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A Journal of Occurrences at the Temple, during the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of France. By M. Cléry, the King’s Valet-de-Chambre. Translated from the original Manuscript by R. C. Dallas, Esq.
FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 200 x 122 mms., pp. [iv], 235 [236 directions for plates], with adverts on verso of half-title, engraved plate before first page of text, another engraved plate between pages 98 and 99, and ms. facsimile at end of text, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, red leather label (both rather faded), possibly rebacked with old spine laid down; some foxing to the first few and last few leaves, but nonetheless a very good copy indeed. Jean-Baptiste Cléry (1759-1809) had close access to Louis XVI, King of France, as his valet, holding that position most crucially during the period of the king's imprisonment in the Temple: the king "was arrested on 25 September 1793," and later "avoided the fate of the guillotine," only to be "freed on 27 July 1794" (Wikipedia). Cléry's journal of this time, popular when printed, gained him a knighthood. Cléry was also an heir of the king, as in his will Louis XVI bequeathed him "my clothes, my books, my watch, my purse, and all other small effects which have been deposited with the council of the commune" (ibid.). The provenance of this copy of Cléry's Journal of Occurrences at the Temple (1798) is remarkable. The neat contemporary inscription on the title-page reads, "Bridget Atkinson / Temple Sowerby". This is Bridget Atkinson (1732-1814) of Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, in the north of England. A pioneering conchologist, Atkinson was the first woman to be elected an honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Moreover, she was the first person of any kind to be elected an honorary member of the society, and was so elected in 1813 at the inaugural meeting of the society, according to the excellent and beautifully-illustrated webpage "Bridget Atkinson, Georgian Shell Collector" on the English Heritage website. Rightly known for her collecting of shells, Bridget Atkinson is also known for her wide learning, and incessant curiosity. The English Heritage site illustrates one book known from her library, The British Housewife, which shows her neat signature atop the title-page, as with the Cléry item on offer, but the Cléry volume dovetails with her more intellectual, more political, and more international interests than her copy of The British Housewife. Her internationalism is thematized on the English Heritage site in the section headed "An Intercontinental Network", where her wide contacts for conchological research are outlined: Atkinson "never left Britain, and rarely left the county of Cumbria, but her family and friends travelled across continents and sent her shells by ship, carriage and cart " (ibid.). Atkinson's "receipt book", with hundreds of recipes for culinary and medicinal purposes, also survives, written in 1806 "for her eldest child, Dorothy Clayton, who lived at Chesters in Northumberland" (ibid.). Bridget Atkinson has been in the news during March 2024, because several hundred specimens from her shell collection, including some from an expedition of Captain Cook, were recently rediscovered, and are to be exhibited shortly. As the newspaper The Guardian noted, "Tom White, the principal curator of non-insect invertebrates at the Natural History Museum, has been helping the project. He said the collection contained numerous rare species and described Atkinson as 'one of the earliest known women to have amassed a scientifically significant shell collection from around the world' " (Mark Brown, "Shells from Captain Cook's Final Voyage Saved from Skip," The Guardian, March 12, 2024). Tracing names and dates given on the English Heritage site, it would seem likely that Bridget Atkinson's copy of Cléry's Journal was passed down from Atkinson to her youngest daughter Jane (1775-1855); and that Jane passed it on to her own niece Sarah Clayton (1795-1880); and that Clayton passed it down to her brother, the famous Hadrian's Wall archaeologist John Clayton (1792-1890), and that he passed it down to his nephew, Nathaniel George Clayton, whose bookplate graces this copy of Cléry's Journal. This book therefore likely passed through the hands of five family members across four generations, all the while remaining firmly within the family. It was Nathaniel George Clayton who founded the site museum called Chesters Roman Fort And Museum, where Dr Frances McIntosh, curator, is currently investigating Bridget Atkinson's rediscovered shells (Dr McIntosh is also the Curator of Hadrian's Wall). This printed book by Monsieur Cléry from 1798, about the king of France and the height of the French Revolution, is the only printed book known to me that is inscribed by Bridget Atkinson which remains in private hands. In some of issues of this work "booksellers" in the imprint is spelled "bookselllers"; and other issues have a list of subscribers, not present in thlis copy.Block-Printing
