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Ordenanzas de Edificios de Madrid, Toledo y Sevilla Acomodadas a los Usos y Costumbres de Esta Ciudad de la Habana..

Ordenanzas de Edificios de Madrid, Toledo y Sevilla Acomodadas a los Usos y Costumbres de Esta Ciudad de la Habana.. by [Cuba]

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Title
Ordenanzas de Edificios de Madrid, Toledo y Sevilla Acomodadas a los Usos y Costumbres de Esta Ciudad de la Habana..
Author
[Cuba]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good.
Description
Habana: Impresas por D. V. de Torres, 1845. Good.. 53,[3]pp. Contemporary plain blue wrappers, separated at spine. Stitched, as issued, with additional small stabholes at gutter where previously bound into a sammelband. Light foxing and dust soiling. A seemingly unrecorded architectural pamphlet that prints the first comprehensive building code for Havana, developed in 1837 by Isidoro Sánchez y Fuentes, the city’s Director of Public Works. The text outlines detailed rules for the construction of buildings and related infrastructure to accord to high technical, aesthetic and public health standards, influenced by such regulations as had been imposed in Madrid, Toledo and Seville. Sánchez’s code proved highly consequential, and it resulted in significant improvements to the appearance, livability, and safety of many Havana neighborhoods. In the 18th century, Madrid, Seville, and Toledo suffered from many of the same problems of haphazard urban development as Havana. However, great efforts were made to develop and enforce building codes which cleaned up most of these city’s formerly slum-like suburbs, of great benefit to public health, not to mention aesthetics. Teodoro Ardemans, Madrid’s Director of Public Works, began the reforms in these Spanish cities, and his 1720 work on the subject was fantastically influential for generations, going through multiple reprints until 1848. Isidoro Sánchez adapted Ardemans’ concepts, but updated and improved them to the requirements of the tropical climate and customs of Havana. He thus developed the first comprehensive building code for the Cuban capital, which was one of the most progressive and well-considered in the Americas. Two preambles begin the work by discussing the importance of taking architectural inspiration from the buildings of classical antiquity and of considering the historical context and significance of reformed Spanish building codes. The bulk of the text takes up a variety of interesting and practical topics -- erecting urban and suburban buildings; respecting neighbors’ rights when building homes, shared alleyways, building ovens in light of nearby homes; creating ventanas de medianería (large windows that can open or close depending the temperature and breeze); how garages should open onto public thoroughfares; where building materials should be manufactured; building basements; building balconies, etc. on public streets; drainage systems and sewers; creating wells and other drinking water sources; where to build forges without disturbing neighbors; large windows for basements; building attics; and air circulation. Sánchez presented his proposed code to the City Council on June 10, 1837, and in 1839 it was approved in full by the Governor, but the printing of the text was only approved in April 1845, according to the introduction. We locate no copies of this significant work in OCLC or available auction records.
History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of..

History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of.. by Shuck, Oscar T., Editor

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History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of..
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Shuck, Oscar T., Editor
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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9781584777069
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2007. ISBN-13: 9781584777069; ISBN-10: 1584777060. Anecdotal History of the Early California Bar Shuck, Oscar T., Editor. History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, A Store of Humorous and Pathetic Recollections, Accounts of Important Legislation and Extraordinary Cases Comprehending the Judicial History of the State. Los Angeles: The Commercial Printing House, 1901. 1152 pp. Illustrated with numerous portraits. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777069. ISBN-10: 1584777060. Cloth. New. $250. * An invaluable compilation of legal lore, much of it based on first and second-hand accounts, this work offers a history of the early years of the California bench and bar. Contents include "Recovery of the Pious Fund" by John Thomas Doyle, "Irrigation Laws and Decisions of California" by John Downey Works, "Adoption of the Common Law," "Tragic History of the Sharon Cases" and "The Field of Honor: Historic Duels in California" by Oscar Tully Shuck, "Lynch Law in California" by John Francis Davis and "The Early Bench and Bar of San Jose" by John Evan Richards.
Trees and Their Uses

Trees and Their Uses

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Trees and Their Uses
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Description
London: Wertheim, MacIntosh and Hunt, 1862. First Edition. 12mo. First edition in book form, 82pp., bound in green pictorial gilt cloth depicting two palm trees, lettering gilt, spine gilt, brown coated endpapers, previous owner's presentation inscription, a very nice copy show just a bit of finger soiling.
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Guide and Souvenir of Noumea

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Guide and Souvenir of Noumea
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
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Noumea, New Caledonia: Noumea. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Stapled wrap, with folded interior pages (~3). Noumea is the capital city on the Main Island of New Caledonia, in the French territory in the southwest Pacific. The pamphlet appears to be ca. 1930. The folded interior pages are news print, and the outer wraps are black-lettered tan paper. This appears to be a rare piece of ephemera.
Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, on the Life and Character of James Gillespie Blaine. Albany, February 13, 1893. [In Memoriam. James Gillespie Blaine]

Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, on the Life and Character of James Gillespie Blaine. Albany, February 13, 1893. [In Memoriam. James Gillespie Blaine] by [No Author]

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Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, on the Life and Character of James Gillespie Blaine. Albany, February 13, 1893. [In Memoriam. James Gillespie Blaine]
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[No Author]
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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Albany, New York: James B. Lyon, 1893. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Front board soiled, hinges starting, ink stamp on title page. 1893 Hard Cover. 58 pp. Olive green boards with gilt title and illustration of James Gillespie Blaine on front board. James G. Blaine, (born Jan. 31, 1830, West Brownsville, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 27, 1893, Washington, D.C.), a leading Republican politician and diplomat for 25 years (1868–93), who was particularly influential in launching the Pan-American Movement with Latin-American countries. Blaine graduated from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College in Washington, Pa., in 1847 and then taught school for the next six years. He moved to Augusta, Maine, in 1854 to become editor and part owner of the Kennebec Journal, a crusading Republican newspaper. In 1856 he attended the first national convention of the newly organized Republican Party. He served in the Maine state legislature from 1858 until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1862. After the Civil War, he favoured a more moderate Reconstruction policy than the radicals of his party, although he was a strong advocate of black suffrage. In 1868 Blaine was elected speaker of the House, where his eloquence and leadership won him a devoted body of followers. He became known as the “Plumed Knight,” an appellation given him by Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll of Illinois, who offered Blaine’s name in nomination at the National Republican Convention of 1876. Blaine failed, however, to reply convincingly to charges that he had used his office for personal gain, and on the seventh ballot he lost the nomination to Rutherford B. Hayes.

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