Mimeographs of manuscripts, with occasional illustrations
by SHANGHAI, Textbooks of the New Chinese Medical College
Seven vols. 8vo (260 x 148 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers with pasted-on title-slips, orig. stitching. Shanghai: Xinzhongguo yixueyuan, ca. 1941-42. A collection of textbooks issued by the New Chinese Medical College of Shanghai (Xin zhongguo yixueyuan 新中國醫學院), established in 1935, as the city's third modern medical school. The teaching faculty, including many leading figures in the modernization of Chinese medicine, sought to integrate traditional Chinese and modern Western medicine within a coherent pedagogical system. Giving equal weight... Read More
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Certaine plaine and easie Demonstrations of divers Easie wayes and meanes for the Improving of any manner of barren Land, although the same bee not worth xij.d. the Acre. And shewing how to make the same become worth XX.s., XXX.s., or XL.s. the Acre yearely. Published for the Increasing of the Wealth and Prosperitie of the Nation, and the benefit of the Poore, and of all those as are Owners of any barren Land
by [SHAW, John, inventor]
1 p.l., 7, [9], 6 pp. Small 4to, attractive antique calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by T.F., sold by W. Ley, 1657. First edition and rather scarce. Following Shaw’s essay on the dung roller, which he invented, the remainder of the book consists of two texts, the first starting “How to Order any Land, so as it may reteyne all the moysture that falleth thereon: and to Improve it thereby,” and the... Read More
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Manuscript on paper entitled “Press Catalogue of Books in the Library of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart Bart. Ardgowan. MDCCCXLIX.”
by (SHAW-STEWART, Sir Michael Robert, 7th Baronet)
Lithographed title & 80 printed ruled leaves, each written on one side in a neat & legible hand. Folio (380 x 240 mm.), orig. half calf (covers somewhat worn & rubbed, upper hinge cracked but strong), leather lettering label on upper cover, a.e.g. “Ardgowan: 1849.” The Shaw-Stewart family has been one of the most important in Renfrewshire since the 15th century. The lands of Ardgowan, set on the south shores of the Firth of Clyde, were given to... Read More
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Shijuhattana [48 Shelves]
by (SHELVES)
48 full-page woodcuts. 25 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers (wrappers rather tired, occasional light staining), new stitching. N.p.: 1658. First edition and very rare; WorldCat does not locate a copy. This is a very early and highly specialized monograph describing the design and construction of 48 different kinds of shelves, each with a specific purpose. They include staggered shelves; shelves to display art objects; shelves with pillars; ornamental shelves; shelves built to hold heavy loads; shelves which... Read More
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[Shijo Family’s Collection of Secret Information]
by SHIJOKE HIDEN SHO 四條家秘伝書
Numerous woodcuts, many full-page, in the text. 2 p.l., 27, 11, 26; 20, 21, 24 folding leaves. Six parts in two vols. Oblong 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, manuscript title labels on upper covers (the label on Vol. I is largely worn away), new stitching. [Kyoto?]: most of the parts end with the date 1642. First edition of this rare collection of early gastronomic texts from the Shijo school of hocho shiki. It was the oldest... Read More
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Koto shamisen [trans.: Koto and Shamisen (two traditional Japanese stringed instruments)]
by SHIMIZU, Enju
