viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1894

Nordau, Max (Maximilian Südfeld), Kulturkritiker und Mitbegründer der Zionistischen Weltorganisation (1849-1923).
        Eigenh. Brief mit U. Paris, 7. V. 1894.
      1894. 4 SS. (Doppelblatt, im Falz durchgerissen). 8vo. An einen unbekannten Adressaten, der ihn nach seinen "inneren Beziehungen zur Musik" befragt hatte: "Hochgeehrter Herr, Wenn ich Ihre Frage nach meinen inneren Beziehungen zur Musik erschöpfend beantworten wollte, müßte ich Ihnen eigentlich eine bis ins Einzelne gehende Geschichte meines Lebens und Selbstcharakteristik liefern, da die Musik thatsächlich mit meinem ganzen geistigen Werden und Sein auf das Innigste verflochten ist. Ich beschränke mich darauf, Ihnen zu sagen, daß das Schöne mir zuerst in musikalischer Gestalt entgegengetreten ist. Mein erstes Gedicht schrieb ich, zwölf Jahre alt, nachdem ich die Mondschein-Sonate gehört hatte, die man mir, auf meine ungestüme Bitte, dreimal hintereinander hatte vorspielen müssen. Als ich, fünfzehn Jahre alt, Mozarts 'Don Juan' zum erstenmal hörte, floh der Schlaf mich drei Nächte lang und ich glaubte fortwährend die Orchesterbegleitung zum Auftreten der Statue des Kommandeurs zu hören. Ich glaube nicht, daß ich jemals eine Aufführung der Neunten Symphonie versäumt habe, wenn sie an meinem Wohnort stattfand; und doch fürchte ich sie eigentlich, denn sie wühlt mich in allen Tiefen so furchtbar auf, daß ich tagelang nicht zur Ruhe komme; so wirkt sie noch heute auf mich, obschon ich jeden Takt von ihr auswendig kann. Ich führe ein Leben des Kampfes und erfahre viel Bitteres und Schmerzliches. Es gibt aber die Empörung, den Zorn, die Kränkung nicht, die nicht sofort verschwänden, wenn mir meine Schwester ein Lied von Schumann, etwa 'Ich grolle nicht' oder 'Aus meinen Thränen sprießen' singt. Alle Gemeinheit der Menschen ist dann vergessen, mein eigenes Ich löst sich in Liebe und Wollaut [!] und mir ist, als wäre ich auf irgend einem Stern, himmelweit von allen Leidenschaften und Interessen, die sonst das Gewebe meines Daseins bilden. Aus der Musik quellen mir unvergleichliche Tröstungen und Anregungen. Der Drang, den wogenden, unbestimmten Emotionen, welche die Musik in mir wachruft, eine feste Form zu geben, hat oft genug meinem Schaffen die Richtung gewiesen. Um nur ein Beispiel anzuführen: mein Roman 'Die Krankheit des Jahrhunderts' ist wesentlich aus der Stimmung hervorgegangen, in die mich einmal das unter eigenthümlichen Umständen gehörte Lied 'Freut euch des Lebens' versetzt hat. Um meine Anschauungen kurz zusammenzufassen: ich würde es, trotz meiner mannigfachen anderen geistigen Interessen, für die erschreckendste Verarmung meines Lebens halten, wenn ich auf Musik verzichten müßte. Glauben Sie, hochgeehrter Herr, an die vorzügliche Hochachtung Ihres ergebensten Dr. M. Nordau". - Nordau war seit 1892 Mitstreiter Herzls; seit 1880 wohnte er als praktischer Armenarzt und Gynäkologe in Paris. 1897 Organisator des Basler ersten Zionistenkongresses, war er Hauptautor des sog. Basler Programms und eine der führenden Gestalten der frühen zionistischen Bewegung. - In lila Tinte; kleine Randeinrisse.

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MÉHEUX (Félix)
        Sténose du cordon en raison de son insertion à l'ombilic. Enfant de ( ?) accouchée le 9 juin 1894
      1894 - , 1894, , , tirage albuminé [240 x 300 mm] aquarellé à la main et contrecollé sur carton fort, Cliché réalisé par Félix Méheux et rehaussé à l'aquarelle : fond noir et chair du nouveau-né rehaussée dans des nuances de beige-rose-rouge. Saisissante photographie d'un enfant mort-né. La face est très affectée et les orbites sont vides ; l'enfant a dû longuement macérer dans la cavité utérine. Le carton porte en pied le nom du service - "Clinique d'accouchement - Service de M. le Prof. TARNIER" - et le nom du photographe : "Aquarelle photogr. de F. MÉHEUX, dessinat". Inscription à l'encre au revers du carton. Photographie saisissante, qui atteste de la collaboration entre le chef de l'école obstétricienne française, Etienne, dit Stéphane, Tarnier (1828-1897), et le photographe médical Félix Méheux (1838-1908). Légers manques en pied du carton. On joint : Un dessin signé G. Devy, 1890. Aquarelle sur bristol. Inscription au revers : "Sténose du cordon". Nouveau-né représenté des hanches aux cuisses. Devy est l'un des dessinateurs du célèbre Traité d'anatomie humaine de Léo Testut (1893). [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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GRAND-CARTERET (John), sous la direction de.
        Le Livre et l'Image. Revue documentaire illustrée mensuelle.
      P., Librairie Auguste Fontaine, 1893-1894, 3 vol. petit in-4° (260 x 190) reliés ½ basane bleue, dos lisses orné, couvertures illustrées conservées, de (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 336 pp. ; (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 356 pp. - (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 392 pp. Coins légèrement émoussés, les hors-texte, imprimés sur papier différent du texte, sont souvent brunis avec rousseurs, le reste est en très bon état. - Directeur littéraire : John Grand-Carteret. Directeur-Gérant : Emile Rondeau.Tome I (Mars-Juillet 1893) : Lithographie de Robida en frontispice avec timbre sec, 185 illustrations, dont 12 hors-texte (4 en couleurs).Tome II (Avril-Décembre 1893) : Eau-forte originale de Piguet en frontispice, 245 illustrations dont 25 hors-texte (4 en couleurs).Tome III (Janvier-Juin 1894) : Lithographie originale de Robida en frontispice, 220 illustrations dont 20 hors-texte (5 en couleurs). La page de titre annonce 22 illustrations hors-texte dont le frontispice mais une des illustrations ayant 2 sujets est comptée pour 2.Collection complète de cette revue, donnant un très bon instantané de la bibliophilie de la fin du XIXe siècle. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Wriggers, Adolf Henry
        Ölgemälde \" Bauernhaus im Hammer Park \".
       Schönes Ölgemälde auf Pappe des 1894 geborenen und 1984 verstorbenen Hamburger Künstlers, der lange Zeit in Hamburg-Eppendorf lebte. Gezeigt wird ein altes Bauernhaus vor reichen Staudenrabatten im Hammer Park in Hamburg-Hamm. Bildmaße 28 x 30 cm ( Höhe x Breite ), alt gerahmt ( schlichte Rahmung ), Rahmenmaße 35 x 37,5 cm ( Höhe x Breite ). Links unten signiert mit \" Wriggers 23 \". Verso findet sich eine handschriftliche Notiz ( möglicherweise des Künstlers ) \" Adolf Wriggers, Maler + Graphiker, Hamburg 20, Tarpenbekstr. 66 - Motiv aus dem Hammerpark, Öl, 1923 \". Der Rahmen gering beschädigt, sonst von farbfrischer, guter Erhaltung. ( Gewicht 700 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich / webimage available ) Versandkostenfreie Lieferung Wriggers, Hamm, Hammer Park, Hammerpark, Bauernhaus, Ölgemälde

