![Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Uchi Sakurada kinkata ikken” [trans.: “Record of the Activity at the Inner Sakurada Gate”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/822/061/1149061822.0.l.jpg)
Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Uchi Sakurada kinkata ikken” [trans.: “Record of the Activity at the Inner Sakurada Gate”]
by UCHI SAKURADA LOG BOOK
61 folding leaves, written in a fine & legible hand, several diagrams in the text. 8vo (255 x 158 mm.), self-wrappers, stitched. Edo: copied in 1809 by “Masatoshi Tada.” This fascinating document is a copy of a log book, prepared by the guards and government officials who oversaw the activities of the famous Inner Sakurada Gate, part of Edo Castle. Following the title leaf, we find a table of contents with the following sections: 1. number of guards... Read More
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![Shinju shahoron [New Theory of Portable Firearms]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/253/703/1256703253.0.l.jpg)
Shinju shahoron [New Theory of Portable Firearms]
by BOOMS, Petrus Gerardus
Four very large woodblock printed folding plates, many tables & diagrams in the text. 2, 8, 19 folding leaves. Large 8vo (255 x 183 mm.), orig. aubergine semi-stiff patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan]: 1857. The very rare first edition in Japanese of an elaborate analysis of the muzzle-loading Minié rifle, an innovative French infantry weapon of the mid-19th century. The translator, Kosaburo Akamatsu (1831-67), was a rangaku scholar and an important... Read More
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De Motionibus Naturalibus a Gravitate Pendentibus…
by BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso
Numerous woodcut diagrams in the text. 4 p.l., 566, [5] pp. Thickish 4to, cont. semi-stiff boards (a little soiled), uncut. Reggio di Calabria: D. Ferri, 1670. First edition and scarce. “Borelli’s second book on mechanics is important as the first treatise on capillarity. It contains the important investigations from which the author formulated the law that the height of the ascent of liquids in capillary tubes is inversely proportional to their diameters. His investigations also led him to... Read More
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Bibliotheca Chimica. Seu Catalogus Librorum Philosophicorum Hermeticorum...Authorum Chimicorum, vel de transmutatione Metallorum..
by BOREL, Pierre
6 p.l., 276 pp. 12mo, cont. vellum over boards. Paris: C. du Mesnil & T. Jolly, 1654. First edition of “the first independent bibliography of chemistry and alchemy, including manuscript material, based on the author’s very considerable collection of 4,000 books and manuscripts. Borel, ‘medecin ordinaire du Roy,’ made some original contributions to medicine and also wrote on optics, the microscope, botany, and antiquarian subjects.”–Grolier Club, Bibliography, 59. A fine copy of a book which has... Read More
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Jonathan Borofsky: New Print & Sculpture Editions
by (BOROFSKY, Jonathan)
Photographic b&w illus. to recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., [1983]. Postcard announcement mailed to Van Abbemuseum director Rudi Fuchs. In fine condition.
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Glückwunsch für Se. Durchlaucht den Kanzler des Deutschen Reichs Fürst von Bismarck. Am 1. April 1885 dargebracht vom Börsenverein Deutscher Buchhändler
by (BÖRSENVEREIN)
One large text illus. drawing signed “P.K.” on second leaf. Four leaves (three printed, the final blank; each 440 x 320 mm.), with elaborate title border on first leaf, all printed in red & black. A remarkable folio portfolio binding (460 x 335 mm.) of blue morocco over wooden boards, upper cover with large elaborate engraved metal devices inlaid in corners & engraved metal coat-of-arms of Bismarck inlaid in center, titled in gilt “Glückwunsch des Deutschen Buchhandels” using inlaid... Read More
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Die Kunst in Kupfer zu stechen, sowohl vermittelst des Aetzwassers als mit dem Grabstichel: ingleichen die sogenannte schwarze Kunst, und wie die Kupferdrucker-Presse nach ietziger Art zu bauen und die Kupfer abzudrucken sind ehemals durch Abraham Bosse, gewesenen königl. Kupferstecher in Paris etwas davon heraus gegeben; jetzo aber aufs neue durchgesehen, verbessert und um die Hälfte vermehret, auch mit neunzehn Kupfertafeln versehen; aus dem Französischen ins Deutsche übersetzt…
by BOSSE, Abraham
Engraved frontis.; eight engraved vignettes and head- & tailpieces, 19 finely engraved plates (most folding) & some engravings in the text. 18 p.l., 254, [36] pp. of index & errata. Thick 8vo (160 x 105 mm.), late 18th-cent. marbled boards (extremities a little rubbed & worn). Dresden: [C. G. Nitzsche], 1765. An important German edition of Bosse’s Traité des manières de graver en Taille douce (1st ed., in French: 1645), considerably augmented for the German audience. This work... Read More
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Traité Théorique et Expérimental d'Hydrodynamique
by BOSSUT, Charles
23 folding engraved plates. 3 p.l., xviii, 545, [3] pp.; 4 p.l., 515, [1] pp. Two vols. Thick 8vo, orig. mottled calf (a few minor defects), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spines richly gilt, green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1786-87. First edition of one of the classic works in hydrodynamics and hydraulics. The second volume is particularly interesting as it describes numerous hydraulic experiments. The handsome plates illustrate many hydraulic machines including two... Read More
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A Treatise on Watering Meadows: wherein are shewn some of the many Advantages arising from that Mode of Practice, particularly on Coarse, Boggy, or Barren Lands; and the Method of performing the Work. Also Remarks on a Late Pamphlet upon that Subject
