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Ophthalmoduleia [:in Greek] das ist Augendienst

Ophthalmoduleia [:in Greek] das ist Augendienst by BARTISCH, Georg

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
Title
Ophthalmoduleia [:in Greek] das ist Augendienst
Author
BARTISCH, Georg
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
1583. Title printed in red and black; two full-page woodcut borders, two coats-of-arms, 90 full-page woodcuts (two with five & six movable flaps, respectively), printer’s device at end, all with beautiful cont. coloring and some heightened with gold (“Fürstenkolorit”). [28], 274 pp., [8] leaves. Small folio, cont. calf (joints & ends of spine repaired), ornately gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt fillets & ornaments in compartments, center of covers with medallion depicting the staff of Asclepius, remains of green silk ties, covers with gilt arabesque & floral border, gilt gauffered edges. Dresden: M. Stöckel, 1583. First edition, a spectacular copy of the first modern work on eye surgery and one of the earliest medical books printed in German vernacular rather than the usual Latin. The illustrations and even the famous movable flaps in our copy have been lavishly colored and some heightened with gold by a contemporary colorist. The recto of leaf A2 bears the woodcut arms of the dedicatee Duke August of Saxony, under whom Bartisch (1535-1607) served as court oculist. Bartisch’s work presents a comprehensive picture of Renaissance medical practices, with numerous extraordinary and boldly cut full-page illustrations, many after Bartisch’s own drawings. It is the first systematic work on ocular disease and eye surgery and the first ophthalmic atlas, featuring 90 striking full-page woodcuts showing examples of operations, surgical instruments, chemical apparatus for preparing medicines, etc. Head and eye anatomy are depicted first, then strabismus, cataracts, external diseases, and examples of trauma. Injuries and defects caused by magic and witchcraft are discussed in a chapter. A few diseases are detailed here for the first time. The skilled tooling on the binding is clearly influenced by the work of Jakob Krause (1526/27-1585), a renowned Dresden bookbinder who was frequently employed by Duke August of Saxony. The present binding was probably executed by one of his talented students. Light browning throughout. Occasional minor worming in margins. ❧ Grolier One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine (1995) 22. Garrison & Morton, Morton’s Medical Bibliography (5th ed.) 5817. Heirs of Hippocrates (3rd ed.) 369.
was ist Backworks

was ist Backworks by BACKWORKS, bookseller

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
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was ist Backworks
Author
BACKWORKS, bookseller
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Black & white illus. throughout. [30] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). 4to (274 x 214 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1976. Scarce and essential early documentation of Fluxus materials and artists’ books. This is the first catalogue issued by Backworks, a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 1980s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), much of which had been purchased from Backworks. Designed by Hendricks, the catalogue offers Fluxus editions by Maciunas, works by other Fluxus artists, non-Fluxus graphic works designed by Maciunas, and a tantalizing selection of art ephemera (192 items in total). In addition to numerous Maciunas pieces, we note works by Cage, Corner, Flynt, Friedman, Geoff Hendricks, Higgins, Kaprow, Knizak, Knowles, Kosugi, Mac Low, Moorman, Oldenburg, Ono, Paik, Rainer, Samaras, Schneemann, Shiomi, Spoerri, Vautier, Warhol, Watts, etc. A fine copy, rare in this condition because of the cheap paper used. ❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 418. For more information on Hendricks and the Silverman Fluxus Collection, see the interview “‘By the way, what’s Fluxus?’: Jon Hendricks on the Formation of the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection” on MoMA’s website (accessed 31 March 2021).
The Seasons

The Seasons by [Fine Binding - Zaehnsdorf] James Thomson, Percival Stockdale (Notes)

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Title
The Seasons
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[Fine Binding - Zaehnsdorf] James Thomson, Percival Stockdale (Notes)
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Printed for A. Hamilton, 1793. First thus. Near Fine. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in a modernist style, likely for exhibition (with their circlular stamp on the rear silk paste-down). Bound in full dark green crushed morocco. Concentric rules build to a central panel on the front and rear boards, similar, but smaller patterns in the spine panels. All edges gilt, ruled inner dentelles, dark green silk end papers. Spine a bit toned and bookplates of Charles Hervery Hoare and David M. Kirkby. A few bookseller notations to the early blanks. Clean and fresh throughout with only a few spots of foxing. Quarto (leaves 229 x 158), collating: [2, frontis and engraved title], xxiv, 227, [1 blank], [xix, Notes], complete with engraved frontis, title, four plates (one for each season) and eight additional vignette head and tailpiece illustrations within the text. Scottish poet James Thomson's The Seasons is a four-part pastoral poem, inspired by Milton's narrative blank verse, consisting of Winter (1726), Summer (1727), Spring (1728) and Autumn (1730). This edition brings all four together with a brief biography of the author. The poem would inspire painters and musicians, including Gainsborough and Bach, and would be translated into French and German; it was also at the center of in two legal disputes over publication copyrights. The Austro-Hungarian -born, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-1886) trained with binders in Stuttgart and in Vienna, before moving to Germany, Switzerland, France, and eventually settling London. He working for various shops before opening his own bindery in 1842. In the face of industrializing production Zaehnsdorf embraced craft and eventually gained recognition for his talent. He was known for his precise finish and elegant design. The firm would continue in his son John William's capable hands; it employed binders like Louis Genth, Roger de Coverly, and Sarah Prideaux. Family run until 1947, it was eventually acquired by Asprey of London in 1983 (Gertz). Near Fine.
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL by Irving, Washington

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Title
BRACEBRIDGE HALL
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Irving, Washington
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
London: MacMillan & Co., 1882. Octavo. An octavo, 284 pp., plus publisher's ads. Bound in forest green cloth, all edges gilt. Gilt titles and ornaments on spine and gilt figure of a young lady sitting on a bench beneath a tree, after an illustration by Randolph Caldecott. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Caldecott. Some browning to the endleaves, minor foxing and other light wear, still remaining a lovely, fresh copy of this classic English tale, first printed in this format in 1877. Decorative Cloth
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The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1957

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Title
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1957
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
NY: Random House. (1957). A special promotional issue (apparently issued after the first edition), sent out to solicit advertising for The Saturday Evening Post and having a printed acetate dust jacket in place of the paper dust jacket, as well as an advertising pitch (formerly) affixed to the front pastedown. This copy bears residual glue on the endpages from the promotional sheet, now laid in, and is otherwise fine in a very good, spine-chipped and somewhat cloudy acetate wrapper. Contains "The Waifs" by William Faulkner. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

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