Raynal (Guillaume-Thomas, 1713-1796) :Livre Rare Book
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réf. 11470Genève, sans nom (probablement Pellet), 1781 ; 10 tomes in-12 et Atlas in-4 (1780) ; demi-basane fauve, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison bleu-canard, tranches jaunes ; ON AJOUTE : Atlas : demi-veau glacé vert-Empire, dos décoré de fleurons dorés, titre doré (reliure début du XIXe siècle) ; XII, 452 ; VIII, 516 ; VIII, 471 ; VIII, 391 ; VIII, 352 ; VIII, 404 ; XII, 471 ; 426 ; VIII, 362 ; IV, 447 ; portrait de Raynal par F.G. Lardy en frontispice du tome Ier et 9 frontispices gravés, un à chaque tome, eux aussi par Lardy ; Atlas : (4), 22 pp., (1) f. blanc, 50 cartes dépliantes (49 + 17 bis).
réf. 708DGBildausschnitt: 116 x 91 cm.
1920réf. 666DGca. 1920 Oel auf Leinwand. Format: 88 x 113 cm. Mit Holzrahmen: 103 x 129 cm.
réf. awd-1032Huile sur isorel signée en bas à droite et datée 1971 au dos (67/64,5 cm).
1869réf. 665DG1869. Oel auf Leinwand. Format: 58 x 76 cm. Mit Holzrahmen: 75 x 96 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
réf. 159397Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Oil Company for Onshore Oil Operations 1982. Celebrating the first oil shipments from a key port First and sole edition of this specially produced work published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ADCO's first crude oil shipment from Jebel Dhanna. An online institutional search showing one copy only at Exeter University. Provenance: lid of box lettered in gilt J. Turnbull and loosely inserted compliments slip with typed name of the same; this is almost certainly John Turnbull BP's General Manager Production Overseas and later chief executive of BP Indonesia. Quarto. With colour illustrations throughout. Original presentation binding of moderate blue padded leatherette gilt-lettered on covers within gilt and blind ornamental borders bright blue watered silk endpapers. Housed in the original matching box. Box showing just light signs of handling light scratch to front cover of book. A very good copy bright and sharp. hardcover
1869réf. 665DG1869 Oel auf Leinwand. Format: 58 x 76 cm. Mit Holzrahmen: 75 x 96 cm.
1943réf. 540Venezuela 1943. Very good. 48 original photographs each 8 x 10 inches. Quarto. Plain leather boards twin-bolt binding. Some photos detached from mounts some wear to covers but images generally fine with typed captions affixed beneath each photo. A rare photographic document of Venezuelan oil production in the early 20th century. This album contains nearly fifty large-format original images that depict the construction of a 157-mile crude oil pipeline from Las Mercedes Del Llano Guanico to a deep-sea terminal at Pamatacual in 1943 by the Sociedad Anonima Petrolera las Mercedes owned jointly by the Texas Company later Texaco and British-controlled Caracas Petroleum S. A. Venezuelan oil reserves attracted foreign investment as early as 1908: "In 1908 General Juan Vicente Gomez took power to become the strongest dictator of the 20th century with 27 years in office. He opened the gate to foreign oil investors.World War I was the trigger introducing Venezuela into the world oil market. After 1919 the investment and the exportation of Venezuelan oil increased tremendously. By 1922 Venezuela became an important supplier of oil in the world and biggest reserves of oil were discovered in the Lake of Maracaibo. During World War II Venezuela was the most secure provider of oil to the United States." -- Johannes Alvarez and James Fiorito Venezuelan Oil Unifying Latin-America. Venezuela increased its production 42 percent in 1943 and 1944 to satisfy the Allied demand for wartime oil. The images contained in the present album show various features of the pipeline oil wells and storage facilities at the inland stations as well as the path of the pipeline through the jungle to the sea. Several photos depict groups of men at work on the line in several locations. Another series of images depict views of the terminal station and the construction of its structures as well as its shipping facilities and the operations surrounding the loading of tankers there. From a research perspective this album is a fascinating look into the development of the now-critical oil industry in a lesser known region of mid-20th century Venezuela the involvement of American in this case Texan companies in South American industrial growth as well as the importance of South American resources to the United States war effort during World War II. We were unable to find any examples of large format photographs from the Venezuelan oil industry from this period in auction records or on the market. Photographs of Venezuelan oil production from outside of the Lake Maracaibo region where the bulk of early oil development occurred are equally difficult to locate. The printed title page suggests that more than one of these albums was produced but we are unable to uncover another example in OCLC or archived sales records. unknown books
