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Gemälde auf Spinnengewebe. Painting on Cobweb. Peinture sure toile d'araignée.; "Dein Wohl", painting by Rudolf Epp by Unterberger, Franz

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Title: Gemälde auf Spinnengewebe. Painting on Cobweb. Peinture sure toile d'araignée.; "Dein Wohl", painting by Rudolf Epp
Author: Unterberger, Franz
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Innsbruck, 1870. Cloth. Paper pastedown on buckram. Very Good. Beautiful ethereal painting of Tyrolean couple, a hunter and his wife, at a small kitchen table, the wife standing a drinking wine presumably to the health of her husband, both in traditional dress. Based on a painting by the German (Bavarian) painter, Rudolf Epp (1834 - 1910) entitled "Dein Wohl", based on a penciled inscribed caption in the lower corner of the matting. This painting, whose present location we do not as yet know, served as the basis for other adaptations, such as the image on a beer stein, and so the painting surely was well-known and highly regarded in its day as a masterful bit of sentimentalism and nostalgia. This is rendered on material woven from actual cobweb. Exquisite, and scarce, with supposedly fewer than 100 paintings of this type (cobweb) paintings ever done. N.d., circa 1870s. This particular cobweb painting is particularly large for the genre. The artwork is about 11.5 by 8.5 cm, the full cobweb, including the border, as exposed by the matting's window, 13 by 10 cm, the full matting, 24 by 20 cm, and finally, the outer folder is 24.5 by 10.5 cm. Also contained in the small folio is a sample of cobweb material. The painter, Franz Unterberger (1838-1902), was a well-known Austrian painter known for his traditional Tyrolean genre artwork. He retained local artisans to render his image on to the cobweb material. Condition: cobweb with a few fine pinprick-sized holes, not seriously compromising the overall picture, as the holes are mostly in the margin. The folder housing the cobweb, and the cobweb's matting or frame, are both quite soiled though. The inside cover, in contrast, is mostly clean. Missing is a small specimen of un-processed cobweb thread which would have originally been housed under a small flap, inside front cover. That flap is still present. The flaps to hold down the artwork itself have some closed tears along folds joining them to the binding. The most important element of this item, though, is the cobweb painting, and given its larger than typical size, we think even with the cavils one could plausibly grade it as Near Fine.

Early Modern European Visualization of Islam: Circa 1700s Engraving of the Kaaba and Sacred Precinct of Mecca by Mecca Masjid al-Haram

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Title: Early Modern European Visualization of Islam: Circa 1700s Engraving of the Kaaba and Sacred Precinct of Mecca
Author: Mecca Masjid al-Haram
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1790. Engraved plate titled View Of The Temple of Mecca and accompanying Plan Of The Temple of Mecca, circa eighteenth century, represents an early modern European visual interpretation of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Islam's most sacred site. Produced for inclusion in eighteenth-century printed works, including editions of André du Ryer's French translation of the Qur'an (L'Alcoran de Mahomet), the engraving reflects European efforts to depict and systematize knowledge of Islamic sacred geography during a period of expanding global contact. The print supports research in Islamic studies, the history of book illustration, Orientalist visual culture, and early modern European representations of non-Christian religious architecture. Engraved plate. Circa 1700s. Approximately 8 x 12 inches. Unmounted and unframed. The foldout plate comprises two distinct but related images: an aerial plan of the sacred precinct at Mecca and a perspectival view of the Kaaba within the Masjid al-Haram. The central structure of the Kaaba is depicted surrounded by arcaded and domed architectural elements characteristic of the sanctuary as understood in the eighteenth century. In the foreground courtyard, numerous Muslim worshippers-approximately one hundred figures-are shown engaged in prayer, emphasizing both ritual practice and spatial organization. The engraving was issued in connection with eighteenth-century European editions of Islamic texts, including Du Ryer's influential translation, and reflects the period's hybrid combination of documentary ambition and interpretive stylization. As a visual artifact circulating within early modern printed Qur'anic translations, the plate documents how European readers encountered Islam through mediated imagery shaped by travel accounts, diplomatic reports, and secondhand description. Such engravings played a formative role in constructing Western visual conceptions of Mecca at a time when access to the holy city was restricted to Muslims. The presence of both plan and elevation view demonstrates Enlightenment-era interest in architectural order, cartographic precision, and comparative religion. Light age-related toning and traces of original fold at center; minor fold wear consistent with issuance as a book plate; image clear with well-preserved engraved detail. Overall very good condition. A significant eighteenth-century engraved representation of the Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram, reflecting early European visual engagement with Islamic sacred space.

Revue Verve 8, 1940.

