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200086550University of Washington Press. New. 2000. Hardcover. 0295979631 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 0295979631. TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Volume I is titled "Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence" and has 286 pages with many illustrations including 95 plates. Volume II is entitled "Jacob Lawrence: Paintings Drawings and Murals 1935-1999 " and has 344 pages approximately 800 color illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works University of Washington Press hardcover
1730H8R9L0YQ8MW6Delft: Reinier Boitet part 1; The Hague Johannes de Cros part 2 1730. Contemporary red half sheepskin. Folio. With engraved frontispiece engraved dedication in volume 1 and 3 and a total of 57 engraved plates mostly folding. 2 parts in 3 volumes. First and only edition of an extensive thorough and lavishly illustrated work on the history and topography of the city of The Hague. The beautiful frontispiece is explained in an allegorical poem by Hendrik Schim on the verso of the half-title. More laudatory poems on The Hague and the author Jacob de Riemer 1676-1762 follow in the preliminaries of the first part by Caspar Barlaeus Joannes Van Dam Constantijn Huygens and Hendrik Schim. The main text starts with the foundation of the city followed by descriptions of different buildings including several churches and monasteries the orphanage schools and much more most of them are shown in the engraved folding plates as well. The second part volume 3 of 1739 contains the description of the government of The Hague and its organization.Binding worn corners bumped and lacking the paper on the front side of volume three but the bindings are structually sound. Text and plates with some occasional spots and a few wormholes and some of the folding plates are reinforced with tape at the back; a good copy wholly untrimmed.l Nijhoff & V. Hattum 267. Reinier Boitet (part 1); The Hague, Johannes de Cros (part 2), unknown
172255261Offenbach Germany: Israel Ken 1722. Second edition. This is the copy of the Rabbi David Paul-Bernard Drach 1791-1868 who converted to Catholicism in 1823 and managed the library of the Propaganda Fide in Rome. The front endpaper has a note that is signed and dated by Drach: "Etudie et annote ce volume; supplee lets mots ronges par les vers et corrige les fautes typographiques." Notes to margins. Introductory note by Drach lauding the book: "Le calendrier juif dont les calculs sont d'une exactitude admirable etait deja en usage du temps de Rabbie Gamliel pas consequents a l'epoque ou le Verbe eternel caro factum est et habitavit in nobis." <br /> <br /> 8vo. 40 in Hebrew letters numbered leaves i.e. 80pp. re-cased in later vellum with leather strips. Engraved title page. Fascinating work on the Jewish calendar its estimation calculation of the New Moon methods of chronology et.al. Also contains a few pages on the Christian calendar. This work is one of the most profusely illustrated works of Hebraica and Judaica with charts ephemerides sketches and illustrations throughout. One volvell attached. In Hebrew. First ten leaves with one inch holes from bookworms. The rest of the volome with minor circular bookworm hole. Some loss of text on first ten leaves. "The volvelles as well as hand diagrams and tables were some of the tools used not just for calculating and identifying pivotal dates and worshipping times for Jews but also for ascertaining Christan holidays. This knowledge was a critical aid for protecting Jews from the danger posed by their having different worshipping times and habits from the dominant culture. The headings on the wheel denote the arrival of the new moon which marks the start of the Jewish month and the cycle of the sun. Whereas calendars appear in general to be a “convenient way to coordinate human movements with natural time†as Elisheva Carlebach points out the Sefer ‘Evronot demonstrates that the methods for doing so are culturally and historically shaped. The wheel computing information with each push of a finger demands interaction from the reader in order to yield knowledge not just to use but to live by." Ref: brevigrapher.interactive book. <br /> <br /> Furst I 99 & 360 Steinschneider 4988.4. Israel Ken unknown
