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1603213571Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1603. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 18.25".<br/><br/> Fine antique map of Perugia and Lake Trasimeno in central Italy in the Umbria region. Today the region is known it's foraged truffles and red wine. From 1603 edition "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Minor chipping to edges. Light stain near top centerfold. Full original 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.<br/><br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1738M4047Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1738. 1738. 160 x 101 mm. Small 8vo. xvi 36 4 445 2 pp. Title in red and black printer's device on title headpieces floriated initials corrigenda. Contemporary tan calf raised bands red leather spine label; rubbed spine ends chipped joints and hinges reinforced with kozo. Ex library rubber stamps of the National Library of Medicine. Very good. FIRST EDITION. In this work Kaau Boerhaave describes the process of the excretion of sweat from the sweat-glands of the skin and the motion of fluids within the body. The book also reprints his short lecture on the alchemists for which he received a gold medal from Leyden University. In this copy the lecture on alchemy is bound at the front of the volume. There was a second edition Lovanni 1779. Stieda calls this "a brilliant work." Abraham Kaau Boerhaave the prominent physician studied medicine at Leyden under his uncle Hermann Boerhaave. After graduating and practicing medicine at The Hague for several years Kaau-Boerhaave went to St. Petersburg where he was appointed professor of theoretical and practical medicine and pharmacy. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Blake NLM p. 239; Hirsch III pp. 436-437; Waller 13832; Wellcome III p. 375. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1738. hardcover books
1655216782Venice: Giovanni Turrini 1655. unbound. very good. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 2 7/8" x 4". 1655.<br/><br/> This miniature map of Persia belongs to a period of great cartographic interest in the early-to-mid 17th century. Conscious of the great popularity of Abraham Ortelius's miniature atlas which the famous cartographer first published in 1577 Giovanni Turrini produced a now-rare Italian version of the atlas "Il Teatro del Mondo" in which this map was included. It includes the region between the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea in the south. Cities are labeled and rivers and forts are drawn with great care. The map is in very good condition with no chips or tears and light staining to edges. Foredges inked in red and Italian text on verso. Giovanni Turrini was an Italian publisher based in Venice. Scarce.<br/><br/> Giovanni Turrini unknown books
1869100245New York: The Tribune Association 1869. Frontispiece illustrated throughout. xviii ii 13-136 pp. 12mo. Original cloth very worn and stained. Laid into a blue cloth chemsie. Frontispiece illustrated throughout. xviii ii 13-136 pp. 12mo. Lincoln's Law Partner and Biographer's Copy. Signed by William H. Herndon in pencil on the front flyleaf and again on the first blank with his notes concerning pear cultivation on the rear blanks. Mass. Hort. Soc. p. 258 The Tribune Association unknown books
1972260405Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1972. Hardcover. viii 420p. plus a menu of Hoover publications hardbound in 9.5x6 inch orange cloth boards and dust jacket. The dj is sunned toned and edgeworn but still serviceable while book itself is sound and unmarked. Very good copy. Incidentally the text is not illustrated but there is a vignette photoportrait of Axelrod on dj. Hoover Institution pub no.115. Harvard University Press hardcover books
19592480New York: Hebrew Publishing Company 1959. Good. 29cm; 160 pages illustrated in color with lively border decorations vignettes and Hebrew calligraphy. Bound in blue velvet-nap cloth with original dust jacket. Dust jacket discolored along spine chipped at edges and once torn and repaired on rear panel. Velvet uneven. From the search for Chometz to Chad Gadya a very pleasing richly illustrated and well-designed Haggadah. Hebrew Publishing Company hardcover books
5782London Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1927. One of 66 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper from a total edition of 370 copies printed by Richard Clay and Sons London. Bound in vellum and lettered in gilt on the spine uncut. Lacks ribbon ties otherwise fine. <br/><br/> London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927. hardcover books
18906045041890. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Very good. ca. 1890. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
