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Finely engraved added allegorical title-page & added engraved port. of the author, 158 engraved plates (numbered 1-54; 1-42; 1-25; 1-15; 1-17; 1-5), five engraved headpieces & four tailpieces in the text, and several finely engraved initials. 8 p.l., 127, [14] pp., 1 leaf of errata. Folio, cont. red morocco, gilt arms of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault on covers, panelled in gilt, spine gilt, a.e.g. Rome: J.J. Komarek, 1690. First edition, and a splendid copy in handsome contemporary red morocco with the arms of Nicolas Joseph Foucault, of a "sumptuous work describing and depicting upon the excellent engraved plates a large variety of ancient Roman objects..."-Sinkankas, Gemology, 1194. La Chausse (1660-1724), the famed antiquarian and diplomat, transformed his hobby of collecting antiquities into the science of archaeology while living in Rome. He amassed one of the most impressive collections of antiquities, many of which are illustrated and described in the present work. A century later, Leopold… Read More

Fine woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut port. on verso of the dedicatee, Henri III, & several woodcut illus. in the text. 22 p.l., 558, [5] pp. Folio, fine 18th-cent. marbled calf (joints & ends of spine very carefully repaired), arms in gilt on both covers of the great bibliophile. the duc d'Aumont, triple gilt fillet round sides, spine richly gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Paris: A. l'Angelier, 1584.<br /> <P> First edition, a fine copy from the library of the great bibliophile, the duc d'Aumont (1709-82), one of the outstanding book and art collectors of his age, with his arms in gilt on both covers. This is the first French national bibliography, a monumental work of fundamental importance for the history of French literature and scholarship. It has remained an indispensable reference and source book to this day, as attested by Brunet, Petzholdt, and Besterman.<br /> <P> The roughly 3000 authors are arranged alphabetically… Read More

3 p.l., 155 pp. 8vo (171 x 102 mm.), cont. mottled calf (joints a little rubbed and cracked at head & tail, but strong), spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece on spine. The Hague: J. Neaulme, 1747. First edition of this groundbreaking work on the arts in France, composed by the "father of modern art criticism" (Oxford Art online, by A. McClellan). La Font (1688-1771) was employed at Versailles as Gentilhomme de la Reine to Marie Leczinska, and befriended the painter F. Lemoyne. He anonymously wrote several other well-regarded books on the arts. The present work, in addition to his Sentimens (1754), another Salon review, "fuelled an explosion in Salon criticism, much of it anonymous, in the second half of the 18th century and marked a turning-point not just in the history of art criticism but in the relationship between art and politics as well."-Oxford Art online. "In 1747 his notorious Réflexions...was published, anonymously, as were all his… Read More

Printed recto, details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Milan: La Bertesca, 1974.<br /> <br> <br> The postcard invitation to an impressive group show at La Bertesca in Milan. In fine condition; mailed to Centro Di (Firenze), the publishing house and bookstore founded by Ferruccio and Alessandra Marchi in 1968.

Two folding engraved plates. xi, [5], 390 pp. Small 8vo, cont. red morocco, with the arms in gilt of either the Comtesse de Provence or the Comtesse d'Artois (see below), triple gilt fillet round sides, spine nicely gilt, a.e.g. Paris: J.B. Coignard, 1745. First edition and a lovely copy in contemporary red morocco with arms (see below). "La Garaye (1675-1755), a Breton nobleman and philanthropist, was a diligent chemist who devised a novel method of preparing medicines from minerals by long maceration with neutral salt solutions. He also extracted a number of principles from plants as from Peruvian bark, the extract of which became known as the 'essential salt of Garaye'."-Neville, II, p. 3. "He devised a rapid method of making black oxide of iron, and prepared an ammoniacal chloride of mercury called 'Tinctura mercurialis'."-Ferguson, II, p. 78 (under Marot). It is unusual to find a book of this kind so finely bound. Daughters of King… Read More

Finely engraved frontis. port. of the author & eight folding engraved plates. Five vols. 8vo, fine cont. mottled calf (a few minor defects), flat spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Maradan, 1797. Second edition, corrected, and enlarged. This edition expands the sections on mineralogy and petrology from two volumes to four. First published in 1795, this is the author's chief work, which enjoyed considerable popularity among his contemporaries; it was founded for the most part on Werner's teachings. "Taking a broad cosmogonical view of creation, Lamétherie regarded the major features of the earth as the result of the combined action of crystallization, moving water, and shifts in the planetary-motion characteristics of the earth."-D.S.B., VII, p. 604. La Métherie (1743-1817), was chief editor of the famous Journal de Physique from 1785 until the year of his death. He wrote a number of important works on mineralogy and was a friend to… Read More

