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MOON, William
        Light for the Blind
      1870. MOON, William. Light for the Blind. A History of the Origin and Success of Moon's Institution for Embossing and Circulating the Bible and other Books in Moon's Type for the Blind, in English and Foreign Languages. Together with: The Thirty-sixth Annual Report of Moon's Society. xi, 160, 40 pp. Illustrated with 4 lithographic plates, three of them embossed. 8vo., bound in publisher's blue cloth. Brighton: William Moon, n.d. |~||~||~| A presentation copy of William Moon's 'Light for the Blind', which was first issued in 1873. It gives details of the use of his embossed type for printing in several languages, which he had been doing since the 1840s, having gone completely blind himself at the beginning of that decade. Moon was an indefatigable campaigner for reading material for the blind, producing a monthly magazine, supporting home-teaching societies and lending libraries of his books, and travelling widely; the reports of his society bound at the end of this volume include a list of nearly one hundred cities with such societies and libraries. The Brighton Society for the Blind which he founded is still in existence, promoting his type which is easier to learn later in life than the more widely-used Braille. This version contains one of Moon's reports for 1884 bound in the rear. The three embossed plates consist of two alphabets and a map of the Brisish Isles. There are no copies of this edition recorded in OCLC. Inscribed 'Mrs Robinson, with the Christian regards of the author, October 18. 1884'. Garrison & Morton 5909.

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JAPANESE
        Alphabet
      JAPANESE ROMAN ALPHABET. Shinpan jinbutsu koamotegata. Yamaguchiya han. Colour woodblock print. 360 x 240 mm. Japan: ND [ca. 1870].|~||~||~||~||~||~||~||~||~| A charming Japanese woodblock depicting the roman alphabet formed from human figures and printed in five colours (yellow, red, purple and blue against a green background). Along with the various characters twisting and contorting to form the letters are four oval vignettes featuring a Japanese man and woman and two western men. The alphabet proceeds in the Japanese manner from right to left. The printing is somewhat unsophisticated which merely ads to it's whimsy. A rare object in fine condition.

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DE BRAY William.-
        Photographie: Cannes. Le Cercle nautique.-
      - Vue panoramique. Nice et Cannes. William de Bray. vers 1870. Photo (papier albuminé) (274 x 130mm) collée sur carton et présentée dans un cadre d'époque (430 x 265mm). Tirage un peu clair de la qualité de la photo de W. de Bray présentée Pages 78-79 dans La Photographie en Provence de Gilbert BAUGÉ. Jean William DE BRAY (Actif de 1855 à 1880) Un des premiers photographes, avec Pierre FERRET, à s'installer à Nice, il participe au Concours régional de Nice en 1865, puis à l'exposition des Arts Industriels en 1869 où il est remarqué pour la qualité de son travail. Enfin, il est présent à la XIe exposition de la S.F.P. de 1876 où il obtient une médaille de bronze. En 1885, il cède son atelier à GILETTA qui commercialisera une partie importante de son travail sous son nom. Tiré du même ouvrage de Gilbert Baugé, p. 158. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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ZAHN, Wilhelm
        Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren
      1870. ZAHN, Wilhelm. Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben dargestellt. Illustrated with 100 colour lithographic plates after Zahn. Folio, 447 x 310 mm, bound in contemporary German green morocco over marbled boards. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1870. |~||~||~||~||~| Third Edition of a beautiful and important work first published in 1849 with the same number of plates, so popular as to be republished in this edition more than twenty years later. This is the most comprehensive in a series of publications by the artist and academician Wilhelm Zahn (1800-1871). This massive volume -- a monumental achievement of nineteenth-century colour printing -- contains one hundred plates based upon paintings made by the artist in situ. It includes facsimiles of decorations by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te, Mantua; medieval mosaics in Sicily; antique vases; and, above all, Roman wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Many of these works were reproduced for the first time by Zahn. His plates had a significant impact upon Neoclassicism in Germany. The author studied painting at the Academy in Kassel and in Paris with Baron Gros prior to his first trip to Italy in 1824. From the first his efforts gained the support of prominent artists such as Schinkel and Schnorr von Karolsfeld. His initial publication of Pompeian wall paintings, Neu entdeckte wandgemälde in Pompeij (Munich, 1828), was warmly praised by Goethe in Jahrbücher der Literatur (Vienna, 1830). Occasional foxing, but overall a clean copy. Thieme-Becker XXVI, 385. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie XL, 668-670.

