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1956. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 25.5 cm XV 156 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket bookplate. From the blurb: "Oliver Simon's services to Typography are something of a legend. He has now written an autobiography as a printer which far transcends being a book for the specialist. Typography and the Curwen Press have their place and so have some now famous contemporary artists.Wit his gift of detached observation Mr. Simon re-creates in words how these artists appeared to him in their early years and he records his experiences in editing "The Fleuron" and the pre-war series of Signatures. The book is illustrated with portraits letters in facsimile typographical examples and the work of different artists of the inter-war period." hardcover
1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 22 cm xiii 137 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket dj little frayed at extremities. The handbook for those who interested in book production and deals with many of the typographic problems which normally arise in each stage of printing a book from the half-title at the beginning to the index at the end. hardcover
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Elsevier Science & Technology Books 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Elsevier Science & Technology Books hardcover
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Simon Publications 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. First edition 1998. The head and tail of the spine show signs of minor shelf wear damage. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked aside from the expected library stamps and markings. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Simon Publications hardcover
McGraw-Hill Higher Education 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education paperback
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24 154 10; 182 pp.First German edition of Simon Stevin's 1548-1620 Van den Driehouck-Handel originally published in the Wisconstige Gedachtenissen 1605-1608 augmented by the translator Daniel Schwenter with axioms on spherical angles by the German mathematician Bartholomeus Pitiscus. The second part consists of tables for sine tangent and secants by Johann Praetorius. Stevin's writings are respected for their versatility their ability to combine theory and practice and the clarity of his argument. Name stamp on endpaper; slightly waterstained; a few wormholes. Good copy with armorial bookplate.l Bibl. Belg. V p. 232; Bierens de Haan 4590; and 4591; cf. Dijksterhuis pp. 104-105; Poggendorff 878. unknown
164 4 15 1 blank pp.First and only edition of "the most important monograph devoted to the hyacinth" Krelage by the Frenchman Maximilien Henri Marquis de Saint-Simon 1720-1799 who although an amateur had a surprisingly scientific approach. Here printed on heavy and large paper and with the plates printed on folding leaves enabling the reader to view the plates while consulting the text at the same time. The existence of large paper copies seems to go unnoticed in the literature. The work includes a comprehensive list with "over two thousand named varieties double and single including those grown by George Voorhelm . It appears to be the most important list for the century'' Hunt.With the engraved armorial bookplate of the French historian Édouard de Laplane 1774-1870. Without the occasionally included preliminary "discours" presenting the work to the Berlin Academy of Science. Some stains to the opening flyleaves and occasionally along the extremities throughout but otherwise in very good condition. Binding slightly worn and with some restorations to the spine otherwise good.l Hunt 602; Krelage pp. 612-615; Nissen BBI 1718; STCN 7 copies incl. 5 without the preliminary discours. unknown
3 1 blank VIII 202.Second edition of a conchological work addressed to female readers by the French writer and naturalist Simon Louis Pierre Cubières 1747-1821. He opens with a preface headed "aux femmes" followed by a general introduction to natural history and seashells. The following chapters are devoted to the classification of sea shells univalves bivalves and multivalves each dealing with a different family of these classes. Each plate depicts several shells included at the end of the text is a list with the names of all the depicted shells. The author apparently felt that female readers would be especially interested in the “customs” and “love life” of shellfish.A few small spots and a small water stain in the upper margin of the first few pages. Binding rubbed. Overall in very good condition.l Junk Thes. libr. conchyliorum 80; Nissen ZBI 995. unknown
First edition of "an important work" Blackmer of a stunning and beautifully illustrated account of some of the earliest explorations in the Sinai southern Jordan and northwest Arabia complete with all the magnificent views in extremely large format the double-page plates measuring about 58.5 x 83 cm and the folding map of the Sinai about 74 x 102 cm. All subsequent editions including the English one were published in octavo and contained only a few plates based on the present first edition all in drastically reduced format. The plates show maps plans of ancient sites views of ruins and other buildings coastal and other topographic views costume plates hieroglyphic and other inscriptions flora and fauna. Laborde journeyed to the ancient city of Petra in what is now Jordan with the engineer Linant de Bellefonds in 1828 travelling from Suez via St. Catherine's and through Wadi al-Araba to Akabah. The topographic term Arabie Pétrée derives from Ptolemy's division of Arabia into three . The maps in the present book show it as the Sinai peninsula the southern part of what is now Jordan and the northwestern part of the Arabian peninsula. The city of Petra itself is extensively documented in many of the present beautiful plates.Slight browning and foxing occasional waterstaining and tears to folds; a small tear in the map repaired but in all a good wide-margined copy in loose sheets apparently never bound. Rare: the last complete copy came up for auction in 2009 Christie's 3 June lot 120: £23750.l Blackmer 929; Brunet III col. 714; Gay Bibl. de l'Afrique et l'Arabe 929; Henze III 101; Vicaire IV cols. 758-759; cf. Macro Bibliography of the Arabian peninsula 1386 2nd ed.; not in Atabey. unknown
