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Folio (368 x 255 mm). Etched and engraved title and 31 etched plates (numbered 1-30 and one unnumbered). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, arms of Louis-François-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac on covers (Olivier 407, fer 15), within gilt border of Richelieu’s repeated motif of two crossed batons intertwined with an ornamental “R”, repeated with coronet within arabesques at the corners, spine gilt in compartments with same motif. First edition; a large-paper copy with Richelieu's arms. Vien's charming series of etchings depicts the costumes worn by members of the French Academy in Rome for a "Turkish masquerade" held during the Carnival celebrations of 1748. This masque is an outstanding example of the influence the orient exerted on western style during the late-Baroque era, showcasing the degree to which cultural transfer was possible and even a matter of enthusiastic adoption by the west but little more than half a century after the siege of Vienna. The elaborate masquerades at the French Academy constituted an important fixture in the Roman calendar. As director of the Academy, Vien organised the masque of 1748, the fabulous costumes of which are presented here, designed, drawn and etched by Vien himself. The costumes in the present suite are "a curious mixture of authentic Turkish habits and European invention" (Blackmer), showing the stock figures of the Turkish court liberally enhanced with elements of Vien's own concoction. The fantastical nature of the creations is a far cry from the sober neo-classical style with which Vien is commonly associated (his pupils included some of the foremost artists of the period, notably Jacques-Louis David). Vien's original drawings and oil paintings for the Mascarade are held by the Musée du Petit Palais; they were exhibited in Berlin in 1989. - Some marginal dampstaining and foxing, binding rebacked retaining most of original spine, corners repaired. This copy commanded $26,000 at Christie's New York in 1997. - Provenance: from the library of Louis-François-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac (1696-1788), a close friend of Louis XV of France, though critical of Madame de Pompadour. He is supposedly the model for the character of Valmont in Choderlos de Laclos' "Les Liaisons dangereuses". Atabey 1288. Lipperheide Sm 10. Colas 3005 (suggesting the plates are un-numbered). Hiler 879. Le Blanc II, 122, 8-39. Cohen/R. 1014f. Brunet V, 1211. Cf. Blackmer 1730. Cf. Gay 3644. Graesse VI/2, 311 (Paris, Bassan et Poignan).
Oblong 4to (327 x 154 mm). Dedication leaf and 10 engraved leaves of alphabet specimens, lithographed throughout. In the publisher's original lithographed wrappers. Only edition of this collection of alphabet specimens, comprising Arabic, Syriac, Chaldaic, Hebrew (in two versions), Greek, "Illyric", "Egyptian", "Saracen", and "Indian". The author dedicated his effort to Conte Livio Benvenuti Clavello. - Slightly browned and brownstained throughout. Contemporary ink ownership "Biagio G..." on dedication leaf. Rare; only two copies in Italian libraries (Biblioteca statale di Cremona & Biblioteca nazionale Marciana, Venice). ICCU VEA\0176272.
Folio (238 x 302 mm). 25 large folio plates, folded horizontally. Marbled half calf with giltstamped red spine label; sparsely gilt spine. The 25 plates from Diderot's "Encyclopédie" showing the "Characters and Alphabets of Dead and Living Languages", including Arabic, Ethiopian, Coptic and several other alphabets. Letterforms are shown in a variety of majuscules and cursives. - Upper spine-end chipped, otherwise fine. Old ms. ownership on verso of first plate, partially in Greek: "ek ton biblon tou Fl. Lécluse / 1806" (i.e., Fleury de Lécluse, 1774-1845, professor of Greek and Hebrew and scholar of the Basque language). Removed from the library of the Ducs de Luynes at the Château de Dampierre: their bookplate reproducing the arms of Charles Marie d'Albert de Luynes (1783-1839), 7th Duc de Luynes, on pastedown. PMM 200. Lough 2-15. Darnton 33. Horblit 25. Norman 637. Dibner 85.
