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169647333Amsterdam 1696. 52x595 cm. Kobberstukket og håndkoloreret søkort visende Bælterne mellem Østjylland Fyn Sjælland Lolland og Falster Sydsverige Rü Bornholm Nordtyskland m.v. Med det danske rigsvåben i nederste højre hjørne; heri dedikation til Cornelis Tromp den danske og hollandske flådes admiral. Den store kartouche i øverste venstre hjørne viser scener fra folkelivet og brydning af kalksten fra Møn eller Stevns. Fin reparation i højre margin. <br/><br/><em>Sjældent søkort over de indre danske farvande og porten til Østersøen. Kortet "ligger ned" med øst orienteret oppe. Jacob Robyn var kortsælger og kortudgiver. Han købte rettighederne til Pieter Goos's Zee-Spiegel og Zee Atlas fra Goos' enke men han udfærdigede også selv adskillige kort. Hans lager blev overtaget af Johannes Loots i Amsterdam."Alle de anførte hydrografers samtidige kartografer kortarbejder er overordentlig sjældne både herhjemme og i udlandet og noteres betydelig højere i pris end de samtidige landkort" Bo Bramsen p. 112. </em> unknown
173761442Eisenach Griessbach 1737. 8vo. Three volumes uniformly bound in three contemporary full vellum bindings with title in contemporary hand to spine. Wear and soiling to extremities. Stain to inner margin of title-page and frontispiece in vol. 1 otherwise internally nice and clean. 26 435 1 pp. frontispiece; 2 490 1 pp. 2 442 pp. <br/><br/><em>Rare second edition published the year after the original of Schatz’ comprehensive geographical work providing detailed explanations and interpretations of various maps produced by the famous cartographer Johann Baptist Homann and his publishing house. “Johann Jacob Schatz a German philologist geographer educator and librarian; student in Strasbourg in 1706 received his master's degree in 1709 in Jena in 1715 and in Halle Saale in 1716; from 1716 to 1720 tutor at the Pädagogium in Halle; from 1720 to 1726 director of the Gymnasium in Trarbach; in 1728 director of the Gymnasium in Eisenach and librarian until 1737; from 1737 to 1760 head of the Protestant Gymnasium and librarian in Strasbourg.†See CERL Thesaurus. </em> hardcover
29141Stockholm C. Müller ca. 1830. Folio. Litogr. titel 1 3-32 litogr. s. Sammanbunden med: BERWALD Johan Fredrik. Six romances avec accompagnement de piano composées & très humblement dédieés à son altesse royale monseigneur le prince royale de Suède & de Norvège par Iean Frédric Berwald. Stockholm C. Müller 1820. Folio. Litogr. titel 10 litogr. s. Sammanbunden med: CRUSELL Bernhard TEGNÈR Frithiof. Tio sånger ur Frithiof saga satta i musik och tillegnade Frithiofs skald af B. Crusell. Stockholm C. Müller 1826. Folio. Litogr. titel 1 3-24 litogr. s. Genomgående med fuktrand i övre hörn lagerfläckar på titelbladen samt genomgående lagerfläckig i det sista arbetet. Titelbladet till Crusell lagat och förstärkt i innermarginal. Samtida blåpappomslag. Namnteckning i bläck på andra bladet. Fint samlingsband med tre ovanliga utgåvor av sångstycken. Arrhén von Kapfelman 1790-1851 blev tonsättare efter att ha varit jurist och statstjänsteman. Hans solosånger till texter av bl. a. Tegner och Atterbom skattades högt av samtiden. Hans större verk nådde dock ingen vidare populäritet. Johan Fredrik Berwald 1787-1861 var kusin till Franz och mer framgångsrik under sin levnad än denne. Han var bl. a. hovkapellmästare mellan 1823 och 1849. Crusell: KMA nr 21 s. 214 & 251. Första upplagan av den första av Crusells Tegnértonsättningar. Den utökades 1827 med ytterligare två sånger och kom ut som "Tolv sånger.". Innehåller: Frithiof och Ingeborg Frithiof spelar schack Frithiofs lycka Ingeborgs klagan Frithiof går i landsflyckt Vikingabalk Frithiof och Björn Frithiof kommer till kung Ring Kung Rings död Konungavalet. unknown
