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ASCHENBRENNER Karl
The Concepts of Value. Foundations of value theory
xvii + 462pp., 25cm., publisher's hardcover, in the series "Foundations of language. Supplementary series" volume 12, good condition, T99388
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TIEJE Arthur Jerrold
The theory of characterization in prose fiction prior to 1740
131pp., 26cm., hardcover in blue cloth, in the series "The University of Minnesota. Studies in language and literature" no.3, stamp at verso of titlepage, text clean and bright, good condition, T100969
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ELLERMEIER Friedrich
Sumerisches Glossar - Führer durch die neuere sumerologische Fachliteratur. Band I, Teil I: Die Sumerischen Lautwerke nach dem Alphabet, nach den 'Zeichennamen' und nach den Keilschriftzeichen geordnet [2 volumes]
2 volumes, xxxv + xvii + 732pp. (continuous pagination), in the series "Theologische und Orientalistische Arbeiten aus Göttingen" volume 4, 30cm., publisher's hardcover bindings (with gilt lettering, some minor defects on front cover of 1st volume), previous owner's signature on titlepage, small inscription on p.IX of 1st vol., text and interior are clean and bright, good, weight: 3.4kg., [Content: volume I: Liste der Lautwerke, II: Nach "Zeichennamen" und Keilschriftzeichen geordnete Lautwertlisten], X105961
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CELLARD Jacques.
Anthologie de la Littérature argotique des origines à nos jours.
Paris, Mazarine, 1985. Fort in-8, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 447 pp. Exemplaire en bel état.
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DUNETON Claude.
Anthologie des expressions populaires avec leur origine.
Paris, Stock, 1979. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 389 pp. Ediiton originale, (une légère tâche sur une tranche).
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DAUZAT Albert.
Les Argots. - Caractères - Evolutions - Influence - Index alphabétique.
Paris, Librairie Delagrave, "Bibliothèque des chercheurs et des curieux", 1946. In-12 broché, 189 pp. Avec une introduction.
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GIRAUD (Robert). - [DOISNEAU (Robert)].
Le Royaume d'Argot. Photographies de Robert Doisneau.
Paris, Editions Planète, 1969. In-4, cartonnage noir de l'éditeur, 347 pp. La vie quotidienne. Le Milieu. L'amour. La prostitution. Les trafics. Les jeux. Les clochards. Les bistrots. La prison. etc. Photographies de Robert DOISNEAU.Très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte (dessins). Nouvelle édition du volume paru en 1965 aux Editions Denoël. Bel exemplaire.
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[DUMUR Guy]. - COLLECTIF.
Histoire des Spectacles. Sous la direction de Guy Dumur.
Paris, Gallimard, Encyclopédie de la Pléiade, (19 ème vol de cette collection), 1965. fort in-12, reliure éditeur, rhodoïd et étui, XVII (préface)-2010 pp. Bel exemplaire. Ouvrage non réédité.
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[CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand)]. CHAUTARD (Émile).
La Vie étrange de l’argot.
Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1931. Grand in-8, broché. Édition originale. Un des 50 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches teinté, seul tirage en grand papier. Ce volumineux dictionnaire des termes et expressions argotiques illustré de 124 reproductions dans le texte figurait en bonne place dans la bibliothèque de Céline, qui le tenait pour l’ouvrage de référence en la matière (voir la préface d’Henri Godard à sa réédition publiée en 2013 chez Bartillat).
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HENRY (Pierre)
Le Parler jurassien & l'amour des mots I & II. Le Parler jurassien et suisse romand.
3 volumes gr. In-8, 234-233-269p. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, avec quelques coupures de presse d'époque.
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HENRY (Pierre)
Le Parler jurassien & l'amour des mots I & II.
2 volumes gr. In-8, 234-233p. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, avec quelques coupures de presse d'époque.
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CARACCIOLI] [L-A.
Le Langage de la Raison. Par l'Auteur de la Jouissance de soi-meme.
8vo., on laid paper, with decorative title, small neat contemporary signature on half-title, some negligible marginal age-staining on a few leaves; contemporary full speckled calf, back with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments framed and tooled in gilt to a floral design, marbled endpapers, red edges, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), two small worm-holes at tail of backstrip, a crisp, clean copy. Complete with half-title; wanting one blank preliminary.Louis-Antoine Caraccioli (1723-1803) was a prolific writer of poetry, history, fiction and biography. Born in Paris, he served as colonel to Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and so travelled widely throughout Europe. Despite close ties to both Louis XV and Louis XVI he managed to survive the Revolution, though eventually he died in penury. The broad thematic range of his works makes him interesting to scholars of manners and many other subjects. He is best known among bibliophiles for two publications printed with coloured inks: Le livre de quatre couleurs (1757) and Le livre à la mode (1759) But the full list of his works is much longer ('trop fécond' complains the ungenerous Nouvelle Biographie Générale), and many of them are of interest. The present work was first published in Paris by Nyon earlier in the same year. It remained popular throughout the eighteenth century and was translated into English as 'The Language of Reason' in 1802. This edition, the first non-French issue, is scarce.
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TOOKE J.H.
