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1989réf. 33763Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Villard Books. As New. 1989. Hardcover. 0394571800 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- 323 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: Anxiety. Whether it manifests itself in panic attacks phobias or chronic worry it's the number-one mental health disorder in America today. But for the twenty to thirty million people whose lives are being disrupted and destroyed by crippling fear there is new hope. In The Good News About Panic Anxiety And Phobias renowned medical authority Mark. S. Gold M. D. author of the landmark book The Good News About Depression explores the emerging science of biopsychiatry and the latest breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of these devastating disorders. -- with a bonus offer-- . Villard Books hardcover
1922réf. 0002248KAMPONG INDONESIA SINGAPORE 1922. On offer is a super original 1922 manuscript diary of a woman who we believe is named Margaret or Mary Discon. While she has not identified herself she does seem to refer to herself at some point in the third person. The diary describes her time spent in Kampong Singapore near Saribue Dolok. Using 8½ x 14 inch sheets of paper folded but loose she describes her time over 17 pages with some photos as titled: "A Day at _____gale." While the first part of the place name is difficult to read we are sure that local researchers and historians will no doubt uncover the location especially given the detailed clues leading up to the spot. Here are some snippets: "It was with gay hearts that we sat in the lamplight making the best breakfast we could with nerves thrilling in anticipation of the days jaunt while the boy and his wife saw to the storing of baskets of provisions; lemons soda waters etc. etc. We stepped into the car as the sun was lighting the east and a cool breeze making coats very necessary. Our days outing had been looked forward to for weeks and the visit of a fellow passenger brought the journey to completion. The jungle sounds were ceasing and domestic animals of all specimens were beginning to stir. First we went through rubber then a long street of palm shaded road through a struggling and picturesque Kampong ." Their car gets stuck in the mud and they have to have the village people dig them out: " .we reached Saribue Dolok which seemed to consist solely of a large store and a missionary's house but they usually have been native Kampong's hidden in the hollows here and there for we saw numerous parties of Balaks silently following each other to the market in Indian file ." They are now on their way to a volcano. Also describes the natives clothing. Back to Kampong. "The Kampong of Harring all lies just above the shore guarded by banyan trees. The rest house is a pleasant little bungalow provided by the Dutch government for visiting officials and lent for a small fee to any traveler. Here we found contrary to repost that a well supplied table was provided .We crossed a small stream the stream was small but gully was broad by a bridge consisting of two thin tree trunks on one side of which was a low rattan rope which gave us help and hardly any confidence ." They finally board a boat and she mentions how the crowds of people started gathering to watch them and has a photo showing just this scene. They finally return to the rest house. The diary pages were folded actually misfolded and the edges of the pages are a bit brittle and chipped with some little loss but overall Fair. . Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript. hardcover
1794réf. 3703905Rome: Typis Salomonianis 1794. Three works bound together quarto the first main work with folding map 2 plates and an engraved portrait vignette with two shorter pamphlets 24 & 26 pp.; an attractive copy in contemporary patterned vellum boards spine banded red morocco spine label faded. Three works by Paulinus including his important India Orientalis Christiana a study of and introduction to the Carmelite missions in India in the late eighteenth century in a particularly attractive contemporary binding. The work is illustrated with two plates and a fine map of India as well as a smaller vignette portrait of Paulinus himself. Paulinus of St Bartholomew 1748-1806 also known as Johann Philipp Werdin or Wesdin was a missionary and orientalist. A member of the Carmelite Order in 1774 he was sent to India Malabar where he was appointed vicar general of his order. In 1789 he was recalled to Rome in order to report on the mission and given the task of preparing books for the use of missionaries. One of the first Orientalists to note and work on the close relationship between