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1828elala905London: John Murray 1828. 1828. 8vo. pp. vi 1 leaf 293 1blank 85 ie. 58 41 1. A fine uncut copy in modern bds. portion of original spine label mounted institutional bookplate & rubberstamps on title. First Edition of this important work by one of the leading contemporary authorities on the corn trade and corn laws. Jacob a London merchant was appointed in 1822 to the comptrollership of corn returns a post which he retained for the next twenty years. In 1825 and 1827 he was commissioned by the Government to report on the condition of agriculture and the trade in corn in some of the states of northern Europe. The present collection of tracts includes his second detailed statistical report in addition to two other papers Notices respecting the commerce of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azoff; more especially as regards the trade in wheat and Observations on the benefits arising from the cultivation of poor soils by the application of pauper labour; as exemplified in the colonies for the indigent and for orphans in Holland. Einaudi 3034. Goldsmiths' 25512. Kress C.2091. Palgrave II p. 471. 1st Edition. London: John Murray, 1828. unknown
1824BB1554London: Sherwood Jones & co 1824. Quarter-Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition of this cornerstone of any circus collection Toole-Stott lists it among his hundred best circus books. Edited by R. Humphreys. Crown 8vo 187 x 107mm: xx2791pp with portrait frontispiece and two folding plates including the certificate of birth "often wanting." Lowe. Publisher's original olive-green quarter cloth printed paper title label brown paper-covered boards. An excellent wide-margined example of this scarce title: binding secure spine label rubbed partly illegible contents generally clean but with light scattered foxing folding plates pristine. Toole-Stott 1234. Lowe English Theatrical Literature p. 83. Decastro an English comedian performed in the troupe of Philip Astley father of modern circus. "Also an accompanying history of the Royal Circus now the Surrey Theatre; and an historical sketch of Sadler's Wells. Likewise scarce theatrical advertisements from Garrick's first attempt in Goodman's-Fields his last moments Old Grimaldi's dream &c. To which will be added the origin of poetry; a chapter on Bent's &c. &c. &c." N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Sherwood, Jones, & co unknown
185122066Paris: Sere 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Gorgeous three-quarter red leather with marbled-paper sides in red green gold & blue and gilt titling on banded spines; some chipping to extremities. Front board at spine head starting on vol. 1. Gilt upper page edges marbled endpapers and ribbon bookmarks. Bindings are sound. Pages are toned with age. No foxing evident. Gorgeous First Edition apparently rebound. First volume hinge is cracked at title page. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Published between 1851 and last volume in 1853. Illustrated in fine engravings. 6 v. plates. 22 cm. Sere hardcover
182644084Paris Crochard 1826. No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 31 Cahier 1. Halftitle to vol. 31.Pp.5-112 a. 1 folded engraved plate. The entire issue offered. Berzeliu's paper: pp. 5-36. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements which with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818."In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism. berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findins called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 the paper offered."Taton "Science in the 19th Century" p. 279. - Holmberg Bibliografi öfver Berzelius nr. 29. </em> unknown
1806660541806-1808. Stockholm: Tryckte hos Carl Delén 1806 8° XII 276; Stockholm: Tryckte hos C.F. Marquard 1808 8 LIX 498 2 Rättelser pp. Halbldsereinband d.Zt.; feines Expl.; mit ExLibris v. Franz Sondheimer und Hannes Büttner; feines Expl. FIRST EDITION of Berzelius's first textbook on animal chemistry which included the results of many of his own experiments on animal tissues and fluids. "Berzelius' work as the creator of the science of chemistry in general is universally known. One of his most important contributions however is his investigation of the substances that are produced by life on the earth. In his Lectures on Animal Chemistry published during the years 1806-1808 he expounds his conception of life-phenomena in general and besides records a number of fresh facts in the sphere of organic analysis which he later still further augmented" Nordenskiöld The history of biology pp. 371-372 "In his analysis of the blood Berzelius separated the solid and liquid parts by coagulation and examined each part separately. In the clot he found compounds of carbon phosphorus calcium magnesium and iron. The serum consisted of water containing albumin various salts and some animal matter. His