Octavo. (11)pp. Four color linocut plates, one of which serves as titling. Four pages of text instruct the nascent illustrator-printer in how to "design, cut and print linoleum blocks," from preparation to particular substrates. A rear folio, not fully opened, contains seven loose exemplar plates. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards with block-printed title to upper cover. Some edgewear, else near fine.Céleste Ugolin
ONE OF FIVE LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER OF THE FIRST EDITION. IV, 231, 3 pp + frontispiece portrait. From a total large-paper issue of 18 copies, this is one of five on Dutch laid paper. 12mo. Beautifully bound in irridescent decoarated boards with gold leaf, morocco spine label. Original wraps preserved. Tiny traces of wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT.Come Down the Hill
Williams, George H Gray boards. Inscribed, personalized by the author to the front free endpaper. Minor bumps to the spine ends, otherwise nearly fine. The dust jacket has edge wear, chips, and small tears. A 1/2" chip to the lower spine end. Price of $3.00 to the front flap. Williams commanded the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry , leading the unit throughout the Heartbreak Ridge action. This is a fictionalized version of those events. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; Signed by AuthorHYPERION CANTOS Including Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion
Simmons, Dan Blue and tan boards. Gilt lettering on the spine. The spine ends are crimped. The upper spine is somewhat concave. The interior is completely unmarked. The dust jacket shows wear to the spine ends and corners. Other lesser edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 929 pagesThat Kitty Colette
Powell, Fay Ellen Purple cloth and pictorial boards. Spine stamped in silver. Printed letterpress on Rives Lightweight paper and handbound by Mark & Linda Sanders. Limited to 200 copies. Some foxing to the covers and just a bit to the endpapers. ; Oblong 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 10 pagesTrouble on the Ark
MacLay, Tony (Walt Kelly) Pictorial boards. This is one of Walt Kelly's scarce children's books using the Tony Maclay pseudonym. There is a severe spine lean. Wear to the spine ends. Wear along the lower board edges. There is some discoloring along the lower board edges. The interior is very tight and without markings. The dust jacket has chips to the spine ends and one to the upper, front edge. The chip to the upper spine area measures about 1 3/4" across. Much soiling. Price of $1.00 to the front flap. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tallSarah, Plain and Tall A Newbery Award Winner
MacLachlan, Patricia Quarter white cloth and green boards. States "First Edition" and with complete number line. Remainder mark to the upper page edges. Otherwise unmarked and tight. The dust jacket is faded along the spine. A 1 1/8" chip to the upper spine end. There is a 1/2" tear to the lower, rear edge. To the front flap printed price of $8.95 there is an overprint that says, "SALE". Small chips to the upper fore corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pagesBefore We Read Teacher’s Edition
Gray, William S. and Monroe, Marion This is the 1937 edition with orange and brown covers. The rear is solid orange. This Teacher's Edition has printed instructions in red throughout. An absolutely great copy. Never used and completely unmarked. Light wear along the spine. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 47 pagesEdouard Cortes Postimpressionist Paintings of Paris
Coret, Noel Quarto illustrated softcover. With many illustrations in color. The covers are rubbed. There is a bump to the lower edge of the last page and rear cover. There is a small crease to the lower, front cover corner. ; 1882-1969; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pagesRussian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Majeska, George P. Green cloth, lettering in gilt. Folding topographical map of Constantinople at the rear. An excellent copy. Minor bumps to a couple of corners. Without names or markings of any kind. The dust jacket with a few short tears and chips. With some wrinkling to the front. Other lighter wear. ; Dumbarton Oaks Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 463 pagesAmbush Valley I Corps, Vietnam, 1967, the Story of a Marine Infantry Battalion’s Battle for Survival
Hammel, Eric Black boards. Signed by the author with a short personalization. Dated in 1990. Creases to the spine. Bumps to the spine ends. Some toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket has some wear to the spine ends, minor fading along the spine. A long crease to the rear flap. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; Signed by AuthorDorfansicht mit Kirche im Winter
