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1994ref. 23242Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Editions 1994. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 10.6x8.4x1.4in. Illustrated with 3992 photographs of hallmarks of manufacturers of gold and silver works in Paris and the Seine for the period 1838-1875. Contains an index of symbols an index of surnames and an index of Paris street names. The Brumaire Law of Year VI 1797 the basis of the legislation on hallmarks still in force today is presented in its entirety in facsimile. Text in French. 410pp 3.90lb 10.6x8.4x1.4in Imprimerie Nationale Editions paperback
1939ref. 66180Pittsburgh:: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 1939. publisher's limp pebbled post-binder stamped in silver. Minor chipping and edgewear to corners of mounts; rounded corners; front hinge repaired. Folio. Each sample is removable and identified with the manufacturer's decal. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., unknown
First Edition, folio (470 x 290 mm), [5], 6-60pp., 10 engraved plates (4 folding on 2 sheets joined) after A. Fyfe and Thomas Donaldson, plates II and III with short tears not touching the image, plate V a little creased with short closed tears, nineteenth-century half calf, rubbed, covers detached. This was "The first serious study of this subject and the most original anatomical work by the greatest of the Monro dynasty." It contains the first full anatomical description of the sacs between the tendons and bones which Albinus had named the bursae mucosae. They are illustrated on the ten plates "which for explicit clarity and accuracy have not been improved upon." (Heirs of Hippocrates 1011). The plates depict the foot, various joints including the knee and hip, and four of the plates are life-sized representations of the entire arm and leg. Monro secundus' earlier publications were largely polemical, and it was not until he had been teaching for twenty-five years that his three main contributions to medical literature appeared. Monro's Observations on the Structure and Functions of the Nervous System (Edinburgh, 1783), a massive text and atlas on human and comparative neurology, is Monro's greatest work. His Description of All the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body... was a practical manual for direct use in surgery. Although next to nothing was known of germ life at that time, Monro's acute observation and independent empirical judgement led him to the conclusion that the chief danger of infection in surgery of joints lay in exposure to the air. Garrison-Morton, 399.2; Blake, p.309; Heirs of Hippocrates 1011; Wellcome, IV, p.156. Russell, British anatomy, 613. Taylor, The Monro Collection, M170.
First edition, 4to (260 x 160 mm), xx, 112 fine hand-coloured engraved plates (a little browned), each with a accompanying leaf of descriptive text, orig. green blind-stamped cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, uncut. Sweet's highly decorative guide to the cultivation of the Rock-rose or Cistus. Originally issued bimonthly in parts, each plate shows a single variety of cistus or rock-rose and is accompanied by text giving a taxonomic description and instructions for the plant's cultivation. Provenance: The Edge Hall Library, signed by Charles Wolley-Dod on front paste-down. Nissen, 1922; Dunthorne, 294; Great Flower Books, p. 77.
1610in-4° pp. [8], 86 Legatura in piena pelle marrone
1970ref. 6225Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1970 ; trois tomes, petit in-4, en feuilles, couvertures illustrées rempliées, chemise-étui d'éditeur illustrées en rose et or ; 177 ; 165 ; 163, (7) pp. ; 64 illustrations en couleurs d'Henry Lemarié, nombreux petits culs-de-lampe dessinés par le même.
1798ref. PHO-1492Paris, chez Buisson, an VII (1798),4 volumes ; Texte 3 volumes in-8 demi percale et un Atlas in-4, demi cuir époque, dos lisse avec auteur et titre ,44 planches, certaines en double page ou dépliantes, gravées par Antoine-François Tardieu d'après John Gabriel Stedman, la planche 25 détachée, mouillure claire en marge sur 4 planches, frottements coins et coupes usés, exlibris Aldo Maffey, journaliste et écrivain italien.
18584to [29 x 23 cm]; 2 volumes, lvi, 1,005; vii pp, 100 fine hand-colored lithographed plates, index and tables in text volume. plate volume in contemporary half calf, spine gilt, front internal hinge re-enforced, spine foot with large chip, marbled edges; text volume in newer black cloth and light staining and foxing, plates clean and bright. A picture of this book is available u The text volume is from the Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, and was later reprinted verbatim as the text volume in Baird and Cassin's The Birds of North America, and is identical in all respects except for the title page. The text volume in this set is an actual Volume IX from the Pacific railroad set. Many of the plates were also first printed in the Pacific railroad set or in the US & Mexican Boundary Survey of 1859. About half of the plates were prepared for the present work. Nissen 62. Anker (Bird Books and Bird Art) 22: "All of the plates are said to have been carefully retouched with this edition in view; several of them were redrawn entirely from better and more characteristic specimens of the birds. . . the work was re-issued in 1870 in an almost unaltered form". Wood 217. Bennett 7: "This is the first separate and complete edition, being a reissue, retitled of Vol. 9, Pacific Railroad Reports, 1858". The plates are quite attractive, many of the birds shown with backgrounds, others perched on branches. Fine Bird Books 58. The 148 birds illustrated were unknown to Audubon.