Epea Pteroenta [title in Greek], or the Diversions of Purley. With numerous Additions from the Copy prepared by the Author for Republication. To which is added his Letter to John Dunning. Revised with Additional Notes, by Richard Taylor. HANDSOME COPY IN TREE CALF
8vo., with an engraved frontispiece; splendidly bound in mid-nineteenth century tree calf, sides with decorative border comprising double gilt rules linked by curlicue and enclosing institutional arms in gilt, all edges marbled, skilfully rebacked in calf with original decorative backstrip gilt extra and original leather label laid down, marbled endpapers, a clean and handsome copy in fine contemporary binding. Bound for the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education
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UNBEGAUN B.O.
A Bibliographical Guide to the Russian Language. With the Collaboration of J. .G. Simmons. NEAR FINE XL COPY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-browned at backstrip. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, and small neat stamp on dustwrapper and title verso. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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VON FRISCH K.
The Dance and Language Orientation of Bees. Translated from the German by Leigh Chadwick. Foreword by Thomas D. Seeley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with over 450 photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed and creased at edges. VERY SCARCE
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SCHLOSSMAN Beryl
Joyce's Catholic Comedy of Language. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BURCHFIELD Robert
The English Language. Introduction by Robert McCrum. Afterword by John Simpson. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and coloured and monochrome plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; patterned boards, red cloth back ruled and lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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CRYSTAL David
The Stories of English. With a New Afterword by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations and maps; blue cloth, boards lettered in black, backstrip lettered in white and red, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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Peter Weiss, Playwright
Archive of documents concerning the publication and production of several notable literary works and theatrical plays by Peter Ulrich Weiss
New York City, Frankfurt, Stockholm, etc., 1961-1966. Substantial archive of documents concerning the publication and production of several notable literary works and theatrical plays by Peter Ulrich Weiss, including correspondence, draft agreements, contracts signed with leading publishers and producers, as well as some programmes and peer reviews, being the working files of his New York agent, Joan Daves. Together with 3 LP record box sets of the first and complete Broadway original cast music recording for the Marat/Sade play. Octavo and Folio documents and letters, ranging in size and number of pages, some signed in the original. Most are in English; some are in German; the lot neatly contained in four ring binders. The vast majority of the documents date to the 1960s, with a scant few being later including a letter regarding a special television production in 1979 with NBC. Occasional wear to extremities, otherwise in very good condition, beautifully preserved, clean and bright. A generous and comprehensive archive chronicling the work and partnership of a leading literary agent in the rise of German-American publishing, and one of her notable German writers. Provenance: From the desk of Weiss' literary agent for the US, Joan Daves. Joan Daves (1919-1997) was a leading literary agent with her own agency in New York, whose client list boasts six Nobel Prize winners including Martin Luther King, Jr. Daves had a profound effect on the very existence of German literature in America. Born Liselotte Davidson in Berlin, she escaped Nazi Germany by fleeing to Paris and England before emigrating to the United States in 1940. Her agency, established in 1948, handled the original works of several American authors. She handled Martin Luther King, Jr.'s literary property from 1957 until her death. Of great emphasis with her firm was the representation of several major German publishers, such as Suhrkamp, Piper, S. Fischer Verlag and others. It was the prime time of German writers such as Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, Max Frisch, Heinar Kipphardt, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Hermann Hesse. In the mid-1960s, communication with German publishers was quite different from today. A shipment of galleys was prepared with a 'by sea mail' label. When the New York Times printed the date and time the next ship would leave the harbor, delivery of the parcels of documents to that specific ship was requested. Peter Ulrich Weiss (1916-1982) was a German author, playwright, and experimental filmmaker, who gained celebrity fame on Broadway in the 1960s. He is particularly known for his plays "Marat/Sade" of 1963/65 which is largely represented in the present archive and which was enormously successful, for "The Investigation" of 1965, and for his later novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance" (1971-81). In the 1960s Weiss also embraced and promoted politically controversial groups, standing for revolutionary Cuba, standing against US intervention in Vietnam, and joining Sweden's eurocommunist party. Manuscript
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BRATRING, F.W.A.
Entdeckungsgeschichte Von Neu-Georgien oder Die Arsaciden-Inseln. New Georgia or the Arsacidian Islands and Their History of Discovery
8vo, 50 pages, with map and portrait bound in recent green paper boards. Text in German. This a monthly issue of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a large 50 page report about New Georgia which today is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In this report the author explores the history, fauna, flora and people of the islands and draws on accounts by John Hunter, Bougainville, Carteret, Labillardiere and others who visited them. The report is accompanied by a portrait of Captain John Hunter as well a fold-out map measuring 250 mm x 190 mm. A very early report and map on the Solomon Islands and very rare.
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CREDNER, Hermann
Über das Colorado-Plateau zum Grand Cañon. [Colorado Plateau and the Grand Canyon]
Rare pamphlet. Author's Presentation Copy. 17 pages. Text is in German. Very Good Condition in original sage wrappers, titled to front. Containing the author's geological speech on the formation and features of the great canyons in the Colorado plateau, and with mention of Major John Wesley Powell, who in 1869, led the first expedition down the Grand Canyon. Carl Hermann Credner (1841 - 1913), was a German earth scientist. In 1870 he was appointed professor of geology in the University of Leipzig, and in 1872 director of the Geological Survey of Saxony. He is author of numerous publications on the geology of Saxony, and of an important work, "Elemente der Geologic". He also wrote memoirs on Saurians and Labyrinthodonts. The Grand Canyon is a massive rift in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata, and is also one of the six distinct physiographic sections of the Colorado Plateau province. The Grand Canyon is unmatched throughout the world for the vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. Geologically it is significant because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks that are beautifully preserved and exposed in the walls of the canyon. These rock layers record much of the early geologic history of the North American continent.
