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Miyako Meisho Zue by AKISATO, Rito; KYOTO

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Seller: Ursus Books
Title
Miyako Meisho Zue
Author
AKISATO, Rito; KYOTO
Seller
Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1780. KYOTO. Miyako Meisho Zue. [Collection of Pictures of Famous Places of the Capital]. 6 volumes. By Akisato Rito. Xylographically printed and illustrated with 72 full-page and 180 double-spread woodblock plates throughout by Takehara Shunchôsai Nobushige. Kyoto: Yoshinoya Tamehachi, An'ei 9 [1780]. PLUS: _____. Shûi-Miyako Meisho Zue. [Supplement to the Collection of Pictures of Famous Places of the Capital]. 5 volumes. Xylographically printed and illustrated with 21 full-page and 147 double-page woodblock plates by Takehara Shunchôsai Nobushige. 4tos, ca. 275 x 175 mm, stab bound in original publisher's Japanese paper wrappers with new silk thread, preserved in blue Japanese chitsu case. Kyoto: Yoshinoya Tamehachi, Tenmei 7 [1787]. First edition of this exceptional eighteenth-century guide to the famous sites of Kyoto and the surrounding region. Akisato's guide documents the views of the Kyoto region through detailed and specific visual and textual information, via a total of 93 full-page and 327 double-page illustrations. Because of the devastating Kyoto fire of 1788, copies of this rare work that have survived are of the utmost historical significance. The eleven volumes contain 420 woodblock prints pulled on hand-made mulberry paper by Takehara Shunchôsai Nobushige, who was active from 1772 to 1801. The illustrations record Buddhist and Shinto shrines and temples, religious ceremonies and funeral processions, New Year's celebrations, processions of the Emperor throughout Kyoto, portrayals of everyday life in the city such as merchant shops like the fan maker or the kimono seller, weavers, grain milliners, loggers, etc. Also shown are establishments for various arts and crafts, refreshment houses, and numerous depictions of aristocratic and Imperial estates. Specific views of note include: the monastery of Honganji dating from the Xth century, the temple of Sanjùsaugendò with the 33 statues of Buddha, a luxurious Imperial cortege, the sub-temples of Daitokuji, and the Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji pavilions, to list but a few. The success enjoyed by Akisato's Miyako Meisho zue was substantial, encouraging him to issue a five volume supplement a year later, with additional views and descriptive text entitled: Shûi-Miyako Meisho Zue, Tenmei 7 [1787]. The text in all volumes is a mixture of Chinese and Japanese; the legends to the illustrations appear in both languages as well. Often there are poetic or literary citations that accompany a particular view. The Imperial Capital of Kyoto was the national symbol of pride and power in Japan for over a thousand years. Most of the Imperial City perished in the great fire of 1788; only the temples and gardens situated in the mountains surrounding Kyoto survived destruction. Hence, Akisato's descriptions and woodcut illustrations remain of paramount value in recording a city that mainly disappeared a mere two years after the book's publication. Akisato's Meisho zue reinvented an old genre of illustrated guide-books in Japan; and within thirty five years most of the major cities and prefectures of Japan that attracted travelers had published similar guides to their celebrated sites, although with far fewer illustrations. Akisato Rito (1776-1830) was responsible for the redesign and addition of the six new rocks in the Zen stone-garden masterpiece, Ryoan-ji, after the disastrous fire. In addition to the current publication, his other major works include a further meisho-zue or "guide book: Miyako Rinsen meisho zue (Illustrated Manual of Celebrated Gardens in the Capital) 1799, and the Ishigumi sonou yaegaki den (Transmission of Rock Compositions, Live Gardens, and Eight Types of Fences) 1827. Some minor rubbing to extremities of bindings, some worming throughout, but overall clean and bright. Rare. Kerlen, Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books and Maps in Public Collections in the Netherlands, # 1065 & 1066. V. Béranger, Recueils Illustrés de Lieux Célèbres (Meisho Zue); objets de collections, Ebisu, Maison Franco-Japonaise, Tòkyò, 2002, n° 29, pp. 81-113. Chibbett, Descriptive Catalogue of the Pre-1868 Japanese Books, 199. Toda: Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago, 334 (one volume only).
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Les Colorants a l'acide au Chrome et Basiques. by SOCIETE POUR L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE A BALE

