![Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Two volumes. - [THE PRINCIPAL MASTERPIECE OF REALISM]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31501202942-2.jpg)
Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Two volumes. – [THE PRINCIPAL MASTERPIECE OF REALISM]
FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Paris, 1857. Bound uncut with all the original wrappers, also the back-strips, in two magnificent, uniform full brown morocco bindings in art nouveau-style with inlays of purple, green, and beige morocco in flower-like patterns to boards and top of spines. Inside of boards of vol. I with light olive green morocco with inlayd pink morocco forming an elaborate romantic frame. Inside of boards of volume II with the same pattern, but in blue morocco on a dark green background. Marbled free end-papers, first and last of which in both volumes are covered with shiny silk on rectos and versos respectively. The bindings are signed Anker Kyster and dated 1928. Housed in two blue full cloth boxes with gilt lettering to spines. Wrappers slightly soiled along edges and with small, expertly restored, tears. Mounted and expertly restored backstrips with more wear, but almost all lettering intact. A few leaves with small, barely visible, restorations to blank margins. Overall a magnificent, very nice, clean, and fresh copy. Bound with the 36 pp. publisher's catalogue, dated March 1857. First edition, first issue of Flaubert's seminal magnum opus, the main work of literary realism and one of the most influential pieces of literature ever published. The novel first appeared serialized in the "Revue de Paris" from October to December 1856 and created a massive stir. Flaubert was almost immediately accused for obscenity and the trial that began in January 1857 helped make the novel notorious. When Flaubert was acquitted in February 1857, he had the novel published as quickly as possible, and it became an instant bestseller. With the present work, "Flaubert established for good or ill, what most readers think of as modern realist narration, and his influence is almost too familiar to be visible" (James Wood: How Fiction Works). Recognized as one of the greatest novels ever written "Madame Bovary" is generally considered the perfect work of fiction with an almost unsurpassed influence on contemporary and later writers, prefiguring the work of the great modernist novelists such as Proust and Joyce.Henry James said of the work " "Madame Bovary" has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone: it holds itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites and defies judgment", Nabokov hailed it as "prose doing what poetry is supposed to do", Marcel Proused praised its "grammatical purity" Kundera wrote of it "not until the work of Flaubert did prose lose the stigma of aesthetic inferiority. Ever since "Madame Bovary", the art of the novel has been considered equal to the art of poetry". The first issue, especially in wrappers, is uncommon. The present copy has the following first issue-pointers: " Senart" instead of "Senard" in the dedication, as well as the mistakes: "ni de votre dà vouement" in stead of "et de votre dà vouement" in the dedication" the lack of numbering on pp. 50 and 67 (just a hint of the 0 on p. 50)" "demanda-t-elle" in stead of "se demanda-t-elle" on p. 145, l. 23" comma after "abîme" on p. 290, l. 25" the disalignment of 1 and 0 to the bottom of p. 397" "Thà odore" poorly printed on p. 475, l. 20.). Anker Kyster (1864-1939) is one of the most treasured Scandinavian book binders of all time, especially well known for his art nouveau-bindings, the best of which are now very difficult to find on the market. He was a book binding pioneer, who famously worked with the best arts- and crafts people and designers of the period He was also responsible for introducing hand-made marbled paper to book binding as a replacement for machine made paper. "He established himself as a highly skilled and pioneering bookbinder in Copenhagen, combining elements of classical traditions with modern styles and standards (e.g. those of Cobden-Sanderson)." (Oxford Companion to the Book). Kyster's full leather bindings are highly sought-after.- $11,108
- $11,108
![Egilâs Saga or A Tale about Egil Skallegrimson after the Icelandic original Text (original handwritten manuscript). - [EARLY MANUSCRIPT-TRANSLATION OF EGIL'S SAGA BY RENOWNED DANISH PHILOLOGIST N. M. PETERSEN]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31501197537-3-600x1118.jpg)
Egilâs Saga or A Tale about Egil Skallegrimson after the Icelandic original Text (original handwritten manuscript). – [EARLY MANUSCRIPT-TRANSLATION OF EGIL’S SAGA BY RENOWNED DANISH PHILOLOGIST N. M. PETERSEN]
EGILâS SAGA - NIELS MATTHIAS PETERSEN (transl.). (Manuscript, posssibly 1835-1839, no later than 1862). 4to (225 x 177 mm). In four parts, all in contemporary blank grey stitched paper wrappers. Tome-numbers to front wrappers. In fine legible handwriting. Vol. 1. with numerous corrections in pencil throughout in different hand than the translation. Front wrapper On vol. 1 detached and missing paper in margins. Otherwise fine. 347 ff. with text on both verso and recto. Original unpublished manuscript translation of "Egil's Saga" into English, done in the mid-19th century by renowned Danish philologist Niels Matthias Petersen, first professor of the Nordic languages in Denmark, predating the first published English translation with circa 50 years. Egil's saga is generally considered amongst the best and most beloved of the Icelandic sagas. Based on Petersenâs industriousness and diligent work in having his research and translations published and the many third party textual and grammatical corrections throughout the text, the present translation was most likely intended for publication. It is not evident exactly when the translation was made nor it is clear from which text/manuscript it is translated. Petersen spent time on a Danish translation of Egilâ saga in the period 1835-1839 and it is likely that the present English translation also was made then. For Petersenâs Danish translation (In the Four volume-work: âHistoriske Fortællinger om Islændernes Færdâ, 1839-1844) he used the second printed edition of Egil's saga from 1809. It was produced for the Arnamagnæan Commission by Gudmundur Magnússon. It has a short introduction in Latin, followed by the text of the saga and a parallel translation in Latin. This text is in the main based on that of Codex Mà druvallensis (Ms. No. 132. Fol.) in the Arnamagaean Collection. It is highly likely that Petersen also used the 1809-edition for this present English translation. The saga spans the years c. 850-1000. Its oldest manuscript (a fragment) dates back to 1240 AD, and comprises the sole source of information on the exploits of Egill, whose life is not historically recorded. Stylistic and other similarities between Egill's Saga and Heimskringla have led many scholars to believe that they were the work of the same author, Snorri Sturlasson. Not until 1893 was an English translation published. It was translated by W. C. Green from the original Icelandic âEgils saga SkallagrÃmssonarâ. Eddison, author of epic fantasy novels and occasional member of the Inklings, judged it as "being so bad as to be unreadable". Eddison thought that the saga âperhaps the finest of all except Njalâ deserved better, and that Egil Skallagrimson, the âmost typical of the true viking spiritâ, should be brought to a wider audience â" consequently Eddition made his own translation in 1930. The syntax and vocabulary in this translation are deliberately archaic in order to maintain the style of the Icelandic. Three later English translations were made: Gwyn Jones (1960), Christine Fell (1975) and Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards (1976). The most recent English translation is in The Complete Sagas of Icelanders (1997). Niels Matthias Petersen (1791-1862), linguist, philologist, historian and literary historian, is regarded as being the father of modern Danish saga-studies. During his school years he befriended Rasmus Rask, his senior by four years, who kindled his interest in Old Norse and the ancient history of the Nordic countries. During his theological studies, which did not lead to a formal graduation, he pursued these interests. After working as a teacher in a seminary near Odense in the period 1815-26, he returned to Copenhagen, where he remained for the rest of his life. His first linguistic publications appeared in 1826.In 1829, Petersen entered the employment of the University Library, then of the Danish central archive. In these years he published a major language history (1829-30), a work on Denmark's early history (1834-37) and a translation and edition of a large portion of the Icelandic sagas (1839-44). "He was the first to publish a substantial collection of Icelandic sagas in translation, ten sagas in four volumes under the title "Historical accounts of the dealings of the Icelanders at home and abroad" (Historiske Fortællinger om Islændernes Færd hjemme og ude, 1839-44). Petersen's aim was to present the sagas as enjoyable reading for the general public, and to strengthen the Danish language by introducing Old Norse-Icelandic neologisms.In 1845 Petersen was appointed to the first professorship in the Scandinavian languages in the Nordic countries, a position he kept to his death in 1862. In this period he wrote the modestly-titled, but comprehensive and groundbreaking five-volume "Contribution to the history of Danish literature" (Bidrag til den danske Literaturs Historie, 1853-61). In this work Petersen introduces into Danish the theory of periodization, and several of his period titles have survived in later accounts. His concept of literature was not restricted to imaginative writing but encompassed the entire body of writings valued in society. For Petersen, literature not only documents and reflects the nation's culture, but also exercises a formative influence on it." (Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe). For various publications by Petersen including translations of Egil's Saga see: Klose 4870-4894.Fiske pp. 460-461.- $7,406
- $7,406
![Preclarissimi viri F. Bonifacij de Ceua ordinis minoru sacre theologie ac iuris vtriusq laureati: [.]. Sermones quadragesimales [.].](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31501197536-600x1207.jpg)
Preclarissimi viri F. Bonifacij de Ceua ordinis minoru sacre theologie ac iuris vtriusq laureati: [.]. Sermones quadragesimales [.].
BONIFACIO DA CEVA. Paris, Berthold Remboldt, 1517. 4to (195 x 130 mm). In contemporary limp vellum with title and author in contemporary hand to spine. Title-page with woodcut printer devic and text in red and black. With numerous woodcut initials throughout. Light soiling to extremities and front and back pasted down end-paper with traces from blue paper-label and with recent annotations in pencil. Closed tear to f. 1. Possibly washed, otherwise fine. (4), CXLIIII ff. Rare first printing of Bonifacio de Ceva's collection of sermons relating to Easter. Catalogue Raisonnà de la Bibliotheque de feu C. L. Van Bavià re : 1570Not in Adams- $1,407
- $1,407
Reisen und Untersuchungen in Griechenland, nebst Darstellung und Eklärung vieler neuentdeckten Denmäler griechischen Styls, und einer kritischen Ãbersicht aller Unternehmungen dieser Art, von Pausanias bis auf unsere Zeiten. 2 Bde. (Alles ersch.). – [LANDMARK WORK ON GREECE AND PARTHENON]
BRÃNDSTED, P.O. Paris, Firmin Didot. 1826-30. Large 4to. (37 x 27 cm.). 2 volumes, both in the original printed yellow boards. Spines rebacked and with wear amd missing some of the paper. Upper part of back hinge on vol. 2 partly detached. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Marginal brownspotting throughout. XX,129,XXII,(130)-318 pp., and 62 engravings, of which 33 are text illustrations (3 of these coloured and 1 in two colours). Printed on thick, fine paper. First edition (the French and the German edition published simultaneously) of Brà ndsted's magnum opus, his pioneering "Travels and Archaeological Researches in Greece". The work is based on Brà ndsted's extensive travels in Greece, and especially the second part, which contains a major study of the Parthenon, is of great significance. "Brà ndsted was trained in Denmark as an archaeologist and philologist. After travelling in France and Italy for some years he left Italy in 1810 on the company of Haller van Hallerstein, Linckh and Stackelberg with the intention of exploring Greece and Asia Minor. This group was involved in the excavations at Aegina, and together with Cockerell and Foster they also excavated at Bassae." (Blackmer, 214). Graesse I,546. Brunet I,1273.- $1,777
- $1,777
![Mormons Bog. [The Book of Mormon] En Beretning](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31501196582-600x1069.jpg)
Mormons Bog. [The Book of Mormon] En Beretning, skreven ved Mormons Haand paa Tavler, efter Nephis Tavler. Oversat paa Engelsk fra Grundtexten af Joseph Smith den Yngre. Udgivet og forlagt af Erastus Snow. – [FIRST TRANSLATION INTO ANY LANGUAGE OF THE BOOK OF MORMON]
THE BOOK OF MORMON - JOSEPH SMITH - ERASTUS SNOW. KÃ benhavn, F. E. Bordings Bogtrykkeri, 1851. Small 8vo. Simple contemporary brown full calf with double gilt lines and gilt title to spine. Spine worn, especially upper capital, which is split and lacking a bit of the leather at top. Front hinge and corners work. Binding generally tight and solid, strictly contemporary, and unrestored. Front free end-paper with owner's inscription of "Edv. Munch", dated 1886, in pencil. First and last leaves with brownspotiing, but overall very nice and clean. Bound with the leaf containing the testimony of the three and eight Witnesses on recto end verso respectively. (8), 568 pp. Exceedingly rare first edition thus, namely the seminal first printing of the first translation into any language of the Book of Mormon. After the Prophet Joseph Smith's original translation of the Book of Mormon from the gold plates into English in 1829 and the return of those plates to the angel Moroni, no translations from English into any other languages appeared until this Danish translation of 1851. After this groundbreaking first translation, the Book of Mormon has been translated in its entirety into 95 languages (with portions of the book having been translated into another 20 languages) and has been printed in more than 150 million copies. The divine injunction states that "every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language" (D&C 90:11), and thus making the Book of Mormon available in other languages was regarded as highly important. Missions were opened on the continent of Europe in 1850 and 1851, and Church leaders in many of the newly opened missions quickly began attempts at translations. The Danish edition had already been contemplated in 1845, however, and was thus the very first to appear, meaning that Latter-day Saints in Denmark were the first to read the Book of Mormon in their native tongue.At a general conference in 1845, President Brigham Young appointed Apostle Erastus Snow and Elder Peter Olsen Hansen to work on this Danish translation of the Book of Mormon, which would open up the Book of Mormon to other-language speakers of the 19th century. Peter O. Hansen was a native Dane and was to do the actual translation, while Erastus Snow was to guide Hansen and be in charge of publishing . They both arrived in Copenhagen in May 1850 and precisely a year later Snow could report back that the Danish translation had been printed, in 3000 copies. Many of these are now lost or destroyed, and the first edition of the book is of the utmost scarcity. (See, Andrew Jenson: History of the Scandinavian Mission, 1927).- $17,773
- $17,773
Kleine Kinder-bibel Darinnen die vornehmstens Glaubeslehren und Lebenspflichten, zum bedsten der ganzen jugend. 2 vols.
