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Engraved title & several engravings & numerous woodcuts in the text. 8 p.l., 412, [12] pp. Folio, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards (minor worming towards end), spine gilt, black leather lettering piece on spine. Ferrara: F. Succius, 1629. First edition, Jesuit issue, and a very fine copy. "Perhaps the most significant discovery of the century following Gilbert was that of electrical repulsion. This effect seems first to have been noticed incidentally by Cabeus, who, in his Philosophia Magnetica (1629), describes how filings attracted by excited amber sometimes recoiled to a distance of several inches after making contact."-Wolf, A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy, I, p. 303. Cabeo also relates his many experiments on the possibility of telegraphic communication by means of magnetized needles and gives the first picture of the sympathetic telegraph, an imaginary magnetic telegraph which sometimes appeared in early electrical literature, fancifully… Read More

Woodcut royal arms on title. 1 p.l., 34 pp. Small folio, cont. French red morocco, panelled in gilt in the style of the "cabinet du Roi," gilt arms & ciphers [Olivier 2495 fer 2] on covers, with ciphers on spine, a.e.g. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1743. First edition and very uncommon. This catalogue, the splendid Han Fürstenberg - Otto Schäfer - Jacques Bemberg copy, lists the plates made of the collections of the king, including paintings, medals, royal chateaux, fountains, grottoes, statues, busts, tapestries, and jewels, along with records of festivals, entrances, battles, etc., etc. "Colbert, understanding that engraving was the best means to disseminate and preserve knowledge of the undertakings of Louis XlV, began to assemble a group of outstanding engravers. By 1660 they had achieved the stature of independent artists and by 1670 had become a special group under the protection of the king, joined together at the Gobelins around Charles Le Brun and… Read More

Six folding engraved plates. cc, 448 pp.; 560 pp.; 726 pp.; 607 pp. Four vols. 8vo, cont. tree calf (tips of several corners a bit worn), flat spines richly gilt with green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Chaignieau, 1803. First edition of the first chemical dictionary to be published after the discoveries of Lavoisier. "As a scientist Cadet is noteworthy for his part in the diffusion and popularization of the new Chemistry rather than for any specific discovery. His most important work, the four-volume Dictionnaire de Chimie, published in 1803 and dedicated to Fourcroy, replaced the old chemical dictionary of Macquer. Cadet's Dictionnaire clearly elucidated the revolutionary changes that had occurred in chemistry and in chemical nomenclature."-D.S.B., III, p. 6. Cadet (1769-1821), was the natural son of Louis XV and Marie-Thérèse Boisselet. A very nice set. Signature of D'Hargevillier(?) on titles. The plates depict chemical apparatus.… Read More

Six folding engraved plates. cc, 448 pp.; 560 pp.; 726 pp.; 607 pp. Four vols. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (a little worn, dampstain on first few leaves & in fore-edge margin of last few leaves of Vol. III), uncut. Paris: Chaignieau, 1803. First edition of the first chemical dictionary to be published after the discoveries of Lavoisier. "As a scientist Cadet is noteworthy for his part in the diffusion and popularization of the new Chemistry rather than for any specific discovery. His most important work, the four-volume Dictionnaire de Chimie, published in 1803 and dedicated to Fourcroy, replaced the old chemical dictionary of Macquer. Cadet's Dictionnaire clearly elucidated the revolutionary changes that had occurred in chemistry and in chemical nomenclature."-D.S.B., III, p. 6. Cadet (1769-1821), was the natural son of Louis XV and Marie-Thérèse Boisselet. A clean unpressed set. The plates depict chemical apparatus. ❧ Cole 227. Neville, I, p. 233.

74 folding leaves. Small 8vo., orig. wrappers (a little defective), orig. stitching. [China]: Siyin zhai 四印齋, [1893-96]. A collection of lyrics, a style of poetry with origins in folk music. As a genre, lyrics are associated especially with the Song period. Cai Songnian (1107-59) was born in north China under Khitan Liao rule but lived through the Jurchen defeat of the Liao and the invasion of Song-controlled North China in 1127. He served the Jurchen as a high official, writing poetry in the genre of the lyrics which were also popular south of the border. The book has a colophon by Zhang Rongjing 張蓉鏡 dated 1824 (Daoguang jiashen). Zhang explains that even though "the Jin held power for 110 years," very few books survive, especially collections of lyrics. Our book has a detailed running commentary by Wei Daoming 魏道明. The base edition of the text is said to be an incomplete copy (canben 殘本). Our book was published by Wang Pengyun 王鵬運 (1840-1904). Wang's studio name… Read More

