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ref. 69466Leiden Johannes Pillehotte 1612. 4° 36 x 24 cm gestochenes Titelbl. 25 Bl. Zueignung u. Inhaltsverz. etc. 468 S. mit einigen Vignetten u. Initialen 10 Bl. «Elenchus Locorum» u. «Elenchus Auctorum» 18 Bl. «Repertorium Generale» Neue HLdr. m. gold. Rückenpräg. Titelbl. neu aufgezogen u. m. winzigen Randverlusten letzte Hälfte mit Wasserfleck im Bund oben 1 Bl. mit Eckriss 1 Eckabriss im Register ohne Textverlust 1 Bl. am Seitenrand eckknittrig sehr vereinzelte Seiten etw. druckschwach tlw. an den Stegen min. stockfl.; allg. gutes Ex. Die S. 325 bis 336 und 342 f. fehlpaginiert.Title-page newly mounted and with tiny marginal losses last half with waterstain in upper margin 1 leaf with corner tear 1 corner tear in register without loss of text 1 leaf creased in margin very few pages somewhat weak in print some slightly foxed in the margins; generally a good copy. pp. 325 to 336 and 342 f. wrong pagination. Caillet 2967. Zweispaltiger Druck. Das Titelblatt zeigt elf Abbildungen aus dem Buch «Exodus» gestochen/gezeichnet von J. de Fornazeris. - Martin Anton Delrio SJ lateinisch Martinus Antonius Delrius spanisch Martín Antonio del Río französisch Martin Antoine del Rio 1551 in Antwerpen - 19. Oktober 1608 in Löwen war ein Jesuit spanischer Herkunft der insbesondere als Hexentheoretiker hervortrat sowie Jurist und Philologe.- Delrios Hauptwerk sind die Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Dieser Hexentraktat wurde von 1599 bis 1600 in drei Teilen gedruckt. Obwohl das Werk über 20 Auflagen erlebte der letzte Nachdruck wurde 1755 in Köln veranstaltet beschränkte sich seine Wirkung auf den des Lateinischen mächtigen Teil der Gesellschaft insbesondere den Klerus. Delrio lieferte mit dieser Schrift ein annähernd umfassendes Kompendium aller wichtigen bisher erschienenen Hexentraktate darunter der Hexenhammer und das Werk von Jean Bodin. Damit lieferte er seinen Lesern zugleich ein umfassendes Bild der Entwicklung der Hexenlehre und des Dämonenglaubens. Der Glaube an Besessenheit und die Notwendigkeit von Teufelsaustreibungen sind für ihn wichtige Bestandteile der christlichen Lehre. Dabei betont er dass er sich keinerlei Art von Zauberei ohne Ketzerei vorstellen kann. Somit stellte auch die Weiße Magie für ihn ein verfolgungswürdiges Verbrechen dar.Enth.:Lib. I. De Magia generatim & de Naturali Artificiali & Praestigiatrice agitur. Über die Zauberei im allgemeinen und über die natürliche künstliche und vorgaukelnde;Lib. II. De Magia Daemoniaca & eius efficacitate. Über die dämonische Zauberei und ihre Wirksamkeit;Lib. III. De Maleficio & vana observatione. Über den Schadenzauber und den Aberglauben;Lib. IV. De Prophetia Divinatione & Coniectatione. Über die Prophezeiung die Weissagung und ihre Deutung;Lib. V. De Iudicis officio & ordine iudiciario in hoc crimine. Über die Aufgabe des Richters und die Gerichtsordnung bei diesem Verbrechen; Lib. VI. De officio Confessarii ac remediis licitis & illicitis. Über die Aufgabe des Beichtvaters und die erlaubten und verbotenen Heilmittel. 010 Leiden, Johannes Pillehotte, 1612 unknown
1889ref. 6403London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Fine. Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'. The Scottish author critic and thinker Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a major influence on Victorian society. His novel Sartor Resartus translated as The Tailor Re-tailored among other variations is a satirical look at the work of a fictional philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Intriguing in its form the book is structured from the prospective of a skeptical English reviewer consumed by Teufelsdröckh's book Clothes Their Origin and Influence. In crafting Sartor Resartus Carlyle drew on a range of literary influences: Goethe Hegel Sterne and Switft. Carlyle's complicated text not only critiques academic writing and materialism but offers meditations on the meanings of symbols and the search for truth. Although first started as an essay the project eventually developed into a novel which was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine 1833-34. Fine. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown
1889ref. 6403London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Fine. Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'. The Scottish author critic and thinker Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a major influence on Victorian society. His novel Sartor Resartus translated as The Tailor Re-tailored among other variations is a satirical look at the work of a fictional philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Intriguing in its form the book is structured from the prospective of a skeptical English reviewer consumed by Teufelsdröckh's book Clothes Their Origin and Influence. In crafting Sartor Resartus Carlyle drew on a range of literary influences: Goethe Hegel Sterne and Switft. Carlyle's complicated text not only critiques academic writing and materialism but offers meditations on the meanings of symbols and the search for truth. Although first started as an essay the project eventually developed into a novel which was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine 1833-34. Fine. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown books
