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USER'S GUIDE TO A PAPER INSTRUMENT<br>ILLUSTRATED BY HANS HOLBEIN<br> Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium, docentes quo pacto per illud inveniantur Solis & Lunae medii & veri motus, lunationes, coniunctiones, oppositiones, caput draconis, eclipses, horae inaequales, & nocturnae aequales, ortus solis & occasus, ascendens coeli, intervallum, aureus numerus, &c.

USER'S GUIDE TO A PAPER INSTRUMENT
ILLUSTRATED BY HANS HOLBEIN
Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium, docentes quo pacto per illud inveniantur Solis & Lunae medii & veri motus, lunationes, coniunctiones, oppositiones, caput draconis, eclipses, horae inaequales, & nocturnae aequales, ortus solis & occasus, ascendens coeli, intervallum, aureus numerus, &c. by MÜNSTER, Sebastian.

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USER'S GUIDE TO A PAPER INSTRUMENT
ILLUSTRATED BY HANS HOLBEIN
Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium, docentes quo pacto per illud inveniantur Solis & Lunae medii & veri motus, lunationes, coniunctiones, oppositiones, caput draconis, eclipses, horae inaequales, & nocturnae aequales, ortus solis & occasus, ascendens coeli, intervallum, aureus numerus, &c.
Author
MÜNSTER, Sebastian.
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
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4to. [20 x 15.5 cm], 51 pp, (1) p. woodcut printer's device. With large woodcut on title page and 6 woodcuts in text, woodcut initials. Bound in half vellum over marbled boards with gilt title label on cover. Only minor rubbing to binding, clipped dealer description and bookplate of the Swedish architect Theodor Wåhlin (1864-1948) inside upper cover. "4" in MS on title page, probably indicating that it was part of a Sammelband. Internally clean and fresh. Very rare first Latin edition of one of Sebastian Münster's (1488-1552) earliest astronomical works, the Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium, a treatise on the use of an elaborate device known as the Instrumentum Novum ('New Instrument'). The volume instructs users how to calculate such astronomical information as the appearance of eclipses, the waxing and waning of the moon, the paths of the sun and moon, the precise hour at nighttime (using the polestar), horoscopes, various astrological information (medical, agricultural, meteorological, etc.), and the like. The work is notable (beyond its purely scientific utility) for being illustrated by the renowned painter and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543): "Holbein's designs for the circular diagrams on Münster's [Instrumentum Novum] and for the accompanying manual were more visually appealing than their tabular predecessors" (Karr Schmidt, p. 306) and so the present volume surpassed in aesthetic terms Münster's previous works on scientific instrumentation, his 1525 Instrument der Sonne mit yngesetzter Landtafel and his 1529 Instrument über den Monslauff. The present Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium has a title-page woodcut by Holbein and 6 further woodcuts in the text, and represents one of a small number of collaborations between the artist and Münster undertaken while both resided in Basel. Holbein's charming title page, which depicts two astronomers measuring the heavens with an armillary sphere and a sextant, recalls his recently completed masterpiece The Ambassadors (1533, National Gallery, London) and its intricate still-life depictions of complex astronomical instruments. It has been suggested that the astronomer Niklaus Kratzer (c.1487-1550), whose portrait Holbein had recently painted, first drew Münster's attention to the artist's skill in delineating scientific and mathematical instruments while he and Münster were residing in Basel in the autumn of 1529: "In this way, no doubt, the author and the artist came into personal contact…" (Chamberlain, Hans Holbein the Younger, Vol 1, p. 350). Holbein was also responsible for illustrating Münster's Wandkalender (1533) and provided several illustrations for his horological works. Münster first published a guide to lunar motion in German in 1529 (Erklerung des newen Instruments), of which the present work is a revised and expanded version in Latin. Evidently intended to reach a wider audience, and perhaps building on Münster's growing fame as an astronomer, the present work includes a new table of major European cities and their precise latitudes so that the reader could adjust Münster's instructions for use in a specific locale. In addition to Holbein's new design for the title page in this Latin version, the 6 woodcuts in the text have all been redesigned from the German version (especially distinctive are the lively faces of the moon and sun, which also appear in the chart). A new preface by Münster, dated 1534, promises that his methods are good for at least 48 years. In some ways the present work may be taken as an early precursor to the Organum Uranicum (1536), which also included instructions for calculating the paths and conjunctions of the sun, moon, and planets. The Instrumentum Novum chart discussed in the present volume is exceedingly rare and today un-acquirable: We have located just one U.S. example, a later edition (1554?), housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Münster's paper instruments had very low survival rates: "Discarded after use, like outdated wall calendars, they are known in only one or two impressions each" (Karr Schmidt, p. 306), and their accompanying manuals are nearly as rare as the charts themselves, with the two hardly ever encountered together. Burmeister notes copies of the German and Latin versions of the chart only at the Basel UB (the latter perhaps the same example in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Basel Kunstmuseum [Inv: 1923.165-66] reproduced in Karr Schmidt). The present Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium is rare in U.S. libraries: We locate copies at the Morgan Library and the Smithsonian, while the 1529 German version, with a different title-page (not by Holbein), is held only by Harvard. A further German edition of 1554 is held only at Princeton.The present copy carries the bookplate of the Swedish architect Theodor Wåhlin (1864-1948), who, in addition to designing a great variety of buildings across Sweden (especially in Mälmo and Lund), served from 1902 until his death as the architect of Lund Cathedral, a church renowned for its remarkable 15th-century astronomical clock (the Horologium mirabile Lundense). Wåhlin was responsible for restoring this clock in 1923, and he undoubtedly used the present copy of Münster's Canones super Novum Instrumentum Luminarium as a guide to its technology. He wrote of this experience in Horologium mirabile Lundense: det astronomiska uret i Lunds Domkyrka (1923), in The mediaeval astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral, with a survey of some similar clocks on the Continent and in England (1930), and in the articles "Astrolabe Clocks and Some Thoughts Regarding the Age and Development of the Astrolabe," and "The Availability of the Astrolabe for the Construction of Sundials," in R. T. Gunther, ed., The Astrolabes of the World (Oxford UP, 1932). *Burmeister 39; Zinner 1566; Holbein-Kat. (1960) 425; Panzer IX. 407. 974.b; cf. also Wolf, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497/98-1543: The German Raphael (this title page pictured on p. 73). The paper instrument is described and illustrated by Suzanne Karr Schmidt in Susan Dackerman's Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge, cat. no. 73, pp. 306-9.
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CAHIERS D’ART by CAHIERS D’ART