by [BOSWELL, George]
Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii, 122 pp., 8 pp. of Debrett ads (lacking the leaf with directions to the binder). 8vo, cont. calf (joints a trifle cracked at head & tail), flat spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett, 1792. “Second edition, with many additions,”of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows, first published in 1779. “Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to... Read More
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Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de feu Monsieur Bourret, ancien Intendant de la Principauté de Neuf-Chastel & de Vallengin, en Suisse. Dont la Vente se fera en détail au plus offrant & dernier encherisseur, le Lundy 18. Juillet 1735. & jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BOURRET)
[iii]- xvi, 523 pp. 12mo, cont. mottled sheep (well-rebacked with the orig. spine laid-down), on lower cover the gilt coat-of-arms of the Comtesse d’Ons-en-Bray, née Princesse de Gallifat-Martigues, wife of Louis-Léon Pajot, Comte d’Ons-en-Bray (see OHDR 150 & Rietstap), surmounted by a princely coronet, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: J. Boudot & J. Guerin, 1735. An uncommon auction catalogue, priced throughout in a contemporary hand. The library was a large one (6496 lots) and... Read More
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Description des Alpes Pennines et Rhetiennes…
by BOURRIT, Marc Théodore
Eight engraved plates & one folding engraved map. xix, 247 pp.; 2 p.l., 285 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. mottled calf (extremities a bit rubbed), flat spines gilt. Geneva: J.P. Bonnant, 1781 [an early owner has added two I’s the Roman numeral date making it “1783”]. First edition and rather scarce. Bourrit (1735-1815), the son of a watchmaker in Geneva, was one of the first to systematically explore and record the Alps and their geological features. In the... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres provenans de la Bibliothéque de feu M. de Boze..
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BOZE)
2 p.l., viii, 188 pp. (of 192, lacking, as it sometimes the case, the four-page Supplement). 8vo, cont. sheep-backed blue boards (spine a little worn & rubbed). Paris: G. Martin, 1754. The sale catalogue of the famous collection formed by Claude Gros de Boze (1680-1753), the renowned academician and savant. It was an excellent library, notable for its block books and incunabula. The Gutenberg Bible is lot 13. Following the publication of the inventory catalogue in 1753,... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de M. De Boze
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BOZE)
Engraved headpiece. 1 p.l., x, 552 pp. 8vo, cont. mottled sheep (some rubbing & minor wear), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin et al., 1753. The posthumously issued inventory catalogue — prepared for an en bloc sale — of the famous collection formed by Claude Gros de Boze (1680-1753), the renowned academician and savant. It was an excellent library, notable for its block books and incunabula, including a Gutenberg Bible (lot 18); this... Read More
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Opera Omnia, sive Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata in duas partes distributa, quorum Prima De Restitutiones Motuum Solis & Lunae, Stellarumq; inerrantium tractat. Secunda autem De Mundi Aetherei Recentioribus Phaenomensis agit
by BRAHE, Tycho
1648. Large woodcut printer’s device on each title & numerous woodcuts & illus. and printed tables in the text. 470, [7] pp., one blank leaf; 217, [1] pp., two leaves of dedication. Two parts in one vol. Large 4to, cont. binding from the south of France of red morocco (rather browned throughout as always with this book due to the quality of the paper, some minor worming towards end touching a few letters & carefully repaired), arms in gilt... Read More
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The Assize of Bread. Together with sundry good and needfull ordinances for Bakers, Brewers, Inholders, Victualers, Vintners, and Butchers: And also other Assizes in Weights and Measures, which by the Lawes of this Realme, are commanded to bee observed and kept by all manner of Persons, as well within Liberties as without. Whereunto there are also added, sundrie good and needfull Orders, in making and retayling of all kinds of lawfull Breads, vendible vnto His Maiesties Subiects in the Common-wealth, agreeing with the Statutes, Lawes, and Ancient Orders and Customes of this Realme of England…Newly corrected and enlarged from twelve pence the Quarter of Wheate, unto three pound and sixe pence the Quarter, according to the rising and falling of the price thereof in the market by sixe pence altring in every Quarter of Wheate…
by (BREAD)
1626. Numerous woodcuts in the text. 28 unnumbered leaves (incl. the first leaf, a blank). Small 4to, early 20th-cent. calf (final leaf with short tear in blank section, carefully repaired). London: W. Stansby for J. Grismand, 1626. A very rare book that describes the English bread-pricing regulations established in 1266, which remained in force, with modifications, for more than six centuries. As Britain’s early modern economy developed and the price of wheat fluctuated, these regulations were periodically revised... Read More
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George Brecht: the editions by Harry Ruhé
by (BRECHT, George)
B&w illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, pictorial softcover. Amsterdam: Tuja Books, 2005. Scarce catalogue of Brecht editions, multiples, etc.; edition of 1000 copies. Near fine.
