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Bibliotheca Menckeniana, quae Autores praecipue Veteres Graecos et Lat. Historiae item Literariae, Eccl. et Civilis, Antiquitatum ac Rei Nummariae scriptores, Philologos, Oratores, Poetas et Codices MSS. complectitur..

Bibliotheca Menckeniana, quae Autores praecipue Veteres Graecos et Lat. Historiae item Literariae, Eccl. et Civilis, Antiquitatum ac Rei Nummariae scriptores, Philologos, Oratores, Poetas et Codices MSS. complectitur.. by (MENCKE, Otto & Johann Burckhard)

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Bibliotheca Menckeniana, quae Autores praecipue Veteres Graecos et Lat. Historiae item Literariae, Eccl. et Civilis, Antiquitatum ac Rei Nummariae scriptores, Philologos, Oratores, Poetas et Codices MSS. complectitur..
Author
(MENCKE, Otto & Johann Burckhard)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Engraved frontis. port. of J.B. Mencke. Title printed in red & black. 8 p.l. (incl. frontis.), 876 pp., [82] leaves. Thick 8vo, orig. limp boards (occasional minor foxing), uncut. Leipzig, J.F. Gleditsch & Son, 1727. Second edition, much enlarged (1st ed.: 1723) and a very lovely copy in original state; this was a very influential catalogue and was considered in its time to be the model of a universal bibliography. The Menckeniana is a catalogue of a specialized library particularly interesting to students of history and the history of learning. It was open to the public. The library was created by Otto Mencke (1644-1707), professor of moral philosophy at Leipzig University and founder of the Acta Eruditorum, the first great German scholarly journal. Mencke bequeathed the library to his son Johann Burckhard (1674-1732), professor of history at the same institution. The first edition of the Menckeniana was exhausted in two years, suggesting how important the catalogue was considered by other scholars. In the Preface to the second and larger edition of 1727 Mencken writes about serving scholars and complains about the difficulty of recovering books that had been lent. There is no suggestion at the time that he contemplated the sale of his library, but within a year he issued small priced catalogues and within five years he had disposed of his books. As we can see, an owner’s catalogue can be an incidental means of selling a library. The largest part of the library was purchased in 1730 by Bünau and the remainder was auctioned in 1732. The catalogue contains one of the earliest instances of a frontispiece portrait in a library catalogue. The final leaves contain an author index, one of the earliest examples found in a private library catalogue. A very fine copy in original state. ❧ Folter 528. Loh, G., Verzeichniss der Kataloge von Buchauktionen und Privatbibliotheken aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, Vol. I, p. 205. Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 7, 13, 108, 114, 127, 128, 131, 175, 207, & 252-53.
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Variete by Valery, Paul

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Title
Variete
Author
Valery, Paul
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Paris: nrf (Nouvelle Revue Francaise), 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Felt-covered boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, original printed wrappers bound in. Limited edition, one of 20 hors commerce copies specially bound, with subscriber's name printed on the limitation page, and with an autograph leaf bound in. Spine a little sunned and scuffed; original wraps slightly age-toned. Nice.
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Charmes by Valery, Paul

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Charmes
Author
Valery, Paul
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Paris: NRF [Nouvelle Revue Francaise], 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Quarter vellum and marbled paper, lettered in gilt on spine. Limited Edition, one of 30 hors commerce copies with the subscriber's name (Lucien Henaux) printed on the limitation page, and inscribed by Valery to Elizabeth Heunaux on the front flyleaf. Boards and spine just a little rubbed and dust-soiled; some faint foxing throughout. A lovely copy.
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Typescript for a grand European tour, 1894. by [Travel - typescript]

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Typescript for a grand European tour, 1894.
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[Travel - typescript]
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good
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1894. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth. 44pp. In part, "Left New York June 6th, 1894, on steamship "City of Paris...arrived at Southampton...Saw the crown jewels...the beheading block where Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, and other were beheaded...Left for Paris at 10am on Orient Express." Many foreign words are mispelled/americanized. Detailed descriptions from England, Germany, Sweden, France, etc. The typescript ends: "the voyage is over."
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The Chemistry of Pottery by Langenbeck, Karl - ROOKWOOD POTTERY