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Duyckinck, E. A. :
        Geschichte des Krieges für die Union, Politisch und militärisch nach offiziellen und andern authentischen Dokumenten beschrieben. Komplett in zwei Bänden. Deutsch bearbeitet von Friedrich Knapp.
      New York , Johnson, Fry & Compagnie, 27 Beekman Straße. o. J. [ca. 1870].. 26 x 23 cm. Zwei starke, braune Halblederbände auf 4 Bünden mit Lederecken, Rücken blind-und goldgeprägt, die Deckel leinenbezogen. Der Rücken fachmännisch restauriert, die Originalrücken aufgezogen. Der Einband etwas berieben, das Gold leicht verblasst. Schöne,marmorierte Vorsätze, Farbganzschnitt. 1188 Seiten mit 2 gestochenen Frontisp., 2 gestochenen Titeln und zusammen 51 [ von 52] Stahlstichtafeln ( Band eins bei uns mit 25 und Band 2 mit 26 Tafeln). In Band 1 die Titelei und die ersten ca. 25 Seiten und in Bd. 2 die letzten ca. 45 Seiten unschön feuchtrandig. Kleiner dreieckiger Einriss am Bundsteg der Seite 31 / 32 (Band 1). Die Tafeln teils im weißen Rand etwas fleckig. Insgesamt gute,repräsentative Exemplare ohne Name oder Stempel.. Die Stahlstichtafeln mit Porträts und Schlachtenszenen. #GeoVit/Birnfragen

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Society of the Army of the Potomac
        Society of the Army of the Potomac. ... Annual Re-Union. First [to] Thirty-Ninth. Volume 1-13 [Thirteen Volumes]
      New York: Macgowan & Slipper, printers [etc.] 1870-1910. First edition. Cloth. Very good+ crisp, bright copies with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, occasional waxed pencil accession numerals within, usually on pastedown or title of initial issue, a few professional repairs to first two leaves of the first issue, else contents fine. A beautiful set. 8vo. Illus. with b/w photos. A continuous run from the 1st reunion through to the 39th (No reunions were held in 1875, 1906, or 1909). A number of copies donated by Horatio C. King, with his card or signature. King (1837-1897), a lawyer from Brooklyn, was a Medal of Honor recipient.

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HARTE, BRET
        THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
      - HARTE, Bret. THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, AND OTHER SKETCHES. Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1870. Small 8vo., original plum cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Harte on a preliminary blank page: "To Mr. Wm. B. Blackwell with compliments of Bret harte. Ogden, Feby. 4th, 1870. An early presentation since Blanck's "Bibliography Of American Literature" notes a copyright deposit copy recorded on April 15 and advertising first appearing in the beginning of May. Presentation copies of this title are rare, with only the Crocker and Doheney copies being sold at auction in the last 25 years. Very Good (gilt on spine somewhat dull). Enclosed in a custom-made, leather & cloth clam-shell box, with a gilt-worked spine. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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GREY, George
        To The Independent Electors of the Borough of Newark
      Saracen's Head, Newark: Weaver, 25 March, 1870. Printed broadside, 505 x 380 mm, small tear bottom left corner repaired. "our Colonies would be regarded as the natural outlet for our excessive population...'. A most unusual survival: a political broadside from the later career of Sir George Grey, seeking to capitalise on his Colonial experience.Although fresh from his ignominious recall from South Africa, Grey here announces his principles to the voters of Newark (Nottinghamshire), noting that 'as one to whom Her Majesty has repeatedly confided the important task of great dependencies, I take a deep interest in Imperial questions. I am opposed to the views of those who would advocate the severance of the Colonies from Great Britain, believing that they add to her strength, wealth, and glory... I have striven to initiate a policy of Emigration, by which... our Colonies would be regarded as the natural outlet for our excessive population...'.Grey, an explorer and politician, made his first Australian exploration in 1838 (having cadged a lift on HMS Beagle), and went on to have a long and important career in the colonies. He was the Governor of South Australia from 1841-45, of New Zealand from 1845-53, and of the the Cape Colony from 1854-68. The present document dates from his abortive attempt to force his way into the British Parliament in 1870 as a Gladstonian Liberal who, rather perversely, was not supported by Gladstone himself (the British Prime Minister came out in full-throated support for his opponent Sir Henry Storks). The failure of Grey's bid decided him to return to New Zealand the same year.

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Thomas MACAULAY
        Histoire d'Angleterre depuis l'avénement de Jacques II. Histoire du règne de Guillaume III
      Second edition and first Charpentier for these two books. The history of England (2 volumes) was translated by Jules Peyronnet, and the story of William (4 volumes) by Amédée Pichot. Half red morocco iced over. Binding unsigned master. Back to nerves ornate. Title, volume number with golden date tail. Double gold band on the flats. Golden head. Scattered spots. Very nice copy, perfectly prepared and beautifully decorative series. Whig history Macaulay had a profound impact, although later he was blamed his vision, that of belonging to a liberal Whig and analyzing the Revolution of 1668 as a glorious act for the future of England. The Whigs have always shown their opposition to royal absolutism. Macaulay's writings were praised for the quality of their prose and their main thesis, that of England constant march towards progress since the famous Revolution of 1668. Charpentier Paris 1870 6 tomes en 6 Vol. in 12 (12x18,5cm) relié

