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Architectura et Perspectiva etlicher Festungen, Stätt, Kirchen, Schlösser und Häuser, wie die auffs stärckeste, zierlichste und bequemste können gebawet oder auffgerichtet werden

Architectura et Perspectiva etlicher Festungen, Stätt, Kirchen, Schlösser und Häuser, wie die auffs stärckeste, zierlichste und bequemste können gebawet oder auffgerichtet werden by PERRET, Jacques; Brunn,Lucas

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Architectura et Perspectiva etlicher Festungen, Stätt, Kirchen, Schlösser und Häuser, wie die auffs stärckeste, zierlichste und bequemste können gebawet oder auffgerichtet werden
Author
PERRET, Jacques; Brunn,Lucas
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1610. BRUNN, Lucas. Praxis Perspectivae Das ist: Von Verzeichnungen ein außführlicher Bericht darinnen das jenige was die Scenographi erfordert begrieffen und in welchen allerley dinge uff allerley Stände in ein Perspectivischen auffzug zu bringen gelehret auch das was wundersam hierbey sich begeben kan erkläret wird. 12, 60 pp., illustrated with 26 full page engraved plates. Nürmberg: Halbmeyer Leipzig Kober, 1615. BOUND WITH: PERRET, Jacques. Architectura et Perspectiva etlicher Festungen, Stätt, Kirchen, Schlösser und Häuser, wie die auffs stärckeste, zierlichste und bequemste können gebawet oder auffgerichtet werden. Erstlich von einem Saphoischen vom Adel Jacob Perret, In Französischer Sprach zu Pariß in Druck verfertiget. Jetzo aber Teutscher Nation zu gut verteutschet, mit schönen Kupferstücken gezieret und an Tag gegeben und verlegt durch Johan-Theodor de Bry. 688 pp., illustrated with 27 engraved plates, of which 21 are double page. Oppenheim: Hieronymus Galler, 1613. BOUND WITH: SOLIS, Virgil. Buchlin von alten Gebaueden. Contents includes engraved title page and 12 etchings of architectural ruins in reverse after prints by Androuet Du Cerceau after Léonard Thiry. Cologne: Jan Büchsenmacher, [ca. 1550-1562]. BOUND WITH: ZIMMERMANN, Wilhelm Peter. Beschreibung vnd kurtze Radierte entwerffung der Fürstlichen Hochzeit, So Der Durchleuchtig, vnd Hochgeborn Fürst ... Wolffgang Wilhelm, Pfaltzgraff bey Rhein, ... Mit Der ... Fürstin Fraw Magdalena, Pfaltzgräfin bey Rhein ... Zu München, sechzehenhundert und dreyzehenden Jahr/ den zwölfften Novembris Celebriert und gehalten. 8 pp. text and 6 double-page etched plates. Augspurg: Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann, 1614. Small folio, 305 x 195 mm., bound in contemporary mottled calf, tan morocco spine label, spine compartments gilt, preserved in a half morocco folding box. An early seventeenth century sammelband of works on perspective and architecture including a first edition of a comprehensive work on perspective by Lucas Brunn (d. 1640). In the tradition of Albrecht Dürer, Wentzel Jamnitzer, Levinus Hulsius and particularly Hans Lencker the Elder, Brunn unfolds a system for measuring and accurately representing lines, areas and volumes in various perspectival positions, and discusses an instrument of his own invention designed to achieve this. Included amongst the plates are two diagrams of Brunn's perspectival instrument and a great number of images using blocked Roman letterforms as models- choosing the ten letters contained in the name of his patron, Johannes Georgius, duke of Saxony, viz. I, O, H, A, N, E, S, G, R, V. Perhaps the most spectacular image is the elongated "anamorphic" human skull in the manner of Holbein's 1533 painting of "The French Ambassadors" which appears on plate 24. The sammelband also includes a beautifully printed De Bry edition of Jacques Perret's Architectura et Perspectiva. A remarkable book, which is comprised of plates and text dealing with imaginary fortifications and city plans. The most extraordinary aspect of the engravings centers on the surreal quality of the fortifications and the visionary designs of the buildings, including one thirteen-story edifice, complete with rooftop sculptures, urns and fountains, which prefigures the modern urban skyscraper. The final book (the fête book) lacks the title, dedication and plates 6-11. Binding a bit rubbed, a few marginal light stains, overall an appealing copy. For Perret, OCLC lists only the Art Institute of Chicago, Universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania in the U.S., and for Brunn it lists 9 copies. Only NYPL for the fête book. There are no listings in OCLC for the Solis, although there is a set at the British Museum, V&A and Metropolitan Museum. PROVENANCE: Thomas Vroom with his bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht. by SCHEYB, Franz Christof von

