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Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. COFFEE: A Bibliography A Guide to the Literature on Coffee The first comprehensive modern bibliography of coffee and its surrogates. A unique reference work listing some 15,000 imprints relating to every aspect of coffee from the past to the present. Edition limited to 1200 copies. 2 volumes in 4to. xxi + 831pp; vi + pp832-1687. With over 300 illustrations in black & white and 6 in colour. Bound in fine cloth, colour-printed dust jackets, in presentation slip case.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1710927165989

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Schottel, Justus Georg. Ausfuehrliche Arbeit von der Teutschen Haubtsprache worin enthalten. . Uhrankunft, Uhralterthum, Reinlichkeit, Eigenschaft, Vermoegen . . zumahl die Sprachkunst und Verskunst teutsch und . lateinisch . in fuenf Buecher und teutsch ausgefertiget. Brunswick, Christoff Friederich Zilliger, 1663. 4to. With engraved architectural frontispiece with two richly ornamented pillars supporting a drapery title inscription in Latin & German hoisted up by costumed male figures standing below against a picturesque landscape in the background, printed titles in German & Latin + [14] ff (containig 5 pp of source index) + 1468 pp (misnumbered 1466] + [14] ff including 16 pp of index & [1] errata leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, worn; traces of calligraphic title inscription on spine. The most important early work on the German language, the direct precursor of Jacob Grimm's Deutsche Grammatik', published almost two centuries later. Schottel (1612-76), philologist, grammarian and poet, was an influential member of the 'Palmenorden', one of the leading German baroque literary societies dedicated to the purification of German grammar in accordance with the principles of Martin Opitz. The comprehensive work arranged in five parts treating the etymological origins, grammar, rules for prose and verse composition and a bibliography of notable authors in the German language is considered one of the finest achievements of the literary movement inspired by the restoration of the German language and the revival of German cultural values after the destructive multiple foreign occupation during the Thirty Years' War. The dedication is to the scholarly bibliophile, Duke August of Brunswick (1579-1666), who had first employed the author as a young man as court tutor from 1638. 'Schottel ventured into the field of philology armed with a feeling for the right thing possessed by no one before him, and the book makes him, if not the father, then the grandfather of Germanic philology.The fifth book, 'Von Teutschland und Teutschen Scribenten', offers something like a literary history . In the third treatise of the fifth book he deals with German proverbs and proverbial phrases pp. 1101-47' (Faber du Faur, German Baroque Literature, 697). Goedecke III, 118. The noted British linguist John George Robertson (1867-1933) called it 'The best grammatical work of the 17th century'. A good unsophisticated copy in its original binding; some very light toning throughout owing to paper quality, occasional traces of waterstaining in edges of blank margins, otherwise a clean, attractive copy with a near contemporary ownership signature of a high school teacher at Stuttgart 'Sebast[ian] Kneer, Praec.Gymn.Stutg.' in blank title margin and of W.Baeumlein, an 19th published author on ancient Greek in top corner of front flyleaf.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1709912938495

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. [1]f + 11 + [1 blank]p.(and:) Report by a committee of the Royal Society regarding the new dioptric light of the Isle of May communicated to the commissioners of northern lights, 28th October 1836. Edinburgh, Neill & Co., 1836. [1]f + 4p. The 4 items bound together in contemporary red morocco decorated in gilt with ornamental patterns to sides within gilt line borders; spine richly gilt including title inscription; edges gilt; spine lightly worn. First editions of these essays on the author s improvements in design of dioptric apparatus used in lighthouses based on the investigations of the French civil engineer Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) who had invented the dioptric lens in 1822. Alan Stevenson (1807-65), member of an illustrious family of Scottish engineers and uncle of the writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, succeeded his father as engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board (1843-53); he made his reputation by constructing a dozen remarkable lighthouses, the most celebrated being the Skerryvore Lighthouse in the Inner Hebrides completed in 1844, which is considered a feat of Victorian engineering. He became an internationally famous lighthouse engineer and received honours from several foreign monarchs. Author s presentation copy to Queen Victoria on the date of her accession to the throne inscribed: To Her Majesty the Queen with the most devoted sentiments of the Loyalty and Respect of Her Majesty s faithful subject and servant, The Author. (dated:) Edinburgh, June 20th 1837. A fine presentation volume bound for Queen Victoria; bookplate of Jorge Beristain.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1703326252662

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Taunton, Thomas Henry. Portraits of celebrated racehorses of the past and present centuries in strictly chronological order, commencing in 1702 and ending in 1870[,] together with their respective pedigrees and performances recorded in full. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887-1888. 4 vols in 4to. viii + 259 +[1 blank]pp; viii+298pp; viii + 361 + [1 blank]pp; vi + [6] + ii + 384pp. Illustrated with a total of 470 plates (collotypes, line & photo-engravings) including frontispieces, portraits of famous racehorses, their jockeys and owners, special racing events & documents, . Contemporary red half publisher's morocco, cloth sides, gilt, panelled spine decorated with gilt stamped horse- heads; complete with tissue guards; joints worn but firm; some rubbing & light scuffing. £ 1950 First edition of this precise illustrated record of British horse-racing events from the early 18th to the late 19th century describing celebrated racehorses, their respective pedigrees, owners, riders and performances 'as winners of the three great classical races of the Ascot, Goodwood, Doncaster Cups, and of the other cups, stakes and matches at different race meetings throughout the kingdom. ' (preface). A complete set in good condition apart from minor traces of usage. Podeschi 235 & 238; not in Dejager; Huth; Mennessier de la Lance.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1697919929810

