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1783SET21-A-1London: Not Stated 1783; 1811-1816. Leather. Good Only. 18" by 11". None. The 1783 Domesday Book with 1816 Additional Volumes. The text of this work is in Latin with 'Introductions' in English. Whilst title pages for Volumes I and II were issued in 1816 these volumes are bound without as usual. Publication Information for Volumes I and II from the ESTC. Citation number: T97297. System Number: 006367139 Volume III includes the informative 1816 'Introduction' by Henry Ellis an English librarian. He was educated at the Mercers' School and St John's College Oxford where he acted as an assistant at the Bodleian Library. He was first appointed to a position at the British Museum in 1800 and was chief librarian from 1827 to 1856. Ellis was knighted in 1833. An important work normally commanding £3000- £4000. We have discounted these to allow for the rebinding they deserve. With two interesting ink inscriptions concerning the text including one from 'the eminent antiquarian' David Turner in Volume III. The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086 executed for William I of England otherwise known as 'William the Conqueror'. It was written in Latin although there were some vernacular words inserted for native terms with no previous Latin equivalent and the text was highly abbreviated. Abraham Farley d.1791 was a lifelong civil servant who was appointed deputy chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1736 and soon became involved with the public records at the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. First amongst these was the Domesday Book of which Farley became custodian granting visiting antiquaries access to the Book and making transcripts for a fee. In later life Farley was to produce the first printed edition of Domesday Book. Following a Parliamentary order in 1767 Farley was appointed co-editor of the Domesday printing project in 1770 alongside Charles Morton of the British Museum. Sir Henry Ellis 1777 1869 was an English librarian. He was educated at the Mercers' School and St John's College Oxford where he acted as an assistant at the Bodleian Library. He was first appointed to a position at the British Museum in 1800 and was chief librarian from 1827 to 1856. Ellis was knighted in 1833. He edited various works on antiques and wrote an Introduction to Domesday Book. In a half calf binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally a trifle rubbed resulting in small loss to leather on spine volumes I and IV. Backstrip partially detached to volume II missing to volume III. Boards detached. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting. Pages occasionally age toned to edges. Nameplates and institutional labels to front pastedowns. Good Only Not Stated hardcover
169048858Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Two parts quarto published in 1690 and 1691. A-Z4 pi4 b4 Aa4 Bb/CC4 Dd-Gg4 = 124 leaves. 16 196; 4 31 1 blankpp. Text in Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. De Turcarum liturgia with separate title page dated 1690 and pagination. Contemporary vellum neatly rebacked. Old library stamp at bottom margin title front blank endleaf detached occasional oxidation spot and mild toning else a very good copy crisp and amply margined.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew-Latin edition of the first modern Hebrew work on geography the author’s most famous and important book. Abraham Farissol or Peritsol was a learned Jew from Avignon who compiled his cosmographical works at the court of the Estes in Ferrara. The present text was composed in 1524-25 and first published in Hebrew at Venice in 1586. The Latin translation and notes in the present edition were prepared by the English orientalist and librarian Thomas Hyde 1636-1703 with the assistance of R. Isaac Abendana working from a manuscript which Hyde located in the Bodleian Library. “Each of its 30 chapters deals with a certain geographical area or subject. In addition many cosmological and historical matters are also treated. The author collected all the evidence he could regarding Jewish settlements in each country. The inclusion of a description of the New World makes Farissol the first Hebrew writer to deal in detail with the newly-discovered America. The 14th chapter of Iggeret Orhot Olam which deals mainly with the settlements of the Ten Lost Tribes is of special interest. According to Farissol’s introduction to this chapter it is clear that what moved him to undertake this investigation was the appearance in Italy in 1523 of David Reuveni many of whose descriptions are included in this work†EJ 6.1185. Reuveni was "an adventurer who aroused messianic hopes in the early 16th century" EJ 14.114. The appended work is a tract on Islamic customs by Albert Wojciech Bobowski a Polish Christian who converted to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks. Adopting the name Ali Ufki Bey he served as translator court musician at Topkapi and as a notator of Ottoman classical music. Bell F26. Christian Hebraism Cat. Harvard 1988 no. 39. ESTC R27480. Fürst Bibliotheca Judaica 1.276. Heller 17th Century pp. 1176-1177. Sabin 60934. Smitskamp PO 372. Vinograd Oxford 4. Wing F-438. Cf. Alden European Americana 1.187 Venice 1586; Heller 16th Century pp.732-733 ed. 1586. Full title beginning in Hebrew: ×גרת ×רחות על×<br /> Id est Itinera mundi sic dicta nempe cosmographia. Latinâ versione donavit et notas passim adjecit Thomas Hyde. Calce exponitur Turcarum liturgia peregrinatio Meccana aegrotorum visitatio circumcisio etc. Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick hardcover