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CAHIERS D’ART
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CAHIERS D’ART
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Paris: Cahiers d’art, 1960. 4to. Seven issues. Five issues of the famous art periodical Cahiers d’Art as well as monographs by two of its most important contributors. The collection includes the following five issues: 1. Vol. 8, No. 5-6 (1933). Folio. pp. [173-208], 209-252 (excluding the numerous pages of advertisements). Small tear to spine, text unglued from wrappers, some staining. This issue includes articles on a number of artists, including Jean Duvet, Juan Gris, Max Ernst, K. Ghika, and Alex-andre Calder, among others. 2. Vol. 13, No. 3-10 (1938). Folio. pp. [69]-236 (again excluding ads). Tear in upper portion of spine, some foxing on cover; interior excellent. The Picasso-Le Greco issue. 3. Vol. 24, No. 1 (1949). Folio. 176 pp. Cover and lithography by Miró. This is a fine example of Zervos’ collaboration with the artist. 4. Vol. 30 (1955). Folio. 279, [1] pp. Includes articles on Jacques Villon and Constantin Bancusi. 5. Vols 31-32 (1956-1957). Large folio. Publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket, all in excellent condition. Includes articles on Picasso, Léger, Braque, on the state of pho-tography as art, Wifredo Lam, Antoine Pevsner, and much more. (Also offered with) 1. [ZERVOS, Christian]. Pablo Picasso 1930-1935. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1936. Folio. 108 pp. Numerous full-page reproductions. Publisher’s cloth. This is the second of thirty-three volumes that were published between 1932 and 1978. The text includes a photograph of Picasso by Man Ray with his stamp signature along with reproductions, a color lithograph, and text from Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, and Julio Gonzales. Zervos’s volumes remain the quintessential reference for Picasso and his work. 2. VALLIER, Dora. Serge Poliakoff. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1959. Folio. 100, [2] pp., includ-ing contents and limitation page. Publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket; in excellent condition. First edition of the best biography of Poliakoff (1900-1969), a Russian-born French modernist painter. Christian Zervos (1889–1970) was a Greek historian, collector of (mostly) French art, and writer. He established his art gallery, publishing house, and magazine all under the name Cahiers d’Art in 1926. The magazine ran from 1926 to 1960 and was only interrupted between 1941 and 1943 dur-ing World War II. During this time, Zervos published ninety-seven issues of Cahiers d’Art as well as fifty books. Recently, in 2012 the publication was re-launched by the Swedish collector Staffan Ahren-berg. The success of this legendary magazine is attributed to its impactful typography and layout, among other things. Additionally, Cahiers d’Art often produced original artwork through its collabo-ration with artists like Joan Miró and Marcel Duchamp. The text was equally stimulating and includ-ed writing from Samuel Beckett, René Char, Paul Éluard, Ernest Hemingway, Jacques Lacan and Tristan Tzara. Moreover, Zervos and other contributors often included African, Asian, Mesoameri-can, and Pacific Island art alongside discussions of early twentieth-century European art, architecture, theater, and film.
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On the action of...the Digitalis. In: Jl. of Experimental Medicine by CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson

