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1725687051725. Danzig zu finden bey Cornelius von Beughem gedruckt von Thomas Johann Schreiber 1725 8° 24 Bl. 28 Kupfer auf 10 Taf.; Danzig 1725 36 Bl. Halbpergamenteinband; feines Expl. Sehr seltene dritte Ausgabe der "Anatomischen Tabellen" nebst erster Auflage der "Anmerkungen welche den Anatomischen Tabellen zu mehrer Erläuterung und deutlichem Begrieffe beygefüget" welche erstmals hier 1725 beigefügt worden sind. Diese beiden Teile wurden dann in den späteren Auflagen vereinigt und zu dem bekanntesten Kompendium der Anatomie des 18.Jhdts. Dieses Werk "stellte den ersten erfolgreichen Versuch dar den Wissensstoff der Anatomie der in den vergangenen zwei Jahrhunderten seit dem Erscheinen des Buches von Andreas Vesals "De corporis humani fabrica" im Jahre 1543 gewaltig angewachsen war in übersichtlicher und leicht lernbarer Form zusammenzufassen und mit Bildern zu erläutern." H.Goerke Die Beziehungen Japans zur europäischen Medizin im 18.Jhdt. J.Jap.Soc.Med.Hist. 20 1974 pp.418-388 Johann Adam Kulmus 1689-1745 aus Breslau war Schüler von Herman Boerhaave 1668-1738 und des Anatomen Bernhard Albinus 1833-1721 in Leiden. Nach einer Studienreise durch Holland war er als Arzt in Danzig tätig und Professor für Medizin und Physik am Gymnasium in Danzig und hatte dort für seine Schüler und für Wundärzte die "Anatomischen Tabellen" verfaßt. Durch holländische Seefahrer gelangte sein Werk auch nach Japan und wurde übersetzt und unter dem Titel "Kaitai shinsho" von R.Mayeno herausgegeben. Dieses Buch war der Grundstein westlicher Medizin in Japan. Foundation of western Medicine in Japan! The rare third and first complete of edition "Die Anatomische Tabellen" is the first edition of "Anmerkungen welche den Anatomischen Tabellen zu mehrer Erläuterung und deutlichem Begrieffe beygefüget". The later editions combined these two parts. The Compendium became very well known and wide-spread and it was the first anatomical compendium of modern medicine v. Goecke. The first edition is extremely rare since it was only designed for the use of Kulmus' students. The "Anatomische Tabellen" were even translated into Japanese. After the Japanese physicians MAYENO RYOTAKU 1723-1804 GENPAKU SUGITA 1733-1817 and JUN'AN NAKAGAWA 1739-1786 had convinced themselves the 4th of March 1771 in Kotsukappara near Edo by the dissection of an executed about 50 years old Japanese woman Aocha-Baba Mother Green Tea that those "Tabellen" presented the true anatomical relations thus demonstrated that anatomy as it had been taught in Japan up to that time was false. "The book in no way differed from what we saw before us. If we could translate parts of this Tâheru Anatomia we could gain a clear understanding entirely and advance medicine beyond its present level." Genpaku Sugita Rangaku katohajime 1815. So Kaitai Shinsho New Book on Human Dissections was the first complete translation of a medical work which originated on a German text. It represented an empirical approach to nature which was undermining the prestige of Chinese medicine in Japan. It took about 4 years and eleven attempts to translate it and was edited by GENPAKU SUGITA in 1774. The translator MAYENO RYOTAKU didn't sign it because of his extreme modesty. -cf. Hirsch-H. III 632; Heinrich Vianden Die Einführung der deutschen Medizin in Japan der Meiji-Zeit p.23ff.; Y.Fujikawa Der Arzt in der Japanischen Kultur p.58. unknown
180458583Göteborg (S. Norberg) 1804. 8vo. In contemporary grey blank wrappers. Stamp to front wrapper, verso of front wrapper, title-page and p. 17. Otherwise fine. (12), (1)-51, (1) pp.
