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Doubte Sceptique. Si l’estude des Belles Lettres est preferable à toute autre occupation by SCEPTICISM — [LA MOTHE LE VAYER, François de (1588-1672)]

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Title: Doubte Sceptique. Si l’estude des Belles Lettres est preferable à toute autre occupation
Author: SCEPTICISM — [LA MOTHE LE VAYER, François de (1588-1672)]
Seller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Paris: chez Louis Billaine, 1667. 12mo (128 x 77 mm). [18], 194, [1] pp. Title with woodcut device of Thomas Jolly (who shared the edition), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; printed shoulder-notes. (Occasional slight marginal discoloration.) Contemporary French gold-tooled red morocco, sides with two concentric triple fillet panels, fleurons at corners of the inner panel, spine gold-tooled and lettered in six compartments, board edges gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (in the style of Guilleminot-Chrétien no. 22, produced ca. 1668).*** First Edition, a lovely copy, of a paradoxically erudite exposition of the vanity of all branches of knowledge. While expressed in the language and concepts of the time, the work resonates with the 21st-century reader: La Mothe Le Vayer’s argument was profound, for he circled around the principle of uncertainty, recognized by modern physicists as a fundamental property of our interactions with the world. La Mothe Le Vayer, the quintessential libertin érudit, saw himself as the heir of Montaigne, like the latter’s “adopted daughter” Marie de Gournay, whose salon he frequented. In this late work he passes in review each of the belles lettres (liberal arts or humanities): Grammar, Rhetoric, Physics (in the broad classical sense, including Natural History and Astronomy), Medicine (the most distinguished of the belles lettres, in his view, but still flawed), and Law (he notes that jurists are called letrados in Spanish), exposing the multiple contradictions within each discipline. Discerning endless inconsistencies and the impossibility of finding a single, unchallengeable truth in any of these subject areas, he affirms the ultimate folly of man’s attempt to understand and impose order and logic on that which is infinite, constantly changing, and often irrational. His arguments are interwoven with classical Latin and Greek citations, testifying to his own massive erudition. And yet, he asserts, years of painful scholarship inevitably lead the scholar to nothing but uncertainty, “difficult to distinguish, if one is to speak frankly, from true ignorance” (p. 11). Usually tolerant of humanity’s foibles, La Mothe Le Vayer comes closest to expressing biting scorn only for those he labels “Dogmatists.” A pedagogue himself (he tutored Louis XIV and his brother Monsieur), he touches repeatedly on questions of education, especially in the sections on grammar and rhetoric, in which he discusses, for example, the folly of those who insistent rigidly on proper grammar, thus ignoring the properties of real language. The last section is devoted to the reading and writing of books, the one studious activity in which the author discerns genuine rewards, for the reader is preserved from the anxiety and boredom that plague so many, especially courtiers (those who “follow the Court”), and the writer has the satisfaction of leaving his thoughts and impressions for posterity. Topics include seductive titles which mask mediocre books, plagiarism, squeamish overuse of euphemisms and excessive avoidance of risky homonyms, but also the advisability of discretion and temperance in subject and vocabulary; choosing a happy medium in one’s writing style between the prolix and the telegraphic; and suiting the style to the subject. In conclusion La Mothe le Vayer defends the compatibility of the Philosophie Sceptique with Christianity. Four American libraries hold copies: U. Indiana, U. Miami, U. Michigan, and Harvard. Tchemerzine 3: 981.

Objecten: Made in USA: Allan D'Arcangelo, Yayoi Kusama, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann (with Warhol Print) by WARHOL, Andy, et al.

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Title: Objecten: Made in USA: Allan D'Arcangelo, Yayoi Kusama, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann (with Warhol Print)
Author: WARHOL, Andy, et al.
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: A fine copy of an uncommon catalogue; 3 OCLC records located, none in North America.
Description: Rotterdam: Galerie Delta, 1967. A fine copy of an uncommon catalogue; 3 OCLC records located, none in North America.. Limited Edition. Slim quarto. An impressive exhibition catalogue from Rotterdam's Galerie Delta, founded by Hans Sonnenberg in 1962. Thoroughly illustrated after photographs of exhibited artists' works—D'Arcangelo, Kusama, Oldenburg, Rivers, and Wesselmann—along with two variations of Warhol's Flowers in color; Warhol, somewhat mysteriously, not named in the title of the catalogue. This copy, hand-numbered as 30 of 75, also includes a print of Warhol's Self-portrait (8.5 in. square) printed in black on silver foil, with laudatory text to verso from Sonnenberg (also numbered 30 of 75). Text in Dutch.