Ten pages of manuscript illus. in the first vol. plus a number of graphs & tables in the text. 724 folding leaves. Eleven parts in 12 vols. 8vo (265 x 185 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: 1847. The most complete copy known of one of the two Japanese translations of J. N. Calten's Leiddraad bij het Onderrigt de Zee-Artillerie (Dutch eds.: 1832, 1842, and 1847). In the second quarter of the 19th century, Japan had an urgent need to update its artillery and learn more about the artillery of its international adversaries. Artillery had been used in the warfare that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century, but with the advent of peace, such weaponry had been strictly controlled. In the early 19th century, the European powers became more active in the waters around Japan, seeking access to Japanese ports, and several armed encounters with European ships resulted. The shogunal government sponsored the translation of European works on… Read More

3 p.l., vi, [2], [3]-766 pp., 2 leaves of errata. Two parts in one vol. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf (two corners a bit worn, outer margin of title a little stained, some spots of dampness & dormant mold towards end), arms in gilt of the Marquis de Tulle de Villefranche (the arms of this important family of the Comtat Venaissin were added in the 19th century) on both covers, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Avignon: L. Chambeau, 1770-71. The very rare privately printed catalogue - issued in a few copies only - of one of the most important collections of manuscripts formed in 18th-century provincial France. Joseph Louis Dominique Cambis-Velleron (1706-72), was one of the great provincial collectors of the period. A member of a very old and distinguished family from Avignon, Cambis-Velleron served in the army for some years. "Ami des lettres, de Cambis n'avait jamais cessé, dans ses loisirs, de rassembler tous les manuscrits intéressants et les livres… Read More

Black & white illus. and diagrams. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal fold. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1969. Gianfredo Camesi's lone Art & Project bulletin. It includes a facsimile of a letter from Camesi to Adriaan van Ravesteijn regarding the exhibition, several diagrams and descriptions of the artist's work, and an exhibition list. The last page has a reproduced photograph of a Camesi sculpture. A near fine copy; small tear to the outer edge. ❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E006.

Color illus. Unpaginated. Small 4to, printed softcover, title on spine. Cologne: Verlag Bernd Deutsch, 2021. Photographic documentation by Camilo (b. 1964) of thirty-three pastis pitchers from the collection of Michael Eckel. In fine condition. No copy in North America.

Engraved vignettes on general titles, 540 (of 548, see Part IX below) folding engraved plates, & 18 folding printed tables on 16 leaves. 12 parts bound in 16 vols. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards (Vols. I-IX) and other good cont. bindings for the rest. Frankfurt am Main: Andrea, 1773-91. First edition of this great work. Cancrin (1738-1812), was an engineer and high government official, both in Germany and in Russia, where he was recruited by Catherine II to manage the Staraya Russa saltworks. "Despite the press of his civil offices, Cancrin found time (1773-1791) to write an encyclopedic work in twenty-one volumes [actually it is 12 titles in 19 parts] that covered all aspects of the mining of metals and salt - including mineralogy, assaying, mathematics, and mechanics. This work brought him a European reputation."-D.S.B., III, pp. 41-42. In this set, the binder has removed many of the title-pages for the individual parts, as the general titles supply summary titles. In the following description, we… Read More

168 pp. Small 8vo (164 x 95 mm.), cont. pink paste-paper wrappers (edges worn). Rome: Mordacchini, 1825.<br /> <P> A scarce revised and updated edition (1st ed. under this title: 1819) of this museum catalogue. It describes the institution's paintings and sculptures, a number of which had been seized by the French during the conquest of Italy and subsequently returned.<br /> <P> A very good copy; some soiling and wear to the wrappers.<br /> <P> ❧ For an account of the museum's establishment see C. Paul, "Capitoline Museum, Rome: Civic Identity and Personal Cultivation," in The First Modern Museums of Art: The Birth of an Institution in 18th- and Early 19th-Century Europe (2012), pp. 21-45.

Fine medallion woodcut port. of the author on verso of title, numerous woodcut illus. in the text, one folding woodcut plate (pp. 769-70) with the woodcut volvelle unassembled on a separate slip bound-in, & one folding printed table (pp. 790-91). 16 p.l. (the last a blank), 1194 (i.e. 1204), [64] pp. Thick 8vo, cont. blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards (some light dampstaining) by Hans Bopp of Nuremberg, orig. clasps & catches. Basel: [H. Petri], 1557. Second edition (the first edition was published earlier in the same year) of Cardano's second great encyclopedia of natural science; it is a continuation of and supplement to his De Rerum Subtilitate (1st ed.: 1550). These two works contain his important ideas on physics and metaphysics. In this book, Cardano made notable contributions to mechanics, hydrodynamics, and geology and there are interesting chapters on astronomy, botany, zoology, chemistry, metallurgy, etc. "Of special chemical interest is Book X,… Read More

