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        Abeokuta and The Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration.
      Tinsley Brothers London First editions Two Volumes 1863 - An ex-library set : Octavo; xvi, 333p; v, 306p, [2]. Folding map, frontis to volume two, three engraved plates, one of which has been used as the frontispiece to volume one, which is lacking its portrait frontispiece. Map torn , repaired, and sl stained. A fair copy only, the original green cloth boards rebacked with the original spine laid down, 19thc library book plates to the pastedowns, blind stamps. Joints and hinges are sound, some preliminary leaves sl marginal chips. A fair and usable copy of the this scarce book by arguably the greatest explorer of all. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Neil Summersgill ABA,PBFA,ILAB.]
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        Hospital Sketches
      Boston: James Repath, 1863. First Edition . Near fine in pebbled, purple cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4" by 4 3/8" with light yellow end sheets. The cloth on the outside edges of the boards and on the spine is slightly faded. The hinges and joints are tight and the binding is sewn. Without a dust jacket (if it ever had one). 102 pages followed by a two page ad by the publisher. Per Judith C. Ullom in her bibliography, Louisa May Alcott, "Considered by critics to be the proving ground for the author, these six sketches, written when Louisa was 30 years of age, are based on her experience as a Civil War nurse. First published in successive numbers in the Boston newspaper, The Commonwealth (1863), they were revise and enlarged for book publication A beautiful copy of a very uncommon early book by a well respected author of Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys and many other titles. (Ullom: Louisa May Alcott; 5; BAL, 145)

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        The Ferns of Southern India. Being descriptions and Plates of the Ferns of the Madras Presidency.
      Gantz Brothers, Madras 1863 - Full green morocco binding, 4to., pp.1, (1), 1, (1), xv, 88, vii and illustrated with 272 full page plates. The spine divided by five raised and gilt ruled bands into six compartments with the title in the second compartment. Covers gilt lined along the spine and the corners, gilt title on front board. Marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. A small unobtrusive stain on the spine in the fifth compartment, a stamp of a private collector on first blank and the stamp of another private collector on title page and last index page, both stamps small. The title page a bit foxed, a few other pages with some very light foxing, but overall a very clean copy. Collation: First blank, Title, blank, Notice, blank, pp. xv, 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20, 21-24, 25-30, 31-34, 35-38, 39-42, 43-46, 47-50, 51-53, blank (v. 53), 54-58, blank (v. 58), 59-64, 65-80, 81-84, 85-88, pls i-xxviii, pl xxviii A, pls xxix-cclxx1, pp. vii, final blank. Collation complete. The work was issued in installements (see picture #5) and obviously in a small run only. It was republished ten years later in 1873. Rare. [Attributes: First Edition]

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        FAREWELL ADDRESS OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL POLK
      Missionary Ridge, Tn, 1863. Toned. Some light staining and foxing. Good. A rare field press broadside printing of Confederate General Leonidas Polk's stirring and eloquent farewell to his troops in the Army of Tennessee, after he had been removed from his command by General Braxton Bragg. Polk graduated from West Point a year before Jefferson Davis, and the two enjoyed a long and close friendship. Polk left the military soon after graduation, and entered the Episcopal ministry, eventually becoming Missionary Bishop of the Southwest. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed a general and became a commander of the Army of Tennessee. Polk eventually came under criticism, especially from his superior, Braxton Bragg. He participated at Belmont, Shiloh, Perryville, and Murfreesboro, but after what was considered a poor performance at Chickamauga, Bragg relieved Polk of his command. In this address to his troops Polk refers to the "unfortunate disagreement between myself and the commander-in-chief of this Department," defends his actions and decisions, and praises the bravery and performance of his men. "Contending with a numerous, well-appointed and merciless enemy, for all that man holds dear, you have borne unexampled privations with fortitude, fought with undaunted bravery, and ever yielded a ready and cheerful obedience to your officers....My earnest exhortation and request to you is, to fight on and fight ever, with true hearts, until your independence is achieved. Thousands of hearts may fall crushed and bleeding udner the weapons of the foe, or the passions or mistakes of friends, but the great cause must not be sacrificed, or our flag abandoned." Polk would be reassigned, and was killed during a scouting expedition in 1864. Not in Parrish & Willingham. OCLC locates only a single copy, at Yale.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]
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        William England: Alpinisten auf einem Gletscher. Original-Fotografie (1863 - 1868); Albumin-Abzug., Bildformat: 15,7 x 21,5 cm. Auf leichten Karton montiert. Karton mit gedruckter Tonplatte, auf der die Fotografie montiert wurde. Gedruckter Name des Fotografen sowie gedruckte Bezeichnung: "Views of Switzerland and Savoy. Dedicated by permission of the Alpine Club". - Minimale Benutzungsspur, nur im Glanz sichtbar; sehr schön erhalten; Karton mit sehr leichter Benutzungsspur; untere Blattecke mit schmalem Abriss. - William England war Chef-Fotograf der London Stereoscopic Company und reiste in den 1860er Jahren durch die Schweiz sowie die savoyischen Alpengebiete. Er fertigte vorwiegend Aufnahmen für Stereo-Karten, hier liegt eine wesentlich
      - ***** William England: Mountain climbers cross alp glacier. Original photography (1863 - 1868); albumen print. Size: 15,7 x 21,5 cm. Mount on slight board. Printed name of photographer, title too: "Views of Switzerland and Savoy. Dedicated by permission of the Alpine Club". - Minor using, else excellent; board with minor using; foot corner with slight damage. - William England was chief photographer of London Stereoscopic Company. He disposed mostly stereo views. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600

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        Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand" originale Heliogravure ca.58x34cm (Darstellung/Image size) auf Karton (63x39cm) nach einem Gemälde von Lippay; in der Platte signiert; unterhalb der Darstellung typographisch betitelt und bezeichnet; Parthenon Wien um 1910
      - [Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand von Österreich (1863 in Graz - 1914 in Sarajevo) war österreichischer Erzherzog und seit 1896 Thronfolger von Österreich-Ungarn. Das Attentat von Sarajevo, bei dem er und seine Frau ums Leben kamen, gilt als Auslöser des Ersten Weltkrieges.] Das großformatige Blatt mit kleineren Kratzspuren und am oberen Rand mit 3,5cm langem alt hinterlegten Randeinriß. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Niederbayern]
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        The Prairie Traveller
      London: Trubner & Company, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+ to near Fine. A Handbook for Overland Expeditions. With illustrations, itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific and a Map. By Randolph Marcy...edited and with notes by RIchard F. Burton. First ed. 251 pp, one folding map, one plate, 12 text ill. Penzer p 69, 70. In remainder binding: black gilt blindstamped cloth. Former owner's bookplates and small presentation inscription on front free endpaper. First UK ed of this work on western US travel, edited by Burton after he returned from a visit to Salt Lake City and the American west in 1860. Better than vg+, almost near fine. Minor corner wear. Looks as if it were never read. Housed in a black cloth folding clamshell slipcase with gilt leather spine. A very attractive copy and presentation.

