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VOYAGE SENTIMENTAL EN FRANCE ET EN ITALIE by (BINDINGS - NOULHAC). STERNE, LAURENCE

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Title: VOYAGE SENTIMENTAL EN FRANCE ET EN ITALIE
Author: (BINDINGS - NOULHAC). STERNE, LAURENCE
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: [D. Jouast for] Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1875. No. 21 OF 200 LARGE PAPER COPIES (this one of 15 on Whatman paper with plates in two states). 225 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 3/4"); 338 x 265 mm. (13 1/4 x 10 1/2"). 2 p.l., XLV, [3] pp. Two volumes. Translated and with an introductory essay by Alfred Hédouin. TASTEFUL MIDNIGHT BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY NOULHAC FOR HENRI BERALDI (front doublure stamp-signed in gilt with the binder's name and "Ex-Libris Henri Beraldi"), covers framed by eight gilt fillets, raised bands, spine compartments similarly framed, gilt lettering, CITRON MOROCCO DOUBLURES, free endleaves of floral jacquard silk, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt. Original printed paper wrappers bound in. Plate volume in dark blue morocco with covers and smooth spine bordered by gilt fillet, crimson watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Text volume with six etchings (portrait of the author and five scenes) by Edmond Hédouin, each in two states, one before letters; the second volume WITH THE FIVE ORIGINAL BLACK CHALK DRAWINGS, each SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Plate volume with ex-libris of Suzanne Courtois. Text volume with just the slightest hint of rubbing to front joint at the top, perhaps pale offsetting from some of the plates, but fresh and bright and very fine inside and out. Plate volume with a touch of fraying to silk endleaves, otherwise with no signs of use. This is a very special copy of a newly-translated deluxe bibliophile edition of Sterne's "Sentimental Journey in France and Italy," beautifully bound for the most distinguished expert on French bindings of the 19th century, and accompanied by the original drawings for the illustrations. Forced by poor health to leave England for warmer climes on the continent, Sterne (1713-68) produced this perennially popular travelogue, which was translated into French multiple times. Upon his return to London in 1766, he had the gratifying experience of being treated like a literary lion, and he was greeted in the same way when he later revisited Paris. Ours is a new translation by Alfred Hédouin (1819-98), illustrated by Edmond Hédouin (1820-89), a painter and engraver (unrelated to Alfred) whose etchings graced a wide range of books. Described as "a superlative craftsman" by Duncan & De Bartha (who reproduce four of his bindings in their "Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding"), Henri Noulhac (1866-1931) was born in Chateauroux, where he served his apprenticeship, then moved in 1894 to Paris, where he established his atelier at 10 rue de Buci and gained a reputation as one of the foremost binders and gilders of his generation. His work attracted several eminent clients, including the celebrated collector and binding historian--and our former owner--Henri Béraldi, who became his main patron. In the 1920s, Noulhac was a sought-after binding instructor, numbering Rose Adler among his students. Beraldi (1849-1931) was perhaps the most renowned and knowledgeable writer on French bindings of the 19th century. His collection of French illustrated books and French bindings was considered to be among the very best in the world, and the outstanding condition here is typical of volumes from Beraldi's library. Our copy was later owned by Bordeaux bibliophile Suzanne Courtois, a prominent female collector of the 1920s and 1930s, who was also noted for the quality of the books in her library..

Shūki sanpō 拾璣算法 [Computational Methods for Picking Up Pearls] by ARIMA, Yoriyuki 有馬頼徸, using the name TOYOTA, Fumikage 豐田文景

