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1750167<p>Etching and engraving. D.1385 Blum 203. Image: 10 x 12½. Margins: 10½ x 14.</p>
16421661642. Etching and engraving. Duplessis 1386; Blum 204 only state. Image: 10 x 12 with small margins. Foxing traces of old fold in the legend.
1783787L14London: J F and C Rivington et al 1783-86. Leather. Good. 17" by 10.5". Not Stated. Four volumes of the famous Chambers Cyclopaedia which first began in 1728. This work is Abraham Rees' improved edition of Chambers' Cyclopaedia. He re-edited the original work in 1778 and created the supplements which contained much new matter. His edition was originally published in 1781-6 before a reprint in 1788-91. Therefore this set is a very early edition of Rees' publication. For this edition Rees is said to have added more than 4400 new articles. With an illustrated frontispiece to the first volume.Comprising volumes I and II of the original work and the two supplement volumes. This set is four volumes total. Without the plate volume which is often bound separately. This set is without the plate volume which was issued separately.Volume I is dated 1786 Volume II is dated 1779 Volume III is dated 1781 and Volume IV is dated 1783. Bookplates to the front pastedown 'FW Brydges Esq Tiberton Herefordshire' and 'Robert Henry Lee Warner'. Both of these individuals were from Tyberton Court which was built in 1729 for William Brydges. Robert Henry Lee-Warner was a descendent of the Brydges family and the house passed to the Warner family due to the lack of male heirs during the early nineteenth century. It was inherited by Anne Brydges who married Rev. Henry Lee Warner. A comprehensive encyclopaedia with some tables throughout including one showing the Sun's declination. An important edition of this noted encyclopaedia. In a contemporary half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally worn to the spines. Loss to the head of the spine to all volumes heavier to volume I. Splits to the joints of all volumes though hinges remain firm. Patches of rubbing to the paper covered boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spotting to pages. Good J F and C Rivington et al hardcover
16891512050020Amsterdam: Ex typographia P. & J. Blaeu protant apud A. Wolfgang Janssonio-Waesbergios Boom Somer & Goethals 1689-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Blind stamped contemporary vellum binding. Hand written title. Folio 40 cm. Title in red and black with printer's device. Engraved portrait of Louis Cappel. Collated: 24 979 11 pp. Printed in 2 columns. A few stray spots generally clean and unmarked internally. <br>"Cappel gained imperishable fame by his two books 'Arcanum Punctationis Revelatum' published anonymously by Thomas Erpenius at Leyden in 1624 and 'Critica Sacra' printed at Paris in 1650. In the 'Arcanum' he proved conclusively that the Hebrew text was first pointed after the Christian era until which time it had been composed merely of consonants; in the 'Critica' he proved that not even the consonantal text had been transmitted without errors but needed emendation with the help of the versions and of conjecture. It is to the lasting credit of Cappel that he was the first who dared to undertake with exemplary clearness penetration and method a purely philologic and scientific treatment of the text of the Bible." Crawford Howell Toy Karl Heinrich Cornill; Jewish Encyclopedia 1906. <br><br> Signature of Thomas J. Conant 1824. Conant was a noted American Biblical scholar. Gift inscription from Conant to the Newton Theological Seminary from 1827. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Amsterdam: Ex typographia P. & J. Blaeu, protant apud A. Wolfgang, Janssonio-Waesbergios, Boom, Somer, & Goethals hardcover
175532315-315Altenburg Richter 1755. With engr. title-vignette by G. L. Crusius showing a bearded scholar with a telescope and 22 engr. folding plates. Title 10 unn. leaves 531 pp. 5 pp. table of contents and errata. 4to. Contemp. plain boards somewhat rubbed. Altenburg Richter 1755. First German edition of Robert Smith's 1689-1768 "A compleat system of opticks in four books" 1738. It was translated and revised by Abraham Gotthelf Kästner 1719-1800 professor of mathematics at Leipzig later of mathematics and physics at Göttingen teacher of Lessing and Lichtenberg friend of Gottsched. Smith's work "became probably the most influential optical textbook of the eighteenth century. It was also published in Dutch in 1753 in German in 1755 and in two different French translations in 1767" DSB. The work consists of two books a general text on light reflection the eye colors etc.; and a second book divided into three parts: analytical catoptrics analytical dioptrics and the manufacturing of optical instruments; the remaining texts are Kästner's own contributions. - Light browning throughout otherwise a good wide-margined copy. - Poggendorff I 1219; DSB XII 477 Smith and VII 206 Kästner. SCIENCE: OPTICS ; Altenburg, Richter hardcover
