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1644123825Two books in one 8vo. Paris: Rolet le Duc 1644. Two books in one: 8vo 4 leaves 164 pp; 1 leaf Extraict du Privilege du Roy; 10 leaves 717 71 Appendix Table pp. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered label on backstrip. Very early illegible ownership inscription on the rear pastedown. Unfortunate bookplate of A.R.A. Hobson on verso of first title page. § Second edition of Naudé's celebrated treatise on library management "reveuë corrigée & augmentée" by Naudé himself a work of the greatest importance in the history of book collecting and libraries complete with the ‘Extraict du Privilege du Roi’ an unsigned leaf following L2 p. 164 which is missing from most copies. Together with Jacob's treatise the first comprehensive account of libraries ancient and modern and including some on which notices can be found nowhere else. The account of British libraries occupies 65 pages. Since the Hobson sale only one copy has sold at auction the Bergé copy of the Naudé only for 12000 euros. Of the Jacob Hill notes: As is usual when the two parts are bound together the title-page to the second part has been excised. Hobson also notes: "Lacks the inserted title to part II as often." Peignot 33: "la seconde edition est la meilleure". See Breslauer and Folter 53. Tumarkin 1191: "See Balsamo. where Naudé's humanist message is shown to bear the stamp of. Montaigne Charron Descartes and even Giordarno Bruno's Eroicifurori. Rolet le Duc hardcover books
167512522Nuremburg: J. von Sandart 1675. Copper engraving with early colour. Printed on laid paper. Title in manuscript ink on verso of sheet. Cleveland Historical Society collection stamp on verso of sheet. Numerous tears and creases in outside margins which have been expertly repaired. Center fold has been strengthened. An early map of Africa by the great mapmaker Jacob von Sandrart engraved by Homann.<br/> <br/>Sandrart's stunning map of Africa is a close copy of Fredrik de Wit's map 'Nova Africa Descriptio' published in 1660. With the prime meridian running through Ferro Island the map is typical of late seventeenth century maps of Africa. Like other maps of the period Sandrart has included a highly decorative and informative cartouche in the lower left corner of the sheet. Homann's continental cartouches aspired to convey the natural history as well as the costume and manner of life of the human inhabitants. Here while a woman peacefully nurses her baby in a hammock a native chief stares out at the viewer from under the shade of a large umbrella. On the right side of the vignette two riders on horseback one with a cutlass and one with a decaptitated head ride by a river where one man is attacking another with his sword. Among the humans are a lion a snake a reptile of some sort and another fox-like animal. Although the map repeats De Wit's decorations it relies on Ptolemy for its description of the Nile basin. It is to some degree remarkable that seventeenth century maps of the interior of Africa were filled with geographical features and named locations since there had been very little European exploration of the interior at this date. European trade took place at specific locations along the coast and almost nothing was known about the interior of the dark continent except through rumor. This is a fascinating map by Sandrart and one of only two maps engraved by Homann before 1690. Born at Frankfurt-on-Main Jacob von Sandrart was one of the most esteemed mapmakers in Nuremberg at the close of the seventeenth century. He learned his trade from his uncle Joachim von Sandrart and from Cornelius Danckerts. As with this impressive map all of Sandrart's charts are filled with a wealth of decorative details and highly ornate cartouches. J. von Sandart unknown books
19631205301963. hardcover. Intimate Views od the Black Africans from Life Lore and Literature. Preface by Melville J. Herskovits. N.p. 1963.<br/><br/> unknown books
1996173150Dallas TX: Division of Art Southern Methodist University 1996. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 21 through December 8 1996. Published in an edition of only 535 copies. Preface and essay by Philip Van Keuren and also with excerpts from an interview of Lawrence by Van Keruen Francine Seders James W. Sullivan and Anju Gill. Includes 20 illustrations of works by Lawrence inspired by Andreas Vesalius. A near fine copy in wrappers with a slight bit of sunning to the top edge of the front cover and some other very minute wear. Still a very nice copy. Division of Art, Southern Methodist University unknown books
18129503Stockbridge: Printed by H. Willard 1812. 16pp. Disbound light wear and scattered foxing. Good. "As Israel was a chosen and peculiar people placed under the special instruction and guidance of Jehovah; so are we." Catlin takes his message from Hosea: "O Israel thou hast destroyed thyself" which is exactly what Catlin says we're going to do in this unwise War. FIRST EDITION. AI 25038 7. Printed by H. Willard unknown books
