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Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland by BLAGDON, Francis Wiliam; MORLAND, George

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Title: Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland
Author: BLAGDON, Francis Wiliam; MORLAND, George
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Printed for Edward Orme... by Barnard and Sultzer, 1806 [1824]. An Admirable Album" BLAGDON, Francis Wiliam. MORLAND, George. Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland, with remarks on his abilities and progress as an artist: in which are interspersed a variety of anecdotes never before published; together with a Fac-simile of his writing, specimens of his hieroglyphical sketches, &c. &c. The whole collected from numerous manuscript communications. London: Printed for Edward Orme... by Barnard and Sultzer, 1806 [i.e. 1824]. Second (uniform) edition. Oblong folio. (17 1/2 x 22 1/4 in; 445 x 565 mm). Hand-colored engraved portrait frontispiece, [1, titlepage], [1, blank], nineteen hand-colored engravings (including one aquatint) with guards, watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1820 and 1824, 3-15, [1, blank] pp., including three text engravings (text bound at rear). Early twentieth century quarter brown calf over marbled boards decoratively ruled in gilt. Front cover with rectangular brown morocco gilt lettering label. Two inch repaired, clean tear to lower margin of plate 14. An excellent copy. Of Blagdon and this volume, Prideaux notes: " Even better are his Memoirs of George Morland, an admirable volume full of just yet not excessive appreciation, and now extremely scarce, owing to its being frequently broken up for the value of the plates. Of these, only one is in aquatint, the rest are in soft ground etching, mezzotint and stipple, the colour-printed mezzotints, rarely found associated with aquatint in illustration, being specially sought for" (p. 222). "Blagdon's Memoirs of George Morland is an extremely rare book and I have had great difficulty in tracing copies to compare...In 1824, however, there was a definite uniform edition with 20 plates all colored. The title page is still dated 1806 and the plates still bear their original imprints but the watermark is 'J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1824'" (Tooley). "George Morland, (1763-1804), landscape and genre painter... His strict upbringing and enforced study in early childhood may account for his wayward and rebellious character in later life...In 1784, when his apprenticeship expired, Morland set up on his own account and moved out of the family home. Once freed from parental constraints, his life of extravagance, hard drinking, and association with low-life characters commenced. At first he was exploited by an unscrupulous picture dealer in Covent Garden, for whom he produced 'galanteries' of an immodest nature... "Morland's work from 1790 to about 1794 was lively and fresh... His most enduring subjects were of farmyards, cottage scenes, stables, and country alehouses,..His achievement in his best work of the early 1790s was to offer the viewer a relatively unaffected representation of rural life and yet to do so in conformity with the standards of taste of the period that would have found ugliness offensive. His pictures can thus be described as having a 'picturesque propriety' that sets them apart from his contemporary landscape and genre painters... "Morland's practice as an artist is important in that he was one of the first painters to break away from the traditional arrangements between artists and patrons. He produced his own designs, not relying on commissions, and sold directly to dealers, print publishers, or 'agents'... his aversion to polite society meant that he missed out on important commissions... Despite his enormous output-probably in the region of 1000 paintings-his life of poverty and debt is evidence that the pictures were usually sold for little, or traded against debts... "The last decade of Morland's career was one of decline, as drink, debt, and poor health took their toll on him, and his powers as a painter diminished rapidly...Morland's reputation in his own lifetime was high and based primarily on the large number of prints after his works...Morland's importance as an artist began to be reassessed somewhat in the last decade or two of the twentieth century... he is now regarded as an interesting minor master, much of whose work was innovative at the time in both subject matter and style and who can now be seen as a recognizable influence on both John Constable and David Wilkie" (Oxford DNB). The Plates: 1. George Morland. Publ. Jany. 1805 by Edwd.Orme. 2. A Mad Bull (aquatint by R. Dodd). Publ. Nov. 20, 1789 by P. Cornman and Republished 1805 by Edwd. Orme. 3. The Cottage Sty. Sold and published Jany. 1, 1804 by Edwd. Orme 4. Conversation. Published and sold by Edwd. Orme...July, 1, 1804. 5. (Rustic Scene - Two women, two men, & stile). Sold and Published June 4, 1804 by Edwd. Orme. 6. (Washing). Republished by Orme...Jany 1, 1799. 7. (Stable &c.). Sold and Publd. Jany. 1, 1793 by D. Orme. Republished by Orme Jany 1, 1799. 8. Morland's Ass. Published 1804 by Edwd. Orme. 9. Ass & Pigs. Published and Sold by edwd. Orme...Jany 1, 1804. 10. (Water Mill). Sold & Published...Septr. 1802 by Edwd. Orme. 11. (Rustic scene - Cottage and Cart). Sold & Publd. Jany 1, 1793 by D. Orme & Co.... 12. (Rustic Bridge &c.). Sold & Published Jany. 1794 by D. Orme & Co... 13. (Horse and Ostler). Republished by Orme...Jany, 1, 1799. Sold and Published May 1, 1793 by D. Orme & Co... 14. (Pony figures in rain). Sold and Published June 4th 1804 by Edwd. Orme... 15. The Rustic Hovel). Sold and Published Jany. 1, 1804 by Edwd. Orme... 16. (Horse drinking). Republished by Orme...Jany. 1, 1799. Sold & Published May 1, 1793 by D. Orme... 17. Alehouse seat). Republished by Orme Jany. 1, 1799. Sold & Published May 1, 1793 by D. Orme... 18. (Two children picking flowers). Sold & Published...Septr. 1802 by Edwd. Orme... 19. (Haymakers by stile). Sold & Published Jany. 1, 1794 by Danl. Orme & Co. Sold & republished by Danl. Orme, Jany. 1, 1799. 20. An Ass Race. Pubd. Novr. 20 1789 by P. Cornman and republished 1805 by Edwd. Orme... Prideaux p. 221-222. Tooley 91. Abbey, Life in England, 208.

