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1425ref. 0526> i 12 i leaves ruled in ink written in Gothic textualis in seventeen lines per page in brown and red ink; two-line KL initials in burnished gold on red grounds with blue borders and pen-drawn flourishing of geometric and foliate forms accented with liquid gold. Bound in modern black leather over boards the spine lettered in gilt capitals "16th Century Manuscript Calendar." Dimensions: 147 × 110 mm. Manuscript (Book of Hours) hardcover
1793ref. 60748Paris Impremerie du depot des lois An II 1793. 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities. Upper part of back hinge split with minor loss of letters. Small dampstain to upper inner margin otherwise a nice copy. 2 VII 2-116 100 8 pp. Exceedingly rare first edition of this highly interesting document being the Code of the Committees of Surveillance containing 106 regulations and guidelines for the functioning of these committees during the French Revolution. The Committees of Surveillance were established during the Reign of Terror September 5 1793 - July 27 1794 as part of the revolutionary government's efforts to identify and suppress counter-revolutionary activities. These committees were tasked with monitoring individuals' behavior enforcing revolutionary laws and ensuring loyalty to the revolutionary government. The document outlines the powers duties and procedures of these committees as well as the penalties for those found to be opposing the revolution providing a unique and fascinating insight into the legal and administrative framework of revolutionary France – arguable one of the most profound and radical moments in modern European history. The Committee of Surveillance in France during 1793 was established as a part of the radical phase of the French Revolution. Its function was to oversee and monitor the activities of suspected counter-revolutionaries and enemies of the Revolution as well as to enforce laws related to internal security and revolutionary principles. The committee was tasked with identifying individuals or groups deemed to be a threat to the revolutionary government often leading to arrests interrogations and in some cases executions by the Revolutionary Tribunal. It played a significant role in the Reign of Terror a period marked by extreme political violence and repression in France. The present work is of the utmost scarcity. We have not been able to trace a single copy at auction and OCLC only lists one copy in Paris. Nadaillac Catalogue d’une Collection Importante Sur la Revolution Francaise 724 unknown
1793ref. 60748Paris, Impremerie du depot des lois, An II (1793). 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities. Upper part of back hinge split, with minor loss of letters. Small dampstain to upper inner margin, otherwise a nice copy. (2), VII, (2)-116, 100, 8 pp.
1845ref. 45055Sunflower County Mississippi: Privately printed 1845-1869. 1845-1869. MISSISSIPPI BRAND BOOK. First edition. 12" x 8" quarter leather spine and blue paper over boards n. p. 36 pp. 4 pp. blank 4 pp. All brands and description are in manuscript. This is a most unusual brand book. Some actual brands are shown as drawn and others are described. Some writing on the covers mentions Sun Flower County Mississippi. Perhaps there were ranchers in the vicinity. This is the first and only manuscript brand book we have seen or heard about for Mississippi or a printed version. This manuscript brand book with reference to Sunflower County Mississippi presents numerous hand-drawn brands and descriptions. We are unaware of any printed or manuscript brand books from Mississippi. The period of 1845 to 1869 is very early for any brand book! Sunflower County was formed 15 Feb 1844 from Bolivar County. It was named for the Sunflower River which flows through it. One early settler B.G. Humphries later became the Govenor. Other notable settlers were: James J. Chenning Chewning G.B. Wilds Col. Eli Waits J.Y. McNeill mcMeal Col. Hezekiah McNabb Ezekiel McNabb Mayor Frank Hawkins and Capt John Hawkins. Research of an 1847 tax list and a list of federal land grants given to individuals in the area offer names of early landowners . Several of these names and brands are included in this brand book. lists included Not listed in Adams' Rampaging Herd. We feel this is a very rare brand book. Original blue cover paper is chipped else a very good copy housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gilt. Privately printed, 1845-1869. hardcover
