1696rif. 19590Lugduni Batavorum: Hackium Boutesteyn Vivie Vander AA & Lucthmans 1696. Two volumes bound in one of this first collected edition of Giraldi's works; 20 772 26 928 30 pages Index Rerum et Verborum 1 page Catalogus Amicorum Lilii Quorum Meminit in epistola Direptionis Urbanae.; paginated in two columns except for the 'Varia' section; collated complete; text printed double-column; engraved illustrated frontispiece 7 full page and 2 double-page plates beautifully accomplished by Avele after Botard superb engravers' work with full and lively compositions realistically posed and drawn with action; title page with publishers' woodcut ornament and printed in red and black; the text with title and endpiece ornamentation and initial ornamentation as well nicely printed and with good wide margins; 11th ed. Britannica cites Giraldi Giglio Gregorio Lilius Gregorius Gyraldus 1470-1552 Italian scholar and poet born at Ferrara ".where he early distinguished himself by his talents and acquirements. he removed to Naples hwere he lived on familiar terms with Jovianus Pontanus and Sannazaro; and subsequently to Lombardy where he enjoyed the favour of the Mirandola family. At Miland in 1507 he studied Greek under Chalcondylas; and shortly afterwards at Modena he became tutor to Ercole afterwards Cardinal Rangone. About the year 1514 he removed to Rome where under Clement VII he held the office of apostolic protonotary; but having in the sack of that city 1527 which almost coincided with the death of his patron Cardinal Rangone lost all his property he returned in poverty once more to Mirandola whence again he was driven by the troubles consequent on the assassination of the reigning prince in 1533. The rest of his life was one long struggle with ill-health poverty and neglect; and he is alluded to with sorrowful regret by Montaigne in one of his Essais i. 34 as having like Sebastian Castalio ended his days in utter destitution. He died at Ferrara.a man of very extensive erudition; and numerous testimonies to his profundity and accuracy have been given both by contemporary and by later scholars. His Historia. marked a distinctly forward step in the systematic study of classical mythology; and by his treatises De Annis et Mensibus and on the Calendarium. he contributed to bring about the reform of the calendar which was ultimately effected by Pope Gregory XIII.Giraldi was also an elegant Latin poet."; approximately 15" tall by 10"; bound in full probably contemporary leather; seven raised spine bands gilt floral roll tool rectangles with fruit & leafy spray devices at corner of inner box surrounding a heavily-impressed and complex gilt central device with heroic figure surrounded by winged angel figures & cherubs figure holding a spear and a book shield below with cross device and the motto Sic Itur Ad Astra onward to the heavens; all edges tinted red; spine leather covering 1/3 gone very charred and worn; both boards still attached and the binding firm; first leaves a bit maladjusted at the inner margin from the heaviness of the binding pulling at them; text block with some spotting and darkening section at back with old bit of creasing at top corners; nevertheless mostly very fresh and clean free from markings or wear; in good condition and worthy of a rebacking or rebinding. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good. Hackium, Boutesteyn, Vivie, Vander AA, & Lucthmans
rif. 6509Title within typographical border shaved at foot. 2 p.l. 14 pp. one blank leaf. Small 4to attractive antique panelled calf some shaving to bottom line or catchwords on several pages spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by J.C. 1651. First edition. “The Reformed Husbandman…is sometimes attributed to Speed although it was probably written by Cressy Dymock…It is a pamphlet of some 16 pages and full of moral reflections a melodious exhortation to industry.”–Fussell I p. 45. “The most visible impact of Hartlib’s circle lay in the numerous pamphlets that he published…They comprised letters and treatises solicited or received from individuals in his circle upon a particular subject which had then been circulated for additional comments the results edited and then launched upon the public often without the express consent of the original author anticipating utility and inviting comment and amendment…His treatises spread a solvent of new ideas in a variety of contexts but they were particularly successful in husbandry. He publicized the advantages of planting new leguminous crops experimenting with fertilizers and manures and using seed drills and new ploughs and advocated the possibilities of apiculture rabbit farming fruit-tree propagation and silk cultivation in Virginia. His network included a group of innovative farmers willing to experiment. But his pamphlets should also be read as ideas models or patterns as to how the processes of reformation would occur. “–ODNB. Very good copy. Small rust-hole on one leaf. unknown