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MALESPINA - VANCOUVER
Book Review: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world in which the coast of North-West America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed....under the Command of Captain George Vancouver....
& Vermischte Nachrichten - Nachrict über Malespina's Reise. [Miscellaneous News - Notice from Malespina's Voyage] 8vo. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing a contemporary review, 22 pages in length, of the above mentioned title. Attractively bound in continental paper marbled boards with new spine. These are the original pages printed in 1798, the same year as Vancouver's book, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal. Contains a thorough contemporary review of Captain Vancouver's historic scarce 1798 title 'A Voyage of Discovery' with comments on Tahiti, Hawaii, and the Northwest coast. Of further interest in this rare volume is an early notice of Malespina's Spanish voyage to the North West Coast, which had returned to Spain in 1794, but as was customary, details were not released to the public. The expedition had explicitly scientific goals, and the crew consisted of some of the period's leading scientists. Data collected during the expedition surpassed that of Cook, but due to changed political circumstances in Spain, Malaspina was jailed upon his return. The reports and collections were seized and prohibited from publication. The expedition and its findings remained obscure and nearly unstudied by historians until the late 20th century. While exploring along the Strait of Georgia, Captain Vancouver's crew encountered ships from the Malespina expedition under the command of Dionisio Galiano and Cayetano Valdes y Flores. Although the interaction was friendly, it was not until Vancouver met Commander Bodega y Quadra at Friendly Cove, in Nootka Sound, that he asserted England's claims. The two men established friendly working terms, but were unable to agree on how the two countries would settle their respective positions.
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Godofredus Schutze - Schütze
De Crventis Germanorvm Gentilivm Victimis Hvmanis Liber Vnvs - De Cruentis Germanorum Gentilium Victimis Humanis Liber Unus
8vo, 124 pages plus 15 page index, bound in contemporary Continental paper boards, a very good example of this rare book. In this work, Schütze deals with human sacrifices of the Germanic and Nordic races, a long forgotten practice of the people in the Arctic Circle trying to appease the gods in order to bring about favorable results in war and harvest. This seems to be the first work on this subject and was quoted as the authorative book of the 18th century. Rare in a First Edition.
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Saint Lucia Volcanos
Beschreibung des Vulkans auf der Insel Sta. Lucia. [Description of the Volcanoes of Saint Lucia Island.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. An early description of the volcanoes of Saint Lucia island features Sulphur Springs near Soufriere. The site was once mined for sulphur for the muskets of both the American and French revolutions. These are the original pages printed in 1800, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Asia Minor
Entwurf zu einer Charte von Klein Asien. Eine Berichtigung der geographie desselben, nach den neuesten astronomischen Bestimmungen des B. Beauchamp und aus itinerarischen Angaben zusammen getragen. Auf der Seeberger Sternwarte 1799.
..........[Drafting a Chart of Asia Minor. An Adjustment to the Same Geography, According to the Latest Astronomical Observations by B. Beauchamp and Information Gathered at the Seeberger Observatory in 1799]. 8vo. 2 pages, plus a rare fold-out map measuring approximately 7.25 inches x 10.5 inches (18.5 cm x 26.5 cm). Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a remarkable early map of Asia Minor, which remains largely blank, and two pages describing the latest observations gleaned by astronomists. Map extends from the southern Black Sea coast, west as far as the ancient city Smyrna, south to Latakia or Latakiyah in Syria, and east to Erzurum. Shows historically significant locations such as Constantinople, Basra, Aleppo and the Marmara Sea. These are the original pages printed in 1799, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal. Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), or Asia Minor is a geographic region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Iranian plateau to the southeast, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. Anatolia is known as a cradle to many civilizations throughout human history.
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NOUET, M.
Beirchterstattung über die Beobachtungen zur Bestimmung der Geographischen Lage von Alexandrien, und die Abweichung der Magnetnadel. ...
.....[Reports of the Observations Made to Determine the Geographical Position of Alexandria, and the Diviation of the Magnetic Needle] 8vo. 24 pages, including data tables. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. Scientific report on the determination of geographic coordinates of Alexandria, with 12 pages of observation data. These are the original pages printed in 1800, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Baron von Löwenörn
Einige Bemerkungen über Ebbe und Fluth an den Dänischen und Norwegischen Küsten. [Some Remarks on the Tides of the Danish and Norwegian Coasts]
8vo. 13 pages, plus a fold-out map. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. An interesting description on ocean tides, using two harbours as example. Features Skælskør (Skaelskor), now a quaint town in the Slagelse municipality, and the fortified port Corsoer, both on the Danish island of Zealand in the Baltic Sea. These are the original pages printed in 1799, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Anon
Parallele zwischen den englischen und französischen See-Häfen am Canal und an der Nord-See. [Parallel between the English and French Sea Ports on the French Canal and the North Sea.]
8vo. 11 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a report that contrasts English and French harbours with the German North Sea harbour and their suitablity for war. The author further speculates whether Napoleon is building a new war harbour at Terneuse (Terneuzen) in the Netherlands.
