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Leidesdorf, Max:
        Prachtalbum. Ihrem ausgezeichneten Lehrer und verehrten Kollegen, Herrn Dr. Max Leidesdorf k.k. Professor an der Wiener Universität, Vorstand der k.k. Universitäts-Klinik für Psychiatrie, k.k. Obersanitätsrat etc.etc. anläßlich seines Scheidens vom Lehramte gewidmet von den dankbaren Schülern und Berufskollegen.
      Wien, -, 1888.. o. Pag. [5 Bll.]. Orig. Ledereinband, mit Emaile-Applikationen.. Eine Applikation am Deckel fehlt, stockfleckig, Gbrsp. - Foto-Tableaux mit 33 Porträtphotographien (tlw. mit Signaturen) der damals massgeblichen psychiatrischen Ärzte: von Wagner-Jauregg, Holler, Weiss, von Marzell, Schlangenhauser, Bresslauer, Tilkowsky, Langwieser, Frank, Svetlin, Pfleger, Pokorny, Linsmayer, Joh. Raab, F. Plenk, St. Sterger, Stefanides, Hinterstoisser, Janchen, Konrad, Kiltsch, Alfred von Planner, Julius Rader, Neuhauser, Krayatsch, Schücking, S. Weiss, Krueg, Dirmoser, Bubenik, Wiesinger, Bogdan, und Schlöss. - Leidesdorf, (1815 - 1889), studierte Medizin an italienischen Universitäten und wurde 1837 in Bonn promoviert (De phlegmatia alba dolente). Danach in Moskau und St. Petersburg tätig, habilitierte er sich 1856 an der Univ. Wien für Psychiatrie und wurde 1860 Leiter der Goergenschen Privatirrenanstalt in Wien-Döbling. Seit 1866 a.o .Prof., wurde er 1872 Primararzt an der Irrenabteilung im Allgemeinen Krankenhaus in Wien, bis er 1875 die Leitung der Psychiatrischen Klinik der niederösterreichischen Landesirrenanstalt in Wien übernahm. 1886 wurde er Mitglied des Obersten Sanitätsrats. Er begründete den klinisch-psychiatrischen Universitätsunterricht in Österreich und war Mitbegründer und Vorstandsmitglied des Vereins für Psychiatrie und forensische Psychologie. In seinem Werk "Pathologie und Therapie der psychischen Krankheiten" (1860) legte er eine Klassifizierung der Geisteskrankheiten in Depressions-, Exaltations- und psychische Schwächezustände vor. (Zitat)

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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
        Strange Stories of Coincidence and Ghostly Adventure
      London, George Redway. 1888, 1888. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Bound in publisher's blue textured cloth. Sunned to extremities, lightly faded to spine, gilt titles a trifle dull. Strong and solid, a very good copy. Floral patterned endpapers, ownership to front flyleaf, internally clean, light spotting to title page. W.H. Smith blindstamp to corner of flyleaf. Originally published as the second part of Dreamland and Ghostland in 1887, then issued a year later as three separate anthologies.

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Collectif ; VUILLAUME, Maxime ; [ HELENE, Maxime ; ARLUISON, Eugène ]
        La Terre. Revue scientifique populaire illustrée. 1888 - 1889 : Cent Livraisons [ Complet ] Science - Industrie - Travaux Publics. L'Instruction & la Récréation dans la Famille. [ Edition originale ]
      L. Boulanger 1888 - 1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, L. Boulanger, Paris, 1888-1889, 796 pp. avec 457 figures Très rare exemplaire de cette éphémère et belle revue de vulgarisation scientifique, dirigée par le scientifique et journaliste Maxime Vuillaume (1844-1925, attribution du catalogue de la BNF). Bel état (dos lég. frotté, état absolument magnifique par ailleurs). Une vraie rareté. Langue: Français [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Elme Marie Caro
        Great French Writers
      London - George Routledge and Sons, 1888 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A study on the life and works of French author George Sand. With an engraved portrait of the author. Translated from the original French by Gustave Masson. Amantine (also Amandine) Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant (1 July 1804 8 June 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. Condition: In a blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Spine is slighly cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges strained but firm. Pages are generally bright and clean. Overall: VERY GOOD..

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Virgil; Translated by John Conington
        The Aeneid of Virgil
      London - Longmans, Green and Co., 1888 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A beautifully-bound copy of the Conington translation of Virgil's Aeneid. Eighth edition. John Conington (10 August 1825 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar. In 1866 he published his best-known work, the translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into the octosyllabic metre of Walter Scott. Condition: In a vellum binding with gilt detailing. Externally, smart, with just a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just a few spots. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..

