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162957396Matriti Madrid Madrid: Ex typographia Francisco Martinez 1629. Fine. Ex typographia Francisco Martinez Matriti Madrid Madrid 1629 20 x 29.50 cm relié SOLÓRZANO PEREIRA Juan de De iusta indiarum occidentalium inquisitione acquisitione & retentione Ex typographia Francisco Martinez Matriti Madrid 1629 small in-folio 20 x 295 cm 6 751 pp. 100 contemporary vellum First edition very rare. A very attractive frontispiece-title by Roberto Cordier showing an altar with allegories of Faith and Religion the king of Spain with one foot on an Globe supported by Neptune. A second volume was published in 1639 on the government of the West Indies. Contemporary speckled limp vellum. Jansenist spine. Red morocco title-piece. Spine faded with black spots. Small lacks to head and foot of joints. Trace of a yellow dampstain to right-hand corner of last twenty leaves. Letter to Phillip IV of Spain and introductory portions lacking a total of 11 leaves. In 1618 Juan de Solórzano Pereira wrote the king a petition to make him part of a book project on the West Indies. King Philip IV was seduced by the general idea of legally asserting once and for all the legitimacy of the Spanish possessions in America and financed the first book on justice but not the second on the forms of government which appeared in 1639. The author had been a judge in Lima since 1609 by Royal appointment. The Viceroy of Peru appointed him Governor of Huancavelica a mining outpost of key economic importance to Spain an office he was to fill during his eighteen years in Peru as well as Procurator to the Supreme Council of the Indies Real y supremo consejo de Indias. Pereira developed an extensive and detailed knowledge of Spanish jurisprudence in the West Indies studied numerous documents and ended up with a significant wealth of knowledge especially on the ancient customs of the indigenous peoples. The first part of the book is dedicated to studying the laws that allowed the attachment of the American possessions to the crown of Castille. Here the focus is the definitive legitimation of the Spanish possessions in America. The author then looks at the question of the Church and its relations with the Spanish crown as well as laws on government in general the administration of justice and finally the laws regulating relations with the indigenous peoples and territories. The importance of Pereiras work is to be found in his relentless effort to find the history and origin of each law. 1680 saw the publication of the famous collection of the laws of the Indies the Recopilacion de las leyes des las Indias but this could not replace the excellent work of Pereira who spent a long time studying the oldest laws as well as those of the Indies. In fact all the ancient laws and their indigenous origins disappeared from the collection of the laws of the Indies and Pereiras work would remain key for the history of the West Indies and Spanish Americas. Ex typographia Francisco Martinez hardcover
187451011Paris: E. Dentu 1874. Fine. E. Dentu Paris 1874 12 x 18.50 cm relié First edition of which there were no large paper copies. Near contemporary red half morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Ruban spine in six compartments raised bands bounded by black fillets date gilt at foot of spine marbled endpapers and pastedowns covers preserved top edge gilt. Attractive ex libris engraved by Provost-Blondel on pastedown representing a helmet with a feather medallion and a strip with the motto Tojours en face. The ex libris belonged to Victor Coué a 2nd Lieutenant killed in the First World War. This copy has two frontispieces: one lithograph heightened by Félicien Rops showing a caricature of Barbey d'Aurevilly with the caption Il n'a pour page que son ombre. TS his page is none other than his shadow and a portrait of the author engraved by Paul-Adolphe Rajon 1843-1888. This copy is further enriched with the eponymous series of engravings by Félicien Rops done between 1882 and 1886 with a view to a new edition by Alphonse Lemerre. The meeting of these two major works of literature and history of art from the end of the 19th century makes for an exceptional and unique copy since contrary to what is generally thought Rops' prints never actually accompanied Barbey's text in a genuine illustrated edition. The series is composed of three frontispiece plates: La Femme et la folie dominant le monde I et II Woman and Madness Ruling the World I and II Le Sphinx The Sphinx and six others referring respectively to six of Barbey's short stories and figuring at the beginning of each: Le Rideau Cramoisi The Cramoisi Curtain Le Plus Bel Amour de Don Juan Don Juan's Finest Affair Le Dessous de cartes d'une partie de whist The Undersides of the Cards in a Game of Whist à un dîner d'athées At an Atheists' Dinner Le Bonheur dans le Crime The Joy of the Crime and La Vengeance d'une femme A Woman's Revenge. A very good copy in a practically contemporary binding. E. Dentu hardcover