Original Radierung. Signiert. Otto Baumann absolvierte in den Jahren 1920 bis 1927 eine Lehre als Dekorationsmaler und das Studium an der Kunstgewerbeschule in Köln bei Robert Seuffert. Von 1927 bis 1934 folgte das Studium an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in München bei Ludwig von Herterich und Karl Caspar. Ein weiterer Ausbildungsaufenthalt führte ihn zwischen 1927 und 1930 nach Paris an die Académie Colarossi. Ab 1929 folgten verschiedene Reisen nach Frankreich, Italien, Spanien, England, Jugoslawien und Griechenland. So zog es ihn nochmals 1930 bis 1931 nach Frankreich, in die Normandie und nach Paris mit seinem Freund, dem Maler Fritz Harnest. Otto Baumann lebte in den Jahren 1934 bis 1959 als freier Künstler in Oberndorf bei Regensburg. Er erlebte nach 1959 weitere intensive Schaffensjahre, und viele Auszeichnungen reihten sich aneinander. 1961 erhielt er den Kulturpreis Ostbayern, 1966 den Kulturförderpreis der Stadt Regensburg, 1972 die Albertus-Magnus-Medaille der Stadt und 1984 den Kulturpreis des Bayrischen Waldvereins. Er verstarb im Juli 1992 in Regensburg. In ausgezeichnetem Zustand. 20.5 x 29,2 cm (8 x 11,5 inches).America: Picturesque and Descriptive
Books are Fine or Better! Three Volumes, publisher's ultra clean blue cloth with elaborate arts and crafts gilt corn motif on front boards and spine, Book are tight and square with NO previous owner bookplates or writing, top edge bright gilt, protected in custom mylar covers. end papers as new, gutters tight text never read condition. photogravure frontispiece with captioned tissue guards in each volume, 72 photogravure plates. Survey of he Unite States including the Northeast, Great Lakes, New York, Virginia, Florida, Yellowstone, Alaska, San Francisco and more. A high quality set in remarkable condition.The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay [Two Volumes]
Coward, T. A. [Ed.] 1910, 1st thus. Two Volumes. Octavo's. xxxii, 472pp & xl, 210pp. Illustrated, including folding map at rear of volume II. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spines. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Bindings square and tight. Bright copies. Free from former ownership markings, etc. Some sporadic mild spotting and foxing internally. Overall a 'Very Good+' set.The Land that is Desolate : An Account of a Tour in Palestine
Frederick Treves First edition. Octavo. 24×16cm; viii,(288)+[40 plates]pp. Red cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper board; light general wear. Binding square and tight. Top edge gilt, light foxing to other edges. Occasional light and unobtrusive foxing within. Bookplate and owner's inscription on front endpaper. B/w plates. A 'Very Good' copy.The African Experience
Roland Oliver Second edition. Presentation copy. Octavo. 24×16cm; (xiv),284,[6]pp. Brown quarter cloth with black paper boards, gilt title on spine; very light general wear. Binding square and tight. Neat dust jacket with slight fading to spine. Clean within. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper; inscribed by the author on free endpaper. A 'Very Good' copy.Laws of Livingstonia : A Narrative of Missionary Adventure and Achievement
W. P. Livingstone No date, circa 1922. First thus. Octavo. 23×15cm; (xii),(386)+[31 plates]pp. Red cloth with gilt title on spine; very light wear to edges. Binding square and tight. Dust jacket with top of spine missing, discolouration of spine, tearing and creasing to top edge. Foxing to edges. Occasional light foxing within. Bookplate and owner's inscription on front endpaper. B/w plates. A 'Good' copy.The Victoria Falls : A Handbook to the Victoria Falls, the Batoka Gorge and Part of the Upper Zambesi River
Brian M. Fagan [Ed.] Second edition. Quarto. 26×19cm; 184pp. Blue cloth with gilt title on spine, light general wear and dust-soiling. Binding square and tight. Dust jacket with light general soiling and one small chip. Light foxing to edges but clean within. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. B/w plates and figures. A 'Good' copy.[Bradley, Will- Association Copy to Editor in Charge of “Bradley, His Book” Project] Bradley, His Book, November Issue
First Edition. Quarto. Publisher's wrappers with cover illustration and lettering in brown by Bradley. Superb ASSOCIATION COPY, with the original mailing label of Julia D. Whiting, author and editor in charge of "Will Bradley; His Book," affixed to first page, and likely her copy. The label, printed in red and black has the following in script: [To] Miss Julia D. Whiting,/ Deerfield, Mass/ Book Post." A wonderful issue featuring William Morris and Maxfield Parrish with lots of woodcut illustrations. Near fine condition. Scarce thus.KVT. Koninklijke Vereenigde Tapijtfabrieken. Propaganda en anderePlanenvoor de Toekomst.
