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Paris: (Robert Masselin) for Françoise Barthelemy, 1552. First edition. Softcover. Near fine. Small octavo. Collation: a-h8, i4 (= 68 unnumbered leaves); woodcut printer's device; 2 decorative initials; 46 woodcut diagrams in text; 1 letterpress chart. Text in Italian. Contemporary vellum (repurposed manuscript in two columns), manuscript title at spine in black ink. Text faintly toned, else crisp and clean. Small, nearly invisible expert repairs at top margin first three leaves. A nearly fine, amply margined copy. First edition of this vernacular treatise on the basic astronomical concepts of the Ptolemaic system, copiously illustrated. Dedicated to and written for Marguerite de Valois (1523-74), commonly known as Maguerite de France. In 1549 she received the title "Duchesse de Berry" (as shown here in the title), and in 1559 she married the Duke of Savoy. The astronomer and mathemetician Nonio Marcello Saia (fl. 1552-1558) was born in Roccagloriosa in the province of Salerno in Southern Italy.… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XI, [1], 222pp. Original illustrated wrappers over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title page. This captivating work explores the burgeoning 18th-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object. This wide-ranging study examines the role of the body within a number of cultural arenas - particularly oratory, the theatre, and the novel - and charts the efforts of projectors and reformers who sought to exploit the textual potential of the body for the public assertion of modern politeness. Paul Goring shows how diverse writers and performers, including David Garrick, James Fordyce, Samuel Richardson, Sarah Fielding and Laurence Sterne, were involved in the construction of new ideals of physical eloquence - bourgeois, sentimental ideals which stood in contrast to more patrician, classical bodily modes. Through innovative readings of fiction and contemporary manuals on… Read More

London: Blackie & Son, Ltd, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Oblong quarto (9 x 11 1/2"). Original olive cloth pictorially stamped in green, black, orange and gilt, with gold lettering to spine and black lettering to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Title in red and black lettering within illustrated frame. Published in 1907, "The Rhyme of a Run and Other Verse" is Florence Harrison's second work after "Rhymes and Reasons," which she published in 1905. The ten short stories written in verse are accompanied with a total of 21 pasted color illustrations, 5 in-text and 10 full-page woodcuts, of which all are in a striking Art Nouveau style. Moderate shelf wear. Front corners slightly frayed and bumped (not affecting pages). Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Closed tear, and minor chipping to the sixth color plate. Closed tear and slight creasing to upper margin of the following (seventh) color plate. Pages slightly age-toned along margin. Binding in good to good+, interior in good to… Read More

New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1939. Hardcover. g. Everett Shinn. 4to. Unpaginated. Green cloth spine over illustrated boards. Small tear to head of spine. Tail of spine rubbed. Corners worn. Illustrated endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner to endpaper. A wonderful children's story beautifully illustrated with full page color, and in-text drawings in green by Everett Shinn. In good condition.

Koln: Konemann, 1999. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap/as new. The most complete collection of photography published outside of Russia capturing the work of Alexander Rodchenko, one of the former Soviet Union's greatest artists. Hardcover as new with dust jacket in publisher's shrink wrap.