165140032London: John Macock for Giles Calvert 1651. 4to. 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches. 8 224 pp. Bound to style in half calf marble paper boards spine with raised bands in six compartments with ruled lines and center tool red lettering piece in second compartment.<br/> <br/> Rare first English edition of Jacob Böhme's a groundbreaking work of Christian mysticism translated by J. Ellistone which reveals the hidden connections between the material and spiritual worlds through its exploration of the signatures imprinted on all of creation.<br/> <br/> At once leatherworker mystic and founder of modern theosophy Böhme published little in his lifetime and what was published brought him endless trouble with the Church. Despite this Böhme had a profound influence on later philosophical movements such as German Idealism and German Romanticism with Hegel describing him as "the first German philosopher". Böhme was born in Alt Seidenberg now in present-day Poland. Deemed too weak for husbandry Böhme was sent to Seidenberg as an apprentice to become a shoemaker. While he lived with a family who was not Christian Böhme regularly prayed and read the Bible and consumed the works of visionaries such as Paracelsus Weigel and Schwenckfeld. After leaving his apprenticeship Böhme travelled as far as Görlitz before returning as a master craftsman to set up his own workshop and started a family. Böhme later joined the "Conventicle of God's Real Servants" - a parochial study group organized by poet and mystic Martin Moller. Since his youth Böhme often had spiritual experiences including one that occurred while he was travelling for business where as he later recalled was "surrounded with a divine light and stood in the highest contemplation and kingdom of joys." This title The Signature of All Things written in High Dutch in 1622 following a series of Böhme's mystic experiences appears here in the first English edition. In it Böhme explains systematically the cosmology that lies at the heart of his whole mystical approach and experience revealing his mystical pantheism and his dialectical conception of God in which good and evil are rooted in one and the same being. The book is a highly symbolic work that deals with the nature of God creation and the relationship between the spiritual and physical worlds. In brief Böhme's thesis can be summarised thus: everything in the material world bears the imprint or "signature" of its spiritual counterpart and that by understanding these signatures one can gain insight into the divine. The present work is the title for which Böhme is most famous and it is invoked by James Joyce in the Proteus episode in Ulysses "Ineluctable modality of the visible." Bohme's ideas had a significant influence on later mystics philosophers and theologians including Goethe Nietzsche and Jung. Signatura Rerum remains a classic work of Christian mysticism and esoteric philosophy and is still studied and debated by scholars and practitioners today.<br/> <br/> Wing B3419; Bach "Jacob Boehme" in Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe; Hartman The Life and the Doctrines of Jacob Boehme the God-Taught Philosopher. John Macock for Giles Calvert unknown
167219314Nuremburg: Johann Daniel Tauber 1672. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Later quarter vellum and boards. Very good. 30.5 x 21 cm. 312 22 a-d6 B-P6Q4. Full page engraving of ship at sea by Boner frontispiece portrait of Saar title page in black and red one leaf with two engravings 12 engravings in the text floriated chapter head designs. First published 1662 this an enlarged edition. Saar was employed as a mercenary for the East India Company spending 15 years in South East Asia including Indonesia and Ceylon. He died at age 38 in the battle of Mogersdorf. Most of Saar's descriptions relate to Ceylon. The publisher also added other contemporary accounts to help authenticate Saar's accounts. Scattered text toning ex-library stamp effaced from head of title page title page slightly chipped fore-edge and foot dampstain lower corners M-M4. Johann Daniel Tauber hardcover
1723030380Lugduni Batavorum Apud Petrum Vander Aa 1723. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Seventeen Folding Plates. Title Page 16 413 Pp 15 Pp Catalogus Librorum Followed By 17 Folding Plates At End Each With Many Figures. Full Vellum Early 18Th Century Blind Stamped Design At Center Of Covers Spine Stamped In Gilt. Hand Marbled Papers On Pastedowns All Edges Colored Red. Text Block 17.5 Cm Tall. Latin Exposition Of Newtonian Philosophy Addressed To Students. A Very Nice Example In Original Vellum Light Wear At Spine Ends A Few Tiny Holes In Bottom Spine Edge Of Rear Cover And In Gutter Edge At Bottom Of Plates 16 And 17 Not Affecting Text Or Illustrations. Red Color Of Edges Of Page Blocks Is Almost Entirely Unfaded And Still Shiny. No Marks Or Bookplates. Per Wikipedia Willem Jacob 'S Gravesande 1688 - 1742 Was A Dutch Lawyer And Natural Philosopher Chiefly Remembered For Developing Experimental Demonstrations Of The Laws Of Classical Mechanics. As Professor Of Mathematics Astronomy And Philosophy At Leiden University He Helped To Propagate Isaac Newton's Ideas In Continental Europe. In 1715 'S Gravesande Visited London As Part Of A Dutch Delegation Sent To Welcome The Hanoverian Succession In Great Britain. In London 'S Gravesande Met Both King George I And Isaac Newton And Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society.In 1717 He Became Professor Of Mathematics And Astronomy In Leiden. From That Position He Was Instrumental In Introducing Newton's Work To The Netherlands. 