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1 p.l., 53 pp. Large 4to, orig. blue wrappers, uncut. London: J. Smith, 1826.<p> A remarkable association copy of this extremely rare offprint, linking two of the greatest scientists of the 19th century, and pre-figuring Babbage's later work on his difference and analytical engines. This copy bears the following inscription on the title-page in Babbage's hand: "To M. Gauss from the Author." Additionally, Babbage has written on the upper wrapper: "M. Gauss. Influence of Signs. 3. Ch. Babbage. On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning." <P>Babbage here presents his views on the importance of symbolic notation in mathematical reasoning. He argues that algebraic symbolism enables one to express ideas more briefly and precisely than in ordinary language; it enables one to consider problems in great generality, rather than only in special cases; and it often enables one to consider simultaneously different cases of a problem that would otherwise be treated… Read More

Title & 109 pp. (engraved throughout). Oblong folio, cont. German half-sheep & marbled paper boards (front hinge strengthened, corners a little worn, some minor soiling & foxing). Zurich: J.G. Naigueli, [1801]. First edition of The Well-Tempered Clavier Book One (BWV 846-869), a landmark in European musical history. It surpassed " in logic, in format and in musical quality, all earlier endeavours of the same kind by other masters...[it] represents the culmination of a 20-year process of maturation and stands unparalleled in the history of music."-New Grove, Vol. 1, p. 813. The work, however, had to wait almost 80 years to appear in print, when it heralded the great Bach revival of the 1820s led by Mendelssohn. Three editions came out simultaneously: by Naigueli in Zurich, Hoffmeister & Compo in Leipzig, and N. Simrock in Bonn. During Bach's lifetime less than a dozen editions of his works appeared in print. Very rare. A very good copy in a folding cloth box.

Engraved allegorical frontis. 1 p.l., vi, 93 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. N.p.: 1751. First edition. Bachaumont (1690-1771) was an influential noble who grew up at the court of Versailles during the height of its significance as the political and cultural nucleus of France. He frequented the salons of Paris and was entangled in several controversies, one in particular regarding a journal filled with gossip ascertained at the salon of Madame Doublet de Persan, for which he may have been partially responsible. By the end of his life, he was known as a cultural authority, whose opinion was sought after by artists and collectors alike. In the present work, his most important, Bachaumont espouses his beliefs on the aesthetics of art. Its publication was met with an enthusiastic reception. Fine copy. Name of author inscribed on title in a contemporary hand. &#10087; Dictionnaire des Journalistes… Read More

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 2000. Postcard invitation for Bächli's exhibition in May-June 2000. Fine.

Black & white illus. throughout. [30] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). 4to (274 x 214 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1976.<br /> <P> Scarce and essential early documentation of Fluxus materials and artists' books. This is the first catalogue issued by Backworks, a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 1980s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), much of which had been purchased from Backworks.<br /> <P> Designed by Hendricks, the catalogue offers Fluxus editions by Maciunas, works by other Fluxus artists, non-Fluxus graphic works designed by Maciunas, and a tantalizing selection of art ephemera (192 items in total). In addition to numerous Maciunas… Read More

Black & white illus. throughout. Two large folded newsprint sheets (=8 pp.), loose as issued, mailed. New York: 1978. The rarest Backworks catalogue, their third and hard to find in good condition. WorldCat locates no examples in North America. Backworks was a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 80s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), much of which had been purchased from Backworks. This catalogue offers a dizzying array of artworks by artists such as Filliou, Spoerri, Brecht, Byars, Cage, Hansen, R. Johnson, Kaprow, Knowles, Ono, T. Saito, etc. There are a number of unique pieces, along with books, mixed-media pieces, and multiples. In remarkably fine condition. WorldCat records just one… Read More

Many black & white illus. [20] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers & index on lower wrapper. 4to (276 x 213 mm.), orig. printed wrappers. New York: 1977.<br /> <P> The rare second Backworks catalogue; we locate only one copy in North America, at the Museum of Modern Art. Backworks was a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 80s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), much of which had been purchased from Backworks.<br /> <P> This catalogue offers a superb group of photographs (presented in chronological order) by Max Baker, Martha Holmes, Scott Hyde, George Maciunas, Robert McElroy, Peter Moore, Shunk-Kender, and Lawrence Shustak. These photographs, a number of which are… Read More

Gothic type, double column, 66 lines (33 line-pairs). [373] leaves. Decoration by a contemporary Dutch or Westphalian artist (see below). Eight pinholes to the sheet preserved. Royal folio (385 x 270 mm.), mid-18th cent. French red morocco over heavy boards, by Louis Douceur, triple gilt fillets round sides, spine nicely gilt, a.e.g. Mainz: [Peter Schoeffer], 1460 [but ca. 1469]. Second impression (of three) of the original edition, first printed in 1460, in which Gutenberg first used the revolutionary method of two-line printing slugs, thereby finding "a solution to the challenge of permanently fixing typographical compositions" (Needham, p. 432). The Catholicon was not printed with movable type, Gutenberg's first great invention, but with units of paired lines or "slugs." It is an early form of stereotyping or linotype setting. The method was as follows: as composition in type of the Catholicon progressed, a secondary casting was made in units of paired lines or "slugs" in order to allow future… Read More

Woodcut Medici arms on title. 8 p.l., 68, [4] pp. Large 4to, cont. calf, arms in gilt of Nicolas Joseph Foucault on covers, spine gilt, contrasting morocco lettering piece on spine. Florence: Santi Franci, 1681. First edition of Baldinucci's biographical history of Italian art and architecture from 1260 to 1300. The author's son, Francesco Saverio Baldinucci, edited the remaining five volumes published in the years 1686-1728 and covering the period 1300 to 1670. This is a very handsome copy from the library of Nicolas Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), statesman and archeologist, with his arms in gilt on the covers and his armorial bookplate. Baldinucci's work was based on published sources as well as original research with unpublished manuscripts and documents and is considered by Cicognara to be a worthy successor to Vasari. Fine and crisp copy. &#10087; Brunet, I, 622-"Cet ouvrage est difficile à trouver complet.".

