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Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse by TARTAGLIA, NICCOLÒ

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse
Author: TARTAGLIA, NICCOLÒ
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli, 1546. First edition. vellum. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF TARTAGLIA'S MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MATHEMATICS, INCLUDING HIS RULE FOR SOLVING CUBIC EQUATIONS. "The 'mathematical practitioners' of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries seem to be acquiring an important role in histories which deal with the origins of the Scientific Revolution... Those who are fascinated by questions of origins in the history of science and technology find themselves driven more and more to investigate the sudden appearance, as it still seems, of this relatively large and active group. Among the first generation of these practitioners, few made a greater mark than Niccoló Tartaglia, whose works were translated into all the major European tongues, and whose influence in applied mathematics continued perceptibly for more than a century" (A.G. Keller, "Mathematics at Work: Niccoló Tartaglia, Quesiti et Inventioni Diverse"). Tartaglia's Quesiti, includes, without exaggeration, what can be considered the first real advance in algebra since antiquity. It "contains his most important mathematical accomplishment: the independent discovery of the rule for solving third-degree (cubic) equations, a rule first formulated but left unpublished by Sciopione de Ferro in the first or second decade of the sixteenth century. Tartaglia re-solved the problem in 1535 but kept the details a secret for many years, using his knowledge to gain advantage in the frequent public disputations held between scholars in his era. He finally revealed the rule to Girolamo Cardano in 1539 after Cardano swore to keep it secret, but six years later Cardano broke his promise by publishing the rule in his Ars magna ... Tartaglia was incensed at Cardano's breach of promise and abused him roundly in Book IX of the Quesiti, in which he also published his own version of his researches into third-degree equations" (Norman). "Dedicated to Henry VIII, this work contains nine books of questions posed to Tartaglia by various people, and demonstrates his skill in non-mathematical areas: solving problems in the firing of artillery; topographical surveying; equilibrium in balances and statics; a new method for raising sunken ships; etc. In the course of the discussions, some fundamental issues in the theory of motion and of statics are raised, which are elaborated upon in the eighth book ... Among its other important points are the anticipation of the principle of inertia in book three, the observations on the use of compasses in book five, and the solution of cubic equations in book nine" (Roberts and Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica). Note: This copy does not have the legendarily rare instrument plate only known in a handful of copies, but does have the often-lacking two-leaf table of contents. Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli, 1546. Small quarto (153x214mm), modern limp vellum in antique style, manuscript title on spine. With woodcut portrait and woodcut illustrations in text. Repaired closed tear to upper margin of last four leaves. Occasional light foxing (generally to margins); overall text very clean. A HANDSOME WIDE-MARGINED COPY OF A RARE AND IMPORTANT EARLY MATHEMATICAL TEXT.

Ueber Bibliographie und Bibliophilie by BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel

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Title: Ueber Bibliographie und Bibliophilie
Author: BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Woodcut vignette on title. 30 pp. Large 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Leipzig: J.G.I. Breitkopf, 1793. First edition. Breitkopf (1719-94), was an eminent printer, typefounder, and bookseller at Leipzig. This work is mainly concerned with the early history of printing and the design of printing types. It also contains an interesting discussion of the disease known as bibliomania. Fine copy. ❧ Petzholdt, p. 7–“not uninteresting.”.

New York: A Series of Wood Engravings in Colour and a Note on Colour Printing... with Prose Impressions of the City by Walter Prichard Eaton by RUZICKA, Rudolph, illustrator

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: New York: A Series of Wood Engravings in Colour and a Note on Colour Printing... with Prose Impressions of the City by Walter Prichard Eaton
Author: RUZICKA, Rudolph, illustrator
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Slight wear at the head and base of spine, otherwise a very good copy
Description: New York: The Grolier Club, 1915. First edition. One of 250 copies printed on French hand-made paper. Presentation copy, inscribed on the first blank "To Percival M. Barker, Rudolph Ruzicka, Sept 10, 1915." The recipient, Dr. Percival Barker was, according to his obituary in the New York Times, "a member of the Grolier Club and well known as a collector of rare books." He passed away at the age of 48 in 1930. One of the illustrations, on page 31, is signed by Ruzicka. This beautiful book was not signed at publication and is seldom found signed or inscribed. Slight wear at the head and base of spine, otherwise a very good copy. 4to, illustrated with 30 color wood engravings by Ruzicka of which 10 are full-page printed in Paris by Emile Fequet, original cloth-backed unprinted paper over boards, spine label. Slight wear at the head and base of spine, otherwise a very good copy.