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Maupertius, Pierre-Louis Moreau de (Saint Malo 1689- Basel 1759), French mathematician, physicist, philospher, astronomer & naturalist. Line engraving by Johann Philipp Haid (1730-1806). Augsburg c1745 after the painting by Robert Tournières (1737) preserved at St Malo. Fine portrait of the French scientist dressed in fur as an explorer on his Lapland expedition as head of the French Geodesic Mission (1736) to measure the length of a degree of arc of the meridian confirming Newton's theory that the Earth is flattened at the poles. He is shown with his left hand resting on a globe and his right hand pointing ahead. His published results of the expedition made him famous and he was elected a member of all the leading scientific societies listed beneath the portrait. He was invited to Berlin by Frederick the Great to become first president of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1746.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1693310868432

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Official signed portrait photograph (27.8 x 20.6cm) of Col.H.H. Sir JOGINDRA SEN BAHADUR Raja of Mandi (1904-86), his wife Rani Amrit Kaur and their son Tikka Yoshodan Singh, aged 15 months, for presentation on the occasion of the young Raja's Investiture Durbar on 13th February 1925, with autograph signatures of the princely couple; 'Mandi Slailé'(?)dated 26.2.[19]25. Foxing mark in tailend right corner. Jogindra, the last ruling Raja of Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, an ancient princely state in the Punjab, was educated at Queen Mary's College and Aitchison College, Lahore. He became of age in 1925; Mandi was under British administration for 12 years during his minority. After Indian Independence, Jogindra decided to merge Mandi with the Republic of India to serve as Indian ambassador to Brazil (1952-56). His glamorous first wife, Rani Amrit Kaur (1904-48), only daughter of the excentric Maharaja of Kapurthala, was educated in England. Famed for her beauty and intellect, she was an early advocate of women's rights in India. In 1930 she separated from her husband to live in Paris. Their son, Tikka Yashodan Singh, known as 'Prince Tibu', here shown sitting on a table, was born 7th December 1923 at Lahore; he served in the Indian Army and married Raikumari Meena Devi (born 1926), daughter of the late Raja Dalip Singh of Dhami; he died in 1980. Signed by Author(s).

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1693064195078

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Gregorius Connarus. Epistola Gregoriy connari Apostolice Sedii Protonotarii ad illustrem Virginem Ceciliam de Gonzaga. Manuscript on paper [Italy 1448]. (232 x 185 mm) [9 + 1 blank] leaves penned in an Italian humanistic miniscule including notes by the author on last 2 pages, corrections and marginal notes with throughout marked at end: Bologna, 3rd July. (and :) Gregorius Connarus. Epistola Gregory connari Prothonotary ad Joannes Monacum Cartusine. [6] leaves penned in the same humanistic miniscule including corrections and marginal notes throughout ending : 'johannes maguntinus hunc libellum excripsit 1448'. Folding marks in centre. £ 2600 I: A letter of congratulation by the papal protonotary apostolic Gregory Connarus to the Renaissance beauty Cecilia Gonzaga (1426-51), admired for her learning and chastity, who had become a Clarissan nun in 1445 after refusing a dynastic marriage demanded by her father, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395-1444). Connarus praises her for renouncing worldly honours and pleasures and for devoting her life to God; he exhorts her to exchange her studies of the poets inspired by her tutor Victorinus for reading the works of the Holy Fathers. The letter would have been sent on the instructions of the Venetian pope Eugene IV, born Gabriele Condulmer. II: Letter by the papal protonotary apostolic to a Carthusian monk. The manuscript is well preserved; it was originally bound in a sammelband with numbers inked in blank tailend margins. For references to manuscripts by Johannes Maguntinus (Johann of Mainz), see : Marie Antonietta Casagrande Mazzoli & Mauro (University of Udine)'La tabula ad regandum' recording 23 manuscripts by Johannes Maguntinus; Paul Oskar Kristeller, Iter Italicum, A Finding List of uncatalogued or completely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries (1965) vols II 423; III 197b; V 463b; Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica, vol. 17, Florence, Seeber, 1902.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1690542488367

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Fernel, Jean François, Opera medicinalia, nempe phisiologia, pathologia et terapeutica seu medendi ratio, quibus adiecimus de abditis rerum causis. Venice, Rutilio Borgominieri, 1565. 4to. [18]f + pp13-655 (misnumbered 659) + [1 blank]p. Roman & italic letter with some Greek. Printer's woodcut device on title. Historiated initials. 18th century calf, spine gilt, worn, woodblock red. One of the best editions of Fernel's medical works with additional material. It contains the Pathologia which intorduces the term 'pathology' in its modern sense and which Garrison calls the 'first explicit treatise on special pathology'. It also includes the Physiology libri septem, the first work to deal solely with physiology and the first to call it by name. Gonorrhoea is also described here as an independent infection of the blader apart from the chapter on lues in which the various modes of contact transmission (syphilis insontium) are ennumerated. Fernel (1497-1558), physician to Henri I of France, was one of the teachers of Vesalius. He was the first to describe many diseases such as appendicitisand endocarditis. Very good copy with contemporary ownership signature of 'Annibalis Magnocaballo' in tailend title margin; Hannibale Magnocavallo (1543-96), a physician and writer at Pavia was born a nobleman in Cuccaro, Piedmont and recorded as an academician at Casale Monferrato. Durling 1462; Garrison-Morton 2271; not in Adams, Wellcome, no copy in British Library.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1672684726066

