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18190010173France. Fair with no dust jacket. 1819. Ephemera. On offer is a 19th century copy of a letter written in 1819 by Camille Jordan a French official who survived both the early days of the French Revolution and the Federalist riots in the summer of 1793 that ushered in the Reign of Terror. Jordan was born in Lyon on January 13 1771 and died in Paris on May 19 1821. Son of a merchant opponent of the Revolution he became one of the promoters of the revolt of Lyon against the Convention . He sought to rally the peasants of neighbouring provinces to the royalist cause. He took refuge in Switzerland with the fall of his party and then went into exile in England. He returned to Lyon and managed to be elected by the administrative territory of Rhône et Loire as a member of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents. In September of 1797 there was a seizure of power by members of the French Directory when it seemed that Royalist elements in the republican government were gaining strength As a result Jordan was once again on the run. He managed to escape went to Switzerland and then to Germany. Recalled in 1800 by Napoleons consular government he was then put under surveillance for some time in Grenoble. He spoke out against the coup led by Napoleon and later joined the Bourbon party after the Emperor's downfall in 1814. On October 4 1816 Camille Jordan was elected deputy by the college of Ain became President of the House and on November 30 he was appointed Councillor of State. He obtained his re-election as deputy on October 20 1818 then approached the moderates and became one of the leaders of the constitutional opposition. In the session of 1819 he voted against emergency laws. Unfortunately it was then that he fell ill and died in the first months of 1821. This letter is a copy but not a modern copy. It was made at the time and the original was left with his son César. An excerpt of the letter follows: si nos constitutionnels et nos libereaux ont done quelque confiance en moi qu'ils se persuadent bien que je ne me laisse point egarer ice par une vaine complaisance poiur le ministere par une vaine amitie pour Rambaud mais je vois les choses d'en haut. Translation: if our constitutionalists and our liberals therefore have some confidence in me let them persuade themselves that I will not let myself be led astray by a vain complacency for the ministry by a vain friendship for Rambaud but I see things from above. The reference to Ranbaud is a reference to Pierre Thomas Rambaud counselor and subsequently attorney general at the Court of Lyon. For a historian or student of the French Revolution this is an excellent opportunity to acquire a piece of that history that is directly connected to one of the notable participants in that monumental historical event. This one-page document measures approximately 10.75 inches by 8.5 inches. It is worn on all four edges. There are some age stains but they do not obscure the text. The text is printed and is quite readable. ; Letters; 10.75"x8.5"; 1 pages . unknown
18981006B22Washington; Chicago: Government Printing Office; Field Museum of Natural History 1898-1937. First edition. Paperback. Good Only. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated. A scarce seven-volume collection of highly illustrated botanical and natural history first editions from the Field Museum of Natural History and the United States National Museum. Collection comprised of:1898 The Fishes of North and Middle America: Part II by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann;1927 Citrus Products: Part II by James B. McNair;1931 Flora of the Lancetilla Valley Honduras by Paul C. Standley;1936 The Forests and Flora of British Honduras by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record;1936 Index of American Palms by B. E. Dahlgren and Fossil Palms by A. C. Noe;1937 The Genus Bidens: Part I by Earl Edward Sherff;1937 The Genus Bidens: Part II by Earl Edward Sherff.All volumes are scarce first editions bound in the publisher's original soft covers. Excluding The Fishes of North and Middle America: Part II which is a bulletin of the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution all remaining works are the publications of the Field Museum of Natural History Chicago.Citrus Products: Part II contains a frontispiece and sixteen further plates. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley Honduras contains sixty-seven plates to the rear. The Forests and Flora of British Honduras contains sixteen pages of plates to the rear including the back cover. Both parts of The Genus Bidens are profusely illustrated with 189 plates across the two texts. Collated complete. In the publisher's original soft covers. Ex-libris copies with archival annotations to the spines and front covers and again to the rear of the front free endpapers. Additional library stamps to title pages and at points throughout texts for example to the rear of plates. Externally moderate shelf wear as can be expected from examples of this age with several tears and chips to edges more signficant to the front cover of The Forests and Flora of British Honduras which also features a chip to the spine tail. Light discolouration spotting and marking to all works sunning more prominent to Flora of the Lancetilla Valley Honduras and Index of American Palms. Internally generally firmly bound fragile front hinges leading to the occasional delicate page. Bright and clean collection with any spotting mainly contained to the first and last few pages. Good Only Government Printing Office; Field Museum of Natural History paperback