'S Gravesande's Main Scientific Work Is Physices Elementa Mathematica Experimentis Confirmata Sive Introductio Ad Philosophiam Newtonianam "Mathematical Elements Of Natural Philosophy Confirmed By Experiments; Or An Introduction To Newtonian Philosophy" Published In Leiden In 1720. In That Book He Laid The Foundations For The Teaching Of Newtonian Mechanics Through Experimental Demonstrations. He Presented His Work Before Audiences That Included Voltaire And Albrecht Von Haller. The Book Was Soon Translated Into English By John Theophilus Desaguliers Curator Of Experiments For The Royal Society. In 1722 He Published The Results Of A Series Of Experiments In Which Brass Balls Were Dropped From Varying Heights Onto A Soft Clay Surface. He Found That A Ball With Twice The Speed Of Another Would Leave An Indentation Four Times As Deep From Which He Concluded That The Correct Expression For The "Live Force" Of A Body In Motion What Is Modernly Called Its "Kinetic Energy" Is Proportional To Its Mass And The Square Of Its Velocity. <br/> <br/> Lugduni Batavorum Apud Petrum Vander Aa hardcover
176347849Lemgo 1763. Aus dem Französischen in das teutsche übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen erläutert und vermehret von D.Christian Philip Berger Geprägter ganzlederner Meisterbuchbinder-Einband goldene Rückenbeschr. Guter Zustand vollständig. Sehr selten Zweite Auflage Kl.-8°. Ldr. Technik unknown
234516København Trykt paa Gyldendals Forlag 1786. 8vo. 16 292 4 s. 1 foldet kobberstukket kart. 1 foldet kobberstukket plansje. 1 tabell. Samtidig skinnbind med fem opphøyde bind og gulldekor på ryggen. Svak kantslitasje. Hjørner svakt støtt og oppskrapet. Skrift i gammel hånd på forsatsbladet. Samtidig navnetrekk på tittelbladet. Forsatsbladets nedre høyre hjørne med liten avrevet bit. . unknown
198291371Museum. New. 1982. Paperback. 0938766589 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 154 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Museum paperback
200191341Univ of Washington Pr. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0295979666 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 343 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Univ of Washington Pr hardcover
020815New York: Limited Editions Club 1983. Hardcover. Mild even sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Jacob Lawrence. Large octavo 9-1/2" x 12-1/4" bound in full coal-black aniline cowhide leather. With a poem by Robert Penn Warren that serves as the preface. Illustrated with 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS executed in eleven colors by the noted late African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. Copy #27 of 1500 SIGNED by Hersey Warren and Lawrence. A starkly beautiful book richly bound and with three important signatures justly one of the most desirable books issued by this long-lived prestigious press. Monthly Letter laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
178510224Bethlehem Pennsylvania ca. 1785-1835. 70 p. Contemporary Leather 8° The upper-spine-end is split on both sides 10 pages are left blank. Manuscript containing a catalogue of all the members of the 'Hernhutter Brüdergemeine' at Bethlehem Pennsylvania starting with the year 1785 and dating until the year 1835. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania hardcover
1890191014New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1890. One of the most important photobooks ever published First edition with an autograph letter signed from the author tipped-in to the front free endpaper thanking the recipient "for your kindness and for your good company - I had a bully day of it". He adds in a postscript: "Good luck with the trout. A good fisherman is a good fellow I will bet. Ask Grover!". The letter is dated 7 June and noted as received 8 June 1902. The reference is presumably to the keen fisherman and former president Grover Cleveland. The front free endpaper has the ownership signature of the recipient Elizabeth M. Brown of Belvidere New Jersey dated 25 April 1891. A lifelong campaigner for child welfare Riis exposed overcrowded tenements raised funds to send children into the countryside advocated city parks and pressed for better-funded public schools. His exposés of New York poverty and decades of campaigning helped drive Progressive Era reforms and forced the city's slum conditions into public view. How the Other Half Lives is his the most important work. "His book is about the tenements of New York: the overcrowded slums of the Lower East Side that were home to boatloads of immigrants who had come to the United States to seek a better life. it is one of the most important photobooks ever published. It represents the first extensive use of halftone photographic reproductions in a book. These reproductions are rough to say the least but it is the beginning not of a photographic genre but a photographic attitude an ethos - humanist documentary photography - in which the photographic social document is employed to bear critical witness to what is going on in the world" Parr & Badger p. 53. Octavo. With 43 illustrations including 18 halftones from photographs by the author. Original blue quarter cloth spine lettered in gilt front cover lettered and decorated in red and blue. Tipped-in at rear is the pamphlet Jacob A. Riis: A Sketch of his Life and Work circa 1903. Rubbed and a little shaken and toned still a very good copy. Martin Parr & Gerry Badger The Photobook: A History Vol. I 2004. hardcover
