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Edité par Corgi; Dan Brown (Author) editio
Vendeur : HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
paperback. Etat : Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Edité par BROWN,DAN, 2004
ISBN 10 : 3404770013ISBN 13 : 9783404770014
Vendeur : DER COMICWURM - Ralf Heinig, Hohnhorst, DE, Allemagne
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Wie neu. Aufl. 2010. ---. nein.
Edité par Dan Brown, 2016
ISBN 10 : 8580416299ISBN 13 : 9788580416299
Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Inferno (Em Portuguese do Brasil) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Edité par Flea Flickers by Dan Brown LLC, 2023
Vendeur : GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Etats-Unis
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Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Edité par Dan Brown / John Nicholson / Benj Tooke / George Strahan, London, 1703
Vendeur : Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Livre
Original Leather. Etat : Good. 5th or later Edition. Preliminary Blank, Full Title Page, [6], 459, The Remains [Unpaginated], 113. Lacking The Engraved Portrait Which Is Reported To Appear In Some Copies. Sixth Edition, Revised. Original Tooled Leather, Four Bands, Rules And Corner Embellishments On Covers, A Simple And Practical Binding.
Edité par Brown, Dan, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0132268310ISBN 13 : 9780132268318
Vendeur : Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, Etats-Unis
Livre
Etat : very good.
Edité par Dan Brown, 2013
ISBN 10 : 9722526928ISBN 13 : 9789722526920
Vendeur : a Livraria + Mondolibro, Berlin, Allemagne
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Neu. Sinopse«Procura e encontrarás.» É com o eco destas palavras na cabeça que Robert Langdon, o reputado simbologista de Harvard, acorda numa cama de hospital sem se conseguir lembrar de onde está ou como ali chegou. Também não sabe explicar a origem de certo objeto macabro encontrado escondido entre os seus pertences. Uma ameaça contra a sua vida irá lançar Langdon e uma jovem médica, Sienna Brooks, numa corrida alucinante pela cidade de Florença. A única coisa que os pode salvar das garras dos desconhecidos que os perseguem é o conhecimento que Langdon tem das passagens ocultas e dos segredos antigos que se escondem por detrás das fachadas históricas. Tendo como guia apenas alguns versos do Inferno, a obra-prima de Dante, épica e negra, veem-se obrigados a decifrar uma sequência de códigos encerrados em alguns dos artefactos mais célebres da Renascença - esculturas, quadros, edifícios -, de modo a poderem encontrar a solução de um enigma que pode, ou não, ajudá-los a salvar o mundo de uma ameaça terrível Passado num cenário extraordinário, inspirado por um dos mais funestos clássicos da literatura, Inferno é o romance mais emocionante e provocador que Dan Brown já escreveu, uma corrida contra o tempo de cortar a respiração, que vai prender o leitor desde a primeira página e não o largará até que feche o livro no final.
Edité par Printed By W.B. For Dan. Brown Etc (London), GB, 1720
Vendeur : Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Royaume-Uni
Signé
Hardback. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No DW. Eleventh Edition. ?Contemporary full leather with five raised bands. Tooled design on front cover. RULES of the Library of Dr Bray's Associates on rear endpaper. Then presented to the CLERICAL LENDING LIBRARY with their label on pastedown (over the armorial bookplate of (probably) Benjamin Bates) . Five raised bands on spine with leather title label and numbered 62 at base of spine in oval inscribed Dr Bray etc. All edges speckled red. Small Dr Bray stamp on title page. One Eliza Vanhattem has signed and dated (1730) the title page and her name appears again as Eliz: Vanhattem on front pastedown. Clean tight text with little spotting but endpapers are browned etc. Covers rather worn and joints/hinges cracked but holding.
Edité par Dan Brown John Nicholson Benj Tooke and George Strahan, Ulster, 1703
Vendeur : The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Very Good. Sixth Edition Corrected. pp. (iv), 459; 113. The prelims consist of the first work's bastard title (preceding the collation that follows) & 2pp. of contents i.e. A2. [A2, B- Gg8, A- I4] Lacking portrait & general title. A2's catchword corresponds with B's opening word. Four works in one volume; all dated 1703 & each with separate title pages: Satyrs upon the Jesuits; Poems and Translations; Poems and Translations; Remains. Original boards soiled, scuffed & rubbed robustly re-backed (early C20th) in untitled olive leather. Ghost of bookplate's removal from front paste-down. Stain at head of first bastard title page affecting the first 20pp; text otherwise clean. Brooks Oldham 26. Half Leather & Paper Covered Boards. Book.
