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1923réf. ABE-1596011369565First edition. Octavo 24.517.5205 cm LWH wt: 55 kg. 35 volumes bound into 35 books Volume I to Volume XXXV 214 issues. Collection of Ernest Ketcham Smith a founding member of the faculty at Tsinghua College and Yenching University of Peking with a typed letter from the editor addressed to him regarding the subscription of the journal SIGNED by Nan L. Horan the secretary on the letter paper of "The China Journal of Science & Arts". As always advertisement pages including some front and back covers of a number of issues were removed before rebinding. The green calico bindings slightly differ a couple of volumes with faded spines some very slightly worn with usual defects. Some marginal damp stains to a few leaves of Volume I. Also included are memorabilia by or related to the Journal such as ballot slips order forms bookmarks attention readers. More photos available upon request. Shanghai: North China Daily News and Herald, 1923-1941 hardcover
1963réf. 3909Les Heures Claires, Paris 1959-1963. 12 volumes in-folio en feuilles (34 x 26 cm) sous couvertures imprimées rempliées, chemises et étuis décorés de l'éditeur. - 100 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES HORS-TEXTE DE SALVADOR DALI GRAVÉES SUR BOIS EN COULEURS par Raymond Jacquet. Exemplaire de grand luxe : 1 des 150 ex. numérotés sur pur chiffon de Rives filigrané comprenant : Les 6 volumes du texte illustré des 100 aquarelles gravées sur bois en couleurs en hors-texte + LA SUITE COMPLÈTE DES 100 BOIS EN COULEURS.+ LA SUITE COMPLÈTE DU TRAIT GRAVÉ SUR CUIVRE TIRÉ EN BLEU + UNE SUITE DE LA DÉCOMPOSITION DES COULEURS D'UNE PLANCHE POUR CHAQUE VOLUME. Les 6 ouvrages sont en parfait état et bien complets des 100 gravures et des 3 doubles-feuillets de justification numérotés. Les 6 volumes de suites sont collationnés et bien complets en parfaite condition. Les planches belles aux couleurs lumineuses. Les 12 emboîtages sont en parfait état de conservation. Très bel exemplaire du tirage de luxe de cette monumentale et célèbre édition. ÉTAT DE NEUF. (Références : Michler & Lopsinger, 1039 à 1138 ; Field pages 189 à 200). Provenance : acquise en 1963 directement auprès de Joseph Foret et conservée dans la même famille jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Photographies supplémentaires sur demande. - ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Dante : LA DIVINE COMÉDIE. 100 wood-engraved plates in color. Les Heures Claires, Paris 1959-1963. 12 folio volumes in loose sheets (34 x 26 cm), under folded printed covers, original decorated slipcases of the publisher. Including THE 100 WATERCOLORS OUT OF TEXT BY SALVADOR DALI ENGRAVED ON WOOD IN COLORS by Raymond Jacquet. This one is 1 of 150 deluxe copies numbered on Rives with watermark : The 6 volumes with the Dante's text illustrated with 100 color wood engravings + THE COMPLETE SUITE OF THE 100 COLOR WOOD ENGRAVINGS + THE COMPLETE SUITE OF THE COPPER ENGRAVED LINE ART PRINTED IN BLUE + A SUITE OF THE COLOR "DECOMPOSITIONS" OF ONE PLATE FOR EACH VOLUME. The 6 volumes are in perfect condition and complete with all 100 engravings and the 3 numbered double-page justifications. The 6 volumes of suites have been collated and are complete and in perfect condition. The plates are beautiful with luminous colors. The 12 slipcases are in perfect condition. A very fine and scarce deluxe copy of this monumental and celebrated edition. MINT CONDITION. (References: Michler & Lopsinger, 1039 to 1138; Field pages 189 to 200). More pictures on request.
