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Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain (Journey of Exploration to the Dead Sea, Petra, and the Left Bank of the Jordan) [AN INCUNABLE OF PHOTO-MECHANICALLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]

Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain (Journey of Exploration to the Dead Sea, Petra, and the Left Bank of the Jordan) [AN INCUNABLE OF PHOTO-MECHANICALLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] by Albert, Honoré Paul Joseph d', duc de Luynes; Louis Vignes (photography); Henri Joseph Sauvaire (photography); Jardin (photography); Charles Nègre (photogravure); Eugène Ciceri (lithography); Christophe Edouard Mauss; Louis Lartet; Melchior Vogüé, ma

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Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain (Journey of Exploration to the Dead Sea, Petra, and the Left Bank of the Jordan) [AN INCUNABLE OF PHOTO-MECHANICALLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]
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Albert, Honoré Paul Joseph d', duc de Luynes; Louis Vignes (photography); Henri Joseph Sauvaire (photography); Jardin (photography); Charles Nègre (photogravure); Eugène Ciceri (lithography); Christophe Edouard Mauss; Louis Lartet; Melchior Vogüé, ma
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Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+. Four volumes, folio, 36 by 27 cm (text volumes), 36.2 by 28.6 cm (atlas). Complete with a total of 99 plates in various media. Text in French; copious transcriptions of Arabic inscriptions in the second volume. [4], IV, 388 pp., in-text illustrations throughout; [6], 222, [6] pp; [4], VI, 326 pp.,14 plates (numbered I-XIV): 2 double-suite chromolithographic maps, 2 double-suite chromolithograpic arrays of geologic sections; 2 steel-engraved arrays of geologic sections; 8 full-page lithographic specimen plates; Atlas: [4] pp; 67 plates documenting the journey of the Duc de Luynes: (3 unnumbered steel-engraved plates) - 1 large folding map (colored), 1 folding itinerary (colored), 1 double-suite plan of the iron sailing vessel; (numbered I-LXIV) - 64 hand-pulled b/w photogravures on steel (1 double-suite) by Charles Nègre after photos by Jardin and Louis Vignes; 18 plates documenting the journey of Christophe Mauss (numbered I-XVIII): 1 double-suite steel-engraved itinerary, 3 steel engraved site plans (1 colored), 14 tinted lithographs by Eugène Ciceri after photographs by Henri Sauvaire (8 mistakenly attributed to Louis Vignes). Later half light brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine with raised bands; marbled endleaves; original blue printed wrappers preserved (along with the backstrips the three text volumes). Text leaves intermittently foxed throughout (often in light-moderately toned large blotches). Plates clean and fresh with only occasional touches of soiling or faint foxing almost exclusively confined to the margins; large folding map and folding itinerary in the Atlas with more notable light foxing. A very good set with fine plates. First edition of this comprehensive report on one of the most important scientific and archaeological missions of the nineteenth century, the 1864 expedition to the Dead Sea undertaken by the visionary art collector, archaeologist, and scientist Honoré Paul Joseph d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1802-1867). Along with an atlas containing 78 reproductions of photographs by Louis Vignes (1831-1896), Jardin (fl. 1864), and Henri Joseph Sauvaire (1831-1896), this work documents "the first systematic attempt to survey and photograph the geological features and cities of the Dead Sea basin in present-day Jordan... In addition to mapping the Dead Sea area, the expedition made significant contributions to the geological and paleontological knowledge of the region and also to an understanding of the chemical composition of the lake's waters" (GRI). Louis Vignes, a lieutenent-commander in the French navy and director since 1860 of the port in Beirut, was chosen by de Luynes as photographer for the expedition because of his knowledge of the Levant. "Vignes began to photograph immediately upon arrival in Beirut and continued to do so during the ride south throughout Sidon, Tyre, Nablus, and Jerusalem. From March 14 until May 29 the party sailed the entire Dead Sea on a special iron vessel designed by Vignes to be dismantled for easy trasportation" (Perez). A preliminary account, edited by Vignes, appeared as Extrait des notes d'un voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte, dans le Wady Arabah, sur la rive gauche du Jourdain et dans le désert de Palmyre (Paris: H. Plon, 1865). This work essentially comprised a key to the two maps drawn by Vignes, with assistance from Dr. Gustave Combe. The larger of the two maps charted the Jordan Rift Valley from the southern end of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah; the second map depicts the Dead Sea and its immediate vicinity. "In addition to tracing the expedition's routes, place names, elevations, vegetation, land conditions, natural features and many other geomorphic and climatic details are recorded on the maps" (GRI). In the Atlas volume of the Voyage, these two maps