Edité par Dan. Brown et al, London, 1703
Vendeur : Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Leatherbound. Etat : Good. Sixth Edition, corrected. 459, 113 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Half leather with marbled boards. Matching endpapers, gilt fore-edge. Some rubbing to edges of spine, corners bumped. Owner's signature on front endpaper. Label residue on front pastedown. According to Oldham's biographer, Thompson, "his person was tall and thin, which was much owing to a consumptive complaint, but was greatly increased by study; his face was long, his nose prominent, his aspect unpromising, but satire was in his eye." While in "original" satire Oldham cannot be said to have reached the height to which he hoped to climb, he is memorable in our poetic literature as one of the predecessors of Pope in the "imitative" or adapting species of satirical and didactic verse. Oldham's productions deserve more notice than they have received. Pope, and perhaps other of our chief eighteenth-century poets, were under important literary obligations to this author. (DNB.).
Edité par Printed for Dan. Brown, at the Black Swan without Temple-Barr. 1710, 1710
Vendeur : Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Royaume-Uni
[8], 328, [26], 86pp, engr. portrait frontispiece. 8vo. Some old waterstaining to leading & following e.ps, affecting recto of frontispiece, light browning. Full contemp. panelled calf, blind stamped tulip cornerpieces, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label; joints cracked but holding, head & tail of spine worn. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Earl Cowper & signature of M. Cowper 1717 at head of titlepage. William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, 1665-1727, Lord High Chancellor. ESTC T135547. The first part includes: 'Satyrs upon the Jesuits', with a separate titlepage bearing the imprint: 'London, printed for Dan. Brown, John Nicholson, Benj. Tooke, and George Strahan, 1710', and two other sections, both entitled 'Poems and translations', each with separate titlepages but continuous pagination. The second part comprises: 'Remains of Mr. John Oldham in verse and prose', with a separate titlepage bearing the imprint: 'London: printed for D. Brown, J. Nicholson, B. Tooke and G. Strahan, 1710'. Oldham, 1653-1683, poet & translator. 'M. Cowper 1717' is Mary, daughter of John Clavering; she had married William Cowper in 1706, becoming his second wife.
Edité par Dan Brown.et al., London, 1703
Vendeur : G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, Etats-Unis
Octavo, late nineteenth or early twentieth century three quarter calf, gilt extra, fine engraved frontispiece portrait by Van der Gucht, contemporary bookplate of Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont, dated 1702, on verso of title, very fine. This is the first edition to contain the frontispiece portrait. Brooks Oldham, 26.
Edité par Printed for Dan. Brown, John Nicholson, Benj. Tooke, and George Strahan, 1703
Vendeur : Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Two-page "advertisement" regarding the properties of satire, though who from is not apparent. The previous owner of the book, Mr. Richard L. Press of Richard L. Press Fine Art Books of Sacramento, California, has noted that this is the sixth edition. Most handsomely rebound (by master binder Pat Bruno of Sacramento, most likely in 2000) in a creamy brown leather with five raised bands to spine, and sharply gilt-tooled title, author and publication date. Some scattered foxing here and there, very light toning to text-block, else and withal a fine-looking, very clean and bright and unmarked tome indeed. The Table of Contents shows the volume being comprised of three Books, those of Book I including "Prologue to the Satyr Upon the Jesuits," then "The First Satyr (Garnet's Ghost addressing the to the Jesuits met in private Cabal after the Murder of Godfrey)." Book II's and Book III's contents also are listed there, including "The Passion of Byblis in Ovid's Metamorphosis Imitated in English," "A Satyr Upon a Woman, who by her Falshood and Scorn was the Death of his Friend"; "The Praise of Homer"; "Two Pastorals out of the Greek - Bion - A Pastoral, in Imitation of the Greek of Moschus, bewailing the Death of the Earl of Rochester"; "The Lamentation for Adonis - Imitated out of the Greek of Bion of Smyrna"; "Paraphrase upon the 137 Psalm"; "Paraphrase upon the Hymn of St Ambrose"; "A Letter from the Country to a Friend in Town, giving an Account of the Author's Inclinations to Poetry - written in July, 1678"; "Upon a Printer that expos'd him by Printing a Piece of his grosly mangled, and faulty." Quite a handsome volume indeed.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Edité par R Bentley; Dan. Brown, London, 1694
Vendeur : Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : IOBA
Brown hardback leather cover. 3rd printing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 368pp. 19th century binding. Heraldic book-plate of Geo. Rose Esq 'Constant and True.'. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Inner hinge cracking. Front hinge weak. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. Browning to pages. Some blind stamps. Frontis missing.