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Title: Shūki sanpō 拾璣算法 [Computational Methods for Picking Up Pearls]
Author: ARIMA, Yoriyuki 有馬頼徸, using the name TOYOTA, Fumikage 豐田文景
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Numerous woodcut illustrations. Five vols. Large 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers with orig. title-slips, new stitching. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka: Suharaya mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, 1769. First edition of this influential book of mathematics, which inspired a number of commentaries and derivative works. Arima (1714-83) was the lord of Kurume domain in present-day Fukuoka prefecture on Kyushu. He was a patron of scholarship, and for the education of his samurai, he invited Confucian scholars, calendrical experts, and experts in military studies as well as mathematicians to the domain. The importance of Arima’s book stems from the fact that it, “as a printed book, for the first time made public important computational methods invented by Seki Takakazu, which had previously been transmitted in secret” (Takemasa Yasufumi 武正泰史, “Wasansho Shūki sanpō no chosha wo meguru saikentō” 和算書『拾璣算法』の著者をめぐる再検討, Tetsugaku, kagakushi ronsō, No. 22 [2020]: p. 21). Seki Takakazu 関孝和 (c. 1640-1708) was “the most important figure of the wasan (‘Japanese calculation’) tradition.” He was “instrumental in recovering neglected and forgotten mathematical knowledge from ancient Chinese sources and then extending and generalizing the main problems” (Annick Horiuchi, Britannica, online). The bulk of our book consists of mathematical problems and topics, such as: algebraic calculations; factorization; sums of infinite series; congruence; manipulation of arranged go pieces; expansion of series; permutations and combinations; indeterminate equations; sequential equations; spheres; the biggest and smallest numbers; finding the integer value; polynomial coefficient determination; and mensuration. Some copies of Shūki sanpō are misleadingly catalogued as dated 1766, based on the date of the author’s Preface. Very fine set, preserved in a new chitsu. ❧ Smith, History of Mathematics, I, p. 537. Smith & Mikami, A History of Japanese Mathematics, p. 182–“In this treatise Arima sets forth and solves one hundred fifty problems, thus being the first noted writer to break from the old custom of solving the problems of his predecessors and setting others for those who were to follow”–& see pp. 106, 161, 181, 186, 197, 208, 259, & 270.

Memoire sur la staphyloraphie, ou la suture du voile du palais by Roux, Philibert Joseph

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Title: Memoire sur la staphyloraphie, ou la suture du voile du palais
Author: Roux, Philibert Joseph
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Paris: Bechet, 1825. 1st edition. Roux, Philibert Joseph (1780-1854). Mémoire sur la staphyloraphie, ou suture du voile du palais. In Arch. gén. méd. 7 (1825): 516-38. Whole volume, 8vo. 632pp., fold. lith. plate. 202 x 130 mm. 19th cent. quarter calf gilt, mottled boards, spine worn with splits in upper hinges. Library stamps on half-title and title. Signed by the editor of the journal on verso half-title to prevent piracy. First Edition. Garrison-Morton 5741.2. Roux's first detailed work on his operation for repair of clefts of the soft palate, in which he coined the term "staphylorraphy," and first called attention to submucous cleft palate. Roux performed his first staphylorraphy in 1819, three years after von Graefe's introduction of the earliest comprehensive surgical method for closing clefts in the velum (see G-M 5739); although von Graefe's method had priority, Roux's operation was the better one. Following the successes of both von Graefe and Roux, "surgical approximation was accepted by the medical profession as the treatment of choice for clefts of the velum" (Millard, Cleft Craft 3, p. 174; see also pp. 168-73 & 709-10). .

Typographic Variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages by Zapf, Hermann; Paul Standard, G.K. Schauer. and Charles Peignot, prefaces

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Title: Typographic Variations designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages
Author: Zapf, Hermann; Paul Standard, G.K. Schauer. and Charles Peignot, prefaces
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Museum Books, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 254 of 500 copies and signed by Hermann Zapf on the colophon. This is an interesting and informative work on typography and title page design. There are 78 book and title pages, some bound in and others inserted. In his preface, Paul Standard of New York wrote: The typographer's true task is to bring to each book the grace, distinction and convenience proper to its content; and to make the title and every other part mutually reflect each other." A description of each of the title pages is included following the samples of typographic design. Bound is grayish green paper covers with a vellum spine with gilt titling. Ownership signature of Bernard Klem in ink to free front endpaper. Short closed tear to bottom of title page, else in near fine condition with light sunning to covers. No slipcase. Measures 8.5 x 12 inches. Unpaginated. PRINTARTS/100324.

The Peasants of North Vietnam by CHALIAND, Gerard

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Title: The Peasants of North Vietnam
Author: CHALIAND, Gerard
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Middlesex, England): Penguin Books, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Preface by Philippe Devillers. Translated by Peter Wiles. 244pp. A mark on the bottom page edge and page toning thus very good.

AMASIS

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Title: AMASIS
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Description: Redhill, Surrey: Monotype Typography Ltd, 1991. stapled paper-wrappers. Type Specimens. 8vo. stapled paper-wrappers. 13, (3) pages. A fine copy of this very scarce type specimen.

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