1948872391948. Fine. ""Nose in the air arms flying with nonchalance with joy as Willy Ronis says. black shoes a large hat a wasp waist skirt in the wind and not the slightest idea what all this could be for but all the sunshine of late April in the veil. and like Paris absurdly inimitable."" s. d. avril 1948 21 x 30 cm 4 pages sur 4 feuillets Exceptional complete autograph manuscript by Louis Aragon. 4 pages in pencil on 4 leaves numbered in his hand. Discrete trace of rust discharge on the first leaf and on the verso of the last. Horizontal fold across all leaves. The article would be published under the title ""L'Art de prendre une photo pour Les Lettres Françaises"" Regards May 14 1948. Aragon accompanies the great Willy Ronis during a photographic session for a fashion portrait for Les Lettres Françaises. Following in Ronis's footsteps as he directs his spinning model the writer takes us through four pages across an enchanting Paris where popular life and worldly elegance intermingle. ""The aim was to illustrate Le Nez au vent by Louis Chéronnet. The column's theme was: The Elegance of Paris is moving westward and more specifically focused on avenue Montaigne"" begins Aragon in his chronicle. For the duration of a day the writer documents with fascination the photographer's work in one of his favorite settings: the streets of Paris. Several tableaux unfold in succession in the Montorgueil quarter at the milliner's in Ronis's studio on avenue Montaigne at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The key word for both Aragon and Ronis is movement. Photography is not static nor are Aragon's impressions. We jump like the model in the photographer's shots from one place to another. The portrait of the elegant woman expands under the writer's pen to her surroundings to the bubbling life of Paris that stops for an instant to contemplate the model's silhouette animated by the photographer's instructions. Sixty years later Ronis would remember that memorable day: ""Aragon had a very beautiful regard for photography. He knew what an image was. Elsa too. He had me work when he founded and directed Les Lettres françaises. I did several reports for him. The first small report was in 1947 or 48 a report on fashion on avenue Montaigne. Aragon came with me we had chosen a model. I was a bit intimidated by Aragon it was my first contact with him. I wanted to get the maximum from my model I was working very hard because I was nervous. Seeing me work amused him so much that he didn't write the report about the model but about me working. I had seen him quite many times afterward we used the familiar form with each other."" Willy Ronis interview in Libération September 14 2009 Their militant paths crossed on numerous occasions - Ronis contributed through his photographs to witness the social revolts that shook the 1930s while Aragon devoted many articles to them. In 1949 the photographer would follow the commemorative day of the Oradour-sur-Glane tragedy in which nearly 400 artists participated at Aragon's initiative. He would also be the author of beautiful portraits of the Aragon-Triolet couple. Excerpts from the manuscript: Willy Ronis had arranged to meet me at 10:30 at the corner of rue Tiquetonne and rue Montorgueil. Apparently he was photographing athletes there. Ah! it was that restaurant where in the past we used to go eat with Vaillant-Couturier and there were Action Française types who would shoot daggers at us with their eyes. Instead of athletes Willy was there in his velvet jacket with his spectacles taking shots left and right at the counter of a couple of lovers. Sweet the lovers. The little one especially. Perhaps it's a sport. . There is nothing more solemn than Caroline Reboux. It is the temple of hats. If he lived in our times this is where Aristotle would write. Caroline Reboux herself made the bonnets for Nana and Eugénie de Montijo; at her place Bel-Ami would twist h unknown
195585266Paris: Gallimard 1955. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1955 12 x 19 cm relié First edition one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe copy. Half red morocco binding with bands spine with six raised bands set with black fillets gilt fillet frame on wood-grain paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original covers and spine preserved top edge gilt. Handsome copy attractively bound. Gallimard hardcover
194875286Paris: Pierre Lanauve de Tartas 1948. Fine. Pierre Lanauve de Tartas Paris 1948 14 x 20 cm en feuilles First edition one of 150 copies on B.F.K. de Rives the only issue after 50 other deluxe copies. Some discreet restorations to spine and covers. At the colophon our copy is exceptionally enriched with the very rare manuscript signature of Louis-Ferdinand Céline then in exile in Denmark. The publisher Pierre Lanauve de Tartas specified just above Céline's signature ""Author's copy"". This very rare copy indeed bears printed on the front cover the initial title of the work: Lettre à J. B. Sartre. We include the flying slip bearing the final title ""à l'agité du bocal"" which was glued onto the entirety of the print run subsequently distributed. Precious author's copy of Céline's scathing response to Jean-Paul Sartre who in Réflexions sur la question juive had accused him of having been paid by the Germans under the Occupation for having held such indefensible antisemitic positions. Pierre Lanauve de Tartas unknown