HAGER, M. JOHANN, GEORG. Leipzig, Gessner, 1749. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1 nice full calf binding with rive raised bands with richly gilt spine. Boards and edges of boards with gilt ornamentation. Extremities with wear, primarily affecting hinges and capitals. Boards with a few scratches. Internally with light occassional browning throughout. (16), 213, (3) 190, (2) pp. + 39 pp. Rare first edition of Hager's richly illustrated bible for children consisting of extracts from the bible.- $563
- $563
Il gruppo Enne. La situazione dei gruppi in Europa negli anni 60.
MUSA, Italo (a cura di) Mm 298x245, pp. 379, [5], con numerose riproduzioni fotografiche di opere e documenti in bianco e nero e a colori, dentro e fuori testo. Cartonato editoriale con scacchiera grigio/azzurra contenente fogli mobili con motivi geometrici, riproduzioni di opere di Biasi, Costa, Chiggio, Landi e Massironi. Sovraccoperta in acetato. Prima edizione. Esemplare in ottime condizioni, come nuovo. Nel dicembre del 1960 Alberto Biasi, Toni Costa, Ennio Chiggio, Manfredo Massironi ed Edoardo Landi diedero vita a Padova al "Gruppo N" dopo che il precedente collettivo di cui Biasi e Massironi facevano parte (il "Gruppo Ennea", composto anche da Gaetano Pesce, Tolo Custoza, Sara Ivanoff, Bruno Limena, Milla Muffato, Gianfilippo Pecchini) si era sciolto. Animati da un forte spirito politico, dal rifiuto per l'idea dell'artista-demiurgo (retaggio della critica idealista e spiritualista) e di quella dello spettatore come fruitore passivo, si presentarono come "operatori visivi" impegnati in una ricerca sulle forme e sulla percezione volta ad aprire nuovi spazi all'immaginazione e all'interazione attiva tra pubblico, opera d'arte e ambiente che accoglie le opere stesse. Il Gruppo ha rappresentato un momento fondamentale nella storia delle avanguardie e della sperimentazione artistica del secondo Novecento.La presente monografia, curata dal noto critico Italo Mussa, ricostruisce le origini del gruppo e il suo sviluppo all'interno del panorama artistico italiano ed europeo degli anni Sessanta.- $750
- $750
Lotto di tre numeri della rivista Prospettive: nn. 22, 23-24 e 32-33.
MALAPARTE, Curzio (1898-1957) (direttore) Lotto di tre numeri della rivista Prospettive:- N. 22, Anno VI, 15 Ottobre 1941 - XIX. L'uomo e il personaggio. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [6], 3-17, [1], [6]. Testo stampato su due colonne. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. - N. 23-24, Anno VI, 15 Novembre - 15 Dicembre 1941 - XIX. La sincerità dei narratori. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [6], 3-21, [1], [6]. Testo stampato su due colonne. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. Un po' sciolto.- N. 32-33, Anno VI, 15 Agosto - 15 Settembre 1942 - XX. La presenza, la prosa. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [4], 3-25, [1], [4]. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. Piccolo stappo al margine inferiore della copertina posteriore parzialmente restaurato. Prospettive è stata una rivista mensile italiana di letteratura e arte, fondata a Firenze, nel 1937, da Curzio Malaparte, che ne fu il direttore. La prima serie, composta di sette numeri monografici, stampati nella tipografia fiorentina Giannini e Giovannelli, ricchi di illustrazioni e con testi ridotti, si concluse con il fascicolo di settembre 1939. La seconda serie, considerata la più significativa, iniziò il mese successivo, ottobre 1939, diretta sempre da Malaparte, ma con sede in via Gregoriana a Roma, e terminò nel marzo 1943. La personalità eclettica di Malaparte, che aveva precedentemente collaborato con Il Selvaggio, rivista diretta da Mino Maccari, conferì al nuovo periodico un indirizzo ambivalente: da un lato l'apertura alle nuove esperienze letterarie europee, dall'altro il richiamo ai valori strapaesani. Più volte in polemica con l'ermetismo, Prospettive si dimostrò invece aperta nei confronti del surrealismo, al quale dedicò un numero monografico. Nella numerosa schiera dei collaboratori di Prospettive si possono ricordare i poeti Alfonso Gatto, Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, Leonardo Sinisgalli; gli scrittori Corrado Alvaro, Riccardo Bacchelli, Massimo Bontempelli, Alberto Moravia; il critico letterario Carlo Bo; Alberto Savinio e il fratello, il pittore Giorgio De Chirico. Nel dopoguerra le pubblicazioni ripresero solamente nel 1951. Prospettive cessò definitivamente con il fascicolo numero 40-41, datato dicembre 1951 - gennaio 1952.- $132
- $132
Lotto di tre numeri della rivista Prospettive: nn. 22, 23-24 e 32-33.
MALAPARTE, Curzio (1898-1957) (direttore) Lotto di tre numeri della rivista Prospettive:- N. 22, Anno VI, 15 Ottobre 1941 - XIX. L'uomo e il personaggio. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [6], 3-17, [1], [6]. Testo stampato su due colonne. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. - N. 23-24, Anno VI, 15 Novembre - 15 Dicembre 1941 - XIX. La sincerità dei narratori. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [6], 3-21, [1], [6]. Testo stampato su due colonne. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. Un po' sciolto.- N. 32-33, Anno VI, 15 Agosto - 15 Settembre 1942 - XX. La presenza, la prosa. In folio (mm 348x250); pp. [4], 3-25, [1], [4]. Carta uniformemente ingiallita. Brossura editoriale un po' sporca e con piccole mancanze marginali. Piccolo stappo al margine inferiore della copertina posteriore parzialmente restaurato. Prospettive è stata una rivista mensile italiana di letteratura e arte, fondata a Firenze, nel 1937, da Curzio Malaparte, che ne fu il direttore. La prima serie, composta di sette numeri monografici, stampati nella tipografia fiorentina Giannini e Giovannelli, ricchi di illustrazioni e con testi ridotti, si concluse con il fascicolo di settembre 1939. La seconda serie, considerata la più significativa, iniziò il mese successivo, ottobre 1939, diretta sempre da Malaparte, ma con sede in via Gregoriana a Roma, e terminò nel marzo 1943. La personalità eclettica di Malaparte, che aveva precedentemente collaborato con Il Selvaggio, rivista diretta da Mino Maccari, conferì al nuovo periodico un indirizzo ambivalente: da un lato l'apertura alle nuove esperienze letterarie europee, dall'altro il richiamo ai valori strapaesani. Più volte in polemica con l'ermetismo, Prospettive si dimostrò invece aperta nei confronti del surrealismo, al quale dedicò un numero monografico. Nella numerosa schiera dei collaboratori di Prospettive si possono ricordare i poeti Alfonso Gatto, Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, Leonardo Sinisgalli; gli scrittori Corrado Alvaro, Riccardo Bacchelli, Massimo Bontempelli, Alberto Moravia; il critico letterario Carlo Bo; Alberto Savinio e il fratello, il pittore Giorgio De Chirico. Nel dopoguerra le pubblicazioni ripresero solamente nel 1951. Prospettive cessò definitivamente con il fascicolo numero 40-41, datato dicembre 1951 - gennaio 1952.- $132
- $132
Notti cadorine. Novelle. Con illustrazioni di Edgardo Rossaro.
PALATINI, Aldo In 8vo (mm 213x142); pp. 273, [3], con [20] illustrazioni in biancoo e nero realizzate da Edgardo Rossaro intercalate nel testo. Fioriture diffuse. Brossura editoriale con titolo al dorso e alla copertina anteriore. Piccole macchie alla copertina anteriore, alcune carte un po' sciolte. Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare in barbe, invio autografo dell'autore al margine superiore del frontespizio.- $309
- $309
Il nome della rosa.
ECO, Umberto (1932-2016) In 8vo (mm 205x119); pp. 503, [9]. Tela editoriale rossa con titolo in oro al dorso. Sovraccoperta illustrata rossa, stampata in bianco, giallo e rosa. Prima edizione e prima tiratura. Ottimo esemplare, come nuovo. È conservato il talloncino con il prezzo della prima edizione (L. 10.000), numero 43356 sul bollino SIAE. L'opera costituisce l'esordio narrativo di Umberto Eco, all'epoca affermato uomo di cultura la cui produzione non includeva tuttavia romanzi.- $331
- $331
![[Map of Norway] Kart over det sydlige Norge efter de bedste forhaandenværende Kilder](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31522622836-600x895.jpg)
[Map of Norway] Kart over det sydlige Norge efter de bedste forhaandenværende Kilder, fornemmelig de ved Norges topographiske og hydrographiske Opmaaling anstillede astronomiske og geodaetiske Iagttagelser, udarbeidet (i Maalestokken 1/700000 af den sande Laengde).