One double-page woodcut illus. & numerous woodcut illus. in the text. 38 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers (wrappers a little waterstained, some worming), orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. Edo: Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1783. First edition and very rare; this work is a guidebook, with poetic and allusory reviews, to the courtesans and brothels of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter in Edo. This district served “as a kind of cultural salon where samurai and townsman... Read More
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![Manuscript on fine paper, with manuscript title label on upper cover: “Sōgen gyōbō shidai” 宗源行法次第 [“Order of the Ritual of the Original Source”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/682/774/1563774682.0.l.jpg)
Manuscript on fine paper, with manuscript title label on upper cover: “Sōgen gyōbō shidai” 宗源行法次第 [“Order of the Ritual of the Original Source”]
by SHINRYŪIN, Bonshun 神龍院梵舜
Ruled paper, 8 columns per page (or panel). Manuscript in orihon (accordion) format. One full-page diagram. Small 4to (179 x 160 mm.), orig. silk brocade over limp boards, gold front endpaper. [Japan]: on final leaf: 1615, but this is probably a slightly later copy. Manuscript album with incantations and instructions for the Shinto “ritual of the original source” (sōgen gyōbō 宗源行法) by Shinryūin Bonshun (1553-1632), a major religious figure at a pivotal moment in Japanese... Read More
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Illustrated scroll on paper on the Shogetsudō Koryū school of flower arrangement
by SHOGETSUDŌ KORYŪ 松月堂古流
1805. Scroll (185 x 9300 mm.), front endpaper covered in silk brocade, wooden core roller. At end (in trans.): “Information came from the founder Zeshinken Ichiro 是心軒一露…Secret Information, Keep in the Family…September 1805…given to Godaibō Bokuyū Goryūken 五大坊卜友 五柳軒 [a successor to Zeshinken].” Zeshinken (1734–80), scholar monk, was a master of ikebana 生け花 (flower arrangement) and created a school devoted to this art (which still exists and thrives). He devised a seika 生花 form based on a... Read More
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SHINPAN. ONNA SHOREISHŪ 新板 女諸礼集 [New Edition. Collection of Rules of Etiquette for Women]: title from printed labels on upper covers
by ONNA SHOREISHŪ
Many double- & full-page woodcut illus. Seven kan in six vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff dark blue wrappers (rubbed), orig. title-slips on covers, new stitching. Osaka: Honya Seizaemon 本屋清左衛門, 1675. Second edition (1st ed.: 1660) of this early Edo-period etiquette book for women. Onna shoreishū provides a comprehensive guide to the customs and formalities expected of upper-class women. More than a moral treatise, it details cultural and social etiquette, covering seasonal clothing, ritual preparation, wedding ceremonies and the... Read More
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Manuscript on paper, entitled on first leaf of text “Shōkaku fugō.”
by SHŌKAKU FUGŌ 省画符号 (JAPANESE SHORTHAND)
18 folding leaves. 8vo (262 x 186 mm.), orig. brown wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: late 19th century. “At the end of the Edo period Japanese ambassadors traveling abroad noted the presence of stenographers during their interviews, and after the Meiji Restoration a few Western books on shorthand appeared in Tokyo bookstores and in the private libraries of government secretaries. On several occasions in the first two decades of Meiji, individuals or groups sought to adapt Western shorthand... Read More
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ERR
by SHRIGLEY, David
Black & white facsimile drawings throughout. [96] pp. 8vo, softcover, orig. pictorial dust-jacket. London: Book Works, 1996. First edition of 1000 copies. From the publisher’s website: “Err illustrates the moral and artistic conundrums at the heart of contemporary commentary, using drawings full of bleak humour, that confound the brain and unsettle the soul.” In fine condition.
