DOHM (Christian Wilhelm von), MENDELSSOHN (Moses)Livre Rare Book
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1782ref. 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.
1782ref. 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.
1963ref. 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.
1916ref. 15428Paris, Dan. Niestlé, 1916. In-folio broché de [40] pages, couverture de papier fort beige, imprimée en brun.
1852ref. 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
1852ref. 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 books
1924ref. 1362Krakow: Wydawnictwo Zwrotnicy 1924. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Illustrated with four full-page reproductions of etchings by Moise Kisling. Modernist layout. Cover slightly tanned due to acidic paper and very slightly chipped at the extremities. In fine condition. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Illustrated with four full-page reproductions of etchings by Moise Kisling. Modernist layout. 30 2 p. Tadeusz Peiper’s poems illustrated by the Polish-born French painter Moise Kisling. Peiper 1891–1969 was a Polish poet and art critic. He was the founder and chief figure of the Polish literary avant-garde movement the Awangarda Krakowska centred around the periodical “Zwrotnica” Switch which he founded in 1921 after his return from Madrid where he lived from 1915. This book contains poems that he wrote between 1914 and 1923. His works are considered as the most notable pieces of the constructivist Polish poetry. Illustrated with four full-page reproductions of etchings by Moise Kisling 1891–1953. . [Wydawnictwo Zwrotnicy] unknown
ref. #[61010]Austrian Empire Vienna d.d. 10 November 1867. Full purple velvet decorated with the gilt coat-of-arms of the Emperor on the front cover 38x18 cm. 7 pages. Handwritten caligraphic text on vellum and gold embossed lavishly decorated printed margins. With a hand painted coat-of-arms in colour and the original signature of Franz Joseph I. The imperial wax seal is attached by the gold binding rope in a disc shaped copper case. Seal in mint condition. Charter and wax seal are encased in a large flat contemporary metal box. All in excellent condition. The patent explains that Moise started his military career in 1836 with the 17th Infantry Regiment. He became "unter-lieutenant " in the 4th "Grenz-Infanterie-Regimente" in 1843 he became "ober-lieutenant" in 1848 and was transferred to the 11nd Infantry-Regiment. In 1849 he was appointed "hauptmann" and in 1859 to Major with the 16th Infantry Regiment and in 1865 he finally became "oberst-lieutenant". In 1848 he was active at the Commando of the Operations Corps at Pfonzo later at the 3rd Army Corps Commando as adjudant. He participated in the move of the Corps from Roveredo to Verona. He proved his worth when he lead the attack against the height of Val Fredda and in battles around Rivoli. For these activities and his service for the headquarters of the Reserve-Corps in Hungary he recieved the "Militär-Verdienstkreuz mit der Kriegsdekoration". He furthermore served as General-Commando-Adjudant in Graz as Gouvernements-Adjudant in Triest and finally as part of the ministry of war where he was active in the war year of 1866 in which year the Austrian-Prussian war Seven Weeks war took place. H164 hardcover
1679ref. 53656London printed for the author and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the Kings Arms in the Bowling-Alley near the Abby in Westminster: and by Henry Million bookseller at the Bible in the Old-Bayley 1679. TITLE CONTINUED: Also proper directions to all such as keep bees as well to prevent their robbing in straw-hives as their killing in the colonies. By Moses Rusden an apothecary; bee-master to the King's most excellent Majesty. Published by His Majesties especial command and approved by the Royal Society at Gresham Coll. FIRST EDITION 1679. Small 8vo approximately 170 x 95 mm 6½ x 4 inches engraved frontispiece by Henry Million plus 3 folding plates pages: 24 1-144 last page blank rebound in full modern calf gilt lettered green label author's gilt name and gilt rules to spine between raised bands new brown endpapers. Neat vertical repair to inner margin on blank side of frontispiece with pale browning to foot title page and frontispiece lightly dusty old ink name to top of title page 2 outer margins neatly replaced 1 outer margin slightly trimmed varying pale brown staining some with tide mark to lower part of pages 81-100 all text legible see attached images 1 corner neatly repaired pale age-browning to margins a few margins lightly soiled not affecting text old ink