MUNCH, Peter Andreas (1810-1863) Bella carta litografica a colori della Norvegia (mm. 1268x830), telata e più volte ripiegata. La parte superiore della carta risulta un po' brunita. Conservata entro astuccio editoriale (mm. 188x129) in tela con tasselo cartaceo (lievi abrasioni e minime mancanze marginali). Prima edizione. Peter Andreas Munch (Christiania, 1810 - Roma, 1863) storico norvegese, collaborò con Peter Christen Asbjørnsen e Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. È famoso per i suoi lavori sulla storia medievale norvegese. Le sue pubblicazioni toccano l'archeologia, la geografia, l'etnografia, la linguistica, oltre che la storia e la giurisprudenza. Si impegnò nella traduzione dal nordico antico delle saghe leggendarie. Figlio del prete Edvard Storm Munch (1780-1847) e di Johanne Sophie Hofgaard (1791-1860), fu lo zio del pittore Edvard Munch.- $496
- $496
Goban-cho Yugiri-ro , poster
KYOSHI, Awazu This Raffaello s Fornarina-looking girl is a poster for the play Goban-cho Yugiri-ro , written by Tsutomu MIZUKAMI (1919-2004) and directed by Koichi KIMURA. A love story between a young geisha in Kyoto and a buddhist priest. The play was shown in Bungaku-za, one of the three most important branches of the Japanese theater. Awazu KIYOSHI (1929-2009) is a legendary psychedelic graphic designer, one of the key figures of post-war Japanese visuality. Text in Japanese. A1. 1 leaf complete. 72x51,5cm. Colour offset printing. One horizontal and one vertical creasing. Near fine condition. Extra shipping charges may be applied due to size of the item.- $550
- $550
The Colophon. A Book Collector’s Quarterly. Part Five
MILNE, David [PRINT] First Edition, one of 3,000 copies printed. quarto, pictorial boards. Pynson Printers, and others, This part of The Colophon contains "Hilltop: a drypoint in two colors" by David Milne. Articles include "Post Bellum - Pre-Harlem" by Charles Chesnutt, "The Way to Wealth for Indigent Bookmen" by Pierce Butler, "The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser, "Now it May be Told" by A.Edward Newton" and "On the Work in Book Illustration of Rudolph Ruzicka & a Bibliography by W.A. Kittredge. Ex-Library withdrawn from Colby College Library with their booklabel on front pastedown with label removed from back pastedown. Soiling to boards and 1" x 3" label removed from front cover. No marking or damage to Milne print which is very fine and clean. First Edition, one of 3,000 copies printed.- $750
- $750
Zubdat al-asrar
Mirza Hasan al-Isfahani, alias SAFI ALI SHAH NIMATULLAHI (1251-after 1291 / 1835 after 1875). 8°. [2 pp.] lithographed text, [2 pp.] manuscript in black ink in Arabic language, [11 pp.], 357 pp., , [2 pp.] errata, lithographed text with lithographed decorations to first text pages, contemporary straight-grain Morocco binding with blind tooling (old book-sellers stamps to the first pages, late 19th century annotations, mounted on the inner side of the front board, endpapers composed from various pieces of paper slightly stained and with old annotations in pencil and black ink, binding little age-toned and rubbed, a tear in the lower margin of pp. 117-118, rear sheets loose, margins with minor soiling and tiny tears in margins). PERSIAN LITHOGRAPHED BOOKS / POETRY: This is possibly the first printed edition of the mystical religious poetry of a Persian scholar and author Mirza Hasan al-Isfahani, known as Safi Ali Shah Nimatullahi (1251-after 1291 / 1835 after 1875). Not much is known about the author, except that he came from Isfahan, and after travelling to several holy cities and completing the Hajj, he settled in Tehran. In his notes Safi Ali Shah Nimatullahi mentions, that he composed Zubdat al-asrar in India. This example is preserved in a fine original binding. Provenance: From the collection of Charles-Henri-Auguste Schefer (1820 1898), a professor at Ecole des languages orientales, translator and bibliophile. His collection and estate were sold at auctions in 1898 and 1899. Schefers recognizable annotations are mounted on the inner side of the front cover. We could not find any institutional examples on Worldcat.References: Moshar 875.- $1,324
- $1,324
Die islamische Architektur in Agypten
Saleh Lamei Mustafa (born 1935). 8°, 169 pp., [193] pages of black and white illustrations and plans, [14 pp.] German text, original white wrappers with lettering (good used example, wrappers slightly age-toned with traces of a small label). ISLAMIC HISTORY OF ART / EGYPT: The Islamic Architecture of Egypt. The text, written by the engineer Saleh Lamei Mustafa, describes the main Islamic monuments of Egypt and the development of the architectural forms. It is followed by hundreds of photographs, drawings and plans, showcasing various mosques, hans, palaces, elements and architectural decoration, including scripts, etc. References: OCLC 631223031, 164711529, 16616397, 1136091930.- $132
- $132
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Three Titles from His “Biogen Series”; A Speculation on the Origin and Nature of Life [with] The Daemon of Darwin [with] Can Matter Think? A Problem in Psychics.
(THEOSOPHY) COUES, Elliott All three are small square octavos. The first title is a third edition and the second and third titles are first editions. They constitute Biogen Series No. 1 & No. 4. 66, 64 & 82 pp. All are bound the same; Publisher's stiff ivory wrappers with inner flaps and cover lettering. From the Howard Collection Some soiling to white wrappers (as should be expected) but very good copies. Although a scholar and academician of great repute (his speciality was ornitholgy), Coues took an interest in spiritualism and which led him to investigate the new movement of Theosophy. He was a friend of Alfred Russel Wallace and they had attended seances with the medium Pierre L. O. A. Keeler. He felt the inadequacy of formal orthodox science in dealing with the deeper problems of human life and destiny. Convinced by the principles of evolution, he believed that these principles may be capable of being applied in psychical research and he proposed to use it to explain obscure phenomena such as hypnotism, clairvoyance and telepathy. He claimed to have witnessed levitation of objects and developed a theory to explain the phenomenon, publishing an article about his telekinetic theory of levitation in the first issue of The Metaphysical Magazine (1895).Coues joined the Theosophical Society in July, 1884. He visited Helena Blavatsky in Europe. He founded the Gnostic Theosophical Society of Washington, and in 1890 became the president of the Theosophical Society. He soon became disillusioned with Blavatsky and on June 22, 1889, the Executive Committee of the American Section of the TS, on charges preferred, finding Coues guilty of conduct unworthy of a theosophist, unanimously expelled him from the Theosophical Society. That such a solid academician should fall under the influence of the theosophical world speaks volumes as to its acceptance and strength. Laid in are two additional pieces of ephemera; one is a manuscript spiritual chart of some sort and the other is a printed laudatory review of the Biogen Series.- $375
- $375
The Nature and Aim of Theosophy: An Essay Read Before the Cincinnati Literary Club, January 17, 1886. First and Second Editions.
(THEOSOPHY) BUCK, J. D. First edition. Small square octavo. 42 pp. including a full page allegorical illustration. Printed terra-cotta wrappers, Excellent.Jirah Dewy Buck received his medical training at Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, completing the program in 1864. He began practice that year in Cincinnati as a homeopathic physician in general practice. He also taught medicine at Cleveland Medical College, and became Dean of the Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati until it was merged into Ohio State University. In 1890 Dr. Buck became President of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He practiced medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Buck became active in the Theosophical Society in 1879. In 1880, he was a member of the General Council of the Theosophical Society. On May 13, 1884, he was appointed by Col. Olcott to be a member of the Board of Control of the Theosophical Society's activities in the United States. In Mahatma Letter 140, written in March, 1886, Madame Blavatsky gave A. P. Sinnett an indication that Dr. Buck was being "helped" by the Mahatmas to make the Society "a grand movement" in America. The Cincinnati Theosophical Society was formed on May 9, 1886 at the Buck home on Oak Street. Cincinnati was one of the earliest centers of theosophical adherents in the US and Buck was their patriarch. The first edition is signed lightly in pencil by a woman in his inner circle.Madame Blavatsky quoted an essay of his in The Key to Theosophy saying, "No living theosophist has better expressed and understood the real essence of Theosophy than our honoured friend Dr. Buck".[10] She also referred to him as "a true Philaletheian" in her book, quoting from an article he published in The Theosophist (September 1883, p. 327) titled "The Ethics of Theosophy."- $300
- $300
Santa Domingo Harvest Dance. With reproductions from photographs of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico by the author.
MOON, Karl First edition. Tall narrow octavo. [20] pp with 16 Carl Moon photographic illustrations. [In Vol XI., No. 44 of The Burr-McIntosh Monthly). Publisher?s string tied color pictorial wraooers. Bit of edge crimping but a very handsome copy.Carl E. Moon (originally spelled Karl) was born in Wilmington, Ohio in 1878. After graduation from high school, he served two years with the Ohio National Guard before apprenticing with various photographers in Ohio, West Virginia and Texas. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1903, where he set up a photography studio and began making "art studies" of the Native Americans of the Southwest, both in photographs and in oil paintings, sometimes living for weeks at a time in Navajo villages. From 1905-1906, Moon had a short-lived partnership in Albuquerque with businessman Thomas F. Keleher, called the Moon-Keleher Studio. After the partnership dissolved, Moon continued working, photographing carefully selected Indian "subjects" in a romantic, posed style. His photographs began appearing in magazines and he exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in New York. President Theodore Roosevelt invited Moon to exhibit his Native American photographs at the White House. In 1907 he went to work for Fred Harvey and his photographs from that period are all copyright ?Fred Harvey? In this publication they are still copyrighted under his own (pre WWI) name, Karl Moon. He was also under contract to the Southern Pacific but in 1914 he and his wife, a famed children?s book author, moved to Pasadena.- $100
- $100
Three Typophile Chapbooks Concerning Typography.