Edité par For Dan Brown [& 7 others] 1707. (19x11.5cm). [592]pp, double-column; w/cut illus of heraldic terms. 1707, 1707
Vendeur : Bennett and Kerr Books, ABINGDON, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
First & last few margins frayed; 4C1 small hole; occasional spotting or marking. Cont panelled calf, worn & scuffed, spine partly loose, joints cracked. First edition; an independent work (despite the title, unconnected to Blount's Glossographia of 1656) with particular emphasis on science; the first English dictionary to make extensive use of woodcuts. (Alston V 89).
Edité par Dan Brown and Lockyer Davis, London, 1753
Vendeur : EGIDIUS ANTIQUARISCHE BOEKHANDEL, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Hard Cover, Leather. Etat : Fine. 79 pages ( the last 2 pages numbered wrong; 70 and 63), text in English by M.Martin. Fourth edition, corrected. Contains a map with two bird illustrations. "A Voyage to St. Kilda. The Remotest of All the Hibrides, or Western Isles of Scotland: Giving an acoount of the very remarcable Inhabitants of thet Place, their beauty and fingular Chastity (Fornication and Adultery being unknown among them) ; their Genius for Poetry, Music, Dancing ; their surpricing Dexterity in climbing the Rocks, and Walls of Houses, Diversions, Habit, Food, Language,Diseases and methods of Cure, ; their extensive Charity, their Contempt of Gold and Silver, as below the Dignity of Huamn Nature ; their Religious Ceremonies, Notion of Spirits andVisions, & & "Fine leather binding gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Flawless copy. Size: 198 x 128 Mm.
Edité par Printed for Dan Brown, Tim Goodwin, John Walthoe, M Newborough, John Nicholson, Benj Took, D Midwinter, and Fran Coggan, London, 1707
Vendeur : ecbooks, Orkney Islands, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Full-Leather. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. A very scarce work by an anonymous author. They state in the Preface that they are drawing on the past work of others such as Blunt, Philips and Cole, but have also 'chiefly consulted the advantage of such as are gently advancing to Science' - so including more reference to the sciences. The work has been rebound in full pigskin leather with blind stamped design to boards, small raised bands, decorative compartments and gilt titles to spine. New endpapers and initial and final blanks have been added. Contents with older initial blank; title; preface 4 pp; advert 2pp with list of 'undertakers'; and unpaginated text in 2 columns with woodcut designs to Finis. One tie is wrong (at 'CU') but the text is continuous. Contents are quite close cropped - sometimes touching the top of the headers. The stitching of the top gather is loosening at 'LU' and there is some staining in the gutter to circa letter 'AI'. Elsewhere there is some spotting at edges and the occasional spot. Contents are very clean. The initial blank has a crease and there are a few small repaired edge tears. Tiny burn hole at 'JU' - with loss of 2 letter word - probably 'it'. Top corner of final leaves becoming fragile, with browning, crinkling and a little loss.
Edité par Dan, Brown et al., London, 1699
Vendeur : Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Poor. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp (x), 355, 11. 8 plates. Defective copy, lacking the final leaf of the preface, the final leaf of the index and 1 plate. One of the plates has been reinforced and inserted as the frontis. The title page has been reinforced along its foredege. Scattered soiling and fingering. Recently rebound in full calf - at which time the internal repairs were carried out. Light scratch to the front board. A competent & attractive binding but offered with all faults.
Edité par Printed by M. Bennett for Dan. Brown, London, 1703
Vendeur : Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. 4to. Original decorative-tooled full calf with modern calf rebacking, compartments. (34pp), 431pp, (18pp). Very good overall. Text block is lovely -- bright, crisp and free of foxing -- while pastedowns are moderately age toned and lightly mottled; modern calf spine is bright and nice and original calf boards are edgeworn and scuffed; old but neat, discreet and strong paper strengthening strip along both pastedown gutters. First English-language edition, as translated by James Gatherer (the "J.G." of the six-page Dedication), the 1603 true first edition having been (to cite title page) "Written Originally in Latin above 100 Years since." The late 16th/early 17th century produced a litany of "succession tracts" -- debates over the merits and status of the many possible successors to Queen Elizabeth I. In 1594 a pseudonymous R. Coleman, in "A Conference about the Next Succession to the Crowne of Ingland," proposed an elective rather than hereditary monarchy, a suggestion largely condemned by subsequent commentators on the controversy -- including Craig.