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Hirasawa, Kyokuzan. Kayo Hiso (on training horsesHandbook on breeding, training, nomenclature and colours of horses.Koto (Edo) Suhara Mohe shi, Kansei Gannen [1789]. 3 vols in large 8vo (267 x 183mm). I: Title inside front cover + 46 pages within meander patterned ornamental border including a 2nd title, [26] pages of calligraphic text & 19 full-page hand-coloured woodblock illustrations; II: [64] pages within meander patterned ornamental border including title, 44 pages of calligraphic text & 15 full-page hand-coloured woodblock illustrations of horses; III: Supplement entitled Draft : 32 pages of calligraphic text within line border. Publisher s paper boards decorated in blind with title slips pasted on upper covers; stitched & folded in Japanese style. Preserved in modern cloth folder. Influential treatise on the breeding, training, nomenclature and colours of horses remarkable for its exceptionally life-like illustrations of the typical movements, behavioural patterns and anatomical detail of 63 animals in a series of 34 lively hand-coloured woodblocks by Sekine Shinbukoku after designs by the artist Fuyo-gi Suzuki (c1749-1816). 12 full-page images represent individual horses, 16 show pairs and 6 are playful compositions of 3 animals interacting. The poignancy of observation evident in the illustrations suggests that the artist might have been a horse breeder himself. The author, Kyokuzan Hirasawa (1733-91), also known as Gengai Yamauchi, was a Confucian writer from Kyoto.Some worming in edges of blank margins neatly repaired, light traces of wear in corners and some outer edges, otherwise very well preserved. See: Hawks & Perry, Japan opened: compiled chiefly from the narrative of the American expedition to Japan, in the years 1852-3-4 (1858): One of [the] specimens of art presented to the commodore is a book . illustrated . from woodcuts of bold outline. printed with a tint to distinguish each in the various groups of the animal by sober grays, reds, and blacks. a breed of small stature and finely formed limbs . There is great freedom of hand shown in the drawing. The animals are represented in various attitudes, curving, gambling, and rolling upon the ground - positions requiring and exhibiting an ability in fore-shortening which is found . in Asiatic art . (2) Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (1961): the pictures of horses which so greatly impressed the Americans . appeared much earlier in a work of Kyokuzan. entitled Kayo Hiso .

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1667823895629

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Pictorial manuscript paper scroll (1062 x 25 cm). Dated on stylistic grounds to 17th or early 18th century. Emakimono manuscript paper tutorial scroll depicting the traditional Japanese martial art hojutsu, or the art of gunnery in 130 segments containing forty-five large multi-coloured drawings mostly of wild life suitable for hunting and shooting in their habitat but also including a design of a gun posed on a barrel, portrayals of 3 armed huntsmen (one galloping) and 4 target panels including a large fan. Among the exquisite paintings are a deer, a wild boar, a fox, a fish, a heron, cranes, pheasants and other wildfowl, a falcon, geese, ducks, a butterfly and a dragonfly; the birds are shown in their habitat of plants, trees and rocks. The images of wild life selected are marked with red target points and sometimes additional red lines to indicate the precise manner of shooting them which is explained in the accompanying calligraphic text. The arms of the three huntsmen (one gallopping on a horse) are also marked and discussed for their use. The scroll is in near fine condition considering its age; a few folds and wormholes expertly repaired, occasional light offsetting and minimal traces of wear, otherwise in excellent condition, intact with its original gilt floral decorative paper wrappers; lightly worn at edges. Shooting with guns was considered a privileged sport for the Japanese aristocracy rather than a weapon used for fighting in battle. The first matchlock guns were imported to western Japan and Tanegashima Island in 1543 from South East Asia, where they were first introduced by the Portuguese. They were initially used in Japan as gifts, or for hunting, but were then gradually adopted by the Samurai warrior class.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1667822399144