1751ref. PHO-1273LONDRES (CHEZ NOURSE) 1751 2 VOL. RELIES EN 1, IN-12°, 17 X 10 CMS, RELIÉ VEAU MOUCHETÉ, DOS A 5 NERFS ORNÉ DE FLEURONS DORÉS, TR. ROUGE. 2FF-285PPS; 1FF-148PPS. PREMIÈRE ÉDITION FRANÇAISE TRADUITE PAR RAULIN, ANCIEN OFFICIER DES DRAGONS.
ref. Z1-J-032-01591Winchester University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Winchester University Press unknown
ref. 0012265Franklin Grove Illinois. Fair with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer is the manuscript Constitution By-Laws and Minute Book of the Franklin Grove Silver Cornet Band which was officially organized in 1873 and played throughout Illinois. The book begins with the full Constitution and By-Laws of the band which was adopted on August 23 1873 by the founding members. The remainder of the book contains minutes from monthly meetings of the band beginning with their September 13 1873 meeting and concluding after their May 15 1875 meeting. The founding members of the band ranged in occupation from a painter to a police magistrate and lots in between. Founding members are: John Blocher George Marvin Nathan C. Roe Abram F. Wingert D. F. Riddlesburger R. E Young F. W. Roe J. Spangler John Riddelsburger Jacob Ponerd Francis Warner William Kipler S. C. Yingling C. A. Colwell and P. F. Buck. Through meeting minutes the reader is informed of the growing pains of a young musical group getting their footing losing and gaining members electing boards costing and building a venue negotiating gigs and the outcome of performances. There are even some surprises such as a member whose relative was once President being voted out of the band for lack of payment. Excerpts from the book give the flavour of the entries: .Ashton concert was reported as follows Total receipts $12.74 Expenses paid up to time of report. Was for hall 1.00 License 2.00 Supper 1.20 Marvins fare 30 cts to Schumucker .25 Jacobs Total 5.00 Leaving a balance of $7.74 which as paid into the hands of Treasurer. On motion it was voted to assess each member 28 cents in order to raise the amount in treasury to $10.00 to pay W M Cosh. Adjourned J Blocher Sec. Feb 14 1874. .Petition of Chas Withey to become a member of the band was read and placed on fileand the amount for taking in new members at this date fixed at 33.48. On motion it was voted that C. Withey be allowed to take Bb horn to practice GW Marvin having delivered the 1st Bb horn to the President and through him tendered his resignation as a member of the band April 4 1874. .Invitation of L. G. Fish inviting band to Grangers Picnic and offering to take up a collection on teh ground for their benefit was read to band the band voted to play for them on the 4th of July if they would obligate themselves to pay band fifty dollars. Blocher was appointed to notify L. G. Fish of the action taken by the band June 20 1874. .Treasurer reports a receipt of $10.00 of SC Yingling Committee on bandroom reported that the cost of room 36x62 12 feet would be about $480.00 the building of the bandroom was voted upon and carried unanimously by The Trustees were introduced by the band to secure $600.00 D. F. Riddelburger Aug 29 1874. Whereas John Riddelsburger having failed to comply with his contract by not paying up his note according to said agreement Therefore be it resolved that said contract be declared null and void from this date n. D. . The minutes are an absolute goldmine of information about the towns and villages in and around Lee County as well as the citizens of the region and the financial realities of a small arts organization in the 19th century. The book measures 8 x 6.25 inches. It is hardcover and covers are in good shape save for some wear at the edges. Binding is loosening but in tact. Writing is legible. It appears the previous owner of this book allowed a child to draw in pencil on two pages at the front of the book. This does not interfere with the written pages. Pages are in good condition save for some tearing which does not impact readability. Overall Fair. Provenance: Purchased from an auction house in Ottawa Illinois in the early 2020s. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . hardcover
18124to [29 x 22.5 cm]; vii, 366, [i, binding directions], [i, ads] pp, frontis, 9 engraved plates and map, including colored plate (complete). contemporary boards, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, cover worn, spine ends chipped, joints cracking, some small holes in pages, mostly marginal, but including part of image of few plates, good wide-margin copy. A picture of this book is avai An important early travel narrative on Brazil with much on mining, agriculture, the cities, culture, customs, etc based on the author's extensive travels. The author later wrote several famous mineralogy books. Borba de Moraes 541: 'The first de visu account of the gold and diamond mines in Brazil. . . the view of the Jaragua mining camp is the first landscape document which exists of the interior of Sao Paulo'. The plates include a view of washing for diamonds at Mandanga, gold washing at Jaragua, view of topaz mine at Capon, machinery, River Jigitonbonha, plates of minerals, diamonds, topaz, tourmaline, shells, etc., being some of the earliest views of the interior of Brazil. Abbey Travel 709. Sabin 46991: 'The work of Mr. Mawe contains the first authentic information which the jealousy of the Portuguese Government ever allowed a foreigner to acquire respecting the universal treasures of the Brazils'. Griffin 3858: 'Widely translated in several European languages, Mawe's was the first description by a foreigner of the mining regions of Brazil'. The book also contains an early description of Sao Paulo.