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[RAMAGE, John, binder] | HORACE |
        Q. Horati Flacci Opera
      1888. A Stunning Mosaic Binding[RAMAGE, John, binder]. HORACE. Q. Horati Flacci Opera. Londoni: [Printed by C. Whittingham for] Kegan Paul, Trench & Soc., 1888. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm.). 302 pp. Preface by Francis Warre Cornish. Engraved frontispiece and printer?'s device on title page.Bound ca. 1888 in red morocco elaborately inlaid in a mosaic pattern by Ramage (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers bordered with thin decorative and plain gilt rules, the rest of the boards entirely covered with inlaid diapering featuring rows of teal lozenges tooled with gilt fleurons, these flanked on all four sides with inlaid tan circles, the red morocco tooled with curving gilt lines attached to the dots, raised bands, spine compartments with similar inlaid teal lozenges tooled in gilt, delicate gilt cornerpieces, gilt titling, pastedowns framed by red morocco inlaid with tan circles at the corners and with gilt floral tooling, cream-colored watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. An exceptionally fine example housed in a later felt-lined red cloth clamshell case with two gilt lettered black leather labels on the spine.This is a very attractively printed and beautifully bound edition of Horace, edited by beloved Eton schoolmaster Francis Warre Cornish (1839-1916). The volume features a sparkling and animated design from one of the most respected English binders during the last half of the 19th century. Born in London in 1836, John Ramage served an apprenticeship with John Wright, and then went to Paris, where he was able to work with the distinguished Marcellin Lortic. In 1860 Ramage purchased the binding business of Alexander Banks, Jr., in Edinburgh, then returned three years later to London, where he was in business at various locations into the 20th century (W.D. and N.M. Ramage carried on the business until 1929). The delicate and careful execution for which the bindery was known is clearly well displayed in the mosaic inlays on this example which follows a tradition of mosaic bindings that is said to have originated in France in the early part of the 18th century and was resurrected in England at the end of that century by Staggemeier & Welcher, perhaps at the suggestion of James Edwards.

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BARNUM, Phineas T
        The Life of P.T. Barnum. Written by himself, Including his Golden Rules for Money Making. Bought up to 1888
      Buffalo, The Courier Company. 1888., 1888. FIRST EDITION: Publisher's original brown cloth with black and gilt titles to spine. Portrait frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author "To my old friend W.H. Devens and his happy family with my best wishes" in black ink to front free end paper. An exceptionally clean, bright, fine copy.

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Remington, Frederic
        Mule Train Crossing the Sierra
      - [circa 1888]. () Fine. Photogravure print. 38 X 28 CM (16 X 11") with image 26 X 20 CM (10.25" X 8"). Printed on thick cream card with a subtle blind stamped border surrounding image. A beautiful print made even more wonderful by the artists original signature. Signed below the image in pencil by the artist. Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861  December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S. Cavalry. This image shows, in rich tones, a mule train where one rider is present and the animals have stopped to take a drink. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Sclater, P.L. and W.H. Hudson
        Argentine Ornithology. Two Volumes
      London: R.H. Porter, 1888. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good. Signed by Author(s). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic. Volume I, 1888 - 208 pp.; Volume II, 1889 - 251 pp. Copy No. 3 of an edition limited to 200 copies, signed by Sclater and Hudson on limitation page following title page in Volume I. Twenty hand colored plates by J. G. Keulemans. Original paper boards, both volumes rebacked. Bookplate of Frederick Ducane Godman. Plate XIV (Conurus Molinae) in Volume II loose. A rare association copy.

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John Gould
        Psitteuteles Arfaki (Arfak Lorikeet)
      London 1888 - John Gould (1804-1881) was an English ornithologist, self-taught artist and naturalist. Gould first worked as a gardener under his father in the Royal Gardens of Windsor, from 1818-1824, where he began his illustrations. He became an expert taxidermist, opening his own practice in London in 1824 and in 1827 he became the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. Through his work he was able to meet with the countrys leading naturalists and view new collections of birds given to the Zoological Society. His interest in birds was continually developing and in 1830 he published his first volume on birds, A Century of Birds From the Himalaya Mountains. For the next fifty years, Gould, his wife and artists working with them traveled around Asia, the East Indies and Australia. While in Papua New Guinea, he decided to embark on a final folio as a complement to his unprecedented Birds of Asia. The Birds of New Guinea was Gould's last full-scale work, left incomplete on his death in 1881. Gould completed twelve of the twenty-five parts, and the task of finishing the project fell to Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a superbly qualified successor, who had been Gould's colleague, assistant and friend. One of Gould's most exotic works, the five magnificent volumes of the Birds of New Guinea contain an extensive series of beautiful images of birds of paradise, bower birds, parrots, parakeets, cockatoos, kingfishers and hawk-owls. All of the 320 images are extraordinary for their color and artistry, interesting backdrops and animated compositions. Gould and Sharpe created some of their most engaging and active scenes of bird life in the The Birds of New Guinea, and the great popular reception of the work was such that it was one of their only productions that led to a sequel, Sharp's Birds of Paradise (1891-98). Missing from that later production, however, was the almost overwhelming variety of species of the The Birds of New Guinea, which, like the Birds of Asia, was the most comprehensive chronicle of the island's ornithology ever issued. This folio size, hand-colored lithograph, Psitteuteles Arfaki, is in very good condition with light foxing throguhout. Measuring 21.5" x 14.75", this lithograph displays the authors scientific skill and attention to detail. Commonly called Whiskered Lorikeet or Plum-faced Lorikeet, these birds are expertly hand-colored in vibrant shades of green with red, yellow, blue and black accents. Also characteristic of these birds is the white spotted lines under their eyes. These birds are shown in dynamic positions, allowing for the viewer to appreciate the coloring of the back as well as the front and wingspan of the birds. They are set within a lush forest area, similar to their natural habitats in New Guinea.

