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SOIE PIRATE / Pirate Silk - TWO 2 VOLUMES

2010rif. 129734Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG / University of Chicago Press Distributor . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUMES including ISBN: 9783858813138. Vol. 1 The History of Abraham Ltd. : 208 pages; over 200 illus. ; in German ; Vol. 2 Stoffreaktionen der Firma Abraham/ The Fabric Designs of Abraham Ltd. : 216 pages; 396 illus. ; English and German. From the publisher: "One of the major players in Switzerland's silk trade has been Abraham AG Abraham Ltd. The company's history dates back to 1878 when Jakob Abraham became a partner in a Zurich-based business. Under the direction of Gustav Zumsteg who had joined as a partner in 1943 the business became a firm part of post-war Paris Haute Couture as supplier of silk fabrics to the leading fashion houses. The 1960s-80s were the heyday of Abraham AG with the close and personal collaboration between Zumsteg and Yves Saint Laurent from 1961 onwards. This equally successful and glamorous period was followed by a slow but steady decline eventually leading to the company's bankruptcy and liquidation in 2002. 'Soie Pirate: The History and Fabric Designs of Abraham Ltd.' . Is a comprehensive history of this fascinating enterprise. Volume one tells the company's story and investigates its importance in the international business of high fashion and in the context of time. Volume two presents a wealth of designs patterns and samples of the beautiful fabrics designed by Abraham AG but also of the elegant dresses and spectacular gowns the great couturiers like Cristobal Balenciaga Coco Chanel Christian Dior Hubert de Givenchy Yves Saint Laurent or Emanuel Ungaro have created using Abraham's products. Together both volumes bring to life a chapter in the history of high fashion worldwide" - with a bonus offer-- . 2010. 3858813133 . Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG / University of Chicago Press (Distributor) hardcover

AB Books · Stati Uniti4324,40 USD≈ 3863,49 €

MICHELSON, ALBERT (ABRAHAM).Biblio.com

The relative Motion of Earth and the Luminiferous ether; - THE EARLIEST EXPERIMENT WITH THE INTERFEROMETER - THE "ETHER-DRAG" EXPERIMENT

1881rif. 39061New Haven Conn. J.D. & E.S. Dana 1881. 8vo. Extracted from "The American Journal of Science" Third series vol. XXII Numb. CXXVIII pp. 87- 166. With title-page to the entire volume. Title-page with a faint rubberstamp. The Michelson-paper: pp. 120-129. Two leaves with small tear to the margin. The seminal first edition of the first description of the first version of a series of experiments with the Interferometer which was built by Michelson and with which he planned to measure the relative speeds of light-waves moving at right angles to each other - an experiment that would ultimately lead to the special theory of relativity. The series of experiments ended with the so-called "Michelson-Morley experiment" the results of which were published 6 years after Michelson's first experiment the item offered here. The 1887 paper written together with Morley constituted an improved attempt of the 1881- version of the experiment. The experiments were designed to calculate the effect of the earth's motion on the passage of light rays through the "luminous ether" which was believed to surround the earth. The experiments were negative and as such led to the introduction of relativity."Michelson tried to determinate the relation of ether drift and the velocity of light effect of extremely minute values.no drift could be found and the "negative result held revolutionary implications which led directly through Lorentz and Einstein to the acceptance of new standards of reference of time and space from geometry an cosmometry."Dibner.In 1919 Einstein met Michelson in California. At a dinner given in honor of them both Einstein said in a speech "You Michelson uncovered an insidious defect in the ether theory of light as it existed and stimulated the ideas of H.A. Lorentz and Fitzgerald out of which the Special Theory of Relativity developed. Without your work this theory would today be scarcely more than an interesting speculation." In an interview in 1842 Einstein said: "It is no doubt that Michelson's experiment was of considerably influence upon my work insofar as it strengthened my conviction concerning the validity of the Principle of relativity.On the other side I was pretty much convinced of the validity of the principle before I did know this experiment and its result. In any case Michelson's experiment removed practically any doubt about the validity of the principle in optics and showed that a profound change of the basic concepts of physics was inevitable."Michelson was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize "for his optical precision instrument the inteferometer and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations he has carried on."Dibner: Heralds of Science: 161 the 1887-experiment - Vide PMM: 378410408. unknown