1770Best.-Nr. carte180b12Français : Un bel exemple de la carte décorative de l'Afrique de l'Ouest de Rigobert Bonne datant de 1770. Couvre de la Gold Coast (Ghana moderne), au sud autour du golfe du Bénin (Biafara) jusqu'au Gabon, au Congo et à l'Angola. Comprend les pays modernes du Ghana, du Togo, du Bénin, du Nigeria, du Cameroun, de la Guinée équatoriale, du Gabon, du Congo et de l'Angola. Comme la plupart des cartes de l’Afrique, cette carte montre d’excellents détails le long de la côte et uniquement des spéculations à l’intérieur. Donner la preuve d’importantes activités cartographiques belges à travers le Congo. Nomme de nombreux royaumes africains, dont Anzico, Mujaco, Bembe, Lubolo, Pemba, Dembi, Calbongo, Bake-Bake, Bénin et d'autres. Tentatives de cartographier le fleuve Niger quant à ses écoulements dans le désert de Seth ou Saghara, mais la plupart de cette cartographie est au mieux spéculative. Dessiné par R. Bonne en 1770 pour émission sous la planche no. B 30 dans le numéro de 1776 de Jean Lattre de l'Atlas Moderne English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1770 decorative map of West Africa. Covers from the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana), south around the Bight of Benin (Biafara) to Gabon, Congo and Angola. Includes the modern day countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Angola. As with most maps of Africa, this map shows excellent detail along the coast and only speculation in the interior. Give evidence of significant Belgian mapping activities throughout the Congo. Names numerous African Kingdoms including Anzico, Mujaco, Bembe, Lubolo, Pemba, Dembi, Calbongo, Bake-Bake, Benin and others. Attempts to map the Niger River as to flows into the Desert de Seth or Saghara, but most of this cartography is speculative at best. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1770 for issue as plate no. B 30 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
1852Best.-Nr. PHO-2529Paris, imprimerie de F. Chardon aîné, 1852. Grand in-8 (260x170mm), 6pp., accompagné par une grande carte dépliante (550 × 658 mm), gravée par G. Lemaître. Relié demi toile, auteur et titre au dos. Carte volante.
Large 8vo. VI, (2), 427, (1), (8, publisher's catalogue) pp. With photographic frontispiece and one folding map showing the itinerary of Casola's voyage. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. - The journal kept by Canon Pietro Casola during his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, started on the 15th of May 1494, which took him to Rhodes, Jaffa, Nablus, Ramallah, Lod, Bethlehem and Jericho, is an invaluable source of information on the economy, industries, food and culture of all the places of the Middle East he visited along the way. - Some minor discolouration to spine and rear board; foxing to title and endpapers. Bookseller's label "Ferd. Ongania - Libraio della Real Casa - Venezia" to lower outer corner of front pastedown; shelfmark label of the Italian royal library to spine, showing the Iron Crown of Lombardy. A beautiful copy. Cox I, 243. Cf. Weber II, 125. Röhricht 446.
1995128 pages. Features: "Where are our Liberators?" - The Canadian Liberation of west Brabant; The Liberation of Leesten; "Missed Opportunity" - Operation Broadsword, 4 Brigade and the Gulf War, 1990-1991; HMCS Prince Robert - The Career of an Armed Merchant Cruiser; The Calgary Tanks at Dieppe; The Rise and Fall of Canadian Military Assistance in the Developing world, 1952-1971; The Dutch Underground in Barneveld - Occupatiion to Liberation; How the War Ended; The Capture of the Abbaye D'Ardenne by the Regina Rifles, 8 July 1944; Genesis of a Painting - Alex Colville's War Drawings; News from the Directorate of History; Charles Comfort - Soldiering Artist, 1943-1945; Tommy Atkins We Never Knew Ye - Documenting the British Soldier in Canada, 1759-187; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197128 pages. Features: ; Canada's Peacekeepers - no other troops have been exposed to so many medals without doing any fighting; Full-page ad for the Canadian Open Golf Tournament, sponsored by Peter Jackson cigarettes; Dr. Nicholas Millet and Bernard Leech study and Egyptian mummy - article with photos; Doug Wright's Family; Grand Hotel - Le Chateau Frontenac - article with many photos; Two nice colour-photo pages of crochet fashion; Saskatchewan Roughrider star fullback George Reed - article with great full-page colour photo; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1929120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
1990200 pages. Black and white illustrations. A logger-pilot's interesting recollections of his involvement in the development of Canada's west coast. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Book