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Warnford Lock, C.G.
        Coffee - Its Culture and Commerce.
      London, E. & F.N.Spon, 1888.. 8°. X, 264 pages. Original Hardcover with coffee company - advertising on paste-downs and endpapers (Coffee Pulpers by John Gordon & Co. / Ohlendorff's Dissolved Peruvian Guano / Jensen's Guano Manure for Coffee etc.). Excellent condition of this very rare book. With only minor signs of external wear. The binding firm and the interior in wonderful shape. Probably the earliest example of a colonial handbook for cultivating coffee - traditional coffee cultivation in the 19th century and the turn to the 20th century.. Includes the following chapters: The Plant / The Estate / Cultivation / Diseases and Enemies / Preparation of the Berry / Markets and Statistics / Local Detail of Culture and Production / Bibliography / Index. With the following illustrations in the text: Cattie / Quintannie / Mammotie / Alavangoe / Shading for Seeds / Double Pulper / Cylinder of Pulper / Cylinder Pulper / Gearloss Pulper / Breast Pulper / Fermenting Tanks / Peeling and Polishing Machine / Smout's Dry Cherry Huller / Separator / Improved Separator / With the following plates: Branch of Coffea arabica / Planters Tools / Shed Roofing / Jamaica Plantation / Ceylon Plantation / Estate Buildings / Guardiola's Coffee-drier / Smout's combinedpeeler and polisher / Pulping House / Interior of Pulping House / Drying Floor //

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(ROPS). GUICHES, Gustave
        La pudeur de Sodome. Frontispice gravé à l'eau-forte par Félicien Rops.
      Parijs, Maison Quantin, 1888. Folio 33 x 24 cm. Wit halfleer met hoeken en grijze perkaline platten. (12), 52 p. Niet afgesneden. Met een originele ets van Félicien Rops, gesigneerd in de plaat. Gedrukt in rood en zwart in 347 genummerde exemplaren. 1e druk. Band iets vlekkig, nieuwe schutbladen. Enkele vlekjes, uitstekende schepranden wat verkleurd.* Verhaal van de verwoesting van Sodom met de beroemde ets van Rops waarop een naakte vrouw een gordijn wegtrekt om een duivelse herme-hogepriester in Egyptische setting te onthullen. Dit is nummer 7 van de 325 exemplaren op Hollands papier. Groot formaat boek in 20e-eeuwse boekband met rug- en plattitel.

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John Gould
        Sericornis Minimus, Gould
      John Gould (1804-1881) was an English ornithologist, self-taught artist and naturalist. Gould first worked as a gardener under his father in the Royal Gardens of Windsor, from 1818-1824, where he began his illustrations. He became an expert taxidermist, opening his own practice in London in 1824 and in 1827 he became the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. Through his work he was able to meet with the country?s leading naturalists and view new collections of birds given to the Zoological Society. His interest in birds was continually developing and in 1830 he published his first volume on birds, ?A Century of Birds From the Himalaya Mountains.? For the next fifty years, Gould, his wife and artists working with them traveled around Asia, the East Indies and Australia.While in Papua New Guinea, he decided to embark on a final folio as a complement to his unprecedented ?Birds of Asia?. ?The Birds of New Guinea? was Gould's last full-scale work, left incomplete on his death in 1881. Gould completed twelve of the twenty-five parts, and the task of finishing the project fell to Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a superbly qualified successor, who had been Gould's colleague, assistant and friend. One of Gould's most exotic works, the five magnificent volumes of the Birds of New Guinea contain an extensive series of beautiful images of birds of paradise, bower birds, parrots, parakeets, cockatoos, kingfishers and hawk-owls. All of the 320 images are extraordinary for their color and artistry, interesting backdrops and animated compositions.Gould and Sharpe created some of their most engaging and active scenes of bird life in the ?The Birds of New Guinea?, and the great popular reception of the work was such that it was one of their only productions that led to a sequel, Sharp's ?Birds of Paradise? (1891-98). Missing from that later production, however, was the almost overwhelming variety of species of the ?The Birds of New Guinea?, which, like the ?Birds of Asia?, was the most comprehensive chronicle of the island's ornithology ever issued.This folio size, hand-colored lithograph, Sericornis Minimus, Gould, measures 21.5" x 14.75" and is in excellent condition with a few light marks throughout. Sericornis are a genus of the small birds called scrubwrens. The birds illustrated in this lithograph are commonly called Little Sericornis, and are expertly hand colored in pale shades of yellow and brown, with white eyebrows, and white and black banded wings. They are illustrated within a lush landscape with green grass, plants and mossy branches.

