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Gutenberg. How One Man Remade the World with Words.

MAN, John · 2002 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€7.00 ($7.71 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

John Wiley & Sons, New York 2002, 312pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. A unique portrait of the genius behind one of the world's greatest revolutions in communication. Long before the Internet, the world witnessed another technological revolut…

Abriss der practischen Astronomie, vorzüglich in ihrer Anwendung auf geographische Ortsbestimmung. BAND 1 und 2 in einem Band. Mit mehreren im Originalwerke nicht vorhandenen vom Verfasser nachgelieferten Zusätzen und Erweiterungen. Aus dem Russischen übersetzt. von W. C. Goetze.

Sawitsch, A. [Savic, Alexei N.]. · 1850 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€250.00 ($275.53 | £208.57 | ¥43,999)

Hamburg, Perthes - Besser & Mauke, 1850/1851. XVI, 409 S., VI Bl.; XVI, 453 S. Mit 6 lithograph. Falt-Tafeln. 22 cm. HLdr d. Zeit mit goldgeprägt. Rückentitel. [Prilozenie prakticeskoj astronomii k geograficeskomu opredeleniju mest, (dt.)]. - Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Der russi…

Kabbalistic Astrology / The Sacred Tradition of the Hebrew Sages

Joel C. Dobin · 1999 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. 1999, paperback, goed exemplaar / good copy. A rabbi reveals the profound astrological tradition to be found in the Kabbalah, Bible, Talmud, and Midrash.<br><br>• A thorough explanation of the most sophisticated system of astrology known.<br><br>• M…

A grammar of the Malayan language, with an introduction and praxis. London, printed for the author by Cox and Baylis, sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, and by Black, Parry and Co., booksellers to the British East India Company, 1812. 4to. Set in roman and Arabic types with incidental italic. Modern dark green cloth.

MARSDEN, William. · 1405 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.20 | £1,251.42 | ¥263,995)

[1], [1 blank], L, [2], 225, [1 blank] pp.First edition of Marsden's excellent Malay grammar, which quickly succeeded all earlier grammars and set the standard for those that followed. After the author's 50-page introduction, discussing the previous literature, the language and …

Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum.Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1773. 8vo. With a folding table, printer's device on title-page and an elaborate woodcut tailpiece after the preliminaries. Modern vellum, green title label.

[BELIGATTI, Giovanni (Cassiono Da MACERATA)]. · 1708 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,750.00 ($1,928.73 | £1,459.99 | ¥307,994)

XVI, 138, [2] pp.First and only edition of the abridged and improved version of the Propaganda Fide's Tibetan Alphabetum, a handy and simple guide to the basics of Tibetan grammar. The best known products of the Propaganda Press, apart from its missals, grammars, and dictionarie…

De onvermoeide speelmakker, of volledige verzameling van nuttige en aangename spelen, uitspanningen, ligchaamsoefeningen en andere bezigheden, zoowel in huis, als in de open lucht voor jongens en meisjes. Versierd en opgehelderd door eene menigte fraaije houtsneêfiguren.Gouda, G.B. van Goor, [1853]. 8vo. With numerous wood engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled blue-green morocco, with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold, on both boards a single fillet frame with cornerpieces, gilt edges.

[GAMES & PASTIMES]. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.66 | £1,042.85 | ¥219,996)

X, 282 pp.Rare first edition of a book on conjuring, magic, games, and pastimes for young boys and girls. It contains both in- and outdoor games, games to measure strength and speed, swimming, gymnastics, ice-skating, dancing, music, fencing, fishing, and catching and preserving…

The Technique of Icon Painting

Ramos-Poqui, Guillem · 1990 · Bookbarrow

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Burns & Oates / Search Press, London, 1990. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780855326470 Using a selection of Byzantine reproductions, and his own and his students' paintings, the author explains the techniques simply and clearly, accor…

Calligraphy the Art of Lettering with the Broad Pen

MACDONALD, BYRON J. · 1966 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, NY: Pentalic Corporation, 1966. 10th Printing. Plastic comb binding. This is an oblong book with a metal spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the book has noticeable toning to the left half. The tex…

The Instructor; or, Young Man&Apos;S Best Companion

George Fisher · 1799 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Edinburgh, J. Ruthven and Sons, 1799 . Leather. The 1799 edition of George Fisher&apos;s guide to the proper education of young late eighteenth century gentlemen, encountering topics such as mathematics, accounting and astronomy. The final eighteenth century edition of George Fi…

Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use

Daniel Berkeley Updike · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1951. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the second edition of Updike&apos;s illustrated study of printing types. Complete in two volumes. Second edition, second printing. Illustrated with three hundred and sixty-seven images, including one…

The Training and Work of an Initiate

Dion Fortune [Violet Mary Firth] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, The Aquarian Press, 1955 . Cloth. The second edition of Dion Fortune&apos;s guide to esoteric initiation, an &apos;essential book for all true students of Occultism&apos. The very scarce second edition of Dion Fortune&apos;s work, which was first published in 1930. In th…

Metamorphosis; or, a Transformation of Pictures, with Poetical Explanations, for the Amusement of Young Persons. [Very scarce metamorphic chapbook,1814].