(TYPOGRAPHY) VAN KRIMPEN, J[an]. On Designing and Devising Type. New York: The Typophiles, 1967. First edition. One of 350 copies with the Typophile imprint. Small ocatvo.107, 3, colophon and slug) pp. Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering, original typographic dust jacket. Excellent copy of Typophile Chapbook XXXII.ZAPF, Hermann. About Alphabets; Some Marginal Notes on Type Design. New York: The Typophiles, 1960. First edition and one of 400 copies with the Typophile Imprint. Small octavo. Frontispiece photographic portrait, 117, [1, colophon] pp. Numerous alphabet examples. Publisher's blue cloth with brown morocco gilt spine label. As issued. Excellent copy of Typophile Chapbook XXXVII.MORISON, Stanley. Letter Forms Typographic And Scriptorial Two Essays On Their Classification, History And Bibliography. London; Nattali & Maurice, (1968). First edition. This is Typhophile Capbool but does not beiar their name. Small octavo. [2], 161, [1] pp. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, just jacket to match. An excellent copy of Typopphile Chapook 37.- $175
- $175
PROSPECTUS OF A NEW GEOGRAPHICAL GARDEN OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. WHEREIN WILL BE REPRESENTED IN MINIATURE, WITHIN A DUO-CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE, CALLED THE DIOPTRIC GALLERY OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES, THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS AND ASPECTS OF THE WHOLE EARTH, AS ACTUALLY EXISTING, AND AS DEDUCED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC INFORMATION. CONNECTED WITH WHICH WILL BE SEMINARIES, FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES, IN ALL THOSE BRANCHES OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE USUALLY TAUGHT IN THE HIGHEST SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES
[Cherry, George W.] 18,[2],19-22pp., including three full-page plates. Modern patterned leather. Light tanning, a few scattered stains. Very good plus. An exceedingly rare prospectus for a high-concept geographical garden and seminary complex, to be built in the heart of New York City. As exhaustively detailed on the titlepage, this elaborate project would have included two circular galleries, one each for the Eastern and Western hemispheres, with interconnected water features provided by a canal running through the center. The goal of the gardens, "wherein continents, islands, capes, promontories, peninsulas, isthmuses, are to be formed of earth; mountains, of rock and earth combined," was to represent the entire planet in miniature, even including volcanoes, which "may be occasionally represented by the introduction of sulphurous compounds into the mountains, and igniting the same." Street plans and representations of major cities were to be included as well, "accurately delineated" according to the most up to date information. In addition, the "dioptric galleries" encircling the perimeter would project paintings or engravings of the actual locations represented in their appropriate place, "Thus, the spectator will readily become familiarized with the situation and external appearance of each city and place so represented." The entire edifice was also to host a male and female seminary, separated by a high fence but united by a central chapel. After describing the project, this prospectus prints the constitution of the proposed company for the construction of the gardens (setting share prices at an impressive fifty dollars and providing for the election of officers), and further supplies subscription forms for lifetime tickets (thirty dollars each) and yearly tickets (nine dollars). This ambitious project was apparently supported by some of the leading naturalists, botanists, and politicians of New York in the early-19th century. The prospectus includes a "Recommendation" which reads "We the subscribers have examined Mr. Cherry [the patent holder and apparent author]'s plan of a Patent Geographical Garden, enclosed with a Dioptric Gallery, and connected with Seminaries for the instruction of youth of both sexes, and we believe that an institution of this kind would be worthy of public patronage." The statement is signed in type by DeWitt Clinton (at the time beginning yet another term as governor), Samuel L. Mitchill (former New York senator and representative, botanist, and major proponent of the Erie Canal), and David Hosack (Hamilton family physician, botanist, and creator of America's first botanical garden in what is now Rockefeller Center). Despite such illustrious patronage, not to mention the subscriptions called for at the end of this prospectus, there is no evidence that the project was ever attempted. OCLC records only two copies: one at the American Antiquarian Society (lacking the subscription leaves at the end), and one at the New York Historical Society. A very rare look at an early and extraordinarily ambitious American public works project. OCLC 476495331, 4469748.- $2,500
- $2,500
SONGS OF THE COWBOYS
Thorp, N. Howard 50pp. 12mo. Original textured red wrappers printed in gilt. Wrappers a bit rubbed, chipped at spine ends. Upper right corner of first few leaves with very slight wear. Very good. The first edition of this rare little classic of the open range, the first collection of cowboy songs to be published, printed for the author in a small edition. "Jack" Thorp (1867-1940) was a New York native, but moved out west as a teenager. He eventually ended up working as a cowboy himself in New Mexico, where he took a strong interest in collecting and preserving the traditional cowboy songs he heard, and in writing some of his own. The songs he collected in this pioneering booklet include an early version of the now-classic "The Streets of Laredo" titled "The Cowboy's Lament," along with other tunes such as "Little Joe the Wrangler," "California Trail," "The Pecos River Queen," "Windy Bill," "Cowboys New Years Dance," and "Speckles." A considerably expanded edition was printed by Houghton Mifflin in 1921, and Thorp continued to write other songs, poetry, and fiction about cowboys until his death. Thorp's literary papers, including manuscript drafts and records of many of these songs, are held by the Huntington Library. "Thorp has a secure place in range literature because of his contribution in cowboy songs.[He] had a perspective of both range and civilization. He was a kind of troubadour himself" - Dobie. "There is no record of an 'honest to goodness' cowboy ever becoming a 'songbird,' in fact, few of the breed could carry a tune, nevertheless, the nature of their work was such that whistling, humming, and singing were important personal assets that helped to make short days out of long ones, and most of them gave it a fling.[A] puny little book that sold for a quarter.now classed as excessively rare" - Merrill. DOBIE, pp.122, 129. MERRILL ARISTOCRATS, pp.10, 25.- $1,750
- $1,750
APPEL À LA JUSTICE DE L’ETAT; OU RECUEIL DE LETTRES, AU ROI, AU PRINCE DE GALLES, ET AUX MINISTRES; AVEC UNE LETTRE A MESSIEURS LES CANADIENS.UNE LETTRE AU GENERAL HALDIMAND LUI-MEME. EN FIN UNE DERNIERE LETTRE A MILORD SIDNEY.
Du Calvet, Pierre [4],xiv,320,viii pp. Half title. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, leather labels stamped in gilt. Half title stained at gutter, scattered light foxing heavier to last few leaves. Very good overall. An account of the tribulations experienced by a French Protestant in Canada at the hands of the British. "During the American Revolution the British in Canada were suspicious of the loyalty of the French inhabitants. Du Calvet was one of those who were harassed by the authorities. This is his personal story of the unhappy affair. It is recorded that Francis Maseres helped Du Calvet write this book" - Lande. Du Calvet had remained in Canada after the cession of the country to the British in 1763, and was chosen as a magistrate for the city of Montreal under the British government. As a Justice of the Peace, he argued forcefully for judicial reform. In 1780, Du Calvet was arrested under suspicions of collaboration with the Americans and imprisoned for three years without trial. The former judge felt this injustice keenly, and it forms the basis for this collection of letters in which he lays out his case to the people of Quebec and encourages them to fight for constitutional reform (and in particular for the right of habeus corpus). The author went to England in 1783 to take legal action against governor Haldimand and the other officials who had violated his rights, where he met with the English lawyer and judge Francis Maseres, who helped the Francophone Du Calvet write and publish about his case in English and championed the cause of French Canadian constitutional reform. While preparations for the lawsuits were underway, Du Calvet's struggle was tragically cut short when the ship that was carrying him from New York to Paris was lost at sea in 1786. An important work in the history of Quebec and for any collection of French Canadiana. SABIN 21044. LANDE 197. TPL 569. DIONNE II:856.- $1,750
- $1,750
LEADVILLE. THE CITY. MINES AND BULLION PRODUCT. PERSONAL HISTORIES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS. FACTS AND FIGURES NEVER BEFORE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC
Kent, L.A. [2],197,[11]pp. Modern three-quarter orange morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands. Photostat of original front wrapper bound in at front. Ex-Denver Public Library, with ink stamp and identification numbers on verso of titlepage; a previous inked identification mark effaced from titlepage. Fore-edge of final leaf reinforced on verso. Internally clean and bright. Overall very good. A rare guide to the business of mining during the Colorado Silver Boom, targeting potential miners and mine investors and published just three years after the founding of Leadville. The text describes the basic geography and climate of the area as well as the principal mining districts; provides brief histories and production values for the sixteen Leadville smelting companies during 1879; discusses how ore is bought and sold as well as the ore prices that could be attained; and provides a current mining outlook. A complete review of the city itself follows - with a list of its elected officials, departments and commerce, as well as brief biographies of nine "Representative Men" who struck it rich in Leadville, and how they did so. The book ends with a discussion of the mines outside of the Leadville district and the railways that then serviced the state. The advertisements that precede and follow the text is also targeted to miners and investors, representing Leadville businesses from hotels, clothiers, and railways to abstract offices, banks, steam fitters and machine shops. "One of the earliest histories of the noted mining camp. Kent, a trained newspaper man, reached the diggings at the inception of the boom, in September of '77 and spent upwards of two years at the mines. He saw Leadville grow from a wild mountain camp of some three-hundred prospectors to a thriving city of more than thirty-five thousand inhabitants. He gives a detailed account of the town's first days; murders and clashes; difficulties of settlement; beginnings of law & order; town organization; mining discoveries; the various camps; banking and other establishments; railroad development." - Eberstadt. Rare Book Hub locates only three copies in the market since 1940 (two of those offered by the Eberstadts). A rare and important guide, providing the basics of the mining business in Colorado to prospective investors and men eager to strike it rich as miners during the height of the Colorado Silver Boom. HOWES K95. LINGENFELTER CO:2020. WILCOX p.67. WYNAR 1116. EBERSTADT 115:309.- $3,000
- $3,000
Tablettes dramatiques, contenant l’abrégé de l’Histoire du Théâtre François, L’établissement des Théâtres à Paris, un Dictionnaire des Pièces et l’abrégé de l’Histoire des Auteurs & Acteurs. Paris, Sébastien Jorry, 1752. [bound with:] Supplément aux Tablettes dramatiques pour les Années 1752 & 1753. Paris, Pissot, Jorry, Duchesne, 1753. [bound with:] Supplément. pour 1753 & 1754. Paris, Jorry, Duchesne, 1754. [bound with:] Supplément. pour 1754 & 1755. Paris, Jorry, Lambert et Duchesne, 1755. [bound with:] Supplément. pour 1755 & 1756. Paris, Jorry, Lambert et Duchesne, 1756. [bound with:] Supplément. pour 1756 & 1757. Paris, Jorry, Lambert et Duchesne, 1757. [bound with:] Supplément. pour 1757 & 1758. Paris, Jorry, Lambert et Duchesne, 175
THEATRE - MOUHY, Charles de Fieux, chevalier de. 8vo in 4s, pp. [ii] (series title dated 1763), xxii, [ii], 244, 88; 48 (the pagination of the six supplements is continuous); text printed within woodcut border; partly uncut, finely bound in late nineteenth century crushed blue morocco, spine in compartments, gilt-lettering directly to spine, tooled with theatrical mask to spine and to all four corners of upper and lower board, upper edge gilt, gilt dentelles; a fine copy. First edition, very rare with all six supplements present, of this detailed account of French theatre up to the middle of the eighteenth century. The supplements, which were published separately over the course of six years, are very rarely present. Here they are collected with a general title page, dated 1763, published 'at the expense of the author', and bound in a fine 'theatrical' binding. The Tablettes dramatiques are a most valuable source for the history of French theatre, covering first the history of the theatre, the history of the foundation of specific theatres, an inventory of plays performed or printed for the period 1552 to 1752, with critical commentary, and finally a biographical dictionary of authors and actors. The supplements generally follow the same format and give information on new plays, a performance calendar for the period in question, details of ballets, and biographical information on new emerging actors. A fascinating overview of French or more specifically Parisian theatre history, documenting the transition from medieval theatre to the highly organised and politicised drama up to the middle of the eighteenth century. The chevalier de Mouhy (1701-84), was a playwright and prolific author on the theatre, he also published an Histoire du theatre français depuit son origine jusqu'en 1780. Grand-Carteret (Almanachs Français) 192; Dufour, Bibliographie de Paris, p. 395; Soleinne, IV, 283; OCLC locates a number of copies of the main work, but only Dutch Royal Library, Lyon and Bibliotheque Nationale for the full complement of supplements.- $2,561
