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Anthologia gnomica; illvstres vetervm graecae comoediae scriptorvm sententiae, prius ab Henrico Stephano, qui & singulas latine conuertit, editae. Nvnc dvplici insvper interpretatione metrica singulae auctae, inq̄. gratiam studiosorum, quibus et variae scutorum natalitiorum imagines libello passim insertae vsui erunt, in hoc enchiridion ... collectae a Christiano Egenolpho by Egenolff, Christian (1502-1555); Estienne, Henri (1531-1598); Amman, Jost (1539-1591), artist

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Title: Anthologia gnomica; illvstres vetervm graecae comoediae scriptorvm sententiae, prius ab Henrico Stephano, qui & singulas latine conuertit, editae. Nvnc dvplici insvper interpretatione metrica singulae auctae, inq̄. gratiam studiosorum, quibus et variae scutorum natalitiorum imagines libello passim insertae vsui erunt, in hoc enchiridion ... collectae a Christiano Egenolpho
Author: Egenolff, Christian (1502-1555); Estienne, Henri (1531-1598); Amman, Jost (1539-1591), artist
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Frankfurt am Main: apud Georgium Coruinum, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabendij, 1579. SECOND EDITION, EXPANDED (1st ed. 1574). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 18th c. parchment, either re-cased or a remboîtage, parchment lightly soiled, 2 short splits to the vellum, text block re-sewn, end-papers renewed, spine richly tooled in gold and with later label. The text is in very good condition, bound a bit tight, the first three leaves lightly soiled; scattered light soiling and a few trivial stains elsewhere in the text. Two headlines slightly shaved, 1 small nick in upper margin of final leaf; a couple of small holes; small nicks in the upper blank margin of a few leaves, short worm-trail at extreme upper edge of the opening leaves, far from the text. Two of the woodcuts -a lascivious monk trying to seduce a nun- have been modified by an early reader (in the first instance, the monk is given ass's ears, in the second, just a swirl above the characters' heads.). A printed album amicorum (a friendship album), illustrated with 165 full-page woodcuts (with some repeats) by the renowned Swiss-German artist Jost Amman (1539-1591). The text and woodcuts are printed in such a way that the blank space could be used by the owner's friends to add their names, arms, and sentiments. The lighthearted text, which functions as a sort of conduct book, consists of extracts from Henri Estienne's "Comicorum graecorum sententiae"(proverbs of the Greek comic writers), with the Greek followed by Latin translations by Estienne and Christian Egenolff. The woodcuts combine basic templates for coats-of-arms flanked by various figures: some of them personifications of the liberal arts, musicians, lovers, elegantly-dressed women, the aforementioned monk and nun, etc. The maxims are arranged by subject: Love, Art, Friendship, Drunkenness, Anger, Death, Old Age, Patience, etc. The book is a significant resource for the study of 16th c. fashion. "Whereas in the early days of album-keeping entries mostly consisted of signatures only, it became increasingly popular in the second half of the sixteenth century to add the coat of arms of the person making the entry. These coats of arms were usually executed by a professional artist... It seems, however, that some contributors preferred to reproduce their coats of arms themselves (perhaps in order to save paying the artist!); where this was the case they often used one of the models Feyerabend provided in his books, there described as 'offene Schilde'. These are woodcuts in which the escutcheon and crest have been left blank. These incomplete designs could be filled in with whatever coat of arms was required; some colour and a motto or a Classical quotation