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Bindings ]. Bouchot, Henri.
        Les reliures dÕart  la Bibliothque Nationale.
      Paris: Rouveyre, 1888. - Large quarto. 7: x 10.Ó 52 pp. Forty-eight collotype plates of bindings, executed by Aron Frres, with printed tissue guards. Handsomely bound in full mottled calf. Gilt spine, tooled in compartments, with brown morocco labels, gilt triple rules on covers, all edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Fine in very good calf-tipped slipcase. Light wear to slipcase. Ink inscription on a preliminary blank: ÒCcile Warnery, cadeau de Caroline Marie WarneryÑSchlumberger.Ó We cannot be sure which member of the famous Schlumberger family this is. Original pictorial wrappers bound in. First and only edition, limited to 1,000 copies. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Captain Willard Glazier
        Down the Great River Embracing Account Of Discovery of True Source of Mississippi Together with Views Descriptive & Pictorial of Cities Towns Villages & Scenery on Banks of River as Seen During Canoe Voyage Over Three Thousand Miles from Its Head ------
      Hubbard Brothers Publishers, Philadelphia - London 1888 - 443 pages plus extensive appendix section ( publisher's appendix the " Down the Great River " ), 33 chapters, numerous black and white illustrations ( engravings ). Paper partially deveoped yellowing, beside that no marks, clean copy with sewn binding. Very light starting on the hinges, but still tight binding. Small private stamps on the front end paper. Decorative grey cloth binding with black and gold titling on the front board and black titling on the spine. Light rubbing on the edge and tips of spine, very good beside that. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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        TRATADOS DE SUCESIONES INTESTADAS Y DE LOS CONSORTES EN LA MISMA COSA Y FIDEICOMISO LEGAL, según los Fueros de Aragón.
      - Publicados en latín por Andrés Serveto, Gil Custodio de Lissa y Jerónimo Portolés y traducidos y anotados por Joaquín Martón y Gavín. Zaragoza, Imprenta del Hospicio Provincial, 1888, 20x29, LXXVIII-209 páginas, 5 hojas. 1 hoja escrita a mano a dos tintas en la que se dedica el libro a José Canalejas (a quién pertenecía la obra) por los Diputados provinciales republicanos independientes y liberales de Zaragoza en prueba de reconocimiento por sus gestiones. Zaragoza 1893. Magnífica y lujosa encuadernación de Emilio Fortún (Zaragoza) en pergamino a la romana con orla dorada y grandes hierros en oro y mosaico en los planos, escudo de Aragón en plano anterior en oro y mosaico, cortes dorados. (55379).

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Case, Theodore S.
        History of Kansas City, Missouri with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
      D. Mason and Co. 1888 - 1888 D. Mason & Co. 716 pages, with an index and illustrations in black and white throughout. This hardcover copy is in relatively poor condition, with the backstrip having become detached from the spine. There is some wear to the extremities of the boards. The interior front and rear hinges have been professionaly reinforced with archival tape. The text is unmarked, with all edges gilt. The binding remains intact despite the flaws to the exterior. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. We process and ship orders daily, securely and with delivery confirmation. Due to the heavy and/or oversized nature of this book, International Shipping will incur an extra charge. We always only charge actual shipping costs. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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O'Neill, Eugene
        ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH BY HORACE BRISTOL
      First Edition. Photograph. Fine. An original black and white photograph, signed by Bristol on the mat "Horace Bristol '4" Image measures 7 x 8.75 inches, overall approx 17.25 x 21.25 inches matted and framed under glass, wood frame painted black (with a few rubs and nicks). A stunning image, close-up head shot, of a serious O'Neill (1888-1953), who was an Irish American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature, and one of the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His best known plays include: Anna Christie (Pulitzer Prize 1922), Desire Under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (Pulitzer Prize 1928), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), and his only well-known comedy Ah Wilderness. In 1936 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Horace Bristol, 1909-1997, was a giant of photo-journalism, a man whose images of Depression-era despair in the United States, wartime heroism in the Pacific and postwar poverty and hope in rural Korea have been ranked with the great pictures of the century

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LOFTIE, W.J
        Kensington. Picturesque & Historical
      London: Field and Tuer. 1888. One of 50 numbered copies bound in full leather with raised bands, gilt stamping and marbled endpapers. Ex-library, with a bookplate on the front pastedown indicating it was from the Thomas H. Schollenberger Collection. Remains of a pocket on the rear pastedown, a number of blindstamps throughout, accession number on spine and dedication page. Still, an attractive and scarce binding, with a single foredge painting showing two separate scenes. Slight rubbing to the leather at the spine crown and on the raised bands; a very good copy. First Edition. Hardcover.

