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1673ref. 116729Coignard 1673 in-folio A Paris, Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1673, in-folio à grandes marges de 285x420 mm environ, (2) ff., 1 frontispice, page de titre, (8) ff. (Epistre, Préface), 325 pages, (7) ff. (Table), (1) f. (Privilège), (3) ff. Pleine reliure granitée d'époque, dos à 6 nerfs, titres dorés, caissons ornés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées. Reliure restaurée, ors passés, restauration de la page de titre, importantes traces de mouillures marginales sur les 4 feuillets liminaires puis petites auréoles marginales et éparses au long du volume, légères déchirures sans atteinte au texte sur 2 feuillets, pagination fantaisiste à partir de la page 238 (sans manque). Bel exemplaire malgré les défauts signalés, intérieur très frais.
In-folio, 57 ll., 1bl.; engraved title and 51 full-page engraved plates, giving geodetic and cosmographic instruments and measurements; woodcut ornate initials and tailpieces, large Aldus anchor woodcut device at the end. Bound in contemporary cartonnage (reliure d'attente), with weak hinges; occasional light foxing, light dampstain at the bottom of the last leaves. Despite the title the work includes 50 full-page engravings, of which the last 7 are a supplement by Scala and are especially devoted to architecture and perspective.
1729ref. 46405273, 1729-1733 ; 6 pp. sur 6 ff. in-folio, 6 pièces calligraphiées, signées par le roi et par le directeur des bâtiments royaux. 5 sont des ordres de payement pour des travaux effectués dans les châteaux et autres possessions royales à Versailles, Marly, Saint-Germain, Compiègne et Fontainebleau, le sixième concerne la passation de la charge de trésorier des bâtiments royaux de M. Denis, à M. Guenebault.1) du 28 août 1729. “Il est ordonné à M. Jacques Denis trésorier général des Bâtiments de payer comptant (...) au nommé Metaier terrassier, la somme de cinq cent livres (...) à compte des ouvrages de terrasse qu’il fait dans les bâtiments du dehors de mon château de Versailles...”2) du 10 oct. 1729. “Il est ordonné à M. Jacques Denis trésorier général des Bâtiments de payer comptant (...) au nommé Denibicq menuisier la somme de deux mille sept cent cinquante livres (...) réparations de menuiseries (...) de Marly qu’à celui de Saint-Germain...”3) du 2 nov. 1729. “Il est ordonné à M. Jacques Denis trésorier général des Bâtiments de payer comptant (...) à Michel Godard terrassier la somme quinze cent livres (...) à compte de labourer & défrichement de terres qu’il sait dans mes pépinières et avancées de mes maisons royales (...)”4) le 8 août 1730. “Il est ordonné à M. Jean-Baptiste Guenebault commis par arrêt de mon conseil pour achever l’exercice de feu M. Jacques Denis trésorier général de mes bâtiments de payer comptant des deniers de son exercice de l’année dernière aux arpenteurs et dessinateurs qui ont esté employés sous la conduite du Sr. Matis géographe et arpenteur de mesdits bâtim. à dessiner les nouvelles cartes de ma forest de Compiègne la somme de cinq cent dix livres (...) pour son payement de leurs journées et des menues dépenses à ce sujet (...)”5) le 20 mars 1731. “Il est ordonné à M. Jean-Baptiste Guenebault commis par arrêt de mon conseil (...) à Simon Couturier terrassier la somme de deux cent soixt huit livres six sols huit deniers (...) des ouvrages de convoy et terrasse (...) aux pièces d’eau et bassins du jardin de mon château de Fontainebleau (...)”6) du 6 mars 1733. “Il est ordonné à M. Jean-Baptiste Guenebault commis par arrêt de mon conseil (...) de remettre comptant des deniers de l’exercice 1729 à M. Jean-François Denis trésorier général de mes bâtiments la somme de seize mille trois cent livres restant en ses mains faisant partie de son dernier exercice 1729 (...)”
2015ref. 114722Images Publishing Dist Ac. New. Hardcover. 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. 1864706511 . Images Publishing Dist Ac hardcover
1846ref. 19809(Paris, 1846) ; in folio, toile vert foncé, double encadrement de filets dorés maigre et gras, tranches dorées, titre doré en long ; papier de garde multicolore peigné (reliure de l’époque); [4], 6 planches gravées de plans des bâtiments et des jardins situés au N°56 du boulevard des Invalides à Paris.