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Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht.
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SCHEYB, Franz Christof von
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1746. SCHEYB, Franz Christof von. Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht. Two parts in one volume. [369] pp. Engraved allegorical portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, engraved dedication leaf, 13 historiated engraved initials, and 29 engraved vignettes by Salomon Kleiner after his own designs and those of Preissler and Buch. Each leaf is enclosed by a narrow ornamental woodcut border. 4to., 300 x 214 mm, full contemporary speckled calf. Vienna: Joh. Jacob Jahn, 1746. First Edition of one of the high spots of German Baroque book production. "In his Theresiade, Scheyb created the last great Baroque encomium, very impressive and luxuriously executed in twelve books comprising nearly eight thousand lines ...in all, a laudatory poem which entangles its subject in a net of allegory" (Faber du Faur). In addition to the fine frontispiece portrait of the Empress, the work contains numerous vignettes by Kleiner. The latter have been highly praised by Lanckoronska for their extraordinary refinement and miniature-like precision. She notes also that the contrast between the woodcut technique employed for the frames of each leaf and the engraved decorations creates an unusual and impressive visual effect. Head of spine restored, otherwise in excellent condition. Faber du Faur 1721. Lanckoronska-Oehler I, 29. Goedecke III, 376, 115. Seebass-Edelmann 874.
A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon by Nathaniel Portlock (c1748-1817)

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A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon
Author
Nathaniel Portlock (c1748-1817)
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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Nathaniel Portlock sailed from England and was in command of the King George. On their return Portlock published an account of the voyage.xii+384+xl pages with 19 plates (6 folding copper-engraved charts, and 13 copper-engraved plates). Quarto (11¼" x 9") bound modern quarter calf-backed marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt design, black title label with gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Forbes 177; Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.239; New Hill 1376; Howes P497; Lada-Mocarski 42; Sabin 64389; Wagner Northwest Coast 738-43) First Edition.Nathaniel Portlock entered the Royal Navy in 1772 as an able seaman, serving in HMS St Albans. In 1776 he joined HMS Discovery as master's mate and served on the third Pacific voyage of James Cook. During the expedition, in August 1779, he was transferred to the HMS Resolution. On Cook's third voyage, furs obtained in present-day British Columbia and Alaska sold for good prices when the expedition called at Macao. In 1785 Richard Cadman Etches and partners, including Portlock and George Dixon formed a partnership, commonly called the King George's Sound Company, to develop the fur trade. Dixon had also served on Resolution in the Pacific Ocean under Cook. In September 1785 Portlock and Dixon sailed from England. Portlock was in command of the larger vessel, the 320-ton King George, with a crew of 59. Dixon's was in command of the 200-ton Queen Charlotte, with a crew of 33. Dixon and Portlock sailed together for most of their three-year voyage. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, reaching the Falkland Islands in January 1786, and transited Cape Horn to enter the Pacific Ocean. They reached the Hawaiian islands on 24 May and anchored in Kealakekua Bay (where Cook had been killed in 1779), but did not go ashore. They took on fresh food at other Hawaiian islands and proceeded on to what is now Alaska. After two years of plying the waters, Portlock and Dixon departed North America, reaching Macao in November 1788. On their return Portlock and Dixon published an account of the voyage, based in part on letters written by William Beresford, the trader on the expedition.Condition:Portrait frontispiece lacking. Light wear to binding with some rubbing to extremities and corners; lacking frontispiece but all other plates and maps intact, folding charts with occasional minor creasing or minuscule closed tear, offsetting to adjacent pages, scattered foxing throughout, including some charts and plates, Provenance: Hector Macdonald Buchanan of Ross Priory, Scotland, manuscript ex libris, signed and dated 1817 on preliminary blank. Sir Walter Scott was a close friend of Buchanan and a frequent visitor to Ross Priory. Overall a very solid copy; very good.
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Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography, of South Wales by MALKIN Benjamin Heath

