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La Perspective Curieuse...Divisée en Quatre Livres Avec l’Optrique et La Catoptrique du R.P. Mersenne by NICERON, Jean François / MERSENNE, Marin

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Title: La Perspective Curieuse...Divisée en Quatre Livres Avec l’Optrique et La Catoptrique du R.P. Mersenne
Author: NICERON, Jean François / MERSENNE, Marin
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Scarce edition of this important treatise on perspective by the most scientifically rigorous of 17th-century French theorists, o
Description: Paris: Jean du Puis/Widow of Langlois, 1663. Scarce edition of this important treatise on perspective by the most scientifically rigorous of 17th-century French theorists, of particular interest for its contention that “the illustrations to earlier treatises were often defective” (Millard), thus making it the first work on the subject to treat the problem of didactic illustration in a deliberate and self-conscious manner. A comprehensive textbook, Book I gives basic geometrical definitions and an introduction to perspective construction; Book II treats simple and deformed perspective—namely, the curved or irregular surfaces found in vaulted ceilings, niches etc., and examines the necessary surface distortion (anamorphosis) to bring a picture painted on such a surface into perspective; Book III deals with more complex cases of anamorphosis, such as reflections on flat, cylindrical and conical surfaces; and Book IV covers the use of dioptrics for placing figures on flat surfaces. The sections of books II and III dealing with anamorphosis were particularly important, whether in Niceron’s own practice as a painter or for later artists or theorists (see the chapter on Niceron in Baltrušaitis), and according to Mahoney (DSB), the discussion of refraction in Book IV possibly contains “the first published reference to Descartes’ derivation of the law of refraction” (X.104). The work first appeared in French in 1638; reprinted in 1646 and 1651, in the latter with the first appearance of Mersenne’s treatise. This edition is a second edition of that reprint. * Millard French, 124 (1663); Wiebenson III.b.18; Kemp, The Science of Art, pp. 129ff.; Baltrušaitis, Anamorphosis, 51ff.. Folio [35 x 22.5 cm], engraved frontispiece signed Daret, (6) ff., including half-title and title, engraved portrait of Niceron signed M. Lasne, 191 (1) pp., with 7 woodcut diagrams in text and 50 numbered plates [49 full-page, 1 double page]; (6) ff., 134 pp. Note: plates bound at back. Bound in contemporary calf, covers ruled, spine with raised bands elaborately gilt; covers abraded and some small chips to spine on bands; former ownership stamp on verso of title; spotting and even toning or light browning on scattered leaves often seen in this work; wormhole in margin of plates 27 and following repaired extending into printed surface (generally only printed border). Otherwise very good.

Barbichon Le Roi des Caniches; Illustre de Huit Magnifiques Chromos by Tilleuls, A. des

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Title: Barbichon Le Roi des Caniches; Illustre de Huit Magnifiques Chromos
Author: Tilleuls, A. des
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris: Bernardin-Bechet & Fils. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. N.d., circa 1890. 4to. 30.5 by 22. 32 pp. With seven chromolithographic plates in text, and eighth one referred to in title appearing on front cover (this can be deduced by lack of offsetting anywhere else, thus showing no plate was removed). Scarce. Stories of small boy and his dog. Heavy age toning, with foxing on first few pages. Wear to cover.

solo suivi de catastrophe by BECKETT, Samuel

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Title: solo suivi de catastrophe
Author: BECKETT, Samuel
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982. 12mo. 31, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 61 of 99 copies on Vélin d'Arches (there were also an unspecified number of hors commerce copies), publisher's numbered limitation ticket.

Solidaridad: 1 de mayo 1968

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Title: Solidaridad: 1 de mayo 1968
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Montevideo: Federación Obrera Regional Uruguaya, 1968. 44p, 8.5x11 inches, staplebound with illustrated wraps; toning, and lengthwise creasing adjacent to spine on both covers, otherwise in very good condition. Spanish language. Articles on Cuba, revolutionary Chicago, May Day history, Malatesta, and more.

Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation by Rohrbough, Malcolm J.

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Title: Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation
Author: Rohrbough, Malcolm J.
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Condition: Very fine
Description: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. xv, 353pp. plus 18 pages of illustrations and maps. Notes, index. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. A look at how the California Gold Rush affected the lives of those who remained elsewhere in the nation..

Untitled 14 by ALINDER, James - Robert Adams, Jack Welpott, Gerry Badger, Meridel Rubenstein

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Title: Untitled 14
Author: ALINDER, James - Robert Adams, Jack Welpott, Gerry Badger, Meridel Rubenstein
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Carmel, CA: Friends of Photography, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Features articles by Robert Adams, Jack Welpott and Gerry Badger. Includes an interview of Susan Sontag by James Alinder along with a portfolio of black and white images of by Meridel Rubenstein and images from many other photographers. A near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear. One of the best issues of this important photography periodical.

Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Court. by BAKHTIAR, Laleh (1938-2020).

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Title: Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Court.
Author: BAKHTIAR, Laleh (1938-2020).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: London:: Thames and Hudson, 1979., 1979. Reprinted. Square 4to. 119, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated (some color). Color printed wrappers. Very good. Scarce. In May 2016, Bakhtiar was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mohammed Webb Foundation in Chicago.

The Decorated Letter. by Alexander, J.J.G.

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Title: The Decorated Letter.
Author: Alexander, J.J.G.
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Description: New York (Braziller), 1978.. 118pp. 40 color plates, 30 text illus. 4to. Wraps.

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