193771965Paris: Denoël & Steele 1937. Fine. Denoël & Steele Paris 1937 11.50 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper ours one of 25 hors commerce copies the only deluxe copies after 15 Holland and 40 pur fil. Spine and margins of covers skilfully restored. Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline ""A Madame Marthe Pujol Bien affectueusement L.F. Céline"". Precious deluxe copy with an autograph inscription by the author. Denoël & Steele unknown
1890826591890. Fine. 1890 7 x 10.20 cm autre Collection comprising 10 double-page paintings in traditional Japanese manner: glue-based painting on silk. These 10 paintings represent flowers birds and insects. They are all captioned with poetic titles and each bears one or more red seals which allow identification of the painter's name; some are part of the painter's name others the complete name. Japanese accordion binding with lacquered elm boards. Title label with manuscript title and a seal. A slight dampstain to lower margin on the first endpaper otherwise superb general condition. The paper on the reverse of the pastedowns slightly lifted and bearing splits. Master of Kachoga flower and bird paintings Bunrei 1837-1917 was born in Kyoto and from a young age was taught by his father who was a member of the Shijo school of which he himself became a member. His style is delicate and realistic and he pays great attention to the mastery of colors. The original work presented here is a manifesto of his art and his very assured technique the painter seems to have deployed through these 10 miniature paintings the very essence of Japanese painting. hardcover
195284948Paris: Gallimard 1952. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1952 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper the only deluxe copies. Fine and rare copy of this work which was adapted for cinema in 1967 by Tony Richardson assisted by Christian de Chalonge and Norman J. Warren starring Jeanne Moreau Orson Welles Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave. Gallimard unknown
195879468Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1958. Fine. Les Editions de Minuit Paris 1958 14 x 19.50 cm broché sous chemise et étui First edition one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil the only deluxe copies. Our copy is presented in a slipcase and chemise in full paper in the colors of Editions de Minuit. Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema in 1960 by Peter Brook with Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the leading roles. Les Editions de Minuit unknown
196158093Paris: Plon 1961. Fine. Plon Paris 1961 14 x 20.50 cm broché Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Plon Paris 1961 5 1/2 x 8 1/16 original wrappers. First edition of which there were no grand papier deluxecopies an advance service de presse copy. A second revised edition appeared in 1972. Spine slightly bowed retaining dj dj with a few tears and lacks to plastic film cover. Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Foucault at the time a young teacher on his first important work taken from his doctorate. A very rare advance copy which could be said to have taken the place of the grand papier deluxe copies. Plon unknown
160760973Agra avec privilège du Grand Mogol Agra: Hieronymi Verdussen Verdussen Jérôme 1553-1635 1607. Fine. Hieronymi Verdussen Verdussen Jérôme 1553-1635 Agra avec privilège du Grand Mogol Agra 1607 18 x 23 cm relié Q. Horati Flacci Emblemata. Imaginibus in aes incisis notisque illustrataEx officina Hieronymi Verdussen Antverpiae Antwerp 1607 in-4 18 x 23 cm 213 pp. 1 contemporary vellumThe sought-after first edition the only edition entirely in Latin unlike the later editions and illustrated with 103 full-page emblems copper engraved by C. Boël and Gisbert van Veen. Portrait of Horace in a medallion to title. Leaf 48 mis-numbered 84. Several ex-dono to half-title and title. A few images of nudity have been discretely erased. Contemporary vellum ink title erased on spine a small blue spot to upper cover. A little cockled. Several faint dampstains. Discreet marginal repairs to pages 107 179 and 183. Otto van Veen's 1550-1629 first published work. Van Veen was a Mannerist painter Flemish art theorist and Rubens' teacher. The work is made up of two series of plates intended to elucidate the moral meaning of theatrical symbols. Each plate has a maxim in capital letters followed by a short poetical extract as well as an explanation in the guise of an extract from Horace or other Roman writers. An important work in which images for the first time take precedence over the text this emblem book shows Venius' talent for bringing together the Flemish pictorial tradition with Italian Mannerism. Is it not he among the unfairly forgotten masters of this age who manages best to marry the individual note of Flemish realism with the ideal flower of Italian grace Charles Blanc Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles: Ecole ombryenne-romaine Volume 13 1864. In an equally innovative move the painter preferred worldly subjects to the detriment of traditional religious images. A rare edition of one of the most famous emblem books of the 17th century. Hieronymi Verdussen [Verdussen, Jérôme (1553?-1635)] hardcover