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SAMUEL, Sir Stuart (1856-1926)
        Sir Stuart and Herbert Samuel manuscript travel diary written by Sir Stuart Samuel, brother of Herbert Samuel
      1888. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8-3/4" x 6-3/4", Â 58pp. single sided with many more blank pages. Â An important North American travel diary - Judaica - Sir Stuart and Herbert Samuel manuscript travel diary written by Sir Stuart Samuel, brother of Herbert Samuel, recording a visit they both made to America in 1888, written in a neat legible hand on approx. 58pp Marbled boards with label to front cover 'Stuart & Herbert's travels in America & Canada 1888'. New black cloth spine with gilt type. Very good+ condition.They appear to have covered a large amount of territory in their travels, arriving in New York where Sir Stuart describes the Statue of Liberty which had only been erected a few years before. Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet (24 October 1856 - 13 May 1926) was a British Liberal politician. He was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel. He attended the Liverpool Institute and University College School, Hampstead, London. He served as Justice of the Peace for the county of London, and was elected Member of Parliament for Whitechapel in 1900, replacing his uncle Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling. Sir Stuart, who was at one time president of the Board of Jewish Deputies, headed the commission of inquiry sent by the British government to Poland to investigate the anti-Jewish excesses in 1919. Sir Stuart was a member of the banking firm of Samuel Montagu and Company. Its Canadian content, there are approx. 13 Â pages devoted to Canada. He sets off from New York, visiting Lake Champlain, then takes a trek on foot to the Ausable Chasm, enjoys the beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, , goes to Auger Lake, arrives at Montreal (which he describes as 'something like Manchester'), goes by boat down the St Lawrence and shoots the Lachinne Rapids, takes a carriage to the Montmorency Falls , goes to Quebec, which he describes, then goes on to Toronto and then describes in much detail his visit to Niagara Falls (from the Canadian side) before going on to Chicago.He describes the Niagara Falls and farming methods in the country surrounding and then their travels in southern Canada before returning to America and thence to the southern States. Here he describes plantation life and the activities of the former slave workers - who had only been emancipated a generation before. He seems particularly interested in cotton production - noting that despite their emancipation the former slave workers seemed to still be doing all the work !The diary ends in mid sentence for whatever reason, still quite an interesting Â manuscript travel diary in 1888.

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HIPKINS A.J.
        Musical instruments. Historic, Rare and Unique. Illustrated by a series of fifty plates in colours drawn by William Gibb.
      Black,, Edinburgh, 1888 - In-folio (cm. 41), pp. xix (1) 107 (1). Con 50 splendide tavole fuori testo in cromolitografia raffiguranti altrettanti strumenti musicali. Legatura in mezza pelle con ampie punte e stemmi in oro ai piatti. Dorso a nervi con titoli e filetti in oro (recentemente ben rifatto), taglio di testa dorato. Qualche leggera fioritura, esemplare peraltro in ottimo stato di conservazione. Splendida monografia, munita di un apparato iconografico di grande qualità. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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John Gould
        Climacteris Placens, Sclater (New-Guinea Tree-Creeper)
      London 1888 - John Gould (1804-1881) was an English ornithologist, self-taught artist and naturalist. Gould first worked as a gardener under his father in the Royal Gardens of Windsor, from 1818-1824, where he began his illustrations. He became an expert taxidermist, opening his own practice in London in 1824 and in 1827 he became the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. Through his work he was able to meet with the countrys leading naturalists and view new collections of birds given to the Zoological Society. His interest in birds was continually developing and in 1830 he published his first volume on birds, A Century of Birds From the Himalaya Mountains. For the next fifty years, Gould, his wife and artists working with them traveled around Asia, the East Indies and Australia. While in Papua New Guinea, he decided to embark on a final folio as a complement to his unprecedented Birds of Asia. The Birds of New Guinea was Gould's last full-scale work, left incomplete on his death in 1881. Gould completed twelve of the twenty-five parts, and the task of finishing the project fell to Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a superbly qualified successor, who had been Gould's colleague, assistant and friend. One of Gould's most exotic works, the five magnificent volumes of the Birds of New Guinea contain an extensive series of beautiful images of birds of paradise, bower birds, parrots, parakeets, cockatoos, kingfishers and hawk-owls. All of the 320 images are extraordinary for their color and artistry, interesting backdrops and animated compositions. Gould and Sharpe created some of their most engaging and active scenes of bird life in the The Birds of New Guinea, and the great popular reception of the work was such that it was one of their only productions that led to a sequel, Sharp's Birds of Paradise (1891-98). Missing from that later production, however, was the almost overwhelming variety of species of the The Birds of New Guinea, which, like the Birds of Asia, was the most comprehensive chronicle of the island's ornithology ever issued. This magnificently hand-colored lithograph, "Climacteris Placens, Sclater", measures 21.5" x 14.75" and is in excellent condition. These birds, commonly called New-Guinea Tree-Creepers, are expertly hand-colored, with brown feathers, intricately patterned with tan and blue accents throughout their bodies and wings. Each bird has an orange cheek and crown. Both birds are shown clutching a thick tree branch as they eye the small bugs in front of them.

