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réf. 4794905Atlas of Butterflies in Europe and Partly Russian-Asian Properties In Russian/Atlas babochek Evropy i otchasti russko-aziatskikh vladeniy. In Russian. Hoffman, Ernst. Atlas of Butterflies in Europe and Partly Russian-Asian Ownership. St. Petersburg: 1897, A.F. Devrien The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4794905
réf. 4794905In Russian. Hoffman Ernst. Atlas of Butterflies in Europe and Partly Russian-Asian Ownership. St. Petersburg: 1897 A.F. Devrien The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4794905 unknown
1938réf. 46475Princeton NJ. Annals of Mathematics 1938 a. 1940. Both papers in orig. printed wrappers. Offprints from "Annals of Mathematics" Vol. 39 No. 1 january 1938 and Vol. 41 No. 2 April 1940. Pp. 65-100 and pp. 455-464. Both clean and fine. This copy has belonged to Abraham Pais 1918-2000 - the famous Einstein scholar theoretical physicist and Einsteins collegue at Princeton - and having his name on top of both frontwrappers "A Pais". First editions in the scarce offprint versions of Einstein's last and highly important contributions to General relativity and in which is shown that the equation of motion follows directly from the field equation that defined the geometry."Einstein's last importent contribution to general relativity deals again with the problem of motion. It is the work done with Leopold Infeld and Banash Hoffmann on the N-body problem of motion. In these papers the gravitational field is no longer treated as external. Instead it and the motion of its singular sources are treated simultaneously. Anew approximationscheme is introduced in which the fields are no longer necessarily weak but in which the source velocities are small compared with the light velocity . The equations obtained have found use in situations where Newtonian interaction must be included. 'These equations are widely used in analyses of planetary orbits in the solarsystem. For example the Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses them in modified form to calculate ephmerides for high-precision tracking of planets and spacecraft."Pais "Subtle is the Lord" p. 290-91."The problem of the equation of motion of bodies is the following. The 1916 theory had a classical structure in the sense that there were both field equations the curvature of space-time is determined by the mass and motion of bodies in space-time and equations of motion of bodies the world line of small mass is a geodesic. Are these two statements really separate If the field equations were linear they indeed would be. They are not linear however and Einstein showed in the papers offered that if matter is represented by a point singularity of the metric field these singularities are located on world lines that are geodesics of space-time provided its metric satisfies the equation of general relativity."DSB.Weil: 202 a. 295 both with an asterix denoting a major paper. - Boni: 236 a. 236.1. unknown
1890réf. 68489Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman 1890. JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN. . Jute. Photographic Album of the Jute Production in India. Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman n.d.c.a 1890. Four oblong quarto photographic volumes. mounts: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 290 x 199 mm; photographs: 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 128 mm With 68 black-and-white photographs mounted one per page on stiff cardboard. Uniformly bound in original half navy cloth over green cloth. Front boards lettered in gilt. Volume one with water damage mainly to rear board and affecting the last seven photographs but the images are still clearly visible. A few other photos in this volume have some minor fading or spotting. Back endpapers to this volume have been replaced. Some minor spotting to the cloth on other volumes and a bit of wrinkling to the cloth of volume IV. All other volumes internally clean and crisp and the photographs are in very good condition. Overall a very good set. Complete sets are rare. Comprises: Volume I: "Cultivation and Preparation" 25 photos. Volume II: "Its Manufacture" 21 photos. Volume III: "Assorting and Baling" 20 photos. Volume IV: "Baling and Export" 22 photos. "Theodore Julius Hoffmann and P.A. Johnston. Calcutta Studio established in 1882. Probably after the studios of Bourne and Shepherd the second largest commercial photographers in India with their large catalog of views of North and Northeastern India Sikkim and Nepal." luminous-lint dot com. HBS 68489. $3000. Johnston & Hofman unknown books