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LOUYS Pierre
        Manuscrit Autographe "Chiromancie"
      - LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925), poète et romancier. M.A. Chiromancie. 1 p. et ½ in-4. Curieux et amusant texte déclinant les prédictions établies le 27 février 1896 par Mme Marthe, successeur de Desbarolles, quant à l¿avenir du poète. Elle constate d¿abord : qu'il est « trop bienveillant, trop confiant, pas assez poseur, pas assez affirmatif de lui-même ». Puis s¿ensuit un résumé des années importantes. « A 30 ans, discussion d'intérêts à la suite d'une mort ; et spécialement, discussion d'intérêts pour droits d'auteur au sujet d'une oeuvre dont mon collaborateur musical serait mort. » Au final, Pierre Louÿs peut espérer vivre jusqu'à 72 ou 76 ans. Elle lui conseille de ne pas avoir de liaison ou attachement dans les deux ans qui suivent, de porter une attention particulière à l'année 1898 qui est la plus mauvaise, « de ne pas se marier avant 1904 » et de suivre son goût si l'auteur est attiré vers « une littérature presque scientifique ».

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James Garfield
        From Garfield?s library, a book authored and inscribed to him by Congressman Samuel S. Cox, who spearheaded legislation to create and expand the predecessor of the U.S. Coast Guard, the Life-Saving Service
      The first Presidential memorial library, completed at the Lawnfield estate in Ohio by the widow of James Garfield four years after his assassination, houses almost 3,000 books that were used and treasured by the 20th president. Books were a scarce commodity to young James, who lost his father before the age of two, and was raised by his mother who struggled to maintain a humble existence. Both James Garfield and his wife Lucretia were voracious readers and amassed a large collection of books. Some twenty years ago, several dozen of his books were de-accessioned, and one of these books is described below:Book Signed and Inscribed, ?Gen. Garfield - / With New Years? / Greeting - / from the author, / Saml S. Cox / 1 Jan 1870 / N.Y? on front free brown end paper, James A. Garfield Library bookplate on fixed end paper, 8vo, 442 pps., London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston; New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1869. Lapis blue decorative boards stamped with black and gilt. Shelf wear and tears at spine caps. Cracked inner hinges and binding shaken, else good condition. Flaws easily restored. Samuel Sullivan Cox was in 1870, a Congressman from New York. He first served in Congress as a Democrat from Ohio, elected in 1856. He served three terms before being defeated largely due to his impassioned speech denouncing Republicans for supporting a pamphlet promoting miscegenation (inter-racial relations), a hoax later determined to have been conceived and printed by Democrats to influence racially biased voters to vote Democratic. The hoax was unsuccessful and Cox lost in the election. Cox left Ohio and moved to New York to practice law, and returned to Congress to represent New York?s 6th district in 1868. In Congress, Cox headed legislative efforts to create, organize, and expand the U.S. Life-Saving Service, a predecessor of the Coast Guard. It was established in 1871 to rescue victims of shipwrecks by maintaining patrol stations along American shores. Two years after his death, members of the Life-Saving Service presented Cox?s widow with an elaborate silver vase which she presented to the Smithsonian the following year.

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Moquin Tandon; Translated by H Martyn Hart
        The World of the Sea
      London - Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1870 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A smart copy of this work on oceanography, translated from the French Le Monde de la Mer by Moquin Tandon. Illustrated throughout with coloured plates and engraved vignettes. In a Bickers binding (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper). Bookplate to front pastedown. Condition: In an armorial calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart,with just some light rubbing and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mainly clean, with just some foxing to the rear of the plates. Overall: NEAR FINE..

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the Right Honorable B. Disraeli
        The Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli
      - London - Longmans, Green and Co., 1870 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A collection of the writings of former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Containing Lothair, Coningsby, or the New Generation, Sybil, or, The Two Nations, Contarini Fleming; The Rise of Iskander, Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; the Infernal Marriage, Popanilla, The Young Duke; Count Alarcos; and Vivian Grey. All new editions. Disraeli's writing is considered generally interesting, and his books teem with striking thoughts, shrewd maxims, and brilliant phrases which stick in the memory. Critic William Kuhn argued that much of his fiction can be read as the memoirs he never wrote, revealing the inner life of a politician for whom the norms of Victorian public life appeared to represent a social straitjacket particularly with regard to his allegedly ambiguous sexuality. Lothair was the first novel written by Benjamin Disraeli after his first term as Prime Minister. It deals with the comparative merits of the Catholic and Anglican churches as heirs of Judaism, and with the topical question of Italian unification. Though Lothair was a hugely popular work among 19th century readers, it now to some extent lies in the shadow of the same author's Coningsby and Sybil. Armorial bookplate of H. W. Eyres to front pastedown. Missing the frontispiece portrait of Disraeli. Containing eight volumes of ten only (missing are volumes IV and V (Tancred and Venetia)Condition: In decorative cloth bindings with gilt detailing. Externally, generally smart, though with some bumping and light wear to the heads and tails of the spines. Front hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Pages are bright, though with some heavy spotting throughout. Overall:GOOD due to spotting, butstill an attractive set..