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Lewin, Louis [1850-1929]
        Ueber Anhalonium Lewinii [contained in : Archiv für Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie, 24. Band, 1888 ]
      Rubbed. Spine & corners bumped. Just Good. Hallucinogenic Drugs F.C.W. Vogel Leipzig 1888 boards 23x15cm, Contemporary binder's blind boards with cloth-tape backstrip. Spine label is chipped & torn. Offered here is the entire volume of "Archiv für Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie, 24. Band, 1888" [448,(2)pp], which contains as paper nr.27 [pages 401-411] Lewin's paper, regarded as the first published chemical analysis of the peyote cactus. [".,.,.historians declare that it wasn' t until 1887 that Parke, Davis & Co. began distributing dried peyote,obtained from Dr. John Briggs of Dallas, (who obtained it from his brother in Mexico). Dr. Louis Lewin, a scientist and artist often called ' the father of modern psychopharmacology' received some of this material, labelled "Muscale Button' in Germany in 1887. The next year he travelled throughout the southwestern United States and took dried specimens back to Europe, where he soon isolated numerous alkaloids from peyote. In 1888 he stimulated other pharmacological investigations by publishing the first report on the cactus' chemistry" - Peter Stafford "Psychedelics Encyclopedia" p. 110].

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Lamb, Charles und Alfred Ainger:
        The Life and Works of Charles Lamb. Edmonton Edition Hand-Made Paper in 12 Volumes. 104/250 Copies
      Troy New York, Pafraets Book Company, (1888).. Gr.-8°, Ledereinband. Complete set in 12 volumes. This set is number 104 of 250 of the Edmonton Edition, printed on the Merrymount Press, Boston, on Unbleached Arnold hand-made paper. Large 8vos., uniformly bound in 3/4 red marocco from The Adams Bindery, Titel and and elaborate decoration with inlaid to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gild, others uncut. A Fine set with some light rubbing. Includes: A Life of Lamb (Ainger) / Essays of Elia / Last Essays of Elia / Tales from Shakspeare / Poems, Plays and Miscellaneous Essays (in 2 vols.) / Mrs. Leicester's School (in 2 vols.) / Letters of Lamb (in 4 volumes).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat an der Universität München]

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SEDGWICK, Adam
        A Monograph of the Species Distribution of the Genus Peripatus
      C.J. Clay and Sons, London 1888 - First edition. Originally published in wrappers, this copy rebound in Japanese vellum at an early date. Eight color plates. Title lightly inked on spine, boards a little bowed, one corner a little bumped, and some scattered foxing, still a very good or better copy. Everything you ever wanted about velvet worms. *OCLC* locates a single copy, at UC Berkeley. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Derôme, Léopold
        RELIURE DE LUXE LE LIVRE ET L'AMATEUR.|LA
      Edouard Rouveyre, Paris 1888 - large 8vo. half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. 246, (2), v, (3) pages. First and only edition, limited to 900 numbered copies. (Schmidt-Künsemüller no. 1537). A discussion of luxury bookbinding by the author is accompanied by the designs of J. Adeline, G. Fraipont, C. Kurner, and M. Perret. Each plate is protected by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Original wrappers bound in. Presentation from Rouveyre on half-title. half red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Tikhomirov, Lev Aleksandrovich (1852-1923). Aveling, Edward Bibbins, tr. (1851-1898)
        Russia, political and social / by L. Tikhomirov ; translated from the French by Edward Aveling - Complete in 2 Volumes
      London : Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., Paternoster Square 1888 - Physical description; 2 vols. (xii, 311, [1], 8; iv, 299, [1], 8p.) ; 8? Notes; With two 16-page advertisements for works published by Swann Sonnenschein & Co. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; v.1. bk.1. The Russian Empire and Russia ; bk.2. Russian Russia : Germans and Jews ; bk.3. The social classes in Russia : the people ; nk.4. The social classes : the clergy, nobility, bourgeoisie -- bk.5. Economic and industrial Russia -- v.2. bk.6. The intellectual movement ; bk.7. Political Russia. Subjects; Russia - Social conditions. Russia - Politics and government. Russia - Economic conditions. Russia - Intellectual life. Russia - Civilization - 1801-1917. Russia - Social conditions - 1801-1917. Russia - Politics and government - 1801-1917. Russia - History - 1801-1917. Provenance; from the New South Wales Parliamentary Library with their gilt stamp to the front boards. Scattered, marginal foxing. Very good copies in the original aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and toned as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 2 Kg. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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PUVREZ-BOURGEOIS, J.
        Pratique de la fabrication des bières et du maltage des grains
      Lefebvre-Ducrocq, Lille 1888 - In-8. [239 x 152 mm] Collation : 360 pp. Demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs orné, tranches mouchetées. (Reliure de l'époque.). ___________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Seconde édition. L'auteur était directeur du "Journal des Brasseurs". Bon exemplaire. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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RASCHDORFF J.C.
        PALAST - ARCHITEKTUR VON OBER - ITALIAN UND TOSKANA VOM XV. BIS XVII. JAHRHUNDRT., Berlin, Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1888.
      - Buona ril. in tela recente, cm 53x39, cc. 2 non num., pp 16 di t., 100 straord. tavv f.t. (alcune delle quali su doppia pag.) costituite da fotografie, disegni di ornato ed architettonici con numerosi particolari, 10 di queste tavv (alcune delle quali su doppia pag.) sono in cromolit.; tutte hanno la cerniera in tela. Due vecchi timbri (1 al front. ed 1 a marg. della tav. 17) di biblioteca, 3 punzoni con forellini (Simon & Simon Architects) alle prime due cc. bianche e a marg. del front. Ottimo esempl. che conserva una splend. qualità cromatica.