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Donaldson, Thomas C., editor:
        REPORT ON INDIANS TAXED AND NOT TAXED IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCEPT ALASKA) AT THE ELEVENTH CENSUS: 1890.
      Washington. 1894. - vi,[2],683pp. plus twenty-five maps (three of them large, colored, folding maps) and 203 plates, consisting of twenty in color (two folding), twenty- five uncolored lithographs, and 158 photographic plates. Large, thick quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Several small tears to edges of leaves, light scattered soiling and wear. Very good. One of the most important and exhaustive treatments of the American Indian in the 19th century. As American Indians had not been treated in detail in previous censuses, it was decided under the administration of Superintendent Robert Porter to prepare this mammoth undertaking, which pays scrupulous, detailed attention to the present state of the American Indian of the times. Included are discussions of Indian populations by state, status reports concerning life on the reservations, disbursement of populations on and off reservations, progress in schooling and employment, etc. Virtually every aspect of the topic is at least considered in this work, if not investigated in depth. The highly prized lithograph color plates of Indian life by noted artists are the best such works undertaken in a government publication, and are of exceptional quality. The scores of photographic plates show tribal leaders, delegations, homes, schools, food preparation, craft making, artifacts, etc., and provide an outstanding visual catalogue of the tribes near the turn of the 20th century. HOWES D418, "aa." REESE, STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 33.

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CONWAY, William Martin
        Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram - Himalayas. With illustrations by A.D. McCormick.
      THE FIRST MAJOR ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE THE KARAKORAM. CONWAY, William Martin Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram - Himalayas. With illustrations by A.D. McCormick. T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. 3 Volumes bound in 4. Large 8vo. pp. xix, 360: xv, 361 - 709: viii, 126; portrait frontispiece in vol. 1, 300 illustrations plus duplicate proofs, 3 folding maps in separate volume. All volumes uniformly bound in beige cloth, maroon morocco labels, text volumes slight darkening to spines; a Very Good set. Number 73 of 150 Copies Signed by the Author. William Conway (1856 - 1937) developed an interest in mountaineering whilst at Cambridge and became a member of the Alpine Club in 1877. Although a typical Victorian in his wide ranging interests, he was a keen bibliophile and a lover of the fine arts, later becoming Roscoe Professor of Art at University College, Liverpool. Conway was in no sense an amateur climber. He took as his model Edward Whymper's expedition to the Great Andes of the Equator, which had already demonstrated how a scientific mountaineering expedition should be organised, and the importance Conway attached to the separately published scientific reports clearly reflects this ambition. As W.A.B. Coolidge observed in the Pall Mall Gazette: "The book is not merely the narrative of the best organised and most successful mountaineering expedition as yet made, it is a most valuable and minute account, based on first-hand evidence, of a most fascinating region of the heaven-soaring Himalayas." A scarce account of a remarkable achievement. Neate C103; Yakushi C143.

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Ministère des Affaires étrangères.
        Rapports commerciaux des agents diplomatiques et consulaires de France [...]. Année 1894. N 174. Perse. Mouvement commercial des principaux ports persans du golfe Persique en 1892-1893. (Paris, Dupont), 1894.
      1894. Large 8vo. 21, (1) pp., final blank. Modern green leather binding with red marbled endpapers. Rare French consular report on the manufactures and commerce of Persia (now Iran), providing a detailed account of the region's principal produce in the late 19th century. Among the principal commodities imported to Persia are coffee (from Arabia), pearls (from the pearl banks of Bahrain), and - remarkably - petroleum (from Russia). A British exploration company is said to be prospecting for oil in the country, but "so far without any practical result": only in 1908 would large quantities of oil be discovered at Masjed Soleyman (today, Iran possesses the world's fourth-largest oil reserves). Exports include dried fruits and opium as well as pearls and mother-of-pearl (largely also originating from Bahrein). Imports from France are said to be virtually nil, and a lengthy paragraph is devoted to the means by which commerce with the Gulf might be boosted. - Paper browned and brittle, rebound with repairs to gutter; title page slightly cracked.. OCLC 17376794.