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        The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. With Remarks On His Life and Writings By Thomas Campbell
      Routledge, Warne, and Routledge 1863 Hardcover. No jacket. Specially bound for presentation in Herne's Oak. With dedication signature from Trevor Nunn, L. Olivier, Mary Rutherford and others. Several contemporary RSC ephemera included. Few scores on oak boards and gilded page block. Spine is slightly worn. Dedications on early pages and throughout the volume. Early pages to page xxx are chipped and creased on upper leading corners, with reinforced FEP. Foxing in the volume. Several pages have nicks on edges. Minor tears on leading edge of plate after page 378. Slight pen mark on p.691. Binding is intact, contents are clear. Unique and extraordinarily special. AM Used

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        The Prairie Traveller
      Trubner & Company, London 1863 - A Handbook for Overland Expeditions. With illustrations, itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific and a Map. By Randolph Marcy.edited and with notes by RIchard F. Burton. First ed. 251 pp, one folding map, one plate, 12 text ill. Penzer p 69, 70. In remainder binding: black gilt blindstamped cloth. Former owner's bookplates and small presentation inscription on front free endpaper. First UK ed of this work on western US travel, edited by Burton after he returned from a visit to Salt Lake City and the American west in 1860. Better than vg+, almost near fine. Minor corner wear. Looks as if it were never read. Housed in a black cloth folding clamshell slipcase with gilt leather spine. A very attractive copy and presentation. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Michael RUPPE (1863 Schäflein-Salzburg 1951), Sorrents gebaute Natur, 1902
      - Michael RUPPE (1863 Schäflein-Salzburg 1951), Sorrents gebaute Natur, 1902 -- Technik: -- Aquarell auf Papier, unten rechts signiert, bezeichnet und datiert: "M. Ruppe Sorrent. 1902. ". -- Maße: -- 46,8 x 30,6 cm -- Zustand: -- Sehr guter Zustand, im Rand minimal gebräunt. -- Beschreibung: -- Michael Ruppes künstlerischer Werdegang war von vielen Hindernissen begleitet. Er wurde 1863 als Sohn eines Bergbauern im kleinen Dorf Schäflein im Gottscheer Land (heute Slowenien) geboren. Bald übersiedelte er mit seinen Eltern nach Wamberg und besuchte zuerst die Volksschule in Nesseltal und später die Gottscheer Fachschule für Korbflechterei. Zu seinem Glück entdeckte sein Professor für Zeichenkunst, Julius Hofholzer, seine künstlerische Begabung und brachte ihm methodisch das Zeichnen bei. In Wien versuchte er, auf der Kunstakademie zu studieren, wurde aber wegen der nicht ausreichenden Anzahl an Naturstudien abgewiesen. Nach einem Aufenthalt in Südtirol, wo er Figurenschnitzerei lernte, bewarb er sich an der Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule. Diesmal mit Erfolg. Nach der Ausbildung ließ er sich als Bildhauer und Maler in Salzburg nieder. Wie so viele andere Künstler ließ sich auch Michael Ruppe von der Landschaft Kampaniens verzaubern, die mit ihren dramatischen Küstenabschnitten als einer der schönsten Landstriche Italiens gilt. Jacob Philipp Hackert, Oswald Achenbach, Louis Gurlitt wie auch Thomas Ender, einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des Wiener Biedermeier und Landsmann Ruppes, pilgerten über mehrere Jahrzehnte an die Küste Italiens und hielten ihre atemberaubende Schönheit in ihren Werken fest. Die Italiener selbst fanden im Golf von Neapel ebenfalls ihre Inspirationsquelle und gründeten dort die sogenannte Scuola di Posillipo, deren wichtigster Schüler Giacinto Gigante war, und die bis heute als eine der fortschrittlichsten Schulen Italiens auf dem Gebiet der Landschaftsmalerei gilt. Die sturmgepeitschten Klippen und jähen Abgründe, die dunklen Täler und verwunschenen Grotten der Küste bei Neapel berührten den Künstler auf zweierlei Weise. Einerseits wirkte auf den Bildhauer Ruppe die natürliche Topographie der Gegend wie ein Meisterwerk eines Bühnenkünstlers. Andererseits träumte der in bergigem Land groß gewordene Künstler seit seiner frühesten Kindheit vom Leben am Meer. Hier, in dieser paradiesisch anmutenden, sonnenverwöhnten und fruchtbaren Küstenlandschaft am Fuße des Vesuvs wurde sein Traum wahr und unser Blatt ist ein begeisternder Ausdruck seines künstlerischen Könnens, das sich hier entfalten konnte. -- [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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        THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD
      London: Tinsley, Brothers, Catherine-St., Strand,. 1863. original decorated green pebbled cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panels stamped in gold, yellow coated endpapers.. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper of volume one and. signatures of two early owners on the free endpapers of each volume.. Cloth a bit rubbed, volume one has a slight shelf lean, a very good. copy. A remarkably nice, unsophisticated copy, today rare thus in. commerce. Housed in a custom clamshell box. (#151825). First edition, first issue, English preliminaries. THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH- YARD is one of "four sensation novels [written by Le Fanu] that are the best of their kind ... Aside from three interpolated tales treating the supernatural [notably, "The Haunting of the Tiled House"], [it] is devoted to mystery and to exposing dark crimes committed in the past." - Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 225. "The supernatural plays a minor but crucial role." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-49. "The pages of the novel are crimsoned in gore with seasonings of hauntings, apparitions, and brooding menace. There are connoisseurs of the ghostly who put it first among Le Fanu's works." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2- 61. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 115. Ellis, Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others, p. 158, etc. Sullivan, Elegant Nightmares, p. 36. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 261. Bleiler (1948), p. 177. Hubin (1994), p. 493. Sadleir 1379a (collates as per his "Copy II"). Wolff 4016.

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        Nord-Fahrt, entlang der Nordwegischen Küste, Nordkap, den Inseln Jan Mayen und Island, auf dem Schooner Joachim Hinrich unternommen während der Monate Mai bis Oktober 1861 von Dr. Georg Berna, in Begleitung von C. Vogt, H. Hasselhorst, A. Gressly und A. Herzen. Erzählt Carl Vogt. Mit einem wissenschaftlichen Anhang, drei Karten und fünfzig theils in Farben gedruckten, theils in Holz geschnittenen Illustrationen nach Originalzeichnungen von H. Hasselhorst.
      In Commission bei Carl Jügel, Frankfurt am Main, 1863 - XII- 429Seiten, 26 Vign. in Holzchnitt, 13 Holzchnitt, meist zweifarbig von 2 Druckstöcken gedruckt auf 12 Taf., 9 Chromolithogr auf 8 teilw. gefalteten Taf., 3 teils gefaltete, lithogr. Karten, Percaline avec ornementations dorées et à froid, petites fentes sur la charnière droite, autrement bon état.

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        Mes mémoires
      Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1863. Fine. Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1863, 11x18cm, 10 volumes reliés. - New edition, probably the first in-12, not reported by Clouzot who considers the first edition in-12 that of 1869 published by the same publisher. Binders half red shagreen, smooth spine lightly thinned adorned with triple nets dorésdeux snags feet of volumes 7 and 8, upper caps for most involving friction or scratched, a black spot at the top of Volume 4 of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, some corners used, bindings of the time. Rare established set in a uniform contemporary binding. Pleasant beautifully drawn copy. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Nouvelle édition, probablement la première in-12, non signalée par Clouzot qui considère comme la première édition in-12 celle de 1869 parue chez le même éditeur. Reliures en demi chagrin rouge, dos lisses légèrement éclaircis ornés de triples filets dorésdeux accrocs en pieds des tomes 7 et 8, coiffes supérieures pour la plupart comportant des frottements ou éraflées, une tache noire en tête du tome 4, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, tranches mouchetées, certains coins émoussés, reliures de l'époque. Rare ensemble établi dans une reliure uniforme de l'époque. Agréable exemplaire joliment établi.

