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réf. 40271Paris chez Carilian-Goeuvry à Metz chez Thiel 1824. 2 feuillets. III. 166 pages. 185x12 Cm. Broché. Couverture muette de l'époque. Edition Originale. 1 planche dépliante lithographiée. Bel exemplaire non rogné. Quelques taches et rousseurs éparses. Paris, chez Carilian-Goeuvry, à Metz, chez Thiel, 1824. unknown
réf. 48963Paris Hérissant 1751. XVI. 381 pages. 1 feuillet. 16x10 Cm. Veau. Dos à nerfs orné. Reliure de l'époque avec des petites restaurations. Edition Française de ce premier ouvrage important sur la thermométrie clinique et le seul traitement scientifique du sujet avant Wunderlich. L'ouvrage contient une planche d'une comparaison de 15 échelles thermométriques différentes qui accompagne le deuxième essai du volume. Le traducteur a également joint trois autres essais et articles relatifs à la thermodynamique. Martine mourut aux Amériques lors d'une expédition en 1741 et ne vit pas le succès de ses recherches. Cette série d'essais fut la première critique sérieuse du thermomètre à 80 degrés de Réaumur. Il critique les méthodes et les conclusions de ce dernier avec des arguments bien en avance sur son temps. Rousseurs. Paris, Hérissant, 1751. unknown
réf. 46937Paris Noblet Troyes au Bureau du Journal des Postes et Télégraphes 1886. VII. 28 pages. 1 feuillet. 25x165 Cm. Broché. Couverture imprimée. Premier plat détaché. Manques de papier au dos. Petits accrocs et déchirures. Le télégraphe Estienne avait pour ambition de remplacer le système Morse. Schémas et vignettes dans le texte décrivent le nouvel appareil. Taches. Papier bruni. Premier cahier presque complètement dérelié. Paris, Noblet, Troyes, au Bureau du Journal des Postes et Télégraphes, 1886. unknown
réf. 47912Bruxelles 1910. 80 pages. 24x155 Cm. Broché couverture imprimée. Taches. Nombreuses gravures dans le texte représentant des instruments divers Niveaux Tachéomètres Cercles d'Alignement Théodolites Boussoles Lunettes Pince-nez etc. Brochure très bien conservé. (Bruxelles), 1910. unknown
réf. 47268à la fin: Paris 1850. 38 pages. 1 feuillet blanc. 20x13 Cm. Broché couverture muette de l'époque. Edition Originale de ce texte du célèbre astronome originaire de Saint-Lô Urbain Le Verrier à qui l'on doit la découverte de la planète Neptune. Le Verrier était membre d'une commission chargée d'étudier un projet de loi ouvrant aux particuliers le service du télégraphe car l'utilisation de ce moyen de communication dont l'implantation ne remonte en France qu'à 1845 était réservé jusqu'alors aux pouvoirs publics. Le présent texte contient les suggestions de cette commission et plusieurs documents relatifs à l'implantation du télégraphe à l'étranger en particulier aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Bon exemplaire à part quelques taches au début de l'ouvrage. (à la fin:) Paris, (1850). unknown
réf. 39125Nuremberg Schneider 1823. XVI. 339 pages. 2 planches hors-texte. 195x12 Cm. Cartonnage de l'époque. Auteur et titre manuscrit au dos. Coins et coiffes émoussés. Charnières fendues. Ouvrage consacré aux thermomètres à leurs différentes sortes aux principes de leur fonctionnement et à leur construction. Il est illustré de 2 planches dépliantes hors-texte. Rousseurs. Quelques petites mouillures. Manque angulaire. Notes manuscrites sur un feuillet blanc à la fin de l'ouvrage. Nuremberg, Schneider, 1823. unknown
1539réf. ST20126Pavia: Giovanni Maria Simonetta 1539. FIRST EDITION Second Issue. 210 x 147 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4". 215 leaves. Restrained 19th century crimson morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet stamp-signed on front turn-in raised bands spine with gilt text wide turn-ins gilt marbled endpapers all edges marbled and gilt. A small leather label with the year affixed to the spine. With two woodcuts depicting the "phagotus" instrument. Title with an attractive pictorial woodcut border. Printed in black and red. Occasional early ink marginalia; early ink ownership inscription to lower margin of colophon: "Hieronymi Pinzoni Cantoris Cremonensis et praepositi." An Armenian alphabet is inscribed in ink on the rear flyleaf dated March 28 1540. Mortimer 20; Adams I 957; Brunet I 229; Graesse I 59. Spine and edges slightly darkened joints a bit rubbed but without any cracking and the wear skillfully retouched. Only scattered very minor stains and soiling--quite a clean copy internally the leaves very fresh. This volume features one of the strangest combinations of a gravely serious treatise and an oddball curiosity: it comprises a landmark study of linguistics as the first European work concerning Syriac and Armenian--along with 36 other languages; and incongruously it also describes and pictures a contemporaneous musical instrument whose design was sufficiently peculiar to limit its interest to just one person the book's dedicatee. Our work originated when Teseo Ambrogio degli Albonesi 1469-1540 a lawyer scholar and canon of the church of Saint John of the Lateran was tasked with the publication of a Syriac manuscript psalter brought by a Maronite contingent