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Arago annonce que M. Daguerre vient de trouver le moyen d'abréger considérablement le temps nécaissaire pour produire une image photographique et M. Arago annonce que M. Daguerre en faisant intervenir l'électricité dans les procédés de la photographie... (Vol. XII, No. 1, p.23 and No. 26, pp. 1228-1229) and several other comments on and additions to the invention of practical photography.

Daguerre, I. J. M. (and D. F. J. Arago) · 1841 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1841. Thick 4to (20.5 x 26.1 cm). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards. Spine with red morocco labels with gilt title. = First edition of several important papers following the first public announce…

Bibliothèque des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. Reptiles vivants et fossiles.

Gervais, [F. L.] P. · 1869 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Paris, Germer Baillière, 1869. Large 8vo (25.0 x 16.0 cm). 82 pp.; 19 lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Originally this work was part of Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle (1848) with the fine plates by Paul Oudart, but this is an upd…

Collection of six early papers on radioactivity, from "comptes rendus... de l'academie des sciences", 1896-1901.

Becquerel, H. · 1896 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1896-1901. Six papers in one. 4to (26.6 x 20.3 cm). 30 pp. Old style blue stiff paper boards. Two title pages of the Comptes Rendus (for 1896 and 1899) bound in. = A nice collection of some of the earliest papers on radioactivity; the first paper pu…

Juko Jushikei Hakki.

[Acupuncture] · 1685 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€3,000.00 ($3,306.60 | £2,502.82 | ¥527,853)

Juko Jushikei Hakki. Three parts in one volume. Kyoto (?), Enami Jinbee, Genroku 8 (= 1685). 4to size (27.0 x 19.0 cm). Xylographically printed on 69 double leaves folded in an accordion, or oriental, style, with 16 full-page woodcut plates. Original blue paper wrappers with xyl…

Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the geological survey of India. Cretaceous fauna of southern India. Vol. IV 3. Ser. VIII. 3. The Echinodermata. [Complete].

Stoliczka, F. · 1873 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Calcutta, Geological Survey Office, 1873. Folio (34.8 x 24.7 cm). Title page, 59 pp.; seven lithographed plates. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = An attractively bound work published in t…

Tableau comparatif des résultats de la cristallographie et de l'analyse chimique, relativement à la classification des minéraux.

Haüy, [R. J.] · 1809 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€900.00 ($991.98 | £750.85 | ¥158,356)

Paris, Courcier, 1809. 8vo (19.7 x 12.9 cm). lvi, 312 pp., four folded engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title. = One of the classic works by the famous French mineralogist and chemist René Just Haüy (1743-1822) on crystallogr…

Annalen des Ackerbaues herausgegeben von Albrecht Thaer. [AND] Annalen der Fortschritte der Landwirthschaft in Theorie und Praxis herausgegeben von Albrecht Thaer. [Together in 16 volumes].

Thaer, A. [D.] (ed.) · 1805 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,500.00 ($1,653.30 | £1,251.41 | ¥263,927)

Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung [and Rücker und Reimer], 1805-1812. 16 volumes in 16. Small 8vo (16.7 x 10.2 cm). 12,573 pp.; 29 folding tables, ten folding plates, six folding maps. Original uniform half calf over tree-calf resembling paper boards. Spines with gilt ornamental ban…

Die jüngste Katastrophe des Erdballs. Ein geologischer Versuch. [BOUND WITH] Das Mangelhafte der Newton'schen Gravitations-Theorie zur Erklärung der Bewegungen und andere Erscheinungen im Sonnensystem und Zurückführung derselben auf ein anderes und neues Princip.

Vortisch, L. [C. H. gen. Burnet] · 1852 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1852. 8vo. xiii, 172 pp. Original printed wrappers. [AND] Rostock, Stiller (GHermann Schmidt), 1866. 8vo. 55 pp.; two lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. Bound together in contemporary (1867) grained half calf over pebbled clo…

Voyage à la cote septentrionale du Comté d'Antrim en Irlande, et à l'ile de Raghery, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ses productions volcaniques & plusieurs observations sur les antiquités & moeurs de ce pays... auquel on a ajouté l'essai sur l'oryctographie du Derbyshire par M. Ferber, traduit de l'Allemand.

Hamilton, W. · 1790 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

Paris, Cuchet, 1790. 8vo (19.6 x 12.5 cm). viii, 239 pp.; engraved folding plate showing several geological layers of Derbyshire. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt with floral vignettes, small red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers, red edges. = An ea…

On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight.