1631ref. BTETM0002695Paris: Chez Jean Messager ruë S. Jacques à lEsperance Paris. Avec Privilège du Roy. 1631. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm . Jean Messager. Please email for Photographs or further information.1631 First Paris EditionLES EMBLEMES D'AMOUR DIVIN ET HUMAIN ENSEMBLEBy Anonymous Un Père CapucinKEY DETAILSCondition: Very GoodFormat: Hardcover Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.Published By: Chez Jean Messager ruë S. Jacques à lEsperance Paris. Avec Privilège du Roy. Paris 1631Language: French / LatinIllustrated By: Jean MessagerCollation: Complete numbered emblem sequence 1118 together with the engraved title.SKU: BTETM0002695Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2KgTracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer RequestDESCRIPTIONLes Emblemes D'Amour Divin Et Humain EnsembleLes Emblemes d'Amour Divin et Humain Ensemble. Expliquez par des vers françois par un Père CapucinBy Un Père Capucin probably Ludovicus van Leuven Philippe de VilersA handsome and complete example of one of the most visually compelling French devotional emblem books of the seventeenth century: the first Paris edition of 1631 containing the complete numbered sequence of 118 full-page copper-engraved emblems contrasting Divine and Human Love.Published in Paris by the engraver and print publisher Jean Messager the volume transforms theology into a remarkable sequence of miniature allegorical dramas. Winged personifications of Divine and Human Love hunt fish fight play suffer travel trade and confront temptation vanity demons death and salvation. Each image is accompanied by a Latin motto or scriptural reference and explanatory French verse creating an extraordinarily rich visual meditation upon desire mortality and the struggle between earthly attachment and spiritual love.The engravings remain the great attraction of the book: frequently strange sometimes macabre and often unexpectedly playful they include scenes of skeletons devils apparitions crucifixion archery hunting games domestic pursuits and symbolic landscapes. Taken together they form a distinctive piece of Baroque visual theology and an important contribution to the Counter-Reformation emblem tradition.The work is anonymous on the title-page attributed only to un Père Capucin. Modern bibliographical scholarship including the Morgan Library catalogue following Adams considers the author probably to have been Ludovicus van Leuven secular name Philippe de Vilers the Capuchin responsible for the major 1629 expansion of the earlier Antwerp emblem sequence.The iconographical ancestry of the book is complex. An earlier series Amoris divini et humani effectus varii had appeared at Antwerp in 1626 under Michiel Snijders. A pirated Paris issue followed in 1628 and Ludovicus van Leuven's considerably enlarged Amoris divini et humani antipathia appeared in 1629 with 83 engravings. The present 1631 Paris publication expanded the concept further to 118 numbered emblems presenting the mature French form of the series.It also belongs to the broader seventeenth-century flourishing of devotional emblem literature associated with works such as Herman Hugo's enormously influential Pia Desideria while remaining a distinct work with its own unusual and extensive iconographical programme.A particularly appealing copy in handsome nineteenth-century dark-blue morocco with the complete emblem sequence strong impressions and attractive marbled endpapers.Les Emblemes d'Amour Divin et Humain Ensemble belongs to the great European tradition of the emblem book in which image motto and text combine to communicate meanings that no single element conveys alone.Here the central opposition is between Divine Love and Human or Worldly Love.Love is personified repeatedly as winged or childlike figures who perform recognisable human activities. They hunt fish barg - For full description please contact the seller Chez Jean Messager, ruë S. Jacques à lEsperance, Paris. Avec Privilège du Roy. hardcover
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271363Gyan Publishing House 2024. 21 Vols. In 65 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 267.58 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271363Gyan Publishing House 2024. 21 Vols. In 65 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 267.58 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271301Gyan Publishing House 2024. 28 Vols. In 49 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 253.21 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271301Gyan Publishing House 2024. 28 Vols. In 49 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 253.21 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
1800ref. 46405264, vers 1800 ; in-12, relié dans un portefeuille en basane brune, plats et rabat encadrés d’un motif géométrique doré, dos orné du même motif, tranches dorées. 194 pp.Lettre écrite par Mr. A... à Grenoble, adressée à M. F. 2 pp. «... Heureux si le métal a assez de pureté pour en soutenir l'épreuve, mais quel est le métal qui peut souffrir une extension la plus soutenue, la plus égale et la plus facile. Distinguez dans les sept métaux celui qui a le plus de facultés (…) je puis vous assurer, M. F. que l'affinité que vous avez avec celui que je touche, ne me fasse désirer d'avoir le même avantage que vous mais quel qu'obstacle qu'il se trouve rien ne peut résister à nos désirs mutuels. Rappelez-vous toujours que trois désirs sont trois feux. Et que si ces trois feux ne forment une fois par leur contact qu'un seul faisceau ils ne peuvent que produire une grande clarté puisque le soleil est l'unité des trois et qu'il n'est trois que parce que celui qui l'a