196884203Paris: Gallimard 1968. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1968 12 x 19 cm broché First edition of Patrick Modiano's first work of which there were no deluxe copies and bearing the correct imprint of March 28 1968 a Service de Presse advance copy. Preface by Jean Cau. Handsome copy expanded with a promotional band printed on the occasion of his first literary prize the following year. Very rare signed autograph inscription by Patrick Modiano on this work: ""Pour Marcel Arland avec ma vive admiration. Hommage de l'auteur. Modiano."" ""For Marcel Arland with my keen admiration. Author's tribute. Modiano."" Marcel Arland co-director with Jean Paulhan of Editions Gallimard since 1953 and historical member of the Reading Committee of the famous publishing house was thus responsible for discovering this very young 23-year-old author future Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Inscriptions by Patrick Modiano on his first novel are extremely rare. Gallimard unknown
189571947Paris: Publication du ""Fin de siècle"" 1895. Fine. Publication du ""Fin de siècle"" Paris 1895 12 x 19.50 cm relié First edition one of 30 numbered copies on Hollande only deluxe copies issued. Bound in cornered red morocco spine with compartments tooled in black gilt date at the foot of the spine marbled paper boards original wrappers preserved binding signed Devauchelle. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Louis Anquetin bearing the autograph signature of Paul Verlaine on the lower part. Provenance: Charles Hayoit library bookplate on the pastedown endpaper. Publication du ""Fin de siècle"" hardcover
190878181Paris: Fasquelle 1908. Fine. Fasquelle Paris 1908 19.50 x 25.50 cm relié De luxe edition illustrated with a hundred drawings by Pierre Bonnard scattered in the margins of the leaves one of 200 numbered copies on Arches vellum one print after 25 Japan. A beautiful copy. Binding in half brown calf spine decorated with double black fillets gilt date at the foot marbled paper boards marbled endpapers covers and spine preserved top edge gilt on the rough. Handwritten presentation signed by Pierre Bonnard to Xavier Roux: . à son compatriote dauphinois et ami. .to his Dauphiné compatriot and friend. enriched with a handwritten presentation signed by Octave Mirbeau to the same. Fasquelle hardcover
194588249Forcalquier: Imprimerie Nouvelle 1945. Fine. The ""Céreste Affair"" by Colonel ALEXANDRE Imprimerie Nouvelle Forcalquier s.d. 12 janvier 1946 30.90 x 42.20 cm une feuille ""For a few months now we have been witnessing a regularised passive hunt for patriots too highly noticed it seems at a time when risking their own life and that of their family's was not a shopfront item. The odious thing about this way of acting is that it is strangely reminiscent of the Hitlerians. We dishonour then we wait and see. Regardless of the esteem in which a person is regarded a police visit always leaves a hint of ambiguity it is believed. Vigilance more than ever solidarity. 7 December 1945 addressed by René Char to Francis Ponge The first and only edition of this legendary Céreste Affair poster printed by René Char with a very few copies and posted in the small village of Céreste the heart of his resistance network. Paper slightly yellowed some small marginal tears not affecting the text. Extremely rare this poster is absent from all institutions and auction houses. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France itself only has a reproduction offered by Pierre-André Benoit. The famous placard marks the end of the loving and combative relationship between René Char and the village of Céreste which was nevertheless Captain Alexandre's HQ and the birthplace of one of his most moving romantic adventures with his lover nicknamed la Renarde the Vixen. It is in fact to this isolated Haute Provence village that René Char moves to organise his Resistance network the S. A. P. Section Atterrissage Parachutage responsible for recovering the deliveries of parachuted weapons in the Low Alps and redistributing them to the Maquis. Being a faithful guest in Céreste since 1936 René Char was able to quickly unite the villagers and even the gendarmes who would protect him and help him build his network. Forewarned the Nazis sent a company of SS to Céreste to flush him out raiding all of the houses and violently interrogating