1960rif. 10179Place of publication unknown: Self Published 1960. Deluxe Limited Edition. Very good . Oblong Folio 20" by 16". Heavy plastic overlay with title "Hilton Paints the Desert" stiff rear board. -- Introduction page with limitation inscription at the bottom in the author's hand: and his signature; "Number 52 of a deluxe edition of 350 for Leo and Irene Moore with best wishes". -- Condition. Twenty Seven Prints some duplicates twenty-five signed two not signed. Some prints signed in silver and some in regular ink. --: Hills of Home 3 - Joshuas in the Moonlight 2 - Oasis Mara 3 - Papago Dawn 3 - Power and Glory 3 - Red Mountain 2 - Smoke Trees and Thunderheads 2 Superstition Spring 1 - Sands of Tim 3 - San Jancinto Sunrise 3 - Wickenburg Yuccas 2. Self Published unknown
rif. 6126Engraved frontis. viii 47 pp. 8vo later wrappers title a little browned uncut. London: Printed for W. Parker… 1777. First edition of “an important milestone in the early literature of gas analysis…Magellan 1722-90 was an Augustinian prior who emigrated to England and Protestantism in 1764. Elected F.R.S. 1774 he published this account of his researches on gases addressed to Joseph Priestley. The glass apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air carbon dioxide is described in detail. Newly improved by ‘Mr. Parker’ the apparatus was superior to that used by Priestley and described by him in 1772. Carbon dioxide was prepared by dissolving marble calcium carbonate in dilute sulphuric acid. Magellan also describes three new types of eudiometer he had designed; these and the apparatus for making carbonated waters are illustrated in the frontispiece.”–Neville II p. 125. Very nice copy inscribed by Magellan at the head of the title-page: “Comte de Castelbourgh par L’Auteur.” The attractive frontispiece depicts 24 figures of apparatus. ⧠D.S.B. IX pp. 5-6. unknown
rif. 16-51401949. Gouache and papier collé maquette for the dust-jacket of "Les Fauves. Braque Derain Van Dongen Dufy Marquet Matisse.Georges Duthuit. Published by Editions des trois collines. Genève 1949. 46 x 65cm. Fold marks along spine and where a French fold would be. Thick white paper on a brown support sheet.Provenance: Sophie Renard Chateau-Thierry. 02400 Brasles France. 1949 unknown
1917rif. 0064001917. Full Morocco. Very Good. Oblong 21 by 30 cm. 92 numbered leaves with content with log entries more or less statistical on all the versos and pictures and/or original drawings mostly mounted on 58 rectos with some additional loose material. 129 numbered leaves in all. Several of the log pages have mounted photos obscuring the log as it is clear that this game book was at some point re-purposed to be a more general album with some emphasis on sports including also fishing foxhunting and sailing but also there are two pages of photos from South Africa with photos of native tribesmen ostriches a hut Cecil Rhodes house etc. 13 original works of art -- watercolored pencil pen and ink -- in addition to numerous painted fish hook and fly vignettes these sometimes done directly onto the page. Most charming are the comical illustrations of anthropomorphic foxes. Sepia photos are of the country estates their stately homes and rural settings of the hunts as well as the people involved -- the hosts and guests during these country weekends. Many but by no means all of the photos have captions helpfully identifying the participants or the locations. And the log proper provides the names of those participating in the shooting and often what would now be regarded as obscenely large kills. Among the many aristocrats and wealthy in the photographs and/or logs are Lady Randolph Churchill Jennie Churchill Arthur Balfour Lady Minto Mary the famous 4th Countess Henry Lascelles the 5th Earl of Harewood the 5th Earl of Carnavon of King Tut fame as well as the owner of the castle used in Downton Abbey Baron Rothschild Lord de Grey Lord Ashburton Prince Murat the Duke of Buccleuch Prince Duleep de Singh Lord Rosebery and on and on. Country homes include Longleat Greystoke Castle the Hirsel Highcliffe Castle etc. Alexander McDonnell was a son of the 5th Earl of Antrim and a clerk in the House of Lords. Obviously he was very well connected and surely very popular among the upper echelons of English society back then. And we would note that many of the most illustriously titled have frequent entries here; what we have here is a window into a cohesive social network it is our sense. Condition: morocco binding has moderate to heavy wear along edges some scuffs on the boards and spine. The leaves can have a waviness the result of the interaction of the mounted material upon the leaves. A few photos are loose. There is a little bit of a scrappy quality to the book as befitting a log book that was partially turned into something much more and this quality is part of its charm as well. unknown
1728rif. 78892Paris: Chez Briasson 1728. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in French. 52pp. Bound in old but probably later unprinted wrappers. An ink blot on the inside of the front wrap slight foxing to the pages a near fine copy. An Italian-style comedy play. Very scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this edition and only three copies of a 1729 printing. Chez Briasson unknown