produit est trois (...)»p. 2 à p. 6: explications de citations des psaumes de David.p. 6 à 9: explication d'un passage du Talmud (avec un fragment du texte en grec)p. 9 à 17: Lettre écrite à Grenoble par M. F. au … «L'état dans lequel vous me faites connoitre où vous êtes est certainement bien critique, car en l'état de l'homme éclairé, d'avec celui qui ne voit point, la lumière est le guide de l'un et les ténèbres sont le partage de l'autre (…) si vous avez des obstacles levés, vous verrez la vérité et la vérité vous verrez. Alors toutes les misères n'existeront autour de vous que pour vous prouver qu'elles ne sont que poussière, et que vous n'avez que vous soyez vérité, et alors vous verrez le chemin qui vous conduit à la porte étroite et celui qu'il lui même fait de lui à vous. Entendez M. F. et comprenez, vous avez deux loix à suivre comme Dieu les a tracées en vous (…)»p. 17-21. Relation. C'est le récit d'un rituel auquel a assisté le narrateur, impliquant des bougies, des caractères tracés au sol, une grande croix en or, des lectures de S. Jean, etc. Au cours cette cérémonie une apparition est entrée dans la pièce avec qui l'officiant a pu discuter pendant plusieurs minutes.p. 21-25 . 2e histoire. Autre séance avec les mêmes. Le narrateur donne d'autres détails sur le rituel, la disposition des objets, etc. Avec cette fois l'apparition de deux esprits.p. 25-27. Texte non titré sur l'histoire des sociétés occultes et la franc-maçonnerie.p. 27-34. extrait du Schasta d'après la traduction littérale faite par Monsieur le ch. de St. Lubin. C'est la description des 6 livres qui composent ce texte sacré de l'Inde: récit de la Genèse, création des trois incarnations de Dieu et des anges, révolte d'une partie des anges, intervention des bons anges et création de la terre, expiation des anges, mission de Brama, doctrine des Brames, connaissance du sanskrit, la pierre salagrame, etc. Suivi de remarques sur les coutumes des Indiens, castes, culte de l'Indus et du Gange, religieux errants...Le chevalier de Saint Lubin était un aventurier et trafiquant qui a séjourné dans le Sud de l'Inde en 1778-79. Il s'était emparé du commandement du vaisseau de commerce français Le Sartine en se faisant passer pour un agent du roi, afin de se livrer au trafic d'armes. Il fut embastillé à son retour en 1780 après une vie d'aventurier en Inde dans un contexte de conflit franco-anglais. Ses traductions de textes sanskrits n'ont jamais paru.p. 35-55. Lettre écrite par Mr A. «M. T. C. F. & F. en Ch.» Il s'agit de recommandations d'un maître à ses disciples suivi d'une exégèse de l'évangile de Jean, en particulier sur la signification des nombres (les 3 femmes, 22000 boeufs, 153 poissons, 66 qui est le nombre de la bête dans l'Apocalypse, etc.), les 7 planètes, les 7 branches du chandelier, la trinité... Calcul pour prouver que nombre 9 n'est rien, le cercle d'expiation ou de purification. Considérations sur les évangélistes. Émanation de l'homme, prévarications. Rôle des sens, la nature de l'homme...p. 55-95. Lettre à un F. C'est la poursuite des considérations développées dans la lettre précédente. Sur la correspondance entre les organes du corps humain, les scènes de la vie du Christ, des passages de l'Ancien testament, les nombres, l'architecture des temples et des églises et les principes d'action, de pensée, de volonté, etc.p. 95-99. Discours du F. A. prononcé dans une assemblée d'inauguration. p. 99-105. Second discours du F. A. prononcé dans la même initiation.p. 105-119. Copie d'une lettre d'un chercheur avancé à un homme qui annonce quelques désirs. Considérations sur la nature de l'homme, de Dieu, selon Mercure Trismegiste. Sur les différences entre hommes et femmes, l'amour, le mariage, etc. « … la distinction que je vous présente éloigne toute espèce d'idée de convention humaine pour établir la supériorité de l'homme sur la femmes; ces deux êtres n'en font qu'un, ainsi ne cherchons point de différence dans leur nature... Regardons comme une méprise essentielle toute idée qui porteroit à croire la femme d'une nature différente de celle de l'homme...»p. 119-121. Principes de la morale des Juifs. La sagesse des Juifs est énoncée en 14 principes.p. 121-124. Copie d'une lettre de Mr. de St. M. [de Saint-Martin?] - p. 124-126. Fragment d'une autre lettre du même.La fin du volume est constituée de courtes observations, de notes de lecture de la bible, de travail sur les nombres, le calendrier, etc. La dernière porte une écriture d'une autre main qui a noté: «Couleur rouge et blanche – l'écriture regarde la première comme le symbole du péché et la seconde comme celui de la pureté – Sur les prières sacramentelles. Le concile de Rome tenu sous le pape Zacharie dans le VIIIe siècle, condamna les hérétiques Albert & Clément. On y lut une prière employée par eux, dans laquelle se trouvait ces paroles Supplico vos Angelos Uriel, Raguel, Tubuel, Michael, Adimis, Eubuas, Sabaoth, Simiel. Cette prière fut condamnée par le concile tamquam Magica, erroris & Superstitionis plena.»La pointe du rabat a été découpée, peut-être pour faire disparaître une marque de provenance.