180458583Göteborg S. Norberg 1804. 8vo. In contemporary grey blank wrappers. Stamp to front wrapper verso of front wrapper title-page and p. 17. Otherwise fine. 12 1-51 1 pp. <br/><br/><em>The exceedlingly rare second part of the Swedish Bodell-translation of Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' book IV. . Bodell published translations of excerpts of Smith's landmark work in 1800 and 1804. A more lengthy translation was made in 1909 - 1911 but to this day a full Swedish translation has not been made.Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish it still had a profound influence not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English but upon politics and public opinion in general: "There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. .Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century; and as far as I know nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill." Heckscher A survey of economic thought in Sweden 1875-1950.Cheng-chung Lai A17 2. Vanderblue p. 33. </em> unknown
05391Paris: J. Monrocq 1850. The Original Folio Edition of 'Fair Ideas'<br /> <br /> ADAM Victor illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq 1851-54. <br /> <br /> First edition complete. Large quarto 11 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 302 x 235 mm. Title on front cover. One hundred numbered leaves a varying number of illustrations on each page. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. <br /> <br /> Publisher's quarter dark green morocco over embossed black cloth boards front cover decorated in gilt surrounding the title in gilt smooth spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Spine faded - still a fine example.<br /> <br /> The original large quarto edition of 1851-54 containing one hundred numbered lithograph plates with between one and fifteen subjects on a page. All plates have the running title "La Foire Aux Idées Par V. Adam" the imprints of "Paris. J. Monrocq - éditeur" & "Lith. de Becquet frères à Paris" and all signed "V. Adam".<br /> <br /> A wonderful selection of sketches jokes caricatures costumes games animals and fantasies.<br /> <br /> OCLC locates just four copies of the later edition with 120 plates in libraries and institutions worldwide: Trinity College Library CT US; Smithsonian Institution DC US; Princeton University NJ US and The Bibliotheque Nationale de France.<br /> <br /> According to ABPC no complete copies have sold at auction over the past 100 years.<br /> <br /> There was a later edition which contained 120 lithograph plates<br /> <br /> Extraordinary magazine of subjects drawn by Victor Adam of black lithographed plates like so many vignettes borrowed from his past or future thematic albums Animals of all species Horses and riders Little tales put into action etc. or even illustrations from the albums of Allouard and Koeppelin or Micheland France in the 14th and 15th centuries or Memorable Facts in the History of France etc. Published in 1855 under the title The Fair of Ideas 1851-1854 Grrrrrande exhibition of sketches loads drolleries caricatures costumes games animals fantasies the plates were printed in quarto format lithographed by Becquet frères and coated of the signature V. Adam with the current title La Foire aux Idées by V. Adam and the address Paris - Monrocq brothers publishers Lith. Becquet brothers in Paris. <br /> <br /> Smaller format albums were published under the same title where each original board was divided into two parts. Jean-Victor Adam. is the son and pupil of the engraver Jean Adam; he made himself known as a painter of battles. His lithographic production was abundant to the point that "one can regret that the artist did not curb his overflowing facility; maybe he would have won for he was not without talent However it would be very surprising if among the thousands of pieces of a draftsman who takes his subjects from the news the curious did not find some useful and interesting information. Beraldi. <br /> <br /> Jean-Victor Adam 1801-1867 was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles amongst which are 'The Entry of the French into Mainz' 'The Battle of Varroux' 'The Taking of Menin 'The Battle of Castiglione' 'The Passage of the Cluse' 'The Battle of Montebello' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV. after the Battle of Coutras' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri' 'The Postillion' 'The Vivandiere' 'The Road to Poissy' 'The Return from the Chase' 'Horse-fair at Caen' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity till 1846 when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album 'Views in the Environs of Paris' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824 a second class medal in 1836 besides several others from Lille Douai and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866.<br /> <br /> The Engravers of the 19th Century guide for the amateur of modern prints 1885 I p. 19 n°9 under the heading "Macedonias and Placards": "album of a hundred sheets with small subjects it is one of the most famous collections among all those that Victor Adam drew". <br /> <br /> Grand Carteret 620; Beraldi Paris: J. Monrocq, 1850 unknown