43956Amsterdam: David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz David de Castro Tartas 5423. Hardcover. g- to g. Duodecimo. 6.5x4.5". 479pp. Original brown calf boards with gilt-stamped motifs and raised bands on the spine. Blue ribbon marker. Edges of the book block in red. Marbled endpapers. The title page is illustrated with copper plate engravings in the form of small vignettes of biblical scenes surrounding the text. This is an early Spanish-language edition of the complete Jewish High Holiday prayer book Machzor based on the original translation by Abraham Usque originally printed in Ferarra Italy in 1553. This edition contains some added material not previously present including most prominently Solomon ibn Gabirol's famed philosophical poem "Keter Malkhut" Royal Crown which over the years has come to be read as part of the Yom Kippur service in some Jewish traditions. <br /> <br /> This edition of the Machzor was published by David Fereira and Mosseh Moreno Henriques to serve members of the then sizable Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. A significant portion of the community would have been ex-Marranos Jews who had outwardly converted to Catholicism during the inquisition in Spain who then immigrated and were able to reestablished their Jewish identity and thus were unable to read Hebrew hence the text's publication in Spanish. As stated in the foreword this edition includes some additions to the text not included in previous versions and omits some material deemed to have been unnecessary. The prayer book starts with the penitential prayers Selichot p.3-47 which includes decorative head and endpeices. This section is followed by the Rosh Hashanah service p.48-195 and then the Yom Kippur service including "Keter Malkhut" p.254-289. The title page is illustrated with scenes from the biblical stories of King David Saul and Goliath and contain small captions underneath with corresponding biblical passages in Spanish. <br /> <br /> There are a number of pagination printing errors including: p.45-46 are misprinted as 54 and 36 p.264 is misprinted as 164. p.450 is misprinted as 350 p.414 is misprinted as 144. Like in the case of the earlier 1652 edition of the work pages 305-352 are misprinted as "321-368" but in this copy the leaf containing p. 353-354 directly following "368" seems to be missing. Overall this edition follows very closely the 1652 edition of the same work in terms of pagination content and organization. Includes large initials throughout the text. All text in Spanish. <br /> <br /> Binding with rubbing scratches and abrasions to the covers spine and extremities. Some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Interior front covers with some starting and the loosening of the endpapers. Title page with starting light creases stains and and light chipping on the top left corner resulting in slight loss of image. Some light water staining along the top edge of the pages with some other sporadic light staining throughout. Page 365 torn along the side edge with no loss of text. Starting at a number of pages throughout the book. Binding in good- interior in good condition overall. Binding protected with modern mylar. David ben Abraham de Castro 1630-1698 was a French-born Portuguese Jewish printer/publisher in Amsterdam. Between 1662 and 1701 his press printed the "Gazeta de Amsterdam" a newspaper for the exiled Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. He started his printing career as a typesetter at the printing house of Menasseh Ben Israel a printer and leading Rabbi in community who printed the earliest Amsterdam edition of this work in 1630. Castro started his own business in 1662 making this edition among his earliest publications. <br /> <br /> References: RODRIGUEZ 1781 p. 643 KAYSERLING 1890 p. 62 PALAU1923 202416 PEETERS1933 1038. David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz (David de Castro Tartas) hardcover
