YŎNGJO (or YEONGJO) 英祖, King of KoreaBiblio.com
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réf. 942941 folding leaves. Large 8vo 337 x 206 mm. orig. semi-stiff wrappers new stitching. Korea: Simdo æ²éƒ½ 1756. First edition and rare; WorldCat lists only one printed copy at Berkeley. This book of exhortations on good government with striking royal calligraphy was written by King YÅngjo or Yeongjo of ChosÅn 1694-1776 in 1756. At this time YÅngjo was commemorating the death of his father the previous king. According to Fang Chaoying 1908-85 YÅngjo then in his 65th year “could not foresee that he was to live twenty more years and so it appears that he was trying to justify himself in his own mind with regard to posterity as well as to the ancestors whom he expected to face any day” The Asami Library 115. YÅngjo offered three main principles for a king to follow: “to venerate Heaven to love the people and to treat the officials with respect” ibid. Large standard script characters written by the king himself are reproduced in the beginning of the book. The king’s brush records Confucian assertions such as “the following of human nature is called the Way / the cultivation of the Way is called instruction.” Accepting the Mencian dictum that human nature is inherently good the king continues: “I possess the good human nature / to realize the bright mandate of Heaven.” The main text of the book is reproduced in the handwriting of the important scholar-official SÅ MyÅng-ŭng or Seo Myeong-eung å¾å‘½è†º 1716-87. SÅ wrote in many genres and had a cosmopolitan outlook. For example he wrote a Preface to one of the major multilingual lexicographical works produced in ChosÅn in the 18th century see Söderblom Saarela “Mandarin over Manchu” 379-80. Very fine and fresh copy beautifully printed. References Fang Chaoying. The Asami Library: A Descriptive Catalog. Edited by Elizabeth Huff. Berkeley: University of California Press 1969. Söderblom Saarela Mårten. “Mandarin over Manchu: Court-Sponsored Qing Lexicography and Its Subversion in Korea and Japan.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 77.2 2017. unknown
réf. 61001Amsterdam R. and G. Wetstein J. Oosterwyk and H. van de Gaete 1714. Folio 33.3 x 21.1 cm. Allegorical frontispiece by Picart dated 1711 title page in red and black; engraved portrait of de Bruyn by G. Kneller vi 472 xii pp.; 260 numbered engraved plates many double folded two large maps and 34 large text engravings not numbered including portraits views etc. Contemporary blind ruled and embossed vellum. Spine with six raised bands title written in ink in a neat contemporary hand. = First edition second issue of one of the most richly illustrated voyages through Russia Persia Iran and adjacent countries and territories made by the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruin as spelled on title page or de Bruyn as spelled in the portrait 1652-1727. He went by sea from Amsterdam along the coast of Norway above the polar circle to Archangel and travelled southwards by river and overland through Russia and the Caspian Sea to Persia the Gulf and by ship again onward to Batavia now Jakarta Indonesia back to Persia and homewards across the Mediterranean. It is an extensive work important to naval and travel history and includes beautiful large panoramic views of for instance Archangel Moscow and "Spahan" = Isfahan Iran some impressively long when unfolded. The work contains a good deal of zoological illustrations; hence it is recorded in Claus Nissen's Zoologische Buchillustration. Most illustrations are as stated in the title from drawings made on the spot by De Bruin himself. The work was dedicated to Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswyk and Lunenburg. This edition is identical to the 1711 edition published for the author by Willem and David Goerree. Provenance: armorial bookplate of former private owner David Dunlop "Merito" small pictorial bookplate of E. van Tongeren on front pastedown and one small previous owner's stamp - "A. Noorderbroek Amsterdam" - on the first blank. Old Japanese paper reinforcements to the outer edge of the front flyleaf a few plates may be from another copy same issue tiny weak bookseller's stamp in title page lower margin a pencil annotation below the portrait of De Bruin otherwise clean. In all an excellent copy in a contemporary binding. The plates in a strong impression. Henze I 378; Nissen ZBI 631N; Tiele 207 209. Not in Diba. hardcover
1898réf. 33202-888St. Petersburg n.pr. 1898. Gold-enhanced chomolithographic Art Nouveau title in red with ms. presentation 2 chromolithogr. plates 3 wood-engraved plates and 1 engraved plate by W. W. Matthé. 272 pp. 1 leaf VI ff. plates. Large 4to 310 x 220 mm. Orig. white cloth richtly decorated and lettered richly in gold and black colored printed endpapers all edges decorated in gold and red with dark red book jacket. In orig. dark red box. St. Petersburg n.pr. 1898. First German edition limited to 100 copies. This is copy no. 51 with a handwritten presentation to "Herrn Medicinalrath Dr. Grödel". Isidor Maximilian Mayer Grödel 1850-1921 was a student of the Munich radiologist G. Rieder and pioneer in balneaolgy and cardiology. This is Vladimir Vasil'evich Stasov's 1824-1906 rare report on the most elaborate book production of Russia in the 19th century N. P. Kondakov's monumental publication on Byzantine Enamels Collection A.V. Zvenigorodskoi. His book appeared in 1892 and is an important document of technological capacity of Russian printing industries. Kondakov's book than cost 120'000 gold roubles by the exchange rate for 1892.- Splendid copy. GREECE; ART; GENERAL & APPLIED ; St. Petersburg, n.pr. hardcover
2008réf. 48605London.: Susan Allix. 2008. Full burgundy crushed morocco excised sections with curvilinear edges reveal a checkerboard pattern of gilt pink and café crème paper front board with three applied sections of white paper with monochrome drawings and four colour paintings see below mounted to squares or rectangles of burgundy crushed morocco with magnetic fastenings single painting mounted to rectangle of burgundy morocco affixed to centre of rear board smooth spine with tooled title in black cream handmade patterned paper doublures bronze free endpapers burgundy velvet-lined oatmeal drop-back box with morocco label to spine with title in black. Folio. 290 x 230 mm. Printed text in various types and illustration in various media all on various paper stock in various formats final leaf with justification and colophon. The édition de tête in the deluxe magnetic binding of one of Susan Allix's most extraordinary inventive capricious and whimsical artist books.From the edition limited to 24 numbered copies signed and numbered by Allix in pencil with this one of 8 from the édition de tête in the deluxe binding.Allix's detail regarding the book taken from the colophon is instructive: 'Authors: old or unknown. / Typefaces: various but including Grotesque Gill Granby and Gallia with Caslon ENgravers Roman & altered and un-altered wood letter. / Papers: various including Arches Somerset Zerkall. / Printing: by hand by letterpress; with new intaglio plates and lino-cuts and old printer's blocks.'Also included inserted loose is the prospectus for the book a sheet folded in three 210 x 98 mm folded with printed text recto only together with the price list which also gives detail of the price for 'Pagoda Memories'. 'On a nonsensical scale this book is not deeply nonsensical. It looks like a book; it has pages that turn conventionally and its contents are not gibberish. Most of the words have been around for many years some so long their authors have been forgotten. But they are set in a variety of arrangements using more typefaces than are usually expected in one book. There is a new piece of punctuation I invented some woodletter I altered and some old printers' blocks reprinted . The initial idea . was for the reader to be able to do more than turn the pages; to be able to move or change images. Small pictures on the binding would be turned or re-located over others by the use of magnets. As the results of this were not intended to be serious they would be accompanied by some nonsensical words . The different sizes shapes and tones of the various papers used sustain a vitality in the flow of pages while the limited colour scheme of terracotta red and cream unifies the collection of odd puzzling or humorous verses and extracts.' From Susan Allix's text from the prospectus for the book. (Susan Allix). unknown
