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Kolombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka), 1821. 8vo. Original blank blue wrappers. Some brownspotting (due to the paper quality). (2),16 pp. First (and only) edition of the first Singalese grammar in a Western language, Rask's highly importent work, in which he "identified Sinhalese as a speech belonging to the same class as Sanskrit and added that Tamil belonged to quite a different class. Since then the subject has been studied and discusses by various scholars, and it is established beyond doubt that Sinhalese is an Indo-Aryan language."Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM, Rask is identified as "one of the founders of the modern science of language." (PMM 266).

Paris, Baudouin, An 6 (1798). 8vo. Nice cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt back. Light wear to lower part of back and a small hole in leather at lower hinge. Red leather titlelabel. XVI,710 pp. and 14 engraved plates with many figs. A large clean copy. First edition of Cuvier's first work on comparative zoology, in which he showed the affinities in structure between present forms of animals, researches which resulted in comparison with older forms and thereby for other theorists suggested evolutionary lines and links. Cuvier is considered as the founder of modern palaeontology by this and his later published work "Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles..."Cuvier's first separate work, "Tableau..." (1798), is based on a course of lectures he had delivered at l'Ecole du Pantheon. It was the first general statement of his natural classification of the animal kingdom...He establishd the four great classes (vertebrates, molluscs, articulates, and radiates) and classified the animals according to the anatomical structure." (Milestone of Science No. 44). - Wood p. 307.

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Orig. Red-brown full cloth w. gilt ornamented title to front board and back. Capitals worn, bdg. w. some soiling. Internally occational brownspotting. W. the frontispiece-portrait of Whittier and woodcut title-vignette. Old owner's name on front free end-paper ("Minne Brockett/ 1866/ New Haven"). First edition, first issue w. the page number at the foot of page 52 (dropped in the second issue). Whittier's most famous book and a main work of 19th century American litterature. John Greenlef Whittier (1807-1892) was a highly estimeted Quaker poet, in the honour of whom several New England states had holidays, and after whom the State Whittier, California is named. He was a forceful antislavery crusader, who fought hard for the abolition of slavery in America, and he was immensely popular in his lifetime. The first issue is quite scarce. "No poem has ever been read aloud with greater appreciation around the fireplace than this simple sincere photographic depiction of a country New England family and New England household life of the first half of the nineteenth century. Few lines have afforded more solace in time than the passage on p. 21 beginning: "Alas for him who never sees/ The stars shine through his cypress trees!". (One Hundred Influential American Books Printed before 1900 No. 73).

Ldn., 1810. 4to. Samtidig helpergamentbind med tittelfelter i blått og rødt skinn. Enkel gulldekor på ryggene. xxxix, 224 ; xxiv, 428, (2) s. Med 13 håndkolorerte akvatintplansjer.4to. Contemporary full vellum, titles in blue and red. Spines simly gilt. xxxix, 224 ; xxiv, 428, (2) pp. With 13 handcoloured aquatints. (Printed for Wilkie and Robinson ; and George Robinson.) Norsk. Abbey 247. Bring 268.Rift i en side. Noe brunplettet.Louis de Boisgelin (1758-1816), fransk historiker. Han reiste i Nord-Europa i årene 1790-92. Rojalist, og returnerte ikke til Frankrike før i 1814.Tear in one page. Some browning.Louis de Boisgelin (1758-1816), French historian. He travelled in the northern part of Europe between 1790-92. Being a royalist he did not return to France before 1814.

Lillehammer 1994. Stor 8vo. 115 (+5 blanke) s. Rikt illustrert. Originalt mørkeraudt kunstskinnbind med gullfargerygg. Pen Dedikasjjon: ""Kjære ... Et lite bidrag til ""mine samlede verker"

København, 1892. Originalt omslag, i kasett. 1. opplag. Rent og friskt eksemplar. Ryggen litt mørk. Et utmerket eksemplar. (P. G. Philipsens Forlag) 516 s. . Kasetten laget av A. Masui, Belgia