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Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography, of South Wales
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MALKIN Benjamin Heath
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1804. First Edition. (WALES) MALKIN, Benjamin Heath. The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography, of South Wales, from Materials Collected during Two Excursions in the Year 1803… Embellished with Views. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. Quarto, contemporary full mottled calf rebacked in gilt-decorated calf spine, original red morocco spine label, original marbled endpapers. $3000.First edition of this picturesque travelogue through the Welsh countryside, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 full-page soft-ground etchings by J. Laporte after views drawn on the spot by him, each hand-colored with a wash of blue, tan or gray, and with large folding map. Handsome in contemporary calf boards.Malkin (1769-1842), schoolmaster and antiquary, was a friend of William Blake, ""with whom he shared an interest in radical politics"" (ODNB). As headmaster of the grammar school at Bury St. Edmunds from 1809-28, he was known as an inspiring, idiosyncratic teacher who encouraged independence of mind and character. ""Malkin's taste for the picturesque is to be seen in his topographical work The Scenery, Antiquities and Biography of South Wales, published in 1804 and reissued in a two-volume edition in 1807. Written after a tour of south Wales in 1803, it was one of the best travel books of its kind, displaying Malkin's acute observation and considerable knowledge of Welsh history"" (ODNB). Bound with directions to the binder leaf, without half title. Engraved armorial bookplate. Binder's ticket.Interior clean, plates fine, expertly repaired closed tear to map at stub. Light expert restoration to contemporary calf boards. An extremely good copy, attractively bound.
Arrest Du Conseil D'Estat Du Roy, Concernant les Soldats, Ouvriers, Et autres gens Engagez au Service de la Compagnie d'Occident, & des Habitans qui passent à la Loüisianne pour s'y Establir. Du 8. Novembre 1718.

Arrest Du Conseil D'Estat Du Roy, Concernant les Soldats, Ouvriers, Et autres gens Engagez au Service de la Compagnie d'Occident, & des Habitans qui passent à la Loüisianne pour s'y Establir. Du 8. Novembre 1718.

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Arrest Du Conseil D'Estat Du Roy, Concernant les Soldats, Ouvriers, Et autres gens Engagez au Service de la Compagnie d'Occident, & des Habitans qui passent à la Loüisianne pour s'y Establir. Du 8. Novembre 1718.
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1718. No Binding. Fine. quarto, 4 pages, untrimmed, foredge of first page a bit ruffled, else a fine copy. "Le Roy s'estant fait representer en son Conseil, les Lettres Patentes en forme d'Edit du mois d'Aoust 1717, portant Establissement de la Compagnie d'Occident, Sa Majesté a esté informée que pour garder & peupler la Province de la Loüisianne, Pays de la concession faite à ladite Compagnie, Et pour le défrichement & la culture des Terres, Elle y fait passer journellement des Soldats des Engagez, & des Habitans qui emmennent avec eux des ouvriers, & d'autres gens pour y ester employez au défrichement & à la culture des Terres, & à d'autres travaux; Et que lesdits Soldats & Engagez au prejudice des conditions & Engagemens faits entr'eux & ladite Compagnie, ne se rendent point sur les Ports qui leur sont indiquez, ou qu'aprés y estre arrivez ils s'absentent pour ne se point Embarquer sur les Vaisseaux destinez à les transporter en ladite Province de la Loüisianne, ce qui cause à ladite Compagnie & audits Habitans un prejudice considerable, & retarde les progrés de L'Establissement de ladite Colonie." Contains three articles concerning soldiers and others engaged in the service of John Law's Compagnie d'Occident, or Mississippi Company, or those who had emigrated to the colony of Louisiana. The company had been granted a monopoly over trade in Louisiana in August 1717 Wroth and Annan 659, Maggs French Colonisation of America, 117, listing a variant issue (£ 7 10s).
The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] Revised from the best Authorities: with a Memoir, and Essay on his Genius [Three volume set, with] Vol. I: Memoir and Essay, Comedies; Vol. II: Tragedies; Vol. III: Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets

The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] Revised from the best Authorities: with a Memoir, and Essay on his Genius [Three volume set, with] Vol. I: Memoir and Essay, Comedies; Vol. II: Tragedies; Vol. III: Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets by William Shakspere [Shakespeare]; Barry Cornwall [essay]; Kenny Meadows [illus.]