193752 pages. Features: Full-page illustration of Miss Sweet Caporal II in flight; Flying Training - Ancient and Modern; New service inaugurated by Canadian Colonial Airways - article and photo of Douglas DC3 used on new Montreal-New York service; Full-page ad for Golf Flake cigarettes; The Light Aeroplane Business - includes brief write-ups of the many manufacturers plus many photos of their products; Nice full-page Fleet Aircraft ad features photo of the trainer model 7; Full-page ad by De Havilland features their Dragon Rapied; Nice Full-page Fairchild ad features their "Sekani"; Cessna ad; Transportation for the Department of Transport - with photo of dignitaries and their new Lockheed 12A; England's Ultra-Light Aeroplanes - article with photos of the Pou du Ciel, the Hillson Praga, and the Tipsy S-2, the Luton Minor, the Gordon Dove, the Luton Buzzard and the Kronfeld Ground Trainer; The Link Aviation Trainer - article with photo (forerunner of today's aircraft simulators); Know Your Instructors - brief write-ups and photos for trainers across Canada including R Goodwin of Toronto, W.T. Wrathall of Montreal, A.C. Finlayson of Kitchener, A.H. Brown of Bordercities, F. Hawthorne of Fort William, C.T. Kaake of Winnipeg, J.C. Charleson of Ottawa, H.B. Free of Kingston, J.G. Hames of Regina, A.H. Wilson of Vancouver, E.Taylor of Hamilton, C.E. Lloyd of Toronto, T.S. Senior of Brant-Norfolk, A.J. Smith of London, F. Gillies of St. Catherines, G.T. Steeves of Halifax, L.B. Stevenson of Cape Breton, M. Burbidge of Edmonton, A.F. Madore of Saskatoon, R.W. Ryan of Moose Jaw, F.H. Hartwick of St. John and J.H. Sandgathe of Calgary; Super illustrated Chevrolet centerfold ad; Flying Club Promenade - articles and brief write-ups of Canadian flying clubs; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article with photos of the handsome new De Havilland Albatross; Explanation and illustrations of Primary and Advanced Training; The Students' Forum; Great full-page photo ad for the J.W.W. Corporation of Gananoque, Ontario which produces the Link Trainer; M.A.L.C. News; The Howard DGA-8 - article with photo; Cub Aircraft Limited ad; Fantastic "Bristol" Blenheim Bomber ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil ad on back cover features their Stanavo products and photo at the Toronto Flying Club of the plane which took Dick Merrill and John Lambie across the Atlantic to attend the Coronation; and more. Average wear. Covers partially loose from staples. Book
1981626 pages. Glossary. "Highlights from the State of Competition in the Canadian Petroleum Industry - the government report that alleges monopoly practices by Canada's big oil companies." - from front cover. "Compiled from the more than 135,000 secret oil company documents that were seized by government investigators in raids between 1973 and 1978.... Shows that the oil companies purposely restricted competition, worked together to keep prices and profits up, and sacrificed Canadian interests when they were told to do so by their foreign parents." - from back cover. Considering that Esso sounds eerily like an acronym for the Rockefeller's Standard Oil (S.O.) readers of this work will also surely be interested in the early writings of Ida Tarbell and her revelations about the methods of that company and its founder, J.D. Rockefeller. Has anything changed? Book
197636 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Ship That Turned Over In Her Grave - the 'Gulf Stream', owned by Gulf Lines, Ltd., served the Vancouver to Powell River run; Jack Fannin - this pioneer extraordinaire was the first curator and virtually creator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum; Forgotten Towns of the West Kootenay - many have been lost to flood and fire; 1689 - Year of the Massacre - Missionaries killed by the Iroquois; Klondike Journey - Part 2 of 3 on Klondike of the 1890s and the travels of Robert beresford Allison; The Gold-Plated Nickels - counterfeiting method used by a deaf-mute in the U.S. in 1880; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Calling card format. 2 pp. Visiting card of the Almana Eye Hospital in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. With handwritten notes, likely by Mrs. Thomas, the wife of an Aramco employee, on verso, regarding the GIA Gemological Institue in New York, as well as a tailor. - Slightly creased and spotted.
4to. 2 parts in one volume. VIII, 140 pp. (8), 315, (1) pp. 19th century cloth with giltstamped spine title. The complete text of the Arabic version by Ibn al Muqaffa of this collection of animal fables with didactic overtones designed to illustrate wise conduct, printed in the beautiful types of the "Imprimerie Royale", with an introduction and critical notes in French. The typeface, based on Arab or Turkish specimens of calligraphy and cut in Rome in the early 17th century for Savary, "was the mainstay of Arabic typography in France until the late 19th century; it also provided a model for others" (Roper, p. 145). - Spine sunned; occasional browning and foxing, but a good copy. Chauvin II, p. 11f., no. 17. Cf. G. Roper, Early Arabic Printing in Europe, in: Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution. A Cross-Cultural Encounter (Westhofen 2002), pp. 129-150.
965 x 710 mm. Scale 1:500,000. Second edition. Map of Lake Burullus in the north to Lake Moeris in the south, and from Samaket Gaballa in the west to Ruweisat Ridge in the east. Includes camel routes, telegraph lines along roads, airfields, etc., as well as a list of permanent water supplies - In excellent condition.