1968WRCLIT73151Carbondale IL: SIU Press 1968. Gilt cloth. First US edition. Foreword by J. Cary Davis authorized translation and introduction by Merritt Moore Thompson. Fine in very good dust jacket with some nicks and rubs. SIU Press hardcover books
12982Original Civil War dated newspaper. The Republican Herald and Post dated Providence Saturday morning September 27 1862. 4 pages recto verso. Includes a front page print of a September 22 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation reads in part: "I Abraham Lincoln President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter as heretofore the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relations between the United States and the people thereof. Abraham Lincoln." Newspaper is in excellent condition with some minor chipping to the edges. unknown books
292160hardcover. near fine. 67pp. 8vo cloth. Hartford: Privately Printed 1922. Near Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
1865851311865. LINCOLN Abraham. ORDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD AT THE HOUR OF THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN APRIL 19 1865. n.p. n.p. ca. 1865. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches pale paper printed in black folded to make a four panel program of services. Annotated in pencil with a quote by Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and some other notes. The program of services: I. Voluntary on the Organ. II. Chant. III. Prayer by the Rev. G. Reynolds. IV. Selections from Scriptures. V. Hymn. VI. Addresses by R. W. Emerson and others. VII. Concluding Prayer by Rev. Thomas Rattray. VIII. Hymn. IX. Benediction. unknown books
1804WRCAM27029New Haven: Printed for the General Committee of Republicans From Sidney's Press 1804. 24pp. Modern half morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Small old circular blindstamp on titlepage. Bit tanned. Else very good. An influential address on the acquisition of Louisiana highly partisan in outlook: "To federalists this territory for which they would have shed blood now seems a barren waste where no verdure quickens; but to us it appears fruitful abounding in broad rivers and streams producing whatever is necessary to our commerce with foreign nations." Shaw & Shoemaker distinguish two printings of this pamphlet the other originating from Hartford. It is just possible that they are one and the same printing. HOWES B472 "aa." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5881. SABIN 5596. EBERSTADT 135:496. Printed for the General Committee of Republicans, From Sidney's Press hardcover books
1801WRCAM50592New Haven 1801. 1111pp. Dbd. Ink institutional stamp on titlepage light toning a few leaves foxed. Good. A laudatory speech praising the recent election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency. The author is mainly concerned even consumed by the separation of church and state which he obviously expects from the Jefferson administration. He writes "Church and State always contaminate each other so far as their union extends. The clerical politician is an useless preacher; the political christian is a dangerous statesman. We feel daily the dreadful effects of this union." He then goes on to praise Republicanism as "the form of government for the support of which you once pledged your lives your fortunes and your sacred honor." A scarce book in the market. SABIN 5595. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 199. GOODSPEED 342:168. MIDLAND NOTES 34:27. OCLC 1596438. unknown books
1864011648John A. Gray & Green. Very Good. 1864. First Edition. Pamphlet. A hard-to-find document rarely up for auction. Fold creases fold split of first page at spine light soil and edge wear. A pro-Lincoln pamphlet for the election of 1864 listing statements of Lincoln specifically against slavery and dating from 1837-1864 with a summary list of his views by Whiting at the end. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 16 pp . John A. Gray & Green unknown books
1864011649Union League of America. Very Good. 1864. Pamphlet. An 1864 pro-Lincoln pamphlet for the presidential election. Disbound with rough binding edge and loose pages light soil and a few chips. Contains many of Lincoln's statements on slavery dating from 1858 to1864.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pp . Union League of America unknown books