to the Fifth Lateran Council. This was not merely a minor exercise in church outreach: 16th century scholars believed Syriac as a derivative of Aramaic to be the language of Christ. While the present work is of great interest because of its Syriac and Armenian content Ambrogio did not limit himself to those tongues: the text includes in particular short studies of Samaritan Arabic Coptic Cyrillic and Ethiopic. Of these some alphabets are provided in print in types specifically designed by Ambrogio and others are supplied in manuscript in spaces left in the text for that purpose. Ambrogio's sample texts range from simple alphabets to biblical passages to a letter purportedly from the Devil! In addition to the serious work done by our volume the text here deviates to include a fascinating musical surprise. Dedicated to the author's uncle Afranio degle Albonesi ca. 1465 - ca. 1540 a fellow church canon and apparently something of an eccentric the work includes an illustrated section on the "phagotus" a musical instrument of Afranio's own invention. Described by composer John Pickard as a "remarkable monstrosity" the phagotus combined features of the bagpipe and the bassoon. It never gained widespread popularity though not for lack of trying on Afranio's part--he once even performed with it for the duke of Ferrara Alfonso d'Este at a banquet in Mantua. Our copy in a pleasing though unassuming binding by one of the foremost 19th century French workshops was owned during its early history by yet another prominent churchman--Girolamo Pinzoni d. 1554 canon of the church of San Leonardo in Cremona. Giovanni Maria Simonetta unknown
1722réf. ST21075Rome: Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri 1722. FIRST EDITION. 250 x 180 mm. 9 7/8 x 7 1/4". 8 p.l. 170 pp. Contemporary stiff vellum raised bands burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt all edges sprinkled. Engraved title page frontispiece and 151 PLATES DEPICTING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Front pastedown with bookplates of John Smith Esquire Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Cia Fornaroli and David R. Godine. Cicognara 1596 citing 148 plates; Brunet I 1086 citing 136 plates; Graesse I 480. A long thin red ruled line to upper cover a few small cuts at edge of front board O1 with insignificant hole trivial loss of text a few light stains isolated faint browning to plates but quite AN EXCELLENT COPY--the leaves extremely fresh and clean and the binding entirely sound and perfectly inoffensive. This is an excellent copy of a sumptuously illustrated Baroque compendium of musical instruments which has been owned by three eminent collectors. A student of Athanasias Kircher the Jesuit scholar Filippo Bonanni also Buonanni 1638-1723 produced works on wide-ranging subjects including anatomy shell-collecting and porcelain lacquer. "Gabinetto Armonico" attempts to catalogue all known musical instruments including a broad range of horns as well as other wind percussion stringed and keyboard instruments not infrequently exotic in appearance and operation from all regions including Florida and the world of Islam. Many of the instruments included here were held in the collection of the Jesuit Collegio Romano where Bonanni was teaching at the time he composed the book; other information was gleaned from various authors and ethnographical reports. The book is organized based on the use for which the music is intended e.g. for festivals funerals battle worship hunting and even navigation. The very attractive illustrations by Flemish-born painter and publisher Arnold van Westerhout 1651-1725 depict the instruments in the hands of their players in their native costumes and environs. While some of the depictions of the ancient and foreign musicians are fanciful the majority of these engravings provide genuine invaluable information on music and musical instruments up to the early 18th century. The musicians are as interesting as the instruments dressed in keeping with the original homeland of the instrument ranging from King David with his harp to fashionable rococo ladies at the keyboards of spinet and cimbalo. Our copy is from the library of Italian ballerina Cia Fornaroli 1888-1954 and her husband Walter Toscanini 1898-1971 a bookseller and choreographer. The couple whose distinguished careers were split between New York and Italy assembled a large collection of works documenting the history of dance in Italy from the Renaissance until the 20th century. The bulk of their library now resides in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Our next notable owners were Arthur 1922-2012 and Charlotte Vershbow 1924-2000 who together built a large collection of prints illuminated manuscripts and printed books. Their collection sold at Christie's New York in a series of four auctions in 2013 the present volume was lot 771. Most recently our copy belonged to American publisher David R. Godine who trained as a printer at Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press before founding his own publishing firm in 1970. His interest in the art of the book led him to build an extensive library of early printed books with a particular focus on antiquarian illustrated works. Two portions of his collection sold for more than $950000 at Bonham's New York in May 2026. The book is not particularly rare at auction but copies in desirable condition even without the distinguished provenance seen here command substantial prices. Giorgio Plancho and Gettatore de' Caratteri unknown