1874BB2328Amsterdam: G. Theod. Bom 1874. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Crown 8vo 180 x 128mm: 8pp with six color lithographs printed by Emrik & Binger Haarlem each with flaps that when flipped reveal a completely different image a ship at sea becomes Bedouins in the desert a volcano erupts into walruses in the Arctic Native Americans transform into explorers in the Rockies taking the viewer on a tour around the world. The accompanying text guides the reader through these twists and turns. Original burnt orange illustrated card wrappers printed in green gold and terracotta and lettered in black. A superbly preserved example of this fragile production all but pristine rare with Worldcat Discovery listing only one copy and LHD none. For more than 700 years book designers have been pushing back the boundaries of the two-dimensional page adding flaps and rotating parts to enhance the text most often in scientific literature. But only in the nineteenth century did movable flaps became a regular feature in children’s books. In the Netherlands ‘De nieuwe rijschool’ The new riding school published in 1856 was the first movable children’s book which reached their peak in the 1870s and 1880s. Gerardus Theodorus Bom 1814-1884 was a Dutch publisher of books in Amsterdam issuing such titles as Kindervreugd 1864 Robinson Crusoë c.1865 and Kunstenmakers at work 1875. Andriessen's first books were published under the pseudonym Pieter Jacobsz. Under his own name he wrote a series of romantic stories for young people mainly derived from Dutch national history. 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. G. Theod. Bom unknown
192674065New York: George H. Doran Company 1926. First Thus. Leather bound. Near fine. The trade edition of this illustrated classic from Kay Nielsen with 22 full-page plates 12 in color. The fairy tales include the title story Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin and nineteen others.<br /> <br /> Nielsen 1886–1957 was born in Denmark. He is best known for his work in the United States. He worked for the Walt Disney Company on the animated films Fantasia The Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty.<br /> <br /> xii 13–310 pages. First trade edition first printing with the B date code on the copyright page. A near fine copy; for this version the plates are not protected with tissue guards and there is offsetting to the facing pages as a result. There are a couple of leaves with spots at the bottom margin. This copy has been rebound in full burgundy morocco with all edges gilt. The covers are delicately decorated with a wavy gilt border. The spine is divided into six panels with false bands; each panel is stamped in gilt. The endpapers are marbled paper with metallic gold ink highlights. The original cover and spine are laid down at the back.<br /> <br /> Doran issued a 600-copy signed limited edition in 1925 with the text printed in two colors contemporaneous with the UK signed limited. That is the first US edition; this trade issue followed the next year based on newspaper reviews and therefore I assume does not have the publisher's logo on the copyright page—which is how Doran usually denotes a first printing. It is not technically the first edition. George H. Doran Company unknown
192452068Paris: Editions du Sagittaire 1924. Fine. Editions du Sagittaire Paris 1924 12 x 18 cm relié First edition a Service de Presse advance copy. Bradel binding in full grey paper with geometric decoration of black wavy lines smooth spine black morocco title-label original wrappers preserved elegant binding signed by Goy & Vilaine. Autograph inscription signed by Max Jacob: ""A André Warnod bon souvenir d'un vieil ami très fidèle."" ""To André Warnod fond memories from a very faithful old friend."" Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges of certain leaves. Handsome copy attractively bound. Editions du Sagittaire unknown