1920réf. 12758Fort Worth: Standard Blue Print Map & Eng. Co 1920. Very good. Folding map 25.75 x 25.75 inches on thin paper. Old folds minor edge wear several short closed edge tears a couple of small areas of loss at crossfolds. Overall good condition and a wonderful display item. A rare and detailed Texas oil map produced by a Fort Worth firm just after World War I and here present in the larger 25-x-25-inch issue advertised in the promotional text on the map itself. The map shows the distribution of oil wells and derricks across the Lone Star State in 1920 prints the names of the most prominent oil fields and lists the names of Texas counties along with the oil companies active in each county. The map also shows the types of soil and rock deposits encountered throughout Texas counties with a legend of abbreviations for each at bottom right. The area of the map is crowded in places but still quite attractive and legible and is a good encapsulation of the rapidly developing oil industry in Texas at the time. Contemporary advertisements for the publisher of this map Standard Blue Print Map and Engineering promote the availability of over 200 oil maps of Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Louisiana and Arkansas from the firm. A rare map rarer still in this larger size; we locate just two copies at SMU one issued with a slightly later "May 1920" copyright notice with a larger "photocopy" reported at Denver Public Library and the Colorado School of Mines. Standard Blue Print Map & Eng. Co unknown
1952réf. ABC_46142Al Ahmadi: Kuwait Oil Company 1952. Loose sheets stapled together at the left top corner with holes punched in the left margin. Small folio 33 x 20.5 cm. Duplicated typescript printed on the rectos only in purple ink probably with a spirit duplicator. Unrecorded information guide for new employees of the Kuwait Oil Company KOC who would be residing in Al Ahmadi headquarters of the Company. The Kuwait Oil Company was founded in 1934 a joint venture between the British Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the American company Gulf Oil. In the same year the sheik of Kuwait Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reigned 1921-1950 granted them rights to the oil concession which they were to retain until 1975. The first oil was discovered in 1938 in Burgan field followed by discoveries in Magwa in 1951 Al Ahmadi in 1952 and many more regions. In 1946 the first commercial shipment took place. Because the initial development of the KOC coincided with the end of the British Raj in India many British and Indian people in its service were transferred to Kuwait in particular to Al Ahmadi. Al Ahmadi was set up to house these workers.This unrecorded guide is quite rare especially because it seems to be a quite cheaply produced and ephemeral document which was issued only in small numbers for in-house circulation.At some places very slightly frayed and creases along the edges and corners staple a little rusted leaves slightly toned some leaves a little cut short at the foot with no loss except for some of the catch-words but overall in remarkably good condition. A rare and unrecorded guide for employees of the Kuwait Oil Company in Ahmadi. Kuwait Oil Company, unknown
réf. 1337.1aaf50x68.5cm/cadre 55x73cm.
réf. 136265aaf1862, 35x42 cm., Oelmalerie signé et daté 1862 ( huile sur toile) / Oil on canvas. encadré / Gerahmt.
réf. 60398BBo.J. [3 Warenabbildungen] August Preuße, geboren am 22. März 1908 in Höhscheid, gestorben am 9. März 1942 in Russland. Nach einer Ausbildung an de
réf. 60145BBo.J. [3 Warenabbildungen] August Preuße, geboren am 22. März 1908 in Höhscheid, gestorben am 9. März 1942 in Russland. Nach einer Ausbildung an de
1865réf. 38685Philadelphia 1865. Broadside with a table of the rates of fare on verso. Woodcut illustration of a locomotive. Sheet size: 19 x 8 inches. Extraordinary survival: a railroad broadside advertising a route to America's first oil boom. The first oil well in the United States was drilled by E. L. Drake in Oil Creek Pennsylvania near Titusville in 1859. On the 29th of August oil was struck and the first boom was on. Towns such as Oil City and Pithole sprang up. The Titusville population exploded from 250 residents to over 10000 in little more than five years; Pithole expanded from four log-cabin farmhouses to a bustling city with over 50 hotels over the span of five months in 1865. At its peak the Pennsylvania wells were producing one third of the world's oil. An ephemeral survival of America's first oil rush. unknown books
réf. 149-Wo.J. Öl, auf Papier, links unten ritzsigniert ?Ernestine von Lipowsky, geborene von Eder?, rechts unten bezeichnet ?Untersberg?. 13,7:19,6 cm. Nagellöchlein in den unteren Ecken. Minimaler Einriß links unten. Frische und dynamische, sicher vor Ort entstandene Landschaftsstudie, die eine intensive Beschäftigung mit der Münchner Freilichtmalerei erkennen läßt.