1890réf. 68489Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman 1890. JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN. . Jute. Photographic Album of the Jute Production in India. Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman n.d.c.a 1890. Four oblong quarto photographic volumes. mounts: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 290 x 199 mm; photographs: 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 128 mm With 68 black-and-white photographs mounted one per page on stiff cardboard. Uniformly bound in original half navy cloth over green cloth. Front boards lettered in gilt. Volume one with water damage mainly to rear board and affecting the last seven photographs but the images are still clearly visible. A few other photos in this volume have some minor fading or spotting. Back endpapers to this volume have been replaced. Some minor spotting to the cloth on other volumes and a bit of wrinkling to the cloth of volume IV. All other volumes internally clean and crisp and the photographs are in very good condition. Overall a very good set. Complete sets are rare. Comprises: Volume I: "Cultivation and Preparation" 25 photos. Volume II: "Its Manufacture" 21 photos. Volume III: "Assorting and Baling" 20 photos. Volume IV: "Baling and Export" 22 photos. "Theodore Julius Hoffmann and P.A. Johnston. Calcutta Studio established in 1882. Probably after the studios of Bourne and Shepherd the second largest commercial photographers in India with their large catalog of views of North and Northeastern India Sikkim and Nepal." luminous-lint dot com. HBS 68489. $3000. Johnston & Hofman unknown
réf. alb05cc0ee90584c41c"Compiled by N. A. Monteverde Chief Botanist Botanical Garden Imp. St. Petersburg. Botanical Atlas. Description and image of plants of the Russian flora. With 88 tables in colors representing 501 plants and 813 polities In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Sostavil po K. Gofmanu i dr. istochnikam N.A. Monteverde gl. botanik Imp. Spb. Botanicheskogo sada. Botanicheskiy atlas. Opisanie i izobrazhenie rasteniy russkoy flory. S 88 tablitsami v kraskakh izobrazhayushchimi 501 rastenie i s 813 politipazhami Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).The main place in the atlas is devoted to flowering and higher spore plants which primarily attract the attention of the amateur; the lower spore plants represent the most eye-catching representatives. The attached text in the atlas consists of two halves. The first half containing the general concept of plant structure the main divisions of the plant kingdom the morphology of seed plants the concept of systematics the collection of plants the compilation of herbarium is an independent essay written by academician S. I. Korzhinsky. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb05cc0ee90584c41c"
1740réf. 153Geneva: De Tournes 1740 -1753. First Editions throughout. Contemporary full limp vellum. Very good; some dustiness; vol. II of Opera with small ink stain on pp. 64-70; rear hinge of Supp. I split. Folio. A frontispiece and three plates in Supplement II part 2. This is the first edition of all parts of Hoffmann's works. It contains the two series of supplements published in 1749 and '53 that are often not present. The nine volumes contain virtually all that was known at the time about medicine and the medical applications of chemistry. Hoffmann's published work ranges over both areas where he made original contributions e.g. see Partington on Hoffmann and the development of modern chemistry. G-M #72; DSB VI 460; Ferguson I 409; Partington II 693; absent from Neville who had only later printings. De Tournes hardcover books
1855réf. 190720Boston: Burnham Brothers 1855. Uncanny tales First edition in English rare in commerce of this selection of 12 tales from the author of "the high point of the German Romantic Movement" Bleiler. The stories include "The Cooper of Nuremberg" which may have been a source for Wagner's Die Meistersinger and the horror story "Coppelius the Sandman" which was referenced heavily by Freud in his 1919 essay "The Uncanny". Hoffmann 1776-1822 was also known for his musical works including the opera Undine 1816 and for the 1816 story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which is the basis for the ballet The Nutcracker. He is often credited as E. T. A. Hoffmann with the A standing for Amadeus in honour of Mozart. Octavo. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt covers stamped in blind edges untrimmed blind stamp of W. Ulman Boston. Ownership inscription of "Blackmore Bristol Tennessee 1888"; book label of poet and printer John Ruyle 1934-2008. Spine sunned and a little cocked a few spots of wear to extremities mild foxing to first and last gatherings. A very good copy. Bleiler 825. hardcover