      [Bookseller: Librairie Le Feu Follet]
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        Beitrag zur Kunde der Oetzthaler Alpen. Mittheilungen des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereines.
      Wien, 1863, - in-8vo, 393 S., mit 3 Panorama-Ansichten, Panoramen stockfleckig, illustrierter H.-Leinenband. Orig. ill. Umschlag aufgezogen. Zus. mit: M. V. LIPOLD: Die Sulzbacher und Steiner Alpen an der Grenze Steiermarks, Krains und Kärntens. / C. HOLSMAY: Eine Besteigung des Terglou (Triglav). / Mittheilungen aus dem Bergbaurevier Gastein und Rauris. / Julius HANN: Die Nachmittagsgewitter in den Alpenthälern. / Guido Freiherr von SOMMARUGA: Die Thäler Virgen und Defereggen in Tirol. / Edmund von MOJSISOVICS MOJSVAR: Die alten Gletscher der Südalpen. / Paul GROHMANN: Die Vedretta Marmolata. / Karl F. PETERS: Ein Blick auf die Karavanken und die Hauptkette der Julischen Alpen. / F. SIMONY: Panorama der nordöstlichen Kalkalpen vom Oetscher bis zum Staufen.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.]
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        Charles Darwin über die Entstehung der Arten im Thier- [Tier] und Pflanzen-Reich [Pflanzenreich] durch natürliche Züchtung : Oder Erhaltung der vervollkommneten Rassen im Kampfe um's Daseyn. Nach der dritten Englischen Auflage und mit neueren Zusätzen des Verfassers für diese deutsche Ausgabe aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Dr. H. G. Bronn. Zweite verbesserte und sehr vermehrte Auflage. Mit Darwin's Portrait in Photographie (als Frontispiz montiert)
      Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Druckerei, Stuttgart 1863 - Sauberes Exemplar mit nur geringen Gebrauchs-/Altersspuren. Ganzleineneinband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. 551 Seiten. 678 Gramm. 22x15cm. Deutsch. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Engraving Grand Tower, Mississippi River
      Poe & Hitchcock, 1863 Engraving; Grand Tower, Mississippi River. By N. Kinsey. Cardstock. From Home Views of the Picturesque & Beautiful by D. W. Clark. 7 x 10 inches.

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        Description topographique, historique, critique et nouvelle du pays et des environs de la Foret Noire : situes dans la Province du Merryland : traduction trees-libre de l'anglais
      A Boutentativos [i. e. Bruxelles] : chez les veuves sulamites, aux petits appartements de Salomon, l'an du monde 100, 800, 000, 500 , 1863 In 20C red cloth, gilt image to upper cover, corners brushed. Spine, gilt title to grey label. Internally, half title, [4], 79 pp, not dated but watermarked 1863, small bookseller label to epd, t.e.g, some light offsetting to first 2 leaves. Uncommon. (Brunet Col 82 p1409. See Patrick Spedding -0 Lewd & Scandalous Books 54-56 & 58). No copies appear to be held in the UK.

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        Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's Ride Beyond the Great Wall of China
      London, Hurst and Blackett, Successors to Henry Colburn, 1863.. Crown quarto. Pp. xvi, 579. Chromolithograph frontispiece. Fold-out map with additional colour added in lithography (small tears at fold). With 54 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half polished calf and forest-green ribbed cloth, sides and corners ornamentally roll-tooled in blind, spine gilt; bit worn and chafed in places, inner-hinges split; foxed. Overall a handsome copy in good condition, and with the contemporary armorial bookplate, ?Auspicium Melioris Aevi? (an omen of a better age, motto of the Order of St. Michael and St. George). ~ First edition. Cordier BS, 2747.

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        Mes mémoires
      New edition, probably the first in-12, not reported by Clouzot who considers the first edition in-12 that of 1869 published by the same publisher. Binders half red shagreen, smooth spine lightly thinned adorned with triple nets dorésdeux snags feet of volumes 7 and 8, upper caps for most involving friction or scratched, a black spot at the top of Volume 4 of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, some corners used, bindings of the time. Rare established set in a uniform contemporary binding. Pleasant beautifully drawn copy. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1863 11x18cm 10 volumes reliés

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        Reise in Nordost Africa. Skizzen nach der Natur gemalt. - Tafelband.
      Berlin, Reimer 1863. - Mit farblithographiertem Titel nach Kretschmer und 24 (1 doppelblattgr.) Tafeln, davon 15 Tafeln mit Tonplatte und 9 Tafeln in Farblithographie nach Adalbert von Barnim. 1 Bl. Tafelverzeichnis. HLdr. d. Zt. mit Rückentitel. Qu.-Folio. 33 x 49,5 cm. Vgl. Henze I, 169 (kennt den Tafelband nicht); Kainbacher 28; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 290; Paulitschke I, 99; Dinse 529. - Mit malerischen Ansichten aus Ägypten, Nubien und dem östlichen Sudan, darunter Ansichten von Alexandria (doppelblattgr. Panorama) und Kairo, der Tempel von Saquarah, Philae und Abu Simbel, ägyptische, aber auch tropische Landschaften mit Tieren, Trachtendarstellungen, Genredarstellungen etc. - Decken bschabt. Rücken berieben, Rückenenden mit Fehlstellen. Die beiden fliegenden vorderen Vorsätze knittrig. Die Ansicht von Alexandria in den weißen Rändern und rückseitig braunfleckig, die restlichen Tafeln nur wenig fleckig in den Rändern. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Eigenhändiges musikalisches Albumblatt mit Unterschrift.
      Ohne Ort und Datum. 1 Seite. Ca. 17 x 26,5 cm.. . Sieben Takte aus dem "Theme du Scherzo final de Beatrice et Benedict", unterschrieben "H Berlioz". Daneben vom Komponisten Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg bezeichnet: "aufgeführt zum erstenmale in Weimar am 8. April 1863 unter des Componisten Leitung." Gemeint ist die deutschsprachige Erstaufführung der Oper; ein Jahr zuvor war sie in französischer Sprache in Baden-Baden uraufgeführt worden. Gebräunt und etwas fleckig; Rand- und Faltenrisse hinterlegt.

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        [Portfolio]: Tahiti
      Lima, Peru: Courret Hermanos. [1863-64]. First edition. Quarto. String-tied quarter calf and cloth portfolio titled in gilt ("Tahiti."). The portfolio holds 16 different mounted albumen prints of Tahiti, each image is 4.75" x 6.25" (12 x 16 cm), mounted on a 9.5" x 12.5" (24 x 32 cm) sheet. Some repair to the spine of the cloth portfolio, some small splits in the folds, very good, the images are fine with slight soiling on some of the mats (one image displays some damage but only as copied from the negative). Each print bears a blind stamp on the mat: "Courret Hermanos Fotografos Calle Mercaderes 197 Lima," and is accompanied by an autograph notation in pencil identifying the scene on the verso of the individual mats. Among the earliest photographs of Tahiti preceded only by the limited work of Gustav Viaud who arrived one year before. Courret was a French-born photographer who arrived in Peru in 1860, and formed his own studio with his brother in 1863. He left Lima in September of 1863 to visit Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. One can follow his itinerary in the contemporary notices that appeared in Le Messager de Tahiti, the local newspaper published weekly in Papeete. He left Tahiti in March of 1864 and returned to Lima, worked in his studio as a photographer, and sold the photographs of Tahiti individually and in groups.This collection includes views of the capitol city of Papeete with Europeanized streets, government buildings, single story homes, a small dock with dugout canoes, native huts, native children dressed in white assembled seated in the forecourt of a building (perhaps a church), several views of the harbor with sailing vessels, a waterfall, and street scenes.Rare. Courret's images of Peru and surrounding South American countries appear in the marketplace (nine auction records in the last 14 years, all for single images), but even single images of his Tahitian views are exceptionally uncommon. OCLC locates a single similar portfolio (Getty Museum) with only seven prints (under the title Views of Tahiti, noting that the title was devised by the cataloger); absent from both Kroepelien, Tuimata and O'Reilly and Reitman, Bibliographie de Tahiti et de la Polynesis Francaise; Trehin, Tahiti (pp. 40 - 55). . A remarkable portfolio of rarely seen images. .

