‎Decouverte‎

‎INGEN-HOUSZ (INGENHOUSZ), JOHN - DISCOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS - THE CLASSIC OF ECOLOGY‎

‎Expériences sur les Végétaux spécialement sur la Propriété qu'ils possèdent à un haut degré soit d'améliorer l'Air quand ils sont au foleil soit de corrompre la nuit. ou lorsqu'ils sont à l'ombre; auxquelles on a joint unde Méthode nouvelle.‎

‎Paris Théophile Barrois 1780. 8vo. Fine cont. full mottled calf richly gilt spine and gilt titlelabel in red leather. Edges gilt. LXVIII3333 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate showing his experimental apparatus. Light browning to margins of title-page otherwise clean and with broad margins. A fine copy. <br/><br/><em>First French edition of perhaps the most important work in plant physiology. It is in this work that Ingen-Housz for the first time expounds the ideas and experiments that lead to his discovery of Photosynthesis in plant life and as such it is of fundamental importance in the economy of living things. "His Experiments upon vegetables was published in the autumn of 1779 and was at once recognized as a very important advance. In brief he showed that oxygen evolution by plant is absolutely dependent on light and that it only occurs from those parts which are green.The proof that light and green tissues are both essential for oxygen production finally cleared up the apparent contradictions and variable results of earlier experiments. Priestly was "much pleased" with Ingen-Housz's experiments and pointed immediately to the salient facts that he had established." A.G. Morton: History of Botanical Science. p. 332. Dibner: Heralds of Science No. 29. - Garrison & Morton No. 103. - Horblit No. 55. All the English edition of 1779. </em> hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53319

‎Insight Guides; Discovery Channel‎

‎Insight Guide National Parks West‎

‎New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0887290280 ISBN : 0887290280 9780887290282

‎IRVING (Washington).‎

‎A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus.‎

‎Paris, Baudry, 1828. 4 volumes in-8 (18,5 x 10,5 cm), reliés plein cartonnage d’époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison, quelques frottements aux pièces, coins légèrement usés, très peu de rousseurs. Illustré d’une carte dépliante en frontispice du premier volume.‎

‎Première édition parisienne en anglais de la célèbre biographie de Christophe Colomb par Washington Irving, publiée la même année que les éditions de Londres (John Murray) et de New York (Carvill). L’éditeur Baudry, spécialisé dans la diffusion des auteurs britanniques sur le continent, proposa ce tirage destiné au lectorat anglophone de Paris et des voyageurs européens. L’ouvrage, fondé sur des recherches dans les archives espagnoles, fut la première biographie moderne du découvreur, alliant rigueur documentaire et style littéraire. Irving y retrace la vie, les voyages et le contexte intellectuel du génois, cherchant à réhabiliter la figure de Colomb en explorateur inspiré et chrétien éclairé. Le texte eut une influence durable sur l’historiographie américaine et sur l’image romantique du découvreur dans toute l’Europe. La grande carte dépliante, souvent absente, complète cet exemplaire bien conservé. M4-Et3 Sabin 35173 ; Palau 124849 ; Howes I-85.‎

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‎Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Pe‎

‎The North Pole‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1331911052.G ISBN : 1331911052 9781331911050

‎Jackson, Judy: Director‎

‎Baby Business - A Journey of Discovery in International Adoption: VHS Video Tape in Case‎

‎VHS video tape in case. "A plea - particularly to prospective parents and adoption agencies in developed countries - to fully understand the complicated process of international adoption." - from case. Running Time: 1 hour. Above-average wear. Usual library markings Book‎

‎JACOUPY Jacqueline‎

‎Le Poitou Vendée,Deux-Sèvres,Vienne.‎

‎In 8 demi-chagrin rouge à 4 nerfs et à coins,titre,fer, roulette dorés.filet à froid sur les plats,faux-titre, titre,deux parties en un volume,pagination continue, 288 pages,259 héliogravures dans le texte et pleine page.Première partie faux-titre,titre jusqu'à la page 154 deuxième partie faux-titre, titre, jusqu'à la page 288,couvertures en couleurs de Louis GARIN conservée, Arthaud 1944.rousseurs éparses,fortes à certaines pages,inexistantes à d'autres.sinon très bon état,bien relié; Pas de carte.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3491