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ALSACE SEYBOTH (Ad.)
        Strasbourg historique et pittoresque depuis son origine jusqu'en 1870. Aquarelles et dessins par E. Schweitzer et A. Koerttgé.
      Strasbourg, Publié et annoté, par l'Imprimerie Alsacienne, 1894. - Très fort vol. grand in-4, basane à coins moderne bordeaux, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre noire, couverture illustrée en chromolithographie conservée, XII-704 pp, illustré d'un frontispice + 42 planches h.-t. principalement en chromolithographies et de nombreuses reprod. et ill. photographiques in et h.-t. complet du Plan de Strasbourg en 1762 en quatre parties en double page, sous papier calque imprimé et du rare prospectus de souscription de 4pp, . Première édition. Bel ex. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Taillade, Laurent :
        Au pays du mufle. Nouvelle édition revue et considérablement augmentée. Préface d'Arnaud Silvestre. Dessins d'Hermann Paul.
      Paris, Bibliothèque Artistique et littéraire, 1894 ; in-8 ; demi-maroquin citron, dos lisse décoré d'un encadrement de palmes dorées, succession d'étoiles verticale, titre doré, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque) ; 129 pp., (1) f. d'errata placé en début et (1) f. d'achevé d'imprimer (imp. A. Davy pour la Société Anonyme "La Plume"). Première édition illustrée et probable premier livre illustré d'Hermann-Paul qui avait 20 ans à l'époque. Bon exemplaire dans une belle reliure en parfait état.

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von Hohnel, L.
        Discovery of Lakes Rudolph & Stefanie
      London: Longmans Green & Co, 1894. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Near Fine. A narrative of Count Samuel Telleki's Exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 and 1888. Two volumes: 435 pp, ill, colored folding map and 397 pp, map frontis, ill, folding map in rear. An excellent hunting book. Hunting between Zanzibar and Mt Kilimanjaro. They continued hunting throughout Kenya, of course around Lakes Rudolph & Stefanie. Much on big game as well as plains game. A lovely set in original highly gilt brown cloth with gilt vignettes on upper boards. One corner mildly bumped. The set is truly lovely.

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Dubois, E.
        Pithecanthropus erectus. Eine menschenaehnliche Uebergangsform aus Java. Mit Zwei tafeln und Drei in den Text gedruckten Figuren. [AND] An original photo of the type locality at Trinil, Java, most probably by EugÃ¨ne Dubois himself.
      Batavia, Landesdruckerei, 1894. Large 4to (32.2 x 25.9 cm). Title page, [ii], 31 pp., two plates (one with photos of a skull, the other a tinted lithograph of bones), two text engravings. Blind quarter cloth over original printed boards.= Unique dedication copy of the true first edition of this ground breaking work in human evolution, being the first unambiguous record of "the missing link", a human species decidedly older and more primitive than Homo sapiens, based on well-preserved fossils found at Trinil near the Bengawan [Bengavian] Solo river in east-central Java. The Dutch anatomist, anthropologist and palaeontologist Marie EugÃ¨ne FranÃ§ois Thomas Dubois (1858-1940) was the first to deliberately search for hominid fossils, and the first to be successful at it. Dubois' discovery was proof that humans were as much the subject of evolution as any other animal or plant. This edition precedes the edition from "Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen" and its offprint, which were both published in 1895. Dubois immediately realized the great importance of his discovery and could not wait for the "Jaarboek" to be published, let alone for a thorough description of all the mammalian fossils found at the Trinil site. In the preface, dated January 1894, Dubois stated "FÃ¼r die Abfassung einer einigermaassen vollstÃ¤ndigen Beschreibung ist die Vergleichung der gesammelten Fossilien mit Ã¤hnlichen Sammlungen, namentlich in europÃ¤ischen Museen... erforderlich - und so wird die VerÃ¶ffentlichung jener Beschreibung und der in mancher Beziehung wichtigen allgemeineren Untersuchungsergebnisse wahrscheinlich nog lÃ¤ngere Zeit ausbleiben mÃ¼ssen. Die in der vorliegende Abhandlung beschriebene Form is jedoch von zo ganz besonderem Interesse, und giebt zu SchlÃ¼ssen von so grosser und allgemeiner Bedeutung Anlass, dass... sie schon jetzt zu bearbeiten und der Oeffentlichkeit zu Ã¼berlieferen". It took Dubois and his fossils many years to convince the majority of the scientific world of the importance of these findings, and today it is universally regarded as a cornerstone in human palaeontology and evolution. This edition was printed at and published by the "Landesdruckerei" [actually Landsdrukkerij in Batavia, or modern day Jakarta]. Very few copies of this edition are known to exist. Provenance: on the front free endpaper, Dubois wrote in a neat hand "Met broederlijke groet van den schrijver" [with brotherly regards from the author]. An oblong albumen print (11.8 x 15.8 cm) of the Bengawan Solo river, cutting through the Pleistocene deposits in which P. erectus was found, has been inserted. In the left lower centre is a white tent, most probably of Dubois's team, adjacent to a cliff with outcrops of sediment layers. On the photo verso "vindplaats Pithecanthropus" [type locality of Pithecanthropus] is written in an old hand. A unique copy - inscribed by the author to his brother - with an original photograph. See http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/edubois.html. Garrison-Morton, 210.

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Japanese Art) La Fontaine, Jean de
        Choix de Fables de La Fontaine Illustrées par un Groupe des Meilleurs Artistes de Tokio. Sous la Direction de P. Barboutau
      Tsoukidji-Tokio, Tokyo 1894 - One of 200 (of 350 total) copies on Hosho. 28 double-page color woodblock prints by various artists. 2 vols. 4tpo. An inspired pairing of 28 fables by La Fontaine with Japanese illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers, stamped "E. Flammarion, Éditeur." Light wear to covers. In custom blue cloth slipcase and chemises 28 double-page color woodblock prints by various artists. 2 vols. 4tpo One of 200 (of 350 total) copies on Hosho.