1735EBS100373Erfurt: Augustinus Crusius 1735. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. BREATHTAKING ALCHEMICAL WOODCUTS IN SOUGHT AFTER TREATISE. Claus Priesner Ambix Vol. 63 No. 1 February 2016 pp 1-27 attributes this work to the probably pseudonymous Julius Gervasius who connects the work to Nicolas Flamel. Supposedly the Werckh manuscript was written by a Rabbi Abraham Eleazar while the Donum Dei manuscript is attributed to a Rabbi Samuel Baruch who is supposed to have received his alchemical knowledge from Tubal-Cain said to be the grandson of Adam. BOOK DETAILS AND CONDITION: First Edition 16.5 X 9.5 cm. ½ leather over boards very considerable wear including losses to leather on spine: frontispiece 30 122 14 pp; 2 87 25 1; In the first part Werckh there are 6 of 7 allegorical plates and numerous in-text woodcuts one full-page on p 49 that are both allegorical and depict apparatus; In the second part Donum Dei there 8 allegorical plates the first 7 each divided into 2 figures 1-14 and the final plate is figure15. The frontispiece and the title pages are dusty but the remainder of the book internally is VG-. Missing plate in the Werckh is number 7 and is likely to have been omitted rather than removed. In this copy Figure 7 provided loose in facsimile on antiquarian paper. Gerhard Gruber Catalogue 130 Jan. 2007 has this edition lacking 2 plates. PROVENANCE: From the Arthur C. Greenberg History of Chemistry Library. Bookplate of Women s College of Frederick Maryland inside from board light library stamp on first page of text and small library pocket envelope inside rear board. REFERENCES AND RARITY: The first edition in Duveen collection absent in Neville Cole Ferguson which includes the 1760 edition. Duveen 1f; Ferchl 1; Ferguson I 3 Anm.; Caillet 31 Anm. Bolton p 980: This work is of great rarity. OCLC lists 10 copies in the world's libraries - none in the United States. Nine copies of this work sold at auction in the last century RBH. FULL TITLE: Uraltes Chymisches Werck. Welches ehedessen von dem Autore Theils in Lateinischer und Arabischer theils auch in Chaldaeischer und Syrischer Sprache geschrieben Nachmals von einem Anonymo In unsere Deutsche Mutter-Sprache übersetzt. Erfurt: Augustinus Crusius hardcover
2024__032390386XElsevier Science Ltd 2024. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 2900 pages. 10.88x8.50 inches. Elsevier Science Ltd hardcover
106895London Printed for J. Wilcox 1738. . First edition 8vo 20.5 x 13 cm; xiv 96; 291 7 pp.; modern blue cloth boards; first and last leaf restored with some marginal loss of text; edges stained corners rubbed. <br /> The earliest translation to English of the Jewish Prayer-book.<br /><br />This comprehensive and occasionally rather critical study of Jewish life and practices is dominated by the first English translation of any part of the Siddur the definitive Jewish prayer-book. Translated by Abraham Mears under the pseudonym of Gamaleil Ben Pedahzur according to Roth an apostate member of the English Ashkenazi community it was intended as an exposition of Judaism rather than a service book but in providing phonetic translations of the Hebrew title of each prayer Mears explicitly promotes its use 'to Beginners in the Hebrew Tongue' and 'all Persons that resort to the Synagogues'. The transliterated Hebrew title for each prayer is found in the margins enabling the curious non-Hebrew reading Christian to attend and follow a synagogue service. The transliteration of the Hebrew characters provides a clue as to how Hebrew was pronounced in the eighteenth-century Ashkenazi community of London.<br /><br />The book was not intended for liturgical use but rather for scholarly readership so it is not in effect a prayer-book. It reflects the growing interest in Judaism on the part of non-Jewish Englishmen of the eighteenth century.<br /> ESTC T86072; Roth B8:6. London, Printed for J. Wilcox, 1738. hardcover
109205Furth Itzik ben Leib Buchbinder 1763. . 4to; restored publisher's half-calf marbled covers almost entirely perished spine rubbed and chipped at the top end; some browning to leaves a stamp and an old ownership inscription to title; 2 241 ll.<br /> Commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Pentatuch with a schematic map of Israel from the collection of Yosef Asher Pollock a 19th-century rabbi whose books were posthumously gifted to various collections.<br /><br />Elijah ben Abraham Mizrahi a.k.a. Re'em c. 1455-1525 or 1526 was a Constantinople rabbi and mathematician who became the Chief Rabbi of the Ottoman Empire in 1495 a post which he held until his death. As part of the role Mizrahi had a seat in the divan assigned to him by the Sultan beside the Mufti and above the Patriarch of the Christians. He had written several works in his lifetime but considered this to be his most important one. 'Sefer HaMizrahi' as it's known is a super-commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Torah and is counted as one of the most important works on the subject. It was first published in Venice in 1527 after Mizrahi's death by his son Israel. Israel edited his work adding a preface to it in which he asked the readers in case they were unable to understand certain passages not to criticise his father but to apply to Israel for explanations instead.<br /><br />In this edition Rashi's commentary is printed in block letters while the Biur Mizrahi commentary appears in Rashi script. On reverse of l.211 there is a schematic map of Israel drawn primarily in straight lines with its east side facing upward. This map was first printed in 1717.<br /> Vinograd Furth 292. Furth, Itzik ben Leib Buchbinder, 1763. unknown