- $2,561
Moby Dick, or, the Whale
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent The first trade edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of Moby Dick. Indeed, if not for this particular edition it is likely no one would know this book today. Melville's great novel was not well received when published in 1851, and it (and he) languished in relative obscurity through the rest of the 19th century. Rockwell Kent was a superstar in the late 1920s world of fine illustrated editions. He produced these nearly 300 illustrations for a lavish edition that was printed in three volumes by The Lakeside Press in 1930. His inspiration came from his immersion in Melville's text as he worked over a period of years. The result was the closest thing to a Kent-Melville collaboration as was possible. Random House got permission to reprint Lakeside's Kent-illustrated edition, and this handsome single volume trade edition was the result. Kent's illustrations had generated a lot of attention, so this was a coup for the trade publisher. Their eagerness to reprint Kent's designs led to an embarrassing blunder, however, as Random House chief Bennett Cerf recalled: "We were so excited about it, we forgot to put Herman Melville's name on the cover, so our edition of Moby Dick, to the vast amusement of everybody (The New Yorker spotted it), said only: 'Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent.'" (Cerf. At Random, p. 72). The accidental slight to Herman aside, Random House and Kent did a great job on this trade edition. Not only was Kent was a a brilliant illustrator, he was also a master at integrated design of the whole book. Everything about this edition is pleasing, from the superbly reproduced illustrations and the simple typography, to its agreeable heft and perfect fit in the hands. Its slight chunkiness even subtly evokes its subject. In short, this a great book in every sense--literarily, visually, and tactually. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with titles and illustration stamped in silver on spine and upper board. A bit of shallow chipping at head of spine, mild age toning to text and top edge of textblock. Jacket has a bit of browning to spine and a few shallow edge chips. Front joint fold has been tape-repaired on back side by a prior owner. A very attractive copy, very good overall. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xxxii, 825 pages- $1,150
- $1,150
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
Dick, Philip K[indred]. (1928-1982), edited by Mark Hurst and Paul Williams First printing of this posthumous collection. There is a previously unpublished essay and ten previously uncollected science fiction short stories. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Shallow bump at head of spine. Jacket has a few tiny extremity rubs, some light soil to rear panel, and a hint of fading to spine. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 179 pages- $115
- $115
Equitación Gaucha en La Pampa y Mesopotamia
Sáenz, Justo P., (h). (1892-1970) A classic on the traditions, methods, and folklore of northern Argentina's cowboys. Winner of first prize in regional literature and folklore awarded by Argentina's National Commission of Culture. Text is in Spanish. This edition is illustrated with charming line drawings throughout plus a section of photographs. This copy is bound in vellum and is decorated with a striking hand colored illustration and titles by Ramón Fernández Latapiat. Two braided vellum loop and knot closures along fore edge. A few light extremity rubs and abrasions, spotting to endpapers. Interior clean, binding sturdy. Near fine overall. Vellum over beveled boards. Quarto. 224 pages- $575
- $575
Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution (complete in 2 volumes)
[Grant, Anne MacVicar (1755-1838)] Anne MacVicar's father was an officer in the British army during the French and Indian War. As a young child she and her mother came to America to be near her father. Anne spent several formative years in the household of Margarita Schuyler of Albany, New York before returning to Scotland with her family a few years after the war ended. Madame Schuyler is the "American Lady" of the title, and this delightful work paints a charming picture of what is was like to grow up in her household in the middle of the 18th century. She was said to be arbiter of elegance and morals in Albany, and she frequently hosted travelers, British soldiers, Native Americans, and family members. This is a nicely bound set of this important source on colonial New York and American society in general prior to the American Revolution. Ref. HOWES G303; SABIN 28296. Attractive 19th century bindings show slight rubs to extremities, a few scuffs to boards. A lovely, sturdy set. Near fine overall. Marbled paper over boards with leather spines and fore corners. Duodecimos. xii, 322 (2 pp ads) and viii, 344 pages- $863
- $863
The Artistry of Mixing Drinks (Signed)
Meier, Frank A rather scarce original cocktail mixing guide by Frank Meier, legendary bartender at the Ritz Bar in Paris beginning in the 1920s. This copy is signed by Meier on the limitation page preceding the title page. In addition to hundreds of cocktail recipes--many of which Meier himself originated--there is a section on wines, a chapter on "Useful Formulas," a section on horse racing, and several vintage advertisements. Printed with art deco typographical details and ornamental page borders in red. Fully indexed. During World War II Frank Meier aided the French Resistance against the Nazis, even reportedly conveying messages for those plotting the assassinations of Hitler and Goering in 1944. This copy has been professionally resewn and the covers repaired and reattached. Some browning along spine, scattered foxing inside. Very good overall. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 182 pages First edition. This is copy #643 of 700, of a total edition of 1,026 copies.- $2,875
- $2,875
Justice in the Back Room
Raab, Selwyn (b. 1934) This Edgar Award nominee is Raab's exposé on police methods during investigation of the 1963 "Career Girls" murder case in New York City. A confession was coerced from a young African American man named George Whitmore, Jr., who was eventually exonerated and another suspect convicted. This case was cited by the Supreme Court when it issued the guidelines known as the Miranda Rights in 1966. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Slight rubs and abrasions to binding extremities. Jacket has surface rubs and shallow chips at extremities. Binding remains sturdy. Clean and sound copy overall. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 261 pages- $173
- $173
The Wind’s Will (Signed)
Byron, Gilbert (1903-1991) Collection of Gilbert Byron's poems on themes of the Chesapeake Bay, sailing, and more. Inscribed and signed by Byron on front free endpaper, with an additional inscription by Byron on a laid in card. This latter card is signed twice by Byron. Ref. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #1140. Fine in a very good dust jacket.- $403
- $403
A Tribute to John Cage by Nam June Paik (Poster)
PAIK, Nam June Offset mailer poster; 19 x 13 inches (framed, 22 x 16 in.). After attending John Cage's scandalous 1958 concert in Darmstadt, Nam June Paik announced himself a "new man;" 1957 would thus be re-labelled 1 B.C. (Before Cage). After years of mentorship, rivalry, and friendship, Paik assembled this video tribute-featuring Cage performances, interviews with colleagues and friends, and samples from Paik's own Cage-inspired oeuvre. The project having started in 1973, it would air on WNET's Channel Thirteen on November 3, 1976. Faint fold-lines, else near fine; archivally-hinged in white lacquer frame with UV plexiglass.- $850
- $850
DOLORES DEL RÍO (ca. 1928) Oversize portrait by James Manatt
James Manatt [Hollywood, ca 1928]. Vintage original 14 x 11" (36 x 28 cm.) double weight matte finish black-and-white print still photo. With the stamp of James Manatt on verso. Slight tanning to upper left blank margin, overall just about fine. A strong early portrait of Dolores del Río, in a particularly scarce oversize format.- $1,000
- $1,000
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE (1954) Art photo
Universal-International [Universal City, CA: Universal-International, 1954]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, two marginal tears mended with tape on verso, a few marginal pinholes, very good+. An unusual artwork image of the Creature reaching out of the screen in a 3-D projection. Coded #1750-P21.- $500
- $500
CLASH BY NIGHT (1952) Set of 21 photos
RKO Clifford Odets (source) [Hollywood]: RKO Pictures, 1952. Set of twenty-one (21) vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photos. There is one linen-backed keybook photo. Eleven have studio stamps on back, and 5 have printed descriptive text on back. There is some occasional scattered creasing, overall very good or better. Fritz Lang directed Robert Ryan, Barbara Stanwyck and Paul Douglas in this film noir adaptation of Clifford Odets' play about alienated working class people in Monterey, California. (Grant, p. 126) Silver, Ward, Ursini, Porfirio, p. 72: "Its characters -- subtly graded, complex creations that are never wholly one thing or another -- transform the plot's eternal triangle." These photos include a behind-the-scenes image of director Lang with Stanwyck as makeup is being applied. Code numbers: CBN-6, 18, 19, 38, 39, 43, 46, 48, 59, 61, 68, 72, 75, 92, 98, 99, 106, 113, 123, 126 (one photo is uncoded).- $750
- $750
DEAD END (1937) Set of 11 photos
United Artists [Hollywood: United Artists, 1937]. Set of eleven (11) vintage original black-and-white photos, of which 6 are 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) and 5 are borderless 9 3/8 x 7 ½" (24 x 19 cm. Various creases, overall very good- to very good+. William Wyler directed Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Marjorie Main, Allen Jenkins and Claire Trevor in this adaptation of Sidney Kingsley's play, with screenplay by Lillian Hellman. Grant, p. 163:"Gangster Baby Face Martin (Bogart) makes a nostalgic visit to the slums of NYC's East Side where he grew up, but his mother (Main) rejects him, and his old girlfriend (Trevor) is now a whore. He and sidekick Hunk (Jenkins) have a contretemps with Baby Face's childhood rival Dave Connell (McCrea) which escalates until Dave kills the gangster." Code numbers: S.G. 2700-19, 37, 44, 93, 112, 113, 117, 118, 129, 140 (one photo is uncoded)- $500
- $500
NIGHT PEOPLE (Nov 24, 27-28, 1982) Event poster for NYC nightclub The Saint
Michael Thomas (designer) Vintage original 34 x 20" (87 x 51 cm.) poster, only horizontally folded, near fine. Poster from the famous New York gay disco The Saint. The club opened September 30, 1980, and closed in 1988; however, it continued on through a variety of pop-up events which went on and continued into this century. Most of the posters from this period were created during the era of the AIDS crisis. "The Saint was technically and creatively one of the best dance clubs of its era. The circular dance floor at 5,000 sq. ft (460 sq. m) was topped by a perforated planetarium dome 76 ft (23 m) in diameter and 38 ft (12 m) high. In addition to hiding the speakers, the dome served as a spectacular palette for the lighting effects, with a mirrored disco ball lowered into the space. The speaker cabinets were located on, and attached directly to, the outer surface of the dome, creating a very euphonic 'surround sound' effect. The sound system in the club consisted of 500 speakers generating 26,000 watts. In the center of the dance floor was a circular light tree constructed on a hydraulic lift. It contained 1,500 lights and as its centerpiece was a rotating, dual Spitz Space System hemisphere star projector, ten times brighter than those used in planetariums. "Directly underneath the dance-floor level was a large lounge with several juice bars. Beer on tap was sometimes served for free to avoid the licensing oversight of the New York State Liquor Authority. Above and outside the dome was what would become the controversial balcony, where patrons could see down to the dance floor, through the scrim of the dome. It was there that men relaxed and, according to the sexual mores of the times, could indulge in sexual activities. Several times during the year, themed parties such as the Black Party and the White Party attracted celebrities from around the world. These Saint parties are considered by most disco historians to be the precursors to the circuit party. "The nightclub was a success even before it opened. Membership packs with floor plans were distributed and before the club opened, 2,500 memberships had been sold at $150 each for the first 700 members and for $250 for the rest, with a waiting list established. "It was financed in large part by owner Bruce Mailman's other gay venture, the nearby New St. Marks Baths -- a gay mecca at the time. The nightclub's renovation cost $4.5 million, being $2 million over budget ($17 million at 2017 prices). Money was spent repairing the roof, paying six years of back taxes to the city and fitting out the interior. It opened initially as a private membership gay nightclub (returning the idea of a club to 'nightclub'), and set the standard for disco presentation, lighting, sound system, hydraulics and technical support. "However, by the end of its second season, AIDS had begun eating through the fabric of gay life in New York City and began to take a heavy and relentless toll on the Saint's membership. Change came quickly: membership costs were lowered and the season extended into the summer so that the club was open almost all year round. By its seventh season, membership costs had fallen to $50. It also opened weekly for a straight crowd. Furthermore, by 1985, the Black Party performers were for the first time required to perform safe sex. By 1987, the performance emphasized masturbation, phone sex and mud wrestling, all a far cry from the club's early days which, on one celebrated occasion, a boa constrictor was used as a prop." (Wikipedia) Poster designed by Michael Thomas.- $300