1934réf. 122326Paris: Édité sous la direction de Lucien Vogel chez Jules Meynial 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paris Édité sous la direction de Lucien Vogel chez Jules Meynial 1934. A printed box-form thick card portfolio with ribbon ties external dimensions 392 × 290 mm containing a thin volume of text 'Croquis de Route et Notes de Voyage' 36 pages in stab-sewn printed wrappers extensively illustrated and a suite of 50 loose colour plates each printed on a numbered and captioned bifolium. Portfolio tanned bowed and slightly marked with a short split to the foot of the upper joint; ribbon ties frayed; wrappers of the text volume a little creased; plates are generally a little offset onto the conjugate leaf and about a quarter of them have a very short split at the foot of the fold; the first plate is discoloured from contact with the binding of the text volume; these are relatively trifling blemishes that do not detract from what essentially an excellent example of a beautiful publication. Number 117 of 500 copies of the trade edition a further 200 'hors-de-commerce' copies were also printed as well as a deluxe edition of 20 copies. This suite of plates is the lavish pictorial record by the official artist of the Expedition Citroën Centre-Asie colloquially known as the Croisière jaune the Yellow Cruise. Financed by André Citroën and using all-terrain tracked caterpillar-tread vehicles from his factories this trans-Asian motorised expedition covered vast distances in 1931 and 1932. The plates from Iacovleff's striking pastels and watercolours encompass portraits and scenes from Kurdistan to Tonkin by way of Persia Afghanistan Kashmir Mongolia and western China. Provenance: Mary Isobel Barr Smith with a contemporary gift inscription in ink to her 'from Mary Isobel Legoe Christmas 1937'. Mary Isobel Molly Barr Smith 1863-1941 was the wife of Tom Elder Barr Smith 1863-1941 pastoralist and financier; he was the eldest son of Robert Barr Smith 1824-1915. Both were great philanthropists; the library at the University of Adelaide is named the Barr Smith Library in their honour. Molly Legoe was a grand-daughter of Robert Barr Smith; accordingly this portfolio was a Christmas present to her aunt. Édité sous la direction de Lucien Vogel chez Jules Meynial paperback
1812réf. 10794Vienna: Maria Geisler 1812. Contemporary light green glazed paper boards with a ropework roll for an outer frame ochre endleaves gilt-ruled flat spine hinges rubbed gilt-lettered red paper label all edges gilt. The Austro-Hungarian capital in your pocket - her only view book. The prints include theaters opera houses the Imperial Riding School gardens parade grounds a swim club an obelisk coffee houses porcelain and weapons factories hospitals painting galleries the bustling Danube christoph de bac's famous hexadecagon circus building etc. The publisher's address 1200 Graben dates the suite. I have not located a set outside Austria. Individual prints were and are offered for sale. In good condition; two double-page views were likely issued later and are not present here. Two plates have been neatly mounted at the time of issue on the paper stock of the edition nos. 89 and 99. All but two views are in their first or only state.¶Nebehay & Wagner Bibliographie altösterreichischer Ansichtenwerke 193. Maria Geisler unknown books
réf. 675816 p.l. 74 leaves. Folio later vellum-backed boards foot of spine defective occasional light soiling & dampstaining. Basel: H. Petri 1529. First edition of the two texts together. The De Temporum Ratione is a significant book in several ways. Most notably "this book helped to establish the custom of counting years from the birth of Christ. When we say that Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926 not 'in the 16th year of the reign of George V' or 'in the year 2678 after the foundation of Rome' or in the '2nd year of the 481st Olympiad' we are indebted to the Venerable Bede."-Printing & the Mind of Man 16n. "Bede's greatest practical effect was on the Western calendar. His decisions beginning the year calculation of Easter names of days and months calculations of eras and so forth in most instances finally determined usage that was only refined not changed by Gregorian reform."-D.S.B. I p. 565. "The De Ratione Temporum first published in 1505 is particularly important. It contains a remarkable theory of tides based upon Pliny but also upon personal observation; first mention of the establishment of a port i.e. the mean interval between the moon's meridian passage and high water following; this interval is different in different ports."-Sarton I p. 511. Pierre Duhem described Bede's establishment of a port as the only original formulation of nature to be made in the West for some eight centuries. This is the first printing of De Natura Rerum which contains such physical science as was then known. It collects the wisdom of the ancient world on these subjects and has the special merit of referring phenomena to natural causes. It contains a particularly important section - the "De Comptu vel Loquela digitorum" - which is "our main almost our only source for the study of mediaeval finger reckoning or symbolism."-Sarton I pp. 510-11. See also Smith History of Mathematics II p. 200. This work was edited by Johannes Sichardt 1499-1552 professor of law who during the years 1526-30 lived in Basel and while teaching also edited and prepared for printing Latin manuscripts he had found in libraries in monasteries. He also served as adviser to the Basel printers Cratander Bebel and Henricus Petri. Good copy preserved in a box. Early signature of "Mallarii" on title with motto in Greek. Armorial bookplate dated 1915 of Bishop's College Cheshunt an Anglican theological college that closed in 1968. ❧ Sichardt: Bietenholz ed. Contemporaries of Erasmus Vol. III p. 247. hardcover books
réf. 5035Woodcut printer's device on titles. 4 p.l. xxvii 1 368 pp.; 547 pp. Large 4to cont. Italian red morocco covers of Vol. II a little rubbed sides richly gilt with the arms of Pope Clement XIV in gilt in center of each cover spines richly gilt each tooled slightly differently a.e.g. Faenza: G.A. Archi 1769. First edition and a very handsome set with the arms of Pope Clement XIV on covers of the first bio-bibliographical guide to the writers of Ravenna; about 2500 works by more than 600 authors are included. Ginanni 1698-1774 the learned Italian bibliographer and historian was a professor in Florence and then in Ravenna where he developed a great knowledge of Italian history and writers. He formed an important collection of books and medals and was a member of many academic societies. Very fine set. Stamp on titles of the Biblioteca Piervissana on titles. From the library of A.R.A. Hobson with bookplate. ❧ Besterman 5346. N.B.G. Vol. 20 cols. 570-71. unknown books
