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MIGER, Simon Charles (1736-1820) after Nicolas MARÉCHAL (1753-1803)
Felis Pardus / La Parthère (Mâle)
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Paris: Printed by Langlois, circa 1800-1. Rare colour-printed copper engraving, on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. 11 3/8 x 16 inches. 12 13/16 x 20 1/8 inches. A beautiful plate with stunning early colour, from Lacépède's "La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle," an important scholarly work and one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century French natural history illustration. A professor of zoology at the Museum of Natural History, the French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne Delaville, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825) was a versatile and precocious scholar who published a number of books on zoology, physics, and music. He was greatly influenced by the pioneering naturalist Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon, whom he succeeded as Intendant at the Jardin du Roi, which later became the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. During his tenure, Lacépède completed a comprehensive study of amphibians and reptiles, Historie Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens, which was published as a supplement to Buffon's magnum opus on animal classification Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. In 1800-1, he published the first edition of La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, a thorough survey of the various species of quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians in the impressive collection of the Museum of Natural History. This magnificent work was comprised of descriptive text written by Lacépède and his colleague Georges L. C., Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) as well as a number of finely rendered plates after the most eminent natural history artists of the period, Nicolas Maréchal (1753-1803), Nicolas Huet (1770-1830) and Léon de Wailly (1801-1824). Painted from life on vellum, these beautifully detailed illustrations faithfully captured the appearance of the wondrous animals in the Paris menagerie. A pupil of J. G. Wille and C. N. Cochin, Simon Charles Miger was a royal academician and a talented engraver, who executed numerous portraits and natural history plates. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.
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(COSTUME - HAND-COLORED PLATES). A COLLECTION OF EIGHT SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND FOLIO-SIZE EARLY 19TH CENTURY COSTUME BOOKS
"COSTUMES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES": A COMPLETE SET OF SEVEN SEPARATELY BUT UNIFORMLY ISSUED COSTUME BOOKS COMPRISING GEORGE HENRY MASON'S "COSTUME OF CHINA" (1800) AND THE SAME AUTHOR'S "PUNISHMENTS OF CHINA" (1801),
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London: William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer, 1800-18 [but issued ca. 1818: see below]. A few (carefully refurbished) abrasions on covers, a bit of foxing here and there, but IN REMARKABLY FINE CONDITION, the bindings lustrous and scarcely worn, and the text and plates largely immaculate.. Beautiful Copies, with 415 Colored Plates, in Very Fine Decorative Contemporary Morocco London: William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer, 1800-18 [but issued ca. 1818: see below]. 365 x 270 mm. (14 1/4 x 10 1/2"). Eight volumes. WITH A TOTAL OF 415 FULL-PAGE HAND-COLORED PLATES FEATURING COSTUMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND SOCIAL INTERACTION OF VARIOUS NATIONS. Abbey "Life in England" 430, 431; Abbey "Travel" 7 This is a gorgeous set on the shelf, but it is, first of all, a collection of major early 19th century color plate books with well-drawn and richly-colored engravings. All of these works have appealing plates where the costumes of the various social strata are carefully and colorfully delineated. And three of the volumes--the two showing British costumes and the book on Chinese punishments--contain, in addition, a good deal of diverting background detail that serves as a pleasing context for each of the costumes depicted. The content of each of the volumes is worth noting. With a few exceptions, the plates in the Costumes of China portray ordinary working class men and women toiling at their trades. We see a bookseller with his wares spread out on a mat, women sewing and embroidering, a butcher, a fisher, a barber, a man with a magic lantern show, and a man striking a small gong during an eclipse, an ancient ritual that the author tells us he was privileged to witness on 17 November 1789. The Punishments of China volume is filled with (almost gleefully) painful depictions of all degrees of disciplinary action, from the relatively minor twisting of the ears or chaining to an iron pole, to the humiliating ordeal of the wooden collar to methods of execution by beheading or by crucifixion using a cord. The opulent and brightly colored costumes in Dalvimart's volume on Turkey are mostly those of the ruling classes, although he does represent a wide variety of native dress from the many regions of the vast Turkish empire of the day, which included Bosnia, Albania, Syria, Egypt, and parts of Greece. It is particularly interesting to contrast the clothing of the very heavily veiled Turkish and Egyptian women with the much more relaxed style of the Greek women and the nearly immodest garb of the female Bedouin. We also are shown a eunuch, an odalisque from the harem, a grand vizier, various royal functionaries, and government officials, all splendidly attired. The Russian costumes, based on engravings done by C. W. Müller at the request of Empress Catherine the Great, are focused on the ethnic dress of the empire's many holdings. The Laplanders and Finns wear clothing that would look familiar to most Europeans, but the Mongols in their Oriental dress would be quite exotic. The clothing of the northern tribes, such as the Kamchatkans, Aleutians, Koriaks, and Tungoosi, will impress the modern reader with their similarity to the traditional dress of Native American and First Nation peoples. The Tchutski woman is even depicted naked to display her tattoos. Bertrand de Moleville's Austrian costumes also illustrate the native dress of the empire's citizens, but the illustrations here are less fashion plates than romanticized scenes: peasant couples are shown courting and dancing; Croatian women gossip beside a stream; and a wild-haired Bohemian gypsy, whose profession is not hard to guess from her state of déshabillé, flees with her naked (no doubt illegitimate) child. Pyne's Costumes of Great Britain is one of the most highly praised works in this set, and for good reason: the simple working men and women of Britain it depicts are always shown going about their daily tasks in the midst of a well-realized scene. The woman selling salop (a hot morning beverage) is seated at her cart with its urn, judiciously located by the watchman's stall, surrounded by customers including soldiers and a woman with her market basket. A fireman with an ax and a torch hurries toward his engine company while they unwrap their hose. The potter is at his wheel, the tanner is cleaning skins, and the bill-sticker posts the winning lottery numbers. The clothing, while carefully detailed, is almost secondary to the depictions of everyday life. The Military Costumes of Turkey illustrates the official regalia (uniform is much too drab a word for these outfits) worn by officers in various regions of the empire. Perhaps the most intriguing plate here is that of the Ladle Bearer, a post that was also illustrated in Costumes of Turkey. What appears to be a man with a giant spoon is in fact the holder of an important military position, equivalent to the color-bearer in a western army. We are told that the loss of its ladles is the greatest disgrace that can befall a Turkish regiment: if the two great ladles (the size of a grown man) that are borne into battle at the front of the troops are captured, the regiment must be disbanded and formed anew. A delightful and appropriate addition to these seven volumes is an eighth work, covering The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland from the eighth through the 15th century. Prepared for an august list of subscribers headed by Her Majesty and the Prince Regent, this volume contains portraits of specific people (the Countess of Lancaster, the Earl of Oxford, Edward the Black Prince) as well as soldiers, fishermen, clergy, and nobles. The first seven volumes listed above were published as part of a series of costume books begun by William Miller in 1800 and taken over by T. M'Lean in 1818. Where there are watermarks on the plates, these read 1817 in all seven of our Miller/M'Lean volumes, while watermarks on text pages, in every volume except for the Pyne (1803-04) and the Clark (1818), read 1811. The seventh volume, the 1818 Military Costume of Turkey, contains an announcement from the publisher informing Gentlemen who wish to complete their sets that earlier volumes are still available; it is quite possible that the original owner of this set took advantage of the publisher's offer. Our eighth volume was published separately but was added to and bound with this set, which it complements nicely. The individual items in this group appear in the marketplace with some regularity, but they are normally in unappealing condition because of overuse, and almost never seen uniformly bound as a set like this. And while it is conceivable that there is another set somewhere in comparable contemporary condition and in bindings as splendid as these, one is likely to wait a very, very long time to find it for sale. This particular set is from the library of the Robertson-Glasgow family, who resided at the famous stately home Hinton Charterhouse (with architectural elements dating from the 13th century) near Bath, where the books had resided, obviously almost undisturbed, since their publication. UNIFORMLY BOUND IN VERY HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY MAROON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, SUMPTUOUSLY GILT, covers with broad borders in blind and gilt featuring scrolling foliage and wheat sheaves, spines with densely gilt wide raised bands, each spine with six panels, one containing titling, the others with very intricately gilt swirling vegetal decoration emanating from a large central eight-lobed flower, turn-ins with closely-spaced gilt fleurons, watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt.
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Homann Heirs (Homaennische Erben)
Neue Und Vollständige Postkarte Durch Ganze Deutschland.....
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Nürnberg: Homaennische Erben, 1800. (76 x 92cm) large engraved map of Germany, title in German and French, with glorious cartouche enclosing obsequious dedication to and the arms of Prince Carl Anselm of Thurn und Taxis and postal "motifs" of naked putti, one on horseback blowing a horn and the other, winged, weighed down by post, a sceptre in one hand and a letter addressed to Regensburg in the other. 32 segments mounted on cloth. The princes of Thurn & Taxis had, until recently (! ), a monopoly of German postal services."Auslegung" and "Explication! of postal routes etc in panels with rococo frames. A stunning map! In slip case.
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Darwin, Erasmus
Evolution)(Natural History)(Medical) ZOONOMIA; OR, THE LAWS OF ORGANIC LIFE - VOLUME I
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- Dublin, 1800, 646,index-(16)pp. Vg in full leather protected by a LEATHER dust jacked w/a few scrapes. Bookplate of Dr. Earl Clapp, Abingdon, VA physician who served in the War of 1812. In this book Darwin anticipated Lanarch's fore-shadowing of Charles Darwin. Vertigo, liver, circulatory system, sensation, etc.