AVANT-GARDE GRAPHIC DESIGN. KVT. Koninklijke Vereenigde Tapijtfabrieken. Propaganda en Andere Planenvoor de Toekomst. 41 pp. text and 54 pages of collages, illustrated typescript, 2 pop-up dioramas. Small folio, 280 x 212 mm., original boards. Rotterdam: N.p., 1944. A splendid piece of avant-garde book design, reminiscent of Heartfield. Founded in 1797 KVT was a major manufacturer of carpets until its demise in 1995. A unique document outlining the business strategies and direction of KVT amidst WWII and following the destruction of their headquarters in Rotterdam as they sought to re-establish themselves in the international market.PAILLASSE ! (Fin de « lAffaire Aragon ») – Paris, 1932.
Paris, mars 1932. Editions Surréalistes. Un document de 12 pages au format 134x209mm, agrafé. Textes signés par Louis Aragon, Georges Sadoul, René Char, René Crevel, Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Benjamin Peret, Yves Tanguy, André Thirion, Tristan Tzara. Bon état. (Modernisme, modernism, avant-garde, surréalisme, surrealism).James Morgan Pryse (1859 1942) was an author, publisher & member of the esoteric religious movement the Theosophical Society. Irish author, poet, painter and mystic George William Russell's collection of transcendent essays on Celtic mysticism. Known by his pen name AE (which is short for Aeon), Russell was friends with many other figures of the Celtic renaissance of the early 20th century, including W.B. Yeats, and James Stephens.
Lyndon B. Johnson Signing Pen for Voting Rights Act of 1965
"One of the pens used by the President, August 6, 1965, in signing S. 1564, An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes," per original printed slip in original box. Clear barrel pen, "The President-The Whitehouse" printed in white, with "Esterbrook" on the nib, 6 3/8 in. long. With additional artifacts. This artifact came from Arnold "Pappy" Noel (1922-2009), a longtime news photographer who at that time was in the Public Affairs Office of the Secretary of Defense. Noel earned his nickname in World War II as a B-29 tail gunner. After the war and his retirement, he joined United Press International as a newsreel and still photographer, filming presidential and White House events, marches on Washington and Selma, fires and riots in Washington and Detroit, and early NASA events. At the 1968 Democratic Convention, he became part of the story when he was injured and arrested for refusing to hand over his film of "excessive abuse of law enforcement agents towards demonstrators." He was president of the White House Press Photographers Association for two years, leaving the press corps to work as a public affairs assistant to President Ford. Historical BackgroundThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 barred discrimination and segregation in education, public facilities, jobs, and housing. President Kennedy sent the Act to Congress in 1963, but the Judiciary Committee held it back. Gaining support after the September 1963 March on Washington, it still did not pass until July of 1964, after Kennedy's assassination. Even then, the job was still not done. On March 15, 1965, a week after Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the nation, declaring that "all Americans must have the privileges of citizenship regardless of race." He announced that he was sending a new bill to Congress with more power to prevent states and election officials from denying southern blacks the vote.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests, and other practices that had prevented southern blacks from voting. Where local authorities continued to disfranchise African Americans, it authorized the attorney general to send federal officials to register black voters and authorized the federal government to supervise elections. There was an immediate effect. By the middle of 1966, over half a million Southern blacks had registered to vote, and by 1968, almost four hundred black people had been elected to office.Sesame and Lilies.
