17.208 Ergebnisse
1788Best.-Nr. 41603London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 253-265 1 blank pp as issued. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening else Very Good. "Numb. 29." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Helstgon in the County Cornwall; and also A Petition of the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury: Were severally presented to the House and read; representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being sent State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 46795Pasadena: Press of the Leonard Company 1904. 1904. 6" x 3 1/4" in 3 1/4" x 6." Three sheets of coated stock with five folds resulting in 36 panels and housed in light blue wrappers printed in red and gold with green highlights. Bound with two staples. "Pasadena situated one thousand feet above and twenty-four miles from the Pacific Ocean has fifteen thousand people eleven public schools including the new $100000 high school; Throop Polytechnic Institute; a $50000 free library containing twenty-four thousand volumes; two beautiful parks; fine streets; over one hundred miles of cement sidewalks; a complete sewer system; gas and electric plants; the finest street railway system in the United States; and last but not least a climate summer and winter that has no rival." Includes photographic images of Pasadena schools and residences the Hotel Green the Hotel Maryland and Marengo Avenue. The Pasadena Board of Trade precursor to today’s Pasadena Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1888. It was conceived to promote a positive business climate in Pasadena and it was an early collaborator with the Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena’s New Year events. In 1895 when the Valley Hunt Club determined it was unable to continue staging the Rose Parade the Board of Trade saved the event and initiated the formation of the Tournament of Roses Association. It is also credited with proposing the construction of the Colorado Street Bridge across the Arroyo Seco then leading the effort to design finance and construct the iconic structure. Minor stain to the inner margin with a bit of toning and light wear to the wrappers and page edges. Very good. Press of the Leonard Company, 1904. unknown
1520Best.-Nr. 2344New York: Dr. Jeanne Walter n.d. ca. 1915-20. 24mo 5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm 23 1 pages in printed stapled wrappers soft cover. An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh relieve any kind of rheumatism skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" page 3. This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin bust and abdominal reducers as well as jackets suits belts and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion and by drawing out the uric acid from the system relieving any rheumatic condition that may exist" page 20. The pamphlet doesn't carry a date. But 1915 would have been the earliest date of issue based on an advertisement in The New York Times of October 3 1915 in which the company announced a new address of 353 Fifth Avenue the same address printed on the pamphlet. OCLC shows one institutional holding of a 1909 edition that carries a different title pagination and size at the American Textile History Museum Library. However there are no holdings of this edition. RARE. CONDITION: Some nicks and creasing to wrappers stains to lower wrapper rusting to staples tiny ink mark at bottom corner throughout. A Very Good copy. Dr. Jeanne Walter
Best.-Nr. 223150Toulouse, Claude-Gilles Lecamus, s.d. (1721) in-4, 4 pp., en feuille.
1741Best.-Nr. ABC_50545Amsterdam: Hendrik Boussière 1741. Tipped into a passe-partout. A long sheet ca. 40.5 x 14.5 cm printed on two sides with the woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam at the head. Exceptionally rare issue of a commodity price current for the Amsterdam market providing merchants with up-to-date market prices for a wide range of goods. This publication was issued every Monday from 1609 onward although comparable price lists are known to have circulated as early as 1585. To regulate the market the guilds of merchants and traders were required to publish standardised price information on a weekly basis. These lists were submitted to the authorities such as the mayor sheriff and aldermen as well as to subscribers but could also be purchased at the stock exchange. They were especially popular among foreign merchants.The present issue dated 13 February 1741 provides a detailed overview of contemporary market prices across a wide range of commodities. These include herbs and spices sugar materials for paint production pharmaceutical goods salt metals and munitions flax and hemp animal skins pitch and tar fish oils tobacco honey and wax as well as various textiles including silks cottons and woollens. It further records prices for butter wines grains and seeds. The list concludes with exchange rates for several currencies. Ephemeral by nature and often discarded after use these publications are now very scarce. We have only been able to trace one other copy of the present issue.The work has been folded in the past the bottom margin has been cut somewhat short with some loss of text. Otherwise in very good condition.l Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis PM 405 1 copy; Wittop Koning Geschiedenis van de Pharmacie in Nederland figure 78 this copy; cf. W.P. Sautijn Kluit "De Amsterdamsche prijs-courantiers in de 17e en 18e eeuw" in: R. Fruin red. Bijdragen voor vaderlandsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde Nieuwe Reeks deel 8 1875 p. 58-66; STCN 427437431 1 copy other issue from the same year; Wittop Koning p. 82. Hendrik Boussière, unknown