réf. 737576; 99 folding leaves of which two in Vol. II are in manuscript replacing missing printed leaves. Six parts in two vols. 8vo modern wrappers text leaves lightly browned new stitching. China: Prefaces dated 1754 & 1756. First edition and very rare not in WorldCat of this collection of the poetry and prose of Ren Huang 1683-1768 one of "the foremost lyrical poets" Ko p. 92 see below of the Guangdong region and a member of the artistic circle whose center was Gu Erniang a famous woman inkstone carver whose shop was located in Zhuanszhu Lane in the imperial city of Suzhou. This collectors and scholars of this circle were both patrons and clients of Gu Erniang and in fact Ren's main asset late in life was his collection of precious carved inkstones. Ren 1683-1768 whose literary name was Xintian or Shentian Ren was a native of Yongful county in Fujian. Born into a well-educated family of generations of government officials he learned poetry and painting as a child. He received the juren degree in 1702 and served as a county magistrate in Sihui in Guangdong province. Most of the poetry in this work is from manuscripts and appears here for the first time whereas the essays and other prose writings were previously published. The second preface dated 1754 is signed by Tingheng Xu and the third preface of 1756 is signed by Tiaoyuan Sang 1695-1771 scholar. A nice set but with two leaves of text replaced in early manuscript. Several natural paper flaws not touching text and mended. With the seal of Yosaburo Takekoshi 1865-1950 Japanese historian and politician. Preserved in a chitsu. ❧ Dorothy Ko The Social Life of Inkstones. Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China 2017. unknown books
réf. 599537; 22; 17; 25; 21 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo orig. wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers new stitching. Edo Osaka & Kyoto: 1832. First edition in Japanese and an important book. "Kincho or Rikkyo or Rikkei or Ryukei Sugita 1786-1846 the son of the famous Gempaku Sugita published a work in five volumes in 1830 this is wrong or a typo; the correct date is 1832 entitled Yoka shinsen which was a translation of the Dutch translation of Joseph Jakob von Plenck's Compendium institutionum chirurgicarum. Viennae: R. Graeffer 1780. The Yoka shinsen was important as the first complete translation of a Dutch surgical work into the Japanese language."-Mestler A Galaxy of Old Japanese Medical Books. III p. 157. Vols. I and II are concerned with tumors; Vol. III with ulcers; Vol. IV with wounds; and the fifth volume deals with pharmacology. In this volume many of the drugs appear with Latin and Dutch names and Japanese translations. Plenck 1738-1807 a member of the Viennese School was at one time or another professor of chemistry botany surgery anatomy and obstetrics at the Joseph Academy at Vienna. Fine fresh set. ❧ Sugimoto & Swain Science & Culture in Traditional Japan p. 386-"the crucial work on surgery was Yoka shinsen New selections on surgery by Sugita Ryukei 1786-1845; Genpaku's son by a mistress which was printed in 1832.". unknown books
1626réf. 2256En Madrid: En la Imrenta Real 1626. In later binding using old vellum. Title lettered in ink on the front panel. he engraved title page is not presented. Occasional inkblots and signs in ink and pencil at the margin. Traces of old restoration. 1 I2 restored with minor loss of text 2 G1 h1 “burnt” by ink with minor loss of text A2 “burnt” by ink. Wormholes from C4–F4 at gutter with some loss to the text from H1–I2 at outer margin no effect to the text. In good condition. In later binding using old vellum. Title lettered in ink on the front panel. ff. 2 34. Coll.: 2 A–H4 I2. Scarce first edition of this significant work on the Spanish administration of Peru. Larrinaga’s Memorial is related to the office and the role of the Defensor General of the Indians. In four articles he introduces the institution itself and its history describes its related problems and inconveniences and provides solutions to the problems and a working plan to achieve these proposals. Novoa 2016 The author of the memorial Juan de Larrinaga Salazar 1588–1635 was a procurator for the city of Lima in Spain between 1625 and 1627 served as a regidor of Lima 1611–21 a professor at the San Marcos University in Lima 1618 later oidor in Panama 1628–35. Juan was the eldest son of Leandro de Larrinaga the first Creole lawyer to graduate from the San Marcos and advocate of Indians from 1601 to 1624 and the grandson of the Conquistador Juan de Larrinaga Salazar Ruiz de Urribari 1505–1600. The prominent Larrinaga or la Rynaga Reinaga or Reynaga family was linked to the protectorship institution as advocates of Indians and members of the family authored some of the most important sources of the early history of Peru and the protectorship institution. Extremely scarce. IB/USTC locates only 3 copies worldwide Houghton Library; JCB; Biblioteca Palafoxiana Puebla Mx. Literature: Novoa Mauricio. The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History Careers and Legal Culture 1575-1775. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2015. [En la Imrenta Real] unknown
1538réf. 72632Basileae: Roberto Cheimerino = Winter 1538. Second edition folio pp. 8 1900 columns pp. 1; 210 index; printer's woodcut device on verso of final leaf; lightly ruled in red throughout woodcut initials and ornaments; scruffy old calf gilt spine considerably rubbed and worn joints cracked cords holding; internally clean with perhaps 100 early and informed annotations in the margins. Armorial bookplate of Sir Edward W. Watkin Rose Hill Northenden the MP and railway entrepreneur. This copy includes the very extensive index which is not in all copies. Guarino ca. 1450-1537 an Italian Benedictine monk was one of the most significant 16th-century lexicographers. He was appointed bishop of Nocera in 1514 and is best known for producing the first Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. "In 1523 appeared his Etymologicum magnum sive thesaurus universae linguae Graecae ex multis variisque autoribus collectus a compilation which has been frequently reprinted and which has laid subsequent scholars under great though not always acknowledged obligations" EB. Adams P-984. [Roberto Cheimerino = Winter] unknown
1758réf. H6IG81I49TLCSaxony 1758. 8vo. Brown morocco Lyon ca. 1900 with gold-tooled turn-ins marbled end-papers headbands and ribbon marker in green red and yellow gilt edges signed by Louis GUÉTANT. With title-page printed in red and black and 16 numbered double-page engraved plates. 87 pp. First edition in French published one year after the first German edition of the first work attributed to David Cranz missionary in the Moravian United Brethren best known for his 1765 description of Greenland. The present work gives a history of the United Brethren their beliefs and their practices both in Europe and in their missions in America. The church was established in 1457 but the book concentrates on its history since its establishment in Herrnhut Saxony near the Moravian border under Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf in 1722. Under his guidance the church set up their mission in Greenland in 1733 and a 1747 act of Parliament under George II granted them permission to practice their religion freely in the British colonies in America. The illustrations show ordination induction baptism communion marriage exorcism an agape feast and other activities in the Moravian Church as well as their missionary work among black slaves in the West Indies 2 plates American Indians probably in Pennsylvania and native Greenlanders.With the gold-stamped leather armorial bookplate of Noé de Salvert. In very good condition with occasion light marginal foxing. The beautiful binding by the deluxe binder Louis Guétant active in Lyon ca. 1895-ca. 1920 is in fine condition with only a couple scratches on the back cover. A rare and important primary source for the Moravian United Brethren with remarkable plates of Greenland Eskimos American Indians and black West Indian slaves.l Brunet I col. 1258; James Ford Bell B-426; Sabin 7935 see also 97851 & note before 97846; KVK 3 copies; BN-OPALE plus 2 copies; Kirchenlexikon XVI cols. 324-336; not in Arctic Bibliography; Barbier; Church; Eberstadt; JCB; Quérard; Streeter. ABE CAT Alaska Canada & Greenland AMERICAS ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY RELIGION & DEVOTION Arctic & Antarctic Canada & Greenland Church History & Missions North America hardcover