1976C92951Andre Sauret. As New. 1976. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 166 pages; 97 illustrations including 28 in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Andre Sauret hardcover
175867012Philadelphia:: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. First edition. old sueded leather. Later additional ownership name on title page; a few neat old marginal annotations; some scattered inoffensive staining to text; several significant losses to the leather at the top of the spine and corners; nevertheless tight and sound. . Folio. One-time legislator Aaron D. Woodruff's copy with his 1785 ownership signature at the head of the title page and bookplate on pastedown. Printed by W. Bradford, hardcover
1719F5OGBDYNZ8OAAmsterdam: Gerard Valk 1719. Very large engraved folding plan comprising 1 1/2 sheets measuring 46 x 83 cm as assembled engraved by Danckert Danckertsz. and his father after drawings by Jacob Vennekool including the two hemispheres of the world map and a celestial map of the constellations of the northern hemisphere each 10 cm in diameter. Very large engraved plan showing the extraordinary cartographic mosaic floor of the Burgerzaal of the Amsterdam City Hall designed by Jacob van Campen with a celestial map in the centre and the magnificent map of the world in 2 hemispheres on either side. The engraving was first published in 1661 and the map shows Tasman's recent discoveries in Australia and Tasmania and depicts California as an island. Many discoveries from his second voyage remained otherwise unpublished until the end of the 17th-century. This engraved representation is all that is left of this cartographical work of art. Wear caused by people walking on the mosaic meant it had to be restored about a hundred years later. When in turn this restoration was damaged the two hemispheres were filled in with plain marble slabs without pictorial representation.The drawing of the floor was made by Jacob Vennekool who worked closely with Van Campen and since his drawings were first published even before the building was completed they may reflect Van Campen's plan more closely than the finished building itself. They also of course show it before the alterations made at various times in later years.Slightly wrinkled in the right margin one fold reinforced and a few tiny spots otherwise in very good condition.l Cf. BAL 533 1st Dutch ed.; Fowler 77 & 274 1st Dutch ed.; Berlin Kat. 2235 1st French ed. Gerard Valk, unknown
1855D329MFC3UKU0Manila 1855. 8vo. Miguel Sanchez Modern red half calf preserving the original pink lithographed wrappers. 243 1 pp. Rare Spanish translation printed in Manila of an important work on the Dutch East Indies by the famous ornithologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck 1778-1858 director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie Leiden. The present edition is a translation of a part of Coup d'il general sur les possessions néerlandaises dans l'Inde archipélagique 1846-1849 and focuses on historical ethnographical and socio-economic factors of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies.Very good copy.l Palau 329928. ABE CAT Anthropology & Ethnography unknown
1774ABC_50435Amsterdam 1774. Folio. Johannes Sluyter Modern half brown morocco with the author and short title lettered in gold on the spine marbled paper sides. With a large engraved printer's device on title page and 33 full-page numbered engraved plates all contemporary hand-coloured. 4 34 2 pp. Greatly enlarged edition of a celebrated work on the metamorphosis of butterflies and other insects depicted in 33 finely etched plates. First published in 1740 with only 25 plates the present edition published posthumously represents the fullest realisation of the authors lifelong ambition bringing together his exquisitely engraved plates with additional material that was prepared but never published during his lifetime.In total the work comprises 33 engraved plates depicting 70 metamorphoses of butterflies moths and other winged insects each rendered with remarkable precision and enlivened by contemporary hand-colouring. The plates are notable not only for their scientific value representing a significant advance in the study of insect life cycles but also for their aesthetic brilliance combining delicate line engraving with vibrant colour and decorative botanical settings. Plate XII depicting a tulip is of particular charm. Houttuyn in his preface remarked upon the extraordinary patience and precision required for such studies noting that few enthusiasts possessed the dedication necessary to observe and record these transformations with accuracy. The text part is very slightly browned and stained throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Horn-Schenkling 153; Landwehr Col. Plates 105; Nissen ZBI 2358; STCN 18494130X; WorldCat 905420914; cf. Hunt 514 other ed.; not in Pritzel. unknown
