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Metallotheca: opus posthumum, auctoritate & munificentia Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum : opera autem & studio Joannis Mariæ Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum by MUSEUMS. MINERALS. FOSSILS. Mercati, Michele (1541-1593)

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Title: Metallotheca: opus posthumum, auctoritate & munificentia Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum : opera autem & studio Joannis Mariæ Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum
Author: MUSEUMS. MINERALS. FOSSILS. Mercati, Michele (1541-1593)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Rome: Ex officina Jo. Mariæ Salvioni, 1717-, 1719. SOLE EDITION. Second issue, with the 1719 cancel title page to the first part (to coordinate with the date of the 1719 supplement with which this copy is bound.). Hardcover. Fine. With added engraved plates: Part I: Portrait of Mercati, folding view of the museum, Cabinet I, folding view of the mines of Pozzuoli, a coral (at p. 101). Part II: portrait of Lancisi. (The engraved frontis. with portrait of Pope Clement XI, the engraved t.p., and the other armaria are printed on leaves integral to the collation). An excellent copy, with a little light toning to scattered leaves and sporadic faint soiling in the upper margin. Bound in contemporary blond calf, boards gilt ruled, spine gilt, deft repairs to the leather of the boards. First edition of Michele Mercati's illustrated catalogue of the Vatican mineralogical collection, "a pioneering endeavor in the organized display of scientific specimens" (Nancy Siraisi, Rome Reborn, p. 194). Mercati's book, although only half-finished at the author's death in 1593, offers a valuable example of the emerging genre of wunderkammern and museum catalogues. It is also valuable for comparison with the first published illustrated catalogue of a private collection of natural history specimens, Ferrante Imperato's "Historia Naturale" (Naples, 1599). Although the book remained in manuscript until the eighteenth-century, the "Metallotheca" is of great importance in the history of the establishment of collections of scientific specimens and the development of museums. This is a large copy, bound in contemporary stiff vellum over boards (binding lightly soiled, corners bumped, split to foot of the front hinge), with the title and author's name tooled in gold in the second compartment of the spine. There is light foxing, mostly marginal, to a number of leaves, and some instances of heavier foxing or light browning (e.g. gatherings R-T, X-Y, Hh-Ii, Zz and the index); Leaf C1 is stained, the plate of Pozzuoli is lightly tanned. The text is illustrated with 150 fine engravings of rocks, minerals, fossils, and corals, all rendered in marvelous detail (the 20 in the supplement are repeated or re-engraved.) As this was the Vatican mineralogical collection, Mercati has included a number of marble statues from the Vatican collections, including the Belvedere torso and the Laocoön. The illustrations of glossopetrae (fossilized sharks' teeth) and the head of a shark (Lamia) are of particular importance as the original plates for the engravings, unpublished but available to artists and scientists, were used by Nicolaus Steno in his "Canis carcariae dissectum caput" (1667). "Michele Mercati was born to a wealthy family in San Miniato, between Pisa and Florence, Italy. His father was a prominent physician and his grandfather was a noted humanist and philosopher who moved in the highest scholarly circles. Mercati studied first in San Miniato, then enrolled in the University of Pisa for his degree in Philosophy and Medicine. There he studied under Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603), a celebrated physician and botanist, and later to be the author of De Metallicis ('On Minerals') (1596). The two became lifelong friends. Mercati earned his degree in 1561 and opened a medical practice in Rome, where he so distinguished himself during an epidemic there that Pope Pius V called him to the Vatican and offered him the post of Prefect of the Vatican Botanical Gardens. In 1577 Mercati was officially received among the "familiars" of Pope Gregory XIII who, having learned of Mercati's passion for mineralogy, suggested that he create a natural history museum inside the Vatican, focusing on minerals. Mercati was delighted by this idea and worked for many years building the collection while serving as Chief Physician under a succession of Popes. He had 19 large, expensive, custom-made cabinets constructed to house the collection in a room in the Pio-Clementine Museum. The collection eventually ranked among the largest and best in all of Europe. "Mercati spent years writing a scholarly description of the collection and having 127 high-quality copper-plate engravings of specimens prepared, but by the time of his death he had managed to cover only the first nine cabinets containing the non-metallic minerals. His manuscript and engravings were claimed by his relatives and placed in storage, and his magnificent collection of minerals was eventually reduced to nothing by pilferage. The manuscript and its illustrations were rediscovered and published as Metallotheca Vaticana in 1717."(Mineralogical Record) Collation: Part I: π4 (π1 blank, π 2 half-title, π3 engraved frontis., π4 letterpress t.p.), b-f4 (f4 engraved t.p.), g-h4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Ccc4, π2 (errata and register). Part II: π1, A-G4 (complete with blank leaf G4).