197786399Rizzoli. As New. 1977. Hardcover. 084780089X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 178 pages 136 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Rizzoli hardcover
199686359Gallery. New. 1996. Hardcover. 1880146150 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 76 pages well illustrated. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Gallery hardcover
1809SMITHWON1809<p>"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With A Life of the Author. Also A View of the Doctrine of Smith Compared with that of the French Economists; With a Method of Facilitating the Study of his Works; From the French of M. Garnier." by Adam Smith L.L.D. F.R.S. Printed for Mundell Doig and Stevenson Edinburgh; Lackington Allen and Co. Cradock and Joy and T. Hamilton London; and Wilson and Son York 1809. Edinburgh. Complete in three volumes.</p><p>Three octavos bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards. Raised and gilt bands to spines. The second volume is missing the title page. Some scattered foxing rubbing and wear a few scuffs damage to one spine label else in Very Good condition.</p> Printed for Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh; Lackington, Allen and Co. Cradock and Joy, and T. Hamilton, London; and Wil hardcover
1817146213Edinburgh: Silvesterr Doig and Andrew Stirling 1817. Fine binding. All three volume finely rebound in plain red leather over decorated boards; gilt titling. Silvesterr Doig and Andrew Stirling unknown
24325Paris, Armand Robin, Editeur, 1838. 2 volumes grand In/8 (26 x 18 cm), demi-basane marron à petits coins, dos à décor romantique et filets dorés. Tome 1 : 2 ff. n. ch., VIII p., 224 pages, 36 planches lithographies et aquarellée (gibier plume & gibier poil) ; Tome 2 : 2 ff. n. ch., 227 pages. 36 planches lithographiées et aquarellées oiseaux d'eau, oiseaux de rivage) ; avec un Supplément de XVI pp. (à la suite de la p. 124). Deux ex-libris sur les gardes. Erreur de pagination en tome 1 : p.97 à 104 numérotées deux fois ; la p. 137 devient 157 et p. suivantes poursuivant l'erreur jusqu'à la p. 224. s ;
180585307h<p>Glasgow: R. Chapman 1805. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Four volumes complete set lately bound in handsome brown half-morocco over marbled paper boards. New endpapers. Speckled edges; new endpapers. Collates complete. viii304;iv286;iv2844appendix;iv280pp. Portrait frontispiece in Volume I. Some varied staining and toning to text. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked and internally bright. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. .</p> R. Chapman hardcover
1966mon0000055220Abingdon Press 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Worn. Abingdon Press hardcover
2001C93369Architectural Press. As New. 2001. HARDCOVER. 0750644680 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- HARDCOVER. 768 pages; well-illustrated. 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 . Architectural Press hardcover
1991C93370Architectural Press. As New. 1991. HARDCOVER. 075061286X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- HARDCOVER. 447 pages many illustrations including a number in color. 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 . Architectural Press hardcover
193286460Paris: Bureau d'Éditions et de Diffusion 1932. Fine. Bureau d'Éditions et de Diffusion Paris 1932 18 x 23.50 cm agrafé First edition. Illustrated with 16 drawings by Georges Adam. A superb copy of this rare booklet by Louis Aragon a true ""anti-clerical anti-capitalist anti-colonialist anti-patriotic"" Pierre Juquin catechism for the children of the exploited working masses. ""On June 25 1932 the Imprimerie centrale completed printing for the Bureau des éditions et de diffusion 132 Faubourg Saint-Denis Paris a beautiful pamphlet now a bibliophilic rarity . On the cover a large red star - an important and recurrent image in Aragon's work - appears imprinted on children's brains. Sixteen quatrains droll and didactic punctuated for ease of reading alternate with drawings by Georges Adam whose nearly expressionist mockery reminiscent of Rouault's paintings overturns taboos and myths."" Aragon. Un destin français 1897-1939 After breaking with the Surrealists Aragon threw himself wholeheartedly into the Journal de la lutte antireligieuse. He wrote this pamphlet from Moscow and published it on the Party's presses to ignite the fervor of proletarian youth. French poet Jacques Prévert would later follow a similar path with his play Émasculée conception. Anticlerical activism within French Communist associations was in full swing at the time: every symbol and events of religious life were reinterpreted through the lens of class struggle. ""Red baptisms"" were organised forming a community of ""Godless"" children drawing their name from the Association of Godless Workers who corresponded with their Soviet counterparts. Aragon contributed to these new rituals with this particularly radical children's book deemed excessively antipatriotic by Maurice Thorez which he would later disavow at the end of his life. Bureau d'Éditions et de Diffusion unknown