186131279Philadelphia: F. Bouclet 1861. Very Good. Philadelphia: F. Bouclet 1861. Original color lithograph 68x54cm. Mounted to matte backing; marginal tears and soiling; rubbing and a few scrapes around title; colors remain bright; a Very Good copy. <br /> <br /> This large vibrant lithograph was issued to commemorate Lincoln's first inauguration depicting the first sixteen Presidents with George Washington at top a beardless Abraham Lincoln at the bottom. The female personification of Columbia stands in the center before the Capitol holding a shield and staff with a liberty cap. The Capitol Dome sits in the background and is depicted as the artist anticipated it would look--the structure was not completed until late 1863. A handsome and uncommon print scarce in retail and auction records with only two holdings found in OCLC at the Library of Congress and the Mankato Area Public School District in Minnesota. . F. Bouclet unknown
186358199Camp near Brooks Station Saturday April 11 1863. Fine original condition. 15-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. ".Yesterday I witnessed one of the grandest sights that I ever beheld. Our whole corps was reviewed by the President Generals Hooker McLain Howard Steinway Secretary Seward and an innumerable host of Brigadier Generals and it was a sight that has paid me for coming to war." The spectacle is described in great detail. Private Penfield was soon to be captured at Chancellorsville spending 12 days as a prisoner of war before being exchanged. He survived the war to carry on his father's carriage making business in Monroe Connecticut and later founded a small private academy. unknown
19266332New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm. xvi 480; vi 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards spines with printed paper labels blue endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine partially unopened set complete with the publishers duplicate labels at the end on each volume.<br /> <br /> Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 was the 16th President of the United States and remains one of the most seminal figures in American History. During his tenure which was cut short by his assassination in 1865 he saw the country through the Civil War and stewarded Emancipation. Carl August Sandburg's 1878-1967 biography The Prairie Years traces the early part of Lincoln's life and the formation of a man who would go on to be president up until his move to Washington. Sandburg would also publish additional volumes covering Lincoln's war years. Hailed as a voice of American Sanburg would win one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this compelling biography.<br /> <br /> Monaghan 2877. Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
186085724Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was neither a Catholic nor a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with an unclear background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to New Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. Charles Leib unknown
1787713561787. WEST Benjamin. PANTHER Abraham. Bickerstaff's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1788. Being Bissextile of Leap Year and Twelfth of American Independence. Norwich. 1787. 24pp. Original plain wrappers stitched as issued. Faint contemporary ink notations on covers. Minor toning light foxing. Very good. A rare and important Bickerstaff's almanac containing the first printing of the famous Abraham Panther Indian Captivity. Titled "A Surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady who was taken by the Indians in the year 1787 and after making her escape she retired to a lonely Cave where she lived nine years" the captivity narrative covers pp.19-24 of the almanac. The captivity account was found to be fictional but was nonetheless popular and reprinted more than twenty times between this first appearance and 1814. Rare with only three copies reported in ESTC. EVANS 20875. DRAKE 416. TRUMBULL 1846. VAIL 767. SABIN 93891. AYER SUPPLEMENT 13. JONES CHECKLIST 608. ESTC W25617. unknown
1700D5997Nurnberg: J. Chr. Weigel c. 1700. First and only Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Speckled calf gilt-stamped ornament on spine; 4to; with copper-engraved title-page and 67 copper-engraved plates 1 of them lightly colored. Very rare work illustrating various human follies and obsessions according to Bertsche not by Santa Clara although that's the general assumption. Title-page and 1 plate professionally restored; some plates neatly repaired with tape or reinforced with paper on the verso; occasional marginal chip or tear infringing upon the image itself in just 2 instances; 2 plates with marginal ink doodles. <br/><br/> J. Chr. Weigel hardcover
1907876081907. Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6 1908 the President's son Robert Todd Lincoln wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and oversaw the execution of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial from 1927 to 1941 with the assistance of his son Lincoln Borglum. Conceived by South Dakota historian Diane Robinson the 60-foot sculpture was initially intended to promote tourism in the Black Hills Region of South Dakota. unknown
51-3464London: William Miller 1807 . Large folio. New lambskin and marbled boards by the Russian-American binder Sasha Mosalov. Most of original spine preserved. 10 2 10 2 104 pages 52 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm. 13.5 x 20 inches.OCLC Number: 54231279Artists include Edward Forster; Anker Smith; Samuel Middiman; Luigi Schiavonetti; James Fittler; James Heath; Abraham Raimbach; George Noble; Nicolo Schiavonetti; J Taylor; William Skelton; Anthony Cardon; Edward Smith; William Sharp; James Mitan; John Burnet; Francis Engleheart; Charles Heath; William Bromley; Anthony Van Dyck; Peter Paul Rubens; Joshua Reynolds Sir; Claude Lorrain; Richard Wilson London: William Miller, 1807 hardcover
