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[VETERINARY BROADSIDE WARNING OF CATTLE PLAGUE]. Il Magistrato de' Conservatori Generali di Sanità. Sul primo aviso da Noi ultimamente avuto, che il morbo Epidemico denominato infiammazione di Polmone by Italy. Magistrate of the Conservatory General of Health

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Title: [VETERINARY BROADSIDE WARNING OF CATTLE PLAGUE]. Il Magistrato de' Conservatori Generali di Sanità. Sul primo aviso da Noi ultimamente avuto, che il morbo Epidemico denominato infiammazione di Polmone
Author: Italy. Magistrate of the Conservatory General of Health
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Turin, Italy: Stamperia Reale, 1744. Very good. Huge letterpress broadside (1070 x 360 mm), printed on 2 1/2 folio sheets, edges untrimmed. A few sections underlined and annotated in a contemporary hand in the left blank margin (worn; paper extensions mainly in the right margin; prominent horizontal central fold, other folds reinforced on verso with occasional lost of one or two letters). A remarkable survival, preserved in mylar L-sleeve backed with lig-free board. GIGANTIC, APPARENTLY UNRECORDED BROADSIDE ISSUED BY THE STATE MAGISTRATE WARNING AGAINST THE 1744 "CATTLE PLAGUE" EPIDEMIC IN NORTHERN ITALY, A FLIMSY ATTEMPT AT GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND DISEASE CONTROL. The disease described herein was almost certainly RIDERPEST, a highly contagious viral infection which can produce a 100% death rate among herds (the colloquial term "cattle plague" is a misnomer because sheep and goats can also be afflicted by it). The 1744 outbreak had been observed in The Netherlands in the months before our broadside was printed, but the Magistrate mentions only the reports from Franche Comté. While the devating consequences of cattle plague in The Netherlands are well researched, its effects in Italy at this same time are not well-known, probably due to the comparatively low survival rate of contemporary documentation. Indeed, no other copy of our broadside can be found. Here the Magistrate of the Conservatory General of Health gives warning signs of the infection, and preventative measures against its spread, including mandatory "lazarettos" (quarantine areas) for livestock. The "nature and the signs" of the disease is addressed, along with a dubious (and ineffectual) attempt at a remedy which involved cold water, salt, vinegar, pepper, and camphor; "Rimedi preservativi" prophylactic measures are recommended, and steps for "fumigating" (i.e. disinfecting) livestock and their owners are given. The urgency of Magistrate's is justified: less than 30 years earlier, through circuitous trade routes, cattle plague had spread like wildfire even the most remote regions of Eastern and Western Europe and Britain. Such trade networks had become larger and more sophisticated in order to supply food to growing urban centers. Throughout history, outbreaks of cattle plague led to severe economic crisis: the resulting famine, inflation, civil unrest and overall moral decay destabilized societies with crippling effect, as had been seen in The Netherlands in the first outbreak of 1713-1720. Wherever and whenever cattle plague emerged, religious figures, government officials, technocrats, and the public wrested with the meaning and consequences of these disasters. Students and scholars of socio-economics in the Early Modern era would do well do incorporate primary sources of veterinary history in their research. NB: Interested parties are advised that this huge broadside will be shipped folded.

POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT by Hardy, Thomas

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Title: POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1902. (London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902.) Original dark green cloth with monogram device in gilt. First Edition of Hardy's second volume of verse, which (like the first, WESSEX POEMS), consisted of only 500 copies. None of Hardy's exceedingly scarce multi-volume novels consisted of fewer copies; for example, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE and TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES each had a 1000-copy first edition. This title, published actually in November 1901, contains 99 poems, some of which deal with the Boer War; WESSEX POEMS had contained 51 poems. POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT marks the end of Hardy's association with the publishing firm of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. (and their successors, Harper & Brothers of London, of which Clarence McIlvaine was in charge). This is an unusually fine, bright copy. In our experience, though both WESSEX POEMS and this title consisted of the same number of copies, this is a considerably scarcer book -- especially in this condition. Purdy pp 107-119.

TYPHOON and Other Stories by Conrad, Joseph

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Title: TYPHOON and Other Stories
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1903. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. First Issue, (2)pp. ads, 304pp., 32pp. ads at rear. With the windmill device on title page; bound in dark gray cloth pictorially stamped in gilt depicting a lifesaver; spine lettering gilt; internally clean and bright with two small spots of bubbling to cloth.

NEGOTIATING HISTORY. FROM ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIANISM. (WASEDA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SERIES 23) by Rieko Suzuki

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Title: NEGOTIATING HISTORY. FROM ROMANTICISM TO VICTORIANISM. (WASEDA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SERIES 23)
Author: Rieko Suzuki
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9784657127037
Condition: Fine binding
Description: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo: Waseda University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy of the First Edition. Hardback with minimal wear to the corners. Fine binding.

Duel in the Sun. (Screen treatment of Busch's novel) by Busch, Niven

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Title: Duel in the Sun. (Screen treatment of Busch's novel)
Author: Busch, Niven
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1946. Mimeographed, 23-page undated early treatment of Busch's novel, mimeographed cover, brad bound. Some spotting to cover; very good. Other than Busch's, no name appears in this treatment. The adaptation credit went to Oliver H.P. Garrett, and the screenplay was written by David O. Selznick (aided by uncredited Ben Hecht).

BOLLETTINO DEL REALE ISTITUTO DI ARCHEOLOGIA...BOLLETINO by BOLLETTINO DEL REALE ISTITUTO DI ARCHEOLOGIA

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Title: BOLLETTINO DEL REALE ISTITUTO DI ARCHEOLOGIA...BOLLETINO
Author: BOLLETTINO DEL REALE ISTITUTO DI ARCHEOLOGIA
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: BOLLETTINO DEL REALE ISTITUTO DI ARCHEOLOGIA...BOLLETTINO BIBLIOGRAFICO. 194 Part two. Rome: Arti Grafiche, 1940. 8vo. Wrappers. 316, (2) pages. First edition. There are 4,692 entries in this bibliography for articles published in 1937, concerning archeological studies, including an index. Ex-library copy, edges slightly sunned, else very good.

The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams

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Title: The Girl in a Swing
Author: Richard Adams
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780713914078
Condition: Very Fine Plus
Description: Allen Lane, 1980. Book. Very Fine Plus. Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine plus copy in like jacket.Beautiful copy of The First English Edition..

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