1655ref. B6712London: Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. 1655. A very good example of one of Riviere’s most noted works on early medicine. General age toning. Interior is clean. . Binding: Full contemporary speckled calf boards expert 19th century rebacking. Spine with 5 raised bands in 6 compartments. Title in gilt lettering in red label in 2. Compartments with gilt rules and motifs. Marbled paste-in and free endpapers. All edges cut. Notes: Lazare Riviere 1589 – 1655 was a prominent French physician credited with making influential contributions to early medicine. His Praxis Medica Cum Theoria was a series of 17 books discussing different fields of medicine and medical theories of the time. Size: Quarto276x181mm. Illustration: Elaborate half-title. With frontispiece of translators’ portraits. Title printer’s notice author’s note contents from 1 – 645 physical dictionary. Category: Book Medical; Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland. hardcover
1935ref. 2110502150410795Heibonsha 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 12 Heibonsha paperback
ref. 18441A Londres, Chez J. Nourse, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. (2), vii, (1, Fautes à Corriger), 511, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper label in upper compartment of spine, marbled edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxviii; Kress 6475; Goldsmiths 10269; Higgs 3979; INED 2794; Einaudi 3307 (the 8vo edition in 2 volumes). First edition, the rare 4to edition. The rare 4to edition by 'the ablest expositor of this (the physiocratic) system' (McCulloch). Adam Smith and Diderot praised it among many others, Catherina II of Russia invited the author to her court, and according to Palgrave, the work was at the time considered more highly than l'Esprit des Loix by some contemporaries. It provoked Voltaire's l'Homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux Philosophes économistes. Schumpeter lists this work as the second text-book of physiocrat orthodoxy (the first being Mirabeau's Philosophie rurale). - Corners a bit bumped, a large armorial plate on the front paste-down, copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding, small stamp on title reading 'Aus Schloss Haus 1893', a very nice copy with large margins.
1913Unread. As new. Number 216 of limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell. "Few publications, if any, of similar size and excellence have been produced in Canada." - From Editor's Foreword. Part I includes 210 pages and eighteen chapters which constitute "a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada." Part II is "a history, mainly political and economic, of the Province since Confederation up to the present time." Part I is preceded and followed by dozens of tissue-protected black and white portraits of individuals influential in the early history of the province, complete with their brief biographies upon the tissue. Part II comprises eighteen chapters over 226 pages plus 5 pages of addenda followed by dozens of tissue protected portraits of "some of the men conspicuous as present day factors in development." Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean, bright, and unmarked with zero wear. Brown suede exterior appears as fresh as the day it was applied over 100 years ago. This majestic fourteen pound tome measures 13" x 10.5" x 4". A magnificent acquisition for any serious collector of British Columbia history. A better copy will not be found. [Lowther 1607, Hale 2523, Edwards & Lort 3177, Strathern 495] Book
1948ref. 16388JNew York: Random House 1948. First Edition First Printing. The novel basis for Red River the classic Howard Hawks directed 1948 Western film starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift for which Chase co-authored the screenplay. Hardbound in original tan cloth. A rare book especially in dust jacket. Some minor offsetting from a clipping listing the film cast on the adjacent copyright and dedication pages Near fine in a clean tight copy in a near fine bright dust jacket with a few tiny mends by an expert paper conservationist. 216 pages. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. In a career of many fine films John Wayne’s three greatest performances are considered those in The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Red River where Wayne plays the hard-edged cattle drive boss Tom Dunson. Red River has been selected by the Library of Congress as a national film treasure. Random House hardcover