No Binding. Etat : Good. Fernando VII. Manuscript in brown ink on paper penned in a neat legible hand including corrections, deletions and footnotes, dated at end 1 May 1833. 39 pages of written text in folio, 1 double-page in octavo, last page blank. Each recto page headed with rectangular stencilled royal seal dated 1823 incorporating circular royal arms in the centre. Comprehensive ministerial manuscript draft proposal to the king ( Ex[elentisi]mo Señor ) to incorporate the Junta de Cria Caballar (Horse breeding Board) into the recently created Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Development) in order to achieve a more economic and efficient administration of national studs. The substantial draft in 44 paragraphs discusses various aspects of the proposed reforms and for the legislation on horse breeding in Spain from both the technical and political point of view with interesting comments. It argues in favour of removing the Junta de Cria Caballar (Horse Breeding Board) from the Secretaria de Despacho de Guerra (War Ministry) in order to incorporate it into the recently formed Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Development) for both economic and technical reasons, dwelling on the expenses of the Suprema Junta de Caballeria in transformation. The draft represents an attempt at modernising the cumbersome Bourbon administration of Ferdinand VII who died in September of the same year. The writer stresses the benefits of improved horse breeding for national agriculture, trade and for effective formation of cavalry. Referring to ancient times, he seeks to recreate the famous breeds of Spanish horses, calling Spain the Arabia of Europe and he emphasises the importance of royal encouragement and direction. The writer actually suggests that the king s younger brother, Infante Carlos Maria, later the Carlist pretender to the throne, should become protector of horse breeding in Spain. Special attention is given to the management of studs in Andalucia, Murcia and Estramadura and to the importance of regular and diligent government inspection. The draft covers 34 pages dated Madrid, 1 May 1833 at the end; it is followed by 2 supplementary pages entitled Gastos providing the considerable annual administrative expenses of the present Suprema Junta de Caballeria (Horse Breeding Board) for the year 1832 and by three pages entitled Productos containing actual figures of the numbers of foals born to mares in the same year to date. Edges tailend corners of 2 leaves affected by water staining, otherwise the manuscript is in excellent archival condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1667821349263

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Marban, Pedro (S.J.) Arte de la lengua Moxa, con su vocabulario y cathecismo. [Lima] Joseph de Contreras [1701-1702]. 12mo. [16]+ 664 + 202 + [1 + l blank]p including index. Roman letter. First part printed in 2 columns. Contemporary vellum; title calligraphically lettered in ink on spine; remains of ties; edges of lower cover rubbed. The earliest grammar, dictionary and cathechism of the Moxo Indians of Upper Peru, and the first work on this indigenous language of the Americas. Moxo is related to the Arawak family of languages which includes Taino, spoken by the Caribbean Indian aborigines. The Spanish-Moxo Catechism is separately paginated in the form of a supplement. The author, Pedro Marban (1647-1713), a Jesuit missionary from Seville, travelled to Peru in 1675 to devote his final years to converting the Moxo Indians, whose language he had learnt to master. The tribe inhabits the lowlands of Beni in southeastern Bolivia, where Moxo is still spoken. The handsome Lima imprint remained the unique authoritative work on the Moxo language for the following two centuries. The preliminaries are dated 1701, the Catechism 1702. An exceptionally fresh copy in its original binding. Leclerc 2361; Medina, Lima, 712; Sabin 44465; Sommervogel V, 517.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1661340265516

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Oblong folio. IV + pp10 (108), including 33 maps (7 folding, each two pages of pagination), 45 tables, 20 figures in pagination, plus brochure General Concepts (pp C-3 to C-11) inserted between pp32 & 33. Contents & illustrations listed on pp VI VII. Original pictorial card with title, spiral bound. The plan is presented to the mayor, Richardson Dilworth, by G. Holmes Perkins, chairman of the planning committee. Sections cover the city & its history, economy, people, and plans for industry, commerce, recreation, residence and transport. One or two neat pencil notes by previous owner on blank back of last page. Good condition, one or two small marks to cover. Pagination & inserted brochure conform to the copy in city of Philadelphia archive.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1653941432815

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Ferrari, Ognibene. De arte medica infantium, libri quattuor quorum duo priores de tuenda eorum sanitate, posteriores de curandis morbis agunt. Brescia, Vincenzo Sabbio for Franceso & Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1577. [12] + 195p text + [1]p (errata); italic & roman letter. Aldine anchor device on title, 4 engravings of pediatric interest, 1 emblematic engraving, ornamental woodcuts & historiated initials. (Bound with:) De arte medica infantium aphorismorum. Particulae tres. Brescia, Vincenzo Sabbio for Francesco & Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1577. [11] f.; without last blank leaf. Italic & roman letter. Aldine anchor device & ornamental woodcut on title, historiated woodcut initials, 2 ornamental woodcuts on last page. 2 volumes bound in 1. 4to. Marbled sheep, gilt; marbled edges. First edition of one of the earliest treatises devoted on the health and diseases of children. The work is devided into 4 bookss on the management of wetnurses, care and feeding of new born babies and burns. Page 31 of chapter 17 (book I) on breast feeding contains an engraving with 2 illustrations of the use of a breast pump for obtaining milk for breast feeding; pages 58 to 60 of chapter 13 (book II) on teething contain charming illustrations showing respectively a child wearing a crash hood for protection of head injuries, (possibly the earliest illustration of this kind), a child using a running stool with wheels for training to walk, a child sitting on chair- stool and another showing details of a vacant stool. The devices here illustrated and recommended by the Veronese author were criticized by the distinguished contemporary Swiss physician, Felix Wuertz, for straining the undeveloped infant muscles too much; Wuertz (1518-75) wrote the first book on infant surgery which was posthumously published in German in 1616. The second work comprising Ferrari's aphorisms on paediatrics is mostly based on Hippocrates and Galen. Durling 1494 & 1496; Hirsch II, 358; Still, History of Paediatrics, p147ff; Wellcome I, 2228 & 2227. A very good copy from the library of the Spanish medical author Dr [Daniel] Sanchez de Rivera y Moset with his armorial bookplate and shelf ticket pasted inside front cover; a contemporary signature on first title; small stain on leaf C2; edges of top margins with isolated light traces of waterstaining .