Olja på träpannå. Signerad i bläck a tergo: "A. Lundequist pinx.", samt med ytterligare ett par noteringar, dels namnet "g: Düben", dels en som är svårtydd. Antydan till spricka. Odaterad, men troligen utförd 1821. 30,5 × 27,5 cm. Inramad. Litteratur: Om konstnärens levnadsöde, se Harald Schiller, "En drottnings protegé - och hans öde", Gode herrar och svenske män (1933), s. 229-304. Anders Lundquists märkliga och ganska svåra levnadsöde har tecknats med sympati av Harald Schiller utifrån 27 efterlämnade dagböcker och anteckningar i Kungl. biblioteket, skänkta av Mandelgren 1893. - - - Född 1803 i Örebro som son till en torpare och tidigt föräldralös kom Lundquist omkring 1810 till Stockholm på initiativ av drottning Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta som upptäckt gossen 1810 i samband med riksdagen i Örebro. Under lång tid åtnjöt han sedan kungligt beskydd - först av drottningen och efter hennes död 1818 av kronprins Oskar - det enda i hans berättelse som är grundligt otypiskt. Han inhystes som fosterson hos drottningens löpare Johan Norberg och fick till exempel tillbringa sommaren 1811 på Drottningholm. Senare bodde han en tid i Operahuset, där hans fostermor skötte städningen av de förnämsta logerna, medan den 8-årige Lundquist bekantade sig med såväl repertoar som publik. Vad skolgången beträffar undervisades han mestadels av framstående lärare och läste bl.a. franska för den ansedde Louis Paban, som flytt franska revolutionen, hamnat i Sverige av en slump och fått anställning vid Bernadottes hov. - - - Förhållandena i fosterhemmet var däremot brutala och fattiga, och någon möjlighet att koncentrera sig på studier fanns inte. Det var egentligen konsten som lockade Anders Lundquist, och tack vare drottningen fick han börja teckna för porträtt- och historiemålaren Westin. Kort senare (1816) blev han elev på Konstakademien där han belönades redan för sina första försök och började måla i olja, först kopior av äldre mästare och därefter mer självständiga kompositioner från omkring 1820. - - - Anders Lundquist ansågs mycket löftesrik men hans bana blev ändå inte den han hoppats. Han kunde aldrig försörja sig på sitt måleri i tidens kalla konstklimat och övergick i stället till att utföra litografier och grafiska tillfällestryck, när han inte kolorerade andras blad, lånade ihop till brödfödan eller pantsatte sina ägodelar. Bilden av Lundquists liv får en märklig kontrast av just den omständigheten att han å ena sidan svalt, förde ett olyckligt, rumlande och karaktärslöst leverne samt satte 11 barn till välden som han inte kunde försörja, och å andra sidan hade tillträde till hovet, undervisade Oskar I:s barn i teckning (1836-48), dekorerade den blivande drottning Lovisas våning på slottet (1849) och under flera år skötte en egen målarskola. Harald Schiller ger trots allt bilden av en man som kämpade mycket hårt för att lägga sitt livs pussel, men som hade att kämpa både mot sin egen svaga karaktär - Schiller kallar honom en lekboll för sitt hjärtas ingivelser - och många andra svårigheter. - - - Naturligt nog är Lundquists målningar mycket sällsynta. Denna suggestiva bild skiljer sig stort från de torra historiemålningar i tidens anda som han bl. a. visade på Konstakademiens utställningar, och som inte sällan belönades. Den mest kända av dessa föreställer Karl XII:s död, gjorde honom 1834 till agré av Konstakademien, möjligen med stöd av kronprins Oskar, och finns idag på Gripsholm. - - - Att Lundquist tolkat just Endymion-motivet är inte överraskande. Det är utan tvekan den berömda Endymionstatyn på Stockholms slott som inspirerat honom till denna målning, som torde ha tillkommit 1821, då den 18-årige Lundquist för att få arbetsro erhållit tillstånd att arbeta i slottsmuseet av hovmålaren J. G. Brusell, sedan 1816 kammarförvaltare eller 'garde des tableaux'. I museet utgjorde Endymionstatyn paradnumret i Gustav III:s samling av antika skulpturer. I grekisk mytologi var Endymion en vacker yngling som sov en evig sömn på ett berg, där mångudinnan Selene - i senare tradition Artemis / Diana - upptäckte och förälskade sig i honom. Tillsammans fick de femtio döttrar som rådde över varsin av månens lika många faser. Lundquist varierar detta motiv och tänker sig på typiskt romantiskt manér att det är själva skulpturen i antikmuseet som får liv. Bädden erinrar om statyns bas och miljön är ett valv inomhus, med mångudinnan som strålar in genom ett fönstervalv. Otypiskt låter Lundquist Endymion vara vaken, en ovanlig med inte helt okänd version av motivet. Det är känt att antiksamlingen på slottet förevisades med fackelljus spelande över skulpturerna redan 1787, och senare även under Lars Jacob von Rööks tid som föreståndare. Om Lundquist fått uppleva något liknande är det inte förvånande om Endymion satt den unge konstnärens fantasi i rörelse. - - - Skulpturen av Endymion hade ganska nyligen grävts fram i Rom när Gustav III förvärvade den 1785. Den blev i Sverige ett omtyckt motiv och en vanlig teckningsuppgift för Konstakademiens elever. På akademiens utställningar förekommer motivet i någon form hos flera konstnärer (tidigast Åkerström 1794) och 'Diana och Endymion' var även ett av prisämnena 1808. Det lockade åtminstone tre deltagare: Byström, Sandberg och Westin. Motivet har i svensk bildkonst även behandlats av Louis Masreliez, vars laveringar av Endymion bevarats i Nationalmuseum. - - - Motivet upplevde dock överhuvudtaget en glansperiod under denna tid och Lundquists inspiration kan ha förstärkts från många håll. Vi behöver bara erinra oss två enastående, klassiska Endymiondikter från samma tid, den av Keats från 1818 ('A thing of beauty is a joy for ever') och den av Stagnelius, som tillkom omkring 1821-23 och därmed är nästan exakt samtidig med Lundquists målning: "Skön, med lågande hy och slutna ögon / Slumrar herden så ljuvt i månans strålar [...] / När han vaknar en gång, vad ryslig tomhet / Skall hans lågande själ ej kring sig finna! / Blott i drömmar Olympen / Stiger till dödliga ned."