1857BIBLIO-30804John Russell Smith London first edition 1857. Later half-leather and boards top edge gilt small 8vo 20 cm. xvi 465 pp. From the introduction: "It has been then one of my principal objects in writing this Parochial History to make it one that should include whatever may relate to families of the middling and labouring classes as well as to those of the higher and wealthier.". Contents include; Dedication; List of Subscribers; A Word To The Unlearned Reader; Introduction; Chap. I. Territorial History; II. Memorials of the Ancient and Noble Families of Lee and Dillon now Lee-Dillon of Ditchley; III. Ecclesiastical History; IV. The Parochial Clergy; V. Ancient Documents; VI. Parochial Documents; VII. Benefactors to the Parish; VIII. Manorial Records; IX. Ancient Names and Families; X. Miscellaneous Subjects; XI. Chronological Record of Incidents and Events connected with the Histories of England and Enstone; Addendum. Slight wear to corners extremities slightly rubbed Good. John Russell Smith, London, first edition, 1857 hardcover
1857WW8706John Russell Smith &Henry Alden 1857. Crack starting at page 1 gutter and page 448 gutter. St. John's College Oxford bookplate stamp and inscription. Original cloth with original spine label very rubbed. Neat tape repair to inner rear gutter. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Inscribed. Inscribed. Hardcover. Good/No dustwrapper. xvi 465pp. John Russell Smith &Henry Alden Hardcover
1898mon0003530402Tribune Publishing Co. Printers 1898T. paperback. Good. . Tribune Publishing Co., Printers paperback
18971135991897. Softcover. Good/No jacket. Statement of accounts by the county clerk from the County treasurer the coroner supervisors the courts etc. Wrappers brittle. unknown
18961021<p><strong>1896 - 1926. First editions. </strong><br /><br /><strong>1896 - 1926 COLLECTION OF 49 OFFPRINTS ON FISHES OF THE WORLD BY DAVID STARR JORDAN FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF STANFORD UNIVERISTY.</strong> <br /><br />49 offprints 9 1/2 - 11 inches tall in self or printed wrappers some with notations on covers several with age-toning and edgewear text unmarked very good. Covers bear the handstamp of Herman Adair Fehlmann or Ernest A. Cachner both curators at the National Museum of Natural History Washington. The collection is housed in an archival document box with metal reinforced corners. HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.<br /><br /><strong>THE COLLECTION INCLUDES</strong>: 1 The history of ichthyology. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington 1902; 2 A review of the giant mackerel-like fishes tunnies spearfishes and swordfishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco September 1926; 3 Notes on fishes little known to science. Leland Stanford Jr. University Palo Alto 1896; 4 On a collection of fishes from Fiji with notes on certain Hawaiian Fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Washington 1908; 5 On a collection of fishes made by Mr. Alan Owston in the deep waters of Japan. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Washington 1904; 6 On the species of white chimaera from Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Washington 1904; 7 The trout and salmon of the Pacific coast. The Pacific Monthly April 1906 entire issue; 8 A list of fishes collected in Japan by Keinosuke Otaki and by the United States Steamer Albatross with descriptions of fourteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Washington1900; 9 Notes on fishes of Hawaii with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries October 1907; 10Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries December 1908. <br /><br /><strong>DAVID STARR JORDAN</strong> 1851 - 1931 was president of Indiana University and subsequently the founding president of Stanford University. Jordan arrived at Stanford in June 1891 and immediately set about recruiting faculty for the university's planned September opening. He served Stanford as president until 1913 and then chancellor until his retirement in 1916. While chancellor he was also elected president of the National Education Association. Jordan was inspired to enter ichthyology by Louis Agassiz in the summer of 1873 at the Anderson School of Natural History on Penikese Island Massachusetts. From 1876 he customarily spent each summer collecting the earliest trips being largely along the rivers of the Allegheny Mountains and in much of the South. Later for the U.S. Fish Commission he collected and presented taxonomic monographs on fishes of the Pacific coast the Gulf coast Florida and Cuba and the fish faunas of the major American rivers. While at Stanford besides making many trips within California Jordan visited Mazatlán Mexico the Bering Sea Japan Hawaii Samoa Alaska and Europe. From 1908 to 1910 he served as the U.S. International Commissioner of Fisheries for the conservation of fisheries along the Canadian border. The result of Jordan's work was the naming of 1085 genera and more than 2500 species of fishes as well as synopses of the classification. An uncanny ability to distinguish similar species an unfailing intuition of diagnostic characters and a phenomenal memory made Jordan an outstanding taxonomist. Why Fish Don't Exist an interesting account of Jordan and his obsession with classification was published by Lulu Miller in April 2020 and reviewed in Science 12 June 2020 - Vol 368 p 1197. COMPLETE LIST OF THE 49 OFFPRINTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.</p>
