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1674D6962Venice: apud Franciscum Brogiollum 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio book 5 only 325 x 220mm. 12 159pp. 9 443pp. 21. Engraved woodcut printers device depicting Europa. Title printed in red and black. Tables. Double column. Some woodcut ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. Later half vellum over marbled boards endpapers renewed light browning and foxing or dampstaining. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Rivières extensive compendium of medicine. There was a parallell edition of Rivières Opera medica universa printed in Frankfurt of this same year Sumptibus Joannis Petri Zubrodt. This volume is book five in his extensive compendium of medicine with sections on physiology pathology semiotics preservation of health and therapeutics. Subjects dealt with include cancer haemorrhaging the amount of food required by a healthy individual the diagnostic significance of bloodshot eyes and the medical properties of various fruits nuts and vegetables. Rivière 1589-1665 professor at Montpellier was the first to introduce the Paracelsian iatro-chemistry or the internal use of metallic compounds to Montpellier and the first to note aortic stenosis. apud Franciscum Brogiollum hardcover books
1735D6963Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio 375 x 240mm. xxiv 572pp. 4 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum lacking plate joints splitting intermittent foxing. Ownership inscription A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864 on title and also Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Complete medical works of Rivière. The complete medical works of Lazare Rivière 1589-1655 professor at Montpellier consists of the Institutiones medicae together with the Praxeos medicae and an additional 17 parts on the head the sense organs the teeth the thorax and abdomen the joints womens illnesses and fevers. Also included are 400 observations by the author approximately 250 communicated to him by fellow physicians and finally the Arcana a collection of secrets giving the chemical formulae for a large number of preparations together with their medicinal properties. At the end separately paginated is added a treatise on the symptoms cause and cure of respiratory problems by Fabrizio Bartoletti 1586-1630. Rivière was the first to introduce the therapy of using metallic compounds internally known as the spagiric or paracelsian-specific method and the first to note aortic constriction. Rivières work was instrumental in the French Renaissance of medicine. ex Typographia Balleoniana hardcover books
1976147368New York: Film Trust Overseas 1976. Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single holograph notation to the title page noting the number 26. <br/><br/>Based on Alistair Maclean's 1962 novel wherein a crew of a luxury liner foils the attempts of a group of international hijackers to use the ship as bait to steal gold bullion from a US Treasury ship.<br/><br/>Set in the Caribbean shot on location in Mossel Bay South Africa. <br/><br/>Mustard untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated Nov. 1976 with credits for novelist Alistair Maclean and screenwriters Alan Scott and Chris Bryant with rewrite credits to Stanley Price. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with several partial ring stains to the front wrapper bound internally with two silver brads. Film Trust Overseas unknown books
1541253975Basel: Johann Froben 1541. Second edition first printed 1537. 299 305-323 8 pp. a-r4 s6 t-z A-E4 F6 G-M4. Prnter's device on title-page and verso of final leaf; profusely illustrated with wooodcuts many full-page. 1 vols. Small 4to. Modern half calf and marbled boards red morocco spine label. Institutional bookplate and earlier library stamp on title-page and p. 100. Second edition first printed 1537. 299 305-323 8 pp. a-r4 s6 t-z A-E4 F6 G-M4. Prnter's device on title-page and verso of final leaf; profusely illustrated with wooodcuts many full-page. 1 vols. Small 4to. De Re Navali. Lazare de Baïf 1496-1547 was a French humanist classical scholar translator of Sophocles' Electra and ambassador to Venice who flourished in the enlightened reign of François I to whom his delightfully illustrated book on captivities and the naval science of the ancients is dedicated; the book is edited by Charles Estienne. His close connection to the classical humanists in François I's circle has led some to speculate that the fine woocuts herein came from the worshop of Geoffroy Tory. In addition two other works are included: one also by Baïf on costumes and urns; and one by Antonio Telesion "De coloribus" Adams B36 Johann Froben unknown books
1856291047Mexico: Morellia 1856. pamphlet. Latin American pamphlet. 18 pp. 8 x 5.75 inches. 8vo. Abrasions and chips to margins with some foxing.<br/><br/> A response by the Archbishop of Mexico to certain assertions made by the Minister of Justice in their public dispute on church-state relations. Hard to find.<br/><br/> Morellia unknown books