#[73390]Dordrecht Ghedruckt in de Druckerije van de Maeght van Dordrecht by Hendrick van Esch Boeck-drucker in 't Hof 1633 8vo. full parchment spitsel binding with handwritten titel on spine sprinkled edges blind tooled front and back cover spitsels and headbands intact 601683096144 pp. the book is in very good condition without damage to the construction or the pages one torn corner some foxing. With many engravings illustrating the various proverbs emblemata and an engraved frontispiece. l 2nd edition unknown
180812614Amsterdam Johannes Allart 1808. XV 454 VIII =VI 514 2 p. Origineel half Leer met ribben 8°. Met vijf handgekleurde en drie uitvouwbare prenten. J.G. Haafner 1755-1809 was een Duits-Nederlands schrijver van reisverslagen. Hij bezocht Zuid-Afrika Voor-Indié en Ceylon en had een afkeer van westers kolonialisme en slavernij. J.G. Haafner 1755-1809 started his literary activities very late in life. His first travel-book was published in 1806 in Haarlem. The importance of Haafner's eyewitness accounts is that they were done during the decay of the VOC. Terpstra in his analysis of Haafner's views on colonialism as expressed in his works comes to the conclusion that Haafner was an anti-colonialist a man before his time for his ideas were not to be topical until more than a century had elapsed. With five handcoloured and three folding plates. Literature: Tiele 434; Landwehr VOC 348; cat. NHSM I p.243 note; Landwehr Dutch Books Col. Plates 295. De Silva/ Beumer p.461-462. Ex-libris collectie Buijnsters-Smets Amsterdam, Johannes Allart unknown
#[15962]Geb 1256614 p. ill. Fraai exemplaar in twee geheel leren banden met rugschildjes en goudstempeling. Lit: Niet bij Jacobsen Jensen Bientjes 282-283 Van der Meulen p. 28; Bodel Nijenhuis 147. l De Hamburger J.J. Volkmann 1732-1803 bezocht tussen 1761 en 1782 enige malen ons land. In 21 brieven geeft hij zijn indrukken weer: algemeen en topografisch over Den Haag Leiden Haarlem Amsterdam Noord-Holland Friesland Groningen Drenthe Overijs unknown
174611207Zürich 1746. samt seinen Reisern über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Teil I. Einbd.lädiert u. ber.Bund lose.Gebrauchsp. u. Wasserr. Aufs neue herausg. v. J.G.Sulzer Longchamp 2645 Haller I 1043 Barth 17217 David Gessner 8°. Pbd. d. Zt. Helvetica unknown
1860203591860. Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. - Stuttgart J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag 1860 VIII 204 pp. 14 getönten lithogr. Taf. Pappband der Zeit. Die erste Monographie über dieses Krankheitsbild von Jakob von Heine 1800-1879. "Erst in dieser stark vermehrten zweiten Auflage unter Bekanntgabe von vielen neuen Methoden und Erkenntnissen erhielt dieses klassische Werk den Titel "Spinale Kinderlähmung" da er den Sitz der Krankheit im Rückenmark annahm wenn er sich auch noch nicht auf Sektionsergebnisse stützen konnte. Er teilte das Leiden ein in das akute primäre und das chronische sekundäre Stadium und unterschied sehr wohl die cerebrale spastische Hemiplegie von der spinalen Lähmung die er "Paralysis infantilis spinalis" nannte. Ferner führte er sehr genaue Temperaturmessungen an den verschiedenen Körpergegenden durch und stellte dabei Unterschiede der Hautemperatur zwischen der gesunden und gelähmten Seite fest; auch das Zurückbleiben im Wachstum entging ihm nicht. Ebenso wies er schon auf das epidemische Auftreten hin ferner auf die Kontrakturen und die anderen Fehlstellungen." ".namentlich die zweite aus dem Jahre 1860 deren reicher Inhalt nur in Stichworten angedeutet werden konnte sind als wahre klassische Werke zu bezeichnen; nach ihrer Lektüre wird man es voll und ganz verstehen . das die Bezeichnung einer der schlimmsten Plagen welche Kinder und Erwachsene befallen kann mit dem Namen des deutschen Orthopäden Jacob von Heine 1800-1879 als 'Heine-Medinische Krankheit' verbunden bleiben wird. Ferner war Jakob Heine wahrscheinlich der erste in Deutschland welcher die orthopädische Gymnastik in seinem Institut bei Cannstatt einführte." "In 1940 Heine 1799-1879 gave the first description of acute anterior polyomelitus in a slender