16-5266Leiden: chez les Elseviers 1645. 4to. 20.2 x 31 cm. Later tree calf binding with gilt spine simulating at 17th century binding. 16 224 pages : illustrations plans ; 32 cm fol. Marginal repair on title page. Very good.OCLC no. 428081067.Nicolaus Goldmann 1611-1665 was a German mathematician and architect who taught these subjects at Leiden University from the 1630s until his death at the age of 53. He wrote various treatises on civil as well as religious architecture. The Leiden Elzevier family published his richly illustrated book on military architecture in Latin in 1643 and translated it into French for a new edition in 1645.In-4première édition française illustré d'un titre gravé et de nombreuses gravures in-texte etcalculs de proportion. Reliure plein veau marbré pastiche dans le goût de l'époque. trèslégères rousseurs déchirures restaurées à la page de titre et à la dernière page ex-donoau crayon sur la garde Leiden: chez les Elseviers, 1645 unknown
003608Zürich: n.p. 1753. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 2 parts in one volume. I: 96pp.; II: 159 ipp. Second edition. Contemporary boards . Corners worn. With the frontispiece portrait of Hieronymus Kohler to the first part and the other engraving as frontispiece to second title-page. Minor foxing. A very good copy. <br/> <br/> Zürich: n.p., 1753. hardcover
1865863261865. BROADSIDE - Lithograph LINCOLN Abraham. EMANCIPATIONS PROKLAMATION. Davenport Iowa: W.H. Pratt 1865. August Hageboeck lithographer. This is the second German-language version of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is printed in cursive within an oval border. The weight of the individual letters is varied so that when viewed from a distance a portrait of Lincoln emerges from the text. Originally printed on a rectangular sheet but here trimmed to an oval that surrounds the image the sheet is 37 x 29.5 cm. The image is 32 x 23 cm. The paper is browned and dampstained at the bottom center at the copyright information. It is matted and housed in a custom archival portfolio. A rare print. unknown
009270Forty-nine speeches by members of the House of Representatives and Senate 1845-1866 bound in chronological order. The speeches deal primarily firstwith the Mexican War the annexation of Texas and Congress' authority to prohibit slavery in the terrorities and second with the Civil War including issues related to slavery. the first group of pamphlets nos. 1-26 date from 1845 to 1859 the second nos. 27-49 from 1860 to 1866. Among the latter group is one printing the congressional response to the death of Orlando Kellogg for whom see below. Number 27 reprints Lincoln's 1860 Cooper Institute speech. Number 34 ooposes admission of UTah as a state. Bound in contemporary half-sheep and brown pebbled cloth. Spine edges and corners rubbed; corners slightly worn. Spine lettered "Speeches." R. C. Kellogg's signature on front pastedown his signature with date1867 repeated on second blank leaf at front. Penciled instructions to binder at top of first title page. Embossed stamp of an Albany bookseller and stationer on corner of front flyleaf. Rowland C. Kellogg the compiler of this collection was the son of Orlando Kellogg a U. S. Representative from New York from 1863 to 1865. Rowland served in the New York State Senate. A complete list of the pamphlets is available on request. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hardcover
18611391Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. 111 pp. Good condition and removed from a bound volume. Lincoln's speech of July 4 1861. Between the fall of Fort Sumter and July of 1861 President Lincoln Made decisions in response to secession of the southern states without seeking Congressional approval. Lincoln asks Congress to authorize his actions and explains why there is a need to fight the Civil War. This pamphlet is surprising scarce. Government Printing Office unknown
18641403210Wright & Potter 1864. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston. 1864. 88110pp. plus folding map. Original printed paper wrappers. Internally clean back cover not attached anymore water stain at top of spine and around it. Very good. Devoted almost entirely to the Massachusetts war effort published early in January 1864. The folding map shows the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated November 19 1863 with the long speech of Edward Everett of Massachusetts and the short "Dedicatory Speech by President Lincoln" better known as the Gettysburg Address. Also printed is the "Programme of Arrangements" of that day a list of Massachusetts soldiers killed at Gettysburg and buried there and details of the cemetery. Monaghan notes this as an early printing of the Gettysburg Address. MONAGHAN LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY I:48. This historically significant and very early book publication of the Gettysburg Address which may be the most important and certainly best known speech in US history is extremely uncommon and almost only found rebound or with the covers missing. This version intact and in its original condition is a coveted artifact of Americana. Comes in a custom-made slipcase. Wright & Potter unknown