stain to first pastedown and small ink splash to last free endpaper 2 leaves lightly dusty. A very good copy with some minor repairs and staining. Moses Rusden was appointed Beemaster to the King at the instigation of John Evelyn who had a copy of this title in his library. Rusden firmly believed that a hive was led by a King and not a Queen. In 1679 Rusden improved Geddie's hive and put a frame in it for the bees to fasten their combs upon. See: British Bee Books A Bibliography 1500-1976 page 61 No. 55; Walker Catalogue of Bee Books page 61; Geoffrey Keynes John Evelyn A Study in Bibliophily page 300 No. 83; Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge Volume 7 Alphabet section page 208 No. 542; ESTC R11920. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured. London, printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the Kings Arms in the Bowling-Alley, near the hardcover
1880ref. 30328HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED 1880 ON COPYRITE PG 1ST Edition THICK Embossed boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine cover ends and corners show very little wear. Spine cover is faded SLITELY.Text block is clean and unmarked. All OUTER edges are red stained with lettered Gold Gilt Titles Interior VG/ VG AS-IS WITH RED THIN STAIN TO OUTER EDGE FEW PGS NOJACKET THICK BROWN PURPLE embossed Cover with Bright Gold Gilt DECORATIONS CVR LITE rub wear Scuffing 517 pgs Interior nice condition light Wear FOX Interior nice tight Clean light Fox OUTER PGS EDGES LITE RED . & Tragic Death of Philosopher Pythagoras. Roman Catholic Church has relentlessly persecuted Tortured & Burnt them at the Stake. Recent remarkable discovery of Masonic emblems on an ancient obelisk in Egypt." Redding & Co. Publ, NY, Masonic publishers hardcover
1971ref. C86513Abrams. As New. 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 -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . 1971. Abrams hardcover
1940ref. 417914Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in modestly age-toned very good or better dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. Inscribed by John Berryman to a philosophy professor at Columbia University: "To Irwin Edman: On page 45 a paper on aesthetics long overdue. with sincere regard John Berryman. Boston 18 Oct 1941." Laid in is the front of the original mailing parcel hand-addressed by Berryman to Edman with his name repeated in the return address. Page 45 contains Berryman’s introduction to the selection of his poems entitled “A Note on Poetry.” Both Edman and Berryman both belonged to the Boar’s Head Society at Columbia a social group devoted to poetry. Berryman graduated from Columbia in 1936 so indeed his paper whatever it was was long overdue. New Directions hardcover
1940ref. 417914Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in modestly age-toned very good or better dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. Inscribed by John Berryman to a philosophy professor at Columbia University: "To Irwin Edman: On page 45 a paper on aesthetics long overdue. with sincere regard John Berryman. Boston 18 Oct 1941." Laid in is the front of the original mailing parcel hand-addressed by Berryman to Edman with his name repeated in the return address. Page 45 contains Berryman’s introduction to the selection of his poems entitled “A Note on Poetry.” Both Edman and Berryman both belonged to the Boar’s Head Society at Columbia a social group devoted to poetry. Berryman graduated from Columbia in 1936 so indeed his paper whatever it was was long overdue. New Directions hardcover books
1695ref. 871351695. JUDAICA ALSHEKH Moses. Romemot El. Amsterdam: Printed in the house of David de Castro Tartas published by Eliezer ben Haninah 1695. Small quarto period-style full red morocco gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers raised bands black morocco spine label; ff. 94. $3500.Second edition the first Amsterdam edition of Alshekhs esteemed commentary on the Psalms beautifully bound.Alshekh d. after 1593 rabbi and Bible commentator was born in Adrianople studied in Salonika and then emigrated to Erez Israel settling in Safed where he gained prominence as an halakhic authority a teacher in two talmudic academies and a preacher. He was active in communal affairs and was a member of the rabbinical court of Joseph Caro who ordained him. This is the text that Hayyim Alshekh published in Venice in 1605 claiming that it was his fathers authoritative text and not merely a preliminary draft which had been published a decade earlier in Constantinople under the title Tappuhei Zahav. Alshekhs Biblical commentaries