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danimarca28.500,00 DKK≈ 3812,82 €

ABRAHAM ELEAZAR, Rabbi, [Julius Gervasius von SCHWARZBURG (attributed)].Biblio.com

Uraltes Chymisches Werk.

1760rif. ABC_48609Leipzig: Lankischens Buchhandlung 1760. Modern silver- and blind-tooled greenish-brown leather with a red morocco title label lettered in silver on the spine red edges. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece 15 numbered full-page engravings numerous woodcut illustrations in the text woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each part. 2 parts in 1 volume. Including: IDEM. Donum dei Samuelis Baruch des Juden Rabbi. Second enlarged edition of a scarce alchemical work supposedly copied from the manuscript from which Nicolas Flamel 1340-1418 learned the art of alchemy. The beautifully illustrated work discusses the basics of alchemy and the creation of the philosopher's stone. It also contains 156 rules and canons relating to the philosopher's stone which are exclusive to the second edition. The work rarely appears on the market: we have been able to find only four other copies in sales records of the past hundred years the last complete copy being offered in 1998.In the preface the editor Julius Gervasius von Schwarzburg dates unknown states that the present work was transcribed from a highly sought-after manuscript known as The Book of Abraham the Jew which was allegedly owned by Flamel. This manuscript was said to be an important source of alchemical knowledge as Abraham the Jew or Abraham Eleazar had supposedly copied its text and illustrations directly from the copper tables of Tubal-Cain the first blacksmith mentioned in the Bible. However the manuscript has never been found and the present work is now generally thought to have been written by Gervasius himself. Both the first 1735 and second editions are relatively scarce especially in complete copies. The alchemical plates are particularly attractive and are therefore often removed and sold separately. The present copy however contains all the illustrations.The leather is scratched on the back with a few green stains. The work is somewhat browned throughout with annotations in the margins of some of the leaves lacking the final blank leaf. Otherwise in very good condition.l Brüning 4844; Caillet I 31 part 1 and 32 part 2; Duveen p. 1; Ferguson I pp. 2-3; VD18 10213538 part 1; VD18 1053881X part 2; WorldCat 493643101 5043078 311551310 1046410976. Lankischens Buchhandlung, hardcover

Antiquariaat FORUM BV · Paesi Bassi3750,00 €

TITSINGH, Abraham (editor).Biblio.com

Geneeskonst der heelmeesters tot dienst der zeevaart.

1752rif. ABC_49307Amsterdam 1752. 8vo. Adriaan Wor Contemporary marbled wrappers with a 19th-century paper label on the spine with the author and title in manuscript. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and two decorated woodcut initials. 8 662 pp. First and only edition of a very scarce work on naval medicine. This practical handbook was written by doctors who served on Dutch war ships that sailed from the Netherlands to Curaçao. It includes numerous case studies of sick sailors on these ships during the 1740s along with commentary from Abraham Titsingh 1684-1776 who was a surgeon to the admirality. The work is very rare as it has only been recorded in four libraries and we have only been able to find one other copy in sales records.The numerous case studies presented in the work are incredibly detailed and describe cases on board the ships Middelburg Maarssen Tylingen De Beschermer and Hartekamp primarily in the years 1743 to 1750 but with references to earlier voyages. They give a fascinating picture of illnesses and their treatment during voyages to the Americas. The work covers not only the principal illnesses facing the sailors fevers scurvy diarrhoea dysentery and dropsy but also wounds surgery amputations etc. Each account of sicknesses and treatments during a voyage with names dates and details of the procedures and of the exact composition of medicines given is followed by a lengthy commentary apparently in part by Titsingh who compiled the work. The present copy comes from the library of Dutch physician and zoologist Jan van der Hoeven 1801-1868.With the bookplate of Jan van der Hoeven mounted on the front pastedown. The wrappers are damaged around the spine with some loss of material around the joints the edges of the wrappers are slightly frayed. The work is uncut with a water stain in the head margin throughout not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM p. 1020; STCN 314896082 1 copy; WorldCat 907608682 4 copies. unknown