1714355Leiden 1714. Avec un Mémoire instructif sur les Causes de la Guerre arrivé en Suisse l'an 1712 par Gottlieb Kypseler de Munster 4 tomes Guter Zustand Originalausgabe Pierre van der Aa Kl.-8°. Ldr. Raetica/ Helvetica unknown
201092117Images Publishing Dist Ac. New. 2010. Hardcover. 1864703989 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 252 pages; 270 color illlustrations. Description: "Silicon Valley in the north and Hollywood in the south California has become a magnet for creative and entrepreneurial types from within the United States and around the world. Architects have not been immune to the Golden State's aesthetic and cultural draw. Here in the melting pot of world cultures and native talent modern residential architecture has been reborn. From the seaside towns of Los Angeles to the rolling hills of San Francisco and the wine country of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys California's adventurous architects have reached back to the cultural and economic optimism of the 1950s to give modern architectural design a new look. With its mild climate and sun-filled days California has always been a natural fit for modernism's tenets of open plans indoor-outdoor living and expansive window walls. There modernist design concepts have adapted easily to the 21st Century's demand for green architecture and energy conservation. Many of the houses in 'California Cool' are energy independent and built using either recycled or sustainable materials. 'California Cool' includes contemporary work from some of modern architecture's progenitor's from the mid 20th century along with designs from the young practitioners of the 21st century who can be found working out of converted warehouses and lofts in Los Angeles San Francisco and Berkeley. From north to south this beautifully illustrated book captures the rich creative vibrancy of California's modern architectural presence." -- with a bonus offer-- . Images Publishing Dist Ac hardcover
19632176New York: Vintage. As New. 1963. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - -- 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 . Vintage paperback
167734844à Paris: Chez Frédéric Léonard 1677. Fine. Chez Frédéric Léonard à Paris 1677 7.50 x 13.80 cm relié Edition with some parts in first edition rare much preferable to the 1676 original which contains only the first part; this one is therefore considerably expanded with major pieces. A frontispiece representing Saint Mark's Square in Venice. The 1677 edition contains 3 titles for each part plus an added title summarizing the whole; one will easily notice that these three parts are very rarely found together in libraries see Oxford Leeds. and that they most often appear separately. There were undoubtedly several editions at this date of 1677 of which only this one contains the three parts. Moreover this edition with the sphere would suggest that it was printed elsewhere; the third part bears Ratisbon as place of edition and Jean Aubry as publisher. This part contains the Harangue of Louis Helian Ambassador of France under Louis XII. Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands unlettered decorated with blind roulettes on the headcaps and raised bands. Blind fillets on the boards. Good copy. More than a history of Venice this is a critical study of its institutions and laws. The book was very poorly received in Venice where it was burned diplomatic relations with France became embittered Amelot de la Houssaye was embassy secretary in Venice and the king of France was more or less forced to deliver the author to the Bastille for six days to satisfy Venice. The supplement studies and recounts the disputes that the Republic had with Pope Paul V. The third part of the book is a translation of a book by Fra Paolo. The Harangue of Louis Hélian was pronounced in 1510 before Emperor Maximilian it very sharply accuses the republic of Venice of numerous evils. Chez Frédéric Léonard hardcover
158453076Antwerp. c.1584-95. A beautiful map of the British Isles north to the right. The map is based on Mercator's earlier map of the British Isles of 1564. Title in strapwork cartouche at top right text in Latin in its own cartouche at lower right scale and royal arms; ships at sea. It is difficult to put an exact date on the map because of the complex publishing history of Ortelius' atlas. Published in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Size: 345 x 505 mm. Copper engraving. Coloured. Framed size: 780 x 640 mm. Fine condition good margins. Moreland & Bannister p. 200-203; Van den Broecke 16. unknown
159854753Antwerp. 1598. This glorious map is embellished with an elegant border and a bold imposing title cartouche in top right corner and a smaller oval cartouche in bottom left corner containing nine lines of Latin text. Natural topography is clearly delineated with the relief shown pictorially. Charming details include a couple of sailing ships a large flying fish and two warriors in their tented camps. This beautiful and important map still showing California as a peninsula was much copied by other cartographers. Size: 470 x 350 mm. Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition. Moreland & Bannister Antique Maps p.269. unknown