Indian and European languages Paulinus was the author of many learned studies on the east and is best known for having published the first Sanskrit grammar. As an antiquarian who worked from original sources he was fortunate to have the patronage of Cardinal Stefano Borgia 1731-1804; a good Borgia whom he served as private secretary and who financed many of his publications. Both men served long periods on the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide a body preoccupied with exotic languages insofar as they impacted on spreading the christian gospels but also in understanding exotic theologies. In this context the Propaganda Fide was a central recipient of missionary collecting in the field which gave Paulinus exceptional advantages which enabled him to undertake extensive linguistic studies. After Borgia's death his remarkable library and museum were gradually distributed with the important biblical manuscripts mostly being added to the Vatican libraries after the secular materials had chiefly made their way to the national library of Naples. The two rare pamphlets bound in here are both concerned with Borgia's museum: Scitismo Sviluppato. del Museo Borgiano Rome c. 1793 and Lettera. del Museo Borgiano Rome same period both written in Italian not Latin and both discussing the Museo Borgiano. Borgia was particularly expert on Coptic relics but here Paulinus discusses early Brahmanic and other Indian manuscripts in his collection. All of these works are rare although as often the pamphlets are the scarcer. Worldcat lists some 10 copies of the India Orientalis Christiana 2 copies of the Scitismo and only 1 of the Lettera. . Typis Salomonianis unknown
réf. 53374London printed for J. Johnson 1784 reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co. Mission Row Calcutta 1848. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848 first published in 1784. Tall 8vo approximately 240 x 160 mm 9¾ x 6½ inches 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun pages: vi 1-388 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix unnumbered between pages 376 & 377 making a total of 400 pages bound in full Victorian morocco gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers marbled endpapers narrow gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine shelfwear to edges of covers thin black stain to lower cover see image top margin of title page repaired with the loss of one word "THE" pale stains and spotting to Hyder Shah colour plate and pale offset to facing text page thin pale stain to outer edge of the colour plate of Tippoo Sultaun and final 2 leaves minor foxing to endpapers front and rear and first few pages pale browning to pages 136-137 all text legible small brown stain to the inner margins of pages 268-269 not affecting text otherwise a very good copy. See: Early Writings on India edited by H. K. Kaul page 273 No. 3183 listing a variant edition dated 1848 our edition with the colour plates is not listed. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.
1601réf. 52944Imprinted at London by Peter Short dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Bredstreet hill 1601. SECOND EDITION 1601 first edition published in 1600 divided into 8 chapters the running title: The new found arte of setting corne printed signature H. Plat Esquire on final page. Small 4to approximately 175 x 130 mm 7 x 5 inches woodcut vignette on title headpiece and large initial to first page 32 unnumbered pages signatures: A-D4 plus 70 blank cream pages as padding at rear modern full speckled calf green gilt lettered title label to spine authors name in gilt an hilt rules and date to spine new brown endpapers. All inner margins have strip of tape for some reason as there appears to me no damage to paper brown stain to leaves A2 and D3 all text readable tips of top corners of 4 leaves neatly repaired nowhere near text. Fair copy only. Another issue of STC 19993.5 according to ESTC quires A and C reset. See: ESTC S114898; Luborsky & Ingram English Illustrated Books 1536-1603 page 633 No. 19993; Mary S. Aslin Catalogue of the Printed Books on Agriculture 1471-1840 page 103; G. E. Fussell Old English Farming Books Volume 1 page 15; Blanche Henrey Volume 1 British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 page 155: "New and admirable arte of setting of corne a treatise in which this author advocates growing corn by setting the seed at regular distances apart the usual method of sowing corn at that time being by broadcast. On the title-page is a woodcut of a growing plant of corn over which is a spade lying in a scroll bearing the words 'Adam's toole revived'; Donald McDonald Agricultural Writers 1200-1800 page 58 with illustration opposite. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. Imprinted at London, by Peter Short, dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Bredstreet hill, 1601. hardcover
