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Tenkō kaibutsu 天工開物 [Ch.: Tian gong kai wu; The Exploitation of the Works of Nature] by SONG, Yingxing 宋應星

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Title: Tenkō kaibutsu 天工開物 [Ch.: Tian gong kai wu; The Exploitation of the Works of Nature]
Author: SONG, Yingxing 宋應星
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Numerous full-page woodcut illus. in the text. 18 parts in nine vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title-slips, new stitching (some loose). [From colophon]: Osaka: Kawachi Mohachi et al. & Edo: Yamazaki Kinbei, 1771. First edition to be printed in Japan, in Chinese with Japanese reading marks, of "China's greatest technological classic"-Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 4, Part II, p. 171. This book first appeared in print in China in 1637, and copies soon reached Japan. The Japanese editor was Eda Masuhide 江田益英. The book is divided into the following sections: 1. agriculture, irrigation, and hydraulic engineering; 2. sericulture and textile technology; 3. agriculture and milling processes; 4. salt technology; 5. sugar technology; 6. ceramics industry; 7. bronze technology; 8. transportation, ships and carts; 9. iron technology; 10. coal, vitriol, sulphur, and arsenic; 11. oil technology; 12. paper-making; 13. metallurgy of silver, lead, copper, tin, and zinc; 14. military technology; 15. mercury; 16. ink; 17. fermented beverages; and 18. pearls and jade. Needham considered the illustrations in the 1637 edition, upon which the illustrations in our edition are based, to be "the finest of any produced in China on these subjects, and in many cases the only ones" (p. 172). Song (1587-1666) has been called by Needham (Vol. 4, Part III, p. 382), "China's Diderot." Nice set, preserved in a box.

Exhibition postcard: Jan Dibbets (opens 12 May 1977) by (DIBBETS, Jan)

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Title: Exhibition postcard: Jan Dibbets (opens 12 May 1977)
Author: (DIBBETS, Jan)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1977. Postcard invitation to Lambert’s 1977 presentation of Jan Dibbets. In excellent condition. Mailed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000). ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2nd printing: 2010), p. 472.

Gebett Bücht by Thoma, Johann Joseph

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: Gebett Bücht
Author: Thoma, Johann Joseph
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardeck, Bavaria, 1817. Full Morocco. Very Good. A magnificent example of Folk Art and Peasant Rococo decoration. 12mo. 17.5 by 10 cm. 246 pp. Created by Thoma of Hardeck, in Bavaria, for his betrothed, Maria Dorothea Zeidlerin of Maiersreith. Hardeck is now a district of Bad Neualbenreuth which is by the Czech border, and we assume that Maierreith was a nearby village now also absorbed by a larger municipality. This manuscript prayer book abounds in art. It is tricky and elusive to give a precise accounting of the quantity, given the subjectivity of distinguishing ornamental vignettes, which are generally repeated and generally are stereotypical watercolored decoration in such manuscript prayer books, such as flowers and foliage, and pages dominated by artwork that can claim more originality in its actualization, even if the subject matter is that which one finds in virtually every such manuscript prayer book and ubiquitous generally in Catholic literature and artwork. Nonetheless, we would say that between 15 and 20 pages are fully or mostly covered with artwork, and twenty or more pages have vignettes beyond the border bands which appear on every page. Plus there is, on a separate card, a watercolored rendering of the Virgin Mary. Some of the watercolor illustration is heightened in gold, thereby justly qualifying the artwork as illuminated in the fuller sense. The binding shows some wear, with minor loss to the leather. The title page suffers from moderate staining, with a resulting blurring of a few letters. Minor staining crops up throughout the manuscript.

Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque by [BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963)] Nicole S. MANGIN (editor)

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Title: Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque
Author: [BRAQUE, Georges (1882-1963)] Nicole S. MANGIN (editor)
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Maeght, 1959. 4 volumes (of 7, without Peintures 1924-1927, Peintures 1916-1923, and Le cubisme, fin 1907-1914), 4to. Photographic frontispiece of Braque in each volume, numerous black and white and color illustrations throughout. Original decorated buckram ring binders. Some slight darkening to spines, joints starting on a few volumes. Volumes 1-4 of Braque's catalogue raisonné, which includes Peintures 1948-1957, Peintures 1942-1947, Peintures 1936-1941, and Peintures 1928-1935.

