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1992ref. 2091202133101453Korona-sha 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Korona-sha paperback
1978ref. 133c5928Canada: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 442 pages. Extensive footnotes glossary bibliography and index. Over three hundred black and white illustrations. "Traces the complete history of geared planetary machines from the inventions of Archimedes to the astronomical clocks of the present day. The only work of its kind. Concerned not only with the machines themselves but also with the craftsmen who made them and the uses to which they were put." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding intact. Minor moisture-induced undulating to inner portion of bottom edge of first 110 pages or so. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this masterful treatise. University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute Hardcover
1891ref. t0041aEdinburgh: R Grant & Son. G: in good condition. Cover marked and bumped. Edge-wear. Chipping to spine ends. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner inscription to title page. Occasional marking. Some mispagination. Some tearing to folding plates; tape repairs to plate XXXIII. 1891. Second Edition. Blue hardback cloth covered card with gilt illustration and titles on front cover. 340mm x 430mm 13" x 17". x 303pp. 55 b/w plates 7 fold-out b/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . R Grant & Son hardcover
1991ref. 2299039Elsevier Science Ltd 1991. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Water damaged. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN:0444888632 Elsevier Science Ltd hardcover
ref. 6481961Professional Engineering Publishing . Hardback. New. pp. 624 Professional Engineering Publishing hardcover
ref. X00D-00017Philadelphia Engineering Works Ltd. Collectible - Acceptable. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Engineering Works Ltd. 1893. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. 162pp. Illustrations charts diagrams. Fair book. Light edgewear and rubbing. Some soiling on boards and pages. Front hinge and spine cracked. Slight dampstaining on rear pastedown. Blast Furnaces Steel Works Trade Catalogues Inquire if you need further information. Philadelphia Engineering Works, Ltd. hardcover
1825ref. 1308147Paris, Bachelier, 1822 - 1825. 4to. Zus. etwa 1500 S. m. 4 gefalteten gestochenen Tafeln u. 60 doppelblattgroßen gestochenen Tafeln im Atlasband. Hldrbde d. Zeit (Einbde etwas berieben u. m. Signatur auf vorderem Deckel, Rücken beschabt, Vorsätze etwas leimschattig, Stempel auf Titel, leicht gebräunt u. gering stockfleckig, wenige kleine Läsuren u. Knickspuren, Bd 1 m. einzelnen Anstreichungen; Atlas: Rücken erneuert, Tafeln leicht stockfleckig, eine Tafel m. kl. Fehlstelle, eine Tafel m. Einriß).
8vo. 42 pp., final blank. With a lithographic plate. Contemporary wrappers. Very rare study of the defects of the umbilical cord, with a plate (showing embryos) lithographed after the author's own drawings. With this habilitation, Froriep (1804-61) gained a Professorship of Medicine in Berlin, but he had to forsake this career in 1845 when his father, himself once a great surgeon and obstetrician, fell ill and Robert had to take over the publishing house "Landes-Industrie-Comptoir" which Ludwig Friedrich v. Froriep - the son-in-law of and successor to the famous publisher Bertuch - had headed. A correspondent with Goethe, Robert Froriep also taught anatomic drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts. "Obgleich er in den von ihm besonders cultivirten Wissenschaften, der beschreibenden und pathologischen Anatomie, keine hervorragenden Entdeckungen gemacht hat, hat er durch seine zahlreichen Unternehmungen [...] die Wissenschaft wesentlich gefördert und namentlich zur Popularisierung von kostspieligen ausländischen Abbildungswerken, die ohne ihn daselbst nur wenig bekannt geworden wären, wesentlich beigetragen" (Hirsch II, 455). - Slight waterstaining near end (mainly affecting the plate's lower margin). Only three copies in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins-Welch Med. Library; Coll. of Physicians of PA; CRL Chicago). Hirsch II, 454. OCLC 258086847. Not in Kayser, Engelmann, Wellcome or Waller.
1811115, (1) SS. Mit 2 mehrf. gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Marmorierter Pappband der Zeit mit gepr. Rückenschildchen. Dreiseitiger gesprenkelter Rotschnitt. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe. - Interessante Beschreibung eines Branntwein-Destillierverfahrens mit Dampf. Die großen Faltkupfer (Ponheimer sc. nach Entwürfen des Verfassers) mit Gesamt- und Detaildarstellungen der Anlage. - Das letzte Textblatt etwas knittrig. Vorderer Innendeckel mit altem hs. ungar. Besitzvermerk. Engelmann (Bibl. mech.-tech.) 201.