réf. F4CE1CC3UKU0London: Jeffrey Wale John Isted 1706. 19th-century tanned half sheepskin tree-marbled paper sides. 8vo. First English edition of a treatise on the medicinal use of Spanish fly Lytta vesicatoria traditionally classified in the family Canthardiae. Joannes Groenevelt 1648-1715/16 was a Dutch-born physician practising in London from 1675 on. Spanish fly was known for centuries as an aphrodisiac but was also extremely dangerous overdoses sometimes causing death. Greenfield as he called himself in England strongly advocated the use of Spanish fly primarily for the treatment of gout and of bladder and kidney diseases. One of his patients accused him of malpractice and Groenvelt was fined and sent to Newgate prison but obtained permanent freedom through William III's general pardon in 1691. He published the present treatise on the use of Spanish fly as a vindication of his methods. It includes a laudatory poem by Bernard Mandeville detailed descriptions of the various medicinal uses of Spanish fly followed by medical observations and several recipes.l Blake p. 187; ESTC T64914; for the author: Cook "Groenevelt Joannes bap. 1648 d. 1715/16" in: ODNB online ed. Jeffrey Wale, John Isted, unknown
1631réf. 55459Amsterdam: printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius 1631. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo 16.8 by 11.4 cm. Collation: aleph-lamed-zayin8 = 296 leaves. 612 i.e. 592 pp: p. 464 erroneously numbered 484 465 as 485 and so on throughout. Two column text in unvocalized Hebrew; every fifth verse numbered in the margin. Title within architectural border; half titles with letterpress ornamentation for the Former and Latter Prophets. Contemporary vellumwith exposed thongs edges stained blue; yapp fore-edges; front joint cracked but holding strong. Intermittent light toning to text outmost leaves a bit more darkened; very occasional small stains. Title-page slighltly trimmed 4 mm at bottom edge; expert marginal repairs at bottom corners of 2 leaves; 1 leaf re-margined at fore-edge with no loss of text else a very good copy with crisp clean text. First Hebrew Bible published in Amsterdam printed by the rabbi diplomat publisher and religious thinker Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 one of the most distinguished members of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam and the first Jewish printer in the Northern Netherlands. The Amsterdam printer and publisher Hendrick Laurensz Lauretius provided the financing for this edition along with two other Bible editions and two editions of the Hebrew Psalms printed by Menasseh between 1631 and 1646. "These publications were not only made for the local market but mainly for international trade. Thanks to this financial help Menasseh was able to organize his printing office in a more professional way" Fuks hiring a Jewish compositor Judah Leb ben Mordecai Gimple from Posen and a gentile compositor Bartholomeus Laurensz. The printing activity of Menasseh was especially important in the steadily growing productions of the Hebrew press in the Northern Netherlands. Fulfilling the needs of the Sephardic community for Jewish ritual texts eliminated the need for expensive imports from Venice and Poland. Menasseh undersood that the relatively cheap paper and tools available in Amsterdam made it possible to compete in quality and prices with the Hebrew presses of Poland Italy and Basel. "Gentile publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam such as Jansonius and Laurentius were quick to see the opportunity of the opening Eastern European market and financed several of Menasseh's publications" Fuks. Menasseh was the first to introduce in the Netherlands waybertaytsch types for Yiddish publications along with illustrated Hebrew books. He was also the first Jewish printer to adopt the Dutch pocket-book format made famous by the Elzeviers. Notes on publication date and issue: The title is dated 1630 in Arabic numerals; the colophon notes the date of completion in Hebrew characters as 5 Adar 5391 = 7 February 1631 along with the printer's apology for being unable to provide the index of pericopes promised on the title-page due to lack of printing material. Darlow and Moule describe this issue as Variant A with a Latin imprint appearing in the cartouche beneath the Hebrew title. Provenance and annotations: early entry in brown ink at front paste-down with short Greek inscription Theos. dated 1700; old Latin inscription in black ink at top margin title in reference to Hebrew roots; date of 1812 beside Yiddish entry penned in black ink within imprint cartouche at title; old entry in German penned in black ink at verso title beneath which is an oval cartouche in imitation of the one at the title in which an owner has penned in black ink the Hebrew imprint information regarding Hendrick Laurensz as it would appear in the Varient B issue; old library shelf marks at rear paste-down; recent owner entry in blue ink in Hebrew at front paste-down. References: Darlow and Moule 5123a; Fuks/Fuks-Mansfeld no. 152; pp. 105; 111f.; Steinschneider no. 453; Vinograd Amsterdam 22. Full title and imprint: חמשה חומשי תורה פרשיותיו פתוחות וסתומות ע"פ ×”×¨×ž×‘× ז"ל ומדוייק בחסירו' ויתרות להעתק ס"ת ×¢× לוח בסופו מועיל לסופרי' ×•× ×‘×™××™× ×¨××©×•× ×™× ×•××—×¨×•× ×™× ×•×›×ª×•×‘×™×: נדפס בבית מנשה בן ישר×ל ז׳׳צל והוגה בעיון נמרץ על ידו שנת ישמחו ×”×©×ž×™× Amstelodami sumptibus Henrici Laurentii 1630. printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius hardcover
1865réf. 72790North and South Carolina: np 1865. Archive of 1880s business correspondence between William Treloar gold-mining engineer and manager of the Gold Hill Mines Rowan County North Carolina and the Gold Hill Mine Company in London. Primarily letters from the London headquarters to Treloar in Salisbury with several retained copies of his outgoing correspondence. Also includes an 1865 Civil War-era letter concerning the Stewart Gold Mine an 1894 brochure on the Appalachian Gold Belt and an 1895 gold-mining catalog from Mecklenburg County North Carolina. Fair condition overall with creasing folds staining tears and chipping; most correspondence remains legible. Detailed listing of contents as follows: 1866 letter in French written to the future manager Capt. Treloar of Gold Hill Mines; 12 page pamphlet titled "Gold Hill Mining Property Rowan County N. C. Abstract and Opinion" dated December 2 1878. This pamphlet chronicles the legal history of the land deeds and their successors from 1802 to the 1870's; Legal sized "Copy" Memorandum of Agreement" dated May 27th 1881. Memorandum is 3 pages long and is "Between The Gold Hill Mines Limited of No. 36. Palmerston Building's Old Broad Street in the City of London hereinafter called the said Company of the one part and William Treloar of Plymouth in the County of Devon Mining Engineer but now residing at Gold Hill Town in the County of Rowan North Carolina in the United States of America." Memorandum signed by the directors of the Company on page 3. Circa 1870's topographical map measuring approximately 32.75" x 22.25" of Union Mining Company's Estate comprising the Macklin Townsand and Standard Tracts in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties North Carolina and also showing Gold Hill. Map surveyed by Ernest Hauessor Geologist and Mining Engineer. The map is drawn on thin paper and shows details of the mining tract. A few small tears and holes to the map mainly located on the folds; 4 page "Rough Estimate of the Working Cost of Gold Hill Mine." This estimate is written on paper measuring approximately 12" x 8". The estimate is written in lined columns that numerates quantity occupation cost per day per man per month and per annum. The estimate total at bottom is 96770 dollars. 