18014591CB1801. 6. Aufl. 2 Bände. Dublin printed by N. Kelly Bd. 2 William Porter for P. Wogan Gilbert and Hodges W. Porter J. Moore and B. Dornin 1801. XIII 498 S. - VIII 489 S. 30 Bl. Lederbände der Zeit mit zwei farb. Rückenschildern sowie Linien- und Titelvergoldung am Rücken leicht berieben und bestoßen. Band 2 oberes Kapital mit kleiner Fehlstelle. Außengelenke mit stellenweiser Beschabung und etwas Wurmfraß. Vordere Vorsätze mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk. Band 1 letzte 5 Blätter sowie hinteres Vorsatzblatt mit Wurmgang am Unterrand. Beide Bände stellenweise geringfügig bis leicht fleckig sonst in sehr schöner Erhaltung. Sechste Dubliner Auflage des grundlegenden Werkes der Wirtschaftswissenschaften das den Beginn der klassischen Nationalökonomie markiert. unknown
1805188399Glasgow: printed by and for J. & J. Scrymgeour and for Mundell & Son and Arch. Constable & Co. Edinburgh 1805. One of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status An early edition of a foundational work of economics and the first to include a biography of Smith. "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading critical and adulatory long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry" ODNB. This was "the first post-copyright three volume edition" Tribe - the copyright had lapsed in 1804 following first publication in 1776. The biography draws heavily on Dugald Stewart's memoir of Smith first published in 1795 while incorporating later biographical material and was frequently reprinted in the first half of the nineteenth century. The "view of the doctrine of Smith" is a translation of Garnier's preface to the 1802 French edition of Smith's works - "this translation is the base from which all later editions worked modifying in time only spelling and punctuation" Tribe. Glasgow the place of publication was more formative for Smith than any other Scottish city: he entered the university aged fourteen and later held chairs in logic and moral philosophy there forming close associations with figures such as David Hume James Watt and Robert Foulis. 3 vols octavo 204 x 122 mm. Contemporary marbled calf twin black labels gilt ornaments to smooth spines blue speckled edges. Slight rubbing and tiny wear to spines and extremities very minor loss to label lettering light foxing to contents. A very good copy. Tribe 87. unknown
1798157475Paris: chez F. Buisson 1798. Containing the first appearance of de Grouchy's Lettres sur la sympathie First edition of Sophie de Grouchy's translation "the best available in her language" Ross p. 365 which brought Smith's work to a much broader French audience following two ineffectual translations and which remains the standard French text. The edition includes the first appearance of de Grouchy's Lettres sur la sympathie her major contribution to moral philosophy. The translation was preceded in French editions by Marc-Antoine Eidous's translation of 1764 roundly criticized for its low quality and held by Smith to be responsible for the poor reception of his work on the continent and Jean-Louis Blavet's translation of 1774-5 which was poorly disseminated. A manuscript translation by Louis Alexandre Duc de la Rochefoucauld 1774 was abandoned and unpublished. In contrast de Grouchy's translation was praised from the start and commended for its faithfulness to the original text. "Smith was no longer alive by the time Grouchy published her own translation 1798; he died in 1790 but it is safe to say that he would have been happier with hers as she followed the text as precisely as she could attempting to capture the tone and rhythm as well as the multilayered meanings of his sentences" Bergès and Schliesser p. 9. The edition also includes a translation of Smith's Dissertation on the Origin of Language first published in The Philological Miscellany and thereafter appended to the third and subsequent editions of the Theory of Moral Sentiments. The translation was reprinted in 1830 1860 and 1981. De Grouchy was a prominent salon hostess during the French Revolution and under Napoleon. The Lettres sur la Sympathie appended to the translation form a response to Smith's Moral Sentiments but also offer an original and important contribution to moral philosophy. The text written from around 1791 to 1793 takes the form of eight letters addressed to C sometimes surmised as her husband the philosopher Condorcet more probably her brother-in-law the physiologist and philosopher Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis. De Grouchy in the first letter sets out her project to find the origins of sympathy and over the following letters sustains her argument that they are physiological based on experienced or imagined pain and pleasure. The Lettres have long been recognized in French scholarship - Jean-Paul de Lagrave's French edition of 1994 lists at least 15 works in French dealing with her from 1887 to 1987. In English scholarship her work has been recognized only more recently. English translations were published - independent from Smith's Theory - in 2008 edited and translated by Karin Brown and James E. McClellan III and 2019 edited and translated by Sandrine Bergès and Eric Schliesser both containing lengthy introductory monographs confirming the originality and importance of the Lettres. Karin Brown in 2008 bemoaned de Grouchy's then-invisibility in English scholarship - "the Lettres are certainly a notable if overlooked Enlightenment text. But more specifically there is significant recent interest