monograph of 78 pages. "Twenty years later 1860 in a much enlarged edition Heine gathered again his rich experiences announcing many new methods and observations. He called his new monograph "Spinale Kinderlähmung" as he assumed the seat of the disease to be in the spinal cord --- These tow monographs by Heine especially the second of 1860 . must be considered true classics . "Valentin After a brief account of the acute or primary stage comes a detailed description of the second or paralytic stage with numerous clinical histories of the different forms of paralysis followed by sections on etiology and pathologic anatomy differential diagnosis prognosis and treatment especially by orthopaedics means. The 29 lithographic figures illustrate deformities and apparatus. The book contains numerous references to the literature. Fischbein et al Valentin Gesch. d. Orthopädie pp.557125134136230; Grulee Collection 1116; Bloomfield Bibl. of internal Med. p.407; Bick Source Book of Orthopaedics p.155; Levinson Pioneer pf Paediatrics pp.55; Hist. of Poliomyelitis; Haymaker Founders of Neurology; Walker 4209 unknown
182992611829. Nach dem Französischen des Maygrier bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen versehen. - Berlin Verlag von Friedrich August Herbig 1829 Gr.8° 254 2 pp. 68 lith. Taf. Pappband der Zeit; vereinzelt fleckig. Deutsche Erstausgabe des klassischen Werk der Geburtshilfe nach dem Kupferstichwerk von Maygrier. "Aber meinem in dem Vorworte ausgesprochenen Vorsatze mich bei der Herausgabe dieses Werkes lediglich an das Orginal zu halten bin ich nicht ganz nachgekommen; denn je mehr ich in der Bearbeitung weiter geschritten bin um so innniger ward mir die Überzeugung dass eine durchgehend statt findende Bearbeitung des Maygrier von wenig Nutzen sein könnte da das Orginal besonders vom praktischen Theile an höchst flach und einseitig ist. Ich legte demnach schon vom fünften Abschnitte an das französische Werk gänzlich bei Seite benutzte nur die Abbildungen und schrieb einen ganzen neuen Text dazu ohne indessen von der früheren Form abzuweichen. Um aber doch nicht ganz mein Versprechen ausser Augen zu setzen eine Parallele zwischen der französischen und teutschen Geburtshülfe zu ziehen so nahm ich Einzelnes worin sich Maygrier von den teutschen Geburtshelfern unterscheidet immer Rücksicht und berührte dasselbe. . Auf diese Weise war es mir möglich Kapitel mit aufzunehmen die im französischen Originale gar nicht berührt sind z.B. die künstliche Frühgeburt." Zit.a. Nachwort. Eduard Caspar Jacob von siebold 1801-1861 war Mitglied der bekannten Würzburger Ärztefamilie und berühmter Professor der Geburtshilfe in Marburg. Waller 8917; Callisen XVIII/556; Hirsch V/392. unknown
1784273121784. Vienna apud Rudolphum Graeffer 1784 8° 428 12 pp. gestochene Titelvignette Portrait marmorierter Kalbsledereinband der Zeit mit Buntpapiervorsätzen und reichlicher Rückenvergoldung; blasser St.a.Tit. Second Edition first 1783 of what Simon considers: "An unusually interesting book of dietetics and cookery describing the qualities of every possible kind of food and drink plants fungi animals fats and oils condiments wines and spirits tea coffee . etc." The text is in Latin but the German nomenclature is included. Plenck is probably best remembered for his system of dermatological calssification explained in his Doctrina de morbis cutaneis of 1776 but his talents were extensive as can be witnessed in this less well-known work. The portrait is of Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla to whom the work is dedicated. This work was obviously also found unusually interesting when it was published the second edition appearing just a year after the first and apparently being a direct reprint of the first with just the date changed - in effect a second issue rather than a true second edition. Sehr schönes frisches breitrandiges wohlerhaltenes Exemplar mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. Marmorierter Kalbsledereinband der Zeit mit Buntpapiervorsätzen. Blasser Bibliotheksstempel auf dem Titelblatt. Joseph Jacob von Plenck 1738-1807 war während des 7jährigen Krieges als Regiments-Chirurg tätig. 