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MAVOR, William, L.L.D., Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire
Natural History for the Use of Schools founded on the Linnaean Arrangement of Animals; with Popular Descriptions in the Manner of Goldsmith and Buffon
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Printed for R. Phillips, no. 71, St Paul's Church-Yard by T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Fleet-Street 1800 - Small leather-bound volume, full calf, x, vi, 392pp. Illustrated with 40 copperplates of mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, molluscs etc. A very scarce first edition. Title page lacks small pieces at right & bottom edge (text not affected). Good. Further details, scans etc on request. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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BICHAT, Xavier
Traité des membranes en général et de diverses membranes en particular
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Paris: : Chez Richard, Caille et Ravier, , An VIII (1800).. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. . An uncut copy in the original wrappers. First edition of what many consider Bichat's best work, the foundation of histology and tissue pathology. It is here that he classifies and describes twenty-one kinds of tissue and membranes, a generalization of Pinel's earlier work, according to their texture and properties. Bichat (1771-1802) is one of the fathers of histology. "Without benefit of the microscope, this French anatomist and physiologist established a system of normal and pathological structure based on the individual tissues rather than on organs as the important biological units" (Eimas).&
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Lucianus Samosatensis
Luciani Samosatensis, opera omnia, maxime ex fide codicum Paris, recensita, edidit Fridericus Schmieder,
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Tom. I., Tomus posterior, cum additamento ad tomum priorem (2 Bände), 8°, (Privat-)Pappeinbände. Halae & Magdeburgicae, Sumtibus Jo. Jac. Gebaueri 1800-1801. XLVIII, 638 Seiten, LII, 694 Seiten, ca. 78 unpaginierte Seiten Index, Lukian von Samosata (lat. Lucianus Samosatensis, geb. ca. 120 in Samosata, gest. nach 180, wahrscheinlich in Alexandria) war ein antiker Satiriker. Lukian selbst bezeichnete sich als Syrer. Als Sohn einfacher Eltern ging er anfangs in die Lehre eines Bildhauers, gab aber kurze Zeit später auf, um sich in der Rhetorik unterweisen zu lassen. Danach verdiente er sich seinen Lebensunterhalt vermutlich als Gerichtsredner oder freier Schriftsteller. Er bereiste in seinem Leben mehrmals die Mittelmeerwelt (Athen, Olympia und Rom). Im Alter nahm er ein Amt beim ägyptischen Statthalter in Alexandria auf, wo er mutmaßlich auch gestorben ist. Die Hauptschaffenszeit und letzten Lebensjahre fielen mit der Regierungszeit Kaiser Marcus Aurelius' (161 - 180) zusammen. / Einbände berieben und etwas bestoßen. Rücken angeplatzt. Bände etwas stockfleckig. Name auf den Vorsätzen: Winfried Zeller. Papier leicht gewellt, von Hand beschnitten. Band mit wenigen Anstreichungen im Text. Pro Band 2 Innenfalze angerissen. - [Publisher: Halae & Magdeburgicae, Sumtibus Jo. Jac. Gebaueri]
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[Anonymous].
Nueva Relacion y Curioso Romance de un caso que ha sucedido en este presente año en la ciudad de Roma, de una muger que dió veneno á su madre, y despues dió muerte á su marido y á una hija suya, siendo por su causa degollando su padre: todo por estar enamorada de él, como verá el curioso lector [caption title].
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This book is sold by Garrett Scott, shipping from Ann Arbor, MI - Seller on AbeBooks Marketplace. Unbound sheet folded to make 4 pages, printed in double columns, untrimmed. Small woodcut vignette of St. Dominic with the Virgin and the infant Christ at the head of the first page. "Padre mio de mi alma, / mi regalo y mi consuelo, / yo estoy muy enamorada, / y quisiera que esta noche, / mis deseos so lograren, / pues hemos quedado solos. / La ha dicho el padre, qué hablas? / estás locas ó sin sentido? / qué es esto de enamorada? / dí con quien, porque si no / lo dices, te haré mil rajas. / Respondió con mucha risa, / con usted, y eso fué causa / de dar la muerte á mi madre / con veneno estando mala . . . [Publisher: Por D. Fernando Rodriguez, donde se hallará), [ca. 1800-1820?].]
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Nueva Relacion y Curioso Romance de un caso que ha sucedido en este presente año en la ciudad de Roma, de una muger que dió veneno á su madre, y despues dió muerte á su marido y á una hija suya, siendo por su causa degollando su padre: todo por estar enamorada de él, como verá el curioso lector [caption title].
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Por D. Fernando Rodriguez, donde se hallará), [ca. 1800-1820?]., (Murcia: - Unbound sheet folded to make 4 pages, printed in double columns, untrimmed. Small woodcut vignette of St. Dominic with the Virgin and the infant Christ at the head of the first page. "Padre mio de mi alma, / mi regalo y mi consuelo, / yo estoy muy enamorada, / y quisiera que esta noche, / mis deseos so lograren, / pues hemos quedado solos. / La ha dicho el padre, qué hablas? / estás locas ó sin sentido? / qué es esto de enamorada? / dí con quien, porque si no / lo dices, te haré mil rajas. / Respondió con mucha risa, / con usted, y eso fué causa / de dar la muerte á mi madre / con veneno estando mala . . ." A cheap chapbook account in verse of a lurid contemporary crime, the allegedly true tale of a woman in Rome who falls in love with her father and thus poisons her mother out of jealousy; when her father spurns his daughter's sexual advances she consents to marry a man and bears a daughter--then kills them both with a dagger and blames her father, who is then beheaded by the authorities. Though there is much here in the way of piety and observations on the necessity of repentance, one gets the sense of a certain pro forma quality to the religious sentiments as a vehicle for this tale of woe. CCPB notes three copies of this edition (one at the Biblioteca Nacional, two at the Biblioteca Historica Municipal de Madrid) to which OCLC adds a copy at UC-San Diego; CCPB also notes the Malaga edition at the Biblioteca Nacional only. A trifle spotted and soiled, one old crease; small quarter inch marginal closed tear along the fold; in very good condition. One of two editions, the other an undated Malaga edition.
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BRISSON, Mathurin-Jacques.
Dictionnaire Raisonné de Physique.
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Six vols. of text. 8vo, cont. polished marbled calf, spines richly & prettily gilt, green & red morocco lettering pieces on spines [with]: Planches. 2 leaves of text & 90 engraved plates (several double-page or folding). Large 4to, binding as above (a few minor defects). Paris: La Librairie Économique, An VIII [1800]. Second edition, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, of this dictionary of physics in the widest sense of the word, including astronomy, electricity, instruments, chemistry, etc. Brisson (1723-1806), was a close collaborator of Lavoisier and successor of Nollet to the chair of experimental physics at the Collège de Navarre. He was an important and influential disseminator of the ideas of physics through his teaching and writings. "Though this is a dictionary of physics there are many entries of chemical interest, e.g. Acids, Air Pur, Calcination, Combustion, Eau, Feu, Metaux, Phlogistique, etc."-Cole 200-(referring to the first edition of 1781). Fine set from the library of the Dukes of Bavaria.
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Neues Real - Schullericon
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Schulbuchandlung, Braunschweig 1800 - Neues Real - Schullericon enthaltend die zur Ertlarung der alten Klassister nothwendigen hulfswissenschaften, vornamlich Geographie, Gschichte, Philosophi, Alternhumer und Mythologie 5 Volumes - pp. each approx. 1000+ Period half leather bindings, smooth spines, gilt ruled into compartments, red gilt spine labels, marbled boards. Fascinating, massive and complete early-19th century German encyclopedia. In VG, mostly clean condition. Boards lightly scuffed and soiled, corners bumped, leather rubbed in spots, some spine ends lightly frayed, tiny chips to some spines. Otherwise the set remains -- internally and overall -- clean, tight, sound and quite well-preserved. Books each measure c. 5 1/2" W x 9" H. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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EHON] Keisai Masayoshi (Artist)
SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI Zen.
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1800 - [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI. Edo: Suwaraya Ichibei. Kansei 12 [1800]. 26.5 x 18.0 cm. 30 sheets. Printed floral pattern on the covers [probably not original, as the printed title on the inner front cover is not present in this copy]. 29 single page and 15 double page color illustrations. Ref. Brown p.124; Mitchell p.460,1; 93,4; Ryerson p.213; Hillier pp. 477,8, 480. This copy has a few stains and spots internally, and is a bit thumbed, but the printing is quite good. This book of landscapes is one of the loveliest of Keisai's works.
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[EHON] KEISAI MASAYOSHI (ARTIST),
SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI Zen..
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1800. 3. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI. Edo: Suwaraya Ichibei. Kansei 12 [1800]. 26.5 x 18.0 cm. 30 sheets. Printed floral pattern on the covers [probably not original, as the printed title on the inner front cover is not present in this copy]. 29 single page and 15 double page color illustrations. Ref. Brown p.124; Mitchell p.460,1; 93,4; Ryerson p.213; Hillier pp. 477,8, 480. This copy has a few stains and spots internally, and is a bit thumbed, but the printing is quite good. This book of landscapes is one of the loveliest of Keisai's works.
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Vicente Ferraz
Tratado De Castrametacion O Arte De Campar, Dispuesto Para El Uso De Las Reales Escuelas Militares, Del Cargo Del Real Cuerpo De Ingenieros
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Imprenta Real, Madrid, 1800. Very Good 8vo, brown cloth binding with leather spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, rubbed spot on leather on side of spine, book is tight and straight, marbled endpapers, with 22 fold-out engravings and two other fold-out charts, 489 pages.
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Niederösterreich.
Nina oder der Liebe schönste Weihe. - Das Mädchen aus der Fremde". Dt. Manuskript auf Papier.