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Title: Revue Verve 8, 1940.
Seller: Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Description: The French Review of Art – Vol II No 8. Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve. 1940 Number 8 of Verve was completed just few day before the German occupation of Paris, on June 1940, during WWII. Bound in stiff boards, in the original wrappers illustrated by Matisse, with a double-page color lithograph by P. Bonnard; the fifteenth century Calendar of C. D'Angouleme, heliogravure color and in gold, next to the drawings of the annual calendar by André Derain. Reproductions of drawings and paintings of Matisse, Bonnard, Picasso, Derain. Texts by G. Rouaul, G. Braque and A. Malraux and others. Translate in English by R. Sage.

[FORGOTTEN MASONIC ORDER FOR WOMEN]. The Trowel by The Chela" -- pseudonym of Elta [Alta] Leta Hoskins, nee Loomis

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Title: [FORGOTTEN MASONIC ORDER FOR WOMEN]. The Trowel
Author: The Chela" -- pseudonym of Elta [Alta] Leta Hoskins, nee Loomis
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Los Angeles: DeVorss & Co, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Small 8vo. [6], 13-43 pp. Limitation not stated but this copy is numbered "948." Original dark maroon pebbled cloth. Loosely inserted promotional leaf for "The Trowel" and Chela's "The Way to Civilization." Forgotten Freemasonry for Women. The author of this curious work, writing pseudonomymously as "The Chela," was the Director and head of the now-unknown Order of Ancient Active Masons; it is very possible that she was the sole member. From the introduction: "This little book contains the first seven of the thirty-three degrees of Ancient Active Masonry. It is the foundation of "The Order," and is now presented to become the foundation of World Peace and real Brotherhood." It would appear that the Order of Ancient Active Masonry was an unacknowledged Masonic Order that allowed women to join. By 1942 The Chela was giving lectures "by request" at the Masonic Hall in Coronado (see: Coronado Eagle and Journal, no. 21, p. 4, May 28, 1942: "The Chela wishes it to be understood that she is not offering a religion. 'There are many fine religions in the world and no new ones are needed,' she states. 'We deal with those inner essences of man that are so little known. As alchemists we explain them and their operations for or against the fundamental laws of life. Naturally when you work with law, you must use the original law book-the Bible.'" The Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. Group 1. Books (1940, New Series, vol. 37, No. 1, p. 311) identifies the author as Elta Leta Hoskins, of San Diego, CA. But this name is not exactly correct; born in 1894 as Alta Leta Loomis, the author also used the names Leta, Alta, and Ella. In 1940 she wrote "The Way to Civilization" of which no copy seems to have survived, and in 1941 a metaphysical novelette entitled "The Rug of Destiny" (1941) for which see Adams, "Books and Authors of San Diego" no. 741. Our copy contains a loosely inserted promotional leaf in which reference is made her forthcoming publication "The Two Ages: Reincarnation and Incarnation." No copy of this work has been found. In 1913 Elta married Lawrence Vivian Hoskins (d. 1947). She died in San Diego in 1983. Of "The Trowel," Worldcat lists only the copy at NYPL.

A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE by Wodehouse, P. G.

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Title: A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE
Author: Wodehouse, P. G.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE, Herbert Jenkins, (ca. 1936), eleventh printing, foxing to the page edges, else vg+/near fine in g/vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with a thumbnail size chip missing from the upper left corner of the front dust-wrapper panel as well as several long inner taped closed tears to the front dust-wrapper panel.

MYSTERY GRAVESIDE PHOTOGRAPH by Unknown

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Title: MYSTERY GRAVESIDE PHOTOGRAPH
Author: Unknown
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Onancock, VA: Edwards Studio Photographer, 1937. Our research failed to identify the subject of the grand burial pictured here. This well-preserved and hand-colored photograph shows a very well attended funeral for an unknown “Taylor”. The reverse is inscribed “1937” and what may or may not say “Aunt May”, along with the photographers professional stamp. This image has not been digitized elsewhere. Who would like to solve this intriguing historical puzzle?

The Magnetic North: Notes From the Arctic Circle by Sara Wheeler

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Title: The Magnetic North: Notes From the Arctic Circle
Author: Sara Wheeler
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780224082211
Condition: Fine
Description: First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only slight foxing to the page edges. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An exceptional copy of this title by the acclaimed author of Arctic and Antarctic narratives. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

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The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln's Re-Election and the End of Slavery by David E. Long

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Title: The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln's Re-Election and the End of Slavery
Author: David E. Long
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN: 9780811702171
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stackpole Books, 1994. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. First edition, loose bookplate signed by author included, clean, has good binding, no marks or notations, dust jacket wrapped in a protective cover. LF (S.U.)

Get Well Card with recipe for Easy Cherry Tarts..

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Title: Get Well Card with recipe for Easy Cherry Tarts..
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: 1940. A 6" x 5" french-fold greeting card with applied die-cut of cherries on the front cover. Captioned "Cheery" Get Well Wishes" with printed cross-stich cherry orchard. The inside depicts additional cherry trees and a wish As bright as a bowl of Cherries for a prompt recovery. The back page, somewhat surprisingly has a recipe for eAsy Cherry Tarts. Marked 1140. No publisher. Unused.

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