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1913réf. 55107Rochester NY: The H & M Division Taylor Instrument Companies 1913. Tall 8vo. 55 1 pp. Photo illustrations text illustrations throughout with a couple colour-tinted diagrams. Embossed & illustrated green softcovers raised lettering in blind black lettering cover art illustration embossed of thermometer minor shelfwear darkening & minor chipping to spine still VG copy. First edition of this scarce and well-illustrated catalogue of thermometers for the brewing industry including angle thermometers mash tub thermometers fermenting tub thermometers brewer’s saccharometers recorder themometers index thermometers for Pasteurizers fermenters and more. In addition there are Stormographs airmeters and anemometers also advertised for sale. Originally H&M Hohmann & Maurer was acquired by the Taylor Bros. Co. in 1896 merged into the Taylor Instrument Companies in 1907 and were well known for their precise and excellent thermometers. Taylor established the first research & development department in an American instrument industry in 1911 and proved key to the United States’ success in World War I manufacturing 99% of all altimeters airplane stratascopes inclinometers and oxygen systems. Worldcat locates 1 copy Rochester Museum Science Center; See: Fritz Ruebeck The Taylor Automation Heritage Classic Automation 2003. The H & M Division, Taylor Instrument Companies, paperback
1982réf. 6818Dallas: Texas Instruments Incorporated 1982. 6 Volumes generally 10x7" various paginations. Diagrams illustrations tables. Staple bound in orange card wrappers which show some rubbing and wear. Clean internally and generally very good or better. New Schottky TTL for Design Engineers N.d. TMS 9914 GPIB Adapter Preliminary Data Manual September 1979 printed supplement and errata 4 laid in. TIM 9904 Four-Phase Clock Generator and Driver March 1980 The Peripheral Driver Data Book for Design Engineers 1981 TMS 9902A Asynchronous Communications Controller Data Manual 1981 TMS 9900 Microprocessor Data Manual 1978 reprinted 1982. Texas Instruments Incorporated unknown
1888réf. 55798Troy NY: Published by W. & L.E. Gurley 1888. 12mo. viii 9-362 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. 100s of text illustrations & diagrams. Brick-red coloured pebbled publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover very minor shelfwear slight rubbing front inner hinge starting still VG copy w/ former ownership markings & annotations on ffep. Twenty-seventh edition of this excellent handbook and catalogue from the largest manufacturer of engineering and surveying instruments in the United Stated during the 19th-century helping to fuel the massive expansion of railroads and development across the West. The company produced levels chains railroad compasses solar compasses surveyor’s compasses transits and more. Published by W. & L.E. Gurley, hardcover
1757réf. 55793London: Printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse in the Strand: J. Hodges on London-Bridge and J. Fuller in Ave-mary-Lane 1757. 8vo. xx 188 pp. With 1 large folding copper-engraved frontisp. of mathematical instruments 8 copper engraved plates occasional minor closed tears creasing to the fore-edges of the plates couple of the joints starting in the folds. Nineteenth-century half-calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers hinges repaired minor thumbing and darkening to some leaves otherwise a VG copy. Second edition of this well-written mathematics instrument manual incorporating a short history of 44 previous works on mathematical instruments spanning 200 years with specific descriptions of particular instruments and their development. This work which is considered by Erwin Tomash to be “one of the most complete descriptions of a set of portable mathematical instruments extant” was expanded by over a third to detail the use of Gunners Calipers or a Gunter’s scale for navigation purposes into a type of slide rule which were made and sold by Nairne & Blunt in London. Robertson 1716-1776 who is perhaps best remembered for his Elements of Navigation considered one of the finest English-language navigation education manuals of the 18th century Tomash & Williams R100; Cajori A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments pp. 32-33; See: Ellerton & Clements Samuel Pepys Isaac Newton James Hodgson and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics: A History of the Royal Mathematical School within Christ’s Hospital London 1673-1868 2017 pp. 50-52 110 146 218. Printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse in the Strand: J. Hodges on London-Bridge, and J. Fuller in Ave-mary-Lane, hardcover