New York; The New American Library, 1968. First edition, stated first printing. 21,5x14,5 cm. (6, 2 blanks), 53, (1, 2 blanks) pp. Recently bound by Hannah Morrissey, Stockholm, in red and black marbled boards with silver lettering on spine, and red top edge. Wrappers are not preserved. A very fine copy of the author's first book, written under the influence of Sylvia Plath. Contains, for instance, the poems ""The Egg"", ""Early December in Croton-on-Hudson"", and ""Cottonmouth Country"". Inscribed: ""For Marsha with best wishes / Louise Glück"".

Stockholm, Victor Swanström boktr., 1910. (4) s. Klammerhäftad och insatt i ett något nött styvt grönt omslag med handskriven titel och Gustaf Drakes namnteckning. Gott skick. Zetterlund I:121. Tryckt på Lessebo bikupan-papper i 30 numrerade exemplar, varav detta är nummer 17. Drömmen om en egen teater, där han kunde sätta upp sina pjäser och göra verklighet av sina dramatiska visioner följde Strindberg under större delen av hans verksamma liv. Efter misslyckandet med Forsøgsteatret i Köpenhamn på 80-talet dök planerna upp igen i såväl Berlin som Paris. 1906 hade tiden blivit mogen. Hans dramatik hade börjat röna framgångar ute i Europa, och hemma i Sverige hade den unga regissören och skådespelaren August Falck vågat sätta upp ”Fröken Julie”. Uppsättningen blev en succé och Strindberg kontaktade Falck för att diskutera sina planer på en mindre teater i Stockholm efter kontinental förebild. Resultatet, Intima teatern, öppnade vid Norra bantorget året därpå med Falck som direktör. Falck berättar om premiären i sin bok ”Fem år med Strindberg”: ”Föreställningen öppnades med en Strindbergsprolog, [...]. Jag hade fått lov om att få manuskriptet dagen innan, men jag fick istället en biljett: ’Br. F. / Sofvit illa! Kunde ej gå ut! / Inställ prologen. / Jag kommer på generalrep! / Aug. Sg.’. Strindberg hade också vid ett tillfälle varit av den åsikten att premiären måste misslyckas, eftersom vi spelade Pelikanen. Han hade själv varit med om att välja stycket men ångrat sig, dock för sent för att någonting skulle kunna ändras. Först en stund innan ridån gick upp, kom prologen i min hand.”

Geneve, Barillot & Fils, 1749. Nouvelle edition. (3) + IV-XXIII + (1) + (1)-326 + errata leaf missing + (2) + (I)-XIV + (1)-398 p. 1 folding engraved map.Contemporary nice brown polished marbled calf, slightly worn, spot on upper cover, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spine in six compartments, all edges red. Av very few marginal annotations, minor foxing. Bookplate of Bibliotheca a Carolo Jedvarda Bonde collecta. The first edition was published in 1748. Provenance: The Bonde baronial family library at Ericsberg, Sweden.