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Ohne Ort und Jahr (Niederösterreich?, um 1800). - Mit einer ganzseitig lavierten Tuschfederzeichnung (Ansicht der Burg Greifenstein an der Donau) und 14 (das erste u. letzte weiß) nn. Bll. Blind- und goldgepr. Pappband der Zeit. Qu.-8vo. Enthält neben der Ansicht der niederösterreichischen Burg Greifenstein (hier bez. "Greiffenstein") das Gedicht "Nina oder der Liebe schönste Weihe" (4 Zeilen) sowie den Gedichtzyklus "Das Mädchen aus der Fremde" (7 tlw. mehrstrophige Gedichte) mit jeweils kalligraphisch verzierten Titelblättern. - Einband stärker berieben u. bestoßen. Rücken an den Kapitalen m. Fehlstellen. Buchblock etw. gelockert. Tlw. schwach finger- bzw. stockfleckig. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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FERGOLA N.],
Trattato analitico delle sezioni coniche.
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S. n. t., 1800, prima metà. - Melzi, Dizionario di opere anonime e pseudonime, III, p. 161; mancante al Riccardi. Un solo esempl. nelle biblioteche pubbliche italiane appartenentiu a ICCU-SBN. In-4 (14 x 20 cm),pp. 184,con 6 tav. ripiegate riproducenti le fig. analizzate nel testo.Leg. m. pelle muta (fori di tarlo e spellature al dorso, piatti logori, firma d'appartenenza, diffuse bruniture).Interessante opera di cui si fecero molte ediz. nell'Ottocento a partire dall'originale anonima del 1815. Il ns. esempl. sembra essere un tomo in sé compiuto di un'opera in più vol.
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Virgilius Maro, Publius (a.k.a. Virgil, a.k.a. Vergilius Maro)
Publius Vergilius Maro. Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis
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Londini: apud A. Dulau & Co. (T. Bensley, printer), 1800. Contemporary straight-grained morocco, neatly rebacked with good lettering; board edges with a gilt rule and somewhat rubbed. Lacking the single plate at the front of Book X of Aeneis. All edges gilt.. 8vo (23.5 cm; 9.25"). I: [2] ff., 246 pp., 7 plates. II: [2] ff., 276 pp., 7 (of 8) plates. Reprint of Didot's folio edition, Paris, 1798, with plates here engraved by Bartolozzi, Fittler, Sharp, and Neagle and copied from those of Gerard and Girodet in the Paris edition. The plates are distributed one to each book of the Aeneis, one to the Bucolica, and two to the Georgica. The work was issued in quarto and octavo format, both handsomely printed by Bensley.
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Harold Berman
Bronzes: Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930 4 Volume Set
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Schiffer Pub Ltd Bermans Bronzes: Sculptors & Founders is the definitive reference for commercial bronze sculptures of the period 1800 to 1930. This period spans the rise and decline of commercial industrial foundries in Europe, especially in France, and a wide array of international sculptors. Together, they produced millions of fine statuettes for the general public. Volume 1 includes 799 photographs of sculptures on 224 pages with essays on specific topics of identitication and caring for bronze. It incorporates lists of the sculptors whose work is shown, the founders represented, 24 different founders seals and an index to this volume. The photographs are remarkably clear enabeling small details in the sculptures to be visible. Volume 2 includes 1025 photographs of sculptures on 272 pages with a numbered list of the sculpture categories and an essay on early twentieth-century sculptural styles by Tom Tomc of Chicago. It incorporates lists of the sculptors whose work is shown, the founders represented, and 58 different founders seals. Volume 3 includes 1315 photographs of sculptures on 320 pages with information on the Hirsch Foundry of Paris and Brooklyn, New York. It incorporates lists of the sculptors whose work is shown, the founders represented, and 21 different founders seals. Volume 4 includes 1735 photographs of sculptures on 400 pages with 43 sculptures recently made by the Hirsch Foundry of Paris and Brooklyn, from nineteenth century moolds, which were preserved and painstakingly re-identified after World War II. It incorporates lists of the sculptors whose work is shown, the founders repressented and 11 different founders seals. Also, there appears an article on Art Noveau by Victor H. Bacon II.. Cloth. New/New.
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(DICKENS, CHARLES) CATTERMOLE, GEORGE
Autograph Letter
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Autograph letter signed ("G. Cattermole"), one page, 8vo, Clapham Rise, 1 March, n.y. To the publisher, E[dward]. Chapman, of Chapman & Hall, hoping he has escaped "the influenza," and saying: "I have received a communication from Mr. Dickens which makes it necessary for me to ask you for a couple of good sized Blocks: Also I shall be further greatly obliged if you wd send Nos 47 48 and (if possible) 49. . . . " Mounted to a larger sheet; slightly foxed, and a little soiled. George Cattermole (1800-1868); English painter and book illustrator. He was invited by Dickens to join "Phiz" in illustrating "Master Humphrey's Clock", issued in 88 weekly parts from 4 April 1840 to 27 Nov. 1841 and containing "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". The best-known of Cattermole's drawings is perhaps that of the church (Tong, Shropshire) where Little Nell died.
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CEAN BERMUDEZ, Juan Agustín
Diccionario Histórico de los mas Ilustres Profesores de las Bellas Artes en España / Compuesto por....y publicado por la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de S. Fernando
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EDICION FACSIMIL de la impresa en "Madrid: Imp. de la Viuda de Ibarra, 1800".- Madrid: Reales Acs. de Bellas Artes y de la Hist.,1965.- 6 Vols. (5h.,LX,384; 4h.,365; 4h.,286; 4h.,397; 4h.,353; 4h. 384 pp.); 8°; papel verjurado ahuesado con todas sus barbas; intonso..- Excelente reimpresión facsimil de este raro clásico del arte es pañol. Aunque no lo indica, la edición fue de corta tirada. En impecable estado, MUY AGOTADO.*
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MAP OF THE CHOO KEANG OR PEARL RIVER.
MAP OF THE CHOO KEANG OR PEARL RIVER.
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EARLY AREA MAP OF CANTON DOWN THE PEARL RIVER, H.K. & MACAU N.p., n.d. ca 1800-10, n.p. Single sheet map, 32 x 47 cm., a bit of mild foxing, old verso repairs, English and romanized Chinese place names, old folds, as is, some very minor loss right & left edges, else solid. EARLY AND OBSCURE WORK. RARE This is clearly an early and most obscure area map. It shows Canton at the upper left corner, with the various confluenc- es of the Pearl River [Choo Keang or now Zhu Jiang] as it meanders down to the Great Western Channel and all of the islands around Hong Kong: Keangshan Island, Lantao, Lintin, Lemma Channel, Macau, and the islands near it. Essentially all islands from the Pacific Ocean as it enters the whole estuary. * This work is basically a map of the Canton and the whole estuary, showing virtually all of the islands and coastal lines. It also uses such early names as the "Bogue" aka Boca Tigris, and shows a good number of Chinese characters for place names, with the associated tanslated Romanization so the map can be read by foreigners as well as Chinese. translating. * Although undated, this map appears to be made in an early time as Hong Kong while cited is not central, and of no significance and is in fact to the extreme right and barely noticeable. The map was clearly done before Hong Kong had any role of importance indicating an early work. This was likely done during the time of Canton trade, so it was more of a navigational guide rather than one used to point out any specific areas other than the Canton Estuary. * Because of its clarity, and use of Chinese characters, one could also ascribe the use to navigators who employed Chinese pilots to assist in sailing though the islands into the Pearl River to Canton and Whampoa or to Macau and its passages to Canton. * A scan can be sent by email.Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2010 Rare Oriental Book Co.
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LUFFMAN, John.
The Ministers. The Words by John Luffman. -- Tune, Ally Croker …
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Engrav'd & publishd (sic) Feby 14. 1800 by J. Luffman, Sweeting's Alley, Royal Exchange. 4to. engraved song (plate 6¾ x 4½ inches), with a small coloured emblematical heading with a crown ('Corona triumphalis') enclosed in a Garter and the text 'Obsequium hoc tempore amicos parit', a scroll at the top ('Liberty and Loyalty') surmounted by a bonnet-rouge (inscribed 'Defloccatus'); paper watermarked 'Hayes & Wise / 1799', one marginal tear repaired but in very good condition. Sole edition, six six-line stanzas by the engraver, author and goldsmith John Luffman (fl. 1776-1820), beginning 'Inspire my Muse, propitious Gods! Do list to my invoking'. My theme the rulers of our state, no matter whig or tory, Who'd give their lives and fortunes too, to raise Britannia's Glory; No Minsters e'er took such pains, from despot rule to save ye, Charles Fox and North, were barley broth, but, these are richest gravy.Windham, Spencer, Dundas, Grenville, and, 'chief of all', Pitt are praised. 'But just one verse for Johnny Bull, whom some have call'd a Nincum, / Because he did not growl and roar, about the Tax on Income'.B.M. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 9518.
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J.C.M.D. (Fellow of the Royal Society)
THE ANTIQUITIES OF St.PETER'S OR THE ABBEY CHURCH OF WESTMINSTER
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- LIVRES ANCIENS :HISTOIRE > LIVRES (AVANT 1800) > ANCIENSEditeur : Printed by J.N. and Sold by John Morphew near Stationers-Hall LONDONNombre de pages : (IX+351p.)Format : IN 8Date d'édition : 1711 Containing all the INSCRIPTIONS, EPITAPHS, upon the Tombs and Grave-Stones; with the Lives, Marriages, and Issue, of the most Eminent Personages therein reposited; and their Coats of Arms truly Emblazon'd. With: -1 planche (The North Prospect of the Conuentuall Churh of Westmynster (W.Holler 1654) -17 gravures (the Tombs and Grave-Stones). Reliure de l'époque, pleine basane marron, plats entourés d'une fine dentelle dorée, dos lisse orné de caissons dorés et décorés de vases fleuris frappés or, pièce de titre en papier et partiellement manquante, première charnière restaurée, bel exemplaire.