ref. 41041Freren: Luca Verlag 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/100. Folio 12 x 9 1/2". 110 2pp. Original full brown cloth with white lettering to spine. Limitation page hand-numbered No. 37/100. Book housed in its matching publisher's slipcase with b/w photographic reproduction pasted onto front cover. Completed in 1936 in Palestine where Swiss Avant-Garde portrait photographer Helmar Lerski had immigrated in 1932 "Metamorphosis through Light" is a stunning 'tour de force' in which Lerski carried his talent to extremes. With the help of up to 16 mirrors and filters he directed the natural light of the sun in constant new variations and refractions onto his model the Bernese-born at the time out-of-work draughtsman and light athlete Leo Uschatz. Thus he achieved in a series of over 140 close-ups "hundreds of different faces including that of a hero a prophet a peasant a dying soldier an old woman and a monk from one single original face" Siegfried Kracauer in "Theory of Film" Oxford University Press 1960 p. 162. According to Lerski these pictures were intended to provide proof "that the lens does not have to be objective that the photographer can with the help of light work freely characterize freely according to his inner face." Laid in at rear inside a white envelope is a splendid silver gelatin print 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" produced by German photographer André Gelpke from Helmar Lerski's original plate. The print depicts a close-up portrait of Leo Uschatz not featured in the book. The verso has been hand-captioned numbered and signed by Gelpke. One of 100 copies of which this is No. 37. Minor shelf wear and sporadic fraying along edges of slipcase. Head of spine slightly bumped not affecting pages throughout. Text in German and English. Slipcase in overall good binding in good to very good interior and silver gelating print in very good condition. About the author: Helmar Lerski 1871-1956 was born in Strasburg then part of the German empire as Israel Schmuklerski. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1876 the family moved to Zurich Switzerland where they obtained Swiss citizenship. Lerski moved to New York in 1893 at the age of twenty-two to work as an actor changing his name in 1896. He spent several years with a German theatre company in Chicago and Milwaukee where he met his first wife a photographer. In 1911 Lerski began to experiment with photography by adapting dramatic stage lighting techniques to portrait photographs of fellow actors. In 1912 Lerski was encouraged to pursue a career in photography by Rudolph Dührkoop who had come to St. Louis to demonstrate his photographic techniques. In 1914/15 he taught German language and literature at the University of Texas in Austin. In 1915 after more than twenty years in America Lerski moved to Berlin and after showing his portraits was asked to become a cameraman at the UFA studios where he worked as a cameraman and expert for special effects for many films including Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis 1927. Lang wanted to insert the actors into shots of miniatures of skyscrapers and other buildings so Lerski used specially made mirrors to create the illusion of actors interacting with huge realistic-looking sets. With fascism on the rise Lerski immigrated to Palestine where he worked as a director and cameraman for documentary films. After the war Lerski moved back to Zurich where he spent the rest of his life. Luca Verlag hardcover
ref. 41041Freren: Luca Verlag 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/100. Folio 12 x 9 1/2". 110 2pp. Original full brown cloth with white lettering to spine. Limitation page hand-numbered No. 37/100. Book housed in its matching publisher's slipcase with b/w photographic reproduction pasted onto front cover. Completed in 1936 in Palestine where Swiss Avant-Garde portrait photographer Helmar Lerski had immigrated in 1932 "Metamorphosis through Light" is a stunning 'tour de force' in which Lerski carried his talent to extremes. With the help of up to 16 mirrors and filters he directed the natural light of the sun in constant new variations and refractions onto his model the Bernese-born at the time out-of-work draughtsman and light athlete Leo Uschatz. Thus he achieved in a series of over 140 close-ups "hundreds of different faces including that of a hero a prophet a peasant a dying soldier an old woman and a monk from one single original face" Siegfried Kracauer in "Theory of Film" Oxford University Press 1960 p. 162. According to Lerski these pictures were intended to provide proof "that the lens does