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1974ref. 49047Milan Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 1974. Paperback. Nine 9 full issues. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. Various paginations most ca. 200pp. Occasional illustrations. Very good overall. Mild wear to outer wrappers only else all are internally tight and fine. Unusual large group of contributor copies of this long-established Italian scholarly journal all from the library of Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano 1950-91 the controversial Romanian philosopher essayist and historian of ideas religion and culture who on May 21 1991 was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. Consists of the following issues the first three of which bear his name/address Milan inkstamp on first page: Settembre-Dicembre 1974 Fasc. V-VI Gennaio-Aprile 1975 Fasc. I-II Maggio-Agosto 1975 Fasc. III-IV Gennaio-Aprile 1976 Fasc. I-II Settembre-Dicembre 1977 Fasc. V-VI Gennaio-Aprile 1977 Fasc. I-II Maggio-Agosto 1978 Fasc. II Maggio-Agosto 1979 and Gennaio-Aprile 1981. All nine issues feature an article or essay by Culianu. He signs the inside front wrapper of the Gennaio-Aprile 1976 issue in black fineline and he has inked a couple "x"s in margins near end of the Gennaio-Aprile 1977 issue. Laid into the first issue is a color picture postcard beach scene heavy stock 6" X 4" postal cancellation blurred hence no place or date -- addressed to Culianu in Milan and penned in blue ballpoint message in Italian remains untranslated and appears unsigned. Quite an interesting grouping. Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore paperback
1811ref. 38686Caen: Chalopin / Poisson 1811-1817. The two volumes of the reports of the Academy of Caen all published first and only edition and the second edition of the Abbé de la Rue's groundbreaking work on Breton bards all bound up in two volumes. 352 8 302 13; 74 pp. 8vos. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Engraved armorial bookplates of L.H. Ruault du Plessis Vaidière in both volumes. Backstrips worn but still solid and attractive. Internally fine and bright. Very scarce. Frère I 329. Chalopin / Poisson hardcover
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2003ref. Adhya-9780735401457SPRINGER 2003. HB. New. SPRINGER hardcover
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1884ref. 1405300113Paris Imprimerie royale 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 516p. French. Bound in modern brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Soiling to first page and last page. Lacking title page. The albumins are a family of globular proteins the most common of which is serum albumin. The albumin family consists of all proteins that are water-soluble are moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and are unique from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated. Substances containing albumins such as egg white are called albuminoids. A number of blood transport proteins are evolutionarily related including serum albumin alpha-fetoprotein vitamin D-binding protein and afamin. Pierre Jacques Antoine Bechamp was a French chemist and biologist now best known as a rival of Louis Pasteur. Bchamp did pioneering work in industrial chemistry developing an efficient process to produce aniline dye which was central to the development of the synthetic dye industry. He also developed p-aminophenylarsonate an organic arsenic compound used to treat parasitic diseases. Bechamp's later life was consumed by a bitter and protracted dispute with Louis Pasteur. Initially their rivalry centered on credit for discovery of fermentation and later grew to encompass competing ideas on microbiology pathogenesis and germ theor Paris, Imprimerie royale hardcover
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1850ref. 2671Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. First edition. Near Fine with condition with original hand-coloring. . A Near Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation and farther afield. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by RP Smith Lithographer. We classify these fabulous plates as some of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century American ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1937ref. 2080302106802587Russian Fisheries Union 1937. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Russian Fisheries Union paperback
1999ref. Star-9783540637219Springer 1999. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1999ref. Star-9783540637219Springer 1999. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1976ref. 2091502133511264University of Tokyo Press 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 University of Tokyo Press paperback
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