Page of Music<br/>40. Portrait of Tho. Cromwell Earl of Essex<br/>41. Lamprey & Salmon hand-colored<br/>42. Portrait of Ray<br/>43. Potrait of Michael Drayton<br/>44. Double Page Color Illustration. Illustrations of Marine Animals hand-colored<br/>45. Double Page B&W Illustration. Cyprinus. The Golden Tench. The Gudgeon. The Minnow<br/>46. Double Page B&W Illustration. Meleagris. The American Wild Turkey. The Common Domestic Turkey<br/>47. Coniston Water Head<br/>48. A View of Winander Mere a Lake in Westmoreland<br/>49. Portrait of Dr. Gilbert Sheldon Arch-Bishop of Canterbury<br/>50. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>51. The Angler's Song<br/>52. Interior View of the Ruins of Ludlow Castle<br/>53. Portrait of Prince Rupert When Young hand-colored<br/>54. A View of Shrewsbury Shropshire<br/>55. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>56. Tottenham Cross<br/>57. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>58. Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu<br/>59. Untitled B&W Illustration of Fishing Tools<br/>60. Untitled B&W Illustration of Fishing Line<br/>61. Untitled B&W Illustration of Fishing Bait<br/>62. Portrait of Charles Cotton hand-colored<br/>63. Portrait of Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon<br/>64. Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby<br/>65. Ashbourne Derbyshire<br/>66. Chepstow Castle & Bridge Over the Wye hand-colored<br/>67. Matlock Bridge &c.<br/>68. Portrait of Mary I<br/>69. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>70. Untitled B&W Illustration of Fishing Hooks<br/>71. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>72. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>73. Untitled B&W Illustration<br/>74. Portrait of Sr. Philip Sidney<br/>75. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth<br/>76. Portrait of John Selden hand-colored<br/>77. Woodcock<br/><br/>Coigney 18. London: Samuel Bagster, 1808 unknown books
170996521London: Printed for Edward Castle and Sam Buckley 1709. First complete edition in English of Littlebury's translation of the histories of Herodotus also the first appearance in English since Thomas Marshe's 1584 incomplete translation of only the first two books. Octavo two volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands red morocco spine labels stamped ruling all edged speckled red woodcut ornaments to the title pages and colophon of volume II index. From the library of George Paterson of Castle Huntly with his armorial bookplates to the pastedowns. After amassing a large fortune with the East India Company Paterson purchased the famed Scottish Castle Huntly in 1770. In very good condition. Rare and with noted provenance. Herodotus is generally considered 'the father of history'. Departing from the Homeric chronicle 'he was the first to collect his materials systematically to test their accuracy as far as he could and arrange his story in such a way as to appeal to as well as inform his readers' PMM. His main theme which is also the subject of the present work was the struggle between Persia and Greece. Printed for Edward Castle and Sam Buckley hardcover books
1220Twelve folding engraved plates. 4 p.l. 382 pp. one leaf of ads. 8vo cont. calf small portions of ends of spine & one corner carefully repaired spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. Innys 1730. Fourth edition and the final edition to be revised by Newton of this great classic. It contains the complete set of 31 Queries which reveal some of Newton's most influential and speculative writing. Fine crisp copy. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Edward Powell. ❧ Babson 136. unknown books
19501309059Gnome Press 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine price-clipped dust jacket housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. A cornerstone classic rarely found in this condition. Gnome Press hardcover books
17066324London: Samuel Smith & Benjamin Walford 1706. First Latin edition. Very Good/The Latin edition of Newton's 1704 Opticks was intended for the broader pan-European "Republic of Letters" and it was the first printing to carry Newton's name on the title. This is the edition that inspired Emelie du Chatelet and Voltaire and through them the whole of Europe. It is a compendium of Newton's main discoveries concerning light and color including the spectrum of sunlight the color circle the reflecting telescope and interference effects that is the so-called 'Newton's rings'. In expansion of the 1704 English text the Latin edition presents seven added "Quaestiones" which are partly devoted to Newton's support for the "corpuscular" or particle theory of light. The collation of this copy corresponds to the copy in the Babson Collection catalogue with "Pp" consisting of a single leaf and with pages 21-24 repeated in the Tractatus. . Quarto 26 cm; 14 348 2 24 2 24 21-43 1 pages 19 folded leaves of engraved plates with errata corrigenda and addenda. Ss1 a cancel. In original calf with blind-ruled border rebacked with corners built up. Spine with gilding and leather title label. Speckled edges. Old library stamps on title page along with early ownership inscriptions. References: Bowes and Bowes #179; Babson Collection 137; Norman 1589. Samuel Smith & Benjamin Walford, hardcover books
