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ref. B9781575061795Hardback. New. Referring to several important introductory books written about the archaeology of the land of Israel William Dever once stated: "However adequate these may be as introductions to the basic data none makes any attempt to organize the data in terms of social structure. . . . This is a serious deficiency in Syro-Palestinian and biblical archaeology when one considers that the general field of archaeology has been moving toward social archaeology for 20 years or more. Dever "Social Structure in Palestine in the Iron Age II Period on the Eve of Destruction" in The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land ed. T. E. Levy London 1995 p. 416. Lack of discussion of social questions has characterized the archaeology of the land of Israel for some time even though around the world these questions constitute an important component of archaeological research see for instance the work of Renfrew Flannery Gibbon Blanton Dark Bahn Hodder Trigger and many others. The Archaeology of Israelite Society in Iron Age II fills this gap and analyzes the structure of society in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah from an archaeological viewpoint. It also applies models and theories from the field of social and cognitive archaeology using the tools of various social-science disciplines anthropology sociology economics geography and so on. Due to his ability to use what is probably the largest archaeological data set in the world-hundreds of planned excavations thousands of salvage excavations and extensive surveys all from the small region that was ancient Israel-Avi Faust contributes not only to the study of ancient Israelite society but to the most fundamental questions about ancient societies. These questions include the identification of socioeconomic stratification in the archaeological record the study of family and community organization the significance of pottery small finds and architecture as indicators of wealth and more. This groundbreaking monograph is one of the first attempts at a large-scale study of Israelite society based primarily on the archaeological evidence. The following acknowledgments were inadvertently omitted from the front matter of the volume: Amihai Mazar: figure 31 Amnon Ben-Tor: figures 40 41 Israel Antiquities Authority: figures 21 24 25 26 29 30. 32 33 36 and Photo 5 Israel Exploration Society: figures 11 13 15 17 18 19 27 42 Israel Finkelstein: figure 28 Izhak Beit Arieh: figures 34 35 Shimon Dar: figures 22 23 The Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University: figures 7 8 The Institute of Archaeology the Hebrew University: figures 40 41 Zeev Herzog: figures 6 9 10 12 14 16 20 hardcover

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AN EARLY PARACHUTE LIKELY INSPIRED BY DA VINCI Machinae novae Fausti Verantii siceni: cum declaratione Latina Italica Hispanica Gallica et Germanica New machines of Fausto Veranzio: with Latin Italian Spanish French and German text