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1647123058964

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Confirmation of noble status (Carta Executoria) in favour of Don Antonio de las Cagigas Castillo y Santelices, Natural y originario de esa dicha villa de Escalante, y residente en la ciudad de Buenos Ayres en los nuestros Reynos de Indias: y su Procurador en su nombre, se ócurrió a la nuestra corte y chancillería que està, y reside en la ciudad de Valladolid Valladolid, 9 May 1791. Calligraphic manuscript in sepia ink on paper within 3 line borders. Folio. [1 blank + 1 leaf : recto with full-page drawing of genealogical tree and town view below] + 273 pages on 137 numbered leaves (last page blank) compris¬ing: first page with stamp of royal arms and remains of wax seal, signed twice by Manuel Barradas on verso, full-page drawing of royal arms of Spain within ornamental rococo border, dated 1791 in right tailend corner, 6 quar¬ter-page decorative cartouches, 22 exquisitely drawn initials with surrounds of delightful topographical views, last page of text with royal heraldic stamp and signatures of 3 officials: Francisco Berruego y Portillo, José Mendoza, and Fernando Manuel Velluti. (Bound with:) Real Provision de Hidalguia . Por parte de D[o]n Antonio de las Cagigas Castillo, y Santelizes con un pedimento Aranjuez, 15 April 1792. Manuscript in ink on paper penned in a large chancery hand. Signed at end: 'Yo El Rey' and countersigned by the royal secretary 'Silvestre Collar', and seven other officials; mark of original wax seal. [4] leaves. Royal oval seal stamp in left top corner of first page. Contemporary red morocco with gilt borders. Seven compartments of spine richly decorated in gilt; edges gilt; sides rubbed; corners worn. Royal confirmation of noble status for Antonio de las Cagigas from Escalante, Spain, son of Antonio de las Cagigas of Santander and Juana del Castillo Santelices, who had sailed to Spanish America from El Ferrol in 1784 to become an outstanding administrator in Buenos Aires. The beautifully ornamented document, written in a fine chancery hand, contains the petition made by Felipe Perez on Cagigas s behalf to the royal chancery at Valladolid with the support of Juan Félix de Ganzio y Palacio, and Francisca de las Cagigas Castillo, nephew and sister of Cagigas, both from Escalante. The greater part of the volume contains testimonials by the scribe, Bernardo de Oceso, sworn statements, records of marriages, betrothals and baptisms, and authenticated copies of tax-lists relating to the Cagigas s ancestors. A small inkstain on 2 leaves not affecting text, otherwise in excellent original condition throughout. Bound at the end is a royal approbation of additional documents submitted by Manuel Garcia Navas in the name of Antonio de las Cagigas issued to ensure that the patent of noble descent will be acknowledged in the kingdoms of the Indies. Antonio de las Cagigas had made a rapid career in the government of Buenos Aires: by 1790 he was treasurer to the police department; successively acting as commissioner of municipal paving, excise, and lighting, he first introduced street lighting to the city; in 1799 he became Syndic of the Buenos Aires Chamber of Commerce. Cagigas' main claim to fame in Argentine history, however, is his contribution to the defence of the city against the attempted British Invasion of 1807, when he directed the digging of trenches for placing cannon in the streets and in the plaza, and provided the lighting necessary for the night march of 2nd July undertaken by the local militia. His estate at Barracas, west of Buenos Aires, became famous as a point of confrontation with the British troops advancing across the Riochuelo river towards the city (see Vicente Osualdo Cutolo, 'Nuevo Diccionario Biográfico Argentino', Buenos Aires 1969), II, p41).

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1633341706075

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Manuscript on paper written in 3 different coloured inks. Small folio. 1 blank leaf + [22]p + 2 blank leaves + [12]p. With 2 illuminated calligraphic title-pages, first title with arms of Buenos Aires in tailend section, a variety of exquisite floral and animal ornamentation on titles and in 21 headings, including 6 charming landscape vignettes, decorative initials. Text ruled in 9 columns, one of which represents cattle-brand marks; line borders in red throughout. Calf folder. Colonial manuscript of extraordinary rarity and quality executed in the best tradition of Spanish calligraphy, and in an excellent state of preservation. Comprising detailed government reports on fiscal contributions for the year 1797 from estancias (farms) and pulperias (general store owners) in the districts and villages in the vicinity of Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, in the closing years of the 18th century. The alcavala (or alcabala) of the title was a Spanish sales tax applicable to all property contracts. In the register the farm is numbered, and the table provides the name of the owner, the amount of their livestock (cattle, sheep, mules) the individual brand mark, the farm s location and its distance in relation to nearby estates. The final column lists the tax paid in pesos. Among owners some 25 women are named. Three notes in the addenda of the first report, list: firstly, eight individuals who could not be found on their farms as they were in Buenos Aires (their head of cattle is noticeably high); secondly, a further eight assessed (owning even larger numbers of cattle, though brand marks are not given), whose owners were not to be found (all are of noble origin and were possibly in Spain). The first section is signed by the assessor, Vicente Benito Cretel. He points out that the sum total of cattle here listed comprises bulls, steers, cows, oxen and other pasture animals, but it is only the second category (steers, nobillos) sold for the provision of supplies (hides, meat etc) which are liable for the tax. The second report lists some 115 pulperos (general store owners) liable to pay the tax. The headings of each of these are of particular iconographic interest for the delicately painted landscape vignettes which are among the earliest known graphic representations of the local topography and its flora and fauna. Each of the two reports is signed by the government official Don Vicente Benito Cretel and dated respectively 17th March and 30th April 1797. Cretel features in a list of 23 patriotic citizens who were granted the title ciudadanos americanos de la Provincias Unidad for donations towards the cause of liberty (Gazeta Ministerial del Gobierno de Buenos Ayres, No 10, 12 de Agosto de 1812, p40). Notable throughout is the high quality of the calligraphy, and its experimental variations. On the last page, each of the final ten lines of the document is written and illuminated in a different style of calligraphy, including one line in mirror writing. A highly important social document of the period, and a most exquisitely presented visual record. The vital importance to the economy and predominant position of the cattle industry to Argentina is reflected in the guild of cattle breeders and farmers being admitted by 1797 to the Consulado, the Chamber of Commerce (founded 1794), which stipulated customs revenues. John Lynch, 'Spanish Colonial adminsitration, 1782-1810. The Intendant System in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata', University of London, Athlone Press, 1958.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1632993231363