1836réf. 55778London: Sold for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms 136 Fleet Street 1836. 8vo. xi 1 118 pp. 10 pp. of tables plus 7 1 pp. catalogue. With numerous woodcut engravings text diagrams illustrations. Quarger-blue publisher’s cloth over gray boards printed label mounted front cover minor edgewear slight bumping to corners minor dustsoiling inner hinges expertly repaired still a VG presentation copy from the author to William Figg 1800-1866 well-known Lewes Sussex surveyor who includes pencil note corrections on last page. Second edition revised of this informative work by the author details the use of the Land Chain Surveying Cross Prismatic Compass Theodolite Spirit Level Sextant Transit Instrument and others. Simms 1803-1865 a surveyor and civil engineer of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and formerly with the Ordnance Survey was the son of William Simms d.1860 scientific instrument maker with Edward Troughton joined the Southern Eastern Railway Company as resident engineer in 1836 and oversaw the construction of the Bletchingley and Saltwood tunnels. Sold, for the Author by Messrs. Troughton and Simms, 136 Fleet Street, hardcover
1853réf. 55797London: John Weale 59 High Holborn 1853. 12mo. vi 170 pp. Engraved frontisp. 1 engraved plates numerous text illustrations & diagrams. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards leather corners red & gilt morocco spine label expertly rebacked endpapers renewed still VG copy. Second edition revised and explained of this concise handbook on mathematical optical surveying and astronomical instruments. Heather describes the use of Gunter’s lines Beam compasses slide rules telescopes camera obscura and camera lucida theodolites Hadley’s Sextant’s and many others. John Weale, 59, High Holborn, hardcover
1928réf. 55872Chicago: Eugene Dietzgen Co. 1928. Three parts in one vol. 8vo. 4 498; 47 1; 24 leaves of sample papers. With 100s of text woodcut-engravings & illustrations many in colour or colour-tinted. Embossed & decorated green publisher’s cloth orange & green lettering ornament & decoration on covers & spine minor rubbing shelfwear; 2nd -- printed green softcovers as issued inserted into rear pocket; 3rd -- printed softcovers mounted on front pastedown VG copy. Thirteenth edition revised & expanded of this excellent sample catalogue filled with mathematical instruments surveying instruments office equipment compasses slide rules and all other possible equipment for scientists mathematicians navigators surveyors and others. Dietzgen 1862-1929 was a noted socialist German-American Chicago manufacturer whose factories supplied and pioneered many different amenities for workers and still operates as the Dietzgen Corporation. Eugene Dietzgen Co., paperback
1961réf. 53463Chicago IL: Chicago Steel Tape Co. 1961. Tall 8vo. 2 21 1 pp. Printed in red & black and illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers minor creasing still VG copy. Sixth printing revised & expanded of this excellent catalogue for the famed company which was an innovator at the beginning of the 20th century in introducing Wheeler’s steel tape developed from hoopskirt steel with a drop of solder marking foot gradations. The company was established in Chicago by L.A. Nichols who quickly developed a business based on steel tapes and surveyor’s accessories. Worldcat locates 1 copy Harvard. Chicago Steel Tape Co., paperback
1986réf. M14105Stuttgart:: Museum for Medical Endoscopy Max Nitze e.V. 1986. 1986. 29 cm. 82 pp. Illustrated. Printed wrappers green cloth spine. Fine. Relating to the early history of electrical urologic endoscopes. With preface by Otto Winkelmann and commentary on the monograph by Hans J. and Matthias A. Reuter. Museum for Medical Endoscopy, Max Nitze e.V., [1986]. hardcover
1906réf. 26928Cincinnati Ohio: Max Wocher & Son 1906. 8th edition. Paperback. Otherwise very good condition. Electrical batteries static machines X-ray coils transformers rheostats and supplies : catalogue of Department V. Full of b&w illustrations throughout. 8vo 688pp brown paper covers with cloth spine black title on front and spine. Covers and spine dusty internally clean. This edition not recorded on OCLC. The earliest edition of this catalog listed on OCLC is OCLC: 78904758 the "7th edition of 1905" held at the medical schools of Harvard & the Univ. of South Carolina. Max Wocher & Son paperback