1938réf. 047122Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Vi 463-504 Ii 36 Pp Ads At Rear. Two Issues. Original Green Wrappers Lettered In Black. Light Wear; Ownership Signature Of Aeronautical Engineer John Stack Part 1 And Aeronautical Engineer Richard Q. Bourn Part 2; John Stack 1906-1972 Won The Collier Trophy In 1947 And 1951 He Worked At Langley Research Center From 1928 To 1962 And Republic Aircraft Corporation From 1962 To 1971. He Gave The Eighth Wright Brothers Lecture "Compressible Flows In Aeronautics" 1945. Quotation: "Let's Try The Damn Thing And See If We Can Make It Work." He Worked On Transonic Flight. He Was Part Of The Bell X-1 Team. He Worked With The Variable Density Tunnel On Compressible Airflow. Qian Xuesen Or Hsue-Shen Tsien Chinese: ; 11 December 1911 - 31 October 2009 Was A Chinese Mathematician Cyberneticist Aerospace Engineer And Physicist Who Made Significant Contributions To The Field Of Aerodynamics And Established Engineering Cybernetics. Recruited From Mit He Joined Theodore Von Kármán's Group At Caltech. During Wwii He Was Involved In The Manhattan Project Which Ultimately Led To The Successful Development Of The First Atomic Bomb In America. Later On Under The Pressure Of Deportation For Suspicions Of Association With Communists He Would Eventually Return To China Where He Would Make Important Contributions To China's Missile And Space Program. During The Second Red Scare In The 1950S The Us Federal Government Accused Him Of Communist Sympathies. In 1950 Despite Protests By His Colleagues He Was Stripped Of His Security Clearance. He Decided To Return To China But He Was Detained At Terminal Island Near Los Angeles. After Spending Five Years Under House Arrest He Was Released In 1955 In Exchange For The Repatriation Of American Pilots Who Had Been Captured During The Korean War. He Left The United States In September 1955 On The American President Lines Passenger Liner Ss President Cleveland Arriving In China Via Hong Kong. Upon His Return He Helped Lead The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program. This Effort Ultimately Led To China's First Successful Atomic Bomb Test And Hydrogen Bomb Test Making China The Fifth Nuclear Weapons State And Achieving The Fastest Fission-To-Fusion Development In History. Additionally Qian's Work Led To The Development Of The Dongfeng Ballistic Missile And The Chinese Space Program. For His Contributions He Became Known As The "Father Of Chinese Rocketry" Nicknamed The "King Of Rocketry". He Is Recognized As One Of The Founding Fathers Of Two Bombs One Satellite. In 1957 Qian Was Elected An Academician Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences. He Served As A Vice Chairman Of The National Committee Of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference From 1987 To 1998. He Was The Cousin Of Mechanical Engineer Hsue-Chu Tsien Who Was Involved In The Aerospace Industries Of China And The United States; His Nephew Is Roger Y. Tsien The 2008 Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Chemistry. Introductory Material From Wikipedia Prefacing The Full Article. Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences paperback
1937réf. 047127Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1937 1938 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Complete Volume Numbers 1-12 Bound Without Wrappers But With The Complete Index To Volume 5 Bound In At Front. Black Cloth Spine Gilt Over Boards Ownership Stamps Of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau; M. O. D. Adastral Library; And Central School Of Aircraft Recognition / 11 Jan 1955 / Royal Air Force Ownership Paper Label Of British Air Staff Intelligence Headquarters. Includes Two Articles By Von Karman Including One Co-Authored With Tsien One Co-Authored With W. R. Sears And Von Karman's Letter To The Editor On Aerodynamics; One Article By Frank J Malina Coauthored With A. M. O. Smith "Flight Analysis Of The Sounding Rocket"; One Article By Tsien "Supersonic Flow Over An Inclined Body Of Revolution" And Another Co-Authored With Von Karman "Boundary Layer In Compressible Fluids". Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1937 1938 paperback
