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Detroitland a Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past

BAK, RICHARD & COLUMNIST NEAL RUBIN · 2011 · Pegasus Books

$10.25 (€9.30 | £7.76 | ¥1,637)

Detroit [?]: Painted Turtle, 2011. Softcover. ISBN: 0814334997. Painted Turtle Series; B&W Illustrations; 10 X 7 X 0.80 inches; xi, 352 pages; Soft cover has light rubbing, scuffing and bumping to covers. Pages are clean and tight; pages are not cut at top. Illustrated with b/w …

Towards paradise on earth. Modern space conception in architecture. A creation of Renaissance humanism.

Bek,Lise. · 1980 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

[Odense], Odense University Press, [1980]. 375 pp. B./w. frontispice & 107 b./w. ills on plts. Orig. softcover. 8vo. - Cover worn along the extrimities; spine sl. discol. (Analecta Romana Instituti Danici, IX Supplementum).An influential theoretical study in the history of archi…

Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America; A Study in Beauty and Diversity

Gowin, E. · 2017 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£37.50 (€44.95 | $49.54 | ¥7,911)

Princeton University Press 144, 51 col plates, col + b/w illus. 365x290mm. HB. NEW. . A stunning portrait of the nocturnal moths of Central and South America by famed American photographer Emmet Gowin. American photographer Emmet Gowin (b. 1941) is best known for his portraits o…

Het gulden cabinet vande edele vry schilder-const ontsloten door den lanck ghewenschten vrede tusschen de twee machtighe croonen van Spaignien en Vrancryck, waer-inne begrepen is den ontsterffelijcken loff vande verrmaerste constminnende geesten ende schilders van dese eeuw ...[Antwerp, printed by Juliaen van Montfort for Jan Meyssens, 1662]. 3 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to (ca. 23 x 17.5 cm). With an allegorical title-page engraved by Cornelis Meyssens after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (printed by Jan Meyssens and dated 1661 in the plate) depicting 'Pictura' and 'Poêsis' standing next to the engraved title in a cartouche above a chained god Mars, 95 full-page engraved portraits (one - the portrait of Gaspar de Witte - apparently not yet available when printing this copy, see annotation below) of painters, engravers and other artists (including the dedicatee Anton van Leyen, Cornelis de Bie himself, Peter Paul Rubens, Abraham Bloemaert, Gerard van Honthorst, David Teniers, Roelant Savery, Herman Saftleven, Jacob Jordaens, Wenceslaus Hollar and Henricus Hondius, most of them printed by Jan Meyssens after many different artists including Erasmus Quellinus, Anthony van Dyck, Wenceslaus Hollar and many self-portraits). One allegorical plate (depicting the goddess Roma with helmet, at her right Tiberinus (the bearded god of the river Tiber) and at her left the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus with the city of Rome in the background) after an engraving by Cornelis Cort after Jan van der Straet (called Stradanus), this plate is used five times (on pp. 321, 329, 371, 391 and 519) apparently because the portraits of the artists (who are described on the facing pages) were not available. Many woodcut tail-pieces. Attractively bound in 19th-century grained red morocco, ribbed spine lettered in gold, gilt inner dentelles and gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

BIE, Cornelis de. · 1627 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)

585, [2] pp.First and only edition of this series of biographies and panegyrics on painters, sculptors, engravers and architects of the 17th and late 16th centuries mostly from the Southern Netherlands by Cornelis de Bie (1627-after 1711), a notary in his native town of Lier who…

A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. Vol. I-III

Morris, F.O. · Pemberley Natural History Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Groombridge and Sons London iv, 156; iv, 148; vi, [1], 140, 225 col plates. . HB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, cont. half morroco by J. Ridler, Bristol, heavily scuffed, some wear, raised bands, gilt titles and rules to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. One plate (XXVII…

Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions Néerlandaises dans La Guyana. [2nd edition in 4to]

Benoit,Pierre Jacques. · 1858 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

Bruxelles, Bruylant Christophe et Cie, 1858. 69,[6] pp. With lithogr. title plate, vign. & 49 b./w. lithographed tipped in plates on India paper by Madou & Lauters after P.J. Benoit. Modern vellum. Sm. folio. - Foxed (backside of the plates only, not affecting the depictions), c…

Artist? the Hypothesis of Bodiness: A New Approach to Understanding the Artist and Art

Ilgen, Fre · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tübingen, Germany, Wasmuth, 2014. Hardcover. Lavenderish-pink and color illus. boards, 295 pp. BW and color illus. "Offers familiar, surprising and revolutionary insights in the complex self of the artist and the experience offered by works of art, arguing that the biological pr…

Acquisition through Translation. Towards a Definition of Renaissance Translation

Alessandra Petrina, Federica Masiero (eds) · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

, Brepols, 2020 Paperback, 380 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:12 b/w, Languages: English, Italian, German. ISBN 9782503589541. Summary The definition of translation in Renaissance Europe is here proposed as a process of acquisition: the book studies how a number of Eu…

Oeuvres scientifiques de M. J.-R. Bourguignat. Précédés d'une préface biographique par le Dr. Georges Servain. Président de la Société malacologique de France.