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Ueber Bibliographie und Bibliophilie
by BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel
Woodcut vignette on title. 30 pp. Large 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Leipzig: J.G.I. Breitkopf, 1793. First edition. Breitkopf (1719-94), was an eminent printer, typefounder, and bookseller at Leipzig. This work is mainly concerned with the early history of printing and the design of printing types. It also contains an interesting discussion of the disease known as bibliomania. Fine copy. ❧ Petzholdt, p. 7–“not uninteresting.”.
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Ueber die Geschichte der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst. Bey Gelegenheit einiger neuern darüber geäusserten besondern Meynungen. Nebst der vorläufigen Anzeige des Inhaltes seiner Geschichte der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst
by BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel
56 pp. Large 4to, attractive antique calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Leipzig: J.G.I. Breitkopf, 1779. First edition. Breitkopf’s projected history of printing, of which the author completed the first part (and which remained in manuscript) and left material for the second part, was never published. Fine copy. ❧ Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 81.
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Vorhut aus dem Hinterland
by (KABINETT FUR AKTUELLE KUNST BREMERHAVEN)
Illus. throughout. 104 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Bremen: Neuen Museum Weserburg Bremen, 1992. An invaluable and rare exhibition catalogue on Jürgen Wesseler’s intrepid Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, a non-commercial gallery in northern Germany that was active from 1967 to the early 2000s. There are installation photographs for many of its most famous exhibitions and interviews with artists who had exhibited there, including Lawrence Weiner, Franz Erhard Walther, and Andreas Slominski. With essays by... Read More
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Catalogus Librorum Johannis Bridges, Armigeri; nuper ex Hospitio Lincolniensi. Juxta Exemplar Catalogi MSti quem ipse dum in vivis erat, concinnari fecerat. Adjicitur Appendix MSStorum
by (BRIDGES, John)
Engraved frontis. (dampstained in outer upper corner with blank corner renewed). 2 p.l. (incl. the frontis.), 4, 345, [1], 2 pp. 8vo, later 18th cent. half-sheep & marbled boards, flat spine gilt. London: J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1725. The very uncommon inventory catalogue of the library of John Bridges (1666-1724), historian of Northamptonshire, who left his library to his two brothers. They prepared this catalogue for sale but their efforts were fruitless as the books were sent... Read More
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Arithmetica Logarithmica sive Logarithmorum Chiliades Triginta, pro numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 20,000 : et a 90,000 ad 100,000. Quorum ope multa persiciuntur Arithmetica problemata et Geometrica
by BRIGGS, Henry
1624. Woodcut device on title & some woodcut diagrams in the text. 4 p.l., 88, [300] pp. Small folio, cont. reversed calf (upper cover partly stained, lower margin of final leaf cropped & renewed with loss of the catchword), triple ruled border in blind round sides. London: G. Jones, 1624. First edition; this is the fine and unpressed John Evelyn copy with his pressmark — “Vulcanus 14” — in his hand at the foot of the title-page. The... Read More
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![Broadside on paper (228 x 334 mm.), mounted on a hanging scroll, printed with wooden movable type, entitled Mito Nariaki kyo hekisho [Words for the Students by the Honorable Nariaki of Mito]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/873/1457873954.0.l.jpg)
Broadside on paper (228 x 334 mm.), mounted on a hanging scroll, printed with wooden movable type, entitled Mito Nariaki kyo hekisho [Words for the Students by the Honorable Nariaki of Mito]
by SHOKA SONJUKU MOVABLE TYPE BROADSIDE
Shoka Sonjuku Academy, Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture: Printed by (in trans.) “movable [type],” 1858. An extremely rare and unusual example of movable wooden type printing in Japan. Movable type books enjoyed a considerable popularity in Japan in the first four decades of the 17th century, but gradually this technology withered away in favor of xylography. The use of wooden movable type was revived again in the late 18th century for small private editions, oftentimes to print controversial texts and... Read More
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Editionen (1964-1975)
by (BROODTHAERS, Marcel)
Many black & white illus. 43 unnumbered pages. 8vo (180 x 128 mm.), orig. printed semi-stiff pictorial wrappers. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1978. An uncommon catalogue of 26 Broodthaers editions and multiples. With a check-list at the end with information on edition size, medium, and publisher. Each work is illustrated. In very good condition, with a few tape marks to the lower cover.
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Exhibition postcard: Das Manuskript in der Flasche ist der Titel unserer neuen Edition von 120 Flaschen, die wir zusammen mit anderen Flaschenobjekten vorstellen (12 October-2 November 1974)
by (BROODTHAERS, Marcel)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1974. Invitation card for Broodthaers’s 1974 exhibition with Block’s gallery. Fine.
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Exhibition postcard: stanley brouwn (20 February-20 March 1981)
by (BROUWN, Stanley)
Artist’s name printed on recto, details on verso. Postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1981. Postcard made for Brouwn’s 1981 solo exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum. Fine. ❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005).
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