Printed in Hangul & Chinese characters. 22; 57; 28; 55 folding leaves. Four vols. Small folio (302 x 197 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers (upper cover of first vol. is a little soiled), manuscript title labels on upper covers, old stitching. [Korea]: 1907. An extremely rare Korean edition with no copy listed in WorldCat; this is a translation of Nü sishu, a collection of Confucian works all written by women. The collection was first published in China before appearing in Korea. "The Nü sishu (Four Books for Women) were regarded as a counterpart to the famous Sishu 《四書》(Four Books) grouped by Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200 CE), a Song Neo-Confucian. In the Confucian tradition, the four books for gentlemen's learning included: (1) the Analects, (2) the Mencius, (3) the Great Learning, and (4) the Book of the Mean. The Sishu exerted immense influence on Chinese society, thought, and culture, particularly in the period from 1313 to 1905 during which these four books were used as standard… Read More

12 p.l., 374, [24] pp., one leaf of errata. 4to, cont. English dark blue morocco (unimportant scuffing to extremities), covers panelled in gilt & blind, spine finely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Amsterdam: J. Claus & others, 1676. First edition, rare, and a splendid copy bound in contemporary English dark blue morocco, most probably for presentation, of the classic exposition of the Quaker philosophy. The Society of Friends, as Quakers are more formally known, has historically had an outsized influence through the mere force of passive resistance. Their form of Christianity is "widely divergent from the prevalent types, being a religious fellowship which has no formulated creed demanding definite subscription, and no liturgy, priesthood or outward sacrament, and which gives to women an equal place with men in church organization."-Encyc. Brit. The Quakers were also instrumental in the colonization of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following the foundation of the Society of… Read More

Black & white illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, illustrated soft cover (extremities a little worn). Amsterdam: Stempelplaats, 1980. Uncommon and important issue of Rubber. Produced in an edition of 500 copies. Near fine.

24 illus. & 14 samples. Large 8vo, orig. red morocco spine & decorated Japanese paper sides, spine lettered in gilt. North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. Limited to 300 copies, composed in Van Dijck types and printed on paper handmade at the press. The text presents the most detailed description of the Japanese hand papermaking technique yet published. One of the finest books from this press and immediately sold out. Fine copy.

[4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1972. Barry's third Art & Project bulletin. In fine condition. ❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E061.

Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Basel: Rolf Preisig, 1974. Postcard invitation for Barry's solo debut with Rolf Preisig. In fine condition. Mailed to Kurt Hermanns of Cologne. ❧ S. Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 376.

Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Basel: Rolf Preisig, 1977. Postcard invitation for Barry's 1977 exhibition with Rolf Preisig. Verso text: "Celebrate, A Soundpiece Spoken by Janelle Reiring." In fine condition. Mailed to Kurt Hermanns of Cologne. ❧ S. Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 377.

xviii, 124, [9] pp. 8vo, cont. polished sheep (spine a trifle rubbed), covers with gilt round sides, red morocco lettering-piece, a.e.g. Vienna: J. V. Degen, 1798. A nicely bound copy of this important catalogue of prints made by Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533). It was compiled by artist and scholar Adam von Bartsch (1757-1821), who also advised duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen on his collection. Near fine; minor browning to the first few leaves.

Black & white illus. Folded card. Basel: 1976. Invitation to the exhibition of the Visser collection at the Kunstmuseum Basel. With a LeWitt drawing inscribed to the Vissers reproduced. Near fine; tiny pinholes.

Frontis. port. of the author in Vol. I, different engraved vignette on each title, & 12 folding engraved plates. 2 p.l., clx, 482 pp.; 2 p.l., 671 pp.; 2 p.l., 704 pp. Three vols. 8vo, cont. Spanish (?) tree sheep (some foxing throughout, occasionally heavy; two tears in L6 of Vol. 3 unprofessionally repaired & partially obscuring some letters), brown & green morocco labels on spines. Paris: P.F. Didot, 1773. First edition, Cole's edition B, the "inferior" edition with the portrait and the title vignettes reversed and unsigned. "One of the very latest and at the same time the best text books based on the phlogiston theory by one of the most distinguished eighteenth century French chemists."-Duveen, p. 53. The fine plates depict chemical apparatus. Very good set. &#10087; Cole 45. D.S.B., I, p. 527. Ferguson, I, pp. 83-84. Neville, I, p. 96-(this edition). Partington, III, pp. 90-95.

Black & white illus. on recto, details to verso. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1972. Postcard invitation for Baumgarten's 1972 show at Jürgen Wesseler's gallery. Fine. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).