1788réf. 25418Seixas' 1790 letter of welcome elicited the first president's most compelling statement on religious liberty "to bigotry no sanction." In this 1788 receipt Seixas signs a receipt documenting payment for carpet by William Channing the state's new attorney general. MOSES SEIXAS.Manuscript Document Signed to William Channing December 18 1788. Receipt for carpeting. 1 p. 7¼ x 4 in. Complete Transcript Newport Decr 19 1788 William Channing Esq Bot Bought of Moses Seixas / 17 yds Carpeting . . . . . . . . . . .4/1 yd. £3.9. 5. Received payment In full / Moses Seixas Docketing on verso in another hand: Moses Seixas Moses Mendes Seixas 1744-1809 was born in New York into a Jewish family. His father immigrated from Portugal to New York about 1730 and became a merchant. The family moved to Newport Rhode Island in 1765. Moses Seixas married Jochebed Levy in 1770 and they had eight children. He was one of the organizers and first cashier of the Bank of Rhode Island which conducted business in his house until 1818. After the British occupied Newport during the Revolutionary War Seixas remained in Newport but was among the signers of a document supporting the patriot cause. In 1790 he was the president of the Congregation Yeshuat Israel later Touro Synagogue in Newport. He was also a charter member and first grand master of St. John's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Newport. William Channing 1751-1793 was born in Newport Rhode Island and graduated from the College of New Jersey Princeton in 1769. In 1773 he married Lucy Ellery daughter of William Ellery a Newport lawyer who signed the Declaration of Independence and they had nine children. Channing was elected Attorney General of Rhode Island in 1777 and when Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1790 Channing became the first federal District Attorney. One of his sons was the famous Unitarian preacher William Ellery Channing 1780-1742. Historical Background From 15 Sephardic families who arrived in 1658 Newport Rhode Island's Jewish community grew to be the largest in the colonies. Many Jews left during the Revolutionary War when Newport was occupied by the British. A significant number returned when the British left in 1779. By the time Rhode Island became a state there were approximately 300 Jews in the thriving Newport community. Starting while on his way to New York to assume the presidency in April of 1789 George Washington received many messages from civic fraternal and religious organizations offering congratulations praise of his deeds in war peace and politics prayers on behalf of congregations or constituents. Washington's replies justly count among his most famous pronouncements setting a boldly inclusive tone that helped our new nation survive and expand. After the first session of the first Congress Washington set out on a tour of the New England states except for Rhode Island which had yet to ratify the Constitution. It finally did so in May of 1790 and three days after the second session of Congress adjourned Washington Jefferson and others set out to visit Newport. On August 18 Washington and his entourage were greeted with four addresses written as open letters and read in a public ceremony. First the town then from all the Christian clergy then the Masonic order and finally from the Hebrew Congregation. Moses Seixas on behalf of the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Yeshuat Israel congratulated Washington on his ascendancy to the Presidency. He invoked the language of the Revolution in arguing that Jews should be entitled to the same privileges as an American of any other religious denomination. Having been previously "deprived…of the invaluable rights of free Citizens" Seixas expressed his hopes for the success of the new "government erected by the majesty of the people a government which to bigotry gives no sanction—to persecution no assistance; but generously affording to all liberty of conscience." Seixas' letter moved President Washington who echoed Seixas' words and built on them to make his most celebrated statement on religious freedom. He responded as soon as he returned to the capital New York assuring the Hebrew congregation that "happily the Government of the United States which gives to bigotry no sanction to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my Administration and fervent wishes for my felicity. May the Children of the Stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid." Washington's addresses responding to religious congregations included those of Baptist Congregational Dutch Reformed Episcopalian German Lutheran German Reformed Jewish Protestant Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic and other denominations. Today we understand that Washington and his fellow Founding Fathers were oblivious to the realities of other kinds of oppression. Knowing what we know now how can we still value these slave-owners' declamations on freedom While acknowledging Washington's ownership of his full share of the universal biases of his age we can and should still treasure his "to bigotry no sanction" letter as a powerful testament to the promise of America. In the 218 years since Washington responded to Seixas' address has anyone come up with a better definition of the benefits and responsibilities of American citizenship Washington's original letter was acquired by the Morris Morgenstern Foundation in 1948 and is on long-term loan to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Seixas' letter to Washington is in the Library of Congress and Seixas' retained copy was acquired by the Morgenstern Foundation in 1949 and is with Washington's letter. Condition Fine condition with intersecting folds and slight bit of foxing. books