1612ref. 020577Lugduni Leiden Netherlands: Joannem Pillehotte 1612. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early printing. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 52 468 55 pages of text. Back of title page with old repair to mend a tear and pages three preliminary pages with large repaired tears. Original full calf binding moderately worn partially rebacked to reattach the front board with the original spine laid-down. Illustrated with an illustrated title page with vignettes of Moses and the Ten Plagues of Egypt. Conspicuous wormhole affecting the upper fore edge margin accompanied by minor staining. The text is otherwise quite clean and is unmarked. Provenance: Previous owner's name neatly on the back of the title page: R. Jacqueline Navar unidentified. First published in 1599 this work was written by the Dutch Jesuit theologian Martin Anton Delrio 1551-1608 from a counter-reformation viewpoint. This encyclopedic work discusses magic alchemy witchcraft prophecy and apparitions. It revived intolerance caused a century earlier by the sinister Malleus Maleficarum 1486 of Jakob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer. It became the standard guide for priests and ecclesiastical judges both Catholic and Protestant throughout the 17th century particularly during the height of the witch-hunts in France and the German states in the first decades of the seventeenth century. Bibliography: Robbins 1959 page 121; Palau 268274 note; De Backer-Sommervogel II 1899; Brunet II 579; Graesse Magica 47; Caillet 2967. Folio: Height = 14 3/8" 364mm. Joannem Pillehotte Hardcover
1919ref. 189703Paris: E. Leroux/Challamel Atlas volume only 1919. Hardcover. Good: All covers have general wear corner/edge damage. Spines have leather peeling. Bookblocks have age toning staining. Interior pages have age toning. French language text. Marbled boards. Brown leather spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spines. Decorative interior covers and end pages. illustrations maps some color. Work published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ministry of Colonies and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts. All text is in French below are English translations of what is present. Contents: 1. Statement of the work of the mission : introduction first and second periods 1879 to 1889 / by Auguste Pavie . 1901 - 2. Statement of the work of the mission : third and fourth periods 1889 to 1895 / by Auguste Pavie .1900 - 3. Geography and Travels in Laos and Among the Savages of Southeastern Indo China/ by Captain Cupet. 1900 - 4. Travels in the center of Annam and Laos and in the wild regions of eastern Indo-China / by Captain de Malglaive and by Captain Rivière; introductions by Auguste Pavie. 1902 - 5. Travels in upper Laos and on the borders of China and Burma / by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis; introduction by Auguste Pavie . 1902 - 6. Passage of the Mekong to Tonkin 1887 and 1888 / by Auguste Pavie . 1911 - 7. March Journal 1888-1889. Events of Siam 1891-1893 / by Auguste Pavie . 1919 - 8. Atlas/ by Auguste Pavie. 1903 - 9. Miscellaneous Studies Part III research on the natural history of Eastern Indo-China by Auguste Pavie. E. Leroux/Challamel (Atlas volume only) hardcover
1919ref. 189703Paris: E. Leroux/Challamel Atlas volume only 1919. Hardcover. Good: All covers have general wear corner/edge damage. Spines have leather peeling. Bookblocks have age toning staining. Interior pages have age toning. French language text. Marbled boards. Brown leather spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spines. Decorative interior covers and end pages. illustrations maps some color. Work published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ministry of Colonies and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts. All text is in French below are English translations of what is present. Contents: 1. Statement of the work of the mission : introduction first and second periods 1879 to 1889 / by Auguste Pavie . 1901 - 2. Statement of the work of the mission : third and fourth periods 1889 to 1895 / by Auguste Pavie .1900 - 3. Geography and Travels in Laos and Among the Savages of Southeastern Indo China/ by Captain Cupet. 1900 - 4. Travels in the center of Annam and Laos and in the wild regions of eastern Indo-China / by Captain de Malglaive and by Captain Rivière; introductions by Auguste Pavie. 1902 - 5. Travels in upper Laos and on the borders of China and Burma / by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis; introduction by Auguste Pavie . 1902 - 6. Passage of the Mekong to Tonkin 1887 and 1888 / by Auguste Pavie . 1911 - 7. March Journal 1888-1889. Events of Siam 1891-1893 / by Auguste Pavie . 1919 - 8. Atlas/ by Auguste Pavie. 1903 - 9. Miscellaneous Studies Part III research on the natural history of Eastern Indo-China by Auguste Pavie. E. Leroux/Challamel (Atlas volume only) hardcover books