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Göta Kanal - With Two Maps
Geschichte der Schiffbarmachung der Götha Elf und vorzüglich der Fälle bei Trollhätta bis 1802. [History of the Navigability of the Göta älv River, Particularily in the Area of the Trollhätta Falls until 1802.]
8vo. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account, and two other of the same subject,lus 2 fold-out maps for illustration. Maps measure approximately 20cm x 16.5cm and 11.5cm x 23cm, respectively. A scarce primary resource, with 21 pages pertaining to the Gota River Canal, attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains speculation on the navigatability of the Göta älv river, contemporay to the work of Baltzar von Platen on opening a canal. Reveals proposals and potential for commerce, highlighting the area of Trollhatta, and accompanied by two scarce maps, one showing the canal route from Göteborg to Vänersborg on Lake Vänernone, and the other of featuring the section of the Gota between Trollhatta and Lake Vänernone. Further includes two separate commentaries on the following contemporary books on the same then popular subject: "Trollhätte Canalfartens Historia", by P.A. Granberg, and "Description des cataractes et du canal de Trollhätta en Suède; avec un prècis historique", by A. F. Skjöldebrand. These are the original pages and maps printed in 1805, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Tatar Uzbekistan - Early Russian Reconnaissance
Beiträge zur Länder und Staatenkunde der Tartarei, von Russischen Berichten. [Contributions to the Country and States of the Tatars, from Russian Reports.]
8vo. 63 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains an extensive and detailed sketch of the towns Tashkent and Khiva, drawing from contemporary Russian sources printed in St. Petersburg. Details include economy and average incomes, religion and customs, government, and military statistics, descriptions of a cannon foundry, a palace allegedly pillaged by Turkmen, and more. A caravan route from Orenburg to Khiva is also revealed, with mention of Karakalpakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mangyshlak, the Aral Sea, Ural river, Caspian Sea, and Amu Darya. This account pre-dates the 1873 Russo-Khivan War by 69 years. These are the original pages printed in 1804, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Middleton and Dobbs Controversy - Scarce Letters
Beitrag zur Geschichte von Christoph Middleton's Seereise um eine nord Westliche Durchfahrt zu finden. [Contribution to the History of Christopher Middleton's Voyage to the North West Passage.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. A scarce resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. A scarce publication comprising two letters written by Christopher Middleton while at his quarters at Churchill, on the shore of Hudson Bay, dated June 1741 and September 1741 respectively, illuminating details of the long-standing disagreement between Middleton and Dobbs. Christopher Middleton (late 1600s-1770), English naval officer and navigator, was appointed on 5 March 1741 to the command of the Royal Navy's sloop 'Furnace'. He was encouraged by the theories of Arthur Dobbs who was convinced that tide differences pointed to the Passage's entry being near Wager Bay. In May 1741 he left England in the Furnace, accompanied by a smaller vessel, the purchased pink HMS Discovery under the command of Commander William Moor, and sailed to North America in search of a Northwest Passage to the East Indies. He spent the winter at the entrance of the Churchill River in Hudson Bay, then proceeded as far north as Repulse Bay, but was prevented by extreme ice conditions from going any further. Middleton returned to England in 1742, where he was presented with the Copley Medal and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society to whom he presented a paper on "The extraordinary degrees and surprising effects of Cold in Hudson's Bay". Dobbs however accused Middleton of falsification, and the two engaged in a pamphlet controversy for years. In 1744 Dobbs produced 'An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson’s Bay,' which extolled the virtues of the region and criticized the HBC for its stewardship of it. These are the original pages printed in 1806, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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LICHTENSTEIN, Martin Heinrich Carl
Nachrichten von Teneriffa. Ein Fragment aus dem Tagebuche des Hrn. Dr. Lichtenstein auf der Reise von Amsterdam nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung 1802.
...[News from Tenerife: A Fragment from the Diary of Dr. Lichtenstein on the Journey from Amsterdam to the Cape of Good Hope in 1802.] 8vo. 22 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Some foxing, otherwise in very good condition. Attractively bound booklet style in recent paper covers with label. This issue contains an excerpt from the travel journal of Dr. Hinrich Lichtenstein, featuring Tenerife of the Canary Islands. The revered German physician, explorer and zoologist, travelled from 1802 to 1806 travelled extensively in southern Africa, and whom was hired as the personal physician to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. This scarce firsthand preliminary account pre-dates and provides insight into the author's book, which would be published in 1811, 'Reisen im südlichen Afrika in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806.' A unique item to pair with the collector's edition. These are the original pages printed in 1806, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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RIMROD, Frederick Augustus
Über die Bildung der Erdfläche; besonders auch der Gegenden von der Ostsee von Hannover bis Cölln. ..
... [On the Formation of the Earth's Surface, in Particular the Environs of the Baltic Sea from Hanover to Cologne.] 8vo. 18 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains an earth science study on the formation of our planet's surface, using the areas of the Baltic Ocean (Ostsee), and the region between Hannover and Köln, as examples. Accompanied by a charming map showing the course of the lower Lahn River and its tributaries, mainly Ohm, Wieseck, Kleebach, Dill, Solmsbach, Weil, Elbbach, and Aar. Also showing part of the Rhine river and the Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, joining it at Koblenz. These are the original pages printed in 1807, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Karl Ludwig Methusalen Müller
Bücher-Recensionen [Book Review] - C.C. Robin's Reisen nach dem Innern von Louisiana, dem Westlichen Florida und auf die Inseln Martinique und S. Domingo in den Jahren 1802-1806.