19744513sBrookly NY: The Caslon Press Inc. 1974. Octavo stapled pink wrappers 60 pp. Fine. Brooklyn Council Emma Lazarus Jewish Women's Clubs: Women -- Join and Enjoy a Program of -- Rights for Women Civic and Consumer Affairs: 1 Jewish Education and Child Welfare 2 Israel 3 Civil Rights and Peace 4 Rights for Women 5 Consumer Affairs. The Caslon Press, Inc., 1974. unknown books
199657409Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliograficas Biblioteca y H 1996. 27 cm. 67p. b/w plates ports. bio/chron. facs. color pict. wrps. FRONT COVER READS: "LOGROS DEL CARDENISMO: EXPOSICION BIBLIOHEMEROGRAFICA CON MOTIVO DEL CENTENARIO DE NATALICIO". Contains a sizeable portion devoted to iconographic images of Cardenas. LIMITED EDITION OF 750. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliograficas, Biblioteca y H unknown books
667811 folding engraved plates & numerous tables in the text. xxxii 542 2 pp. Large 4to 250 x 215 mm. cont. red sheep maroquiné flat spine gilt covers framed with gilt Greek keys gilt round sides a.e.g. Stuttgart: Cotta 1820. The important German translation of the third and final edition of Carnot's chief work in a most attractive binding. Written at the request of Napoleon and published for the first time in 1810 third ed.: 1812 it concerns the coordination and logistics necessary for a successful defense of fortified positions. The plates are highly detailed with elevations and cross-sections demonstrating his theories of fortification which replaced those of Vauban and improved upon the ideas of Montalembert. The translator von Bressensdorf was a lieutenant in a Bavarian grenadier guard unit. "Known to French history as the 'Organizer of Victory' in the wars of the Revolution and to engineering mechanics for the principle of continuity in the transmission of power Carnot 1753-1823 remains one of the very few men of science and of politics whose career in each domain deserves serious attention on its own merits.Throughout the Napoleonic period he served on numerous commissions appointed by the Institute to examine the merits of many of the mechanical inventions that testify to the fertility of French technical imagination in those years of conquest and warfare."-D.S.B. III p. 70 & 72. An excellent copy. WorldCat locates only one example of this book in North America. Unidentified engraved noble bookplate on front paste-down. ❧ David Eugene Smith "Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot" in The Scientific Monthly Vol. 37 No. 2 Aug. 1933 pp. 189. Jähns 2816. N.B.G. Vol. 8 cols. 788-800. unknown books
1801214112Paris.: De Crapelet Duprat. An IX= 1801. 1st Edition. Modern quarter red leatherette over red cloth original wrappers bound in. . Very good unread and uncut light scattered foxing pages rippled. 8vo. 24.4x18.6 cm. . French text. First edition of this important text by the famous French mathematician and military engineer. weight: 1.6 lb. Four folding plates. De Crapelet Duprat. hardcover books
181088748Paris.: Courcier 1810. 1st edition. Modern full red morocco untrimmed edges. . Very good rippled pages. 8vo. 22x14.5 cm. . French text. A military engineering work by the pioneer mathematician physicist and politician. Carnot was also a leader in the French revolutionary army. weight: 1.6 lb. Courcier unknown books
1973293515Paris: Societe des Bibliophiles Francois 1973. hardcover. Two volumes. Engraved frontis each volume. 424 and 398 pages tall 8vo bound in older half leather over marbled boards with gilt spine decorations original printed wrappers bound in; some wear to leather particularly at spine ends front hinge of volume II repaired. Paris: Societe des Bibliophiles Francois 1873. A very good set.<br/><br/> Societe des Bibliophiles Francois unknown books
190047688Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1900. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 1 216; 3 plates; green cloth with gilt title on spine; ex-Yale library with plates and label on spine and call number on colophon; very good. Paul Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to immunology. The methods he developed for staining tissue made it possible to distinguish between different type of blood cells which led to the capability to diagnose numerous blood diseases. <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover books
16722295Frankfurt: Johann David Zunners 1672. Scarce augmented edition of this illustrated technological classic "second only to Agricola in the number of original contributions to the literature of mining and metallurgy and the beauty of the graphic treatment of the crafts." Dibner 89 1574. Johann David Zunners unknown books
