Search Results: Authors starting with M from Foldvaribooks

[Paris?]: [S.n.], 1788. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. Title and date in ink on the front cover by a later neat hand. Printed on thick paper. Partly uncut, untrimmed. With a few contemporary corrections in the text in ink (like in other copies). Some stains on the cover. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. [6] 52 [2] p. A scarce and interesting source of the French efforts to colonize Guiana in the late 18th century. By the Treaty of Paris in 1763 France lost almost all her possessions in the Americas thus the relevance of her remaining islands on the Antilles and the territories in the Guianas dramatically increased. The first, ill-fated attempt to colonize Guiana with some 12,000 men in 1763 failed with a loss of about ten thousand settlers, killed by tropical diseases and hostile natives. The second endeavor in 1776 was much more successful. Under the administration of Pierre-Victor Malouet… Read More

Pékin [Beijing]: Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1913. First edition. In modern blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Fine condition.. First edition. In modern blue cloth, gilt title on spine. [4] [I]-XXIII [1] [1]-22 [2] [1]-61 [3] p. Extremely scarce draft of a constitution for the early Republic of China. Modern China was born after decades of political reform and innovation at the dusk of the Qing dynasty and the victory of the 1911 Revolution. With the first Provisional Presidents Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai China was to be transformed from an empire into a republic. In 1912 the Provisional Constitution came into effect, however, in the political turmoil, Yuan Shikai sought to amend or revise it in his favor and also to counter the Constitution proposed by the Kuomintang. Eventually, a so-called constitutional compact was instituted in May 1914 and ultimately, Yuan declared himself Emperor of China in 1915 and ruled for a short period of 83 days soon before his death. The present project of the… Read More

Budapest: Trattner, 1818. In contemporary paper. In very nice condition, some water stains on the wrapper. With an exlibris and collector stamps.. In contemporary paper. 384 p. First Hungarian edition of account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to China.

Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Gulielmum Guilard, via Jacobaea, sub insigni divae Barbarae [Guillaume Guillard], 1555. First edition. In later paper. Old collection stamp on D8r and F3v (Académie de Macon). Few contemporary marginal notes in brown ink by a neat hand. Light water stain throughout. Tiny wormholes, not affecting the text. Last leaf of one page of dedicatory poems not presented. Otherwise in very good condition.. First edition. In later paper. ff. 41 [2] (misfoliated: 12 as r2, 13 as 14, 26 as 24, 28 as 18, 34 as 31, 36 as 33; lacks last leaf of dedicatory poems). An extremely scarce and very early printed account of Japan, India, and China. A very early source of Japan, written in 1555, just a few years after the arrival of Francis Xavier there, in 1549. Indicarum historiarum consists of three books, of which the first deals with Japan, the second with Asia in general, and the third with India, Cathay, and the natural wonders of the East. Jean Macer's (born c.1510; French historian and… Read More

London: Published at the Admiralty, under the Superintendence of Captain F. J. Evans, R. N : F. R. S : Hydrographer, Sold by J. D. Potter [...] (Engraved by Edw.d Weller), 1892. Engraved map. Scale [ca. 1:650 000]. With notes in pencil and ink, and marks in red and yellow ink in Fauvel's hand. Folded, chipped at the edges. Some foxing. Some small closed tears at foldings. Otherwise in very good condition.. Engraved map. Scale [ca. 1:650 000]. With notes in pencil and ink, and marks in red and yellow ink in Fauvel's hand. Size: ca. 100 × 70 cm. Scarce hydrographic chart of the Seychelles and adjacent islands, published by the British Admiralty, with notes by Fauvel. Hydrographic chart of the Seychelles and adjacent islands, with relief shown by hachures, spot heights and bathymetric soundings, published by the British Admiralty, who produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. With handwritten notes by Albert-Auguste Fauvel (1851-1909), the… Read More

Buda: A Királyi Egyetem betűivel, 1833. First Hungarian edition. In three volumes. With 26 illustrations in the three volumes. In contemporary half cloth. Spine gilt. Ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. Foxing throughout. Overall in very good condition.. First Hungarian edition. In three volumes. With 26 illustrations in the three volumes. In contemporary half cloth. Spine gilt. (2 [engraved title page]), XXXVIII, (2), 303, (1); (2 [engraved, colored title page]) (8), 5-330, (2); (2 [engraved title page]), (8), 5-323, (1) p. Scarce first Hungarian edition of James MacPherson's (1736-1796) The Works of Ossian, originally published in 1765.

Prague: Laichter, 1912. In original wrappers. Cover with stains. Inside fine.. In original wrappers. 64 p. Signed copy. Czech edition of Maurice Maeterlinck book. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911.

Bruxelles, 1946. First edition. In original paper. Fine condito.. First edition. In original paper. 25 p. Exhibition catalogue of the Magritte exhibition in Brussel in 1946.

Tartu: Noor-Eesti (K. Mattiesen), 1928. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Märt Laarman. In fine condition.. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Märt Laarman. 667, (5) p. Märt (Martin) Laarman (1896-1979) was an Estonian graphic artist and painter. Member of the Estonian Artist Group founded by Jaan Vahtra. He made his early works in Expressionst style later he turned to Constructivism. Exhibited with the members of the group "Die Abstrakten" in Berlin, 1924. One of the most important Estonian modernist artist.

Budán: A' Magy. Kir. Egyetemi Nyomda betűivel, 1847. First edition. In later cloth binding. Untrimmed. Slight foxing throughout. Some pages somewhat creased. Some marks in pencil. In very good condition.. First edition. In later cloth binding. 80 [2] p., 1 folding plate. The first Hungarian work on copper engraving. István Majer (1813-1893) was a Hungarian theologist, bishop, writer and graphic artist. He learned copper engraving and created several popular icons with this method. .