réf. STAN0106Wien u. Leipzig Brüder Rosenbaum o.J. 1911. WIENER WERKSTÄTTE - 8°. 2053 S. Mit 20 ganzseitigen Illustrationen zehn figürlichen Initialen und neun Schlussvignetten nach Federzeichnungen v. Divéky. Flexibler OPergamentband der Wiener Werkstätte mit goldgepr. Deckelvignette Rückentitel u. Deckelrahmen umseit. Goldschnitt 4 gewebten Seiden-Schließbändern schwarz-weiß-kariert dreifarbig lithograph. Vorsatzpapiere Schmetterlingsmotiv. Pergament etw. gedunkelt im Text sehr sauber und frisch erhalten. Schweiger Wiener Werkstätte S. 260. - Dedikationsexemplar für den Kunstschriftsteller und Schiele-Förderer Arthur Roessler. Unnum. Exemplar Einband ohne den WW-Stempel der Vorzugsausgabe jedoch mit allen Merkmalen derselben. Im Druckvermerk mit handschriftlichem Vermerk 'Herrn Arthur Rössler vom Verlag dediciert'. Das Buch erschien in einer kleinen Gesamtauflage von 500 Exemplaren 30 Vorzugsexemplare auf Kaiserlich Japan und von der Wiener Werkstätte in Pergament gebunden 470 Exemplare erschienen in einem außerhalb der Werkstätte gearbeiteten Ledereinband. - Der Grafiker und Buchillustrator J. v. Divéky 18871951 studierte an der Akademie der Künste u. ab 1906 an der Kunstgewerbeschule bei C.O. Czeschka und B. Löffler. Josef von Divéky zählte zu den wichtigsten Mitarbeitern der Wiener Werkstätte. Später war er Mitarbeiter der graphischen Kunstanstalt der Brüder Rosenbaum. Er illustrierte eine Reihe von Büchern bekannt wurden vor allem seine leuchtend-farbigen Illustrationen zu Heines Tanzpoem 'Doktor Faust'. - Arthur Roessler 1877-1955 war als Kritiker und Kunstschriftsteller eine zentrale Figur der österreichischen Moderne nach 1900 Wien u. Leipzig, Brüder Rosenbaum o.J. [1911]. unknown
réf. alb269af7e309694f98Hoffman K. Botanical Atlas. In Russian /Gofman K. Botanicheskiy atlas. St. Petersburg: A.F. Devriens Publishing House, 1899, 273s., 80 chromosome chart, 459 plants in paint, and 42 liters with 735 politipages, 1899, 290x215 mm. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb269af7e309694f98.
réf. 19139AB2007. Salzburg Neuhauser Kunstmühle 2007. 465 : 375 cm. 10 Original Farblithographien von Erika Landertinger. Illustrierter Original Halbleinenband. Eines von nur 12 nummerierten Exemplaren Druckvermekr von der Künstlerinn signiert. Von Thomas Franke auf Zerkall-Bütten gedruckt. unknown
2007réf. 19139ABSalzburg, Neuhauser Kunstmühle, 2007. 46,5 : 37,5 cm. 10 Original Farblithographien von Erika Landertinger. Illustrierter Original Halbleinenband.
réf. alb3068ee4444464968Hoffman E. Kholodkovsky N.A. Atlas of Butterflies in Europe and Partly Russian-Asian Properties. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Gofman E. Kholodkovskiy N.A. Atlas babochek Evropy i otchasti russko-aziatskikh vladeniy. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).Processed and supplemented in relation to Russian fauna by N.A. Kholodkovsky. With 72 chromolytographic tables and many figures in the text of St. Petersburg: Edition by A.F. Devrien 1897 2 XXXXII p. 1-332 333-356 1 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb3068ee4444464968
2015réf. 114098Steidl. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . 2015. 3869309350 . Steidl paperback
1920réf. 819B15Tolz : Marees-Gesellschaft 1920. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 7". Rudolf Grossmann. An important limited edition print on Japon paper of E. T. A Hoffmann's short story Ritter Gluck. Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror his stories highly influenced 19th-Cenutry literature and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. This copy of Hoffmann's short story Ritter Gluck is richly illustrated by Rudolf Grossmann throughout. There were 65 numbered copies in Japon paper and 135 number pieces on handmade paper. This copy is number 65 of the 65 numbered copies on Japon. In half calf binding with marbled covered boards. Externally smart. There is some fading towards the extremities and a two darker marks to the rear board. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Marees-Gesellschaft hardcover
