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Apollo and Pegasus: An enquiry into the formation and dispersal of a Renaissance library
Amsterdam Gérard Th. Van Heusden 1975 4to (31 cm), front., XVIII, 252 pp, 25 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The group of Italian Renaissance bindings decorated with a plaquette of Apollo and Pegasus has attracted the attention of scholars and collectors since they were first noticed in print by Yhomas Frognall Dibdin in 1817. Anthony Hobson has submitted the 144 recorded volumes of the collection to close scrutiny.The owner proves to have been a young man whose name had not previously been mentioned in connection with the bindings. The author considers the circumstances and chronology of the library's formation and craftsmen who produced the bindings. Other topics include the relationship between binders and book trade in 16th century Italy and the choice of title and editions in the collection, in particular to what extent it was influenced by a taste for fine printing. The final chapter traces the dispercal of the libary." (from the publisher's description)
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Les Reliures a la Fanfare. Le problème de l'S fermé : Une étude historique et critique de l'art de la reliure en France au 16 ème siècle, fixée sur le style à la fanfare et l'usage de l'S fermé. Deuxième editon, avec supplément d'additions et corrections par Anthony Hobson
Amsterdam Gérard Th. Van Heusden 1970 4to (30.5 cm), front., XVI, 154, 18 pp, 37 plates. Publisher's cloth, red gilt-lettered label. "G. D. Hobson, a leading authority on bookbindings, investigated the origins of the 'fanfare' style and traced its development from France in th 16th century to the 'poitillé' bindings of the 17th century, and to its Italian and French imitations. The work, published in 1935 and now a classic among studies in book history, provides a conspectus of the style of bindings in France from 1570 to 1640, the second part being devoted to elucidate the meaning of mysterious closed S, which appears on so many bindings and other works of art of the period. In addition to 269 bindings described in the first edition, Anthony Hobson adds a further 167 in the supplement, together with important discoveries and corrections, which brings the important work up to date."
Hardcover Fine
[Bodoni] Songe de Poliphile, Vol I - II.
Parma Bodoni 1811 2 volumes 4to , XI, 190 pp; [4], 198 pp. Untrimmed in publisher's orange boards (covers foxed). Rare Bodoni rendering of Hypnerotomachia, loosely translated by J. G. Legrand (the first edition Didot, 1804 ). 300 copies printed. Brooks 1103; Brunet IV, 779 (belle édition).
Hardcover Very Good
Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres. - Ibid Supplément. - Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne. 9 vol.
Paris Firmin Didot Frères, Fils, et Cie 1860 8 volumes 8vo (25.5 cm), cont. uniform morocco backed boards, 4 raised bands, spines gilt, front and back boards with a double gilt fillets, top edges gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers (bindings little rubbed, corners slightly scuffed, paper lightly toned). Together with Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne á l’usage du libraire et de l’amateur de livres. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1870. 8vo (24.5 cm). Cont. chagrin-backed marbled boards. Raised bands, spine gilt (binding little rubbed, paper slightly toned). From the library of American collector Owen Franklin Aldis (on the front end-papers mounted bookplates designed by Ralph Seymour Fletcher, on the back end-papers Aldis heraldic bookplates). The fifth and the best edition. The first edition of Jacques-Charles Brunet’s Manual was published 1810. “The three-volume work was to expand to in its firth edition to six vols (1860-1865), in which it is still used today; three supplementary volumes by Pierre Deschamps and Gustave Brunet were published 1870-1880. Brunet’s annotations about the scholarly and commercial value of the books are often still unsurpassed.” (Breslauer & Folter 118).
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The Architectural History of Venice (revised and enlarged edition)
Yale University Press 2002 8vo (24.5 cm), XX, 346 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated and filled with attractive new illustrations, this edition invites all visitors to Venice, armchair travelers, and students of Renaissance art and architecture to a fuller appreciation of the buildings of this uniquely beautiful city." (from the publisher's description).
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The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850
Washington National Gallery of Art 2008 4to (28.5 cm), 279 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, bookplate). "Making knowledge visible" is how one 16th-century naturalist described the work of the illustrator of botanical treatises. Presenting images found throughout Europe in works on natural history, medicine, botany, horticulture, and garden design, and studies of insects, birds, and animals, the contributors emphasize their artistic as well as scientific values. Illustrators are shown to have been both artists and either naturalists or gardeners, bringing to their work aesthetic judgment and empirical observation. Their fascinating images receive a fresh, wide-ranging analysis that covers such topics as innovation, patronage, readership, reception, technologies of production, and the relationship between the fine arts and scientific depictions of nature.
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Als die Lettern laufen lernten: Medienwandel im 15. Jahrhundert. Inkunabeln aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Munchen (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Inkunabelkatalog) (English and German Edition)
Reichert Verlag 2009 4to (29 cm), 240 pp. Laminated boards (minor shelf-wear, bookplate and blind stamp on the title). Exhibition catalogue of selected incunabula from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Text in German and English. 85 entries.
Hardcover Fine
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis
Nuremberg Homann Heirs 1744 Engraving, 49.5 x 55.5 cm. Old color. Untrimmed. Tear to the right margin at the top not affecting the image. Separate publication, not from an atlas.
No Binding Near Fine
Tractus Borysthenis Vulgo Dniepr et Niepr dicti, à Chortika Ostro ad Urbem Oczakow ubi in Pontum Euxinum se exonerat
Amsterdam Joan Blaeu 1663 Engraving,46 × 54 cm. In 1662 in the second volume of 'Atlas Maior'Joan Blaeu published translation of Guillaume Le Vasseur Beauplan's 'Description of Ukraine'. It was illustrated by three nicely engraved maps of Dnieper river copied from Beauplan 'special' map of Ukraine. This is the third map showing the course of Dnieper from the island of Chortycia to town of Otchakov and Dnieper's estuary. Krogt, 1760/3:2B; Imago Poloniae, K96/4; Beauplan, A.4.a.
No Binding Fine
Theatrum belli Russorum Victoriis sive Nova et accurate Turcicarum et Tartaricum Provinciarum . Designatio.