8 32'2 5-38; 2 5-36 1 blank; 2 5-32; 2 5-30; 2 5-28 2 pp.Rare edition of a Dutch translation of Pallas's Specilegia Zoologica 1767-1770. Divided into six parts it includes descriptions of several species of antelopes bats Polychaeta "zeerupsen" an opossum and the tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata "gekuifde papegaaiduiker".It was translated into Dutch by Pieter Boddaert and first published in Utrecht in 1767-1770 as Dierkundig Mengelwerk. The present edition is a reissue with a new title-page. Binding rubbed front hinge cracked head of spine damaged otherwise in good condition.l Landwehr Coloured Plates 154; Nissen ZBI 3072; STCN 3 copies; Wood p. 511. unknown
10 108 2; 1 1 blank 154 pp.Third edition revised and enlarged of a rare practical handbook for practicing notaries written by Simon van Leeuwen 1626-1682 the most famous Dutch lawyer of the 17th century after Hugo de Groot Grotius. It incorporates a dictionary of more than 4000 technical terms many borrowed or adapted from Latin giving simple definitions in common Dutch. Unlike the second edition the present third edition explicitly notes that it has been newly revised improved and expanded. It teaches all theoretical and practical knowledge needed in a notary's office presented in the form of questions and answers like a catechism but sometimes also citing sources. Van Leeuwen's approach is refreshingly anti-bureaucratic.From the library of Eeltjo van Beresteyn 1876-1948. With a 1770 owner's inscription some underlining and an occasional pencilled note. With a small chip in the frontispiece a few pages with minor smudges or marginal defects but still in good condition. Binding somewhat soiled and back board wrinkled no endleaves. Rare practical handbook essential for historical research in any field.l Pitlo Notarisboeken p. 330 & pp. 62-71; STCN 1 incomplete copy; WorldCat 2 copies. unknown
8 1-330 2 331-436 2; 4 324 2 pp.Rare third edition only two copies listed in the STCN of a comprehensive work on the history of the kingdom of Siam "universally regarded as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand" Wyatt. The French diplomat Simon de La Loubère 1642-1729 was appointed as Louis XIV's envoy extraordinary to the court of Siam and while he stayed in Siam for only three months he diligently and systemically asked questions "probably stimulated by the Jesuit scientists who accompanied the mission to take more than a passing interest in Siamese cosmology astronomy and mathematics" Lach & Van Kley.Each title-page with library stamp and unobtrusive inscriptions some browning and spotting. The bindings worn and the back hinge of volume 2 cracked. Overall in good condition.l Cordier Indosinica col. 722; Lust 113; STCN 2 copies; cf. Lach & Van Kley III pp. 1194-1196; Wyatt "Introduction" in: A new historical relation of the Kingdom of Siam 1966. unknown
XXXVI 37-50 654 pp.First edition of the Dutch translation of a detailed work on corals and sponges by the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas 1741-1811. In this work originally entitled Elenchus zoophytorum sistensbgenerum adumbrationes generaliores first published as a part of Pallas's Miscellanea zoologica Pallas presents an innovative classification of corals and sponges just after they had been transferred from the plant to the animal kingdom. The Dutch naturalist translator Pieter Boddaert 1694-1760 added some of his own observations and made the drawings for the copperplates. In 1766 Pallas published his Miscellanea Zoologica which included the descriptions of several new vertebrates which he had discovered in Dutch museum collections. His new system of animal classification was praised by Georges Cuvier and others.Some black spots on the first 15 leaves not affecting the text a small marginal water stain near the end and a large stain on pp. 289-304 and 548-560 from a previously inserted document edges of the plates slightly frayed. Binding rubbed along the extremities corners bumped. Overall in good condition.l Stafleu & Cowan 7222; Nissen ZBI 3067. unknown
31 5 blank pp.First edition of a description of the mushrooms of France the most important work of the French mycologist François-Simon Cordier together with the complete set of 61 drawings about 300 figures of about 110 species of mushrooms prepared as models for the book's 60 chromolithographic plates. The drawings are unsigned but the book notes that they were drawn from life by "A.D. Cordier" title-page or "Mlle Delville-Cordier" pp. ix-x. This was the author's adopted daughter Aimée-Eugénie Delville-Cordier 1822 or 1826-1899 best known as a portrait painter.François-Simon Cordier 1797-1874 a Paris physician mycologist and founding member and president of the Société Botanique de France published several books on mushrooms beginning in 1826. Les champignons de France is his most important work. We find no record of his ever having married but in 1852 he adopted Aimée-Eugénie. The adoption record indicates that she was born in Paris in 1822 the Louvre gives her year of birth as 1826 daughter of Marie Madeleine Delaville and an unknown father which would make her 30 when Cordier adopted her. From her adoption she used the family name Delville!-Cordier. One must wonder if she was either Cordier's biological daughter or his mistress's daughter from an earlier relation but we have found no further information. She showed two portraits at the 1855 Exposition des Beaux-Arts and had a successful career as a portrait painter. The first 40 leaves of the book are waterstained and the plates are slightly browned but the drawings are in very good condition. The original colour drawings for Cordier's mushrooms by his adopted daughter.l olbracht Myko libri 427; Nissen BBI 404; Stafleu & Cowan 1229. unknown