Half morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A good looking Edwardian binding with gilt raised bands, neat gilt panels and gilt top edge. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A pristine example of a finely printed work on hand-made paper by Humphreys. 'Sesame and Lilies', first published in 1865, stands as a classic nineteenth-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women.VISTA DE NAKASENDO DESDE LA ESTACION DE UENO
Materia: Xilografía japonesa de la segunda parte del siglo XIX. Grabado japonés. Ferrocarril - Utagawa Shigekiyo Publicación: Tokyo, Era Meiji, 1883. Dimensiones: Tríptico. Cada plancha: 35 x 23,5 cm. Las tres planchas: 35 x 70,5 cm. Técnica: Xilografía japonesa (El dibujo se crea con planchas de madera). Conservación: Muy buen estado. Utagawa Shigekiyo (activo entre 1860 y 1890) fue un artista ukiyo-e de la escuela Utagawa. Referencias: On Railway color prints, núm. 230. LBS1De anima brutorum, quae hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae.
Two parts in one volume. 4to (197 x 149 mm). [56], 16, 33-565 (i.e. 563), 11 pp., 8 engraved plates of brain anatomy (5 folding); imprimatur leaf bound opposite title, longitudinal half-title g2 bound before the divisional title g1 for part one; page 563 misnumbered 565; general index at the end. Signatures: [pi]2 A4 b-f4 g2 2A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Yyy4 Zzz4(Zzz1 + "Zzzz Aaaa"4, Bbbb2). Bound in full contemporary speckled English calf, rebacked with new morocco spine label lettered in gilt, corners mended, endleaves renewed, dark sprinkled edges (rebacking rubbed, joints cracking). Text with light even browning, occasional spotting mostly to outer margins; instances of very faint blue vertical bands on some leaves, perhaps offsetting from bookmarks that are no longer in place; book block mostly split before p. 87; leaf Zzz4 with small patch of paper torn at fore-margin not affecting text. Provenance: Dr. Michael Stone's Psychiatry Collection. Complete except for the 4 publisher's advertisement leaves found in some copies. ---- FIRST EDITION, Oxford imprint, published shortly before the first octavo edition the same year, and thus the true first. In this earliest English work of medical psychology, Willis describes the phenomenon now known as paracusis Willisii, based on his observation of deaf woman who could hear only when a drum was beating. Willis recognized the difference between the symptoms of gross brain disease and those of mental illness. Because he postulated a disturbance of the brain and nerves in terms of disordered "animal spirits" in the absence of pathological findings, he is often considered the first to have equated mind disease with brain disease. Also includes probably the earliest description of general paralysis. References & Bibliography: Norman 2244. Garrison-Morton-Norman 1544; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 187-92. - Visit our website to see more images!London Match
A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1985. A near fine book signed by the author in black ink on the title page, the text blocks are bright and crisp with some minor spotting to the top edge. In a near fine unclipped wrapper illustrated by Hargrave Hands, with some fading to the spine. London Match is a gripping espionage thriller set in the Cold War era. The third installment in the Bernard Samson series, it follows the British intelligence officer as he navigates the murky world of espionage and betrayal. Deighton expertly crafts a suspenseful narrative filled with twists and turns, as Samson uncovers layers of deception while attempting to protect his country's interests. The novel's intricate plot, rich character development, and atmospheric setting make it a captivating read for fans of the genre.Über das Modell der Wasserstoffmolekülions. Inscribed to H. A. Kramers