Edité par Dan. Brown and Will. Turner, London, 1705
Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 511pp. Later quarter goatskin with four raised banks, stamped in gilt, over blue cloth-covered boards. Pages evenly browned with some light wear, soiling, and tiny tears; very good and binding near fine.
Edité par printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin, John Walthoe, M. Newborough, John Nicholson , Benj. Took, D. Midwinter, and Fran. Coggan, London, 1707
Vendeur : Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition, 8vo, pp. [584]; woodcut illustrations in the text, primarily heraldic; leaves B7 and B8 with odd smudge (not obscuring any text); slight worm track to margins of first several leaves; all else very good and sound in recent mottled calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine. "The first English dictionary to make any considerable use of woodcuts; the next development in this respect does not appear until 1727, when Bailey in his Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II, illustrates scientific as well as heraldic terms" (Starnes & Noyes, p. 94). Often passed off as a later edition of Blount because of its similar title and design, this dictionary, while owing a debt to Blount, is in fact a new work by an anonymous author who placed an emphasis on science, which Starnes & Noyes call "the most formative and forward-looking feature" of it. In fact, pages [7-8] are proposals for printing Harris' Lexicon Technicum. Alston V, 89.
Edité par Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible Without Temple-Bar, London, 1704
Vendeur : A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, Etats-Unis
Second Edition Corrected. Includes the following seven essays: I. A New Light of Chirurgery; II. The New Light of Chirurgery Vindicated; III. A Physico-Medical Essay Concerning Alkaly and Acid; IV. Further Considerations Concerning Alkaly and Acid; V. A Treatise of the Gout, Wherein Both Its Cause and Cure are Demonstrated; VI. The Doctrine of Acids in the Cure of Diseases Further Asserted, in Answer to Dr. Tuthill; VII. A Relation of a Sudden and Extraordinary Cure of a Person Bitten by a Viper, by Means of Acids. 18th century full leather binding with raised bands and black leather label on spine, and tooled, paneled boards. [2 pages of ads] + title + [blank verso] + 568 + [15 page index entitled A Table of the Principal Matters]. Separate title pages for each essay. Good to Very Good antiquarian condition. General wear to leather but hinges remain strong. One small chip to leather at top of spine. Moisture staining to some pages in lower fore-corner, not affecting text. 2 pages of ads for "Books Printed for Dan. Brown without Temple-Bar" included at front.
Edité par printed by M. Bennet, for Dan. Brown [et al.], London, 1703
Vendeur : Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition in English, folio, pp. [34], 431, [1], [17]; full contemporary paneled calf, red morocco label; slight crack at the bottom of the lower joint, else a very good, sound copy. The Dedication is signed J. G. (i.e. James Gatherer). With the early ownership inscription of "Ph: Fowke, M.D.A.D. 1703" with a six-line inscription in Latin and Greek beneath it, and a number of additional notes in his hand throughout, in the margins and on the rear blank flyleaves. Phineas Fowke (1638-1710) was a Yorkshire physician who graduated from Cambridge in 1668. He practiced in London and was admitted as a fellow in the College of Physicians in 1680. See DNB.
Edité par Sam Keble And Dan Brown / J. Moxon, London, 1697
Vendeur : Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. First editions. (2) 77 (2) pages. 15.5 x 10.7 cm. Half title, 2 page publisher preface, two pages of adverts at rear. Engraved of Raleigh by Frederick Hendrick Van Hove (circa 1628-1698). Small stain title page foot, text clean, early small owner inscription head of preface. Second title: (3) 94 (2) pages with two Moxon adverts at rear. Two page dedication to Robert Lord Viscount Lisle. Dampstains to pages 47 through 85. SABIN 67599 for the Raleigh title. Recased in quarter black morocco with corner tips and marbled boards. Fine.
Edité par printed for Dan. Brown [et al.], London, 1707
Vendeur : Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition, 8vo, [8] & unpaginated lexicon in double column; contemporary paneled calf, red morocco label on spine, sprinkled edges; imperceptibly rebacked, with original spine laid down; spine a little scuffed, else a very good, sound copy. "The first English dictionary to make any considerable use of woodcuts; the next development in this respect does not appear until 1727, when Bailey in his Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II, illustrates scientific as well as heraldic terms" (Starnes & Noyes, p. 94). Often passed off as a later edition of Blount because of its similar title and design, this dictionary, while owing a debt to Blount, is in fact a new work by an anonymous author who placed an emphasis on science, which Starnes & Noyes call "the most formative and forward-looking feature" of it. In fact, pages [7-8] are proposals for printing Harris' Lexicon Technicum. Alston V, 89.