- $300
NO WAY OUT (UOMO BIANCO TU VIVRAI!) (1950; 1968 2nd Italian release) Italian foglio poster
Cormons Film Rome: Cormons Film, 1968. Vintage original 37 x 25" (94 x 64 cm.) foglio poster, Italy. Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier; dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Cormons Film. Italian foglio poster for its second release in 1968. Folded, very good+.- $125
- $125
LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE, THE ft. Robey live (Apr 6, 1985) Event poster for the Saint nightclub
Sharon Sprung (artist) Vintage original 28 x 20" (71 x 51 cm.) poster, folded, near fine. Featuring Robey live performing "Last Night in Bangkok" from Chess. Poster from the famous New York gay disco The Saint. The club opened September 30, 1980, and closed in 1988; however, it continued on through a variety of pop-up events which went on and continued into this century. Most of the posters from this period were created during the era of the AIDS crisis. "The Saint was technically and creatively one of the best dance clubs of its era. The circular dance floor at 5,000 sq. ft (460 sq. m) was topped by a perforated planetarium dome 76 ft (23 m) in diameter and 38 ft (12 m) high. In addition to hiding the speakers, the dome served as a spectacular palette for the lighting effects, with a mirrored disco ball lowered into the space. The speaker cabinets were located on, and attached directly to, the outer surface of the dome, creating a very euphonic 'surround sound' effect. The sound system in the club consisted of 500 speakers generating 26,000 watts. In the center of the dance floor was a circular light tree constructed on a hydraulic lift. It contained 1,500 lights and as its centerpiece was a rotating, dual Spitz Space System hemisphere star projector, ten times brighter than those used in planetariums. "Directly underneath the dance-floor level was a large lounge with several juice bars. Beer on tap was sometimes served for free to avoid the licensing oversight of the New York State Liquor Authority. Above and outside the dome was what would become the controversial balcony, where patrons could see down to the dance floor, through the scrim of the dome. It was there that men relaxed and, according to the sexual mores of the times, could indulge in sexual activities. Several times during the year, themed parties such as the Black Party and the White Party attracted celebrities from around the world. These Saint parties are considered by most disco historians to be the precursors to the circuit party. "The nightclub was a success even before it opened. Membership packs with floor plans were distributed and before the club opened, 2,500 memberships had been sold at $150 each for the first 700 members and for $250 for the rest, with a waiting list established. "It was financed in large part by owner Bruce Mailman's other gay venture, the nearby New St. Marks Baths -- a gay mecca at the time. The nightclub's renovation cost $4.5 million, being $2 million over budget ($17 million at 2017 prices). Money was spent repairing the roof, paying six years of back taxes to the city and fitting out the interior. It opened initially as a private membership gay nightclub (returning the idea of a club to 'nightclub'), and set the standard for disco presentation, lighting, sound system, hydraulics and technical support. "However, by the end of its second season, AIDS had begun eating through the fabric of gay life in New York City and began to take a heavy and relentless toll on the Saint's membership. Change came quickly: membership costs were lowered and the season extended into the summer so that the club was open almost all year round. By its seventh season, membership costs had fallen to $50. It also opened weekly for a straight crowd. Furthermore, by 1985, the Black Party performers were for the first time required to perform safe sex. By 1987, the performance emphasized masturbation, phone sex and mud wrestling, all a far cry from the club's early days which, on one celebrated occasion, a boa constrictor was used as a prop." (Wikipedia) Poster artwork by Sharon Sprung.- $200
- $200
NIGHT PEOPLE (Nov 26-27, 1983) Event poster for NYC nightclub The Saint
Michael Thomas (designer) Vintage original 28 x 20" (71 x 51 cm.) poster, folded, near fine. Featuring George Hearn live singing "I Am What I Am". Poster from the famous New York gay disco The Saint. The club opened September 30, 1980, and closed in 1988; however, it continued on through a variety of pop-up events which went on and continued into this century. Most of the posters from this period were created during the era of the AIDS crisis. "The Saint was technically and creatively one of the best dance clubs of its era. The circular dance floor at 5,000 sq. ft (460 sq. m) was topped by a perforated planetarium dome 76 ft (23 m) in diameter and 38 ft (12 m) high. In addition to hiding the speakers, the dome served as a spectacular palette for the lighting effects, with a mirrored disco ball lowered into the space. The speaker cabinets were located on, and attached directly to, the outer surface of the dome, creating a very euphonic 'surround sound' effect. The sound system in the club consisted of 500 speakers generating 26,000 watts. In the center of the dance floor was a circular light tree constructed on a hydraulic lift. It contained 1,500 lights and as its centerpiece was a rotating, dual Spitz Space System hemisphere star projector, ten times brighter than those used in planetariums. "Directly underneath the dance-floor level was a large lounge with several juice bars. Beer on tap was sometimes served for free to avoid the licensing oversight of the New York State Liquor Authority. Above and outside the dome was what would become the controversial balcony, where patrons could see down to the dance floor, through the scrim of the dome. It was there that men relaxed and, according to the sexual mores of the times, could indulge in sexual activities. Several times during the year, themed parties such as the Black Party and the White Party attracted celebrities from around the world. These Saint parties are considered by most disco historians to be the precursors to the circuit party. "The nightclub was a success even before it opened. Membership packs with floor plans were distributed and before the club opened, 2,500 memberships had been sold at $150 each for the first 700 members and for $250 for the rest, with a waiting list established. "It was financed in large part by owner Bruce Mailman's other gay venture, the nearby New St. Marks Baths -- a gay mecca at the time. The nightclub's renovation cost $4.5 million, being $2 million over budget ($17 million at 2017 prices). Money was spent repairing the roof, paying six years of back taxes to the city and fitting out the interior. It opened initially as a private membership gay nightclub (returning the idea of a club to 'nightclub'), and set the standard for disco presentation, lighting, sound system, hydraulics and technical support. "However, by the end of its second season, AIDS had begun eating through the fabric of gay life in New York City and began to take a heavy and relentless toll on the Saint's membership. Change came quickly: membership costs were lowered and the season extended into the summer so that the club was open almost all year round. By its seventh season, membership costs had fallen to $50. It also opened weekly for a straight crowd. Furthermore, by 1985, the Black Party performers were for the first time required to perform safe sex. By 1987, the performance emphasized masturbation, phone sex and mud wrestling, all a far cry from the club's early days which, on one celebrated occasion, a boa constrictor was used as a prop." (Wikipedia) Poster designed by Michael Thomas.- $150
- $150
JE T’AIME MOI NON PLUS (I LOVE YOU, I DON’T) (1976) Set of 6 French color photos
AMLF [Paris: AMLF, 1976] Set of six (6) vintage original 15 3/4 x 19 3/4" (40 x 50 cm.) French color photos. Title affixed at edges in paper snipes, light vertical fold lines on some, occasional small tape stains and minor surface abrasions, generally very good-. Serge Gainsbourg directed this film, starring Joe Dallesandro, Jane Birkin and Hughes Quester, about a gay trucker (Dallesandro) who has a boyfriend but gets involved with a very boyish-looking waitress (Birkin).- $300
- $300
KING VIDOR | HALLELUJAH (1929) BTS photo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer King Vidor directing on location for the 1929 pre-Code MGM musical HALLELUJAH. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, USA. Small marginal tear in middle blank left margin, just about fine. In this rare behind-the-scenes image, director King Vidor stands with lead actor Daniel Haynes to his right and camera operators at front of the shot, all knee deep in the swamp. Photo coded "394-X32".- $1,000
- $1,000
BIGGER SPLASH, A (1974) UK quad poster
Lagoon Associates [London]: Lagoon Associates Productions, [1974]. Vintage original 30 x 40" (75 x 100 cm.) British quad poster. Conserved on linen, poster appears to have never been folded, just about fine or better. Jack Hazan directed this semi-documentary about painter David Hockney, a film which portrays him creating an important painting while in the midst of a long-term relationship with his then-boyfriend.- $800
- $800
Souvenirs of D’Arros and Gaeta
TWOMBLY, Cy First Edition. Quarto. Number 486 of 1000 press-numbered copies. A lovely collection of Twombly's drawings created on the island of D'Arros (Seychelles) and in Gaeta (Italy) in 1990. This copy INSCRIBED by the Swiss art dealer Doris Ammann to a museum curator; in an accompanying note, Doris thanks the curator for a visit that was also attended by Twombly. Fine in a fine French-folded jacket. An exemplary copy.- $1,500
- $1,500
Herbert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool
WOOL, Christopher, Albert Oehlen, and Herbert Brandl First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue for an exhibition of work by Herbert Brandl, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool, held at the Prague Castle Riding Hall from September 8 through November 6, 1994. Illustrated with color plates throughout. Text in English, German, and Czech. Minor fraying to jacket and bump to top of spine, else near fine in plain wrappers with jacket.- $300
- $300
![[Album with unique panoramic photographs of Zanzibar and Madagascar].[Zanzibar](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31503828019.jpg)
[Album with unique panoramic photographs of Zanzibar and Madagascar].[Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mayette, 1900]. Oblong album (25 x 34 cm) with 47 silver gelatin photographic prints, many with handwritten captions in French. The photographs vary in size from 8 x 5.5 cm to 27 x 20.5 cm. The 30 panorama photographs measure 5.5 x 17.5 cm. Brown cloth album made by M. Andouard in Paris, decorated endpapers.
[PHOTOGRAPHY - ZANZIBAR - MADAGASCAR - MAYOTTE]. 10, [10 blank] ll.A unique set of views from Zanzibar and Madagascar, taken five years after the French military intervention of 1894/95, also called the Second Madagascar expedition. The unidentified photographer can be seen in three of the photographs, wearing a white coat and white pith sun helmet, being the French tropical style as used by white colonial troops since 1878, suggesting the photographers connection with the French colonial army. His travel partner is occasionally shown as well. Their visit took place during the final years of the notorious slave trading activities of Tippu Tip (1837-1905) in Zanzibar.The photo album opens with a portrait of a young Sakalavan woman in a beautiful dress. Three other photographs show other native women as well, including one family with a baby. The majority of the photographs are panoramic views, showing villages, harbours, coasts and landscapes, the first dated 28 November 1900. The only full-page photograph in the album shows an Arab caravan marching along the beach. Rare are the few photographs taken in Mayotte, giving some highly uncommon scenes of the island nation's pre-development era.Binding somewhat scratched, spine slightly worn. The front endleaf clipped. Only a few photographs slightly faded: in very good condition.- $4,965
- $4,965
Surface sediments of the Persian Gulf near the Qatar Peninsula.The Hague, Mouton & co., 1957. Large 8vo. With 8 leaves with reproductions of (microscopic) photographs, 8 loosely inserted folding tables and maps, , a loose leaf with theses in Dutch and Houbolt’s business card. Original publisher’s black cloth.
HOUBOLT, Jacob Jozef Herman Christiaan. 113, [1 blank], [8] pp.First edition of a thesis on sediment samples of the Arabian Gulf, by the Dutch Jacob Jozef Herman Christiaan Houbolt. He mentions in his preface that the samples were "collected as a sideline of operational activities in the marine concession of Shell Company of Qatar". Houbolt describes the climate and topography of the Arabian Gulf, the relief sea bottom in the Arabian Gulf, his methods of investigation, the composition of the sediment, and his results.With a small stain on the back board and some minor foxing to the endpapers, the loose leaf with Dutch theses and to two of the folding tables. Otherwise in very good condition.l Clarke, Change and development in the Middle East, p. 186.- $717
- $717
Symbola heroica. M. Claudii Paradini, beliiocensis canonici et D. Gabrielis Symeonis. Multo, quàm antea, fideliùs de Gallica lingua in Latinam conversa.Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1583. 12mo. With 216 woodcut illustrations in text, namely 179 for Paradin and 37 for Simeon. 19th-century gold-tooled red morocco, gilt edges; bound by Thompson.