analysis of the serum confirmed results obtained by Marcet. Berzelius also found that bile saliva mucous fluids the humors of the eye and serous fluids contained the same salts in roughly the same proportions as in blood serum. He thought that this result showed that all animal secretions were ultimately derived from the blood. Thus by the second decade of the nineteenth century the new humoralism had already produced useful observations on the properties and constituents of the blood." Coley Early Blood chemistry in Britain and France. Clincal chemistry 47 No. 12 2001 Cole 146. Partington IV pp. 146-147; Rocke AJ. From physiology to organic chemistry 1805-14. Melhado EM Fràngsmyr T eds. Enlightenment science in the Romantic Era; the chemistry of Berzelius and its Cultural setting Cambridge: CUP 1992:107-31. unknown
1811R12GLTBRN13KEdinburgi : E Prelo Academico 1811. Hardback contemporary half-calf decorative gilt title to spine. Pp. viii 41-576 8 85 engraved plates. Spine rubbed with some wear and small losses at spine ends and corners. Front inner hinge split across end-papers binding remains secure. Some light spotting. Private ownership. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. r12. Hard Cover. Good. E Prelo Academico Hardcover
183549324Gottingen: In der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 8vo. Pp. xxx 2 710 1 clxxvii 1. 19th-century quarter brown leather over later tree calf-patterned paper boards. Rebacked with light brown cloth the original spine chipped and worn but preserved and laid down. Board edges rubbed and corners heavily worn. Page corners of the first and last few leaves darkened from binder's materials; the top edge of the text block shows an old impact affecting a few leaves around p. 180 confined to the upper margin only and not touching the text. Ink name to front endpaper and name stamped in black to the title-age verso. Otherwise the text is clean throughout and the binding tight and square. An important first edition of Jacob Grimm's seminal study of Teutonic and Norse mythology superstition and magic. Complete in itself; a second volume was issued nearly twenty years later in 1854. In der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung hardcover
1889830111889. Pennsylvania cloister founded by Conrad Beissel" - Howes G-76. Howes does not note the existence of this extremely limited large paper edition. One copy auctioned by Parke Bernet in 1938. Extremely rare in commerce. No institutions note holding a large paper copy according to OCLC. unknown
1824BOOKS314010London UK: Sherwood Jones & Co. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Wonderfully designed bookplate belonging to "FEC" . Sm 8vo. 279 errata 12 pp. catalog 1/2 Leather and marbled boards slightly rubbed. Foldout illustration has been taped. Some foxing. . Sherwood, Jones & Co. hardcover
1866788551866. CRESAP MICHAEL. JACOB John J. A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Captain Michael Cresap. Cincinnati 1866. 158pp. Engraved portrait frontis. 4to. Later 3/4 gilt red morocco raised spine bands compartments gilt T.e.g. housed in custom cloth slipcase. A very good or better copy. HOWES J-32. Field 770. A curious biography of Capt. Cresap originally published in Cumberland Maryland in 1826. This is one of the copies containing Lieut. Boyer's A Journal of Wayne's Campaign.against the Northwestern Indians which has a separate titlepage but continuous signatures. The work was written by a contemporary of Cresap in response to aspersions against him published in Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia regarding Dunmore's War. It also includes on pp. 154-158 an account vindicating Cresap by General Rogers Clark. unknown
1818ABC_48083Amsterdam 1818. 16mo ca. 9 x 7 cm. H. van Leeuwen Original publisher's printed wrappers with the title on the front and back. With the woodcut coat of arms of Enkhuizen on the title page the title and calendar printed in red and black 12 half-page woodcut illustrations 1 for each month and 11 full-page woodcut illustrations. 252 pp. Rare edition of the famous "Enkhuizer Almanak" for the year 1819. It starts with the calendar the dates of holidays and markets held all over Holland astronomical data times of the sun and moon rises and tides; by the Leiden professor and Dutch mathematician Jacob de Gelder 1765-1848 and a medical article on cow-pox vaccination and resuscitating drowned people. This is followed by prognostications for each month by Don Antonio Magino a print series on various professions within the field of agriculture milking cows churning butter and making cheese anecdotes funny stories and riddles a natural history in yearly instalments household medicines advices and a short chronicle of the most important events since 1810. The present volume also has two extra leaves inserted with a statement by the Dutch Educational Society "Tot Nut van 't Algemeen" listing the quires they contributed to the almanac and signed by the secretary Hendrik Ravekes. We have not been able to find any other copies of the 1819 edition.The wrappers are frayed around the edges and torn on the spine. The upper sewing support has broken so a few quires are partly detached mild foxing and thumbing on some of the leaves. Otherwise in good condition.l Saalmink p. 415; not in Vandenhole; WorldCat. unknown