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        Perhaps the only known letter of JEB Stuart to the Confederate Congress showing his love of horses and commitment to the Cavalry, he explains that he heard from his commanders son " General W.H.F. Lee " regarding an " ?urgent letter on the subject to Gen. R. E. Lee "
      Virginia, April 16, 1863. 7.75" x 10". "War date Letter Signed, ""J.E.B. Stuart,"" 2 pages, 7.75"" x 10"", ""Hd. Qrs. Cavalry Division, Army of Nor Va.,"" April 16, 1863, to the Hon. Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864), a Virginia Representative to the Confederate States Congress concerning pending legislation concerning the cavalry and the care of horses. Body of text somewhat light, but featuring a strong, bold signature by Stuart, spine fold partly separated, minor separation to one horizontal mailing fold, else fine condition.The letter, which was hand delivered to Garnett by Robert E. Lee's oldest son, Gen. W.H. F. ""Rooney"" Lee, reads in full: ""I understand from Brig. General W.H.F. Lee that you have signified a desire to aid in any legislation needed for the Cavalry service - if we would state succinctly what is wanted. Availing myself of your kind offer I submit the following through his kindness for your consideration. An Act providing for remuneration for Cavalry horses permanently disabled by wounds or rendered permanently unserviceable by accident received when the owner is in the immediate execution of an order - or unavoidably captured by the enemy. The question to be determined by a board to be composed of 3 officers of the Regiment to be designated by the Colonel as the 'disabled horse board' or upon the order of a General officer. extension of the law, authorizing military courts, to each Army Corps or Department, so as to include a Division of Cavalry attached to a grand army - as absolutely necessary to ensure speedy trial and justice, and preserve discipline. (See copy of urgent letter on this subject to Gen. R.E. Lee, April 9th, 1863). A Veterinary Surgeon to each Brigade of Cavalry, to be selected and appointed after thorough examination into his qualifications, with the rank of Major. The amount of saving in horse flesh to the Confederacy by a competent Veterinary Surgeon to each Brigade would be incredible. I assure you that no greater service could be rendered the cavalry of the Provisional Army than the passage of such laws as embrace the foregoing.""A resolution concerning provisions for veterinary surgeons for the cavalry had already been introduced in the Confederate Congress on April 4, 1863. However the Congress went into recess on May 1, not meeting again until December 7, 1863. Within a week, the Confederate Congress said once again ""That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the appointment of a veterinary surgeon, with the rank of captain, to each brigade of cavalry, the appointment to be made upon due examination before a board of at least three colonels of cavalry."" In addition, the Congress ""Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of amending the law establishing a military court for each army corps, so as to authorize a similar court to commands of cavalry composed of two or more divisions. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of so amending the law abolishing regimental commissaries as to except the cavalry regiments from it operation."" (Journal of the Confederate Congress, April 4, 1863, 6:292; December 14, 1863, 6:530). It would appear that the issue died in committee as no mention of further action on the matter was recorded. Due to increasing manpower shortages as the war dragged on, it is likely that it proved impossible to find qualified personnel to fill the positions. This is believed to be the only known J.E.B. Stuart field letter addressed to the Confederate Congress in private hands. It was purchased from the descendants of a Union soldier who had captured it during the Fall of Richmond in 1865."

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        Red Riding Hood
      (L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1863) - 12mo. . (16)pp., text with color lithographs at headers and footers, bound in a color pictorial die cut-out of red Riding hood dressed in her red cape carring a basket and with a wolf at her feet, the back shows the back side of her red cape with a wolf laying at her feet. This was considered one of Prang's first publications and the first die-cut children's toy book. L. Prang is well known for his Christmas and Valentine cards and his botanicals. Very nice. [Attributes: First Edition]

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        The Current Gold and Silver Coins of all Countries. Their weight and fineness, and their intrinsic value in english money. With facsimiles of the coins
      London, Trübner & Co., 1863. 4to.; XX-140 pp. y 141 láminas cromolitográficas reproduciendo monedas. Encuadernación original en tela estampada, fatigada. Cortes dorados.

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        W. Alvin Lloyd's Southern Rail-Road Map, 1863
      Mobile, AL: W. Alvin Lloyd (Lith. By W.R. Robertson, Mobile), [after June 20]1863. Lithographed map on thin paper, 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches, with light pink, yellow, and green coloring, delineating the railroad systems of the Confederacy, with Texas included in the Atlantic Ocean under the Carolinas, and a large inset of Charleston in the peninsula created by the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Hundreds of towns serviced by the railways are included. Parrish & Willingham 6182 locates three copies (Huntington, Virginia State Library, Virginia Historical Society). OCLC adds two copies (Duke, Virginia). Folds flattened, paper gently toned with a few insignificant spots, wash color faded. A beautiful copy. The main map depicts the rail network of the Confederacy as far west as Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri, with an inset at lower right continuing the map into Texas. Hundreds of towns serviced by the railways are shown, and tiny stars indicate the locations of forts, coastal batteries and other military installations. At the top of the map a rather curious inset depicts the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina. The publication date can be narrowed to the latter half of 1863, as the map omits from the Confederacy the western part of Virginia, which seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union on June 20 of that year. The map is remarkable for having been published in Mobile in mid- or late 1863, at a time when the Federal blockade drastically reduced shipping in and out of Mobile Bay. The export of cotton was all but shut down by 1863, and the supply situation became sufficiently dire that food riots erupted in April and again later that year. In fact, only one other map was published in Mobile during the Civil War, being an 1863 plan of the siege of Vicksburg. The map is printed on very thin paper and bears fold patterns consistent with its having been tipped into a pamphlet or booklet. However, there are no other signs of binding, and this writer believes this impression was separately issued (The thin paper may simply have been poor-quality Confederate stock, and the map could have been folded for filing.) In 1864 Lloyd seems to have published a new edition, as we find the following notice in the Richmond Sentinel for January 9 of that year: ?"We have received from W. Alvin Lloyd, Esq., of Mobile, a copy of his Railroad Map for 1864. It is well executed and is represented to be very accurate. As the name of every station is distinctly marked upon the map, it will aid materially all having business over the roads, military, gentlemen, &c.?" Muddying the waters somewhat, the title page of Lloyd?'s Southern Railroad Guide (Atlanta, June 1864) advertises the inclusion of a ?"new railroad map.?" That work is extraordinarily rare, however, and it has not yet been possible to compare that map and the one offered here. It remains unclear whether this ?"new?" map is identical to ours, to the 1864 map mentioned by the Richmond Sentinel, or is another production altogether. In any case, Lloyd?'s map is very rare, with Parrish & Willingham and OCLC locating a total of eight examples, of which none are in Alabama institutions. There is no record of the map having previously appeared on the market. W. Alvin Lloyd and W.R. Robertson Before moving on to Mobile, Lloyd seems to have been in New Orleans, where in 1857 he published W. Alvin Lloyd's Steamboat and Railroad Guide. Little biographical information on Lloyd is available, but the Richmond Examiner for January 8, 1864 offers the following grisly episode: ?"We take occasion here to correct the report, which we published some time ago, that Mr. Lloyd was dead, having been killed in a street fight in Mobile. The facts are these: A party of Yankees living in Mobile, infuriated by Mr. Lloyd?'s exposure of them, attacked him in the street, and in the affair he received nine pistol wounds, some of them very severe, which disabled him and confined him to his bed for several weeks…. He is still in a crippled condition, being on crutches.?" Lithographer W. R. Robertson also produced the aforementioned map of the siege of Vicksburg by T.S. Hardee (Mobile, 1863) and the plates for S.H. Goetzel?'s Rifle and Infantry Tactics. He is not listed in Peters?' America on Stone. References Parrish & Willingham, Confederate Imprints, #6182 (examples at Huntington, Virginia State Library, Virginia Historical Society). OCLC adds examples at Boston Athenaeum, Duke, Harvard, North Carolina, and Virginia. A Google search yields another example at the North Carolina State Archives. Not in Modelski, Railroad Maps of the United States; Phillips, List of Maps of America; Rumsey; or Stephenson, Civil War Maps. Neither Americana Exchange nor Antique Map Price Record lists any examples having been offered for sale.