have been combined into a single map (printed surface: 69.7 by 28.8 cm). In 1866 de Luynes made a second expedition to the region, accompanied by the archaeologist Christophe Edouard Mauss and Henri Sauvaire; their account was published the following year in the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie as "De Karak à Chaubak. Extrait d'un Journal de voyage." De Luynes' full account of the expedition is found in the first volume of the present report. The two parts of the second volume comprise Louis Vignes' account of the journey from Petra (Jordan) to Palmyra (Syria), along with the account of the 1866 journey from Jerusalem to the Crusader castles in Jordan at Kerak and Shoubak (Montréal), written by Mauss and Sauvaire. The third volume contains the report prepared by the noted geologist Louis Lartet (1840-1899), who would go on to discover the first Cro-Magnon skeletons. It is accompanied by chromolithographic maps and arrays of geological and paleontological elevations, along with finely detailed lithographic specimen plates. The entire production was posthumously edited by Melchior, marquis de Vogüé (1829-1916). A member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, de Luynes was a philanthropist with enormous inherited wealth, and deep interdisciplinary interests, many of which are on display in the present work: the study and collection of Greco-Roman antiquities, notably from Phoenicia and Palestine, and the pursuit of scientific interests in chemistry, geology, and photography. In 1856 de Luynes initiated a competitionin in conjunction with the Societé Française de Photographie to find the best method of photomechanical reproduction. Two people were short-listed for the prize: the chemist and photographer, Alphonse Louis Poitevin, for his method of photolithography; and the pioneering photographer, Charles Nègre, (1820-1880) whose photogravure method "produced beautiful prints, but was even more complicated and unwieldy in practice the Poitevin's method" (Parr & Badger). Although Poitevin was finally awared the prize in 1867, de Luynes chose Nègre to process the 64 reproductions which appear in the first suite of images in the Atlas. "The Duc's decision was clearly based on aesthetics," as Nègre's photogravure process actually improved upon the albumen prints by Vignes, "which tended to be high in contrast and lacking shadow detail" (Parr & Badger). These 64 photogravures are arranged according to the expedition itinerary, starting at Beirut and concluding with a view of the source of the Hasbany River. These images, along with views of Nablus, the ruins of Araq el-Emir, the fortified hilltop palace Machaerus, the rock-cut architecture of Petra, the Greco-Roman ruins of Gerasa, and views of the tributaries and source of the Jordan River are "among the earliest photomechanical reproductions of photographs from the Holy Land" (Nir). Along with John Thomson's Illustrations of China and its People (1874), Voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte (1868-1874) is a "key work" in the early development of the photobook. "Amongst the best early French photographers," Charles Nègre "was a leading figure in the development and employment of photomechanical processes. These early methods were still labour-intenseive and could be termed hand-craft processes, but they represent another significant step in the industrialization of the photographic process -- a step towards the halftone block and the photobook as we know it today" (Parr & Badger). A note on the dating of this work: Title-pages undated; the publisher's avertissement in the first volume dated "Constantinople, août 1874." N.B.: Rohricht dates the work 1871-1876; the Bibliotèque national de France dates the Atlas 1871; The Getty Research institute dates the entire production 1875; several libraries date the geological survey volume 1877. References: P. Foliot, "Louis Vignes and Henry Sauvaire Photographers of the Expedition of the Duc de Luynes", History of Photography, 1990, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 233-250; Getty Research Institute, "Duc de Luynes Archive and Related Photographs by Henri Sauvaire" (via website); Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography I, pp. 982-5 (Nègre); Y. Nir, The Bible and the Image (1985), p. 89; Parr & Badger I, pp. 19, 33; N. Perez, Focus East, Early Photography in the Near East (1988), pp. 180 (Jardin), 229 (Vignes); Rohricht 2824. Full title and imprint: Voyage d'Exploration a la mer Morte, a Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain par M. le Duc de Luynes... Oeuvre posthume publiée par ses petits-fils sous la direction de M. le Comte de Vogüé... Relation du Voyage. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, Éditeur Libraire de la Société de Géographie 21, rue Hautefeuille, 21 (Tome deuxième De Petra a Palmyre par M. Vignes... Voyage de Jérusalem a Karak et a Chaubak par MM. Mauss et Sauvaire; Tome troisième Géologie par M. Louis Lartet; Atlas).
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The Chester Betty Library: A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts, Volume I. MSS. 3001 to 3250; Volume II. MSS. 3251 to 3500 [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALFRED CHESTER BEATTY]. 2-vol. set by Arberry, Arthur J.