Women's History Western Americana Cowgirl Archive Depicting Armed Women Riders 1880s-1920 by Cowgirl Women

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Title: Women's History Western Americana Cowgirl Archive Depicting Armed Women Riders 1880s-1920
Author: Cowgirl Women
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1880. Cowgirl imagery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American visual culture documents the public fascination with women performers and riders associated with rodeo culture, Wild West exhibitions, and frontier mythology. Eighteen postcards dating from approximately the 1880s through the early 1920s depict cowgirls mounted on horseback performing actions associated with Western riding culture including firing revolvers and rifles, galloping across open terrain, and lassoing livestock. The images correspond to a period when female riders and sharpshooters gained national attention through rodeo competitions, traveling Wild West shows, and early popular media representations of the American frontier. Several postcards depict identifiable rodeo performers, including Gene Fisher and Mildred Douglas, whose participation reflects the visibility of women riders in Western entertainment and exhibition culture. Eighteen postcards dating from approximately the 1880s to about 1920 depicting cowgirls in action poses across Western landscapes. The archive includes both real photo postcards and printed postcards produced using color lithography and chromolithography, several of which feature embossed design elements. Each postcard measures approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches. The scenes portray women riders equipped with bandoliers, pistols, and rifles while mounted on horseback amid rugged Western environments populated by wild horses and cattle. One image shows a rider firing a revolver with visible muzzle flash as the horse rears back, while another depicts a cowgirl swinging a lasso above her head. A real photo postcard shows rodeo rider Gene Fisher mounted on horseback, and another image depicts female rodeo cowgirl Mildred Douglas riding a bucking steer. Several postcards contain handwritten messages referencing Western towns and travel, including one reading "Dear Uncle, Brainard is quite a town and plenty of saloons here." Visual representations of cowgirls became an established element of American frontier mythology during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, shaped by traveling Wild West shows, rodeo exhibitions, and early illustrated postcards circulated as souvenirs of Western identity. Performers such as female sharpshooters and rodeo riders appeared alongside male counterparts in popular entertainment, challenging conventional gender expectations by presenting women as skilled riders, marksmen, and performers in public spectacles of frontier life. These postcards reflect the intersection of popular print culture and the romanticized imagery of the American West during the decades when rodeos and frontier reenactments were widely promoted as symbols of national heritage. Eighteen postcards measuring approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Colors remain bright on the printed examples, and the photographic postcards retain clear contrast. Minor handling wear typical of early twentieth century postcards. Overall condition very good.

JOHN HENRY by Bradford, Roark. Lankes, J.J. (woodcuts). (Creel, George E.) (Roosevelt, Franklin D.)

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Title: JOHN HENRY
Author: Bradford, Roark. Lankes, J.J. (woodcuts). (Creel, George E.) (Roosevelt, Franklin D.)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NY: The Literary Guild, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good +. Harpers' edition of The Literary Guild and first thus (stated on copyright page: there was also a trade edition.) 8vo, duotone blue, ArtDeco-patterned cloth boards, gold label title pastedown spine, in decorated dustjacket typical of The Literary Guild editions, decorated endpapers, illustrated throughout, title label nicked, dust jacket soiled and faded, internals of book near fine. Roark Bradford (1896 - 1948) was an American short-story writer and novelist. His novelistic version of John Henry popularized the folklore legend of the African-American railroad worker beyond railroad and mining and Black communities. According to the publisher's bio of Bradford in the rear of this edition, Bradford is "amply qualified to write about the Negro. He was born on a plantation near the Mississippi River, fifteen miles from the railroad. He had a Negro for a nurse. He has seen them at work in the fields." Today, subject to contemporary criticism, Bradford's treatment of John Henry is seen as racial trope, no matter how high his intentions. Tipped-in to the front pastedown is a five paragraph TLS , dated July 18, 1932, Santa Fe, New Mexico from author Bradford to George E. Creel (1876 -1953). Creel, an investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official, served as head of the United States Committee on Public Information (CPI), the propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. The letter is in apparent response to Creel's solicitation of support for Franklin Roosevelt's candidacy for President. Creel's solicitation of Bradford was logical: Bradford had literary credibility and celebrity (a stage adaptation of an earlier novel had won a Pulitzer Prize), plus he had served in the Army during the Armistice (Creel' being head of the CPI would presumably carry weight with Bradford). Bradford's response in the summer of 1932 as the Great Depression was peaking is enthusiastically affirmative. He writes of a "triple incentive" to support FDR: the Bradford family are faithful Democrats, he personally admires Roosevelt and he loathes Herbert Hoover who would be "an ideal secretary for a Chamber of Commerce in, say, Evanston, Illinois." He pledges his support, noting that FDR as President should be such an obvious propositon that "an organized movement would be unnecessary" but, then again, "just eight years ago the great American people turned down a man like John W. Davis and selected Calvin Coolidge". (Davis was the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1924.) Besides some obvious parallels to the 2020 election (depending on one's political view), the letter is an exemplar of the pre-social media, old fashioned politicking that transacted on personal appeal by correspondence among the country's literati and public opinion leaders. After FDR's win, Creel, who lived in San Francisco, chaired the Regional Labor Board for California, Utah and Nevada, but eventually became disenchanted with some aspects of The New Deal. He ran in the 1934 California Democratic gubernatorial primary and was defeated to the left by novelistUpton Sinclair, who lost in the general election. Creel retired from Collier's magazine where he was an editor in the late 1940s. Bradford's first book, Ol' Man Adam and his Chillun (1928) was adapted for the stage by Marc Connelly as The Green Pastures, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930. Bradford adapted John Henry for the New York stage in 1940 as a musical, with Paul Robeson in the title role.

