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THE LONDON RIDDLER c1825 VERY EARLY BOOK ON RIDDLES PUZZLES MIND GAMES ENIGMAS CHARADES REBUSSES & CONUNDRUMS

1825ref. 000459London. Very Good. 1825. Disbound. On offer one of the earliest books devoted to riddles puzzles and mind-games. Circa 1825. Highly unusual with no copy in the British Library and as such very rare. The Book: The London Riddler or 'The art of teasing made easy: consisting of enigmas charades rebusses conundrums and transpositions: original and selected from the most approved sources and classically arranged according to an entirely new plan.' London : Hodgson and Co 1825 198 p. 1 illustrated folded leaf of various plates: 60 ill.; 16 cm. Original brown boards and paper spine label present but off interiors generally clean with only the occasional spot. There is a variant edition in the Library of Congress exactly matching this save for the imprint of William Cole with no mention of Hodgson. Riddles while today perhaps more associated with children's games did occupy an important and esteemed place in literature and history. They served not only as an amusement but to cultivate the intellect and memory. Voltaire Cervantes Goethe and Dickens all conceived riddles and their more modern appearance in literature can be found in the Hobbit and of course Harry Potter. Certainly this unusual and rare book collects many fine lost riddles and puzzles and serves as testament to 19th century leisure education and perhaps most of all British wit. The Library of Congress copy LC Control Number: 91156584 is found in the The McManus-Young Collection which "provides a rich survey of the literature of what Dr. Young terms "illusion practices" the magician's manipulation of the imagination of others and includes works on conjuring ventriloquism fortune-telling spiritualism witchcraft gambling hypnotism automata and mind reading." It appears in fact as perhaps the earliest book of its type in the collection. It should be noted that this anonymous work may be by a female writer. The British Library does contain a later 1838 volume entitled "Teasing made easy; a new pocket manual for all who would excel in this fashionable accomplishment and most important branch of the fine arts by a popular female practitioner." That volume appears to be based on or perhaps a later edition of the work for sale here. NOTE: There is a solution provided to all the puzzles in the book.; English Language; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; PUZZLES RIDDLES MIND GAMES MIND BENDERS MAGIC SLEIGHT OF HAND LEGER DE MAIN ENIGMAS CONUNDRUMS REBUS ILLUSION CONJURING FORTUNE TELLING WITCHCRAFT HYPNOSIS HYPNOTISM AUTOMATA MIND READING MANIPULATION PRESTIDIGITATION . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canadá1455,99 US$≈ 1303,25 €

ANONYMOUSBiblio.com

Detail des Ceremonies qui se feront les cinq jours complementaires et le premier vendemiaire

1798ref. 1099ENTERTAINMENTS IN 1798 FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLIC NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION EXHIBITION CEREMONIES. Detail des Cérémonies qui se feront les cinq jours complémentaires et le premier vendémiaire dans lesqueuelles il y aura une Foire au Champ-des-Mars où les objets les plus précieux de nos Manufactures. y seront deposes Joute sur l'eau Lutte de différens Jeux Masses de feu sur les Tours les Dômes et les Thélégraphes; Explosion de six-cents Fusées Volantes; enlèvement d'un Ballon et de plusieurs Physiciens qui incendieront un bâtis représentant un Vaisseau de guerre Anglais Courses à cheval Courses en chars Danses et Illuminations. caption-title. 8vo pp. 8 disbound. Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Gelé 1798. First Edition. Unrecorded. There are similar pamphlets celebrating this public national industrial exhibition but this one seems to be unknown. Rare catalogues of what was exhibited exist but unlike the others this pamphlet records the festivities themselves. Provides details of the five-day fête or trade fair featuring jousting fireworks 600 rockets a balloon ascension an English war vessel foot races chariot races dances and illuminations. "If it is true that 'of all events in recent history only wars have had more dramatic influence than World expositions upon the expression of civilisation' then the first industrial exposition held in Paris in 1798 deserves a high place of honor in the annals of human culture. This exposition is the forerunner of the hundreds of national industrial expositions and the ninety-plus international expositions that have been staged all over the world from 1851 down to the present. Born of a confluence of tradition and revolution the exposition publique des produits de l'industrie français set in motion one of the great rituals of Progress—the belief in applied technology for the improvement of the quality of life—that distinguishes Western civilization."-Arthur Chandler L'Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie français Paris 1798 2014 expanded and revised version reproduced from World's Fair magazine Vol. X Number 1 1990. Planned by the Marquis d'Avèze and approved by M. François de Neufchateau the Minister of the Interior. "The Directory staged a 'Fête…for the people. Chariots bearing Napoleonic loot the bronze gilt horses from San Marco in Venice the Dying Gladiator the Apollo Belvedere …Homer on a tripod Raphael's Transfiguration and other masterpieces were paraded through the streets of Paris with Swiss bears African lions…more chariots carried huge stalks of bananas and other 'foreign vegetation'…"-Jan Piggott Palace of the People 2004 p. 2. At the end are several revolutionary songs. Not in Martin & Waller NUC OCLC Brunet Mauric Tourneux Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française 1890 etc. For the previously published songs see Constant Pierre Les Hymnes et chansons de la Révolution 1904 #'s 874 874 878 2045. 83396 l'Imprimerie de Gele paperback

Howard S. Mott, Inc · Estados Unidos1450,00 US$≈ 1297,89 €

Anonymous, illustrator probably Emily Eden (1797-1869)Biblio.com

FLOWERS FROM AN INDIAN GARDEN

1846ref. V75087Dusseldorf: Arnz & Co. 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. Coloured lithograph plates 12 titlepage within sepia printed floral wreath on buff background from watercolous probably by Emily Eden 1797-1869. Large folio 37.5 x 28cm narrow red spine buff paper-covered boards front board with green/gilt title and floral ornamentation some marks & remnants of varnish gilt dulled edges & corners bit worn spine leather repaired with matching red cloth. All edges gilt all pages printed one side only. Titlepage has at foot Prussian copyright treaty stamp enclosing eagle and "vertrag von 13 mai 1846" next leaf with coloured plants on right & left of text printed in gold with caption "Help Us!" 5 verses 11 fullpage colour printed & hand-finished plates of flowers each with title at foot giving Latin botanical & some Indian or English names e.g. "Abutilon Striatum Mahabuleshwur Forget-me-Not". Final leaf printed in gilt has poem on Passion Flower pictured on page opposite and the Christ Child with citations from Language of Flowers and Florists Magazine Vol.5. Lacks original front free endpaper replaced blank back of some pages and backgound of 2 final plates lightly browned else remarkably clean and crisp throughout. Beautiful and very rare illustrated botanical book with only 1 copy of this 1846 1st Series in UK libraries Wellcome 2 abroad Frankfurt & McMaster University Ontario. Attributed by Halkett & Laing to Anne Fulton Hope 1809-1887 but this is unlikely. The illustrator is almost certainly Emily Eden - an amateur painter novellist & traveller who accompanied her brother George Lord Auckland to India 1836-1842 when he was Governor-General see citations with supporting evidence in Bulletin of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Vol. 15 No. 1 Spring 2003. Reference courtesy of Florilegius JP who offer the Dusseldorf 2nd Series c.1860 of this fine botanical book. Arnz & Co. hardcover

Abbey Antiquarian Books · Reino Unido1064,00 GBP≈ 1276,08 €

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