1762(2), 183, (1) SS. Lederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. rotem Rückenschildchen und hübscher floraler Rückenvergoldung. Dreiseitiger Rotschnitt. Lesebändchen. Marmorvorsätze. 8vo. Seltene Ausgabe dieser Heidelberger mathematischen Abhandlung, erstmals im selben Jahr zu Heidelberg gedruckt und noch seltener als die Erstausgabe. - Der mährische Astronom Mayer (1719-83) trat 1745 ins Mannheimer Jesuitennoviziat ein. Er lehrte seit 1752 die Mathematik und Physik zu Heidelberg, wo er "a series of mathematical and physical works" (DSB) veröffentlichte. "Il entreprit un voyage scientifique à Paris, visita l'Allemagne avec Cassini, et, à la demande de Catherine, se rendit à Petersbourg pour observer le passage de Vénus. [...] Mayer était membre des sociétés savantes de Manheim, Munich, Londres, Philadelphie, Bologne et Göttingen" (de Backer/S.). "In 1762 the elector palatine, Karl Theodor, who was very interested in the arts and sciences, constructed an astronomical observatory for Mayer at Schwetzingen, his summer residence. In 1772-1774 a second and larger observatory was erected at Mannheim, then the capital of the electoral Palatinate. This observatory was well equipped for the time, with instruments from the best British workshops [...] Appointed court astronomer, Mayer was relieved of his duties as a theologian (the Jesuit order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, which made such a step easier)" (DSB IX, 231). - Einband mit unbedeutenden Wurmspuren, sonst sehr schönes Exemplar aus der Sárospataker Bibliothek des Kavalleriegenerals Ludwig Joseph Prinz zu Windischgrätz (1830-1904) mit seinem gest. heraldischen Exlibris am vorderen Innendeckel. Vgl. de Backer/Sommervogel V, 795. Poggendorff II, 90.
17628vo. (16), 400, 104, (24) pp. Contemp. calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Marmbled endpapers. All edges red. Second edition (first printed in 1760). This treatise on instincts made Reimarus a founder of modern animal psychology and ethology. - Some browning due to paper. From the library of the Swedish zoologist Bengt-Olof Landin (1925-2006) with his bookplate on the front pastedown; contemp. ownership note by "J. J. Günther" from Copenhagen on flyleaf. Goedeke IV, 475, 3. Poggendorf II, 596. Cobres 301 ("excellent").
8vo. 28 pp. Upper cover preserves original green printed wrapper. Very rare, curious medical dissertation on physiognomy - in particular, how emotions and traits of character express themselves in the human face. The study of physiognomy is mainly associated with Charles Le Brun and Johann Kaspar Lavater in earlier centuries (and their approach resounds in the present dissertation), but it is well worth remembering that Charles Darwin made his principal contribution to human psychology with his book on "The Expression of Emotion in Animals and Men" as late as 1872, a study of genetically determined aspects of behaviour. - Some slight waterstaining to the top corner of the first few leaves. Apparently printed with a minimal press-run: no other copy traceable in library or collection catalogues internationally.
2013ref. DADAX1940238013Brand: RS Means 2013-09-30. 72nd. paperback. New. 8.50x1.25x10.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: RS Means paperback
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1924Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Ottoman script. 9 p. Süleyman Sirri Aral, (1874-1925), was the pioneer of water engineering in Turkey. He was born in Thessaloniki (Salonica), his father was Müderris Yusuf Efendi. Her mother Zühre Hanim and Atatürk's mother Zübeyde Hanim were sibling grandchildren. He was a graduate of the Turkish School of Engineers. He worked as Deputy Chief Engineer of Syrian Public Works, Yanya [i.e. Ioannina] Central Engineering and "Idâdî" Teacher, Baghdad Geometry and Flood Barrier Engineering for the Hindiyye Flood Barrier between 1906-1908, Jerusalem and Bursa Public Works Chief Engineer. He played an important role in the Konya Irrigation Project, (1907-1913). This report is the first one on the Menderes [= Meander] river improvement in 1924. The Büyük Menderes River (historically the Maeander or Meander), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west-central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The word "meander" is used to describe a winding pattern, after the river. The river rises in a spring near Dinar and flows to Lake Isikli. After passing the Adigüzel Dam and the Cindere Dam, the river flows past Nazilli, Aydin, and Söke before it drains into the Aegean Sea. The Maeander was a celebrated river of Caria in Asia Minor. It appears earliest in the Catalog of Trojans of Homer's Iliad along with Miletus and Mycale. In this report, there's usual information on the Meander River with its geography and history. The second chapter includes the reasons for the improvement of the river and accounts about it with a detailed table. This is an early water engineering book printed in the Ottoman Empire. Extremely rare. First and Only Edition. Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC.; Four copies in the National Library of Turkey.