1925ref. 188317Beijing & Shanghai: Yangtse River Commission 1925-26-28. Measuring China's longest river First editions of these invaluable technical publications which record a wealth of data from gauging stations across hundreds of charts and diagrams. The Yangtse River Commission was formed by presidential order in December 1922 and the American engineer George Gottlieb Stroebe 1877-1965 served as the first head of its survey department. After several years of operation the commission switched its focus to the middle section of the river stretching from Hankou to Yichang. In 1925 it installed new gauges and discharge measurement stations while also collecting data with equipment maintained by the customs service. Until 1926 inclusive reports were released in the name of the commission's technical committee before responsibility transferred to the Ministry of Communications. The table of contents for the fifth annual report 1926 calls for 221 plates but numbers 150-221 were not issued. 3 works bound in 1 octavo 255 x 180 mm. Together 351 diagrammatic plates 2 folding tables; tables in text. Text in English and Chinese. 1966 tan buckram by the Heckman Bindery Indiana label on rear pastedown spine lettered in black original green card wrappers bound in. Ex-Library of Congress with its ink stamps and shelf-marks on the original wrappers index card holder on rear pastedown and "duplicate" deaccession stamp on front free endpaper. Contents toned one original wrapper creased at foot occasional marking and offsetting internally couple of short closed tears: very good. hardcover
1852ref. 951865London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street. 1852. Octavo, ca. 197 x 124 mm. (Einband minimalst berieben, erste und letzte Blätter braunfleckig, sehr schönes Exemplar) [10 Warenabbildungen] vi, [1], [1 blank], 165, [2], [1 blank] pp. - 8 pp. (List of Books). Ganzleder Handeinband mit reicher Vergoldung,
1913ref. ST20673Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza 1913. ONE OF 12 COPIES on Japon with an original watercolor and two additional states of illustrations and 50 on Japon with one additional state of illustrations and 288 on vélin à la cuve. 238 x 165 mm. 9 3/8 x 6 1/2". 179 1 pp. 3 leaves. HANDSOME CARAMEL-COLORED MOROCCO DRAMATICALLY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND BY DURVAND stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with a wide gilt border of round flowers and scrolling vines flanked by dotted rolls surrounding a similar border tooled in blind front cover with a central panel similarly decorated with a central seated figure in blind surrounded by a solid gilt aureole smooth spine decorated with a similar gilt design of flowers and vines with a seated figure at the head and tail wide turn-ins with four gilt rules chocolate brown watered silk endleaves leather hinges top edge gilt. Original red and gold printed paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn felt-lined marbled paper slipcase. Text within decorative chromolithographed frames elaborate borders to title page and to beginning pages of the five chapters hybrid beasts on the limitations page and in the colophon two full-page color plates in a similar style WITH 51 POCHOIR COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH DE LA NÉZIÈRE nine of these full page THESE REPEATED IN TWO ADDITIONAL STATES one in monochrome on vélin à la cuve and one in pochoir on Japon plus AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FRONTISPIECE by Joseph de La Nézière. A few faint smudges internally if you look hard to find them but A VERY FINE COPY extremely fresh and clean in a gleaming binding. This is an especially opulent production in a memorable binding from a major publisher of bibliophile editions. Our binder Durvand 1852-1924 operated one of the finest workshops in turn-of-the-century Paris and trained a number of talented artisans. In 1900 he was awarded a silver medal for his bindings at the Universal Exhibition and according to Flety he was devoted to improving the craft of binding right up to his death. Here the rich texture of the profusely used blind and gilt decoration creates the wonderful effect of a gleaming temple emerging from the shadow of a dense forest. This sumptuous covering is well-suited to the book's contents comprising vivid descriptions of life in the exotic Far East by an author familiar with the region. Lawyer and judge Paul-Louis Rivière 1873-1959 specialized in French colonial law and spent time living in Siam