Asher Rare Books · Paesi Bassi3750,00 €

[WICQUEFORT, Abraham de].Biblio.com

Verhael in forme van journael van de reys ende 't vertoeven van den seer doorluchtige ende machtige prins Carel de II Koning van Groot Britannien &c. Welcke hy in Hollandt gedaen heeft zedert den 25 Mey tot den 2 Junij 1660.

1660rif. 23501The Hague 1660. Folio. Adrian Vlack Contemporary vellum sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints modern green closing ties. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page an engraved folding portrait of Charles II 6 double-page engraved plates an engraved headpiece and two decorated woodcut initials. 4 "124" =126 6 pp. First edition of a beautifully illustrated account of Charles II of England's 1630-1685 travels through the Netherlands on his way to regain the English Crown. The splendid plates in the present copy are in their first states and the portrait of Charles II even in a proof state. The text was based on both eye-witness accounts and the government papers the author had access to.Charles I 1600-1649 father of Charles II had a long-running dispute with Parliament which lead to two English Civil Wars in quick succession and eventually to Charles' execution. After this Great Britain became a republic with Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658 as the Lord Protector. Charles II was then crowned king of only Scotland 1649-1651 but was threatened by Cromwell's army and forced into exile on the continent where he stayed in the Southern Low Countries. When Cromwell died he was succeeded by his son Richard. Richard had little experience however and quickly resigned. During the unrest that followed Parliament decided to accept the Declaration of Breda which were Charles' conditions for returning as king. He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in April 1661.Charles II received his invitation to return to England on the 8th of May 1660 while staying in Breda. The present work is an account of his journey to London via Delft The Hague and Scheveningen. The plates show Charles' arrival in Delft and The Hague on the Vijverberg his reception in The Hague with a banquet at the Mauritshuis where he was seated next to the later Dutch king William III two plates of Charles II addressing the Dutch Parliament one with the members standing and one with them seated and Charles's departure from Scheveningen. They were engraved after designs by Jacob Toorenvliet 1640-1719 and Adriaen van de Venne 1590-1662. The work was simultaneously published in French English and Dutch by the same printer and with the same plates.The author of the text was the colourful diplomat Abraham de Wicquefort 1598-1682 who after having been the Resident in Paris for the Elector of Brandenburg from 1626 to 1658 was appointed Historian of Holland by his patron the Pensionary Johan de Witt. He also was the Resident in The Hague of the famous art collector and collector of books the Duke of Brandenburg August of Wolfenbüttel. He wrote a number of works on diplomacy and Dutch history.The vellum is somewhat scratched with minor restorations new closing ties. The work is somewhat browned throughout with rusty paperclip marks on the first flyleaf and the lower margin of the first page the edges of the 4th plate Banquet in the Mauritshuis are somewhat frayed and the margins of the 6th plate Charles II addressing parliament have been cut somewhat short but without affecting the engraved image. Otherwise in good condition.l Franken Van de Venne p. 85 nrs. 17-18 plates; Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 126; Muller Historieplaten 2156 plates; Muller Portretten 2855 portrait of Charles II; STCN 853032696 11 copies; USTC 1845780 9 copies; not in Berlin Kat. hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Paesi Bassi3500,00 €

HOBBES, Thomas and Abraham van BERKEL (translator).Biblio.com

Leviathan: of van de stoffe gedaente ende magt van de kerkelycke ende wereltlycke regeeringe.