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Thick 8vo. xxiv + 544pp. With 41 illustrations, maps, charts, and plans of towns, as listed, several folding, inc large folding map of England & Wales. 10 engraved views of notable buildings & sights, plus vignette engraving on title. Contemporary green cloth, gilt medallion on front cover, decorative gilt spine with title. Black s guides were first published in 1839 competing with Baedeker. They became v popular through the 19th century expanding in size & countries covered. The present edition offers extensive information on travel, history, distance, local sites, legend. The maps are well preserved, last folding map has small edge tear repaired. In very good condition for a guide that has been used, v slight wear at interior endpapers.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1632218355926

No Binding. Etat : Fine. Gunst, Pieter van der (1659-1732) Engraved portrait of Frederick I King of Bohemia (1619-20) after Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722). Overall size 355x123mm; plate impression 318x182mm. Fine circular portait based on a painting by Michiel van Mierevelt in 1632, engraved by Willem Jacobsz Delff. Frederick V. Elector Palatine, known as the 'Winter King' for his short rule as king of Bohemia at Prague 1619-20, married Elizabeth Stuart, sister of Charles I; Frederick created the magnificent Italian gardens and labyrinth at his residence of Heidelberg Castle laid out by the French archtect Salomon de Caus 1613=19.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1631024752137

No Binding. Etat : Good. The garden village was built for workers in Rotterdam's dry docks. Work began in 1916 sponsored by the banker K.P.van der Mandele. H.P. Berlage (1856-1934) was commissioned to draw up the plan. The original waterways were to be preserved, & some of the street angles. Largely executed by M.J. Granpré Molière (1883-1972) and his pupils, the town was the Netherlands' first garden city or 'garden estate'. Vreewijk was on the edge of Rotterdam, and when Granpré Molière drew up his expansion plan for the city, Vreewijk was effortlessly integrated into its pattern of radial streets and concentric zones (Hans van Dijk, 'Twentieth-century architecture in the Netherlands', Rotterdam: 1998). With neat pen inscription in lower right corner by the Argentine town planner, Carlos della Paolera (1890-1960) 'Ciudad-Jardin Tuindorf Vreewijk Dreef en Leede - Rotterdam Julio de 1924'. A little worn, small surface tear at right edge.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1614077063720

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Bayardi, Ottavio Antonio. Catalogo degli antichi monumenti dis- sotterrati dalla discoperta cittá di Ercolano per ordine della Maestá di Carlo Re delle due Sicilie. Naples, Royal Press, 1755. Large folio. Half title + title + xxii + 447 + [1 blank]p. Title with large allegorical engraved vignette incorporating royal arms by P. Ant. Piaggio after Camillo Paderni, preface with large engraved head and tail piece and 1 large engraved initial. Contemporary bords backed in antiqued calf. The first attempt at listing the archaeological remains of Herculaneum, discovered by accident in 1750 on digging a well- shaft. The learned prelate and royal councillor Bayardi (1695-1764) was commissioned by an excited King Carlo III of Naples to carry out the monumental task of examining all buildings, monuments, artifacts and inscriptions excavated at Herculaneum and Pompei. The Catalogue, luxuriously published on thick paper as a first volume, was never completed. It provides a pre- liminary listing of all artifacts found to date, and precedes the Antichita di Ercolano published 1757-1792 in 8 volumes under the auspices of the Herculean Accademy also founded in 1755. In the end, Bayardi only edited the first 3 volumes of the An- tichita, as he was dismissed by his impatient king for making slow progress. Light waterstain in inner blank tail margin of first quire, some light foxing, but generally a good copy. Berlin Katalog 3947; Blackmer 97; Cicognara 2645.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1600017482878

