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183722302Brussels 1837. 12mo. P.J. Voglet for Société Belge de Librairie Hauman Cattoir and company Modern grained brown half calf preserving the original lithographed wrappers partly uncut. 4 III 1 blank XV 1 blank 239 1 blank pp. Very rare first edition of the French translation of a work on Java by Joseph Jacob Xaver Pfyffer zu Neueck 1798-1853 a German in military service of the Dutch East India Company. The work covers Java's topography natural history ethnography customs religion local inhabitants government etc. and also discusses the Europeans their habits and customs. Included is a short extract with a vocabulary of the Malay language. The original German edition was published in parts between 1829-1832 and contained 15 plates Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben verschiedenen Bewohnern. A second edition of the French translation appeared in 1854 Description de Java and it was also translated in Dutch as Schetsen van het eiland Java in 1838.Wrappers soiled; trivial spotting inside. Interesting work on Java in good condition.l Bastin & Brommer 197; cf. Haks and Maris p. 236; Tiele Bibl. 858. ABE CAT Anthropology & Ethnography unknown
1974C86490Phaidon. As New. 1974. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001IOWXZW. FOUR 4 VOLUME SET. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works -- 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 . Phaidon hardcover
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166458245Escrit par Iacob Boehm, nomae Philosophiis Teutonicus, et traduit de l'Allemand en François par le Sr: Jean Maclé, Docteur & Medecin tres-celebre, 1 vol. petit in-8 reliure de l'époque plein velin à recouvrement partiel, mis en lumière par C: le Blon à Ffort au Main [ Francfort ], 1664, 1 f. (titre gravé), 359 pp., 2 ff. blancs. Rappel du titre complet : De Signaturarerum c'est à dire De la Signature de Toutes Choses, comment l'intérieur est marqué par l'Extérieur. Vray Miroir Temporel de l'Eternité [ De Signatura Rerum ] Miroir Temporel de L'Eternité : Auquel est représenté Comment toutes choses sont marquées exterieurement selon leur forme interieure : Comment ce Monde visible, qui comprend kes Astres, les Animaux, Vegetaux & Mineraux, nous conduit en celuy qui est invisible : Comment le sublime procés Philosophal nous descouvre notre Regeneration
17381210121738. First Edition. CHARLES I HOOPER Jacob. An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England During the Reign of King Charles the First London: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers in Town and Country 1738. Folio 7-1/2 by 12 inches period-style full speckled sheep gilt raised bands red morocco spine label. $3400.First edition of Hooper's ""impartial"" history profusely illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait depicting Charles I on horseback and 26 full-page engraved plates many depicting naval and land battles.Hooper drew on Clarendon Kennet Echard and Rushworth to compile his history. ""Everybody that shall duly consider the whole account of these transactions will be able to impute mistakes miscarriages and faults enough to both sides But we cannot omit making this one observation that where any King by ill judgment or ill fortune of his own or those entrusted by him in the chief administration of his government happen to fall into an interest contrary to that of his people and will pursue that mistake that Prince must have terrible conflicts in the course of his reign On the other hand that people who though invaded and oppressed in their just rights and liberties shall not rest satisfied with reasonable reparations and securities but having got power into their hands will make unjustifiable use of it to the utter subversion of that government they are bound in duty and allegiance to support do but at last make rods for their own backs and very often bring upon themselves from other hands a more severe bondage than that they had shook off"" Preface. Plates bound in at rear. Lowndes 1109. Discreet library markings on verso of title page only.Text and plates generally clean corners rounded contemporary calf covers rubbed. A very good copy of this illustrated history. hardcover
160216378Hagae Comitis [La Haye], Ex officina Bucoldi Cornelii Nieulandii, 1602. In-folio de [12]-226 pages [*6; A-Z4;Aa-Cc4; Dd6-Ee3], plein vélin à rabats, étiquette de titre manuscrite (en vélin), traces d'attaches. Ex-libris JFC, inscription ancienne au verso du titre.