1797rif. 006602Keuth an der Crassen 1797. Full Blindstamped Calf. Good. A fine Folk Art manuscript prayer book from the late eighteenth century. 8vo. 17.5 by 10.5 cm. 3 516 13 1 pp. With eight full page paintings plus vignette decoration throughout. Besides the ubiquitous floral ornamentation all pretty accents the vignettes include a serpent a basilisk a skull etc. Most writing is a neat now archaic cursive but headings and the like rendered in an easily readable ornamental Fraktur Gothic. The paintings are the highlight most will find. Their subject matter is quintessential -- Momento Mori Saint Michael slaying the dragon Saint John in the desert Saint Sebastien the Christ child King David playing a harp etc. But while the subject matter may not be unusual the execution is done with uncommon flair even though it is resolutely naive or Folk Art. And the artist who we assume is one or both of the writers may be illustrating popular subjects there are original elements in his/her imagery or imagining of the subject. The authorship is stated but also a tad confusing. Our interpretation is that a Konrad Mueller created the book for Margaretha Pfaden-Hauerin. Condition: moderate wear to contemporary full calf binding. Unusual is a 13 page "Register" or Table of Contents in the rear. By unusual we mean for such a manuscript prayer book. Also a page of handwritten genealogical notes written on a prior blank leaf and written much later in the mid to late 19th Century. Moderate sometimes heavy soiling to margins of leaves. Corner cut out of front endpaper. Some loose gatherings. unknown
1675rif. 407229North & West Ridings Long Island New York 1675. Unbound. Good. Manuscript document. A single paragraph possibly removed from a larger document Signed at the conclusion by Matthias Nicolls. Approximately 8" x 3". Old fold some age-toning and small nicks and tears a little fragile but good. The document reads in full: "The above is a computacon made at a meeting of some of ye Councell & ye Justices of ye North & West Ridings in New York. Decembr. ye 30th 1675. Matthias Nicolls. secr." Matthias Nicholls 1626-1687 was the Provincial Secretary of New York. Born in Plymouth England he was selected to serve as secretary by Samuel Maverick who was one of the Royal Commissioners investigating conditions in New England. Accompanying the commission to New England which was headed by appointed Governor Richard Nicolls they were assigned the task of wresting the province of New York from the Dutch. Matthias held the position of provincial secretary continuously until 1680 except for the short period of 1674-75 when the Dutch briefly reoccupied New York. He was the Secretary of the Commission that accepted the Dutch surrender of New York. He served as the sixth Mayor of the city of New York in 1672-73. He is widely known as "the principal author of the legal code known as the 'Duke's Laws'." He was at least partially responsibility for religious tolerance in New York and founded the town of Plandome around his estate of the same name. unknown
rif. 4876Six folding engraved plates. 1 p.l. xvi 322 pp.; 1 p.l. 238 pp. Two vols. 8vo cont. marbled boards orange & pale blue lettering pieces on spines. Lausanne: J. Mourer 1789. First edition. Razoumovsky 1759-1837 a wealthy Russian aristocrat spent most of his life in Switzerland Austria and Italy and wrote many noteworthy works on geological and mineralogical subjects see Zittel pp. 91 & 119. “Very scarce…First and only edition of an illustrated account of the fauna and geology of the Swiss Jura in the vicinity of Neuchâtel Murten and Biel northwest of Bern…The first volume describes the fauna according to the Linnean system. The second includes a geological description with notes on mining minerals fossils etc. The illustrations cover zoology especially reptiles entomology and geology including fossils.”–Schuh Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography 1469 to 1920 4045. Fine and attractive set. ⧠Poggendorff II 578-79. unknown
rif. 16-6340Versailles: circa 1675-1682. . Sanguine drawing with old manuscript text on attached sheet. 16.5 x 12.5cm. 17th Century watermarked paper : chalice on an urn."L’Afrique: StatueMR 1792;inv. 1850.9446;.:Inventaire de 1707 : « Une statue en pied de marbre blanc représentant l’Afrique sous la figure d’une femme la teste couverte d’une trompe d’éléphant ayant une draperie pendante au millieu du sein laquelle passe autour des deux bras et couvre une partie du bas de la figure qui a le bras droit levé tenant un bout de bâton dans sa main et la gauche baissée dont elle relève sa draperie. Au bas est un lion couché qui laiche le pied gauche de laditte statue qui a sept pieds un pouce de hauteur. Faite par Cornu en 1682. Le bras droit est raporté au-dessus du coude ». .Historique: Paiements mentionnés par les sources comptables à Georges Sibrayque pour une figure pour le parterre d’Eau d’avril 1675 à octobre 1682 travail explicitement mentionné en cours d’avril 1675 à août 1680.Parfait paiement à Jean Cornu le 6 juin 1694 pour deux figures dont l’une « commencée par Sibraique … représentant l’Afrique ».Modèle en plâtre représenté sur la gravure d’Israël Silvestre datée de 1682 disposé au bosquet de la Renommée avant décembre 1680 date d’approbation du guide de Combes et vraisemblablement retiré en 1683 afin d’être remplacé par la version en marbre."Provenance:Né en 1906 à Lezay Deux-Sèvres Jacques Cathy a exercé d’abord la profession de caricaturiste à l’hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l’équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d’acteur dans le cinéma. Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l’élection en 1949.Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Versailles: circa 1675-1682. unknown
