unpublished manuscript (9 résultats)

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 91 pages.

Etat : Very Good. 1970. First American edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW price clipped and showing some age and wear, sunned to spine. Lightly toned, text is clear and crisp and remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . .

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 32 pages. "An Unpublished Hopkins manuscript" / Bibliography for 1974 / The Memorial to Hopkins in Westminster Abbey" (SL#130/2).

Etat : Very Good. 1970. First American edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW price clipped and showing some age and wear, sunned to spine. Lightly toned, text is clear and crisp and remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Cover is starting to detach from the pages. Ex-library book with stamps and stickers. General shelfwear to the cover/ pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Some moisture stains, does not effect text. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. (Original, unpublished manuscript "Sacred history of the world" with the Arms of Maria Theresa of Autriche (1638 - 1683) , Queen of France and wife of Louis XIV_______________ Abrege? de l'Histoire Sainte depuis la Crea(ti)on du Monde jusqu'a la venue de Jesus Christ__________________ 22 x 17 cm 374 pages ; numbered in manuscript : 2 - 259, [260 - 374 un-numbered ] ________________No date, no place. ( France third quarter of the 17th century )___________________ Original full vellum, soiled, wrinkled and rubbed but sound. With the gilt arms of Marie Therese D'Autriche* (Maria Theresa of Spain) in the centre of each cover, the gilt faded but the details still clearly visible. Faded half moon shaped ink stain to blank margin of some pages not obscuring any text, some soiling, blank front free endpaper torn with loss, later ownership inscription dated 1703 to front paste-down. Overall in very goodcondition. Written in a very legible hand throughout.___________________________ I have not been able to identify the author of this manuscript with any certainty but a possible candidate would be **Gilbert Saulnier Du Verdier ,author of a work with a similar title : Abbrégé de l'histoire sainte divisé en quatre parties, Paris 1664. Du Verdier was also very familiar with the Royal household as can be seen in his work : Le vray et nouueau estat de la France, comme elle est gouvernée en cette present annee 1657. ( Paris 1654 ) _____________________ The present manuscript appears to be an original work with corrections and crossings out and seems to be unpublished. _______________________ Maria Theresa of Spain was not a bibliophile and even prayer books bearing her Arms are uncommon. I have been able to trace only one other manuscript with the same provenance in ; Les femmes bibliophiles de France, Ernest Quentin-Bauchart, Paris 1886, page 299, item 18 of 18 items listed from the library of Marie - Therese d'Autriche.___________________________ Please note : this item will require an export licence for addresses outside of France, which can take upto 12 weeks.

Hardcover. Second Edition. pp. xxii, 534. Royal Octavo. Bound in the original blind-stamped red cloth with gilt spine titles. There is a discrete binder's ticket on the rear pastedown stating 'Bound by Edmonds & Remnants. London'. The frontispiece, of Haji Mirza Aghassi, is present, as are the two internal plates, one showing a view of Baghdad, and the other 'A Persian gentleman'. Each plate has a touch of foxing, with some insignificant offsetting to the facing page. The folding map at the end has some traces of foxing, and is a bit crumpled at the inner edges, but is otherwise in very good condition. The cloth binding is a bit soiled, with the corners of the boards rounded and a touch of bumping to the edges. The hinges and joints remain strong, and the endpapers are intact. The binding is slightly sprung but the text block is tight, and the contents are clean, except for the title page, which has an old tide mark to the right margin, and an early former owner's signature (G. W. Nicole) to the top right. Overall, in good plus, to very good, condition. Josephe-Pierre Ferrier was a 19th century French traveler and professional soldier who served during the Algerian campaigns of 1830-1837. He was assigned to the Middle East in 1839, and then was stationed in Tehran, where he rose in the ranks but antagonized the Russian delegation, and was sent home in 1843. He travelled to India the following year and participated in various expeditions and adventures, including a period of captivity in Afghanistan. This account was completed in 1854. With 32 page catalogue, dated November, 1856, at the end of the book containing 'Mr. Murray's General List of Works'.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Siskowitz (Siskovics) [Josef (József) von] Count. (1719-1783) Grundsatz Zu Erhaltung einer graden Linie bey denen in Front Marche vormarschirenden Officirs. Prague 1782 83. Calligraphic manuscript in brown ink on Dutch watermarked paper. Folio (320 x 204mm). [84] pages = [13 + 3 blank + 51 + 1 blank + 10 + 2 blank + 12]. Introductory 4- page letter in French in roman letters signed by the author at the end; main text in German penned in a neat gothic hand arranged in half-page columns; with tactical sketches in two of the ample blank margins. also some notes. Leaves with vertical folding marks in centre- page; contents inscription on recto of front blank leaf in a contemporary gothic hand: Grundsätze Ueber die Richtung mit mehreren Batallions von dem F[eld]z[eug]m[ei]ster Grafen von Siskowitz 1782. Contemporary sprinkled brown boards; gilt morocco title label in top of backstrip; ends of spine worn; contemporary armorial bookplate pasted inside frontcover. An unpublished Austrian 18th century treatise on linear tactics and function. The present manuscript interprets the principle of officers and non-commissioned officers having to maintain a straight line consisting of several ranks when advancing in battalion strength. (The Prussians mostly used the oblique order in most of their battles). This was based on the author s experiences during the Seven Years War (1756-63), when Prussian infantry advanced in three lines of battalions with three ranks apiece. Movement in the formation was very slow and a breakdown in cohesion likely unless the battalion was well trained. Described in detail are the various manoeuvers involved for directing marching columns, keeping proper distance, and wheeling at the right moment; two illustrations (one half-page) and 15 commentaries are contained in the ample blank margins. Siskowitz, an Hungarian staff officer from Szeged, made a rapid career in the Imperial Austrian army reaching the rank of lieutenant.general . He distinguished himself at the battle of Kolin in 1757, where he successfully carried out an order by Fieldmarshal von Daun to ambush a Prussian column with a force of 7000 men for which he was decorated and ennobled. The author died in Prague on 18th December 1783. The present manuscript was submitted to the attention of an unnamed military superior by way of an introductory letter in French on the subject. The 4-page extract , dated 12th February 1783, signed C[om]te.Siskovics , has been bound to precede the manuscript in this volume. The letter refers to an imperial order by Joseph II to align flags and marching columns of several battalions before advancing on the enemy; Siskowitz states that he considers it necessary to prescribe his method saying that he has no difficulty whatsoever to submit it to the recipient as an old friend if he wishes to make use of it. However, he stresses that his system should be carefully studied before it is put it into practice. Siskovitz insists the relevant maneuvers be carried out by officers and non-commissioned officers, never by other ranks, that they must be properly exercised before applied, and that it was not sufficient to rely on reading his instructions. He states that he demonstrated his method in 1782 with 13 batallions taking 2000 steps in 8 seconds. Both letter and manuscript are written on the same quality Dutch laid paper showing two different watermarks respectively : a larger with the legend PRO PATRIA surrounding a circular composition and a smaller one wih the the crowned initials GR of the paper maker within a round border of intertwined leaves. The Pro Patria or Maid of Dort watermark shows a seated maid, holding a hat on the point of a spear, and a rampant lion brandishing a sword and holding a bundle of arrows; both are surrounded by a palisade, a symbol of Holland maintaining liberty by force of arms. Reference: Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France etc. in XVII and.