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The Chester Betty Library: A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts, Volume I. MSS. 3001 to 3250; Volume II. MSS. 3251 to 3500 [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALFRED CHESTER BEATTY]. 2-vol. set
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Arberry, Arthur J.
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Dublin: Emery Walker Ltd, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto (10 1/4 x 8"). x, 125, [1]pp (Text), 35 leaves (Plates) (Vol. 1); [6], 135, [1]pp (Text), 36-70 leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2). Original burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Front free endpaper of first volume inscribed and signed by Alfred Chester Beatty, and dated July 4th, 1955. Illustrated with 70 leaves of plates, this two-volume set contains the descriptions of 500 of the several thousand Arabic manuscripts in the possession of Mr. Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), an American mining magnate, philanthropist and one of the most successful businessmen of his generation. He was also a collector of African, Asian, European and Middle Eastern manuscripts, rare printed books, prints and objets d'art. Spine and edges of first volume sunned. Ex-library copy, with sticker at upper front joints and tail of spines; bookplate on inside of each front cover, printed notice at rear, and stamp at top and bottom paper edges. Bindings in overall good to very good, interior in very good condition.
Cento favole morali..

Cento favole morali.. by Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario

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Cento favole morali..
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Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario
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1577. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1577. 4to, (4), 301, (8, index)pp. Architectural woodcut title border with Ziletti's device, woodcut of an astrologer and 100 woodcut illustrations by Verdizotti. Early Italian polished calf, central blindstamp probably just decorative, gilt supralibros on upper cover of crossed keys (Papal?). A little worn and scuffed, joints repaired, but a very respectable copy of a rare and very important book. ß Second Ziletti edition (third overall) of Verdizotti's fables; he is mainly remembered for his friendship with Titian. Ziletti notes that Verdizotti made use of Gabriello Faerno's Fabulae centum (Rome, 1563). Faerno's hundredth fable is that of the man, the boy, and the donkey, used by Verdizotti to preface his collection. The Faerno engravings are said to be after Titian, and some of Verdizotti's designs are also attributed to Titian. See Adams V-401 (same collation as the 1570 edition); Brunet V:1130; Mortimer Italian 523. The provenance of this copy is of interest: the front pastedown bears the ink inscription H.I.R. Giovanni Pandolfi Eysenmans and beneath Vedizelli in the same hand, also the green leather bookplate of Georges Flore and Genevieve Dubois, a small white bookplate being a line drawing of two doves (?), and finally a bookseller's label Lamy, pp., Grande-Rue, 35, ‡ Poligny which is north of Geneva and west of Bern near the Swiss border.
A History of The Law, The Courts, and The Lawyers of Maine, from its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Present Century

A History of The Law, The Courts, and The Lawyers of Maine, from its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Present Century by WILLIS, William