1729547681729. Collected Works of Notable Roman-Dutch Jurist Wesel Abraham van 1633-1680. Opera Omnia Antea Diversis Temporibus Seorsim Edita Nunc in Unum Corpus Redacta Nempe I. Commentarius ad Novellas Constitutiones Ultrajectinas Multarum Litium Diremendarum Causa XIV. Aprilis M. DC. LIX. Promulgatas. II. De Connubiali Bonorum Societate & Pactis Dotalibus. III. De Remissione Mercedis Propter Bellum Inundationem Aquarum & Sterilitatem. Editio Nova a Mendis Quibus Priores Scatebant Purgata. Ghent: Apud Cornelium Meyer 1729-30. Three parts each with title page and individual pagination. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled calf gilt frames to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged speckled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn residue from bookplate to front pastedown. First title page printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text. Brief later annotation to front pastedown interior otherwise fresh. $650. Third and final edition with corrections. Educated at the University of Utrecht Wesel was Counsellor to the Court of Vianen where he was a colleague of Paul Voet and fiscal lawyer to the Court of Utrecht. A solid Romanist he was also says Wessels "a great authority not only on the law of Utrecht but also on the law of Holland." Opera Omnia was first published in 1692 and it collects his principal works. The first part is a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Novellae Constitutiones of the Province of Utrecht in Dutch and Latin. The other parts address the Roman and Roman-Dutch law of husband and wife dowry community property and compensation. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America at UC-Berkeley Law School; another copy located at Harvard Law School. Wessels History of Roman-Dutch Law 316. Dekkers Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 188 4. unknown books
1997UYEHOPE00EEHarcourt Brace 1997. Fine. Yehoshua Abraham B. Open Heart. Bilu Dalya. San Diego: Harcourt Brace 1997. 469pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Light rubbing to extremities. Harcourt Brace paperback books
1592272534Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1592. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand color. Image measures 14" x 18 3/4".<br/><br/> This beautiful 1592 map by Abraham Ortelius depicts the Balkan Peninsula or the Balkans extending from The Sea of Marmara Istanbul and the Bosporus Strait westward to Macedonia including Bulgaria. Portions of the Black Sea and the Thrakikon Pelagos are also shown. Topographical and geographical features such as mountains forests and cities are beautifully rendered in profile.<br><br>Ortelius based this map on the 1560 South-East Europe map by Gastaldi and on on information from numerous ancient sources specifically Herodotus Plinius Strabo Appianus Virgilius Plutarchus and Sidonius. A beautifully engraved title cartouche adorns the top left of the map. Two additional cartouches containing text are also included in the top and bottom right.<br><br>This map was published in the 1592 edition of Ortelius's famous "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which is historically considered the first modern atlas. Based on the Latin text on verso only 525 copies of this particular atlas were ever printed van der Broecke 214. The map is in good condition with minor wear and toning along the original centerfold. Light stain in lower left margin. Minor foxing with Latin text on verso.<br><br>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 #214<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
16791669291679. BLOEMAERT Abraham and Frederik. Artis Apellae Liber Tekenboek van Abraham Bloemaart / The Drawing Book of Abraham Bloemaert. Complete set of 160 engravings in eight parts including the chiaroscuro woodcut title-page. Folio 326 x 238 mm bound in contemporary Dutch brown calf blind-tooled spine. Amsterdam: Nicholaes Visscher 1679-1702. First Edition of Abraham Bloemaert's Drawing Book Tekenboek illustrated with engravings by Frederik Bloemaert ca. 1610-1669 after his father's designs. Abraham Bloemaert's original life drawings which were executed mainly between 1625-1635 and 1645-1650 include multiple studies of hands feet arms legs male and female profiles nudes putti and costumed figures seen in various poses from varied angles and under various lighting conditions plus a number of domestic animals. Abraham Bloemaert intended his drawings later converted by his son into engravings to serve as a teaching collection of visual models for practicing artists. The publishing history is as follows: a variant edition containing between 100 and 120 engraved plates was issued by Bloemaert's son Frederik between 1650 and 1656 under the title: Artis Apellae Liber. The 1650-56 edition is so rare it is unobtainable today. It is recorded in only three copies: British Museum 120 plates Bibliothèque Nationale de France 100 plates and Los Angeles County Museum of Art 120 plates. The extreme rarity of all early editions of Bloemaert's Tekenboek reflects the fact that a very limited number were originally printed and that the early printings did not survive the heavy use received by artists and the assistants in the artist's studio. The present copy belongs to the true First Edition Roethlisberger 1a 393 Visscher