Augsburg Tobias Conrad Lotter 1760 Engraving 49x57 cm. Old color. The third state of the map of the theater of Russian-Turkish war 1736 -39. The map was based on Russian maps published by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg ca. 1737.
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Der königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaft Podolien und die untere Polnische Ukraine nähmlieh die Woiwodschaft Braclaw oder Klein Polens südlicher Teil. No. 45
Vienna Fran von Reilly 1791 Engraving 21.5 x 29 cm , cont. coloring in outline (large waterstain on the top, some foxing). Franz von Reilly's map Podolia, a province in of central Ukraine, from the first part of his atlas "Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt" published 1789-1806.
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Der Königlichen Republik Polen Woiwodschaften Krakow u. Sandomir mit dem untern Theile der Woiwodschaft Lublin und dem Herzogthume Severien oder Klein Polens westlicher Theil Nro 42
Vienna Fran von Reilly 1791 Engraving 21 x 29 cm , cont. coloring in outline (round stain on the right margin). Franz von Reilly's map of Lesser Poland around Krakow and of Lublin voivodeship father to the east from the first part of his atlas "Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt" published 1789-1806.
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Die Otschakowische Tartarey oder Westliches Nogaj auch Jedisan No. 12
Vienna Fran von Reilly 1791 Engraving 20.5 x 28 cm , cont. coloring. Good copy of Franz von Reilly's map what is now southern Ukraine from the first part of his atlas "Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt" published 1789-1806.
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Tavrica Chersonesus Hodie Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur
Amsterdam Hondius 1644 Engraving 38 x 50 cm. Mercator's map of Crimea published in atlases by Henricus Hondius and Johannes Jansonius in 1644-58. Verso description of Crimea or Crimean Tartary in German. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici 1:424/27.
No Binding Fine
Tavrica Chersonesus Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur
Amsterdam Blaeu 1642 Engraving 38 x 50 cm, old coloring. Mercator's map of Crimea published by Joan Blaeu in 1642-61. Verso description of Crimea or Crimean Tartary in Dutch. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici 2:221.
No Binding Fine
Memoires
Warszawa Ukraiński Instytut Naukowy 1932 8vo (25 cm), 175 pp, 6 leaves of photographs. Uncut in printed wrappers (wrappers frayed at extremities). Memoirs by Leon Wasilewski (1870–1936), future Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (in Polish); M. Galin (1858- 1943), a doctor and a founder of Ukrainian scientific society (in Ukrainian); S. Stempowski (in Ukrainian); Alimardan Alakbar oglu Topchubashov (1863 - 1934), a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (in Ukrainian); Georges-Antoine-Marie Tabouis (1867 - 1958), a French general, who in 1917 was appointed as a commissioner to Ukraine (in French). The Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Warsaw (1930 - 1939) published a long series of monographs concerning Ukraine of which this is volume 8.
Soft cover Near Fine
Imago Poloniae. Dawna Rzeczpospolita na mapach, dokumentach i starodrukach w zbiorach Tomasza Niewodniczańskiego = Das Polnisch-Litauische Reich in Karten, Dokumenten und alten Drucken. 2 vol. [complete set]
Warsaw Agencja Reklamowo-Wydawnicza Arkadiusz Grzegorczyk 2002 2 volumes 4to (33.5 cm), 388 pp; 324 pp. Laminated boards (minor shelf-wear). Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector and bibliophile Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010) assembled of one of the world's largest private cartographic collections. Imago Poloniae is a catalogue of Polish-Lithuanian part of the collection (now preserved in the library of the Royal castle in Warsaw). Volume one includes highlights, manuscripts and printed books, volume 2 is a catalogue of maps. The catalogue was published on occasion of exhibitions held in Berlin, Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław in 2002-2003. The catalogue, together with Imago Lithuaniae (2002) and unpublished Imago Ukrainae, is the best reference for maps of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Text in Polish and German.
Hardcover Fine
Atlas Hungaricus, 1528-1850: Magyarorszag nyomtatott terkepei = Hungary in printed maps. Volume 1-2 [complete set]
Budapest Akademiai Kiado 1997 2 volumes folio (36 cm), 424 pp; PP 425-776. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). A bibliography of printed maps of Hungary 1528-1850. In Hungarian with descriptions in English.
Hardcover Fine
Magyar várak, városok, falvak metszeteken. 1515 - 1800 [3 volumes, complete set]
Budapest 2006 3 volumes 4to (33.5 cm), 156 pp, 334 plates; 164 pp, 341 plates; 184 pp, 99 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jackets (minor shelf-wear). A bibliography of views of Hungarian castles, towns and villages up to 1800. Volume 1 contains 2200 views of 94 towns located in the territory of today's Hungary. Volume 2 includes 1986 views of 152 places which before 1914 belonged to Hungary and are now in Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Volume 3 is a supplement.
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Dantiscum Emporium Totius Europae Celeberrimum. Danzig und die Ostsee in Karten, Ansichten und Dokumenten aus der Sammlung von Tomasz Niewodniczanski
Gdańsk Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska 2005 4to (31.5 cm), 490 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Catalogue of an exhibition held in Gdansk in October, 2004 - January, 2005. In German and Polish. Maps, views and documents from a collection of Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector and bibliophile Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010), relating to Gdańsk and the Baltic Sea.
Hardcover Fine
Imago Lithuaniae. Lietuvos Didziosios Kunigaikstystes zemelapiai ir dokumentai is Tomaszo Niewodniczanskio rinkiniu
Vilnius Magi Rastai 2002 4to (25.5 cm), 224 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. In Lithuanian, Polish and English. Maps and documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the collections of Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector and bibliophile Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010), who assembled of one of the world's largest private cartographic collections.
Soft cover Fine
Lithuania on the Map
Vilnus Nathional Museum of Lithuania 2002 4to (31 cm), 220 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. With this publications an attempt has been made to reflect, through cartographic images, the historical development of Lithuania from the first map to mention Baltic tribes to the restoration of Lithuanian state at the end of the 20th century.