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[“Illustrated Record of the Provinces”]
by “SHUZU BUNKOKUKI” 主圖分國記
Numerous hand-colored maps & illus. 15 parts in seven vols. Large 8vo (270 x 187 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: before 1845. The third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu (r. 1623-51), the first born to the rule, spent much of his reign centralizing power in Edo, with the bakufu growing in importance as administrators and setters of policy. In 1645, the bakufu ordered all fiefdom lords who owned castles to make a shiro ezu, a... Read More
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Ina Barfuss, Hans Siebert, Thomas Wachweger: Vom Jugendstil zum Freistiel (6 December 1981-20 January 1982)
by (SIEBERT, Hans, pseudonym for KIPPENBERGER, Martin)
Black & white illus. throughout. 34 pp. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers (designed by Barfuß), staple-bound. Berlin: Happy-Happy, 1981. One of the earliest exhibition catalogues in which Kippenberger (1953-97) features, albeit here under the pseudonym “Hans Siebert.” The real Hans Siebert was a poster artist who executed the paintings in Kippenberger’s "Leiber Maler, male mir" series. It reproduces approximately 15 of Kippenberger’s early paintings and drawings. The graphic upper wrapper was designed by Ina Barfuß (b.... Read More
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Joseph Kosuth, Robert Morris
by SIEGELAUB, Seth, curator
Black & white illus. to lower wrapper. [4] pp. Square 4to (185 x 185 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. Bradford, Massachusetts: Bradford Junior College, 1969. Rare Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013) exhibition catalogue; we find only six copies in North American institutions. In 1968 and 1969 Siegelaub organized a series of shows on college campuses that highlighted Conceptual and Minimalist artists from America and Europe. He had staged a show at Bradford Junior College the year before, displaying the work... Read More
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July, August, September 1969 / Juillet, Août, Septembre 1969 / Juli, August, September 1969
by SIEGELAUB, Seth
Illus. throughout. [32] pp. 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [New York]: Self-published, 1969. Scarce catalogue for an important conceptual exhibition organized by Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013). “Each of the eleven works in this exhibition was presented in a different city in Europe and the Americas. Conceived in New York and financed by the ever-faithful Raymond Dirks, the trilingual catalogue functioned as a guide—and consequently the only means of access—to this global exhibition. It consisted of two parts: descriptions and... Read More
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Catalogue for the Exhibition: May 19-June 19, 1969
by SIEGELAUB, Seth, curator
[10] pp. 8vo (152 x 228 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Burnaby, Canada: Centre for Communications and the Arts, Simon Fraser University, 1969. A landmark publication in the history of Conceptual art; a rare Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013) catalogue, produced for his famed exhibition at Simon Fraser University where he presented the work of Terry Atkinson and Michael Baldwin; Robert Barry; Jan Dibbets; Douglas Huebler; Stephen Kaltenbach; Joseph Kosuth; Sol LeWitt; N. E. Thing Co. Ltd.; and Lawrence Weiner.... Read More
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Contrat pour la Préservation des Droits de l'Artiste sur Toute Oeuvre Cédée
by SIEGELAUB, Seth
4, [4] pp. Large folded sheet, holes punched as issued. Brussels: Herman Daled, [1971]. The scarce French version of Seth Siegelaub’s fabled “Artist’s Contract.” The document originally appeared in English, designed by Cristos Gianakos and published by the School of Visual Arts in 1971. It was subsequently translated into German, Italian, and French. The French translation was done by Michel Claura and then published by collector Herman Daled. “Commonly called the Artist’s Contract, this template... Read More
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An early and monumental wooden double-sided kanban (shop signboard) of the “Odagiri” pharmaceutical company, advertising its throat medicine “Kaden Kintokutan” (“Family Recipe passed down Golden Virtue Pills”)
by KANBAN: PHARMACEUTICAL STORE SIGNBOARD
Wooden board with thick frame (1360 x 650 x 70 mm.), orig. metalwork pieces on sides & corners, with orig. metal fittings on top to facilitate hanging perpendicularly outside the shop. Both sides carved with characters of the same text, one side artfully carved in sosho tai (a calligraphic cursive script), the other side finely carved in gyosho tai (a semi-cursive script), with furigana reading marks. Characters painted with black pigment & highlighted in gold lacquer. [Japan]: date of... Read More
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Mid-18th-century Spanish manuscript regarding the establishment of a “Union de Caudales,” to support a local silk factory in Valencia
by (SILK)
1 p.l., ten numbered leaves. Folio (285 x 190 mm.), attractive antique marbled boards. [Valencia: ca. 1750]. An interesting document that describes the founding of an association to support Valencia’s principal silk production facility. Beginning in the 15th century, Valencia built a robust silk industry thanks to close ties with Genoa, which exported silk to the eastern Mediterranean. Within a century, silk had become one of Valencia’s most important exports and by the 17th century the city had... Read More
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Manuscript on paper entitled “Adicion,” containing an edict by Philip V. 8 unnumbered leaves
by (SILK)
Folio (295 x 205 mm.), attractive antique marbled boards. Spain: ca. 1737. An unrecorded manuscript addition to an edict issued by Philip V in 1737, renewing a 1699 Spanish ban on foreign silk imports. At this time, Spain had a robust silk industry, centered in cities such as Sevilla and Valencia. This documents a survey of Spain’s silk production in the 1730s and predicts the benefits that will come with augmented isolationist economic policy. Highly legible and... Read More
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Manuscript on paper entitled: “Addición a el manifiesto…sobre la decadencia que padece la fábrica de Torcidos de seda de Val[enci]a y su reyno, y medios por quiense consiglia la mayor perfección de ella.” Signed by “Joseph Jiménez de Quesada.”