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ARÈNE, Paul.
        Jean-des-Figues. Avec une eau-forte d'Emile Bénassit.
      Paris: Librairie internationale, A. Lacroix Verboeckhoven, 1870 - Edition originale, in-8; [ii], 333p., frontispice gravé de Bénassit. Jolie reliure bradel exécutée "pour la Librairie Louis Conard" en demi-maroquin vert bouteille à coins, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, plats et gardes marbrés, tranche supérieure dorée, couvertures vertes conservées. Dos passé uniformément au brun, autrement bel exemplaire sans rousseurs. Bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage, pour lequel il n'y eut pas de grand papier. Le roman principal est suivi de courtes nouvelles: "Le Vin de la messe", "Histoire d'Automne", "Les Saules de M. Sénez", "Curo-Biasso" et "La Ville de S?", dont la dernière n'est pas la moins charmante. Vicaire I,81. [Attributes: First Edition]

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        Twelve Parables of Our Lord, Illustrated and Illuminated.
      Macmillan and Co., London 1870 - 4to. Unpaginated. Beveled cloth binding, embossed and stamped in gold, green and black ornate design and small, circular image of Jesus in center. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners rubbed and slightly frayed. Minor scuffing to boards. All gilt edges. Gross grain endpapers. Plates are on heavy card stock with illustration and the following illumination matted inside of each, matting is beveled, a.e.g.Twelve full-color chromolithographs matted on recto, with full color illuminations on the verso of each plate. Lushly illustrated and illuminated in rich colors, beautifully produced with high quality matting. The particularly beautiful frontispiece is from a picture by John Jellicoe. The twelve illustrations are from sketches by H.R. McEniry, the illuminated borders are from the Brevario Grimani, in St. Mark's Library, Venice, and the illuminated texts and title page are designed by Lewis Hind. Each of the twelve illustrations has off-setting around the matting from the illumination on the verso, not affecting the images. Very good condition. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Spamer, Otto
        Illustriertes Konversations-Lexikon. Vergleichendes Nachschlagebuch für den täglichen Gebrauch. Hausschatz für das deutsche Volk und "Orbis pictus" für die studirende Jugend. 10 Bände
      . Spamer, Leipzig und Berlin, 1870-1882. Zusammen ca. 14.000 Seiten mit eben sovielen Textholzschnitten und Tafeln, original Halbleder-Einbände/Halbfranzbände mit je 2 farblich abgesetzten Rückentiteln (in Blau und Orange) und je 5 Schmuckbünden, quart, (etwas berieben und bestoßen/teils etwas stockfleckig/1 Rückenrand mit minimalem Wurmfraß). - Erste Auflage in 8 Bänden und 2 Ergänzungsbänden, komplett -

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Landauer, Gustav)
        Contemporary Photographic Portrait of Gustav Landauer
      - Vintage photograph. 86 × 138 mm. Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) was one of the key figures and leading theorists of the German Anarchism, and "the most important agitator of the radical revolutionary movement" - according to the German police at the time. Landauer studied German and English literature, philosophy and art history at the University of Heidelberg. After graduating he moved to Strasbourg and later lived in Berlin. He was close friend to Peter Kropotkin, Erich Mühsam and Martin Buber. With Mühsam established "Sozialistischer Bund" in 1908, with the aim to unite people and realizing socialism. Landauer was involved in the German Revolution of 1918-1919 and he became Commissioner of Enlightenment and Public Instruction of the Munich Soviet Republic (Münchener or Bayerische Räterepublik) led by Kurt Eisner. After the fall of short-life Soviet Republic Landauer was arrested and murdered. With a small spot of fray, otherwise in good condition.

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Shaw, William Francis [Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Vicar of Eastry]
        Liber Estriae; or, Memorials of the Royal Ville and Parish of Eastry in the County of Kent
      Published by John Russell Smith, 36 Soho Square, London First Edition 1870. London 1870. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green pebble cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, pale lemon end papers. 4to 11½'' x 9''. Contains [viii] [vi] 244 printed pages of text with 14 monochrome illustrations throughout. 1 of 75 copies with list of subscribers to the front. Foxing to the end papers, a little bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, without any ownership markings and in Very Good sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Cussans, John Edwin
        HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DESCENTS OF THE VARIOUS MANORS; PEDIGREES OF FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH THE COUNTY; ANTIQUITIES, LOCAL CUSTOMS, ETC.,.3 VOLUMES.
      Chatto & Windus., London - .1870-1881.FRONTIS OF AUTHOR.DOUBLE PAGE COLOR MAP.MANY FULL PAGE COLORED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS.B/W ENGRAVINGS.THOROUGH AND DETAILED HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE.3 Volumes containing the history of the Hundreds of Braughing, Edwinstree, Dosey, Hitchin, Hertford, Broadwater, Dacorum, and Cashio.Marbled boards with 3/4 morocco leather and 5 raised bands.Gilt decorated compartments and gilt on top edge.Shelf wear to edges consistent with size and weight.TEXTBLOCK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Large Folio 12" x 15 3/4" [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Comte de Chambord / Frohsdorf / BAR (Baron de) et Auguste ANASTASI.
        Châteaux du comte de Chambord (1820-1883) à Frohsdorf et Brunsée dans le land autrichien de Styrie.
      1870 - PARIS, Imp. Lemercier - s.d. (avant 1870) - 3 lithographies [45x50 cm] - Lithographies 2 teintes (bistre et noir) d'après le Baron de Bar, par Auguste Anastasi. Toutes aux armes du baron de Bar (cachet à sec). Le Baron de Bar, famille d'Auvergne d'ancienne extraction (1416), vivait dans l'Allier. Armes du Baron de Bar [Parti, au 1 de gueules à un croissant contourné d'argent accompagné de 8 étoiles de même en orle; au 2 d'or à un chevron d'azur chargé de trois étoiles d'argent]. Ensemble en très bon état. Rare. Série complète des 3 lithographies des propriétés du comte de Chambord en Autriche: Château de Froschdorf (Basse Autriche) - Château de Froschdorf vu des jardins - Château de Brunsée, Styrie (résidences des Bourbons de France en exil.