Stockholm, J. A. Carlbohm, 1794-1800. Graverat titelblad + (8) + 46 + 538; (14) + 574 + (1) s. Stora planschdelen har 53 planscher. Lilla planschdelen har 38 utvikbara planscher. Andra textdelen saknar graverat titelblad. Textdelarna är häftade och oskurna med samtida gråpappersomslag förvarade i gröna kassetter med skinnrygg och skinnhörn. Den stora planschdelen är häftad och oskuren med samtida gråpappersomslag och förvarad i en kassett med brun skinnrygg och skinnhörn. Lilla planschdelen är skuret och häftad med samtida gråpappersomslag. De gröna kassetterna är 26 X 21 cm, den bruna stora kasseten är 48 X 64 cm. I stora planschdelen har plansch XIV liten fläck och plansch XVII är lite smutsad. De fyra sista planscherna i lilla planschdelen har fuktrand. Båda textdelarna har fin inlaga, endast smärre svaga åldersfläckar. Komplett i fyra volymer. Trevlig uppsättning. Flera bilder kan fås på begäran.

Strassburg, Bernardum Iobinum, 1574. 8:o. 14,+ (2, blanka),+ 98, 90-209 s. Fuktrand över titelsidan och genomgående svag fuktrand i nedre inre hörn, sista tre bladen delvis lösa. Möjligen samtida skinnrygg med upphöjda bind, senare pappärmar. Med J. G. Sparwenfelds namnteckning på titelbladet, daterad Köpenhamn (16)82. Ur Ericsbergs bibliotek. VD16 R216. Adams R143. Bibl. danica III, sp. 59. Zeeberg 168. Thesaurus 201 not. Carlander II, 176. Andra upplagan av Henrik Rantzaus viktiga redogörelse för det Ditmarskiska kriget 1559. Den första utkom i Basel 1570. Den finns även publicerad i 1575 och 1583 års utökade upplagor av Albert Krantz ”Rerum Germanicarum historici”. Förordet är undertecknat med Rantzaus pseudonym Christianus Cilicius Cimber. Henrik Rantzau (1526-98) var ståthållare över Slesvig-Holstein och bosatt på slottet Breitenburg. Hans skildring av kriget då fadern, Johan Rantzau, erövrade landskapet Ditmarsken, vilket kom att delas mellan Danmark och Holstein-Gottorp, är en viktig källa till kriget, och till hertigdömet Holsteins historia. Rantzau var mycket bildad och skrev även en historik över Fredrik II, ”Res gestæ Friderici II” (1589). Hans berömda bibliotek på Breitenburg skingrades efter att Wallensteins trupper plundrat slottet 1627. Orientalisten och lärdomsgiganten Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (1655-1727) reste 1677 ut på sin första resa och passerade på hemresan Köpenhamn, där han mellan 2 mars och 6 april köpte åtskilliga böcker, bl.a. kung Valdemars jordebok och troligen denna (se Jacobowsky s. 46ff). Under alla sina följande resor kom han att införskaffa mängder av böcker och handskrifter. Han donerade sedan många av sina böcker till olika bibliotek, t.ex. sällsynta böcker och manuskript på arabiska, persiska etc. till Uppsala.

Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente/ Moutarider/ Delain fils/ Marchant, Drevet Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1783-1805. 4to. (4),+ 702 pp.+ 21 engr. plates, of which 3 are folding,+ 2 folding printed tabs; viii,+ 683 pp.+ 28 engr. plates; (4),+ 685 pp.+ 20 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ 694 pp.+ 11 engr. plates, of which 1 folding,+ 1 printed tab.; (4),+ 747 pp.+ 31 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; (4),+ 735,+ (1) pp.+ 24 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ iv,+ 760 pp.+ 22 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ 8,+ 709,+ (1) pp.+ 40 engr. plates; (4),+ 608 pp.+ 18 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; engr. portrait,+ (4),+ xvi,+ 456, 465-472, 475-490, 193-499,+ (1) pp.+ 30 engr. plates, of which one folding,+ 1 printed fold. tab.; (4),+ LVI,+ 492 pp.+ 3 large fold. engr. tabs,+ 14 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; (4),+ 668 pp.+ 10 engr. plates, of which 1 folding,+ 1 folding printed tab. Together 272 engr. plates and an engr. portrait. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf, gilt rubbed spines with beige and green labels, red edges. 12 volumes, volume 7 with crack in front hinge. Part 10 lacks the gathering Kkk (p.457-464). Stafleu 2741a. Part one, two, four, six, eight and nine in re-issues, the rest in the first printing. Part 10, with the missing gathering, is in a printing from 1797 (Stafleau mentions only 1800). François Rozier published volume 1-8 and posthumously volume 9. He was killed in action in 1793. Part 10 was issued with an engraved portrait of Rozier and a biography by A. J. Dugour. Part 11 and 12 forms an appendix, part 11 with an introduction by A. Thouin. With several entries and plates on graps, pears, apples, mechanical tools for agricultural works, gardenings etc, etc. Jean-François Rozier (734-93) was a french botanist and agronomist, working a period together with J. J. Rousseau.