which are permeated with religious-ethical and religious-philosophical ideas supported by ample quotations from talmudic and midrashic sources became quite popular and have often been reprinted.With an introduction by the publisher citing Ephraim Luntschitz on the importance of the work and quoting the authors intentions in originally presenting this book to the public. Approbation on last leaf by Moses Judah ben Kalonymus Kohen known as Leib Harif the Ashkenazic Rabbi of Amsterdam. In addition the publisher adds after the first approbation: Also by the authority and with the permission of the great sage the head of the rabbinical court of the Sephardim our master and teacher Jacob Sasportas who has not however added his signature to the approbation due to a lack of time. The importance of receiving even without an actual signed approbation the blessing or perceived blessing of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic authorities suggests the sharp divide between the two Amsterdam Jewish communities. With three leaves of text ff. 10-12 replaced in neat facsimile. Vinograd Amsterdam 637. Steinschneider 6431:13. A few early ink marginalia.Tiny repair to corner of title page not affecting border and first two leaves. A splendidly bound volume. hardcover
1695ref. 871351695. JUDAICA ALSHEKH Moses. Romemot El. Amsterdam: Printed in the house of David de Castro Tartas published by Eliezer ben Haninah 1695. Small quarto period-style full red morocco gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers raised bands black morocco spine label; ff. 94. $3500.Second edition the first Amsterdam edition of Alshekhs esteemed commentary on the Psalms beautifully bound.Alshekh d. after 1593 rabbi and Bible commentator was born in Adrianople studied in Salonika and then emigrated to Erez Israel settling in Safed where he gained prominence as an halakhic authority a teacher in two talmudic academies and a preacher. He was active in communal affairs and was a member of the rabbinical court of Joseph Caro who ordained him. This is the text that Hayyim Alshekh published in Venice in 1605 claiming that it was his fathers authoritative text and not merely a preliminary draft which had been published a decade earlier in Constantinople under the title Tappuhei Zahav. Alshekhs Biblical commentaries which are permeated with religious-ethical and religious-philosophical ideas supported by ample quotations from talmudic and midrashic sources became quite popular and have often been reprinted.With an introduction by the publisher citing Ephraim Luntschitz on the importance of the work and quoting the authors intentions in originally presenting this book to the public. Approbation on last leaf by Moses Judah ben Kalonymus Kohen known as Leib Harif the Ashkenazic Rabbi of Amsterdam. In addition the publisher adds after the first approbation: Also by the authority and with the permission of the great sage the head of the rabbinical court of the Sephardim our master and teacher Jacob Sasportas who has not however added his signature to the approbation due to a lack of time. The importance of receiving even without an actual signed approbation the blessing or perceived blessing of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic authorities suggests the sharp divide between the two Amsterdam Jewish communities. With three leaves of text ff. 10-12 replaced in neat facsimile. Vinograd Amsterdam 637. Steinschneider 6431:13. A few early ink marginalia.Tiny repair to corner of title page not affecting border and first two leaves. A splendidly bound volume. hardcover books
1650ref. 68492London: Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock 1650. First and only edition. Small quarto 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 180 x 139 mm. 8 100 2 pp. Bound without final blank. With engraved initials head and tail pieces. Newer half calf over contemporary speckled paper boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some minor toning and foxing throughout. Top margin trimmed close occasionally affecting running headline. Previous owner's morocco bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. "In early modern marriage conduct books wives are advised to submit to their husbands and husbands are advised as the 'lords of the house' to keep order by rebuking and controlling their wives. Most marriage books however do not condone wife beating. Moses a Vauts was one of the few who supported wife beating. In The Husband's Authority Unvail'd. wherein it is moderately discussed whether it be fit or lawfull for a good Man to beat his bad Wife he states 'If Wives will invent strange new Fashions and frisking strains of Disobedience. why should not their Husbands suit them with new Forms of Discipline" Vauts also declares 'It were well and better the wife could not deserve Blows; but if they be due or needful or best for her why should they be denied her'" Custome is an Idiot: Jacobean Pamphlet Literature on Women. Edited by Susan Gushee O'Malley ESTC R205920. HBS 68492. $3500. Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock unknown
