DS: U.S. Patent Signed by James Buchanan (as Secretary of State) and Edmund Burke (as Commissioner of Patents) by Buchanan, James and Edmund Burke

Letter, 1990. Letter. Very Good. Unmarked. Signed letter from the artist Gordon Onslow Ford (1912-2003) to writer/artist Amy Ione in response to an article about his work. Folded into four panels. Includes comments on his view of art theories. British-born painter Gordon Onslow Ford was the youngest and last surviving member of the original Surrealist artistic group, led by the poet André Breton. Also included in the group were Matta, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, and Salvador Dali.

Manchester, 1952-1956. Including 16 typed letters signed (one with the signature clipped out for reproduction in Vistas in Astronomy) and 1 autograph letter signed by Lovell, together with yellow carbons of Beer's typed letters, bound together with green string with metal caps in Beer's tan folder with the name Lovell in ink on the cover. Rust stains to the top three documents and the lower document from the metal caps on the binding string, not affecting the Lovell letters. Occasional mild creasing, otherwise the contents fresh and in excellent condition. An interesting archive of unpublished correspondence between leading radio astronomer Alfred Lovell (1913-2012) and astronomer and science populariser Arthur Beer. Beer (1900-1980) was born in Richenberg, Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), and educated in Austria and Germany. He worked as an astronomer at Breslau University, where he studied binary stars, and at the German Maritime Observatory. He also wrote newspaper columns and was responsible… Read More

Sacramento, California , 1855. Two manuscript letters in ink, both on ruled paper with folding creases, the 1855 letter 8" x 12 1/2", with single spaced writing both sides, approx. 500 words. The 1856 letter 15" x 10", folded in half to make 4 pp., approx. 300 words, with small blindstamp top left corner depicting an eagle. The earlier letter is headed "September 18th 1855 Naperville Dupage County Illinois" and ends "Michael direct your letters Nevada County, Nevada post office, California". George writes to his brother Michael in Naperville that he has "seen a good dele sins i rote you they last letter", including a hundred "inshins" and some "Buffellow". He adds that "we had good luck all they way of may we left Council Bluff", and that he is not home sick yet. He then talks of the gold mines, river mining, what they are paying, and the cost of things such as board ("from five to ten dollars a week"),… Read More

1552 Bembo Letters Italian Renaissance Erasmus Rotterdam Reginald Pole Alciato

Pietro Bembo was a 15th-century Italian scholar known for his direct influence in the development of the Italian language and the revival of the works of Petrarch. As a man of letters, Bembo was well-acquainted with many political, religious, and literary leaders throughout Italy and Europe. Many of his letters were collected and published in the mid-16th-century and included dozens of letters including those of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Cosmo Gherio (Bishop of Fano), Andrea Alciato, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, and many others.
Item number: #7886
Price: $750
BEMBO, Pietro
Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
Venezia: Apud G. Scottum, 1552.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [16], 398
o Signatures: *⁸ A-Z⁸, Bb⁸
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References: not in Adams; USTC 813421; Edit16 5041
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Language: Latin… Read More

Paris: Felix Alcan, Editeur, 1893. RARE in the First Editions and RARER yet with ALS.. Premiere Serie published 1893, Seconde Serie, 1898. With one page Autograph Letter Signed on Place de L'Ecole stationery dated 1901, roughly 40 words in French, SIGNED A. Aulard. Bound in period quarter brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, slight toning at edges, corners lightly rubbed, small labels front paste downs. Each volume with fold-out facsimiles. François Victor Alphonse Aulard (1849-1928) was the 1st professional French historian of Napoleon and of the French Revolution. . Autograph Letter Signed. First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Letter, 1990. Letter. Very Good. Unmarked. Signed letter from the artist Gordon Onslow Ford (1912-2003) to writer/artist Amy Ione in response to an article about his work. Folded into four panels. Includes comments on his view of art theories. British-born painter Gordon Onslow Ford was the youngest and last surviving member of the original Surrealist artistic group, led by the poet André Breton. Also included in the group were Matta, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, and Salvador Dali.

Manchester, 1952-1956. Including 16 typed letters signed (one with the signature clipped out for reproduction in Vistas in Astronomy) and 1 autograph letter signed by Lovell, together with yellow carbons of Beer's typed letters, bound together with green string with metal caps in Beer's tan folder with the name Lovell in ink on the cover. Rust stains to the top three documents and the lower document from the metal caps on the binding string, not affecting the Lovell letters. Occasional mild creasing, otherwise the contents fresh and in excellent condition. An interesting archive of unpublished correspondence between leading radio astronomer Alfred Lovell (1913-2012) and astronomer and science populariser Arthur Beer. Beer (1900-1980) was born in Richenberg, Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), and educated in Austria and Germany. He worked as an astronomer at Breslau University, where he studied binary stars, and at the German Maritime Observatory. He also wrote newspaper columns and was responsible… Read More

Sacramento, California , 1855. Two manuscript letters in ink, both on ruled paper with folding creases, the 1855 letter 8" x 12 1/2", with single spaced writing both sides, approx. 500 words. The 1856 letter 15" x 10", folded in half to make 4 pp., approx. 300 words, with small blindstamp top left corner depicting an eagle. The earlier letter is headed "September 18th 1855 Naperville Dupage County Illinois" and ends "Michael direct your letters Nevada County, Nevada post office, California". George writes to his brother Michael in Naperville that he has "seen a good dele sins i rote you they last letter", including a hundred "inshins" and some "Buffellow". He adds that "we had good luck all they way of may we left Council Bluff", and that he is not home sick yet. He then talks of the gold mines, river mining, what they are paying, and the cost of things such as board ("from five to ten dollars a week"),… Read More

1552 Bembo Letters Italian Renaissance Erasmus Rotterdam Reginald Pole Alciato

Pietro Bembo was a 15th-century Italian scholar known for his direct influence in the development of the Italian language and the revival of the works of Petrarch. As a man of letters, Bembo was well-acquainted with many political, religious, and literary leaders throughout Italy and Europe. Many of his letters were collected and published in the mid-16th-century and included dozens of letters including those of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Cosmo Gherio (Bishop of Fano), Andrea Alciato, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, and many others.
Item number: #7886
Price: $750
BEMBO, Pietro
Petri Bembi Card. Epistolarum familiarium, libri VI : Eiusdem, Leonis X. Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum, lib. XVI.
Venezia: Apud G. Scottum, 1552.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [16], 398
o Signatures: *⁸ A-Z⁸, Bb⁸
·
References: not in Adams; USTC 813421; Edit16 5041
·
Language: Latin… Read More

Paris: Felix Alcan, Editeur, 1893. RARE in the First Editions and RARER yet with ALS.. Premiere Serie published 1893, Seconde Serie, 1898. With one page Autograph Letter Signed on Place de L'Ecole stationery dated 1901, roughly 40 words in French, SIGNED A. Aulard. Bound in period quarter brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards, gilt backs, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, slight toning at edges, corners lightly rubbed, small labels front paste downs. Each volume with fold-out facsimiles. François Victor Alphonse Aulard (1849-1928) was the 1st professional French historian of Napoleon and of the French Revolution. . Autograph Letter Signed. First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.