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8vo. 255 + (1)pp. 36 engraved illustrations in text. Publisher's cloth binding, title on cover & spine, spine a little worn. Patrick Abercrombie (1879-1957), prominent architect and urban planner between the wars & after. The present work is a vademecum of historical planning, inc countryside preservation with contemporary examples in the changing world. Volume in the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge CLXIII. Light foxing at end papers, a good copy.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1599562626511

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Tratado de Artilleria Theoretica y Práctica, en donde se da entera noticia, y conocimiento de todas las piezas antiguas, y juntamente de las modernas de la Nueva Ordenanza del año de 1716. Segun el methodo, que se enseña en el Real Seminario de San Telmo, extramuros de la ciudad de Sevilla. [Seville] 1733. 12mo. [12] leaves + 224 pages; 8 engraved folding plates. Diagrams in text. Contemporary limp vellum with calligraphic title Artíllería on spine. Rare Spanish artillery handbook compiled to match the latest Bourbon reforms set out by Royal Decree of 1716. The manual dealing with the problems of casting guns in iron and bronze in Spain is arranged in the form of questions and answers in 15 chapters respectively treating: The definition of Royal Ordinance of 1716, 10 geometrical problems in making and use of pieces of artillery, instruments of artillery, parts & metals, the metal moulds & calibres of cannon, cylindrical cannon supports for carriages, ballistics, cartridges & ammunition, the matching of gun powder, gun carriages, shot & ranges, calibre training, mortars & bombs, bullet count in pyramid levels and artillery games.The author was a priest and lecturer in mathematics at the Royal Seminary of San Telmo outside Seville which was founded in 1681. The preliminaries contain a dedication to St Barbara, patron saint of artillery, approbation & licence by the Inquisition, a sonnet in honour of the author, a preface to the reader, a chapter index and an errata leaf. The Royal Artillery Factory at Seville was established in the 16th century; in 1720 a new foundry was built for the casting of cannon and other military hardware. Minor traces of wear, otherwise in excellent condition preserved in the original binding.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1593605864771

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8vo. vi + 154pp. With 6 colour plates, & some 67 engravings in text. Publisher s decorative gilt cloth, gilt titles on cover and spine, edges gilt, slight wear to edges. Attractive new edition of this work, first published 1870 dedicated to the author s wife, Preston Rectory, 1870. Twelve walks are described, ostensibly for children, though include scientific, botanical, historical and literary details and reference throughout. William Houghton (1828 1895) an English naturalist and clergyman, was rector of Preston on the Weald Moors in Shropshire. Considered a serious naturalist, he became a Fellow of the Linnaean Society. Generally in good condition, one or two marginal foxing marks, a central quire little loose.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1590490777113

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte. Exposición de Códices Miniados Españoles. Catálogo por J.Dominguez Bordona. Madrid MCMXXIX ( Barcelona, Casa Miguel-Rius 28 June 1929). 4to. iv + 257 + [5]p. Including half-title, title in red & black, 85 fullpage plates in sepia, 8 fullpage coloured plates, index of manuscripts reproduced, index of the 82 textual illustrations in sepia, alphabetical index & general chapter index; coloured historiated initials. Brown publisher's cloth decorated in blind with Mudejar design. gilt; top edges gilt, edges untrimmed. Catalogue raisonné of the first exhibition of illuminated Spanish manuscripts ever compiled, superbly produced on laid paper. The magnificent exhibits ranging from the early mediaeval period to the 17th century are reproduced in 85 fullpage plates, 8 coloured plates with guard sbeets with letter press, 82 textual illustrations. Including descriptions of 23 executorias & heraldic manuscripts on pp212-213, 216, 217, 224, 225, 227. No 101 of an edition limited to 1200 copies. In verg good condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1590146093592

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Sm 4to. 281 + (1)pp, with over one hundred illustrations by the author , most black & white, several full-page, 4 in colour. Publisher s cloth, decorative title on cover & spine, picture of sailing ship pasted on front cover, very faint foxing at half title. Stanley Rogers (1887-1961), marine author and illustrator. The book, in 25 short chapters, is written as a 'seaman's manual, a sea history, and a nautical dictionary all in one'. Dedication to S. Halford Roberts.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1587213088421

No Binding. Etat : Very Good. Alfieri, Vittorio, conte (1749-1803) - Grevédon, Henri (1776-1860), lithographer. ALFIERI . Bust profile portrait dated 1826, printed and published by the lithographer Charles Motte (1785-1836). [Paris] 1826 . Overall size 517 x 355mm.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1580745672556

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8vo. (40)pp unnumbered. 18 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Kunstantalt, Zürich, Frey & Conrad. Publisher's decorative cloth, coloured floral motif & gold title on cover. attractive pocket guide to the flora of the Swiss and Savoy mountains. Several numbered illustrations on each plate, corresponding to numbered description in text. 2-page index at end. Ownership note at front 'K Gorringe, Branksome Dene Rd, Bournemouth', in pencil pasted inside front cover. At back cover, bibliographical note in German. Text pages, evenly a little browned. Charming volume detailing the various flowers seen by tourists in the Swiss and Savoy Mountains. Fourth edition. No date but c. 1896. With excellent colour illustrations and notes on the flowers. Flexible blue cloth covers. With text in German, French and English. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Occasional underlining and margin dates next to english translation. Pages tanned (though this may be the paper used). Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1579791206128