réf. albd0f2adb18c0f0399Hoffman K. Botanical Atlas of the De Candoli System. In 2 Volumes. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Gofman K. Botanicheskiy atlas po sisteme De-Kandolya. V 2-kh tomakh. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).80 large chromolytographed tables showing more than 459 plants in colors and 42 sheets of text with 735 polities. With modifications and additions for Russia edited by N.A. Monteverde Chief Botanist of Imperial St. Petersburg St. Petersburg St. Petersburg St. Petersburg 1898-1899. XXXIV 273 XVIc. Ill. Encyclopedic format We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbd0f2adb18c0f0399
1909réf. 31997Berlin: NP 1909. Softcover. g to vg. Plans & drawings in various sizes all printed on light card stock some plans mounted. Seven of the ten are numbered. 5 plans/drawings annotated by Hoffmann 2 drawings signed by him 5 signed by Stadtbauinspektor / Magistrats-Baurat Tietze. Printed by "Gisaldruck v. Bogdan Gisevius Berlin." not numbered: 1 Large 46 1/2" x 59" Lageplan ground plan of the hospital also showing surrounding streets. Plan titled "Neubau des IV. Städt. Krankenhauses - Lageplan." Rudolf Virchow handwritten in blue crayon below title. Parts of folds as well as sporadic tears repaired with tape. Parts of edges chipped some closed tears along folds no missing pieces. 2 Drawing 13 3/4 x 16" showing the facade of the hospital mounted on 17 1/4 x 25" card stock. Signed by Ludwig Hoffmann with some of his annotations. 3 Drawing 16" x 21 1/2" of the "Operationshaus" mounted on 23 1/2" x 28 1/2" card stock. Signed by Hoffmann with his annotations. Numbered plans: # 4 - # 7 with original signature of Stadtbauinspektor Tietze dated 6. Januar 1909. Also with printed signature of the on-site architect Bietz Signatures accompanied with text: a "Revidiert und festgestellt: Berlin den 6. Januar 1909. Der Stadtbauinspektor: original signature "Tietze" Magistrats-Baurat. b "Die Richtigkeit und Uebereinstimmung mit der Ausführung bescheinigt: Berlin den 1sten Dezember 1908. Der Bauleitende printed signature of "Bietz" Architekt. 4 Blatt 1: 22" x 30" revised plan showing the foundation Revisionszeichnung Fundamente of the Doppeloperationshaus surgery building. With many handwritten annotations by the architect. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 5 Blatt 2: 26" x 30" revised plan showing the basement Revisionszeichnung Kellergeschoss of the Doppeloperationshaus. With architects handwritten annotations. Five-inch closed tear on upper left corner. 6 Blatt 3: 18" x 25" plan of the basement of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Lists rooms Raumbezeichnung and furniture Mobiliarbezeichnung. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 7 Blatt 4: 30" x 26 3/4" revised drawing of the ground floor of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Two-inch closed tear on right upper edge. 8 Blatt 5: 27" x 31" drawing of the attic Dachgeschoß of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Top left corner with closed tear almost detached. Bottom left corner creased. 9 Blatt 7: 25" x 26 3/4" drawing showing the facade Vorder-Ansicht cross- and longitudinal sections Quer- und Längsschnitt as well as details of the main cornice Hauptgesims and roof turret Dachreiter. 1/2" closed tear on bottom right corner. 10 Not numbered 16 1/4" x 22" drawing mounted on 28 1/4" x 23" card stock showing the facade longitudinal section main cornice and roof turret. Few annotations by architect. Two-inch closed tear on bottom edge. Unique collection of architectural plans & drawings by Berlin architect and Stadtbaurat Ludwig Ernst Emil Hoffmann. The architect attended the Kunstakademie in Kassel and the Bauakademie in Berlin where his teachers included Richard Lucae and Johann Heinrich Strack. After becoming a licensed government architect in 1884 he won a competition for the revised design of the Reichsgerichtgebäude in Leipzig. Hoffmann and Peter Dybwad worked on the monumental neo-classicist building from 1887-1895. A year later Hoffmann was elected city architect of Berlin being responsible for all types of public buildings in the city. Notable examples include the Märkisches Museum various public baths such as the Volksbadeanstalt Baerwaldstraße Berlin-Kreuzberg Volksbadeanstalt Dennewitsstraße Schöneberg Volksbadeanstalt Oderberger Straße Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg several bridges & fountains the Altes Stadthaus the Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus and many others. On the initiative of Rudolf Virchow the fourth major city hospital was built between 1898 and 1906. Virchow was a German doctor anthropologist pathologist and politician known for his advancement of public health. He is considered as one of the founders of social medicine. The Virchow Krankenhaus was the last hospital that was built in the so-called "Pavillonstil." At the time the construction of the building cost 19 million Reichsmark. 