now Thailand. The richly colored plates are by noted Orientalist painter Joseph de La Nézière 1873–1944 who travelled widely in North Africa and the Far East. While he is known primarily for his landscapes and portraits this is apparently the only book that La Nézière illustrated. One of just a dozen deluxe copies ours includes three complete suites of the illustrations two beautifully colored with pochoir with glowing buttery light being used to great effect. The original watercolor frontispiece is especially lovely the scene of boaters at sunrise gleaming with the rising sun on the graceful palms and shimmering water. As lovely as the binding and the illustrations are the dazzling condition here is one further recommendation for the book. L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza unknown
1913ref. ST20673Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza 1913. ONE OF 12 COPIES on Japon with an original watercolor and two additional states of illustrations and 50 on Japon with one additional state of illustrations and 288 on vélin à la cuve. 238 x 165 mm. 9 3/8 x 6 1/2". 179 1 pp. 3 leaves. HANDSOME CARAMEL-COLORED MOROCCO DRAMATICALLY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND BY DURVAND stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with a wide gilt border of round flowers and scrolling vines flanked by dotted rolls surrounding a similar border tooled in blind front cover with a central panel similarly decorated with a central seated figure in blind surrounded by a solid gilt aureole smooth spine decorated with a similar gilt design of flowers and vines with a seated figure at the head and tail wide turn-ins with four gilt rules chocolate brown watered silk endleaves leather hinges top edge gilt. Original red and gold printed paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn felt-lined marbled paper slipcase. Text within decorative chromolithographed frames elaborate borders to title page and to beginning pages of the five chapters hybrid beasts on the limitations page and in the colophon two full-page color plates in a similar style WITH 51 POCHOIR COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH DE LA NÉZIÈRE nine of these full page THESE REPEATED IN TWO ADDITIONAL STATES one in monochrome on vélin à la cuve and one in pochoir on Japon plus AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FRONTISPIECE by Joseph de La Nézière. A few faint smudges internally if you look hard to find them but A VERY FINE COPY extremely fresh and clean in a gleaming binding. This is an especially opulent production in a memorable binding from a major publisher of bibliophile editions. Our binder Durvand 1852-1924 operated one of the finest workshops in turn-of-the-century Paris and trained a number of talented artisans. In 1900 he was awarded a silver medal for his bindings at the Universal Exhibition and according to Flety he was devoted to improving the craft of binding right up to his death. Here the rich texture of the profusely used blind and gilt decoration creates the wonderful effect of a gleaming temple emerging from the shadow of a dense forest. This sumptuous covering is well-suited to the book's contents comprising vivid descriptions of life in the exotic Far East by an author familiar with the region. Lawyer and judge Paul-Louis Rivière 1873-1959 specialized in French colonial law and spent time living in Siam now Thailand. The richly colored plates are by noted Orientalist painter Joseph de La Nézière 1873–1944 who travelled widely in North Africa and the Far East. While he is known primarily for his landscapes and portraits this is apparently the only book that La Nézière illustrated. One of just a dozen deluxe copies ours includes three complete suites of the illustrations two beautifully colored with pochoir with glowing buttery light being used to great effect. The original watercolor frontispiece is especially lovely the scene of boaters at sunrise gleaming with the rising sun on the graceful palms and shimmering water. As lovely as the binding and the illustrations are the dazzling condition here is one further recommendation for the book. L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza unknown books