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Volcy BOZE, Alphonse LEVERT, Tiburce SAUVÉ
        MANUSCRIT : Les deux dernières journées du Second Empire à la préfecture des Bouches-du-Rhône.
      - Marseille, 1870. Manuscrit, in-8, (72) ff., rel. demi-basane (dos frotté). Ex-libris de Boze, et de l'Association amicale des anciens élèves de Sainte-Barbe. Manuscrit inédit et récit haletant, vécu de l'intérieur, de la chute du Second Empire à Marseille, entre trois camarades de classe, devenus préfet, courtier de commerce, et avocat. L'aventure est consignée dans le Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 : le préfet Levert "tenta de résister, à Marseille, lors de la révolution du 4 septembre 1870, lorsqu'une foule de 5,000 personnes envahit la préfecture. Blessé grièvement, il resta caché pendant douze heures, réussit à s'échapper, et gagna la Belgique, d'où il se rendit à Wilhemshohe près, de Napoléon III". * Second Empire / Marseille. * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 14h à 19h. * Si vous souhaitez passer à la librairie pour un livre, merci de nous prévenir au préalable, l'ensemble du stock visible en ligne n'étant pas immédiatement consultable. * Langue : Français

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De la Rive, Auguste Arthur, schweiz. Physiker (1801-1873).
        Eigenh. Brief m. Unterschrift.
      [?], 2. IV. 1870.. 3 S., 8°.. [An den österr. Chemiker u. Mineralogen Anton Schrötter von Kristelli (1802-1875)]. - "De la Rive wurde 1823 Professor an der Akademie in Genf. Seine experimentellen Untersuchungen bezogen sich auf die Elektrizität und den Magnetismus. Durch seine Erfindung, Silber und Kupfer in galvanischen Bädern zu vergolden, legte er den Grund zur weiteren Entwicklung der Galvanoplastik. 1841 erhielt er für seine Erfindung von der französischen Akademie der Wissenschaften einen Preis von 3000 Franken. Er lieferte auch Untersuchungen zu Problemen der Thermodynamik und der Wellenoptik. Mit Francois Marcet untersuchte er die Spezifische Wärmekapazität von Gasen und machte Beobachtungen zur Bestimmung der Temperatur der Erdkruste. Er machte Studien zur Theorie der Voltaischen Zelle und zur elektrischen Entladung in verdünnten Gasen, was ihn zu einer Theorie zur Aurora Borealis führte [...]. 1859 wurde er zum auswärtigen Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gewählt. 1862 gründete er in Genf gemeinsam mit Marc Thury die Societe pour la construction d'instruments de physique (SIP) zur Herstellung wissenschaftlicher Instrumente. Die Universität Oxford wollte ihm 1873 die Ehrendoktorwürde verleihen. Auf dem Weg dorthin verstarb er plötzlich bei Marseille" (Wikipedia). --- Der in Olmütz geborene Anton Schrötter, Sohn eines Apothekers, studierte ab 1822 zunächst auf Wunsch seines Vaters in Wien Medizin, wechselte dann aber unter dem Einfluss von Friedrich Mohs zu den naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern, speziell der Mineralogie. 1827 erhielt er eine Assistentenstelle für Physik und Mathematik an der Universität Wien. 1830 wurde er Professor für Physik und Chemie am Technischen Institut Joanneum in Graz. Während eines halbjährigen Urlaubs im Jahre 1838 besuchte er chemische Institute in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Frankfurt und Paris. In Gießen machte er sich bei Justus von Liebig mit der organischen Elementaranalyse vertraut. Ab 1843 arbeitete er als Professor für technische Chemie am Polytechnischen Institut der Universität Wien und übernahm dort 1845 die Professur für allgemeine Chemie. Schrötter war neben Baumgartner, Ettingshausen und Haidinger einer der Begründer der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien und wurde 1850 ihr Generalsekretär. Die Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina wählte Schrötter 1856 zu ihrem Mitglied. Ab 1868 leitete er das österreichische Hauptmünzamt und wurde gleichzeitig zum Ministerialrat ernannt. Er wurde 1874 in den Ruhestand versetzt und eröffnete in seiner Wohnung ein Privatlaboratorium, in dem er Studien über Edelmetalle betrieb. 1875 starb er in Wien. Schrötter hat in seinem Leben ca. 60 wissenschaftliche Publikationen verfasst. Ab 1845 beschäftigte Schrötter sich intensiv mit Phosphor. 1848 gelang ihm der Nachweis der schon von Berzelius geäußerten Vermutung, dass roter Phosphor eine allotrope Modifikation des weißen Phosphors, nicht aber eine Phosphorverbindung ist. Schrötter wandelte weißen Phosphor durch Erhitzen in roten um, den man zeitweise Schrötterschen Phosphor nannte. Sein Verfahren zur Darstellung desselben revolutionierte die Streichholzindustrie, wo roter Phosphor schon bald als Bestandteil der Reibflächen genutzt wurde. Er war ein Organisator in Industrie und Wissenschaft sowie Berater bei den Vorbereitungen zur Novara-Expedition und zur Österreich-Ungarischen Nordpolexpedition. -