could also be added to the image, as well as a signature and the date." (O'Dell, Jost Amman and the "Album Amicorum" Drawings after Prints in Autograph Albums" in Print Quarterly, March 1992, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 31-36) The author and publisher identified young people, among whom the creation of friendship albums had become particularly popular, as their target audience. As Egenolff writes in the preface to his German edition: "It is customary to say the quality of a commodity corresponds to the nature of its buyer. Since today there is a need for everyone, especially those sent to universities to study, to make new acquaintances and form friendships with strangers, this has given rise to the Stammbücher, as they are called, though they might often more properly called 'Schädtbücher' [books causing mischief]. Many an honest man considers making use of such a Stammbuch or writing in those of others. To meet this need, this model 'Stammbuch' has been prepared by one of their fellow students at the suggestion of the honorable and distinguished Sigmund Feyerabend, bookseller at Frankfurt am Main, in the hope that whoever comes across it in future will find something suitable in it; indeed, will see himself in it as in the Socratic mirror, and will find what defects in himself he must improve. For though one does not know other men's dispositions, yet Horace's dictum 'Change but the name, and it is of yourself that the tale is told' will soon be found to apply to everyone. May this work, kind-hearted reader, not displease you."(translation by O'Dell) The first version of the book -which much more basic woodcuts, without figures- was first published as "Flores Hesperidum" in 1574. This expanded 1579 edition was also issued in German as "Stam[m] oder Gesellenbuch". The volume concludes with verse interpretations of the arms (shown in woodcut) of the dedicatee, the humanist poet and physician Johannes Posthius of Germersheim (1537-1597). See Rosenheim, "The album amicorum" in Archaeologia, v. 62, p. 251-308, esp. p. 254. About the artist: "Jost Amman was born in Zurich in 1539, the son of a noted scholar. Despite opting to train as an artisan, he maintained connections with humanist scholars throughout his career. Little is known of his early years or where he received his training, but by 1561 he had relocated to Nuremburg where he became one of northern Europe's most prolific printmakers and book illustrators of the late sixteenth century. "Amman may have trained in the workshop of Virgil Solis (1514-1562), whom Amman essentially replaced as the premier illustrator for Frankfurt publisher Sigmund Feyerabend (1528-1590). Solis had begun illustrations for a bible that would be published in 1564, and Amman may have been an apprentice tasked with cutting the woodblocks for Solis's drawings. Although he maintained his own workshop, Amman became essentially an employee of Feyerabend, one of the most productive publishers of the late sixteenth century. He provided Amman with a majority of his commissions as the two collaborated on at least fifty books. "Little is known of Amman's working methods beyond an anecdote from one of his pupils attesting to the master's prolific work as a draftsman. In addition to the illustrations, he designed other typographic elements in his books including ornamental borders, initial letters, tailpieces, and printer's marks. We know that Amman cut most of his own blocks, at least early on. Later in his career he likely would have overseen the translation of his drawings into woodblocks by others, and we are aware that he had several apprentices. Yet evidence of his financial difficulties raises the possibility that he continued to prepare many of his own blocks."(National Gallery of Art, "Jost Amman and Sixteenth-Century Woodcut Illustration", exhibition (2018)).

Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones by AMMAN, Johannes

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Title: Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones
Author: AMMAN, Johannes
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Two important and generously illustrated botanical works produced by respected Linnaean correspondents at the Imperial Academy o
Description: St. Petersburg: Academia Scientiarum, 1739. Two important and generously illustrated botanical works produced by respected Linnaean correspondents at the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. Amman’s Stirpium rariorum contains useful descriptions of 285 plants from Eastern Europe and “Ruthenia” (now Ukraine), enhanced with 35 clear engravings. According to Hunt, Amman “made a notable contribution to Russian taxonomy under Peter the Great and his immediate successors; and was thus a precursor of Gmelin and Pallas” (Hunt 511). The plates are unsigned throughout, although a small engraving on the dedicatory leaf of Amman’s work is signed by P[hilipp] G[Georg] Mattarnovy (/Filip Jegorovitch, 1716-1742), a Swiss-Italian artist drawn to the St. Petersburg Academy. The engravings are here labeled in ink with alternative Latinate names, suggesting that an early reader attempted to apply Linnaeus’ new system to these species. Buxbaum’s Centuria I-V is one of the first publications to describe and illustrate such a substantial portion of the vegetation of eastern Europe and Asia Minor. In addition to constituting one of the first scientific works on the flora of Estonia, the Centuria also offers the first descriptions of plants along the coast of the Black Sea, Armenia, and Greece. Buxbaum accomplished much of his research while accompanying the imperial chancellor Count Romanzoff to Constantinople. The work would ultimately consist of five parts, which were issued separately between 1728-1740 (the entire set received two editions). The final two volumes of the Centuria were published posthumously by Johann Gmelin, which may account for their separate appearance here. The Swiss Amman (1707-1741), who studied under Herman Boerhaave at Leyden, was Curator of Hans Sloane’s natural history collection in London. In 1733 he was summoned to Russia to become a professor of botany at the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. Buxbaum (1693-1730) was also a professor of botany in St. Petersburg, one of many Germans who made important contributions to the Imperial Academy. Both men corresponded with Linnaeus, even sending rare Russian specimens and seedlings to Sweden.. Large 4to. [26 x 20.5 cm], (6) ff., including one engraved vignette showing a garden scene, 210 pp., 1 blank, (7) ff. [the last an erratum], 35 consecutively numbered plates; note: plates xiv and xvi on a single folding leaf. [Bound with:]BUXBAUM, Johann Christian. Plantarum minus Cognitarum Centuria IV-V [including Appendix] complectens Plantas circa Byzantium & in Oriente Observatas. St. Petersburg, Typographia Academiae, 1733-40. Two (of five) volumes. (2) ff., 40 pp., 39 plates; (2) ff., 48 pp., 65 plates (in part V & appendix). Bound in contemporary vellum over boards, title inked on spine with trace of armorial shelf mark. Danish library stamp on title. Light marginal foxing throughout, minor worming on a few corners of Amman. Amman plates carefully labeled in ink with alternative, Linnaean plant names. Generally a wide-margined copy, (very) good.

Two Documents, Related to Founder of Colorado Springs William Jackson Palmer by Various

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Title: Two Documents, Related to Founder of Colorado Springs William Jackson Palmer
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Description: Washington, DC / Denver City: s. n.. Very good. Two printed documents, partially filled in manuscript; 10 x 16; illustrated with vignettes in upper left corners; embossed seals to recto; handwritten title and notes to verso; old crease lines and minor spotting to margins; in very good condition.William Jackson Palmer (1836 - 1909) was a Civil War veteran, engineer, philanthropist, businessman, railroad surveyor and magnate, founder of present-day Colorado Springs, and funder of Colorado College. He also funded hospitals, schools, libraries, road construction, and parks in Denver, Manitou Springs, and Colorado Springs. The two current deeds granted tracts of land to Palmer in Denver by the State of North Carolina, under the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. He would later donate the land, (unconfirmed officially), but most probably the one, where Highland Park would eventually be build.

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My Life by Bill Clinton

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Title: My Life
Author: Bill Clinton
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780375414572
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Description: Alfred A.Knopf, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$35.00 On Flap.First Edition/First Printing.Signed On the Title-Page"William Jefferson Clinton". Rare With His Full Name.Comes With a Certificate of Authenticity From PSA.Gorgeous Copy..

LIBERTI: 40 AÑOS DE SURREALISMO = LIBERTI: 40 YEARS OF SURREALISM.; Traducción de Cora Lichtschein

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Title: LIBERTI: 40 AÑOS DE SURREALISMO = LIBERTI: 40 YEARS OF SURREALISM.; Traducción de Cora Lichtschein
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description: Buenos Aires: Arte al Día Ediciones, 2006. ind., ports., facs., b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., bibls. (including a bibliography of books which include Liberti's illustrations (p. 172-173), pict.d.j. OCLC: 85891443. A major contribution to the literature this compendium of the work of surrealist artist, Juan Carlos Libertti (b. Argentina, 1930) is an essential reference for 20th century art. Rafael Siquirru in his essay says: I would be mistaken if I were to highlight his essential concern with form, understood as a forceful visual presence rendered in terms of volume and weight. I believe this artist has succeeded in elevating his to the level of painting with the highest classical quality in the Renaissance sense of the world. I consider it important to highlight that in each of his achievements Liberti expresses himself as what he is: a great painter" (p. 14). ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS. Completo libro sobre la obra del artista Juan Carlos Liberti (b. 1930, Argentina). El artista se caracteriza por su marcada influencia del surrealismo, en su obra se encuentran referentes de la obra de Dali, Arcimboldo, Ernst, De Chirico, e incluso Magritte. Es es libro más completo que se ha hecho sobre el autor, incluye cronologías de exposiciones, premios, publicaciones. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