04831London: Published by R. Ackermann.Printed by L. Harrison 1820. One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books<br/>with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatints<br/><br/>GERNING J.J. Johann Isaac von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events and of Popular Traditions. Embellished with Twenty-Four Highly Finished and Coloured Engravings from the Drawings of M. Schuetz; and Accompanied by a Map. Translated from the German by John Black. London: Published by R. Ackermann. Printed by L. Harrison 1820.<br/><br/>First English edition early issue. The original German edition was published in Wiesbaden in 1819 as Die Rheingegenden von Mainz bis Cölln. <br/><br/>Large quarto 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 336 x 273 mm. xiv xv xvi 178 pp. Complete with the list of subscribers pp. v-viii. Large folding engraved map with color highlights and twenty-four fine hand-colored aquatint plates by D. Havell and T. Sutherland after C.G. Schutz with tissue guards. Text watermarked 1817 and 1818 plates watermarked 1818 and 1819. In this copy the plates are unnumbered and the Mentz plate is dated "Octor. 1 1819" and the Biebrich plate is dated "Septr. 1 1819." Minimal offsetting from plates to text. <br/><br/>Contemporary plum diced morocco covers richly bordered in gilt and blind. Spine with five shallow raised bands ruled in gilt and elaborated gilt and title in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins pale gray endpapers all edges gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Sarah Marie Turnor on front pastedown. Spine slightly faded. A fine copy.<br/><br/><br/>"The original unillustrated German edition was published in Wies-baden in 1819 as Die Rheingegenden von Mainz bis Cölln and it is clear from the.‘Vorerinnerung' which is dated 14 June 1819 that Ackermann's edition was already planned; it seems possible in the circumstances in fact that the text was commissioned by Ackermann as were the views for the plates.Another German edition this time containing twenty-four views was published in Frankfurt in 1822" Abbey. <br/><br/>"Containing a complete History and Picturesque Description of a portion of Country so full of curious and interesting circumstances as well as so resplendent for its landscape grandeur and beauty. The Work will be embellished with Twenty-four highly finished and coloured Engravings from Drawings expressly made by an eminent Artist resident near the Banks of the Rhine and habitually familiar with every part of it.The romantic beautiful and ever-varying Scenery of this River forms a distinguished feature of every modern foreign Tour; and no one can consider himself as an accomplished traveller who is not more or less acquainted with it.Baron von Gerning whose literary character is so well established in Germany has undertaken to write the Historical Part; and Mr. Schutz so well known as an artist will furnish the Drawings" Ackermann's prospectus for the completed work printed on the rear wrapper of Part I and others.<br/><br/>"There are definitely later issues of the book.and these can be recognized by having plate numbers at the top right-hand corner. The impressions in these issues are poor and the colouring less good" Abbey.<br/><br/>Abbey Travel 217. Martin Hardie pp. 107-108 and 312. Prideaux pp. 337 and 375. Tooley 234. London: Published by R. Ackermann....Printed by L. Harrison, 1820 unknown books
04820London: Published by R. Ackermann.Printed by L. Harrison 1820. Cologne! Cologne! Thy Walls are Won"<br/>One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books<br/>with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatints<br/><br/>GERNING J.J. Johann Isaac von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events and of Popular Traditions. Embellished with Twenty-Four Highly Finished and Coloured Engravings from the Drawings of M. Schuetz; and Accompanied by a Map. Translated from the German by John Black. London: Published by R. Ackermann. Printed by L. Harrison 1820.<br/><br/>First English edition early issue. The original German edition was published in Wiesbaden in 1819 as Die Rheingegenden von Mainz bis Cölln. <br/><br/>Large quarto 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 336 x 273 mm. xiv xv xvi 178 pp. Complete with the list of subscribers pp. v-viii. Large folding engraved map with color highlights and twenty-four fine hand-colored aquatint plates by D. Havell and T. Sutherland after C.G. Schutz with tissue guards. Text watermarked 1817 and 1818 plates watermarked 1816 1818 and 1819. In this copy the plates are unnumbered and the Mentz plate is dated "Octor. 1 1819" and the Biebrich plate is dated "Septr. 1 1819."<br/><br/>Slightly later ca. 1840 quarter brown calf over publisher's original pictorial boards. Spine with five shallow bands decoratively ruled and decorated in gilt in compartments blue morocco label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Some very minor foxing and minimal offsetting. The original tissue-guards are soiled at edges. A fine tall copy in a contemporary binding albeit rebacked some twenty years later.