1741Best.-Nr. ABC_50545Amsterdam 1741. Hendrik Boussière Tipped into a passe-partout. A long sheet ca. 40.5 x 14.5 cm printed on two sides with the woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam at the head. 2 pp. Exceptionally rare issue of a commodity price current for the Amsterdam market providing merchants with up-to-date market prices for a wide range of goods. This publication was issued every Monday from 1609 onward although comparable price lists are known to have circulated as early as 1585. To regulate the market the guilds of merchants and traders were required to publish standardised price information on a weekly basis. These lists were submitted to the authorities such as the mayor sheriff and aldermen as well as to subscribers but could also be purchased at the stock exchange. They were especially popular among foreign merchants.The present issue dated 13 February 1741 provides a detailed overview of contemporary market prices across a wide range of commodities. These include herbs and spices sugar materials for paint production pharmaceutical goods salt metals and munitions flax and hemp animal skins pitch and tar fish oils tobacco honey and wax as well as various textiles including silks cottons and woollens. It further records prices for butter wines grains and seeds. The list concludes with exchange rates for several currencies. Ephemeral by nature and often discarded after use these publications are now very scarce. We have only been able to trace one other copy of the present issue.The work has been folded in the past the bottom margin has been cut somewhat short with some loss of text. Otherwise in very good condition.l Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis PM 405 1 copy; Wittop Koning Geschiedenis van de Pharmacie in Nederland figure 78 this copy; cf. W.P. Sautijn Kluit "De Amsterdamsche prijs-courantiers in de 17e en 18e eeuw" in: R. Fruin red. Bijdragen voor vaderlandsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde Nieuwe Reeks deel 8 1875 p. 58-66; STCN 427437431 1 copy other issue from the same year; Wittop Koning p. 82. unknown
1801Best.-Nr. 57454Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior February 9 1801. With a Contemporary Manuscript Document The official Articles of Association for the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce adopted when it was founded on January 5 1801 along with a manuscript document regarding changes to those rules written shortly after. The titlepage of the ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION exists in two states; this is the much rarer state which specifies the month and date in the imprint. The Chamber was established according to these articles "for the purpose of aiding the Trade of the City of Philadelphia by carrying into effect such Rules and Regulations as may from time to time be established with respect to our Commerce and the adjustment of Mercantile differences between each other." The Chamber of Commerce was founded exclusively for merchants with rule XV stating that "No person can become a Member of this Institution who is not a citizen of the United States and a trading merchant of the city of Philadelphia either as a ship owner importer or exporter or a marine insurance broker." This rule was reversed in 1834 when the Chamber of Commerce was absorbed into the Philadelphia Board of Trade and became open to all businessmen. The accompanying manuscript document dated March 2 1801 is addressed to Thomas Willing Francis and regards the proposed reconsideration of Rule XII which states that members may not refuse to submit their accounts to the Chamber in the case of a legal dispute as well as a handful of other motions. Thomas Willing Francis 1767-1815 was a Philadelphia native from a long line of Pennsylvania businessmen. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1814 he entered the family firm of Willing & Francis - the firm which had sent the first recorded American ship to China for the purpose of trading opium nearly a decade before. He was a founding member of the Chamber of Commerce achieved the rank of captain in the Second Philadelphia City Cavalry and served as a director of numerous other Philadelphia organizations. A significant document in the economic and civic history of Philadelphia with a rare manuscript addition from less than a month after publication and two months after the Chamber's founding. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine ends chipped corners a bit worn. Manuscript with some old folds and light creases. Very good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1148. SABIN 61974. unknown
1801Best.-Nr. 57454Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior February 9 1801. With a Contemporary Manuscript Document The official Articles of Association for the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce adopted when it was founded on January 5 1801 along with a manuscript document regarding changes to those rules written shortly after. The titlepage of the ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION exists in two states; this is the much rarer state which specifies the month and date in the imprint. The Chamber was established according to these articles "for the purpose of aiding the Trade of the City of Philadelphia by carrying into effect such Rules and Regulations as may from time to time be established with respect to our Commerce and the adjustment of Mercantile differences between each other." The Chamber of Commerce was founded exclusively for merchants with rule XV stating that "No person can become a Member of this Institution who is not a citizen of the United States and a trading merchant of the city of Philadelphia either as a ship owner importer or exporter or a marine insurance broker." This rule was reversed in 1834 when the Chamber of Commerce was absorbed into the Philadelphia Board of Trade and became open to all businessmen. The accompanying manuscript document dated March 2 1801 is addressed to Thomas Willing Francis and regards the proposed reconsideration of Rule XII which states that members may not refuse to submit their accounts to the Chamber in the case of a legal dispute as well as a handful of other motions. Thomas Willing Francis 1767-1815 was a Philadelphia native from a long line of Pennsylvania businessmen. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1814 he entered the family firm of Willing & Francis - the firm which had sent the first recorded American ship to China for the purpose of trading opium nearly a decade before. He was a founding member of the Chamber of Commerce achieved the rank of captain in the Second Philadelphia City Cavalry and served as a director of numerous other Philadelphia organizations. A significant document in the economic and civic history of Philadelphia with a rare manuscript addition from less than a month after publication and two months after the Chamber's founding. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine ends chipped corners a bit worn. Manuscript with some old folds and light creases. Very good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1148. SABIN 61974. unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 10258Various places 1915. Twenty-six trade cards all illustrated with portraits of the proprietors some with real photo illustrations. Various sizes largest 16.5 x 15.5 cm. some printed both sides. The businesses include restaurants cafes a grocer an oyster house a fruit house lunch counter confectionery & ice cream fish and canned goods a hotel with fishing parties a "Schlitz Forum & Cafe" a beer bottler a nurseryman wine & liquor shop a saloon a buffet and short order lunch counter a chop house a summer garden dining hall and candy shop. Boston Mass. Brooklyn N.Y. Iowa New Orleans Vermont Providence Rhode Island Springfield Ill. New Bedford Mass. Bainbridge Bradford & Walnutport Penn. Iowa Rochester Rensselaer & Syracuse N.Y. Philadelphia Two Rivers Wisc. Lake Mills Wisc. Metamora Ill. Toledo Ohio and others. Condition varies but most are very good or better. unknown
1915Best.-Nr. 10258Various places 1915. Twenty-six trade cards all illustrated with portraits of the proprietors some with real photo illustrations. Various sizes largest 16.5 x 15.5 cm. some printed both sides. The businesses include restaurants cafes a grocer an oyster house a fruit house lunch counter confectionery & ice cream fish and canned goods a hotel with fishing parties a "Schlitz Forum & Cafe" a beer bottler a nurseryman wine & liquor shop a saloon a buffet and short order lunch counter a chop house a summer garden dining hall and candy shop. Boston Mass. Brooklyn N.Y. Iowa New Orleans Vermont Providence Rhode Island Springfield Ill. New Bedford Mass. Bainbridge Bradford & Walnutport Penn. Iowa Rochester Rensselaer & Syracuse N.Y. Philadelphia Two Rivers Wisc. Lake Mills Wisc. Metamora Ill. Toledo Ohio and others. Condition varies but most are very good or better. unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 42850Leicester UK: Cascelloid 1930. Very good . Beautifully-produced trade catalogue from the Cascelloid "Palitoy" company displaying a wide range of baby dolls and other toys. Several uncomfortable designs of black children with pitch-dark skin date this catalogue at roughly the 1930s when the Cascelloid company was dubbed the "House of Constant Progress" by the industry press for its material innovations with the plastics Bexoid and Plastex. One page features a celluoid model by the noted designer Mary Lucie Attwell a doll named "Diddums." The catalogue also displays the company's offerings of animal dolls die-cast trucks pool toys golf and ping-pong sets rattles pinwheels and more. Needless to say color photography was not the norm at this time and this catalogue comprises a beautiful set of vivid and sharp photographic prints. A truly exceptional example unlike anything we've seen: simultaneously surreal and nostalgic. Oblong 4to. album. Blue leather-covered boards. Contains 29 color photographs all 9" by 6.5" approx. mounted on rectos one each of light-gray cardboard leaves. About very good plus overall. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Several pages display mild soiling and offsetting from photos. Prints just a bit yellowed but remain sharp vivid and clean. [Cascelloid] unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 42850Leicester UK: Cascelloid 1930. Very good . Beautifully-produced trade catalogue from the Cascelloid "Palitoy" company displaying a wide range of baby dolls and other toys. Several uncomfortable designs of black children with pitch-dark skin date this catalogue at roughly the 1930s when the Cascelloid company was dubbed the "House of Constant Progress" by the industry press for its material innovations with the plastics Bexoid and Plastex. One page features a celluoid model by the noted designer Mary Lucie Attwell a doll named "Diddums." The catalogue also displays the company's offerings of animal dolls die-cast trucks pool toys golf and ping-pong sets rattles pinwheels and more. Needless to say color photography was not the norm at this time and this catalogue comprises a beautiful set of vivid and sharp photographic prints. A truly exceptional example unlike anything we've seen: simultaneously surreal and nostalgic. Oblong 4to. album. Blue leather-covered boards. Contains 29 color photographs all 9" by 6.5" approx. mounted on rectos one each of light-gray cardboard leaves. About very good plus overall. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Several pages display mild soiling and offsetting from photos. Prints just a bit yellowed but remain sharp vivid and clean. [Cascelloid] unknown books