Edité par Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-bar, and Andr. Bell at the Cross-keys and Bible in Cornhil, London, 1700
Vendeur : Honey & Wax Booksellers, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition of this verse translation of the Song of Songs by Joseph Stennett (1663-1713), the first important Baptist hymnwriter in England: "Thy Lips, my Spouse, that move with skill, / Drops like the Hony-comb distil. / Hony and Milk's beneath thy Tongue, / Which feeds the Weak as well as strong." In his scholarly preface, Stennett is quick to assure readers that the Hebrew text is not about sexual desire, despite appearances: "some have denied that [Solomon] wrote it by Divine Inspiration; and make his Design to be only that of celebrating his Amours with Pharoah's Daughter, or some other person." The passion of the bridegroom and the bride is to be understood, however, as a divine allegory of Christ's love for his church, the same "mystical Espousals" found in the 45th Psalm, which Stennett also translates here. Wing B2633AC, ESTC R212810. We locate four institutional holdings in North America (Emory, Huntington, NYPL, and the American Baptist Historical Society; ESTC adds Harvard, but that appears to be an error). A scarce early English translation of the most lyrical book of the Old Testament, in a handsome contemporary binding. Small octavo, measuring 6.5 x 4 inches: xxiv, 40. Contemporary full red paneled morocco gilt, raised bands, spine compartments decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Old ink prices to verso of front free endpaper. Dampstaining to binder's flyleaves (not affecting text), expert repair to joints, binding lightly rubbed.
Edité par Dan. Brown et al, London, 1708
Vendeur : Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Leatherbound. Etat : Very Good. Second Edition. Unpaginated. Engraved portrait frontispiece and hundreds of illustrations, full page and within text. Two pull-out diagrams. Full leather with raised bands and blind impressing. Rebacked with new spine label. Label residue on front pastedown. Small hole in portrait frontispiece. Ink inscription top of title page and paper repair on rear. Pages darkened, minor foxing, a few thumb marks and dampness stains. A few roughened edges. A tear in first fold-out diagram and chip from second diagram. Rear endpaper has red stains. First published in 1704, "Lexicon Technicum" was in many respects the first alphabetical encyclopedia written in English. Although the emphasis was on mathematical subjects, its contents go beyond what would be called science or technology today, in conformity with the broad 18th-century understanding of the terms "arts" and "science." It includes entries on the humanities and fine arts, notably law, commerce, music and heraldry; it does not include theology, biographies or poetry.As in many books, the illustrations are an important part of the Lexicon's appeal. Check out the great "Fortification" plate with accompanying explanations - or John Marshall's "New Invented Double Microscope," the second fold-out diagram.The book's editor, John Harris (c. 1666 - 1719) was an English writer and a clergyman. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1696 and was its vice-president for a time. In 1698, he delivered a lecture entitled "Atheistical Objections against the Being of God and His Attributes fairly considered and fully refuted." The friendship of Sir William Cowper, afterwards lord chancellor, secured for Harris the office of private chaplain, a prebend in Rochester cathedral (1708), and the rectory of several parishes. A man of many interests, he was working on a complete history of Kent at the time of his death. Sadly, he is said to have died in poverty brought on by poor management of his financial affairs.
Edité par Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan; Tho. Bennet; D. Midwinter; Tho. Leigh; R. Wilkin, London, 1699
Vendeur : B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. The first English translation of 'De l'art de la verrerie' offers detailed instructions for the making of glass, crystal, enamel, jewels and mirrors, guiding readers through different techniques for achieving the remarkable colors of Renaissance glass. 9 illustrated plates offer detailed diagrams of equipment and furnaces, with legends and explanations in the facing text. The work concludes with "An Appendix Shewing how to Make Glass-Eyes Very Natural", beginning: "This Secret is fine, and never made publick before." A lovely record of the intersection of art and science. ESTC R16918. Octavo. 16 unnumbered pages (half-title, title, and "Preface"), 1-355, 13 unnumbered pages ("Index"). 9 plates of illustrations facing pages 19, 21, 27, 31,103, 243, 270, 327, and 355. The plate facing page 21 is folded and bound horizontally. p.197 is misnumbered '167'. Worn but sturdy later three-quarter binding with marbled paper and matching endpapers, with twentieth-century bookplate to front fixed endpaper (Alfred Owre). Professionally repaired and rebacked, suitable for consultation or display. Top edge gilt. Closed tear repaired in index. Mild toning throughout.