1788réf. 25418Seixas' 1790 letter of welcome elicited the first president's most compelling statement on religious liberty "to bigotry no sanction." In this 1788 receipt Seixas signs a receipt documenting payment for carpet by William Channing the state's new attorney general. MOSES SEIXAS. Manuscript Document Signed to William Channing December 18 1788. Receipt for carpeting. 1 p. 7¼ x 4 in. Complete Transcript Newport Decr 19 1788 William Channing Esq Bot Bought of Moses Seixas / 17 yds Carpeting . . . . . . . . . . .4/1 yd. £3.9. 5. Received payment In full / Moses Seixas Docketing on verso in another hand: Moses Seixas Moses Mendes Seixas 1744-1809 was born in New York into a Jewish family. His father immigrated from Portugal to New York about 1730 and became a merchant. The family moved to Newport Rhode Island in 1765. Moses Seixas married Jochebed Levy in 1770 and they had eight children. He was one of the organizers and first cashier of the Bank of Rhode Island which conducted business in his house until 1818. After the British occupied Newport during the Revolutionary War Seixas remained in Newport but was among the signers of a document supporting the patriot cause. In 1790 he was the president of the Congregation Yeshuat Israel later Touro Synagogue in Newport. He was also a charter member and first grand master of St. John's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Newport. William Channing 1751-1793 was born in Newport Rhode Island and graduated from the College of New Jersey Princeton in 1769. In 1773 he married Lucy Ellery daughter of William Ellery a Newport lawyer who signed the Declaration of Independence and they had nine children. Channing was elected Attorney General of Rhode Island in 1777 and when Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1790 Channing became the first federal District Attorney. One of his sons was the famous Unitarian preacher William Ellery Channing 1780-1742. Historical Background From 15 Sephardic families who arrived in 1658 Newport Rhode Island's Jewish community grew to be the largest in the colonies. Many Jews left during the Revolutionary War when Newport was occupied by the British. A significant number returned when the British left in 1779. By the time Rhode Island became a state there were approximately 300 Jews in the thriving Newport community. Starting while on his way to New York to assume the presidency in April of 1789 George Washington received many messages from civic fraternal and religious organizations offering congratulations praise of his deeds in war peace and politics prayers on behalf of congregations or constituents. Washington's replies justly count among his most famous pronouncements setting a boldly inclusive tone that helped our new nation survive and expand. After the first session of the first Congress Washington set out on a tour of the New England states except for Rhode Island which had yet to ratify the Constitution. It finally did so in May of 1790 and three days after the second session of Congress adjourned Washington Jefferson and others set out to visit Newport. On August 18 Washington and his entourage were greeted with four addresses written as open letters and read in a public ceremony. First the town then from all the Christian clergy then the Masonic order and finally from the Hebrew Congregation. Moses Seixas on behalf of the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Yeshuat Israel congratulated Washington on his ascendancy to the Presidency. He invoked the language of the Revolution in arguing that Jews should be entitled to the same privileges as an American of any other religious denomination. Having been previously "deprived…of the invaluable rights of free Citizens" Seixas expressed his hopes for the success of the new "government erected by the majesty of the people a government which to bigotry gives no sanction—to persecution no assistance; but generously affording to all liberty of conscience." Seixas' letter moved President Washington who echoed Seixas' words and built on them to make his most celebrated statement on religious freedom. He responded as soon as he returned to the capital New York assuring the Hebrew congregation that "happily the Government of the United States which gives to bigotry no sanction to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my Administration and fervent wishes for my felicity. May the Children of the Stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid." Washington's addresses responding to religious congregations included those of Baptist Congregational Dutch Reformed Episcopalian German Lutheran German Reformed Jewish Protestant Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic and other denominations. Today we understand that Washington and his fellow Founding Fathers were oblivious to the realities of other kinds of oppression. Knowing what we know now how can we still value these slave-owners' declamations on freedom While acknowledging Washington's ownership of his full share of the universal biases of his age we can and should still treasure his "to bigotry no sanction" letter as a powerful testament to the promise of America. In the 218 years since Washington responded to Seixas' address has anyone come up with a better definition of the benefits and responsibilities of American citizenship Washington's original letter was acquired by the Morris Morgenstern Foundation in 1948 and is on long-term loan to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Seixas' letter to Washington is in the Library of Congress and Seixas' retained copy was acquired by the Morgenstern Foundation in 1949 and is with Washington's letter. Condition Fine condition with intersecting folds and slight bit of foxing.
1829réf. 8887Portland 1829. No Binding. Very Good. 50 ¾ x 40 ¼ inches. Steel engraving. Original wash color refreshed; expertly conserved re-mounted on new linen; a few cracks & marginal mends but fine for this kind. The very rare three copies cited in OCLC first edition of this excellent map of Maine by the state's first mapmaker. An exceptionally well-preserved example. Unlike many early American state maps that struggled to get completed Greenleaf's received a warm commendation from the state legislature even before it was published and the mapmaker was granted $1000 to aid him in finishing the map. Greenleaf later received $640 from the legislature for 40 copies of the map that were obtained for state use a remarkable $16 per copy. Perhaps the large number of copies sold for official rather than private use helps account for the map's present rarity. The map was originally intended to accompany an atlas and survey of the state that Greenleaf published the same year but very few complete sets of the three items are known to have survived. Greenleaf appears to have taken special care in the production of this map. Although published in Portland Maine Greenleaf employed as engravers for this work the estimable J. H. Young and F. Dankworth both of whom produced major works for the firms of S. A. Mitchell and others. This precisely detailed map which shows ten counties in different colors provides state county town and township boundary lines. The state's many rivers lakes ponds and even falls are shown as are roads and elevations. The map was re-published in 1844 by Greenleaf's son and namesake from the same plates but with emendations and several times thereafter. Greenleaf published two earlier maps of the state in 1815 and 1820 but the present work was by far his finest. Ristow W. American Maps and Mapmakers pp. 95-96; Catalogue Raisonne Important Maine Maps. Auction Catalogue for Thompson Collection Auction Robert E. Croul 2003 lot 119. unknown
