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1701046917Jena: Birchner 1701. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled frontis and title page stained and detached with some chipping and old tape marks wear to first few pages a few old marks and notes but very good otherwise. Three works bound in one the first two by Hoping typically found together the last with added engraved title published in 1692 in Frankfurt Illustrated throughout endpapers with notes and a few hand sketches. The Ingeber work is a first edition. 155 7; 183 61; 180 4pp<br/><br/>Three early chiromancy volumes bound up together Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Magic Paranormal & Occult. Inventory No: 046917. Birchner hardcover
1862100336Newspaper folio unbound 8pp. Dampstained browned at edges with some foxing early owner's ink stamp on top margin some small tears and chips along edges and a little creasing. Still in decent shape overall. This is one of the earliest printings of the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued on September 22 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for all slaves in any Confederate state that didn't return to the Union by January 1 1863. Although this executive order did not actually free a large number of slaves it set the stage for the freedom of all slaves. Coverage of the Emancipation in this newspaper begins in the middle of the first page. This newspaper article represents important coverage of a very significant event in American History. archives government exhibits emancipation website books
1864M13597New York: Derby & Miller 1864. 1864. Volume II. 8vo. xxxi 1 711 1 pp. Subtle waterstain at top margin viewable from pages 500-712. Original full dark blue-green pebbled cloth gilt spine titles; light wear to extremities. Bookplate of the Essex Institute; small rubber stamp on title C.W. Post College Documents Library. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for all slaves by January 1 1863. This proclamation is dated January 2 1863. Lincoln in writing this one of the most important documents in all US history declared "And by virtue of the power and fpr the purpose aforesaid I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of the States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." / The War Orders of 1863 are among the most historical during the Civil War. The volume includes: General Orders No.1: Emancipation Proclamation Liberty for Slaves. / General Orders No.100: The Lieber Code How soldiers should conduct ethically themselves in wartime. / General Orders No. 143: Order for the creation of the United States Colored Troops. / General Orders No.1. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 1863. With this Executive Order. He took a decisive stand on the most contentious issue in American history redefined the Union's goals and strategy and sounded the death knell for slavery. / Lincoln had always believed slavery to be immoral and fought its expansion. The President took the action "sincerely believed to be an act of justice" knowing that it might cost him the election. / With the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln dramatically tied the Union's war aims to ending slavery. Whether they approved or not after January 1 1863 Americans could no longer deny that emancipation was central to the Union war effort. / Though ready to lay the groundwork for emancipation Lincoln feared that delivering the Proclamation at the wrong time would doom its chances for public acceptance and harm the Union cause. / On September 22 1862 Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation giving the South 100 days to end the rebellion or face losing their slaves. / His final Proclamation on January 1 1863 further demonstrated his own evolving views by eliminating earlier references to colonizing freed blacks and compensating slave-owners for voluntary emancipation. Lincoln also added provisions for black military enlistment. Pausing before he signed the final Proclamation Lincoln reportedly said: "I NEVER IN MY LIFE FELT MORE CERTAIN THAT I WAS DOING RIGHT THAN I DO IN SIGNING THIS PAPER." Despite the political risks by 1864 he insisted on both reunion and emancipation as preconditions to any peace negotiation. Though the battle for civil rights would have to follow Lincoln rightly regarded the Proclamation as: "THE CENTRAL ACT OF MY ADMINISTRATION AND THE GREAT EVENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY" Derby & Miller, 1864. hardcover books
1590M8858Antwerp 1590. Very Good margins are extended. Notes: A fine world map by Abraham Ortelius based on Ptolemy surrounded by the maps of the four continents Americas Europe Asia and Africa. Map is superbly decorated within ornamental 16th century design. Latin text on verso. Size : 310x439 mm 12.20x17.28 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Shirley World 176: Van den Broecke 186. Category: Maps World; unknown