1946réf. 047124Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1946. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Ii 623- Pp. Original Green Wrappers Lettered In Black. Light Wear; Ownership Signature Of Aeronautical Engineer Raymond J. Comenzo. Per Wikipedia Qian Xuesen Or Hsue-Shen Tsien Chinese: ; 11 December 1911 - 31 October 2009 Was A Chinese Mathematician Cyberneticist Aerospace Engineer And Physicist Who Made Significant Contributions To The Field Of Aerodynamics And Established Engineering Cybernetics. Recruited From Mit He Joined Theodore Von Kármán's Group At Caltech. During Wwii He Was Involved In The Manhattan Project Which Ultimately Led To The Successful Development Of The First Atomic Bomb In America. Later On Under The Pressure Of Deportation For Suspicions Of Association With Communists He Would Eventually Return To China Where He Would Make Important Contributions To China's Missile And Space Program. During The Second Red Scare In The 1950S The Us Federal Government Accused Him Of Communist Sympathies. In 1950 Despite Protests By His Colleagues He Was Stripped Of His Security Clearance. He Decided To Return To China But He Was Detained At Terminal Island Near Los Angeles. After Spending Five Years Under House Arrest He Was Released In 1955 In Exchange For The Repatriation Of American Pilots Who Had Been Captured During The Korean War. He Left The United States In September 1955 On The American President Lines Passenger Liner Ss President Cleveland Arriving In China Via Hong Kong. Upon His Return He Helped Lead The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program. This Effort Ultimately Led To China's First Successful Atomic Bomb Test And Hydrogen Bomb Test Making China The Fifth Nuclear Weapons State And Achieving The Fastest Fission-To-Fusion Development In History. Additionally Qian's Work Led To The Development Of The Dongfeng Ballistic Missile And The Chinese Space Program. For His Contributions He Became Known As The "Father Of Chinese Rocketry" Nicknamed The "King Of Rocketry". He Is Recognized As One Of The Founding Fathers Of Two Bombs One Satellite. In 1957 Qian Was Elected An Academician Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences. He Served As A Vice Chairman Of The National Committee Of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference From 1987 To 1998. He Was The Cousin Of Mechanical Engineer Hsue-Chu Tsien Who Was Involved In The Aerospace Industries Of China And The United States; His Nephew Is Roger Y. Tsien The 2008 Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Chemistry. Introductory Material From Wikipedia Prefacing The Full Article. Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences paperback
1662réf. 16811Graz, Widmannstetter, 1662. 2 Bll., 16 S. Kl.-4°. Mod. Pp. (leicht bestoßen). [7 Warenabbildungen]
1767réf. S13771Heilbronn:: Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht 1767. 1767. Tall 4to. 335 x 211 mm 228 4 pp. 47 plates; text with some foxing. Original paper over boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare. FINE. An extensive work on the morphology of boned fish cartilaginous fish sharks rays skates and cetaceans. This work is illustrated with forty-seven full-page engraved plates that are executed in superb form. Plate XLII shows a beached baleen whale and its enormous size compared to the men in the engraving. A bit fanciful plate XL shows a pair of Mermen; a fish on plate XXVII has the features of a human face whilst a 'shark' on plate VII has semi-human fore-limbs. Except for these anomalies the zoological drawings are quite dramatic and relatively accurate. Jonston's works were frequently re-edited and translated into German Latin Dutch and English. Born in Poland but of Scottish origin Jonston was educated and traveled extensively. He attended St. Andrews 1623-5 studying botany and medicine at Cambridge Leiden and Frankfurt Universities. He earned degrees from Cambridge and in Leiden his M. D. in 1632 where he later practiced medicine and gained a great reputation. In 1642 he briefly taught at Frankfurt as professor of medicine. He retired to his private estate in Silesia in 1655. His "four dictionary-style works on fish birds quadrupeds and insects -- published between 1650 and 1653 with excellent illustrations -- were widely read and translated." DSB. BM Readex Vol. 13 p. 765; DNB Vol. X pp. 968-9; DSB Vol. VII p. 164-5; Nissen 2133. See Garrison and Morton 287. Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht, 1767. hardcover
