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Costume of the Russian Empire, The

Costume of the Russian Empire, The by ALEXANDER, William

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Costume of the Russian Empire, The
Author
ALEXANDER, William
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First Issue of William Alexander's Costume of the Russian Empire In a Spectacular Neoclassical Binding in the Style of Staggemeier & Welcher [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First edition, first issue with text and plates watermarked '1796'. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches; 340 x 257 mm.). [xviii], 73 leaves of text. Text printed in English and French. Seventy-three hand colored stipple-engravings, all with their original tissue-guards. Plates, text and tissue-guards watermarked "W. Elgar 1796". A few plates with very light and minor marginal discoloration, otherwise fine. The hand coloring bright and fresh. Full contemporary red straight-grain morocco in the Neoclassical style similar to that of Staggemeier & Welcher. Covers with a Greek key roll border surrounding a wide inlaid black morocco border decoratively tooled in gilt, in turn surrounding a gilt 'chain' pattern. Spine with five 'double' raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. The third panel has a small oval inlaid black morocco crest with a bull's head and an arrow and the motto in gilt 'Prodesse Quam Conspici' (To accomplish without being conspicuous). Decorative gilt edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red, blue silk marker. A remarkable binding in superlative condition from the library of Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Baron Zouche. Cecil Bisshopp (1752-1828), 12th Baron Zouche, FRS was a Member of Parliament for New Shoreham who afterwards became the 12th Baron Zouche. "In the two former works of a similar nature to the present, - the Costume of Turkey, and the Costume of China, - the utility and advantage of such publications have been sufficiently dilated upon; and the approbation with which they have been honoured has evinced, that the opinion, the Publisher had formed of their value, was not ill-founded. This present work possesses all the advantages, which the former ones embraced, and has the further merit of rather a more systematic arrangement. The Russian empire is of an extent unknown to other modern nations, and hardly equalled by that of the Romans in the summit of their power. It embraces within its limits, nations the most various, with countries and climates the most opposite... The authenticity of the present work is undoubted, being in fact copied from a series of engravings begun at Petersburg in 1776, and finished in 1779... The descriptions to the plates have been derived from the most authentic sources, more particularly from Professor Müller's "Description de toutes les Nations de l'Empire de Russie -- Voyage en Sibérie, par D'Auteroche -- Description de Kamtshatka, par M. Kracheninnikow --Plescheëf's Survey of the Russian Empire -- Pallas's Travels through the Southern Parts of Russia -- Saür's Account of Commodore Billing's Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia," &c. &c. as well as from information procured from several gentlemen, who have been resident for some time in different parts of that empire." (Preface). "The fourth in the series of costume books issued by William Miller. The plates for this book are closely copied, but somewhat enlarged, from a book by J.G. Georgi published by Carl Wilhelm Müller in St. Petersburg, four volumes, 4to, 1776-80, under the patronage of the Empress. The text to this English edition is said to be by William Alexander." Abbey) Abbey, Travel, 244; Colas, Hiler & Lipperheide only mentioning the later edition of 1814.
WORKBOOK

WORKBOOK by BRANDFASS, Elisabeth

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WORKBOOK
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BRANDFASS, Elisabeth
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
New York: Doones Press, 1976. First Edition. Very good.. A visual work, with many reproduced drawings. Published by Ray DiPalma's Doones Press. Not in Clay and Phillips. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Very good. Light yellowing, tiny spot of soil to front cover. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated.
[AMERICANA] THE HISTORY OF THE SPONGE

[AMERICANA] THE HISTORY OF THE SPONGE

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[AMERICANA] THE HISTORY OF THE SPONGE
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Tarpon Springs, FL. 7” x 5 1/2” 4pp orange pamphlet on the types of sponge and traditional method of retrieving them. Printed by/for Mac’s Gift Shop in Tarpon Springs, Florida, a town known for sponge harvesting and boasting the Tarpon Springs Sponge Museum. No given author or date, but the original seller is no longer extant.~~A unique title not seen elsewhere from “The Sponge Capital of the World”. Very good.~~.
American Art Marble: Artistic, Practical, Economical

American Art Marble: Artistic, Practical, Economical by American Art Marble Co., Philadelphia

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American Art Marble: Artistic, Practical, Economical
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American Art Marble Co., Philadelphia
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Philadelphia: American Art Marble Co, 1909. Soft Cover. Very Good. Light stain to bottom margin of front wrapper and a few pages. 1909 Soft Cover. 60 pp. Includes color frontispiece, two-page color image of Blair County Court House, and numerous black-and-white photographs showing the uses and advantages of American Art Marble, with examples from throughout the United States.
The Film Journal (Spring 1971) [first issue]

The Film Journal (Spring 1971) [first issue] by (Atkins, Thomas R., ed.)

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The Film Journal (Spring 1971) [first issue]
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(Atkins, Thomas R., ed.)
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
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New York: The Film Journal. Near Fine. 1971. (Vol. I, No. 1). Magazine. [nice clean copy with only minimal handling wear, minor bend at top right corner of front cover, very slight insect-nibbling at lower right edge of front cover] (B&W photographs) Inaugural issue of a magazine dedicated to presenting "original documents and critical evaluations that will be useful to scholars, teachers, students or anyone seriously interested in film." Contents of this issue include: a conversation with director Vilgot Sjöman and actress Lena Nyman, coupled with a compilation of reactions to their film I AM CURIOUS--YELLOW at the Hollins Cinema Conference, and a biography and filmography for Sjöman; an article by Rodger Larson about the making of the film THE REVENGE--TEENAGERS WESTERN STYLE, produced by the Young Filmaker's Foundation (including a brief catalog of other films available from the Youth Film Distribution Center); an analysis of Glauber Rocha's ANTONIO DAS MORTES; an interview with documentarian Frederick Wiseman; an article about the career of cinematographer Karl Freund. .

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