réf. 60397BBo.J. [4 Warenabbildungen] (Petra Petitpierre, geborene Frieda Kessinger, geboren am 13. Mai 1905 in Zürich, gestorben am 23. Dezember 1959 in Murt
réf. 730.1aafimage 45x55.5, cadre 57.5x67.5 cm
réf. 9798Florence : Giunti, 1569. 4° bois sur la page de titre et deux grandes initiales gravées sur bois . 4 feuillets non chiffrés, 89 pp. Suivie d'une feuille vierge M6. vélin moderne dos orné, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge. Des passages ont été anciennement soulignés à la plume.
réf. 66270August 1963 with revisions up to May 1981. Original cyanotype map 115.5 x 84 cm. Some light dampstaining and wrinkling folds a bit toned and with some nicks some repaired with archival tape generally very good. The map covers from the contemporary Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone in the north to Qatar in the south. Villages roads paved unpaved and 'of questionable permanency' terrain including sabkhahs or saltflats water wells and intermittent waterways or wadis are indicated throughout according to the symbols and lines in the legend to the left of the title. The main focus is on oil and gas fields and related infrastructure including oil wells gas wells injection wells pipelines plants triangulation stations and power lines. A great number of local place names are transliterated and the boundaries of both onshore and offshore oil fields are traced including the Dammam and Ghawar Fields and the offshore Safaniya Field. Several locations important to the industry are shaded brown and handwritten annotations denoting pipelines appear near Al-Hofuf and Abqaiq. At the bottom right is an inset map of the Shaybah Oil Field and environs on the disputed Saudi border with Abu Dhabi. The remote location was only developed in the 1990s with the eponymous settlement of Shaybah being built and Aramco bringing the project on-stream in 1998 with a pipeline linking to Abqaiq. This map was first issued in 1963 a transformative era for the eastern coast of Arabia as oil exploration shifted from desert sands to the waters of the Persian Gulf. Building on the early success of Safaniya at center-top here the world's largest offshore field discovered in the 1950s operators leveraged rapid advancements in marine drilling technology to unlock vast undersea reserves. This decade witnessed a flurry of landmark discoveries including Saudi Arabia's Zuluf 1965 and Marjan 1967 Fields at top here just to the left of the title and legend. The momentum towards offshore drilling accelerated through the 1970s and early 1980s a period fundamentally reshaped by skyrocketing oil prices and resource nationalism. Following the 1973 Oil Crisis regional governments aggressively transitioned from concession agreements with foreign majors to full state ownership giving rise to state-controlled giants like the nationalized Saudi Aramco. This map was initially prepared by Aramco in 1963 then updated repeatedly in the following years a full list of updates is noted to the left of the title with the present example being an update of May 31 1981. It was drawn by one Whb Aid presumably an abbreviation of a surveyor's name. We are only aware of one example of this map in any edition in institutional collections a 1971 update held at the Library of Congress. August 1963, with revisions up to May 1981. unknown
réf. awd-832Huile sur toile monogrammée et datée (67) en orange en bas à droite, titrée et contresignée au dos (48/53 cm). Avec le numéro d’inventaire de la succession H. R. n°236). Voir Hans Richter par Roberto Sanesi, Nuova Foglio Editrice, 1978, où l’œuvre est reproduite (p. 128). Bon état.