<br/><br/>Two blank leaves at the beginning contain three pages of early ink manuscript from J.R. Planché Lays and Legends of the Rhine. Frankfurt: 1830. The poems included are The Lake of Constance; The Rhine Wine Song and L'Envoy. Cologne<br/><br/>"The original unillustrated German edition was published in Wies-baden in 1819 as Die Rheingegenden von Mainz bis Cölln and it is clear from the.‘Vorerinnerung' which is dated 14 June 1819 that Ackermann's edition was already planned; it seems possible in the circumstances in fact that the text was commissioned by Ackermann as were the views for the plates.Another German edition this time containing twenty-four views was published in Frankfurt in 1822" Abbey. <br/><br/>"Containing a complete History and Picturesque Description of a portion of Country so full of curious and interesting circumstances as well as so resplendent for its landscape grandeur and beauty. The Work will be embellished with Twenty-four highly finished and coloured Engravings from Drawings expressly made by an eminent Artist resident near the Banks of the Rhine and habitually familiar with every part of it.The romantic beautiful and ever-varying Scenery of this River forms a distinguished feature of every modern foreign Tour; and no one can consider himself as an accomplished traveller who is not more or less acquainted with it.Baron von Gerning whose literary character is so well established in Germany has undertaken to write the Historical Part; and Mr. Schutz so well known as an artist will furnish the Drawings" Ackermann's prospectus for the completed work printed on the rear wrapper of Part I and others.<br/><br/>"There are definitely later issues of the book.and these can be recognized by having plate numbers at the top right-hand corner. The impressions in these issues are poor and the colouring less good" Abbey.<br/><br/>Abbey Travel 217. Martin Hardie pp. 107-108 and 312. Prideaux pp. 337 and 375. Tooley 234. London: Published by R. Ackermann....Printed by L. Harrison, 1820 unknown books
1850WRCAM39961United States 1850. Four individual sheets three matted and one mounted on card. Some scattered foxing affecting two of the watercolors. Generally very good. Isaac Sprague 1811-95 was one of the most prolific and well-known illustrators of flora and fauna in 19th-century America. Stafleu & Cowan lists seven composite works ranging from 1848 to 1891 that included Sprague's illustrations in addition to his WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA and FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST both published in 1882. He is particularly remembered for accompanying John James Audubon on his expedition up the Missouri River in 1843 aiding the master painter with ornithological sketches and drawings. The two first met on August 19 1840 when Audubon admired the young artist's bird drawings. Audubon recorded the meeting in a journal entry: <br> <br> "Saw some very remarkable drawings of birds far better than any ever made by the immortal Alexr- Wilson by a young man named Sprague. Truly wonderful drawings my dearest friends. But this person was out shooting and I did not see him. I however wrote a few lines on several of them the purports of which I trust will not displease him." <br> <br> The diary Sprague kept on this trip in which he gives useful accounts of the settlements and topography of the Missouri River valley is now held by the Boston Athenaeum. <br> <br> Sprague also illustrated several works by important naturalist Asa Gray including Gray's BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK and MANUAL OF BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES. Gray's wife the editor of his letters wrote the following description cited in McKelvey's BOTANICAL EXPLORATION: <br> <br> "President then Professor Felton.knowing Dr. Gray was looking for someone for his scientific drawings recommended Mr. Sprague and he began with the illustrations for the Lowell lectures and the new edition of the BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK. Dr. Gray was delighted with his gift for beauty his accuracy his quick appreciation of structure and his skill in making dissections. Mr. Sprague was from that time his chief and almost only illustrator for his books both educational and purely scientific." <br> <br> The drawings are as follows: <br> <br> 1 "Blue Jay." Original watercolor 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Matted. In very good condition. Depicts a blue jay beak open perched on a branch with a focus on the detailing of the head and feathers. Light foxing but colors remain quite strong. A fine precise work. <br> <br> 2 "Robin and Holly." Original watercolor 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Matted. Marginal chipping and tape stains not visible under mat. Tanned. Good condition and quite visually appealing. Depicts an American Robin perched on a holly branch with holly leaves and berries in the background. <br> <br> 3 "Pine Grosbeak." Pencil drawing 15 x 11 inches. Matted. In fine condition. A fine sketch of this western bird labeled in pencil at lower left corner. <br> <br> 4 "Savannah Sparrow." Original watercolor 5 x 4 1/4 inches. Mounted on card. Some soiling and foxing. Good. A beautifully detailed small drawing with particular attention paid to the mottled coloration of the feathers. <br> <br> Although none of the works is signed each has a provenance connecting it either to a Sprague descendant or to an early owner in Sprague's native Hingham Massachusetts. The pieces were eventually sold through Goodspeed's Book Shop in the 1960s. <br> <br> On the whole a remarkable group of original works by an important ornithological and botanical illustrator acclaimed by no lesser contemporary naturalists than Audubon and Gray. McKelvey BOTANICAL EXPLORATION pp.834-36. STAFLEU & COWAN 12.635 12.636 ref. BM NATURAL HISTORY V:1993 ref. unknown books