Hardcover Fine
Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond
Phaidon Press 2004 Oblomg 4to (30 x 26 cm), 176 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). "Mapping Asia presents an authoritative selection of the most important antique maps of Asia representing time periods from the age of Alexander the Great to the early nineteenth century, and spanning the area from the Middle East to Japan. A visual chronicle of the maps and their makers, this book presents historic documents by cartographers from England, France, Portugal, Holland, Turkey, Italy, and China. It explores the history of Europe's discovery of lands to the east, from Constantinople to present-day Alaska. This volume reproduces in full color 80 beautifully rendered and rare maps, more than 40 of which have never been published for the general public. Each map is accompanied by an essay that provides extensive background on the mapmaker and his work, with descriptions of the geography and sites." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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The Map Book
Walker Books 2005 4to (30 x 26 cm), 360 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). "Head of Map Collections at the British Library, Peter Barber has here compiled an historic and lavish atlas, charting the progress of civilization as our knowledge of the world expanded. Simply organized as a progression through time, The Map Book collects some 175 maps that span four millennia - from the famed prehistoric Bedolina (Italy) incision in rock from around 1500 B.C. to the most modern, digitally enhanced rendering. Many of the maos are beautiful works of art in their own right." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Fine
Metro Maps of the World
Capital Transport Publishing 2003 Oblong 4to (28.5 x 25 cm), 136 pp. Laminated boards.
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The Preservation of Leather Bookbindings
British Museum 1970 12mo (17 cm), 32 pp, 4 plates. Publisher's cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered front board. Second edition.
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The Evelyn library sold by order of the trustees of the wills of J.H.C. Evelyn, deceased and Major Peter Evelyn, deceased. Part 1 - 4 [4 volumes]
London Christie, Manson & Woods 1977 4 volumes 4to (25.5 cm), folding front., 124 pp, 42 plates on 15 ff (438 lots); front., 155 pp, 18 ff of plates (lots 439-936); front., 179 pp, 15 ff of plates (lots 937-1439); front., 120 pp, 15 plates (lots 1140-1737). Publisher's printed boards (ownership signatures on the front free end-papers, bindings little stained, spines repaired). Auction catalogues of sales conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, in London on 22 June 1977-13 July 1978. Lacking the fifth part "Evelyn Family library". John Evelyn (1620-1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist, one of the founder members of the Royal Society. His library reflected his connection with the Society in the number of major scientific works he acquired. Many of his books were also collected on his travels abroad from such sources as the sale of Cardinal Mazarin's library in 1650. Evelyn's library also included the library of his father-in-law Sir Richard Browne. Most of books were bound in Paris and embellished with tools designed for Evelyn by Abraham Bosse. Examples of the most representative bindings illustrated with color plates.
Hardcover Good
Politics and script: Aspects of authority and freedom in the developement of Graeco-Latin script from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.
Oxford Clarendon Press 1972 4to (28 cm), [6], 362 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, little frayed at extremities and stained, ownership signature on front fee end-paper). Edited by Nicolas Barker. "The history of lettering and its place in the history of the western world is the last of Stanley Morison's work's. Based on his 1957 Lyell lectures, but much expanded and reworked, this book provides a panoptic view of the origins and development of Graeco-Latin script over the last 2000 years. Political, social, aesthetic, religious and commercial factors affecting letter forms are assessed and discussed, and numerous examples are illustrated." (from the blurb)
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Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
Oxford University Press 2010 8vo (21.5 cm), VII, 327 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). This astonishing book "has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source." So wrote David Crystal in 2004. In Begat he returns to the subject not only to consider how a work published in 1611 could have had such influence on the language, but how it can still do so when few regularly hear the Bible and fewer still hear it in the language of Stuart England.
Hardcover Fine
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
Cambridge University Press 1993 8vo (21.5 cm), XIV, 300 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers little rubbed at extremities). Although the importance of the advent of printing for Western civilisation has long been recognised, it was Professor Eisenstein, in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This illustrated and abridged edition of Professor Eisenstein's study gives a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the general implications of the introduction of printing, and then explores how the shift from script to print entered into the three major movements of early modern times: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science.
Soft cover Near Fine
Johann Gutenberg: The Inventor of Printing
British Museum 1970 8vo (22 cm), 32 pp, 18 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, bookseller's ticket and ownership signature in pencil verso of half-title). Over five hundred years ago Johann Gutenberg of Mainz invented printing and began to produce books using movable types. Victor Scholderer's account of the inventor of printing shows how the printed book did not have an easy birth.
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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory
The MIT Press 2001 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 246 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf wear, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). "The discipline of architecture depends on the transmission in space and time of accumulated experiences, concepts, rules, and models. From the invention of the alphabet to the development of ASCII code for electronic communication, the process of recording and transmitting this body of knowledge has reflected the dominant information technologies of each period. In this book Mario Carpo discusses the communications media used by Western architects, from classical antiquity to modern classicism, showing how each medium related to specific forms of architectural thinking." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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John Evelyn and His Milieu
The British Library 2004 8vo (25 cm), IX, 298 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. John Evelyn (1620-1706) has long been known as one of the best-loved of English diarists. But he was much else besides: gardener, environmentalist, connoisseur, bibliophile, intellectual in government service, influential lay Anglican -- in fact the quintessential virtuoso of seventeenth century England and a key figure in the assimilation of European culture there. These fifteen essays (including "Evelyn's bindings" by Mirjam Foot, "John Evelyn and his books" by Giles Mandelbrote, "John Evelyn and the print" by Antony Griffiths), all by leading experts in their fields, draw on the British Library's exceptionally rich holdings of Evelyn's books, manuscripts and family papers to explore for the first time the full range of his activity and influence.
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The George Abrams Collection
London Sotheby's 1989 4to (30.5 cm), 260 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt, illustration tipped in on the front board (binding little rubbed, top corners scuffed). Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on Thursday 16th and Friday - 17th November 1989. 238 entries, incunabula and early printed books, including Boccaccio's De claris mulieribus, Ulm, Johann Zainer, 1473 (GBP 286,000), Saint Augustine's De civitate Dei, Rome, Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1468 (88,000), Cicero's Tusculanae questiones, Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1472 (93,500). Preface by Paul Needham. Appended rubbings of binding tools.