1928146970Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. Limited manuscript edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo four volumes bound in the publisher's cherry-red three-quarter crushed morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments top edge gilt red silk ribbons tipped in tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln and additional tissue-guarded color plate views of the Lincoln Memorial to each volume illustrated with thirty-two tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout window-mounted leaf of the author's manuscript research notes adhered to the front flyleaf of Vol. I some pages uncut stamp-signed by the Riverside Press. One of one thousand numbered sets printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge U. S. A. this is number 130. In fine condition bookplate from the library of American banker and philanthropist Frank K. Houston to the front flyleaf of Vol. II. An exceptional set. Praised for his biographies of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Lincoln American historian and United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge has introduced the public to the realities of the lives of revered historical figures. Using analysis and thorough investigation Beveridge was able to contextualize the actions of America's sixteenth president with his traditions and influences in his four-volume biography 'Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858' published post-humously in 1928. His contributions to historical study cannot be understated and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award exists to demonstrate as much. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
1864109542Cincinnati: E.C. Middleton 1864. Rare oleographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln by E.C. Middleton. With Middleton's Warranted Oil Colors imprint to the verso of the frame dated 1864. Between 1861 and 1873 E.C. Middleton of Cincinnati published a series oval oleographic portraits intended to have the appearance of oil paintings including thirteen “Portraits of American Statesmen and Heroes.†Middleton invented the method of oleography which used the process of chromolithographic printing with oil based inks mounted on canvas. The portraits were exclusively sold in frames directly through agents by subscription. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The portrait measures 13.25 inches by 16.25 inches. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 23.25 inches. A rare striking portrait of Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. Lincoln began constructing his cabinet on election night and sought to create a cabinet that would unite the Republican party. His eventual cabinet would include his primary rivals for the Republican nomination and although his appointees held differing views on economic issues all were opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories of the United States. The most senior cabinet post of Secretary of State was appointed to William Seward who had recently failed to win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and Lincoln's choice for Secretary of the Treasury was Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase Seward's primary political rival and the leader of a radical faction of the Republican party that sought the immediate abolition of slavery. E.C. Middleton unknown
1842151189Hamilton: Printed at Ruthven's Book and Job Office 1842. First edition in Mohawk. Hardcover. Very good. viii 456 p. 22 cm. Full leather. Respined with gilt impressing 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered label. Hinges repaired internally. New England Corporation bookplate on front pastedown. Ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper: "Presented to James Powles by his friend & minister The Rev. A Nelles 19 June 1842." Signature spelled James Powlass above. Mohawk inscription and signature on next leaf. Occasional stains and thumbing. <br/><br/>Rev. Abraham or Abram Nelles 1805-1884 was a Church of England clergyman and missionary to the Six Nations. Nelles was principal of the Mohawk Institute a day-school operated by the New England Company for "Indian" students. Nelles first used his knowledge of the Mohawk language to publish in 1839 a hymnal entitled "A collection of psalms and hymns in the Mohawk language for the use of the Six Nations Indians." This translation project also published in Hamilton dates to a few years later. He is buried in the graveyard of the Mohawk Church. Interestingly two individuls named "Powless" are also buried there so James was probably one of his parishioners. Printed at Ruthven's Book and Job Office hardcover