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The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] Revised from the best Authorities: with a Memoir, and Essay on his Genius [Three volume set, with] Vol. I: Memoir and Essay, Comedies; Vol. II: Tragedies; Vol. III: Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets
Author
William Shakspere [Shakespeare]; Barry Cornwall [essay]; Kenny Meadows [illus.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row, 1844. Very Good. London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row, 1844. Early edition with the Meadows illustrations. Three quarto volumes. Full engraved plates throughout with numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in full contemporary brown morocco; five raised bands; gilt decoration to front, rear, and spine; all edges gilt; maroon endpapers. Light wear and minor scuffing to boards; corners bumped. Bindings sound. Contemporary gift inscription to an Isabella Downer dated 1847 to volume I preliminaries; "Western Supply Co." stamps to preliminaries of each volume; light spotting and smudging; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good and attractive set, notable for the appearance Kenny Meadows' illustrations. Though his Shakespeare work received mixed reviews in England, it was much lauded in Germany, in particular his depiction of Falstaff. [Everitt, Graham. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." pp. 356-361].
Lovely Woman: A Collection of Fun, Fancy and Fact

Lovely Woman: A Collection of Fun, Fancy and Fact

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Lovely Woman: A Collection of Fun, Fancy and Fact
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Very good. Wrappers chipped, a couple short tears, modern pink coloring to a couple of the images.
Description
Lowell, Massachusetts: C.I. Hood & Co, 1891. Very good. Wrappers chipped, a couple short tears, modern pink coloring to a couple of the images.. Featuring an illustration of a pretty young lady on the front, "Lovely Woman" was published as a marketing tool by the makers of Hood's Sarsaparilla, targeting women and homemakers in search of family medicines and remedies. Promotes Hood products for curing everything from "nervousness" in women to dyspepsia, alongside charming stories, illustrations, and anecdotes. Sentimentality abounds, such as in this section on page 5 titled "Very Heavy": "Of all heavy bodies, the heaviest is that of the woman we have ceased to love. N.B. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla." (p.7). Interesting from a gender studies point of view, as well as for those interesting in the history of advertising. Note the advert for the upcoming 1891 Hood calendar on the lower wrapper. Single vol. (6" by 5.25"), pp. 16, original illus. wrps.
The Desert Hawk (Original photograph from the 1950 film)

The Desert Hawk (Original photograph from the 1950 film) by Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Rock Hudson, Jackie Gleason (starring); Frederick De Cordova (director); Audrey Wisberg, Gerald Drayson Adams, Jack Pollexfen (screenwriters)

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The Desert Hawk (Original photograph from the 1950 film)
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Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Rock Hudson, Jackie Gleason (starring); Frederick De Cordova (director); Audrey Wisberg, Gerald Drayson Adams, Jack Pollexfen (screenwriters)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Yvonne De Carlo and Richard Greene. Aided by his trusty sidekicks Aladdin and Sinbad, a desert guerilla goes head-to-head with a greedy prince, and eventually marries the caliph's beautiful daughter. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto.
The Russia House
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The Russia House by John Le Carre

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The Russia House
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John Le Carre
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780340505731
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Handsome collectible copy of this Le Carre novel. Near fine volume in a near fine dust jacket with the mildest of shelf wear and some very faint foxing, else fine. In archival protection.
Manhattan Gothic

Manhattan Gothic by Arrighi, Mel

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Manhattan Gothic
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Arrighi, Mel
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780312512811
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. 8vo, 216pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($14.95), has some very minor rubbing and wear to edges. Short closed tear on bottom front edge. Sticker ghost on front flap. Fresh and bright with no chipping, toning or creases. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. A very pretty collectable copy of a very uncommon title. (Not in Hubin).
In the Name of God; The Khomeini Decade

In the Name of God; The Khomeini Decade by Wright, Robin

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In the Name of God; The Khomeini Decade
Author
Wright, Robin
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780671672355
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($19.95), bumped and toned. Quarter maroon cloth with maroon paper on the boards, lightly bumped. Square and firmly bound, a small chip at the bottom-right corner of the front endpaper, clean otherwise. From the award-winning journalist, a work that "recreates the revolution's labyrinthine course and the growing power of the regime's initially inexperienced mullahs.
Modern Magyar Fotografia V / Modern Hungarian Photography

Modern Magyar Fotografia V / Modern Hungarian Photography

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Modern Magyar Fotografia V / Modern Hungarian Photography
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Budapest: Vintage Galeria, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and Hungarian. Includes 71 black and white images: Aczel, Geller, Ebergenyi, Hanga, Hevesy, Holics, Kalman, Kinszki, Langer, Ottay, and Szendro. A fine copy in wrappers.

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