Hardcover Near Fine
Bibliotheca Phillippica: Catalogue of Books Printed in England and of English Books Printed Abroad Before 1641
London Sotheby's 1973 3 volumes 4to (24.5 cm), 160; 156; 172 pp, plates. Printed wrappers. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on November, 26-27, 1973, June, 24-25 and November, 25-26, 1974. Bibliotheca Phillippica, New Series, Part 10, 11 and 13, remains of the famous library of Thomas Phillipps (1792 – 1872), who amassed probably the largest library a single individual has created.
Hardcover Near Fine
The Celebrated Library Of Boies Penrose: Travel & Explorations, Navigation & Trade. Part 1-2
London Sotheby's 1971 2 volumes 8vo (25 cm), 106 pp; 162 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little rubbed, some stains inside). Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on June, 7 and November, 9, 1971. 366 entries.
Hardcover Near Fine
Catalogue of the Sassoon collection of highly important Hebrew printed books. Part 1-2
London Sotheby's 1970 2 volumes 8vo 24.5 cm), 76 pp; 68 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on June, 30, 1970 and March, 1, 1971. 378 entries.
Hardcover Near Fine
[Collection of 6 Auction Catalogues of Children's Books, Drawings, and Juvenilia]
London Sotheby's 1973 6 volumes 8vo (24.5 cm), Printed wrappers. Price lists loosely inserted. Auction catalogs of sales conducted in London on November 12-13, 1973; June, 3, 1974; June 2-3, 1975 (Part A); June 9-10, 1975 (Part B); July, 8, 1976; June, 2, 1982.
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The Celebrated Collection of Books and Pamphlets Printed in the Reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714): The Property of Peter Smithers, Esq
London Sotheby's 1969 8vo (24.5 cm), 63 pp. Printed wrappers. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on November, 24, 1969 comprising 1 lot sold for GBP 160,800.
Hardcover Near Fine
Important and valuable printed books and manuscripts: The property of Sion College
London Sotheby's 1977 8vo (24.5 cm), 82 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list stapled to the front wrapper. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on June, 13, 1977. Price list stapled to the front wrapper. 75 entries including books printed by John of Lithuania and William Caxton, Shakespeare's Lucrece (1594) ,
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Catalogue of printed books comprising The property of Brodie of Brodie (removed from Brodie Castle), The property of His Grace Duke of Northhumberland, The Property of Desmond Flower, Esq. and other properties
London Sotheby's 1978 8vo (24.5 cm), 75 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers marked). Price list and estimates loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on October 2-3,1977. 538 entries.
Hardcover Near Fine
New Theories in Physics: Conference Organized in Collaboration with the International Union of Physics and the Polish Intellectual Co-operation Committee, Warsaw, May 30th-June 3rd 1938
International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation 1939 8vo (24.5 cm), XXII, 247 pp. Cont. cloth (ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks but clear and firm, binding little rubbed, paper slightly toned). Proceedings of a conference held in Warsaw on May 30th - June 3rd, 1938. Foreword by C. Fabry. Included papers "The causality problem in modern physics" by Niels Bohr, "Links between the quantum theory and relativity" by Louis de Broglie, "On the theory of charged fields" by Oskar Klein, "Individuality of elementary particles" by Léon Brillouin, "Cosmological applications of the theory of quanta" by A. S. Eddington, "A possible mode of approach to nuclear dynamics" by E. A. Milne, "The positivistic and realistic trends in the philosophy of physics" by P. Langevin.
Hardcover Very Good
Fundamental Problems in Elementary Particle Physics: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Physics at the University of Brussels, October, 1967
Interscience Publishers 1968 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 250 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj rubbed and frayed at extremities, top corner scuffed, contents corrected). Proceedings of the fourteenth Solvay Conference held in Brussels in October 1967. Included papers "Goldstone theorem and possible applications to elementary particle physics" by H. P. Dürr , "Mathematical aspects of quantum field theory" by R. Haag, "Different approaches to field theory" by G. Källén, "The nature of primary interactions of elementary particles" by E. C. G. Sudarshan, "S-matrix theory with Regge poles" by G. F. Chew, "Indefinite metric and nonlocal field theories" by E. C. G. Sudarshan, "Report on the present situation in the nonlinear spinor theory of elementary particles" by W. Heisenberg, "Simplest dynamic models of composite particles" by A. Tavkhelidze, "Dissipative processes, quantum states and field theory" by I. Prigogine and a discussion on the report of M. Gell-Mann.
Hardcover Very Good
The Historical Development of Quantum Theory
Springer 1982 8vo (24.5 cm), XLVIII, 372 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board (binding little dusted). The first part of the first volume of a monumental history of the quantum mechanics includes chapters on the quantum theory of Planck, Einstein and Nernst, The Bohr-Sommerfeld theory of atomic structure, the Bohr festival in Göttingen, the mechanical and spectroscopic failures of atomic models, the problems of radiation theory, new methods and concept in atomic theory.
Hardcover Near Fine
Nuclear magnetic relaxation: Proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van Doctor
Utrecht Fa. Schotanus & Jens 1948 8vo (23.5 cm), 130, [2] pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little stained, paper toned, ownership signature top of the title). Proof copy of a doctoral thesis submitted to the Leiden University. Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920-2017) was an eminent Dutch-American physicist, who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Arthur Schawlow and Kai Siegbahn. The work described in the thesis was carried out at Harvard Univerity in the years 1946-47 under supervision of Edward Purcell, who, together with his graduate students Torrey and Pound, discovered nuclear magnetic resonance just few weeks before Bloembergen's arrival. Bloembergen helped to develop the first nuclear magnetic resonance machines, which were the predecessors of modern-day MRI machines used to examine internal organs and tissues. The thesis includes chapters on a theory of the nuclear magnetic resonance, the experimental method, theory and experimental results, relaxation by quadrupole coupling.