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
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
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
195139058Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1951. First edition of Asimov's second science fiction novel. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light offsetting to the endpapers near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine. Uncommon signed. The Stars Like Dust is the first book in Asimov's Galactic Empire series. "Science fiction on the larger scale is Isaac Asimov's specialty. The scene of his new book a rousing adventure story of the remote future is the Galaxy which with its hundreds of inhabited planets has been taken over by a dictatorial race called appropriately enough the Tyranni. A small group of rebels wage a determined battle against the dictators giving Mr. Asimov plenty of opportunities to plot those involved and subtle twists for which he is known. Its clear writing and excellent suspense make this book a welcome addition to the science fiction lists" The New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1744109523Lausanne and Geneva: Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios 1744. First edition of the first collected edition of <span class="match">Newton</span>'s writings which has been hailed as "a fine piece of bookmaking" Babson. Quarto bound in contemporary velum contains 64 folding engraved plates; 2 folding letterpress tables. In very good condition. Small stamps to the spine and title pages. Rare in contemporary binding. English mathematician astronomer theologian author and physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely considered one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In one of his most important works Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton formulated the the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity. Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios unknown books
1957155198Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1957. Octavo cloth. First edition. The second novel featuring detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw by "the writer who virtually invented the science fiction mystery. In his novels THE CAVES OF STEEL 1954 and THE NAKED SUN 1957 and in the stories collected as ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES 1968 he masterfully bridged the gap between the two genres and proved that genuine detective fiction could be set in the future as well as in the present or past." - Pronzini and Muller 1001 Midnights p. 29. The human/robot detective team solve another murder this one committed on Solaris an Outer World with a robot-run economy where the twenty thousand Solarians thinly spread out over the surface of the planet live in near total isolation from each other and the presence or touch of another Solarian produces incapacitating physical repugnance. Bailey from an underground Earth city must overcome his fear of open spaces to solve the crime. "In its setting it's a sort of inversion of THE CAVES OF STEEL and it's equally cleverly plotted." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 249. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-42. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III pp. 1476-9. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to spine ends mild rubbing to upper right front corner and a little dust soiling. #155198 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1674000030London: William Godbid 1674. 3rd Printing. 1/2 Vellum. Very Good. 1st Edition 3rd Issue. 4to 19.6 x 15.9 cm. 2 Volumes in one. Bound in later half vellum on early marble boards. Collation: Vol. 1 - vi 127 15 folding engraved plates; Vol 2- viii 151 14 12 folding engraved plates. Plate 13 is duplicated. There are 3 leaves preceding the second part that are misplaced and should be at the front of the first section after the title page. This rebound copy has original marble boards and later vellum. The title page is reduced along the fore edge by 1.1 cm not affecting printed area. Text and plates in very good condition with only occasional minor spotting and dusting. This is a complete copy despite the misplaced pages during rebinding. <br/><br/>This first edition of Barrow's lectures on geometry and optics were given at Cambridge where he was Lucasian professor of mathematics. Newton was one of his students and "is known to have helped in preparing Barrow's Lectiones XVIII 1669 and Lectiones geometricae 1670 for publication and even to have added one or two small improvements. As a mathematician Barrow is well-known as a pioneer in the development of calculusÂ…Barrow also presented although in geometrical form the fundamental theorem of the calculus in which integration and differentiation are shown to be inverse operations. His preferenceÂ…for geometrical proofs over algebraic manipulationsÂ…could well have had some influence on the young Newton who later expressed his own distaste for the new techniques introduced into mathematics by Descartes and his followers." Gjertsen p. 55. Babson 249; Graesse I p. 299; Wallis 358.4; Wing B945 William Godbid hardcover books