197894068Da Capo Pr. New. 1978. Hardcover. 0306709864 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - 257 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Da Capo Pr hardcover
18640001441Very Good. 1864. On offer is a significant historical relic of the Civil War being a book of 71 bound-in original handwritten telegraphs dated from May 19 1864 to December 6 1864. All appear to be handwritten and all have been folded at least 2 times or more. Many have original autographs by the sender. Several different types of paper were used to write them on. All in excellent condition. Examples of some of the subjects of telegrams are: Where to send white and colored recruits; payment amounts for recruits; forbidden furloughs granted to recruits by Provost Marshalls; Arrest Acting Masters Mate Edw. Parsons at Lebanon Springs and have him delivered on board the receiving ship North Carolina at Brooklyn Navy Yard plus many many more. The premium book is 8" x 10" with leather spine and corners with gilt stamped title on the spine attests to the importance of the contents. VG.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: CIVIL WAR GRAND ARMY OF THE UNION NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH WAR BETWEEN THE STATES BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER AMERICANA UNION ARMY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Als antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . hardcover
199187131La Renaissance du Livre. New. 1991. Hardcover. 2871480311 . 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. 399 pages; 259 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee La Renaissance du Livre hardcover
198794112Bucknell Univ Pr. New. 1987. Hardcover. 0838751032 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 239 pages; over 500 black and white illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Bucknell Univ Pr hardcover
1731620531731. Genevae : Perachon & Cramer 1731 Folio 1 587 1; 2 790; 2 570; 2 699 2 pp. 16 gestochene Portraits 4 Lederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung; minimnal fleckig; feienes Exemplar. Sehr selten - Erste Ausgabe! Die Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum enthält ca. 4000 Bio-Bibliographien von medizinischen Autoren. Der vollständige Titel lautet: Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum veterum et recentiorum Joannis Jacobi Mangeti Medicinae Doctoris . Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medicorum Veterum Et Recentiorum : In Qua Sub Eorum Omnium Qui A Mundi Primordiis ad hunc usque Annum vixerunt Nominibus Ordine Alphabetico adscriptis Vitae compendio enarrantur . Sicque Historia Medica Vere Universalis Exhibetur ; Opus Doctis Omnibus Maximeque Medicis Utile . Jean-Jacques Manget latinisiert Joh. Jac. Mangetus 19. Juni 1652 in Genf/Republik Genf; 15. August 1742 ebenda war ein Genfer Arzt der für die Herausgabe verschiedener Sammelwerke. Garrison & Morton No. 11172 unknown
101541London A. Alexander 1773. . First edition; 4to 26.5 x 21.5 cm; engraved Hebrew title page additional English and Spanish title pages approbation leaf by Rabbi Moseh Cohen de Azevedo in Spanish and Hebrew; Hebrew English and Spanish index of the chapters and erratas; preface to the reader in Spanish and English; contemporary mottled panelled calf gilt spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label; edge of first two title pages browned and chipped slight worming to a few other leaves not affecting text. 26 183 1 pp.<br /> A scarce Talmud and holy scripture vocabulary published by the pioneer of Hebrew printing in London A. Alexander. <br /><br />Jacob Rodrigues Moreira was an educated Jewish author associated with the Haskalah movement. This lexicon is his only surviving publication. The work contains an approbation by Rabbi Moseh Cohen d'Azevedo 1720-1784 also known as the Haham of London the Wise Man of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London. This biblical lexicon arranged in triple column containing more than four thousand words/idioms each in Hebrew English and Spanish arranged in fifty-eight topical chapters. Moreira carefully arranged the Hebrew terms and phrases according to subject coining new terms where needed and translated them to Spanish. His son Haim Moreira translated the terms to English. The final 58th chapter contains an imaginary dialogue between the author and his son. <br /><br />Alexander Alexander Alexander ben Judah Leib was one of the pioneers of the Hebrew printing in London active in the 18th-19th centuries. He had established his Hebrew press in London in 1770 and published the first bilingual Hebrew-English Common Prayer-book and Haggadah. <br /><br />The engraved Hebrew title page of this volume is signed by M. Marrebeeck an 18th century Dutch print publisher that was most likely working in Amsterdam.<br /> Vinograd London 75; Alston XIV 197; ESTC T168924; Roth B15.40; Not in Vancil or Zaunmuller. London, A. Alexander, [1773]. unknown
1737143528Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk 1757 part II dated 1737. Dutch waterways delineated in contemporary quarter sheep A handsome publication illustrating the technology behind the Dutch waterways their canals windmills bridges and boats. The first part was first issued in 1736 the second in 1737 here a secondary issue with a title page of 1757 the second part keeping a date of 1737 presented in the original trade binding of quarter sheep. 2 parts folio 555 x 347 mm. Titles printed in red and black with engraved printer's device double-page engraved dedication leaves in part I. Complete with all 47 double-page plates 20 in part I 27 in part II many folding with the consecutive numbering I-XXV in part I I-XXV and I-VI in part II but with some folding plates numbered as two. Contemporary red quarter sheep marbled paper sides. Rubbed worn around extremities but binding holding well and unrestored contents generally clean. A very good copy. Bierens de Haan 4836; Brunet IV 568 note; Graesse VII 258. unknown
19623185Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris 1962. Un volume in-folio (390 x 330 mm) relié sous cartonnage toilé illustré, dans l'étui de l'éditeur décoré de deux compositions en couleur de Picasso. - 45 LINOGRAVURES DE PABLO PICASSO EN PLANCHES HORS-TEXTE réalisées d’après les linogravures originales. - PREMIER TIRAGE. Édition originale française, le texte de W. Boeck est traduit par Jacques Chavy. Remarquable publication d'art. Très bel exemplaire en parfait état. Infimes imperfections à l'étui, en excellent état. Très recherché.-- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION : 1 volume oblong folio in the original slipcase. Introduction by W. Boeck. Illustrated with 45 colour plates engraved and remarkably printed on one side only after the original linocuts by Pablo Picasso (approx. 13" x 15"). A state of the art production by Cercle d'Art in 1962. 1st printing. In perfect condition and complete. The decorated slipcase is in excellent condition. Scarce in this condition.