1767réf. S13771Heilbronn:: Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht 1767. 1767. Tall 4to. 335 x 211 mm 228 4 pp. 47 plates; text with some foxing. Original paper over boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare. FINE. An extensive work on the morphology of boned fish cartilaginous fish sharks rays skates and cetaceans. This work is illustrated with forty-seven full-page engraved plates that are executed in superb form. Plate XLII shows a beached baleen whale and its enormous size compared to the men in the engraving. A bit fanciful plate XL shows a pair of Mermen; a fish on plate XXVII has the features of a human face whilst a 'shark' on plate VII has semi-human fore-limbs. Except for these anomalies the zoological drawings are quite dramatic and relatively accurate. Jonston's works were frequently re-edited and translated into German Latin Dutch and English. Born in Poland but of Scottish origin Jonston was educated and traveled extensively. He attended St. Andrews 1623-5 studying botany and medicine at Cambridge Leiden and Frankfurt Universities. He earned degrees from Cambridge and in Leiden his M. D. in 1632 where he later practiced medicine and gained a great reputation. In 1642 he briefly taught at Frankfurt as professor of medicine. He retired to his private estate in Silesia in 1655. His "four dictionary-style works on fish birds quadrupeds and insects -- published between 1650 and 1653 with excellent illustrations -- were widely read and translated." DSB. BM Readex Vol. 13 p. 765; DNB Vol. X pp. 968-9; DSB Vol. VII p. 164-5; Nissen 2133. See Garrison and Morton 287. Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht, 1767. hardcover books
1771réf. 40109Paris: Bluet . Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi 1771. Quarto. Modern quarter mid-tan tree calf with marbled boards spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt ribbon marker patterned endpapers. 1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto title with publisher's decorative device verso blank v-viii "L'Editeur" 362 pp. 1f. recto "Approbation" and "Privilege" verso blank. With exceptionally attractive decorative woodcut tailpieces some signed "Huault" or "H" and numerous typeset musical examples throughout. Uniform light browning. Le Duc overpaste to Bluet imprint to title as in other copies: "Chez Le Duc au Magasin de Musique et d'Instruments . Rue neuve des petits Champs No. 1286 vis à vis la Trésorerie Près la Rue Vivienne." A very good wide-margined copy overall with a preface by Diderot. First Edition. Cortot p. 18. Gregory-Bartlett p. 28. Hirsch I 56. Wolffheim I 497. RISM Écrits p. 132. Bemetzrieder was a noted French theorist and teacher. "His first work Leçons de clavecin et principes d'harmonie was a tremendously successful dialogue-form treatise which was edited and endorsed by Diderot. He continued publishing pedagogical works in French until he left Paris in 1781 moving to London where he taught music and expanded re-edited and translated his earlier works. He also wrote on music education mathematics philosophy and ethics." Cynthia M. Gessele and Jean Gribenski in Grove Music Online. Bluet ... Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi unknown
1771réf. 40109Paris: Bluet . Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi 1771. Quarto. Modern quarter mid-tan tree calf with marbled boards spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt ribbon marker patterned endpapers. 1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto title with publisher's decorative device verso blank v-viii "L'Editeur" 362 pp. 1f. recto "Approbation" and "Privilege" verso blank. With exceptionally attractive decorative woodcut tailpieces some signed "Huault" or "H" and numerous typeset musical examples throughout. Uniform light browning. Le Duc overpaste to Bluet imprint to title as in other copies: "Chez Le Duc au Magasin de Musique et d'Instruments . Rue neuve des petits Champs No. 1286 vis à vis la Trésorerie Près la Rue Vivienne." A very good wide-margined copy overall with a preface by Diderot. First Edition. Cortot p. 18. Gregory-Bartlett p. 28. Hirsch I 56. Wolffheim I 497. RISM Écrits p. 132. Bemetzrieder was a noted French theorist and teacher. "His first work Leçons de clavecin et principes d'harmonie was a tremendously successful dialogue-form treatise which was edited and endorsed by Diderot. He continued publishing pedagogical works in French until he left Paris in 1781 moving to London where he taught music and expanded re-edited and translated his earlier works. He also wrote on music education mathematics philosophy and ethics." Cynthia M. Gessele and Jean Gribenski in Grove Music Online. Bluet ... Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi unknown books
1929réf. S03Brnn: Jdischer Buch-und Kunstverlag 1929. First Edition . Half-Leather. Near Fine. Folio. 623pp. Half - leather with corners and marbled boards af fine private binding . Richly illustrated. First and last pages with minimal foxing. otherwise a very good copy. VERY RARE ! airmail worldwide incl. J?discher Buch-und Kunstverlag hardcover