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Heroes of History, 24 vols
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New York:: Perkins Book Company.. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS. 24 volume set, complete, consisting of book-length biographies of persons considered at the end of the 1800's to be famous persons in Western history. No publication date for the set (early 1900's). Small (7.5"x5") dark blue ribbed cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine. Volumes vary in length but are around 400 pages. Biographies include: Julius Caesar, Captain John Smith, Charlemagne, David Crockett, Nathan Hale, Abraham Lincoln, Kit Carson, Oliver Cromwell, Henry M. Stanley, David Livingstone, Napoleon, George Washington, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth (1500s), William the Silent, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander the Great, Admiral Nelson, Frederick the Great, Christopher Columbus, Ulysses S. Grant, Joan of Arc, Daniel Boone. Books are consistently Very Good to Near Fine. Unmarked, sound bindings. Gilt lettering just slightly faded. Two volumes have a 3/8" tear at the top of the spine and one of these also has the start of a split in the gutter. Scarce as a complete set. Heavy.
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EDGEWORTH, Maria.]
Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian tale. Taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish squires, before the year 1782.
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London: Printed for J. Johnson, by J. Crowder, 1800 - 12mo, (iv), xliv, 182 pp., with the half-title, moderately spotted, contemporary half calf, joints restored, ends of spine and corners worn, part of label missing. First edition. A very good copy, with the ownership inscription of the Quaker bluestocking historian, essayist and psalm-writer, Mary Anne Galton, later Schimmelpenninck. Beneath her name (from which the final "n" has been cropped) is further inscription (also cropped), written in the same hand but added at a different time, giving the book to "Bichenda Gron[.?]." The Edgeworths were frequent visitors to the Galton family home at Barr in Staffordshire. In recent years, the first edition of Castle Rackrent has become an exceedingly elusive book. Block, p. 65; Garside and Schšwerling 1800:30; Loeber, Guide to Irish fiction, E20. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Díaz del Castillo, Bernal:
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO...WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1568
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London: J. Wright, 1800.. viii,514pp. plus engraved plan and errata leaf. Quarto. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in matching style. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. A few spots of foxing, else fine internally. Very good. First English edition of the classic account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, written by one of Cortes' officers, here translated from the original Spanish by Maurice Keatinge. With a handsome frontispiece plan of the city and lake of Mexico. SABIN 18884. PALAU 72373. ESTC T145951.
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Franklin, Benjamin
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of his life, written by himself, together with essays, humourous, moral and literary; chiefly in the manner of the Spectator
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Huntingdon, PA: Pr. for the proprietor by John R. Parrington, 1800. Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; joints fully open and holding by cords, leather peeled up from board edges, gilt dimmed on spine label. Front fly-leaves with faint pencilled and inked inscriptions; back fly-leaves with inked ownership inscriptions, one dated 1801. Pages age-toned, last few waterstained; one leaf torn with loss of several words from one line. A "survivor" copy, priced accordingly.. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. Frontis., 156, 119, [1] pp. Early edition of this popular collection of assorted pieces by Franklin, originally published in 1790. Vol. I begins with Franklin's autobiography, with a continuation written by Dr. Stuber, and ends with "Extracts from the last will and testament of Dr. Franklin" on pp. 146–56. Vol. II contains "The Essays." The engraved frontispiece opposite the title-page of vol. I, a portrait of Franklin in a fur cap, was done by J. Bannerman.
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Eighteenth Century Novel: ANTI-SLAVERY NOVEL] BUTLER (Rev. WEEDEN), the Younger [1773-1831]
Zimao, The African. Translated by the Rev. Weeden Butler, M.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
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Vernor and Hood, London 1800 - London: Vernor and Hood, 1800. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood by S. Rousseau, 1800. First edition. [i-v], vi-x, 105,[1]pp.,+ [2]pp. ads. ESTC: 2/1 (BL, Bodleian, and NY Public Library). ESTC attributes the book to the Rev. Weeden Butler the elder [1742-1823] (the author's father), and notes "this appears not to be a translation". Two subsequent editions appeared: Dublin, 1800; and a "corrected and enlarged" second edition, 1807. §Published in the guise of a translation from a contemporary account by the invalid friend of a kindly slave-owner (the supposed translation is problematic: the narrator is clearly either British or American, as was the "translator"). The story is set around a Jamaican slave revolt, part of it in the words of Zimao, the leader of the uprising, tracing his history from his upbringing, through his capture, to the present day. A 32 page appendix follows "consisting of extracts from the evidence delivered at the bar of the House of Commons, when that subject [the slave trade] was under the consideration of Parliament" [Monthly Review, Sept. 1800], that leaves no doubt as to the author's humanitarian motive. The book sets its stall at the outset, with this radical dedication: "To a Lady [possibly Mrs. Fitzherbert] eminent for her private qualities and her public station. The truly illustrious personage whose favour you enjoy, patronizes the sale of his fellow-mortals. His royal heart is kind and generous. Too long, however, has his royal ear been open to rich and crafty individuals, hackneyed in the traffic: to men, whose whole fortunes are exhaled from the holds of slaughter-houses, and whose avarice is drenched and glutted with blood-potations." §A significant, quite early, and extremely rare anti-slavery narrative. A very good copy, lately neatly rebound in quarter-calf, contrasting label, marbled boards. (**This item will require special carriage arrangements - please contact us directly via e-mail or telephone for further details and to order**). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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BARTRAM, WILLIAM; PIERRE VINCENT BENOIST
Voyage dans les parties sud de l'Am?que septentrionale; savoir: les Carolines septentrionale et m?dionale, la Georgie, les Florides orientale et occidentale, le pays des Cherok?, le vaste territoire des Muscogulges on de la conf?ration Creek, et le pays des Chaetaws; contenant des details sur le sol et les productions naturelles de ces contrees, et des observations sur les mœurs des sauvages qui les habitent
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Paris: : Maradan, an ix (1800- 1801). , Maradan, an ix (1800- 1801). . Original Wraps. Very Good +. 2nd Issue. 2 Volumes. 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm). Original gray paper wraps, large, uncut paper copy. Collation: Volume I - [iv] [1] 2-457 [1-blank], [1-Errata] pp. + portrait, folding map and 2 folding engraved plates (p. 139 as 359; Signature Cc2 wrongly signed Bb2); Volume II – [iv] [1] 2-436, [1- Errata] pp. + 1 folding engraved plate. The wraps are protected with stiff paper covers of faux green leather spine and mottled beige boards. The spine is tooled with gilt bands. The author and title are in white ink. Internal condition is very good. There is only dusting on edges. The portrait of Mico Chlucco in Volume I was drawn by Bartram and engraved by Bovinet. The plates were done by Sellier and the large folding map by Miller. The French editions are the only ones with the map of the United States. Although references call for 4 plates there are only three in this copy as in that cited by Stafleu and Cowan. This is the second issue (noted by Stafleu and Cowan) of the French edition that describes Bartrams historical travels in southeastern United States and documents Native American tribes and culture as well as numerous animal and plants. This is also a rare copy in original wrappers. (Grasse, p.305; Howes B3223; Sabin, 3871; Stafleu & Cowan, 329 Fr. Ed.)
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CASSAS, After Louis-Fran?s (1756-1827)
Vue de la T? colossale du Sphinx et de la 2e. Piramide d'Egypte
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[?Paris: Francesco & Pietro Piranesi?, circa 1800-1810]. Etching, coloured by hand in watercolour and bodycolour, presented in imitation of a watercolour, wash borders laid on, with superimposed title panels in lower margins, titling and imprint in sepia ink in a contemporary hand, all as issued. 21 3/4 x 31 inches. 25 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches. A fine and rare hand-coloured view of the Great Sphinx, with the second of the great pyramids at Giza in Egypt. This lively image of Giza in Egypt, with the foreground full of activity, shows the head of the great Sphinx with the second of the great pyramids dominating the background. The second pyramid, the tomb of King Chephren (or Khafre), appears to be the largest, but was actually constructed on a plateau. King Chephren tried to cast his tomb with granite; however, the job was not completed. The Sphinx is believed to be a valley temple dedicated to King Chephren with the body of a lion and a human head representing the king himself. Louis-François Cassas studied under artists from opposite ends of the 18th-century artistic spectrum, including Joseph-Marie Vien, a Neoclassical painter, and Rococo painters such as Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. In 1778 Cassas went to Italy, visiting and sketching Rome,Venice, Naples, and Sicily. In 1784 Cassas accompanied the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) to Constantinople, where the latter had been appointed ambassador. Cassas traveled, visiting Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, and Asia Minor. He drew ancient Middle Eastern sites, many of which had never before been recorded. With Choiseul's assistance these were later published. The etched portions of this print are quite bare, with the majority of the work accomplished in masterful watercolour; that, coupled with the wash borders, present the overall appearance of an original, and very fine, work of art.
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Cassas After Louis-François (1756-1827)
Vue De La Tète Colossale Du Sphinx Et De La 2e. Piramide D'Egypte
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. [? Paris: Francesco & Pietro Piranesi? circa 1800-1810]. Etching coloured by hand in watercolour and bodycolour presented in imitation of a watercolour wash borders laid on with superimposed title panels in lower margins titling and imprint in sepia ink in a contemporary hand all as issued. 21 3/4 x 31 inches. 25 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches. A fine and rare hand-coloured view of the Great Sphinx with the second of the great pyramids at Giza in Egypt. This lively image of Giza in Egypt with the foreground full of activity shows the head of the great Sphinx with the second of the great pyramids dominating the background. The second pyramid the tomb of King Chephren (or Khafre) appears to be the largest but was actually constructed on a plateau. King Chephren tried to cast his tomb with granite; however the job was not completed. The Sphinx is believed to be a valley temple dedicated to King Chephren with the body of a lion and a human head representing the king himself. Louis-François Cassas studied under artists from opposite ends of the 18th-century artistic spectrum including Joseph-Marie Vien a Neoclassical painter and Rococo painters such as Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. In 1778 Cassas went to Italy visiting and sketching Rome Venice Naples and Sicily. In 1784 Cassas accompanied the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) to Constantinople where the latter had been appointed ambassador. Cassas traveled visiting Syria Egypt Palestine Cyprus and Asia Minor. He drew ancient Middle Eastern sites many of which had never before been recorded. With Choiseul's assistance these were later published. The etched portions of this print are quite bare with the majority of the work accomplished in masterful watercolour; that coupled with the wash borders present the overall appearance of an original and very fine work of art.