Pauli, Wolfgang (1900-1958). Über das Modell des Wasserstoffmolekülions. Offprint from Annalen der Physik, 4th series, 68 (1922). 177-240pp. 227 x 145 mm. Without wrappers as issued, small splits in spine. Minor wear and toning but very good. Presented by Pauli to Dutch physicist H. A. Kramers (1894-1952), with Pauli's pencil inscription "Herrn Dr. Kramers" on the first leaf. First Edition, Rare Offprint Issue of Pauli's doctoral thesis. At the urging of his teacher, Arnold Sommerfeld, Pauli chose as his topic the quantum theory of ionized molecular hydrogen (H2+), which contains two protons and one electron. As Heisenberg (also a student of Sommerfeld's) later recalled, Pauli "wanted to examine if, in a complicated system for which one was just barely capable of doing the calculations, Bohr's theory and the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantum conditions led to the experimentally correct result. For, in our Munich discussions doubts had come to us whether the hitherto obtained successes of the theory were not limited to simple systems and whether a failure might not occur already in the more complicated system" (quoted in Enz, No Time to be Brief: A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli, p. 63). Pauli's efforts, although they obtained him his doctorate, did not yield a successful quantum theory of H2+; according to Born, who reviewed Pauli's work on H2+ in his Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, the resulting energy values "cannot be made to agree with the measurements of the ionization and excitation voltages" (quoted in Enz, p. 69). The problem of the hydrogen molecular ion was not solved until 1927, when Øyvind Burrau published the first successful quantum-mechanical treatment of H2+. Pauli presented this paper to H. A. Kramers, one of the key architects, together with Schrödinger, Pauli and Werner Heisenberg, of quantum mechanics. Among his many contributions to physics are the Kramers-Heisenberg formula; Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation; Kramers-Kronig relations; Kramers-Wanner duality; Kramers model for polymer chains; Kramers-Anderson superexchange; Kramers' degeneracy theorem; Kramers-Moval expansion; and the Kramers opacity law. 45900.THE HAUNTED MAN and THE GHOST’S BARGAIN
A Fancy for Christmas-Time. New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [1849]. 2 pp undated ads. Original brown printed wrappers. First American Edition of Dickens's fifth and last Christmas book; there had been no late-1847 Christmas book, as Dickens had then been busy with DOMBEY AND SON. Though undated, this Harper edition in wrappers came out on January 6, 1849; this is earlier in January than was the case for their four previous Christmas books, and for good reason: in December Harper had paid Dickens five pounds for advance sheets -- the first amount an American publisher paid Dickens for a Christmas book. With the earlier four books, several American publishers leapt at the chance to be first; however, for this one, since Harper had a head-start, no other American publisher bothered to make the effort. In this copy, the (inside and outside) wrapper ads are the primary ones cited by Smith; the terminal ad leaf (pp [35-36]) has "Valuable Geographic Works" (Smith's state "c") on the recto, and "Harper's Family Library" (Smith's state "f") on the verso. Smith notes that "it is not possible to prioritize the states [of the ad leaf] accurately." This copy is in near-fine condition, with the front wrapper unusually clean and the delicate spine quite intact. There are a few marks on the rear wrapper, the usual foxing on the leaves within, plus some wear at the fore- and lower edge of the wrapper -- a common problem for this booklet, as the wrapper extends past the textual leaves. There is also a little marginal damage to some leaves, due to improper opening. We do not see this book in much better condition. Smith pp 104-107; Podeschi (Yale) A120; Carr (UTexas) B426(1).Hugo PRATT : Corto Maltèse en Egypte, SERIGRAPHIE Originale signée, 500ex, 50×40 cm