the villagers who all knew Char and his lover with whom he was staying. The heroic reaction of the villagers had a lasting effect on René Char who composed in their honour one of the longest and most beautiful pages of Hypnos: the village was besieged gagged hypnotized completely brought to a standstill. Two companies of SS and a detachment of militia held it under the muzzle of their machine-guns and mortars. Then began the ordeal. The inhabitants were tossed out of their houses and summoned to assemble in the central square. . Marcelle had come to my shutter to whisper the word to me. . Blows reached me punctuated by curses. The SS had surprised a young mason who was coming back from retrieving some traps. His fright set him up for their tortures. A voice bent over the swollen body shouting: Where is he Show us followed by silence. And kicks and riflebutts raining. . Then there appeared rushing from each street a flood of women children old men going to the place of assembly according to a concerted plan. They hurried without haste literally streaming over the SS paralyzing them in all good faith. . Furious the patrol ploughed its way through the crowd and made further off. With an infinite prudence now some anxious and kindly eyes looked in my direction passed like a flashing lamp on my window. I half revealed myself and a smile broke from my pallor. I held to these people by a thousand confident threads of which not one would break. I loved my kind wildly that day well beyond sacrifice. A fusional relationship unites the poet and his adopted village and for René Char in the context of Nazi hate and violence Céreste represents the living symbol of the humanist values to be defended and the necessity of his fight. This passion found its incarnation in his Céreste lover: Marcelle Sidoine becomes for him the very image of Céreste of this new country in which he digs his mine and intends to bury the galleries fr Imprimerie Nouvelle unknown
193048215Paris: Nrf 1930. Fine. Nrf Paris 1930 12 x 19 cm broché First edition an advance service de presse copy Handsome autograph inscription from Robert Desnos to Janine and Raymond Queneau : "". devant qui j'ai repassé le conseil de revision who were my council of review"" enriched with a drawing showing a little elephant holding up Robert Desnos' name in its trunk One joint very slightly cracked at foot. Nrf unknown
195483810Paris: Gallimard 1954. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1954 14 x 21 cm broché First edition one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper ours one of 5 hors commerce copies deluxe issue. Fine copy. Gallimard unknown
1880841661880. Fine. 1880 - 1900 25.80 x 31.70 cm autre Set of 7 original paintings on silk 4 attributed to Tomioka Eisen and 3 to Migawata Shuntei. Eisen's paintings mounted on original cardboard with mica paper those by Shuntei on raw silk loose. Modern accordion binding executed in fabric cardboard paper and leather. The ensemble has been meticulously conceived and executed with respect for the paintings. The folding structure is bound to a light green fabric chemise. Each panel unfolds by means of a supple leather band. The paintings already mounted on cardboard have been remounted on another cardboard those on silk benefit from particular treatment; they are simply held by 2 paper strips in the margins. Each painting has an opening frame made from different modern Japanese paper. The pastedowns the case the interior of the folding structure as well as the exterior have been treated with different very precious Japanese papers. This execution emanates great preciosity in total accord with the paintings it contains. Light traces of pale dampstains and soiling to spine. Small worming to some paintings. Magnificent ensemble. Like the last fires of a setting sun the late realizations of shunga are distinguished by a particular brilliance a refinement and preciosity never equaled. Although they continue to respect the framework and traditional codes of shunga these paintings exacerbate the play of fabrics poses faces the pictorial realization seeming to prevail over the illustrated theme particularly in Shuntei's works in which the bodies seem to float in space those of Eisen all possessing rich decoration. Besides these changes operated in pictorial treatment one observes a change in the role attributed to woman a more present participative even primary and incitative role. hardcover
184348262Paris: E. Michaud 1843. Fine. E. Michaud Paris 1843 14.50 x 23.50 cm relié First edition. Half blue-grey cloth Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by Champs spine with gilt stylized floral motif date and double gilt fillet to foot navy blue shagreen title-piece with a small angular lack to top covers preserved. Autograph inscription signed by Victor Hugo to his friend the literary critic Henri Trianon. Small manuscript correction to the first page of the introduction a few small wormtracks to the title and half-title. Provenance : Morizet collection collection of Raymond Boueil with his engraved ex libris Maurice Escoffier Le mouvement romantique N°1557 Robert Schumann manuscript initials 1965 N°207 and Philippe Zoummerouff 2001 N°62. E. Michaud hardcover
