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1960réf. 88992Leonards-on-Sea: by the Author 1960. First Limited Edition. One of a thousand numbered copies this is no. 184. Inscribed and signed by Elgar on limitation page dated March 1961. 12mo 19cm. Original russet cloth; gilt spine and cover titles; 1271pp; text illustrations including 14 tipped-in original photographic plates. Cloth a bit rubbed and faded; slightly over-opened at half-title page; a previous owner has inserted an additional plate by hand and the original invoice from bookseller Oscar Shapiro is tipped on to front endpaper. Overall a Very Good copy. by the Author unknown books
1895réf. 47419Jena: Carl Zeiss 1895. First Edition. Large slim octavo 27cm.; publisher's brown cloth over blue textured paper upper cover lettered in gilt; 4122pp.; steel-engraved text illus. throughout. Boards a bit rubbed and slightly bowed small spot of glue residue at top fore-edge corner of upper cover original gilt quite dulled though Parisian distributor's gilt-lettered cancel still brilliant contemporary American ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. Overall Very Good internally fine. Quite an attractive and uncommon trade catalog issued by the still-extant microscope manufacturer. This issue not separately catalogued in OCLC COPAC or KVK as of January 2020. Carl Zeiss unknown books
réf. 37111Executed in ink pencil and gouache highlighted in gold. 294 x 443 mm. On wove paper. The drawing depicts a 2-octave piano in a wooden case the interior of the hinged top decorated with a scene of performing musicians. Slightly worn and soiled; creased at central fold. In very good condition overall. Most likely of German or Austrian provenance ca. 1860-80. unknown books
1964réf. 37252London: Spring Books 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Boards. 37 vi pp. 323 photographic illustrations of rare and historic musical instruments and related items. In dustjacket. Spring Books hardcover books
1927réf. 38000Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full purple cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. xvi 745 pp. Binding very slightly worn; endpapers browned. Light uniform browning; some light marginal foxing. Breitkopf & Härtel hardcover books
1977réf. 38021Edinburgh: Lyndesay G. Langwill 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Full dark red cloth with titling gilt to spine. xvi 307 pp. With occasional illustrations. Binding slightly bumped; dustjacket worn. Lyndesay G. Langwill hardcover books
1904réf. 38031London New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd. Charles Scribner's Sons 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. Publisher's maroon cloth with decorative blindstamping. xxvii 323 pp. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; minor fraying to head of spine; rear free endpaper creased. Light uniform browning. From the collection of American musicologist and violinist Albert Mell with his signature to upper blank corner of front free endpaper. The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1881réf. 38041London: Dulau and Co. Novello and Co 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Full dark green cloth with decorative musical excerpt from Corelli gilt to upper titling and decorative device gilt to spine. xi 484 pp. First Edition. Binding slightly worn rubbed bumped and soiled; spine slightly frayed. Minor internal wear and browning; some signatures very slightly separated. Dulau and Co., Novello and Co hardcover books
1933réf. 38049Milano: Ulrico Hoepli 1933. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. Dark ivory illustrated cloth with titling to spine patterned endpapers. 326 pp. 1 folding plate. With occasional illustrations in text. From the library of American musicologist and violinist Alfred Mell with his signature and date to front free endpaper. Binding slightly worn and soiled. Ulrico Hoepli hardcover books
1898réf. 38061München: F. Bruckmann 1898. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Half dark brown leather with dark brown pebbled cloth boards raised bands on spine in compartments gilt titling gilt red edges patterned endpapers. viii 312 pp. With musical examples in pocket to rear pastedown. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; ca. 2" portion of joint to upper board split. F. Bruckmann hardcover books
1970réf. 36969London: Hamlyn 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 157 pp. Illustrated with 70 plates in color. Hamlyn hardcover books
1984réf. 36938Genève: Minkoff 1984. Softcover. Fine. Small octavo. Wrappers. 52 pp. Facsimile of the edition published in Brussels in 1823. Minkoff unknown books
1961réf. 36958London: The Holland Press 1961. 3 volumes. Quarto. 357; 383; 160 ccxix pp. Illustrated. In dustjackets. A facsimile of the original edition published in 1876-1878. The Holland Press unknown books
1985réf. 36955Genève: Minkoff 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. xxix 357 pp. Illustrated. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1912. Minkoff unknown books
1970réf. 34051London: Hamlyn 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 157 pp. Illustrated with 70 plates in color. Hamlyn hardcover books
1967réf. 32737Varallo Sesia: Societa Conservazione Opere Arte Munumenti Valsesia 1967. Softcover. Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 64 pp. With numerous plates. Societa Conservazione Opere Arte Munumenti Valsesia unknown books