‎JACQUEMONT Victor‎

‎correspondance de Victor JACQUEMONT avec sa famille et ses amis‎

‎pendant son voyage dans l’Inde 1828-1832 précédée d’une étude sur JACQUEMONT par CUVILLIER-FLEURY, nouvelle édition augmentée de lettres et fragments inédits et Correspondance inédite de V JACQUEMONT avec sa famille 1824-1832 précédé d’une notice biographique par V JACQUEMONT neveu et d’une introduction par Prosper MERIMEE. 2 tomes en 2 volumes in 12 demi-cuir vert,titre,filets dorés;faux-titre,pas de page de titre,XXXV,455pages,faux-titre,tire,364 pages,Calmann Levy 1885,des rousseurs.On joint Correspondance inédite de V JACQUEMONT avec sa famille 1824-1832 précédé d’une notice biographique par V JACQUEMONT neveu et d’une introduction par Prosper MERIMEE. volume 1 seul in 12 reliure identique faux-titre,titre, XVI 390 pages,Calmann Levy 1885.rousseurs."Jacquemont(1801-1832)était médecin;chargé par le Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'une mission, il visita le nord de l'Inde (Bénarès, Dehli, Agra,le Pendjab,le Cachemire)et mourut à Bombay de maladie en 1832.Cette correspondance eut un énorme succès, y compris en Angleterre;on a là une des premières descriptions modernes et réalistes de l'Inde." Sans la carte annoncé.Les trois volumes‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3587

‎James D. Watson‎

‎La double hélice, ou comment fut découverte la structure de lADN‎

‎Robert Laffont 1968‎

‎Bon état Broché. format:13,5x21,5 cm. 216 pages. illustré de photos et de dessins techniques en noir et blanc. traduit de laméricain par henriette joël. - largeur/hauteur : x cm - poids : g - nombre de pages : p. - langue :‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7666

‎Jameson, Professor; Wilson, James; Murray, Hugh.‎

‎NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, From the Earliest Ages To the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Zoology. With a Map; Plans of the Routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton; and Several Engravings.‎

‎359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map. Foxed. 12mo. Disbound. AFRICA/6‎

‎Jane Portal‎

‎The First Emperor : China's terracotta army‎

‎Paperback, 240 pages, published by British Museum Press in 2007, very good conditions.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ART5753M

‎JANIRA, Simbo:‎

‎Kleine Grote Zwarte Man. Levensherinneringen van een Neger uit de Oostafrikaanse Steppen. Met Medewerking van Ludwig Kohl-Larsen.‎

‎Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, n.d., in-4to, 240 p. + photogr. plates, orig. clothband.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 61128aaf

‎JANSSEN, PIERRE JULES CESAR - THE DISCOVERY OF HELIUM IN THE SUN‎

‎Éclipse de Soleil du 18 Aout 1868. Rapport adressé par M. Janssen au Maréchal de France Président du Bureau des Longitude.‎

‎Paris G. Masson 1878. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf raised bands gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique" 4e Series - Tome 15. 512 pp. a. 3 folded engraved plates. The entire volume offered. Janssen's memoir: pp. 414-426. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this milestone paper in chemistry physics and astronomy announcing the discovery of the helium lines in the spectrum of the sun. It was Lockyer in the same year that named it 'helium' for Helios the Greek God of the Sun. Helium was not discovered on the earth before 1895 by William Ramsay and it was Crookes who established its identity with the helium Janssen and Lockyer observed in the spectrum of the sun."He Janssen met immortality by travelling to India in 1868 to study the total eclipse. It was then that he observed the helium line and forwarded the spectral data to ockyer. He also noted the size of the solar prominences. The day after the eclipse he attempted to take their spectra again and succeeded despite the absence of the obscuring moon. he then announced jubilantly that it was the day after the eclipse that was the real eclipse day for him. Lockyer also reported this method of studying prominences without an eclipse.Like Lockyer he lived to see his observation of the helium line vindicated by Ramsay's discovery of that element on earth."Asimov."This the discovery of helium lines in the sun by Lockyer was announced on the same day by the French astronomer Janssen who was in India observing a total eclipse. As a result the French government some ten years later struck a medallion showing the heads of both scientists.By that time the two men had made a much more dramatic discovery at the same time this time in cooperation. Janssen studying the spectrum ofthe sun during the eclipse had noted a fine line he did not recognize. he send a report on this to Lockyer an acknowledges expert on solar spectra. Lockyer compared the reported position of the line with lines of known elements concluding that it must belong to a yeat unknown element possibly not even existing on the earth. He named the element from the Greek word for the sun."Asimov.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1868 A. - The volume contains other notable papers by Dumas Berthelot et al. </em> hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44231