1675rif. 371490London: Printed by J. Darby for Robert Morden . and William Berry 1675. Second issue with the added Postscript. 26 2 blank 4pp. Tables. 4to. Disbound. Trimmed close minor soiling. Second issue with the added Postscript. 26 2 blank 4pp. Tables. 4to. This second issue with the added Postscript dated 1675 in which the author defends himself from criticism by John Flamsteed. The work is an early use of the term "planetary system" in the title and includes a 12-line poem on the solar system on the final page. Streete 1621-1689 Irish-born astronomer is best known for his 1661 work Astronomia Carolina a new theorie of Coelestial Motions which was read and praised by Halley Newton Flamsteed and others. A follower of Kepler Streete argued that the Earth's velocity in its annual revolution around the sun was not uniform and increases in velocity as it approaches the Sun and decreased as it moves away. ESTC calls for a plate but we find no reference to one in other extant copies. Scarce. ESTC R606; cf. Wing S5955 Printed by J. Darby, for Robert Morden ... and William Berry unknown
rif. 682128 folding engraved plates. 74; 86; 60; 35 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo orig. patterned wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers new stitching. Tokyo: Government Publication issued under the Author’s name Yosoda Masayoshi a pen name for Tanabe 1869. First edition in Japanese translated from an unidentified French text which according to the Preface was issued in 1863 with a sequel in 1867. Tanabe also states that this work includes information gained from the French military mission of 17 men four officers ten non-commissioned officers and two soldiers led by staff captain Charles Sulpice Jules Chanoine who came to Japan in early 1867 at the request of the Japanese Shogunate for training in Western warfare. Several of these men became deeply involved in Japanese politics unsuccessfully fighting on the side of the Shogunate. Tanabe wrote several works on military subjects including military formations 1865 a glossary of French military terms with Japanese translations 1867 military gymnastics and training exercises 1868 and our work. This is a complete work on infantry drills and tactics including training of new soldiers how to form tactical units and deploy them effectively how to operate a variety of weapons etc. The fine copper-engraved plates depict military formations tactical positions military stances etc. Fine set. unknown
rif. 117924Basel ex Officina Pernæa per Conr. Waldkirch 1584. 8vo. 16 128 127-147 wrongly paginated 173 10 pp. Illustrated with several woodcuts and the last 10 pp. are only woodcuts. A full page woodcut portrait. Richly annotated and underlined in both ink and pencil by different hands. Slight browning and minor stain in the beginning. Manuscript notes on the final endpaper. Eighteenth century blue paper boards spine lettered in ink but head of spine worn with loss of text red edges. Initials ”C.S” dated ”Freiburg den 21 Marti 1748” on front fly leaf and with a 20th century bookplate. VD 16 P507. Adams P274. Duveen p. 453. Second edition the first came in 1570 of this rare compilation of works said to be by Paracelsus and translated and edited by Gerard Dorn c. 1530-84. However according to Sudhoff Versuch einer Kritik der Echtheit Paracelsischen Schriften 125 & 201 it is more probably a forgery by Dorn. He claims to have translated the original from German into Latin but as no original German edition exists it seems reasonable to assume that the editor was in fact also its author. The book is divided into four sections: ”De spiritibus planetarum” ”De occulta philosophia”; ”Medicina coelestis sive de signis zodiaci & mysteriis eorum” and the brief ”De transmutationis metallorum tempore”.The Swiss physician philosopher theologian and alchemist Paracelus 1493-1540 was born Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim but took the name Paracelsus later in life meaning 'superior to Celsus' the famous Roman physician. hardcover
1836rif. ST14728eLondon 1836-50. Various editions. 224 x 137 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". 16 volumes. FINE CONTEMPORARY FULL CALF MOST EITHER TREE OR POLISHED CALF see below raised bands spines intricately gilt in compartments morocco labels marbled endpapers and edges. Some works with frontispiece portraits. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt see below. A LOVELY COLLECTION--WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE. Handsomely bound with beautifully gilt spines and just about uniform in size these volumes make an impressive appearance on the shelf. The six titles here include: 1 DE SAUMAREZ JAMES. ROSS JOHN. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ." 1838 Two volumes. Polished calf. 2 ELDON JOHN LORD CHANCELLOR. TWISS HORACE. "THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON." 1844 Three volumes. Polished calf. 3 HORNER FRANCIS. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF FRANCIS HORNER M. P." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf. 4 STANHOPE PHILIP DORMER. "THE LETTERS OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD." 1845; 1853 Five volumes. Tree calf. 5 TAYLOR WILLIAM. "THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE WILLIAM TAYLOR OF NORWICH." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf. 6 WARD ROBERT PLUMER. PHIPPS EDMUND. "MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF ROBERT PLUMER WARD ESQ." 1850 Two volumes. Polished calf. The bookplate here is that of notable bibliophile and barrister Edward Nicholas Hurt 1795-1867 of Derbyshire and Marylebone London. He married Caroline Strutt daughter of the immensely wealthy philanthropist and social reformer Joseph Strutt 1765-1844 who was twice Mayor of Derby. As the Strutt arms are incorporated into the escutcheon of Hurt's ornate bookplate the plate can be dated to no earlier than their wedding in 1828. unknown
1769rif. 1430Wien: gedruckt mit Schulzischen Schriften 1769. First edition. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt with red title vignette. Edges tinted. Woodcut headpiece on A1. Pages ruled with woodcut frame. Light brown stains on the plate. Otherwise clean. In fine condition. First edition. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt with red title vignette. Edges tinted. Woodcut headpiece on A1. Pages ruled with woodcut frame. 1 title page verso blank a–b8 c6 i.e. 24 leaves and 1 folded plate. A curious and scarce treatise on glassblowing and the making of scientific glass objects. The book is illustrated with an engraved plate showing a glassmaker or lampworker at his working table surrounded by examples of his craft various scientific apparatuses a Cartesian devil a glass eye and elaborate glass-figurines and a centerpiece whose technique of making together with the detailed instruction for manufacturing thermometers hydrometers barometers is described in the text. The author of Die Glasschmelzkunst remained unrevealed hidden behind the initials of “J. d. B”. The second edition was published under different initials of “A. Z. G” Brünn: Tascher 1824. Both editions are often attributed erroneously to Karl Moritz Diesing 1800–1867. Duncan in the Bibliography of Glass attributes it to Disting. Duncan 3269. . gedruckt mit Schulzischen Schriften unknown
rif. 52890London: Atchley & Co. 106 Great Russel Street. Printed by Leighton Brothers c.1860. Oblong folio 42 x 28 cm. Original decorative red cloth titled on both sides spine lettered in black a.e.g. Original 4 pp. prospectus listing and describing the plates loosely tipped in. 32 full page illustrations: Southampton Isle of Wight Bay of Biscay Berlingas Cintra Tagus Trafalgar Tarifa Gibraltar Algiers Panteleria Malta Alexandria Mahmoudie Canal Boulac Cairo Cemetery Dead Camel Central Station Arabs on Horseback Encampment by Night Women Drawing Water Joseph's Well Red Sea Suez Jeddah Mocha Aden Point de Galle & Calcutta engraved on wood by Sears Heaviside Measom et al. With the small circular blind-stamp of the Library of Arts 106 Great Russell Street to title as often. Ex libris Isabel Clayton. Some time rebacked occasional spotting. Authorship has variously been attributed to John Tillotson or Joachim Hayward Stocqueler. This full title is taken from the prospectus for the work which is loosely tipped into this copy which otherwise as normal just has the short title "The Route of the Overland Mail to India" on the upper cover and and repeated on the pictorial title page. 106 Great Russell Street is the premises formerly occupied by Robert Frew 1985-2005 There are other issues with alternative publishers and in slightly different format some of which we have had with 63 pages of text. This copy appears quite complete but the only descriptive text is provided by the prospectus. London: Atchley & Co. 106 Great Russel Street***. Printed by Leighton, Brothers, [c.1860]. hardcover
1950rif. List2425Europe and California 1950. Includes two small diaries from 1901 and 1917 with sporadic entries a large photo album measuring 14 x 11 with appx. 400 small photographs from 1906-1909 attached to album pages most measuring 3 x 2 as well as a few larger format images laid in. With 100 plus pages of typed pages including retained correspondence story ideas and various other manuscripts. With eleven maps produced for his “Of Men and Maps” series including five copies of a large map entitled “Whither Russia” in varied states and in large sizes up to 30 by 36 inches and a handful of small ephemeral pieces. Generally near fine condition with the exception of the album which is missing its rear board and has some pages loose and torn. Very Good. J.M. de Beaufort a war correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph and New York American during World War I recounted his wartime adventures in the 1917 book "Behind the German Veil: A Record of a Journalistic War Pilgrimage." Originally arriving in Chicago in 1909 he married a steel magnate's daughter and pursued a career in show business. However by 1912 he had gone through a divorce and transitioned to newspaper work earning the moniker of the "Dude Reporter." Originally born in the Netherlands as Jacques Albert Uilenbroek he was thought to be a deserter. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States apparently jailed in San Francisco for a stint in the 1920s and eventually settled in Los Angeles. Offered here is an interesting smattering of material from the life of the mysterious De Beaufort which bookends his most unusual career and life with a large visual photographic record of his life in Europe as a young man and over a hundred pages of manuscript material from late in his life with a highlight being several maps in draft form for an apparently unpublished project called “Of Men and Maps.” As a group the material shows the work of an ex-con artist and war correspondent trying to regain his form while living in Los Angeles. He was still writing as a “Special Correspondent” at this point though the title seems to have been fully honorary. Also included are two small pocket journals with sporadic notations from his life in Europe in 1900 and in 1917. In its entirety the group gives an interesting visual and manuscript record of a literary fraudulent and imaginative transatlantic life and intellect. The cartographic highlight of the group is several iterations of a large map called “Whither Russia” in varied forms which show an interesting interpretation of the sphere of influence of the USSR and its growth from 1939 to 1946. Also included are two drafts of a map of Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands in 1944 an unidentifed tactical map of a military battlefield a map called “Middle East Jackpot” showing the division of territory between the Allied and Axis powers a map called “Dawn’s Early Light some reproduced small format maps from the De Beaufort’s and a small map called “Gifts from Yalta.” De Beaufort was working on these maps for a column called “Of Men Maps and Memories” that was published in the East Los Angeles Tribune. He also sent the columns out in newsletter form from his address at 1635 N. Ogden Drive in Los Angeles. The collection of manuscripts drafts and retained correspondence tackle a range of subjects perhaps most interestingly those detailing De Beaufort’s creative process - drafts of stories lists of ideas for stories and letters. His over the top style is on display in a lot of the writings some of which are of unknown origin and purpose. The documents contain correspondence between De Beaufort and Edwin Pauley the oil man and presidential advisor. In one untitled essay he asks himself the question “What has been your most thrilling experience” and his reply is “ Silly questions. Who or at least what newspaperman of some 25 turbulent years standing - and falling - could answer such a question. A reporter’s life has a thousand thrills. There was that rainy day in Marcy 1915 in the fortress of Loetzen when I stood face to face with Hindenburg. Hm yes that was quite a thrill…” De Beaufort was entrenched in the Los Angeles journalistic scene at this point and the documents show the degree to which he relied on his former glories to attempt various career revitalizations endeavors. The album of photographs from 1906-1909 over 400 in total give a visual record of the young Uilenbroek’s life in Europe. The star of the collection is his bulldog Bob who travels throughout Europe with him and eventually comes to America by 1907. Mary who we presume to be his future wife is featured heavily in the images. It is unclear whether he was working at this point the images show affluent young people and their dog in varied cities and are purely of a personal nature. Other photographs laid in are relics from his war correspondent period. The loose photographs and ephemera are a mix of portraits from different periods from his life including two pictures of Sydney Turing Barlow Lawson one signed by his widow. The journals are sporadically filled and hard to decipher though one legible passage says “drinking all day.” Overall the group gives evidence of this intriguing life and is the only extant group of material relating to Beaufort to our knowledge with the exception of a single journal from his time in Belgium during WWI that was sold at Bonhams and is still available in the trade as of this writing. unknown
rif. 7485Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Title-page 31 folding leaves one leaf of colophon. 8vo orig. patterned blue semi-stiff wrappers orig. block-printed title label on upper cover label rubbed new stitching. Tokyo Kyoto & Osaka: 1864. First edition and rare. Imamura 1814-90 was a leading physician and historian of Japanese medicine of his period. Professor of medicine at Tokyo University he was physician to the future Emperor Taisho when he was a youth. Imamura found that many of the contemporary Japanese works on acupuncture had strayed from the classic teachings of the Chinese physicians. In this work he makes a series of corrections to refine the fourteen meridians. The numerous woodcuts depict various parts of the body and pressure points. Very nice copy. Light stain to first few leaves. ⧠Mestler Old Japanese Medical Books I p. 297. unknown