189984615New York: D. Appleton and Company 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. x 293 1 8 ads. Bound into blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. This volume contains eight addresses bearing on the policy of the United States especially concerning the war with Spain and ts results. There is some creasing to the pages near the gutters. Light shelf wear to cover. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1886e4942London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly marked. Spine darkened. Some pencil underlining to text. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1886. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xi 185pp 44pp catalogue. . Kegan Paul, Trench & Co hardcover
189971892Madrid: xxx 1899. Rustica. Cuarto mayor. xxx unknown
189162292Washington DC: United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 1891. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. FISHING. 12504pp many photo plates & fold-out maps. Large heavy in original black cloth with some wear to corners. Small bug holes in exterior front hinge. New paper spine label. Solid hinges & interior. <br/> <br/> United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries hardcover
186810017New Orleans: Blelock & Company 1868. 1868. 8vo. Frontispiece engraved portrait. xv 704 pp. Illustrated with 7 maps 3 folding 5 portrait plates including the frontis and a number of text maps. Original embossed brown cloth. Cloth chipped along the spine front hinge starting very good minus/good plus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. New Orleans: Blelock & Company, 1868. hardcover
1868643471868. JORDAN Thomas and PRYOR J.P. The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest and of Forrest's Cavalry. New-Orleans: Blelock & Company 1868. 1st ed. 704pp. Portrait frontis. portraits maps some folding. Contemporary 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards raised spine bands spine gilt black morocco spine label marbled endpapers all edges marbled. Boards spine ends and corners rubbed light scattered foxing else very good. HOWES J-251. "An early detailed account of Forrest's operations; written by strongly sympathetic admirers" Nevins I p. 34. unknown
186952165Leipzig B.G. Teubner 1869. 8vo. Bound in later half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen" Volume 1. 1869. Entire volume offered. Library stamp to front free end-paper and title-page. Internally a few light brown spots. Pp. 141-160. Entire volume: Pp. IV-636. <br/><br/><em>First printing of the very first issue of the influential mathematical journal "Mathematische Annalen" containing Camille Jordan famous paper on Galois group theory. "When Jordan started his mathematical career Galois's profound ideas and results Which had remained unknown to most mathematicians until 1845 were still very poorly understood. Jordan was the first to embark on a systematic development of the theory of finite groups and of its applications in the directions opened by Galois. Chief among his first results were the concept of composition series and the first part of the famous Jordan-Hölder theorem proving the invariance of the system of indexes of consecutive groups in any composition series up to their ordering. He also was the first to investigate the structure of the general linear group and of the "classical" groups over a prime finite field and he very ingeniously applied his results to a great range of problems; in particular he was able to determine the structure of the Galois group of equations having as roots the parameters of some well-known geometric configurations the twenty-seven lines on a cubic surface the twentyhyphen;eight double tangents to a quartic the sixteen double points of a Kummer surface and so on.Another problem for which Jordan's knowledge of these classical groups was the key to the solution and to which he devoted a considerable amount of effort from the beginning of his career was the general study of solvable finite groups. From all we know today in particular about p groups. a field which was started in the generation following Jordan with the Sylow theorems it seems hopeless to expect a complete classification of all solvable groups which would characterize each of them for instance by a system of numerical invariants. Perhaps Jordan realized this; at any rate he contented himself with setting up the machinery that would automatically yield all solvable groups of a given order n." DSB"There have been few mathematicians with personalities as engaging as that of Galois who died at the age of twenty years and seven months from wounds received in a mysterious duel. He left a body of work-for the most part published posthumously less than 100 pages the astonishing richness of which was revealed in the second half of the nineteenth century. Far from being a cloistered scholar this extraordinarily precocious and exceptionally profound genius