‎Jean Chesneaux‎

‎De la modernité‎

‎La Découverte 1983 in8. 1983. Broché.‎

‎Bon état Couverture jaunie intérieur très propre‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100148054

‎Jean Moullec‎

‎Que sais-je? Les groupes sanguins‎

‎Presses Universitaires de France 1966 125 pages in12. 1966. broché. 125 pages. Cet ouvrage de la collection 'Que sais-je ?' présente une synthèse des connaissances sur les groupes sanguins. Il retrace leur découverte explique leur nature biochimique et sérologique et aborde leur mécanisme d'hérédité ainsi que les techniques usuelles d'immuno-hématologie‎

‎Bon état‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13209

‎Jean-Baptiste Tavernier‎

‎Voyages en Perse‎

‎Cercle du bibliophile 1970 in8. 1970. Relié. Il s'agit d'une édition illustrée des récits de voyage de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier en Perse publiée par le Cercle du Bibliophile. L'ouvrage d'environ 340-352 pages contient des gravures en noir et blanc et présente une reliure de qualité avec des décors dorés‎

‎Bon état pages neuves intérieur propre‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100148057

‎JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIERE‎

‎Flow nº 47‎

‎PRISMA MEDIA Sans date. SAVOURER LA DOUCEUR DE VIVRE ET LE BONHEUR DES CHOSES IMPARFAITES Le rêve est la vraie victoire sur le temps‎

‎Bon état‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500385568

‎Jean-François Sers Théodore Monod‎

‎Désert libyque‎

‎Arthaud 1992 240 pages in8. 1992. Broché. 240 pages.‎

‎Bon état‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3493

‎Jean-Pierre Thomas‎

‎Pau, Mémoires en images‎

‎Broché, 128 pages, illustré en n/b, 16,0 x 23,0 x 0,7 cm, le livre est comme neuf.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : REG7341M

‎Jerry Bauer photographs essays; Andy Warhol's Factory The Fugs Greenwich Village League for Spiritual Discovery "LSD" subjec‎

‎Archive of photographs of the New York Counterculture scene 1967 Collection of eight original photographs and 3 essays from 1967‎

‎1967. Archive of eight vintage borderless photographs three typescript essays and a carbon typescript of the first essay and first page of the second by photographer Jerry Bauer circa 1967 with the photographs corresponding to the topics of the essays. <br/><br/>Bauer was an American photographer best known for his photographic portraits of writers with his portraits of Samuel Beckett being held in particularly high regard. Much of his work resides in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.<br/><br/>The first essay "The American Underground: Mind Expansion A Messiah 'Love'" is an examination of Timothy Leary and the "League for Spiritual Discovery" LSD a communal organization carrying out studies in the religious use of psychedelic drugs as well as the effects of LSD. Two photographs are of the New York Millbrook estate mentioned in the essay one of the centers for the group one photograph of the estate itself and the other of two participants on the porch. Another photograph shows three young people lounging on a bed a young man with beads in his hand matching the description in the essay of a subject's focus on "a set of beads" and a description of the living quarters being ". . . simple: mattresses on the floor." <br/><br/>The second essay "American Underground : Mind Expansion The Poets 'Love' 2" is broken into three sections. The first is about the musical group The Fugs who Bauer describes as "the Beatles of the American underground." Two of the photographs in and around Washington Square Park feature members of The Fugs one of a gleaming Ed Sanders and Geoff Outlaw with two unidentified young women. In a second photograph the same group is on the grass along with Ken Weaver and a third unidentified young woman.<br/><br/>The second section of the essay is about "the two stars" of the underground film movement Andy Warhol stars Baby Jane Holzer and Edie Sedgewick with a corresponding photograph taken in Warhol's Factory showing Ingrid Superstar sitting on a mattress Baby Jane Holzer on the floor with her back to the camera along with several unidentified subjects. Holzer is identified from a published photograph by Bauer titled "Baby Jane Holzer" taken at the same time as the one in the archive.<br/><br/>The final section of the essay is a about American youth and drug culture in Greenwich Village as well as the neighborhood itself. Here the related photographs are of several young people seated on the grass one playing the guitar in Washington Square Park and one of several people standing around a Greenwich Village intersection.<br/><br/>The third essay "Andy Warhol: Film Director of America's Underground" is a study of Warhol's early experimental films. Beginning with a brief summation of Warhol's early career Bauer goes on to postulate about Warhol's films discussing the director's various regulars including Elekro Baby Jane Holzer Sally Kirkland Nico here spelled "Nicot" and others.<br/><br/>Photographs: Six photographs 10.75 x 8.25 inches two photographs 10.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine overall.<br/><br/>Ribbon typescript essays: 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Typescript on onionskin stock six leaves bound with a silver corner clip. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Carbon typescript essays: 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock three leaves bound with a silver corner clip. Near Fine. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 145875