rif. 6812Eight full-page drawings & one illus. in the text. 17 folding leaves. 8vo 243 x 165 mm. orig. blue semi-stiff wrappers some dampstaining to upper portion of each leaf. Japan: mid-Edo. Kagawa 1683-1755 a member of the medical family dynasty studied in Kyoto with Ryozan Goto and Jinsai Ito from whom he learned moxibustion and the therapeutic value of the waters of hot springs. Kagawa established the successful Ippondo medical school and was one of the most enthusiastic practitioners of moxibustion of his time. There is another manuscript of this text at Kyoto University attributed to Kagawa. Some of the illustrations are very different. The introductory remarks describe the importance of the precise placement of the moxa on the skin how to measure the placements based on distance from certain bones or joints of the body and the various techniques and occasions for moxibustion applications. Following this the text precisely describes the moxibustion locations on the body and how to locate each one with references to Simiao Sun’s classic text Qian jin fang Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces compiled in 650-59. Kagawa lists many diseases and injuries for which moxibustion is appropriate. There is a most interesting section on how to treat unsuccessful moxibustion procedures application of certain ointments etc. The attractive illustrations depict moxibustion loci on an osteological background and loci on the stomach arms legs and feet. As mentioned above there is dampstaining to the upper fifth of each leaf but all the characters remain completely legible. unknown
rif. 51-5055Paris: Société des Cent-Une 1938. 4to. 24 x 30.5 cm. 317pp. Sheets loose as issued in original parchment wraps parchment board chemise and slipcase. One of 101 numbered copies in Roman numerals from a total edition of 134; with 15 full page etchings printed by Roger Lacourière. Traduction de Marcel PreÌvost.Provenance: la comtesse de Serionne.Luc Monod Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes no. 8808; OCLC Number: 459962764.Printed in red and black.Latin text and French translation on opposite pages.Derain's 15 etchings are included in the pagination.". le tirage est dû à Roger Lacourière graveur à Paris et des esquisses des 30 culispices que Pierre Bouchet imprimeur . a eÌxeÌcuteÌs sur bois"--Colophon.Ed. of 135 numbered copies.4° 309 p. en feuilles couv. parcheminée rempl. chemise en demi-vélin titrée en rouge étui. Edition illustrée de 15 eaux-fortes originales et 30 culispices d'André Derain gravés sur bois par Pierre Bouchet. Tirage limité à seulement 135 ex. num. 1/101 en chiffres romains. Ex. nominatif pour la comtesse de Serionne. Bel exemplaire. Paris: Société des Cent-Une, 1938 paperback
rif. 1053143 folding leaves. 8vo 240 x 170 mm. orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers with orig. title-slip old stitching. Japan: 1791 date of Preface. A rare manuscript of Japanese natural studies or the “learning of roots and herbs” honzÅgaku 本è‰å¸ by ZÅ doctor and botanist 1758-1834. It was one of the major intellectual trends of the Tokugawa period with a large portion of the educated classes taking an interest in the topic. Initially inspired by the Chinese encyclopedic work Bencao gangmu 本è‰ç¶±ç›® Systematic Materia Medica Japanese natural studies came with time to focus on the natural environment of Japan in contradistinction to China. Our manuscript explicitly concerned with the mushrooms of “Our August Japan” is a case in point. It contains descriptions of 129 mushrooms divided into categories: wood mushrooms ground mushrooms bamboo mushrooms wood-ear mushrooms and poisonous mushrooms. Our author lists alternative names for a mushroom in question notes where it grows and describes its appearance. Literary references are given in many of the entries. Curiously despite the manuscript’s title ZÅ Han quotes from Chinese local gazetteers which often contained lists of local products. There is an appendix which contains four essays. discusses in turn different names of the mushroom in various parts of Japan; the etymology of the character kinoko 蕈 meaning mushroom; the method of ascertaining the poisonous character of a mushroom; and a prescription for breaking down the poison. ZÅ was the author of Seikei zusetsu An Illustrated Book of Agricultural Things the great agricultural and botanical work issued in the early years of the 19th century. It is an encyclopedic survey of all the agricultural products and practices of Japan. He served the Satsuma fiefdom under the lord Shimazu Shigehide Our text was never printed circulating only in manuscript form. ⧠Ueno MasuzÅ 上野益三 Nihon hakubutsugakushi 日本åšç‰©å¦å² Tokyo: Heibonsha 1973 p. 416. unknown
1536rif. 12039Antwerp: Simon Cock Cocus. Good with no dust jacket. 1536. First Edition. Vellum. 44 ff. Small octavo. Newer vellum binding over card. Vellum has some light wear some browning to the rear. Newer end papers. Title page a bit grubby. Some occasional small staining/thumbing but otherwise very nice. Recto of last leaf has a full-page woodcut of the crucifixion verso has an errata and a neat older owner name in ink. A very scarce copy only 5 recorded in World Cat of a collection of religious verse hymns elegies and prayers by three Neolatin poets. The first is "Cornelius" which may refer to Cornelius Crocus Kroock 1500-1550 a Dutch theologian and educator; then Joannes Fernandus and Rodolphus Langius. There is an introductory poem by Faustus Andrelinus and a final poem by J. B. Cantalicius. Printed in March 1536. OCLC 69408729 NK 1631. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages . Simon Cock (Cocus) hardcover