Early Work of Cindy Sherman by SHERMAN, Cindy

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Title: Early Work of Cindy Sherman
Author: SHERMAN, Cindy
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Fine in photo illustrated boards; sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Description: East Hampton: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in association with D.A.P., 2000. Fine in photo illustrated boards; sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.. Second Edition. Octavo. Foreword by Edsel Williams. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller (Aug. 18 - Oct. 1, 2000). Illustrated with 15 black and white photographs from Sherman's "Bus Riders" series, followed by 17 black and white photographs from her "Murder Mystery People;" the photographs were shot in 1976 but not printed until 2000 for this exhibition. Mounted to the rear of the book is a compact disc entitled "The Cindy Sessions" by The Glove Compartment (AKA Gian Carlo Feleppa).

Compendium Physicae Experimentalis Conscriptum in Usus Academicos. by MUSSCHENBROEK, Petrus van (1692-1761); Johan LULOFS (1711-1768).

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Title: Compendium Physicae Experimentalis Conscriptum in Usus Academicos.
Author: MUSSCHENBROEK, Petrus van (1692-1761); Johan LULOFS (1711-1768).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Lugduni Batavorum:: Apud S. et J. Luchtmans, 1762., 1762. 8vo. [iv], 515, [1] pp. 14 folding plates, woodcut title vignette. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine, leather gilt-stamped spine label, raised bands; minor dampstain to lower edge (text block unaffected), spine head and joints worn. Ownership mark of Stephani . . ." Very good. The "final update" of Musschenbroek's popular textbook, which appeared posthumously in 1762. Musschenbroek was best known as the inventor of the Leyden Jar, the original capacitor/battery. He published numerous books during his lifetime, most of them taken from his lectures on natural philosophy, mathematics, and physics. This volume, published posthumously, is thought to have been written in part by its editor, Johannes Lulofs, a former student of 's Gravesande, who was chief inspector of rivers in Holland. / "Edited by John Lulofs, this collection of some of Musschenbroek's famous lecture notes was published a year after he died. Lulofs was a colleague of Musschenbroek at Leyden, and, although primarily on physics, chemical topics are discussed: e.g., metals, fire and combustion, and luminescence and phosphorescence." - Roy G. Neville, Historical Chemical Library. / This work includes chapters on Sound, Air, Gravity, Meteors, and the Attraction of Bodies. "The similarity of the structure and content between Di Martino's and Musschenbroek's texts and their differences from the Principia [of Newton] is undoubtedly due to their difference purposes. As can be seen from their titles, Newton's aim is to explain the mathematical principles of natural philosophy, whereas Di Martino and Musschenbroek wish to provide students with the information necessary to learn about natural philosophy. Their greater breadth of topics, as well as their discursive treatment, reflects their different functions: first, to bring together a wide and inclusive view of all objects of natural philosophy; and, secondly, to make accessible to all, especially to students." – Elizabethanne A. Boran, Mordechai Feingold (eds.), Reading Newton in Early Modern Europe, Leiden: Brill, 2017. / In the United States the Leiden jar (or Leyden jar) "was also humorously called the 'shock-bottle.' . . . the invention was widely appreciated for its great versatility in experimenting with electricity. Benjamin Franklin was enthusiastic about 'Musschenbroek's wonderful bottle.'" – Krehl, p. 241. REFERENCES: Baaken, p. 89; Neville, II, p. 205; Partington, IV, 405; Poggendorf, II, 1244-1245; Ronalds p. 360. See also: Peter O. K. Krehl, History of Shock Waves, Explosions and Impact: A Chronological and Biographical Reference, Springer, 2008.

Amors vergifteter Pfeil. Kulturgeschichte einer verschwiegenen Krankheit. by BAUMLER, Ernst.

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Title: Amors vergifteter Pfeil. Kulturgeschichte einer verschwiegenen Krankheit.
Author: BAUMLER, Ernst.
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Description: (Hamburg):: Hoffman und Campe, (1976)., 1976. 221 x 137 mm. 8vo. 444 pp. Illus., figs., index. Purple cloth, dust-jacket. Very good.