SERIE DI OPERE EBRAICHE IMPRESSE DAI CELEBRI TIPOGRAPHI SONCINI. Fermo: Stampe di Casare Ciserri, 1870, 8vo., Issued with APPENDICE ALLA SERIE DI OPERE EBRAICHE IMPRESSA DAI CELEBRI TIPOGRAFI SONCINI EC. E DELLE ALTRE IN GRECO LATINO ED ITALIANO EC by Zaccaria Antonucci, Gaetano

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Title: SERIE DI OPERE EBRAICHE IMPRESSE DAI CELEBRI TIPOGRAPHI SONCINI. Fermo: Stampe di Casare Ciserri, 1870, 8vo., Issued with APPENDICE ALLA SERIE DI OPERE EBRAICHE IMPRESSA DAI CELEBRI TIPOGRAFI SONCINI EC. E DELLE ALTRE IN GRECO LATINO ED ITALIANO EC
Author: Zaccaria Antonucci, Gaetano
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Fermo: Tipografia di Cesare Ciserri, 1870. publisher's wrappers. Soncino. 8vo. publisher's wrappers. (ii),122; 69+(1) pages. Third edition from first edition of 1868, enlarged with the assistance of Crescentino Giannini (Besterman, 5151; Not in Bigmore & Wyman). Bound together these two titles present a history and bibliography of books printed by the Soncini family who were the first printers at Soncini in Lombardy, Italy. Split along the spine, rear cover separated and heavily chipped along the edges. Covers toned. Internally a very good copy. The set up their press in 1472 or 1473 and were primarily dedicated to printing Judaica. This edition, the third, is the first to include their non-Hebrew books in addition to Judaica. This work not only covers their production of incunabula but traces their printing efforts into the sixteenth century. Only three holdings listed for this edition in the NUC.

The Farmer's and Mariner's Astronomical and Nautical Diary; or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1813. by LEONARD, Ezra

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Title: The Farmer's and Mariner's Astronomical and Nautical Diary; or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1813.
Author: LEONARD, Ezra
Seller: Savoy Books (United States)
Description: Boston: Printed by Edward Oliver for the author Book. [1812.] 12mo, original illustrated wrappers, stitched. 14 leaves, including wrappers,untrimmed. Edges worn, a very good copy. The first and only number of a scarce almanac, with handsome woodcuts of clipper ship and eagle on front wrappers. Drake 3747..

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATIONS by Alexander, J J G

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Title: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATIONS
Author: Alexander, J J G
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Description: Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st ed, NY, Braziller (1977). 118 pages, 40 plates, very good condition in dust jacket .

Worthy Dr Fuller by Addison, William

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Title: Worthy Dr Fuller
Author: Addison, William
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Description: London: Dent. Very Good. 1951. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. .

The Pulps: 50 Years of Pop Culture by Tony Goodstone, Ed

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Title: The Pulps: 50 Years of Pop Culture
Author: Tony Goodstone, Ed
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: New York: Chelsea House, 1970. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY EDITOR AND COMPILER TONY GOODSTONE on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends. Quarto, 239 pgs.

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Southern Labor in Transition, 1940-1995 by Ziegler, Robert H., Ed

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Title: Southern Labor in Transition, 1940-1995
Author: Ziegler, Robert H., Ed
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780870499906
Description: Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. 1st Edition. x, 346p., dj.

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