Direzioni A' Giovani Studenti nel Disegno dell' Architettura Civile, Nell' Accademia Clementina dell' Instituto delle Scienze . Divise in cinque parti Tomo Primo . by GALLI BIBIENA, Ferdinando - 1731

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Bologna : Forni (Della volpe), 1995 (1731). Ristampa anastatica dell'E.O. di Bologna, Lelio della Volpe, 1731. Titolo completo: Direzioni a' giovani studenti nel disegno dell'architettura civile, nell'Accademia Clementina dell'Instituto delle scienze, unite da Ferdinando Galli Bibiena. Cittadino Bolognese, Accademico Clementino,Architetto primario, e Pittore di Camera, e feste Teatrali di S.M. Ces., e cat. Divise in cinque parti. Tomo primo. Con nuova aggiunta dedicata dall'autore a S. Cattarina De Vigri da Bologna Protettrice della suddetta Accademia. . Due volumi (10x18 cm) di (14)-168pp con 68 tavole e 159pp e 56 tavole, anche ripiegate. Legatura in cartonato con titolo al dorso. Ottime condizioni. Edizione per l'Accademia Galli Bibiena, Centro studi di scenografia; Coordinamento città biblioteche.

Bologna: Nella Stamperia di Lelio Della Volpe, , 1777. Molto buono (Very Good). Tomo primo con nuova aggiunta. Dedicate dall'Autore a S. Cattarina de Vigri da Bologna Protettrice della suddetta Accademia. Con 73 tavole incise in rame. 16mo. pp. 12 - 143 - 1 - tavole. Molto buono (Very Good). Quarta edizione (4th Edition).

Bologna, Nella Stamperia de Lelio dalla Volpe, 1764. Hardcover. A nice copy in vellum. Volume one contains 75 plates, which (as usual) appear in the sequence 1-59, 70-75, 60-69. Volume two contains 58 plates, many of them folding, numbered 1-56, plus 13A and two different plates numbered 44. All plates in both volumes are in very good condition. Both volumes are bound in vellum of the period, with no lettering. Both volumes have a stain (adhesive) on the inside of the front cover, and volume one has a small stain on the edge of the title page and the preceding blank. The vellum on volume two has small splits at the top and bottom of the exterior of the hinges (which are firm). Otherwise both volumes are very clean, crisp and undamaged, with virtually no foxing. . 143p. (vol. 1); 144p. (vol. 2) Illus. Folding plates.

[12], 168, [1], [1 blank]; 159, [1] pp.Second edition of the first part and first edition of the second part of a very popular textbook for students of painting and architecture, by the Italian painter, architect and stage designer Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (1657-1743), teacher at the Accademia Clementina at Bologna. The first part, devoted to architecture, is divided into five parts covering practical geometry, the architectural orders according to Vitruvius, Serlio and Palladio, the architecture of Galli Bibiena himself, and the division of architecture according to Vignola. The engraved plates depict geometric figures, columns, capitals, friezes, facades, arches and more, each plate accompanied by some pages of explanatory text. The second volume teaches drawing and planning in perspective, discussing perspective projections of geometrical bodies, perspective for theatrical scenes, perspective of lights and shadows, and finally also teaching mechanics for the lifting and moving of objects for use in… Read More

A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.
Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More

Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.

A 1st ed. good hardcover (cloth-bound), soiling of cloth & signs of age as in image, with stamp fr. end p. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg* spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1942 Gau Westmark". "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen. Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte nach den Erfolgen der letzten zwei Sammlungen ein… Read More

Buff House wrap, good clean volume.

1905. Good +. Signed 3-page typescript of a agreement of sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker. The American Baptist Publication Society sold to John Wanamaker the Crozier Building at 1420 and 1422 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, for $900,000. The Crozier Building was designed by Frank Miles Day & Brother and was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1980. American merchant John Wanamaker (1838-1922) had made $1.5 million in profits and interest from his stores in Philadelphia and New York in 1904, suggesting that his acquisition of the Crozier Building was an investment. The Crozier Building has continued to function as a successful office building to this day. In Good+ Condition: chipping at edges; loss of lower corner of first page, with minor loss of text; separating along some of the 2 horizontal creases in each page; signatures are clean and intact.