1826ABC_49427Haarlem 1826. 4to. Johannes Enschedé and sons Later half black sheepskin and beige paper sides with remnants of a printed title label on the spine. With several wood engraving ornaments throughout. 8 432 pp. Second edition of a remarkable Dutch-Malay and French-Malay dictionary partially based on and translated from William Marsdens famous English-Malay dictionary and is otherwise compiled by Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout. The Malay words are given in both Jawi script and phonetic transcription in italics the Dutch and French words are given in roman script. 1825 as Maleisch Nederduitsch en Fransch woordenboek Dictionnaire Malai Hollandais et Français also by Johannes Enschedé and sons. Elout based his work on the foundational English-Malay dictionary of the British linguist William Marsden 1754-1836 whose pioneering work on the Malay language was an essential tool for the British East India Company in the Malay Archipelago. At the time of publication both Dutch and French were official languages in the Netherlands thus explaining the work being bilingual and having both a Dutch and a French title page.Marsden embarked upon a remarkable journey of scholarship and service that began at Trinity College Dublin. At the tender age of sixteen he joined the British East India Company and in 1771 he was posted to Sumatra. There he not only advanced through the ranks but also mastered the Malay language an achievement that would underpin much of his later work. Returning to England in 1779 Marsden earned a law degree from Oxford and in 1783 published his landmark History of Sumatra which earned him election to the Royal Society. Later he served as secretary to the Admiralty though he ultimately retired in 1807 to devote himself to scholarly pursuits.Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout 1795-1843 further advanced the Malay lexicography. Born in Haarlem Elout initially prepared for a civilian career yet his life took a decisive turn when he accompanied his father to Java in 1814. There he distinguished himself both militarily and administratively. His involvement in quelling uprisings in Cheribon and Palembang earned him the Military William Order the oldest and hightest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and he played a decisive role in consolidating Dutch authority over Sumatra and other islands in the region. Under the guidance of Professor Reinwardt he attained a profound command of High Malay. This linguistic expertise informed his administrative innovations including the establishment of a Department for Indigenous Affairs tasked with translating and publishing Malay-language texts regulating correspondence with local rulers and overseeing diplomatic missions. His linguistic scholarship culminated in the publication of the work Maleische spraakkunst 1824 and the Dutch-French-Malay dictionary 1825 and 1826 which were both translations and expansions of Marsdens Grammar and dictionary of the Malay language 1812.Marsden himself acknowledged the improvements Elout had made praising the humility with which these enhancements were incorporated.The binding is worn mainly around the spine and lower outer corners of the boards. Internally in good condition some occasional water staining and foxing.l Cordier Indosinica 1385; Van der Aa Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden Deel 5 1859 pp. 102-104. hardcover
1859176601859. Shipherd Jacob R. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue 1859 documenting one of the most consequential acts of organized resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act in the years immediately preceding the American Civil War. The work records the seizure of John Price an escaped enslaved man captured by federal authorities in Oberlin Ohio on September 13 1858 and his subsequent transfer to Wellington in an effort to avoid local abolitionist intervention. Residents from Oberlin and surrounding communities assembled in Wellington confronted federal deputies and forcibly freed Price from custody enabling his escape to Canada through established antislavery networks. The episode prompted federal indictments against thirty-seven participants with only two convictions and became a focal point of national debate over federal enforcement power local resistance and the legal obligations imposed by the Fugitive Slave Act. Shipherd's narrative supported by contemporary participants and advocates provides detailed chronology identification of individuals involved and interpretive framing that aligns the Rescue with broader antislavery mobilization and constitutional conflict.