Portrait photograph by Ross & Thomson (97 x 55 mm.) by Simpson, James Young

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Title: Portrait photograph by Ross & Thomson (97 x 55 mm.)
Author: Simpson, James Young
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Edinburgh, 1856. Simpson, James Young (1811-70). Carte-de-visite portrait photograph by Ross & Thomson. Edinburgh, ca. 1856-58. 97 x 55 mm. (mount measures 102 x 64 mm.). Fine. An excellent photograph of Simpson in his mid-forties, showing him seated at a small table holding what appears to be a pen and paper. Simpson introduced the use of ether anesthesia in childbirth in 1847, and in the same year became the first to demonstrate the anesthetic properties of chloroform on humans. The Edinburgh photography firm of Ross and Thomson was established in 1848 and remained in business until at least 1864. The present photograph is stamped on the verso with the firm's address at 80 Princes Street, which they occupied between 1856 and 1858. .

THE PONDER HEART by WELTY, Eudora

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Title: THE PONDER HEART
Author: WELTY, Eudora
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in just about Fine dustwrapper. Gorgeous copy
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in just about Fine dustwrapper. Gorgeous copy. Joe Krush. Cloth-backed boards. Dustwrapper and 8 pen-and-ink illustrations by Joe Krush. This comic novella originally ran in THE NEW YORKER a few months prior to book publication. It was later adapted to the stage. Laid in is a receipt for purchase in 2001 for about twice the price we are charging.

The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands In the Light of Archaeological Study (Complete in 2 Vols.) by Yadin, Yigael

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Title: The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands In the Light of Archaeological Study (Complete in 2 Vols.)
Author: Yadin, Yigael
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg+ to near fine
Description: Jerusalem: International Publishing Co. LTD, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Quartos. Vol 1 [8], 245pp. Vol 2 [5], 247-484pp. Gilt-stamped leatherette over marbled paper boards housed in original marbled paper covered cardboard slipcase with black title-label. Captivating work discussing all the facets of the art of warfare, its implements, techniques and strategy in Biblical lands. Profusely illustrated throughout with color & b/w photographic reproductions and illustrated figures of artifacts, weaponry, pottery, excavation sites & landscapes. Volumes in original mylar jackets. Slipcase with minor shelf wear at tail of spine. Binding on Vol 1 minor creasing along the back hinge of the spine, otherwise both volumes in very good+ condition. Slipcase in very good, interior in near fine condition overall.

MIQUEL NAVARRO: EL MUNDO DE MIQUEL = MIQUEL'S WORLD

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Title: MIQUEL NAVARRO: EL MUNDO DE MIQUEL = MIQUEL'S WORLD
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
ISBN: 9788448215712
Description: México: Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA, 1998. color plates, bio/chron., cat., ind., illus. endpapers. Frt. cover sculpture inset in shadowbox. Exhibition in Valencia, Spain of artist/sculptor who is part of the generation that emerged in the 70s and has risen to international recognition with his hybrid architecture-sculpture work. Very innovative shadow box sculptural cover. SPANISH AND ENGLISH TEXT by Manuel Blano, Consuelo Ciscar, Francisco Camps.

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Cock; Indian Firework Art by Aldred, Gavin

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Title: Cock; Indian Firework Art
Author: Aldred, Gavin
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780953743810
Condition: Fine Condition
Description: United Kingdom: Westzone Pub Ltd, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Accordian style binding. Fine condition in pictoral box which is showing use.

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Tigers by Zwaenepoel, Jean-Pierre

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Title: Tigers
Author: Zwaenepoel, Jean-Pierre
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780811801430
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chronicle Books, 1992. Very Good. Zwaenepoel, Jean-Pierre. Tigers. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. 80pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback with flaps. Book condition: Very good with light smudges on rear cover.

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