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        Examen du rôle attribué au gaz oxygène atmosphérique dans la destruction des matières et végétales aprés la mort.
      Mallet-Bachelier, [Paris 1863 - Extremely rare separately-paginated offprint of the ne plus ultra of Pasteur’s work on spontaneous generation, and his proof that putrefaction was, like fermentation, caused by living organisms; this paper directly influenced Joseph Lister’s research on antisepsis (see below). Pasteur himself regarded the experiments described in this work as the most decisive (Rostand, p. 183), writing at the end of the paper that they struck the final blow against the doctrine of spontaneous generation ("Il sera superflu sans doute de faire remarquer que les expériences dont je viens d’entretenir l’Académie au sujet du sang et de l’urine portent un dernier coup à la doctrine des générations spontanées, aussi bien qu’à la théorie moderne des ferments"). Pasteur’s opponents had objected that in the experiments described in Pasteur’s earlier paper ‘Mémoire sur les Corpuscules organisées qui existent dans l’Atmosphere’ (1861), the heating of the fermentable materials may have destroyed the ‘vegetative forces’ needed to create new life. In the present work, Pasteur therefore collected blood and urine directly from the veins and bladders of healthy cattle. These mediums did not require heating to be sterilized and, as in his previous experiments, micro-organisms appeared only on exposure to atmospheric air. "Many scientists of the vitalist persuasion, including Liebig, believed that putrefaction was due to a spontaneous breakdown of animal tissues once the chemical forces of affinity were no longer held in check by a vital force. It was also widely believed – and seemingly supported by observation – that infusoria and other organisms associated with decay were spontaneously generated in dead tissues. In this way, Pasteur was drawn into the acrimonious debate about the spontaneous generation of life. "Careful experiments conducted by Pasteur showed that ‘combustion’ of organic substances does not occur in the absence of micro-organisms. In a prize-winning essay of 1861 [‘Mémoire sur les Corpuscules organisées ’], he described a variety of experiments that showed airborne micro-organisms to be responsible for the putrefaction of organic solutions. The most definitive of these was the demonstration that a boiled sugar solution in a swan-necked flask left open to the air did not undergo putrefaction, apparently because the airborne organisms became trapped in the bend of the neck. It could still be argued, however, that boiling organic solutions destroyed their ability to undergo spontaneous decomposition. Pasteur managed to disprove this by showing in 1863 [in the present paper] that urine and blood, drawn sterile from the body but otherwise untreated, did not take up any significant amount of oxygen over a [forty-day] period. Only if micro-organisms were present would fermentation or putrefaction occur, and only in this case would oxygen uptake occur" (Hunter, pp. 85-6). "Pasteur extended to the phenomena of putrefaction the central conclusions of his work on fermentation. Like fermentation, he insisted, putrefaction can be traced to the vital activity of living ferments. Indeed, except for the action of microorganisms, the constituents of dead plants and animals could be considered "relatively indestructible." To express the matter in more poetic terms, "life takes part in the work of death in all its phases," for the decomposition associated with death depends on the development and multiplication of microorganisms. Moreover, death is as essential to the cycle of life as life is to the phenomena of death. For it is only as a consequence of death and putrefaction that carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen become available as nutrients to support the life of other organisms. Thus, in an eternal cycle, life stems from death and death from life" (DSB). Beginning in 1864, Joseph Lister’s medical innovations and surgical practice were directly indebted to Louis Pasteur’s research on fermentation and putrefaction. "In 1864, while Lister was in Glasgow, a chemistr [Attributes: First Edition]

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        Report on the Construction of a Military Road From Walla-Walla to Fort Benton
      Government Printing Office, 1863. Hardcover. This book has been rebound in brown leather along the spine and at the corners, spine is lettered in gilt and has raised bands, paper covered boards with matching end papers, b/w textual illustrations plus 10 colored plates throughout the text and 4 folding maps following the text, 363 pages. No edition stated. Binding is modern and minimally worn, there is a large damp stain on the upper corner of the first blank page through the title page including a couple of the color plates (see image) and again on some of the maps, some marginal soiling, scattered spotty foxing. Images available. USPS tracking used on all domestic shipments. This book weighs over 2 pounds and may need additional postage for Priority or International shipment.. No Edition Stated. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

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        Musee pittoresque et historique de l'Alsace. Dessins et Illustrations par J. Rothmuller.
      . Colmar, J. Rothmuller, 1863, Kl.-Fol., 204 S. Text + 108 lithographierte Tafeln mit Ansichten aus dem Elsaß (Haut-Rhin), roter, goldgeprägter Original-Halbledereinband mit marmorierten Deckeln (etwas berieben und bestoßen, innen teils etwas stockfleckig).

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        [CONTEMPORARY COPY OF A MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM GEORGE M. WILLING TO THE EDITOR OF THE UNITED STATES RAILROAD AND MINING REGISTER, DESCRIBING EXPLORATIONS IN ARIZONA AND PROPOSING A MINING COMPANY TO EXPLOIT THE GOLD AND SILVER OF THE REGION]
      [Washington, D.C. (but copied in Philadelphia)]. 1863.. [6]pp. of manuscript on the rectos only of six folio sheets. With original mailing envelope. Horizontal folds. Very good. An interesting pair of documents, being contemporary copies of an original manuscript on the potential of mining in Arizona, sent by George M. Willing to Thomas S. Fernon, editor of the UNITED STATES RAILROAD AND MINING REGISTER. Willing's letter was comprised of two parts, a description of "Dr. G.M. Willing's Discoveries of Gold and Silver Mining in the New Territory of Arizona," and a plan for forming a company to mine in the territory. Having been unsuccessful during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush a few years earlier, George Willing led a party of prospectors to Arizona in the early 1860s. Willing would later become notorious in Arizona history for his role in the frauds of James Reavis, the so-called "Baron of Arizona." Despite the tarnishing of his reputation in Reavis' schemes, Willing did do significant work in searching for gold and silver in Arizona, as is documented by this report. Fernon has attested at the conclusion that the present document is an actual copy of Willing's original report and proposal, made in December 1863, just a few months after Willing sent Fernon the originals. The first three pages describe the location and qualities of several areas examined in Arizona, including in the San Juan Mountains, the "La Plata District," and along the "Unka Weep River." The areas described are all ravines with nearby rivers, which would facilitate Wiling's hydraulic mining plans. Following the three pages describing the discoveries Willing appends a three-page "Proposed Plan of Operations" in which he spells out his plans for mining in Arizona. He calls for $100,000 to pay the expenses of fifty men for two years, and argues that it will be cheaper and more efficient to outfit the company in California, rather than east of the Rockies. Willing contends that Indians would not be a concern, and that "the company will have protection from the government troops on the whole route and in the occupancy of the country." He goes on to describe in detail his proposed hydraulic mining operations, comparing the potential of the region to that of the Quartz Hill mines in Colorado. An early and interesting report on Arizona mining.