1606rif. 63TA003RHVIKParis 1606. Small oblong folio 19 x 25.5 cm. Thomas de Leu Gold-tooled blue goatskin morocco ca. 1890 bound by Bernard David or his son Salvador David in Paris on 5 recessed supports each board with elegant double borders title and date reading up the spine with decorations above and below gold-tooled turn-ins and board edges curl-marbled endpapers signed with a stamp - in sans-serif capitals - in the corner of the first free endleaf DAVID. With an engraved allegorical title page including a 2-line quotation from Hebrews 11:37-38 and 29 engraved prints plate size ca. 15 x 19 cm: mostly numbered but a few unnumbered or irregularly numbered illustrating the lives of the early Christian hermits living in the desert 7 signed by Thomas de Leu as printer-publisher in 2 cases accompanied by the monogram NB the engraver Nicolaes de Bruyn. 1 29 engraved ll. Finely engraved title page and prints depicting the lives of hermits living in the desert as described by Hieronymus in his famous Vitae patrum. The engraved title page and prints were printed and published by Thomas de Leu or de Leeuw 1560-1612 a Flemish engraver in Paris who probably engraved many himself. He had begun his career in Antwerp and some of the prints signed by him excudit also bear the NB monogram of the engraver Nicolaes de Bruyn 1571-1656 in Antwerp. The Antwerp painter Maarten de Vos 1531/32-1603 had drawn numerous hermit scenes: four series engraved printed and published by Johannes I Sadeler ca. 1550-ca. 1600 and his brother Raphael I Sadeler 1560-1632 who continued alone with three further series making in total seven series containing 7 engraved title pages and 107 prints all published at Antwerp at least the first series in or before 1584. De Leu and De Bruyn very skillfully copied all seven series including the title pages and captions. The present selection includes the title page of the first series Solitudo which originally contained 29 prints but only 16 of the present 29 prints come from that series the other 13 are taken from series 2 Sylvae 1 3 Trophaeum 1 4 Oraculum 5 Sylvae 2 and 6 Trophaeum 2.Bernard David 1824-1895 studied under Lortic and other leading Paris bookbinders before setting up on his own there. His son Salvador d. 1929 took over the workshop in 1890. The laid endpapers show no watermark. With aa small marginal tear repaired occasional minor marginal spots and a few tiny and insignificant scuff marks on the edges of the binding. Book and binding otherwise in very good condition and with ample margins.l Hollstein XXI pp. 147-155 nos. 377-450 & pp. 240-245 nos. 118-157 the Sadeler eds. but noting the De Leu eds. at the end of each series; www.calcografica.it many of the prints in these De Leu series; USTC 6000645 3 copies; cf. for De Leu also: Benezit 6 p. 623; Thieme-Becker 23 pp. 143-144. unknown
1742rif. 89PBMXY3Z0MCAvignon: no publisher 1742. Contemporary calf gold-tooled spine with red label marbled endpapers red edges. 8vo. Second or third edition of the funeral oration for the sinologist and mathematician Claude de Visdelou 1656-1737 by Father Norbert of Bar-le-Duc 1703-1769 dedicated to Pope Benedict XIV. The oration prooved highly important in the so-called Struggle of the rites in China between the Jesuit missionaries and the Chinese emperor and the Pope.The author of the oration Norbert de Bar-le-Duc a Capuchin monk 1716 and priest 1729 also known as Norbert de Lorraine Curé Pierre Parisot or Abbé Platel was sent to Malabar and later to Pondicherry in December 1736 after being appointed procurator of the French mission. He stayed for three years in Pondicherry where he soon came into conflict with the Jesuits on the same issue - the struggle of the now Malabaric rites -which had lead to Visdelous exile in the same Capuchin monastery in the same town. So the anti-Jesuit Father Norbert de Bar-le-Duc understandably delivered Visdelous funeral oration .An undated 4to edition that names no printer or place of printing appears to be the first edition of the funeral oration. Sommervogel and Cordier mention an 8vo edition nominally printed by Antoine Pereira in Cadiz though other sources suggest it was printed in Avignon with the same collation as our edition and published in the same year making the present edition the second or third.Fine copy with bookplate on inside front cover: ''Devie Prêtre''. Binding skilfully repaired; head of second fly-leaf damaged.l De Backer & Sommervogel VIII col. 843; Cordier Sinica 1100-1; Librairie Polak Coll. de M.M.: Extreme oriênt du 16e siècle au 20e siècle 305; Adelhelm Jann Die katholischen Missionen in Indien China und Japan 1915 passim; Claudia von Collani & Claudio Filippo Grimaldi S.J. Zur Ankunft des päpstlichen Legatien Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon in China in: Monumenta Scrica 42 1944 pp. 329-359; Robert Streit & Joh. Dindinger eds. Bibliotheca Missionum 7 1932 pp. 105-107; Biogr. univ. XLIII cols. 638-640; not in Lust. [no publisher], unknown