Art, Affiches et Gravure Hugo PRATT (1927-1995). - Corto Maltèse en Egypte, 2020. - Sérigraphie originale. - Signée dans la planche + timbre sec + tampon officiel "Hugo Pratt" au dos. - 2 passages couleur. - Sur papier d'art Innova, 50 x 40 cm. - Numérotée sur 500 exemplaires (numéro du certificat donné à titre d'exemple). - Certificat d'authenticité Informations : édité en 2020 par les éditions Christian Collin En excellent état Né à Rimini en Italie en 1927 et mort à Pully (Suisse) en 1995, Hugo Eugenio Pratt est un auteur de bande dessinée italien. Son uvre la plus connue est Corto Maltese (1967-1991), qui a largement dépassé le champ de la bande dessinée.Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz)
Cartonnage éditeur en percaline rouge brique "à la bannière". Reliure de Lenègre de type 2. Tranches dorées. Un volume grand in-8 (269x176 mm), (8)-173-(3)-(4)-223-(1) pages. Cartonnage assombri, frotté aux mors. Les Indes noires est un roman d'aventures de Jules Verne, publié en 1877. Il raconte l'histoire d'un groupe d'hommes qui se retrouvent bloqués dans une mine de charbon en Écosse. References : Jauzac [212]. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Cartonnage "à la bannière". Original red cloth decorated in many colors, all edges gilt. 8vo (269x176 mm), (8)-173-(3)-(4)-223-(1) pages. Cardboard sstain, joint rubbed. Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1877. It tells the story of a group of men who find themselves stranded in a coal mine in Scotland. References : Jauzac [212]. 1280g.Incomincia el prohemio della arte del ben morire.
6 nn. Bll (von 22). Mit 5 Textholzschnitten (1 wiederholt) und 9 figürl. Holzschnitt-Vignetten (2 wiederholt). Kl.4° (18,5 x 13 cm). Dunkelbrauner Maroquinband des frühen 20. Jhdts mit goldgepr. Rücken- und Deckeltitel, signiert "K A" (d. i. Katherine Adams). Leider nur ein Fragment mit den letzten 6 Bll. (= Lage c; hier händisch in "a" geändert); Papier gebräunt und gering fleckig; erstes und letztes Bl. im Bund fast unsichtbar hinterlegt. Provenienz: aus der Sammlung Dyson Perrins mit seinem Exlibis und Nummern-Schildchen (208) auf vorderem Spiegel. "Charles William Dyson Perrins (25 May 1864 29 January 1958) was an English businessman, bibliophile, and philanthropist. He was born in Claines, near Worcester, the son of James Dyson Perrins" (vgl. Wikipedia; dort auch ausführlich zu K. Adams). D. Capranica (1400-56/8?; vgl. Jöcher I, 1652), Jurist, Theologe, Bibliophiler, Gouverneur zu Imola und Kardinal, schrieb seine Ars moriendi 1453; ein 1. Druck erfolgte 1476. Kein Exemplar vorliegender Edition im worldcat oder im Handel: selten. IT Explicit (auf c6v): "1513 / Finito dellibro ben morire tucto storiato Deo gratias."Oost en West Indische Voyagie and l Hermite, Jacques Voyagie om den gantschen Aerdtcloot
Amsterdam, Joost Hartgens. 1648(Tiele Memoire nr. 71 and nr 77)In small quarto. Modern half calfTwo books in one volumeSpilbergen: pp 3-62, six woodcut plates in the textL Hermite: pp 3-60, ten woodcuts and seven copper plate engravings in the text.Lacking the two title pages.Spilbergens was the fifth circumnavigation ever after Magellan; Drake; Cavendish and van Noort. The voyage took place between 1614 and 1618. Spilbergen was an accomplished admiral who had sailed for the VOC to the Indies (Ceylon) before. He was sent again by the VOC to discover new territories, chart the Magellans Straits and damage Spanish interests in South America and the Philippines where possible. He landed in Brazil, mapped Magellans Strait, fought Spanish settlements in Chile, Peru and Mexico and sailed to the Philippines. Once in Batavia he picked up le Maire and the rest of his crew who had been arrested in Batavia for breaching VOC laws by sailing to the Indies without VOC consent. Le Maire denied this as he did not sail through Magellans Straits (as specified in the VOC laws) but around Cape Horn!! The Schouten version of his voyage