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        3 autograph letters signed to Archibald Smith plus 4-page mathematical autograph manuscript
      Cambridge, 1863-68. Three Mathematical Autograph Letters, Signed, Plus a Four Page Autograph Mathematics Manuscript Cayley, Arthur (1821-95). (1) Autograph letter signed (?A. C.?) to Archibald Smith (1813-72), written in the margins of an autograph letter signed from Smith to Cayley. 1 page. London, 9 August 1863 [date of Smith?s letter]. 280 x 226 mm. (2) Autograph letter signed to Smith. 3 ?" 1/2pp. Cambridge, 14 November 1866. 180 x 112 mm. (3) Autograph letter signed to Smith. 3pp. Cambridge, 19 October 1868. 180 x 112 mm. (4) Autograph manuscript (originally enclosed with Cayley?s 19 Oct. 1868 letter). 4ff., tied with linen tape. 412 x 257 mm. N.p., n.d. [1868]. Together 4 items. Very minor marginal tears in nos. (1) and (4), otherwise very good. Exceptionally rare mathematical correspondence from Arthur Cayley, one of the founders of the British school of pure mathematics, consisting of three autograph letters, all containing mathematics, plus an extensive 4-page mathematical proof written on four extra-large legal sheets. These are the first mathematical letters or manuscripts by Cayley that we have seen on the market in over forty years. Cayley was the author of over 900 papers covering nearly every aspect of modern mathematics; his greatest contributions were his development of the algebra of matrices, his work in non-Euclidean geometry and n-dimensional geometry, and his contributions to invariant theory. A large number of mathematical constructs bear his name, including Cayley?s theorem (group theory), the Cayley-Hamilton theorem (linear algebra), Cayley?s formula (graph theory) and the Cayley-Klein model (hyperbolic geometry). Cayley?s correspondent was Archibald Smith, who helped to found the Cambridge Mathematical Journal in 1836 and made significant contributions to the study of magnetism and the Earth?s magnetic field. Both Cayley and Smith were alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge and both subsequently entered Lincoln?s Inn to study law, with Smith being called to the bar in 1841 and Cayley in 1849. Cayley remained in the legal profession until 1863, at which time he left the bar to take the newly established Sadleirean professorship of pure mathematics at Cambridge. It is evident from our letters that Smith and Cayley had a cordial relationship based on their shared love for mathematics; Smith apparently was in the habit of sending Cayley mathematical problems and requesting his help in solving them. Letter (1) contains both Smith?s query and Cayley?s response; in it Smith asked Cayley to give him "a simple construction for the following problem. Given three points in a plane to draw the straight line such that the sum of the squares of the perpendiculars shall be a minimum." Cayley responded by writing his solution in the margins of Smith?s letter: "Considering the points as material points of equal mass, then taking the origin at the C. G. it is easy to show that the required line is the principal axis of least moment. E.g. if the three points be an isosceles base [...] less than 60° required line is [parallel] to base?"if greater than 60° it is [perpendicular] to base?"if equal 60° or triangle is equilateral there the position is indeterminate. The construction for the principal axes depends of course on finding the axes of an elliptic. A. C." In letter (2), dated 1866, Cayley gave the solution to another of Smith?s mathematical queries; ?it comes out easily & prettily enough.? Cayley stated the problem and solution as follows: "Given two lines A, B & a point O, to draw from O to the lines A, B two lines of [equal] length & enclosing a given [angle] . Imagine the line A rigidly connected with O and let it revolve round this point thro? the given [angle] , so as to assume the position A?. Then if P be any point in A and P? the corresponding point in A?, it is clear that OP = OP? & [angle] POP? = . . ." In letter (3), dated 1868, Cayley enclosed the four-page autograph manuscript listed above under no. (4), containing ?a solution, such as I have been able to obtain, of your problem, but the solution is I am afraid in a form which will not be of any use to you. May I send the problem?"of course in your name?"to the Educational Times; it is very likely that you will so obtain a solution of it in a more practical form; and at any rate, the problem, qu? problem is an excellent one.? In the manuscript Cayley stated the problem as follows: "Considering any two circles O, O? and taking M, M? the corresponding points in the line OO?, let the angles MP, M?P? be respectively , ?" where is a variable angle; it is required to find the envelope of the line PP?." Cayley?s solution covers four folio pages and includes several equations and two diagrams. Biggs et al., Graph Theory, ch. 3. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, pp. 804-9. Ewald, From Kant to Hilbert, p. 542.

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        L'économie sociale au point de vue chrétien, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES]
      Paris, A. Jouby, 1863.. Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. iv, 507; 508. Plus a suite of blank leaves at the end of each volume, apparently for notations. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf and matching foliage paper over boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered and decorated direct, corners abraded, rubbed at extremities, handsome marbled endpapers, red ribbon markers, a small dampmark at foot margin of first few leaves of one volume. A nice set in handsome binding, overall in a very good condition. ~ First edition. A German translation, ?Die Volkswirthschaftslehre vom Standpunkte des Christenthums? appeared in 1867. Only little is known about the Abbot Corbière. He was born in 1803 in Saint Lieux Lafenasse and at the age of 25 joined the ?Societas Presbyterorum a S. Sulpitio?, a move which had a great influence on his life thereafter. In 1945 he published ?Le Guide de la conscience. Ouvrage contenant les divers traités de la morale chrétienne et des sacraments, à l'usage des simples fidèles.? He died in 1865. For more on Corbière's life, and comments on his contribution to economic thought, see ?Corbière und die soziale Theorie in der katholischen Kirche des 19. Jahrhunderts? by Gerhard Merk (Die Neue Ordnung? Vol. 20, 1966). Rare. OCLC 36957989 locates only 6 copies worldwide. KVK locates just one copy, that in the British Library.

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        Journal et Mémoires de Mathieu Marais Avocat au Parlement de Paris sous la Régence et le règne de Louis XV (1715-1737). Publiés pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque Impériale par autorisation de S.E.le Ministre de l'Instruction publique avec une introduction et des notes par M.de Lescure.
      Firmin-Didot, Paris 1863 - Quatre volumes (1863-1868) in-8 (24 cm x 15 cm), 505-493-597-592 pp. Un envoi de l'auteur à Cuvillier-Fleury, célèbre journaliste de l'époque et académicien. Reliure toilée uniforme pour les quatre volumes (reliure contemporaine), pièce de titre. Couvertures conservées. Précieux journal pour la connaissance de l'histoire de cette période. Pour accéder à la totalité de notre offre, consultez notre site Paris-Libris. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        [Portfolio]: Tahiti
      Lima, Peru: Courret Hermanos. [1863-64]. First edition. Quarto. String-tied quarter calf and cloth portfolio titled in gilt ("Tahiti."). The portfolio holds 16 different mounted albumen prints of Tahiti, each image is 4.75" x 6.25" (12 x 16 cm), mounted on a 9.5" x 12.5" (24 x 32 cm) sheet. Some repair to the spine of the cloth portfolio, some small splits in the folds, very good, the images are fine with slight soiling on some of the mats (one image displays some damage but only as copied from the negative). Each print bears a blind stamp on the mat: "Courret Hermanos Fotografos Calle Mercaderes 197 Lima," and is accompanied by an autograph notation in pencil identifying the scene on the verso of the individual mats. Among the earliest photographs of Tahiti preceded only by the limited work of Gustav Viaud who arrived one year before. Courret was a French-born photographer who arrived in Peru in 1860, and formed his own studio with his brother in 1863. He left Lima in September of 1863 to visit Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. One can follow his itinerary in the contemporary notices that appeared in Le Messager de Tahiti, the local newspaper published weekly in Papeete. He left Tahiti in March of 1864 and returned to Lima, worked in his studio as a photographer, and sold the photographs of Tahiti individually and in groups.This collection includes views of the capitol city of Papeete with Europeanized streets, government buildings, single story homes, a small dock with dugout canoes, native huts, native children dressed in white assembled seated in the forecourt of a building (perhaps a church), several views of the harbor with sailing vessels, a waterfall, and street scenes.Rare. Courret's images of Peru and surrounding South American countries appear in the marketplace (nine auction records in the last 14 years, all for single images), but even single images of his Tahitian views are exceptionally uncommon. OCLC locates a single similar portfolio (Getty Museum) with only seven prints (under the title Views of Tahiti, noting that the title was devised by the cataloger); absent from both Kroepelien, Tuimata and O'Reilly and Reitman, Bibliographie de Tahiti et de la Polynesis Francaise; Trehin, Tahiti (pp. 40 - 55). . A remarkable portfolio of rarely seen images. .