Bairei Hyakucho Gafu Zoko-hen (Bairei's Album of One Hundred Birds) by Kono Bairei (幸野楳嶺)

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Title: Bairei Hyakucho Gafu Zoko-hen (Bairei's Album of One Hundred Birds)
Author: Kono Bairei (幸野楳嶺)
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Tokyo: Okura Magobei, 1884. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Three volumes. Printed paper covers bound in the Japanese style with folded leaves. Japanese text followed by exquisite depictions of a variety of birds in their natural environment, not only those native to Japan, but also exotic birds. The illustrations are subtle colored woodblocks, esteemed for their beauty and realism. A very good set with only light soil and wear to the covers. Volume I, "Ten" (Sky) lacks one double page corner affecting the frame and the tip of the first character, else this is a very good set. .

Von den Flüssen des Haupts und der ursachen wie sich dafür zu hütten .... by Seiller, H

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Title: Von den Flüssen des Haupts und der ursachen wie sich dafür zu hütten ....
Author: Seiller, H
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A very good copy; some slight spotting.
Description: Lignitz: N Schneider, [1612]. First Edition.. Linen rebacked 19th century boards.. A very good copy; some slight spotting.. Small 4to, unpaginated, A P4, Q2 A early provincial imprint from a small Silesian town. One incunable imprint is known to exist from the town but then there is nothing until 1595 when according to Brunet printing was re-established. Durling cites a 1596 imprint (#3703) by the same printer on a book remarkably similar in content to the Seiller book offered here. Seiller's medical advice deals with the cure and avoidance of a specific sort of infectious head cold or flu. He provides a very detailed account of the symptoms and their variations and prescribes food, potions, eye washes etc. (a small materia medica accompanies the text). It would appear that the people of Lignitz were periodically infected with this flu like epidemic identified by Seiller's predecessor as originating in Hungary. The text is in German with elaborate side notes in Latin. One copy located at NY Academy of Medicine.

Das Americanischen Seidebauers Anweisung, oder, Die Kunst den Maulbeer-Baum und die Seide zu zieh by (Agriculture) Kenrick, William

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Title: Das Americanischen Seidebauers Anweisung, oder, Die Kunst den Maulbeer-Baum und die Seide zu zieh
Author: (Agriculture) Kenrick, William
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Edmund Y. Schelly, 1838. 12mo., 180 x 105 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 103 pp. One woodcut illustration of a "silk reel" in the text. Publisher's leather spine over printed boards, cut of the silk reel printed on rear cover. Paper stock toned with age, showing some tide marks otherwise a very good copy. First German language edition of this standard work on growing silk and mulberries originally published in Boston in 1835. The business of growing mulberries was one of the boom crops in American agriculture during the 1830s and Pennsylvania was one of the centers for its cultivation. "In the mid-1830s a new species of mulberry tree was introduced into America that purportedly grew much faster and could feed significantly more silkworms than the native species. This gave rise to a brief silk craze, with increased, widespread attempts at domestic silk cultivation and much financial speculation in the industry." For an interesting insight into the mulberry craze, see the archive of William and Jacob Schoener at the Library of Congress, where documents show how the family invested heavily in the crop. American imprints 51116. Philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/silk.

Life and Habit. New edition, with the author's addenda by Butler, Samuel

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Title: Life and Habit. New edition, with the author's addenda
Author: Butler, Samuel
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Fifield, 1910. Original brown cloth, blocked in red. Near-fine.

Authorized to Heal. Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. by BARNEY, Sandra Lee.

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Title: Authorized to Heal. Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930.
Author: BARNEY, Sandra Lee.
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
ISBN: 9780807848340
Description: Chapel Hill:: University of North Carolina Press, 2000., 2000. 8vo. xiii, [3], 222 pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. ISBN-13: 9780807848340 "In this book, Sandra Barney examines the transformation of medical care in Central Appalachia during the Progressive Era and analyzes the influence of women volunteers in promoting the acceptance of professional medicine in the region. By highlighting the critical role played by nurses, clubwomen, ladies' auxiliaries, and other female constituencies in bringing modern medicine to the mountains, she fills a significant gap in gender and regional history. / Barney explores both the differences that divided women in the reform effort and the common ground that connected them to one another and to the male physicians who profited from their voluntary activity. Held together at first by a shared goal of improving the public welfare, the coalition between women volunteers and medical professionals began to fracture when the reform agendas of women's groups challenged physicians' sovereignty over the form of health care delivery. By examining the professionalization of male medical practitioners, the gendered nature of the campaign to promote their authority, and their displacement of community healers, especially female midwives, Barney uncovers some of the tensions that evolved within Appalachian society as the region was fundamentally reshaped during the era of industrial development." – Publisher. REVIEWS: "The sophisticated analysis, clear and direct prose style, organization, and brevity make the paperbound version of Authorized to Heal ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in southern history, women's history, and the history of medicine and public health.. .. Authorized to Heal is one of the finest monographs in the past decade to combine women's and southern history."--Journal of Southern History. "[A] rich and graceful volume that combines the historical literature of women, medicine, and Appalachian history.. .. Barney has filled an important void in Appalachian history and at the same time helps to demonstrate that Appalachian history is American history."--American Historical Review.

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