1975réf. 32572Wien: Sammlungskatalog des Museums fur Volkerkunde 1975. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. xvi 320 pp. plates. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman. Sammlungskatalog des Museums fur Volkerkunde unknown books
1722réf. ST21075Rome: Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri 1722. FIRST EDITION. 250 x 180 mm. 9 7/8 x 7 1/4". 8 p.l. 170 pp. Contemporary stiff vellum raised bands burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt all edges sprinkled. Engraved title page frontispiece and 151 PLATES DEPICTING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Front pastedown with bookplates of John Smith Esquire Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Cia Fornaroli and David R. Godine. Cicognara 1596 citing 148 plates; Brunet I 1086 citing 136 plates; Graesse I 480. A long thin red ruled line to upper cover a few small cuts at edge of front board O1 with insignificant hole trivial loss of text a few light stains isolated faint browning to plates but quite AN EXCELLENT COPY--the leaves extremely fresh and clean and the binding entirely sound and perfectly inoffensive. This is an excellent copy of a sumptuously illustrated Baroque compendium of musical instruments which has been owned by three eminent collectors. A student of Athanasias Kircher the Jesuit scholar Filippo Bonanni also Buonanni 1638-1723 produced works on wide-ranging subjects including anatomy shell-collecting and porcelain lacquer. "Gabinetto Armonico" attempts to catalogue all known musical instruments including a broad range of horns as well as other wind percussion stringed and keyboard instruments not infrequently exotic in appearance and operation from all regions including Florida and the world of Islam. Many of the instruments included here were held in the collection of the Jesuit Collegio Romano where Bonanni was teaching at the time he composed the book; other information was gleaned from various authors and ethnographical reports. The book is organized based on the use for which the music is intended e.g. for festivals funerals battle worship hunting and even navigation. The very attractive illustrations by Flemish-born painter and publisher Arnold van Westerhout 1651-1725 depict the instruments in the hands of their players in their native costumes and environs. While some of the depictions of the ancient and foreign musicians are fanciful the majority of these engravings provide genuine invaluable information on music and musical instruments up to the early 18th century. The musicians are as interesting as the instruments dressed in keeping with the original homeland of the instrument ranging from King David with his harp to fashionable rococo ladies at the keyboards of spinet and cimbalo. Our copy is from the library of Italian ballerina Cia Fornaroli 1888-1954 and her husband Walter Toscanini 1898-1971 a bookseller and choreographer. The couple whose distinguished careers were split between New York and Italy assembled a large collection of works documenting the history of dance in Italy from the Renaissance until the 20th century. The bulk of their library now resides in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Our next notable owners were Arthur 1922-2012 and Charlotte Vershbow 1924-2000 who together built a large collection of prints illuminated manuscripts and printed books. Their collection sold at Christie's New York in a series of four auctions in 2013 the present volume was lot 771. Most recently our copy belonged to American publisher David R. Godine who trained as a printer at Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press before founding his own publishing firm in 1970. His interest in the art of the book led him to build an extensive library of early printed books with a particular focus on antiquarian illustrated works. Two portions of his collection sold for more than $950000 at Bonham's New York in May 2026. The book is not particularly rare at auction but copies in desirable condition even without the distinguished provenance seen here command substantial prices. Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri unknown books
1906réf. SJ13530Berlin Chicago & New York . . . :: Leitz 1906. 1906. 8vo. 118 pp. Illus. index. Dark green gilt-stamped cloth. Near fine. Scarce illustrated catalogue of microscopes and related accessories. Leitz, 1906. hardcover books
1877réf. 19034Paris: Bureaux du Journal 1877 - 1885. First Edition. Contemporary half leather and marbled paper. Very good; some modest chafing; occasional marginal notes. 8vo I - 4 368 pp. 3 plates; II - 3 - 524 12 pp.5 plates; III - 4 3 - 548 2 pp. 11 plates; V - 3 - 516 pp. 22 plates; VI - 4 3 - 646 pp. 17 plates including a mounted full-page albumen print of Pelletan's 'Continental' microscope - a 'class A' instrument of his own design selling for 600 Francs; VII - 4 3 - 666 pp. 6 plates; IX - 4. 1 - 534 pp. 5 plates plate 1 not bound in - as with other located copies. The asterisk indicating confused numbering of the plates but all are present. A run of an important journal in its formative years. The contents pages read like a who's who of nineteenth century microscopists writing on all matter of observations equipment lenses improvements and observations e.g. vol. 9 contains a number of articles and illustrations on penicillin ferments. The text is illustrated throughout. Bureaux du Journal hardcover books