174492332Lausanne and Geneva: Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios 1744. First edition of the first collected edition of <span class="match">Newton</span>'s writings which has been hailed as "a fine piece of bookmaking" Babson. Quarto bound in contemporary velum contains 64 folding engraved plates; 2 folding letterpress tables. In very good condition wide margins. Rare in contemporary binding. English mathematician astronomer theologian author and physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely considered one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In one of his most important works Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton formulated the the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity. Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios unknown books
04274London: Allen & Co. 1807. A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court"<br/>A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England.<br/><br/>WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions or Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance Character & Country in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed with Curious Anecdotes Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Characteristic & Illustrative Prints. London: Allen & Co. 1807 but ca. 1813. <br/><br/>Later issue first published in 1796. Quarto 10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in; 259 x 213 mm. iv v 6-217 1 list of plates pp. Engraved title-page included in pagination Hand colored frontispiece and 100 hand-colored etched plates on ninety-nine leaves by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward including three folding plates Plates 1 2 and 3. The text is watermarked "W. Balston 1813". <br/><br/>Bound by Rivière & Son stamp-signed on verso of front endpaper ca. 1890. Full maroon morocco covers with double-gilt borders spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt ruled board-edges decorative gilt turn-ins marbled end-papers top edge gilt others uncut. Occasional toning or foxing a few leaves with neatly repaired or strengthened edges. Overall an excellent copy of this journey in caricature through early nineteenth century England. <br/><br/>Originally published in 1796 with subsequent issues in 1797 1798 1799 1801 1807. 1814 1815 1816 1818 Eccentric Excursions is quite rare in all yet curiously is rarer still in the later issues.<br/><br/>This satire amongst Moutard's earliest work enthusiastically depicts all types: high- and low-born rural and urban lawyers and peddlers coaching scenes misadventures on ice-skates Oxford dons gypsies etc.<br/><br/>"The first and most celebrated of Woodward's books. The text describes an idiosyncratic ramble around the counties of England and Wales." Gordon p. 15.<br/><br/>George Moutard Woodward 1760-1809 was "prolific and popular designer of social caricature much in the style of Banbury etched chiefly by Thomas Rowlandson and Isaac Cruikshank.his caricatures display a wealth of imagination and insight into character.extremely entertaining" DNB.<br/><br/>"Another popular caricaturist of the day was George Moutard Woodward commonly called ‘Mustard George.' Woodward according to his friend Henry Angelo was the son of a land agent and spent his youth in a country town where nothing was less known than everything pertaining to the arts. ‘A caricaturist in a country town' said Mustard George ‘like a bull in a china shop cannot live without noise; so having made a little noise in my native place I persuaded my father to let me seek my fortune in town.' Thanks to a small allowance from his father supplemented by his own earnings George was able to enjoy life in his own Bohemian fashion and ultimately took up his quarters at the ‘Brown Bear' Bow Street where he was able to study the inhabitants of the roundhouse and the regular attendants at the police-court. At the ‘Brown Bear' he died suddenly departing in character with a glass of brandy in his hand and was long mourned by his tavern associates. In his Eccentric Excursions which appeared in volume form in 1796 the designs engraved by Isaac Cruikshank there are several domestic subjects such as The Polite Congregation Showing Family Pictures and The Formal Introduction. Among other popular designs by Woodward are Raffling for a Coffin The Club of Quidnuncs Babes in the Wood A Goldfinch and his Mistress.and a series called Six Ways of Carrying a Stick. The majority are marred by extravagant hideousness but Angelo was of opinion that ‘had this low humourist studied drawing and been temperate in his habits such was the fecundity of his imagination and perception of character that he might rivalled even Hogarth" Paston Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century pp. 137-138.<br/><br/>Gordon BC-26; Widener 207; Not in Abbey or Tooley. London: Allen & Co., 1807 unknown books