57 separate buildings with 2000 beds were built on an area of 2906255 square feet. The staff buildings housed approx. 1000 employees doctors nurses and other personnel. Impeccable landscaping trees large green patches flower beds and benches gave the hospital grounds a park-like feel. Unique piece of Berlin architectural history by one of the most important German architects of the late 19th and early 20th century. NP unknown books
1937réf. 18773Utica 1937. Tempera on paper. Exquisite drawing of a quintessential 1930s roadster. The old established Willoughby firm coach body makers in Utica New York had a reputation for conservative quality coachwork in 1930 when Viennese born Otto Hoffmann was hired as draughtsman/designer. He quickly moved the company's design philosophy to the forefront of the streamline school translating traditional luxury car body types such as this touring car into the modern idiom. Willoughby designed bodies for many major luxury car manufacturers including Lincoln and Rolls Royce. Provenance: Acquired from Hoffmann's widow January 1985. unknown books
1937réf. 187971937. Mixed media on paper. Exquisite drawing of a 1930s concept car. The old established Willoughby firm of Utica New York had a reputation for conservative quality coachwork in 1930 when Viennese born Hoffmann was hired as draghtsman/designer. He quickly moved the company's design philosophy to the forefront of the streamline school translating traditional luxury car body types such as this touring car into the modern idiom. Willoughby designed bodies for all the major luxury car firms. We have attributed this drawing to Hoffman on the basis of a very similar drawing of the period that was acquired in 1985 from Hoffmann's widow clearly done by the same hand and exhibiting the same exquisite touch and sense of proportion. unknown books
1937réf. 187971937. Mixed media on paper. Exquisite drawing of a 1930s concept car. The old established Willoughby firm of Utica New York had a reputation for conservative quality coachwork in 1930 when Viennese born Hoffmann was hired as draghtsman/designer. He quickly moved the company's design philosophy to the forefront of the streamline school translating traditional luxury car body types such as this touring car into the modern idiom. Willoughby designed bodies for all the major luxury car firms. We have attributed this drawing to Hoffman on the basis of a very similar drawing of the period that was acquired in 1985 from Hoffmann's widow clearly done by the same hand and exhibiting the same exquisite touch and sense of proportion. unknown
1909réf. 31997Berlin: NP 1909. Softcover. g to vg. Plans & drawings in various sizes all printed on light card stock some plans mounted. Seven of the ten are numbered. 5 plans/drawings annotated by Hoffmann 2 drawings signed by him 5 signed by Stadtbauinspektor / Magistrats-Baurat Tietze. Printed by "Gisaldruck v. Bogdan Gisevius Berlin." not numbered: 1 Large 46 1/2" x 59" Lageplan ground plan of the hospital also showing surrounding streets. Plan titled "Neubau des IV. Städt. Krankenhauses - Lageplan." Rudolf Virchow handwritten in blue crayon below title. Parts of folds as well as sporadic tears repaired with tape. Parts of edges chipped some closed tears along folds no missing pieces. 2 Drawing 13 3/4 x 16" showing the facade of the hospital mounted on 17 1/4 x 25" card stock. Signed by Ludwig Hoffmann with some of his annotations. 3 Drawing 16" x 21 1/2" of the "Operationshaus" mounted on 23 1/2" x 28 1/2" card stock. Signed by Hoffmann with his annotations. Numbered plans: # 4 - # 7 with original signature of Stadtbauinspektor Tietze dated 6. Januar 1909. Also with printed signature of the on-site architect Bietz Signatures accompanied with text: a "Revidiert und festgestellt: Berlin den 6. Januar 1909. Der Stadtbauinspektor: original signature "Tietze" Magistrats-Baurat. b "Die Richtigkeit und Uebereinstimmung mit der Ausführung bescheinigt: Berlin den 1sten Dezember 1908. Der Bauleitende printed signature of "Bietz" Architekt. 4 Blatt 1: 22" x 30" revised plan showing the foundation Revisionszeichnung Fundamente of the Doppeloperationshaus surgery building. With many handwritten annotations by the architect. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 5 Blatt 2: 26" x 30" revised plan showing the basement Revisionszeichnung Kellergeschoss of the Doppeloperationshaus. With architects handwritten annotations. Five-inch closed tear on upper left corner. 6 Blatt 3: 18" x 25" plan of the basement of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Lists rooms Raumbezeichnung and furniture Mobiliarbezeichnung. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 7 Blatt 4: 30" x 26 3/4" revised drawing of the ground floor of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Two-inch closed tear on right upper edge. 8 Blatt 5: 27" x 31" drawing of the attic Dachgeschoß of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Top left corner with closed tear almost detached. Bottom left corner creased. 9 Blatt 7: 25" x 26 3/4" drawing showing the facade Vorder-Ansicht cross- and longitudinal sections Quer- und Längsschnitt as well as details of the main cornice Hauptgesims and roof turret Dachreiter. 1/2" closed tear on bottom right corner. 10 Not numbered 16 1/4" x 22" drawing mounted on 28 1/4" x 23" card stock showing the facade longitudinal section main cornice and roof turret. Few annotations by architect. Two-inch closed tear on bottom edge. Unique collection of architectural plans & drawings by Berlin architect and Stadtbaurat Ludwig Ernst Emil Hoffmann. The architect attended the Kunstakademie in Kassel and the Bauakademie in Berlin where his teachers included Richard Lucae and Johann Heinrich Strack. After becoming a licensed government architect in 1884 he won a competition for the revised design of the Reichsgerichtgebäude in Leipzig. Hoffmann and Peter Dybwad worked on the monumental neo-classicist building from 1887-1895. A year later Hoffmann was elected city architect of Berlin being responsible for all types of public buildings in the city. Notable examples include the Märkisches Museum various public baths such as the Volksbadeanstalt Baerwaldstraße Berlin-Kreuzberg Volksbadeanstalt Dennewitsstraße Schöneberg Volksbadeanstalt Oderberger Straße Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg several bridges & fountains the Altes Stadthaus the Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus and many others. On the initiative of Rudolf Virchow the fourth major city hospital was built between 1898 and 1906. Virchow was a German doctor anthropologist pathologist and politician known for his advancement of public health. He is considered as one of the founders of social medicine. The Virchow Krankenhaus was the last hospital that was built in the so-called "Pavillonstil." At the time the construction of the building cost 19 million Reichsmark. 57 separate buildings with 2000 beds were built on an area of 2906255 square feet. The staff buildings housed approx. 1000 employees doctors nurses and other personnel. Impeccable landscaping trees large green patches flower beds and benches gave the hospital grounds a park-like feel. Unique piece of Berlin architectural history by one of the most important German architects of the late 19th and early 20th century. NP unknown
1937réf. 18773Utica 1937. Tempera on paper. Exquisite drawing of a quintessential 1930s roadster. The old established Willoughby firm coach body makers in Utica New York had a reputation for conservative quality coachwork in 1930 when Viennese born Otto Hoffmann was hired as draughtsman/designer. He quickly moved the company's design philosophy to the forefront of the streamline school translating traditional luxury car body types such as this touring car into the modern idiom. Willoughby designed bodies for many major luxury car manufacturers including Lincoln and Rolls Royce. Provenance: Acquired from Hoffmann's widow January 1985. unknown
1811réf. 23068Freiberg: Craz und Gerlach 1811-1818. First Edition. Contemporary three-quarter leather. Very good; front joint of vol.1 & 4 part one and rear joint of the second section of vol. 1 & vol. 4 part two are beginning to split; small gouge to the backstrip of the seventh volume. 8vo. Volumes 2 3 and 4 were published in 2 parts each; volume 1 is here bound as two volumes this was a convenience introduced by the binder because of the length of the second section of text in the first volume. This is not designated on the title page of the first volume later volumes are clearly printed with a part number subordinate to the volume number. The binder in this instance inserted the fly-title before the text of the second section that constitutes this additional volume. The following Roman numerals designate the volume numbers in conformity with the printed title pages. I - xxiv 1 - 349 1 - blank 2 - fly-title 353 - 685 1 - errata 2 - adverts pp. folding table; II1 - 4 1 - 382 pp.; II2 - x 1 - 322 2 - adverts pp.; III1 - iv 1 - 339 1 - errata pp.; III2 - 2 3 - 311 1 - blank pp.; IV1 - 2. 