1573311532Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1573. framed. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75". In gilt frame with empire French matting 23 x 28 1/2 inches.<br/> <br/> Gorgeous 16th century map of Italy. Elevations are beautifully colored and major towns are noted in red. Part of the Balkans Corsica and northern Sardinia are included along with part of Switzerland. Monaco is noted to the West. It was Ortelius's first map of Italy with a depiction of Neptune embracing and kissing a Neirid merwoman. A Sphinx perches atop the distance scale cartouche. Seven ships complete the composition. Some foxing and toning but otherwise a beautiful example of this uncommon edition. <br> <br> Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 started his career as a Flemish map colorist eventually becoming a publisher cartographer and geographer. He widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 118.<br/> <br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown
18051602180078Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford Murray Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier New-York; Blake et Cunningham Boston; Cushing et Appleton Hezekiah Howe Charles Whipple John W. Adams Stephen Patten Fielding Lucas Baltimore; Daniel Rapine Washington; Joseph Milligan Georgetown; John A. Stewart Alexandria; D. Henderson Fredericksburg; Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn Richmond; Richard Cottom John Hoff William Williams Savannah; Hobby et Bunce Cramer Spear Eichbaum James Palmer 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 47 volumes. Includes the 6 plate and atlas volumes. 1st American edition published 1806-1822. A massive set. 4to 28 cm high. Over 1000 engraved plates some folding or double-page Atlas is collated; all 61 double-page maps present 28 x 43 cm. 4 of the maps are browned. Internally generally clean bright and unmarked. Scattered spotting. Printed in two columns. An unsophisticated set. Bound in contemporary 1/4 black leather over marbled boards. A majority of the boards are detached and the leather spines are chipped with loss. All volumes come in modern archival folding boxes. Early signature of G. K. Richardson 1840 on fep of one volume. Previously owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. <br><br> Abraham Rees 1743-1825 was a British clergyman best known for this his outstanding encyclopedic work The Cyclopaedia. Initially published 1802-1820 in parts in Great Britain. Rees' work not only featured theological and humanistic issues but also extensive articles on mathematics and natural sciences. The Cyclopaedia "is the richest work for technology of the period with detailed text and handsome carefully prepared plates." Ferguson Eugene. "Contributions to Bibliography in the History of Technology part II". Technology and Culture 3.2 1962: 169 p. "Rees was convinced that the important progress made during the last decades of the eighteenth century especially in the fields of history geography geology natural history and the physical sciences senu lato required a new type of encyclopedia with the accent on these fields as well as the still relatively undeveloped domains of biography and the history of sciences. The Cyclopaedia thus became one of the first works of its kind to be compiled with the help of 'persons eminently distinguished in these branches of science to which they had devoted their talents.'" Taxon Vol. 35 No. 2 1986 452-453. Some of the notable contributors to this work were Charles Bruney on music; Charles Koenig Robert Bakewell and John Farey on geology; John Dalton and Humphry Davy on chemistry; David Mushet on metallurgy; William Pearson on astronomy; James Edward Smith William Wood William Fitt Drake and William Woodville on botany. "Rees Cyclopaedia is one of the first works to interpret correctly William Smith's ideas on strata identification on the basis of fossil organisms." Ibid. The Cyclopaedia included other notable recent scientific breakthroughs such as Robert Fulton's Cast Iron Aqueduct described in his 1796 book which would become his notable steam engine. See also Ferguson E. "Cast-iron Aqueduct in Rees's "cyclopaedia". Technology and Culture 9.4 1968: 597-600. Refs: BMC. vol 21 p. 2871. Sabin 68634. Rink E. Technical Americana 121. Shaw et Shoemaker 19907. Shaw et Shoemaker 9234. <br> International buyers please note that this is an extremely large heavy set. Shipping will be very expensive outside of the United States. Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford, Murray, Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier, New-York; Blake et Cunningham, Boston; Cushing et Ap hardcover