réf. 65872Saudi Arabia 1955 - 1960. 43 silver gelatin press photographs of Saudi Arabia particularly of the workers and possessions of the Arab American Oil Company. 40 measure 25.5 x 20.5 cm 2 measure 21.5 x 16.5 cm and 1 measures 23 x 18 cm; 32 prints stamped by Aramco with 8 evidently also produced by the company 2 by Keystone Pictures Inc. and one by Wide World Photo; 18 photographs are accompanied by descriptions. Some creasing to corners one print with small tears to the top and left edge. In excellent condition overall. The Arabian American Oil Company also known as Aramco emerged from US efforts to extract and refine crude oil in the Arabian Peninsula. The California-Arabian Standard Oil Company discovered oil at Dhahran in 1937 which was extracted at a rate of 115 barrels a day. This became the first commercial well in Saudi Arabia and was a breakthrough for American Oilmen looking for reservoirs of 'black gold' overseas. In 1944 the company changed its name to the Arabian American Oil Company. These photographs were almost all taken by Aramco to showcase the company's logistical and mechanical achievements as well as the care it took of its workforce. Many of the photos were circulated in the Aramco World Magazine and Sun and Flare internal company magazines that were generally intended to boost the company's corporate identity as well as improve relations with the Saudi world around them. Contents include: Aramco hardware drill; pipes and coating machine for the trans-Arabian pipeline; stabilising plant at Dhahran; Aramco employees at work Saudi employees filling tank car; Saudi employee operating temperature gauge; Aramco employee towns and living quarters senior staff housing in Abqaiq; Aramco houses at Rahimah near Ras Tanura; various aerial views probably of Dhahran; Saudi townscapes and vernacular buildings school in Hofuf; market at Hofuf; Riyadh old town; etc.; American and Saudi employee recreations boat trip to Tarout Island; American wives shopping; swimming pool at Dhahran etc.; portraits and posed photographs 'Qidaith ibn Mubarak … Starting as a laborer he advances to the position of assistant driller'. In addition the collection includes two portraits of King Saud bin Abdulaziz. This is a fascinating set of photographs documenting the early days of US-Saudi relations and a key moment in modern oil production. Saudi Arabia, [1955 - 1960]. unknown
réf. 654341981. Original large colour-printed map 76 x 103.5 cm with detailed key and legend. Compilation and cartography by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Limited. Generally in excellent condition. Kuwait becomes a Major Player in the Global Oil Industry This is a scarce large-format bilingual geological map of Kuwait prepared in 1981 by Hunting Geology and Geophysics for the Kuwait Oil Company. It was produced at a time when Kuwait's oil production was undergoing rapid changes including the creation of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation KPC of which the Kuwait Oil Company became a subsidiary and expansion into international markets and the securing of vertical integration. The map covers the mainland of Kuwait along with the Bubyan and Failaka Islands using colour-shading to indicate a variety of sands gravels clay and stone as explained in the bilingual legends present at right which also indicate geological era. Lines and other notation are used to indicate geological and international boundaries fault lines wadis elevation contour lines roads depressions and intertidal and shoaling sand. Developed areas namely Kuwait City and some nearby coastal settlements are shaded grey. Additional supplementary information appears at right including a diagram and explanation of the local grid employed. Historical Context Upon gaining independence from the United Kingdom in June 1961 Kuwait inherited an oil industry dominated by the Kuwait Oil Company KOC a joint venture between British Petroleum and Gulf Oil. However like other emerging postcolonial states in the region Kuwait was determined to assert control over its primary resources. This effort began with the formation of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company KNPC in 1960 and the Petrochemical Industries Company PIC in 1963 which allowed the government to build domestic technical expertise. A major milestone of this era was the 1962 relinquishment agreement which forced foreign concessionaires to return 60 percent of their unexplored territories to the state paving the way for independent national exploration and the 1968 opening of the Shuaiba Refinery the world's first all-hydrogen refinery. The 1970s saw a shift from foreign partnership to total nationalization following the 1973 oil crisis and the subsequent surge in global prices. After an initial 'participation' agreement in 1972 that gave the state a 25 percent stake in KOC Kuwait moved for a full takeover by December 1975. By 1976 the state held 100 percent ownership of its oil assets allowing it to cap production to conserve reserves for future generations a policy that stood in contrast to the high-extraction strategies of foreign firms who further increased production as they sensed nationalization was in the offing. Thus the vast