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MAETERLINCK (Maurice)
        Alladine et Palomides La mort de Tintagiles. Trois petits drames pour marionnettes
      Bruxelles, Edmond Deman, Collection du Réveil, 1894 In-16 (16,5 x 12 cm), demi-maroquin tabac à coins sertis d'un filet doré, dos à nerfs, caissons richement ornés avec petits fleurons centraux mosaïqués, tête dorée, non rogné, couvertures et dos conservés, étui gainé (rel. signée de E. & A. Maylander), 193 pp., 1 f. n. ch. Édition originale illustrée de quatre culs-de-lampe de Georges Minne, gravés sur bois. Le deuxième plat de la couverture est orné d'un fleuron de Théo Van Rysselberghe. L'un des 35 ex. num. imprimés sur Hollande (après 6 ex. sur Japon). Quelques rares petites piqûres en marge. Très belle et fine reliure en parfait état de Maylander. .

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        A large format autograph and friendship album with fine Calligraphy, Autographs and Stamp Portraits of classmates belonging to J. W. Hertzog, Exeter Station PA, from his senior year at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, New York. 1894.
      1894. Unpaginated autograph and friendship album with a perfusion on entries from classmates from across the country, the islands, Mexico, Canada and Japan. A majority of entries include an identified photographic stamp of the classmate. It concludes with a series of stamp portraits identifying the individuals and their state of residence. The book also includes eleven (11) full page examples of fine hand penned calligraphy birds and another works interspersed throughout the book. There are two additional facing calligraphy decorated pages that highlights the faculty for 1894, again with stamp portraits, with large format stamps for Clement and Mrs. Gaines, the president and treasurer of the college. The final area of particular note relates to Eastman not merely being a theoretical school, students gained practical experience in the business arts of the time by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers. Apparently Hertzog was majoring in banking and has a diagram of Assignment of positions E.C. Bank for Tuesday May 10, 1894. The final page has impressions from all of the rubber stamps that were used at the East- man College Bank.

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Woodhull (Mrs John Biddulph Martin), Victoria C.
        The Humanitarian. A Monthly Review of Sociological Science. Edited by Victoria Woodhull Martin. Volume IV, January - June 1894
      17 Hyde Park Gate, S.W., 1894, Hardcover, Book Condition: Fair Condition, First Edition. Title page, portrait of Victoria Woodhull Martin, 480 pages, 5 portraits, 5 pages of index, 1 page contributors list. Articles feature an interview with Alfred Russell Wallace on "Heredity and Pre-Natal Influences", and contributions such as Arnold Bennett's "Faust and Marguerite", Stoppard A. Brooke on "The Story of the Women's Trades Union League", Sir William Moore's "The Anti-Opium Crusade", Morley Roberts on "The true Function of Cannibalism", Ettore Socci with "An Italian View of the Women's Movement", Mrs Aubrey Richardson on "Women and Gambling", and "Women in the Jury Box", and there are at least six pieces by Victoria Woodhull including "The Humanitarian Movement" and "The Evolution of Government". It is likely that a number of the unattributed shorter articles are by Woodhull too. Original green decorative cloth. Spine rubbed clean of lettering. Worn at corners and head and tail of spine. Shaken at inner joints, contents virtually loose from the binding, and one gather at rear almost completely detached. Some damage to text of page 159-160. Fore edges marked. Regardless of condition, this is a very rare volume, by one of the most interesting women of the nineteenth century. Perhaps most striking amongst her achievements was running for President of the United States in 1872, likely the first woman to do so, and with the former slave Frederick Douglas as her running-mate. She sought further nominations in 1884 and 1892. Later in her life she campaigned with views on abortion, eugenics, vegetarianism, sex education, prostitution, free love, and even short skirts. By 1877 she was living in London and met her third husband, banker John Biddulph Martin, and married in 1883. Under the name Victoria Woodhull Martin she began publishing "The Humanitarian", running from 1892 to 1901. Her husband died that year and she gave up published. She died in 1927, having lived a life with careers as varied as a Stockbroker (first woman on Wall Street to own her own brokerage, with her sister), a newspaper editor, women's rights advocate, and member of the First International. In Britain her chief contribution to public life was through the publication of "The Humanitarian", in which she was helped by her daughter Zula. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 232400.

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THE STROBRIDGE LITHOGRAPHY COMPANY
        Hoyt's A Black Sheep
      New York: The Strobridge Lith. Co., 1894. Original poster. Color lithograph. 38.75 x 29 inches. This beautiful 1894 poster for Charles Hale Hoyt's 'A Black Sheep And How it Came Out in the Wash' an image of features Fanny Da Costa "The Queen of Burlesque". The New York Times called the play a success and a big hit. According to the review "'A Black Sheep' is amusing, and it has an understandable story. It carries as many singing and dancing 'specialties' as Mr. Hoyt ever out into 'The Tin Soldier' or 'The Brass Monkey'; but those specialties are not introduced in the usual 'I'll-sing-a-song-that-will-tell-you-all-about-it' style."Charles H. Hoyt was a popular American dramatist in the late 19th century. He wrote over twenty comedy dramas, often involving baseball. This is a scarce poster for one of his popular work.The poster is in good condition with some wear along the folds. Minor edge wear and toning at places. Large rip on the right hand of the poster, repaired on verso.

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KIPLING, Rudyard
        The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book.
      London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1894 & 1895. 2 works, octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spines lettered and blocked in gilt, large pictorial blocks to front covers gilt, twin undulating rules to spines extending over front covers, all edges gilt, dark green coated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Tips and spine-ends lightly bumped and rubbed, front inner hinge of The Jungle Book sometime repaired, pale spotting to prelims and endmatter of The Second Jungle Book, these flaws minor: a superb set. First editions of Kipling's classic tales.

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RENESSE, Comte Théodore de-
        Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques.
      Société Belge de Librairie, Bruxelles, 1894-1903 7 vol. in-8° (23,5x 16,5 cm), reliure toile moderne de couleur greige, couverture conservée. Tome 1: 637 pp, Tome 2: 708 pp, Tome 3: 737 pp, Tome 4: 767 pp, Tome 5: 736 pp, Tome 6: 734 pp, Tome 7: 349 pp. Ce dictionnaire remarquable est l'inverse du grand RIETSTAP. De RENESSE écrit dans sa préface: "Etant donnée une famille, trouver les armoieries qu'elle porte, tel est le problème résolu par l'Armorial Général de RIETSTAP; il reste à résoudre un autre problème, plus difficile peut-être: étant donnée une armoierie, trouver la famille à laquelle elle appartient..."Très belle collection complète des 7 tomes (mais deux d'entre eux portent une tache discrète sur la toile).