8vo. 21 pages. Text is in German. A contemporary book review. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a contemporary analysis of the first German translation, by Karl Ludwig Methusalen Müller, of the first edition of Claude Robin's now classic French title , 'Voyages dans l'intérieur de la Louisiane, de la Floride occidentale, et dans les isles de la Martinique et de Saint-Domingue, pendant les années 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806.' In itself a fascinating essay contemporary to slave revolts and the Louisiana Purchase, including statistics on slavery, passages are drawn from both the French and German editions, making this a unique item to pair with the collector's volume. Claude C. Robin traveled with his son in Louisiana and in the Caribbean from 1802 to 1806, recording his observations of the rebellion and the subsequent settlement of the refugees in Louisiana. In his 3 volume work, he gave an excellent account of Louisiana's western interior and of Spanish Texas, including natural history and agriculture, the French inhabitants of the area, Louisiana's new American government, geographical delineations, conflicts with Spain, and other civil and political issues. The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane) was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory Louisiane in 1803. Robin was present at ceremonies turning Louisiana over to the United States, both in New Orleans and in Natchitoches. He published his account in 1807. The subsequent German translation by Müller, discussed here, was published in 1808. These are the original pages printed in 1809, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Italy's - Monte Gargano - Historic Towns
Schilderung des Gebirges Gargano in Apulien. [Description of Mount Gargano in Apulia.]
8vo. 10 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a description of Mount Gargano, in Apulia, Italy, by Danish-French geographer and journalist, Conrad Malte-Brun, drawing from his "Annales des Voyages," translated by Dr. Nobile. The region was once part of the Kingdom of Sicily, then the Kingdom of Naples, and at the time of this publication, had recently fallen under the reign of the French. French control endured from 1806-1815, resulting in the abolition of feudalism and the reformation of the justice system. Includes features and population for the towns of Viesti, Manfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo, San Marco in Lamis, San Giovanni Rotondo, Riguano, Vico, Peschici, Ischitella, Rodi, Cagnano, Carpino, and Apricena. These are the original pages printed in 1808, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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1810 Island of Elba - French Law and Statistic
Notizen von der Insel Elba. Auszüge aus dem bulletin des Lois von Frankreich. [Notes on the Island of Elba. Excerpts from the 'Bulletin des Lois' in France.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a German translation of an official French document concerning laws imposed by the King of France during his reign over Elba island, when it was divided into only 7 municipalities. With brief notes on the structure of the criminal court or tribunal, and featuring a poulation chart which includes Portoferraio, Marciana, Rio, and Porto-Longone Capoliveri. In 1802 the island had become a French possession, and its economy flourished. Following the Treaty of Fontainebleau, French emperor Napoleon I was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication in 1814 and arrived at Portoferraio on May 3, 1814 to begin his exile there. He was allowed to keep a personal guard of six hundred men. Although he was nominally sovereign of Elba, the island was watched (more or less) by British naval patrols.
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DRAKE, Francis
Biographische Notiz über Sir Francis Drake. [Biographical Sketch of Sir Francis Drake.]
8vo. 3 pages, plus an engraved portrait of Francis Drake. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a rare succint biographical sketch of Sir Francis Drake, English circumnavigator, slaver, renowned pirate, and politician of the Elizabethan era, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1581. Drake was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588, subordinate only to Charles Howard and the Queen herself. He died of dysentery in January 1596, after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico. His exploits were legendary, making him a hero to the English but a pirate to the Spaniards to whom he was known as El Draque, 'Draque' being the Spanish pronunciation of 'Drake'. These are the original pages printed in 1807, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Guillaume Antoine Olivier
Nachrichten über Persien und die Perser. [Remarks on Persia and the Persians.]
8vo. 29 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a fascinating compendium on Persia, written during the Russo-Persian War and the brief Franco-Persian alliance. The author draws from and quotes passages of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's now extremely scarce title, the final volume of which had finally been published the same year in 1807, "Le Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse" [A Journey in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia]. An early nineteenth century account covering geography, natural history, commodities such as gold and silver, and social customs from various different ethnic groups. In this text Persians are ascribed attributes such as civilized, rich, polite, and hospitable, at the same time struggling with long-standing inter-racial conflicts between Arabs, Uzbeks, Kurds, Afghans, and Turkmen (Turkoman), the latter of which are described as warlike. Further topics of interest include practices of astrology, medicine, opium usages, and nomadic gypsies. A scarce dissertation and unique item to pair with the collector's volume. Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) was one of the great French naturalists and entomologists, who in 1796, together with physician and zoologist Jean-Guillaume Bruguières, travelled to Persia for six years on a major expedition, and returned to France in 1798 with substantial natural history specimens from Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia (Iran), Egypt, and some Mediterranean islands. His large collection is now mostly at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. These are the original pages printed in 1807, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Early Plan of Jerusalem
Das alte und neue Jerusalem, Historisch und Topographisch Betrachtet von Dr. G. von Ekendahl. [The old and new Jerusalem, Historically and Topographically Viewed by Dr. G. von Ekendahl.]