réf. 98101501Canton 1860-80's Cheungqua. A group of 7 pith or Tongcao color paintings usual minimal issues mostly clean & solid sold "as is" as a collection with the typical chips & a few fox spots else very good clean examples. A RARE GROUP ! . . . . A SUITE OF 7 FINE CHINESE COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . SHOWING BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED CHINESE WOMEN . . . PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS . . . EXECUTED IN STUNNING & BRILLIANT COLORS . . . AKA: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS . A group of typical "trade paintings" executed by Chinese native artists for foreign traders visiting Canton or Macao during the early to mid-19th century. . A SUPERB SUITE OF FABULOUS COLOR PITH PAINTINGS: A stunningly beautiful group of hand-painted color pith paintings depicting a woman playing a musical instrument. . "GOLDEN LOTUS" or "LOTUS FEET" BOUND FEET Chanzu: This like most illustrations of the period show the women with bound feet. Chanzu bound feet was an erotic obsession and fetish in ancient China. The erotic ramifications are outlined in the references below. . The paintings illustrate Chinese women in a domestic scene with furniture playing musical instruments. Subjects are: . a. Yue1in Ruan Moon Guitar Moon Zither 4 stringed . b. Yanqin Chinese Dulcimer . c. Sanxian three-stringed Chinese lute . d. Drumming on the back of a Chinese ceramic bowl . e. Dizi Chinese bamboo flute . f. Huqin Chinese violin . g. Tong Luo Chinese Brass Gong . DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING ART WORK AND CONDITION: . Each painting is in brilliant vivid and stunning colors. Each is skillfully painted with a fine hand delicate fine-point brush with great detail incredible reality texture and appeal. . As usual the set paintings were tipped to a contemporary backing period Each painting is backed with a contemporary stiff paper or a more current back card. . Items "a" & "b" are matted see cover.jpg & title.jpg photos posted to our website. . Each painting is approximately 21 x 34 cm. most have a blue silk ribbon border partial border or border lacking chipped and the like on has restorations on the verso in the margin only. . Each painting has some chips parts missing on the edges or with small holes here and there 'e' by and large the images are complete but some may have usual and often typical age-related cracks or splits a touch of fox spots on "c." . Suitable for framing & display. Please review photographs posted to our website for details. . "RICE PAPER" PAINTINGS: Several authors refer to this name rather than the proper name "Pith" paper paintings also can be called "Tung Tsao." . THE CANTON ARTIST OR 'SCHOOL' OF CHEUNG QUA: Cheung Qua was an export watercolor painter in Canton. He and followers of his school produced various single and albums of these paintings which were sold from his studio. . Often his in-house artists began painting on their own thus replicating the techniques subjects and essence of their masters. Because these paintings were rarely signed the one and only identification ever found was occasionally on the album cover or spine with the studio name. . Often these paintings were sold in various shops in Macao the main resting and gathering place of foreigners during part of the year. . REFERENCE: . CLUNAS Craig.: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS. This entire book is devoted to Pith or Rice paper paintings. For musical instruments see color plates on pp.50-53 especially plates on pp.66-67 plates 39 & 40 are particularly similar to our examples that is to say by the same or an artist who was in the same house of Cheungqua or that school. CHU Arthur. et al.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: A GUIDE pp.62-66. THE CHINESE PITH PAINTING COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: An Annotated Guide. Crossman Carl L. The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings furnishings and exotic curiosities. LEVY Howard S.: CHINESE FOOT BINDING: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. . --. THE LOTUS LOVERS: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Foot binding in China. JACKSON Beverly.: SPLENDID SLIPPERS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF AN EROTIC TRADITION. . . unknown