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ROSCOE, William
THE NURSE, A POEM, TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF LUIGI TANSILLO
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Liverpool: McCreery for Cadell and Davies, London, 1800. Second Edition 8vo, pp. [iv], 5-90, [ii], 34. Bound in little worn contemp calf, rebacked. Illustrated with three small engravings. This is the first publication to carry Roscoe's name. Roscoe was a pioneer in the study of Italian culture in England. Tansillo's "The Nurse" was written to encourage women to suckle their own children. Praised highly in "Public Characters" of 1798-9. Roscoe's contribution to this work is quite extensive, including a preface, a sonnet and notes. The poem is printed in parallel Italian and English and was a protest against the misuse of nurses.
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Daniel Walker
Flowers Underfoot - Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era
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Thames & Hudson CONDITION: NEW -- BINDING: Hardcover ~ Condition: NEW ~ Woollen carpets were known in India as early as 500BC. But it was not until the 16th century, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar, that the first imperial workshops were founded, and began producing carpets whose jewel-like beauty is still breathtaking today. The Mughal emperors were grand patrons of the arts, demanding the highest standards, and their influence is shown in the works of superb quality produced during their reign. This scholarly treatment of the subject is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Pile-woven carpets of the Mughal era are some of the most technically accomplished of all Oriental carpets. The book surveys these beautiful textiles, their technical characteristics, commerce and the history of the period. Over 70 carpets, some reproduced here for the first time, have been gathered worldwide from museums and private collections; they exemplify the "classical" period of Indian carpet weaving, which ended around 1800.The text is organized according to style and pattern but also traces the chronological development of carpet design: the Persian style with its fantastic animals and pictorial designs; the flower style in its many variations; and the later designs, including the "durbar" and the "millefleur".200 pages ~ Isbn: 0500018405 ~ language: English ~ Year: 2005 ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Contents ISBN: 0500018405~ language: English ~ Year: 2005 ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Contents
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Pike, Samuel, & Samuel Hayward
Religious cases of conscience answered in an evangelical manner, at the casuistical lecture, in little St. Helen's, Bishop-Gate Street. By S. Pike and S. Hayward. To which is now added, The spiritual companion; Or the professing Christian tried at the bar of God's word: being some pious thoughts offered in answer to several practical questions first published in the spiritual magazine. And some free thoughts on the character of the happy man
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Philadelphia: Pr. for Robert Campbell, 1800. Contemporary full sheep, title gilt-stamped on a red leather spine label, library call number white-lettered on spine. Binding rubbed and abraded, front joints starting from top, title label with crack down center. Pages toned, browned, mild foxing and staining including on the title-page. Marginal chips and tears (not affecting text) to seven leaves. Signed by the previous owner on front free endpaper. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown, five-digit number in ink at base of p. [iii], and call number in pencil on verso of title-page.. 12mo. viii, 527 pp. Later edition of this much reprinted work.
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MAP OF THE CHOO KEANG OR PEARL RIVER.
MAP OF THE CHOO KEANG OR PEARL RIVER.
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EARLY AREA MAP OF CANTON DOWN THE PEARL RIVER, H.K. & MACAU N.p., n.d. ca 1800-10, n.p. Single sheet map, 32 x 47 cm., a bit of mild foxing, old verso repairs, English and romanized Chinese place names, old folds, as is, some very minor loss right & left edges, else solid. EARLY AND OBSCURE WORK. RARE This is clearly an early and most obscure area map. It shows Canton at the upper left corner, with the various confluenc- es of the Pearl River [Choo Keang or now Zhu Jiang] as it meanders down to the Great Western Channel and all of the islands around Hong Kong: Keangshan Island, Lantao, Lintin, Lemma Channel, Macau, and the islands near it. Essentially all islands from the Pacific Ocean as it enters the whole estuary. * This work is basically a map of the Canton and the whole estuary, showing virtually all of the islands and coastal lines. It also uses such early names as the "Bogue" aka Boca Tigris, and shows a good number of Chinese characters for place names, with the associated tanslated Romanization so the map can be read by foreigners as well as Chinese. translating. * Although undated, this map appears to be made in an early time as Hong Kong while cited is not central, and of no significance and is in fact to the extreme right and barely noticeable. The map was clearly done before Hong Kong had any role of importance indicating an early work. This was likely done during the time of Canton trade, so it was more of a navigational guide rather than one used to point out any specific areas other than the Canton Estuary. * Because of its clarity, and use of Chinese characters, one could also ascribe the use to navigators who employed Chinese pilots to assist in sailing though the islands into the Pearl River to Canton and Whampoa or to Macau and its passages to Canton. * A scan can be sent by email.Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2010 Rare Oriental Book Co.
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[Anonymous]
Nueva Relacion y Curioso Romance de un caso que ha sucedido en este presente año en la ciudad de Roma, de una muger que dió veneno á su madre, y despues dió muerte á su marido y á una hija suya, siendo por su caus
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(Murcia:: Por D. Fernando Rodriguez, donde se hallará),, [ca. 1800-1820?].. One of two editions, the other an undated Malaga edition.. A trifle spotted and soiled, one old crease; small quarter inch marginal closed tear along the fold; in very good condition.. Unbound sheet folded to make 4 pages, printed in double columns, untrimmed. Small woodcut vignette of St. Dominic with the Virgin and the infant Christ at the head of the first page. Padre mio de mi alma, / mi regalo y mi consuelo, / yo estoy muy enamorada, / y quisiera que esta noche, / mis deseos so lograren, / pues hemos quedado solos. / La ha dicho el padre, qué hablas? / estás locas ó sin sentido? / qué es esto de enamorada? / dí con quien, porque si no / lo dices, te haré mil rajas. / Respondió con mucha risa, / con usted, y eso fué causa / de dar la muerte á mi madre / con veneno estando mala . . ." A cheap chapbook account in verse of a lurid contemporary crime, the allegedly true tale of a woman in Rome who falls in love with her father and thus poisons her mother out of jealousy; when her father spurns his daughter's sexual advances she consents to marry a man and bears a daughter--then kills them both with a dagger and blames her father, who is then beheaded by the authorities. Though there is much here in the way of piety and observations on the necessity of repentance, one gets the sense of a certain pro forma quality to the religious sentiments as a vehicle for this tale of woe. CCPB notes three copies of this edition (one at the Biblioteca Nacional, two at the Biblioteca Historica Municipal de Madrid) to which OCLC adds a copy at UC-San Diego; CCPB also notes the Malaga edition at the Biblioteca Nacional only.
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Kaeck, J - DYEING RECIPES MANUSCRIPT
[Manuscript] Kunstfarb Buch auf aller Hand mussen Zeugen Gut und Abprobiert Geschriben [sic] von Johannes Kaeck Zeugmacher In Rottweil
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Rottweil: Unique., ca. 1800. Unique.. A good copy in a worn and broken binding; text block split; some spotty staining but otherwise quite good and usable; paper in good, firm condition.. sm. 4to.,. An elaborate semi-literate German dyer's manual with many recipes; accomplished in three different hands. Johannes Kaeck, the apparent compiler, lived in the town of Rottweil in southern Germany. Kaeck identifies himself on the elaborate calligraphic title page as a 'Zeugmacher', i.e., a tool maker or leather worker. The contents of the manuscript, however, indicate a very detailed interest in dyes, colors, and fabrics. The manuscript is in two parts. The first is appx. 144 pages in a single hand of German gothic script. This deals exclusivley with dye recipes for colors. The colors are primarily blues, yellow, reds and greens of various hues. They are sometimes accompanied by notations as to the cloth (wool, Turkish wool, linen, and cotton) to be used. The recipes are quite advanced with advice on how to make the dyes permanent etc.. At one point in the manuscript the writer recommends the use of a 'soda' (sodium carbonate) to be gotten at a specific chemical factory outside Magdeburg. At another point he dsitinguishes between the dyes noted in the manuscript and the manufacture of chemical dyes. The second part of the manuscript is appx. 75 pages. This appears to be in two distinct hands. The content varies with appx. half being given over to various cures and additional recipes and the remainder being mathematical puzzles ( 'magic squares' ), geometry, lessons etc.. It seems likely that at one point this manuscript 'emigrated' to America and was used as a dyer's guide. There are occasional ref's. in English in a later hand that supplement a few of the dye recipes.
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AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800) & Louis Jean Pierre VIELLOT (1748-1831)
Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques
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Paris: Crapelet for Desray, [1800-]1802. 2 volumes, folio. (20 x 13 inches). Half-titles, section titles, 2pp. list of subscribers. 190 fine engraved plates, printed in colours, by and after Audebert, printed by Langlois (all with the plate captions printed in gold, most with gold highlights to the birds, 1 plate double-page). Contemporary diced russia, expertly rebacked to style, spines in seven compartments with raised bands, black morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, red morocco in the fourth, the others with elegant repeat neo-classical design, gilt turn-ins. First edition, de luxe folio issue with the plate captions printed in gold: limited to 200 copies. A fine copy of 'one of the most beautiful books of its era' ('Fine Bird Books') and the best early work on humming-birds, jacamars, promerops, tree-creepers and birds-of-paradise The 'colours of the birds and their handsome appearance have evidently been the cause of their selection for inclusion in the book. The plates ... are in beautiful colours ... [and] are among the best colour prints found in ornithology' (Anker). They were etched by Audebert from his own designs and those of the 'very best painters of Paris and London.' He received help with colouring from Louis Bouquet and with the printing in oil-colours from Langlois. The exact method used in the printing of the plates was of Audebert's own invention and envolved the extensive use of gold for both the captions and the highlights. As Fine Bird Books points out, it is these 'gold reflections of the plumage that renders this book unique and wonderful.' The plates include three plates of details, 19 of 'Colibris'; 50 of 'Oiseaux-Mouches'; 6 'Jacamars'; 9 'Pomerops'; 88 'Grimpereaux' and 15 'Oiseaux de Paradis'. The text is largely by Vieillot who saw the work through to completion using Audebert's notes following the latter's death in 1800 Anker 14; BM (NH) I, p.71; Balis 52; Buchanan Nature into Art 105; Cottrell 19; Ellis/Mengel 93; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.73; Nissen IVB 47; Ronsil 103; Zimmer 17
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AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800) and Louis Jean Pierre VIEILLOT (1748-1831).
Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metalliques.
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Paris: Imprimerie Crapelet for Desray, [?1800]-1802. - 2 volumes. 4to., (13 4/8 x 10 inches). Half-titles and sectional titles, list of subscribers. 189 fine etched plates printed in colour by Langlois, finished by hand, and HEIGHTENED IN GOLD, including 6 large folding plates (some heavy spotting and staining). 19th-century half brown morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (worn with minor loss at the extremities). First edition, limited issue, one of 100 quarto sets printed on papier velin with the captions printed in black, of a total edition of 313, which included 200 folio sets with the plate captions printed in gold, 12 folio sets with the plate captions and the text printed in gold, one set printed in gold on vellum. The work was issued in 32 parts over 26 months and is divided into 10 sections Anker records that the magnificent plates, which are heightened with gold, that the 'colours of the birds and their handsome appearance have evidently been the cause of their selection for inclusion in the book. The plates with the bird portraits are in beautiful colours; in this respect they are among the best colour prints found in ornithology'. The plates were etched by Audebert from his own designs and those of 'les plus belles peintres de Paris et de Londres'; Louis Bouquet assisted with the colouring and Langlois with the printing in oil-colours, and the whole process used in the printing of the plates was invented by Audebert. All the colours were printed from a single plate, and oil paint was substituted for the more common gouache. Originally a miniature painter, Audubert became interested in natural history after meeting Gigot-d'Orex in 1789, a wealthy collector of specimens, who employed him to paint some of them. Tragically Audebert died at the young age of 41, and this is the last book he completed before his death. The text is largely by Vieillot who continued the work using Audebert's notes after the latter's death in 1800. Anker 14; Fine Bird Books p.73; Nissen IVB 47; Ronsil 103; Wood pp. 206-207; Zimmer pp. 17-18. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
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Delille, Jacques
L'Homme des Champs; Ou Les Georgiques Francoises
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Berlin: Mettra, 1800. First Berlin edition. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. First Berlin edition. 274pp., plus an errata leaf. Contemporary half leather. Spine in five compartments with raised bands, gilt. Paste-paper boards. Full page engraved frontispiece after Guerin. Trace of foxing to the half-title, light edgewear else a very good copy. A reworking of Virgil's themes in the Georgics. Delille completed his work while in Switzerland in self-imposed exile from the Revolution. Strasburg, Amsterdam and Basle imprints were also issued in 1800. Scarce. One copy only located by OCLC. Text in French.
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(Johnson, D. Samuel)
The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland with Prefaces Biographical and Critical
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London: Andrew Miller. 1800. Half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Double gilt fillets. Six panels one with gilt volume numbers, two with gilt-stamped dark morocco titles, upper panel for series, lower for contents. Spines brittle and scuffed esp. at heads and heels; page edges darkened; scattered foxing. Volume I hinges split and small tear to free front endpaper; Volume II hinge cracked with previous repair to interior and chip to 1/2 of bottom panel; Volume IV with small chip to head of spine; Volume VIII with small chip to lower title. Still a good handsome set of this rather uncommon edition. All volumes in clear archival jackets. 8vo. (15 cm. x 24 cm.).
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Artist: HOGARTH, Wiliam.Engraved by COOK, T.
The Bench. Sarah Malcolm.
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Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth. G.G. & J Robinson. Paternoster Row. London. 1800. - Two images on one plate. In The Bench Hogarth illustrates four pompous judges listening to a case in the Court of Common Pleas. Callously inattentive to the case before them, these undignified, pompous men, buried in their robes and wigs, slumber or read. Sarah Malcolm was convicted and hanged for the brutal murder of an elderly widow and her two servants. Hogarth visited her in Newgate prison a few days before her execution. Malcolm’s life represented the kind of cautionary narrative that Hogarth utilised within Industry and Idleness and The Four Stages of Cruelty. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Very good condition. Size: 23 x 43.8 cm. (9 x 17 inches)
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ELLIOTT, JOHN and Samuel Johnson, Jr
A selected, pronouncing and accented dictionary. Comprising a selection of the choicest words found in the best English authors
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printed by Edward Gray, for Oliver D. & I. Cook, and sold by them in sheets, or bound, at their book store, Hartford, Suffield 1800 - Second edition, oblong 32mo, pp. 32, 223, including 3 pages of recommendations, a preface, and an introduction to English grammar, followed by the lexicon in double column; extremities rubbed, but a very good, sound copy in full original sheep. Johnson (1757-1836) was the first American lexicographer, and his School Dictionary of 1798 was the first dictionary compiled by an American. When a second edition was called for, Johnson collaborated with Elliott and produced this new and larger work. This is the second of two editions printed in 1800, with 32 pages of frontal matter. Evans 37355 locates 4 copies, Univ. of Conn. copy only in NUC; 9 in OCLC.
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Ibbett, V.
Flowers in Heraldry, Compiled, Designed, Written and Illustrated By Vera Ibbett, 1971-4.
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Alcuin Society, Vancouver, first edition, 1977. Copy B-177, signed by Vera Ibbett. Fine in a slightly scuffed slipcase. Limited edition of 100 "B-Special" copies signed and numbered by the artist-calligrapher in a de luxe binding (from a total edition of 2300). Quarter-morocco and cloth, gilt cover device, slipcased, large 4to, 36 cm, 21 pp, ills. Reproduced from a calligraphic manuscript gloriously illustrated with botanical paintings, executed over a 3 year period, this is a truly beautiful production. The manuscript was written using bronze nibs with chinese stick ink, and the flowers illustrated principally with gouache pigments embellished with burnished shell gold: the printing successfully reproduces the intensity of the colours in the original. This is one of the 100 "B" copies, signed and numbered (101-200) by the artist-calligrapher in a de luxe binding and slipcased. (The "A" series, again 100 copies, consisted of unbound sheets; 300 "Ordinary" copies were numbered and signed and bound in cloth, and there were a further 1800 unsigned copies).
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Malham, Rev. John
Fox's Book Of Martyrs
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J. & J.L. Gihon Early 1800's, Philadelphia - Quarto, 761pp., Light wear to cover. Blindstamped designs. Gilt decorated spine. Marbled edges and end papers. Probably published before 1830. Old name in ink. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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LEVESQUE (Pierre-Charles);
Moeurs, usages et costumes des peuples de la Russie.
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De l'imprimerie de Guilleminet à Paris A Hambourg et Brunswick chez Pierre-François Fauche et Compagnie 1800 In-4 de 16 pp. et 16 planches dépliantes, couverture noire conservée, cartonnage moderne. Edition originale rare. Album de 16 planches gravées par N. Thomas précédées de leur explication. Pierre-Charles Levesque (1736-1812), professeur au Collège de France, chaire d'histoire et morale (1791-1812), membre de l'Institut élu le 20 novembre 1795, arriva à Saint-Pétersbourg sur la recommandation de Diderot où il passa une grande partie de son existence à étudier l'histoire de la Russie. Inconnu de Colas.
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DALZEL, Archibald
De geschiedenis van Dahomey, een binnenlands koningrijk van Afrika. Benevens 't verhaal eener binnenlandsche reize in Afrika naar 't hof van Bossa Ahadee, koning van Dahomey. Met eene inleiding en aanteekeningen
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Den Haag, J.C.Leeuwenstyn, 1800. xxxvl, 392 p., 1 folding map & 4 folding plates, 8vo 19th cent. halfcalf with raised bands in 5 compartments, gilt title and decorated spine. Inside slightly browned. Very good copy. Translated fom the english (London, 1792). Ref.: Brunet 28438; not in Chadenat; Cox I, p. 392 (english edition 1793). KEYWORDS:west africa
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Gordon, Alexander S.; Matthew L. Davis; James Cheetham:
NEW-YORK, OCTOBER 29TH, 1800. BRETHREN, WE ARE DIRECTED BY WASHINGTON LODGE, TO LAY BEFORE YOU THE RESULT OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS ON THE PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION FOR THE GRAND LODGE:
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New York:. 1800. 2 pp, plus integral final blank, folded to letter size and addressed to George D. Wickham, Esq., Master of Orange Lodge 45, Goshen. Wear and soil to blank inner margins, a few pinholes that slightly affect small portions of 4 or 5 letters, light wear. Signed in type by Gordon, Davis, and Cheetham. Certified in type by John Aird, Secretary, on October 28, 5800 [1800]. Good+. & & An apparently unrecorded New York imprint, documenting the authors' "Dissent" from the proposed new Constitution of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. The proposal violates "the great leading principle of Masonic institutions," i.e., "the sacred and indestructible right of every Lodge to elect its own officers" and the "equal rights of their members." The new Constitution places power in the hands of unelected Masonic officials, particularly the Grand Master, "upon the spurious supposition, viz. that he is infallible." Moreover, "Officers unknown to the Masonic world" are also granted powers rightly belonging to the membership. Cheetham and Davis were allies of Aaron Burr in the complicated world of early American and New York politics.& Washington Lodge was formed in March 1800 by several members of the Phoenix Lodge of the State of New York. The Washington Lodge, along with others, debated and voted on the proposed Constitution, which had been drafted by DeWitt Clinton and several others. Of 42 constituent Lodges, only 17 favored the new Constitution, which was thus rejected in December 1800. See, Ross, A Standard History of Freemasonry in the State of New York, pages 137-139 [1899].& Not located in Evans, Bristol, Shipton & Mooney, NAIP, or on OCLC or the online websites of AAS, Huntington or the other usual sources.