Forbes, E. · 1856 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

London, The Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1856. 8vo (23.7 x 15 cm). xviii,162 pp.; wood-engraved frontispiece, seven lithographed plates (showing fossils), one folded hand-coloured geological map of the Isle of Wight and two folded hand-coloured engraved geological profile…

Historia Del Nuevo-Mundo Escribíala D. Juan Baut. Muñoz. Tomo I. [All Published]

Muñoz, Juan Baut. [Bautista] · 1793 · Kaaterskill Books

$1,000.00 (€907.28 | £756.92 | ¥159,636)

Madrid, Por La Viuda de Ibarra, 1793. First edition. Full contemporary tan calf, red morroco lettering piece and gilt bands on spine, marbled endpapers. xxx, 364 pp. Sm. 4to. Though it "..was undertaken by the especial order of Charles the Third, who demanded of its author a com…

Our Schools and Colleges

Huntington, John T. · 1866 · Kaaterskill Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Boston, McIntire & Moulton, Printers, 1866. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 32 pp. 8vo. "Republished by request of the several bishops and presbyters and laymen, from the July no. of the 'Church Monthly.'" Reverend John T. Huntington, who was professor of Greek at Trinit…

El Amigo de Los Hombres, Y de la Justicia Increpa la Conducta Del Brigadier D. Jose Manuel de Goyeneche General En Xefe Del Exercito Del Virey de Lima, En El Desaguadero; Por la Siguiente Carta Que le Ha Dirigido de Arequipa: Belativa a Otra, Que Sobre Lo Mismo le Escribio El Ciudadano Imparcial de Chuquisaca

(Bolivia) · 1811 · Kaaterskill Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.08 | ¥47,891)

Buenos Aires, Imprenta de Niños Expósitos, 1811. First edition. Paper-covered boards. 12 pp. Sm. 8vo. 29 March 1811. Furlong cites two editions. This is the "virey de Lima" issue. Attacks General José Manuel de Goyeneche y Barreda, 1st Count of Guaqui, Grandee of Spain, Arequipa…

Can a State Secede? Sovereignty in Its Bearing Upon Secession and State Rights

Washburn, Emory · 1865 · Kaaterskill Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Cambridge, Printed by Dakin and Metcalf, 1865. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 36 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to J. W. [Watts] de Peyster, whose resume is on his book plate dated 15th June, 1869. Emory Washburn (1800-1877), a Governor of Massachus…

The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing Its Physiological History; Together with a System of Principles, by Which Criticism in the Art of Elocution May Be Rendered Intelligible, and Instruction, Definite and Comprehensive. .

Rush, James · 1833 · Kaaterskill Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliott, 1833. Second edition, enlarged. Full contemporary calf, morocco spine label. [4. adv], xxx, [31]-432 pp. Illus. with woodcuts and engravings. 8vo..To Which is Added a Brief Analysis of Song and Recitative. Son of the famous physician-statesman, Ben…

Elements of Chemistry Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the Science

Turner, Edward · 1840 · Kaaterskill Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Philadelphia, Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. 1840. Sixth American edition. Full leather-covered boards with banded spine and gold lettering. xvi, 666 pp. +errata [1]. Sm. 8vo. With Notes and Emendations by Franklin Bache. Edward Turner (1796-1837) was a strong proponent of the Prout-…

In the American Grain: Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz: The Stieglitz Circle at the Phillips Collection

Turner, Elizabeth Hutton · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Washington, DC, Counterpoint, 1995. Hardbound. Red cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 192 pp. 30 bw and 60 color plates. Alfred Stieglitz exhibited, defended, and promoted the most revolutionary artists he could find, especially the four painters showcased in this volume: …

Arthur Jafa: Magnumb

Rydal Jorgensen, Laerke; Ussing Seeberg, Mathias; Jafa, Arthur · 2021 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Humlebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art / Narayana Press, 2021. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Bound in maroon paper with b&w cut out photograph mounted on the front panel. 211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. "Though he has worked in film and music for deca…

Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome: Barberini Patronage Under Urban VIII

Hammond, Frederick · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards in green illustrated jacket with white titles. xxiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. It has long been acknowledged that Pope Urban VIII Barberini and his nephews were the greatest …

Giovan Pietro Bellori: The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects, a New Translation and Critical Edition

Bellori, Giovan Pietro; Wohl, Hellmut; Wohl, Alice Sedgwick; Montanari, Tomaso · 2005 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$115.00 (€104.34 | £87.05 | ¥18,358)

New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005. New translation and critical edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards in illustrated jacket. xii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. "This is the first complete translation of the biographies of fifteen artists, inclu…