1713Best.-Nr. M8143Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 115x172 mm 4.53x6.77 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps City Maps; Maps Mediterranean Islands; unknown
1713Best.-Nr. M8142Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 61x105 mm 2.40x4.13 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy Rome; unknown
1713Best.-Nr. M8135Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Northern Italy. Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 120x170 mm 4.72x6.69 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1713Best.-Nr. M8145Italy c.1713. Very Good. Notes: Northern Italy Savonarola used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea. Monk of Theatine order who worked in the monastery library in Padua. He was also Professor of Holy Scripture. Universes Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum. Size : 117x175 mm 4.61x6.89 Inches Coloring: Black & White Reference: Mickwitz A.M. Miekkavaara L. and Rantenen T. The A.E. Nordenskiold Collection in the Helsinki University Library Volume 2 1981 pp. 269- 276 Category: Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1820Best.-Nr. P5280Italy c.1820. Very Good. Notes: The tondo circular painting was popular in Renaissance Florence for private apartments. Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 353x356 mm 13.90x14.02 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Engraving Categories: Religious Christianity; unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 45668London 1897. Very good collection folded edge worn one tear affecting small portion of text minor soiling a few sticker remnants. 9 pp. A rare archive of five letters to "yet another woman artist who needs our attention" Victorian artist Mary F. Raphael from renowned Victorian artists and illustrators Reginald Cleaver; George Percy Jacomb-Hood; Henrietta Rae Normand; Claude Hayes; and William Quiller Orchardson. Marianna Mary Florette Moses Raphael 1861-1942 studied art in her youth but did not pursue it professionally until her husband the wealthy Arthur Lewis Raphael died suddenly in 1891. Widowed at 30 Mary was left to care for their daughter Gladys and enrolled at Cooke's Studio on Fitzroy Street. Her talent was recognized shortly after her enrollment and her works including "The Wood Nymph" and "Britomart and Amoret" had appeared in galleries throughout the 1890s. Britomart clearly suggests desire between two women In the early 1900s Raphael continued to exhibit designed cover art for books became active in the suffrage movement and was a prolific short story writer. She was also an accomplished novelist publishing her first "Phoebe Maroon" in 1914 fannycornforth.blogspot./2021/02/mary-f-raphael-1861-1942. "Mary Raphael began her art studies at Cooke's studio in London and received instruction and encouragement from well-known artists including Simeon J. Solomon. She continued her studies in Pans and her work since shows her determination to strengthen her own style in her highly competent and original works. Her Wood Nymph an acclaimed Royal Academy exhibit in 1896 shows her talent in painting nude female figures as well as her real achievement in solving drawing and composition problems. She has shown equal virtuosity' in her portraits of women and children Her portrait of A. E. Woodley Mason will be featured as the frontispiece to his next book." Rinder Frank “Mary F. Raphael " Art Journal 1899: 257- 259. Most if not all of the letters are written during the 1890s early in Raphael's career and pertain both to social engagements and to professional matters. Contents include: 1. ALS. Reginald Cleaver. March 28th 1894. 22 Bolton Studios Redcliffe Road. S.W. 1 pp. Accepting an invitation to join Raphael on April 11th. British cartoonist Reginald Cleaver 1870-1954 was best known for his work for Punch and The Daily Graphic. 2. ALS. George Percy Jacomb-Hood. April 1st 1894. 26 Tite Street Chelsea S.W. 1 pp. Declines an invitation from Raphael. "I have only just returned from 6 months in Italy to find your kind invitation for the 19th. The distance from Chelsea to Regents Park must be my excuse for not having paid my respects to you yet. I thank you for the invitation but I never go to dances now." Jacomb-Hood 1857 -1929 was a painter and illustrator. He was a founding member of the New English Art Club and Society of Portrait Painters. As an illustrator for The Graphic he worked overseas on a regular basis. 3. ALS. Henrietta Rae Normand. December 4th 1897. Auklands West Norwood. 