Traite de la Conservation des Grains, et en particular du Froment
by Duhamel du Monceau, [H L]
Paris: H L Guerin & L F Delatour, 1753. First Edition.. full contemporary calf.. A very good copy with some slight binding wear.. 8vo. There are 12 copper eng. fldg. plates of machines and buildings. The mid 18th century was a period of rapid technological innovation in agriculture. Duhamel du Monceau was an important exponent of modern techniques and the improvement of agricultural output. He is known for a number of books but the wokr offered here is... Read More
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Gouache and watercolor painting
by Dulac, Edmund - ILLUSTRATION
[London], 1912 [?]. As issued.. Good; some toning and modest spotting to the paper; NOT mounted.. Original watercolor and gouache painting measuring appx. 345 x 285 mm. Signed in the upper right hand corner. Original artwork from the noted illustrator of children's books. Commissioned for "Princess Badoura, A Tale of The Arabian Nights," (Prince Camaralzaman & the bird which has carried away Princess Badoura's precious stone) Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 - but not used in the published edition.
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Synoptische Tabelle uber die Atomgewichte ....
by Dulk, F P - PHARMACY
Leipzig: L Voss, 1834. Third Revised Edition.. Original plain blue wrappers.. Very good; printed on thick paper.. Small folio. The tables provide atomic weights for elements and compounds. The orig. table appeared in the Prussian pharmacopoeia. It proved to be very useful and a constant source of reference. Subsequent editions were printed in larger type and as separate publications for ease of use.
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Technic of the Irrigation Treatment of Wounds by the Carrel Method
by Dumas, J & Carrel, A[nne] with intro. by W W Keen
New York: Paul Hoeber, [1917]. First English Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A good copy; two small snag holes on lower frt. joint.. 8vo. There are illus. throughout. A handbook that gives a detailed explanation of Carrel's methods of sterilizing wounds. What is different about this work is that it eschews theoretical discussions and concentrates on the technical aspects of the procedure and the use and set-up of the technical equipment.
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The Structure of Wheat Shown in a Series of Photo-Micrographs with Explanatory Remarks
by Dunham, R W
London: For the Author by W Dunham, 1892. First Edition.. Full contemporary gilt stamped roan.. A very good copy; slight darkening to the sixth leaf.. 4to, 21 mounted 3 x 4 in. albumen prints of the microscopic structure of wheat. A book containing some startling photo-micrographs to illustrate the life cycle of the plant (the illus. of the wheat flower fertilization is particularly striking). The book was privately published by Dunham and is made up of 26... Read More
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L ' Art de Lever les Plans ... a la Navigation ....
by Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles ]; (Verkaven, J J ed.)
Paris: Chez Barrois, 1804. Later Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good.. 8vo. There is one fldg. table; 9 fldg. engraved plates. A later prtg. of a standard 18th century work but revealing the progress toward a formally educated officer corps. This edition adds three engraved plates of complex surveying instruments. The text has been entirely re-worked by the editor, Verkaven, who was not an officer but an instructor in mathematics. The text is concerned with problems that are complex... Read More
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L'Art de Lever les Plans ....
by Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles] - SURVEYING - MAP MAKING
Paris: ... Firmin Didot, 1792. Third Revised Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; some wear to the binding.. 8vo, xvi, [1] - 272 pp. + 5 folding tables + 6 engraved folding plates + frontispiece. Indicative of the growing professionalism of the officer corps of European armies Dupain de Montesson's book informs and advises readers of all the technology and science of map making and terrain calculations. The book, in print since the 1760s, underwent considerable revision with... Read More
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Deutsches Museum Lebensbeschreibungen und Urkunden - Georg von Reichenbach
by Dyck, W v. - ASTRONOMY INSTRUMENTS
Munich: Deutschen Museums, 1912. First Edition.. Contemporary cloth.. A fine copy.. Folio. Frontispiece and 7 plates. Reichenbach was known as an inventor and designer of astronomical instruments and an engineer. He spent some time in England in the early 1790s where he met Boulton, Watt and Ramsden. He returned to Germany and was commissioned an officer in the Bavarian army engineering corps. By 1805 he was engaged in the construction of high quality instruments at his own works... Read More
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Chemical Works. Their Design, Erection, and Equipment
by Dyson, S S & Clarkson, S S
London: Scott, Greenwood and Son, 1912. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. The book is illus. throughout and has nine folding plates. An excellent reference. The authors had long careers in the chemical industry and considerable experience designing all kinds of facilities. They have placed their expertise into this book and supplemented the text with a series of working drawings for varous kinds of installations.