Volume 25 complete. 8vo. 17 pages pertaining to the above mentioned account. Plus a fold-out plan of Jerusalem, measuring 31.5cm x 24cm. Text is in German. This volume contains several additional accounts of contemporary discovery and debate. Bound in contemporary continental European paper boards. Some light foxing throughout, otherwise in very good condition and internally bright and crisp. Exceptional plan of Jerusalem highlights historically significant places including mount Olive, where Jesus taught the apostles, the Lord's Prayer; the place where Jesus weeps over Jerusalem; the place where the disciples slept; the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas kiss Jesus after the Last Supper, and where Jesus sweat blood; the place where Saint Stephen was stoned; burial place of Catholics; mount Zion, where the Last Supper took place; prison of Apostle Peter, and the place where Jesus was scourged and executed by Roman soldiers. This is a complete volume of an obscure and rare geographical and scientific journal, titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816, and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal. A primary resource, seldom found complete and in original condition.
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SIAM - Algemeine Geographische Ephemeriden
Ausflucht nach Siam. [Travel to Siam.]
Volume 24 complete. 8vo. 19 pages pertaining to the above mentioned account. Text is in German. This volume contains several additional accounts of contemporary discovery and debate. Bound in contemporary continental European paper boards. Some light foxing throughout, otherwise in very good condition and internally bright and crisp. This is a complete volume of an obscure and rare geographical and scientific journal, titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816, and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal. A primary resource, seldom found complete and in original condition.
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MEYER, Rudolf and Hieronymus
Erste Besteigung des Jungfrau. Gletschers in der Schweiz. [First Ascent of Jungfrau Glacier in Switzerland.] ...
..... Reise auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher und Ersteigung seines Gipfels, durch die Herrn Rudolf Meyer und Hieron. [Travel to Jungfrau Glacier and Climbing its Summit, by Mr. Rudolf Meyer and Hieron.] Weitere Nachricht über die Reise der Gebrüder Meyer auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher. [More News about the Journey of the Meyer Brothers to the Jungfrau Glacier.] Three seperate reports in 37 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary source account of the first ascent of the Jungfrau Glacier. This is a complete monthly issue, containing 383 pages, from which 37 pages are related to the above mentioned account. Attractively bound in period style brown cloth over blue marbled boards, titled in gilt to spine. This issue contains three separate contemporary reports on the first successful ascent of Jungfrau, a well-known Swiss mountain dominating the Lauterbrunnen valley, by two Swiss brothers, Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer, who were accompanied by two chamois hunters from the Valais. The summit was first reached on the eastern or Valais side, on August 3, 1811, almost 100 years prior to the construction of the remarkable Jungfraujoch railway in 1912. They first had to reach the Aletschfirn, or the west branch of the Aletsch Glacier, and established a base camp north of the Aletschhorn. After 3 days climbing they successfully reached the summit. Their ascent was disputed, motivating them to repeat it the following September. Used the same route to demonstrate their inital and continued success, this time they carried a flag with them. These are the original pages printed in 1811, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Historic Poland - Lysa Gora and Sandomierz
Der Berg zum heiligen Kreuz und seine Umgebungen. [Mountain of the Holy Cross and its Environs.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a description of Poland's Swietokrzyskie Mountains, also known as the Holy Cross mountains, also of the contemporary administrative 'Radomski' division of the Polish Duchy of Warsaw (the Radom Department), and of the 14th century Sandomierz Voivodeship. Commentary includes the ancient sacred mountain Lysa Gora, and several towns including Radom, Staszów, Krakow, Opatow, Pilica, Wislica, Pinczów, drawing on writings by Polish philosopher and politician Józef Kalasanty Szaniawski, specifically "Korespondencja w materiach obraz kraju i narodu polskiego rozjas'niajacych". These are the original pages printed in 1813, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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P.J. von Rehfues
Don Isidoro de Antillon Erdbeschreibung von Spanien und Portugal. [Don Isidore of Antillón's Geography of Spain and Portugal.]
8vo. 225 pages. Text is in German. This is account is complete, and as as issued, in five parts. Contained in five complete monthly issues of the Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden, attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. Published during the Peninsular War (three months prior to the Battle of Leipzig), this is an analysis and German translation of an important and comprehensive treatise by Isidore of Antillón, dealing with astronomical and political geography of Spain and Portugal, perhaps for elucidation and strategy of war. The Spanish title scrutinized, "Elementos de la Geografia Astronomica Natural y Política de España y Portugal," was published in Madrid, 1808. Thorough descriptions include Spanish provinces of New Castile, Old Castile, Extremadura, the Kingdoms of Murcia, Jaén, Cordoba, Aragon, Valencia, Seville, Granada, Navarre, Leon, and Galicia, the principalities of Asturias and Catalonia, the Basque provinces, Álava, Biscaya, and also the Balearic Islands. Also featuring important Spanish presidios or fortresses, and plazas de soberanía in North Africa, specifically Ceuta, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Melilla, and of course, historic ports such as Alicante. The analysis of territorial divisions and transformation goes as far back as Roman emperor Julius Caesar Augustus who divided Hispania Ulterior into three administrative regions of Lusitania, Baetica, and Tarraconensis. A separate section is further dedicated to the Kingdom of Portugal, outlining boundaries between Leon, Estremadura, and Seville, and describing towns such as Entre Duero y Minho, Bragança, Trás-os-Montes, Coimbra, so forth. Geographical observations of the Iberian peninsula encompass not only astronomical orientations of several Spanish and Portuguese towns, and population statistics from the 18th and early 19th century, but also mineral deposits including silver, gold, iron, bitumen, copper, zinc, arsenic, and titanium. Isidore d’Antillon (1778-1814), was a renowned Spanish geographer, historian, translator and editor. He is credited with 71 works in 94 publications in 6 languages, covering immense detail on demographics, geography, commerce, natural resources, arts, civil economy and law, government, and military forces of the Iberian Peninsula. His works illustrate the development and vicissitudes of Spanish science during the critical years of Spain's fight for independence, and ultimately the abatement of Spanish progress in the Age of Enlightenment.