157324542Antwerp: Platin 1573. Other. A very good example printed on excellent German paper. In excellent condition. 365 by 478mm 14 by 18 inches. Original antique copper engraving from the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius the world's first modern atlas published in Antwerp 1573. Depicting Mediterranean Islands this map is a fine example of 1570s European cartography. Image: 365 by 478mm 14 by 18 inches. An attractive and historically significant 16th-century map for the discerning collector. Abraham Ortelius 15271598 was a Flemish cartographer and geographer born in Antwerp. He is widely regarded as the creator of the first modern atlas the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' Theatre of the World first published in 1570 by Gilles Coppens de Diest in Antwerp. Considered the world's first true atlas it established the modern format of uniform standardized maps bound together in a single volume. Appointed Geographer to King Philip II of Spain in 1575 Ortelius was one of the most influential figures in the history of cartography. His maps are held in the collections of the British Library the Library of Congress and major European institutions. The 'Theatrum' went through more than 30 editions and was translated into multiple languages making Ortelius's maps among the most sought-after in the world of antique cartography.Decorative double page map showing six islands in the Mediterranean Islands Sicily Sardinia Corfu Malta Djerba Elba. Sicily is prominently displayed in the center of the map above the title cartouche.A fine example from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Antwerp sought after by collectors of antique maps of Italy antique maps of Mediterranean Islands and antique copper engravings for sale. In good condition consistent with age. Light age-toning to the sheet as expected for a 16th-century engraving. Centerfold as published. Broe. 141 Platin unknown
160316331Antwerp 1603. Other. A very good example in vivid handcolor. Minor lightstaining outside the image. 365 by 478mm 14 by 18 inches. Original antique copper engraving from the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius the world's first modern atlas published in Antwerp 1603. Depicting Mediterranean Islands this map is a fine example of 1600s European cartography. Image: 365 by 478mm 14 by 18 inches. An attractive and historically significant 17th-century map for the discerning collector. Abraham Ortelius 15271598 was a Flemish cartographer and geographer born in Antwerp. He is widely regarded as the creator of the first modern atlas the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' Theatre of the World first published in 1570 by Gilles Coppens de Diest in Antwerp. Considered the world's first true atlas it established the modern format of uniform standardized maps bound together in a single volume. Appointed Geographer to King Philip II of Spain in 1575 Ortelius was one of the most influential figures in the history of cartography. His maps are held in the collections of the British Library the Library of Congress and major European institutions. The 'Theatrum' went through more than 30 editions and was translated into multiple languages making Ortelius's maps among the most sought-after in the world of antique cartography.Decorative doublepage map showing six islands in the Mediterranean Islands Sicily Sardinia Corfu Malta Djerba Elba. Sicily is prominently displayed in the center of the map above the title cartrouche.A fine example from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Antwerp sought after by collectors of antique maps of Italy antique maps of Mediterranean Islands and antique copper engravings for sale. In excellent condition. Broe. 141 unknown
193349709Warsaw: Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych 1933. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. Quarto. 45pp. 1. Grey printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Publisher's device on the title page and front wrapper. Published by the Polish National Affairs Research Institute this study is a comprehensive and detailed survey of the state of Jewish economic cooperatives in Poland from the late 19th centuries until the early 1930s. It was part of a larger effort to study Polish-Jewish socio-economics during the period and includes extensive numerical data tables throughout. The work was issued as the first of two in a series of publicartions on behalf of the Committee for the Examination of the Economic Needs of the Jewish Population in Poland Komitet dla Zbadania Potrzeb Gospodarczych Ludnośći Żydowskiej w Polsce. The preface was written by the committees's chair the Polish economist merchant and financier Adolf Peretz 1855-1933. The final section contains annexes appendices and includes an errata sheet tipped in on the final page. Publisher's advertisements printed on the back cover.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in Polish.<br /> <br /> Wrappers light sunned along the edges with minor rubbing and/or creasing to extremities. Light smudge to the front cover. Small closed tear on the title page. Pages throughout sunned with occasional minor creasing to the edges. Wrappers in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Wrappers protected in modern mylar. Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych unknown
171037844Frankfurt a. M. 1710. First edition. Hardcover. fair to g. Folio. 1 leaf 4 leaves 99 leaves 114 leaves 9 leaves 13 leaves 1 leaf. Contemporary brown leather with blind tooling along the border and spine as well as raised bands. Blue edges. Illustrated title page with image of a swan. Head and tail pieces. Commentary on the Talmud that elucidates contradictions within the text. Author makes use of gematriot based on his name. Text printed in double columns with talmudic text in regular script and author's comments in Rashi script. Source notes on side margins. Text in Hebrew. Significant peeling and scratching to leather boards. Bottom edge torn. Tail of spine mostly missing. Some misnumbering to leaves. Leaf 5 was bound after the fact. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Heavy foxing to leaves. Overall in fair to good condition. hardcover