1692157644Frankfurt: Tampachs 1692. hardcover. very good. Title page printed in red & black and with a large woodcut vignette. Illustrated with 42 remarkable woodcuts all large many full-page depicting mining smelting & refining operations. Numerous large decorative initials and tailpieces throughout.1 134 3 leaves. Short folio full contemporary vellum binding a bit soiled and worn but very firm; old signature on title; some pages toned but with very little foxing; pale dampstains at margin of fore edge on some leaves; several small professional repairs. Franckfurt am Mayn: Gottfried Tampachs 1629. Fourth edition. Very Good.<br/><br/> This work is Ercker's crowning achievement. It was highly prized in its time and remained an important technical book for over 200 years because of its precise data concerning the fusion processes of gold silver copper tin iron lead and mercury. "Ercker described laboratory procedures and equipment gave an account of preparing the cupel of constructing furnaces and of the assaying balance and the method of operating it. He used as his model Agricola's De re Metallica yet he was quite original and included on the procedures he himself had tested." -DSB IV 393. Ferguson I 242-5; Duveen 194-5 both listing 3rd edition of 1598; Hoover 282; Partington I 104-7.<br/><br/> Tampachs unknown books
185448575Mexico: Imprenta de Jose Mariano Lara 1854. Paperback. Good. 33p. Original wrapper. 26cm. Back cover has some chips and folds. Extensive ink annotations in margins. Ex lib. Yale Divinity Library. Spanish text. <br/><br/> Imprenta de Jose Mariano Lara paperback books
1948225369Oxford: Blackwell 1948. hardcover. fine. 84 pages. 12mo blue cloth. Oxford: Blackwell 1948. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Blackwell unknown books
19183197Berlin: Max Perl 1918. First edition. First edition. Folio. Bound in full rich black crushed morocco with gilt ruled lines on both covers and spine by Rud Schmid of Berlin. ONE OF ONLY SIX COPIES; Goldschmidt's Own Copy with his superb bookplate on front pastedown woodcut Hebrew lettering at top. Translated by Lazarus Goldschmidt number 5 of only 6 copies on thick paper and illuminated in gold from an edition limited to 200 frontispiece borders and decorations printed in green and brown with initials supplied by hand in gold and red prospectus loosely inserted frayed at edges the translator's own copy with his bookplate. Lazarus Goldschmidt 1871-1950 was a widely acclaimed German Jewish writer and translator who was the first to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud into German a hitherto supreme obstacle for scholars. A gorgeous and lofty production printed on very thick handmade paper with superb flowing border design motifs throughout in many colors and highlighted in gold. Spine a little rubbed and faded slightly chipped at head and foot joints repaired slip-case. A most scarce and desirable item of Judaica. <br/><br/> Max Perl unknown books
1946LLV2415New York:: A. A. Wyn 1946. 1946. First edition. 8vo. 509 pp. Miniature portrait vignette on title color illus. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth; spine faded. Very good. Includes a short biography of Hoffmann 1776 - 1822 author composer and caricaturist of the Romantic era and these stories: Mademoiselle De Scudery Don Juan Antonia’s Song The Golden Pot The Doubles The Vow The Fermata Berthold the Madman Salvator Rosa and The Legacy. A. A. Wyn, 1946. hardcover books
197139239New York: Columbia Univ. Press 1971. First printing. Red cloth. Very good. 8vo. Columbia Univ. Press hardcover books
1966178184New York: Parke Bernet Galleries 1966. Softcover. VG some general shelf wear on wraps text and plates very clean. Cream wraps with red text and stars. B&W photographic frontispiece. B&W illustrations facsimiles and portrait. 23 pp. Published in preview of a series of auctions taking place between 1966 and 1969. Parke Bernet Galleries unknown books
105710hardcover. 352pp. 4to cloth. N.Y.: Parke-Bernet 1970. First Edition. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
1970TB30402New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries Inc 1970. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches with the spine slightly faded due to exposure to the sun and with a library call label on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Dictionary Check-List Of The Seven Sale Catalogues October 1966 - October 1969. Containing 336 pages followed by the prices realized for all lots in the 20 sessions. Although this is an ex-library copy it is evident that few patrons ever consulted this volume as it is in such nice condition. Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc hardcover books
2003256880Jerusalem: Yad Vashem 2003. hardcover. very good-/fine. Illus. 606pp. 4to green cloth d.w. cloth corners bumped otherwise very good. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem 2003.<br/><br/> Yad Vashem unknown books
192363215Habana: Editorial Hermes 1923. Paperback. Poor. 98p. 18cm. Wrapper quite soiled and worn. Backstrip heavily chipped and mounted on later underlying reinforcement. Contents sound but with extensive foxing and brown stains. Spanish text. <br/><br/> Editorial Hermes paperback books
198839954Madrid: Editorial Betania 1988. Paperback. 262p. text in Spanish biographical sketches of the poets very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Colección Antologias. Editorial Betania paperback books