      [Bookseller: EDITORIALE UMBRA SAS]

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Lamb, Charles und Alfred Ainger:
        The Life and Works of Charles Lamb. Edmonton Edition Hand-Made Paper in 12 Volumes. 104/250 Copies,
      Troy New York, Pafraets Book Company, (1888). - Complete set in 12 volumes. This set is number 104 of 250 of the Edmonton Edition, printed on the Merrymount Press, Boston, on Unbleached Arnold hand-made paper. Large 8vos., uniformly bound in 3/4 red marocco from The Adams Bindery, Titel and and elaborate decoration with inlaid to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gild, others uncut. A Fine set with some light rubbing. Includes: A Life of Lamb (Ainger) / Essays of Elia / Last Essays of Elia / Tales from Shakspeare / Poems, Plays and Miscellaneous Essays (in 2 vols.) / Mrs. Leicester`s School (in 2 vols.) / Letters of Lamb (in 4 volumes). Sprache: de Gewicht in Gramm: 8550

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat an der Uni Muenchen]

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[UNCLAIMED ENGLISH ESTATE INHERITENCE SCHEME]
        Signed archive of rare United States Government circulars, enclosures, and supplements
      1888. hardcover. These documents are dated from 1884 to 1892. Several are signed in type by Robert Todd Lincoln, American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Department of State. 13.25 x 8.25-inch slim folio-sized volume, bound with marble boards and leather, 20 pages, with the addition of an important typed letter signed by Benjamin F. Butler, investigating a mass inheritance fraud perpetrated on the citizens of America by con artists in the United Kingdom. During this period, American citizens would be notified that they were heirs to a large unclaimed English Estate or perhaps a large sum of money held in the Bank of England. To receive their inheritance, they were told that certain legal fees and real estate transfer taxes would have to be paid to agents of the British Government. Another variation of the scheme involved American con artists placing advertisements in newspapers calling themselves "European claim agencies" and charging Americans exorbitant fees for investigating the ownership of non-existing estates. Lincoln is flustered because the American Legation in London is receiving hundreds of letters from American citizens who were swindled, and yet little was being done in the United States to educate its citizens to the magnitude of the fraud. Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine [extract], March 3, 1891, "...since March 4, 1889, one hundred and ninety (190) letters have been received at this Legation alleging the writers claims to large estates in England or to fantastic sums of money 'in chancery' or 'in the Bank of England,' none of them containing an element of probability..." In conclusion is a typed letter signed by former Union General Benjamin F. Butler, 1 page on law office letterhead, Boston, November 14, 1888, whereby he brings to light the vast magnitude of the con, in part: "...I have now been more than 45 years in the practice of a legal profession, more or less extensively. I have heard of more than 4500--I hope I do not exaggerate--cases of large estates in England awaiting American heirs, and I have been consulted in a very great many, and early in life looked into such matters; but I have not for the last 25 years at all because I never have heard of one dollar coming from England to any American heir on account of such estates. In the first place it is a legal impossibility unless the heirs are British subjects...all those I have ever known about are swindles..." Leather binding worn at the spine with light fading to the marble boards. All interior documents are in good to very good condition.