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        Carta de la Costa y Mar de China que comprende Todo el Canal de Formosa, Islas de Meico-Sima y parte de la de Luzon.
      1863 - Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1863. Original colour. 640 x 990mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia. A scarce Spanish chart of the environs of Taiwan, with the Sakishima Islands of Japan, reaching the north coast of Luzon in the Philippines. The lighthouses are marked in colour.

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        Carta de la Costa Oriental de China desde las Islas Lamock hasta el Rio Ngau-Keang con parte de la Isle Formosa, segun los trajabos de los capitanes Kellett y Collinson de la M.R. Inglesa.
      1863 - Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1863. Original colour. 620 x 990mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia. A scarce Spanish chart of the Chinese coast from Wenzhou south to Chou'an, with northern Taiwan and the Sakishima Islands of Japan. The lighthouses are marked in colour.

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        L'économie sociale au point de vue chrétien, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
      Paris, A. Jouby 1863 - Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. iv, 507; 508. Plus a suite of blank leaves at the end of each volume, apparently for notations. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf and matching foliage paper over boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered and decorated direct, corners abraded, rubbed at extremities, handsome marbled endpapers, red ribbon markers, a small dampmark at foot margin of first few leaves of one volume. A nice set in handsome binding, overall in a very good condition. ~ First edition. A German translation, "Die Volkswirthschaftslehre vom Standpunkte des Christenthums" appeared in 1867. Only little is known about the Abbot Corbière. He was born in 1803 in Saint Lieux Lafenasse and at the age of 25 joined the "Societas Presbyterorum a S. Sulpitio", a move which had a great influence on his life thereafter. In 1945 he published "Le Guide de la conscience. Ouvrage contenant les divers traités de la morale chrétienne et des sacraments, à l'usage des simples fidèles." He died in 1865. For more on Corbière's life, and comments on his contribution to economic thought, see "Corbière und die soziale Theorie in der katholischen Kirche des 19. Jahrhunderts" by Gerhard Merk (Die Neue Ordnung" Vol. 20, 1966). Rare. OCLC 36957989 locates only 6 copies worldwide. KVK locates just one copy, that in the British Library.

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        General-Karte des Grossfürstenthums Siebenbürgen und der im Jahre 1861 mit dem Königreiche Ungarn vereinigten Theile. Ausgeführt und herausgegeben durch das k.k. militärisch geografische Institut. [Nr. I - IV].
      Wien, 1863 - Wien, 1863. 4 Bll. à 15 Segmente [ca. 55 x 66 cm], auf Leinen aufgezogen. Im Orig. OLwd.-Schuber. Schuber angestaubt, ein Blatt fleckig, leichte Gbrsp. Insgesamt gutes Expl. - Selten. Deutsch [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        2 eigenh. Briefe mit U.
      Breillan, 11. XII. 1862 und 1. XII. 1863. - 3½ SS. 8vo. " C’est un remarquable travail historique conçu à un point de vue élevé et qui repose sur des bases parfaitement bien établies : la puissance aristocratique s’élevant en Angleterre par la force des choses comme la puissance monarchique en France". - " je me demande par exemple, si l’unité de la France n’aurait pu s’opérer aussi bien par le midi civilisé que par le nord barbare, par la langue d’oc qui possédait en germe les institutions de la Grande Bretagne que par la langue d’oïl qui eut de grands feudataires, des nobles, mais jamais d’aristocratie" [.] Ma fille Jeanne est bien et ne peut se consoler du facheux contretemps qui l’a privée du plaisir d’assister à votre charmante soirée".

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        An original Matthew Brady photograph of Ulysses Grant, the horse-lover, posing with Cincinnati, his favorite mount
      n.p., n.d.. 10" x 8". "Mounted albumen, 4"" x 2.75"" on its original 10"" x 8"" mount bearing the imprint ""Brady"" and ""Washington"" just below a photograph of Ulysses Grant standing next to his favorite horse, Cincinnati. Identified on the verso in pencil: ?Gen Grant and Mount Cincinnatus.? Light dampstains, mild foxing and toning to mount with some minor chips and tears which do not affect image.Grant was a great admirer of horses, and became an adept rider at an early age. At West Point he excelled at horsemanship and gave an impressive jumping display at his graduation. During the Civil War, Grant had several mounts, including Kangaroo?"a thoroughbred who was found emaciated on the battlefield of Shiloh and Jeff Davis?"whom he acquired on the Mississippi plantation of Jeff Davis' brother, Joseph. Following the Battle of Chattanooga in late 1863, Grant travelled to St. Louis, where he received a summons from a gentleman, who himself unable to ride due to illness and a great admirer of the general, offered his own horse, a son of Lexington, who at the time was the fastest four-mile thoroughbred in the United States. Grant graciously accepted the horse, and named him Cincinnati. Cincinnati (c. 1860-1878), who stood seventeen hands high, soon became Grant's favorite horse, and it was on this mount that he rode to Appomattox to negotiate Lee's surrender. Grant allowed only two other people to ride him: Admiral David Ammen (who had saved Grant from drowning as a boy), and Abraham Lincoln, who rode Cincinnati daily while at City Point in 1865. The present photograph was likely taken in late 1863 or early 1864, but before March 1864, when Lincoln commissioned Grant a Lieutenant (3 star) General (note that the saddle blanket only bears two stars in this image)."