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A History of The Law, The Courts, and The Lawyers of Maine, from its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Present Century
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WILLIS, William
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Portland [Maine]: Bailey & Noyes, 1863. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. First edition. 8vo; 712pp; brown textured cloth over board, gilt stamped spine; embossed stamp on title page for Worcester Law Library, numbered stamp to bottom of dedication page; 19 chalk-style lithographic portrait plates with facsimile signatures and tissue guards, the final one not listed in the Portrait contents but added later in pencil; board edges and corners scraped with loss, front and back hinges cracked but holding, text block tight; light age-toning of paper, a few spots; good plus. Difficult to find first edition. Ex-libris of the Worcester Law Library with verification that they have de-accessioned. Contents covers early jurisprudence in Maine, law administration under the courts of Massachusetts, Maine under its early charters, practitioners, the circuit, the bar, and prominent attorneys and judges. The Appendix covers Clerks and Sheriffs.
[Op. 82, nos. 1-2]. Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle... Oeuv. 82. No. I...[II]. Prix 1 2/3 Rthlr. [Parts]

[Op. 82, nos. 1-2]. Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle... Oeuv. 82. No. I...[II]. Prix 1 2/3 Rthlr. [Parts] by SPOHR, Louis 1784-1859

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[Op. 82, nos. 1-2]. Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle... Oeuv. 82. No. I...[II]. Prix 1 2/3 Rthlr. [Parts]
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SPOHR, Louis 1784-1859
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Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger [PNs 1547, 1548], 1829. Folio. Disbound. No. 1: Violino 1o.: [1] (title), 2-13, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2o.: [i] (blank), 2-10 pp.; Viola: [1] (blank), 2-10 pp.; Violoncello: 6 pp. No. 2: Violino 2o.: 1f. (title), [i] (blank), 4-13, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2o.: 7, [i] (blank) pp.; Viola: 7, [i] (blank) pp.; Violoncello: 7, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Publisher's handstamp to lower left corner of title of no. 2 only. Measure numbers added in pencil in a modern hand throughout. Edges browned and slightly frayed; impression occasionally light; some illegible marks redrawn in pencil; Violino 2o. part of no. 2 dampstained at lower inner corner and closely trimmed at outer margin, with slight loss to music. First Edition of Spohr's 23rd and 24th quartets, in E major and G major, most probably a compilation of various issues (Violino 2o. part of No. 2 possibly an earlier issue). Göthel p. 138. WorldCat (5 complete copies (of all three op. 82 quartets) in the U.S., at the Eastman School of Music, Juilliard, Indiana University, Harvard, and the University of Michigan. Copy of no. 2 at the University of Toronto. "The largest portion of Spohr's chamber music was for strings alone, ranging from 19 unsurpassed duos for two violins to four masterly, and largely unemulated, double string quartets. These, together with the 36 string quartets (and several other works for the same combination), seven string quintets and the String Sextet of 1848, display a number of common features. Spohr's own mastery of the violin is evident in all of them, and their technical difficulties, together with the particular style of performance necessary to secure their full effect, may partly explain their infrequent performance. The quartets, especially, fall into two distinct categories: solo quartets in the tradition of Rode (often entitled Quatuor brillant), which are essentially violin concertos with string trio accompaniment, and true quartets where the interest is more evenly divided between the instruments." Clive Brown in Grove Music Online.
TALES OF HEARSAY

TALES OF HEARSAY by Conrad, Joseph

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TALES OF HEARSAY
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Conrad, Joseph
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Foreword by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Bound in dark green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt; near fine in a very good pictorial dust jacket with small loss at spine ends; jacket spine slightly age-toned. 288 pp. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. First UK edition, published simultaneously with the American edition.
The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane

The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane by Wright, Orville & Wilbur; Jones, William R

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The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
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Wright, Orville & Wilbur; Jones, William R
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Golden, Colorado: Outbooks, 1981. Reissue. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Wright, Orville & Wilbur; Drake, Will H.; Sayer, R.; Wright, G.; Sandham, H. 1981 reissue of 1908 original. 12 pp. Includes reproductions of photographs taken by the Wright brothers, and illustrations by several artists, including an 1879 engraving of an airship. A reproduction of the early article by Orville & Wilbur Wright on their success in achieving the first recorded non-powered flight, with a new preface by editor William R. Jones.

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