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German Broadside
Rare German Tax Accounting Instructions, Issued in the form of a Broadside
[Money & Accounting] Amtsanweisung- Einblatt Druck Von Gottes Gnaden, Carl, Herzog zu Braunschweig... Von Gottes Gnade...die von den Beamten und Rechnungsfuhrern zeithero eingesandte Quartals Extracte...zum Theil nicht ordentlich formiret... so mangelhaft befunden worden... [Braunschweig 26 January 1779] First and only printing. Folio, 4 double leafs = 16 pages (40 x 35cm when opened). Text is in German. Rare antique accounting spreadsheet from 1779. A very good example of this unrecorded multi page print. An unusual set of instructions to the local magistrates on how to structure their tax accounting reports since audits by the court accountants have found many mistakes. In addition to the detailed 5 page instructions there are 8 pages (plus 3 integral blanks) of spreadsheet which show preprinted columns for Revenue and Expenditures. It is obvious that the court accountants did not expect any deficits as the instructions clearly expect a positive tax remittance to be made at the end of every quarter. Rare. No record in COPAC or KVK
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Einblattdrucke - Three German Broadsides - Postal Interest
POSTAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 'GERMAN PONY EXPRESS'
[POSTAL INTEREST] Amtsanweisung- Einblatt Druck Ludewig von Gottes Gnaden, Grossherzog von Hessen... 1. Ordonnance Pour Le Service De La Poste Aux Chevaux [mail carried by horses] 2. Die Verhaltnisse unseres Postwesen geandert haben.... 3. Verordnungen gegen Beeintrachtigung des Post-Institutes... [Darmstadt, 14 September 1812], Octavo, 16 Pages, text in French [Darmstadt, 31 March 1818], Folio, 4 Pages, text in German [Darmstadt, 20 July 1822], Folio, 15 pages 1 integral blank), text in German All 3 items in very good condition. An unusual group of Postal Regulations for the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Germany which is situated close to the border with France. These instructions cover the handling of general mail but also mail to be transported by horse and stage coach. Hesse at one time was part of the 'Rheinbund', a military alliance closely tied to Napoleon and France which may explain the postal regulations for item No. 1 above being issued in French. Rare. None found in COPAC or KVK of the German imprints. Only 1 of the French imprint in Hofbibliothek Thurn und Taxis Regensburg (Sigel: 76)
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Horses and Schleswig Holstein - Verruf - Einblatt Druck - Edict - Proclamation
Placat wodurch die Ausfuhr der Pferde aus den Herzogthümern Schleswig und Holstein, der Herrschaft Pinneberg, Grafschaft Ranzau und Stadt Altona in die Fremde bis weiter verboten Wird
Broadside preventing the Export of Horses to Foreign Lands........ [Christiansburg 1 October 1788]. Folio (22 x 32cm), 1 leaf folded, uncut and unbound as issued, very strong impression, light discoloration at bottom margin, otherwise in very good condition. Text in German. An interesting broadside issued by the King of Denmark in 1788 who at the time ruled over the Province of Schleswig Holstein (today part of Germany) and the City of Altona (today part of Hamburg) attempting to prevent the export of horses…"by land or sea…" This edict was most likely issued as a result of the 'Theatre War' which had started just a week prior on 24 September. Any available horses were most likely needed for the war effort. Rare and Unusual. No Copies in KVK.
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ITO, Jiujiro
Abstract of "Carriage by Sea."
Japanese text. Octavo, 10, 267 pages. Folding map. Blue cloth; gilt motif and ship impression to front and rear boards; gilt title to spine. Very good condition. Ito's scholarly monograph (translated into Japanese) examines the history, principles and methods of sea transportation. A detailed analysis includes explanations of nautical terms; types of marine carriage (steam and sail); development of marine transportation (ancient and modern) and its economic and political ramifications; shipping lines and traffic; cargoes; monopoly and competition; the Suez and Panama Canals and ports.
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Extrablatt Hamburger Nachrichten - Deutsches Handels-Tauchboot
Rare Original Broadside Announcing the Return of the Civilian German U-Boat 'Deutschland' from its Second Trans-Atlantic Voyage.
2 Uhr 50 Min. Original Broadside printed on 10 December, 1916, measuring approximately 46cm x 31cm. Features date and exact time of printing. Printed on recto only. Text is in German. A fabulous plakat in very good condition.
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Manuscript, California
German Manuscript, a Poetic or Theatrical Composition Dealing with California and Dedicated to Queen Marie.