<br /> <br /> Shipherd Jacob R. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1859. First edition. Issued in original paper wrappers with an introduction by Prof. Henry E. Peck and Hon. Ralph Plumb the volume presents a sustained account of the arrest rescue and subsequent trials accompanied by arguments challenging the legitimacy of the Fugitive Slave Act. The introduction urges readers to consider "whether the Fugitive Slave Act can exist" warning that its enforcement threatens to extend "a gigantic tyranny which shall know no law but its own despotic will" reflecting the immediacy of constitutional and moral opposition in abolitionist print culture.<br /> <br /> Single volume; pagination incomplete with final leaf lacking. Original paper wrappers browned with minor chipping at the edges; modern paper ex libris affixed to interior wrapper. Overall good condition. A contemporary abolitionist account of a defining legal and political confrontation that intensified sectional divisions on the eve of the Civil War. unknown
185154192New York: George P. Putnam 1851. 8vo pp. 6 72 2 2 ads 2 ads 6 ads on yellow paper; 5 plates; original brown cloth gilt-stamped upper cover; a few cracks in the cloth along the hinges neatly repaired with small strips of cellotape; otherwise a very good copy. An early reference work on gold coins from California and other states issued for collectors and those dealing in the money trade. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first edition of this work issued in 1850 contained several samples of genuine California gold ore and is notably scarce. This revised edition was issued without the samples but contains new material on the California gold situation and California coins; Mormon coins; and other West Coast imprints. There are 5 handsome engraved plates at the end of the book showing gold coins from California and the west coast; Mormon coins; gold ingots; mining company issues; coins from Central America; and much more. The second half of the book written by Du Bois is devoted to ancient coins in the U.S. Mint's private collection including coins from the Roman Empire Persia the Byzantine era and more. This collection was formed in 1838 with Du Bois serving as its first curator. Cowan p. 76; Kuritz 217b; Sabin 21788. George P. Putnam unknown
1813449031813. Med.-Chir. Trans. 3. - London Longman 1813 8° XII 379 pp. 7 Kupfertafeln Halbledereinband. First Print ! Further experimental work on animal fluids was made possible by new analytical techniques introduced by J.J. Berzelius 1779-1848 in Sweden and Justus von Liebig 1803-1873 in Germany. "A need for better information on the chemical composition of animal substances was recognized by Berzelius in Sweden and in 1806-1808 he published a two-volume textbook of animal chemistry in Swedis. Humphry Davy at once realized the importance of the work and resolved to have it translated into English. The project seemed eminently suitable for the newly formed Animal Chemistry Club a special interest group within the Royal Society. Unfortunately mainly for financial reasons no English translation of the work was ever published. Alexander Marcet 1770-1828 later persuaded Berzelius to publish some of his analyses of animal fluids in English which became an important source of data for British animal chemists. In his analysis of the blood Berzelius separated the solid and liquid parts by coagulation and examined each part separately. In the clot he found compounds of carbon phosphorus calcium magnesium and iron. The serum consisted of water containing albumin various salts and some animal matter. His analysis of the serum confirmed results obtained by Marcet. Berzelius also found that bile saliva mucous fluids the humors of the eye and serous fluids contained the same salts in roughly the same proportions as in blood serum. He thought that this result showed that all animal secretions were ultimately derived from the blood. Thus by the second decade of the nineteenth century the new humoralism had already produced useful observations on the properties and constituents of the blood." Coley Early Blood chemistry in Britain and France. Clincal chemistry 47 No. 12 2001 This voloume also contains a "Case of Diseased Appendi Vermiforis. By John Pariknson Surgeon EsQ. Communicated byx James Parkinsin Esq." pp.58-59. The "First case of appendicits vermiformis in English and the first in which perforation was reognized as the cause of death. John William Keys Parkinson 1785-1838 was the son of James Parkinson. Garrison & Morton No. 3560 unknown