3 p.l., 474, [2] pp. 8vo, cont. sheep-backed boards (several small wormholes in margins of final few leaves), spine ruled in gilt, brown morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1785. First edition. La Métherie (1743-1817), an inveterate opponent of Lavoisier's theories, was chief editor of the famous Journal de Physique from 1785 until the year of his death. He wrote a number of important works on mineralogy and was a friend to many of the leading scientists of his time, especially Cuvier. In this work, La Métherie stated that "all combustibles (including perhaps diamond) contain inflammable air, which he identified with phlogiston and thought it is contained in metals...He called oxygen 'pure air' and nitrogen (phlogisticated air) 'impure air'. Pure air consists of vesicles inflated by the principle of heat. Nitrous air (nitrous oxide) is a compound of nitric acid and inflammable air or phlogiston. Fixed air, which he called… Read More

Two engraved plates (one is folding & with eight images) & five folding woodcut plates of watermarks. Five vols. bound in four. 8vo, cont. paste-paper boards (occasional minor browning), flat spines gilt, red leather lettering pieces on spines. Brussels: [Privately Printed], 1803. The very rare privately printed catalogue, in its most complex state, of the vast and famous library of Carlos Antonio La Serna (1752-1813), bibliographer, historian of early printing, and "conservateur" at the Brussels Library. The main part of the library, the finest of the time in the Low Countries, was actually amassed by his uncle, Don Simon de Santander San Juan, former secretary of the Spanish King and an ardent book collector resident in Brussels. The collection passed to his nephew Carlos Antonio upon his death in 1791. Carlos Antonio, who had come from Spain about 1772, aided his uncle in forming the collection. Upon inheriting the collection, Carlos Antonio was forced due to family… Read More

Title within finely engraved & elaborate architectural border and 27 engraved plates (four double-page or folding). Collation as in Mortimer: "four preliminary leaves, one additional leaf of printed text (leaf [32]), & 27 engraved plates on leaves 5-31, 33-36." Large folio, cont. speckled calf (joints a little cracked but strong), double gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. From the second leaf: "Roma, In Casa Nostra," 1559. Fifth edition (1st ed.: 1552) of this important work in the study of classical architecture and one of the earliest architectural treatises illustrated with copper plates, in place of woodcuts and printed text. The author found the medium of copper engraving far superior to the traditional woodcut image, allowing for greater precision and realism. Labacco (1495-1567?), Italian architect and frequent collaborator with Antonio da Sangallo the Younger on projects such as St. Peter's Basilica, privately published this work with the help of his… Read More

16 p.l., 398 pp.; 27 pp. Two parts in one vol. 8vo, cont. calf (extremities a little rubbed), contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Rouen: A. Maurry for L. Billaine, 1678. Third edition (1st ed.: 1664) "of the earliest extant bibliography of bibliographies. It is basically an alphabetical list, arranged by authors' first names, followed by eight intricate subject indices, among them one of publishers' and booksellers' catalogues. Appended is a very useful numismatic bibliography. The work enjoyed three later editions during the seventeenth century and provided the basis for Teissier. Labbé (1607-67), one of the most learned polymaths of his time, was a Jesuit professor of philosophy in Paris."-Grolier Club, Bibliography, 62-(1st ed.). The work attributed to John Selden on the title-page is actually by Alessandro Sardi (1520-88), and first appeared in 1579. There is also included a substantial bibliography on weights and measures. Haebler, in his Handbuch,… Read More

16 p.l., 394 (i.e. 392) pp. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards (minor browning). Paris: L. Billaine, 1664. "This is the first edition of the earliest extant bibliography of bibliographies (despite the 'curis secundis auctior' on the title). It is basically an alphabetical list, arranged by authors' first names, followed by eight intricate subject indices, among them one of publishers' and booksellers' catalogues. Appended is a very useful numismatic bibliography. The work enjoyed three later editions during the seventeenth century and provided the basis for Teissier...Labbé (1607-67), one of the most learned polymaths of his time, was a Jesuit professor of philosophy in Paris."-Grolier Club, Bibliography, 62. Haebler, in his Handbuch, states that this is the second book on incunabula and the first in which the word is used in connection with printing. A fine copy and rare. Old stamp on verso of title and another on following leaf. &#10087; Besterman, The… Read More

Translated from the French [by John F.W. Herschel, Charles Babbage, & George Peacock]. With an Appendix and Notes. Five folding engraved plates. viii, 720 pp. 8vo, attractive antique half-calf & marbled boards (minor foxing & occasional dampstaining), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, uncut. Cambridge: J. Deighton & Sons, 1816. First edition in English. It was this work that was largely responsible for the introduction of Continental methods of analysis and notation into English mathematics. Herschel, Babbage and Peacock, who formed the Analytical Society while still undergraduates at Cambridge, translated and edited Lacroix's work and secured its use as a textbook, first in Cambridge and afterwards, country-wide. Fine uncut copy. &#10087; D.S.B., VI, p. 324.