辻村ジュサブロー人形作品種　/ Tsujimura Jusaburo ningyo sakuhinshu / [= Album of the dolls of Tsujimura Jusaburo] by Tsujimura, Jusaburo, and Naomi Maki

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Title: 辻村ジュサブロー人形作品種　/ Tsujimura Jusaburo ningyo sakuhinshu / [= Album of the dolls of Tsujimura Jusaburo]
Author: Tsujimura, Jusaburo, and Naomi Maki
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Tokyo: Bunka Publishing, 1979. Third printing, 4to, pp. 142, [1]; text in Japanese; 96 pages of illustrations, most in color; full black cloth; fine, slipcase starting to split at one edge. An album of highly detailed, sometimes erotic dolls produced both as fine art and as props for plays.

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THE MASTER [SIGNED] by Toibin, Colm

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Title: THE MASTER [SIGNED]
Author: Toibin, Colm
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780743250405
Description: New York: Scribner, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 338 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Multicolor spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a Mylar covering. Signed by Colm Toibin on title page. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column H, ND-H. 1400703. FP New Rockville Stock.

Macrolife by Zebrowski, George

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Title: Macrolife
Author: Zebrowski, George
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Description: Norwalk: Easton Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Zebrowski on the publisher's tipped-in leaf. Illustrations by Sternbach. Introduction by Ian Watson. Fine. Brown leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, sewn-in bookmark, and with the original laid-in receipt, unused bookplate, and Collector's Note. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series.

A Dog's Nose. Basil Bunting. 1900 / 1985 by FARLEY, Michael, edited by

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Title: A Dog's Nose. Basil Bunting. 1900 / 1985
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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: (Leicester, [England]): Taxus Press, 1986. Softcover. Fine. First edition, trade issue. Edited and with an introduction by Michael Farley. Cover photo by D. Smith. Octavo. 28pp. Fine in stapled wrappers with the tiniest bit of wear at the spine ends. One of 400 copies of the trade edition (of 425 total). Includes poems by Jonathan Williams, Robert Creeley, Roy Fisher, Thomas Meyer, Tom Pickard, Carl Rakosi, August Kleinzahler,Tom Raworth, Gael Turnbull and others. Offered "in the nature of a toast" to Basil Bunting, who died in April, 1985.

THE FOREST POOL by Armer, Laura Adams

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Title: THE FOREST POOL
Author: Armer, Laura Adams
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Description: New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., (1938). Slim quarto. Bound in original vivid orange cloth, 40 pages. Aside from wear to the spine extremities and browning to the edges of the enleaves, this is a fine, bright copy of an enchanting book. Stunning, bold illustrations by the author.

Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, Book 5) by Le Guin, Ursula K

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Title: Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)
Author: Le Guin, Ursula K
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ISBN: 9780151005611
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Description: New York: Harcourt Inc, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2001 Hard Cover. 296 pp. "The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by the Earthsea novels--yet each stands on its own. It contains the novella "The Finder," and the short stories "The Bones of the Earth," "Darkrose and Diamond," "On the High Marsh," and "Dragonfly." Concluding with with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this collection also features two new maps of Earthsea.

The Dimensions of Parking (Second Edition) by Urban Land Institute; National Parking Association

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Title: The Dimensions of Parking (Second Edition)
Author: Urban Land Institute; National Parking Association
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780874206234
Condition: Good +
Description: Washington DC: ULI-The Urban Land Institute / NPA-National Parking Association, 1983. Second Edition. Paperback. Good +. Second Edition. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". vii, 152pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light toning and rubbing to covers. Dust-spotting to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A collaborative effort between the Urban Land Institute and the National Parking Association, this book covers every aspect of parking, including planning, design, and maintenance. Includes 9 glossy architural diagrams that are laid in.

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