8vo. 32 page German manuscript, a poetic or theatrical composition dealing with California and dedicated to Queen Marie, Consort of King George V of Hanover, during the California Gold Rush. Dedication page, written in French, signed and dated by 'Gontard' who was an affluent art collector and chairman of an elite German art museum, and whom had evidently just met the Queen in person at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Exquisite red morocco binding by Hof-buchbinders Wilhelm Ermold (binder to the Royal Hanover Court), beautifully finished in gilt with a crowned monogram 'M' for Marie, royal blue cloth endpapers, satin bow dividers. Evidence of an imbedded gift-wrapping ribbon to boards, slight foxing to first few leafs, otherwise very good condition, internally clean and bright, a pleasing work in an elegant binding fit for royalty. Title: Die Reise nach Californien. Nach dem französischen bearbeitet von Eduard Suhren. [A Voyage to California. From the French, edited by Edward Suhren.] The ambiguously titled manuscript may be a German rendition of the French theatrical opera by Dondey Dupré titled "Le voyage en Californie ou notice explicative du panorama" which concerned travels across the United States and explorations in the West - by John Charles Fremont, first explorer to cross the Sierra Nevada in winter, foremost US Senator, abolitionist, who prospered during the California Gold Rush. Content includes the explorer's sighting of pines in the Sierra Nevada oak forest at 3500 feet, melting gold, and so forth. Frémont's father was a native of France, who died only eight years after the French Revolution. As such, his gallant endeavours and accomplishments in the New World would certainly garner much attention in France, as with other European nations with colonies abroad. The French opera was first publicly performed 8 August 1850 in Paris, at the Théâtre des Variétés. Gontard, who met the queen, and dedicates this manuscript to her, may have been involved in a German production, performed for the House of Hanover. A full page dedication inscription, in French, is addressed to the Queen of Hanover, by Huguenot descendant Jakob Friedrich Moritz Gontard (1826-1886), chairman and administrator of the Städel art museum in Frankfurt, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie. Queen consort of Hanover from 1851 to 1878, née Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, recipient of this dedicated manuscript, was the wife of King George V of Hanover, the last monarch of the short-lived Kingdom of Hanover. In his dedication, dated Hanover, 12 July 1855, Gontard thanks the monarch for having come to see his panorama at the International Exhibition held on the Champs-Elysées, stating that her visit inspired the work which forms the volume, and which he humbly offers to her. He references materials which were given to her onsite, which would elucidate the obscure details of the creative piece. The date indicates that King George V and Queen Marie of the short-lived Kingdom of Hanover attended the event in its first eight weeks. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom paid a visit to the Parisian Exhibition in August. Unique manuscript volume, bound in the Royal Court of Hanover, written at the height of the California Gold Rush and featuring historic Americana content. Manuscript
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Tobacco Archive
Archive of Scarce and Significant Broadsides on Tobacco, from Berlin, Concerned Primarily with Despotism over Manufacturing, Selling, Exporting, and Using Tobacco at a Personal Level.
Seven official decrees issued by the Royal Prussian Court, dealing solely with tobacco usage and trade. The earliest are printed by Christian Albrecht Gäbert, the others by Georg Jacob Decker. Folio. Double leafs, early handmade laid paper, untrimmed edges, several featuring woodcut engravings. Text is in German, ranging from 2-6pages of text, each document concluding with the woodcut initials 'LS' in cameo. Very good original condition, beautifully preserved. Seven separate edicts, from Berlin mid-1700s, are concerned primarily with despotism over manufacturing, selling, exporting, and even using tobacco at a personal level. Topics specifically address matters of potential fire induced by tobacco smoke, quality improvement, regulations and privileges for cigar makers, collection of duties on tobacco and transport, taxation of imported tobaccos, proper procedures for purchasing and selling which most often bereaves any small grower or entrpreneur from profit, and, finally, penalties for disobeying the laws. The collection includes the following: 22 June 1726. 3 pages, issued by the March (Margraviate) of Brandenburg, a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire, prohibits tobacco smoking in the any wooded terrain, forests, and the like. 20 October 1742. 2 pages with a cherub and crown woodcut engraving, prohibits civilians from smoking on hay wagons, and from bringing cigars into a barn. 8 July 1744. 6 pages on 2 double leafs, with a cherub and crown woodcut engraving, issued by the March (Margraviate) of Brandenburg,concerning careless and dangerous tobacco smoking practices. The substantial edict reinstates or re-proclaims an edict of 28 April 1723, appears to present consequences for contravening the law, and mentions in the first paragraph Valangin in Neufchatel-en-Bray, Haute-Normandie, France. Annotations from 1746 to front. 3 May 1745. 3 pages with a cherub and crown woodcut engraving, issued by the March (Margraviate) of Brandenburg, being a declaration of general privileges for the tobacco spinner, also known as a cigar maker, which regulates the market, specifically preventing the sale of any tobacco which does not bear the official "duties paid" sticker, and also preventing the purchase of tobacco from directly from farmers. 4 September 1766. 2 pages with a lovely regal woodcut engraving, a declaration of the 15th article, which controls the rights for trade, preventing civilians to sell tobacco to anyone other the Prussian state government. 20 February 1768. 3 pages, outlines eight separate points, this edict addresses foreign shipment and trade, specifically naming Chur, Prussia, Pomerania, Magdeburg, Halberstadt, and Silesia, stating that all shipments must be appropriately recorded and also reported to the authorities. 1 August 1770. 6 pages on 2 double leafs, with three woodcut engravings, comprises nineteen matters on the subject of tobacco contravention, outlining penalties for the illegal possession or transgressional usage of tobacco on which duties have not been paid.
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