[Bourguignat, J. B.] Servain, G. (ed.) · 1891 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Paris, D. Dumoulin, 1891. 8vo (23.6 x 15.5 cm). ix, 256 pp. Original printed wrappers. = The biography and bibliography of one the most controversial malacologists of the 19th century, the founder of the Nouvelle École, Jules-René Bourguignat (1829-1892). This work is attributed…

Die Jura-Formationen des Breisgaues geognostisch beschrieben.Karlsruhe, Christian Theodor Groos, 1838. 4to. With 2 hand-coloured lithographed geognostic maps by B. Herder, one of the Schönberg near Freiburg and one of the whole area of Breisgrau with both maps showing the different earth layers and their materials by using different colours. Contemporary marbled boards, red morocco spine label.

FROMHERZ, Karl. · 1797 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

IV, 51, [1 blank] pp.Treatise on the geognosy (geology, minerology and subterranean structure) of the German region Breisgau, situated near the Black Forest, written by Karl Fromherz (1797-1854). Fromherz was professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the University of Freiburg an…

Voice of Silence Women's Literacy in a Men's Church,

T. de Hemptinne, M. E. Gongora Diaz (eds.); · 2004 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Hardback, XIV+224 p., 5 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503514888. This book aims to collect and present the results of research done within the context of the project 'The voice of silence / La voz del silencio: An interdisciplinary research project abo…

The Value of a Human Life. Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Antiquity.

INNEMÉE, K.C., (ed.), · 2022 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Sidestone Press, Leiden, 2022. 156p. Richly ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs). Paperback. Series: Palma, 26. Throughout the millennia and all over the world people have been killed by others, not only in wars and as a result of murders, but also in a ritualised way,…

Outdoor Hints for Boy Scouts

Gibson, J; Warbis, A T [illus.] · 1950 · Barter Books Ltd

£15.60 (€18.70 | $20.61 | ¥3,291)

G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Edge-tears to cover, with minor loss. Previous owner inscription to front inner cover and half-title. Ink stain to cover and later pages (not impinging). Browning to pages Glasgow Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd Reprint 190mm x 120mm…

Songs of the North gathered together from the highlands and lowlands of Scotland

MACLEOD, A. C. & BOULTON, Harold (eds) · 1870 · Cotswold Internet Books

£11.75 (€14.08 | $15.52 | ¥2,479)

J. B. Cramer & Co Used - Good. Good hardback 22nd edition. Lacks frontispiece. No volume number mentioned. Owner's names on title page. Light scattered foxing. Top of final pages stuck to/ripped from rear free endpaper, not affecting music. Lightly worn red cloth with no letteri…

Opera de computo a tempore post Gerlandum usque ad Iohannem de Sacrobosco

Conradus de Strazburg, Iohannes de Sacrobosco, Petrus Cunestabulus, Petrus de Bernia, Radulphus de Longo Campo, Willelmus computista, auctores ignoti , Alfred Lohr (ed) · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€580.00 ($639.27 | £483.87 | ¥102,082)

, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, cxl + 788 pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Illustrations:13 b/w, 26 tables b/w., Language(s):Latin, German. *new ISBN 9782503612003. Summary Calendar calculations held a significant place in medieval education. They were used to determine movable feasts like…

Being and Becoming Indian: Biographical Studies of North American Frontiers

Clifton, James A. (editor) · 1989 · Bookbarrow

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Dorsey Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1989. Sixth Impression, Paperback, Illustrated by: Photo's. & Maps. Very Good/N/A. 9780256070712 illustrated by b/w. maps & photo's.; "These biographies are quite fascinating as accounts of human experience, and they are thoroughly revealing as i…

THE 21 ESCAPES OF LT ALASTAIR CRAM A Compelling Story of Courage and Endurance in the Second World War

GUSS David M. · 2018 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Macmillan, 2018. 9781509829569 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (lightly bumped at spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 432, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

Solitude considered, With Respect to its Influence upon The Mind and the Heart. Written Originally in German By M. Zimmerman..., Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier. The Eighth Edition. [AND]: Solitude considered with Respect to its Dangerous Influence upon The Mind and Heart. Selected and Translated from the Original German of M. Zimmerman. Being a Sequel to the Former English Translation.

ZIMMERMAN (Johann Georg): · 1798 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Printed for C. Dilly..., 1798, 1799. FIRST EDITION of volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 420, viii [Index], engraved frontispiece (dated Feb. 23, 1792) by Baker after Singleton; [iv], iv, viii, 316, contemporary tree calf, gilt rules across spine, black leather labels; …

Art Work in Gold and Silver, Modern

Wheatley, Henry B; Philip H Delamotte · 1882 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York / London, Charles Scribner's sons / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. Original - not a reprint. Hardcover. Boards with ink-printed illustration on cover. viii, (65) 66-124 pp. Features mostly b+w illustrations of fine metalwork ornaments. The chief aim of…

Time: From Micro-Seconds to Millennia, a Search for the Right Time

Waugh, Alexander · 1999 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£17.60 (€21.10 | $23.25 | ¥3,713)

Headline Book Publishing. First edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Headline Book,1999.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and small crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near…

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