1770 wurde er Lehrer der theoretischen und praktischer Chirurgie an der neu errichteten Universität Tyrnau ab 1777 in Ofen wo er auch die Fächer Botanik und Chemie lehrte. Gleichzeitig war er Direktor der Feldapotheken und Sekretär der med.-chir. Josephs Akademie in Wien. Plenck war einer der fruchtbarsten medizinischen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Simon Gastronomica 1204; Blake p. 355; Wellcome IV p.402 imperfect portrait wanting; NUC records three locations. unknown
1769217481769/70. Wien R.Graeffer 1769/70 Kl.8° 200 244 pp. 3 Kupfer auf 2 doppelblattgr. Falttafeln mit 19 Figuren schöner Halbledereinband der Zeit mit rotem Rückenschild; feines Exemplar. Erste Auflage - fleckenfreies frisches Exemplar. Enthält 13 Abhandlungen des Autors: Die ächte Weise dem Staate nützliche Wundärzte zu bilden. Von der Wirkung des Donners auf den menschlichen Körper. Versuche einer neuen Theorie die Luftstreiffschüsse zu erklären. Von dem Gebrauche des Opiums in den chirurgischen Krankheiten. Bemerkung über eine Verwundung des Zwerchfells. Von dem Gebrauch der Fieberrinde in den chirurgischen Krankheiten. Sammlung von Beobachtungen über die Verschiedenheit der Schlagadergeschwülste. Von der Art ergossenes Geblüt aus der Brusthöhle zu säugen. Beobachtungen von einer Verletzung der Rippenschlagader. Schreiben des kais. Leibchirurgus Herrn Brambilla von einem Werkzeuge zur Operation der Mastdarmfistel. Untersuchung der gebräuchlichsten Methoden das Quecksilber in der Lustseuche zu geben. Beobachtungen über den Tetanus der von den Verwundungen entsteht. Vom Gebrauche des Weingeistes in den chirurgischen Krankheiten. Joseph Jacob von Plenck 1738-1807 war während des 7jährigen Krieges als Regiments-Chirurg tätig. 1770 wurde er Lehrer der theoretischen und praktischer Chirurgie an der neu errichteten Universität Tyrnau ab 1777 in Ofen wo er auch die Fächer Botanik und Chemie lehrte. Gleichzeitig war er Direktor der Feldapotheken und Sekretär der med.-chir. Josephs Akademie in Wien. Plenck war einer der fruchtbarsten medizinischen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Hirsch-H. IV 631 unknown
114351London Mills & Boon 1923. . First edition; 8vo 22 x 15.5 cm; 42 photographic plates including frontispiece on 24 leaves edges and margins a little spotted but not affecting text; publisher's blue cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper board extremities a little rubbed a couple of gathering hinges a little weak otherwise a very good copy; 294 6pp.<br /> Jacob's Kings of Arabia is a comprehensive political sketch of Yemen from the late 17th century to the early 20th century. The many plates focus on the Sheikhs and Sultans involved in the politics of Yemen as well as the architecture and landscape of the region.<br /> London, Mills & Boon, 1923. hardcover
61929Amsterdam 1680. Original copper-engraved map 32.5 x 38.5 cm of the Arabian Peninsula Red Sea and the southwestern part of the Persian Empire with decorative cartouches to lower corners. A small tear along upper portion of centrefold some light toning generally a very good example of this scarce map of Arabia. Based on the De Witt map of Arabia also published in Amsterdam c.1680. [Amsterdam, 1680]. unknown
2689WEICHERT A. 1. hardcover. WEICHERT, A. hardcover
17961395Antwerpen: Gimblet 1796. 2 dln. in 1 vol. in-8°. Voorrede 248 pp voorrede 328 pp. Titels in rood en zwart. Gebonden in vol kalfslederen band met titelvignet in marokijn. Wat schade op het voorplat. Gimblet, unknown