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        Brockhaus' Reise-Atlas von Deutschland. Entworfen und gezeichnet von Henry Lange. Dritte Section. Baiern und Würtemberg. 9 Specialkarten, 4 Städtepläne, 1 Uebersichtskarte und Text. - Dritter von sechs Bänden.
      - Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, o. J. (1863); 18,5 cm (8°). Mit 13 (von 14) Karten / Plänen (Stadtplan München fehlt!). - Eine "Übersichtskarte der Eisenbahnen von Mitteleuropa" (Doppelblatt, zweifarbig), "Hof - Nürnberg." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit insges. 6 Stahlstich-Vignetten: o.l.: Plassenburg bei Calmbach; u. r.: Waldstein, Vierzehnheiligen u. Staffelstein, Tüchersfelde, Dom zu Bamberg, Burg und Johannes-Kirchhof zu Nürnberg); "Nürnberg" (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Stadtplan); "Frankfurt a. M. - Bamberg." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit 2 Stahlstich-Vignetten: o.l.: Frankfurt a.M., o.r.: Würzburg, dazwischen verkleinerte Eisenbahn-Karte Frankfurt bis Aschaffenburg); "Donau von Ingolstadt nach Passau" (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit insges. 4 Stahlstich-Vignetten: o.l.: Regensburg; o.r. Passau; u.l.: Dom in Regensburg; u.r.: Walhalla); "Nürnberg - Augsburg." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Land-Karte mit 2 Stahlstich-Vignetten: u.l.: Das Rathaus in Augsburg; u.r.: Der schöne Brunnen in Nürnberg); "Augsburg." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Stadtplan; im unteren Segment: Karte mit Umgebung von Augsburg, einfarbig); "Augsburg - Lindau" (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit 1 Stahlstich-Vignetten (oben) von Lindau, daneben verkleinerte Eisenbahn-Karte von Augsburg nach Landsberg); "München - Kufstein - Salzburg." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit 1 Stahlstich-Vignette von Salzburg und u.r. vekleinerte Eisenbahn Teixendorf bis Salzburg); "München - Augsburg - Ulm." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte mit insges. 8 Stahlstich-Vignetten: o.l.: Dom in Ulm u. Glaspalast in München; o.m.: Bavaria; o.r.: Pinakothek in München u. Dom in Augsburg; u.l.: Frauenkirche in München; u.m.: Ansicht von München (breite Vignette); u.r.: Auer-Kirche in München; "Ulm - Friedrichshafen - Bodensee" (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Eisenbahn-Karte (ohne Stahlstich-Vignetten)); Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Ulm (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: 2 separate Eisenbahn-Karten: oben: Karlsruhe Stuttgart, unten: Stuttgart - Ulm; ohne Stahlstich-Vignetten); "Stuttgart." (Doppelblatt, dreifarbig: Stadtplan, sowie 2 Stahlstich-Vignetten quer zum Plan: links: Rosenstein; rechts: Villa (Berg)); es fehlt folgendes Doppelblatt: Plan von München beinhaltend Eisenbahn von München nach Starnberg. - Ein Bl. (Verlagswerbung: informiert detailliert über die 3 verschiedenen Ausgaben des Reise-Atlas), 58 + 2 Bll. (1 Bl. Nachträge, 1 Bl. leer); gelber, mit Titel bedruckter Original-Kartonage-Band mit Leinenrücken (steife Broschur). - Einband etwas angestaubt und fleckig, Besitzvermerk in Tinte auf Oberrand des Vorderdeckels; Inhalt durchgängig etwas, z.T. auch stärker braunfleckig; Tafeln nur wenig fleckig; an wenigen Tafeln Verbindung zum Falz hin etwas gelöst; auf vorderem Innendeckel Notizen in zartem Blei; auf der Hälfte des hinteren Innendeckels Adress-Vermerke (von München) in Tinte. - Gebrauchter Führer in passabler Erhaltung (Stadtplan München fehlt) von großer Seltenheit. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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        Nobiliaire toulousain, inventaire général des titres probants de noblesse et de dignités nobiliaires -
      Bonnal et Gibrac 1863 -, Toulouse - 2 tomes. In-8 Tome I : LXIV-431 pp. - Tome II : 580 pp. Reliure demi-basane rouge. Dos lisse avec filets dorés. Couverture conservée. Intérieur bien propre. En bon état. Classement alphabétique des noms de famille nobiliaires toulousaines, avec de nombreux blasons. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        1863 Life of William Blake English Poetry BINDING 2v SET Pictor Ignotus ART
      London ; Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1863. - 1863 Life of William Blake English Poetry BINDING 2v SET Pictor Ignotus ART 90 Beautiful Illustrations / compare@$3,500 William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form “what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language”. We find other stunning examples of this same two volume set for sale for $3,500! Main author: Alexander Gilchrist; William Blake Title: Life of William Blake, “Pictor ignotus” : with selections from his poems and other writings Published: London ; Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1863. Language: English FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE Wear: wear as seen in photos Binding: tight and secure leather binding Pages: complete with all xiv + 384 + 268 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such Illustrations: 90 EXQUISITE illustrations Publisher: London ; Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1863. Size: ~9in X 6.25in (22.5cm x 15.5cm) Photos available upon request. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Opuscules de Gabriel Peignot extraits de divers journaux revues recueils EDITION ORIGINALE Tirage de tête ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE
      Paris: J. Techener, 1863. Fine. J. Techener, Paris 1863, 14x23,5cm, relié. - Original collective edition printed 200 copies on laid, with one draw 2 colored paper. Bound in red morocco half Russian, flat spine decorated with gilt fillets and with traces of rubbing, volume number golden headdresses rubbed a tiny worm on a working joint, flat cardboard embossed corners bumped, guards and contreplats paper the tank, contemporary binding. Our copy is enriched 6 autograph letters of the author, connected in-fine, two booksellers Besançon whom he intends to sell copies from the library, then buy additional copies at these booksellers. The letter of response of a bookseller connected with others on joint. Illustrated book of portrait etching by E. Hédouin. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale collective imprimée à 200 ex sur vergé, seul tirage avec 2 papiers de couleurs. Reliure en demi maroquin rouge de Russie, dos lisse orné de filets dorés et comportant des traces de frottements, tomaison dorée, coiffes frottées, un minuscule travail de ver sur un mors, plats de cartonnage gaufré, coins émoussés, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, reliure de l'époque. Notre exemplaire est enrichi de 6 lettres autographes de l'auteur, reliées in-fine, à deux libraires de Besançon à qui il entend vendre des exemplaires provenant de sa bibliothèque pour, ensuite, acheter d'autres exemplaires chez ces mêmes libraires. L'on joint une lettre de réponse d'un libraire reliée avec les autres. Ouvrage illustré d'un portrait en eau-forte par E. Hédouin.

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        Autograph letter signed (in the text).
      Gads Hill Place, 24. I. 1863.. 8vo. ½ p.. "Mr. Charles Dickens presents his compliments to Miss K. Hitchcock and regrets to inform her that his Vita [?] for the Royal Hospital for Incurable has been long engaged". - On headed paper.

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        The Illustrated Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the self - interpreting and explanatory Notes, and marginal References, of John Brown, to which is prefixed an Introduction to the right Understanding of the Oracles of God. FULLARTON BIBLE IN FULL CALF
      A Fullarton, Edinburgh [1863] Sm. folio, First Edition thus, text in broad double column with marginal references, with 20 fine steel engraved plates, maps and plans (plates with mild tide - mark at outer edge not affecting engraved surface), and very numerous engraved head - and tail - pieces, illustrations and decorations in the text, the title and a few leaves are lightly spotted but the majority of the text is remarkably crisp and clean; impressively bound in contemporary full niger calf, boards with elaborate gilt frame border enclosing decorative border and large floral panel all in blind, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, hinges neatly strengthened with maroon passe - partout, boards minimally age - marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. As often the Family Register, usually placed before title, has been neatly removed. With separate printed titles for the Testaments and illustrated titles to each Book. The maps depict the Journeyings of the Israelites and the World as known to the Ancients. The plans include Noah's Ark and Rome, together with a detailed chrono - genealogical table of the lineal descent of Christ as given by Mark and Matthew. A SPLENDID COPY OF ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST FAMOUS MID - VICTORIAN FAMILY BIBLES.

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        The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave
      London: William Tweedie, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis (portrait), xv, 182p. plus (2)p. advertisements. Maroon cloth. 19cm. Cover cloth partially split along front joint. Light soiling and other wear. Anderson escaped from slavery in Missouri, after killing a slaveholder who tried to recapture him, made his way to Canada and then Great Britain. The book ends with Anderson leaving to settle in Liberia. Apparently nothing is known of what happened to him there. Twelvetrees, an English abolitionist, is listed as the editor but could perhaps have been listed as the author of Anderson's narrative.

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        LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE FAR EAST: Or Travels in Northern Borneo.
      IMPORTANT & CLASSIC WORK ON THE FLORA, PEOPLE & LAND London 1863, - Smith & Elder. Green cloth, very good, crisp, 2vol. set, 400 + 420p., 5 appendices, 3 folding maps, 16 handtinted lithographic plates, clean bright copy, bookplatesremoved from inside endpapers, no loss. R A R E Color scans available for this book on request. Description content 2015Copyright Rare Oriental Books Co.

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        OKAMI GOYO TASHI GUBU GO YAKUNIN: THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD ENTOURAGE ACCOMPANIED BY THE OFFICIALS ON THE WAY TO KYOTO.
      A STUNNING AND VERY LONG PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE PROCESSION [N.p. 1863, - n.p.]. A large b.w. woodblock printed broadside,1 meter 48.5 x 45 cm., consists of 5 larger than Oban sheetside by side, very nice condition, with minor folds, a smallpiece missing in the margin,hand printed on hand-made paper. Color scans available for this book on request. Description content 2015Copyright Rare Oriental Books Co.

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