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271202Gyan Publishing House 2024. 27 Vols. In 58 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 234.03 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
2024ref. Gyan-9788121271202Gyan Publishing House 2024. 27 Vols. In 58 Bindings. Hardcover. New. 28.94 x 22.59 x 234.03 cm. English Gyan Publishing House hardcover
1790ref. 846n/a: n/a 1790. First Edition. Cardboard covers. Very good. Early Manuscript Defense of the Critique of Pure Reason Original one-of-a-kind handwritten manuscript defense of Kants Epistemology. 196-page manuscript in clear German cursive with some deletions and corrections ink on clean paper. 1790 Quarto. An extensive presentation and defense of Kant's theory of knowledge probably written as the basis for a lecture or series of lectures. There are five main sections: Einleitung 34 paragraphs Theorie des Vorstellungsvermögens überhaupt 30 paragraphs Theorie der Sinnlichkeit 35 paragraphs Theorie des Verstandes 64 paragraphs Kritik der bisherigen Methaphisick 21 paragraphs Many of the paragraphs contain numbered Anmerkungen" further reflections. In these the author shows himself to be a stout defender of Kant's controversial new theories: "Vor Kant ist es keinem eingefallen die Gemüthsvermögen zu untersuchen die Erkenntniße aus dem Erkennbaren zu schöpfen und die Philosophie nicht von den so genannten Objeckten zu erbetteln. Man begehet keine tolle Freiheit wenn man behauptet daß es vor Kant wohl resonierende Köpfe und philosophische Versuche aber eigentlich keine Philosophie und Philosophen gegeben habe. The identity of the author remains unknown. Interestingly the final sentence announces a sequel: "Näher darüber in unseren zukünftigen moralischen Untersuchungen wo wir für das Ens Entium einen begreiflicheren Gott wieder finden werden. CONDITION: Very good or better in contemporary plain boards with minimal spotting edges untrimmed. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST n/a
1888ref. 15347Australia 1888. Wonderful photograph album of Victoria New South Wales and Tasmania with large photographs and manuscript titles. A total of 47 photos with 33 of Victoria 6 of New South Wales 5 of Tasmania 1 of New Zealand and 2 others. Each photograph is lightly tipped on to the album paper with blank verso. Most of the photographs are by an unknown photographer; there are also some signed by J.W. Beattie Thomas Foster Chuck Frank Arnold Coxhead C. Rudd and J.P. possibly John Paine. Beginning with a large photograph is of "Aboriginals of Lake Tyers". It is an outdoor view of a family group of aborigines from children to grand parents dressed in western clothing with spear boomerangs and lean-to behind them. Others include some rather poetic views of woodcutters at Black Spur & Fernshaw; a couple of gold mining at Bendigo including Garden Gully United Gold Mining Company with houses in fore and background. Melbourne 33 photos including the Empire Building Collins St. West; Prell's Building corner of Queen St. and Flinders Lane; Austral Chambers Queen St. with Austral Chambers sign and "Offices to Let" by Selby & Co. 97 Queen St.; Grand Hotel Spring St. with carriages at the front; Federal Coffee Palace Collins St. #102 showing electrical workers 3 of whom have climbed electrical poles; "Tuck's Buildings" or Luck's Elizabeth & Flinders St with the caption "Rent of Shop L 22.10 per week"; Government Public Offices Melbourne #48 with a dirt road in the foreground; Melbourne Hospital with a train moving past in the foreground; Centennial Exhibition Procession August 1st 1888 with Victorian Confectioner's Society banner in front; St. Kilda Jetty busy with people fishing; another showing neighboring jetty Hegerty's Railway Baths for Gentlemen and fishermen with the town behind them; The New Prince's Bridge with scattered construction debris; The Melbourne Hotel #10 with the #220 Carlton and Abbotsford tram in the foreground; Collins St. from Elizabeth St. looking east #73 with a busy street scene and a George & George flag flying; Modern Permanent Building Society offices with Kilpatrick & Co. Watchmakers & Jewelers a police box and Auchalps Sales Rooms; Bourke St. Melbourne full length looking west with trams a horse and cart Mayger's Imperial Hotel at the right and Old Whitehart Hotel at the left; Town Hall Melbourne a view looking down with 2 trams & Martin & Leasances Pharmacy sign visible; Elizabeth St. Melbourne a great snap shot view of people traffic a wagon and cart electric lights and a large Cullis Hill & Co. sign; Elizabeth St. Melbourne a snap shot view with street traffic a tram the Sunbeam Tea and Luncheon Rooms in the foreground and Lincoln Stuart & Co. in the distance; Bourke St. Melbourne a snap shot view toward E. A. Petherick Booksellers & Publishers with trams and traffic. There are three views of clipper ships - H. M. S. Calliope in Port Philip Hobson's Bay with 3 yachts a tender and row boat; The Liverpool largest sailing ship afloat sailing under the Red Ensign. Steamship Cavo Romano New Orleans Feb 26th 94 docked with several crew sitting on barrels with a tear. The NSW photographs are taken in and around Sydney mostly signed "J.P." possibly John Paine 1834 - 1915 