Search Results: Titles starting with S from Adam Weinberger Books

SERLIO, SEBASTIAN Tutte l'opere d'architettura [Books I-V]. Venetia: Francesco de Franceschi,. 1584. 4to., (24ff) +219 ff incl. 5 individual titles; G2 detached from text block and laid in, lacking one text leaf G3; book 6 with signs a + b transposed but present. Extensively illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Contemporary vellum; internally some toning affecting some signatures, some light upper marginal dampstaining to first signatures, t.p. somewhat toned and spotted with crease. Generally, an attractive copy of the second quarto edition of the first five books of Serlio. Considered an important edition, it is the first to bring together these seven books of architecture by Sebastiano Serlio in Italian. The first two books are respectively devoted to geometry relative to architecture and perspective. Book III deals with antiquities, book IV on the history of architecture and book V on churches. Book VI was never printed out is appended here as an Extraordinary Book (Libro… Read More

[SOCIALISM] [KARL MARX] Bellers, John. Proposals for Raising a Colledge of Industry of All Useful Trades and husbandry, with Profit for the Rich, a Plentiful Living for the Poor, and a Good Education for Youth. Which Will Be Advantage to the Government, by the Increaseof the People, and Their Riches,. T. Sowle, 1696. Small 4to., 2 p. l., 28 p. second edition (albeit the first edition appearsunobtainable in commerce, and the second is decidedly rare) Libary cloth, some browning, spine faded, Ref: Wing B1830; Goldsmiths 3369; Kress 1932.The name of John Bellers would merit little more than a footnote in the history of education and economics were it not for Karl Marx who otherwise spoke of the "bourgeois economists" with contempt, but called this Quaker socialist "a real phenomenon in Political economy.' In fact, Marx mentions Bellers and his writings ten timesin the text or notes of Das Kapital and Bellers is now considered the nfirst educator in the Marxist tradition.John Bellars was… Read More

NOTE: IF YOU MISSED THE PHYSICAL NY FAIR and want to see our joint catalog (of course a lot sold but still great books there). https://www.adamweinbergerrarebooks.com/images/upload/nyfair.pdfAdam Smith An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Hartford, Conn. Printed for O.D. Cooke, 1811."From the eleventh London edition". 2 volumes. 8 vo. 22.5 x 13 cm.m, ([5], vi-xxviii, [1], 2-356; [3], iv-vi, [3], 2-424, pages) ; 24 cm; Three quarter calf, crudely rebacked, one volume with some losses to spine. some browning throughout. In later homemade dustj-ackets. A Rare American edition. Provenance: Signatures of : John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War.

LE CLERC, DANIEL. 1652-1728; and JEAN JACQUES MANGET. 1652-1742. Bibliotheca anatomica; sive, recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus.... Geneva: Jean-Antoine Chouet, 1685. 2 volumes. FOLIO, First edition, 340 x 220 mm.. Engraved title vignettes, engraved frontispiece in Volume I, 87 engraved plates. Marbledpaper over boards, some wear and losses; internally text leaves 845-848 present but detached form textblock and thumbed and possibly supplied; some usual toning, light foxing, some thumbing, but generally an acceptable copy of a very visually interesting work that advanced medical science thoughts its broad accessibility. FIRST EDITION.Perhaps the single greatest compendium of 17th century medical knowledge. The intent of the of Bibliotheca anatomica was to compile the most important treatises relating to anatomy published since the mid-sixteenth century. It succeeds in reprinting the works of Harvey, Lower, Malpighi, Swammerdam, Vieussens, and Willis, among others and… Read More

Manuscript. 17th century, 1663-1695Spanish church register of the village of Montánchez is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. Written in several hands on paper. Folio ( 29 x 22 cm) approx. 135 leaves. Characteristic limp vellum binding. Damage to top cover. First leaves wormed, else good.