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On the action of...the Digitalis. In: Jl. of Experimental Medicine
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CUSHNY, Arthur Robertson
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New York: [n.p.], 1897. FIRST EDITION. With 8 full page plates. Original wrappers bearing Cushny's manuscript presentation in German as well as the eminent neurophysiologist R. Magnus's manuscript exlibris. A small section off the spine and library stamp on front cover. First edition. The present rare offprint is one of Cushny's most important works on the subject of digitalis.
Self Portrait

Self Portrait by Friedlander, Lee

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Self Portrait
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Friedlander, Lee
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Haywire Press, New City, 1970. First Edition 8.5 in. x 9 in., Unnumbered pages, Wrappers, Some wear at spine else very good. Friedlander's first monograph
Frigidaire Recipes, Prepared especially for Frigidaire Automatic Refrigerators equipped with the Frigidaire "Cold Control", Second Edition

Frigidaire Recipes, Prepared especially for Frigidaire Automatic Refrigerators equipped with the Frigidaire "Cold Control", Second Edition

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Frigidaire Recipes, Prepared especially for Frigidaire Automatic Refrigerators equipped with the Frigidaire "Cold Control", Second Edition
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Dayton, Ohio: Frigidaire Corporation, 1929. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 8vo; 96pp; tan cloth over board with decorative cartouche and title on front cover; brown paper dust jacker with design and title in black printed on front cover; illustrated in color and black and white; soiling and tanning of cover, light soiling of endpapers; chipping of dj edges; very good minus in very good dj. Unusual in original dj.
A Merry Christmas, Made in U.S.A.

A Merry Christmas, Made in U.S.A.

