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Erste Gründe der Berg und Salzwerkskunde by CANCRIN, Franz Ludwig von

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Title: Erste Gründe der Berg und Salzwerkskunde
Author: CANCRIN, Franz Ludwig von
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Engraved vignettes on general titles, 540 (of 548, see Part IX below) folding engraved plates, & 18 folding printed tables on 16 leaves. 12 parts bound in 16 vols. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards (Vols. I-IX) and other good cont. bindings for the rest. Frankfurt am Main: Andrea, 1773-91. First edition of this great work. Cancrin (1738-1812), was an engineer and high government official, both in Germany and in Russia, where he was recruited by Catherine II to manage the Staraya Russa saltworks. “Despite the press of his civil offices, Cancrin found time (1773-1791) to write an encyclopedic work in twenty-one volumes [actually it is 12 titles in 19 parts] that covered all aspects of the mining of metals and salt — including mineralogy, assaying, mathematics, and mechanics. This work brought him a European reputation.”–D.S.B., III, pp. 41-42. In this set, the binder has removed many of the title-pages for the individual parts, as the general titles supply summary titles. In the following description, we have supplied the exact or summary titles: Part I. Kurzer Entwurf der Mineralogie. 10 p.l., 272, [24] pp. 1773. Cancrin’s introduction to mineralogy. Part II. Probierkunst. Ten folding engraved plates. 4 p.l., 296, [14] pp. 1773. On assaying. Part III. Erste Begriffe der oberirdischen Erdbeschreibung. Three folding engraved plates. 4 p.l., 72, [7] pp. 1773. Concerned with subterranean geological formations and ore deposits. Part IV. Erste Begriffe der unterirdischen Erdbeschreibung. Eight folding engraved plates. 4 p.l., 72, [7] pp. 1773. Concerned with surface geological formations. Part V. Kurzer Entwurf der Grubenbaukunst. 57 folding engraved plates. 6 p.l., 244, [16] pp. 1774. This is a richly illustrated work on methods of digging and constructing mines. The plates depict the different kinds of shafts that could be established, the tools used to dig the shafts and remove metals and their ores, methods of securing the shafts, etc. Part VI, in two vols. Anleitung zur Markscheidekunst. Erster [̵Anderer] Teil. Welcher die Arithmetik, Geometrie und ebene Trigonometrie in sich begreift. 65 folding engraved plates and two tables on one folding sheet. 4 p.l., 808, [60] pp.; 4 p.l., 304, xxxi, [24] pp. Two parts in two vols. 1775-76. A very well-illustrated treatise on underground surveying. Many instruments and machines are depicted. Part VII, in three vols. Mechanik, Hydrostatik, Aerometrie und Hydraulik. 110 folding engraved plates. 4 p.l., 276, [36] pp.; 6 p.l., 222, [13] pp.; 4 p.l., 32 pp. Three vols. 1777-78-81. Describes the machinery used in mines. The plates are very detailed. Part VIII. Anleitung zur Scheide oder Aufbereitungskunst der Mineralien. 21 folding engraved plates. 5 p.l., 158, [8] pp. 1782. A complete work on the extraction of metals from ore. Part IX, in three vols. Schmelzung und Ausscheidung der Metalle aus ihren Erzen. 214 (of 222) folding engraved plates. 5 p.l., 432, [18] pp.; 4 p.l., 168, [5] pp.; 6 p.l., 216, [14] pp. 1784-86-88. On smelting and metallurgy. This part lacks the 12-leaf Anhang to the first volume and its eight plates. Part X, in three vols. Entwurf der Salzwerkskunde. 52 folding engraved plates & five folding printed tables on three leaves. 7 p.l., 270, [26] pp.; 4 p.l., 284, [18] pp.; 4 p.l., 210, [20] pp. 1788-89-89. A complete work on salt mining and refining. Part XI. Grundsäzze des teutschen Berg- und Salzrechts zum Gebrauch der vorlesungen entworfen. 1 p.l., x, 210 pp.; 162 pp.; 146 pp.; 110 pp.; [iii]-x, 67, [35] pp. Five parts in one vol. 1790. On the laws concerning mining. Part XII. Die Bergkameral- und Bergpolizeiwissenschaft. Twelve folding printed tables. 4 p.l., 276, [10] pp. 1791. A fine and attractive set. The first nine parts, bound in eleven volumes, are in fine contemporary vellum, with the stamp of “Bibliothek Schloss Miltenberg.” The castle is in the town of Miltenberg on the River Main, north of the Odenwald. Most sets are incomplete, lacking parts and/or plates, due to the long span of time it took to publish the complete work.