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Les Colorants a l'acide au Chrome et Basiques.
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SOCIETE POUR L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE A BALE
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
SOCIÉTÉ POUR L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE A BÂLE. CIBA. Les colorants a l'acide au chrome et basiques. 54 pp. text and 17 pp. with mounted wool samples. 8vo, 223 x 140 mm, publisher's cloth. Basel: Societe pour l'Industrie Chimique, n.d. This is a fairly typical example of a dyeing sample book, with, in this case, particularly attractive samples. Like most of the genre, it is rare, with no listing in OCLC. Society for the Chemical Industry in Basel, known as Ciba, founded in 1884 is a Swiss company that later became Ciba-Geigy and eventually the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. As is typical of the European pharmaceutical giants, it began as a dyestuff manufacturer. Ciba evolved out of an earlier company founded by Alexander Clavel which focused on the production of fuchsine, a bright magenta dye, used for silk-dyeing. It also became incredibly popular for dyeing foods and beverages, including red wine.
For Robert Penn Warren 24 * IV * 80

For Robert Penn Warren 24 * IV * 80 by Ammons .A.R. et al.

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Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Title
For Robert Penn Warren 24 * IV * 80
Author
Ammons .A.R. et al.
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Medium gray cloth, front cover paper label. Fine in matching fine quarter gray and marbled slipcase
Description
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Medium gray cloth, front cover paper label. Fine in matching fine quarter gray and marbled slipcase. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 23 cm. Laid-in a woodcut by Anne Carter Pollard, copy 40 of 75 and signed by her. The contributors include A.R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, James Dickey, Richard Eberhart, George Garrett, John Hollander, William Meredith, Reynolds Price, Rosanna Warren, and Richard Wilbur. Each tribute of ten printed in red and black and signed by poets named herein. The ten broadsides are 35 x 22.5 cm. Seventy five sets were published with 55 for public sale the balance are for the use of the artist. This set numbered 33 in red ink. As new copy.
COME TO LAUGH: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL THEATRE IN GHANA

COME TO LAUGH: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL THEATRE IN GHANA by BAME, Kwabena N.

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COME TO LAUGH: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL THEATRE IN GHANA
Author
BAME, Kwabena N.
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
NY: Lilian Barber Press, Inc, 1985. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bame on the title page: "Ms. Vivian Windlay, with compliments of the author, K.N. Bame." Vivian Windley was Professor Emerita at City College of the City University of New York. She travelled widely in Africa over 20 years. She conducted research, taught at the University of Ghana at Legon, lived in a small village, travelled around the country, and got to know the people and the culture. With a sticker on the title page stating that this book won the 1986 Ghana Association of Writers' George Padmore Award for the best work in sociology. Small 8vo., pictorial yellow wraps; 190 pages. Very Good (minor wear with tiny crease lower corner front cover; contents clean & tight).
Fluoreszierende Nebelmeere / Fluorescent Seas of Fog

Fluoreszierende Nebelmeere / Fluorescent Seas of Fog by ZUST, Andreas, Peter Weber and Mara Zust

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Title
Fluoreszierende Nebelmeere / Fluorescent Seas of Fog
Author
ZUST, Andreas, Peter Weber and Mara Zust
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783905509649
Description
Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Patrick Frey, 2007. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Text in English and German. A collection of 60 color images. A very fine copy and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. No dust jacket as issued.
Cahiers du CIRVA No. 1 : Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre

Cahiers du CIRVA No. 1 : Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre

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Cahiers du CIRVA No. 1 : Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Marseille, France: CIRVA, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and French. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.
Aktual Art International: Stanford Art Book 8 (First Edition)

Aktual Art International: Stanford Art Book 8 (First Edition) by [Aktual Art International] Jeff Berner, Françoise Forster-Hahn

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Aktual Art International: Stanford Art Book 8 (First Edition)
Author
[Aktual Art International] Jeff Berner, Françoise Forster-Hahn
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Stanford: Stanford University, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition held at Stanford Art Gallery from December 2-28, 1967. Wrappers lightly faded near the spine, else Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.

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