3 - 288 pp.; IV2 - x 2 3 - 208 xiv 1 - 58 209 - 245 index 1 - errata pp. There are also two sheets of detailed contemporary notes that are bound in. One dealing with gold and another with a peculiar mineral formation found formed as a nodule accompanied by a hand drawn illustration in the Italian Alps. There is also a 13 line note on the verso of the front free endpaper of volume one that faces the title page and runs on to it below the imprint. The note discusses the "bequem" format of the 8 volume binding of the book; it is signed: E. v. Uechtritz. Inspector of precious stones Hoffmann studied at the Freiberg Bergakademie under A.G. Werner ". the great oracle of the sciences of the earth" Hoover catalog quoting Cuvier. "Very scarce" Schuh. This work is one of the greatest encyclopedias of Werner's mineral theories ever published. It was the only authorized publication of Werner's mineral system. It was begun by Hoffmann who died after the first two volumes were published and continued by August Breithaupt who completed the third and fourth volumes. In this monumental treatise the Wernerian doctrine of mineralogy is propounded in its most detailed presentation. The authors accept all of Werner's theories concerning mineral formation and classification and include numerous illustrative examples. The text is generous in its treatment of the subject sometimes devoting long detailed sections to minute points. Werner did not publish much on his theories but his students and followers insured that his ideas would reach a larger audience by their own works following his guidelines. The first volume provides a short history of mineralogy definitions descriptions of physical properties including color optics streak hardness specific weight transparency luster and crystal form chemical characteristics the use of the blow-pipe nomenclature and a synopsis of the classification system. Later volumes contain essentially a descriptive mineralogy; all that was known was included in the descriptions. See Schuh; Freilich sale catalog #251; see Dibner Heralds . #91 for Werner; see Hoover #878 for Werner; Ward & Carozzi #1094; see DSB II p. 440. Craz und Gerlach hardcover books
1680réf. 3358Jenae Jena: Sumtibus Johannis Jacobi Bauhoferi Bauhöfer Johann Jacob 1680. Second edition first published in 1667. Four works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum binding with title inked on the spine and a faint shelfmark vignette. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the first title page. Handwritten content on the final blank leaf of the last work. Rear free endpaper is missing. Tiny wormholes throughout with more noticeable effects toward the rear including the rear binding panel. Rear panel slightly stained. Despite the wormholes overall in fine condition. Illustrated with five large almost full-page and full-page woodcuts and five smaller woodcut illustrations and a large folding plate. Illustrated with five large almost full-page and full-page woodcuts and five smaller woodcut illustrations and a large folding plate. Second edition first published in 1667. Four works bound in one volume. Contemporary vellum binding with title inked on the spine and a faint shelfmark vignette. 8 196 p. and 1 folding plate. A scarce and early illustrated comparative study on global religions including American and Asian beliefs through a Lutheran lens—is bound alongside three foundational Lutheran texts. Umbra in Luce or Shadow in Light: Agreement and Disagreement of Profane Religions with Christian Truth originally presented in 1667 as an academic disputation at the University of Jena is a comparative theological study authored by Christian Hoffmann under the guidance of Johann Ernst Gerhard. This work examines Judaism Islam Samaritanism as well as Chinese Hindu and Mongolian beliefs uniquely incorporating references to indigenous American and Mexican religions. Hoffmann describes these American beliefs as “shadowed” reflections of divine truth presenting them through a distinctly Lutheran lens. The text with its Samaritan title Ṭelal be-nahar "shadow in light" features a diverse set of typefaces—Arabic Hebrew and Greek—and includes exotic woodcut inserts a folding plate and text illustrations of various coins. The