1 page letter dated July 6 1881 written to the manager of Gold Hill Mining Company. Letter refers to "blackmailing" and involving an agent employing a New York lawyer to take up a claim. Letter written on "The Mines Investment Association Limited London" letterhead; 15 pages of 1882 business correspondence written to "Capt. William Treloar" Manager of Gold Hill Mines Company. Letters written on "Haile's Gold Mine Lancaster County S.C." New York office letterhead. These letters have suffered water damage in the past and are faded torn chipped creased etc. Some loss of contents to this letter group. Letters arranged chronologically for the most part with possibility of a couple incomplete letters. Some of the letters are undated but circa 1882. Contents of this letter group contain much technical information surrounding the operation of the mines; 3 loose 1882 Western Union Telegraph Cable Messages addressed to Manager Treloar of Gold Hill Mining; Undated envelope empty from the "Gold Hill Mines Limited London" formerly containing letters from the board; Approximately 62 pages of letters plus 11 Western Union cable messages glued to the backs of the letters. One finely written two page letter labeled "Private" is included. Letters are dated from 1881-1883 with most hand addressed from "The Gold Hill Mining Company" office in London. Some of the pages are on company letterhead. Letters addressed to "Capt. William Treloar Manager of the Gold Hill Mines Salisbury North Carolina". Several of these letters are stuck together on the left edges. Remnants of yellow paper also stuck to the left margins. Some of these letters are now separated. Most letters are in chronological order with a few out of place and the possibility of an incomplete letter. This group may have been stored in the undated company envelope listed above. Contents of these letters covers the operations costs expenses technical information and much more. These letters provide much of the information pertinent to the mines around Gold Hill including the Randolph Mine Barnhardt mine etc.; undated "Amalgamation Department Summary" work sheet circa early 1880's; 4 large "Pay Roll of Men by the Gold Hill Mines Rowan County North Carolina." sheets dated August 31st 1882. Sheets have vertically lined columns containing categories listing 112 names a few duplicated station daily works number of days total amount and some pencil numbers written on the right sides. Sheets are creased edge stained chipped torn etc. Minor loss of contents; 10 pages of 1881-1883 correspondence between Gold Hill Mining Company and "Capt. Treloar Salisbury North Carolina"; 4 page "copy" letter dated September 1882 addressed to Manager Capt. Treloar discussing costs losses at the Barnhardt & Reservoir Mines referencing the Randolph Mine and requesting more detailed information on expenses. Letter signed by "Wm. Baxter Chairman." 3 page letter written on London company letterhead dated March 1883 detailing business; 2 page letter on company letterhead to Manager Treloar signed by the Secretary of the Gold Hill Mine Company and dated May 1883. This letter was probably removed from a larger gathering. A section of yellow paper is stuck on the blank rear page; Undated "The Gold Hill Mines Company" work sheet circa early 1880's; Approximately 16" x 13" lined sheet titled "Gold Hill Mines Limited in Acct with Wm. Treloar" dated 1883. Work sheet has stains; 5 pages of correspondence January 1884 from William Treloar to G. H. Harvey "Whitchurch Villa Mannamead Plymouth" referencing payroll the Randolph Mine and stock shares. Includes an undated 1880's note on Curteis & Pearse Solicitors Plymouth letterhead. Brochure dated January 1894 "A Few More Solid Facts Relating to the Treatment of Ores of the Appalachian Gold Belt." Published by the Inter-State Land Bureau 918 F Street N. W. Washington D.C. January 1894. Circular No. 5. 10 pages. Staples missing with light stains where they were located. Paper folded. contents clean. This circular mentions the Haile Mine in South Carolina; 1895 Catalogue P. The Mecklenburg Iron Works John Wilkes Manager Charlotte N.C. U.S.A. Machinery for Mining and Milling Gold Ores. 24 pages. Illustrated. Catalogue is folded with page edge tears and light stains and holes towards the back; Last item is a Civil War era letter written in April 1865 letter from an Union soldier who had 'escaped' a Charlotte North Carolina Confederate Prison. He stayed briefly with H. Downing at the "Stuart" Stewart "Goald" Gold Mine in North Carolina. Letter addressed to the H. Downing's son and transcribed here: Winchester West Va. Virginia April 11th 1865 Mr. Downing Dear Sir - Having made my escape from the C.S. Military Prison at Charlotte N.C. on the 17 -Feby last and in making my way north through the state fortune directed me to the Stewart goald gold mines when I mett Mr H Downing your father with whom myself and my companions took supper on the 19th of Feby I would say it was the best supper I had for many months before. On my departure from them he your father requested me to write to you giving me your address should I be fortunate enough to make my within our lines "Thank" God I am again within those lines. He your father requested me to remember him to all his family and say that it is his intention to remain at the Stewart goald mines until the close of the war. I am glad to say that the old Gentleman was well and in good spirits at the time I saw him. I would be glad to hear from you at any time. I am Respy Lewis Maish. York Penn'a. Gold was first discovered at Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County North Carolina in 1799 by Conrad Reed marking the first documented discovery of gold in the United States. Gold was discovered in the Gold Hill district of southeastern Rowan County in 1824 approximately 20 miles north of the Reed Mine. By the 1840s Gold Hill had become a major mining center with 23 mines and a populationf of approximately 3000. The Barnhardt and Randolph mines were among the most productive with the Randolph shaft reaching 850 feet making it the deepest gold mine in the United States at the time. Mining declined after the California Gold Rush and the Civil War but resumed on a larger scale in the 1880s following the purchase of the mines and establishment of the New Gold Hill Mining Company based in London. Gold was shipped to England and substantial production continued until about 1915. The accompanying correspondence provides a contemporary record of the operation of the Gold Hill mines during the 1880s. Letters between mine manager William Treloar in Salisbury North Carolina and the London-based company discuss mining operations expenses production and financial matters. Despite significant gold production Treloar's correspondence indicates that operating costs remained high and profits were limited during the early 1880s. np unknown
1946réf. 423496Rimini Italy: Zyttia w tabori 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition one of 280 copies. Mimeographed. Octavo. pp. 1-4 i-iv v-vi 1-104. Illustrated with a portrait of Bogdan and four other full-page illustrations. Bound in original army linen over boards with mimeographed illustration mounted on the front cover. Small contemporary name in ink on front free endpaper slight staining and rubbing to the boards small marginal tears to endpapers very good. A very scarce book of poetry by the Ukrainian poet Bogdan Bora 1920-97 written and published at a prison camp in Rimini Italy about one year after World War II. Bora had been captured by British forces and sent to the prison camp in Rimini where he spent the following two years and published three books of poetry including this collection the title of which translated as “On the Road.” Bora’s poems written in Ukrainian are moving works evocative of the turbulent era. The cover design and a full-page portrait of Bogdan Bora were made by fellow inmate Volodimir Kaplun. In 1947 Bora was moved to Britain where he was given his freedom and lived out the rest of his days. Very scarce. OCLC locates only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide. Zyttia w tabori hardcover