ref. 50561Venice: self-published between 1595 and 1616. Folio 37.3 × 25 cm. Contemporary full vellum; engraved title within architectural border; 49 numbered double-page copperplate engravings 19 1 18 2 20 19 1 19 1 pp. letterpress-printed text in Italian German French Spanish and Latin each with a vignette headpiece at the head of the section. Binding with repairs and somewhat distended; occasional light soil and foxing; small paper repairs to first few leaves and one plate with larger repair slightly affecting the image; else about very good and an apparently unresized copy with wide margins retaining all five text parts. First edition of this important survey of mechanical architectural and technological designs and projects the magnum opus of Fausto Veranzio 1551-1617 a Croatian polymath diplomat and priest who was born in Šibenik on the Adriatic Coast then part of the Republic of Venice. There are two known versions of this print: a Latin-Italian one with Tuscan privilege and our version with an engraved Venetian title page and additional translations of the texts into German French and Spanish. In a reprint of the book published 1965 Friedrich Klemm writes in his introduction: "In the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods we encounter excellently illustrated works of technical literature which were generally intended for aristocratic circles. . Of all these works that of Fausto Veranzio is the rarest. Compared to some of the other mechanical engineering illustrated works of the time Veranzio primarily presents his own designs some of which still reveal the objective spirit of the Renaissance or images of devices he had encountered on his travels. The books on mechanical and military technology of the Cinquecento such as those by Ramelli Lorini and Francesco de' Marchi as well as classical literature were certainly familiar to him the learned author who was active as a philologist philosopher historian administrator fortress commander mechanical engineer and churchman. The influence of Leonardo da Vinci also seems to be evident in Verancio's book." Veranzio attended school in Venice and studied law engineering mechanics and physics at Padua before entering the services of Rudolf II in Prague as whose secretary he is thought to have conversed with Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe. He also published works of lexicography and logic. Following the death of his wife he relocated to Venice where he joined the Barnabite Order and devoted his remaining years to the study of science and engineering. The large plates depict designs for flotation devices a bridge using suspension cables oil and wine presses a rotary printing press a universal clock various types of mills including a design that was used for one of New York's earliest tide mills fountains as well as the famous image showing a man gliding safely from the Campanile di San Marco in Venice likely inspired by Veranzio's familiarity with da Vinci's drafts for a parachute. "It is difficult to determine with certainty whether Veranzio saw Leonardo's notes. Regardless he certainly shared Leonardo's Renaissance spirit. They were both self-taught lovers of learning across different fields including philosophy and history. Like Leonardo Veranzio also harbored a passion for hydraulics and spent 2 years in Rome trying to regulate the flow of the Tiber. Back home in Venice he maintained the wells and water supplies" Innicenzi The Innovators Behind Leonardo p. 69." Veranzio's book also proposes various means to harness solar and hydraulic power. One of the plates shows the church in his birthplace Šibenik. In addition to the most famous illustration "Homo Volans" this magnificent volume contains numerous innovations that were sometimes far ahead of their time and secured Veranzio a place in the history of technology. One example is the iron carriage spring without which modern means of transport would be inconceivable cf. Friedrich Kluge Etymologisches Wörterbuch Berlin 1960 p. 188. Veranzio writes about his invention: "The suspended carriages are necessarily hung with ropes chains or double leather straps so that the passengers do not sit hard. But I wanted to put iron springs underneath them which open and close like the bows of crossbows." Another example is the first use of a gear mechanism in the manufacture of ropes cf. Jürgen Eichhoff in: Die Sprache des niederdeutschen Reepschlägerhandwerks. Cologne and Graz 1968 Low German Studies 16 p. 1041. But his bronze bridge the "Pons Æreus" shown in copperplate engraving no. 33 points furthest into the future. Because the first metal bridge was not built until 1773 over the Savern in England. Equally remarkable is Veranzio's iron bridge "Pons Ferrevs" on the following copperplate engraving which is apparently the first depiction of a chain bridge in Europe. See Nikola Roßbach. Poiesis der Maschine: Barocke Konfigurationen von Technik Literatur und Theater Berlin 2020 p. 99ff. When Veranzio was working on his "Machinae novae" he concerned himself with water regulation in the cities of Rome and Venice which were regularly threatened by the rivers and the sea. The elaborately crafted volume was not intended to enable the machines and architecture shown in it to be replicated but rather to showcase the achievements to educated and wealthy laymen such as potential clients and patrons. This explains the small print run. Veranzio sent the prints primarily to cardinals and generals who ultimately spread his name across the continent. See ibid. Veranzio's work is undated but based on several notes of thanks by friends from July 1616 was presumably printed in or around that year; occasionally it is dated as early as 1595. It has also been suggested that it was financed by the author and thus issued in small installments over a longer period of time. Complete copies are very scarce. Most copies in the market over the last decades have also either lacked one or more of the plates or one or more of the language sections. This copy includes all five versions known to have been issued: Italian German French Spanish and Latin as well as all plates. Copies with some colored plates are also known. Poggendorf vol. II no. 1194; Hausmann and Kapp vol. I no. 1138. As of November 2025 KVK and OCLC locate six copies in North America 2 other copies are marked as incomplete because they are missing several or all of the plates. unknown

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Conspicuous Gallantry: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of James W. King 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Civil War in the North

ref. PJH43478Kent State University Press 2015. Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. The Union states of what is now the Midwest have received far less attention from historians than those of the East and much of MichiganÕs Civil War story remains untold. The eloquent letters of James W. King shed light on a Civil War regiment that played important roles in the battles of Stones River Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. King enlisted in the 11th Michigan in 1861 as a private and rose to the rank of quartermaster sergeant. His correspondence continues into the era of Reconstruction when he tried his hand at raising cotton in Tennessee and Alabama and found himself caught up in the social and political upheavals of the post-war South. King went off to war as an obscure nineteen-year-old farm boy but he was anything but average. His letters to Sarah Jane Babcock his future wife vividly illustrate the plight and perspective of the rank-and-file Union infantryman while revealing the innermost thoughts of an articulate romantic and educated young man. KingÕs wartime correspondence explores a myriad of issues faced by the common Federal soldier: the angst uncertainty and hope associated with long-distance courtship; the scourge of widespread and often fatal diseases; the rapid evolution of views on race and slavery; the doldrums of camp life punctuated with the horrors of combat and its aftermath; the gnawing anxiety while waiting for mail from home; the incessant gambling drunkenness and profanity of his comrades; and the omnipresent risk of death or crippling disability as the cost of performing his duty: to preserve the Union. Through meticulous research and careful editing Eric R. Faust presents a story that does not cease with KingÕs muster out or even with LeeÕs surrender at Appomattox. KingÕs post-war correspondence illuminates the struggles of a soldier disabled by wounds trying to find his place in a civilian world forever changed by war. Like thousands of other Northern soldiers King travelled south to raise cotton. The letters he penned on the plantation defy the timeworn stereotype of carpetbaggers as ruthless opportunists who deprived the South of its capital and dignity after the war. A kind twist of fate boosted King to prominence in his home state as editor of MichiganÕs foremost Republican newspaper and set him on a path to national notoriety. Through KingÕs remarkable rise to the national stage the reader gains insight into the heated political climate of the Reconstruction era and the Gilded Age and more generally into the deeply complex legacy of the American Civil War. ISBN 9781606352434 Kent State University Press 2015 hardcover

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