not have to be objective that the photographer can with the help of light work freely characterize freely according to his inner face." Laid in at rear inside a white envelope is a splendid silver gelatin print 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" produced by German photographer André Gelpke from Helmar Lerski's original plate. The print depicts a close-up portrait of Leo Uschatz not featured in the book. The verso has been hand-captioned numbered and signed by Gelpke. One of 100 copies of which this is No. 37. Minor shelf wear and sporadic fraying along edges of slipcase. Head of spine slightly bumped not affecting pages throughout. Text in German and English. Slipcase in overall good binding in good to very good interior and silver gelating print in very good condition. About the author: Helmar Lerski 1871-1956 was born in Strasburg then part of the German empire as Israel Schmuklerski. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1876 the family moved to Zurich Switzerland where they obtained Swiss citizenship. Lerski moved to New York in 1893 at the age of twenty-two to work as an actor changing his name in 1896. He spent several years with a German theatre company in Chicago and Milwaukee where he met his first wife a photographer. In 1911 Lerski began to experiment with photography by adapting dramatic stage lighting techniques to portrait photographs of fellow actors. In 1912 Lerski was encouraged to pursue a career in photography by Rudolph Dührkoop who had come to St. Louis to demonstrate his photographic techniques. In 1914/15 he taught German language and literature at the University of Texas in Austin. In 1915 after more than twenty years in America Lerski moved to Berlin and after showing his portraits was asked to become a cameraman at the UFA studios where he worked as a cameraman and expert for special effects for many films including Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis 1927. Lang wanted to insert the actors into shots of miniatures of skyscrapers and other buildings so Lerski used specially made mirrors to create the illusion of actors interacting with huge realistic-looking sets. With fascism on the rise Lerski immigrated to Palestine where he worked as a director and cameraman for documentary films. After the war Lerski moved back to Zurich where he spent the rest of his life. Luca Verlag hardcover books
First edition, 4to (290 x 210 mm), [6], 22pp., Dawson Turner's Copy, 120 engravings on 116 sheets (complete), engraved title as plate one, 4 sheets having of two engravings, some occasional browning and spotting to plates, finely bound in contemporary full green morocco, lightly faded, joints rubbed, boards and spine decorated in gilt and blind, five double-raised bands, all edges gilt, a very handsome volume. The catalogue is dedicated to the art collection of Antoine Poullain, French art collector. It includes 120 engravings after paintings by Old Masters, from the collection of Poullain, among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Claude Lorrain, Gerrit Dou and many others, accompanied by short biographies of the artists. The engravings were engraved by different artists under the direction of the French engraver Pierre Fran?ois Basan. The collection of Antoine Poullain, documented in this catalogue, was sold at auction in Paris after his death in 1780. Many masterpieces from his collection are now in prominent museum collections. Provenance: From the library of Dawson Turner sold as lot 692, at the auction of his library on 9th March 1853, signed a dated by him on front fly-leaf, along with three notations: the first relating to the auction of the collection in 1780; the next concerns a Rembrandt from the collection being re-sold in London in 1814; and the third noting that plate 61 is included on plate 20 "This requires to be observed, or the book may be supposed incomplete". Later in the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, armorial bookplate to front paste-down. Brunet I, 686; Cohen-De Ricci, 116.
5 volume set, bound, blue cloth and gilt title on spine, 586+633+473+479+476pp., 22.5x30cm., col. ills. tipped-in: 37+34+38+40+38 plates. Good condition!! Very rare!!!. Content: Roma (vol. I + vol. II and part of vol. III) - Lazio e Umbria (vol. III ) - Marche-Romagna (Vol. IV) Emilia (vol. V).
ref. 48848Roma, Lorenzo del Turco / Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1958-1974 5 volume set, bound, blue cloth and gilt title on spine, 586+633+473+479+476pp., 22.5x30cm., col. ills. tipped-in: 37+34+38+40+38 plates. Good condition!! Very rare!!!.
ref. 2805aafXVIIIe, 9 x 5.5 cm.