1829réf. 8887Portland 1829. No Binding. Very Good. 50 ¾ x 40 ¼ inches. Steel engraving. Original wash color refreshed; expertly conserved re-mounted on new linen; a few cracks & marginal mends but fine for this kind. The very rare three copies cited in OCLC first edition of this excellent map of Maine by the state's first mapmaker. An exceptionally well-preserved example. Unlike many early American state maps that struggled to get completed Greenleaf's received a warm commendation from the state legislature even before it was published and the mapmaker was granted $1000 to aid him in finishing the map. Greenleaf later received $640 from the legislature for 40 copies of the map that were obtained for state use a remarkable $16 per copy. Perhaps the large number of copies sold for official rather than private use helps account for the map's present rarity. The map was originally intended to accompany an atlas and survey of the state that Greenleaf published the same year but very few complete sets of the three items are known to have survived. Greenleaf appears to have taken special care in the production of this map. Although published in Portland Maine Greenleaf employed as engravers for this work the estimable J. H. Young and F. Dankworth both of whom produced major works for the firms of S. A. Mitchell and others. This precisely detailed map which shows ten counties in different colors provides state county town and township boundary lines. The state's many rivers lakes ponds and even falls are shown as are roads and elevations. The map was re-published in 1844 by Greenleaf's son and namesake from the same plates but with emendations and several times thereafter. Greenleaf published two earlier maps of the state in 1815 and 1820 but the present work was by far his finest. Ristow W. American Maps and Mapmakers pp. 95-96; Catalogue Raisonne Important Maine Maps. Auction Catalogue for Thompson Collection Auction Robert E. Croul 2003 lot 119. unknown books
1778réf. 006437London: J. Robson 1778. Second edition. Full Morocco. Near Fine. One of the true milestones of entomological literature with truly magnificent and sublime color plates. Folio 37 by 29 cm. Copper engraved frontis xv 1 90 pp. and one anatomical plate plus 44 magnificent hand-colored copper engraved plates. Text in English and French with the two languages side by side on each page. Moses Harris 1730-1785 was both an entomologist and engraver and artist. Modern full burgundy morocco with gilt floral centerpiece and spine decoration. Endpapers are modern and somewhat odd looking more like wrapping paper than a proper endpaper. Usual offsetting. Very occasional light fox mark. Overall a beautiful fresh copy with all plates sharp and bright. J. Robson books
1916réf. 78127Paris 12 août 1916 | 6.30 x 8.60 cm | une feuille
1509réf. 3366415/09/1866. Acquired from the direct descendants of the commander of the vessel that received the medal in Russia it was not known to have survived and has never before been offered for sale Emperor Alexander II issued the Emancipation Manifesto on March 3 1861 which granted freedom to over 23 million serfs. This reform is known as the Emancipation Edict. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1 1863. It declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious Confederate states ""are and henceforward shall be free."" The Union victory in the Civil War finalized in 1865 ensured this would become the law of the land. Lincoln and Alexander had something else in common. Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865 by John Wilkes Booth in an act of political violence. The attempted assassination of Alexander II in 1866 was a failed act of political violence by Dmitry Karakozov a young revolutionary. Karakozov's aim was to kill the Tsar and spark a revolution believing the Emperor had betrayed the people's expectations after his emancipation of serfs in 1861. Another attempt around 20 years later would be successful. In 1866 President Andrew Johnson sent Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox who had played a leading role in the expedition to relieve Fort Sumter in April 1861 on a mission to Russia primarily to deliver a resolution from Congress congratulating Emperor Alexander II on his survival of the assassination attempt. The mission also aimed to gather information on European naval capabilities and explore potential trade opportunities including the sale of the ironclad monitor USS Miantonomoh. The mission was a major event marking a high point in Russian-American friendship and was met with grand receptions in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In the process Johnson sent the ironclad Miantonomoh itself on a world tour with the destination of Russia - first across the Atlantic and through the North Sea the Baltic and then through the Mediterranean in 1866 and 1867. The commander of this vessel was Moses Stuyvesant graduate of the Naval Academy and hero of the Civil War. He had been on two sunk vessels including one taken down by a Confederate Ironclad. But the mission had two messages: to congratulate Russia on the freeing of the serfs and the Tsar on surviving the assassination attempt. The resolution read: “JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia. “Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Congress of the United States of America has learned with deep regret of the attempt made upon the life of the Emperor of Russia