1747réf. 24065London: T Heath Mathematical Instrument-maker . 1747. First Edition. Full contemporary half leather. Very good; binding rubbed; some rumpling to the extreme fore-edge of the folded plates. 8vo xxiii 1 - errata 1 - 107 1 - blank pp. 6 plates and a folding frontispiece illustrating the contents of the case of instruments. An early book explaining the use of the cased instruments. The author also provides a notable if truncated history of mathematical instruments of all sorts and a handlist of published works on the subject from the 16th century. Uncommon. See Clifton p. 131 for Thomas Heath. T Heath, Mathematical Instrument-maker .... hardcover books
1827réf. 23078London: Printed for Thomas and George Underwood . 1827. First Edition. Contemporary three-quarter leather over binder's cloth. Very good; binding somewhat dry; two spots on the front cover. 8vo xvi 1 - 146 2 - adverts pp. 12 lithographic plates. A renown work for its introduction of new orthopedic devices for simple and complex cases. The book is an outline of the application of Amesbury's inventions and transcriptions of individual procedures from his case book. He also notes in the introduction that the various apparatus he refers to may be obtained at the shop of Mr Grafton in King Street Clifton Directory . p. 117 citing later dates and different addresses. Despite the evident hucksterism the treatise is of value for its awareness and treatment of orthopedic problems and collateral issues e.g. soft tissue trauma accompanying broken bones. In all an informed and remarkably adept treatise. Hirsch I p. 113. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood .... hardcover books
1905réf. 21058ca1920 / ca1905. Original manufacturer's fitted boxes. Near Fine. Two Planimeters in their original velvet and satin lined boxes. The Willis instrument retains its original 8 pp. instructional pamphlet. Planimeters are designed to find the area of a figure profiles plans sections indicator diagrams drawn to any scale on a plane surface by simple mechanical operation. The area is computed by tracing the outline of figure the maximum was a figure of 22 inches in diameter for this size instrument with the tracing point and reading out the result on a graduated measuring wheel; the scale on this device will read out to hundredths of a square inch. It is based on a design by the Swiss mathematician Jacob Amsler in 1856 who licensed it to Keuffel & Esser. The K & E instrument offered here has their catalog identification number 4211. The Willis design uses somewhat different construction and a novel readout design that purports to enhance accuracy because its tracing arm is able to move in a uniform "frictionless" precise manner without regard to the paper or surface quality. The readout can be changed to any of six scales provided with the mechanism. The last patent date cited is 1901 with an instrument serial number 5592. See Zoller Instruments and Methods . SIS Bulletin v. 75 2002 pp. 11-17. unknown books
1582réf. 13078Florence: G Marescotti 1582. First Edition. Modern linen over boards. Good with some erratic spotting and toning; backstrip wanting. Small 4to 53 1 - printer's device & privilege. The book is illustrated throughout. Lupicini was a military engineer who as early as 1552 had been involved in the sieges of Montalcino and Monticchiello. He also worked as a hydraulic engineer for the city of Venice. The book offered here is his explanation of a new astronomical staff devised by him. It could be used for various surveying problems or as a geometrical quadrant and cross-staff. The instrument also included a magnetic compass Breman and the text discusses its application to ballistics and cartography. This is the only printing of the treatise. Adams L-1723; Breman pp. 212 - 213; Riccardi II 59; H-L #2741; Sphaera Mundi #35. G Marescotti hardcover books
1890réf. 13043Various places: Various publishers ca 1890. First Editions. Original printed wrappers. There is some occ. chipping and separation of wrappers; otherwise very good. 8vo. All are illustrated. A superb group of late 19th century trade catalogs for German manufacturers of precision instruments for medical laboratories. In the instance of Petzold the firm was also known for its astronomical instruments. They are as follows: 1 W Petzhold - Instrumente und Apparate Physiologische Experimente und Vivisectionen Leipzig 1888 8vo. 20 pp. illustrated.; 2 E Zimmermann - Preis-Verzeichniss uber Apparate zu psychologischen u. physiologischen Experimenten Leipzig 1894 20 pp.; 3 O Moecke inhaber der firma O Hornn - Illustrietes Preis-Verzeichniss chirurgischer Instrumente . Leipzig 1888; 4 W Pfeffer - Ein neuer heizbarer Objecttisch . Leipzig 1890 18 pp. illustrated - WITH separately printed advertisements for the thermostat and object table in proof; 5 F Majer - Physiologische Apparate Leipzig 1888 illustrated - WITH an albumen print of the Hurthle kymographion and three sheets of autograph notes identified as 1897 in a clear hand describing same and its use and adjustment manufactured by Eugen Albrecht of Tubingen Universitats-Mechanikus. A rare group of German instrument makers catalogs. The Moecke has one holding in OCLC at Leipzig; everything else is unlocated. Various publishers unknown books