188160021Monterey CA: C.W.J. Johnson Photo 1881. Soft cover. Very Good. Monterey CA: C.W.J. Johnson Photo 1881. Vintage Albumen Photograph mounted of Lover's Lane Cypress Drive in Monterey. Overall dimensions 9 11/16" x 6 7/8"; photograph dimensions 8 1/4" x 4 11/16". See scans. Very Good; some modest soiling primarily to the mounting cardboard which also shows three small abrasions; some fading to the text. The multi-talented Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson 1833-1903 - certainly an early True California Man - was a successful photographer miner dance instructor and musician; he achieved some success in all these endeavors but is probably best known for his photography enterprises which he undertook in the late 1860's with William N. Tuttle - another prominent 19th-century California photographer known for documenting the state's growth and natural beauty through stereoscopic views; and later a T. Al Sullivan which may be a reference to Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Neither . He settled in Monterey - where this shot would be taken - in 1881. Also - on the back is the signature "E. B. Kimball" - light but enhanced by me in the second image of it here; this is likely to have been so placed by Eugene B. Kimball a significant figure in California's mining history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries = though I have no direct proof of that nor sufficient exmplars of the notable Mr. Kimball's hand to retain an FHE for authentication. All in all a historic and.well spooky-beautiful early California photo art from and associated with noted Californians of the day. The three notables in addition to Johnson here are the report at purchase here from the PBA source auction at which I acquired this piece. Please see images. Kinds does take ya back to the. lover's lane kinda thing does it not Ships in stout protection of course. LB&C <br/> <br/> C.W.J. Johnson, Photo paperback
183530452AB1835. 4. verbesserte Orig.-Aufl. Band 3 in 3. Aufl. von 1834. 10 Bände. Dresden u. Leipzig Arnold 18351841. 8°. Mit 12 gef. Kupfertafeln und einigen Textillustr. Pappbände aus der Zeit mit roten Rückenschildchen 3. Band Halbleinenband nicht uniform. Vgl. Duveen S. 75 u. Hirsch-H. I 510 für die Originalausgabe u. die erste deutsche Ausgabe von 18331841. Selten so komplett. Jöns Jakob Berzelius 17791848 schwedischer Chemiker leistete einen bahnbrechenden Beitrag für die moderne Chemie. Er bezeichnete die chemischen Elemente erstmals mit Buchstaben und entdeckte Selen Cer und Thorium. Ausgeschiedenes Bibliotheksexemplar mit entsprechenden Stempeln und handschr. Rückennummerierungen. Alte handschr. Besitzereinträge auf den Vorsätzen. Papier durchgehend unterschiedlich stark stockfleckig und gebräunt. Einbände berieben. unknown
181244085Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1812. Without wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert" Bd. 12 = Bd. 42 der Reihe Neuntes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 12. Pp. 1-116 a. 1 engraved plate. The entire issue offered. Berzelius' paper: pp. 37-89. <br/><br/><em>First German edition of this classic paper in chemistry in which Berzelius presented his system of nomenclature to the scientific world. The paper was first preseted in French "Essay sur la nomenclature chimique" in Journal de Physique the year before 1811."Of his contributions moreover to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which with slight modifivcations is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible "to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and after the determination of their relative weights present the results of each analysis in a si8mple and easely retained manner.". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but en England only after some considerable time."Findley "A Hundred Year of Chemistry" p. 14. - Holmberg Bibliografi öfver Berzelius 1812:7. </em> unknown
182916-0843Philadelphia: R. H. Small 1829. 1829 616pp engraved frontis illus. ex Soldiers and Sailors Camp Library only lib. markings are bookplate to rear of front free ep & card pocket at rear book never signed out corners slightly bumped some shelfwear to cover foxinng to 1st few includes title page & last few pgs light creases to some of blank eps slight spotting throughout pp 29-32 bottom inner corner has a 2" tear no dj text is unmarked. Full-Leather. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library. R. H. Small Hardcover
184152211Bruxelles Brussels: A. Hauman & cie 1841. Fine. A. Hauman & cie Bruxelles Brussels 1841 - relié First edition illustrated with an engraved title and 15 steel engravings hors-texte on heavy paper. Contemporary full navy blue shagreen binding signed Westley & Clark London. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Boards very decorative with several successive frames. Edges gilt. Rubbing to headcaps joints bands and corners. 2 corners slightly turned. One signature sprung. Scattered foxing particularly at the tissue guards. Handsome copy nonetheless in a rich English Romantic binding. Collection of texts by various authors on Ghent Antwerp Bruges Mechelen the University of Louvain. Preface by Bibliophile Jacob. A. Hauman & cie hardcover