by an enemy of emancipation. The Congress sends greeting to his Imperial Majesty and to the Russian nation and congratulates the twenty millions of serfs upon the providential escape from danger of the sovereign to whose head and heart they owe the blessings of their freedom. “Sec. 2. And be it further resolved That the President of the United States be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the Emperor of Russia. “Approved May 16 1866.” In mid Summer the Miantonomoh arrived in the harbor of Cronstadt on the 17th of August and the Tsar sent an address acknowledging the visit of Mr Fox. On Saturday September 15 the fleet went to push off from Russia. Mr. Fox left Petersburg after a farewell breakfast given on Russian yacht Rurik at which the Russian Lieutenant Greig presented the Americans with a symbol of their newly instituted freedoms from slavery in both countries: a medal struck in memory of the enfranchisement of the serfs in Russia. Grieg said ""The friendship of the two nations. among the causes to which is due this mutual spirit is the great event emancipation which has been accomplished almost simultaneously in the two countries - there by a sanguinary struggle here by the path of peace."" He then presents the ""medal struck in memory of the enfranchisement of the peasants.He will see on it the likeness of our sovereign and the effigy of a nobleman and of peasant."" This is that very medal given by the Russians to the Americans to commemorate the freedom of their former slaves presented to the Americans depicting the scene of Alexander II on one side as Grieg says in a case on the inside of which Stuyvesant as commander of the expedition has signed his name and dated it September 15 1866 the day of the presentation of the medal and Grieg's speech and written ""From the Emperor of Russia Alex III"" instead of II. The bronze medal reads: ""FEBRUARY 19 1861 Cut to N. Kozin from the model of count F. Tolstoy. Engraver: Nikolai Kozin"" It is not known how many were made. A small number have reached the market but none akin to this: with the important symbolism of a state gift congratulating a nation on emancipation. This was a gift of one slave-freeing nation to another in the immediate aftermath of those actions. This medal was not known to have survived and comes from the direct descendants of Stuyvesant who received it September 5 1866. <img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /> unknown
1793réf. 55221Newport: Oct. 15 1793. One-page octavo document approx. 8" x 6¼"; previous fold else near fine. Lucy Ellery Channing's father was William Ellery signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island. "For 660 dollars & 3/4 which note I put into the said Mr. William Channings hands - for suit - and I promised to be accountable to the said administratrix in a sufficient compensation for the services that the said William Channing did in commencing an action upon said note and recovering a judgment thereon at the Circuit Court of the United States holden at Newport June 19 1793." Signed by Moses Seixas and docketed on the verso. Moses Sexias was Moses Levy's grandson. Moses Levy had died a year earlier. Moses Seixas 1744-1809 was a "first generation Jewish-American whose parents migrated from Lisbon Portugal to Newport. Seixas rose to prominence as warden of Newport's Touro Synagogue of Congregation Jeshuat Israel Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Rhode Island and co-founder of the Bank of Rhode Island. Seixas is best remembered for the congratulatory letter he penned on behalf of his congregation to then recently inaugurated President George Washington in 1790. Written just months after Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the United States Constitution Seixas sought assurances that the enumerated rights of freedom of religion and enfranchisement would apply to American Jews in the new republic" MountVernon.org. Oct. 15 unknown books
réf. 048-Ao.J. Folge von 5 Blatt Kupferstichen, 1606, auf Bütten, Blatt 3 mit Wasserzeichen: Lilienwappen und anhängendem HP (ligiert). Je ca. 26,1:36,6 cm. Literatur: Bartsch 2-6; Wurzbach 2-6 ; Hollstein 30, III (von III): mit Saenredams Adresse. Schöne kontrastreiche Drucke, meist knapp auf die Einfassungslinie geschnitten oder mit winzigem Rändchen um diese. - Kleine Fehlstellen und Einrisse sorgfältig restauriert, vertikale Falten geglättet.
réf. 81390Berlin Christian Friedrich Voss beides 1755. Kl.8° 1 Bl. Titelvignette 108 S.; Titelvignette 210 S. Paginierungssprung von Seite 143 auf 145 3 Bl. HPerg. d. Zeit Berieben mit handschriftlichem verblasstem Schild a. Rücken. Auf Vorsatz Bibliothekskleber Bibliotheksstempel Bibliothek des Rabbiner-Seminars Berlin a. Titelblatt verso. Etwas angeschmutzt u. fingerfleckig min. wasserrändig u. stockfleckig. Der Band umfasst die ersten beiden Schriften des jüdisch-deutschen Philosophen. «Philosophische Gespräche» Goed. IV/1 488 6. Meyer Mendelssohn 112; «Ueber die Empfindungen» Goed. IV/1 487 1. Meyer Mendelssohn 79Auf dem Vorsatz zwei hübsche Marginalien von alter Hand: «Der Verfasser Herr Moses solle ein gelehrter Jude und Buchhalter bey einem jüdischen Kaufmann in Berlin seyn.»Und von anderer Hand: «Zustehende Bücher sind von Herrn Moses Mendelssohn.»«Ueber die Empfindungen» Erste Ausgabe der zweiten Veröffentlichung Mendelssohns ein theoretisches Hauptwerk zur Ästhetik der Aufklärungsepoche. Bekannt geworden ist vor allem die ausführliche Diskussion des Selbstmordes und die Problematik seiner theatralischen Inszenierung auf der "Schaubühne". - Moses Mendelssohn 1729 in Dessau; gestorben 1786 in Berlin deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und gilt als Wegbereiter der jüdischen Aufklärung - Haskala. 010 Berlin, Christian Friedrich Voss, beides 1755 unknown
réf. 037-Ao.J. Kupferstich, auf Bütten mit Fragment eines nicht identifizierbaren Wasserzeichens. 21,7:17,9 cm. Literatur: Bartsch: Catalogue raisonné de toutes les Estampes, qui forment l'?uvre de Rembrandt, et ceux de ses principaux Imitateurs.... Bd. II, Nr. 74 (dort als Radierung im Geschmack Rembrandts); Nagler, Monogrammisten IV, 1253, Nr. 1; Hollstein 1, II. - Mit winzigem Rändchen um die Plattenkante und wenigen schwachen Stockfleckchen. Kleiner Einriß im Oberrand restauriert, im rechten Rand leicht wellig.