réf. 9439Six vols. 8vo orig. blue semi-stiff wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers label on Vol. I somewhat defective new stitching. Kyoto: Yao Kanbē 八尾勘兵衛 Preface by Nanshi Wenxiu dated 1417 but late 17th or 18th century. First edition to be printed in Japan of this collection of the words and deeds of famous Chinese monks of the Chan J.: Zen 禪 lineages. The Expanded Supplement was edited by Nanshi Wenxiu å—çŸ³æ–‡ç‡ 1345-1418 over a period of 30 years. It was first published in Jiaxing Zhejiang in 1671 a considerable time after Nanshi’s death. We assume that the Japanese edition to which our copy belongs postdates this Chinese edition. The entry for our edition in WorldCat 40222684 estimates that it is from the 17th century. The genre of records of the “transmission of the lamp” — a metaphor for the Buddhist teachings — fits somewhere between a biography and a collection of recorded sayings. It focuses more on the teachings of the monks featured than on the events of their lives. This makes the genre important for the intellectual history of Buddhism. Our copy represents the continuation of the genre which originated in the Song period. In 1004 CE the Chinese monk Daoyuan é“原 finished his great collection Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 Record of the Transmission of the Lamp of the Jingde Reign Period of the Song 1004-1007 CE. Daoyuan presented his work to the Song throne and the emperor had it included in the Tripitaka. Dachuan Puji 大å·æ™®æ¿Ÿ 1179-1253 subsequently expanded on Daoyuan’s and others’ works and compiled Wudeng huiyuan 五燈會元 Combined Sources for the Five Lamps published in the year of his death. Nanshi Wenxiu the 62nd abbot of Jingshan Temple in Hangzhou decided to compile the Expanded Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp upon noticing lacunae in Dachuan Puji’s work. The Expanded Supplement contains information on monks from the Song 960-1279 CE and Yuan 1271-1368 periods. Japanese reading marks have been added to parts of the text in black and red ink. Fine and fresh set of a very rare book; WorldCat locates only the Berkeley copy. Preserved in a chitsu. Occasional unimportant worming. References Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. http://www.buddhism-dict.net/. unknown
1940réf. ST13395Tokyo:: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 1940. 1940. 8 offprints 1 extract. Original wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. INVENTORY: 1. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro. Uber den Zusammenstoß des Mesotrons mit Elektronen. Offprint from: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research no. 976 vol. 37 pp. 399-413 June 1940. Original yellow printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. "In 1940 Dr. Tomonaga directed his attention to the meson theory and developed the intermediate coupling theory in order to clarify the structure of the meson cloud around the nucleon." :: Nobel Lectures 1972. 2. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro. Zur Theorie des Mesotrons. I. Offprint from: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research no. 1071 vol. 39 pp. 247-266 Dezember 1941. Original yellow printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 3. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro. Bemerkung uber die Streuung der Mesotronen am Kernteilchen. Offprint from: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research no. 1105 vol. 40 pp. 73-86 September 1942. Original yellow printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 4. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro; Miyazima Tatuoki. Zur Theorie des Mesotrons. II. Offprint from: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research no. 1103 vol. 40 pp. 21-67 August 1942. Original yellow printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 5. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro; Miyazima Tatuoki. On the Mesotron Theory of the Nuclear Forces. Offprint from: Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research no. 1124 vol. 40 pp. 274-310 March 1943. Original yellow printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 6. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro. Remarks on Bloch's Method of Sound Waves applied to Many-Fermion Problems. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics vol. 5 no. 4 pp.544-569 July-August 1950. Signed by Pais. 7. TOMONAGA Shin-ichiro. Elementary Theory of Quantum-Mechanical Collective Motion of Particles I. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics vol. 13 no. 5 pp.467-481 May 1955. 8. TOMONAGA Shin-ichiro. Elementary Theory of Quantum-Mechanical Collective Motion of Particles II. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics vol. 13 no. 5 pp. 482-496 May 1955. 9. TOMONAGA Sin-itiro. Development of Quantum Electrodynamics. Extracted from: Physics Today vol. 19 no. 9 pp. 25-32 September 1966. Signed by Pais. . / BIOGRAPHY: Tomonaga was a prominent Japanese physicist influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics work for which he was jointly awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics :: along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger :: for the study of QED specifically for the discovery of the renormalization method. Nobel biography: Tomonaga completed work for Rigakushi bachelor's degree in physics at Kyoto Imperial University in 1929 with one of his intimate friends. Dr. Hideki Yukawa Nobel laureate. He was engaged in graduate work for three years at the same university and was then appointed a research associate by Dr. Yoshio Nishina at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research Tokyo where he started to work in a newly developed frontier of theoretical physics quantum electrodynamics - under the guidance of Dr. Nishina. His paper on the photoelectric pair creation is well-known. Tomonaga stayed in Leipzig Germany from 1937 to 1939 to study nuclear physics and the quantum field theory in collaboration with the theoretical group of Dr. W. Heisenberg where he published a paper "Innere Reibung und Warmeleitfahigkeit der Kernmaterie" which was chosen as the thesis for Rigakuhakushi Doctor of Science at Tokyo Imperial University in December1939. In 1940 Dr. Tomonaga directed his attention to the meson theory and developed the intermediate coupling theory in order to clarify the structure of the meson cloud around the nucleon. He joined the faculty of Tokyo Bunrika University which was absorbed into the Tokyo University of Education in 1949 as Professor of Physics in 1941. It was in 1942 when he first proposed the covariant formulation of the quantum field theory in which the concept of the quantum state was generalized so as to be relativistically covariant. During the Second World War Dr. Tomonaga was interested in developing a theory of microwave systems. He solved the motion of electrons in the magnetron and also developed a unified theory of the systems consisting of wave guides and cavity resonators. As soon as the War was over Tomonaga came back to academic research again with a programme in which he was first to summarize and extend the intermediate coupling theory and secondly to apply the covariant field theory to actual physical systems. His aim was to investigate the nature of field reaction in the meson theory as well as in quantum electrodynamics. He was confident prior to the Lamb-Retherford experiment by means of a model calculation that divergence difficulty in quantumelectrodynamics could be overcome simply by handling the infinite mass and charge due to field reactions in some way or another. It was only a step further for him to develop the renormalization