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The Chemistry of Pottery
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Langenbeck, Karl - ROOKWOOD POTTERY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Easton, PA: Chemical Publishing Co., 1895. First (only) Edition.. Original publisher's red pebble grain cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, [2], vi, [1] - 197, [3 - adverts] pp. + frontispiece and one inserted plate; text illustrations. An important book by a key founding member of the early Rookwood Pottery works. The title page lists him as formerly being the Superintendent of the pottery. This book is virtually unique in the community for its open discussion of clay composition and formulation of glazes. He, along with Mary Louise McLaughlin, were the source of the innovative techniques and glazes produced for Rookwood, whose founder, Maria L Nichols Storer, hired them both. Mc Laughlin codified many of her techniques and discoveries in her publications, e.g., her rare, early, 96 pp. pamphlet, Pottery Decoration Under the Glaze, published in Cincinnati by Robert Clarke in 1880. Langenbeck was an early associate in the years before Storer founded the Rookwood Pottery; he provided instruction to her in China painting. His role expanded after he was hired and the pottery growing. In those early years Cincinnati was a "hotbed" of ceramic innovation and within a decade spawned a number of competitive enterprises and drew a number of talented beginners into the field, e.g., Artus van Briggle. Langenbeck's work was fundamental to each of these since his approach was through the chemistry of the clay and glazes and changes imparted by altered formulae rather than the traditional "mechanical" consideration of working the clay. See Anita Ellis, The Ceramic Career of M. Louise McLaughlin, and her history of the Rookwood Pottery.
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It's All Zoo by Gerald A. Browne

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It's All Zoo
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Gerald A. Browne
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Fine
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Doubleday & Company,Inc, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition Stated.$4.95 On Flap.Excellent Fresh Copy.The Author's First Book.Rare Copy.Gorgeous Copy.Bestselling Author Of 70's Wrote 11 Harrow House.Great Movie Of the Same..
DEED NO. 461. WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA. THIS INDENTURE, MADE THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1881] BETWEEN THE WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION DULY CREATED BY AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM G. WILLIS OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH THAT THE SAID PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO IT IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. . .DOTH QUITCLAIM UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART . . . THE WESTERLY HALF OF LOT 41 ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH

DEED NO. 461. WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA. THIS INDENTURE, MADE THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1881] BETWEEN THE WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION DULY CREATED BY AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM G. WILLIS OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH THAT THE SAID PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO IT IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. . .DOTH QUITCLAIM UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART . . . THE WESTERLY HALF OF LOT 41 ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH by [Cooke, Jay] Western Land Association of Minnesota

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DEED NO. 461. WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA. THIS INDENTURE, MADE THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1881] BETWEEN THE WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION DULY CREATED BY AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM G. WILLIS OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH THAT THE SAID PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO IT IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. . .DOTH QUITCLAIM UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART . . . THE WESTERLY HALF OF LOT 41 ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH
Author
[Cooke, Jay] Western Land Association of Minnesota
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Printed folio document, 10-1/4" x 15-1/2." Completed in ink manuscript. Signed by the President [S. N. Felton] and Secretary [Chas. Hinchman] of the Western Land Association. Docketed on the verso, with manuscript release of portion of a mortgage from the Association. Usual folds, Very Good plus. A Jay Cooke project to give him access to the lands along a Minnesota Railroad. "One of the projects growing out of Jay Cooke's connection with the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad was the 'Western Land Association of Minnesota.' The purpose of this company was similar to George Francis Train's Credit Foncier of America. It sought to exploit Duluth and the town sites and land privileges along the right of way of a projected railroad. The first published report of the Western Land Association was made in 1871. The company had received cash of $200,000 for its shares. Its receipts consisted of $97,321 for real estate sold and $21,166 in interest on deferred payments, and it paid out $182,390 for real estate purchases. But the most important item mentioned in the report is the stock interest acquired in the company by the Northern Pacific Railroad. In return for an agreement of the Northern Pacific to fix its eastern terminus at Duluth and to connect with the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, the Western Land Association sold 2,000 shares of its stock for $120,000 to the 'Lake Superior and Puget Sound Company,' the real estate subsidiary of the Northern Pacific. "The president of the company, Mr. Samuel M. Felton, said, 'The company will soon be attacked by the Press and in the Courts as a monopoly, and being the creature of the law, may be subject to continual and expensive annoyance.' Moreover, 'the Western Land Association has now accomplished, as a holder of a large number of town lots, the object for which it was organized, and kept out of the hands of unprogressive speculators the property they would otherwise have held to the detriment of all large plans of improvement". [Sakolski, THE GREAT AMERICAN LAND BUBBLE. Harper & Brothers. 1932. Chapter 14, page 294 et seq. Reprinted 1966.].
The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Fly-Making, and Rod-Making and Directions for Fish-Breeding, to which is appended Dies Piscatoriae Describing Noted Fishing-Places, and The Pleasure of Solitary Fly-Fishing