including Manly Cove; Harbour from Neutral Bay with a building under construction in the foreground and harbour and ships in the distance; Harbour from Mr McMahon's Hill with flags ferries row boats and sailing ships; Farm Cove with ships and Government House in the distance; Coogee with a hut in the foreground; trams in a turning circle a beach and vacant land in the distance and an unidentified grand public building with a horse and carriage visible. The Tasmanian photographs are unsigned. "Port Arthur Tasmania" is a small panoramic view with the Penitentiary ruins of Church and Model Prison noted in the margins. Hobart from the lower slopes of Mt. Wellington overlooking the harbour River Derwent; a beautifully artistic photograph "Glimpse of Port Arthur shewing side entrance to Peninsula & ruined church in distance" is framed by trees and bushes the buildings visible in the distance. The photographs vary in size - the largest is 29 x 23 cm; the smallest 9.5 x 15 cm; most are approximately 20 x 15 cm. Most are bright and unfaded while some have some fading. The album is bound in red cloth with title in blue and gold gilt and black decoration at front cover. A little loose in binding with the last few pages blank. Overall a very interesting album in very good condition. Full details of each photo and size available on request. unknown
1703ref. 652981 vol. in-4 (279 x 211 mm. en marges) reliure de l'époque plein veau blond, dos à 5 nerfs orné d'un semis de lys et de flammes, dentelle dorée d'encadrement en plats, fers fleuronnés à la Colombe du Saint Esprit en écoinçons, armes royales de Louis XIV au centre des plats, coupes et chasses ornées, toutes tranches dorées, De l'Imprimerie Royale, [Par les soins d'Anisson, directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale, à Paris ], 1703, 1 f. blanc, 2 ff., 212 pp., 3 ff. n. ch., 2 ff. blancs
1522ref. 9527Rome: Marcello Silber. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1522. Leather. Very scarce post-incunable edition of the famous marvels of the City of Rome bound as is common with a work on the indulgences of the churches of Rome. With 8 full page woodcuts papal arms and large initial. In two parts: 55 of 56 8 ff. A8-g8 missing a1 plus the 8 unnumbered leaves of the Mirabilia without signatures or catch phrases. Printing information on the Indulgentiae on g8 lacks title with image of wolf feeding the twins. Leaves have old hand-inked page numbers continuous through both parts. Small marks and occasional light stainsfirst few leaves have damp mark at bottom edge first leaf has marginal losses at bottom and stronger marks old neat ink notation at top of leaf date of 1522 written in top of leaf has papal seal of Hadrian VI 1522-1523. The Mirabilia has no title colophon nor illustration it is 22/23 lines with the only woodcut being the small first initial. In renewed leather boards with a new handsome spine with 5 raised bands and gilt. Renewed endpapers. Handsomely printed in Gothic type with 8 magnificent full page woodcuts plus the insignia on a2. The lines on the legendary Pope Joan have been neatly crossed out. The Mirabilia Romae is a rare text one of the first printed guide books to the marvels of the Eternal City. The tradition of the Mirabilia started in the medieval period as a guide for the use of Pilgrims combining Christian beliefs and the mythology and history of Rome. "Unhampered by any very accurate knowledge of the historical continuity of the city the unknown author has described the monuments of Rome displaying a considerable amount of inventive faculty" according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. The printer of this work is Marcello Silber who ran the family establishment in Rome until 1527. His father Eucharius Silber had printed a number of earlier editions of the Mirabilia including a 1491 incunable edition. This work with its wonderful woodcut illustrations is scarce in any edition. The Indulgentie conforms to G-250 of Rossetti's Rome I with 24 lines. We have not been able to identify which Mirabilia Rome Urbis this is: although the printing looks like Silber the paper is not the same as the Indulgentiae and as far as we can tell it does not conform to any of the Mirabilia in OCLC Rossetti Sander nor USTC. A very attractive copy inside and out. Provenance: the Joseph Mendham collection. ; Woodcut; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 55 8 pages . Marcello Silber hardcover