1922ABC_47387Jerusalem; Berlin; Vienna 1922. Benjamin Harz Verlag The first volume in contemporary black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front board and spine the second volume in contemporary grey cloth with the title lettered in black on the front and spine ad 2 in the original publisher's printed wrappers. With musical scores throughout. 2 works in 3 volumes. XII 47 3 117 1; IX 1 140; 47 1 pp. Abraham Idelsohn 1882-1938 is widely considered the pioneer of modern Jewish musicology. Born in todays Latvia he travelled extensively and recorded the musical traditions of the diasporic Jewish communities. Over the course of 20 years Idelsohn surveyed the musical traditions of various Jewish communities in Palestine and throughout the Diaspora including Babylonian Persian Bukharian Oriental Sephardi Moroccan German Eastern European and Hassidic communities and published the final volume of his collection in 1932. The two volumes offered here form part of his monumental and very rare work collecting the songs of the Yemenite and Babylonian Jews. Idelsohns survey and catalogue of the songs encompass Synagogal and Non-Synagogal songs comprising of songs for the Sabbath feasts and high feast working days as well as lamentations penitential songs and songs for other occasions and folk songs. In his monumental work he presented an extensive introduction to the musical culture of the Jewish tribes and extensive commentary on the variations within the chant. Idelsohns works were printed by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig the worlds oldest music publishing house and renowned for their high quality musical scores. Idelsohn travelled extensively. During his stay in Jerusalem he observed a rich variety of musical traditions among the Jewish communities there. By studying these traditional tunes he discovered recurring patterns and sequences unique to Jewish music. This led him to conclude that these musical phrases had a common origin dating back to the first century C.E in Israel and Palestine. He found that these motifs were categorized into three tonal centres corresponding to the Dorian Phrygian and Lydian modes of ancient Greece. Each of these modes produced a specific emotional response - the Dorian was used for elevated and inspired texts the Phrygian for sentimental and emotional texts and the Lydian for lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn also categorized musical motives as those that prepare begin or conclude a musical phrase.In Jerusalem Idelsohn started his career as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher's College. He was deeply influenced by the diverse Jewish community in Palestine and embarked on a massive project to document their unique musical and linguistic traditions. He received a research grant from the Academy of Science in Vienna and a phonograph to assist with his field work. In 1914 he released the first volume of his landmark ten-volume work Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies which focused on the Yemenite community in Palestine. Idelsohn was particularly interested in this community as he believed that their Hebrew pronunciation and musical heritage dated back to the first century CE and had remained relatively untouched by outside influences due to their migratory history and isolated location.With the owners mark of composer Ludovicus Mirandolle 1904-1974 in all volumes. The bindings of ad 1 show slight traces of use the paper wrappers of ad 2 are partly detached. A few pencil marks to the pages. Otherwise in good condition.l Bohlmann Central European Folk Music 60. hardcover
1574G1ADU6GU6IANAntwerp: Christophe Plantin 1574. Engraved map 35 x 50 cm in contemporary hand-colouring and highlighted in gold. Scale 1:9000000. 16th-century Dutch map of Persia based on the Gastaldi map with additional new cartographic information.l Alai General maps E.70; Al-Qasimi 30; Van den Broecke 167 first state. Christophe Plantin, unknown
1728A6CH5N3RHVIKAmsterdam 1728. 4to. Isaak Tirion Contemporary calf gold-tooled spine and board edges red and blue sprinkled edges. With the title page printed in red and black with 5 of 6 folding engraved maps 11 engraved plates 1 folding 2 woodcut illustrations in text 7 decorated woodcut initials and 6 woodcut tailpieces. 40 392 13 pp. Scarce reissue of the 1727 second and final edition greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1720 and with additional plates of a highly esteemed work on whaling. "It is by far the most important of the early authorities on the northern whale fishery and must always be one of the chief sources of information for the early history of the subject. It also gives one of the best figures of the Greenland Right Whale published prior to the present century and also one of the best early figures of the Cachelot" Allen. Unfortunately lacking the frontispiece and the map of Nova Zembla but otherwise a very good copy with some water stains and a tiny wormhole. Binding good though worn at the hinges. The definitive edition of an essential resource for any study of the whaling trade.l Allen 192 note; Sabin 106376; Tiele Bibl. 1241 note; STCN 3 copies. unknown