2 pp. Pertaining to an upcoming exhibit where Raphael's "The Wood Nymph" and potentially another work would be on display. "As the hanging proceeds I will communicate with you about the portrait & if there should be space I will call you for it in addition to the other contribution if you will allow me to make this arrangement. I should not like to hang it badly but if we are crowded it might have to go higher than I should like to see it." Henrietta Rae Normand 1859-1928 was a painter skilled in classical and literary subjects. The exhibit to which Normand may be referring is the Jubilee of Queen Victoria an 1897 exhibition of work by female artists. 4. ALS. Claude Hayes. Nov. 17th.n.d. but ca. 1896. Wiburn Hill Addleston. 3 pp. Thanking Raphael for payment and apologizing for being unable to see her due to a five-day show. "We were indeed sorry to have missed you & really hoped to have made time to come & see you but having a five days' show is rather trying & made hard work of our pleasure . we dined every night of the five days & went as well to see "Under the red robe"! . Shall I see your large portrait you speak in the New or R.A. I wish could had the life of a painter pure & simple like you for instance for half my time is employed in catching trains for teaching purposes." Claude Hayes 1852-1922 was a Dublin-born portrait and landscape painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy the New Watercolour Society the New Gallery and the Royal Institute for Painters in Watercolour. Letter not dated but likely around 1896 considering the mention of the stage play "Under the Red Robe. 5. ALS. W.Q. Orchardson. n.d.13 Portland Place. 2 pp. Reply to arrange a time to meet later in the week. "I have just got your note which has followed me to & from the country. I am sorry for the delay but I shall do myself the pleasure of calling on Wednesday between 3 & 4 in the hope that that hour will suit your convenience. Many thanks in your kindness of not forgetting." William Quiller Orchardson 1832-1910 was a Scottish portraitist and painter distinguished for his depiction of domestic and historical subjects. Harris & Scott: A Gallery of Her Own.Annotated Bibliography of Women in Victorian Painting: 200. unknown
1991Best.-Nr. 516751991. Robinson Raphael M. 1911-91. Minsky's small universal Turing machine. Offprint from International Journal of Mathematics 2 1991. 551-562pp. 248 x 160 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Very good. First Edition Offprint Issue. Robinson a professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley did major work on the foundations of mathematics. In the present paper one of Robinson's last publications he discussed Minsky's 4-symbol 7-state Turing machine which Minsky constructed in 1962. "This paper contains everything that is needed for an understanding of Minsky's machine including a complete description of its operation. Minsky's machine remains one of the minimal known Turing machines. That is there is no known such machine which decreases one parameter without increasing the other" p. 551. From the library of Martin Davis. . unknown
1719Best.-Nr. 46362Clifford Herefordshire 17th July 1936. Creased where folded; one tiny corner missing. 8vo. To Arthur Morrison thanking him for a favor and asking another. unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 3118048Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Second American edition following the D. Appleton edition of 1911. Fine in very close to fine 'second issue' dust jacket priced $2.50 on flap. 312pp. 5" X 7 1/2" Only a few tiny edge nicks in jacket at crown of spine. Remarkable survival in splendid condition.; 5" x 8"' x 7 1/2"; 312 pages . 1926. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 5612Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. DRAWING OF A BOY IV. Pencil on brown paper. c. 19 X 14 inches; 482 x 360mm. sheet. Signed. In very good condition excpet for chips at sheet edges; mounted to Japanese tissue for support. unknown
Best.-Nr. 5613Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. DRAWING OF A BOY V. Pencil on brown paper. c. 19 X 14 inches; 482 x 360mm. sheet. Signed. In very good condition except for chips at edges; mounted to Japanese tissue for support. unknown
Best.-Nr. 5610Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. DRAWING OF A BOY II. Pencil on brown paper. c. 19 X 14 inches; 482 x 360mm. sheet. Signed. In very good condition except for chips at sheet edges; mounted to Japanese tissue for support. unknown
Best.-Nr. 20911865-nnew. unknown
1853Best.-Nr. 2760Chiquimila: 2 Agosto 1853. Very good plus. Small broadside approximately 8.25 x 6.5 inches. Trimmed a bit raggedly. Small wormhole at lower left affecting one letter. Light tanning. An otherwise unrecorded 1853 broadside in which Rafael Carrera addresses the army and people of Guatemala concerning the ongoing strife with Honduras. He writes in part: "Sé bien que los pueblos de Honduras son nuestros hermanos y siempre habiamos vivido con ellos en la mejor armonia; mas ahora ¿por qué sufren que se les constituya en instrumentos y se les haga victimas de las pasiones inconsideradas de unos pocos revolucionario Habitantes todos de la Republica.-- Vuestros sacrificios en favor de la paz no seràn infructuosos; y yo espero mediante el auxilio de la Divina Providencia que no durarán mas tiempo." Not in OCLC. 2 Agosto unknown books