1812K7BC7632IMESKiel 1812. 4to. Königlichen Schulbuchdruckerei printed by C.L. Wäser Contemporary half calf gold-tooled spine black spine label. With 6 engraved folding plates 3 partly handcoloured. xii 335 1 pp. Rare first edition of a botanical classic the principal work of Johann Moldenhawer published in 1812. This copy was part of the collection of the famous German botanist and explorer of Brazil Philipp von Martius 1794-1868 as the book-plate on the front pastedown shows. The Beyträge reflects the knowledge acquired in the field of plant anatomy during the period 1800-1812 when many new texts on the structure of plant organs were published and Moldenhawer made advances in his own research. This book contains important findings concerning plant anatomy based on Moldenhawer's own experiments where he isolated the cells and the vessels. By completely isolating the cells and vessels in his preparations Moldenhawer demonstrated that the cell wall is closed on all sides. Moldenhawers Beiträge zur Anatomie der Pflanzen the result of eighteen years of unremitting research on plant anatomy reflects his critical insights and methodical observations both in his own experiments and in his analysis of earlier and contemporary research on plant anatomy by others. This makes it a classic overview of the history of plant anatomy.With the bookplate of the explorer Philipp von Martius on the front paste-down. Some folds in the engraved plates not affecting the images binding slightly rubbed and discoloured head of the spine and foot of the black spine label chipped but still in good condition.l BMC NH III p. 1333; Bradley I p. 98; Pritzel 6357; for the author: DSB IX p. 455. unknown
175618865Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1756. 12mo pp. viii 275. Second edition after the quarto edition of the same year. Bound in contemporary French calf with gilt spine and with the exception of some insignificant marginal worming in a couple of signatures a very fine copy. Sabin 47511; Wroth American Bookshelf p. 22; Lande 657; TPL 250; Streeter II 1013; Echeverria & Wilkie 756/29. Writing in The John Carter Brown Library Report 1946 pp. 48-49 Lawrence Wroth notes that this is "one of the most important diplomatic documents in American colonial history . in which the French government is justifying its position as a contestant in the French and Indian War. Printed amongst other pertinent documents is Washington's captured journal of the Fort Necessity campaign and spread upon the record the articles of surrender in which the young provincal leader accepted the enemy's designation of the killing of Jumonville as an assassination." Sabin notes "From the evidence drawn from these documents they charge Washington with the murder of Jumonville. The memoirs prove that Jumonville was approaching Washington on an embassy of peace but that Washington unwilling to trust him ordered his advance to be fired upon." The Dictionary of Amercian History in discussing this same battle at Great Meadows near Unionville PA in April of 1754 asserts that Washington learned of the small force of French camped a few miles north of Fort Necessity and after a night march attacked them soon after sunrise killing ten including their commander Jumonville. This was Washington's first battle and the first engagement of the French and Indian War. After Washington's return to Fort Necessity he was attacked by 500 French and 400 Indians eventually capitulating and marching back to Virginia on foot. L'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
196394113Faber and Faber. New. 1963. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - 448 pages; black and white images of 446 of Epstein's works. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Faber and Faber hardcover
#[42340]4° geheel perkament 80 eenzijdig genummerde pagina's = 160 pag.7 pag. Geillustreerd met een aantal houtsneden naar J. Amman op titelpagina's en in de tekst. B0808 unknown
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 books
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
173436881London: Alexander Lyon 1734. Quarto. 9 x 7 1/4 inches. 4 38pp. Five folding engraved plates. Early marbled paper wrappers<br/> <br/>The invention of frictionless carriage wheels.<br/> <br/>Rowe referred to by some as Captain Rowe suggesting a nautical career was an English polymath and inventor. He is best remembered as a pioneer of English diving authoring a work on the subject in 1730 and patenting a diving machine following his successful underwater recovery of 33 tons of silver from the wreck of the East India Company ship Vansittart. In the present work he explores his improvements to carriages to reduce the friction upon the shafts and wheels in order to improve their effectiveness.<br/> <br/>ESTC T95742. Alexander Lyon unknown books