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A Botanical Dictionary, being a translation from the French of Louis Claude Richard ... with extensive additions ....
by Eaton, A
New Haven: Howe & Spalding, 1819. Second Corrected Edition.. Full contemp. calf.. A good copy with some scuffing to the binding.. 8vo. A most useful scientific dictionary. S & S # 47870.
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Die Kartenwissenschaft Forschungen und Grundlagen zu einer Kartographie als Wissenschaft, 2 vols.
by Eckert, M - CARTOGRAPHY
Berlin: Verein. Wissen. Verleger, 1921/25. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth backed boards.. Very good; hinges somewhat strained because of the weight of the text and flimsy binding.. 4to. There are illustrations, plates, and maps throughout. Eckert is the originator of the "Eckert equal area projection of the sphere" one of the means by which the globe can be projected on to a flat surface. The book offered here is a product of such prodigious learning and scholarship as... Read More
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An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House in the City of New York
by [Eddy, Thomas] - SOCIAL REFORM
New York: I Collins, 1801. First Edition.. Somewhat later full sheep.. Very good; some flaking to the spine of the binding; some offsetting to the plates; otherwise a bright, fresh copy.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 94, [95 - 109 are erroneously numbered 83 - 97]pp. + 2 large folding plates (a floor plan and elevation) and 2 folding tables (included in the pagination). Eddy was a Quaker merchant and reformer who had spent time in prison during the... Read More
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Principles of Penal Law
by [Eden, William]
London: B White ... T Cadell, 1771. First Edition.. full contemp. calf; rebacked.. A very good copy; printed on thick paper.. 8vo. (i-iii)iv, (1)2 - 300 pp. + errata. This is Eden's first book written just as he left Christ Church College, Oxford. It bears an inked inscription on both pastedowns, Christ Church Common Room 1772 (this also appears in the blank portion of the margin on p. 159) and a pencil note (later) of attribution: 'From... Read More
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Use and Care of Drawing Instruments
by E Dietzgen Co.
New York: Dietzgen, 1930. Edition Unknown.. orig. printed wrappers.. A fine copy.. 8vo. It is illus. throughout. A manual of care and also a trade catalog for parts and supplies.
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Sammlung von Denksprüchen. Liedern, Fabeln, poetischen und prosaischen Erzählungen nebst einem Ahange logischer Lese ... für Kinder von 5 bis 10 Jahren ....
by Anon. - EDUCATION
Leipzig: CH Reclam, 1822. First Edition. Contemporary half leather. . Good; some wear to the spine; paper flaw to the lower corner of p. 200 - no loss.. 8vo, xxxvi, 444, liii pp. An astonishing anthology assembled by instructors at the Leipzig Bürgerschule. The contents of the book attest to the rigors of the educational environment at the school, especially in light of the age group identified in the title. The book had two later printings - all... Read More
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School Brush Painting Examples for Girls
by Japanese Ministry of Education
Tokyo: Ministry of Education, ca1909. Original publisher's cloth backed printed paper wrappers.. Good; some toning; some minor rodent damage to a lower corner of blank margin; tax stamp(?) on the title page.. Oblong 8vo, [5 - text], [1 - blank] pp. + 14 plates (printed recto only) + rear pastedown with printed text. A book of drawing lessons.
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Directions for Making the Best Composition for the Metals of Reflecting Telescopes; and ... grinding ... true parabolic figure
by Edwards, J
[London]: Nautical Almanac, [1787]. First Edition.. Disbound.. Good; somewhat dusty & spotted.. 8vo, 60, [4 - adverts] pp. There are occasional small text figures. Edwards' pamphlet was issued only as a supplement to the Nautical Almanac of 1787. It is a rare 18th century attempt to come to grips with the problem of casting metal specula for telescopes. Edwards also manufactured several telescopes that are known from the testimony of Maskelyne. See King, pp. 89-90.