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Rockhill, William Woodville
        Diary of a Journey Through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891and 1892 (signed)
      The Smithsonian Institution, 1894 xx, 413 pp with 27 B&W plates and 13 illustrations in text.plus a map. Narritive of the author's second journey under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution through Mongolia and Tibet, which he has described in diary form. Rockhill started from Peking and traveled northwards to Hwang-ho (Yellow River) via Kalgan, from there to Lan-cho (Lanzhou) Sining-fu, Kumbum Monastery, Tsaidam, Changtang, the Tangla Range, Chamdo, and Batang. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Large folding map bound in after text, map has a short closed tear next to binding.Three quarter -bound in red leather and marbled paper with some edgewear to the paper portions. Spine corded with gold-stamped title. This handsome binding may be a contemporary re-binding. Signed by Rockhill on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall.

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( photographie )
        Victor de CESSOLE ( Chevalier ) ( Spitalieri ).
      Portrait de l' Alpiniste Victor de CESSOLE en tenue d' excursionniste, accoudé à un muret en montagne, alpenstock et chaussures de montagne. Tirage époque papier albuminé , noté " Cimena 10 septembre 1894. " . Carte photo : 12,5 x 16,5 cm. montée sur cartonnage présentation beige, liseré doré. : 14 x 19 cm.( Cimena/ Italie ). cliché anonyme. RARE.Nota: la collection de Victor Cessole a été donné à la ville de Nice, le 19 mars 1933, au musée Masséna. Il y a donc fort peu de documentsoriginaux en mains privées, car seuls quelques papiers de famille ou personnels et ouvrages réservés à ses proches ont été distraits de cette magnifique bibliothèque.( cf. articles de journaux époque. ) . Ici photo originale le représentant en Excursionniste. Le Chevalier Victor Spitalieri De Cessole , famille originaire de Barcelonnette, ayant acquis le Comté de Cessole en Piémont au XVIII ème siècle.Le Chevalier Victor de Cessole ( 1859-1941 )" Ce nom de Victor de Cessole, né à Nice le 20 décembre 1859, est connu d'un petit nombre des spécialistes : alpinistes, bibliophiles, historiens. Ce personnage discret, aux idées d'avant-garde, a cependant doté sa région d'un équipement promis à connaitre une grande expansion : les sports d'hiver. En 1889, il rejoint le Club alpin français (CAF) de Nice, puis découvre les sommets aux alentours de Saint-Martin-Vésubie. Le mont Clapier, la cime du Gélas et la cime de la Malédie sont rapidement vaincus. Vient alors la systématisation dans la conquête des sommets des Alpes-Maritimes et de l'Argentera, suivie d'hivernales à partir de 1895. Accompagné d'un guide (le plus fréquemment Jean Plent) dans ses expéditions, il réalise de nombreuses premières. Président du Club Alpin Français, section des Alpes Maritimes, durant 32 ans, il est l'auteur de 7200 clichés pris sur le terrain avec un matériel lourd et encombrant. Toutes ces vues, reproduites parfois dans la revue du CAF, mais le plus souvent inédites, présentent chacune un grand intérêt. Deux pôles principaux se dégagent de l'action de Victor de Cessole : le création des refuges ainsi que l'introduction du ski dans le Haut-Pays Niçois.Il crée en 1909 le "Ski Club des AlpesMaritimes", et organise la même année un concours de ski à Turini Camp d'Argent avec la participation du 6ème Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins. il sera aussi l'initiateur en 1930 de la création des secours en montagne dans le département niçois. Homme d'une grande bonté et d'une humanité sans faille, il s'éteint à Nice le 23 janvier 1941 ayant légué en 1933 sa précieuse bibliothèque au Musée Masséna." ( histoire du ski dans les Alpes Maritimes.) Victor de Cessole recevra de nombreux honneurs. Il est notamment fait officier de la Légion d'honneur en avril 1936. En hommage à l'

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Victoria C. Woodhull (Mrs John Biddulph Martin)
        The Humanitarian. A Monthly Review of Sociological Science. Edited by Victoria Woodhull Martin. Volume IV, January - June 1894
      17 Hyde Park Gate, S.W, London, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Title page, portrait of Victoria Woodhull Martin, 480 pages, 5 portraits, 5 pages of index, 1 page contributors list. Articles feature an interview with Alfred Russell Wallace on "Heredity and Pre-Natal Influences", and contributions such as Arnold Bennett's "Faust and Marguerite", Stoppard A. Brooke on "The Story of the Women's Trades Union League", Sir William Moore's "The Anti-Opium Crusade", Morley Roberts on "The true Function of Cannibalism", Ettore Socci with "An Italian View of the Women's Movement", Mrs Aubrey Richardson on "Women and Gambling", and "Women in the Jury Box", and there are at least six pieces by Victoria Woodhull including "The Humanitarian Movement" and "The Evolution of Government". It is likely that a number of the unattributed shorter articles are by Woodhull too. Original green decorative cloth. Spine rubbed clean of lettering. Worn at corners and head and tail of spine. Shaken at inner joints, contents virtually loose from the binding, and one gather at rear almost completely detached. Some damage to text of page 159-160. Fore edges marked. Regardless of condition, this is a very rare volume, by one of the most interesting women of the nineteenth century. Perhaps most striking amongst her achievements was running for President of the United States in 1872, likely the first woman to do so, and with the former slave Frederick Douglas as her running-mate. She sought further nominations in 1884 and 1892. Later in her life she campaigned with views on abortion, eugenics, vegetarianism, sex education, prostitution, free love, and even short skirts. By 1877 she was living in London and met her third husband, banker John Biddulph Martin, and married in 1883. Under the name Victoria Woodhull Martin she began publishing "The Humanitarian", running from 1892 to 1901. Her husband died that year and she gave up published. She died in 1927, having lived a life with careers as varied as a Stockbroker (first woman on Wall Street to own her own brokerage, with her sister), a newspaper editor, women's rights advocate, and member of the First International. In Britain her chief contribution to public life was through the publication of "The Humanitarian", in which she was helped by her daughter Zula. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 232400. .