London, John Murray, 1846-56. 8vo. xxxii,+ 648 pp.+ large folding engr. hand-coloured map; xvi,+ 615,+ (3),+ 16 pp.+ large folding engr. hand-coloured map,+ folding lith. map. xii,+ 558 pp.+ 2 folding engr. maps; xv,+ (blank),+ 562,+ (2),+ 16; (2),+ xviii,+ 543 pp.+ folding lith. map,+ 3 lith. plates; xxi,+ (blank),+ 675 pp.+ 1 lith. plate; xviii,+ 587,+ (5),+ 16 pp.+ 2 folding engr. hand-coloured maps; xxiii,+ (blank),+ 689,+ (1); xx,+ 538,+ (2),+ 24 pp.+ 3 engr. maps, of which two folding,+ errata slip; xxviii,+ 716,+ (1) pp.+ 5 engr. maps, of which three are folding; xxviii,+ 721 pp; Engr. portrait,+ (2),+ xxxvi,+ 739,+ (1) pp.+ 2 engr. maps, of which one is folding and hand-coloured. Slight foxing, more in the beginning and on the portrait in volume 12. Publ. embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering on spines, edges trimmed (bound by Remnant and Edmonds). Twelve volumes, the first three spines somewhat rubbed and hinges of volume three and eight with crack. Volumes 7, 10, part of 11 uncut. Dedication from the author to Nils Samuel and Frances Eliza von Koch in part one, and to Nils Samuel only in part three, four, five, six, eleven and to Frances Eliza only in part seven, eight, nine and ten. Fine provenance. George Grote and Nils Samuel von Koch were brothers-in-law. First editions, except volume 7, 8 and 11 that are in the second, of George Grote’s important history of classical Greece, from the mythical beginning to the end of Alexander’s Empire. With a total of 21 maps and plans and 1 portrait.George Grote (1794-1871) was not only a highly influential historian of classical Greece but also a political radical. In 1820 he was married to the biographer Harriet Lewin (1792–1878), sister to Frances Eliza Lewin (1804-88) who was married to the Swedish liberal jurist and politician Nils Samuel von Koch (1801-81). Koch like Grote was very engaged in the social questions of his time, such as education, penalty laws and prisons, voting rights etc. and their home in Stockholm was a network for the liberal elite. Thanks to his wife and her family they also had a broad English network.

Stockholm 1897. 38x23. VI+46 pp. text + 36 leaves with descriptive text to the plates + 35 plates with almost 400 photos. 103 additional drawings and photos of Ostyaks, their dwelling houses, garments, tools, ornament, etc. in the text. Loose as issued in original green cloth portfolio with red lettering "F.R. MARTIN, SIBIRISCHE SAMMLUNG" etc. on front cover. The last plate and its text leaf slightly rumpled/chipped in uppermost and bottom margin respectively, otherwise a very fine copy of this rare publication. F.R. Martin's account of his ethnographical explorations in Siberia in the 1890s. This was Martin's first expedition, funded by a grant from the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography. On the first twenty-three plates there are ca 180 photos of Ostyak artefacts from the Yugan area: bows, arrows and quivers, fishing gear, hunting traps, snowshoes, clothes and garments, pouches, cradles, troughs and ladles and other household ware, wooden jars, baskets, woodworking and leathercraft tools, sleighs, harnesses, drums and string instruments, idols and cult objects, drawings on paper, etc. Martin's Siberian expedition incorporated a visit to the museum in Minusinsk, and on the last twelve plates there are ca 220 photos of Bronze Age and earlier objects in the museum, including 190 arrowheads.

Paris, Editions "Cahiers d'Art", 1930. 28x23. XL pp. text + 58 pp. with 74 photogravure reproductions + one colour wood engraving by Kandinsky, protected by a cover leaf. Fine half red morocco, printed wrappers bound in. No. 213 of an edition limited to 610 copies. Attractive publication by Kandinsky's friend and early champion, with an original wood engraving printed from three blocks in yellow, red and black. In addition to Grohmann's text there is a section of "Hommages à Kandinsky" with contributions by Maurice Raynal, Katherine S. Dreier, Christian Zervos, and others.

Paris, Paul Rosenberg, 1936. 30x23. 410 pp.; + VI pp. + 406 pp. with 1634 reproductions (50 full-page) + II pp. A very fine set in publisher's gilt-lettered cloth, gilt-lettered front wrappers bound in.. No. 896 of 1000 copies.