‎JOANNE (Adolphe)‎

‎Les Environs de Paris illustrés.‎

‎3 ème édition, contenant 244 vignettes, une carte des Environs de Paris et sept autres carte et plans. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1878. In-8 (18x3x11cm) percaline noire éditeur estampée à froid, et légendes dorées, petites fentes sur les charnières. LIX,656pp. + 96pp de publicité.‎

‎Collection des Guides-Joanes. La Carte des environs de Paris est en mauvais état avec des manques de certaines parties (en morceau), mais complet des autres plans. Quelques passages soulignés.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WOC-1503

‎JOANNE Adolphe‎

‎Géographie du Puy de Dôme‎

‎in 12 cartonnage d’éditeur demi-toile bleue,titre doré en long.Titre,72 pages,16 gravures dans le texte une carte dépliante coloriée en fin de volume Hachette & Cie 1890. petites rousseurs éparses pas de rousseurs‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6451

‎JOHN HARRISON AND THE DISCOVERY OF LONGITUDE‎

‎A 1765 account of John Harrison on discovering longitude at sea using artificial timekeepers from the Annual Register for 1765‎

‎J. Dodsley London 1793. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 21 pages. This 1765 article published in The Annual Register provides a detailed account of John Harrison's groundbreaking work in solving the longitude problem at sea through the use of artificial time-keepers. Harrison an English clockmaker developed the marine chronometer a device that allowed sailors to accurately determine their longitude while at sea. His invention was crucial for safe navigation reducing the risk of ships becoming lost or wrecked due to miscalculations. The article outlines the proceedings and debates surrounding Harrison's work including his struggles with the Longitude Board which was reluctant to grant him the full 20000 prize promised under the 1714 Longitude Act. Despite proving the accuracy of his time-keepers Harrison faced political opposition and bureaucratic delays before finally receiving recognition for his achievements. Published at around the same time that Harrison's book of a similar title was published this contemporary 21 page account quotes Harrison extensively and represents the opinions and ideas regarding navigation from the perspective of the time. The whole volume extends to around 600 pages. Bound in modern but not recent brown buckram with a contrasting black leather lettering piece gilt title. Library label to the endpapers stamp on first blank and label to reverse of the title page. The first blank has a hand note stating "Given by Lt.Col. A.R. Hurst". Hurst has served with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War. The whole volume is very clean with bright pages very firmly bound and in attractive condition. Size: 13.5 x 21 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Featured Items; Printed before 1800; Special Features. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. J. Dodsley hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 373234

‎JOHNSTON, H. H.:‎

‎Livingstone and the exploration of Central Africa. ‘The world's great explorers’.‎

‎London, George Philip & Son, 1891, in-8vo, 372 p., 22 ill., 6 maps, + 1 folded map, small legacy-stamp Dr. Guggisberg, orig. cloth, trace of use, spine and corners a bit trifled, 2nd. fly-leaf missing, very good copy.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59760aaf

‎JORDIC‎

‎Les petit Brazidec à Paris.‎

‎In 4 cartonné, dos toilé rouge, premier plat illustré en couleurs. Faux-titre, titre illustré en couleurs, 64 pages, texte encadré d’un large filet bleu. 84 illustrations dans le texte, hors-texte, pleine page, pus la couverture de JORDIC. Paris librairie Garnier frères 1925 très bon état‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9550

‎José-Marie Bouchet‎

‎Cœurs sauvages d'Irlande‎

‎Hachette Sans date.‎

‎Bon état‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500307037