17081603Stockholm 1708. 8vo in 4s. Julius G. Matthiae Contemporary gold-tooled half calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine marbled paper sides. With a woodcut device on the title-page an engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication 19 small engraved illustrations in the text by N. Guerard ca. 5 x 6 cm and woodcut headpieces tailpieces and initials. xvi 138 pp. Nicely produced and finely illustrated first and only edition of a choice selection of fables from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated into Swedish by Jacob Reenstierna the first published Swedish translation of any of Ovids writings. Reenstierna the translator and editor dedicated the book to Charlotte Piper signing the dedication from Norkiöping 10 December 1708. Good copy.l Svenskt biklexicon 1830-1865 vol. M-O p. 184. unknown
1845E4PBJL5NT60TAmsterdam: Coenraad Weddepohl 1845. Original publisher's cloth with a gold-blocked lyre in the centre of each board and a tissue guard over each lithograph gilt edges. Folio. With a lithographed portrait of the artist mounted 8 lithographed plates of stage designs and 9 poems in red decorated letterpress frames the lithographs by Desguerrois & Co. With the 8 plates of stage designs hand-coloured as published. First and only edition of a memorial to the costume and stage designer François Joseph Pfeiffer Jr. 1778-1835 with a biographical sketch by Gerrit van Enst Koning 1794-1853 lithographic portrait lists of his work and coloured lithographs of his stage designs with a poem facing the portrait and each of the stage designs all written for the present book by the famous Dutch author and poet Jacob van Lennep 1802-1868. Pfeiffer was best known for his Romantic stage designs for the Amsterdam Schouwburg city theatre. From 1820 to 1835 he created complete decors for many different plays but none has survived. The lithographs in the present book therefore form an essential primary source for the history of Dutch theatre. Also included is a list of the most important decorations Pfeiffer made for various theatres. A good copy with a few plates lightly browned the leaf on which the portrait is mounted foxed and a few occasional minor stains. Binding slightly faded. An important primary source for the history of Dutch stage design and a feast for the eye with its beautiful hand-coloured stage designs.l NCC 5 copies; Thieme & Becker XXVI p. 528; Waller p. 253. Coenraad Weddepohl, hardcover
1720ABC_49529Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk 1720. Modern half sheepskin parchment with the manuscript author and title on the spine beige decorative paper sides. Oblong royal 4to ca. 23 x 29 cm. With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page and 16 unnumbered engraved views 15 x 18.5 cm. A complete set of sixteen views of the magnificent palace gardens mazes fountains sculpture ponds and pavilions of the Royal estate Het Loo near Apeldoorn in the Netherlands the most splendid country estate of King William III of England William of Orange. This estate was the finest example of Anglo-Dutch formal gardens garden art and architecture. Pieter Schenk I 1660-1711 originally published the present views in his six-part Paridisus oculorum 1702 where Het Loo was ''undoubtedly the highlight of the series'' Anglo-Dutch Garden p. 201. The six parts were also issued separately with the dedications to the owners serving as title-pages as is the case here.William of Orange 1650-1702 bought the medieval castle Het Loo in 1684 when he was Dutch head of state and it quickly became his favourite hunting lodge. He had it completely rebuilt under the architect Jacob Roman 1640-1716 beginning in 1686. When William and his wife Mary Stuart were crowned King and Queen of England in 1689 however work on the estate was greatly expanded on a royal scale with sculpture commissioned from Romeyn de Hooghe and the elaborate fountains and gardens shown in the present prints. By the time Schenk produced the present print series just before William's death in 1702 it was one of the world's grandest royal residences. The present set of Schenk's prints is watermarked Strasbourg Bend = IV similar to Heawood 73 & 78 from ca. 1720 so it may have been published by Pieter Schenk II soon after his father's death.The binding shows very slight traces of use. The leaves are very lightly foxed. Otherwise a fine wide-margined copy of the prints of the William of Orange's splendid royal estate Het Loo.l The Anglo-Dutch Garden 68; Hollstein Dutch & Flemish XXV p. 290 1428-1443; Springer Bibl. Overzicht pp. 43-44; STCN 840916604 7 copies 1 incomplete; Wurzbach II p. 576 no. 311 Pieter Schenk, unknown