Précédée d'un à-propos de l'Auteur. Seven plates, each in three states. 2 p.l., 150 pp., one leaf. Small 4to, orig. printed wrappers bound in cont. morocco, sides panelled in gilt, spine richly gilt, dentelles gilt, a.e.g., signed "Chambolle-Duru." Paris: L. Conquet & L. Carteret, 1902. Number 20 of 100 copies on Japan paper (of a total edition of 400 copies, none for sale); this is one of forty copies with the fine illustrations on seven plates, by Edmond Rudaux, each in three states. Our copy has been beautifully bound by Chambolle-Duru and bears a presentation inscription from the publisher to Maurice Quarré. Paul Lacroix (1806-84), was a French author and journalist, best known by his pseudonym P.L. Jacob or Bibliophile Jacob. Librarian of the Arsenal from 1855, he wrote many works and memoirs on book collectors and bibliography as well as numerous works of fiction. The present work is a charming account of the bouquinistes, the… Read More

Blank recto, details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1979. Postcard invitation for Laib's debut exhibition with Jürgen Wesseler's Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. Fine. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel's firm Total-Designe. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).

Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1981. Postcard invitation to Laib's second show at Jürgen Wesseler's Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. In fine condition. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel's firm Total-Designe. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).

One engraved plate & one woodcut head-piece vignette. 40 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Gibert, 1773. First edition of this famous book which caused a panic in Paris before it was published. Lalande "caused another stir in 1773, when he discussed the possibility of a collision between the earth and a comet. His work on the perturbation of comets by the planets indicated that the orbit of a comet might be altered enough to make a collision with the earth possible. He realized that the likelihood of such a collision was extremely slight, but he failed to emphasize this point in summarizing his paper before the Academy. The result was a panic in Paris based on the rumor that Lalande had predicted the imminent destruction of the earth. Even prompt publication of the entire paper [this book] did not completely reassure the public."-D.S.B., VII, p. 581. Fine copy. &#10087; Lalande, pp. 536-37. Yeomans, Comets, pp. 166-67.

One engraved plate & one folding printed table. xvi, 375 pp.; 2 p.l., 412 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. cat's paw calf (light foxing & minor stains). Paris: Maradan, Seconde Année de la République [1794]. First edition. Lamarck (1744-1829), the noted biologist and evolutionist, had pronounced chemical theories and they were an important part of his ideas about nature and evolution. He was an adversary of Lavoisier's anti-phlogistic theory and proposed the four-element theory (earth, air, water, and fire). Lamarck believed that these four elements "have no attraction for one another but tend to separate unless constrained by force...He proposed a new 'pyrotic theory'."-Partington, III, p. 490. Lamarck attempted to account for a great number of chemical and physical phenomena such as sound, electricity, magnetism, color, and vaporization with his system. "In this work Lamarck sets forth his views on the immutability of species and attacks the theory of the spontaneous origin of life. The book is… Read More

Printed on one side. Postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert; Milan: Françoise Lambert, 1973. Invitation to the Lambert's shared stand at the 1973 Kölner Kunstmarkt, where they had daily presentations of work by Daniel Buren, Brice Marden, Giulio Paolini, Edda Renouf, Niele Toroni, and Richard Tuttle. In fine condition. Mailed to Oscar Ackermann of Leverkusen.

Typographic illus., printed on one side. Card. Paris: Galerie Yvon Lambert, 1970. Invitation to a formidable group show of drawings by Andre, Bochner, Bollinger, De Maria, Flavin, Graham, Hay, Heizer, Hesse, Huebler, Kaltenbach, Kienholz, Kuehn, LeWitt, Marden, Martin, Morris, Nauman, Oppenheim, Ruscha, Ryman, Sandback, Smithson, Sonnier, Tuttle, and Weiner. In fine condition. ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 371.

30 folding leaves. 8vo (273 x 200 mm.), orig. wrappers (wrappers frayed & a little soiled), stitched as issued. [Japan]: late Edo. Stone lanterns, which originated in China, were first used in Japan to illuminate pathways in Buddhist temples. In late 16th-century Japan, tea ceremonies were often held at night, necessitating the illumination of the stone paths. Accordingly, tea masters such as Takeno Joo, Sen no Rikyu, and Furuta Oribe introduced stone lanterns to the design of tea gardens. Our manuscript contains 60 fine drawings of stone lanterns of various styles, ranging from highly ornate to very simple examples. Many of them were favored or designed by the great tea masters of the late 16th century and include ancient lanterns formerly used at shrines and temples. Each of the 60 lanterns has descriptive notes with details of the measurements of all the parts of the lantern (these include the jirin, hibukuro, kasa, and tama sections), locations in famous tea gardens or temples, and motifs… Read More