173016449Augsburg: Published by Johann Jakob Haid 1730. Mezzotint. Printed on laid paper. In good condition with the exception of some foxing across the margins. Small paper loss in upper left corner of sheet. Image size: 12 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. A striking scientific portrait of Albrecht von Haller from Johann Jakob Haid's celebrated series of mezzotint portraits.<br/> <br/>Johan Jakob Haid came from a German family of artists and printmakers. Haid worked initially with the animal painter Johann Elias Ridinger but he soon went on to found a well-known publishing house in Augsburg. He became known primarily for his celebrated series of large mezzotint portraits of illustrious individuals. This attractive portrait of Albertus Haller is a wonderful example of Haid's noted series. As in this fine image all of Haid's portraits are highly decorative; the sitter is always surrounded by a decorative frame and the image rests on an ornate descriptive plaque. This is a lovely impression and a fine example of Haid's accomplished series. As in many scientific portraits Haller is shown holding a book symbolizing his important work as a writer. Albrecht von Haller 1708-1777 was a celebrated Swiss anatomist and physiologist. After pursuing an education in medicine and mathematics Haller devoted himself to the study of botany. He began a collection of plants which formed the basis of his great work on the flora of Switzerland. In 1729 he returned to Bern and began to practice as a physician and was soon appointed the chair of medicine at the University of Gottingen. Commonly called "the Great" Haller was an illustrious scholar and prolific writer. His academic interests included poetry botany biography and medicine and he produced a huge quantity of texts devoted to these diverse subjects. He is best remembered for his twenty volumes of biographies on anatomy botany surgery and medicine and for his revolutionary contributions to the field of physiology. He proved the concept of tissue "irritability" and distinguished between nerve impulse and muscular contraction.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by Johann Jakob Haid unknown books
18792558331879. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Quarter contemporary morocco gilt spine and marbled boards a.e.g. Minor rubbing some pages have been excised. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Front free endpaper has charming small watercolour of house tipped in with legend in pencil "I believe this is the first dwelling after marriage Rainham Kent. G.T.N. ordained 1806 preached at Romsey.<br/><br/>2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pen and ink drawing. Laid in.<br/><br/>3. Watercolour : "House & chapel built by him of Dr César Malam Prè du Champs- Geneva<br/><br/>4. Pencil drawing "Birthplace of Phillip George de Grand Jacob: Roath Court was left for Somerton in 1808." Signed in picture "Roath Court Frant. July9-39."<br/><br/>5. 2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pencil drawing<br/><br/>6. Crawley Rectory 1832 by A.S.J. Pencil drawing<br/><br/>7. Crawley Rectory and grounds by ASJ<br/><br/>8. Wash drawing of "Abbey Close Winchester" identified lower left<br/><br/>From hence mostly photographs. unknown books
19829014327New York: Scribner's 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. <br/><br/> Scribner's hardcover books
19822295691Scribners 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket rubbed. 1982 Hard Cover. An in-depth study of Alexander Hamilton reassesses the life and meteoric career of this outstanding political figure offering an account of his public achievements and personal misfortunes. Scribners hardcover books
1982292078New York: Scribner 1982. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 8vo black cloth d.w. New York: Scribner's 1982. Very good<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
1982Embry 183731Charles Scribner's Sons 1982. First edition first printing. Near fine in very good dust jacket with sunning and light wear to spine tips in mylar cover. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2000046653Karlsruhe: Staatliche Kunsthalle 2000. 92p. colored and b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers. Staatliche Kunsthalle unknown books
1982014548Fort Worth Texas U.S.A.: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 480p. index. Profusely illustrated with a history of the arist who traveled with the American Fur Company in the 1830's and observed the frontier across the Rocky Mountains and all along the Oregon Trail. Amon Carter Museum of Western Art hardcover books
2005147807Milano Milan Italy: Charta 2005. Softcover. VG. Black & color wraps French flaps 152 pp. 321 color illus. Considers the life and work of Chilean-born artist and architect Alfredo Jaar b. 1956. "An architect interested in ephemeral structures a photographer who has grown increasingly suspicious of pictures Alfredo Jaar's most telling gesture is to relinquish the camera by placing it figuratively and sometimes literally in the public's hands. In other words Jaar is a master of indirection. And no wonder. His work was shaped at the outset by the need to speak clearly and forcefully against murderous injustice using language of the most lucid obliquity. Jaar's work declares that daring to connect and participate is our last best hope." back cover. Charta paperback books
199293961New York: Tor 1992. Octavo boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #93961 Tor unknown books
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
1832305489New York 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance.<br/><br/>Reads in part:<br/>" I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$. unknown books
1994128479Paris France: Éditions des Cendres 1994. stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 51 3 pages. Text in French. Reprinted from 1840-1841 and limited to 500 copies. A collection of essays on old books. Éditions des Cendres unknown books