theory with covariant formalism in his right hand and experimental support in his left. Dr. Tomonaga was invited to the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton in 1949 where he was engaged in the investigation of a one-dimensional fermion system. Thus he first succeeded in clarifying the nature of collective oscillations of a quantum-mechanical many-body system and opened a new frontier of theoretical physics modern many-body problem. In 1955 he published an elementary theory of quantum mechanical collective motions. Dr. Tomonaga took the leadership in establishing the Institute for Nuclear Study University of Tokyo in 1955. From 1956 to 1962 he was appointed President of the Tokyo University of Education and since 1963 he has been President of the Science Council of Japan and Director of the Institute for Optical Research Tokyo University of Education. He occupies an important position in various governmental committees for scientific research and policymaking. Tomonaga's honours and awards include the Japan Academy Prize 1948; the Order of Culture 1952; the Lomonosov Medal U.S.S.R. 1964. Dr. Tomonaga is a member of the Japan Academy the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher "Leopoldina" and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. He is a corresponding member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and a foreign associate of the National Academy of Science of U.S.A. Tomonaga has published widely in scientific journals on such subjects as quantum electrodynamics the meson theory nuclear physics cosmic rays and the many-body problem. His book "Quantum Mechanics" was published in 1949 and translated into English in 1963. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 1940. unknown
1769réf. 85296Boston Massachusetts: Edes and Gill 1769. First American. Pamphlet. Good Plus. LACKS TITLE PAGE Octavo 8" x 5." This edition published in Boston by Edes and Gill Printers to the Honourable House of Representatives is a reprint of the London edition issued earlier in 1769 in London by George Kearsly. The first leaf shows ragged-edges spotting and toning; remainder shows light toning throughout. Several names scribbled ink-blotted out pen trials to page 3 and verso of p. 55. A detailed treatise outlining the defense of colonial rights and privileges based on constitutional principles original charters and the consequences of coercive parliamentary measures and cruel legislative and fiscal enforcement. This letter is sometimes misattributed to Samuel Adams but said misattribution perhaps issuing primarily from Joseph Sabin is considered by some historians to be insufficiently evidence-based. For one thing the first printing of this pamphlet was in London while at the time Samuel Adams was in Boston stirring the proverbial revolutionary pot. Hutchinson History of Massachusetts believes this "anonymous" author was James Bowdoin. An informative and important foundational document outlining point-by-point the unsound reasoning and lack of fairness in British policies regarding the colonies. Quite scarce on the market. Evans 11310; Sabin 31912. NOTE: LACKS TITLE PAGE. An important letter addressed to Wills Hill the1st Earl of Hillsborough then Secretary of State for the American colonies. Hill was "viewed by colonists and their sympathizers as a chief proponent of strict parliamentary taxation and military coercion" and a leading champion of economic oppressions levied upon the American colonists by Great Britain. Famously in order to extract itself from debts incurred from the Seven Years War the British Parliament imposed a direct tax upon American colonists; said "Stamp Act" set to begin in the fall of 1765 stated that all legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp provided by commissioned distributors who would collect the tax in exchange for the stamp. This law applied not only to official documents such as wills and deeds but extended to newspapers pamphlets and even playing cards and dice." Further a provision of the act stated that violators would not be eligible for a trial by jury. After vocal and at times violent colonial resistance to the Act it was repealed in 1766. However the Stamp Act was supplanted by The Declaratory Act which essentially reaffirmed presumptions that the British Parliament wielded the power to pass any laws regarding the colonists which they so desired. The issues evinced by these acts simmered for ten years and had much to do with the events comprising the American Revolution. in part from History Dot Com 11/09/09. Edes and Gill unknown
réf. 9430Four leaves of illus. 30 folding leaves. Large 8vo 305 x 208 mm. orig. yellow semi-stiff wrappers upper wrappers somewhat soiled both wrappers with some worming new stitching. Korea: 1765. First edition of this book published on royal command by King YÅngjo of ChosÅn. The book was compiled by Kim Kwi-ju 金龜柱 1740-86 the older brother of Queen Consort ChÅngsun 1745-1805. The royal Preface is furthermore written in Kim’s standard script calligraphy. Years after the compilation of this book factional intrigue under YÅngjo’s successor ChÅngjo led to Kim being exiled after which he soon died. Our book outlines sacrifices at the Confucian temple in Seoul including the KyesÅng å•“è–ç¥ and SongjÅl 崇節祠 shrines. The KyesÅng shrine built in 1669 was the site of sacrifices to the fathers of several Confucian sages including Confucius and Mencius. At the temple as a whole a number of Chinese and Korean Confucian sages and worthies were worshipped. The book contains illustrations outlining the layout of the shrines with the placement of the tablets for the various Confucian scholars marked with their names. The royal Preface is dated 1765. Ordering the compilation of a record of past exemplars apparently made the king reflect on his own character and actions. He wrote “when I with my shallow learning recite the writings of the sages and worthies but remain unable to learn the Way of the sages and worthies and when I admire the deeds of the sages and worthies but cannot act in their manner it is like knowing what something tastes like but not get to eat it or like knowing the road but being unable to follow it. Even though I might laugh at people of the past why would people of the future not laugh at me too” Minor worming mostly marginal towards end. See WorldCat 855527023 for a digital copy. unknown
réf. 950843 parts in 16 vols. 8vo orig. wrappers new stitching. China: Zhan yi tang Prefaces dated 1790 & 1791. First edition. Zhao 1727-1814 "was an important poet and historian from Yanghu. He was born poor and supported himself at first as a private tutor. In 1761 he passed the imperial examination and in a long career served in many official capacities. Upon being appointed the prefect of Zhenan Guangxi province in 1766 he showed himself to be a reformer dedicated to helping the common people. From 1784 to 1786 he became the director of the Anting Academy in Yangzhou. In addition to writing a collection of ‘poetry talk’ critical notes on poetry he wrote a dynastic history histories of military campaigns and other important works. He was a friend of Yuan Mei 1716-1798 and was considered along with Yuan Mei and the poet and playwright Jiang Shiquan 1725-1785 one of the three greatest poets of Southern China."–Barnstone & Chou eds. The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry p. 339. The present work is a collection of Zhao’s miscellaneous poetry and writings on classical Chinese literature especially poetry history and historiography one volume is devoted to a discussion of the Tongjian Gangmu of 1172 politics dynastic history philosophy and various other subjects. One of the foremost historians of his day he was among the first to turn his attention to the larger more fundamental problems of historiographical method and social and institutional history. Fine set. ⧠Nienhauser ed. The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature Vol. 1 pp. 229-30–”Chao’s literary talents were manifold encompassing those of poet essayist calligrapher and critic. He mastered many poetic forms including both old- and new-style verse…Chao was a prolific writer producing many works on a great variety of subjects including history politics and philosophy.”. unknown