Edité par printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; Tho. Bennet at the Half-Moon, D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh at the Rose and Crown, and R. Wilkin at the King's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, London, 1699
Vendeur : Liber Antiquus Early Books & Manuscripts, Chevy Chase, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Bound in contemporary English paneled calf, rebacked. Very fine condition. Two plates lightly browned, marginal foxing to a few leaves. Illustrated with 9 engraved plates of glass-making furnaces, tools, crucibles, and other apparatus. The core of Blancourt's text is Christopher Merret's annotated Latin edition (1668) of Antonio Neri's "L'Arte Vetraria"(1612). Merret had produced his own English (unillustrated) translation of Neri's work in 1662. Among Blancourt's notable contributions to the text are a chapter on crystal, glass and metal mirrors; and an appendix on a secret technique for making glass eyes look "Very Natural". "Antonio Neri's'L'Arte Vetraria'as the first printed book solely devoted to the art of glass formulation. It is a work committed to the subject of refining raw materials and combining them into a range of glasses and a rainbow of colors. The book divides into seven parts, each devoted to a different aspect of the glassmaker's art. He starts with the basics: preparing the fundamental ingredients of glass. Next, he combines those materials into "cristallo." Named after its mineral cousin, rock crystal,cristallowas a sophisticated Venetian specialty renowned for its delicate clarity. Neri details its traditional composition as brought to the Medici court by Venetian masters and then innovates with variations of his own. "At the other end of the spectrum is his "common" glass used for daily utilitarian purposes. He shows the standard formulas used in shops throughout the region and then proceeds to improve upon them. He presents a gamut of colors as well as advice for the glass "to emerge in full beauty and perfection." He shows the way to decolorize glass, to take away even a slight tinge of hue that may be present and bring the melt to perfect crystal clarity. He walks us through numerous recipes in preparation for making an iconic Renaissance glass, including the exquisite chalcedony-engineered to replicate the swirling colors of its namesake mineral. Beautiful to behold and thought by many to engender mystical properties, Neri describes it as "adorned with so many graceful and beautiful areas of undulations and enhanced with the play of diverse, lively, flaming colors." He goes on to describe leaded glasses, artificial gems, enamels and glass paints. Each time he innovates, each time he guides us with encouragement, admonition and painstaking clarity. "That Neri's book was the first of its kind in print is a notable distinction, but one that his deeper accomplishment easily surpasses;'L'Arte Vetraria'preserves a rare glimpse of skilled practical knowledge. In his era, prized techniques were frequently lost to subsequent generations, lost because artisans so often spared the pen. Their precious knowledge went purposely unrecorded, passing in strict confidence from master to apprentice working side by side. In 1612, Neri published his expertise to the world, preserving the techniques and science of glass practices, but also its art. Just as a great painter relies on the quality of pigments at hand, so must a master glass artisan depend upon the materials of the melt. For the glassblowers and furnace workers who shaped hot glass, a superior batch was crucial to superior results. A great piece of glasswork owes its form to the talent of the artist, but its substance is the province of the craftsmen who make the glass. "Neri wrote'L'Arte Vetraria'shortly before his death at the age of thirty-eight. Soon after, Galileo sent it to a friend in Rome, who was anxious for a copy."(Paul Engle, "Antonio Neri, Alchemist, Glassmaker, Priest", Corning Museum of Glass). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Jean Haudicquer de Blancourt's "De l'artde la verrerie".
Edité par London: Printed For Dan. Brown Et Al 1704 And 1710, 1710
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First edition two volumes folio unpaginated. Volume 1 Engraved frontis of John Harris, seven engraved plates, two folding plates and numerous illustrations in text. Its professed advantage over French dictionaries of the arts and sciences was that it contained explanation not only of the terms used in the arts and sciences, but also of the arts and sciences themselves. Volume two unpaginated one engraved plate and six folding. A large part of the volume consists of mathematical and astronomical tables, since Harris intended his work to serve as a small mathematical library. He provided tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, and secants, a two-page list of books, and an index of the articles in both volumes under 26 headings, filling 50 pages. Both volumes have been beautifully bound in cambridge panelled calf. With plain endpapers. A superb set.