1672rif. ABC_50310Amsterdam 1672. 8vo. Jacobus Wagenaar 18th-century sprinkled paper over contemporary gold-tooled calf with a brown paper label lettered "Hobbes" on the foot of the spine mottled edges. With an engraved frontispiece a woodcut vignette on the title page an engraved portrait of Thomas Hobbes and a folding table on the classification of sciences. 16 744 64 pp. First Dutch edition of the seminal work by Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 one of the most original political philosophers of his era. Written during his exile in Paris amidst the English Civil War 1642-1651 Leviathan presents the state as a vast artificial monster composed of individual men whose authority is necessary to protect citizens from the natural state of war. Hobbes argued that survival property and power drive human behaviour making submission to a strong sovereign preferable to the chaos of anarchy. The present Dutch translation was made by Abraham van Berkel 1630-1688 who was closely associated with the Dutch freethinking circles around Spinoza. For this translation van Berkel wrote an important preface explicitly stating the political aims of publishing his Dutch Leviathan at that particular moment in Dutch history. A close reading of the Dutch text reveals several telling deviations from the English original one of which may represent a deliberate reinterpretation of Hobbes meaning presumably intended to adapt Hobbesian ideas more effectively to a Dutch context.With 2 stamps of the Breslau library on the verso of the title page and a later pencil annotation on p. 722. The boards are rubbed the spine is worn with a tear and loss of material at the head. The leaves are somewhat browned and foxed.l Graesse III 311 u; Knuttel Verboden Boeken 185; STCN 095379150 4 copies; USTC 1808932 5 copies; cf. PMM 138 English ed. hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Paesi Bassi3500,00 €

RADEMAKER, AbrahamBiblio.com

Kabinet van Nederlandsche en Kleefsche outheden.

1728rif. ABC_48146Amsterdam 1728. 4to. Isaak Tirion Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine with an ornamental border on both boards gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins gilt edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved title page in each part and 300 numbered engraved half-page views. 2 parts in 1 volume. 76; 76 ll. Beautifully bound complete copy of Abraham Rademaker's celebrated series of 300 views of famous sights and buildings in the Netherlands and Cleve. These fine engravings include views of Amsterdam Hoorn Egmond Haarlem Rynsburg Leiden Delft with the ruins of Koningsveld Abbey and the Cartusian monastery Spangen Dordrecht Gorinchem IJsselstein Montfoort Utrecht Arnhem Nijmegen Kleve and Emmerik. The plates are predominantly dated between 1573 and 1720. However these dates do not indicate when the plate was made but correspond instead to the condition of the depicted towns and buildings in those respective years.Abraham Rademaker 1679-1735 was a versatile painter and engraver known mostly for his many views he made of villages towns churches monasteries castles and manor houses sometimes in ruins in the Netherlands and the area around Kleve. Apart from the various editions of his Kabinet he also published series of views in De zegepraalende Vecht 1719 and Spiegel van Amsterdams zomervreugd 1728.The present copy was owned by Adam Mansfieldt de Cardonnel Lawson of Cramlington Northumberland; 1746-1820 a historian from Scotland who is the author of a book similar to Rademakers Kabinet: Pituresque antiquities of Scotland 1788-1793 etched by Adam de Cardonnel. The work was then inherited by his granddaughter Lucy Anna de Cardonnel Elmsall.With the bookplates of Adam Mansfieldt de Cardonnel Lawson of Cramlington Northumberland; 1746-1820 and Lucy Anna de Cardonnel Elmsall 1828- after 1867 mounted on the front pastedown and an ownership annotation by the former on the title page "Lawson 1802". The boards are very slightly rubbed. The title page of the first part is somewhat soiled occasional mild soiling in the margins. Otherwise in very good condition.l De Buck no. 584; STCN 300275331 5 copies; cf. Tiele 892 other ed.; Wurzbach II p. 375 other ed. hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Paesi Bassi3500,00 €

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