1650ref. 68492London: Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock 1650. First and only edition. Small quarto 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 180 x 139 mm. 8 100 2 pp. Bound without final blank. With engraved initials head and tail pieces. Newer half calf over contemporary speckled paper boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some minor toning and foxing throughout. Top margin trimmed close occasionally affecting running headline. Previous owner's morocco bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. "In early modern marriage conduct books wives are advised to submit to their husbands and husbands are advised as the 'lords of the house' to keep order by rebuking and controlling their wives. Most marriage books however do not condone wife beating. Moses a Vauts was one of the few who supported wife beating. In The Husband's Authority Unvail'd. wherein it is moderately discussed whether it be fit or lawfull for a good Man to beat his bad Wife he states 'If Wives will invent strange new Fashions and frisking strains of Disobedience. why should not their Husbands suit them with new Forms of Discipline" Vauts also declares 'It were well and better the wife could not deserve Blows; but if they be due or needful or best for her why should they be denied her'" Custome is an Idiot: Jacobean Pamphlet Literature on Women. Edited by Susan Gushee O'Malley ESTC R205920. HBS 68492. $3500. Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock unknown books
1894ref. 013411Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A later printing 1894 of "A New Edition with Illustrations and a Bibliography of the Work by George Bullen" 1878. 8vo publishers plain green cloth black-endpapers with evidence of past reinforcement of hinges front and rear. Hartford bookstore ticket rear pastedown. Inscribed: "Harriet Beecher Stowe/ written for/ Miss Cleaveland/ June 30 1895" PROVENANCE: Heirs of the Cleaveland family whose genealogy goes back to colonial Connecticut. Penciled in the inscription before "Miss Cleaveland" are the letters "EW" which identifies the inscribee as Elizabeth Whittlesey Cleaveland one of Elisha Whittlesey Cleaveland's daughters and great great granddaughter of Moses Cleaveland 1754 - 1806 Connecticut lawyer politician soldier and surveyor who founded the city of Cleveland Ohio while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the American Revolution he served as the brigadier general of the Connecticut militia. Both Stowe and the inscribee were born in Connecticut where they both died Stowe's inscription here is in a shaky hand and dated a year and a day before her death on July 1 1896 at the age of 85. Houghton, Mifflin hardcover
1894ref. 013411Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A later printing 1894 of "A New Edition with Illustrations and a Bibliography of the Work by George Bullen" 1878. 8vo publishers plain green cloth black-endpapers with evidence of past reinforcement of hinges front and rear. Hartford bookstore ticket rear pastedown. Inscribed: "Harriet Beecher Stowe/ written for/ Miss Cleaveland/ June 30 1895" PROVENANCE: Heirs of the Cleaveland family whose genealogy goes back to colonial Connecticut. Penciled in the inscription before "Miss Cleaveland" are the letters "EW" which identifies the inscribee as Elizabeth Whittlesey Cleaveland one of Elisha Whittlesey Cleaveland's daughters and great great granddaughter of Moses Cleaveland 1754 - 1806 Connecticut lawyer politician soldier and surveyor who founded the city of Cleveland Ohio while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the American Revolution he served as the brigadier general of the Connecticut militia. Both Stowe and the inscribee were born in Connecticut where they both died Stowe's inscription here is in a shaky hand and dated a year and a day before her death on July 1 1896 at the age of 85. Houghton, Mifflin hardcover books