réf. 486-Eo.J. Feder in Schwarz, mit reicher Deckweißhöhung, auf braunem festem Papier, rechts unten Nachlaßstempel (nicht bei Lugt). 39,7:46,6 cm. - Mehrere kleinere Einrissen in den Rändern sorgfältig restauriert. Das alttestamentarische Motiv der Auffindung des Mosesknaben gehört zu den Wandmalereien, die Raffael für die Loggien im Vatikan ausgeführt hat. Sie wurden von zahlreichen Künstlern durch die Jahrhunderte kopiert.
1791réf. 43202Philadelphia: Mathew Carey; Carey Stewart and Co. No. 188 Market-street 1791. Original Sewn Binding without outer wrappers or boards 8vo pages 285-344 1-48 1-40 1-48 total 196 pages with different sections correctly paginated for this issue. With Moses Seixas’ famous letter to President George Washington Seixas wrote to President Washington on behalf of the Newport congregation whose home is the Touro Synagogue the oldest synagogue still standing in America. This letter which appears on p 40 of Appendix II and Washington's reply comprise one of the most famous statements on religious freedom of this period. Here published in America’s first literary magazine George Washington’s famous phrase describing a government that "gives to bigotry no sanction and to persecution no assistance" was originally coined by Seixas in this very letter. It is a moving Biblically toned greeting to the president and was repeated by Washington in his reply assuring it a place among the most cherished in the American historical vocabulary. George Washington's visit to Newport Rhode Island August 17-18 1790 ranks among the seminal episodes in the history of American Jewish religious liberty. Washington left Rhode Island off his travel itinerary the previous year in response to the state's failure to ratify the Constitution. By 1790 after becoming the last state to ratify Washington visited Newport along with members of his administration including Thomas Jefferson. Moses Seixas 1744-1809 a Newport merchant warden of Kaal Kadosh Yeshuat Israel Newport Hebrew Congregation and a prominent Mason was one of the civic leaders who met with Washington. Seixas had a long history as a revolutionary patriot: he remained in the city after it was occupied by the British during the war and signed a document during the occupation pledging loyalty to the patriotic cause. Additionally his brother Rabbi Gershon Mendes Seixas minister of New York's Shearith Israel Congregation known as the "patriot rabbi" was one of fourteen clerygymen officiating at Washington's 1789 Presidential inauguration. Finally as a fellow Mason he and Washington would have had a natural connection. Seixas' eloquent message reads in part: "Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of free Citizens we now with a deep sense of gratitude to the Almighty Disposer of all events behold a Government erected by the MAJESTY OF THE PEOPLE – a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction to persecution no assistance – but generously affording to ALL Liberty of conscience and immunities of Citizenship: – deeming every one of whatever Nation tongue or language equal parts of the great governmental Machine: – This so ample and extensive Federal Union whose basis is Philanthropy Mutual confidence and Public Virtue we cannot but acknowledge to be the work of the Great God who ruleth in the Armies of Heaven and among the Inhabitants of the Earth doing whatever seemeth him good." Grounding religious freedom in natural rights and echoing Seixas' words Washington later replied with an echo of Seixas' language regarding religious freedom: "The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States which gives to bigotry no sanction to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support." See JE Vol. IX pp. 294-295; EJ. Vol. XIV p. 1117; J.L. Blau and S.W. Baron The Jews of the United States 1790-1840 A Documentary History Vol. 1 1963 pp. 8-10. Other pieces of interest include notes on the slave trade by Benjamin Franklin and notes on the Revolutionary War. “The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugutive Pieces &c. Prose and Poetical “title changed to “The American Museum or Universal Magazine” in January 1790 was America's first literary magazine featuring early printings of the US Constitution the Bill of Rights various State constitutions Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures and parts of the Federalist Papers. Complete issue in original sewn binding. Overall condition is very good with scattered darkening and foxing though paper and binding remain nice and strong with clean crisp edges including the notable page containing the address to Washington A Cornerstone of American Judaica. BAMR-69-7A. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey; Carey, Stewart, and Co. No. 188 Market-street unknown
1963réf. 1406Les Heures Claires, Paris 1959-1963. 6 volumes in-folio (34 x 26 cm / 13.4 x 10.2 in.), en feuilles sous couvertures imprimées rempliées, chemises et étuis décorés de l'éditeur. 100 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES HORS-TEXTE DE SALVADOR DALI GRAVÉES SUR BOIS EN COULEURS par Raymond Jacquet. EXCEPTIONNEL EXEMPLAIRE COMPRENANT 33 PLANCHES SUR 100 SIGNÉES DU CACHET ROUGE DE LA SIGNATURE DE SALVADOR DALI IMPRIMÉ DANS LA COMPOSITION. l' un des 3900 ex. numérotés sur pur chiffon de Rives. (Références : Michler & Lopsinger, 1039 à 1138 ; Field pages 189 à 200).