1869Best.-Nr. 210941869. Attractive orange chalk drawing a 19th Century reproduction of a Raphael portrait. Visible 27 by 14.5 cm. With frame and linen matting 44 by 31 cm. The gilt frame with molded tiers flecks of red and black dotting the gilt is handsome as is the lining and lend a gravity to the drawing. We know nothing about Butarand. The frame has some minor surface loss. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 150431N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless matte-finish reference photograph from the set of the 1976 film showing director Marco Ferreri gesturing to his right with actor Renato Salvatori in the background. A chauvinistic engineer has recently been abandoned by his wife leaving him with their nine month-old son. He embarks on an affair with his son's daycare worker but trouble looms when the exposure of the relationship threatens his custody rights. A film which generated controversy at the time of its release for its graphic depiction of sexuality and male nudity and for its shocking final scene. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9.25 x 7 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 45668London 1897. Very good collection folded edge worn one tear affecting small portion of text minor soiling a few sticker remnants. 9 pp. A rare archive of five letters to "yet another woman artist who needs our attention" Victorian artist Mary F. Raphael from renowned Victorian artists and illustrators Reginald Cleaver; George Percy Jacomb-Hood; Henrietta Rae Normand; Claude Hayes; and William Quiller Orchardson. Marianna Mary Florette Moses Raphael 1861-1942 studied art in her youth but did not pursue it professionally until her husband the wealthy Arthur Lewis Raphael died suddenly in 1891. Widowed at 30 Mary was left to care for their daughter Gladys and enrolled at Cooke's Studio on Fitzroy Street. Her talent was recognized shortly after her enrollment and her works including "The Wood Nymph" and "Britomart and Amoret" had appeared in galleries throughout the 1890s. Britomart clearly suggests desire between two women In the early 1900s Raphael continued to exhibit designed cover art for books became active in the suffrage movement and was a prolific short story writer. She was also an accomplished novelist publishing her first "Phoebe Maroon" in 1914 fannycornforth.blogspot./2021/02/mary-f-raphael-1861-1942. "Mary Raphael began her art studies at Cooke's studio in London and received instruction and encouragement from well-known artists including Simeon J. Solomon. She continued her studies in Pans and her work since shows her determination to strengthen her own style in her highly competent and original works. Her Wood Nymph an acclaimed Royal Academy exhibit in 1896 shows her talent in painting nude female figures as well as her real achievement in solving drawing and composition problems. She has shown equal virtuosity' in her portraits of women and children Her portrait of A. E. Woodley Mason will be featured as the frontispiece to his next book." Rinder Frank “Mary F. Raphael " Art Journal 1899: 257- 259. Most if not all of the letters are written during the 1890s early in Raphael's career and pertain both to social engagements and to professional matters. Contents include: 1. ALS. Reginald Cleaver. March 28th 1894. 22 Bolton Studios Redcliffe Road. S.W. 1 pp. Accepting an invitation to join Raphael on April 11th. British cartoonist Reginald Cleaver 1870-1954 was best known for his work for Punch and The Daily Graphic. 2. ALS. George Percy Jacomb-Hood. April 1st 1894. 26 Tite Street Chelsea S.W. 1 pp. Declines an invitation from Raphael. "I have only just returned from 6 months in Italy to find your kind invitation for the 19th. The distance from Chelsea to Regents Park must be my excuse for not having paid my respects to you yet. I thank you for the invitation but I never go to dances now." Jacomb-Hood 1857 -1929 was a painter and illustrator. He was a founding member of the New English Art Club and Society of Portrait Painters. As an illustrator for The Graphic he worked overseas on a regular basis. 3. ALS. Henrietta Rae Normand. December 4th 1897. Auklands West Norwood. 2 pp. Pertaining to an upcoming exhibit where Raphael's "The Wood Nymph" and potentially another work would be on display. "As the hanging proceeds I will communicate with you about the portrait & if there should be space I will call you for it in addition to the other contribution if you will allow me to make this arrangement. I should not like to hang it badly but if we are crowded it might have to go higher than I should like to see it." Henrietta Rae Normand 1859-1928 was a painter skilled in classical and literary subjects. The exhibit to which Normand may be referring is the Jubilee of Queen Victoria an 1897 exhibition of work by female artists. 