2015ref. SBBI-mon0000117247CreateSpace Independent Publishi 2015. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. CreateSpace Independent Publishi paperback
First edition, 4to (275 x 200 mm), [8], xiv, 398pp., 100 colour lithograph plates, some heightened with gum arabic, numerous wood engravings in the text. Contemporary black half morocco, spine titled in gilt, corners and joints slightly rubbed, some foxing at the beginning and occasional minor light foxing in the text, however, the fine plates are clean and overall a very good copy. A superbly illustrated comprehensive treatise on dislocations and fractures, with an historical introduction by Professor A. Velpeau, "the leading French surgeon of the first half of the nineteenth century" (Garrison-Morton), who had been Benjamin Anger's teacher. The 100 magnificently lifelike plates, each depicting a different type of dislocation, fracture or complication, were drawn by Bion, L?veill? and Beau. This work is inexplicably absent from the standard medical bibliographies. Provenance: From the library of J. Kirkup with his bookplate on a front endpaper and a few pencil notes.
1700ref. 17363Amsterdam, de Wit, 1675 (recte um 1700). Ca. 49,5 cm x 57 cm. [4 Warenabbildungen]
1809ref. 5451809 LONDON RICHARD PHILLIPS 1809 reliées en un volume gd.IN4 1/2 cuir de russie à coins -dos orné -complet des 41 planches gravées à l'aquateinte et la plus part coloriées à la main ,11 pl. en 2 tons (fond sépia)-27 coloriées -3 dépliantes dont 2 coloriées - 14 vues de ville et 27 de costumes civils et militaires -303+296p.- edition originale. The author (1777-1842) went to Russia in 1804 at the Czar's invitation to depict Russian historical events. An affair with a Russian princess forced him to leave the country, but he later returned and married the lady. Stadler's colored aquatints after Porter's sketches of Russian, Finnish and Swedish costume and scenery are among the liveliest illustrations of the early nineteenth century. Abbey 13; Lipperheide Kaa 25; Colas 2407; Tooley 195.
18284to [30 x 22 cm]; 2 volumes, [vi], 92; [iv], 104 pp, complete with 96 fine engraved plates and 13 engraved maps including one folding, on heavy india proof paper. contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, all edges gilted, gilt spine title lettering, joints rubbed and scuffed, some plates pulled but intact, internal hinge cracked but firm, very good, clean copy with only light foxing on a few plates. A picture A superbly illustrated work on 12 mountain passes including the Little Saint Bernard, the Mont Genevre, the Mont Cenis, the Mont Saint Gothard, the Great Saint Bernard, the Monte Stelvio, the Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardine and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentiere and the Simplon, each pass with a map. Neate B170. The painter Brockedon traversed the Alps 58 times, crossing more than 40 different passes, in the course of his researches. He had helped in the preparation of Murray's Swiss guidebook.
1968large folio [53 x 41 cm]; [72 l] pp, 32 fine colored plates, including frontis, from paintings by Mee, each with tissue guard, signed in the plate by Mee, dated 1960s, maps, list of plates, pictorial endpapers. original green morocco-backed boards, bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards with hand marbled paper, gilt spine title lettering & gilt vignette on front, top edge gilted, original clear glassine jacket, original cloth slipcase, clean, fine and bright copy. A pictur A superb production with most attractive plates, including nine of orchids and six of bromeliads, each plate with a descriptive leaf. Margaret Mee (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee's work is of an unusually high order of excellence and in the best tradition of flower painting' [Taylor, director of Royal Botanic Garden of Kew]. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora]. One of the plants illustrated was discovered by Mee herself.
Folio (420 x 275 mm), [2], 3-16pp., Latin text, followed by Italian translation, large paper copy, this being one of 60 copies for presentation, engraved title vignette, 18 engraved views by P. Parboni and others, after S. Pomardi and others, some minor signs of water-staining to fore-edge, cont. red crushed half morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments gilt tooled, a nice copy. Only 150 copies of this work were printed for private distribution, sixty of which were for presentation from The Duchess of Devonshire who sponsored its publication, this copy inscribed by The Duchess to Captain Clifford. Cicognara, 1102; Brunet III, col. 327.