191574198Paris & Berlin: Jacques Povolozky & CieDer Sturm 1915. Fine. Jacques Povolozky & Cie Der Sturm Paris & Berlin s. d. circa 1915 25 x 34.50 cm en feuilles reliées par deux noeuds tressés Very rare first issue of this periodical the mouthpiece of German Expressionism founded by Herwarth Walden in 1910. Text by Rudolf Blümmer. One tear at the bottom of the spine another at the head pale angular damp stain on the marginally discoloured covers the text sheet tends to come apart. A fragile set held together by two strings. Illustrated catalogue of 15 colour reproductions of artworks laid on thick black paper by Marc Chagall 3 works Wassily Kandinsky 2 Alexander Archipen ko 1 Rudolf Bauer 1 Albert Gleizes 1 Reinhard Goering 1 Jacoba von Heemskerck 1 Paul Klee 1 Fernand Léger 1 Franz Marc 1 Johannes Molzahn 1 and Nell Walden 1. Jacques Povolozky & CieDer Sturm unknown
20655<p>Paris: Editions Mornay 1928. First edition. #350 of 650 copies "sur Rives" from a total edition of 725 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto full morocco signed by Antoinette Cerutti. White and green inlays horizontal and diagonal rules in gilt and silver circular dots in horizontal rows author title and illustrator in gilt on spine. Inner dentelles with white watered silk inset in green leather inlay and framed with triple gilt rules pp. 12 237 1 all edges gilt; Original wrappers bound in. Slipcase also signed by binder. Illustrated by Clarence Gagnon Canadian painter engraver and illustrator with over thirty colour pochoir illustrations as well as numerous other vignettes and decorations. Classic Northern adventure story partially set in Canada often likened to the writings of Jack London. Features the husky Tempest. Among the greatest illustrated books in Canadian publishing history in a fine binding by an internationally acclaimed bookbinder. Minor rubbing to binding from snug fitting slipcase else near fine. <br /><br /></p> Paris: Editions Mornay, 1928. First edition. #350 of 650 copies "sur Rives", from a total edition of 725 copies. hardcover
1886142373New York: Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor 1886/ Philadelphia: Review Printing House 1887. First editions of two official publications of the Society of the Cincinnati a valuable resource on the Revolutionary institution. Quarto two volumes uniformly bound in three quarter contemporary morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands top edges gilt marbled endpapers. The two-volume collection includes a first edition of Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati Formed by the Officers of the American Army of the Revolution 1783 New York: Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor 1886 illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington by P. Hull after the painting by Mrs. E. Sharpless and 47 engraved and reproduced portraits of members original wrappers bound in this is a rare official account of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati compiled by the New York Society's Secretary John Schuyler and containing a trove of information on the institution's early years with short biographical accounts of every founding member of the New York chapter. This is the first copy of this title we can find in the auction record since 1908. Together with a first edition of Proceedings of The General Society of the Cincinnati 1784-1884 Philadelphia: Review Printing House 1887 one of likely only 250 copies printed illustrated with an engraved portrait of George Washington by J.C. Buttre after the painting by Edward Savage this is the official account of the proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati's annual meeting's from 1784-1884 published following a resolution passed during the 100th annual meeting on May 14 1884. The idea to publish this account was first suggested during the April 1881 annual meeting by General W.G. DeSaussure of South Carolina in an edition of 250 copies for official use by its members. We have not been able to locate another copy in the auction records. OCLC 57270107. Bound with a contemporary photographic facsimile of The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati--the New York chapter's manuscript document of the Society's principles and tenets signed in facsimile by dozens of New York members up until 1850. From the library of Josiah Piece with his ownership inscriptions. Josiah Pierce 1827-1913 was born in Gorham Maine graduated from Bowdoin College in 1848 and practiced law in Portland. In 1855 he became the U.S. Secretary of the legation in St. Petersburg. Following the end of his diplomatic service he continued to live in St. Petersburg as a businessman for Winans Harrison & Winans railroad contractors. In 1865 he received from the Emperor of Russia the Knighthood of the 3rd Class of the Order of St. Anne. Following the termination of his employment with Winans in 1870 he moved to London where he became a member of the Royal Geographical Society the Zoological Society and the Royal Institution. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati of Massachusetts representing his grandfather Archelaus Lewis 1753-1834 an officer in the Revolutionary War whose uncle Francis Lewis 1713-1802 was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York. In near fine condition. Rare. The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal and hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolution. Its membership is restricted to descendants of military officers who served in the Continental Army. Largely the concept of Brigadier General Henry Knox the Society held its first meeting in May 1783 at the Verplanck House in Fishkill New York presided over by General von Steuben and Alexander Hamilton. George Washington was elected its first President. Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor hardcover
146285Stanford: Stanford University Press 2002. First edition of this inspirational and thought-provoking family history from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo original red cloth frontispiece portrait of William B. Gould in his veteran's hat illustrated with black and white photographs charts and maps. Association copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page to associate justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg "11/4/02 For Ruth With deep appreciation for your fine work in Washington - this work began to gather steam when we were together at Harvard 30 years ago - Best wishes Bill Gould." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. Gould became acquainted with Ginsburg upon visiting at Harvard in 1971 and '72 after which Gould has said: "We kept in touch over the years when she was on the DC Circuit and the High Court. We exchanged correspondence and reprints over the years. When I was Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and living in Washington Justice Ginsburg arranged for my Chief Counsel and me to sit in her special box whenever there was an oral argument before the Court involving my NLRB" Stanford Law Faculty on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Very light bumping to the foot of the spine with a closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Matching closed tear to the rear panel of the dust jacket with an abrasion to the front panel of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional association. William B. Gould IV is an American lawyer currently the Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law Emeritus at Stanford Law School the first black professor at Stanford Law School. His great-grandfather William B. Gould was an escaped slave who served in the Union Navy during the United States Civil War. His diary is one of only a few written during the Civil War by a formerly enslaved person that has survived and the only by a formerly enslaved sailor. Stanford University Press hardcover
010396No place Italy no date Circa late 19th-early 20th C. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Icilio Federico Joni 1866-1946 was an Italian artist and trained antiquities restorer who quickly became a forger. His hand-painted and gilded book covers in imitation of fifteenth-century tavolette di Biccherna book covers are today widely collected and treasured for their beauty and skill. 12 1/2" h x 10 1/2" w with embossed leather spine Very Good wear and some tearing to leather boards appropriately distressed with some chipping at raised boarders. The front panel features the famous image of Dante with a book in hand and bears the painted title "Dantes". The rear panel bears a painted emblem. The interior is covered in paneled silk with a patterned cloth inside the covers. see Beinecke Library Yale University GEN MSS 1452. . Hardcover
151274New York: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1999. Original offprint of the "proceedings held on the occasion of the induction of Honorable Robert A. Katzmann as United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit." Octavo original wrappers dated October 25 1999. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "For Ruth & Marty with continuing appreciation and affection Bob 12/99." The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Robert A. Katzmann was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1999 until his death and as the court’s Chief Judge from 2013 to 2020. Appointed by President Bill Clinton Katzmann was widely respected for his scholarship in administrative law statutory interpretation and the relationship between courts and Congress. Before joining the federal bench he was a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University and authored several influential works examining how legislation is created and interpreted within the American legal system. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unknown