Soft cover Very Good
Recueil d'exposées sur les ondes et corpuscules
Paris Librairie Scientifique Hermann et Cie 1930 8vo (25 cm), front., [8], 80, [4] pp. Printed wrappers, untrimmed (wrappers little stained and rubbed at extremities). French physicist Louis de Broglie (1892-1987) made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929. The book is a collection of articles and papers published in various periodicals or delivered at conferences, mostly concerned with wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics. Contents include "La physique moderne et l'oeuvre de Fresnel" (1927), "Ondes et corpuscules dans la physique actuelle" (1928), "La crise récente de l'optique ondulatoire" (1929), "Comme la lumière les électrons peuvent interférer" (1929), "Déterminisme et causalité dans la physique contemporaine" (1929).
Soft cover Near Fine
Les récents progres de la désintégration artificielle des éléments par bombardement de rayons alpha
Paris Librairie Scientifique Hermann et Cie 1931 8vo (25 cm), 32 pp, 1 plate. Untrimmed and uncut in printed wrappers (wrappers little toned and frayed at extremities, paper somewhat toned inside). French physicist Louis de Broglie (1892-1987) made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929. The book includes a paper on the recent alpha radiation experiments delivered at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris on 29 April 1929.
Soft cover Very Good
Les spectres et la structure de l'atome
Paris Librairie Scientifique J. Hermann 1923 8vo (23 cm), [6], 152 pp. Untrimmed in printed wrappers (wrappers little toned and frayed at extremities, spine damaged, paper slightly toned inside, pencil notes on half-title, title stained verso). Three papers by an eminent Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885-1962) translated from the author's manuscripts by A. Corvisy. Included "Sur le spectre de l'hydrogène" (1913), "Sur les séries spectrales des éléments" (1920) and "La structure de l'atome et les propriétés physiques et chimiques des éléments" (1921).
Soft cover Very Good
The printed book of the Renaissance: Three lectures on type, illustration, ornament
Amsterdam Gerard Th. van Heusden 1966 4to (28.5 cm), [4], X, 93, VIII plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities and stained, blind collector's stamp on the front free end-paper). In 1947 the learned antiquarian bookseller Ernst Philip Goldschmidt was invited to America to lecture on 'The Spread of Renaissance by Means of the Book'. The text of these lectures was first printed in 1950 by Cambridge University Press in a limited edition. This is a reprint of the second edition with corrections.
Hardcover Near Fine
The George Abrams Collection
London Sotheby's 1989 4to (30.5 cm), 260 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt, illustration tipped in on the front board (binding little rubbed, top corners scuffed, blind collector's stamp on the front free end-paper). Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on Thursday 16th and Friday - 17th November 1989. 238 entries, incunabula and early printed books, including Boccaccio's De claris mulieribus, Ulm, Johann Zainer, 1473 (GBP 286,000), Saint Augustine's De civitate Dei, Rome, Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1468 (88,000), Cicero's Tusculanae questiones, Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 1472 (93,500). Preface by Paul Needham. Appended rubbings of binding tools.
Hardcover Near Fine
Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford 2014 4to (29 cm), 360 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelf-wear). "Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript "The Douce Apocalypse" to the renowned children's work "The Wind in the Willows". Bringing together some of the most impressive treasures from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of the creation of each work and its afterlife, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence as well as its power to fascinate. Illustrating works from Euclid, Dante and Handel to Einstein, Austen and Gandhi, Marks of Genius showcases over 100 books and manuscripts that constitute the pinnacle of human creativity and which we continue to revere and revisit." (from the publisher's synopsis) Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Soft cover Fine
Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature
Oxford University Press 1968 8vo (20.5 cm), VIII, 185 pp, 16 plates. Laminated wrappers (wrappers rubbed, blind collector's stamp and number on the half-title). One of the remarkable facts about the history of Western culture is that we are still in a position to read large amounts of the literature produced in classical Greece and Rome despite the fact that for at least a millennium and a half all copies had to be produced by hand and were subject to the hazards of fire, flood, and war. This book explains how the texts survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to spend the necessary effort to preserve them for future generations.
Soft cover Very Good
Polskie superekslibrisy XVI-XVIII wieku: centuria druga [Polish]
Warsaw Biblioteka Narodowa 2001 8vo (24 cm), 272 pp. Laminated wrappers. In Polish. Polish supralibros of the XVI-XVIII centuries: the second century. A catalogue of 100 supralibros of 93 owners on books published 1528-1787 from the library of the Warsaw University. Every item meticulously described and illustrated. The fist century was published in 1988.
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Arab Culture and Ottoman Magnificence in Antwerp's Golden Age (Studies in the Arcadian Library)
Oxford University Press 2002 4to (32.5 cm), [12], 134, [2] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "The theme of this richly-illustrated book is the impact and image of the Maghrib and of the Levant on European learning and culture during the Renaissance and the Golden Age, with special reference to Antwerp's pivotal position as a great trading and printing city. Publication is timed to coincide with an exhibition of rare books and manuscripts at the Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing History, taking place in Antwerp in late 2001/early 2002. The majority of the exhibits derive equally from the holdings of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, and from the Arcadian Library, an outstanding, private library dedicated to the history of Levantine influences in Europe." (from the publisher's synopsis) 73 entries.
Hardcover Fine
Vilniaus Akademijos Spaustuves Leidiniai 1576-1805. Bibliografija
Vilnius Lietuvos TSR Mokslu Akademijos Centrine biblioteka 1979 8vo (22 cm), 544 pp, 14 plates. Publisher's cloth (corners little scuffed, ownership signature top of half-title, 8 pages at the beginning scuffed at the bottom). In Lithuanian with a Preface in Russian. A bibliography of publications published by the press of the Vilnius Academy founded in 1575 and closed in 1805. 3265 entries.