réf. 4772MOSES AUSTIN 1761-1821. Austin lived in Missouri until 1820 when he left for Texas. He received a grant to bring 300 colonists to Texas and returned to Missouri for this enterprise. He died while in Missouri but requested his son Stephen carry out his plans for Texas. ANS. 1pg. 7 ¾” x 3 ¾”. August 15 1812. No place Missouri. An autograph note signed “Moses Austin” to Mr. Buyler: “I will thank you to send by my Negro Boy as much meal as he can bring also be so good as to send me 50 pounds of flower in one end of one of the bags…”. In 2015 Heritage Auctions sold for $4000 an 1827 document by Elias Bates the nephew of Moses Austin liberating one of his former slaves several years after Austin died. The auction house erroneously stated that “This may be the only extant document associating Austin with the ownership of one of his slaves.” Obviously this statement is not true because of the existence of this Austin document. The document is tanned and light in spots and somewhat brittle. unknown books
1971réf. 86513Abrams. As New. 1971. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 323 pages; 656 plates. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Abrams hardcover
1683réf. 52Early Latin Edition of Charas' Pharmacopoea Regia Charas Moses. Pharmacopoea Regia Galenica et Chymica. Books 1 and 2. Joannis Ludovici Du-Four. Geneve. 1683. Collected pharmacopeia of noted French pharmacist Moses Charas 1618 – 98 who worked at the Jardin Royal du Plantes Medicinal today's Jardin des Plantes when its original purpose was to supply the medical needs of the French royal family. A protestant Charas ended up in England by way of the Netherlands and served as Royal Pharmacist to King Charles II. Eventually converting to Catholicism to escape persecution in Spain Charas was appointed as a member of the Royal Academy of Science in 1692 following his return to France in recognition of the importance of his pharmacological formulations. An interesting figure in the history of science and medicine Charas' recipes include instructions for alchemically derived elixirs including laudanum with attention to the astrological rulerships as well as the possible extractions of useful substances from plants animals and minerals as well as human blood and urine. Originally published in French in 1672 with a second edition in 1682 this early Latin edition predates the collected complete works of Charas also published by Du-Four in 1684. It contains numerous misprints such as numbering many pages in the 400s of Book I as in the 300s and repeating the numbering for pg 200 as 199 in Book 2. Also the final five plates depicting and explaining various distillation apparatuses are printed in the wrong order. The last auction sale of this edition was through Sotheby-Parke-Bernet in 1980 per RBH. 12 copies OCLC as of March 2025. 4 496 404 28 index 5 plates. Vellum bound. Front board bowed. Back board vellum repaired peeling at spine. Some soiling and toning to boards. Title inked to spine. Text block dyed. Pages toned. Top fore corner of title pg missing with text unaffected. Some wear to edges. Includes five illustrated plates of distillation apparatuses. Good. $4500 Joannis Ludovici Du-Four hardcover
1810réf. 413795Haverhill Massachusetts 1810. Softcover. Near Fine. Partially printed letterpress documents. 154 documents p. 5 28-177 all but the first five documents are hand-numbered by Wingate. Each document is filled out in the hand of Moses Wingate in his capacity as Justice of the Peace of Haverhill. Formerly bound with sewing and glue marks along the spine otherwise the documents themselves are mostly near fine or better with a few of them exhibiting small chips or tears. Each document contains the names of the adversaries and usually the decision by default which is filled out and Signed by Moses Wingate. A few have extensive notes on the verso but most are straightforward defaults. We suspect most of the plaintiffs were businessmen or shopkeepers and most of the defendants were defaulters on small accounts. Wingate born in 1769 was a distinguished resident of Haverhill in Essex County near the New Hampshire border who lived to more than 100 dying in 1870 and who cast a vote in every presidential election from Washington to Grant. He was at various times a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives and Senate and Justice of the Peace of Haverhill for nearly half a century. Among the plaintiffs here represented is publisher and printer Daniel Appleton founder of the important publisher D. Appleton and Company; as well as members of the locally prominent Carlton Minot Emerson Ingersoll and Whittier families John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill in 1807; at least three different Whittiers are named here presumably relatives. An interesting historical insight into business and justice in the early days of the Republic. unknown
1782réf. 395221782 In-12 (162 x 95 mm), demi-basane brune à petits coins, dos lisse orné dune roulette dorée en place des nerfs, titre doré, tranches mouchetées (reliure de lépoque), xii, 255 pages, (2) feuillets derrata. Dessau, dans la librairie des auteurs et des artistes [colophon: à Hale, de l'Imprimerie de Chr. Gottl. Taeubel], 1782.