PARADIN, Claude and Gabriel SYMEON. 319, [1 blank] pp.Fourth edition (third edition printed by Plantin) of the Latin translation of the emblem books by Claude Paradin (1510-1573) and Gabriel Symeon (1509-1575). "The generalist collections of devices of Paradin and Simeoni, for example, which were first published in the 1550's, enjoyed enduring popularity throughout the second half of the sixteenth century, and this lasted well into the seventeenth century also ." (Saunders). Paradin and Symeon each published a very popular emblem book, both written in French, which Plantin combined and published in both the original French and in Latin translation. The present edition was translated by Johannes Gubernator. Each woodcut is accompanied by a motto, followed by an explanation.With a small restoration to the foot of the title-page and some spots to the title-page and last blank, otherwise in good condition. Binding with some minor wear along the extremities, but otherwise very good.l Landwehr, Emblem books Low Countries 470; Praz, p. 445; Voet 1954.- $3,862
- $3,862
Piscium serpentum insectorum aliorumque nonnullorum animalium nec non plantarum quarundam imagines . | Die Abbildungen verschiedener Fische, Schlangen, Insecten, einiger andern Thiere, und Pflanzen.Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann, 1750. Folio. With 42 hand-coloured copperplate engravings (34.5 x 25 cm). Early nineteenth-century period-style half leather binding with marbled boards, title in gold-tooling to board in gilt lettering.
CATESBY, Mark, Nicolaus Friederich EISENBERGER and Georg LICHTENSTEGER. [2], 42, [84] pp.An unusually fresh copy, with its splendidly hand-coloured engraved plates, of one of the most remarkable works on fishes and reptiles of the New World before Audubon. Its author, Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was exceptionally skilled in distinguishing various species of animals. He seldom depicted or named animals that were not later recognized as valid species by specialists, which is a much better track record than nearly every other naturalist who has worked in North America to this day. Catesby was truly a gifted and meticulous observer of nature. Many of the fish plates and nearly all of the other plates include plants, which are also described in the parallel Latin and German text. This first German edition was published irregularly in parts between 1750 and 1757. This may explain why the number of plates varies per copy, see Nissen ZBI. The present copy contains 42 hand-coloured copperplate engravings, 31 of them showing fishes, followed by 6 plates of crustaceans, 3 of turtles and two of snakes.The present volume is the crowning outcome of his work in the New World. For the following two decades, Catesby dedicated his time to preparing and publishing his Natural History. The publication was funded by subscriptions from his "Encouragers," as well as an interest-free loan from a fellow of the Royal Society. Catesby taught himself how to etch the copper plates used in the publication. He completed the first part of the publication in May 1729. The following two volumes appeared until 1747, when Catesby produced a supplement to the publication using material sent to him by friends in America. While not all of the plates in Natural History are by Catesby, several, such as the famous image of Magnolia grandiflora, were created by Georg Ehret. Catesby's original preparatory drawings for the Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands are currently held in the Royal Library and Windsor Castle.Light wear to spine and boards and a small paper repair to title page, not affecting the text. Otherwise in very good condition.l Alden & Landis, 750/51; Hunt, 485; JCB, 925; Nissen ZBI, 846; Nissen Schöne Fischbücher, 39; Sabin, 11512, 11515, 22090; VD18 10061614.- $32,548
- $32,548
![Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum principis.[Colophon:] Rome](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31488325237-600x803.jpg)
Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum principis.[Colophon:] Rome, B[ernardino] V[eneta de’ Vitali], [ca. 1520/22?]. Folio. With a full-page woodcut portrait of Skanderbeg (25.5 x 16.5 cm), a 4-piece woodcut frame on the title-page and 11 woodcut decorated initials from 5 series, many pictorial and the largest with a portrait. 17th-century Italian? sheepskin parchment.
BARLETI, Marin. [4], CLIX, [1] ll.First edition of a famous biography of the national hero of Albania, Georg Kastriota or Castriota, known as Skanderbeg (1405-1468), by the only Albanian historian before the nineteenth century, Marin Barleti or Marinus Barletius (Shkodra ca. 1450 - Rome 1512), an historian, author and priest from Skhodra. Skanderbeg became a national hero in Albania as the national leader in the struggle with and wars against the Ottoman Empire, fighting for Albanian independence. The books Latin title refers to the region using the name of the ancient kingdom Epirus in what is now south Albania.Skanderbeg was born into an Albanian noble family, but as a young boy in 1415 and again as a young man in 1423 he was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman Sultans, Murad I and II respectively, in Constantinople, where he converted to Islam and took the name Iskender (Skanderbeg is derived from that name). In the 1440's Murad II sent Skanderbeg with the Ottoman army to his native Albania. Once there, he left the Turkish army in November 1443 and abandoned the Sultan to become the leader - and hero - of the struggle for Albanian independence, rebelling against the Ottomans and leading a successful military campaign that expelled them from Albania. He managed to maintain Albania's independence for 25 years, but after his death the country fell back under Ottoman control. Barleti's work highlights Skanderbeg's influence on the political landscape of Albania, the Balkan peninsula and Europe. The double-headed eagle in the left woodcut of the frame on the title-page may allude to Skanderbegs Castriota family coat of arms. Barletis name does not appear on the title-page but does in the detailed table of contents and preface. The book includes a woodcut portrait of Skanderbeg and was published at Rome, the colophon noting that it was printed there by "B.V.", meaning the Venetian printer Bernardino de Vitali, who appeared in at least four Roman imprints as well, though based primarily in Venice. The book gained widespread popularity throughout Europe and was translated into several languages, serving as the basis for other works about Scanderbeg's life, such as Jacques de Lavardin's Histoire de Georges Castriot surnomme Scanderbeg, Roy d'Albanie, published in France in 1576 and reprinted in numerous editions. Barletis work remains the basis for all research on Skanderbeg and for the Skanderbeg cult that played such an important role in the awakening of Albanian nationalism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Barleti is best known for his present biography of Skanderbeg, but the date of its printing remains uncertain. Little is known of Barletis life: he was still living in Shkodra during its 1477-1478 siege by the Ottoman Empire. In 1479 he went to Italy to study history. In 1504 he published his history of the siege of Shkodra (De obsidione Scodrensi), printed in Venice by Bernardino de' Vitali or Vitalibus, the "B.V." named as printer at Rome in the colophon of the present biography: "Impressum Romae per B.V.". De Vitali had set up in Venice by early 1495 and continued there to 1539. He had at least four Roman imprints, the present one undated and the others in 1507, 1508 and 1522, though he remained active in Venice during these years as well. The present book has usually been dated ca. 1508/10, but Norton argues that its printing materials suggest a date after 1515, perhaps in 1520 or 1522. The two USTC descriptions appear to describe a single edition and should probably be merged.With a manuscript note on the front board "3971" in brown ink and a few marginal notes. With the bookplate of Jean Michel Cantacuzène (b. 1933), Romanian-born industrial chemist, professor and government advisor in France, on the front paste-down. The binding shows very slight signs of wear, internally only occasionally lightly stained without affecting the text. Overall in very good condition.l Adams B216; EDIT16, CNCE 4233; Fan Stylian Noli, George Scanderbec (New York 1947); GW, III 409a; ISTC, ib00128800; Mortimer, Italian books I, 43 (illustrating the portrait); Norton, Italian printers 1501-1520, pp. 103-104 & 160; Petrovitch, Scanderbec (Georges Castriota), Essai de bibliogr. raisonnée (1881; repr. 1967), p. 3-5; Pellechet, 1848; Sander I, 780 and VI, pl. 794; Sinker, 214; USTC 997244 & 812332; WorldCat 645065473.- $27,583
- $27,583
![[Autograph letter from Dumont D'Urville to Pierre Adolphe Lesson].Paris](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/31488323483-600x588.jpg)
[Autograph letter from Dumont D’Urville to Pierre Adolphe Lesson].Paris, 19 September 1829. 13 x 10.2 cm.With:(2) DUMONT D’URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César. [Autograph letter from Dumont D’Urville to Mr. Rousset].Paris, 14 December 1841. 21 x 13 cm.(3) [DUMONT D’URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César]. [Autograph note by Dumont D’Urville].[France?, first half of the 19th century?]. 8 x 10 cm.Written in French, in a neat early 19th century cursive in brown ink. Folded.
[MANUSCRIPT LETTERS]. DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César. Ad 1: [1], [2 blank], [1]; ad 2: [1], [2 blank], [1]; ad 3: [1], [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: Autograph letter, signed, by the great French explorer Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville (1890-1842) written a half year after he returned from his famous second journey of exploration with the ship Astrolabe from 22 April 1826 to 25 March 1829. This important voyage was one in a great series undertaken by the French government in the early 19th century for scientific and political purposes. Its intention was to gain additional information about the principal groups of islands in the Pacific. DUrvilles ship, the Astrolabe sailed south, around the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived in Port Jackson. It proceeded to New Zealand, surveying its coasts, especially the southern part of Cook Strait, with great care. D'Urville explored Tonga and parts of the Fiji Archipelago, then New Britain, New Guinea, Amboina, Tasmania, Vanikoro (where they foun remnants of La Perouses ship, also called Astrolabe, lost in 1788), Guam and Java. They returned home via Mauritius and the Cape. Huge amounts of scientific materials were collected and published in the well-known and magnificent series of dUrvilles Voyage de la Corvette lAstrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1829 (Paris, J. Tastu. 1830-1834) in 13 text and 5 atlas volumes. The botanical part was written by Pierre Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888), a botanist who had joined the expedition and had also served as surgeon on the Astrolabe. In the letter dUrville invites Lesson to attend a meeting organized by General De Maethou (? or Mackau?) on Monday 21 September 1829 for the officers of the Astrolabe.Ad 2: Autograph letter, signed, by Jules Sébastien César Dumont dUrville, written a few months before his death. He died together with his family in a well-known train accident on their way back from Versailles to Paris. He invites "in the name of his wife" the pharmacist Rousset to a dinner for 19 participants of "our last voyage" (Rousset apparently was the pharmacist on the voyage), to be given on 16 December at 5 o'clock. This "last voyage" was the second voyage with the Astrolabe, an expedition ordered by King Louis Philippe to the South Pole to claim it for France. If that would be not possible Dumont d'Urville was asked to equal the most southernly latitude achieved in 1823 by James Weddell. Thus, France became part of the international competition for polar exploration. Two ships, the Astrolabe and the Zélée were prepared and they sailed from Toulon on 7 September 1837. They reached the South Orkney Islands via the Strait of Magellan. Due to the cold and thick ice, the conditions on board rapidly deteriorated and Dumont dUrville had to return to Chili in March 1838. After a second attempt to reach the South Pole, the expedition turned to the north and via Hobart and the Auckland Islands the two vessels returned to Toulon on 6 November 1840. On his return, Dumont dUrville was promoted to rear Admiral and took over the writing of the report of the expedition, which was published with the title Voyage au pole sud et dans locéanie 1837-1840 (Paris, 1841-1854).Ad 3: Note written by Dumont dUrville, apparently as the caption to "Plate 73" of one of his works. The plate would contain (copies of) 3 views from other works: (1) Sauvage de lile Mangea (from Cook p. 151, pl. 11); (2) Moraï abandonné sur lile Malden (from Georg Anson Byron, Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in 1824-1825 (London 1826); (3) Massacre des français à Maouna (engraving of the death of Commander Fleuriot Angle and 12 men in 1788 on the island of Maoua during the expedition of La Pérouse in the Pacific, 1785-1788).Ads 1 and 3 with some later pencil inscriptions. The leaves are slightly browned and show faint folding lines. Ad 1: with some postal ink stamps and other markings from having been sent, with a small defect to one of the corners of the leaf from where the letter was sealed, and subsequently opened by the addressee. Ad 2 with remnants of a seal and a small defect to the leaf from where the letter was sealed, and subsequently opened by the addressee. Otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: Anker 410; Hill 504; Nissen (BBI) 555; Nissen (IVB) 752; Claude Stefani, "Pierre-Adolphe Lesson un acteur et témoin méconnu de lexploration du Pacifique ", in: Actes du colleque Lapérouse et les explorateurs du Pacifique (1760-1840) (2008); for the author: Howgego 1800-1850, D34.- $6,620
- $6,620
La perspective curieuse du reverend P. Niceron. Minime divisee en quatre livres. Loptique et la catoptrique du R. P. Mersenne du meseme ordre, mise en lumiere aprés la mort de lautheur. Oeuvre tres-utile aux peintres, architects, sculpteurs graveurs, & à tous autres qui se meslent du dessein.Paris, Jean du Puis, 1663.Including: MERSENNE, Marin. L’optique et la catoptrique du reverend Pere Mersenne minime. Novvellement mise en lumiere, aprés lar mort de lautheur. Paris, the widow of F. Langlois, 1651.2 works in 1 volume. Folio. With a (partially) folded full page engraved portrait of the author as a frontispiece, an engraved title-page, a large woodcut vignette on the title-page, 50 full page engraved plates (including 1 folding), all numbered in a decorative banner in the plate.Contemporary or near contemporary (late 17th or early 18th century) brown calf.