Hardcover Near Fine
Selected papers
Warsaw PWN 1985 8vo (24.5 cm), 899 pp, 2 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed and frayed at extremities). Selected works of Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). He is credited with "discovering" Stefan Banach, with whom he gave a notable contribution to functional analysis, and he helped to establish what later became known as the Lwów School of Mathematics. Included a biography by Edward Marczewski, Steinhaus' bibliography (255 entries), 84 mathematical papers and miscellaneous articles in German, French and English. "Items included here, besides the presentation of the most important scientific achievements of the eminent mathematician, were chosen also to represent the possibly complete picture of his work and thoughts." (from the Foreword)
Hardcover Near Fine
Lemberg und Umgebung. Handbuch für Kunstliebhaber und Reisende
Lemberg H. Altenberg, G. Seyfarth, E. Wende & Co. 1916 12mo (17 cm), [8], 266, [14] pp, folding plan. Publisher's boards gilt, top edge painted black, dust jacket (dj little rubbed and stained, end-papers somewhat toned, ownership inscription dated 26.11.21 and price top of the front free end-paper, folding plan loose). Fine copy in in original dust jacket of an uncommon guide book to Lemberg (Lwów, L'viv) published after June 1915 when the city was liberated from Russian army. 130 photographs.
Hardcover Fine
The Vulgate Bible, Volume IIA: The Historical Books: Douay-Rheims Translation, Part A (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
Harvard University Press 2011 8vo (21 cm), xxxvi, 1125 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj and binding warped at the top). From the blurb: "This is the second volume, in two parts, of a projected six-volume set of the complete Vulgate Bible. Compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the turn of the fifth century CE, the Vulgate Bible was used from the early medieval period through the twentieth century in the Western Christian (and later specifically Catholic) tradition. It influenced literature, visual arts, music, and education during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and its contents lay at the heart of Western theological, intellectual, artistic, and even political history during that period. At the end of the sixteenth century, as Protestant vernacular Bibles became available, professors at a Catholic college first at Douay, then at Rheims, translated the Vulgate Bible into English, primarily to combat the influence of rival theologies. Volume II presents the Historical Books of the Bible, which tell of Joshua’s leading the Israelites into the Promised Land, the judges and kings, Israel’s steady departure from God’s precepts, the Babylonian Captivity, and the return from exile. The focus then shifts to shorter, intimate narratives: the pious Tobit, whose son’s quest leads him to a cure for his father’s blindness; Judith, whose courage and righteousness deliver the Israelites from the Assyrians; and Esther and Mordecai, who saved all the Jews living under Ahasuerus from execution. These three tales come from books that were canonical in the Middle Ages but now are often called “apocryphal,” with the partial exception of the Book of Esther."
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Vastly More Than Brick and Mortar: Reinventing the Fogg Art Museum in the 1920s
Harvard Art Museums 2004 4to (26 cm), 232 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "The new Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University opened in 1927 as an architectural and academic experiment: it was the first structure in North America designed for the specialized training of art scholars and museum professionals. This generously illustrated book - a history of the formative years of the Fogg Art Museum - discusses the educational and cultural philosophies behind its conception, the historical, social, and economic circumstances, its teaching activities, its art collections, and its research, library, and technical resources."
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The Vulgate Bible, Volume I: The Pentateuch: Douay-Rheims Translation (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library No. 1)
Harvard University Press 2010 8vo (21 cm), xxxvi, 1151 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "The Vulgate Bible, compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the intersection of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, was used from the early Middle Ages through the twentieth century in the Western European Christian (and, later, specifically Catholic) tradition. Its significance can hardly be overstated. The text influenced literature, visual art, music, and education during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and its contents lay at the heart of much of Western theological, intellectual, artistic, and even political history of that period. At the end of the sixteenth century, as a variety of Protestant vernacular Bibles became available, professors at a Catholic college first at Douay, then at Rheims, translated the Vulgate into English, among other reasons to combat the influence of rival theologies. This volume elegantly and affordably presents the text of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, beginning with the creation of the world and the human race, continuing with the Great Flood, God’s covenant with Abraham, Israel’s flight from Egypt and wanderings through the wilderness, the laws revealed to Moses, his mustering of the twelve tribes of Israel, and ending on the eve of Israel’s introduction into the Promised Land. This is the first volume of the projected six-volume set of the complete Vulgate Bible."
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ABC for Book Collectors
Oak Knoll Press 1995 8vo (21 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The 7th edition. revised and with a new introduction by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector. "Here, in over 450 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms of book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comment on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, rarity, etc." (from the publisher's description)
Hardcover Fine
Nuclear Structure
Oxford University Press 1958 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 128 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities). First edition. The book provides a short descriptive summary of then rapidly developing subject. The treatment is largely non-mathematical and for the most part only general assumptions of particular theories together with some of their consequences are reviewed. The purpose is to acquaint the reader with the problems, to outline the proposed solutions and to aid him in his search for more detailed expositions.
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Quantum Theory of Solids
Oxford Clarendon Press 1956 8vo (24.5 cm), VIII, 229 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj chipped top of spine, small stains bottom of few first pages, ownership signature on title). First edition, second printing. Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls (1907-1995) was a German-born British physicist who played a major role in the Britain's nuclear weapon programme, as well as the subsequent Manhattan Project. The book develops the subject from the basic principle of quantum mechanics. The treatment covers the electron theory of metals as well as the dynamics of crystals, including the author's work on the thermal conductivity of crystals.
Hardcover Very Good
Elements of Nuclear Physics
Blackie & Son 1937 8vo (22.5 cm), XVI, 327 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities and little stained, tear to the front flap, closed tear top of the back, cloth little rubbed, ownership signature on the front free end-paper ). First edition. Franco Rasetti (1901-2001) was an Italian-American physicist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. In this book he gives a systematic survey of contemporary investigations in nuclear physics from the experimental point of view. Among the subject discussed are radioactivity, the structure of nuclei, neutrons, positrons and neutrino, artificial disintegration and cosmic rays.
Hardcover Very Good
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Oxford Clarendon Press 1947 8vo (24 cm), XII, 311 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (binding little rubbed, corners slightly scuffed). Third edition. English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984) is regarded as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century. In 1933 together with Erwin Schrödinger he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory. "He is best known for his important and elegant contributions to the formulation of quantum mechanics; for his quantum theory of the emission and absorption of radiation, which inaugurated quantum electrodynamics. Present expositions of quantum mechanics largely rely on his masterpiece The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1930)." DSB XVII, p.224. The second rewritten edition of the book was published in 1934. The third edition was mostly rewritten again to bring in various improvements. The chief of these is the use of the notation of bra and ket vectors, which Dirac developed since 1939. Other substantial alterations include a new presentation of the theory of systems with similar particles based on Fock's treatment of the theory of radiation and a further development of quantum electrodynamics, including the theory of the Wentzel field.