ref. MB4Folio ca. 325x22 cm 73 2 stitched with a string. Brown ink on watermarked lined paper text in French. Housed in a later laid paper cover with the manuscript title: “Campagne de Russie. Manuscrit anonyme” inside a recent red quarter morocco folder with gilt lettered title on the spine and a marbled paper slipcase. Paper slightly age toned with minor soiling and wear on the first and the last pages but overall a very good manuscript. Historically important period manuscript of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia or Russian Campaign of 1812. The narration begins on May 9 1812 which marks the departure of the emperor to Königsberg and ends on February 8 1813 with the entrance of the Russians in Warsaw. Day by day the account details the main events of the campaign crossing of the Niemen capture of Smolensk on August 18 the Battle of Borodino on September 7 taking Moscow etc. and life in the French army during the advance towards Moscow. The author describes marches battles bivouacs fire scenes and looting hunger heat and lack of organization. There are also numerous notes that paint a portrait of Napoleon: "Napoleon was 43 years old and enjoyed robust health he was little fat with high shoulders short neck big head Greek profile and ponderous gait; his face was broad and pale he had straight black hair tawny gray eyes and thick eyebrows his teeth were beautiful; his penetrating gaze his motionless features he was naturally taciturn although only two passions painted on his face: anger which made him momentarily lose reason and the joy he expressed the contrary by a very gracious smile; . At the beginning of a fight the first cannon shots were giving to Napoleon an unbridled joy; then he remained impassive: generals soldiers fell dead before his eyes nothing disturbed him. " The narrator criticizes the emperor’s harsh judgment he wore on his defeated army as he himself was "covered with furs locked in a good car always sleeping in a good bed and drinking Bordeaux wine with all his meals… " The entry from the 7th of September described the Battle of Borodino "the bloodiest we have seen since the invention of gunpowder " which resulted in 70 000 killed on both sides including 40 generals. Then came the invasion of Moscow "against all the rules of art” where the governor general Fedor Rostopchin allegedly inspired the inhabitants to start the fire the following night. There is a note about frenzied looting during the fire led by soldiers who had "braved death in the hope of owning Moscow’s wealth and abundance. " On the 20th of September the army included 90000 men and 20000 wounded or sick the supplies became scarce because "everything had burned or ravaged. " Napoleon turned "from the offensive to the defensive and remained inactive in Moscow for 34 days in the midst of the ashes and disorder " and was forced to order the retreat which began on October 23 after he had decided to burn the Kremlin out of a “senseless revenge.” Thus begins a detailed account of the retreat with forced marches starvation cold injuries and diseases harassment by Russian troops dropping of the wounded and weapons. The imperial army disintegrates orders and rumors contradict completing the disaster. Several pages are devoted to the crossing of the Berezina River construction of bridges Russian attacks and the tragic crossing on November 29. "There ended the destiny of this great army which had made Europe tremble. " On December 5 Napoleon left the army for Paris leaving the command to Murat who in turn passed it to Prince Eugene on January 16 1813. The army which after crossing the Berezina numbered only 8800 fighters was still halved near Wilno on December 10 facing the army of Tsar Alexander consisting of 100000 men. The manuscript ends with the overview of various bulletins of the campaign the list of major French commanders and a table showing the number of different divisions of Napoleon’s army: 647158 men composed the imperial army in the beginning of the campaign including Prussian and Austrian troops and only 10396 remained upon the retreat from Moscow. As indicated in the note at the end of the manuscript it is according to the papers found in a carriage of Napoleon "we have feebly sketched the picture where the glory of French arms and misfortunes is so astonishing that posterity will be confused one day with the fabulous stories that have come down to us. " unknown
1950ref. 15336Japan c1950. 280 by 230mm. 11 by 9 inches. Four small globes on turned stands surrounding a red sphere with a directional wind tail attached to a demi-meridian ring all mounted on a central metal pole fitted on a circular wooden base. Two manuscript paper disks overlapping on the wooden base with the top one movable and the bottom attached to the base. Four other manuscripts are attached to the base in between the stands. A unique fortune-telling astronomical instrument made in Edo Japan based on the "Nine-star Ki" ky seikigaku form of divination adapted and refined from traditional Chinese methods by Shinjiro Sonoda 1876-1961 in 1924. "Nine-star Ki" refers to nine-year and nine-month cycles of the Ki/Qi element on Earth which relate to the solar and seasonal cycles. These cycles are believed to have common effects across the planet on mental and physical development and life experiences. The 'stars' of "Nine-Star Ki" are numbers representing those cycles which can be calculated for anyone using their birthdates. This instrument was specifically designed to calculate the numbers of "Nine-Star Ki". Constructed on a circular wooden plate are four small terrestrial globes on turned stands which surround a red sphere mounted on a metal pole at the centre. A bronze signpost attached to the sphere is engraved with three characters " " " " " " "cold" "warm" and "hot" respectively referring to the seasons . Directly beneath the sphere are two circular manuscript charts. The smaller uppermost chart is rotatable bearing the title " " "Fortune-telling Nine