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LOUYS Pierre
        Ariane ou le chemin de la paix éternelle
      1894. Librairie de l'art indépendant, Paris 1894, 14,5x23cm, relié. - Librairie de l'art indépendant, Paris 1894, 14,5x23cm, relié. - Prima edizione, una delle 20 copie numerate sulla Cina, il disegno di testa dopo 5 Giappone. Binding metà marocco Avana con gli angoli, di nuovo con cinque nervi, piatti di carta data coda in marmo dorato, guardie e contreplats di carta fatta a mano, copertine conservato, leggermente più tardi firmato Yseux successore legame con Thierry Simier. autografo prezioso firmato Pierre Louÿs: "Un signor Georges Vicario, il bibliofilo e bibliografo in grata memoria della sua visita." Alcuni piccola foxing inevitabile in vista della qualità della carta. Copia piacevolmente stabilito. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale, un des 20 exemplaires numérotés sur Chine, tirage de tête après 5 Japon. Reliure en demi maroquin havane à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, date dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, couvertures conservées, reliure légèrement postérieure signée de Yseux successeur de Thierry-Simier. Précieux envoi autographe signé de Pierre Louÿs : "A Mr. Georges Vicaire, au bibliophile et au bibliographe en souvenir reconnaissant de sa visite." Quelques inévitables rousseurs au regard de la qualité de ce papier. Exemplaire agréablement établi.

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KERCHOVE DE DENTERGHEM, Oswald de
        Le Livre des Orchidées....Ouvrage illustré de 310 gravures et de 31 planches en chromolitographie
      G. Masson - Ad. Hoste, 1894. (17 x 26) PRIMA EDIZIONE. Mezza pelle coeva. VIII, 601 pp. con 310 incisioni nel testo e 31 tavv. a colori fuori testo. Il Conte Kerchove de Denterghem era presidente della prestigiosa Societé royale d'agriculture et botanique di Gand. Grande appassionato di flora esotica coltivò uno dei più imponenti giardini d'inverno del mondo. La sua monografia sulle orchidee, stupendamente illustrata, fornisce una breve storia sull'introduzione di queste piante tropicali in Europa, i criteri che determinarono la loro classificazione scientifica, dettagliate osservazioni sulla diffusione, coltivazione in serra e all'aria aperta, ibridazione e malattie. Un vasto catalogo delle principali varietà di orchidee coltivate completa l'opera. B.M. Natural History II-970; Nissen 1031

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AUSTEN, Jane.
        Pride and Prejudice
      London: George Allen,, 1894. With a Preface by George Saintsbury and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front board elaborately gilt-blocked with peacock design, green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue-guard and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine slightly rolled and a little darkened, minor wear to tips, mark to rear pastedown. An excellent copy. First Thomson edition, first impression. Thomson's "light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work" (ODNB).

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AUSTEN. JANE. ; Thomson. Hugh. Illustrates
        PRIDE AND PREJUDICE With a preface by George Saintsbury
      George Allen. London. 1894. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 101 fine engravings by Thomson. Tissue guard to frontis is a bit browned, as usual. Two neat previous owner's inscriptions to the halt title and rear of frontis. Overall a nice clean copy, finely bound in recent leather binding of full tan morocco, the spine with raised bands, red title label, the label and compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. All edges gilt. Original publishers decorative 'Peacock design' dark green cloth front board bound in at the back of the book. A lovely copy of the scarce first Thomson edition in an attractive full leather binding. ---- Hugh Thomson illustrated this work for George Allen publishers before going on to illustrate the other Austen books for Macmillan & Co. This is the scarcest of all the Thomson/Austen titles in first edition.

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BURGESS, Walter William, <i>artist</i>
        Bits of Old Chelsea. A Series of Forty-One Etchings ... with Letterpress Description by Lionel Johnson and Richard le Gallienne.
      Folio (446 x 310mm), pp. vii, [1 (blank)], 84; title printed in red and black and with publisher's device in red; mounted etched frontispiece and 40 mounted etchings printed on Japanese vellum, all signed in pencil by Burgess and retaining guards, mounted etched additional title printed on Japanese vellum; a few very faint marks, soft creases on the margins of a few plates, frontispiece creased; original maroon buckram, upper board lettered in gilt and with publisher's device in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's monogram on lower board, uncut, a few ll. unopened; light offsetting on endpapers, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, foot of spine slightly chipped, nonetheless a very fresh, clean copy; provenance: David Enders (1922-2000).First edition, limited to 110 copies, of which 100 were for sale. This series of etchings was executed by the British engraver and painter Walter William Burgess RE (1856-1908), who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1874 and 1903, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1883. The etchings depict historic and picturesque buildings, sites, and monuments in Chelsea, including Chelsea Reach, Swan Walk, the Royal Hospital, Old Battersea Bridge, Cheyne Walk, Lindsey House, the Old Church, the More Chapel, the More Monument, Petyt House, Carlyle's House, Queen's House, George Eliot's House, Turner's House, Leigh Hunt's House, Belle-Vue House, Whistler's House, Franklin's House, the Physic Garden, Glebe Place, and Lordship Place. The text accompanying Burgess' images was written by two young poets who were highly-regarded figures in the 'decadent' literary circles of the 1890s - Lionel Johnson (1867-1902) and Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), who were, with W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, et al., early members of the Rhymer's Club and contributors to The Yellow Book. This copy is from the collection of the actor, restaurateur, and bibliophile David Enders, who was educated at Lindisfarne College and Wadham College, Oxford, before he was commissioned into the Welsh Guards in 1942. He was invalided out of the army in 1944 and then pursued a very successful career as an actor, both in the theatre and in radio drama. In 1950, Enders and his partner, the actor John Glen, opened the restaurant L'Aiglon in Old Church Street, Chelsea: 'the food was excellent and cheap enough to make it an economical alternative to eating at home for those living round about. The business expanded when their friend Sir Laurence Olivier suggested they start a restaurant at the Chichester theatre' (T. Pocock, 'David Enders' in Chelsea Society Annual Report (2000), pp. 63-4 at p. 64). Enders lived in Chelsea, latterly in Carlyle Square, for some fifty years, and his obituarist wrote that he 'might be described by a future anthropologist as a splendid example of Chelsea Man. [...] David was tireless in battling what he considered misguided developments in Chelsea; he was an active member of the Chelsea Society' (loc. cit.).