in sympathy and sensibility in the literature of the eighteenth century and Sophie de Grouchy is the one contemporary woman philosopher who thought and wrote critically about sympathy. This otherwise informed and eye-opening scholarly reinterpretation of the role of sentiment in late-eighteenth century thought is unaware of Sophie de Grouchy or her contributions" Brown and McClellan p. xvi. 2 vols octavo 192 x 120 mm. With half-titles. Contemporary quarter sheep mottled sides spines lettered in gilt vellum tips plain endpapers marbled edges. Bookplate of Jules C. Alciatore 1901-1974 professor of literature at the University of Georgia whose research focused on the work of Stendhal. A few minor pencilled annotations. Bindings fresh and well preserved with only very minor rubbing contents lightly browned and foxed a few gatherings a little more substantially paper flaw to C4 and F1 in vol. II the former with loss affecting a few letters; an attractive copy in a well-preserved contemporary binding. Tribe 66. Sandrine Bergès & Eric Schliesser introduction to Sophie de Grouchy's Letters on Sympathy Oxford University Press 2019; Karin Brown & James E. McClellan Sophie de Grouchy: Letters on Sympathy 1798 a Critical Edition 2008; Ian Simpson Ross Life of Adam Smith 1995. hardcover
1989C87154Davaco Publishers. As New. 1989. Hardcover. 9070288524 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 260 pages; 268 illustrations. 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
2008C86912H. Schmidt. As New. 2008. Hardcover. 3935647409 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 419 pages; well-illustrated. 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 . H. Schmidt hardcover
1797166730Paris: H. Agasse 1797. A handsome copy of Smith's essays in French First edition in French this a superior copy preserving the half-titles and the fine portrait frontispiece often missing. "The writings that Joseph Black and James Hutton brought together in 1795 under the title Essays on Philosophical Subjects together with Dugald Stewart's 'Account' and Smith's 1755 letter to the Edinburgh Review were translated and published by Pierre Prévost as Essais philosophiques in 1797. Prévost added ten notes in the form of commentary directed to specific points as well as a more general essay 'Reflexions sur les oeuvres posthumes d'Adam Smith'" Tribe. Octavo 196 x 117 mm in 2 parts. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Smith by Benoît-Louis Prévost. Contemporary French speckled calf spine decorated in gilt black morocco label triple gilt fillet border to covers marbled endpapers and edges. Head of spine and front joint skilfully restored contents faintly browned else an attractive copy. Einaudi 5325; Goldsmiths' 16932; Jessop p. 172; Kress B.3505; Tribe 65; Vanderblue p. 44. unknown
17686033NÜRNBERG: George Peter Monath 1768. Tercera edición.- 8º.- Encuadernación en media piel posterior.- Portada a dos tintas.- 6 hojas de Introducción e ÃÂndice de ilustraciones.- 696 páginas.- 4 hojas de ÃÂndice.- 45 láminas grabadas fuera de texto de las cuales 27 plegadas. Excelente ejemplar de esta obra clásica sobre el modo de cazar pájaros la más extensa y completa en su género que dedica un apartado amplio a la crÃÂa del canario. Los grabados representan formas diversas de jaulas trampas reclamos e ingenios para la captura de aves. Nissen 716 - Souhart p. 587 George Peter Monath unknown
1788ST19954London: Printed for the Author and sold by Edwards in Pall Mall; Also by Edwards's in Halifax 1788. FIRST EDITION quarto issue with the etchings printed directly above the text. 257 x 205 mm. 10 1/8 x 8 1/8". iv 27 1 pp. 25 leaves; 11 1 pp. 25 leaves. Two parts bound in one volume. <br/> HANDSOME ORIGINAL ESTRUSCAN CALF BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX covers with central panel of tree calf enclosed by a gilt Greek key border and a frame of stenciled dark brown palmettes on light tan calf this surrounded by graceful gilt ivy roll on dun-colored calf all within a gilt pentaglyph-and-metoped border smooth spine divided into panels by strips of inlaid black morocco tooled with gilt Greek key roll panels with inlaid central oval medal featuring an Etruscan vase calligraphic gilt flourishes at corners black morocco label bright pink endpapers all edges gilt expertly rebacked preserving original spine. WITH A FINE BRIGHTLY COLORED FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE RUINS WITH EDINBURGH IN THE DISTANCE. WITH 50 ENGRAVED VIGNETTES 60 x 85 mm. of the ruins of Scottish castles and abbeys. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Christopher Turnor Stoke Rochford Library. Lowndes 370; ESTC T153718 but with a variant title page. Front cover with a couple small areas of lost patina from insect activity rear cover just slightly marked upper corners a bit bumped faint freckled foxing in the margins more noticeable on the first two leaves slight offsetting of engravings on facing blank versos. A few condition issues but still a very attractive book the lovely binding retaining virtually all of its antique appeal and the contents with nothing approaching a significant problem.