had an extremely tormented life. A militant republican driven to revolt by the adversity that overwhelmed him and by the incomprehension and disdain with which the scientific world received his works to most of his contemporaries he was only a political agitator. Yet in fact continuing the work of Abel he produced with the aid of group theory a definitive answer to the problem of the solvability of algebraic equations a problem that had absorbed the attention of mathematicians since the eighteenth century; he thereby laid one of the foundations of modern algebra. The few sketches remaining of other works that he devoted to the theory of elliptic functions and that of Abelian integrals and his reflections. on the philosophy and methodology of mathematics display an uncanny foreknowledge of modern mathematics." </em> hardcover
1893ZB1350285Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils 1893. second edition published 1893 1894 1896 respectively; 3 vols. xviii 2 errarta 612 xviii 627 xi 1 errata 542 pp. contemporary quarter leather hardcovers ex library else text clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils hardcover
18833562312Paris.: Gauthier-Villars. 1883. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 22 cm. 2 v. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal lomo en piel con nervios. Idioma francés . Cubierta deslucida. Gauthier-Villars. hardcover
1882606328Gauthier-Villars et Compagnie 1882. Text in French decorative cover marbled boards decorative marbled endpapers ribbon bookmark; cover very lightly rubbed/bumped faintly soiled edges/spine lightly rubbed/bumped corners lightly rubbed internal hinges between boards/spine exposed; edges red stained faintly rubbed/bumped/sunned/soiled bottom edge lightly sunned/very lightly soiled top edge very lightly sunned; interior faintly age-toned throughout internal hinges exposed at hinges of pastedowns very lightly foxed throughout faintly soiled throughout small stamps at the bottom edges near the hinges of the last two pages 2pp. lightly soiled at hinge; binding tight; cover edges and interior intact and clean except where noted. hardcover. Good. Gauthier-Villars et Compagnie hardcover
1849295181Lisboa: Da Epoca 1849. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in Portuguese. Unprinted blue wrappers. 20pp. Folding plate showing a tobacco preparation building. An old historical society stamp on the front wrap light edgewear slight foxing else near fine. Scarce. Da Epoca unknown
18959856Muenchen 1895. Gebunden. unknown
18552112jJ.-B. Bailliere 1855. First Edition. Softcover. Fair. Signed. French text. Inscribed and initialed by the author on the title page. The wraps are shelf rubbed edge worn tanned and marked with ink writing on the front damage to the spine and fraying about the edges. Despite this it remains intact and legible. Internally there is moderate tanning and foxing throughout but the contents remain neat complete and comprehensible. The binding is secure. In decent condition considering the age of the book. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. J.-B. Bailliere paperback
18497053659Verlag von Otto Wigand Leipzig 1849. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. 192pp. B/w frontis with tissue guard several intext diagrams. Foxing throughout some heavy including frontis and title page. Half calf leather worn. Backstrip detached down front edge and in two sections. Hinges loose. Gothic script. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Verlag von Otto Wigand, Leipzig hardcover
182655446à Paris: Chez Jules Renouard 1826. Fine. Chez Jules Renouard à Paris 1826 13 x 20.50 cm relié First edition illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece by Maurin and reproduced as a lithograph by Noël. Half brown calf binding spine with four raised bands uniformly faded and decorated with gilt fillets and roulettes cold-stamped tools headcaps and joints lightly rubbed double gilt fillets framing the boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges. Binding signed by Perreau. Some foxing. Copy complete with the facsimile of Camille Jordan's handwriting in a contemporary binding signed by Perreau. Chez Jules Renouard hardcover
18970803538Glasgow: John Horn 1897. First edition / 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First Edition / First Printing. Call's 176. Bound in modern cloth with the original paper covers bound in place. Very good slight wear to edges of binding. 14.5x 21. hard cover. 64pp. B2073. John Horn unknown
18970805402Glasgow: John Horn 1897. First edition / 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First Edition / First Printing. Call's 176. Bound in contemporary dark brown cloth with the original paper covers bound in place. Good slight rubbing at top & bottom of spine light wear along spine hinges. 14.5x 21. hard cover. 64pp. B55. John Horn unknown
1866JF-YFLB-WBKN1866. Hardcover. Fair. Mudge & Son 1866. xiii 160pp. Historical Society bookplate without the usual other ex-lib markings. Spine mostly perished; boards heavily worn chipped front board nearly detached rear board weakly attached; there is an inscription from Brooks & Ball on the front cover. Pages yellowed with some foxing and creases a couple of stains affecting several pages minor blemishes. A case in invention law that eventually made it to the Supreme Court. hardcover