1960ref. 81Bangkok: Neramitr Engineering Co. 1960. Photo album 8.25 x 11.25; 24 leaves; 44 mounted real photographs showing the construction and use of military boats including barges patrol boats hospital boats fishing boats and racers. The first photograph shows King Rama IX and his family on a racing boat gifted by the company. Another image shows JUSMAG Joint US Military Advisory Group agents inspecting newly fabricated hulls. Full burgundy cloth; free endpaper clipped else fine. The Neramitr Engineering Co. was registered in 1958 and this album was likely a marketing tool produced in small quantities if not unique. Neramitr Engineering Co. hardcover
1964ref. 030341Los Angeles / North Canton / Dallas /Winston-Salem Etc: National Registry Of Willys-Knight Automobiles / Willys-Overland-Knight Registry Inc 1964-1980 1964. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A Long But Incomplete Run Of 54 Issues1964-1980 Plus The Membership Roster Of June 1980. Fine No Wear Or Names Or Marks. National Registry Of Willys-Knight Automobiles / Willys-Overland-Knight Registry Inc 1964-1980 paperback
6 parts in one, each part with separate title and pagination, 13, [1]; 11, [1];16, [2]; 17, [1]; 6; 2 pp., modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy. A series of reports on a project to connect Tyne and Solway Firth by a canal, based on extensive surveys carried out in 1795 and 1796. The plan was abandoned. These reports were collected together and issued as a collection. William Chapman was one of the foremost civil engineers of his day, carrying out successful harbour and drainage schemes. He was concerned with the improvement of river navigations and worked with William Jessop on the Grand Canal of Ireland. Skempton, 228 (incorporating reports 222-227 which were issued separately).
ref. 65487CBo.J. [9 Warenabbildungen]
1804ref. 3623634Weimar, Landes-Industrie Comptoir, 1804. 560, 12 S. mit 11 ( 1 farbigen und 6 gefalteten) Kupferstichen. Etwas späterer einfacher Hlwdbd (mit eingebundenen vorderen OUmschlägen) (Einband beschabt und etwas fleckig, Stempel auf Vorsatz und verso letzter Tafel, Signaturen auf 2 Umschlägen, durchgehende, teils stärkere Feuchtigkeitsränder, Papier teilweise etwas wellig, Tafel 11 lose).
17354to. 2 parts in one vol. (4), XX, 410 pp., final blank f. (2), 20 pp. With engraved portrait of the author, woodcut title vignette, and woodcut printer's device (Aldus's dolphin and anchor) on half-title. - (Bound with) II: Hippocrates. Aphorismi, ad mentem ipsius, artis usum, & corporis mechanismi rationem expositi. Auctore Joanne Hecquet. A Parisiana editione editio prima. Naples, Felix Musca for Giuseppe Ponzelli, 1731. (8), XV, (1), 336 pp. Contemporary calf with labels to giltstamped spine. All edges sprinkled in red. Marbled pastedowns. Later edition of this "classic treatise on prognosis based on Hippocrates' writings" (Eimas). Prosper Alpini (1553-1617) was personal physician to the Doge Andrea Doria; he spent three years in Egypt as a botanist and published the first scientific description of the coffee plant. - Title page has 1744 ms. ownership and Budapest library stamps. - II: Rare Neapolitan edition of Hippocrates' Aphorisms: Greek text and Latin translation with an extensive Latin commentary. Slight edge defects to title; contemp. ms. ownership. - Traces of bookplates on pastedowns; white-out on flyleaf. Slightly browned due to paper; noticeable worming to spine-ends. I: Blake 12. Osler 1801. Wellcome II, 36. Cf. Eimas 386. Garrison/Morton 2194 (1601 first ed.). - II: Blake 213. Wellcome III, 272. This edition not in Hoffmann or Schweiger.
