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Fighting Card Players and Death by Lievens, Jan (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

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Title: Fighting Card Players and Death
Author: Lievens, Jan (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Antwerp: Frans van den Wijngaerde, c., 1638. THIRD STATE. With Wijngaerde’s name replacing that of Marten van den Enden. Hardcover. Fine. Signed lower left margin: Ioannes Lÿvÿus pinxit et fecit; publisher’s address lower right margin: fran.c V Wijngaerde ex. With Latin verses in the lower margin. Watermark: Crowned Strasbourg Coat of Arms with Lilies. Bartsch 1779, 11; Dutuit 11 II (II); Rovinski 11 III (III); Hollstein XI, 19 III (III); Wheelock 2008, Cat. No. 78. An excellent, richly-inked impression with good contrasts and ample margins, in fine condition. The first state had no inscription. The second state had “Martinus van den Enden ex. Amsterdam” as publisher. A captivating print by the renowned Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Lievens. Born in Leiden, from the age of ten Lievens studied under Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. He later (1626-1631) shared a studio with Rembrandt in that city. Lievens’ talent was evident early. By the age of thirteen he had drawn the attention of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange; by the age of twenty-four, he had been invited to the British court, where he was influenced by the work of Anthony van Dyck. When he returned from London, Lievens settled in Antwerp. There he became a member of the local painters’ guild, and found himself in the company of artists many of whom many specialized in lower-class genre scenes and depictions of rough peasant types. The idiom of Adriaen Brouwer (1605/06 – 1638) was of particular influence on Lievens’ work of that period, as is evident from the painting Fighting Card Players and Death (c. 1638), now in the Leiden Collection, on which this etching is based. Although the inevitability of death was not an uncommon subject for artists in Lievens’ day, it had enjoyed greater popularity in the sixteenth century, when images of Death personified proliferated in scenes that mixed menace with a touch of humor. In Lievens’ Fighting Card Players and Death, two men come to blows over a game. One threatens his opponent with a knife, overturning the gaming board in the process, while the other seizes a jug and retaliates. Death, wearing an ivy crown and waving a bone as a club, joins the fray, grabs the man with a knife by the shirt, and prepares to strike him. “While themes related to life’s brevity and the elusiveness of worldly possessions occur in seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting, they primarily appear in portraits or vanitas still lifes containing such motifs as an extinguished candle, hourglass, or skull. The jarring appearance of an animated and predatory Death was far less common, and indicates the strong moralizing quality that Lievens sought to instill in these works, a theme expressly evident in the inscription added below a reproductive etching Lievens made of Fighting Card Players and Death (fig 4). The inscription reads: ‘The ancient serpent hastens to spread quarrels and hatred, but death cancels all brawls.’ “Lievens’s paintings Greedy Couple Surprised by Death and Fighting Card Players and Death, as well as the print he made after the latter work, all date to 1638. Lievens undoubtedly created these works in that year in response to the devastating plague then ravaging the Netherlands, a plague that claimed the life of, among others, Adriaen Brouwer. The realization that death could come at unexpected moments was one that must have weighed heavily on the populace, and Lievens, as well as other Dutch and Flemish artists, responded in imaginative and compelling ways to this mortal reality.”(Wheelock, "Fighting Card Players and Death." In The Leiden Collection Catalogue. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. New York, 2017).

A Treatise on Lesser Surgery; or the Minor Surgical Operations by D.M.P. Bourgery, Translated from the French with notes and an appendix by William C. Roberts and James B. Kissam by Bourgery, D.M.P.

