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151 folding leaves. Three parts in one vol. Thickish 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers (upper wrapper a little worn), orig. block-printed title label on upper cover (label somewhat defective), new stitching. From the colophon: Kyoto: Nakamura Magobei, 1710. First edition of this important and useful bibliography. In 1710 "the Kyoto publisher Nakamura Magobei compiled a catalogue known as Bengi shomokuroku. The aim of this catalogue was to help the reader disentangle book titles which could be easily confused because they were read in the same way, because they used the same characters but different readings, or because they were known by several titles...Nakamura Magobei included manuscripts (kakihon) and explained that he had 'given the majority of the many titles of manuscripts that have been circulating since past times'."-Laura Moretti, "The Japanese Early-Modern Publishing Market Unveiled: A Survey of Edo-Period Booksellers' Catalogues," in East Asian Publishing and Society, Vol. 2 (2012), pp. 206n… Read More

Two double-page & three full-page woodcuts. 14.5 folding leaves (pagination irregular but complete). 8vo, orig. patterned orange wrappers (a little soiled & rubbed), orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. Ushu [in today's Yamagata Prefecture], Naraya Ichibei, 1691. First edition of this very rare work on practical business mathematics and the use of the abacus by the wasan scholar, Nakamura Seiei (d. 1734). There is no copy of the first edition in WorldCat, which lists only the reprints of 1926 and 1935. The Mujin (or tanomoshi), a sort of rotating savings and credit cooperative association, has existed in Japan since the middle Kamakura period (1185-1333) and was only superseded by commercial banks in the Meiji period. Mujin ko "allowed individuals to predict with a degree of certitude what return to expect from deposits made to the cooperative fund...the structure allowed it to be used as an instrument for investment. The precision with which this rotation of funds was… Read More

12 full-page hand-colored woodcut illus. (each with several figures, some with text) & one black & white full-page illus. 61 folding leaves. Four parts in one vol. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan, probably Kyoto]: Preface dated 1690. First edition, and very rare, of this work on funerary rites by Nakamura (1629-1702/03), written in classical Chinese with Japanese kunten reading marks. The 12 woodcut illustrations have been beautifully colored by hand at an early date. Nakamura, who probably had a merchant background, was a Neo-Confucian scholar in the early Tokugawa period and he and Ito Jinsai (1627-1705) were considered the preeminent scholars of their generation. Nakamura wrote the first illustrated encyclopedia to be published in Japan. His Neo-Confucian learning, influenced by Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and largely focused on ritual, is seen in this work on funerary rites. When it comes to sons' and daughters' respectful acts towards their… Read More

Many woodcut illustrations, including five double-page woodcuts. 30; 29; 29 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto: Ten'nojiya Ichirobei, 1743. First edition. "The author Nakane Genjun (1701-1761) was a Wasan and calendar scholar. He was the son of Nakane Genkei (1662-1733). This book is not a systematized Wasan book but one that is mainly compiled from mathematical recreations, featuring inserted illustrations throughout. It freely covers an assortment of both hard (academic) and soft (recreational) materials... "At the end, it introduces the results of the fields into which most research efforts were poured in those days, such as Kohaijutsu. It was Kasai who wrote the afterword to the book; he was a disciple of Nakane, and his principal occupation was the operator of a bookstore called Ten'nojiya. After this, Ten'nojiya would become the sole bookstore that undertook the publication of major… Read More

Edited by Yusuishi Tanaka. Woodcut frontis. & eight fine double-page woodcut illus. 21; 18 folding leaves. Two vols. Large 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (wrappers rather worn & rubbed), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (rubbed), new stitching. Osaka, Edo, & Kyoto: 1749. First edition of this beautifully illustrated book; the fine woodcuts are by Sukenobu Nishikawa (1671-1750 or -51 or -54), who "counts among the foremost masters of so-called ukiyo-e (primitive) prints. His subject matter, like that of his contemporaries, revolved around images of women walking. These images are stylised, lending the rhythmic movement of the sumptuous robes an almost sculptural effect. Nishikawa also did many book illustrations...Nishikawa founded a whole school, and according to his family archives Harunobu (1725-1770) was a follower of his."-Oxford Art Online. This work is concerned with the education of women in its widest sense, combining knowledge with taste. Four types of girls' "play" are described… Read More

Black & white illus. [20] pp. Oblong 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Jyväskylä, Finland: Alvar Aalto Museum, 1987.<br /> <P> Rare exhibition catalogue on artists' books. With texts by Maurizio Nannucci and Pier Luigi Tazzi and a useful bibliography and reference section.<br /> <P> Fine.