Oblong 4to. Album with 148 small original black and white photographs on 18 ff. Contemporary giltstamped full cloth with printed title and 2 silhouette images. Extremley rare photographs from the first successful motor crossing of the desert from Damascus to Baghdad in 1919, preceding by four years the well-known efforts by the Nairn brothers, which resulted in the establishment of the overland mail service between Damascus and Baghdad. The photographs were taken by the 18-year old Eric Blackwell, who had planned to enlist as a pupil pilot in the RAF, had his training cut short by the Armistice, and decided instead to volunteer for the projected desert expedition. Carried out by a military convoy of 10 Model T Fords and some 15 men under the command of Lt. Col. Keeling, the aim of the expedition was to set up a chain of whitewashed stone markers to aid the pilots of an air mail service between the eastern Mediterranean and India, cutting out the lengthy Suez-Aden-Bombay sea route. - The photographs document the journey from Cairo to Haifa by train, then on to Damascus on established roads, up to the expedition's last outpost before the open desert, Dumair. The following pictures show the men setting up the stone signs, repairing their vehicles, sometimes having to push them forward (a total of six Fords had to be abandoned along the way), posing for group pictures, and travelling through the vast desert landscape, stops along the way including Abu Kamal, Ana, Ramadi and Fallujah, before reaching Baghdad, and going on to the ruins of Babylon, Basra, Bombay, Aden, and Suez. - Photographs are mounted in groups, with captions in English. Enclosed is an envelope containing seven loose photographs torn from the album, as well as a brief typewritten account of the journey, and correspondence relating to the loan of photographs for a magazine article, referring to it as a "grand trip". - Extremities lightly bumped. A few photographs loose; traces of photographs torn away in places. Impressive visual material of this little-known epic journey. Cf. Aramco World July/August 1981, vol. 32, nr. 4.
1952Best.-Nr. 55243Boston: The Massachusettes Golf Association 1952. Softcover. Good plus. 12mo. 6 x 4". 61pp. Illustrated from photographs. Tan wrappers toned and creased /wrinkled a bit. Complete and solid. The Massachusettes Golf Association unknown
1955Best.-Nr. 171428Malta: Trade Commissioner to the Malta Government 1955. A rare promotional guide to the air route from London to Basra produced for travellers destined for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's refinery at Abadan in Iran. A map shows the route passing through the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt before arriving in Iraq. The text attempts to give the impression of a well-organized journey: "At Basra you will be met by a representative of the Company who will help you with the Customs and other formalities. After a meal at the Airport Hotel you will find that arrangements have been made for your onward journey to your destination". The map to the verso shows critical infrastructure across the Middle East including oil pipelines and railways. Octavo. With 4 photographs and 2 colour maps. Folding colour printed pamphlet 140 x 215 mm when folded 420 x 215 mm when open. Minor scuffing creased at centre a touch foxed at front. A very good copy. unknown
Best.-Nr. 76146IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE R. & A.G.C. AND U.S.G.A. WITH SKETCHES OF THE MAXFLI BY MR HARRY ROWNTREE. Very small 8vo. 16pp. Four colour plates. unknown
4to. 116 ff. With 26 illuminated miniatures. Native paper heavily gilt, illuminated in a fine calligraphic hand, with attractive borders. Decorated cloth. A highly interesting Persian manuscript in Nastaliq style containing the two major works of the celebrated Persian poet (1184-1291). "Gulistan" ("The Rose Garden", 1258) and "Bustan" ("The Orchard", 1257) are both filled with semi-autobiographical stories, philosophical meditations, pieces of practical wisdom, and humorous anecdotes and observations, depicted in 26 miniatures in this manuscript. - Binding rubbed and chafed, spine damaged. Some of the miniatures slightly rubbed.
Silk-printed colour map, 1:1,000,000. 68 x 62 cm. Classed as "Restricted", this Ordnance Survey map, printed on fabric to sustain extreme conditions of weather and handling, shows the northern end of the Gulf from the Saudi Arabian border and Kuwait, the Shatt Al Arab with Khorramshahr, and the Iranian coastline to Bushire and beyond. The reverse shows the area north of this, including Isfahan and Tehran. - Very rare; in clean and apparently unused condition. Folded. OCLC 249320989.
Engraved chart. 760 x 1065 mm. Scale 1:23,594. Nautical chart including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals and inland elevations. Folded.
1999Best.-Nr. biblio89682Trade paperback US. Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Signed by co-author Mark Shaw Sports McGraw-Hill paperback
Best.-Nr. 1258522799.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