NICERON, Jean-François. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [8], 191, [1]; [1], [1 blank], [10], 134, [2 blank] pp.Jean-François Niceron (1613-1646) was a multi-talented individual who excelled in mathematics, painting and engraving, and a member of the scholarly order of the Minimes. He had a keen interest in optics and made significant contributions to this field. Niceron's Perspective, his most famous work today, is a practical publication that resulted from his extensive study of perspective theory. He observed that the illustrations in earlier treatises on this subject were often flawed and that the accompanying texts were too complicated for readers without prior knowledge. Niceron's intention in writing his book was to create an easily understandable treatise on perspective that could benefit a wide range of professionals, including painters, architects, sculptors, engineers and anyone involved in drawing. He believed that the principles of perspective could be explained through methods based on natural observation, such as taking geometric measurements from the human body.Mersenne was considered one of the foremost geometricians of the 17th century and maintained relationships with some of the leading scholars of Europe, including Galileo, as a correspondent and intermediary. He also developed principles related to the telescope and reflection well before Gregory and Newton wrote about them. In 1640, Mersenne embarked on a scientific journey to southern France and Italy, followed by a second trip to Italy in 1641, and a third in 1644-1645. His Optique, consists of 31 propositions published in French, rather than Latin, with a focus on practical application, although it likely held less value than Niceron's Perspective, with which it was paired. The Catoptrique consists of 16 propositions, refers to the study of reflections, reflecting surfaces, and mirrors in optics.With an owner's inscription on the front paste-down "N. Krogstius[?] No 3" and four manuscript annotations - referring to the number of the corresponding plate or elaborating on the text - in the margins of pp. 97, 98, 157 and 167, one in ink and three in pencil. The binding shows signs of wear, front hinge cracked, small worm holes in the boards. Some (near) contemporary waste paper visible in the gutters of the first and last flyleaves showing a cursive manuscript text in brown ink. The leaves are cut slightly short, barely affecting any text, slightly browned throughout (varying from quire to quire). Plates 49 and 50 are bound upside down and thus placing plate 49 after plate 50. Otherwise in good condition.l Caillet, 7972; Cicognara, 849 (1638 edition); DSB, X, pp. 103; Hofer, Baroque book illustration, 41; The Millard architectural collection, French 124.- $4,358
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Opera omnia medico-practica, et anatomica. Editio septima.Lugduni [= Lyon], Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1710. 4to. With 3 engraved plates, including the famous one showing two tarantulas, 3 woodcut illustrations in the text, numerous woodcut decorated initials, some headpieces built up from typographic ornaments and some floral woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary brown sprinkled calf.
BAGLIVI, Giorgio. [6], XXXIX, [11], 854, [2] pp.New quarto edition of the complete works of the famous Italian physician, Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707). Contains in particular his dissertation illustrated with a plate on "The anatomy, the bite and the effects of the tarantula", published in 1696. Baglivi studied the anatomy of the tarantula, its habitat, the nature of its poison and the effects it had on humans and other animals. He took the analysis of these elements as an opportunity to describe the region where most cases of tarantula bites were recorded, Puglia, and the benefits of the - apparently - most effective therapy to cure these bites: music.Giorgio Baglivi, born in Ragusa and died in Rome, was the doctor of Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI. The latter appointed him a position as the professor of surgery and anatomy at the College of Sapience in Rome. He formulated a doctrine which rehabilitated the role of the solid parts of the human body (of their contractile properties and of the vital forces which animate them), whereas following Paracelsus and Jan Baptist van Helmont, exclusive importance was attached to liquids. Recognized therefore as a leader of the "solidists", he became a member of the Royal Society in 1698. The first edition of Baglivi's complete works published in Lyon dates from 1704. They were later, in 1788, reprinted by Philippe Pinel in Paris. The present work also includes a text by Giovanni Domenico Santorini (1681-1737), an Italian anatomist best known for his dissections of the human body.The spine is cracked and the hinges are somewhat weakened. Somewhat water-stained throughout, some wormholes in the head margin of the first 100 pages, not affecting the text, the title-page is slightly damaged, not affecting the text. Lacking the frontispiece (the portrait of the author).l Blake, 18th-century printed books in the NLM, p. 27; cf. Castiglioni, A history of medicine, pp. 539, 548; (1704 Lyon ed.) Garrison & Morton 68; (1714 Lyon ed.) Wellcome, vol II, p. 85.- $1,931
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I quattro libri dell’architettura di Andrea Palladio. Ne’ quali, dopo un breve trattato de’ cinque ordini, et di quelli avertimenti che sono piu necessari nel fabricare; si tratta delle case private, delle vie, de i ponti, delle piazze, de i xisti, et de’ tempii.Venice, Bartolomeo Carampello, 1581. Folio. 4 volumes bound as 1. With 4 title-pages, each with the same richly decorated woodcut architectural frame, more than 200 woodcut illustrations, Carampellos woodcut device, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials.
PALLADIO, Andrea. 67, [1 blank], 78, [2 blank], 46, [1], [1 blank], 133, [1], [2 blank] pp.Second edition of a one of the most influential texts on Renaissance architecture, first published (with the same woodcuts) in 1570. It is divided into four books that cover a range of topics, including: the choice of materials, construction techniques and the various architectural orders; a series of architectural projects by Andrea Palladio, including city palaces, villas and other buildings; the construction of streets, bridges, squares and basilicas; and surveys of ancient Roman buildings. This work secured Palladios as once of the most influential sources for Western architecture, his works being valued for their high Renaissance calm and harmony. The elements of Italian Renaissance architecture had already been used by other architects before Palladio, but his innovative refinements created his own new and distinctive style.The first book of his present four books of architecture, dedicated to Giacomo Angarano, discusses the selection of materials, construction techniques, and different architectural orders, including the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. It also illustrates various architectural elements, such as bases, columns, architraves, arches, capitals, entablatures, vaulted ceilings, floors, doors, windows, fireplaces, roofs and stairs. The second book features a collection of architectural projects by Palladio, including city palaces, villas (13 were completed according to the project and others partially completed or unfinished), and other unaccomplished projects. The third book, dedicated to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, describes the construction of straight stone-paved streets, wooden and stone bridges, ancient squares built by the Greeks and Romans, and basilicas, including the basilica designed by Vitruvius in Fano and the Palladian Basilica in Vicenza. The fourth book includes surveys of ancient Roman buildings, among them rectangular temples in various locations, a rectangular Roman basilica, and various central temples or basilicas in Rome and nearby areas.Palladios lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook (PMM, p. 55). Thomas Jefferson, a fan of Palladio, referred to this text as "the Bible" of architecture and used it as a reference when designing his own Monticello residence in a neo-Palladian style. The impact of this text on architectural style around the world is said to be even greater than the influence of Palladio's actual buildings.Text and illustrations in very good condition; binding somewhat worn, with cracks at the head and foot of the hinges, but still good.l Adams P101; BAL 2384; Berlin Kat. 2594; Cicognara 595; EDIT16 23738; Fowler 213; Millard IV 66; PMM 92; RIBA 2384; Schlosser 377; USTC 846303; WorldCat 939437982.- $8,275
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Grammar of the Sindhí language.[Bombay/Mumbai], Government Gazette Press, F.D. Ramos printer, 1836. Small folio. With 9 lithographic pages showing alphabets in Multani, Khudabadi (with additional sample texts) and Devanagari scripts. The letterpress text is set in roman and italic types, with Sindhi words also transcribed in a nastaliq Arabic type. This copy has an (extra-added?) large folding lithographic map (34 x 43 cm; outer border 31.5 x 38 cm) covering most of what is now Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and parts of Azerbaijan, India and other surrounding regions. Contemporary black half sheepskin.
[WATHEN, William Henry]. [6], "70" [= 74 including or 64 excluding the lithographic leaves], [32] pp.Rare first and only edition of the first English grammar of the Sindhi language, the principal language of the province of Sindh in Pakistan, but also spoken by a large Sindhi minority elsewhere in Pakistan and neighbouring parts of India. In addition to the standard elements of grammar it includes handy phrases and dialogues with translations from Sindhi to English and English to Sindhi, and extensive vocabularies also translating in both directions, with an emphasis on commercial transactions. Although the book nowhere mentions the authors name, he has been identified as William Henry Wathen (1794/95-1866), chief secretary to the British government at Mumbai (Bombay) and a member of the Mumbai branch of the Royale Asiatic Society since 1821.The lithographic pages include 32-character "alphabets" (to some degree syllabaries) of the "Multànì" or "Saràì" (Multani) and the "Khudàwàdì" (Khudabadi) script, each character with the Devanagari equivalent below and a transcription in the English pointed-pen script next to the Devanagari. These parts are especially interesting because the British government largely ended the use of these scripts by supporting the use of Arabic scripts for Sindhi in 1853, so they are generally omitted in later grammars. The folding lithographic map has no title or imprint, but appears to be contemporary. It gives toponyms in English, has a scale of 100 English miles (= 18 mm, giving a scale of about 1:90,000). It covers about 20-42° north latitude and 46-81° (at the head) or 49-78° (at the foot) east longitude.With the name(?) "Ali Morad" or "Alimorad" and the letter "M" oddly but skilfully lettered in roman capitals in the fore-edge margin of p. 1, and two owners inscriptions on the title-page: "[Thomas] M[owbray] Baumgartner|lieut[enant] 83d Reg[imen]t|Kurrachee[?] [= Karachi] 1851" (also on the back paste-down: "Kuuachee[!] - 1850") and "Alex R Bagley[?]|8th Kings Reg[imen]t." (this regiment fought against the 1857 Indian Rebellion). Baumgartner (1824-1915) served in the military from 1845 to 1895, finally attaining the rank of General. He spent much of his career in Mumbai (Bombay) but was in Karachi with his regiment when he inscribed this book and also fought against the 1857 Indian Rebellion. With contemporary and/or near contemporary manuscript corrections and annotations in ink and possibly later pencilled notes. With some small ink spots (mostly in the foot margin of the last page of the English-Sindhi vocabulary), some foxing and browning (slight except in 4 leaves), an occasional small stain and a marginal hole restored in the first three leaves. The binding is somewhat worn at the extremities and the marbled paper shows some abrasions, but is well-preserved between them. Overall in good condition.l WorldCat 46428052, 504661009, 1128388097 (9 copies?).- $13,791
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