8 XXIV 1 blank 76 pp.One of three simultaneous issues of the first and only edition of a luxurious and beautifully illustrated semi-mythological history of the Batavian revolt against the Roman empire in 69-70 AD. The author and publisher spared no expense to produce a lavish book with coloured folding maps and illustration plates copied from those engraved by Antonio Tempesta for Otto van Veen Batavorum cum Romanis Bellum 1612. During the Dutch revolt against Spain the Batavian revolt against Rome took on symbolic meaning and a powerful aura of patriotism.With tears along the fold of one map but otherwise in very good condition with a marginal water stain at the foot of the half-title. The binding is tattered. A patriotic show-piece on the Batavian revolt.l STCN 4 copies; cf. Admirante Bib. Militar p. 770; Muller Historieplaten 66. unknown
Stunningly beautiful wooded landscape with a castle on top of a hill at the right. Although the drawing is unsigned it has been authenticated by a leading expert on 17th-century Dutch art: Egbert Haverkamp Begemann John Langeloth Loeb professor emeritus at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts formerly of the department of prints and drawings at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and professor of art history at Yale University. On the back is a sketch of a similar landscape apparently by the same artist.In very good condition with the paper slightly thin in places and reinforced along the edges. unknown
8 436 2; 4 324 1 1 blank pp.Second edition published in the same years as the first of a comprehensive work on the history of the kingdom of Siam "Universally regarded as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand" Wyatt. The French diplomat Simon de La Loubère 1642-1729 was appointed as Louis XIV's envoy extraordinary to the court of Siam and while he stayed in Siam for only three months he diligently and systemically asked questions "probably stimulated by the Jesuit scientists who accompanied the mission to take more than a passing interest in Siamese cosmology astronomy and mathematics" Lach & Van Kley. Loubère compensated his short stay with a thorough study of earlier writers referring to twenty-three European authors from Pinto to Gervaise in the first volume and collecting French translations of native works in the second. Besides presenting information on Siam itself Loubère also incorporates information on India and China and their influence on Siam's past.With the armorial bookplate of Anton Ernst Burckhard van Birckenstein active 1686-1744 on paste-down. Very good copy.l STCN 6 copies; Walravens 92; cf. Lach & Van Kley III pp. 1194-1196; Wyatt "Introduction" in: A new historical relation of the Kingdom of Siam 1966. unknown
6 435 29 pp.Rare first and only edition of the Dutch translation by the prolific Dutch writer Simon de Vries of the well-known accounts of Frick Hesse and Schweitzer three Germans in service of the Dutch East India Company VOC. The first account is by Christoph Frick 1659-after 1717 and was originally published in in 1692 as Ost-Indianische Räysen und Krieges-Dienste. He served the VOC as a surgeon from 1680 until 1685. Of primary interest is his account of the war with Bantam in 1682.The second account is by Elias Hesse 1659- after 1689 and was first published in 1687 as Ost-Indische Reise-Beschreibung. "In addition to descriptions of Sumatra and the mines Hesse describes Java Batavia and the Malabar coast of India. Some of his descriptions were borrowed from other works - especially the material on India - but much of it was if not new at least based on his own observations" Lach & Van Kley.The third account is by Christoph Schweitzer and was first published in 1688 as Journal- und Tagebuch. After a brief stay on Java he was assigned to Ceylon where he spent the remainder of his five-year enlistment. "Much can be learned from Schweitzer's journal about the daily life of VOC soldiers and the society they created in the Dutch outposts" Lach & Van Kley.Some occasional faint foxing. Binding skilfully rebacked. Very good copy.l Landwehr & V.d Krogt VOC 320; STCN 7 copies; cf. Howgego to 1800 F75 & S71 & H77; Lach & Van Kley III pp. 539-542;. unknown
1 1 blank 49 1 blank 27 1 pp.First edition of an illustrated report on water management published by three leading technical officers on behalf of the water board of Rijnland here complete with all four appendices sometimes lacking. In their report Frederik Willem Conrad 1769-1805 Arie Blanken Jansz. 1766-1824 and Simon Kros 1746-1813 evaluate the several possibilities of connecting the river Oude Rijn with the North Sea. In 1803 a research commission chaired by Conrad came up with the present report providing a definite scheme and an acceptable calculation of the costs. The water board accepted the proposals later that year and preparations for realizing the drainage canal commenced. In 1807 the outlet was completed providing Rijnland with an excellent facility that proved its great benefits in the long term. The report includes several printed appendices and 18 engraved maps profiles and technical drawings. Besides 2 overview maps they include engravings showing several tracks of the proposed channel detailed cross-sections and profiles of soil test bores and the instruments used. Only very slightly browned margins of a few plates slightly soiled otherwise in very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities.l Bierens de Haan 945; Kemper 1603; Saakes IV 1804 pp. 19 50. unknown
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