edition complete with 160 engraved plates plus the chiaroscuro woodcut title all in very good impressions. It is significant that Roethlisberger in his massive catalogue raisonné of the work of Abraham Bloemaert and His Sons Doornspijk 1993 reproduces the entire set of engravings from the 1740 edition. Abraham Bloemaert 1564-1651 was successful as a teacher not only of his four sons but also of the leading Dutch Caravaggisti e.g. Terbrugghen and Honthorst and virtually every Utrecht master painter/artist. Besides Hendrik Goltzius Abraham Bloemaert and his son Frederik were among the earliest to combine the chiaroscuro woodblock technique with the engraved and etched line Hind. Unlike most drawing books "Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from other authors" Bolten. Very occasional browning or spotting overall a fine clean copy. PROVENANCE: Illegible signature Nuremberg on front flyleaf. Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow with ex-libris their sale Christie's NY #2800 Lot 402. Roethlisberger 1a 393 reproductions of every plate Roethlisberger II T1-T166. Bolten Method and Practice: Dutch and Flemish Drawing Books 1600-1750 pp. 48-67 and passim 24 reproductions. Hollstein Dutch and Flemish F. Bloemaert 36-155. Strauss Chiaroscuro 346. See: Caroline Fowler Between the Heart and the Mind: Ways of Drawing in the Seventeenth Century Internet Resource Princeton University for long discussion of Bloemaert's Tekenboek. unknown books
189222436City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1892. First Separate Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. First Separate Edition. 1-24 pages plus 5 plates and original printed wrappers. Folio 9 3/4 x 13 inches. Top page edges uncut an unread copy. Wrappers have been professionally restored and reattached with missing paper filled in correcting a common failing of this title. The wrappers are often chipped and/or detached with large pieces missing due to the thin almost ephemeral nature of the binding. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge number 842. Wrappers. "Michelson was the first American citizen to win the Nobel prize for his 'precision optical instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations conducted therewith'.He was clearly recognized as one of the foremost experimental physicists of the nation." - DSB <br/><br/>"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 was awarded to Albert A. Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid". Nobel Prize d o t org. The Smithsonian Institution unknown books
1961S4267In:: Reviews of Modern Physics Vol. 33 No. 3 July 1961. 1961. 272 x 202 mm. 4to. Pages 493-497. Entire volume: iv 625 pp. Full orange buckram gilt spine. Ex library rubber stamps those on edges obscured spine label partially removed. Ownership name in gilt on top cover. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Abraham Pais and Murray Gell-Mann teamed together to work on the problem of strong and weak interactions. See: Pais Inward bound p. 520. Abraham Pais received the Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht in 1941 and was professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey from 1950-1963. Pais' research and publications were on the physics of fundamental particles high enery physics and field theory. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 33, No. 3, July, 1961. hardcover books
1903284655Guildford: A. C. Curtis The Astolat Press 1903. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Title leaf printed in red and black and printed with red initials throughout. 23 pages. Attractively bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in green morocco with floral devices and lettering in gilt; boards ruled at the perimeters turn-ins with inner and outer rules and a rule to the edges of the boards. Very Good binding. A. C. Curtis, The Astolat Press unknown books
190339751Santiago de Chile: Imprenta LitografÃa i Encuadernacion Barcelona 1903. First edition. Paper wrappers. A good copy wrappers detached and chipped bookseller's sticker; top edge of leaves professionally repaired. 75 pp. Sm. 4to. Publicado en los Anales de la Universidad Tomo CXIII Julio I Agosto de 1903. Biographies of the thirty-four judges of the Real Audiencia Santiago de Chile in the 17th century. OCLC locates three copies: Harvard Univ. Texas at Austin and BN Chile. Palau 313702. Imprenta, LitografÃa i Encuadernacion Barcelona unknown books
186436792Ohio 1864. Broadside ticket listing Union Ticket candidates for elections in 1864 beneath illustration of the American Flag. Several candidates are listed for "Supreme Judge" plus candidates for Secretary of State Attorney General Comptroller of the Treasury Board of Public Works; and for Congress John A. Bingham. Some edge wear text complete horizontal fold. Good. unknown books