Search Results: Titles starting with C from Adam Weinberger Books

[Architecture] CATANEO, Pietro - I quattro libri di architettura (...). Nel primo (...) le buone qualita de' siti (...). Nel secondo, quanto si aspetta alla materia per la fabrica. Nel terzo (...) maniere di tempii (...). Nel quarto (...) l'ordine di piu palazzi & casamenti (...). Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1554. Folio. Modern vellum and string ties. [2]-54-[2] ff. (B4-C4) present but with mispagination. With 43 woodcut illustrations in text, including some full page. Large woodcut Aldine device on title and at the end. Internally, likely washed and with evidence of intrusive dampstains to title page and first leaves, u.r. corner repairs without text loss, last leaves with some staining, modern blanks. Ref: Renouard 159:8. UCLA 463. Fowler 82. Generally, an unattractive but complete copy of the FIRST EDITION this important Renaissance treatise on architectural theory by the Sienese architect and military engineer P. Cataneo (1510-1574). Cataneo is "principally remembered for his I… Read More

COPY OF KING GEORGE III - BOUND AT WINDSOR[King George III's copy] Martial. M. VALERII MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATA. Leiden: Officina Hackiana, 1670. 8 vo., 7.25" x 4.25 inches. [24], 794, [46] pp., including engraved title. KING GEORGE III's COPY, with his monogram in gilt to both boards, bound in 18th c. red strait-grained morocco at the King's private bindery at Windsor. Provenance: Front blank with date in pencil of February 13, [18]58, evidently purchased by Charles Butler of Warren Wood in 1858 for 15 shillings. Charles Butler (1821-1910), was a distinguished book collector who lived in London, but kept his library at Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. George III's personal bindery executed bindings from the 1780s-1820s and many of the finishing tools used are still housed at Windsor Castle. The King exhibited a bit of early madness with an obsession over bookbindings and a disconcerting habit of dropping in on his bookbinders, often disturbing their lunch of "fried sprats." A contemporary… Read More

Reconditorium ac reclusorium opulentiae sapientiaeque numinis magni, cui deditur in titulum chymica vannus.Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, et Elizeum Weyerstraet, Anno 1666.392 [i.e. 292], 76, [2] p. (the last blank) : ill. (engravings) ; 20 cm.The first part is a compilation of writings on Alchemy. The second part, 'Commentatio de Pharmaco Catholico' is usually attributed to Monte ­Snyder and is a translation of his 'Von der universal Medicin'. It is said that the work was favoured by Newton.Illustrated with beautiful emblemata of of the planets (the other plates are diagramatic). A fine copy in contemporary vellum. Not in the trade. "Ouvrage devenu introuvable et qui renferme intégralement la doctrine secrète des frères de la Rose-Croix... Il est vraisemblable que l'abbé Sepher tenait pour auteur du Chymica Vannus le Philalèthe..." (Catalogue de l'abbé Sepher). "Très mystérieux ouvrage d'alchimie et de philosophie mystique publié en mai… Read More

43 seals from 16th (possibly 15th) to the 18th century. Between 2.5 and 6.5 cm. Most in black and red. Some uncoloured. In specially made wooden boxes. Mostly German. Six of them are chipped or broken. Warrants further study. We have some pictures for you.

RARE 17th CENTURY ENGLISH MANNER BOOK WITH RUSSIAN SECRET AGENT PROVENANCE[Courtin, Antoine de]. The Rules of Civilty; or, Certain Ways of Deportment observed amongst all Persons of Quality upon several Occasions. London : Printed for J. Martin at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-yard, and John Starkey at the Mitre in Fleet-street, near Temple-Bar, MDCLXXIII [1673] 12mo. [12], 178 p. Early calf, spine and spine label renewed. some loss to u.r. corner front board; internally, small marginal loss to l.r. title page, some edge toning, a couple pages with later pencil annotations. ESTC R200794 (recording 8 copies) ; Wing C6603. Provenance: ex-libris of Hugo William Koehler (July 19, 1886 – June 17, 1941), "United States Navy Commander, secret agent and socialite. Following the First World War, he served as an Office of Naval Intelligence and State Department operative in Russia during its civil war, and later as naval attaché to Poland. He was rumored to be the illegitimate son of the Crown… Read More

1816. SECRET AGENT AND ONE OF THE MOST ENIGMATIC CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WILKINSON (GEN,. JAMES). Manuscript leaf. s.d. circa 1816. 1 page as depicted. possibly from his "Memoirs," accusing President Monroe of misuse of public funds. : "I recollect that mystery and reserve was the outcry against Gen. Washington's administration, but to mystery and reserve, those who hated him and traduced him, Monroe particularly, have added the masks of falsehood and 'hypocrisy to conceal or to justify their follies." Sold at auction Anderson Gallery in 1912 Lot 289 from the Library of Benson Lossing, Benson John Lossing (February 12, 1813 - June 3, 1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil Warand features in Harper's Magazine. He was a charter trustee of Vassar College. As the Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Wilkinson, known as "Agent 13," almost jeopardized the Lewis and Clark… Read More