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        L'Evangile de l'Enfance de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, selon Saint-Pierre, mis en français par Catulle Mendès, d'après le Manuscrit de l'Abbaye de Saint-Wolfgang.
      Paris, Armand Colin & Cie Editeurs, 1894, 1 volume de 255x325x40 mm environ, non paginé, demi-reliure signée Guetant en maroquin bleu, dos à 5 nerfs portant titres dorés, orné d'un fleuron doré en queue et d'un fleuron mosaïqué en tête, cuir souligné d'un filet doré sur les plats, tranche de tête dorée, gardes marbrées, couvertures conservées. Exemplaire nominatif N° 101, un des 100 exemplaires avec double suite, numérotés de 51 à 150, tiré à 150 exemplaires, complet des 14 hors-texte de Carlos Schwabe, et de nombreux encadrements de texte, lettrines et vignettes dans le texte . Petits frottements sur les coins, coiffes et mors, sinon bon état. Émile Martin Charles Schwabe dit Carlos Schwabe, né à Altona près Hambourg en 1866 et mort à Avon en 1926, est un artiste-peintre allemand naturalisé suisse en 1888, et qui vécut en France, à Paris et à Barbizon de 1884 jusqu'à sa mort.Catulle Mendès, né à Bordeaux le 22 mai 1841 et mort à Saint-Germain-en-Laye le 7 février 1909, est un écrivain et poète français. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.

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Stammbuch
        mit 250 (davon zahlr. illustr.) Eintragungen. Graz, 1894 bis 1903.
      1894. 147 SS. auf 89 Bll. Lederband der Zeit mit Resten einer Metallschließe. 8vo. Hübsches Stammbuch einer Ella Kretzov oder Svetron (so am fliegenden Vorsatz verso notiert) mit zahlreichen, teils einmontierten Aquarellen, Feder- und Bleistiftzeichnungen sowie einigen zeitgen. Photographien. Die Einträge stammen u. a. von den Malern Ludwig Thiersch (1825-1909, S. 49 mit alt einmontierter Bleistiftzeichnung des Hohen Göll (dat. 7. VII. 1896) und eh. Widmung mit U. am Trägerpapier (dat. Schönau, Köppeleck, 22. VIII. 1897)) und Franz Ferdinand Ritz (1868-1952, mit alt einmontiertem Aquarell, S. 98), dem Militär und Politiker Zeno Vinzenz Graf von Goëss (1846-1911, S. 57), dem Landwirt und Besitzer einer Baumschule Silverio Freiherr von Cesenatico Pirquet (geb. 1870, S. 118), dem Immunologen Clemens Frh. von Pirquet (mit einer eigenh. Federzeichnung - ein Skelett, das in einen Spiegel blickt - sowie einer eh. signierten Tuschzeichnung - zwei Silhouetten, dat. 2. XII. 1898; SS. 148 und 149), dem Juristen, Philologen und Lyriker Joseph Lazarini (1816-1895, S. 178) sowie von Paula, Marie, Toni und Ferdinand Aichelburg (S. 96), Marie, Therese, Sophie und Helene Esterhazy (alle 14. IV. 1900, S. 123), Louise von Thurn und Taxis (S. 166, mit einer alt einmontierten eh. [?] Federzeichnung) sowie ein möglicherweise a. d. Hand von Franz Joseph von Thurn und Taxis stammendes Blatt mit aquarellierten Wappen der Häuser Thurn und Taxis, Wilczek, Harrach, Brandis u. a. (S. 157). - Einige Bll. lose. - Beiliegend ein mit "Menu" beschr. Blatt (dat. 3. V. 1902) mit zahlr. U. in Bleistift sowie ein Lesezeichen mit U. Ella Lodrons.

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Skeat, Rev. Walter W., LittD, LL.D., M.A.
        The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Edited, from Numerous Manuscripts * Romaunt of the Rose / Minor Poems
      Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1894. First Thus. black blind-stamped cloth with gilt. Near Fine. photographic frontispieces. Tall 8vos, 7-volume set, black cloth with blind-stamped border & gilt lettering on spine, each of the first three volumes has a photographic frontispiece of a Medieval illustration with tissue guard, 6 engraved B&W plates of astrolabes in vol. IV, edited by Rev. Walter Skeat. Vol. I: Frontispiece, Romaunt of the Rose & Minor Poems, [lxiv] + 568pp. + [2pp. ads]; II. Frontispiece, Boethius / Troilus, lxxx + 506 pp. + [2 pp. ads]; III. Frontispiece, The House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Astrolabe; Sources of The Canterbury Tales, lxxx + 6 plates with B&W engravings of Astrolabes + 504pp. + [2pp. ads}; IV. The Canterbury Tales (Text ) [xxiv] + 667pp. + [2pp. ads]; V. Notes to the Canterbury Tales, [xxvi] + 515pp. + [2pp. ads]; VI. Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes, ciii + 445pp. + [2pp. ads]; VII. Supplement: Chaucerian and Other Pieces, lxxxiv + 628pp. + [4pp. ads]. Superb edition in near Fine condition by an excellent editor of the entire corpus of Chaucer's works. All pages and bindings relatively bright and tight. A few pages (mainly among the adverts) were once dog-eared but have been smoothed. Gilt slightly faded. Minimal wear to covers with corners very slightly bumped with small abraisions (< 1/8") to lower corners of volumes II & III exposing boards but not visible unless volumes scrutinized. Another barely noticeable feature is the very slight rectilinear discoloration (about 3" x 4") appearing on each volume's upper cover (caused perhaps by bookends or dividers placed between each volume causing small offset marks). Vol. V has wear along the outer upper & lower joints and paper beginning to split along inner hinges (though not affecting the sewing), plus smoothed once dog-eared upper right corners to pages (i-xvi). Because this is a multi-volume set, additional shipping charges may be necessary.