173046191730. Incomplete copy but still contains 38 of 57 engraved plates. Part 1: 2 Blank pages / 1 Half Title / 1 NNP / 1 Engraved Plates / 1 Title Page / 1 Blank pages / 1 Dedication / 30 NNP / 509 Pages / 5 Blank pages / 7 Engraved Plates / 11 Dubbelpagina gravures / 2 Folding Plates Part 2: 4 Blank pages / Title Page / 946 from 511 Pages / 51 NNP / 3 Blank pages / 15 Dubbelpagina gravures Part 3: 2 Blank pages / 1 Half Title / 1 Blank pages / 1 Title Page / 1 Blank pages / 1 Engraved Title / 6 NNP / 520 Pages / 78 Pages / 20 NNP / 2 Blank pages / 3 Engraved Plates Binding: Contemporary Half Leather Folio Height cm: 34 CM Width cm: 22 CM Thickness cm: 16 CM hardcover
194951538London etc.: Jewish Fellowship / Jewish Chronicle Publications / Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies 1949-2008. Later cloth library hardcovers Slightly different sizes average 23x16 cm. few small imperfections stamp on endpapers and title pages Otherwise very good see picture Jewish Fellowship / Jewish Chronicle Publications / Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies hardcover
164548771Paris: Nicolaum Redelichuysen 1645. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Octavo. 11 150 25 39 1 leaves. Rebound in modern brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Red edges. First title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Historiated and decorative headpieces tailpieces and initials. Both titles second editions Alpini's title first published in 1591 Bondt's in 1642. Alpini was a physician and botanist Bondt a Dutch physician and pioneer of tropical medicine. Alpini's work is illustrated with four in-text and two full page woodcuts.<br /> <br /> Alpini traveled in Egypt and became the fourth prefect of the Botanical Garden in Padua. "One of the earliest European studies of nonwestern medicine. Alpini's work dealt primarily with contemporary i.e. Turkish practices observed during a three-year sojourn in Egypt. These included moxibustion - the production of counter-irritation by placing burning or heated material on the skin - which Alpini introduced into European medicine. Alpini also mentioned coffee for the first time in this work" Norman. With extensive index at rear. <br /> <br /> De Bondt was a pioneer of tropical medicine. His work on East Indian medicine included here is based on experiences during four years he spent in Djakarta. It was the first important treatise on diseases in East India and includes the first modern description of Cholera and other tropical diseases. First published posthumously in 1642. Index at rear. <br /> <br /> Text in Latin. Binding with light wear along edges and rubbed spine lightly sunned. Ex-Libris of German-born British professor of chemistry Franz Sondheimer on inside front cover. The first four leaves frayed with small chips at lower foredge no loss of text a few small inked entries and a small stamp of the Royal Medical Society Edinburgh on front cover. Title page with paper reinforcement on back. First in-text woodcut with stamp in center second woodcut with stamp grazing image third and fourth with stamp outside imagery. The two full page woodcuts with stamps grazing the border of image. Some light sporadic foxing of block and last page with chipping along edges some loss of the printed word Index and foxing and browning along edges. Small dealer sticker on inside back cover. Nicolaum Redelichuysen hardcover
1775372876London: T. Evans 1775. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Disbound. Final leaf detached and torn. Provenance: T. B. Chandler signature on title; General Theological Seminary perforated stamps. First British edition. 