The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Fly-Making, and Rod-Making and Directions for Fish-Breeding, to which is appended Dies Piscatoriae Describing Noted Fishing-Places, and The Pleasure of Solitary Fly-Fishing by [SPORT] NORRIS, Thaddeus

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The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Fly-Making, and Rod-Making and Directions for Fish-Breeding, to which is appended Dies Piscatoriae Describing Noted Fishing-Places, and The Pleasure of Solitary Fly-Fishing
Author
[SPORT] NORRIS, Thaddeus
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler and Co, 1864. First American Edition. Ocatvo. 22.5cm. Publisher's dark green embossed cloth lavishly decorated in blind and gilt, gilt titles to spine. 604pp. Tight, bright and handsome, a little bumped to corners and some softening at the spine ends, otherwise very pleasing; internally clean and fresh, coated brown endpapers, inner hinge barely starting, with a crack to the paper not affecting the joint, frontis with tissue guard, illustrated throughout with full page plates of fish and flies, and numerous in-text engravings. A very good, bright, strong copy indeed. A major work by the sportsman and naturalist known as "America's Walton" and generally referred to as "Uncle Thad" by his acolytes. Norris was one of the first sporting author's to develop techniques specifically for American waters, realising that traditional European methods had been developed for a completely different ecological environment. He was also the developer and designer of new fly-fishing technologies, and pioneered the development and adoption of the split bamboo fishing rod. Scarce thus.
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Astraea: the balance of illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society of Yale College, August 14, 1850 by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

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Astraea: the balance of illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society of Yale College, August 14, 1850
Author
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. FIRST EDITION. Original yellow printed boards, cover soiled; a few occasional spots to interior, otherwise a clean uncut copy housed in a cloth folding case. Inscription to verso of title. First edition, first printing, state A, without the advertisement between front endpapers; binding A. Until the Cambridge edition of 1895, this poem never appeared as a whole in any of the American editions of Holmes’ collected works. Only seven parts of this work appeared in Songs in many keys, 1862, representing less than half of the full poem. BAL, 8757; C&T, p. 47; Cushing, H405; Osler 4938.
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gAy BCs with drawings by Joe Brainard (In the Action Comix Manner) by Jonathan Williams (In the Absolutely Innocent, Dead-Pan Manner of Kate Greenaway) by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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gAy BCs with drawings by Joe Brainard (In the Action Comix Manner) by Jonathan Williams (In the Absolutely Innocent, Dead-Pan Manner of Kate Greenaway)
Author
WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy.
Description
Champaign, IL: Finial Press, 1976. First edition. One of 1000 copies on Strathmore Grandee paper, designed by Alvin Doyle Moore. Jaffe A100. Fine copy.. BRAINARD, Joe. Oblong 8vo, wrappers. Fine copy.
La Maniere de Bien Penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit. Dialogues

La Maniere de Bien Penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit. Dialogues by [Dominique Bouhours]

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La Maniere de Bien Penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit. Dialogues
Author
[Dominique Bouhours]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paris: Michel Brunet, 1715. Very Good. Paris: Chez Michel Brunet, grand'Salle du Palais, au Mercure Galant, 1715. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo; full contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges stained red, marbled endpapers; [12],545,[32]pp. (collated complete). Light scuffing to leather margins, shallow loss at spine crown, 19th-century ownership ex libris of C.T. Noel de Payrat to front pastedown, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy. Very nice posthumous edition of the collected dialogues of Jesuit priest and grammarian Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702).

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