      [Bookseller: Argosy Book Store]

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EMIN PASHA
        Emin Pasha in Central Africa
      London, George Philip & Son,, 1888. Being a Collection of His Letters and Journals. Translated by Mrs R.W. Felkin. Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, yellow coated endpapers, all edges untimmed. Two portraits and a folding map. Hinges cracked, contents a little shaken as usual, some mild offsetting from the plates, spine darkened, a few minor blemishes to cloth but in fact a decent copy of a stout rather prone to wear. First Edition.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

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        Blätter für Architektur und Kunsthandwerk (KONVOLUT aus 24 Bänden) - Jg. 1 (1888) bis 3 (1890); Jg. 4 FEHLT; Jg. 5 (1892) bis Jg. 11 (1898); Jg. 12 FEHLT; Jg. 13 (1900) bis Jg. 26 (1913).
      1888 - 1913.. je Band ca. 100 Seiten Text und 120 Seiten Tafelanhang; Gebundene Ausgabe. Die hier angebotenen Bände stammen aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trageb die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel...). Schnitt und Einband sind etwas staubschmutzig; Papier altersbedingt leicht nachgedunkelt; Der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut; KOMPLETTPREIS für 24 Bände; bei Versand ins Ausland erfragen Sie bitte zuerst die Versandkosten; Das Bild zeigt nur einen Teil der hier angebotenen Bände;

      [Bookseller: Petra Gros - Versandantiquariat]

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John Gould
        Charmosyna Josephine (Josephina Parrakeet)
      London 1888 - John Gould (1804-1881) was an English ornithologist, self-taught artist and naturalist. Gould first worked as a gardener under his father in the Royal Gardens of Windsor, from 1818-1824, where he began his illustrations. He became an expert taxidermist, opening his own practice in London in 1824 and in 1827 he became the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. Through his work he was able to meet with the countrys leading naturalists and view new collections of birds given to the Zoological Society. His interest in birds was continually developing and in 1830 he published his first volume on birds, A Century of Birds From the Himalaya Mountains. For the next fifty years, Gould, his wife and artists working with them traveled around Asia, the East Indies and Australia. While in Papua New Guinea, he decided to embark on a final folio as a complement to his unprecedented Birds of Asia. The Birds of New Guinea was Gould's last full-scale work, left incomplete on his death in 1881. Gould completed twelve of the twenty-five parts, and the task of finishing the project fell to Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a superbly qualified successor, who had been Gould's colleague, assistant and friend. One of Gould's most exotic works, the five magnificent volumes of the Birds of New Guinea contain an extensive series of beautiful images of birds of paradise, bower birds, parrots, parakeets, cockatoos, kingfishers and hawk-owls. All of the 320 images are extraordinary for their color and artistry, interesting backdrops and animated compositions. Gould and Sharpe created some of their most engaging and active scenes of bird life in the The Birds of New Guinea, and the great popular reception of the work was such that it was one of their only productions that led to a sequel, Sharp's Birds of Paradise (1891-98). Missing from that later production, however, was the almost overwhelming variety of species of the The Birds of New Guinea, which, like the Birds of Asia, was the most comprehensive chronicle of the island's ornithology ever issued. This folio size, hand-colored lithograph, Psitteuteles Arfaki, is in very good condition with light foxing throguhout. Measuring 21.5" x 14.75", this lithograph displays the authors scientific skill and attention to detail. Commonly called Whiskered Lorikeet or Plum-faced Lorikeet, these birds are expertly hand-colored in vibrant shades of green with red, yellow, blue and black accents. Also characteristic of these birds is the white spotted lines under their eyes. These birds are shown in dynamic positions, allowing for the viewer to appreciate the coloring of the back as well as the front and wingspan of the birds. They are set within a lush forest area, similar to their natural habitats in New Guinea.

      [Bookseller: Arader Galleries San Francisco]

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BULLER, Walter Lawry
        A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Second Edition
      Published by the author, 1888. Hardcover. Used: Like New. London: Published (for the subscribers) by the author, 1888. 48 colored, hand finished chromolithographs with tissue guards by J. G. Keulemans. Two volumes bound in green cloth with leather spines stamped in gold with raised bands. A fine copy, beautifully bound. Quote. The second edition, much enlarged, limited to 1,000 copies and a beautifully made and very complete work on New Zealand birds. The plates of the present work are especially fine, being among the best of Keuleman's published work and entirely different from those of the first edition. Unquote. - Mengel-

      [Bookseller: Buteo Books]

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Streit
        Tylmann Riemenschneider 1460-1531 Leben und Kunstwerke des fränkischen Bildschnitzers. Quellenmässig zusammengestellt und erläutert. Mit dreiundneunzig Abbildungen. 2 Bände
      Berlin : Wasmuth 1888. 27 S., Abb. Fol. Pappeinband - SELTEN!! DIE FOLGENDEN GEBRAUCHSSPUREN SIND IM PREIS BERÜCKSICHTIGT: Beide Bände: 1-45 + 46-93 Tafeln lose in Einbandmappe. Buchrücken und Einband an den Ecken und Kanten leicht berieben / bestoßen, leicht fleckig. Titelblatt und erste Tafel leicht fleckig. Altersbedingt gebräunt. Tafeln leicht gewellt. Innen ist alles fleckenfrei und textsauber erhalten. Sonst sehr ordentlich - sauber, fest und vollständig!!! <br><br>-Preis inkl. MwSt.-<br><br>"AGB und Kundeninformationen, Widerrufsinformationen, Widerrufsbelehrung und Muster-Widerrufsformular finden sie bei den Anbieterinformationen!".

      [Bookseller: Der-Philo-soph]

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