[82] perforated leaves. 8vo (210 x 150 mm.), white softcover, title printed in red on spine. Lugo, Italy: Exit Edizioni; Amsterdam: Other Books and So, April 1978. A scarce artist's book co-published by Maurizio Nannucci (b. 1939) and Ulises Carrión's Other Books and So bookstore. Each leaf, with "ART AS SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT" printed in bold red, is perforated, so that pages may be torn out and used as flyers to distribute. All of the leaves are present in this copy. In near fine condition. ❧ M. Nannucci, Always Endeavor to Find Some Interesting Variation (2016), pp. 182-83. A. Moeglin-Delcroix, Esthétique du Livre d'artiste: Introduction à l'art contemporain (2nd ed.: 2012) pp. 136-37.

Six vols. 8vo, orig. blue semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (label on Vol. I somewhat defective), new stitching. [Kyoto]: Yao Kanbē 八尾勘兵衛, Preface by Nanshi Wenxiu dated 1417, but late 17th or 18th century. First edition to be printed in Japan of this collection of the words and deeds of famous Chinese monks of the Chan (J.: Zen) 禪 lineages. The Expanded Supplement was edited by Nanshi Wenxiu 南石文琇 (1345-1418) over a period of 30 years. It was first published in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, in 1671, a considerable time after Nanshi's death. We assume that the Japanese edition to which our copy belongs postdates this Chinese edition. The entry for our edition in WorldCat (40222684) estimates that it is from the 17th century. The genre of records of the "transmission of the lamp" - a metaphor for the Buddhist teachings - fits somewhere between a biography and a collection of recorded sayings. It focuses more on the teachings of the monks featured than… Read More

Three black & white illus. Single long folded sheet forming [8] pp. Torino: 1971. Rare exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Narciso. WorldCat records just one copy, in Italy. With three illustrations and a check-list of works shown. Near fine. Galleria Narciso Catalogue no. 95.

Five illus. (one in color). Single long folded sheet forming [8] pp. Torino: 1972. Unrecorded by WorldCat, catalogue for a group exhibition at Galleria Narciso. The following artists participated: Leon Bakst, Walter Crane, Alphonse Mucha, Emile Bernard, Maurice Denis, Nikolai Kalmakoff, Alphonse Osbert, Hans Schmithals, John William Waterhouse, etc. Near fine. The gallery's 110th catalogue.

Woodcut device on title. 166, [1] pp. Small 8vo, cont. vellum over limp boards (lower cover a little defective, minor worming in lower margin but touching one letter of imprint). Paris: F. Targa, 1627.<br /> <P> First edition of a work of the greatest importance in the history of book collecting and libraries; Naudé's bibliographic canon still influences us today. The first edition is a very rare book; its continuing importance is attested to by the many reprints in French and translations into other languages well into the 20th century.<br /> <P> In this first comprehensive guide devoted to how to form a library, Naudé (1600-53), Cardinal Mazarin's librarian, also stresses the importance of making the library available to the public. Naudé wrote that it was necessary to gather all types of books, regardless of the author's religion or political beliefs. He "advised collectors to buy books on all subjects, taking pains to… Read More

Printed on both sides. Oblong postcard. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer 1974. Postcard invitation for Nauman's 1974 solo presentation with Konrad Fischer. The artist displayed: Yellow Room (Triangular) (1973), Compression and Disappearance (1974), and Body Pressure (1974). According to S. Richard, Giuseppe Panza di Biumo purchased the former two works from this show. In fine condition. ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 89.

Eight folding engraved plates. xviii, 524, [4], 29 pp. Small 8vo, cont. polished calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: L.E. Ganeau, 1750. First edition, a translation by Louis Anne Lavirotte, of Needham's Account of some New Microscopical Discoveries (1745) and his Observations upon the General Composition and Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable Substances (1749). This edition contains substantial additions by Needham which appear here for the first time, including his "forward-looking theory of reproduction"-D.S.B., X, p. 9. The first English Catholic priest to be elected to the Royal Society of London, Needham (1713-81), developed a theory of generation in this work which placed him in the vitalist camp through its reliance on principles peculiar to living things and its assignment of self-patterning powers to matter. It differed from Buffon's in its denial of chance combinations of mathematically countable genetic traits. The final 29 pages -… Read More

iv, 54 pp. Small 8vo (155 x 100 mm.), modern blue wrapper, stitched. Munich: 1869.<br /> <P> An unrecorded and early edition of the catalogue inventorying painted porcelains displayed at Munich's Neue Pinakothek; on WorldCat, the earliest listed work under this title is from 1870. Designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and August von Voit and completed in 1853, the Neue Pinakothek was intended to house Ludwig I's collection. Allied bombing destroyed the original building in 1944, only in 1981 was the museum rebuilt.<br /> <P> This is an interesting catalogue of porcelain bearing reproductions of celebrated pictures. At the porcelain manufactory at Nymphenburg, artists such as Anton Auer, Christian Adler, Philipp Kristfeld, Karl Heinzmann, Karl Lefebure, Max Auer, etc. created these pieces for Ludwig I. In the present catalogue, 280 pieces are described, providing the name of the original work, by whom the work was copied and when, and the location of the… Read More