1743318179Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg 1743. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition but first by this publisher. Small octavo. Contemporary half-calf with red and green morocco spine labels gilt. 546 14pp. Engraved title Illustrated with engravings in text. Modest rubbing and wear to the extremities a handsome very good or better copy in contemporary binding. A compendium of jesters and fools. Part Two Only but apparently complete unto itself. OCLC locates a single copy of this edition in Tilburg. Gerrit Tielenburg hardcover
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several contemporary newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner signatures and annotation to front wrapper and map not the image side interior otherwise clean. $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer "was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener's daughter named Mary Ashford. They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath. Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817. Since the marks on Mary's body were not necessarily inconsistent with Thornton's claim that she had consented to sexual intercourse and since the times on the morning in question when Thornton was seen walking home to Bromwich suggested he could not have been with her when she met her death the jury found him not guilty. The case aroused much interest and reminded people of a similar murder of a local woman a year earlier. Many were convinced of Thornton's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers. A group collected around the Birmingham solicitor William Bedford invoked the old legal process of 'appeal of murder' by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried again for the same offense. This process was generally regarded as obsolet. unknown books
1763WRCLIT65699London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1763. xxxi1 errata268pp. Octavo. Modern half calf and marbled boards raised bands gilt label. Old divinity school stamp on title minor foxing but a very good copy very neatly bound. First edition. The pseudonymously published prelude to Tucker's magnum opus THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED. This "1763 fragment was strongly criticized in the MONTHLY REVIEW to which Tucker provided a humorous reply MAN IN QUEST OF HIMSELF under the new pseudonym Cuthbert Comment. In 1768 again using the pseudonym Edward Search he published the first four volumes of his book; the last three volumes were posthumously published under the editorship of his daughter Judith in 1778 . Although an occasionally eccentric and digressive text THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED enjoyed a high reputation from its first appearance. In the introduction to his MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 1785 William Paley emphasized his deep indebtedness to Tucker in expounding his ethical theory. Paley considered Tucker to be a very original thinker. His work was also highly praised by Sir James MacIntosh who had used his ideas in his lectures on ethics ." - DNB. Tucker's writings were also read and admired by among others Coleridge Godwin and Hazlett and the latter undertook an abridgement of the full work published in 1807. ESTC locates ten copies in North America and OCLC adds a few more but this work is uncommon in the trade. ESTC T117455. NCBEL II: 1893. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley hardcover books
1667131Paris Par A. Bosse 1667 In-8 - 12x18,5cm. Reliure d'époque en plein veau moucheté, dentelle dorée sur sur les coupes. 5ff, 72pp, 10ff.
163483993Paris Chez la Veuve-Martin & Jean Boudot, rue Saint Jaques , au Soleil d'or, 1634, in-4 (19x25cm), pleine basane du temps, dos à 5 nerfs, roulette sur les coupes, toutes tranches jaspées gras, caissons ornés de fleurons,, 64p., 326p.,18p. Edition originale de la traduction française. Page de titre ornée d'une vignette, bandeau de Pierre le Pautre et lettrine pour la dédicace au Roi. Ne figure pas le portrait en frontispice de Louis XIV. Restauration par un professionnel en coiffes et coins.
1738G95014Amsterdam, by Jakobus Loveringh en Jan Roman den Jongen 1738-1740 Complete in 4 volumes: [40],503 + 557,[3] + [8],466,108 + 506,[68] pp., with engraved frontispiece in vol.I (portrait of Joan Churchill) and complete with its 30 folding plans and maps out of text + 2 folding genealogical tables (few tears in plates repaired), title in red and black, engraved vignette on title pages, 16cm., contemporary uniform full leather bindings with some traces of use and some loss of leather at corners and at the ends of joints, gilt title and decorations on spines, most text is clean and bright except for some pages with marginal foxing and some vague spots of humidity (text always well readable), overall good copy of this rare Dutch biography and history of John Churchill (1650-1722), G95014
15950044301595 [Anvers], Ortelius, 1594. Carte (557 X 405 mm, marges comprises) sous cadre en bois noirci moderne.