1970222j2632Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0674474805 . "The interaction of Jews and Freemasons began with the very first Masonic constitution which was compiled in England in the 1720s. Mr. Katz explores the process of the admission of Jews into the Freemasons in Europe especially Germany. He also traces the myth of Jews and Freemasons as bent upon world domination examining its various stages and how they led to the fabrication of the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion'. He studied works concealed in Masonic libraries and archives which had never before been available and examined the anti-Semitic literature which supported Hitler and linked the Jews and Freemasons together." - dust jacket. "Highly recommended especially for its insights into the connections between the Asiatic Brethren and many wealthy European aristocrats royals financiers merchants and charlatans of mysticism peddling new varieties of occult 'Knowledge.' An impossible to find book by an Israeli academic heavyweight." - G. Burch in an online review. Translated from the Hebrew. viii 4 293 p. Extensive footnotes. Index. "Jacob Katz 1904-1998 was an acclaimed Jewish historian and educator." - Wikipedia. Creative dust jacket graphic depicts instersection of the Star of David with the Masonic square and compass. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper otherwise tight and unmarked with light wear to original chocolate cloth. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound and rare example of this revealing study. ; 8vo . Harvard University Press hardcover
175839356Zyrich Zurich: Conrad Orell und Comp. 1758-1759. Two volumes bound in one complete. FIRST EDITION OF THE MANESSISCHE HANDSCHRIFT also known as the Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift compiled in the 14th century and far and away the most important collection of medieval German lyric verse. Thus also the FIRST EDITION OF VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SURVIVING CORPUS OF MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN POETRY. Includes the work of 140 poets including Walther von der Vogelweide Reinmar der Alte Gottfried von Strassburg Hartmann von Aue Niedhart von Reuenthal Kaiser Heinrich and Reinmar der Zweite. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary calf. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands. Some wear to binding but structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Brunet III 1362; Graesse IV 362. Very important and very rare especially in such good condition. <br/><br/> Conrad Orell und Comp. hardcover
18182603240008Hanover Guardian; Joseph Schmuck Hanover Pa 1818. Magazines & Periodicals. Good. A large run of an very early newspaper from York County Pennsylvania from James Monroe's Presidency. 62 issues printed on four pages 248 pages total. Unbound. Some minor stains but generally a clean and legible collection. The first issue has a tear at the center with some loss. The second issue has a closed tear at the rear page. Includes v.1. complete in 52 issues Sept 2 1818 - Aug. 25 1819; v.2. 6 issues 1819: no. 60 Oct 20 no.62 Nov. 3 no.65 Nov. 24 no.66 Dec 1 no.68 Dec 15 no.72 Jan 12 1820; v.3. 4 issues from 1820: no. 108 Sept. 27 no. 111 Oct. 18 no. 113 Nov. 1 115 Nov. 15. "Weekly. Established in August 1818 by Jacob H. Wiestling with the title of the "Guardian." In 1819 he sold the paper to Joseph Schmuck who continued it until after 1820 J. Gibson "History of York County" 1886 p. 382." - American Antiquarian Society. <br> Includes advertisements for agricultural products real estate sales political news international news Revolution in e.g. Sicily Spain; local Democratic York county politics; support for President James Monroe; and many interesting news articles. One very interesting front page piece from the York's Democratic party includes resolutions against Gov. Joseph Hiester. The York Democrats opposed him because he voted against the gradual abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania "that curse and stigma on humanity; he also voted in effect in favor of slave trade against the punishment of kidnappers." An interesting early pro-abolitionist opinion from rural Pennsylvania. Includes James Monroe's 1819 message to Congress on the State of the Union. Also prints accounts of local murders and other crimes. Hanover Guardian; Joseph Schmuck, Hanover, Pa unknown
16606191660. With 47 full-page engraved maps and 3 full-page plates with portraits. 2 Blank pages / 4 Pages / 14 NNP / 223 Pages / 2 NNP / 3 Blank pages / 47 Maps / 3 Engraved Plates This book can only be viewed by appointment. Binding: Contemporary Full Leather Octavo 8vo Height cm: 22 CM Width cm: 29 CM Thickness cm: 4 CM hardcover