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CASSAS, After Louis-François (1756-1827)
Vue de la Tète colossale du Sphinx et de la 2e. Piramide d'Egypte
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[?Paris: Francesco & Pietro Piranesi?, circa 1800-1810]. Etching, coloured by hand in watercolour and bodycolour, presented in imitation of a watercolour, wash borders laid on, with superimposed title panels in lower margins, titling and imprint in sepia ink in a contemporary hand, all as issued. 21 3/4 x 31 inches. 25 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches. A fine and rare hand-coloured view of the Great Sphinx, with the second of the great pyramids at Giza in Egypt. This lively image of Giza in Egypt, with the foreground full of activity, shows the head of the great Sphinx with the second of the great pyramids dominating the background. The second pyramid, the tomb of King Chephren (or Khafre), appears to be the largest, but was actually constructed on a plateau. King Chephren tried to cast his tomb with granite; however, the job was not completed. The Sphinx is believed to be a valley temple dedicated to King Chephren with the body of a lion and a human head representing the king himself. Louis-François Cassas studied under artists from opposite ends of the 18th-century artistic spectrum, including Joseph-Marie Vien, a Neoclassical painter, and Rococo painters such as Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. In 1778 Cassas went to Italy, visiting and sketching Rome,Venice, Naples, and Sicily. In 1784 Cassas accompanied the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752-1817) to Constantinople, where the latter had been appointed ambassador. Cassas traveled, visiting Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, and Asia Minor. He drew ancient Middle Eastern sites, many of which had never before been recorded. With Choiseul's assistance these were later published. The etched portions of this print are quite bare, with the majority of the work accomplished in masterful watercolour; that, coupled with the wash borders, present the overall appearance of an original, and very fine, work of art.
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Hayley, William
An Essay on Sculpture: In a Series of Epistles to John Flaxman
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London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800. Plate only. Frontispiece ÒPericles,Ó a little browned around the edges. Engraved by Blake but not signed. BlakeÕs first (and perhaps happiest) collaboration with his patron William Hayley, one that also included BlakeÕs friend of many years, John Flaxman. Bentley, Blake Books, 467. Essick, William BlakeÕs Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIX.
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[WALPOLE, HORACE]
Jeffery's Edition of The Castle of Otranto
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London: Printed By W. Blackader, 1800. Tan leather gilt with burgundy label on spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., bound by Bickers & Son probably mid-19th Cent.. Spine has been recased in not quite matching leather, hinges internally reinforced. 7 hand-coloured plates as called for, dated 1795 and likely left over from the Italian trans. published in London that year. Some plates are foxed, and the frontis has suffered a severe trim at the fore-edge. Otherwise this is a handsome copy of one of the earlier illustrated editions, also including Prefaces to First and Second Editions.. New Edition. Full Leather. VG/No Jacket. Octavo.
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[Tazewell, William]:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE 13TH ULTIMO, THE PETITION OF WILLIAM TAZEWELL. 9TH APRIL, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, ON MONDAY NEXT. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.] [Philadelphia: 1800].
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1800. Disbound with some loosening, small margin holes from prior stitching. Very Good. Tazewell was secretary to Elbridge Gerry, "one of the late Envoys from the United States of America to the French Republic." Gerry, departing for the U.S., instructed him to remain in Paris and to conclude pending diplomatic business with trips to the Hague and London. Tazewell, upon his "return to America, was captured by a French privateer and sent into Corunna, in Spain, from whence he traveled by land to Lisbon, at which place he embarked for the United States." Tazewell argued that the United States should compensate him for the additional "expences incurred by him in consequence of his being captured on his return to his country." The Committee agrees despite objections from State Secretary Pickering: "It is not usual for the United States to provide vessels to convey their Ministers to and from European Courts: but they generally provide and pay for their passages themselves." FIRST EDITION. Evans 38868. OCLC locates 4, under 3 accession numbers. Not in Jenkins.
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[Washington, George]
Washington's Political Legacies To Which Is Annexed An Appendix .. With A Biographical Outline Of His Character
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Boston: John Russell and John West, 1800. First Edition. Washington's Political Legacies. To which is annexed an appendix, containing an account of his illness, death, and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory, with a biographical outline of his character. Boston: John Russell and John West, 1800. 12mo. Newly bound in full morocco, raised ridges to spine, gilt titles. 208, xiv pp. Engraved title with funeral urn. Wonderful collection of primary source materials: Letter to Mrs. Washington signed by the editors, Boston, March 1800. Advertisement. Gen. Washington's appointment to the command of the American army, in 1775. His order on the cessation of hostilities. His circular letter to the Governors of the several states, in 1783. The address of Congress on the acknowledgment of his eminent services. His answer. His farewel address to the army. His address to Congress on resigning his military commission. Their answer. His inaugural speech to Congress, in 1789. His valedictory address to his fellow citizens. His letter to President Adams, on accepting the command of the American army, in 1798. Gen. Marshall's address to the speaker of the house of representatives, on the report of the death of Gen. Washington. The president's message to Congress, enclosing Col. Lear's letter, announcing the death of Gen. Washington. Gen. Marshall's second address to Congress. Resolutions of Congress respecting the manner of paying suitable honours to the memory of Gen. Washington. Address of condolence from the house of representatives to the president. His answer. Address of condolence from the senate to the president. His answer. Resolutions of Congress for perpetuating the memory of Gen. Washington. Gen. Lee's Eulogy, pronounced before the national legislature. The presidents' proclamation. Particular account of the last illness of Gen. Washington. His funeral. The president's message to Congress, communicating Mrs. Washington's letter. Biographical outline of Gen. Washington. Anonymous address to the American army, in 1783. Gen. Washington's address to the army in answer to this artful and insidious address. IN-TEXT ILLUSTRATION OF CASKET SURROUNDED BY CAVALARY/INFANTRY, GUARD, MUSIC, CLERGY, PALLBEARERS (COL. SIMMS, COL. GILPIN, COL. RAMSAY, COL. MARSTELLER, COL. PAYNE, COL. LITTLE), MOURNERS, MASONIC BRETHREN, CITIZENS. Subscribers names, xiv pp. arranged alphabetically and by community. Scarce.. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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VITAL-ROUX.
De l'influence du gouvernement sur la prosperité du commerce, par Vital-Roux, de Lyon, Négociant.
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- A Paris, Chez Fayolle, An 9-1800. 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), 286 pp.; (2), (287)-484, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, morocco label with gilt lettering, corners INED 4463; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Économique. Première partie: idées générales sur les principes du crédit et sur les questions qui intéressent le commerce dans ses rapports avec les opérations financières du gouvernement; influence du systême politique sur l'industrie; institutions qui doivent faciliter la connaissance de ses progrès ou de sa décadence, et rendre au commerce l'influence qu'il doit avoir. Seconde partie: des transactions commerciales et des moyens de leur donner une régularité plus uniforme; nécessité d'un code de lois qui défende l'indépendance du commerce; proposition d'une garantie publique contre les banqueroutes et la mauvaise foi des faillis; indication des moyens d'instruction les plus propres à ceux qui se destinent au commerce; projet d'écoles oú les principes et la comptablilité commerciale seraient mis à la portée de tout le monde. Voir surtout, dans la première partie, les chapitres sur l'impôt, le luxe, les privilèges, maîtrises et corporations. Vital-Roux précise qu'il n'a parlé de l'agriculture, dans le cours de son ouvrage, 'que par indication, et comme pour rappeler qu'elle doit être comprise dans toutes les institutions en faveur du commerce'. Vital-Roux s'est également interdit toute espèce de discussion sur les colonies' (INED). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses; A Discourse on Epic Poetry and of the Excellence of the Poem of Telemachus
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- 202 pages with both French and English translation side by side.( Les Aventures de Telemaque, fils d'ulysse; livre premier sommaire) First 31 pages contain a Discourse by Mr. Ramsay, also in French and English. 12 books of Telemachus in volume. Pages fragile; darkened; foxed; slight warping and discoloration from moisture exposure; Pages have string binding. Page edges darkened. Some page corners have small tears or dog eared. Title page and end papers excised, so exact date (cir early 1800's) and publisher is missing. Bottom margin of last page is missing but the words on that printed page are intact. Previous owner name inked on front inside cover; inked notes also on back end paper. Hard covers are in very fragile condition. Large portion of brown marble like cover is torn off, exposing underneath cardboard on front cover. Back cover is totally excised from book; Leather spine with gild lettering and design has broken from inner binding and is attached to front cover only in spots. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY-FRAGILE BUT READABLE IN BOTH FRENCH AND ENGLISH. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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[Tofiño De San Miguel, Vicente (1723-1795)].
"Coleccion De Cartas De America Publicadas Por La Direction De Trabajos Hidrograficos".