1954ref. 44457s.l. Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur Bernard Klein 1954. Fine. Aux dépens d'un amateur Bernard Klein s.l. Paris 1954 28.50 x 38.50 cm en feuilles sous chemise et étui. First edition with 25 illustrations in black and white and colors by Moïse Kisling one of 35 numbered copies on Japon super nacré paper the tirage de tête. Preface by André Salmon. This copy as called for by the justification is complete with its suite of color hors-texte illustrations on Hollande paper its suite of color hors-texte illustrations on Arches its suite of textual illustrations in black and white on China paper one unpublished plate a suite of plates not used for the final work on Hollande paper and a cancelled copper plate. The illustrations by Moïse Kisling consist of: one painted folded cover a color portrait frontispiece 11 illustrations hors-texte in colors and 12 textual illustrations in black and white. A fine copy. Aux dépens d'un amateur (Bernard Klein) unknown
1978ref. SBBI-mon0000090973HarperCollins Distribution Servi 1978. 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. HarperCollins Distribution Servi paperback
ref. 113472Amsterdam Joan and Cornelius Blaeu 1640. . First edition; small 4to 21 x 16 cm; modern grey cloth with gilt floral device to upper cover printer's device to title page woodcut floriated initials and tailpieces two woodcut diagrams and two tables small loss to upper right corner of title and some loss to margins of index leaf very minor worming to upper right corner throughout chips to edges of the last leaf faint waterstains throughout; text in Latin and Hebrew; a very good copy. First edition of Gentius's Latin translation of 'Hilkhot De'ot' from the first book of Maimonides's 'Mishneh Torah' with a commentary. 'Hilkhot De'ot' is part of the monumental work 'Mishneh Tora'. Book one 'Sefer Madah' is comprised of several chapters in which Maimonides outlines the rules of ethical behaviour in relation to the halakhic law interestingly applying Aristotelian virtues to a Jewish legal context. This is Gentius's first publication and one of the earliest translations of a complete section of Maimonides's extensive compendium of Jewish law into Latin beautifully printed in parallel with the original Hebrew. Georgius Gentius 1618-1687 was a German Lutheran orientalist who studied in Leiden and later with Amsterdam rabbis; two of them R. Isaac da Fonseca Aboab and R. Moses d'Aguilar contributed to this edition with two laudatory poems. In the introduction Gentius praises Maimonides. This edition is beautifully illustrated with attractive diagrams and tables showing the relationship between vices and virtues. Heller The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book Vol. 1 pp. 564-565. Amsterdam, Joan and Cornelius Blaeu, 1640. hardcover
1940ref. 180216005New York: New Directions 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden "so much skill much faith - signed John Berryman Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges slightly chipped at head and tail closed tear along front flap fold a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman and quite rare signed by him as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard. New Directions hardcover
1940ref. 180216005New York: New Directions 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden "so much skill much faith - signed John Berryman Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges slightly chipped at head and tail closed tear along front flap fold a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman and quite rare signed by him as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard. New Directions hardcover books
1795ref. RB007Vienna: Anton Schmid 1795. Second. Good. 1795 rare copy of Netivot Ha-shalom The Paths of Peace. A German translation in the Hebrew alphabet of the book of Genesis by Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786. It includes the Hebrew text of the Bible and a commentary by Mendelssohn. The last 200 pages of the book is the Aramaic text of Onkelos commentary of Rashi and the Haftaroth. This book is a former synagogue copy and in great shape for a book 230 years old. Binding still tight. Although there is wear on the pages it is very readable. Inside front and back covers are 3 off-white blank rectangular stickers one has been torn off leaving residue Markings on both sides of the page preceding the title page. Purple synagogue stamp at top of page prior to the text. That page has a 1-inch tear at the top middle edge. There is another stamp on the bottom right corner of pages 81b and 88b. Light penciled lines about one inch long on 5 pages of the introduction at least one other page of the book has similar marks. About 20 pages with the reverse page's text legible but still readable. Lh Anton Schmid unknown