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Deutsche & Englische Vorschriften für die Jugend
by Egelmann, Carl Friedrich - ILLUSTRATED WRITING MANUAL
[Reading]: [Egelmann], [1821]. First Edition.. Original blue paper wrappers.. Very good, with some overall age toning; last three leaves with a partial tide mark;backstrip with early, stitched, paper reinforcement.. Oblong 8vo., 12 leaves of engraved plates on thick paper; some sheets have animals or different script examples. During the 18th century Mennonite schoolmasters in rural areas would often convey the techniques of forming German letters to their students by presenting their best pupils with beautiful calligraphy and... Read More
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Ornate calligraphic manuscript - Vor nicht gar langer ....
by [Egelmann, Carl F] - MANUSCRIPT FABLE
ca 1820. Late eighteenth century (laid paper), colored blue/green, textured paper wrappers. The stitching of the binding is a multi- colored thread strand.. Near fine; colors are bright and crisp, as is the decoration.. Three folio sheets of watermarked, laid paper (continental). Folded in half, nested, and bound (stitched, landscape format) into plain blue/green laid paper wrappers. The endpapers are milled paper of a later period that are original to the binding. The folded sheets make 6 leaves... Read More
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Faithful Memoirs of the Life, Amours and Performances of that ... Eminent Actress ... Mrs. Ann Oldfield ....
by Egerton, W (pseud.) [Curll, E & Cibber, C]
London: [ E Curll ], 1731. First Edition.. Modern full calf.. An acceptable copy with overall toning; short tear to the frontis.; frontis. folded as a result of being oversize; spot to the lower margin of about 6 leaves.. 8vo, [4], iv, v, xi, [1] - 212, 21 (appendix) pp. + engraved frontispiece. The contentious Mr. Curll's informative biography of the actress including her will, an inventory of household effects (including statues and jewelry), "... she had a... Read More
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Übersicht der seit 1847 fortgesetzten Untersuchungen über das von der Atmosphäre unsichtbarer getragene reiche organische Leben - OFFERED WITH - Nachtrag zur Übersicht ....
by Ehrenberg, Christian G
Berlin: Königl. Akademie der Wissen., 1871. OFFPRINTS.. Original printed wrappers.. Fine.. 4to, [2], 150 pp. + 2 plates; [2], paginated 233 - 275 + 1 plate. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876), was an important naturalist explorer who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt to the Urals in 1829 and had been through Egypt, the Sudan, Libya, and Ethiopia in the preceding years. He was considered to be a pioneer microbiologist (NDB IV, 350). DSB IV, 288 - 291; Howgego II, 197... Read More
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Printed Circular letter dated 25 October 1910 - OFFERED WITH - Die experimentalle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen
by Ehrlich, P
Frankfurt/Berlin: J Springer, 1910. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good x-lib. copy; the accompanying rare circular letter has no accessioning.. 8vo, viii, 164, [4] pp. + 5 plates; 3 folding tables. Two separate items are offered. The first is a rare circular letter from Ehrlich to colleagues just beginning to use his new ' 606' formula. The letter is large folded sheet making four pages and imprinted on only pages 1 and 4. The letter reports... Read More
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La Resistance de L 'Air Examen des Formules et des Experiences
by Eiffel, G - ENGINEERING - AERONAUTICS
Paris: H Dunod et E Pinat, 1910. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. Fair; spine worn; lower fore edge of wrapper chipped; text block split.. 8vo, vii, 258 pp. The book is illustrated throughout; there is one folding table. Eiffel's record of his important series of air resistance tests that were especially useful for airfoil, i.e., airplane wing, design. This book was quickly translated into several languages because of its importance. The book is particularly useful for its... Read More
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Palmer Bros. Catalog and Price List Dynamos ... Motors, Electro Plating Machines ....
by TRADE CATALOG - ELECTRICITY
Mianus [CT]: Palmer Bros., ca. 1890. Edition Unknown.. Original printed wrappers.. Good; loose in the wrappers.. 8vo, 16 pp. The text is illustrated throughout as are the pictorial wrappers. A early trade catalog of dynamos, motors, castings, and plating equipment. Unlocated.
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Schiller's Song of the Bell. Translated for the Boston Academy of Music
by Eliot, S A
Boston: Perkins and Marvin, 1837. First Edition.. disbound. A very good copy.. 8vo. A new translation of Schiller's work specifically to give the music of Romberg an introduciton to a wider audience. S & S # 46695.
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