Comprenant en trois parties tout ce qui s`est passé, tant avant l`arrivée & sous le commandement de ce General, que sous celuy de Mr. le Marquis de S. André Montbrun, jusques à la prise de la Place. Le tout tiré des Memoires de J. B. Rostagne, Secretaire d`Estat & des Finances de S. A. R. & tesmoin oculaire de ce qu´il dit: & de plusieurs autres tres-fideles & tres-curieuses. Amsterdam, Henry & Theodore Boom 1671. 12:o. Engraved frontespiece,(10),320 pp. Contemorary full vellum, handwritten title on spine. Frontespiece with watersoiling to lower edge, title and next leave with watersoiling. Small spot on ffep and two small spots lower margin on title. Else a nice clean copy. 13,5 x 8 cm.

London 1713. (2),iii-vi,3-178 pp. Upper part of title replaced with handwritten text. Contents pages iii-iv with a brown stain in the text. Margins with some light stains. Bound with: Remarks Upon a late Discourse of Free-Thinking: in a Letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. [Richard Bentley] London, Printed for John Morphew, 1713. 56,59-85 pp. Complete despite the leap in the pagination. Title with minor ink-stain. Bound with: Remarks Upon a late Discourse of Free-Thinking: in a Letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. Part the Second. London, Printed for John Morphew and E. Curl, 1713. (4),82,(1 list of books) pp. Bound with: Some Brief Observations and Reflections on Mr. Whiston's late Writings, Falsly Entitul'd Primitive Christianity Reviv'd: Shewing, The Unreasonableness, Partiality, and Inconsistency, of his whole Performance; and that it no ways answers his Audacious Design of disproving the True and Proper Divinity of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. By John Edwards, D.D. London, Printed for J. Lawrence, and J. Wyat, and R. Robinson, 1712. (2),xiii,(1),67 pp. + Proposals For Printing by Subscription, Theologia Reformata: or, The Body or Substance of the Christian Religion, Comprised in Distinct Discourses or Treatises upon, I. The Apostles Creed (...) By John Edwards, D.D. (4) pp. Paper slightly browned towards the end. Title with old notation "Donum Summe Rev. Autoris". Bound with: Reasons For not Proceeding against Mr. Whiston, by The Court of Delegates. In a Letter to The Reverend Dr. Pelling, Rector of St. Ann's Westminster. Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Publick. By a Lover of Truth and True Religion. [William Whiston] London, Printed for A. Baldwin, 1713. 32 pp. Bound with: The Life and Character of That Eminent and Learned Prelate, The Late Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet, Lord Bishop of Worcester. Together With some Account of the Works He has publish'd. [by Timothy Goodwin] London, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry and George Mortlock, 1710. 149,(3) pp. including engraved portrait. Last page is a list of books. Small stain on the title and a small spot in the text on pp. 57/58. A couple of cornerfolds. Pp. 121-128 and 145-end lightly brownspotted. Bound with: An Account of a Roman Pavement, Lately found at Stunsfield in Oxford-Shire, Prov'd to be 1400 Years Old. By John Pointer, M.A. Chaplain of Merton College in Oxford, and Rector of Slapton in Northampton-Shire. Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield, for Anth. Peisley Bookseller: And are to be Sold by J. Morphew, 1713. Engraved plate "The Outlines of the Chief Figures on ye Pavement", (6),39,(1) pp. (pp. 25-32 mispaginated) Faint stain at lower edge on the last pages. Bound with: The Speech That was intended to have been Spoken by the Terrae-Filius, In the Theatre at O----d, July 13. 1713. Had not his Mouth been stopp'd by the V. Ch------r. London, Printed and sold by E. Smith, 1713. (8),30,(1 blank) pp. Title and half-title with some minor soiling. "Oxford" and "Chancelor" on title filled in by an early owner. Bound with: Britain's Alarm to all True Protestants. Shewing The great Danger we are in of a Popish Successor, and the Inevitable Ruin that will ensue thereupon to our Religion and Liberties; with suitable Means to prevent that Dreadful Judgment. By a Sincere Lover of the Protestant Religion, and the Protestant Succession in the Illustrious Family of Hanover. Printed at Edinburgh; and Reprinted at London; for A. Bell, (...) and Sold by J. Baker, 1714. 24 pp. Bound with: Neck or Nothing: In a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord - Being a Supplement to the Short History of the Parliament. Also The New Scheme (mention'd in the foresaid History) which the English and Scotch Jacobites have concerted for bringing in the Pretender, Popery and Slavery. With the True Character or Secret History of the Present Ministry. Written by his Grace John Duke of -----. [John Dunton] London, Printed by T. Warner, 1713. 60 pp. Several masked/blank names or expressions in the printed text added in neat ink by an early owner (for example "the Lord T[reasurer] is as great a W[hore] m[aste]r as he is a T[rai]tor"). Title with some mended small tears and a note of the authorship in ink ("Autor est Dunton"). Last page with a couple of ink spots in lower margin. Page 50-60 with a small light stain in the text. Bound with: Churchill's Annals: Being A Compleat View of the Duke of Marlbrough's Life and, Glorious Actions, Both In the Field and Cabinet. London, Printed for S. Popping, 1714. (8),48 pp. Contemporary vellum. Edges red. Ffep. with some numbers in ink and an old list of contents. Rear board worn at upper edge. Vellum a bit dustsoiled and with an old number on spine. From the library of Michael Lilienthal with his engraved bookplate. 19,5 x 12,5 cm. Interesting collection of ten english tracts printed 1712-1714, some of them relating to The Deist Controversy and several of them rare. Philosopher Anthony Collins (1676-1729) was a friend of John Locke and his influential Discourse of Freethinking is here in it's first edition, the repaired title page should be noted, but is neatly done and in a contemporary hand. The work of antiquary John Pointer (1668-1754) on the Roman pavement in Stonesfield, with the plate depicting Bacchus, is of importance as the pavement was destroyed already in 1724. Bookseller and author of many curious titles John Dunton (1659-1733) is perhaps best known as founder of The Athenian Society in 1691 and as publisher of the periodical The Athenian Mercury. Michael Lilienthal (1686-1750) was a german theologian, librarian, numismatist, publicist, and professor at the university of Rostock. His bookplate in this sammelband bears also the signature of his son Theodor Christoph Lilienthal (1717-1781).