1822ref. 2412260012Henry Berthoud and Suttaby Evance and Fox London 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The first published work on Mayan archaeology. 4to. Bound in contemporary cloth-backed blue boards. Rebacked with renewed spine. Collated: xiii 128 pages. 17 lithographic plates. Scattered foxing. "Captain Del Rio examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787 but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form. The translator gave so literal a version that he did not change the references in the body of the work which referred to drawings that had been irrecoverably lost. Captain Del Rio's Report occupies pp. 1 to 21 and in the remainder of the work Dr. Cabrera attempts to establish the theory that the figures upon the monuments of Palenque prove a connection between the Egyptians and the Aboriginal race which constructed them. From the occurrence of an eclipse recorded 291 years before Christ corresponding with the same date in the Mexican calendar he constructs a table of the Mexican years." Includes a longer appendix Paul Felix Cabrera's "Teatro Critico Americano; or A Critical Investigation and Research into the History of the Americas." - Field 231. Sabin 71446. Palau 268187. Henry Berthoud, and Suttaby, Evance and Fox, London hardcover
1822ref. 255109London: Henry Berthoud 1822. First. hardcover. good. followed by Teatro Critico Americano; or a Critical Investigation and Research in into the History of the Americans. By Paul Felix Cabrera. 19 lithograph plates one folding. xiii 128pp. 4to later 19th century 1/2 black morocco morocco worn near spine ends and on front cover edges of boards lightly worn very light foxing to some page margins including margins of most plates ex-lib. London Henry Berthoud 1822. First Edition "Captain Del Rio examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787 but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form. The translator gave so literal a version that he did not change the references in the body of the work which referred to drawings that had been irrecoverably lost. Captain Del Rio's Report occupies pp. 1 to 21 and in the remainder of the work Dr. Cabrera attempts to establish the theory that the figures upon the monuments of Palenque prove a connection between the Egyptians and the Aboriginal race which constructed them.From the occurrence of an eclipse recorded 291 years before Christ corresponding with the same date in the Mexican calendar he constructs a table of the Mexican years." Field 231. "The first published work on Mayan archaeology." Sabin 71446. The plates are by Jean Frederick Maximilien de Waldeck after Ricardo Almendariz. Ex libris from the Minnesota Historical Society with their rubberstamps on the bottom of the title page including their withdrawal stamp. Henry Berthoud unknown
1822ref. 255109London: Henry Berthoud 1822. First. hardcover. good. followed by Teatro Critico Americano; or a Critical Investigation and Research in into the History of the Americans. By Paul Felix Cabrera. 19 lithograph plates one folding. xiii 128pp. 4to later 19th century 1/2 black morocco morocco worn near spine ends and on front cover edges of boards lightly worn very light foxing to some page margins including margins of most plates ex-lib. London Henry Berthoud 1822. First Edition "Captain Del Rio examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787 but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form. The translator gave so literal a version that he did not change the references in the body of the work which referred to drawings that had been irrecoverably lost. Captain Del Rio's Report occupies pp. 1 to 21 and in the remainder of the work Dr. Cabrera attempts to establish the theory that the figures upon the monuments of Palenque prove a connection between the Egyptians and the Aboriginal race which constructed them.From the occurrence of an eclipse recorded 291 years before Christ corresponding with the same date in the Mexican calendar he constructs a table of the Mexican years." Field 231. "The first published work on Mayan archaeology." Sabin 71446. The plates are by Jean Frederick Maximilien de Waldeck after Ricardo Almendariz. Ex libris from the Minnesota Historical Society with their rubberstamps on the bottom of the title page including their withdrawal stamp. Henry Berthoud unknown books
1767ref. 66881London and Paris: Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint 1767. An Important and Representative Physiocratic Work LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE Pierre Paul. L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London: Chez Jean Nourse Libraire; & se trouvé à Paris Chez Desaint Libraire 1767. First quarto edition published in the same year as the first twelvemo edition. Measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches. 6 viii 511pp 1blank. Contemporary French mottled calf spine elaborately gilt-stamped with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers all edges red. Previous owner's old ink notes on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell gilt-stamped. One of the most important French economic texts of the period representative of physiocratic views and concepts. This work brought about the attack by Mably in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques 1768. Higgs Bibliography of Economics 3980. Goldsmiths' 10270. Higgs 3980. Kress 6475 quarto edition. Marsh/Hollander 1992 quarto edition. BM XV p. 9 col. 468 quarto edition. HBS 66881. $5000. Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint unknown