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FROUDE, James Anthony
        History of England from The Fall of Wolsey to The Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
      London. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1856- 1870. - 8vo. 22cm, first edition, in 12 volumes, bound contemporary in half crimson crushed morocco, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorations in the panels, gilt titles, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., a fine set in attractive fine binding (N8) Froude (1818-1894), historian and miscellaneous writer, became a disciple of Carlyle and turned to writing historical and other essays for the Westminister Review, Fraser's Magazine (which he edited, 1860-74) and elsewhere. As a historian he was best known for his History of England. Froude believed (with his hero 'Carlyle'), that great men initiated and control events, and that the 'art' of history was to enter dramatically and imaginatively into what the historian thought was the successful 'force' of the time. Froude was a partisan historian, but his bias was avowed and therefore not really misleading. His dramatic treatment of history was, perhaps, especially successful in his 'Reign of Elizabeth'. The present work and his "The English in Ireland. 3v" were the centers of some controversy. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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CONRAD (auch: KONRAD), Julius
        Der Glöckner von Köln und Der Geächtete in den Karpathen. Historisch-romantische Erzählung.,
      [wahrscheinlich Köln,Böltje um 1870]. - Außerordentlich selten. (Das Expl. der bayerischen Staatsbibliothek [anscheinend das einzige in den Bibliotheken vorhandene] mit dem Titel: Der Rheingraf oder: Der Glöckner von Köln und der Geächtete in den Karpathen [nennt als Verfasser Julius KONRAD, ist im Kölner Vlg Böltje erschienen und wird auf ca. 1871 dat.] weist auf die vorliegende Titelvariante hin.) Gewicht in Gramm: 500 [4 Tle.] in 2 Bdn. 718 S.; S.719-1440. Hln. d.Zt. mit vergold. Rückentitel u. sparsamer Blindvergold., min. berieben u. bestoßen, anstelle des Titelbl. der 1.Lieferungsumschlag als Titel eingebunden, ganz vereinzelt min. stock. od. fingerfleckig, 1 Bl. mit Ausriß im unteren weißen Rand (kein Textverlust), insges. sehr gut erh.

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WILLKOMM Moritz
        Histoire naturelle illustrée. Végétaux.
      R. Schultz 1870 - - R. Schultz, Paris S.d., Pet. in Folio (22x33cm), relié. - 53 planches à double page coloriées en chromolithographie contenant plus de 600 dessins. Traduction de l'allemand et présentation par J. Groenland. Toutes les planches sont précieusement légendées en bas de page par une écriture manuscrite à la plume noire, facilitant ainsi la nomination et évitant de se reporter systématiquement à la description de chaque planche au début du volume. Reliure d'éditeur en demi chagrin noir avec titre doré à l'horizontal et titre doré sur le premier plat. Tranches dorées. Frottements coiffes et mors. Rousseurs pâles éparses. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Lenz, H(arald) O(thmar).
        Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde. Der Schlangenkunde zweite sehr veränderte Auflage.
      Thienemann,, Gotha, 1870 - Gotha, Thienemann, 1870. 8°. IV, 287 S., 1 n.n. S. Mit 23 handkolorierten Abbildungen auf 12 lithographischen Tafeln. HLn.-Bd. der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Nissen ZBI 2447 (kennt nur die erste Auflage). Die erste Auflage erschien 1832 noch unter dem Titel "Schlangenkunde", gegenüber dieser wurde die hier vorliegende Ausgabe komplett überarbeitet und um zwei Tafeln vermehrt. Tafel 1 als Frontispiz. - (Kanten leicht berieben. Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt). - Die Tafeln sauber und frisch, in schönem Kolorit. - Selten. Sprache: Deutsch HLn.-Bd. der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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DICKENS, Charles
        The Mystery of Edwin Drood
      London: Chapman and Hall. , 1870. With twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait. Octavo (222 x 138 mm). Modern calf, raised bands to spine, dark brown morocco label, double frames to boards in blind, all edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens by J.H. Baker, vignette title page, and 12 engraved plates. Bookplate of John H. Barnes to front pastedown, blind stamp of Nicholas H. Morgan to front flyleaf. Spine slightly darkened, boards a touch soiled, extremities very lightly rubbed, inner hinges gently cracked but firm, light foxing throughout. A very good copy. First edition, first issue bound with wrappers and advertisements; includes the cork advertisement at the end of Part II and the 18 pence price on the cover of Part VI. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was originally planned as a twelve-part serialisation but was never completed, with only six parts published before the author's death, thus leaving the identity of the murderer unknown. "Soon a whole Drood 'industry' (which still flourishes today) grew up, concerned with providing a plausible solution to the mystery" (ODNB).