1820ref. 3657Couverture rigide Etablissement lithographique du Comte de Lasteyrie 1820 Paris 29,5x22,5 cm
1854ref. 48328Zürich, Meyer und Zeller, (1854-) 1879. 4to. Contemporary halfcalf. Gilt spine, gilt letterinf. Fronthinge weakening. 1. Bericht (title without year): pp. (66-) 100 - 2.: pp. (110-) 155 - 3.: X,(73-) 116 - 4.: 34,(2) pp. - 5.: (4),(131-) 188 pp. - 6.: VIII,(245-) 320 pp. - 7.: (2),(4),69,(2),XII,(2) pp. - 8.: VIII,58 pp. and 85 lithographed plates, each with numerous illustr., 2 views (complete). Siebenter berich has 2 titlepages, the first: ""Résultat des Recherches exécutées dans les Lacs de la Suisse Occidentale depuis l'année 1866 decrit par V. Gross, F.-A. Forel et Edm. de Fellenberg"". The second: ""Pfahlbauten. Siebenter Bericht. Von Ferdinand Keller"". A few minor brownspots, internally clean.The work was published in ""Mittheilungen der antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich"", Bde IX,,XII,,XIII,,XIV,.XV,,XIX, a. XX. The work has successively belong to three well-known Danish archaeologist: Georg Sarauw, Axel Steensberg and J. Troels-Smith with their names on front free endpaper.Troels-Smith is internatonally known as one of the pioneers in Pollen Analysis, especially with his work ""Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen zu einigen Schweizerischen Pfahlbauproblemen"" founded on his excavations on the ""Pfahlbauten"".
1854ref. 48328Zürich Meyer und Zeller 1854- 1879. 4to. Contemporary halfcalf. Gilt spine gilt letterinf. Fronthinge weakening. 1. Bericht title without year: pp. 66- 100 - 2.: pp. 110- 155 - 3.: X73- 116 - 4.: 342 pp. - 5.: 4131- 188 pp. - 6.: VIII245- 320 pp. - 7.: 24692XII2 pp. - 8.: VIII58 pp. and 85 lithographed plates each with numerous illustr. 2 views complete. Siebenter berich has 2 titlepages the first: "Résultat des Recherches exécutées dans les Lacs de la Suisse Occidentale depuis l'année 1866 decrit par V. Gross F.-A. Forel et Edm. de Fellenberg". The second: "Pfahlbauten. Siebenter Bericht. Von Ferdinand Keller". A few minor brownspots internally clean.The work was published in "Mittheilungen der antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich" Bde IXXIIXIIIXIV.XVXIX a. XX. The work has successively belong to three well-known Danish archaeologist: Georg Sarauw Axel Steensberg and J. Troels-Smith with their names on front free endpaper.Troels-Smith is internatonally known as one of the pioneers in Pollen Analysis especially with his work "Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen zu einigen Schweizerischen Pfahlbauproblemen" founded on his excavations on the "Pfahlbauten". First edition of this pioneer work in Swiss archaeology exposing in a long series of reports his finds in the Swiss lakes the Swiss lake Dwellings - describing the Swiss "Urbevölkerung" with their Stake Buildings and the rich finds around these in the Swiss lakes. unknown
1761ref. 16534Lyon, J.M. Bruyset, 1761 ; in-8, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette sur les coupes (reliure d’époque) ; (4), XVI, 283 pp. grand plan dépliant (446 X 580 mm), dessiné et gravé par Jacquemin en 1747.
1869ref. 116154Morel 1869 Paris, se vend chez A. Morel, librairie-éditeur, Bibliothèque de l'Architecture (série des Etudes d'Architecture Historique), 4 volumes en demi-chagrin vert de deux teintes différentes selon la série à laquelle le volume appartient, environ 45x35 cm, 1869 (première série), 1880 (deuxième série). Première série :Tome I : 44 p.- 112 planches. Tome II : 85 planches (dont la 18 bis). Seconde série : Tome 1 : 3 p. - 105 planches. Tome 2 : 95 planches. Des frottements sur les reliures, des taches sur les plats, coins émoussés, des rousseurs. Bon état pour le reste.
ref. 22002Paris, Eugène Bigot, s.d. 19 fascicules, en feuilles, chemise cartonné de l'éditeur (exemplaire défraîchi et incomplet).
1932ref. 21719Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1932 ; 2 tomes in-4° (Texte et Album), broché ; 276 pp., [2] ff. de tables ; [11] ff. de planches de Plans, 247 planches photographiques de 1 ou 2 vues chacune, pour un total de 386 pp.
Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
ref. 11-0952London: Waterlow & Sons 1913. Large map measuring 124 x 103 cm. 49 x 40 inches. Mounted on canvas. Very attractive. London: Waterlow & Sons, 1913. unknown
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Miss K. Perrin joins as health supervisor; New West office upgraded - super photos; New York Engineer describes latest developments i.e. transmitting photos over phone lines; the truth about instrument zoning; Excitement at Duncan office; Diary describes observations on Chilliwack line; New cable successfully laid from Galiano Island to Point Grey - 9 pages of text and good photos; New Trans-Gulf circuits opened; sleeping car reservations by phone; Joe Gagnon; Phone expansion in Bay store; Seymour remodeling complete; Operating room photos; Coal, Travelling Men and Toll Lines Feature Nanaimo; High Poles removed from Seymour St. - 6 pages of text and great photos; Miss E.R. Walker - manages traffic on Vancouver Island; Cobble Hill Exchange; photo of updated Ladysmith office; Coast now linked with Okanagan by phone; Miss A. Falconer of the Port Coquitlam office; Successful Canadian jubilee broadcast from Ottawa; Photo of Chemainus Office; Royal Alexandra Apartments Fire - phones used from burning buildings by reporters; Company will have its own line to Vernon; Photo of public phones/'Pay Stations'; Photo of Belmont office near Victoria; Table of phones in use per province in Canada; Six pages of info. and great photos re: Kootenay; Battling Storm King; Mexico City can now communicate with Vancouver; Direct cable to be laid to West Vancouver; Article on poles; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Substantial wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
1755ref. 16350Paris, C.A. Jombert, 1755 ; in-8 ; veau fauve marbré, dos lisse à faux-nerfs et décors dorés, pièce de titre grenat, tranches rouges (rel. de l’époque) ; XV, (1 bl.), 114, (2) pp., 24 pl. gravées h.-t., la plupart dépliantes.
1802ref. 15907Nismes, Veuve Belle, An X-1802 ; in-4 ; veau marbré, dos lisse à faux-nerfs, décoré dans le style de Bozérian, titre doré, roulette décorative dorée d'encadrement des plats, roulette sur les coupes (rel. de l'époque) ; XXIX, 588 pp., 1 tableau dépliant h.t. et 1 pl. gravée sur cuivre par Savin.
ref. 95450A Paris, Duchesne, Libraire, 1765 (tome I) et 1755 (tome II), 2 volumes in-8 de 202x125 mm environ, Tome I : (1) f, 1 frontispice, (4) ff. (titre, epitre, préface, approbation et privilège), 436 pages + 30 planches / (1) f., Tome II : (1) f., 1 frontispice, (4) ff. (titre, epitre, préface), 343 pages + 4 planches dépliantes. Pleine basane granitée fauve, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés sur pièces de titre bordeaux, orné de caissons à motifs dorés, coupes dorées, gardes marbrées, tranches jaspées, ex-libris sur les premiers contreplats. Erreur de pagination : p. 296 suivie de 257, 258 ... jusqu'à la fin du volume (texte cohérent sans manque), coins émoussés, 2 coiffes légèrement ébréchées, frottements sur les coupes et mors, rousseurs, bordures de quelques planches brunies et fendillées, très rare de trouver ces deux volumes ensemble.