1767ref. 66881London and Paris: Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint 1767. An Important and Representative Physiocratic Work LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE Pierre Paul. L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London: Chez Jean Nourse Libraire; & se trouvé à Paris Chez Desaint Libraire 1767. First quarto edition published in the same year as the first twelvemo edition. Measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches. 6 viii 511pp 1blank. Contemporary French mottled calf spine elaborately gilt-stamped with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers all edges red. Previous owner's old ink notes on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell gilt-stamped. One of the most important French economic texts of the period representative of physiocratic views and concepts. This work brought about the attack by Mably in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques 1768. Higgs Bibliography of Economics 3980. Goldsmiths' 10270. Higgs 3980. Kress 6475 quarto edition. Marsh/Hollander 1992 quarto edition. BM XV p. 9 col. 468 quarto edition. HBS 66881. $5000. Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint unknown books
1767ref. 119925London: John Nourse and Desaint Paris 1767. Praised by Adam Smith - the second of Schumpeter's physiocrat textbooks First edition by "the ablest expositor of this i.e. Physiocratic system" McCulloch written following Le Mercier's retirement from Parliament in 1759. Praised by Adam Smith and Diderot amongst others L'Ordre naturel was according to Palgrave considered more highly than De l'Esprit des loix by some of Le Mercier's contemporaries. The author argues that there is a natural law of property which is based on the physical order of nature and which underlies all other laws. Taxation and the use of public revenue by the ruler are both governed by the natural law of property. Schumpeter lists this work as the second textbook of Physiocrat orthodoxy the first being Mirabeau's Philosophie rurale. Quarto 255 x 195 mm. Contemporary French mottled calf triple-rule border in blind to covers spine ruled and decorated gilt in compartments red morocco label marbled endpapers red edges green silk ribbon marker. Joints and corners professionally repaired occasional light spotting; a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 10269; Higgs 3979; Kress 6475; Mattioli 1959; Sraffa 3258. unknown
1893ref. 6415981 volume 4to (79 quarter-leather, 1 paperback and 1 vol. - 51 - in 4 paperback issues), among which we can particularly point out : Vol. 4 (estampe en couleurs de Fernand Khnopff et estampe en couleur et relief) ; 5 (2 estampes en couleurs dont une par Boutet de Monvel) ; 7 (plusieurs estampes en couleurs dont le bourg de Perros-Guirec par Henri-Rivière, eau-forte par Charlton) ; 9 (plusieurs estampes en couleur dont Helleu et estampe en couleur et relief) ; 10 (dont dessin gaufré par Alexandre Charpentier) ; 11 (dont "Pierrot et Pierrette by Mrs Dearmer) ; 12 (dont bois gravé sur papier bleu par Lepère, et bois gravé en couleur par Nicholson) ; 13 (dont "Ombre chinoise" sur calque par Caran d'Ache, eou gravure en relief "Bath-Room by A Charpentier) ; 15 (dont portrait de Puvis de Chavannes par Valloton, estampes de Henri Rivière) ; 17 (contains "Beauty's awakening, a Masque of Winter and Spring) ; 18 (from october 1899, with Special winter-number 1899-1900 : Modern bookbinding and their designers et sa traduction française ) ; 20 (with "Modern British watercolour drawings) ; 21 (dont "The Queen of Hearts" by Percy Gossop) ; 23 (dont a Scene in Dido an Aeneas by Gordon Craig) ; 26 (1902 avec traduction française) ; 27 (dont eaux-fortes par Alphonse Legros) ; 29 (avec traduction française pour septembre) ; 30 (avec traduction française) ; 31 (avec traduction française, 1 planche et un cahier débrochés) ; 32 (avec traduction française) ; 33 (avec traduction française) ; 34 (avec traduction française) ; 39 : An exhibition of Portraits (avec traduction française) ; 44 (avec les couvertures portant "Revue mensuelle avec traduction française) ; 51 (paperback, spines used, in4 issues) ; 61 (Until Issue n° 254, May 1914) ; For the special numbers, we have 21 "bis" : 11 : Art supplements : The Salon Champs Elysées Paris 1897, The Salon Champ de Mars Paris 1897, Art at the New Gallery London 1897 ; 13 : A Record of Art in 1898 ; 21 : Modern pen drawings : European and american ; 23 : Modern British Domestic Architecture and Decoration, 1901 (avec traduction française) ; 24 : Modern design in Jewellery and Fans, 1902 ; 26 : Modern Etching and Engraving (avec traduction française) ; 27 : Corot and Millet