This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.

1902. Dactylographié. Bon. Cuir. 21 x 13,5 cm (R), deux tapuscrits à l'encre bleue réunis en un volume : 1) Extraits de "Maître de sa joie", Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1902, 2 ff. n. ch. - 39 pp. - 1 f. n. ch. ; 2) "Façons d'exprimer", Paris, Maison des Poètes, sd [1900] (publié par Hélo), 1 f. n. ch. - 47 pp., reliure de demi-basane verte, nom de l'auteur en long au dos. Curieux tapuscrit fait sur un papier de fabrication américaine (le "Cosmos Bond", produit par R. P. Andrews Paper Co. dans la première moitié du XXe siècle). On trouve à la fin du tapuscrit de "Maïtre de sa joie" une bibliographie des oeuvres de Dolent qui comporte de légères variantes par rapport à l'édition Lemerre et indique comme "à paraître" : "Maître de sa joie", "Les Matins" et "Les Parades de Jean… Read More

Naples, 1950. Livre. Bon. Couverture rigide. Signé par l'auteur. Ed. originale. Napoli [Naples], Istituto universitario di magistero "Suor Orsola Benincasa", 1949-1950. 28 x 23 cm, tapuscrit ronéotypé de 3 ff. n. ch. + 262 pp. (i.e. 262 ff.) + 1 f. n. ch., reliure à la Bradel en demi-toile verte, premier plat doré, dos muet. Rare mémoire de maîtrise (tesi di laurea) présenté sous la direction de Vittorio Bertoldi. Centré sur les "Scènes de la vie de Bohème" de l'écrivain Henri Murger, celui-ci analyse, depuis François Villon, la tradition sociale et littéraire de la bohème et celle du quartier latin auquel cette bohème est attachée. Bel ENVOI de l'auteur au peintre Lionello Balestrieri, dont une lettre à l'auteur sur le sujet de la bohème est par ailleurs reproduite en annexe. Coiffe de tête accidentée, sinon bel… Read More

1873. Near Fine. 5 handwritten letters to William Ward, 1873-1879, regarding the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad, which existed from 1872 to 1885; it was succeeded by the Philadelphia Midland Railroad. William Ward was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad and in 1874 was the president and treasurer pro tem. Letters #1 and #2 (Sept. 5 and Dec. 5, 1873) are from Jos. H. McKeehan, an attorney in Philadelphia, who is writing about deliquent subscribers to the railroad. Letter #3 (Dec. 18, 1873) is from the Village Record, a newspaper in West Chester, Pa., with a copy of the advertisement that ran in the paper listing the dates that instalments from railroad subscribers were due in 1872. Letter #4 (Nov. 26, 1875) is from John Smith of Ridley Park, about a plan to petition to vacate a street and public ground adjoining Mr. Bartol's purchase. Letter #5 (Sept. 8, 1879) from the superintendant of the Government Paper Mill in Dalton, Mass., complaining about the… Read More

1963. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-8 Etroit. Sl, sn, 1963. (imp. Hérissey, Evreux) 21,5 x 13,5 cm, 21 pp. - 1 f., plaquette agrafée, couverture blanche imprimée. Très rare pétition, datée du 14 avril 1963 et lancée par un groupe de pasteurs et de prêtres (premiers signataires : Francis Bosc, Georges Casalis, Jacques Lochard, Etienne Mathiot, Jean-Paul Meyer, Louis Simon, Jacques Walter, M. D. Chenu, Pierre Dabosville, Yvan Daniel, Robert Davezies, André Depierre, Marie-Jean Mossand, Louis Rétif) demandant la l'amnistie des Français emprisonnés pour leur solidarité avec la lutte pour l'indépendance algérienne, parmi lesquels "cinq jeunes hommes et femmes [leur] sont particulièrement proches : Gérard Meier, Jean-Claude Paupert, Jean-Jacques et Nicole Brochier, Claudie Duhamel". Exemplaire de l'un des cinq condamnés :… Read More