1849réf. 5043Paris: Typ. Schneider Rue d'Erfurth 1 1849. Very good. Broadside approximately 18 x 13 inches. Matted and framed. A pair of short closed tears repaired at lower edge. Even toning and light creasing. Contemporary manuscript annotation under caption title. A wonderful illustrated faux news broadside published in Paris as gold fever coursed through Europe in 1849. The headline promises "nouveaux détails" of the gold mines in California but the text is in fact a humorous description and light-hearted admonishment of the multitudes thoughtlessly giving up their livelihoods for the hardscrabble life of a gold digger in the California wilderness. The first section runs through a litany of types who are abandoning their lives for adventure and advises them not to consider the difficulties of the journey: "En route pour les mines d'or de la Californie! Partez! Il n'est pas néccessaire que vous preniez de lourds baggages : une cassette et une bonne pioche vous suffriont. Ne vous laissez pas décourager par la peur d'une navigation de cinq mois. elle sera peut-être périlleuse. mais le résultat est si consolant : de l'or!. toujours de l'or!. Qu'importent la colique et les fièvres doublées d'un mal de mer brutal. de l'or!. toujours de l'or!. Qu'importe d'être noir ou jaune en mourant du moment qu'on se repose dans un linceul d'or pour l'éternité! Partez!" The remainder of the text somewhat sardonically describes life in California and warns prospective travelers not long for the comforts of home but rather to concentrate on their sought-after riches: "Par example ne vous attendez pas à jouir de toutes les douceurs de la vie. Vous n'y trouverez ni biftecks au beurre d'anchois ni dinde truffées; car les aliments y sont rares. Mais les racines y sont en grande abondance. Vous vivrez un peu à la manière des anachorètes pour un temps. seulement vous déterrerez de l'or. ce qu'ils ne faisaient pas que l'on sache." The illustration which occupies approximately the top third of the broadside depicts men and women from all walks of life carrying pickaxes on their shoulders and racing for a ship about to depart. The image carries the printed signature of "B. Netter;" a contemporary manuscript note under the caption identifies the publication date as February 17 1849. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France estimates that as many as 40000 French men and women made their way to California between 1848 and 1856. The present broadside is an excellent document of California gold fever in France and the pervasive interest in gold rush news in Europe during the mid-19th century. Rare we locate just four copies at Berkeley UCSD California Historical Society and the BNF. Typ. Schneider, Rue d'Erfurth, 1 unknown
1510réf. B6471Paris: Bertholdus Rembolt printer at Rue St. Jacques August 13 1510. . A superb example of fine and decorative early printing. Title is missing as usual otherwise in near fine condition text is clean and vibrant. . Edition: Paris Edition. Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf on wooden boards boards with blind-ruled panels and floral corner pieces. Nineteenth century rebacking with raised blind bands gilt title on morocco label on two. Notes: colophon: “In Sole aureo uici Diui Jacobi Par=//rhisiensis.terminatum est hoc solenne Decreta=//lium volumen Per magistrum Bertholdum Rembolt. . anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo decimo die vero XIII. augusti. As trained lawyer Pope Gregory edited and systematised the numerous compilations of early legal pronouncements or decisions codifying them while excising portions or “Exravagantes” thereby creating the 1234 Decretalium or Decretals. The work was published by Pope Bonifacius vii. In the present legal example the Decretals are accompanied by flanking commentaries by Bernardus Bottoniensis and Johannes Andreas; the work also includes Dr. Lodovico Bolognini’s legal tables. This body of canonical law would form the basis of canon law until in 1917 the law was further elaborated. Posterity would remember Pope Gregory for his Decretales Papal Inquisition ultimately with devastating long-term effects on Europe and his call for the Crusade of 1239 to retake Jerusalem. In 1233 Gregory IX would institute the Papal Inquisition to bring order and to deal with heresy appointing papal inquisitors - Inquisitores haereticae pravitati – in 1231. A consequence of the Decretals would become the suppression of followers of Judaism. The doctrine of servitus camerae imperialis or servitude immediately subject to the Emperor's authority promulgated by Frederick II directly proceeded from and built on the Decretals. The prevention of Jews to participate in the political life of Christian states continued well into the 19th century. Other population would experience similar suppression or persecution either directly by popes or indirectly their emperors or vassal s kings. Size: Folio 385x254mm Illustration: Text in Latin. Gothic script in red and black ink. Commentary in two columns flanking the central text likewise in two columns. Illustrated by numerous rubricated ornamental initials; headings and openings mostly in red; the opening of the first of five books ornamented by a large central historiated wood-cut initial large woodcut on recto of cclvii. Provenance: Upper free endpaper and lower margin of fol.I stamped: ‘Bibl. Patr. DOM. S.J./ /IHS/V/MILLTOWN PAR.’ pertaining to an Irish Jesuite parish; few unobtrusive ink marginalia throughout i.e. fol. ccxli and verso of final leaf. References: Renouard ICP I 1510 n° 66; BP16_101501; Brunet general; Andrew Pettegree Malcolm Walsby editors: FB III & IV:Books published in France before 1601 . p.899. Pages: Ll: bl. 2 cccxxx aa1-8 bb1-6 cc1-8 dd1-9 bl.2. Category: Book Legal; Book Religious Christianity Bertholdus Rembolt, printer at Rue St. Jacques hardcover
réf. 751132 fine full-page woodcuts. 42 folding leaves. Large 8vo orig. blue wrappers wrappers rather rubbed minor soiling modern manuscript label on upper cover new stitching. Japan: from the Japanese colophon on the penultimate leaf: “Nakano Zesui had the woodblocks carved & published this book mid-July 1655.” First edition to be published in Japan printed in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. Yongming Yanshou J.: Eimei or Yomei Enju 904-75 was a Chan master who had a profound impact on the development of Buddhism in East Asia. Yanshou was a widely influential proponent of a scripture-based Chan in opposition to the rhetorical and iconoclastic Chan of the Linji school. He became the first master to teach both Meditation and Pure Land Buddhism a synthesis that dominated Chinese Buddhism after the Song dynasty. This finely illustrated biography of Yanshou was written by the late Ming monk Dahe. It contains the later notes contributed by Yu Chunxi jinshi 1583 and Huang Ruheng 1558–1626. Yu Chunxi was a good friend of Zhuhong 1535-1615 and active in the late Ming Buddhist revival. Huang Ruheng who moved in the same intellectual circles was a noted calligrapher. This rare work is well illustrated with a series of 32 full-page woodcuts starting with a “true image” of Yanshou. The remainder of the woodcuts show the major religious events in his life from his youth to old age. We learn from the final leaf that our edition was copied from the Chinese edition of 1606. Some worming throughout. The woodcuts are largely free of worming at the beginning but the final eight leaves are more affected. ⧠In WorldCat the authorship of the copy at Harvard accession no. 43420760 is given as Daiei. unknown