1751Europe: Antverpiæ"/Antwerp. "ex Officiana Plantiana" . Plantijn Christoffel. 1595. Copper engraved map of Greece after Jacob Gastaldi from Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" 1595 edition; black & white. Latin text to verso. Good dark impression. Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 Flemish Cartographer . produced the first modern Atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" in 1570. printed by Aegidus Coppen Diest. There were numerous editions thereafter with texts in various languages; the printing of such was taken over by Chrstoffel Plantijn in 1579 . Ortelius himself drew all the maps in manuscript before passing them to the printers. there is conjecture that he may have engraved some of the plates as well The 1595 Latin text edition is the most complete produced during his lifetime containing all the maps of the 1593 edition plus those of the the"Additamentum" and the"Pareragon" or Ancient geography. The " Additamenta" were supplements to the original Atlas; at the same time Ortelius replaced some maps with new ones showing the same place; some plates were also reworked . Ortelius was Geographer Royal To Phillip II of Spain from 1575. He also worked closely with Braun & Hogenburg on the "Civitas Orbis Terarum". After his death the plates were purchased by Jan Baptiste Vrients in 1601 who published further editions until 1612. Van de Krogt :3; .Koeman: Ort29 91 40 Zacherakis: 2485/1610; van den Broecke:146. Europe Greece Gastaldi Antverpiæ"/Antwerp.. "ex Officiana Plantiana" . Plantijn Christoffel.. 1595 unknown
220686S.l. [Stockholm], [Kjellberg & Åströms], s.d. (vers 1870) in-8, 17 photographies, en petits tirages de format 90 x 59 mm, rehaussés de couleurs, montés sur papier fort, légendés en suédois, sous serpentes roses, percaline bleue à rabats et à lacets, dos lisse muet, encadrement de simple filet doré avec volutes d'angle sur les plats, titre poussé en lettres dorées au centre du plat supérieur (reliure de l'éditeur).
114324Antwerp Christopher Plantin for the author 1598. . Double-page copper engraved map with later hand-colouring centre fold as issued cartouches for titles and publishing privilege French text on verso; sheet size: 41.8 x 54 cm.<br />Minor repair to fold and some marginal soiling.<br /> Well-preserved example of Ortelius' map of Portugal. Taken from the fifth final and most complete French edition of Theatre de l'Univers. Enriched with decorative cartouches and ships.<br /><br /><br />Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 was a cartographer and publisher he was born and died in Antwerp.<br /> Koeman III Ort 32. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin for the author, 1598. unknown
197449691DIOGENES 1974. 1. softcover. Dracula DETEBE DIOGENES paperback
17581605120006Printed for the Author 1758-01-01. Third edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 60 plates. Full leather binding. Wear with loss to spine leather wear to boards with loss to leather especially at edges. Lacking end pages. Ink stains to title page. Early signature of James Yale no. 11 Brunswick Street Stockbridge Edinburgh Scotland inside front cover. Notes on blank sides of plates in an old hand. Some hand draw architectural sketches on blank pages. Scattered spotting / staining throughout. Contents: I. An easier more intelligible and expeditious method of drawing the five orders . by a scale of twelve equal parts . shewing also how to glue up their columns and capitals --II. Likewise stair-cases . shewing their most convenient situation and the form of their ascending in the most grand manner : with a great variety of curious ornaments . --III. Designs of arches doors and windows --IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces . --V. Corbels shields and other beautiful decorations --VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry; with the manner of truss'd roofs and the nature of a splay'd circular soffit . together with raking cornices groins and angle brackets described. Builder's treasury of stair-cases. Avery p. 1002. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Printed for the Author hardcover
197028133HEYNE WILHELM 1970. 4. softcover. Dracula HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
197228136HEYNE WILHELM 1972. 7. softcover. Dracula HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
42612Au Locle, chez Sam. Girardet, père, lib., 1792. Un volume in-8° divisé en 4 parties, 164 p. -16 pl.; 189 p. - 4pl.; 114p.-10 pl.; 95p. - 2 pl.; 6-[2] p. Reliure demi-veau marron.
175London i.e. Brussels: John Macock for Henry Herringman et. al. 1681. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo. Two parts in three volumes. Part I: 62 82 6 103 1 215 1 29 1 194pp.; Part II: 6 7-143 7 149-223 1pp. Part I: A12-HH12; Part II: a12-i12 k6. Nineteenth-century green morocco by P. Low with his ticket. All edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait in facsimile. From the library of Robert Hoe with his bookplate in each volume and the bookplate of Moses H. Grossman designed by Henri Bérengier 1881-1943. Part I: ESTC R30277; Part II: ESTC R224230. <br/> <br/> London [i.e. Brussels?]: J[ohn] M[acock] for Henry Herringman, et. al., 1681. hardcover