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A Merry Christmas, Made in U.S.A.
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Near fine
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No place listed: No publisher listed, 1950. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. [HOLIDAY] [CHRISTMAS CARD]. 6 ½" x 3 7/8"; [4]pp; embossed die-cut card in shape of a Teddy bear, red cloth ribbon at fold; gift inscription on verso front; b&w illustrations; a few rubs; near fine. An undated color half-tone Christmas card in the shape of a Teddy-bear with a four page rhyming verse about Santa on Christmas Eve. "'Twas Christmas eve, and over the snow / Dear Santa was driving his sleigh, / Once again stopping and leaving his toys / For good little folk on the way.".
Mignon Opéra en Trois Actes ... Paroles de MM Michel Carré & Jules Barbier Deutsch von Ferdinand Gumbert. [Piano-vocal score]

Mignon Opéra en Trois Actes ... Paroles de MM Michel Carré & Jules Barbier Deutsch von Ferdinand Gumbert. [Piano-vocal score] by THOMAS, Ambroise 1811-1896

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Mignon Opéra en Trois Actes ... Paroles de MM Michel Carré & Jules Barbier Deutsch von Ferdinand Gumbert. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
THOMAS, Ambroise 1811-1896
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Au Ménestrel [PN 3607], 1912. Large octavo. Original publisher's full dark red decorative cloth with blindstamping in black and gilt, titling black to spine, decorative endpapers. 1f. (recto decorative half title, verso blank), 1f. (decorative title, verso blank), 1f. (recto cast list and contents, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-417, 384bis-386bis pp. Text in German and French. Occasional performance markings in blue crayon. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Minor internal wear; former owner's name to free front endpaper; publisher's handstamp to second leaf. Third version.
The Pit and Other Poems

The Pit and Other Poems by Stryk, Lucien

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The Pit and Other Poems
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Stryk, Lucien
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Condition
Very good
Description
Chicago: Swallow, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Inscribed by Stryk on the front endpaper. First printing. Very good in an about very good jacket, unclipped ($5.00), rubbed throughout, bumped at the top edge. Green buckram with black ink lettering, square and firmly bound. An eclectic collection of Stryk's Zen poetry as well as translations of Shinkichi Takahashi.
The Antiques Care &amp; Repair Handbook - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The Antiques Care & Repair Handbook - 1st US Edition/1st Printing by Jackson, Albert and David Day

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The Antiques Care & Repair Handbook - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
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Jackson, Albert and David Day
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780394534923
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Fine in Fine dust jacket
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394534921 . A nice first American edition/first printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down; is the definitive guide to restoring, repairing, and preserving your antique furniture and artifacts.This book is the definitive guide to restoring, repairing, and preserving your antique furniture and artifacts. It covers everything from replacing broken parts to understanding the history of your furniture and how to best care for it. The authors are experts in the antique furniture trade and have written this book with the collector in mind.; B&W and Color Illustrations; 8vo .
Printed Letterhead Sheet of National Association of Negro Musicians

Printed Letterhead Sheet of National Association of Negro Musicians

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Printed Letterhead Sheet of National Association of Negro Musicians
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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Chicago, Illinois: National Association of Negro Musicians, 1930. Unbound. Fine. Single sheet of non-pictorial letterhead stationery of the National Association of Negro Musicians, measuring circa 8.5" x 7" printed on recto only. Unusued in fine condition. The National Association of Negro Musicians was founded in Chicago in 1919.
Dead and Company - 2021 - Pin - Noblesville, IN - Deer Creek, Sept. 15, 2021

Dead and Company - 2021 - Pin - Noblesville, IN - Deer Creek, Sept. 15, 2021

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Dead and Company - 2021 - Pin - Noblesville, IN - Deer Creek, Sept. 15, 2021
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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New
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2021. New. Metal pin with one post. A Tour 2021 pin created for the Deer Creek show in Noblesville, IN on September 15, 2021. Purchased at the show.
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The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques by Antreasian. Garo Z. ; Clinton Adams

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The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques
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Antreasian. Garo Z. ; Clinton Adams
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780810990173
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY:: Abrams. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. 0810990172 . 479 illustrations, including 87 color plates. First paperback edition. Very good in oversize illustrated wraps.; 229 X 32 X 292 millimeters; 463 pages .

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