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Sullivan, Arthur
        Dedicated To The Lady Katherine Coke : Will He Come? Song By Adelaide Anne Proctor. The Music Composed Expressly For Madame Sainton Dolby
      Boosey & Co, London, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, Third Edition, Signed by person(s) connected with bookTHIS IS ONE OF THE SCORES FROM OUR BOOK NUMBER #6647000 - No.1 in D No.2 in F. Undated 1870's? Signed [Initialled] by Dolby. Size: 13 inches tall by 9.5 inches. 7 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: Music; Signed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 6647012.

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Lieben, Adolf, österr. Chemiker (1836-1914).
        Eigenh. Brief m. Unterschrift.
      Ischl, 20. VIII. 1870.. 4 S., Gr.-8°.. [An den österr. Chemiker u. Mineralogen Anton Schrötter von Kristelli (1802-1875)]. - Bezüglich seiner Wahl zum korrespondierenden Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und damit zusammenhängender "Schwierigkeiten". - "[...] Lieben wurde 1870 korrespondierendes und ab 1879 wirkliches Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, sowie der wissenschaftlichen Akademien von Rom, München und Berlin. Er erhielt 1903 das Komturkreuz des Franz-Joseph-Ordens mit dem Stern und war Komtur der französischen Ehrenlegion. Im Jahr 1910 wurde er schließlich Mitglied des österreichischen Herrenhauses [...]. Adolf Lieben war ein bahnbrechender Forscher auf dem Gebiet der organischen Chemie, die sich vor allem synthetischer Methoden bediente. Er entdeckte die nach ihm benannte liebensche Jodoform-Reaktion und begründete eine auf der Theorie der Atomverkettung fußende Richtung der organischen Chemie in Österreich. Lieben machte Untersuchungen über die Konstitution und Synthese der Alkohole, Aldehyde, Säuren und Kohlenwasserstoffe, und auch über die Kondensation von Aldehyden zu Aldolen. Sein bedeutendster Schüler war Carl Auer von Welsbach. Zusammen mit seinem Freund, dem Chemiker Ludwig Barth zu Barthenau begründete er die Monatshefte für Chemie' [...]" (Wikipedia). --- Der in Olmütz geborene Anton Schrötter, Sohn eines Apothekers, studierte ab 1822 zunächst auf Wunsch seines Vaters in Wien Medizin, wechselte dann aber unter dem Einfluss von Friedrich Mohs zu den naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern, speziell der Mineralogie. 1827 erhielt er eine Assistentenstelle für Physik und Mathematik an der Universität Wien. 1830 wurde er Professor für Physik und Chemie am Technischen Institut Joanneum in Graz. Während eines halbjährigen Urlaubs im Jahre 1838 besuchte er chemische Institute in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Frankfurt und Paris. In Gießen machte er sich bei Justus von Liebig mit der organischen Elementaranalyse vertraut. Ab 1843 arbeitete er als Professor für technische Chemie am Polytechnischen Institut der Universität Wien und übernahm dort 1845 die Professur für allgemeine Chemie. Schrötter war neben Baumgartner, Ettingshausen und Haidinger einer der Begründer der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien und wurde 1850 ihr Generalsekretär. Die Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina wählte Schrötter 1856 zu ihrem Mitglied. Ab 1868 leitete er das österreichische Hauptmünzamt und wurde gleichzeitig zum Ministerialrat ernannt. Er wurde 1874 in den Ruhestand versetzt und eröffnete in seiner Wohnung ein Privatlaboratorium, in dem er Studien über Edelmetalle betrieb. 1875 starb er in Wien. Schrötter hat in seinem Leben ca. 60 wissenschaftliche Publikationen verfasst. Ab 1845 beschäftigte Schrötter sich intensiv mit Phosphor. 1848 gelang ihm der Nachweis der schon von Berzelius geäußerten Vermutung, dass roter Phosphor eine allotrope Modifikation des weißen Phosphors, nicht aber eine Phosphorverbindung ist. Schrötter wandelte weißen Phosphor durch Erhitzen in roten um, den man zeitweise Schrötterschen Phosphor nannte. Sein Verfahren zur Darstellung desselben revolutionierte die Streichholzindustrie, wo roter Phosphor schon bald als Bestandteil der Reibflächen genutzt wurde. Er war ein Organisator in Industrie und Wissenschaft sowie Berater bei den Vorbereitungen zur Novara-Expedition und zur Österreich-Ungarischen Nordpolexpedition. -