Many black & white illus. Two large folded sheets (299 x 212 mm. folded), unbound. Purmerend: Museum Waterland, [1981].<br /> <P> An uncommon exhibition flyer for a display of bookworks at the Museum Waterland, co-curated by Ulises Carrión and Juan J. Agius. Both featured their own works, along with those of François Bouillon, Axel Heibel, Diderick van Kleef, Federico Sanguinetti, Ben Sleeuwenhoek, Ad Gerritsen, J. H. Kocman, Tom Ockerse, Gèza Perneczky, and Pawel Petasz. Several examples of each artist's work are pictured. All the works displayed were drawn from Agius's and Carrión's personal collections. This catalogue's text, written by Alex A. M. de Vries, is in parallel Dutch and English. <br /> <P> De Vries pointedly notes, "Two book-artists curated and arranged this exhibition in such a way that you will not see much of the usual mania for conservation which is being practised in most of the… Read More

[19] pp. Square 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Geneva: Boabooks, 2016.<br /> <P> From the colophon: "(rrr) reproduces nine pages typewritten by Ulises Carrión in 1972." As new. WorldCat records five North American institutions with copies.

Two sheets, printed on rectos only, and program card. [Stockholm]: Fylkingen, 1979. A small group of materials related to Carrión's appearance at Fylkingen in February 1979. Fylkingen is an artist-run Swedish organization for the support and distribution of experimental music and art. We include here: a program of Carrión's performance on 17 February; a brief biography of Carrión and Yvonne Rainer (who performed two days later); and a card listing Fylkingen performances from February to May 1979. All in fine condition. ❧ G. Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don't read. (2016), p. 144.

[in]: Revista de Bellas Artes, No. 18 (November-December 1967), pp. 22-35. Black & white illus. throughout. 104 pp. 4to, orange pictorial wrappers (extremities a little rubbed), title on spine. Mexico City: 1967. Unknown to Guy Schraenen; a story written by Ulises Carrión and published in one of Mexico's important literary journals. Near fine. ❧ Not in G. Schraenen, Dear reader. Don't read. (2016).

Graphite drawings throughout on triangular paper, laminated. [6] leaves, laminated covers with ms. title, signature, and date written in blue marker, metal spiral-bound. [Amsterdam?]: Self-published, 1984. A unique hand-drawn bookwork by Ulises Carrión (1941-89), unrecorded by Ocampo and Agius in their catalogue raisonné. In the final decade of his life, Carrión created a group of geometric and minimalist books about which very little is known. This one depicts two rectangles that are initially nearly touching but, as one turns the pages, become increasingly distanced while the rectangle on the right shrinks. The book is signed by Carrión in blue marker on the lower cover and dated "'84." The drawings were rendered on thin paper that has been expertly laminated. We are not certain whether the lamination was the artist's original intention, but it has preserved the book's leaves well. This bookwork comes from the collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018), the principal chronicler of Carrión's… Read More

Amsterdam: 1977.<br /> <P> The black version of this postcard distributed by Ulises Carrión for his Definitions of art exhibition, held at Other Books and So in March 1977. Recipients were asked to respond with their definition of art on the verso. Carrión received 367 answers, which were all displayed in the artist's bookshop.<br /> <P> From the recto: "A show called 'Definitions of art' will be held at OTHER BOOKS AND SO Herengracht 227 Amsterdam from 1st March to 26th March 1977. Everybody is invited to participate, regardless of profession, sex, age, etc. [...]<br /> <P> "Just write your definition (of what art is) on the back of this card, put it in an envelope, and send it back to Other Books and So. The show will consist of all the cards received, and a selective catalogue will be published. The original idea for this show is by H. W. Kalkmann."<br /> <P> In excellent condition.<br />… Read More

Photocopied illus., printed on one side. Flyer. Porto Alegre: espaco no, [1980]. Flyer for a Ulises Carrión exhibition in Porto Alegre. In fine condition.

[in]: Revista Mexicana de Literatura, Nos. 9-10 (September-October 1963), pp. 16-24. 60, [1] p. & ads. 8vo, printed wrappers (minor staining to wrappers), title on spine. Coyoacán, Mexico City: 1963. Ulises Carrión's second appearance in the experimental literary journal Revista Mexicana de Literatura (1955-65). A very good copy of this scarce issue, edition of 2000 copies. ❧ G. Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don't read. (2016), p. 255.