[Metamorphosis-books]. (Sands, Benjamin). · 1814 · Fahrenheit 451

€3,975.00 ($4,380.97 | £3,316.26 | ¥699,587)

New York, "Published by Samuel Wood, No.357, Pearl Street, Pinted by Joseph Rakestraw, Philadelphia", 1814, (8) pag. as a fold-out in four sections, title with woodcut vignette within ornamental border, backwrapper with vignette of a sailing vessel, illustrated with 8 more woodc…

Distinctiones Abel, II

Petrus Cantor, Stephen A. Barney (ed) · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€385.00 ($424.32 | £321.20 | ¥67,759)

, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 704 pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Languages: Latin, English. ISBN 9782503590400. Summary Peter the Chanter's Distinctiones Abel displays the multiple senses of some eleven hundred biblical terms and arranges the terms in alphabetical order. Preserved in n…

Distinctiones Abel, I

Petrus Cantor, Stephen A. Barney (ed) · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€310.00 ($341.66 | £258.63 | ¥54,559)

, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 550 pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Illustrations:4 col., Languages: Latin, English. ISBN 9782503578057. Summary Peter the Chanter's Distinctiones Abel displays the multiple senses of some eleven hundred biblical terms and arranges the terms in alphabetical…

Jewish Book - Christian Book. Hebrew Manuscripts in Transition between Jews and Christians in the Context of German Humanism

Ilona Steimann · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€85.00 ($93.68 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

, Brepols, 2020 Paperback, 263 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:28 b/w, 3 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503590745. Summary An intriguing development in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century Christian Hebraism is how and why Christian scho…

Le nouveau Robinson pour servir a l'amusement et a l'instruction des enfants. Traduction revue et corrigee.d'apres la derniere edition de l'original allemand (...) par J.B. Engelmann.

CAMPE J.H., · 1814 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€34.50 ($38.02 | £28.78 | ¥6,072)

Francfort sur le Main, Frederic Wilmans, 1814, 600pp. attractive marbled paper on board binding, gilt title pasted on spine. Good clean copy. Written by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818). Joachim Heinrich Campe (29 June 1746 - 22 October 1818) was a German writer, linguist, edu…

Engravings by Leo Wyatt. First Edition of the Rare Large Format Suite. Edition of 75. Signed

Wyatt, Leo (1909-1981 · 1960 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,750.00 (€1,587.83 | £1,324.69 | ¥279,453)

[New Castle on Tyne : Leo Wyatt, circa 1960s-1970s]. Portfolio of 4 wood-engravings. One of 75 signed and numbered impressions, likely on Barcham Green paper. One with watermark of a B with dash. 33.2 x 26 cm...13 x 10.25 inches. (There is a more common smaller format edition). …

The Atom Bomb and You: Atom Bomb Civilian Defense. A Beautiful Christmas Day

Riznik, Joseph Quentin (born 1900) · 1950 · Wittenborn Art Books

$375.00 (€340.25 | £283.86 | ¥59,883)

San Francisco: 1950. Satirical Flyer with wax seal of cover. 8.5 x 11 inches. 15pp. "This is the alphabet of a new language in our American Atomic Bomb Era." A is for Atom up to U is for "United and for Uranium too." Joseph Quentin Riznik, American editorial consultant. House, F…

Epistolae selectiores aliquot, [...]. editae a Casparo Peucero.

Melanchthon, Philipp. · 1565 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€300.00 ($330.64 | £250.28 | ¥52,799)

Wittenberg, Johannes Crato, 1565. [8] Bll, 559, [1] S., [6] Bll. Mit Titelholzschnitt u. Holzschnitttafel (Druckermarke). Pgt. des frühen 18. Jhdts. auf 3 durchgezog. Bünden u. 2 Fitzbünden, mit hs. Rückentitel. [Epistolae selectiores aliqvot]. - VD16 M 3222 (nicht VD16 M 3221…

The Hidden Truth of Your Name / A Complete Guide to First Names and What They Say about the Real You

The Nomenology Project · 1999 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Ballantine Books. 1999; softcover; gebruikssporen aan kaft / wear on cover. From the secret wisdom of Kabbalah, the Runes, and Numerology--an unprecedented guide to unlocking the hidden power of your name.<br> <br> Your name is not only your calling card, it also may determine h…