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179181561Paris: Chez Lecler 1791. Paperback. Very Good. 74p. Stitched pamphlet. 22cm. Light soiling. French text. <br/><br/> Chez Lecler paperback books
177825120Genève: Du Villard fils & Nouffer 1778. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. 272; 334; title within printed border; woodcut ornaments; contemporary full mottled calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; short crcaks in 2 joints else generally very good and sound. Quérard II p. 440. <br/><br/> Du Villard fils & Nouffer unknown books
1784WRCAM51647Paris 1784. 25111pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt rebacked with original spine laid down all edges stained red. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning otherwise internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French language almanac of the Americas Africa Asia and the European colonies there expanded from previous editions. Of special interest are several lists giving the names of the colonial administrators and military officers of numerous French colonies in the Caribbean and South America. Also contains a description of each American state as well as lists of military officers and members of Congress. Writing of the 1783 edition Sabin says "It appears by a note on the back of the title that this work was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche-Tillac sic. It was continued annually." He also notes notes that he saw none dated later than 1787 but that it may have been continued until 1791. Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac 1746-1828 was a French lawyer and counsel for the French admirality who maintained correspondence with several important American figures including Benjamin Franklin. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 358. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 784/83. SABIN 941 note. CIORANESCU XVIII 50984. unknown books
1786WRCAM31033Paris 1786. 4386683pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt. Hinges expertly repaired. Internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French-language almanac of America Asia and Africa and the European colonies there. Of special interest are several lists giving the names of the colonial administrators and military officers of numerous French colonies in the Caribbean and South America. Also included in this edition is the text of Poncelin's RECUEIL DIPLOMATIQUE. which collects laws and arrets pertaining to European colonies in the Americas. "It appears by a note on the back of the title that this work was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche-Tillac sic. It was continued annually" - Sabin 1783 edition. Sabin notes that he saw none dated later than 1787 but that it may have been continued until 1791. OCLC locates only two copies of this edition both in French institutions and Echeverria and Wilkie add only the British Library and John Carter Brown Library. Scarce. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 370. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 786/54. SABIN 941 note. CIORANESCU XVIII 50984. OCLC 25612843. unknown books
1760263025Babylon Paris 1760. First. hardcover. fine. Two parts in one volume. 16mo old calf later rebacked in leather; marbled end-leaves & edges. Babylon i.e. Paris 1760. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> A fantasy voyage comparable to Gulliver's Travels and often considered an early work of science fiction predicting both photography and television. Early writing on the title page identifies the author as "M. Tiphaigne Medecin" and notes that the title is an anagram of his name.<br/><br/> unknown books
176113462London: Printed for Robert Horsfield 1761. First English edition. 16mo. Part I 130 pp. dated 1761; Part II 126 pp. dated 1760 1 p. advert. Contemporary full calf with the spine expertly repaired; board edges are rubbed. Previous owner's name on endpaper few light pencil notations light foxing and offsetting to endpapers and tile page from the binder's glue. See PHOTOGRAPHY: ESSAYS & IMAGES 1980 edited by Beaumont Newhall p. 13-14 "In 1760 the French writer Charles François Tiphaigne de la Roche wrote a novel that today would be considered science fiction. Titled Giphantie an anagram of his name it describes his imaginary travels. He was lifted into the air and transported half unconscious to a beautiful garden in a strange land. There he met a Spirit who said 'I am the Prefect of this island which is called Giphantie.' With the Prefect as guide Tiphaigne explored the wonders of 'the island.'" In GIPHANTIA Chapter XVII Part I The author prophecies the fixing of transient images of nature by the action of light. "Thou knowest that the rays of light reflected from different bodies make a picture and paint the bodies upon all polished surfaces on the retina of the eye for instance on water on glass. The elementary spirits have studied to fix these transient images: they have composed a most subtle matter very viscous and proper to harden and dry by the help of which a picture is made in the twinkle of an eye. They do over this matter a piece of canvas and hold it before the objects they have in mind to paint. The first effect of the canvas is that of a mirror; there are seen upon it all the bodies far and near whose image the light can transmit. But what the glass cannot do the canvas by means of the viscous matter retains the images. The mirror shows the objects exactly; but keeps none; our canvases show them with the same exactness and retains them all. This impression of the images is made the first instant they are received on the canvas which is immediately carried away into some dark place; an hour after the subtle matter dries and you have a picture so much the more the valuable as it cannot be imitated by art nor damaged by time." This is considered a cornerstone book in any collection of photographic literature and photography's first fictional work.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 10421. <br/><br/> Printed for Robert Horsfield unknown books
176052879Babylone Paris: n. p. 1760. First edition. 16mo. Part I 2 176 pp; Part II 2 174 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf with the spine in six gilt-decorated compartments; hinges partially cracked but firm; rubbing at the edges and chipping at the corners. Moderate foxing or soiling. A near very good copy. "In 1760 the French writer Charles François Tiphaigne de la Roche wrote a novel that today would be considered science fiction. Titled Giphantie an anagram of his name it describes his imaginary travels. He was lifted into the air and transported half unconscious to a beautiful garden in a strange land. There he met a Spirit who said 'I am the Prefect of this island which is called Giphantie.' With the Prefect as guide Tiphaigne explored the wonders of 'the island.'" In GIPHANTIA Chapter XVII Part I The author prophecies the fixing of transient images of nature by the action of light. "Thou knowest that the rays of light reflected from different bodies make a picture and paint the bodies upon all polished surfaces on the retina of the eye for instance on water on glass. The elementary spirits have studied to fix these transient images: they have composed a most subtle matter very viscous and proper to harden and dry by the help of which a picture is made in the twinkle of an eye. They do over this matter a piece of canvas and hold it before the objects they have in mind to paint. The first effect of the canvas is that of a mirror; there are seen upon it all the bodies far and near whose image the light can transmit. But what the glass cannot do the canvas by means of the viscous matter retains the images. The mirror shows the objects exactly; but keeps none; our canvases show them with the same exactness and retains them all. This impression of the images is made the first instant they are received on the canvas which is immediately carried away into some dark place; an hour after the subtle matter dries and you have a picture so much the more valuable as it cannot be imitated by art nor damaged by time." See PHOTOGRAPHY: ESSAYS & IMAGES 1980 edited by Beaumont Newhall p. 13-14.<br/><br/>This is considered a cornerstone book in any collection of photographic literature and photography's first fictional work.<br/><br/>The English edition of a year later is titled: GIPHANTIA: OR A VIEW OF WHAT HAS PASSED WHAT IS NOW PASSING AND DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY WHAT WILL PASS IN THE WORLD.<br/>Roosens and Salu No. 10421. <br/><br/> n. p. unknown books
1759262724Amsterdam: Arkstee & Merkus 1759. hardcover. very good. 2 parts bound in 1 volume 2 paginations xii 244 iv 294pp. Copperplate frontispiece with astrological globe.Part I Visions of Ibraim Arab Philposopher; Part II Travel to Limbo. 12mo full contemporary calf gilt spine chipped at the top front hinge dry. Amsterdam & Aleipssick: Arkstee & Merkus 1759. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> The text highlights the interest in the occultist and naturalist in the second half of the 18th century and the authors interest in the Kabbalah and hermeticism. Bookplate and small neat handwriting on fly-leaf.<br/><br/> Arkstee & Merkus unknown books