1717116<p>4° mm 230x168; ll. 6 pp. 400. Woodcut frontispiece and <strong>100 emblematic woodcuts</strong> each approx. 105×120 mm. Contemporary vellum binding. Small restorations to the title page and pp. 353–54. Overall a fine copy.</p><p>First edition in Italian the original title: <em>Huy und Pfuy der Welt</em> 1707.</p><p>A very interesting richly illustrated book by the Augustinian preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_a_Sancta_Clara. The treatise is a kind of iconographic and textual compendium intended for use by the popular preacher. Its format of emblem commentary 'favola' enables a constellation of homiletic <em>exempla</em> to be committed to memory in keeping with a very ancient rhetorical and visual tradition cfr. L. Bolzoni <em>La rete delle immagini. Predicazione in volgare dalle origini a San Bernardino da Siena</em> Torino 2002.</p><p>"One of the greatest orators Germany has ever produced. People flocked to hear him drawn by the power and vivid clarity of his speech by the inexhaustible wealth of his wit and by the impartial severity with which he denounced the vices of all social classes. He poured his whole being into everything he said. Endowed with extraordinary creativity and inventive originality Abraham blended into his imaginative style fables short stories anecdotes erudite quotations witty sayings colourful and sometimes trivial wordplay sudden asperations personal recollections and vivid genre sketches with flashes of true eloquence—passionate fiery and vibrant. Even when he wrote he stood so to speak at the pulpit and saw his audience before him face to face" L. Bianchi.</p> Per Gio. Parone
1993C93592Davaco Publishers. As New. 1993. Hardcover. 9070288834 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in English. Many illustrations including 38 color plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- 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 . Davaco Publishers hardcover
2008C87145Michael Imhof Verlag. As New. 2008. Hardcover. 3865681441 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German and English. 296 pages; 145 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- 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 . Michael Imhof Verlag hardcover
1960516851960. <p>Robinson Abraham 1918-74. On the mechanization of the theory of equations. Offprint from Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 9F 1960. 47-70pp. 241 x 170 mm. Without wrappers. Very good. Presentation Copy inscribed by Robinson to Martin Davis 1928-2023 on the first page: "To Martin Davis Cordially A. R. 4.5.61." </p> <p> First Edition Offprint Issue. Robinson is best known for developing nonstandard analysis which reincorporated infinitesimal and infinite numbers into mathematics. In the present paper which addresses "the problem of how to induce a machine more particularly a digital computer to prove mathematical theorems somewhat after the fashion of certain human beings" he constructed "a semantically complete calculus for the formulation of the elementary theory of equations" leading to "the formulation of a proof strategy for such problems" p. 47.</p> . unknown
185711291857. Mixed method engraving. <p>A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p></p> unknown
6497117John Wiley & Sons pp. 6880 7th Edition . Hardback. New. John Wiley & Sons hardcover
000178012ZACUTO ABRAHAM. Sefer Yuchasin. Cracow 1580. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000178012 unknown
182784953London: by the author and sold by all booksellers 1827. Shakespeare's portraits First edition published three years after James Boaden's work on the same subject. Wivell had risen from impoverished beginnings and an apprenticeship to a wigmaker and hairdresser before reaching public notice as an artist with portraits of the Cato Street conspirators awaiting trial. This led to a commission to draw portraits of the participants in the "trial" of Queen Caroline in the House of Lords thence to abundant portrait commissions from the royal family the aristocracy and leading theatrical figures. This publication however brought his prosperity to a sudden end as its sales failed to cover the expense of producing the plates reducing Wivell "from affluence to comparative poverty" Art Journal 206. He was rescued by an uncle's legacy and his own ingenuity subsequently inventing a rope fire escape that was credited with saving hundreds of lives. Jaggard notes that the edition size was 500 copies of which 50 had plates on India paper and 25 were printed on large paper. Octavo 207 x 135 mm in 2 parts the supplement with separate title. Engraved frontispiece of the Stratford monument 20 engraved plates. Mid 19th-century red half calf contrasting green labels low raised bands attractively gilt marbled sides blue-green endpapers red sprinkled edges. A little stripping to one corner one plate the Gilliland portrait torn across and repaired else a very good copy. Jaggard p. 695. hardcover
1603328971Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 17 3/8 x 21 1/2" Framed in Eli Wilner carved frame.<br/> <br/> Beautiful map of the Holy Land bordered by 22 medallions depicting Abraham's wanderings. An inset map shows the path Abraham took. Ortelius used both Ptolemy and the Bible as sources for the map and based the medallion scenes on drawings by Maarten de Vos also of Antwerp. Latin text on verso. Expert repair to lower margin minor scattered stains in margins. Abraham Ortelius 1527 - 1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 183.2 1603Lv; Laor 547C. Antwerp 1603<br/> <br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown
1997Q-0915005069Willett Pub Co 1997-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Willett Pub Co hardcover