revenues generated by the oil industry were funneled directly into the Reserve Fund for Future Generations established in 1976 to provide long-term fiscal stability. They also financed a comprehensive welfare state providing citizens with free education healthcare and subsidized housing while transforming the capital of Kuwait City simply 'Kuwait' here into a modern metropolis. By the early 1980s Kuwait shifted its focus toward global integration and organizational efficiency. In January 1980 the government established the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation KPC as a centralized holding company to manage all aspects of the industry from upstream exploration to downstream retail. Kuwait became a pioneer among OPEC nations by aggressively expanding into international markets acquiring the American drilling and engineering giant Santa Fe International in 1981. This strategy continued with the acquisition of refining and retail networks in Europe laying the groundwork for the 1983 launch of the 'Q8' brand. Thus by the mid-1980s Kuwait had successfully established one of the most vertically integrated and professionally managed state oil industries in the world. Publication History and Census This map was compiled and drawn by Hunting Geology and Geophysics for the Kuwait Oil Company. It is quite scarce noted only in the holdings of the Colorado School of Mines the U.S. Geological Survey Library and the Library of Congress with no known market history. Cartographer Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. 1952 - 1987 was a British surveying firm that specialized in cutting-edge methods of mapping especially aeromagnetic surveys and focused on discovering potential reserves of natural resources especially fossil fuels. It was part of the larger Hunting group originally founded in 1874 as a shipping company by Charles Hunting and later moving into aircraft surveying and petroleum. Companies within the Hunting group frequently merged with each other and with outside acquisitions leading to frequent name changes; in this case Hunting Aerosurveys founded 1944 merged with Hunting Geophysics founded 1952 to form Hunting Surveys in 1960. In 1965 a public company was formed called Hunting Associated Industries Ltd. which included Hunting Surveys Holdings Ltd. but not a new entity Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. which remained part of the privately-owned Hunting Group. In 1987 Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. was closed down in a consolidation process that saw the public company now Hunting plc buy out the Hunting Group though the Hunting family retains a significant share of the company's stock and one of its members remains Chairman of the Board. Hunting Geophysics and later Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. made pioneering surveys of Great Britain itself along with several countries in Central Africa seeking uranium and other minerals the Philippines Ethiopia and especially countries in the Middle East where the company conducted critically important surveys that helped to develop the lucrative oil industries of the United Arab Emirates Qatar and Kuwait among others. OCLC 9971094 1981. unknown
1866réf. 235961Titusville: J.A. Mather 1866. 22 stereo cards with printed paper labels on verso titled in manuscript. 3-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Some wear to cards images near fine. 22 stereo cards with printed paper labels on verso titled in manuscript. 3-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. A fascinating and important record of the birth of the oil industry in northwestern Pennsylvania. British-born John Aked Mather 1829-1915 moved to the United States in 1856 and soon after was introduced to photography by an itinerant daguerreian. Mather travelled through West Virginia and Ohio before settling in Titusville Pa in 1860 with his wife. Edwin Drake of the Seneca Oil Company had begun drilling in August of 1859 and Mather was poised to become the oil boom's photographer of record travelling along Oil Creek River on his flatbed studio. Mather's views of wells and rigs were so popular in their time that owners would request Mather photograph their operations to encourage more investment. The photographs that Mather took make up the largest and most significant pictorial record of the western Pennsylvania oil boom "a record of the first ten years of the industry a coverage without equal in any nineteenth century technology" Darrah The World of Stereographs p. 80. Notably these stereoviews are contemporary to the boom and thus more desirable than Mather's Historical Oil Region Views published in 1895 from the original negatives. This group of 22 stereo views includes "Oil Seekers Pithole Penn" "Green Mountain Well " "Champion Wells Pioneer River" "RR Bridge & Pioneer from Oil Creek" "New York Well Pioneer" "Lady Stewart & Lady Brooks Pioneer River" "Petroleum Center Penn" "Fishers Shipping Sheds" "Old Shipping Platform Miller Farms" and the humorous "Sunken Fortune or Ruined Man" See Giddens Paul H. Early Days of Oil: A Pictorial History of the Beginnings of the Industry in Pennsylvania Princeton: 1948. J.A. Mather unknown books
réf. 1333.1aaf74x106 cm.