ref. 166204Edimbourg, J. Taylor, 1814 in-8, [6]-III-[5]-171 pp., avec 15 planches légendées chacune d'une page en regard, [3] ff. n. ch. d'index, 8 pp. (catalogue de libraire), demi-cartonnage modeste, étiquette de titre en long (reliure de l'époque). Quelques rousseurs, mais bon exemplaire.
4to. 24 pp. With 2 tables, one of which folding, a lithographed folding plan depicting 14 train stations, a large folding panoramic view of the railway track with 14 smaller marginal views, and a folding view of architectural monuments, mainly railway bridges. With lithographed plans of Vienna and Graz to pastedowns. Original printed boards. Illustrated description of the newly established railway between Mürzzuschlag and Graz, which opened on 21 October 1844. Prepared by the Paris-born railway engineer Demarteau, this work reflects the importance of the Südbahn - a railway project that promised economic prosperity to southern Austria and, upon its completion in 1854, resulted in a continuous railway track from Vienna to Ljubljana. The "Atlas" is particularly remarkable for its fine lithographs, prepared by August Grube in Vienna, some after designs by Rudolf von Alt and F. Weiss. The large folding panorama of the track, including an elevational and longitudinal profile, is decorated with charming views of the towns of Semmering, Krieglach, Langenwang, Kindberg, Kapfenberg, Bruck, Peggau, Judendorf-Straßengel and Graz. Views of prominent railway bridges and station buildings, as well as plans of the 14 stations along the route from Mürzzuschlag to Graz, complete the picture. In addition, the work gives an introduction to the history of Styria and the construction of the track. - The 24-page introduction and the two tables are included in French in a separate booklet at the end of the volume. The French title is given on the lower board. - Binding very slightly duststained, still a fine copy of an uncommon work. Schlossar 100. Nebehay/Wagner 140. Metzeltin 884. Neuner 961.
1934ref. 59061BBBerlin, Verlag Ullstein, 1934-1942. ca. 4500 Seiten. Illustrierte blaue Original-Ganzleinenbände, bzw. (für Jahrgang 1942) in hellblauem Original-Halbleinenband. [4 Warenabbildungen]
17907 Bde. XXII, 279, (1) SS. XVI, 375, (1) SS. (16), 488 SS. (16), 528 SS. (2), 500, (52) SS. (8), 500, (4) SS. 362, (68) SS. Mit gest. Frontispiz u. zusammen 7 gestochenen Titeln. Zeitgenössische Pappbände mit Rückenschildchen. 8vo. Vorliegend die komplette Reihe des Hauptwerks eines "der hervorragendsten Repräsentanten der älteren Wiener Schule" (Hirsch/H. V, 441). Komplett mit den von Josef Eyerel bereits posthum herausgegeben Bänden selten, selbst das Wiener Josephinum besitzt keine uniform gebundene Reihe der "Heilungsmethode im praktischen Krankenhause zu Wien". Die ersten beiden Bände in zweiter Auflage, die übrigen alle in erster Ausgabe. - Stoll (1742-87) referiert hier in der Form jährlicher Erfahrungsberichte über die Behandlungsmethoden am gerade erst gegründeten Wiener AKH; das Gesamtwerk durch mehrere ausführliche Register erschlossen. Der Verfasser galt damals als "hervorragendster Kliniker auf deutschem Boden, zu dem wissbegierige Mediziner von nah und fern strebten, um dann die Wiener Einrichtungen nachzuahmen" (Schönbauer, Das medizinische Wien, 153). - Die schlichten blauen Pappbände etwas berieben u. bestoßen, innen papierbedingt nur minimal gebräunt bzw. fleckig. Lesky 2172 (Bde. 1 u. 2), 2171 (Bde. 4-7) u. 2170 (Bd. 3). Blake 435. Garrison/M. 1964. Engelmann (Bibliotheca medica) 560. Osler 4038. Waller 9288 (letztere nur. Bde. 1-3).