Artist’s postcard, stamped and hand-addressed by BRUSCKY, Paulo

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Title: Artist’s postcard, stamped and hand-addressed
Author: BRUSCKY, Paulo
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Black & white illus. to recto. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Recife, Brazil: [1986]. Postcard created by Bruscky (b. 1949), a Brazilian mail artist linked with Fluxus; it was sent to American artist John Held, Jr. (b. 1947). Bruscky has written the addresses of two other Brazilian correspondence artists. In fine condition.

Moment in Peking. A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life [SIGNED] by Yutang, Lin

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Title: Moment in Peking. A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life [SIGNED]
Author: Yutang, Lin
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Good to very good
Description: New York: John Day Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good to very good. Large Octavo. [13] 815pp. Original black cloth with gilt Chinese lettering on cover, tan lettering on brown leather label of spine; in original illustrated dustjacket with black lettering, mylar protected. Signed on front free endpaper. Novel on China in the authentic manner of Chinese novelists. "The scene is a moving panorama of contemporary China, covering nearly forty years, from the terror of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 to the bitter excitement of the present Japanese invasion, a period of great social change and adjustments in the lives of a teeming humanity." (Publisher) Dustjacket with light wear along edges, small chips and closed tears, two small chips in center of dustjacket back at top and bottom edge . Binding very lightly rubbed and two inch scuff at bottom foredge of back cover. This lightly rubbed.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. by Einstein, Albert; Edward Teller; J. Robert Oppenheimer; Andrei Gromyko; William O. Douglas; Harry S. Truman; et al.

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Title: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Author: Einstein, Albert; Edward Teller; J. Robert Oppenheimer; Andrei Gromyko; William O. Douglas; Harry S. Truman; et al.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago: The Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1948. Original edition. Ex-library.. Very Good. 28 cm; 384 pages. Cloth-bound volume of 12 issues. Duplicate surplus stamp of Library of Congress on front free endpaper. Later owner's stamp on free endleaves blacked out. Lively forum of discussion of various scientific, social, and political implications of atomic energy as the post-war radioactive dust settled over the Pacific (and wherever else open-air tests of atomic weaponry took place). Opens with Einstein's "Plea for International Understanding." Issue #2 features a written debate between Einstein and four Soviet scientists (Semyonov, Vavilov, Frumkin, and Ioffe). A scenario describes the potential effect of an atomic bomb on Washington DC. Justice William O. Douglas contributes "Democracy and Communism." Harry Truman presents a "Message to the Atomic Scientists." Other contributors include Cardinal Cushing, Thomas E. Dewey, Max von Laue, and many other scientists and statesmen involved in the post-war debates

JEAN DUNAND

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Description: New York: The Delorenzo Gallery, 1985. Hardcover. Quarto, 163 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Exterior pictorial black and light green with white lettering to the front. Exterior has slight plus wear including faint soiling and few minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including sparse soiling marks and slight cocking to the spine. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Illustrated end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1407209. FP New Rockville Stock.

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy. Edited and with an introduction by Myles Burnyeat. by WILLIAMS, Bernard (1929-2003).

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Title: The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy. Edited and with an introduction by Myles Burnyeat.
Author: WILLIAMS, Bernard (1929-2003).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Princeton, NJ:: Princeton University Press, 2006., 2006. 8vo. xxii, 393, [1] pp. Cloth, dust-jacket. Very good. Williams' here discusses Greek philosophy, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Nietzsche, R.G. Collingwood, and Wittgenstein. / "Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume brings together a much wider selection, written over some forty years. His legacy lives on in this masterful work, the first collection ever published of Williams's essays on the history of philosophy. The subjects range from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth A.D., from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Often one would be hard put to say which part is history, which philosophy. Both are involved throughout, because this is the history of philosophy written philosophically. Historical exposition goes hand in hand with philosophical scrutiny. Insights into the past counteract blind acceptance of present assumptions. / "In his touching and illuminating introduction, Myles Burnyeat writes of these essays: "They show a depth of commitment to the history of philosophy seldom to be found nowadays in a thinker so prominent on the contemporary philosophical scene." / "The result celebrates the interest and importance to philosophy today of its near and distant past. / "The Sense of the Past is one of three collections of essays by Bernard Williams published by Princeton University Press since his death. In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument, selected, edited, and with an introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn, and Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline, selected, edited, and with an introduction by A. W. Moore, make up the trio. – publisher. / Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA was an English moral philosopher.

Elizabethan Music and Musical Criticism by BOYD, Morrison Comegys

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Title: Elizabethan Music and Musical Criticism
Author: BOYD, Morrison Comegys
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Description: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full blue cloth with titling to spine. 363 pp. With occasional illustrations and musical examples.

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