Så Til thess Natur, Art och Beskaffenhet Under Fred och Feigd I Gamla urminnes Tider Under Danska Regeringen, Som til thess nu warande Tilstånd Sedan Thet kom, genom Freds=Fördrag Under Sweriges Crono, Både Hwad Inbyggarnes Wäsende, Handel ock Näring i alla Stånd widkommer, som ock alla the Märckwärdigheter, man kunnat på alla Orter i hwart Siäl utur dystra Mörckret upleta ock nu i Dagsliuset bringa, efter mångas åstundan. Stockholm, Lars Salvius 1746. 8:o. (20),377,(7) s. + utvikbar karta. Samtida helt kalvskinnband, rikt gulddekorerad rygg. Ryggen och yttre falsar något nötta. Pärmar med yttre förgylld ram, inre blindpressade ramar (spegeltyp). Blindpressad dekor på pärmarnas kanter. Två små insektsskador på bakre pärm i nedre kant. Marmorerade snitt och marmorerade försättsblad. Delvis med smal bläckrand (2 mm) i övre kant första 20 sidor samt på kartan. Pappersförlust i marginalen sidan 95/96. Delvis med brunfläckar. Namnteckning och tillskrift på främre pärms spegel. Namnteckning på dedikationsblad. 18 x 11 cm.