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Title: A Treatise on Lesser Surgery; or the Minor Surgical Operations by D.M.P. Bourgery, Translated from the French with notes and an appendix by William C. Roberts and James B. Kissam
Author: Bourgery, D.M.P.
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Charles S. Francis, 1834. First American. FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION OF TREATISE ON MINOR SURGERY BY NOTED FRENCH ANATOMIST, COPY OF ALEXANDER H. BAYLY, DATED 1835 - YEAR OF HIS MD FROM UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, recent marbled paper covered boards cloth spine, new endpapers, pages untrimmed, light foxing throughout, overall very good-. Section of original free endpaper affixed to front paste-down, containing contemporary ink signature of Alexander H. Bayly, Cambridge Md, 1835, i-xvi (leaf containing list of testimonials by American physicians of the original French edition [1829], dedication to Valentine Mott, M.D., mentor of the translators, List of Subscribers, Translators' Preface, Author's Preface, Index), pp 1-376, , i-xxviii (Appendix by the Translators). JEAN-BAPTISTE MARC BOURGERY (1797 – 1849) was a French physician and anatomist who was a native of Orléans. In 1815 he began his studies in Paris, where he attended courses given by naturalist Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829). From 1817 to 1820 he worked as an interne at Parisian hospitals, and subsequently spent several years as a medical officer at the copper foundries in Romilly-sur-Seine. In 1827 he returned to Paris and received his medical doctorate. In 1830 he began work on Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme comprenant la médecine operatoire., a masterpiece on human anatomy that was published in eight volumes. Bourgery worked on the atlas until his death in 1849, with the last volume being published posthumously. PROVENANCE: ALEXANDER HAMILTON BAYLY (1814-1892), was born in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. By 1832, he began to study medicine under Dr. Vans Murray Sullivan of Cambridge and worked under Dr. Samuel Baker of Baltimore. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1835. Dr. Bayly was known for his efficiency as a surgeon and in 1846 was the first to employ the use of a horse-shoe magnet to remove a piece of metal from the cornea. In addition to his renowned medical practice, Bayly was the President of the State Lunacy Commission.

The City Beyond Play [Signed -Association Copy] by Farmer, Jose-Philip and Adams, Danny

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Title: The City Beyond Play [Signed -Association Copy]
Author: Farmer, Jose-Philip and Adams, Danny
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ISBN: 9781905834242
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Description: UK: PS Publishing, 2007. New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Signed by the Author on the bookplate of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. This book is from his collection. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Trade Edition. Introduction by Chris Roberson and the Afterword by Tracy Knight. Cover Art by Domonic Harman. The City Beyond Play, co-authored by Philip José Farmer and Danny Adams, is a science fiction novella that delves into themes of societal reconstruction and the complexities of identity. Set in a secluded valley in California, the narrative explores a community known as Scadia, where residents have recreated a medieval society reminiscent of pre-17th-century Europe. This enclave, designed to offer an immersive historical experience, becomes the backdrop for a tale that examines the interplay between past ideals and present realities. With its concise narrative and thought-provoking themes, The City Beyond Play offers readers a contemplative look at the allure and potential pitfalls of idealized societies. Subjects: Societal Reconstruction, Identity, Historical Reenactment, Utopian Communities, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction.

The early work by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Title: The early work
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
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Description: New York: Horizon, 1968. Very Good. Slipcase. Published without a dust jacket.

CultureWatch: a monthly annotated bibliography on culture, art, and political affairs: #1 - 35, May 1993 - September 1996 [broken run of 31 issues]

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Title: CultureWatch: a monthly annotated bibliography on culture, art, and political affairs: #1 - 35, May 1993 - September 1996 [broken run of 31 issues]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Oakland: The DataCenter, 1996. Thirty-one issue broken run, 4p. each, 8.5x11 inches, articles, reports, book listings, resources, additional materials, very good newsletter on heavy stock. The DataCenter is a non-profit social justice center dedicated to providing information to those working for progressive social change.

The Southern Workman, Vol. L, No. 4 (April, 1921)

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Title: The Southern Workman, Vol. L, No. 4 (April, 1921)
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Description: Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1921. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [145]-192. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Cover lightly browned. Cover chipping. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "The New York Indians," by Arthur C. Parker (pages 155-160 with no photos); "Service of a Negro Hospital" by John A. Kenney about the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee Institute (pages 161-170 with 6 photos); and "Builders of a Community," by J. L. B. Buck, Directory of Extension Work at Hampton Institute about "an unusually thrifty, home-loving and refined colony of colored people" in Suffolk, Virginia (Pages 172-177 with 5 photos).

Sloops & Shallops. by Baker, William A.

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Title: Sloops & Shallops.
Author: Baker, William A.
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Condition: Development of the shallop from open work boats to fully decked vessels, and parallel evolution of sloops. Reprint of Baker's cl
Description: (Columbia, SC): University of South Carolina Press, (1966). Development of the shallop from open work boats to fully decked vessels, and parallel evolution of sloops. Reprint of Baker's classic. VG in dj.. 22.5 cm. xiv, 174 pp. b/w plates.

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