The Caine Mutiny; A Novel of World War II by Wouk, Herman

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: The Caine Mutiny; A Novel of World War II
Author: Wouk, Herman
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition of The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II by Herman Wouk.. Octavo, xiv, [2], 494pp. Full blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to spine, faint foxing along edges. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.95 retail price on front flap, light sunning to spine, small losses to corners, head and tail of spine. On verso, faint damp stain visible along spine and tissue repairs stabilizing front hinge flap and closed tears. A near fine copy in a good dust jacket. The Caine Mutiny received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952.

Catalogue of the library of the late Thomas J. McKee

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Title: Catalogue of the library of the late Thomas J. McKee
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: New York: John Anderson, Jr., 1900. 9 volumes, 8vo; vols. I-V with frontispieces and tissue guards; facsimiles of the title-pages of books offered for sale; original printed pictorial wrappers; wrappers fragile with some chips at spines and edges, else a very good set. McKee (1840-1899) began his collection by focusing on books, journals, photographs and playbills related to the British and American stage and eventually expanded his interests to include English and American literature and American history. The sale of McKee's library was a great success for the fledgling Anderson Auction Company with "books that might have sold for only ten cents [reaching] forty or fifty cents." Poe's Tamerlane commanded $2,050, the highest price of the sale and a record for the book. Dickinson, Dictionary of American Book Collectors, p. 227.

the Future belongs to all of us Equally….. join NAACP by [African-Americana – Civil Rights Movement] NAACP

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Title: the Future belongs to all of us Equally….. join NAACP
Author: [African-Americana – Civil Rights Movement] NAACP
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine condition with light normal wear and toning at edges.
Description: New York City, 1959. Single leaf measuring 8 ½ x 11, with text on both sides. Near Fine condition with light normal wear and toning at edges.. A membership flyer printed in April of 1958 published as part of a fundraising drive around the Little Rock Nine. The NAACP was actively fundraising in 1958 to raise money for legal costs in the face of state-led actions in the south attempting to ban the organization. The risk of membership lists from the south being published made the growth of membership in the northern and western US of paramount importance for the organization. The flyer offers several reasons to join on the verso, including the abolition of Jim Crow, wiping out the ghetto, equal justice under the laws and an end to police brutality.

Le Bibbie Italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento: Storia e bibliografia ragionata delle edizioni in lingua italiana dal 1471 al 1600 [Two Volume Set] by Edoardo Barbieri

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Title: Le Bibbie Italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento: Storia e bibliografia ragionata delle edizioni in lingua italiana dal 1471 al 1600 [Two Volume Set]
Author: Edoardo Barbieri
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1992. Near Fine/Very Good. [Milano]: Editrice Bibliografica, [1992]. First Edition. Two volumes; folios; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jackets, housed together in original decorative paper-covered slipcase; xxv,[1],494; [378]pp.; illus., Vol. II chiefly woodcut reproductions printed in blue. Light shelf wear and soil to jackets, lamination starting to bubble, ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good and sound set of this monumental bibliography of the bibles printed in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Yale Shingle. Class of '93. Yale Law School Yearbook by Tilson, John Quillin, Editor

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Title: The Yale Shingle. Class of '93. Yale Law School Yearbook
Author: Tilson, John Quillin, Editor
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
Description: 1893. New Haven: Yale Law School, March 1st, 1893.. New Haven: Yale Law School, March 1st, 1893. The First Publication of the Yale Shingle - Yale Law School in 1893 [Yale Law School]. Tilson, John Quillin; Editor. The Yale Shingle. Class of '93. New Haven: Yale Law School, March 1st, 1893. [xiv], [15]-126, [12] pp. Plates. 18 pages of advertisements. Octavo (6" x 9"). Hardcover, Original russet cloth, gilt title to front board, some rubbing to extremities with wear to foot of spine, internally clean. $125. * The first year of publication of the Yale Shingle, a yearbook published from 1893 to 1912, offering a fascinating window into the life of the students at Yale Law School. The short biographical essays record the family, ethnic and education backgrounds of the students.

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