1912réf. 60283New Orleans LA: The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. 736-738 Poydras St. ca. 1912. Tall 8vo. 2 576 xvi pp. “Section G” printed on coated paper stock. With well over 1500 photographic and woodcut-engraved text illustrations throughout. Dark green publisher’s cloth Arts & Crafts decoration front cover black lettering front cover & spine minor scuffing edgewear minor bumping to corners inner hinges starting still VG- sound copy. Second edition stated revised & updated of this surprisingly scarce Louisiana medical supply company’s offerings in the Progressive Era. This catalogue includes a remarkable range of early 20th-Century medical equipment ranging from microscopes fitted with new electric arc lamp to electric centrifuges for testing hypodermic syringes antitoxine syringes anaesthetic equipment electrical illuminating apparatus electro-therapeutic wall cabins X-Ray machines portable radiographic Scheidel cases and much more. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. was owned and directed by T.C. Hills 1867-1930 and Edwin J. Sack initially on Charles Street specializing in surgical instruments artificial limbs trusses medical equipment and more. Founded originally at the end of the 19th-Century and specializing in artificial limbs and trusses by 1910 the company had substantially expanded and moved to 736-738 Poydras St. expanding their offerings and their reach. Worldcat does locate over 10 locations for this catalogue however the collation is often not matching and the dating incorrect. The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd., 736-738 Poydras St., hardcover
1977réf. 38021Edinburgh: Lyndesay G. Langwill 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Full dark red cloth with titling gilt to spine. xvi 307 pp. With occasional illustrations. Binding slightly bumped; dustjacket worn. Lyndesay G. Langwill hardcover
1928réf. 58476Leyton UK: R. Spurden Rutt 7 Co. ca. 1928. Oblong 4to. 16 pp. Photo illustrations throughout. Black printed softcovers gilt decorative lettering on front cover yapp edges NF. First edition of this unusually scarce catalogue marketing the several models of Spurden-Rutt’s electric Organestra pipe organ intending to compete with Compton Wurlitzer & Christie organs. The Palace Cinema Slough Theatre in Buckinghamshire and Super Cinema in Oxford had ordered models by the time this was issued and they provided an exceptional accompaniment to the silent movies playing at the time. Spurden-Rutt 1881-1960 apprenticed with Alfred Kirkland of Holloway opened his business in 1899 at the age of 18 and lived in his factory with his living room doubling as a board room. In order to impress clients and visitors with how many staff he would have them run around removing and changing coats appearing in assorted different rooms. He continued as an organ builder until 1959. No copies in Worldcat; See: Ian Dalgliesh Cinema Organ News from Great Britain Theatre Organ; Organ Could Hit the Right Note at Ewbanks Antique Collecting Magazine Nov. 19 2015. R. Spurden Rutt 7 Co., paperback
1590réf. 38909Antwerp: Philip Galle 1590. The Glory of the Lamb. Revelations v 8 and xv 7-8. Plate 18. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of multiple harps with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. Ca. 220 x 285 mm with narrow margins. Minor wear; occasional foxing; laid down to mounting paper. In very good condition overall. The Encomium Musices Eulogy of Music is an important set of highly detailed late 16th century engravings published in Antwerp ca. 1590 by Philip Galle 1537-1612 best-known as a publisher of Old Master prints; the engraver of this particular plate Collaert was Galle's son-in-law. The suite of engravings is thought by some to commemorate the rededication of Antwerp's churches to Roman Catholicism following the capture of the city by Alexander Farnese in 1585. Philip Galle unknown
1590réf. 38903Antwerp: Philip Galle 1590. Solomon takes the Tabernacle into the Temple the Levites singing. 2 Chronicles v 4-6. Plate 9. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of trumpets timbrel harp horns drums flute rebec and cymbals with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. Ca. 220 x 285 mm with narrow margins. Minor wear; occasional foxing; laid down to mounting paper. In very good condition overall. The Encomium Musices Eulogy of Music is an important set of highly detailed late 16th century engravings published in Antwerp ca. 1590 by Philip Galle 1537-1612 best-known as a publisher of Old Master prints; the engraver of this particular plate Collaert was Galle's son-in-law. The suite of engravings is thought by some to commemorate the rededication of Antwerp's churches to Roman Catholicism following the capture of the city by Alexander Farnese in 1585. Philip Galle unknown
1590réf. 38905Antwerp: Philip Galle 1590. Sacrifice of King Asa People of Judah rejoicing. 2 Chronicles xv 10-15. Plate 11. The engraving depicts a biblical scene and incorporates an illustration of trumpets cornets horns timbrels and a flute with reference in Latin text beneath the image to the musical instruments depicted. Ca. 220 x 285 mm with narrow margins. Minor wear; occasional foxing; laid down to mounting paper. In very good condition overall. The Encomium Musices Eulogy of Music is an important set of highly detailed late 16th century engravings published in Antwerp ca. 1590 by Philip Galle 1537-1612 best-known as a publisher of Old Master prints; the engraver of this particular plate Collaert was Galle's son-in-law. The suite of engravings is thought by some to commemorate the rededication of Antwerp's churches to Roman Catholicism following the capture of the city by Alexander Farnese in 1585. Philip Galle unknown