[S.l. (Madrid)]: [S.n.], 1642. First edition. Papered spine. With a short correction of text in ink by a contemporary neat hand on f. 15r. In fine condition.. First edition. Papered spine. 15 numbered leaves. Extremely scarce report on the first 'entradas' into the Amazon area, and the expedition of Pedro Teixeira, the first European to travel up the entire length of the river, and his return journey, accompanied by Cristóbal de Acuña. A highly important, contemporary document of the rivalry between the Franciscans and the Jesuits for the Amazon Valley. Borba de Moraes in Bibliographia Brasiliana states that the present work is "the only contemporary printed document to narrate the famous journey made by the Franciscans, Diego de Brieva and André de Toledo, who sailed down the Amazon River in October 1636, and arrived in Pará [Belém] in February 1637". He describes the document as of the greatest rarity, full of valuable information and great importance. Regarding the bibliographical… Read More

[Paris]: de l'Imprimerie de la Feuille du Jour, rue de Bondi, No. 74, à coté de l'Opera, 1791. First edition. Unbound as published. Toned at the lower edge throughout. A cluster of worm hole at the lower edge not affecting the text. Otherwise fine.. First edition. Unbound as published. [2] 25 [1] p. On the French Revenue from Pondicherry.

[France], [Undated, first half of the 19th century]. Manuscript in French. Written in brown ink, by a neat hand. First leaf with open tear at the inner margin (no loss to text). Corners dog-eared, some foxing and chipping here and there, text not affected. Overall in very good condition.. Manuscript in French. Written in brown ink, by a neat hand. ff. [38]. (ms. on 72 pages). Near contemporary abstract of the first eighteen books of Malte-Brun's Précis de géographie universelle, including the chapter on the Norse colonization of North America (pp. 64-71). Conrad Malte-Brun (1775-1826; Danish geographer) was an early modern propagator and advocator of the recognition of the idea of the Norse colonization of North America. In Les Annales des Voyages (1810) and his monumental Précis de géographie universelle (the source of the present manuscript, also from 1810), Malte-Brun delineates the stories of the Norse legends and sagas reporting on Norsemen who explored and settled areas of the North… Read More

Kiev: Kiever farlag, [192-?]. First edition. Stapled, with no cover, as published. Some leaves somewhat worn. Old collection stamps. Pages yellowed due to acidic paper. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Stapled, with no cover, as published. 34 [2] p. First Yiddish edition of the Russian author Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak's children's story, translated into Yiddish by David Roykhel. .

Bruxelles, 1921. Original illustrated paper. In fine condition. Original illustrated paper. 4 p. First edition of this score, edition of which is 500 copies. Poem by Philippe Soupault and music by E.L.T. Feel. The cover was designed by Man Ray.

[N.p.]: [S.n.], 1984. First Czech edition. Samizdat. Carbon copy. In original cloth, with title vignette on spine. In fine condition.. First Czech edition. Samizdat. Carbon copy. In original cloth, with title vignette on spine. (1), 4-60 leaves [complete]. Mandelstam's anti-Stalinist monologue that mocks the servility of the Soviet writers and the cultural bureaucracy. "Fourth Prose" was written in 1930 and was not published in Russia until 1989. Scarce, we could not trace any copies in institutional holdings. .

Bremen: Druck und Verlag von C. Schünemann, 1845. First edition. In blue paper. Partly untrimmed, uncut. With the stamp of the "Sozialdemokratischen Vereins, Bremen" on title page. With several newspaper clippings from 1881 and 1882 related to the text mounted onto pages, with no effect on legibility. Foxing throughout. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. In blue paper. VIII, 326, (2) p. Guid book about the United States for German emigrants. Gives a detailed description of 27 American states that admitted to the Union until the date of the publication, and in addition about Iowa and Wisconsin. It also includes a forty-page description of the United States, the biography of George Washington and the translation of his Farewell Address, that is most likely the first European edition in German translation of the speech. The book starts with the description of the Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States in 1776, gives detailed information about their geography, demography,… Read More

Amsterdam: Leidschepleintheater, 1936. First editon. In original paper. Very good condition.. First editon. In original paper. Rare program of the famous political cabaret for its last tour of Netherlands in the spring of 1936. - Contains the list of programs and photos of the performers Erika Mann, Therese Giehse, Magnus Henning, Paul Lindenberg, Katharine Mattern, Max Vredenburg and Cilly Wang.

Budapest: Magyar Téka (Ladányi), 1946. First Hungarian edition. In half cloth with the publisher's illustrated dust jacket designed by Tibor Toncz. Dust jacket chipped at extremities, restored by tape on verso, otherwise is very good condition. The book is in fine condition.. First Hungarian edition. In half cloth with the publisher's illustrated dust jacket designed by Tibor Toncz. 262, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of Klaus Mann's 1936 novel. With the scarce illustrated dust jacket. .

Wien: Fischer Verlag, 1936. First edition. In original wrappers, housed in a red chagrin spine folder and Boichot case. In fine condition.. First edition. In original wrappers, housed in a red chagrin spine folder and Boichot case. 42 p. Inscribed to Hans Reisiger. The text of Thomas Mann'a speech, delivered on May 8, 1936 in Vienna on the occasion of Sigmund Freud's 80th birthday. Inscribed to Hans Reisiger, a close friend of Thomas Mann, who served as the model for Rüdiger Schildknapp's in Mann's 1947 novel the Doctor Faustus. .