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Traité d'architecture, ou proportions des trois ordres grecs, sur un module de douze parties. Par Jean Antoine, Architecte & Arpenteur Général du Départment de Metz.

Traité d'architecture, ou proportions des trois ordres grecs, sur un module de douze parties. Par Jean Antoine, Architecte & Arpenteur Général du Départment de Metz. by ANTOINE, Jean

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Traité d'architecture, ou proportions des trois ordres grecs, sur un module de douze parties. Par Jean Antoine, Architecte & Arpenteur Général du Départment de Metz.
Author
ANTOINE, Jean
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
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Near Fine
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Treves: Imprimerie Electorale , 1768. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 4to [25.5 x 19.5 cm]. (27) ff., pp. 1-132; 129-186, (5) folding plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, over 30 of them full-page. Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, gilt title label on spine, some scuffing to boards, upper board tender, edges sprinkled red, internally a very fresh copy with broad margins, excellent. Rare first and sole edition of this provincially published architectural treatise by an Alsatian architect seeking to promote his work in the wider cultural environment straddling the Franco-German language divide. The work was published in Trier five years after the completion of Antoine's most prestigious project to date, the hunting lodge Philippsfreude he built for the Palatine Elector Johann Philipp von Walderdorff (1761-63) in Wittlich, and which would be destroyed by French Revolutionary forces. The present work thus constitutes the principal, if not the only printed document for this building. Little information is available about Antoine, who identifies himself as chief architect and surveyor of the city of Metz. In the 1750s he worked on the abbey of St Vincent in that city which had been damaged by lightning, building two Gothic bays and a façade which incorporate elements of the three Greek orders. His design for a new Place Royale in the same city was however rejected. It was therefore something of a coup for Antoine to secure the contract for Philippsfreude, particularly since it meant ousting the official court architect of Trier, Johann Georg Seitz (1717-79). Antoine's Traité d'architecture is essentially a marketing ploy allowing him to present himself as an original architectural theorist, illustrating his arguments with the designs of his own projects, principally the façade of St. Vincent, his design for the Place Royale in Metz, and the castle in Wittlich, and exploiting the prestige of the French architectural tradition in a region which had yet to produce architecture of any distinction. The work also includes a 36-page index of architects from history and contemporary France with appropriate references to their theoretical writings, and a short treatise on the art of stone masonry, with illustrations of vaults, niches and so forth. Staircases receive a separate, detailed, treatment. Throughout, Antoine seizes every opportunity to emphasize the superiority of French architecture and take snipes at German building practices which he characterizes as heavy and inelegant. Antoine's obscurity today is partly due to the scarcity of remaining works of his: Philippsfreude was destroyed in 1793 in the context of the French Revolution, and all usable remains of the ruins were sold off under Napoleon. In some city records of Metz, the façade of St. Vincent is attributed to the architects Barlet and Louis, with no mention of Antoine's involvement. The work is not listed in OCLC, but we have located copies at the Getty and CCA. *BN record 04440090X; Getty record.
Babel

Babel by (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) Cournos, John

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Babel
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(Fitzgerald, F. Scott) Cournos, John
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Small ink spot to foredge; faint offsetting to endsheets, else fine in a a very lightly faded dust jacket with just a couple of
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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First American edition. Small ink spot to foredge; faint offsetting to endsheets, else fine in a a very lightly faded dust jacket with just a couple of short closed tears and a bit fraying at spine ends.. 8vo, 431pp; red cloth. The third volume of a trilogy by Cournos, a neglected modernist who was a friend and peer to his better-known contemporaries James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot et al. This edition is exceedingly scarce in the original dust jacket, which features a blurb written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was the first of only five that Fitzgerald provided to publishers (Bruccoli G1) appearing here at about the same time as his novel The Beautiful and Damned.
Once an Eagle

Once an Eagle by Myrer, Anton

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Once an Eagle
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Myrer, Anton
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
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9780030723056
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Good
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Henry Holt & Co, 1968. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book Club Edition. Dust jacket has minor rubbing along the edges, chip at jacket the top front corner. Black cloth boards, bump at the top front corner, otherwise minor wear. Clean, has a good binding. Personalized bookplate is attached inside to the front pastedown, no other marks or notations. 817 pages. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on..

An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on.. by Anthony, Susan B.

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An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on..
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Anthony, Susan B.
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9781584771876
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2002. ISBN-13: 9781584771876; ISBN-10: 1584771879. Anthony, Susan B. An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by whom her Vote was Received. Originally published: Rochester: Daily Democrat and Chronicle Book Print, 1874. vii, 212 pp. Reprinted 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9781584771876. Hardcover. New. $34.95 * An account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua in June, 1873, that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony [1820-1906], attempted to vote during the presidential election of 1872, claiming they were entitled to do so according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The presiding officials, Jones, Hall, and Marsh, decided by a majority to accept their ballots. The women were soon arrested for this act and indicted for "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote." The officials were also indicted. This volume reprints the text of the indictment and a transcript of the testimony with connecting commentary. Its appendix offers an address by Anthony delivered before her trial, a speech on her behalf cause by Joslyn Gage, and a critical assessment of the trial by John Hooker.
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Forty Modern Fables by ADE, George

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Forty Modern Fables
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ADE, George
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Very Good
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NY:: R. H. Russell,. Very Good. 1901. Hardcover. B00085IAUO . First edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging, else very good in green cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. No dust jacket. .
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GEOGRAFIA DE LA ARQUITECTURA ESPANOLA by ALMECH, Francisco Iniguez

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GEOGRAFIA DE LA ARQUITECTURA ESPANOLA
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ALMECH, Francisco Iniguez
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ALMECH, Francisco Iniguez. GEOGRAFIA DE LA ARQUITECTURA ESPANOLA. N.P.: Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, (1957). 4to. Cloth. 106, (3) pages. First edition. This survey of Spanish architecture is illustrated with 105 drawings. Spine slightly shaken, else very good.
Europe Through the Back Door
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Europe Through the Back Door by Steves, Rick

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Europe Through the Back Door
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Steves, Rick
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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9780912528847
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Very Good
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Norton, 1988. Very Good. Steves, Rick. Europe Through the Back Door. NY: Norton, 1988. 8th edition. 386pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and soiling along top edge. Sticker partially removed with adhesive residue on front cover. Former owner's name in ink of first page.

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