with critical Essays by Gustave Geffroy and Arsène Alexandre ; 28 : Masters of English Landscape Paintings ; 30 : The Genius of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. ; 31 : The Royal Academy from Reynolds to Millais (avec traduction française) ; 33 : Daumier and Gavarni with critical and biographical notes by Henri Frantza and Octave Uzanne ; 35 : Art in Photography with selected examples of European and American Work (avec traduction française) 1905 ; 36 : The Mansions of England in the olden time, by Joseph Nash, 1906 (avec traduction française) ; 37 : The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Spring 1906 ; 37 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1906 ; 40 : Royal Scottish Academy ; 40 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1907 ; 42 : The Gardens of England in the Southern & Western Counties (avec traduction française) ; 42 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1908 ; Paperback : Les Habitations Villageoises en Angleterre Numéro de Printemps 1912
1938ref. 180153Jiujiang China: 1938-39. The aftermath of the Battle of Wuhan An appealing group of photographs the unnamed photographer perhaps an oil consultant sent upriver to Jiujiang to evaluate the impact of the Battle of Wuhan a four-month engagement that saw one million Chinese troops defend five provinces. Japanese troops took Jiujiang in summer 1938 and killed almost 100000 civilians. According to the accompanying booklet of captions the images were taken between December 1938 and May 1939 while travelling with Wenchow a steamer built in 1923 for the China Navigation Company. The ship travelled under the protection of HMS Ladybird a British gunboat with experience of clashing with the Japanese on the Yangtze. The images are far more varied than typical travel albums documenting the impact of Japanese aggression. Four show members of the crew dealing with a Chinese mine in the river. After attempts to blow it up with gunfire fail they try TNT. "We didn't get a big bang because it was found to be water-logged and therefore a dud." Other photographs picture one of the many unexploded Japanese destroyer shells encountered during the cruise and ongoing minesweeping activities. Elsewhere they encounter houses destroyed by the Japanese advance. The Jiujiang oil installation of the Asiatic Petroleum Company is visible in the distance of the third image. Heading to the installation they see the village that sprang up around the installation as Chinese residents fled the Japanese advance. The Japanese are suspicious of guerilla attacks and order the village dismantled. "They also accused us of being spies and receiving information about the conditions in Kuling and that wasn't a bad guess either." Wenchow offers refuge to 400 refugees. As a foreigner he can still find escape from the local suffering documenting the sights and sounds of his journey and exploits with foreign friends. On leaving Jiujiang for Shanghai he is seen off "with the usual firecrackers on the end of a bamboo pole. Thought once or twice they were a bit nearer to the seat of my pants than was necessary. However there was nothing singed." But the voyage back to Shanghai is made not by steamer but by gunboat. Landscape quarto album 200 x 260 mm. Original black and silver textured paper 8 card leaves with window mounts on both sides holding 79 gelatin silver amateur snapshots c. 55 x 80 mm or reverse one photograph now lacking. Each image numbered below in pencil corresponding to 16-page booklet of typed captions secured with metal pins and loosely inserted. Album with some wear and rubbing inner hinges sometime strengthened with paper photographs generally bright and well preserved occasional silver mirroring and fading: a very good collection. unknown
1893ref. 160511893 PARIS, Alphonse Picard, CAEN,Henri Delesques, 1893, N° 1, 3, 5 & 6 - Broché - In-8 - Couverture imprimée avec médaille au nom d'Arcisse de CAUMONT - Importante iconographie : nombreuses planches PP Ht & illustrations en texte - 85 pages & Pagination 191 à 589 - Bon exemplaire, Intérieur très frais.
ref. 23875Paris, Regnauld Chaudière, 1611. Un fort volume petit in-8 de (8)ff. dont le titre, (8)ff. (tables des chapitres), 1104 pages (mal numérotées 1024) et (27)ff. de table des matières. Saut de la p.912 à 919 sans manque, quelques erreurs de pagination. Petit trou vers en début d'ouvrage avec perte de quelques lettres de la p.101 à 130, en marge p.971 à 981 sans perte de texte, une petite mouillure marginale à plusieurs feuillets (principalement aux 20 premiers ff. et 20 derniers feuillets) et restauration angulaire à la page de titre, petit manque de papier marginale p.1059. Premier feuillet de garde renouvelé. Veau brun d'époque, dos lisse, double filets doré d'encadrement sur les plats et le dos. Habiles restaurations.