Soft cover Near Fine
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Oxford Clarendon Press 1958 8vo (24 cm), XII, 312 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (binding little rubbed, spine slightly faded). Forth edition. English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984) is regarded as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century. In 1933 together with Erwin Schrödinger he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory. "He is best known for his important and elegant contributions to the formulation of quantum mechanics; for his quantum theory of the emission and absorption of radiation, which inaugurated quantum electrodynamics. Present expositions of quantum mechanics largely rely on his masterpiece The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1930)." DSB XVII, p.224. The second rewritten edition of the book was published in 1934. The third edition published in 1947 was mostly rewritten again to bring in various improvements. In the fourth edition the chapter on quantum electrodynamics has been rewritten. A theory in which the number of charged particles is conserved was replaced by a quantum electrodynamics which includes creation and annihilation of electron-positron pairs. A revised fourth edition appeared in 1967.
Soft cover Near Fine
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Cambridge University Press 1937 8vo (22 cm), XII, 115, [5] pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, binding rubbed at extremities but clean and firm copy). First edition. Alfred Landé (1888-1976) was a German-American physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory. The aim of the book was to develop the principles of quantum mechanics on the basis of a few standard observations. The main stress is laid on the complementarity of waves and corpuscles. Part II-IV treat the principle of uncertainty, the principle of interference and Schrödinger equation, and the principle of correspondence. Part V is a mathematical appendix.
Hardcover Good
Quantum Theory of Matter
New York McGraw-Hill Book Company 1951 8vo (23.5 cm), XIV, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (binding little rubbed at extremities). First edition. John Slater (1900-1976) was a noted American physicist who made major contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids. The book, together with Mechanics (1947) and Electromagnetism (1947), formed a complete treatment on the intermediate level of difficulty, of most contemporary theoretical physics with the exception of nuclear theory.
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Elementary Nuclear Theory: A Short Course on Selected Topics
New York John Wiley & Sons 1947 8vo (22.5 cm), VIII, 147 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities, ownership signature top of half-title). The first edition. German-American theoretical physicist Hans Bethe (1906-2005) made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics. In 1967 he was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. The book is a selection of certain topics in the theory of nuclei not included in standard textbooks. The emphasis is placed on problem of nuclear forces. Contents include A. Descriptive theory of Nuclei; B. Quantitative theory of nuclear forces; C. Topics not related to nuclear forces (Beta disintegration; The compound nucleus).
Hardcover Very Good
Palaces of the Ancient New World (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections 2009 8vo (25 cm), VIII, 416 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). "Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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Variations in the Expressions of Inka Power (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections 2008 4to (26 cm), XIV, 449 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been traditionally viewed through the textual sources of early colonial histories, this volume draws on recent archaeological research to challenge theories on the chronology and development of the Inka Empire and how this culture spread across such a vast area. The volume demonstrates the great regional diversity of the Inka realm, with strategies of expansion that were shaped to meet a variety of local situations beyond the capital in Cusco. Using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Fine
Olmec and Their Neighbors: Essays in Memory of Matthew W. Stirling
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections 1981 4to (27.5 cm), XII, 346 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board (biding rubbed at extremities). Twenty-one papers on the Olmec were written for this volume in tribute to Matthew W. Stirling, "pioneer archaeologist, ethnologist, and the discoverer of the Olmec civilization." For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands: An Epigraphic Approach to Territorial Organization
Dumbarton Oaks 1976 4to (26 cm), XVIII, 203 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board (minor shelf-wear). Joyce Marcus reconstructs Classic Maya political organization through the use of evidence derived from epigraphy, settlement pattern surveys, and locational analysis. This study describes the development of a four-tiered settlement hierarchy and its subsequent collapse.
Hardcover Near Fine
Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks, No. 1) [2 Volumes, complete set]
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1996 2 volumes 4to (31 cm), XIX, 320 pp; [6] pp, PP. 321-497. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Andean portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It superbly illustrates all 133 Andean objects in color plates, and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, and which has been amplified slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. These works of art are among the finest examples of the visual arts produced by Andean cultures." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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Huari Administrative Structure: Prehistoric Monumental Architecture and State Government
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1991 4to (31 cm), X, 321 pp, 4 folding plates in the back pocket. Publisher's cloth (corners little scuffed). Papers resulting from the 15-17 May 1985 round table. Contents include: 1."A history of Hari Studies and Introduction to current interpretations" by William H. Isbell and Gordon F. McEwan; 2. "Architecture and Spatial Organization at Huari" by William H. Isbell, Christine Brewster-Wray and Lynda E. Spickard; 3. "Cheqo Wasi Huari" by Mario Benavides; 4. "Archaeological Excavations in the Vegachayoq Moqo Sector of Huari" by Enrique Bragayrac; 5. "A Community of Potters" by Denize Pozzi-Escot; 6. "Investigation at the Pikillacta Site: A Provincial Huari Center in the Valley of Cuzco" by Gordon F. McEwan; 7. "Colonies and Conquest: Tiahuanaco and Huari in Moquegua" by Michael E. Moseley, Robert A. Feldman, Paul S. Goldstein, Luis Watanabe; 8. "Huari and Huamachuco" by John R. Topic; 9. "Structure and function at the planned site of Azangaro" by Martha B. Anders; 10. "Jincamocco: A Huari administrative center in the south central highlands of Peru" by Katharina J. Schreiber; 11. "A Provincial Perspective of Huari organization viewed from the Chicha/Soras valley" by Frank Meddens; 12. "The Middle Horizon in Northern Peru" by Theresa Lange Topic; 13. "Stylistic date of ceramics from the Huari centers" by Patricia J. Knobloch; 14. "The New Cultural Contexts of Tiahuanaco" by Jorge Arellano; 15. "Tiahuanaco and Huari: architectural comparisons and interpretations" by William J. Conklin.