1888003190Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1888. American Commonwealths Series edited by Horace E. Scudder. Very Good Plus prior owner name in pencil front endpage prior owner bookplate and small bookstore sticker front pastedown. Map frontis top edge gilt. Book is clean tight and unmarked and quite presentable. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
197227019Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 1972. hardcover. very good. 170pp. 8vo blue cloth d.w. Englewood Cliffs N.J.: Prentice-Hall 1972. Very good.<br/><br/> Prentice-Hall unknown books
1821120469Boston MA: Cummings and Hilliard 1821. later quarter leather cloth title gilt-stamped on spine back original paper wrapper top edge cut other edges uncut. 4to. later quarter leather cloth title gilt-stamped on spine back original paper wrapper top edge cut other edges uncut. 101-1971 pages. Shaw and Shoemaker 40247. Volume III Part II only. Tissue protected color engravings by Jacob Bigelow. In addition to the engravings the botanical history results of chemical examinations and medical uses are listed. The entire work was published between 1817 and 1821. Bigelow 1787-1879 was a physician and botanist professor of Materia Medica at Harvard from 1815 to 1855. Includes appendix systematic index Latin index English index and table of contents for the entire thrid volume. For a history of its printing binding and distribution see Richard Wolfe Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany 1817-1821 North Hills Pennsylvania: Bird and Bull Press 1979. For a listing of the contents of all volumes see the University Archives and Special Collections website of Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia. Treadwell Library Boston ex libris and regulations of the Public Library of the City of Boston are laid in. Endpapers tanned with pencilled notation on back pastedown. Cummings and Hilliard unknown books
1817880761817. THE FIRST BOTANICAL WORK PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BIGELOW Jacob. AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINING THEIR BOTANICAL HISTORY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND PRPOERTIES AND USES IN MEDICINE DIET AND THE ARTS WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard 1817-1820. First edition. 60 color plates most with tissue guards: 10 hand-colored copper engravings and 50 plates printed in color a la poupee probably from an etched stone with some plates finished by hand. Six parts bound in three volumes. Octavo in fours nineteenth-century quarter calf bindings with marbled boards red morocco label and horizontal double-rules in gilt to spines. Ex library: each volume has a bookplate and ink stamp on front pastedown a perforated stamp to title-leaf with an ink stamp on verso a perforated stamp in top margin of first text leaf and an ink stamp on p. 51. Plates are unmarked. Bindings are worn and scuffed with joints tender some starting. Plates are clean for the most part though some have offset on versos from text leaves or slight toning from tissue guards. Text is clean. "This is the first botanical work published in America. Bigelow originally planned to use hand-colored copper plate engravings which are employed in the first half of the first volume. This method proving too expensive and laborious he sought a method of printing color rather than applying it by hand. Richard Wolfe who has made an exhaustive study of the work believes that the rest of the plates the book was issued in six parts over a three-year period were made by etching a stone block then applying the colors to the stone 'a la poupee'. The stone inked with multiple colors was then printed in a single impression. This is the only use of such a process an American color plate book." - Reese 19th Century American Color Plates Books #10. Bennett p. n11 Nissen 164 Pritzel 773 Staflue & Cowan 514 Sabin 5294. unknown books
1817044454Boston: Cummings and Hillard 1817. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Three volumes in one bound in contemporary paneled calf with an embossed eagle motif. Wear at corners and spine ends with a bit of loss to leather rehinged with inner joint strengthened with cloth. Old Yale library plate with a note that it was purchased from Yale as a duplicate in 1882. Modest foxing to text and plates heavier in spots fairly clean overall. 60 engraved plates colored a la poupee some finished by hand. In addition to being the first proper US botanical book Bigelow's Botany is the first US book printed in color. Remarkably two decades before the invention of chromolithography a method for printing in color was invented to print the plates for American Medical Botany. Sabin 5294 xi 1 18-197 1 195-197 1; xvi i.e. xiv 15-199 1; x 11-193 1. Pp. 195-198 of volume three bound at the end of volume one. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Botany; Americana. Inventory No: 044454. <br/><br/> Cummings and Hillard hardcover books
1970009788Westport: Greenwood Press 1970. 246p. brown cloth. Reprint of the 1881 edition. Greenwood Press unknown books
1881WRCAM36827Chicago 1881. 246pp. Original cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth a bit sunned and slightly rubbed 1/4-inch stain on spine else fine. First American edition after the London edition of the same year. Holyoake was a Chartist and Owenite in early life. He visited America for four months with a view to investigate social and political conditions in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. Chapters include "The Republican Convention at Saratoga" "City of Holyoke - Discourses in Free Churches" "State Socialism in America" "Co-operative Emigration - Visits to the Premier of Canada and President of America" and "Manners and Opinions in America." hardcover books