1782réf. PHO-1140Dessau, Librairie des auteurs et des artistes, 1782, XII-255pp.-2ff, relié demi basane postérieure, dos à nerfs avec auteur, titre et date en pied.
1963réf. 1371Les Heures Claires, Paris 1959-1963. 6 volumes in-folio (34 x 26 cm) en feuilles sous couvertures imprimées rempliées, chemises et étuis décorés de l'éditeur. 100 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES HORS-TEXTE DE SALVADOR DALI GRAVÉES SUR BOIS EN COULEURS par Raymond Jacquet. - Exemplaire : 1 des 3900 ex. numérotés sur pur chiffon de Rives filigrané. Les 6 ouvrages sont en excellent état et bien complets des 100 gravures et des 3 doubles-feuillets de justification numérotés. Les planches belles aux couleurs lumineuses. Les emboîtages sont en excellent état de conservation.
1974réf. 124810New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo original black cloth cartographic endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title page Robert Caro and additionally signed by the subject Robert Moses. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by Caro and Moses. One of the most acclaimed books of our time winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes the Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was for almost half a century the single most powerful man of our time in New York the shaper not only of the city's politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today. "Surely the greatest book ever written about a city" David Halberstam. Theodore H. White called it "A masterpiece of American reporting. It's more than the story of a tragic figure or the exploration of the unknown politics of our time. It's an elegantly written and enthralling work of art." Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1852réf. 266899Boston 1852. unbound. Partial unsigned manuscript consisting of four pages 9.75 x 7.75 inches labeled "2" through "5" of a more extensive document all in the hand of Moses G. Farmer from 1852-1853 discussing the earliest trial-runs of the first ever Electric Fire Alarm System implemented in Boston. Though placed into service on April 28th 1852 Farmer's notes in diary form start on June 21st assessing the system while constantly citing ways to improve his new invention in very small part: ".Wednesday June 23 an alarm at 2:15.could not be easily read and caused a delay of 8 or 10 minutes.Saturday July 9th the circuit wheel of the key board needed repairs - the connector melted off by strong battery. July 10th Great Fire in Fort Hill. Alarm first came from Lower Boston plain. They tried to give it from Fort Hill & Persshar St. but both turned together turned too fast while ringing for So. Boston alarm came from Broad St. a delay in the time alarm of about 7 minutes.Friday Aug 6th Wanted! A Battery! Easy of manipulation. Constant & enduring in its operation. Powerful & certain in its effects & of small.cost! Sunday Aug 8th An alarm from D-7 at 12M. The operator did not understand it being the first one from that box & did not strike till the alarm came from I-4 at 12:15 P.M.Says he will recognize it next time. Oct 17th tried to raise an alarm from D-3 - S-3 4 & 5 but could not the lightning assertors were the cause of the difficulty.Friday Oct. 29th Put my newly invented battery on the South Boston signal circuit first time. Nov. 22nd Proceeded to try experiments on the velocity of sound for Captain C Wilkes.put my new battery on all signal circuit. Monday Dec. 20th Bad luck within two days at Three alarms. At one alarm the operator forgot to connect the South circuit. At Another the South end bells struck all sorts of ways on account of the key board running too fast. Atmospheric electricity probably had something to do with raising a false alarm at South End yesterday. Note: this is possibly the earliest recorded false alarm! Jan 11th 1853 Patent for my battery granted today. Sat. Jan. 15th 1853 Key board out of order. Made a substitute & had I repaired. Monday Jan. 17th Found wire broken at So. Williams St. did not intercept the circuit." This item has natural folds but is still in near fine condition. American electrical engineer and inventor of the Electric Fire Alarm System and several forms of the Incandescent Electric Light. He also patented an early light bulb which was later bought by Thomas Edison. Though a true pioneer of many aspects of 19th century electrical invention he and his wife were Spiritualists and felt that their talents were God-given and that they shouldn't take credit for any of his inventions. As a result he failed to carry his ideas to commercial success. unknown