ref. 013826François Cureau de La Chambre (1630-1680), médecin ordinaire du roi, médecin des bâtiments du roi, médecin de la reine Marie-Thérèse et des enfants de France, médecin du chancelier Pierre Séguier, fils du philosophe et médecin Marin Cureau de La Chambre. P.S., sd [1668-1669], 1p in-4. Sur parchemin. Document avec uniquement le recto signé « La Chambre » et au dos une note d'une autre main « pour servir de quittance. » (3 lignes). Le document n'a pas été rempli ensuite au dessus de la signature mais devait concerner les 2400 livres d'appointements de La Chambre en tant que médecin ordinaire pour l'année 1668. [328-2]
459 pages. Text primarily in Portuguese. Some English transation at back. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A beautiful copy of this large and gorgeous work. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Port Alberni operator's help save infant's life (photo); Abbotsford and Mission 'cut' to automatic - 8 pages of photos and text; Photo of laying cable between Mission and Abbotsford; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Script of two successive broadcasts by Dorwin Baird of radio station CJOR re: proposed telephone rate increases; Telephone growth sets all-time record in 1952; Interim rate increase authorized; Nice photo of North Vancouver automatic telephone being installed in preparation for cut-over; Photos of cable-laying near Lion's Gate Bridge; new buildings for Albion, Belmont and Colquitz; Company earns dividends but has surplus shortage; Mr. W.S. Pipes; Gerald Clarke - Memoriam with photo; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Photos of expansion of Vancouver Island; Doug Beckett, 19, - Big League Baseball Prospect - photo; New International Radiotelephone Link; The Telephone in our Air Defense Picture - article; farewell to Miss H.L. Montgomery; dramatic photos of conduit installation under and on Lion's Gate Bridge; Photos of Port Coquitlam progress; Cloverdale's automatic program; R.S. Argue is new traffic manager; John Dickson Johnston in memoriam, with photo; Fred Buckle winds up record career; great Cloverdale office photos; Expansion photos from Kamloops, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley; A.J. Jack retires after 41 years; Trail and Rossland favour 'Free Calling'; 18,000 attended civil defense show; Kootenay Company joins B.C. Tel.; wonderful photo of 'sky-riders' working on lines over the Columbia River at Trail; North Van. goes automatic; Stirling Ross closes 50 year career; Nice photos of some of the company's heavy work gangs in the field; Photos of the company's war against winter; Company expansion sets new record; List of Exchanges - # of lines operating per community; Albion-Belmont Colquitz Cut-over; Radiotelephone network still expanding - article with 2 maps; Stirling Ross - in Memoriam, with photo; Port Coquitlam Photos; photos of a cable repair off Mayne Island; new New West Plant Center building; Cranbrook construction - photo of breaking ground; Editor of Telephone Talk, Peard Sutherland passes away - article with photo; Chilliwack joins B.C. Tel; photos of some of the equipment used to serve the British Empire Games in Vancouver; British Empire Games Transmitted in Record time - 2 page article; Inside New Westminster; Victoria Expansion Photos; A.H. Lemmon - Memoriam with photo; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of company employee E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text. Book
311 pages. Text in Danish. Printed upon glossy stock. Abundant black and white illustrations and diagrams. Possibly rebound in maroon boards. Prior owner's signature, dated 1929, atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Pages 453-492 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Country Seat of Howard Henry, Esq., at Camp Hill, PA; The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling; Decorations and Furnishings For the Home - X - Treatment of Fireplaces and Mantels; Old South Salem in Northern Westchester County - article with photos of local buildings including the Horse and Hound Tavern; Artistic Wax Work; A Group of Modern Houses Costing From $1,800 Upwards - nice 12-photo 2-page spread includes the homes of Mr. Warren Bartholf, Mr. W.A. Westerson, Mrs. Colgrove, Mr. R.E. McGregor, Mr. Benjamin A. Paust, Miss Helen J. Holboe, Mr. W.W. Huntress, Mr. Benjamin Waller, and Mr. Ellis Ashley; Handicraftsman - Leather Craftwork; Crafts That Children Can Do; Ostrich Farming as an Industry; The Small Country House - A Dutch Colonial House Costing $2,150 Complete; A Craftsman's House Costing $2,400 Complete; A House of Modern Design Costing $3,200 Complete; A House and a Garage - the home of James Masterson, Esq., at Crescent Hill, Bay Ridge, NY; Garden Notes; American Homes and gardens' Garden Competition - First Garden Prize wond by Dr. Shiro Miyaki, St. Louis, MO, Second Prize Won by James M. Hull, Esq., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Third Prize wond by M.F. Ault, Indianapolis, IN, with photos of all three; L. Wolff Mfg. Co. ad features photo of the new North Western Passenger Terminal Station in Chicago; Ad for Hotel Chamberlain at Old Point Comfort, VA, with small photo of the large hotel; Index to American Homes and Gardens, Volume VII, January to December, 1910; Back cover color ad for the Columbia Grafonola "Regent" and Graphophone; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Small date stamp atop back cover and small piece missing from bottom of page 457, otherwise complete and unmarked with average wear. Disbound from a larger volume with some of the former binding affixed to spine. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
ref. 10120Sans lieu, sans nom, sans date. In-8 à l'italienne de 45 feuillets non paginés, pleine percaline prune ornée d'un motif crocodile (a froid au second plat) et du titre Album dorés, de 2 roulettes noires et or et de 3 hirondelles argentées, tranches dorées, gardes moirées, quelques feuillets de papier fort de diverses teintes.