astronomical bodies rotating chart". It shows three concentric rings radially divided into sixty sections. The first ring shows a cycle from " " one to " " sixty in anti-clockwise order and there are two characters " " "this year" marked in red above the former indicating the beginning of the cycle. In the second ring every consecutive nine characters represent the Navagraha or "nine celestial bodies of universe" in Hindu astrology. They represent different elements of nature as well as season personality family and direction. These are " " the Sun " " the Moon " " Mars " " Mercury " " Jupiter " " Venus " " Saturn " " Solar Eclipse and " " Lunar Eclipse. The third ring shows the names of Bagua the eight symbols of Taoist cosmology which are " " Heaven " " Earth " " under" "Water" "Mountain" "Wind" "Flame " " Lake. The larger chart beneath is attached to the plate showing two more rings. The first ring is an extension on the Bagua ring it encircles. It shows the sexagenary cycle which is a cycle of sixty terms each corresponding to one year used for reckoning time in China and other parts of East Asia. The outermost ring has thirty divisions each containing a character that represents one of the "Five Phases' " ": " " Wood " " Fire " " Earth " " Metal and " " Water. The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena including geomancy and astrology. Rotating the top chart to align the divisions on the five rings would give a combination of numbers and signs. Hence using one's date of birth one could rotate the chart to reveal a set of numbers and figures that signifies one's fortune according to the divination of the "Nine-Star Ki". Surrounding the main chart are four sheets of manuscript text. The top right sheet bears the date " " "May 9th Eleventh year of Bunsei era - 1828" yet this does not appear to be the year of publication since Korea is labelled as " " "Republic of Korea" and China " " "Republic of China" on the terrestrial globes. Given the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948 and the Republic of China in 1949 the instrument can be dated to roughly the following decade. This instrument is extremely rare and perhaps unique. We are unable to trace any other examples. unknown
ref. 53218Derby Thomas Richardson circa 1830. FIRST EDITION circa 1830 pamphlet approximately 185 x 100 mm 7¼ x 4 inches folding hand coloured plate as frontispiece pages: 4 5-24 last page not numbered original publisher's yellow printed wrappers. Spine neatly repaired frontispiece slightly trimmed with slight loss to border not affecting image pale offset to title page upper wrapper slightly dusty near spine otherwise a very good copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876 page 236 No. 718; Some Printers & Publishers of Conjuring Books and other Ephemera 1800-1850 by Trevor Hall and Percy Muir page 54. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. Derby, Thomas Richardson, circa 1830.
ref. 10794Paris, Hertman Barbé, 1566. In-12 (165 x 102 mm), 48 feuillets non chiffrés réglés à l'encre brune. Maroquin bleu nuit, plats ornés d'un encadrement de triples filets dorés, dos à nerfs richement orné, titre et date dorés, double filet doré sur les coupes, chasses ornées d'une riche dentelle florale dorée, tranches dorées sur marbrure, étui bordé (Mercier suc. de Cuzin).
1635ref. 1616Amsterdam 1635. Small 8vo 14.5 x 9 cm. Jacob Aertsz. Colom Half calf ca. 1830s with the binder's stamp on an endleaf F. DUQUESNE À GAND chemical marbled sides 2 black spine labels marbled endpapers. With 2 decorative initial letters castings made from woodcuts and a decoration made from cast fleurons on the title-page. The main text is set in roman type with long passages in italic and textura. 136 1 1 blank; 30 pp. Second known copy of the third edition 1635 of a rare satirical Dutch adaptation first and second editions 1634 of a moralistic story in Latin by Filippo Beroaldo 1453-1505 possibly intended in this adaptation to satirize the Princes of Orange. The quotations from classical sources are given in Latin each followed by a Dutch verse translation that takes some liberties with the text. Pieter Nootmans active 1627-1635 contributed a verse about the book printed on the back of the title-page. Following the main text is a drinking song by H. Rulant active 1632-1634 with its own part-title which had been published separately in 1632. We have located only one other copy of the present edition in the library of Tresoar in Leeuwarden.The British Library database of bindings includes one binding by this Ghent binder. The title-page is worn and dirty with a small abrasion obliterating the letter S in "Stichtigh" and the upper outside corner of the last leaf has been restored with the loss of a few words of the text of the added drinking song. The binding is good with some cracks in the hinges and minor damage along the edges.l KVK & WorldCat 1 copy; cf. Kruyskamp Jan Mommaert en het "Stichtelyck Proces" in: Het Boek XXX pp. 306-312 1640 ed. ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS LOW COUNTRIES Caricature & Satire Dutch Literature Netherlands unknown