larger illustrations depict figures such as a flaming bronze idol of Moloch associated with ancient child sacrifice along with artifacts from Gerhard’s collection including a Hindu Bhairava statuette and an Indonesian shadow puppet. Notably Hoffmann mistakenly labels this statuette as a "Chinese idol" underscoring the era’s limited understanding of Asian religions. While many images are borrowed from Athanasius Kircher’s Oedipus Ægyptiacus others directly depict Gerhard’s artifacts like the Bhairava statuette a fierce incarnation of Shiva obtained through the Dutch East India Company by Johann Schelhammer a Lutheran pastor in The Hague. These visual and textual elements combined with Hoffmann’s commentary on Mexican religious practices and a depiction of Huitzilopochtli—the Aztec god of war and the sun symbolizing protection and sacrifice—create a vivid portrayal of 17th-century efforts to interpret global religions within a Christian framework. Additionally an intriguing feature of Hoffmann’s text is its engagement with Asian linguistic elements including a passage in Tamil reflecting his interest in Eastern languages and cultures. Bound with Umbra in Luce are three additional theological works: In Canonicam & Catholicam Jacobi Epistolam Commentarius by Caspar Erasmus Brochmand Trifolium Verae Religionis by Wilhelm Leyser and Harmonia Evangelistarum organized by David Klug. These works were likely compiled together to offer a comprehensive suite of Lutheran scholarship that addresses both scriptural exegesis and comparative theology. While Umbra in Luce examines global religions through a comparative lens the others provide detailed doctrinal guidance for Lutheran clergy reflecting an integrated approach to defending and elucidating Lutheran theology against both external and internal religious perspectives. Literature: Ben-Tov A. 2021. Johann Ernst Gerhard 1621–1668: The life and work of a seventeenth-century orientalist. Brill. . Sumtibus Johannis Jacobi Bauhoferi [Bauhöfer, Johann Jacob] unknown
1920réf. 24429Leipzig: W. Drugulin 1920. Vorzugsausgabe. Limited numbered edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/120. Elephant folio. VIII 1032pp. & 13 unnumbered illustration pages. Gold-stamped full green calf with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust wrapper and sturdy paper-covered green clamshell box. Gold-lined raised bands. All deckled edges. Inside of front and back board stamped with double gold borders. Binding designed by R. Hadl handcrafted by A. Köllner. Elaborate deluxe edition of Hoffmann's novel "Signor Formica". E. T. A. Hoffmann 1776-1822 was a German author composer draftsman caricaturist jurist and music critic. He was one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. Signor Formica was first published in 1820 and a year later was included in the forth volume of Hoffmann's work "Serapionsbrüder." His few literary works are stories in which supernatural and sinister characters appear in people's lives revealing grotesque and often tragic sides in human nature. This deluxe edition is illustrated with original artwork by the Hungarian sculptor and etcher Richard Hadl. The illustrations consist of one original signed full-page pencil drawing as well as 12 full-page- and 7 in-text drawings in aquatinta-manier. Additional signature of illustrator on limitation page. "Dieses Buch wurde im Jahre neunzehnhundert und zwanzig in der Offizin W. Drugulin in Leipzig gedruckt. Die Auflage beträgt einhundert und zwanzig numerierte Exemplare auf van Gelder-Zonen-Bütten. Nach Beendigung des Druckes wurden die Platten vernichtet. Dieses Exemplar ist Nr. XXXIV und wurde gedruckt für Freiherrn Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild. Durchgesehen: signed Richard Hadl." Printed on handmade van Gelder-Zonen paper. Foreword by Hadl. Text in German. This particular copy was printed exclusively for Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild 1899-1987 of the famous Rothschild lineage. Goldschmidt-Rothschild was also well-known for his extensive rare book collection. Slip with information on binding laid-in as issued. Very slight rubbing on head and tail of spine. Minor creasing on spine of dust wrapper. Slight scuffing on clamshell box tiny tear on top section on spine of box. 10mm offsetting from interior leather-lining on outer edges of front and rear free endpaper. Dust wrapper and clamshell box protected by modern mylar. Exceptional copy in a stunning binding. Fine condition. Scarce with dust wrapper. W. Drugulin hardcover books