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Albergati Capacelli, Francesco, marchese. Opere. Vols i-iii, vi, ix-xii. Venice, Carlo Parese, 1783-1784. 8 volumes in small 4to. [6]f including author's oval frontispiece portrait & his 'poetical portrait' both engraved by Giuseppe Patrini (1711-86) + 320p; 354 + [2]p; 340p; 297 + [1 blank]p; 320p; 317 [1 blank]p; 346 + [2 blank]p; 346 + [2 blank]p. Contemporary rust-coloured block-printed paper boards, edges untrimmed, some uncut. First edition of 8 volumes of the works including 16 comedies, 4 tragedies and 12 moral tales for children by the moralist playwright Francisco Albergati (1728-1804), Bolognese noble and senator, best known for his comedies who had a passion for the theatre. Vols ix & x contain Lettere Capricciose , his correspondence with the Ferrarese poet & essayist Francesco Zacchiroli (1750-1826). Vol xi comprises the author s award speeches to art students at the Clementine Accademy delivered at the Institute of Sciences at Bologna and at the Venice Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture. Albergati playfully offers an oval shaped engraved 'poetical portrait' , a short autobiography at the age of 54 (f.2). The comedies include : Prejudizi del falso onore, Il matrimomio improviso, La Paura, Il Sonnambulo, Il prigioniero, La Tarantola, Il Conte di Commingio, Emilia, L'Ospite Infedele, La Calzolaja, Amor non puo celarsi, La Vedova innamorate, Il Ciarlator maldicente, L'Uomo di Garbo, Il Gazzettiere & La Vendetta virtuosa. Each volume has an introductory preface by the author. Inside covers foxed, otherwise attractive volumes in fresh original condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1572724650003

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Martinelli, Vincenzio. Istoria critica della vita civile. London, George Woodfall, 1752. 4to. 12 + 311 + [1 blank] p. Woodcut floral vignette on title page. 2 blank leaves bound in at beginng and end; marbled endpapers. Contemporary red morocco, gilt, ornamental gilt border to sides, raised spine richly gilt with giltstamped green title label, inner gilt dentelles, edges gilt, traces of usage on covers. First edition of 19 critical essays on civil society as part of the 18th century reformist debate including the education of women, marriage, the duties of family life, the theatre, industry, the liberal arts and science, laws and state craft, poverty and liberty. Vincenzio Martinelli (1702-1785), a Tuscan from Montecatini with a degree in civil and canon law from Pisa University, met English noblemen in Florence, and came to England in 1748 to teach Italian. He had already written this work during his stay at the Bourbon Court at Naples. It was the first of three books to be published in England and it made his reputation as a man of letters. An impressive six-page list of 114 subscribers includes Charles Viscount Townshend (Commissioner of Trade & Plantations who ordered 10 sets), the poets Mark Akenside and Moses Mendez , Voltaire s friend, Everard Fawkener, the Earl of Chesterfield, the diplomat Horace Mann with whom the author corresponded, the art collector Horace Walpole, the traveller Edward Wortley Montague and the Anglo-Venetian authoress Giustiniana Wynne A handsome presentation copy with wide margins bound in contemporary red morocco; some light toning in places (29.4 x 24cm). Cf: E. H. Thorne, "Vincenzo Martinelli in England: 1748 - 1744," Italian Studies (1956).

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1571950507055

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Japanese horsemanship. Emakimono manuscript paper scroll with 17 large multi-coloured drawings (up to 30cm in height) illustrating the art of riding, handling and training horses. Dated on stylistic grounds to mid or late Edo Period [Japan,18th or early 19th century]. Manuscript size : 37.5 x 752cm (overall size : 43 x 828cm). Final section of gilded scroll with decorative pattern on reverse, edges worn; remains of original title strip pasted on the outside. Preserved in Paulowna wood box with protective sliding carton. A striking series of well drawn large coloured images of horses and grooms in various stages of training. Manuscript on paper neatly mounted in 29 segments on later gilded textured paper forming a scroll. The drawings are coloured in white, blue, red, grey, light brown, green, beige and black; 11 figures contain neat calligraphic instructions by the draughtsman for completing the colouring of some the grooms' dresses which remain unfinished. The horses are shown in different exercise positions always controlled by their grooms with bits and bridles : four horses are standing with the groom dismounted, the others are all of mounted grooms riding without saddles, two riders are trotting, three are gallopping, seven are shown humorously as they attempt to restrain their horses who are valiantly struggling to throw them off in turbulant movements. An image represents a groom running, presumably after losing his horse. Twelve horsemen wear Hikitate-Eboshi, black tall cylindrical rounded hats worn by the warrior class or court officials, suggesting a higher social rank, five are donning small peaked black caps, presumably stable boys. Indigenous horsemanship - bajutsu or military equestrianism- became very popular in Japan with the rise of the military class during the Edo period (1615-1868), when twenty different schools gradually developed. Horse- riding remained an elite art restricted to nobles and high-ranking samurai because of the relative scarcity of horses in Japan at the time. The manuscript is in remarkably good condition; only isolated traces of light soiling in 5 segments; neat repairs to segment 23 and 29 not affecting images; an abrasure in blank margin of first segment.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1571568181665