1813Best.-Nr. List1947Plymouth 1813. Plymouth Devon England: 21st July 1813. Folio 7 pages 13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches duty blindstamp small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page two seals to the last page signed twice by Galindo. Toned some small repaired tears using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair tape very good to near fine. Very Good. An interesting document of privateering in the Peninsular war this 'Public Instrument of Protest' documents a Portuguese captain and crew complaint in detail to an English notary. After sailing from Calcutta to Brazil and then from Rio to just outside of Lisbon their ship the 700-ton 'Oceano' was seized and comprehensively ransacked by a French privateer the 'Lion' out of Lorient. Most of the crew and passengers were offloaded onto a passing American vessel the 'Leda' bound for Lisbon. Meanwhile the 'Lyon' escorted her prize towards the nearest French port but before a friendly haven was reached they were both set upon by the brigantine HMS 'Achates'. The 'Lyon' escaped but the 'Ocean' was captured by Commander Morrison and the 'Achetes'. The 'Ocean' was taken to Plymouth and moored in the Hamoaze. The remaining Portuguese crew who had been forced to remain aboard the 'Ocean' by the French got a message to the 'Ocean's Master Dn. Ignacio Joze Martins and he and the boatswain made their way to Plymouth as quickly as possible. The sworn statement presented here is in English thanks to the translation given by Francisco Martins d' Magalhaens master of a Portuguese ship "now dwelling in Plymouth" The 'Oceano' sailed from Calcutta to Brazil arriving 10th February 1813. She left Rio on 4th April all was plain sailing until the afternoon of the 7th June off the Rock of Lisbon when the 'Lion' showed up first under false British colors then French. The fighting was fierce the privateer was driven off once but eventually the 'Oceano' was taken. The night of the 7th June was spent by the French 'conveying everything Moveable and Valuable from the Ocean to the Privateer'. The 'Leda' the US vessel landed the majority of the 'Ocean's crew including the Master in Lisbon on the evening of the 9th June.Monday 14th June the 'Lyon' engaged in a running battle with HMS 'Achates' and escaped but the 'Achates' did capture the 'Ocean'. Wednesday 16th June the 'Ocean' arrived in Plymouth under the watchful eye of the 'Achates'. Receiving the crew's message the Captain of the 'Ocean' left Lisbon for Falmouth and then Plymouth arriving on the 20th July. The document was dated 21st July 1813. Full transcription available. unknown
1813Best.-Nr. List1947Plymouth 1813. Plymouth Devon England: 21st July 1813. Folio 7 pages 13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches duty blindstamp small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page two seals to the last page signed twice by Galindo. Toned some small repaired tears using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair tape very good to near fine. Very Good. An interesting document of privateering in the Peninsular war this 'Public Instrument of Protest' documents a Portuguese captain and crew complaint in detail to an English notary. After sailing from Calcutta to Brazil and then from Rio to just outside of Lisbon their ship the 700-ton 'Oceano' was seized and comprehensively ransacked by a French privateer the 'Lion' out of Lorient. Most of the crew and passengers were offloaded onto a passing American vessel the 'Leda' bound for Lisbon. Meanwhile the 'Lyon' escorted her prize towards the nearest French port but before a friendly haven was reached they were both set upon by the brigantine HMS 'Achates'. The 'Lyon' escaped but the 'Ocean' was captured by Commander Morrison and the 'Achetes'. The 'Ocean' was taken to Plymouth and moored in the Hamoaze. The remaining Portuguese crew who had been forced to remain aboard the 'Ocean' by the French got a message to the 'Ocean's Master Dn. Ignacio Joze Martins and he and the boatswain made their way to Plymouth as quickly as possible. The sworn statement presented here is in English thanks to the translation given by Francisco Martins d' Magalhaens master of a Portuguese ship "now dwelling in Plymouth" The 'Oceano' sailed from Calcutta to Brazil arriving 10th February 1813. She left Rio on 4th April all was plain sailing until the afternoon of the 7th June off the Rock of Lisbon when the 'Lion' showed up first under false British colors then French. The fighting was fierce the privateer was driven off once but eventually the 'Oceano' was taken. The night of the 7th June was spent by the French 'conveying everything Moveable and Valuable from the Ocean to the Privateer'. The 'Leda' the US vessel landed the majority of the 'Ocean's crew including the Master in Lisbon on the evening of the 9th June.Monday 14th June the 'Lyon' engaged in a running battle with HMS 'Achates' and escaped but the 'Achates' did capture the 'Ocean'. Wednesday 16th June the 'Ocean' arrived in Plymouth under the watchful eye of the 'Achates'. Receiving the crew's message the Captain of the 'Ocean' left Lisbon for Falmouth and then Plymouth arriving on the 20th July. The document was dated 21st July 1813. Full transcription available. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 206858S.l.n.d. (1730) placard in-folio de 57 x 43 cm, texte sur trois colonnes. Bords ébarbés, avec des traces d'humidité.
