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1986réf. 9021806New York: William Morrow 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. William Morrow hardcover books
2007réf. 187300Metro Books 2007-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Metro Books hardcover books
1967réf. S8162Washington D.C.:: NASA 1967. 1967. 8vo. v 132 pp. Figs. glossary. Pictorial wrappers. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz California Institute of Technology. FINE. NASA, 1967. unknown books
1979réf. S7030In: Science Vol. 205 No. 4401 6 July 1979. Washington D.C.:: American Association for the Advancement of Science 1979. 1979. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Pages 99-102. Entire issue: 1-130 pp. 4 figs. 1 table. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. with: KLIORE et al. "Polar ionosphere of Venus near the terminator from early pioneer Venus Orbiter radio occultations." In: Science Vol. 203 No. 4382 23 February 1979. Washington D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science 1979. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Pages 695-826. Entire issue: 1-130 pp. 3 figs. 1 table. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. unknown books
1986réf. 107649Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. First Edition and complete row of numbers from 10 to 1 on the copyright page. Love letters from Henry Miller to Brenda Venus. Previous owner's name written on half-title. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co hardcover books
35pp. illustré de quelques tableaux et figures dans le texte + 2 planches hors-texte dont une dépliante, 32cm., br., extrait des Annales de l'observatoire royal de Bruxelles (tome V. 1e fasc.), qqs. rousseurs, bon état, rare, W94738
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous full-page photographs throughout; handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. Lovely copy of one of the great iconic photographic statements of the Sixties - on a par with Haskins' 'Five Girls' and 'Cowboy Kate'. Hasselblad, 'The Open Book', pp. 224-225.
1st edition. Pages browned else very good condition paperback. (Contemporary Science Paperbacks ; 16). 51040. eng
pp. 14, 16, 14, cb, 12, 20, 1 tav. Le cinque “note” che compongono questo scritto sono di importanza capitale per la storia dell’astronomia: oltre a ipotizzare la lentezza di rotazione di Venere, Schiaparelli conclude che il pianeta sia avvolto costantemente da una coltre di nubi: è il primo scienziato a formulare quest’ipotesi nella storia dell’astronomia, ipotesi che – insieme ad altre – sarà destinata a resistere fino ai nostri giorni. La serie è estratta manualmente dai volumi dei “Rendiconti” del Reale Istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere. Compresa la tavola. In these five “note”, Schiaparelli reports his discoveries about the slow rotation of Venus, and for the first time makes the hypotesis on the blanket of clouds surrounding the planet, that is considered his discovery. The serie is materially taken from the volumes of the “Rendiconti del Reale istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere”, including the plate.
In-8°; cc. (12). Edizione originale del poema di Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola, una delle prime fonti sulla collezione di statuaria antica conservata al Giardino del Belvedere in Vaticano. Scritto nell’ultimo anno del pontificato di Giulio II (1503-1513), l’opera sottolinea la passione per le antichità classiche che con questo papa divenne una vera e propria moda nella Roma del tempo. Molti si domandarono se fosse idoneo consevare nel tempio della cristianità una collezione che esaltava anche le divinità pagane. Pico, seguace della corrente savonaroliana che denigrava la cultura rinascimentale del recupero e dell’imitazione dei classici romani e greci, si serve di quest’opera per stigmatizzare questa contrasto, proponendo nei suoi versi la Vergine Maria come contraltare alla Venere classica, presentando la collezione del vaticano come la manifestazione fisica della corruzione culturale e morale della Roma di Giulio II. Nella lettera a Francesco Giraldi, umanista ed erudito nativo di Ferrara, datata 1512, Pico offre una sorta di panoramica sulle statue collocate nel Belvedere: sono tra le prime parole che vengono spese sul posizionamento in quel luogo di quello che fu il simbolo della rinascita del classico, il gruppo del Laocoonte ritrovato presso la Domus Aurea nel 1506 e acquistato da Giulio II. Vengono anche citate la statua di Apollo e Cleopatra, e la grande immagine del Tevere. Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola (1470-1533), nipote di Giovanni Pico, autore di una biografia su Savonarola, si fece portavoce di una difesa degli insegnamenti cristiani contro la nuova cultura nascente. Salvatore Settis, Sonia Maffei, Ludovico Rebaudo, Laocoonte, fama e stile: “La matrice antica del luogo, giardino delle Esperidi, luogo ideale per l’ozio filosofico, centro della nuova politica di Giulio II colpisce Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; è li che egli ambienta il De Venere et cupidine cogliendo la natura pagana del luogo: Laocoonte e le anticaglie solo identificate per veloci evocazioni, sono quasi come idoli chiamati ad animare il regno di Venere e della vana venustas”. The original edition of the poem by Pico della Mirandola, one of the first sources on the collection of ancient statues preserved in the Belvedere Vatican Garden. Written during the last year of pontificate by Julius II (1513), the work underlines the passion for classic antiquities that became, with this Pope, a fever in contemporary Rome. Many was wondering if it was suitable to put a heaten sculpture collection in Vatican. Pico, follower of Savonarola in blaming Renaissance culture of recovery and imitation of Roman empire, through this work means to criticize the moral and cultural corruption of Iulius II Rome, putting this collection as its physical manifestation, and in his verses he puts the Holy Mary to counterbalance the classic Venus. In his letter to Giraldi, Pico offers a bird’s eye view on statues put in Belvedere. These are between the first words spent about the putting in this place of a symbol of Classic rebirth: the Laocoon found in the Domus Aurea area and bought by the pope.
Nîmes, Librairie Teissier, 1938. Grand In-8 broché de151 pages + XVI planches photos en hors-texte en fin. Exemplaire non coupé en parfait état.
français In-8 de 223 pp. + 2 pl. h.t.; demi-chagrin bleu de nuit à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, plats de couverture conservés (reliure postérieure). Bibliothèque des mystères.