Paris, chez C. de Sercy, 1688. 4to. (16),445,(1 blank),1-12 pp. Title in red and black, with engraved headpiece and initial, 66 full-page woodcut illustrations (9 of which are folding) all included in the pagination, and woodcut initials.‎ Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine in compartments with raised bands, elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt, rubbing to surfaces and extremities, head of spine with some loss at upper joint, tail of spine chipped exposing headband, upper joint cracked exposing cords but holding. Upper cover with two small worm holes, rear cover a little stained, corners bumped and worn. Browned throughout with some foxing, and marginal dust-soiling, with dampstain at gutter from p. 414 through to the end, affecting a few plates, and further sporadic dampstaining. Gutter of title page and outer margin of front free endpaper reinforced, and with rather crude repairs to margins of plates 256, 263, 264, 269, 277 and 415. Outer margin of p. 217 torn with loss though not touching text, with page number of p. 256 torn and missing. Annotations on front free endpaper that the book was bought at the auction after Michael Törnflycht on 11 June 1740 by Carl Fredric Piper and further annotations recording that it was given in 1780 from his son Adolph Ludvig Piper to forester Joh. Er. Cons, inherited by his son J. E. Cons in 1818 and from him given in 1852 to his nephew, captain Ax. Fr. M. Lundeberg. Lundeberg has also recorded the births of his children and their height on the last leaf and rear endpaper. With the bookplate and signature of Gunnar Brusewitz. Schwerdt Hunting, hawking, shooting I:181. Souhart Bibliographie générale des ouvrages sur la chasse 636-637. Thiébaud Bibliographie des ouvrages français sur la chasse 408-409. Westwood & Satchell Bibliotheca piscatoria 180. Third edition of this celebrated work on the art of capturing game, fish and vermin with traps, nets and other means, first published in 1660. A second edition was published in 1668, a fourth in 1695, and this edition was reissued in 1700 with a cancel title page. The work is split into five books of which the last deals extensively with fishing. The striking and instructive woodcut illustrations show a variety of nets and traps. The plates are the same as appeared in the first edition. This edition includes for the first time the short 12-page ”Traité tres-utile de la chasse” by Charles Strosse present at the end of the work. This work was to prove immensely popular and influential, inspiring the work of many subsequent authors, notably Liger in his ”Amusements de la campagne”, and who reproduced the first part of ”Les ruses” without alteration, according to Westwood & Satchell. Michael Törnflycht (1683-1738) was a military, civil servant, and country gentleman. Under King Charles XII he took part in the Battle of Poltava 1709 and the siege of Fredrikshall 1718. Carl Fredric Piper (1700-1770) was his nephew and one of Sweden’s foremost book collectors in his time. His extensive library at Ängsö castle was inherited by his son Adolf Ludvig Piper (1750-1795), married to Sophie von Fersen. Forester Johan Cons, or Conz, (1739-1818) was born in Strassbourg and lived in Dyvik by Ängsö. His daughter Hedvig Sophia Cons (1785-1864) was married to the factor at Ängsö Johan Petter Lundeberg. Their son was Axel Fredrik Marcus Lundeberg (1809-1873). Brusewitz’s signature is dated 1975. Laid in is also a catalogue clipping from Hagelin Rare Books, where Brusewitz bought this book.

Bale 1930. 26x19. 106 pp. Ca 100 photos (seven full-page) and 100 drawings and plans. Black wrappers with title and design in red and silver. A very fine copy, with a neat owner's inscription on half-title page, dated Brünn / Brno 22 juli 1932. Very scarce. An attractive survey of early 'International Style' architecture as it was put into practice by one of its foremost Czech observers, with an introduction by Rossmann (who also is responsible for the congenial typographical design - not least attractive are the last thirty pages of advertisements for "firmen, welche an unseren bauten mitarbeiten" with an introduction by Bohuslav Fuchs). Trilingual text and captions in Czech, German and French.

Paris, Massin, (1932). 32x42. XVI; + II pp. + 164 plates, 44 of which are folding (32 are double-size or larger), comprising ca 60 plates with elevations and house plans, 60 with elaborate perspective renderings, and 40 with town plans. Loose as issued in printed, cloth-backed portfolio with ties. Second edition of Garniers's extensive utopian design for an imaginary modern city, characterised by an emphasis on common property (including a large central building where 3000 citisens could meet together) and the rejection of police stations, law courts, jails or churches, all of which Garnier believed would be unnecessary under socialIsm. Architecturally, the scheme is a pioneering program for the use of reinforced concrete construction. In the decades between the first and the second edition, the Cité Industrielle ultimately influenced the architectural and townplanning philosophy of Le Corbusier and other members of the CIAM.

Paris, Éditions des Commentaires, 1918. 18x13. II+62 pp. Fine quarter green morocco, printed wrappers bound in. Swedish artist Ragnar Hoppe's name on first page. Rare first edition of the first Purist manifesto (although provided with a wrapper designated "Troisième édition"). The Swiss-born artists Amedée Ozenfant and Charles Eduard Jeanneret (who would later adopt the name Le Corbusier) were the founders and early proponents of the Purist movement. realised particularly in painting and architecture, Purism championed traditional classicism with a formal focus on clean geometries and the machine aesthetic. In 1918 Ozenfant and Jeanneret published 'Aprés le Cubism' (After Cubism) in which their commentaries on the current condition of art take the form of a manifesto for postwar French painting, the chapter entitled 'The Laws' establishing the philosophical underpinnings of Purism.

Paris 1934-35. 33x23. X+118 pp. + 101 plates (numbered 1-90, 90bis, 91-100); + II+172 pp. + 126 plates. Ca 285 heliogravure reproductions on the 227 plates. Fine half cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. (Annales du Musée Guimet, Bibliotheque d'Art, Nouvelle Série, 4). Bibliographia Sirén 341 / 349. Yuan 1049-50. Scarce, complete two-volume set of the beautifully illustrated French edition of Sirén's history of Chinese painting from earliest times through Yuan. 1 - Des origines a l'epoque Song; 2 - L'epoque Song et L'époque Yuan.