with le Maire is no part of our volumes. Instead the voyage around the world by l Hermite is added, apparently to unite Dutch circumnavigations.Jacques l Hermite was sent out to attack the Spanish possessions and frustrate the Spanish dominance in the Pacific, considered by Spain a Spanish lake. Spain and the Netherlands had just finished a 12 years truce (1609-1621) in a war of independence that took 80 years (1568-1648). LHermite sailed in May 1623 and returned in January 1626.In 1625 two letters were published in Holland, translated from Spanish, that recount the information of the first parts of l Hermites voyage given by a Dutch sailor, taken prisoner of war in Lima. The first full publication was by Gerritszoon and Wachter in Amsterdam in 1626. That book had 9 plates. A second edition of that book forms part one of another publication by Wachter in 1643. In 1646 a third edition is included in the Commelin series of Dutch voyages. In this 1646 edition a description of Peru is added plus a letter by de Quiros. Ours, the fourth edition is complete in itself, missing the 1646 description of Peru (pp 61-70) and Keyes description of Guyana.So the book we offer here contains the full text and all the plates of the fifth circumnavigation of the world (Spilbergen) and the sixth circumnavigation of the world (l Hermite) missing only the two title pages.The Bee and the Wasp. A Fable in Verse. With Designs and Etchings by George Cruikshank
12mo, original printed yellow wrappers. Four plates. Advertisement on the rear wrapper. Without the eight pages of terminal advertisements as called for by Cohen. A fable about a humble bee who wanders too far from home, literally and figuratively, and is taken advantage of by a devious wasp, who encourages him to drink too much. Little is recorded about the author Richard Frankum, who apparently was a physician. In a second edition published by Pickering in 1861, he acknowledges the fine work of Cruikshank in illustrating his fable. Fine copy, enclosed in a cloth chemise, with the bookplate on the front paste-down of the exclusive New York club, The Brook.Livre de termes d’animaux et leurs antipaties. Fort utile pour toutes sortes de personnes se meslants dussein.
In-12 de 1 titre gravé et 51 planches suivies de 51 pp. de texte, vélin souple de l'époque. Nouvelle édition de l'ouvrage de Joseph Boillot « Nouveaux pourtraitz et figures de termes pour user et l'architecture » (Langres, 1592) réduit en petit format.Elle comporte 51 des 55 planches originales de Boillot, regravées sur cuivre et inversées. Les textes, intégralement gravés, reprennent assez fidèlement la version originale. « Publié en 1592 à Langres, cet ouvrage est composé de termes zoomorphes. L'auteur le destine aux architectes et leur propose de substituer à la figure humaine, jusqu'ici usitée pour de tels supports, une figure animale qu'il juge plus prompte à accomplir ce lourd travail de soutien de l'architecture. La proposition n'est pas aussi anodine qu'il y paraît puisque Boillot transgresse une tradition décorative établie depuis l'Antiquité quand piliers, pilastres et colonnes prirent formes de cariatides et d'atlantes » (Élodie Desserle).Joseph Boillot (1546-1605) issu d'une famille de maçons ; on possède peu de renseignements sur sa vie, mais à s'en rapporter aux deux ouvrages qu'il publia, on apprend qu'il exerça à Langres l'emploi de contrôleur pour le roi au magasin et grenier à sel et plus tard celui de garde du magasin des poudres et salpêtres.Provenance : Morell, Intendant-général des sels à Berne (ex-libris imprimé) ; Abraham Küntz (signature).Très bon exemplaire complet. Petit manque marginal de papier au bas d'une planche.Élodie Desserle, L'énigmatique bestiaire de Joseph Boillot ; Paulette Choné, L'ornement zoomorphe comme signe politique : le Recueil de Boillot (1592) et son temps.Maximes et réflexions sur la Comédie.: https://rarebookinsider.com/rare-books/maximes-et-reflexions-sur-la-comedie-2/