Mulhouse, Braun et Cie, 1953. Un fascicule de 16 pp. nombreuses héliogravures. Edité par les Laboratoires Fluxines à l'intention des médecins. Vénus vue au travers de peintres célèbres. Bel état.
160p. Text drawings by Rino Dussi. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Hardbound. Nice copy. SPACE/1
Bella cromolitografia del 1843 tratta dalla celebre opera di botanica "Flora der Schweiz" di Heinrich Romer sulla flora della Svizzera. In buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Segni di colla al verso. Specularia arvensis TECNICA: Cromolitografia DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 17,5x11 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 16x9,5 EPOCA: 1843 CONDIZIONI: Buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Resto di colla al verso.Beautiful chromolythography of 1843 taken form the famous work of botany "Flora der Schweiz" by Heinrich Romer about flowers of Switzerland. In good conditions, some foxings. Glue signs in the verso of page. TECHNIQUE: Lytography PAGE SIZE: cm 17,5x11 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 16x9,5 PERIOD: 1843 CONDITION: good conditions with some foxings. Little tears in the lower edge. Glue signs in the verso of page.
Due opere rilegater in un volume in 12o (8x13 cm). Legatura coeva in piena pelle, dorso a nervi ornato e dorato (un restauro al piatto; due angoli smussati)- 1- …ad usum ordinem et nitorem revocata studio et opera N.S. Sanadonis. 348 pagine (+10 di Index + 2 bianche) - 2-… avec des remarques critiques sur la meme piece. (2)-XVIII-(2)-63-(3) pagine. Gli inni sono pubblicatii in latino con traduzione a fronte. Le remarques occupano le pagg. 14-63. - La traduzione francese di Sanadon rimase a lungo un modello di riferimento, per quanto discusso - Di notevole interesse la pubblicazione dell'Inno per le feste di Venere, canto per la fertilità dei campi e delle donne. - E. O. Prima edizione.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 200pp. An account of some forgotten/bizarre/curious/unusual observations about the planets of the solar system plus one stellar event.
" In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo. From the moment of its discovery a battle for possession ensued and was won, eventually, by the French. Touted by her keepers in the Louvre as the great classical find of the era, the sculpture gained instant celebrity - but its origins had yet to be documented or verified.From the flurry of excitement surrounding her discovery, to the raging disputes over her authenticity, to the politics and personalities that have given rise to her mystique, Gregory Curtis has given us a riveting look at the embattled legacy of a beloved icon and a remarkable tribute to one of the world's great works of art" 272p. illus. bibliography. index. Book
" In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo. From the moment of its discovery a battle for possession ensued and was won, eventually, by the French. Touted by her keepers in the Louvre as the great classical find of the era, the sculpture gained instant celebrity - but its origins had yet to be documented or verified.From the flurry of excitement surrounding her discovery, to the raging disputes over her authenticity, to the politics and personalities that have given rise to her mystique, Gregory Curtis has given us a riveting look at the embattled legacy of a beloved icon and a remarkable tribute to one of the world's great works of art" 272p. illus. bibliography. index. Book
"A deliciously provocative tale . Venus was a late-comer among the Olympian gods, and her origins were shrouded in mystery. Some said she had risen from the sea, but there was no certainty about it. As the young wife of Vulcan, she came to as human a family of gods as you're likely to meet. Enjoying their transitory godhead, they were little interested in such weighty matters as Progress and Reform, and among then Vulcan was the only one who ever did any work. Venus started out as an exemplary daughter-in-law - ignoring Juno's feline suspicion of her youth and beauty; meeting Jupiter's double entendres with trusting innocence; and inspiring friendship in the roguish heart of Mars.Here are polished wit and a wicked use of humor for ulterior motives - Ambrosia sprinkled with Attic salt" 155p. illus.Coles bookstore stamp on ffep.Dj now in protective seeve/ Book
in-12, 141 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Tres bel exemplaire, non coupe. [NV-14]
in-12, 134 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bon état général (plis de lecture au dos). [DV-4]
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
Features/Photos: Iranian earthquake kills 20,000; Farnborough 1962; Politburo versus Willaya IV - Algeria; Royal Tomb at Igbo, Nigeria; Mariner II - tearing the viel from Venus; Colour photos of nuclear explosion 200 miles over Johnson Island; Southern California Brush Land Fire; and more. Centerfold loose from one staple. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Are Space Probes Worth It? - L.V. Berkner argues yes; Drama of the Secretary-General of the U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold) in photos; No, it is Not Money Down the Drain - foreign aid is doing some good - two Asian students speak; It's Now Forty Pay-Later Billions - article about American consumer debt; Venus Wasn't a Shot-Putter - article on athletic women and their attractiveness to men; 'My Friends' (You Assorted Nitwits) - humorous dissection of election speeches; Of the 'Peaceable Kingdom' - Edward Hicks was America's greatest primitive painter; Francisco Franco Ponders - What Kind of King will succeed him? - Don Juan or Juan Carlos; The Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling Along - a look at the luxury auto brand; Magnificent color-photo centerfold ad for Rheingold lager beer features the candidates for Miss Rheingold '61 riding in a white Lincoln Continental convertible - Liz Gardner, Barbara Weingarth, Annette Cash, Peggy Jacobsen, Linday Bromley and Janet Mick; Nice color-photo ad for Dr. Posner scientific shoes; Article on Ocean Grove, NJ; How Black is the White Lie?; Interior design photos of built-ins - beds, closets, chests, etc.; Vintage ad for Puritron air cleaners; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate chipping and yellowing at periphery. A sound copy. Book