Hardcover Near Fine
Mesoamerica after the Decline of Teotihuacan AD 700-900
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1989 4to (31 cm), VII, 244 pp, folding plate. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). "This book deals with a transitional episode in Mesoamerican prehistory: the decline of Teotihuacan in the eighth and ninth centuries A.D. If René Millon is correct, that Teotihuacan influenced the entire civilized world of Mesoamerica, the demise of this great city triggered one of the most pervasive transformations in the long history of the region’s civilization. This book examines the cultures of that era and the effects that Teotihuacan’s decline had on them. Papers based on the 1984 Summer Seminar, Cultural Adjustments after the Decline of Teotihuacan." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Fine
Aztec Imperial Strategies (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1996 4to (31 cm), VIII, 392 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers from the 1986 Summer Seminar, Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the economic and political geography of the Aztec empire. It is the fruit of a joint research project among ethnohistorians, archaeologists, and art historians. The authors researched every town in the Aztec empire, recording a set of standard information for each. They drew a new map of the empire by first plotting local towns and city-states and then grouping these by province. This map, the first complete map of Aztec territory since Robert Barlow's 1949 study, reveals new principles of provincial organization.
Hardcover Fine
Mural Painting of Teotihuacan
Dumbarton Oaks 1973 4to (30.5 cm), 193 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). "A very welcome publication of what is so far a little-known artistic tradition in Mesoamerica. . . . There are many questions regarding the style and iconography of Teotihuacán mural paintings that still need to be answered, and this volume is an invaluable scholarly aid in pursuing the issues." Esther Pasztory, The Art Bulletin
Hardcover Near Fine
Falsifications and misreconstructions of pre-Columbian art: A conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 14th and 15th, 1978
Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University 1982 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 142 pp. Publisher's cloth. Papers presented at the October 14-15, 1978 Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium by Robert Sonin, Alan Sawyer, Christopher Donnan, Raphael Reichert, S. Henry Wassen, Esther Pasztory, Dicey Taylor, and Augusto Molina-Montes.
Hardcover Fine
Highland-Lowland Interaction in Mesoamerica: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1983 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 263 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). Papers presented at the October 18-19, 1980 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Painted Architecture and Polychrome Monumental Sculpture in Mesoamerica (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1985 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 186 pp, 10 plates. Publisher's cloth. Papers presented at the October 10-11, 1981 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
The Aztec Templo Mayor (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1987 8vo (23.5 cm), VI, 513 pp. Publisher's cloth. Papers presented at the October 8-9, 1983 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
The Southeast Classic Maya Zone (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1988 8vo (23.5 cm), VI, 412 pp. Publisher's cloth. Papers presented at the October 6-7, 1984 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
The Northern Dynasties: Kingship and Statecraft in Chimor (A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12th and 13th October 1985)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1990 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 548 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 12-13, 1985 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
Latin American Horizons (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1993 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 373 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 11-12, 1986 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Wealth and Hierarchy in the Intermediate Area (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1992 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 463 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 10-11, 1987 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Art, Ideology, and the City of Teotihuacan (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Conference Proceedings)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1992 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 463 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 10-11, 1987 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
Lowland Maya Civilization in the Eighth Century A.D.: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks 7th and 8th October, 1989
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1993 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 482 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 7-8, 1989 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices (A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1995 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 425 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 12-13, 1991 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Chavin. A Conference, October 26th and 27th, 1968
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1971 8vo (24.5 cm), X, 124 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 26-27, 1968 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
The Cult of the Feline: A Conference in Pre-Columbian Iconography
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1972 8vo (24.5 cm), X, 166 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed, title slightly stained). Papers presented at the October 31 - November 1, 1971 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Death and Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1975 8vo (24.5 cm), XII, 196 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 27, 1973 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
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The Sea in the Pre-Columbian World: A Conference at Dumberton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1977 8vo (24.5 cm), X, 188 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). Papers presented at the October 26-27, 1974 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Mesoamerican Sites and World-Views: Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 16 and 17, 1976
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1981 8vo (24.5 cm), X, 245 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed at extremities). Papers presented at the October 16-17, 1976 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
The Art and Iconography of Late Post-Classic Central Mexico
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1982 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 254 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 22-23, 1977 conference at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Fine
Classic Maya Pottery at Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 1975 Folder folio (45 x 30 cm), 16 plates in color, pamphlet 4to (28 cm) in the front pocket, 30 pp in printed wrappers. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine (folder little rubbed at extremities, corners slightly scuffed, paper of the pamphlet a bit warped). Collection of the Center for Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks includes an outstanding group of ceramics from the Classic Maya civilization, which flourished from AD 300 to 900 in Southern Mexico and Central America. 17 of these are described and illustrated in this catalogue.
Hardcover Very Good
The Library: A World History
University of Chicago Press 2013 4to (31.5 cm), 328 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (collector's blind stamp on half-title). "A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white façade of the Seinäjoki Library in Finland, to the ancient ruins of the library of Pergamum in modern Turkey, the architecture of a library is a symbol of its time as well as of its builders' wealth, culture, and learning. Architectural historian James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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Grandi Tesori delle Biblioteche Italiane
Nardini Editore 1997 4to (34 cm), 228 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color Italian edition of the Treasures of Italian libraries.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Planettiana Jesi
Nardini Editore 1997 4to (31.5 cm), 198 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Planettiana in Jesi. Included Profilo storico by Rosalia Bigliardi Parlapiano and descriptions with illustrations of 140 incunabula, illustrated books, drawings and photographs.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteche Riccardiana e Moreniana in Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Nardini Editore 1998 4to (31.5 cm), 238 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collections of the Biblioteca Riccardiana and Biblioteca Moreniana in Florence. Included Saggio sul Palazzo Medici Riccardi by Giovanni Cipriani, Saggio sulla Biblioteca Riccardiana by Giovanna Lazzi, Saggio sulla Biblioteca Moreniana by Valentino Fraticelli and descriptions with illustrations of 145 illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, bindings, illustrated books, documents, drawings and maps.
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