by (SILK)
Seven unnumbered leaves. Small folio (295 x 195 mm.), attractive antique marbled boards. “Madrid: 24 October 1748.” A curious manuscript on solutions to combat growing difficulties in harvesting and processing silk in Valencia. In 56 ordenanzas, Jiménez de Quesada lists the ways in which the Torcidos factory plans on reforming its production methods. He cites several experts on silk, such as “Dr. Juan Bautista Ayolde,” and laws that impact the manufacture of the raw materials. Techniques from other... Read More
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Manuscript on paper entitled: “Discurso practico politico, paraque se guarden las Rs. Determinaciones publicadas sobre la importante materia de la veda de la saca, ô, extraccion de la seda en Rama, destos Reynos de España a las Provincias extrangeras.” Signed at end by “Diego Martinez Carlon.
by (SILK)
Nine numbered leaves. Small folio (300 x 195 mm.), attractive antique marbled boards. [Spain: ca. 1738]. An unpublished manuscript, written in a single legible hand, in which the author advocates Spanish mercantilism to protect the domestic silk trade from foreign competition. Carlon, an expert on silk manufacturing, thoroughly describes each step in the making of silk. He concludes with reasons why Spain and this industry would benefit from mercantilism. In fine condition.
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Remarks on the Superinduction of Anaesthesia in Natural and Morbid Parturition: with Cases illustrative of the Use and Effects of Chloroform in Obstetric Practice
by SIMPSON, James Y.
48 pages. 8vo, later brown half morocco, orig. upper printed wrapper bound-in. Boston: W.B. Little, 1848. First American edition. The important appendix, first printed in this edition, starts with a long letter by J.C. Warren on the chemical nature and synthesis of chloroform, and is followed by several letters by C.T. Jackson and other Boston surgeons contrasting chloroform with ether. Their reception of chloroform was at first enthusiastic. Presentation copy from the publisher, with a (cropped)... Read More
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Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu Catalogus Librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli per Cognoma Authorum dispositus
by (SMITH, Joseph)
Finely engraved coat-of-arms on title. Title printed in red & black. 4 p.l., xliii, dxix (i.e. dxvii), [1], cccxlviii (i.e. ccclii), [3] pp. Thick large 4to, orig. publisher’s vellum over boards, fleuron in gilt in center of covers with gilt fleurons in each corner, double gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Venice: Typis J.B. Pasquali, 1755. Third edition and the first complete edition of the catalogue of Smith’s magnificent collection of... Read More
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[From second leaf]: Masturbation Meditation [Book 65]
by SMITH, Keith A.
Offset illus. throughout. [8] leaves, printed on rectos only. Oblong 4to (218 x 287 mm.), self-bound with nuts & bolts. [Rochester, NY]: Visual Studies Workshop, 1976. Keith A. Smith’s first artist’s book produced in what he considered a large edition (70 copies), printed at the Visual Studies Workshop, where he taught for several years. Much of the artist’s earlier books were unique or in very small editions. Starting in the late 70s and early 80s, Smith (b. 1938)... Read More
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