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Madrid: , 1800. Broadsheets (24 4/8 x20 inches). Manuscript title-page. 16 engraved maps (10 double-page). Contemporary Spanish mottled calf, covers decorated with a border of triple gilt fillets, smooth spine gilt-ruled in seven compartments, red morocco lettering-piece in one (extremities scuffed, lower cover with some surface wear). Provenance: S. Alfonso Aguirre y Gadea, Conde de Yoldi (1764-1852), Spanish count, chamberlain at the court of King Kristian VIII of Denmark (signature on front free endpaper); Frank Sherwin Streeter (1918-2006) (Collection of Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography and Science). A very fine collection of Atlantic and American maps from the extremely rare Spanish "Atlas Maritimo Español" (Madrid, 1789-1814), which includes maps of the Western Hemisphere, knowledge of which area the Spanish had previously kept strictly secret: Tofino' previous work had included the first atlas of the Spanish coastline "Atlas Maritimo de Espana" between 1783 and 1788. Of particular note is the "Carte esferica que comprehende las costas del Seno Mexicano", the first printed map to name the bays of Galveston and Bernardo, and considered by Streeter to be one of the six most important maps in any collection of Texas: "It is the first of two or three early maps showing the Texas coast line and the lower courses of its rivers. This "Carta Esferica" was one of the authorities used by Humboldt in constructing his highly acclaimed "Carte Générale du royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne", Paris, [1809]" (Streeter "Texas"). The other fifteen maps are: "Carta general del Oceano Atlantico, " "Carta esferica que comprehende una parte de las Islas Antillas, " "Carta esferica de una parte del Canal Viejo de Bahama, " "Plano geometrico del Puerto, capital de la isla de Puerto Rico, " "Plano del Puerto y ciudad della Havana, " "Carta esferica del Rio de la Plata, " "Carta esferica de las coastas de la America meridional, " "Carta esferica de las costas del Reyno de Chile, " "Carta esferica de una parte de la costa del Peru, " "Plano del Puerto del Sta. Elena en la cost Patagonica, " "Plano del Puerto del Sn. Carlos, " "Plano del Puerto del Valdivia, " and "Carta esferica de los reconocimientos hechos en 1782 en la costa N.O. de America". No copy of the "Atlas Maritimo Espanol" has been offered publically in the last thirty years. See Phillips Atlases 4155. Purchased at Christie's 17th April 2007, lot 501. Purchased at Christie's 16th April 2007, lot 310. Catalogue description prepared for and on behalf of Arader Galleries by Kate Hunter.
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HUET II After Jean Baptiste b.1772
La Corbeille de Fruits
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Paris: Tessari et Co, [circa 1800]. Engravings, printed in colours and finished by hand, by Duthé, after 'Huet fils'. 12 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches. 16 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. A beautifully composed image recalling the bounty that the Fall brings, after an original by one of the three sons of Jean-Baptistse Huet The beautifully observed wicker-work basket bulges with the fruits of the harvest, their weight has made the container unsteady and some of the contents have spilled out onto the slate shelf on which this veritable cornucopia rests. A snail and a hornet investigate: apples, pears, grapes, chestnuts, cherries, tomatoes, white currents and a pomegranate are all available. This highly decorative image is from an original by 'Huet fils' (i.e. 'Huet son'). This narrows the field to three artists, all members of the highly talented French family whose members were active between about 1740 and 1830. Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811) had three sons, all of whom are possible candidates: Nicolas Huet II, born in 1770, who flourished as an artist between about 1788 and 1827, François Huet, born 1772 and died in London in 1813 and finally, Jean-Baptiste Huet II who was born in Paris on 29 December 1772. Because of the use of 'fils' Jean-Baptiste the second is the most likely candidate. Until his father's death the easiest way to differentiate the two artists of the same name would have been to call the younger 'the son'.
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G. B. PIRANESI
Veduta del Mausoleo d`Elio Adriano (ora chiamato Castello S. Angelo)...
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Orig.-Radierung. "Presso l`Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tornati vicino alla Trinitá de` monti." Bez.: "Giovanni Battista Piranesi Architetto dis. ed inc." 43,5 x 55,5 cm. (Plattengr.). Unter Passep., ger. Einwandfrei. EA. Hind 30/II; Focillon 743; Ficacci 706 - Rückenansicht des Hadrian-Mausoleums. Orig.-Radierung aus der `Vedute di Roma`, an deren Herstellung von insgesamt 135 Tafeln Piranesi 30 Jahre lang arbeitete. 1799 mußten die beiden Söhne Piranesis vor den englischen und neapolitanischen Truppen aus Rom fliehen. Es gelang Francesco und Pietro nach einer abenteuerlichen Flucht, die gesamten Druckplatten ihrer Werkstatt von Rom nach Paris zu bringen. Dort gründeten sie die `Calcographie des Piranesi frères`, wo sie in den Jahren 1800-07 "eine sorgfältig gedruckte neue Ausgabe des gesamten graphischen Werks in 27 Bänden veranstalteten" (Wilton-Ely, S. 132).
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Norden Frederic Louis Friderik Ludvig. Grave par Tardieu l'aine
Atlas du voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Frederic Louis Norden. Bibliotheque Portative des Voyages Tome XIII
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Paris, Lepetit jeune, 1800. Small octavo. Atlas containing 23 plates, numbered I-XXIII, comprising of a finely engraved folding map and 22 finely engraved plates, 16 of which are double-page, the others mostly with multiple images to each. Serial-title present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full tree calf, gilt tooled sides, gilt spine, crimson morocco lettering piece in gilt, gilt tooled edges, marbled endpapers, bit rubbed in places, spine-ends chipped, corner-tips bit worn, light foxing and yellowing mostly to blank margins and verso of plates, small old mark to verso of one plate. In a very good condition. A charming copy. - - First edition. Rare. Bibliotheque Portative des Voyages, Tome XIII. A second edition appeared in 1817. Norden's 'Voyage d'Égypte et de Nubie' was first published posthumously in 1755, by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Norden, who died in 1742, managed to see part of his work in print when he published in 1741 a pilot edition under the title 'Drawings of Some Ruins and Colossal Statues at Thebes in Egypt'. . Catalogs: Archaeology: Ancient Egypt, Egyptology. Keywords: Archaeology archaeological excavation excavations exploration explorations survey surveys geological anthropology anthropological geology archeology classical antiquity studies near far East Greece Greek Rome Roman Egypt medieval postmediaeval history p Egypt Egyptology Egyptian Égyptologue Égyptienne Égyptien Égypte Égyptologique Ägyptischen Ägyptische Aegyptens Ägypten Ägyptologische alten Ägypter .
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Jomini, Antoine Henri, Baron De
Atlas Pour Le Traite Des Grandes Operations Militaires
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n. p: n. p, n.d. (1800's). Very good Folio. Twenty pp. of text followed by 25 large maps and plans, many folding, and some with hand coloring. Scarce atlas volume to accompany Jomini's Traite, describing Frederick the Great's campaigns. Contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards and endpapers, with leather title on the upper boards, gilt. Hinges and corners neatly mended, occasional foxing, but a very good copy. Text in French.
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Boëthius, Gerda.
Studier i den nordiska timmerbyggnadskonsten från vikingatiden till 1800-talet.
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- En undersökning utgående från Anders Zorns samlingar i Mora. Victor Pettersons Bokindustri AB Stockholm 1927. 4:o. Fritzes hovbokhandel i distribution. 375 illustrationer. (8),355,(1 blank) s. Summery in English. Senare välbevarat brunt halvskinnband med övre guldsnitt. Rygg med fem upphöjda bind. Något fläckade omslag medbundna. (Studier från Zornska institutet för nordisk och jämförande konsthistoria vid Stockholms högskola. V.). 29 x 22,5 cm. [#79319]
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[GAI, Gi.]
HUA NIAO HUA CE: A HAND-PAINTED BOOK OF BIRD & FLOWER DRAWINGS IN COLOR.
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A TENDER AND FLOWING PICTURE SCROLL OF BIRDS AND FLOWERS [China n.d. ca. 1800-1828]. Silk-brocaid covers, worn and rubbed, a pair of miniature accordion-folded albums, ca. 5.5 x 11.5 cm., each with 24 pages, a continuous horizontal scroll, with hand-painted color drawings, 129.5 cm. long. This two-volume set is lovely. The covers were originally done in silk-brocade cafe-ole in color, much of which is now rubbed away. The corners are rounded as was typical of the period. The work is cinnabar sealed with two different seals, the first sealed by Gai Gi, the second unread but says "shu hua" [picture drawn by] plus the artist's alternate studio name [unread]; the second is sealed with Gai Gi second half of seal unread [see our scans]. * The drawings are done in a typical combination of vegetal pastel color and Mozhi [Chinese/Sumi black ink]. The drawings show bamboo, pine, small birds, cherry blossoms and other flowers. * Gai [1773-1828], was a Qing Dynasty painter, and Shanghai artist from the "Songjiang" district. His work is subtle, relaxed and reflects the kinds of birds and flowers found in that area. He was famous, and friends with and respected by place celebrities, such as Wang Qisun, Li Ting and Li Junjia See below reference for full entry. * REFERENCE: We found a nice listing for this author in BAIDU: http://baike.baidu.com/view/228087.htm * Color scans can be sent by email.Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2010 Rare Oriental Book Co.
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George Washington
Obituary of George Washington in Gentleman's Magazine, January, 1800
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Publisher: John Nichols - Date of Publication: 1800 - Binding: cloth - Edition: First Edition - Condition: Fine - Description: 8vo The complete January, 1800 issue of Gentleman's Magazine, in new cloth binding. 96 pp. Of note, a highly respectful obituary for George Washington, describing the last moments of his death, the funeral and internment, and bereavement those in government. Also contains numberous other articles, poetry, 2 engraved plates and engraved title. In fine condition, newly bound in cloth. - [Publisher: John Nichols]
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MARMONTAL Jean Francois
The Watermen of Besons. An Entertaining Tale Selected for the Instruction & Amusement of Youth. Part I
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Cork: Printed by William West. [no date - circa 1800]. Edition unknown. Gray illustrated wrappers. 35pp. illustrated on almost every page. Creased on rear wrap, slight staining on the wrappers, a sound, good or better copy. A translation of a moral tale by the French Encyclopediste Jean-Francois Marmontal. The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century p.73. OCLC locates no copies; Copac locates a single undated, similar but obvously different copy, published in Derby. Presumably a relatively early Cork imprint. Very scarce. .
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