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OEUVRES POSTHUMES by (BINDINGS - SMEERS). MUSSET, ALFRED DE

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Title: OEUVRES POSTHUMES
Author: (BINDINGS - SMEERS). MUSSET, ALFRED DE
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1876. 156 x 90 mm. (6 1/8 x 3 1/2"). 2 p.l., 275, [3] pp. LOVELY BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT, BY SMEERS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with central medallion containing a cypher of initials "L E" and "S E" within a strapwork frame, interlacing strapwork emanating from the medallion, the compartments formed filled with lacy tooling, the background spaces filled with sprays of rose leaves, the whole within a border of multiple gilt and decorative rules, raised bands, spine compartments with central medallion framed by branches of leaves, gilt lettering, richly gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers, all edges gilt over marbling. With frontispiece portrait of the author in two states (black & white and sanguine) by Henri Pille (1844-97). A PRISTINE COPY inside and out. This exquisite little volume, containing the final works of famed Romantic poet Musset, features a wonderfully elaborate fanfare-style binding by Smeers. Alfred de Musset (1810-57) was still in his teens when he began publishing his popular tales, and he found success in poetry, fiction, and drama. He is generally recognized, with Hugo, Vigny, and Lamartine as one of the four great French Romantic writers (while at the same time being known for his tortured and tortuous love affair with novelist George Sand). This posthumous collection of works includes: poetry and unfinished plays; the complete play, “L'ane et le Ruisseau;” and a selection of letters to friends and family from over a 30-year period. (This was the 10th volume in a collected edition of Musset issued by Lemerre, who was known for his publications of poetry.) Our copy was bound by Isidore Smeers (1834-96), a Belgian whose career in Paris spanned 25 years, beginning in 1865. He distinguished himself among the leading binders of the day, especially through the notable work he did for the publishing house of Firmin-Didot. This binding, with its profuse and delicate tooling, perfectly demonstrates the finesse for which his volumes are known. With little to go on, we have been unable to identify for whom this custom binding was executed. The two sets of initials in the central cypher suggest the binding may have been done for a couple; perhaps this book, thoroughly beautiful inside and out, was given as a romantic gift..

Estampas de Palenque. [Biblioteca del Palacio Real & Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid] Facsimile Manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería by Río, Antonio del (1745-1789)

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Title: Estampas de Palenque. [Biblioteca del Palacio Real & Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid] Facsimile Manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería
Author: Río, Antonio del (1745-1789)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
ISBN: 9788486290726
Condition: Fine
Description: 16 facsimile hand written pages with diagrams and three fold out diagrams of Palenque. Folio (12 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in velum with black label and gilt lettering to cover. Testimonio's Tabula Americae. Limited to 980 copies of which this is 169. Spanish artillery Captain Antonio del Río's (ca. 1745-ca. 1789) discovery of tangible evidence of an amazingly rich Maya past and this printed report were the beginning of the study of this truly lost civilization. In May 1786 upon the order of the Spanish Crown, Governor and Brigadier General of the Royal Audencia of Guatemala, Don José Estachería sent Río to Chiapas to investigate rumors of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and determine the origin of its inhabitants. Rio was preceded by other visitors to Palenque, the most recent being two brief forays by José Antonio Calderón, a local official, and Spanish architect Antonio Bernasconi, whose sparse observations prompted the order for the full-scale investigation by Río. The Spanish captain made up for his lack of antiquarian training with his zeal, hiring seventy-nine Maya locals to assault with crowbars and axes the abandoned, tree-engulfed, seventh-century city of Palenque. In his report Río describes and comments on the hieroglyphs he saw. Río sent his manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería, and it was preserved in Madrid. Almendáriz's original drawings were recently found in a private European collection and published: Estampas de Palenque (not included here), Madrid: Testimonio, 1993. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the author's manuscript and Waldeck's drawings re-emerged in a still mysterious manner to be published in England. Publisher Henry Berthoud bought the manuscript from a mysterious Dr. McQuy (McQueen?) in Jamaica at the end of April 1822. Capitalizing on public interest in American indigenous cultures as well as in Romantic ruins, Berthoud published Rio's work in hopes of a popular bestseller, which might otherwise have been lost. Condition: A Fine copy.

The modern climatic treatment of invalids with pulmonary consumption in Southern California by REMONDINO, P.C.

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Title: The modern climatic treatment of invalids with pulmonary consumption in Southern California
Author: REMONDINO, P.C.
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Detroit, Mich.: George S. Davis, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Colored frontispiece illustration of view of San Diego from Point Loma. Publisher’s cloth, title and author in gilt on front cover, ex library copy with small label pasted onto front cover and withdrawn stamp on title. First edition. Everyone knew that people moved to Southern California for the climate, and here it is in print! Prior to touting the medical aspects of the climate, Remondino discusses the general environmental conditions of this part of the country, plus things like what to do in Southern California and the cost of living. He then treats various diseases, such as respiratory, kidney, malaria and rheumatism, and how patients with these and other conditions fare in the California climate. Remondino (1846–1926) was born in Italy but moved to Minnesota as a child. A long-tie medical practitioner and widely-published author, he is best known as a pro-circumcision advocate, and the author of he highly influential History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present (1891), among other works on the subject. He was the first president of the San Diego Board of Health and the co-founder of San Diego’s first private hospital.

POEMS OF COLERIDGE by Coleridge, Samuel

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Title: POEMS OF COLERIDGE
Author: Coleridge, Samuel
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: London: Caxton Publishing Company, (1907). A 12mo., 298 pages, including glossary and an index of first lines. Bound in original decorative brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Edited by Oliphant Smeaton. Portrait frontispiece and pictorial title page by A. S. Hartrick. Eight full page color plates by Charles Pears. A bit of very light wear and end leaves browned, else a fine copy.

Photograph of a WWI plane crash, titled "Cadavres Aviateurs Bohes [Boches]

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Title: Photograph of a WWI plane crash, titled "Cadavres Aviateurs Bohes [Boches]
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1918. Unbound. Very Good. Silver gelatin photograph, measuring 7" x 5" (printed image about 5¼" x 3½"). Several small bumps and creases, a touch of soiling, very good. The image depicts a WWI plane crash, with a deceased German soldier in the wreckage, onlookers seen in the background. Captioned in French in the negative "Cadavres Aviateurs Bohes [Boches]", meaning “Corpses of Boche Aviators”, Boche being a derogatory term for German soldiers.

A Manual of Historical Literature by Adams, Charles Kendall

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Title: A Manual of Historical Literature
Author: Adams, Charles Kendall
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, n/d. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxxviii,720pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. "A Manual of Historical Literature comprising brief descriptions of the most important histories in English, French and German together with practical suggestions as to methods and courses of historical studies for the use of students, general readers, and collectors of books." Overall very good condition.

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