4 iv 23 1pp. 8vo. Revolutionary-era sermon dedicated to George Washington in which Duché urges the people of Philadelphia to stand fast despite the unnaturalness of being in conflict with their fellow British subjects. "We venerate the Parent Land from whence our progenitors came.But if we are to judge from the late ungenerous and ill-digested plans of policy which have been adopted by those whom she hath entrusted with the powers of Administration we cannot but think that they began to be jealous of our rising glory and from an ill-grounded apprehension of our aiming at independency were desirous of checking our growth." <br /> <br /> Jacob Duché 1737-98 was born in Philadelphia and educated there before studying at Cambridge University. He returned to Philadelphia and eventually became rector of Christ Church. His early zeal for the revolutionary cause was such that he was appointed chaplain to the Continental Congress. After the Declaration of Independence and the capture of Philadelphia by General Howe Duché had a change of heart and wrote George Washington asking him to urge Congress to recall the Declaration and negotiate a peace. He was branded a traitor by his former followers and went into exile in Great Britain before returning to his beloved Philadelphia in 1792 to live out his final years. <br /> <br /> This sermon first published in Philadelphia in 1775 the same year as this first British edition. This copy with provenance to American Loyalist Anglican minister Thomas Bradbury Chandler who had been exiled in London since 1775 after threats by the Sons of Liberty. Adams American Independence 160b; Sabin 21051 T. Evans unknown
48974ECKFELDT Jacob and DU BOIS William E. A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations Struck within the Past Century. Showing their History Legal Basis and their Actual Weight Fineness and Value Chiefly from Original and Recent Assays. With which are incoroporated Treatises on Bullion and Plate Counterfeit Coins Specific Gravity of Precious Metals Etc. with Recent Statistics of the Production and Coinage of Gold and Silver in the World and Sundry Useful Tables. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings of Coins Executed by the Medal-ruling Machine and under the Direction of Joseph Saxton of the United States Mint. Philadelphia: Assay Office of the Mint 1842. 1st ed. 4to. 220pp. In contemporary 1/2 roan marbled boards. Spine expertly repaired some browning throughout else a very good copy. A very good copy complete with 16 plates and the pictorial title before the title page. In 1837 Joseph Saxton became the curator of the standard weighing apparatus of the United States Mint. "During his connection with the mint he designed and constructed the large standard balances used for the verification of the standard weights of the government's assay and coining offices" DAB. Fourteen years later Saxton won a gold medal at the World's Fair in London for "a large balance of extreme precision" Appleton's Cyclopaedia. unknown
BOOKS319628Basel Switzerland: Schweighauserische Buchhandlung. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Original political pamphlet published by Jacob about the dismissal of him and his brother from the University of Gottingen by the King of Hanover. . 8vo. 42 pp. Marbled boards . Schweighauserische Buchhandlung hardcover
1811186990London: J. Johnson 1811. 1st edition. Leather bound. G/Fair front covers idetached spine is worm and faded still some relief detail. Edges heavy wear. Pages show moderate foxing and toning throughout. Pages facing plates have "shadow". Plates are good and bright. Good re-bind candidate. Tooled leather 4-ridge spine. xiii 407 36 pages frontispiece plan plates some folded 27 cm. "The following pages contain the substance of letters written to my family and friends during six months which I passed in Spain . In addition to what I have borrowed from Ocampo Masdeu and Marina I am also indebted to a very accurate abstract of the state of the Moors in Granada written by Simon de Argote."--Preface.<br /> Contents: Plates: Cadiz Map -- La Lonja Seville -- Inquisition formerly Jesuits College in Seville -- Cathedral Seville -- Roman ruins Alacalá -- Carthusian vonvent near Xeres -- Calvario at Xeres -- Custom House Malaga -- Cathedral Malaga -- Alhambra in Granada -- Palace of Charles 5th in the Alhambra Granada -- Bridge at Ronda -- Gibraltar. J. Johnson hardcover