1932réf. 38836London Nature 1932 a.1939. 4to. Blank wrappers. All 4 extracted from "Nature" Nos. 3252 Febr. 1932 3615 Febr.1939 3616 Febr. 1939 and 3620 March 1939. All four papers in first edition. In 1932 James Chadwich proved the existence of th atomic particles carrying no electric charge which for this reason he called 'neutrons' the first item offered here. "In 1934 Senator Corbino head of the physics department at the University of Rome urged Enrico Fermi and his collaborators among whom was Brune Pontecorvo to patent a proces they had perfected for the production of artificial radio-activity by slow neutron bombardement. This process was a by-product of repetitions and enlargements of a discovery by Irene Curie and her husband Fredeic Joliot that the bombardment of certain light elements with alpha particles induced radio-activity. Further experiments conducted in 1938 at Berlin by Hahn and Strassmann were reported by Lise Meitner.She and her nephew O.R. Frisch working with Niels Bohr's laboratory found the true explanation of these phenomena. The interpolation of a neutron into the nucleus of a uranium atom caused it to divide into two parts and to release energy amounting to about 200000000 electron volts. This process bore such a close similarity to the division of a living cell that Frisch suggested the use of the term 'fission' to describe it.Halban Jolio and Kowarski established the theoretical possibility of a self-perpetuating reaction." Carter/Muir. - Printing and the Mind of Man No. 422bc and d. unknown
réf. OA224 140 p. 227x145 cm. No wrapper or binding. Few pages are detached otherwise in good condition. Two handwritten inscriptions in Arabic on the last page in contemporary hands indicating that the book was printed in Bulaq. First edition of the famous The Seyahatname Ottoman Turkish : سياØت نامه by Evliyâ Çelebi one of the most influential travelogues of the 17th century Ottoman Empire. The edition included first volume which describes Istanbul. Evliya Çelebi stands among the relatively few seventeenth-century Ottoman prose writers who recorded the places he visited in an unmistakably personal and highly literary voice. His monumental ten-volume Seyahatname Book of Travels preserves exceptionally rich information on the diverse lands through which he journeyed and consequently occupies a central position in the history of Turkish cultural life and the broader tradition of travel writing. The Seyahatname constitutes a unique source for the historical geography of the Ottoman world in the seventeenth century as well as for the Turkish language and its regional varieties as they were spoken in that period. Evliya’s descriptions encompass the general conditions of the localities he visited their geographical situation and historical development and the social characteristics of their inhabitants including language religion dress artistic production and everyday customs. In addition the work provides valuable material for comparative geography art history and ethnography. Of particular significance is its detailed documentation of Muslim–non-Muslim relations within Ottoman society. Evliya offers extensive observations on the daily lives of non-Muslim communities including their demographic presence economic and cultural circumstances places of worship religious practices and communal traditions. His account further preserves a wide corpus of vernacular cultural expression—stories folk songs folk poetry legends fairy tales and rhymed couplets—together with notes on dialectal variation folk dances clothing styles wedding customs entertainment practices and patterns of neighborhood interaction and social conduct. Equally noteworthy is the breadth of architectural and topographical information found throughout the travelogue. Evliya records the distinguishing features of structures such as houses mosques prayer halls fountains inns palaces mansions baths churches monasteries towers castles fortifications roads and synagogues often including remarks on their construction later repairs patrons builders and restorers. He also supplies data on regional culinary culture local administration prominent families and notable individuals—including poets performers and officials of various ranks—while occasionally offering insight into the tools and material equipment characteristic of seventeenth-century Ottoman life. Paper copies are rare. Worldcat shows copies at UC Berkeley Libraries Stanford University Concordia College Library Dallas Theological Seminary University of Chicago Library University of Notre Dame. hardcover
1775réf. 13cb6in12 plein veau marbré. Pièce de titre rouge - titres, caissons, et fleurons dorés, tranches rouges. VIII+352 pp. Dissolutions du fer - dissolutions du cuivre - dissolutions de l'or - dissolutions de l'argent - dissolutions de l'étain - du plomb, du zinc, du bismuth, de l'antimoine, du cobalt, de l'arsenic et du mercure
1977réf. 4780DBLuzern, Faksimile-Verlag, 1977-1981. Folio. (682) S. davon 443 Seiten mit farb. Miniaturen; 724 S. (Kommentarband), 10 Bl. (Begleitheft). Schweinslederband mit Blindprägung, 2 Schliessen u. 10 Beschläge, in Holzkiste. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 4780DB|4780DB_2|4780DB_3 2 Bände, 1 Heft. [3 Warenabbildungen] Faksimile-Ausgabe.