[Set of 20 Training Slides for a "Girl Friday"]

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Title: [Set of 20 Training Slides for a "Girl Friday"]
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: N.P.: N.P., 1960. Very good. 20 film slides, each measuring 1½" x 1½" in mounts measuring 2" x 2". Very good plus with minor wear. This is an anonymously produced set of slide transparencies on hand-colored film that were likely used to train female secretaries. The first slide has a cartoon image of a young woman with a stack of papers and the words "Girl Friday," a known colloquialism for a female helper or office assistant. The remaining slides feature more cartoon images as well as text that depict facets of the job such as "Writes letters," "Dictation" and "Proofread." There are also tips and instructions like "Must use good grammar," "Smile" and "Must be pleasant." An artifact of another era, with a touch of chauvinism, related to training young women in an office setting. We'd like to think their use led directly to the creation of the next item on offer, but we just made that up.

Motivation and Political Technique in the California Constitutional.. by Swisher, Carl Brent

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Title: Motivation and Political Technique in the California Constitutional..
Author: Swisher, Carl Brent
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ISBN: 9781584774037
Description: 2004. ISBN-13: 9781584774037; ISBN-10: 1584774037. Swisher, Carl Brent. Motivation and Political Technique in the California Constitutional Convention. Claremont: Pomona College, 1930. [iv], 132 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774037; ISBN-10: 1584774037. Hardcover. New. $85. * This sophisticated study analyzes the social and political factors that shaped California's state constitution, which was enacted in 1879. It also addresses a broader topic. As Swisher states in the preface, he was drawn to his subject because it provided an excellent opportunity to study "the motives which dominate men in determining their activities when they act together with other men, and the techniques which they use in making themselves effective." Swisher [1897-1968] was a professor of government at Columbia University and a distinguished constitutional historian.

MADLENKA'S DOG by Sis, Peter

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Title: MADLENKA'S DOG
Author: Sis, Peter
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ISBN: 9780374346997
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Description: New York: Frances Forster Books, 2002. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this charming story of how Madlenka and her invisible dog make lots of canine friends, with help from the fond memories of her neighbors - with original doggy drawing. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year awards, Society of Illustrators gold and silver medals, and three Caldecott Honors. 10'' x 10''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($17.00) color pictorial dust jacket, with die-cut square to center. Illustrated in color. [36] pages, with five liftable flaps and four leaves with die-cut holes to center. Signed by Sis to front flyleaf, with dog ears and face drawn around an illustration of the world. Sharp and bright.

THE HISTORY, THEORY AND CRITICISM OF ARCHITECTURE by WHIFFEN, Marcus (editor)

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Title: THE HISTORY, THEORY AND CRITICISM OF ARCHITECTURE
Author: WHIFFEN, Marcus (editor)
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Description: WHIFFEN, Marcus (editor.) THE HISTORY, THEORY AND CRITICISM OF ARCHITECTURE. Cambridge: MIT Press, (1965.) 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. x, (i), 112 pages. Fi edition. Papers from the 1964 AIA-ACSA Teacher Seminar. Very good.

The Rio Grande: Moffat Tunnel Route [Time Tables] by Denver & Rio Grande Western

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Title: The Rio Grande: Moffat Tunnel Route [Time Tables]
Author: Denver & Rio Grande Western
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Description: [Denver], 1943. 44pp. Square octavo [23 cm x 20.5 cm] Stapled wrappers that fold to digest size [23 cm x 10 cm] Near fine. Time tables and descriptions of the D&GRW line with photographs illustrating the text with a large route map at the center [21 cm x 38 cm]. "The Scenic Limited, via world-famed Royal Gorge Favorite with American Travelers for more than half a century. The Exposition Flyer, via the Moffat Tunnel Popular scenic shortcut thru the Rockies along the Colorado River and its brilliant canyons.

Transformation Four (4)

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Title: Transformation Four (4)
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (London): Lindsay Drummond. [ca. 1946]. Edited by Stefan Schimanski and Henry Treece. Work by Kenneth Patchen, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, and Antoine de Saint Exupery, among others. Small bookplate front pastedown. Light foxing to top edge; near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Before We Were Free by ALVAREZ, Julia

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Title: Before We Were Free
Author: ALVAREZ, Julia
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Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Advanced reading copy of this young adult tale. A near fine unread copy in illustrated wrappers.

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