Best.-Nr. 202005Limoges, L. Barbou, s.d. (1790) in-folio (53 x 42 cm), texte sur deux colonnes, en feuille. Importantes traces d'humidité.
Best.-Nr. 197828Annecy, Typographie L. Thésio, s.d. (1870) placard in-plano de 77 x 55 cm, en feuille.
Best.-Nr. 13975369Dresde: 1754 in12, vi-(8)-478 pages, Reliure veau d'ép. très usée avec fortes épidermures et 2 petits manques de cuir sur le premier plat. Reliure solide, intérieur en très bon état. Suivi en p. 409 d'un "Essai sur la police générale des grains". VENDU EN L'ETAT.
Best.-Nr. 234668Paris, 1701 - 1791 22 pièces in-4, en feuilles.
Best.-Nr. 205827S.l.n.d. (1787) in-8, 50 pp., dérelié. Manque la page de titre.
Best.-Nr. 174960Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, (1792) in-8, 4 pp. Petit manque angulaire sans atteinte au texte.
Best.-Nr. 11147A Paris / A Orléans, chez Debure l'Aîné / chez la Veuve Rouzeau-Montaut, 1781.2 tomes reliés en un fort volume au format in-12 ( de 1 f. bl., xvi - 480 pp. ; vi pp., 1 f. n.fol. et 208 pp Reliure de l'époque de plein veau marbré havane, dos à nerfs ornés de filets pièce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge, titre doré, tomaison dorée, toutes tranches rouges. . ''Pothier, le plus célèbre des jurisconsultes que la France ait produit, fut conseiller au présidial d'Orléans et professeur en droit de l'université de cette même ville'' (in Quérard). Il est considéré comme le père du Code civil.bon état coiffe superieure legerement émoussée
1929Best.-Nr. 53825N.P.: Privately printed n.d. ca 1929. 1929. OREGON. 9 3/16" x 7 3/4" in color pictorial wrappers. 32 pp. including wrappers. Illustrations. History of Oregon along with information on its residential community industry its port and airport its beaches the Upper and Lower Columbia River Highway Mt. Hood the Pacific the Dalles-California the Roosevelt and the Redwood Highways the Old Oregon Trail Klamath Falls various available activities for visitors etc. Numerous photographs throughout some in color. Pictures include livestock orchards scenery individuals participating in a variety of activities the Roosevelt Highway the "Pipe Organ" St. Peter's Dome Crater Lake Wallowa Lake Mt. Hood residences etc. 2 pages have blue ink to margins. Rear wrapper with 4 blue ink spots ad with light soiling to both wrappers and light wear to the extremities. Very good. Privately printed, n.d. [ca 1929]. unknown
1751Best.-Nr. AQ31219Lisbon: s.n. 1751. Single sheet printed on both sides. A trifle creased. A rare survival of a mid-eighteenth century edict issued by King José I of Portugal forbidding traders to transport slaves from Portuguese seaports to colonial territories held by other nations. The Portuguese slave trade experienced continual growth throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century in particular from West African colony of Luanda from which between the issue of this edict in 1751 to 1760 an average of 10 940 enslaved Africans were trafficked annually. OCLC records copies at just three locations BL NYPL and UoL; COPAC adds one further Senate House. . Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. [s.n.] unknown
Best.-Nr. 165609Paris, Lottin, 1789 in-8, 126 pp., dérelié.