4. ALS. Claude Hayes. Nov. 17th.n.d. but ca. 1896. Wiburn Hill Addleston. 3 pp. Thanking Raphael for payment and apologizing for being unable to see her due to a five-day show. "We were indeed sorry to have missed you & really hoped to have made time to come & see you but having a five days' show is rather trying & made hard work of our pleasure . we dined every night of the five days & went as well to see "Under the red robe"! . Shall I see your large portrait you speak in the New or R.A. I wish could had the life of a painter pure & simple like you for instance for half my time is employed in catching trains for teaching purposes." Claude Hayes 1852-1922 was a Dublin-born portrait and landscape painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy the New Watercolour Society the New Gallery and the Royal Institute for Painters in Watercolour. Letter not dated but likely around 1896 considering the mention of the stage play "Under the Red Robe. 5. ALS. W.Q. Orchardson. n.d.13 Portland Place. 2 pp. Reply to arrange a time to meet later in the week. "I have just got your note which has followed me to & from the country. I am sorry for the delay but I shall do myself the pleasure of calling on Wednesday between 3 & 4 in the hope that that hour will suit your convenience. Many thanks in your kindness of not forgetting." William Quiller Orchardson 1832-1910 was a Scottish portraitist and painter distinguished for his depiction of domestic and historical subjects. Harris & Scott: A Gallery of Her Own.Annotated Bibliography of Women in Victorian Painting: 200. unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 516751991. Robinson Raphael M. 1911-91. Minsky's small universal Turing machine. Offprint from International Journal of Mathematics 2 1991. 551-562pp. 248 x 160 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Very good. First Edition Offprint Issue. Robinson a professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley did major work on the foundations of mathematics. In the present paper one of Robinson's last publications he discussed Minsky's 4-symbol 7-state Turing machine which Minsky constructed in 1962. "This paper contains everything that is needed for an understanding of Minsky's machine including a complete description of its operation. Minsky's machine remains one of the minimal known Turing machines. That is there is no known such machine which decreases one parameter without increasing the other" p. 551. From the library of Martin Davis. . unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 67982Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institution 1905. First edition 4to pp. xii 324; 2 plates 1 folding 1 in color 4 maps 3 folding and 174 illustrations in the text mostly from photographs; later green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Contains the texts of five papers: Archaeological and physico-geographical reconnaissance in Turkestan by Raphael Pumpelly; A journey across Turkestan by William M. Davis; Physiographic observations between the Syr Darya and lake Kara Kul on the Pamir 1903 by Raphael W. Pumpelly; A geologic and physiographic reconnaissance in Central Turkestan by Ellsworth Huntington; and The basin of eastern Persia and Sistan by Ellsworth Huntington. Yakushi P326. Carnegie Institution unknown
1905Best.-Nr. 67982Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institution 1905. First edition 4to pp. xii 324; 2 plates 1 folding 1 in color 4 maps 3 folding and 174 illustrations in the text mostly from photographs; later green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Contains the texts of five papers: Archaeological and physico-geographical reconnaissance in Turkestan by Raphael Pumpelly; A journey across Turkestan by William M. Davis; Physiographic observations between the Syr Darya and lake Kara Kul on the Pamir 1903 by Raphael W. Pumpelly; A geologic and physiographic reconnaissance in Central Turkestan by Ellsworth Huntington; and The basin of eastern Persia and Sistan by Ellsworth Huntington. Yakushi P326. Carnegie Institution unknown books
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2025Best.-Nr. __1035317877Edward Elgar 2025. Hardcover. New. 400 pages. 9.62x6.62x9.61 inches. Edward Elgar hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. DADAX1466618035Information Science Reference 2012-06-30. 1. hardcover. New. 8.60x1.00x11.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Information Science Reference hardcover
Best.-Nr. 43658386-nnew. unknown
2005Best.-Nr. DADAX3764370556Birkh 2005-05-19. 2005. hardcover. New. 6.50x0.80x9.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Birkh hardcover