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V., K. H. von:
        Des Kindes Gang durch die Natur, An Vaters Hand durch Wald und Flur. Ein Bilderbuch für das erste Jugendalter in zwölf Darstellungen mit Text in Reimen.
      Ohne Ort und Verlag, um 1870.. 15 Bl. auf festem Karton mit 12 kolorierten Abb. quer 8°. Illustr. Halbleinen.. Ecken gering berieben, Titelseite etwas fleckig, Textseiten mit einem schwachen bräunlichen Abklatsch von den gegenüberliegenden Farblithographien. Dieser sehr seltene Titel ist ausgezeichnet erhalten mit kräftig kolorierten entzückenden Bildern (jeweils mittig ein Kreis und in den Ecken dazu passend vier Vignetten). Bibliogr. von mir nicht nachweisbar.

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OUTLAW GEAR]
        OLD BELT, KNIFE, KNIFE SCABBARD, PISTOL HOLSTER WITH TWENTY-TWO .44 CALIBER BULLETS STILL IN THE GUN BELT
      [n.p., n.d.]. 1870 - According to a facsimile typed letter dated August 21, 1920, that was signed by Historian and Author E. A. Brininstool, "this old belt, knife, knife scabbard and pistol holster were carried by a notorious horsethief who was shot and killed in South Dakota by Capt. George Bartlett, U.S. Deputy Marshal, in the early '80's. They were presented to me by Capt. Bartlett, and in turn are herewith presented to my good old pard, L. H. Spragle, to hang in his den as a memento of wild days on the frontier of Dakota. It will be observed that one shell is nicked on the head. Bartlett's bullet struck the shell, glanced off and went through the thief's body. The shells in this belt have never been taken out since the man was shot. E. A. Brininstool." In a second facsimile typed letter from Brininstool dated March, 21, 1921, the first paragraph says "Yep, you're right. You got that belt, holster and knife and scabbard. I did have the saddle, but had no place for it and sold it some years ago. I helped bury Bartlett here when he died some ten years ago or so, and my Indian stuff is the dope he had. Better hang on to this story and you have the goods to show along with it." L. H. Spragle and E. A. Brininstool first met in Reno in 1910 or so when they each were in the process of divorcing their wives. While the process was running its course they roomed together in a tent city and apparently had quite a time together. Spragle returned to Pennsylvania and he and Brininstool carried on a life-long friendship and correspondence. We find in an article by Jeff Gill some comments about Capt. George Bartlett but no references to the "notorious horsethief." Gill says ". a fascinating character named George E. Bartlett, a U.S. Marshall for Pine Ridge and a city west of there already infamous as Deadwood, South Dakota. Bartlett had worked as a sales representative for the gunpowder company owned by relatives of Warren Moorehead (his King family relations from Xenia, this apparently being the reason he and Bartlett knew each other in the first place), and also ran a small trading post of his own on a creek through part of the Pine Ridge Reservation. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Harpel, Oscar H
        HARPEL'S TYPOGRAPH OR BOOK OF SPECIMENS CONTAINING USEFUL INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS AND A COLLECTION OF EXAMPLES OF LETTERPRESS JOB PRINT ARRANGED FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF MASTER PRINTERS, AMATEURS, APPRENTICES, AND OTHERS
      Cincinnati: Oscar H. Harpel, 1870. original gilt stamped cloth, all edges stained red. Type Specimens. 8vo. original gilt stamped cloth, all edges stained red. Frontispiece; (ii), 252, (18) pages. First and only printing. (Bigmore and Wyman I, 306). Harpel lists many important facts necessary for the running of a successful printing business and includes a history of printing. The most important feature of this book is the full color plates, some printed and some done by lithography. Contains folded plates, tipped-in specimens, and other examples of color work. Each page is printed within colored borders and with a different design and color. A landmark book in the history of American printing. Seven plates with eleven wood-engravings; one plate composition in "Stigmatypie;" and fourteen inserted leaves of fancy jobbing specimens, some color printed (four printed on enameled paper). Pages three to five, as well as the plate in this range, are color photocopied replicas of the original pages. Other than that, all pages and plates are accounted for. Ownership stamp on front pastedown by 'J. Durie & Son, General Booksellers & Stationers, Sparks St. Ottawa'. Red stain on edges shows signs of wear. Corners and edges have been bumped and repaired. Some scuffs and signs of wear. Recased with original spine laid down on newer cloth. All endpapers and pastedowns and blank pages are preserved.

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