2024réf. BRG-36_3_693Independently published 2024-07-18. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Independently published paperback
1981réf. 34851New York New York U.S.A.: Arbor House Pub Co 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. Bacon Paul. 1st Slightly smaller book dark red cloth spine gray cloth boards gilt lettering bright on spine dark brown inside covers and adjacent end papers 192 pages. Designed by Paul Bacon. DJ glossy blue with colorful lettering on front and spine b/w photo on back darker at spine bottom crease at bottom back right. Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Arbor House Pub Co hardcover
réf. 51457Chez Durand et Pissot Paris France 1752. Relie demi-toile en veau a l'impression dore et au 5 nerfs plattes interieures decorees 19e siecle 632 pp.16 pl. 26 x 21 x 5 cm. V.G. condition. L'Art de la Verrerie OU l'on trouvera la maniere de faire le Verre et le Crystal d'y porter des Couleurs d'imiter les Pierres Pretieuses de preparer et colorer les Emaux de faire la Potasse de Peindre sur le Verre de preparer des Vernis de composer des Couvertes pour les Fayances et Poteries dextraire la Couleur Pourpre de lOr de contrefaire les Rubis de faire le Saffre de faire et peindre les Porcelaines &c. Translated from German into French. Traduits de l'Allemand par M.D. ou Paul Henri THIRY Baron d'HOLBACH. Chez Durand et Pissot, Paris, France 1752 unknown
1709réf. 4788Amsterdam Leeuwarden 1709. Small 8vo. Jan ten Hoorn Pieter Ruirds Contemporary vellum title in ink in manuscript on spine. With fine engraved frontispiece by J. Luyken. 2 parts in one volume. 8 320; 196 20 pp. Rare 3rd edition of the Dutch translation of a popular work on medicinal herbs plants minerals etc. with recipes. It starts with the Theatrum sympateticum divided into two parts by the English diplomat and philosopher Kenelm Digby 1603-1665. The first contains notes on medicinal herbs and plants curing everyday ailments the second explains how to make the "powder of sympathy" "a potion which allowed the healing of the wound by treating the weapon which caused it" MacDonald and includes extracts from works by Papinius and Sylvester Rattrat. The powder of sympathy could also be put on a bandage that had been in contact with the wound without ever touching the wound. Digbys work is followed by 't Groote licht der natuurkunde by Athanasius Kircher 1602-1680 a work on magnetic forces and the influence of the moon sun and planets on the earth. The book closes with extracts from Digby's memoirs containing recipes for "new" medicines including mostly household and cosmetic recipes like face powder for women and water to whiten teeth. The first Dutch edition was published in 1681.With bookplate of Kenneth Garth Huston 1926-1987 physician book collector and bibliographer of Digby on the front paste-down. Hinges weak with a very small wormhole in the outer margin of pp. 127-320 of the first part and the entire second part not affecting the text with some wormholes in the upper-outer corner of the leaves of the bladwyser and the index of the second part affecting the text and in some leaves repared with paper.l Caillet 10601; DNB V 970; DSB IV 95-6 ; Ferguson Bib. chem. I pp. 212-213; cf: Duveen pp. 172-173 & 574; Muller Pop. proza 763 2nd ed. 1697; De Vries Pop. proza 473 idem. hardcover
1934442 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Signature of Frank Cyril James upon front free endpaper. Dr. James earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922 and went on to serve as Principal of McGill University from 1939 to 1962. - online reference. This copy was apparently donated to McGill as its deaccession stamp is placed over Dr. James's signature and faint evidence remains of a label removed from the spine. "No one... can possibly appreciate the great importance of the subject of which this book treats until he has acquired a realizing sense of how, all his life, he has been the victim of the 'money illusion.'" - Introduction. Textured navy boards. Backstrip lettering rubbed but legible. Moderate soiling to edges. Binding intact. Average external wear. A sound first edition copy of this monetary classic. Fisher M-2058, Cohen p.186. Book
1939223, 16 (ads) pp. Index. "The problem of the Jews in Britain, and the power they wield in public affairs, is a matter of the most absorbing interest in these days when propaganda has clouded the issue and made it almost impossible for the ordinary man to see the subject in its true perspective. This book is a critical but strictly impartial analysis written by a well-known Fleet Street journalist who has studied the whole problem for a number of years in the light of events since the Great War." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's orange cloth. Binding intact. Small contemporary Buenos Aires bookseller's sticker inside front board. Above-average wear to dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Singerman 494. Book