8 p.l., 586, [38] pp. 4to, cont. calf (upper joint cracked at head, minor foxing at beginning & end), red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. Johnston, Keith, & E. Dilly, 1759. First edition in English, with considerable additions based on his own experiments by the translator William Lewis, author of the Commercium Philosophico-Technicum (London: 1763-65). Neumann (1683-1737), contributed significantly to the establishment of Stahlian chemistry in Germany and its dissemination throughout Europe. "He distinguished clearly between pure and applied chemistry and insisted that the chemical approach to nature was vastly superior to the mechanical philosophy."-D.S.B., X, p. 26. "The text is divided into three approximately equal parts covering the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms. One of the best textbooks of the period, it contains (according to Cole) 'the first exposition of Stahl's phlogiston theory in English.' A bibliography of Neumann's… Read More

7 p.l. (lacking a blank leaf), 440 pp. 4to, cont. smooth vellum over boards. Berlin: J.G. Michaelis, 1732. [bound with]: -- . Disquisitio de Ambra Grysea...sammt einem Kurtzen Vorbericht solcher Memoire halber, Anietzo, weil wenigen Personen die Engländische Transactiones Philosophicae vorkommen, in deutscher Sprache pobliciret, von Einem Liebhaber der Historiae Naturalis. 8 p.l., 116 pp. 4to. Dresden: G.C. Hilschern, 1736. [bound with]: -- . Lectiones Publicae von Vier Subjectis Pharmaceutico-Chemicis, nehmlich vom Gemeinem Saltze, Weinstein, Salmiac und der Ameise, wie solche bey dem in Berlin gestiffteten Königl. Collegio Medico-Chirurgico abgehandelt worden. 4 p.l., 379, [1] pp. 4to. Leipzig: G.B. Frommann, 1737. A very attractive sammelband of three of Neumann's most important collections of writings. Neumann (1683-1737), "studied pharmacy, travelled with the king as his apothecary, and also at his expense in Germany, Holland and England, where he resided for five years. He… Read More

Single black & white illus. Folded card. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1965.<br /> <P> Scarce Nevelson exhibition card from the 60s. With text by the artist and a biography. Image shows Black Chord IV. In fine condition.

Twelve folding engraved plates. 4 p.l., 382 pp., one leaf of ads. 8vo, cont. calf (small portions of ends of spine & one corner carefully repaired), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. Innys, 1730. Fourth edition, and the final edition to be revised by Newton, of this great classic. It contains the complete set of 31 Queries which reveal some of Newton's most influential and speculative writing. Fine crisp copy. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Edward Powell. &#10087; Babson 136.

79 engraved plates. xi, 79, [1] pp. Large 4to, cont. sheep, flat spine gilt. London: I. & J. Taylor, 1797. First edition and a nice copy from Schloss Tetschner, with the private library's attractive stamp on verso of title. Nicholson (1765-1844), architectural writer and mathematician, "was probably the most prolific communicator on the technical aspects of architecture in the first half of the nineteenth century and his influence should not be underestimated. He wrote at least twenty-seven books and two collaborations, which all went into many reprints and which were still being republished and updated by others well after his death...Furthermore his was one of the leading intellects concerning technical architectural matters and remains to this day essential reading on the period."-ODNB. The magnificent Tetschner library was purchased in 1934 by H.P. Kraus in Prague. Bound-in at the end is a four-page folio Taylor catalogue of publications, which does not seem to… Read More

One folding engraved plate of apparatus. xxvii, 532, [5] pp. 8vo, cont. half-calf (a few small scuff marks, lower joint with minor crack at head), green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1790. First edition. Nicholson (1753-1815), translator of Fourcroy and Chaptal, and editor of the first general scientific periodical in England published independently of the academies, was one of the important British figures in the new chemical movement. In this voluminous textbook on chemistry, dedicated to Cavendish, he explained both the phlogistic and antiphlogistic theories, as he considered them equally probable. "The text is divided into two books, I. General Chemistry includes heat, construction of thermometers, combustion, methods of making experiments with gases, an account of balances and elective attractions; II. includes general principles of bodies, acids, metals, mineral combustibles, vegetable and animal products. The useful treatment in I. of… Read More