1650ref. 2105Dutch mid-17th century drawing possibly by Rembrandt pupil Willem Drost. Depicted is Diogenes in robes with his lantern in his left hand and a staff in his right and a group of four figures. Diogenes the Cynic 4th cent. BC renounced material possessions and lived in poverty. He would go out with a lighted lantern in broad daylight to look for an honest man instead he would only find that everyone around him was morally corrupted. He would scare passersby with his lantern causing them to lose their mask and reveal their true intentions.In the present drawing the group of four is clearly scared by the lantern of Diogenes who seems to be towering over them. In fact the artist has placed Diogenes on a higher plane than the passersby an invention that effectively enhances the morality of the scene. This is not found in other contemporary depictions of the same story by artists like Rubens Sandrart Castiglione and Jordaens.The artistdisplays a masterful understanding and application of chiaroscuro. Not only does he use it for the composition he also applies it to benefit the narrative. Light is literally and figuratively at the center of the scene. The artist from the "Rembrandt school" who made most use of stark chiaroscuro in his drawings was Willem Drost 1633-1659. He became a student of Rembrandt around 1650 which corresponds with the dating of the watermark. The style of drawing is also close to drawings attributed to Drost. The facial type of Diogenes in particular the pointy nose corresponds with that found in each of Drost's drawings in the Rijksmuseum. Also the hatchingsmatch those in other works by Drost who made much use of individual lines instead of a continuous zig-zagging stroke and penstrokes of varying thickness to create depth in his compositions Bonny van Sighem 2000.Condition: Number 3 in pencil at the bottom previous attribution to Ferdinand Bol written in pencil on the back. Several small brown spots and a couple minor defects including one on the face of the central figure in the group top edge slightly frayed and creaded. Old repair with tape on the back at the top.Literature: B. van Sighem 'attributed to Willem Drost David Prevents Abishai from Killing Saul Amsterdam c. 1650 - c. 1655' in J. Turner ed. Drawings by Rembrandt and his School in the Rijksmuseum online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2000 Bonny van Sighem 2000; for the watermark cf. Churchill fig. 305; Heawood 305 & 307.
1950ref. 019790New York 1950. Minor surface wear ink light at a few points with "Bill" on the dark portion of his suit but still visible. Near Fine. A scarce 8" x 10" Black-and-White Formal Photograph SIGNED by Bill Wilson: "To Martie C--/With affection/and thanks/Bill/NY -- 9/50." unknown
1770ref. 307572Paris: Desventes de Ladoué 1770. First edition. xvi 359 iii; 334; 360pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf. With the bookplate of the Vicomte de Noailles engraved by Agry in each volume. Upper joint of vol. III with short start at foot otherwise a fine and fresh copy. First edition. xvi 359 iii; 334; 360pp. 3 vols. 12mo. A satirical response to Rousseau's Emile ou l'Education 1762. Where Émile is guided by a wise tutor the author of Le Père avare mocks from the outset Rousseau's dictum "le véritable précepteur est le père" for the narrator's father M. d'Erigny grew up poor and gained wealth through his friendship with a government minister; his child has been spoiled from infancy. While M. d'Erigny is drunk his mistress gets him to sign an order from her jeweler for 20000 francs of precious stones and skips out. The extravagance is discovered and the father becomes miserly in the extreme. The son now 15 years old is entrusted to a unscrupulous précepteur or tutor who involves the youth in a swindle and vanishes with the money. This is a confessional so we learn it all: the narrator soon discovers love and devotes himself to pleasure using the family name to run up accounts everywhere before being deceived and fleeced. M. d'Erigny is furious; Madame intercedes: his debts are paid and he is sent off to exile in a provincial town. He is befriended by a well-connected gentleman but repays this trust with deceit. Besotted with an actress he forges a criminal denunciation of a rival but his scheme is discovered and his in consigned to "une de ces maisons de force" a private prison for the reform of licentious youth. To escape this close confinement the narrator embarks with a flotilla of colonists bound for the island of C in the new world. His mother's continued good influence follows him across the ocean cushioning him from the worst excesses of a brutal colonial regime amply detailed. Florainville a mistress who has managed her money well comes to the colony to rescue him but falls afoul of the corrupt Intendant and her health fails her. She dies but not before she has made him her legatee. The narrator assists the colonial governor in prosecuting the Intendant and returns to France. He retires to a rural abbey and contemplates his experiences. Before long he becomes the benefactor of a village community and sees it thrive. Only edition of this little-known work of fiction set partly in the Americas. OCLC records two copies in N. America Princeton UCLA two in France and one at Trinity College Dublin Desventes de Ladoué unknown