<br/> <br/> This is an excellent atypically large example of an Edwards of Halifax binding enhanced with a most appealing early fore-edge painting depicting one of the castles pictured in this attractive quarto edition. Scottish surgeon and antiquary Adam de Cardonnel 1746/7 - 1820 wrote and illustrated the present work "to preserve from oblivion the ancient remains of Caledonian splendour." Originally intended as a supplement to the popular "Pennant's Tour" of Scotland it appeared in four parts the first two in 1788 in a few different forms including an octavo edition and the second two published in 1793. The fore-edge painting features Craigmillar castle a Medieval fortress located a few miles from Edinburgh whose most famous guest was Mary Queen of Scots. One of her stays resulted in the so-called "Craigmillar bond" which set in motion plans to dispatch Mary's husband Henry Stuart. By the late 18th century the castle had fallen into disrepair and it appears in the present painting as an idyllic ruin with sheep and cows grazing in the fore-ground and the city with Edinburgh Castle rising in the distance. The Edwards of Halifax bindery was founded by William Edwards 1723-1808 and continued by several of his brothers half-brothers and sons by far the most important of the sons being Thomas who lived from 1762-1834. This famous firm produced a number of important innovations in binding design the most significant being the idea of concealing a painting under the gilt of the fore edge. This hidden treasure could be revealed once the edge was fanned out as a special surprise element of the volumes the Edwards firm bound--typically in Etruscan calf as here or in their patented transparent vellum. Although bindings produced by the Edwards workshop are almost never signed the present item is surely Edwards' work as indicated by the characteristic binding style and by the fact that our volume was actually sold by the Edwards firm. As usual there is no clear way to assign a precise date to the painting; while it is not done in the soft grays that can be firmly associated with the earliest Edwards examples it clearly is a painting done before 1850. While fore-edge paintings likely produced at the Edwards bindery and especially produced by their imitators appear in the marketplace with some regularity most offered are octavo or duodecimo in size. Of the fore-edge paintings attributed to Edwards of Halifax that have appeared in RBH over the past 65 years fewer than one in 10 were on quarto volumes. This copy was previously owned by the MP Christopher Turnor 1809-86 a member of the House of Commons and owner of more than 20000 acres in Linconshire where he built the grand Stoke Rochford Hall. Printed for the Author, and sold by Edwards, in Pall Mall; Also by Edwards's, in Halifax unknown
201193996Damiani. New. 2011. Hardcover. 886208174X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. Description: " 'Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957-2010" is the first comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary French furniture designer whose work has attracted clients and collectors from around the world for decades. Pergay is most renowned for her use of stainless steel which she began exploring in 1968 with the now iconic Flying Carpet Daybed and the Ring Chair. Since 1957 Pergay has worked with everyone from Pierre Cardin to the Saudi Royal family designing an extravagant Turtle Sofa for the couturier and the interiors of the Al Hada palace in Riyahd. In the late 1980s and through the 1990s the designer received important commissions from Russia and continued to pursue her innovative work in stainless steel combining it with materials such as mother of pearl lacquer and precious woods to striking effect. Since her major New York exhibition in 2006 Pergay now 80 has exhibited internationally and has continued to create pieces for major collectors. Compiled with the designer's collaboration Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957-2010 covers more than 50 years of creation. As the only authoritative reference catalogue on the designer's work it presents detailed factual descriptions of more than 300 of Pergay's designs accompanied by contemporary and vintage photographs many of which have never previously been reproduced. Maria Pergay was born to Russian parents in Romania in 1930 emigrating to France at the age of seven. Pergay designed her first collection of contemporary silver objects in 1957 opening her own shop on Paris' Place des Vosges in 1960. In 1968 her first group of stainless steel furniture was exhibited at Galerie Maison Jardin and gained her instant success. Pergay has since been sought after by sophisticated collectors for private commissions around the world including Saudi Arabia and Russia. Since her major New York show in 2006 Pergay now in her eighties exhibits internationally while continuing to create pieces for a growing audience of major collectors." Damiani hardcover
1985C91169Schirmer/Mosel. As New. 1985. Hardcover. 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. 208 pages well-illustrated. 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 . Schirmer/Mosel hardcover
1987C91079Harry N Abrams. As New. 1987. Hardcover. 0810909960 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 400 pages. 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 . Harry N Abrams hardcover