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Wagner, Otto, Architekt (1841-1918).
        14 eigenh. Briefe mit U. und 2 eh. Handzeichnungen. Wien, 1894 bis 1898.
      1894. Zusammen 19½ SS. auf 25 Bll. 4to und 8vo. Die zwei Zeichnungen auf einem mittig gefalteten Quartblatt. Bislang unbekannte Folge von Briefen an Baron Franz Wetschl, den Kanzleidirektor des Obersthofmeisteramtes und Präsidenten des Hofbaucomités. Die Schreiben betreffen zunächst die durch den Tod Hasenauers aufgetretenen Probleme bei der Fertigstellung des Burgtheaters und des Michaelertraktes der Hofburg (siehe Zitat) sowie Wagners Ernennung zum Oberbaurat (1894). Im weiteren handeln die Briefe von Fragen im Zusammenhang mit dem Stadterweiterungsfonds und dessen Finanzierung. - "Ihre Angelegenheit spukt mir seit gestern im Kopf herum. Nun bin ich nicht allein von dem Wunsche beseelt mich bei Ihnen recht auszuzeichnen, sondern auch der ganz verfahrenen Sache zu dienen u. auf die Beine zu helfen. Um nicht viel Langes u. Breites zu schreiben, fasse ich das Resultat meiner Beobachtungen in nachfolgende Punkte zusammen und sollen sie durch mitfolgende Schmierzeichnun[ungen] erläutert werden. 1. Niedzielsky ist auf keinen Fall zu engagieren. 2. Gruber ist in Gnaden zu entlassen. 3. Hofer ist mit der Bauaufsehung zu betrauen. 4. Das Hofbaucomité ist durch Otto Wagner zu verstärken [...]" (Br. v. 23. X. 1896). - Von den zwei mit grüner Feder ausgeführten Zeichnungen, die beide zu dem zitierten Brief gehören dürften, zeigt die eine eine Doppelsäule der Front der Neuen Hofburg gegen den Heldenplatz, die andere ein barockisierendes Architekturelement; beide Zeichnungen sind ebenfalls von Wagner mit schwarzer Tinte kommentiert worden. - Meist auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Briefkopf.

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SMITHERS, Leonard C., editor (Sir Richard F. Burton)
        THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R.F. Burton. Reprinted from the original edition and edited by. (12 volume set)
      H.S. Nichols, London 1894 - "Library Edition". Twelve volume set, tall octavos, original black cloth elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Cracked inner hinges neatly repaired with rice paper; some bumps to outer corners; some tissue guards creased, a few chipped or loose, a few wanting; page edges yellowed; nicks and soft creases to spine ends; volume 6 has cloth creases to lower half of spine; else a VG set, no owner names, tight in the bindings, gilt bright, attractive. The original Burton translation was privately published by the Kama Shastra Society in 10 volumes in 1885. (The Society had two members and was a legal device for avoiding prosecution for obscenity. The edition gave Benares as place of publication, but it was in reality published in Britain). The present edition "omits given passages in dreadful taste, whose elimination will be mourned by no one." It was not illustrated. Note: 12 kg parcel, extra postage WILL be required. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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illus. THOMSON, Hugh] AUSTEN, Jane
        Pride And Prejudice
      George Allen, London 1894 - 8vo, pp. 476. Original green cloth boards, title and peacock design in gilt to front panel and spine. All edges gilt. Tissue guard to frontispiece. Contemporary ownership signature to half-title. Very slight cocking, a little light foxing to preliminaries, otherwise a beautiful copy with absolutely minimal bumping to corners and spine ends, tightly bound, and with the gilt design to boards still bright. Elegant line drawings by Hugh Thomson throughout. The 'Peacock' edition -- fittingly, the most beautiful edition of Austen's novel ever published. A perfect marriage of object and contents, the book was designed and illustrated by Hugh Thomson [1860-1920]. Following the success of this volume, he went on to illustrate all of Austen's work, as well as books by Dickens, Thackeray and J.M.Barrie.

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AUSTEN. JANE.
        PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. With a preface by George Saintsbury.
      FIRST THOMSON EDITION. Octavo. (7.6 x 5.4 inches). Beautifully illustrated throughout with 101 fine line engravings by Thomson. Finely bound in early full dark blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Raised bands on spine, with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Triple gilt ruled borders on boards. Board edges with double gilt ruled lines. Blue silk doublures and free endpapers, elaborate gilt tooled floral roll to turn-ins. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. One of an unspecified number of copies which were issued by the publishers with untrimmed fore and lower page edges, presumably for rebinding as they were issued in a plain green binding with a printed paper label. A small amount of rubbing to the extremities but still overall a very near fine copy and a beautiful piece of book production.One of the best, and most popular, illustrated books of the late nineteenth century. Thomson illustrated this work for George Allen publishers before going on to illustrate the other Austen books for Macmillan & Co. This is the scarcest of all the Thomson/Austen titles in first edition.

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PITRE' GIUSEPPE.
        Bibliografia delle tradizioni popolari d'Italia... con tre indici speciali.
      Clausen, 1894. Cm. 25, pp. xx, 603 (5). Bella legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida, dorso a nervi con titoli su doppio tassello in marocchino rosso e decorazioni ad intarsio ed in oro ai comparti. Piatti inquadrati da doppio filetto in oro e titoli (ed un monogramma) impressi in oro al piatto anteriore. Sguardie marmorizzate e tagli rossi. Ex libris inciso (J.F. Porro). Bell'esemplare, in perfetto stato di conservazione ed impreziosito da una legatura assai decorativa. Si tratta della non comune prima edizione di quest'insuperata bibliografia, stampata in 550 copie numerate (ns. n. 159).

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