Search Results: Authors starting with S from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

New York: F.S. Church, c. 1889. Very Good. Notes: This photograph, which depicts a female graduate taming tigers, is after one of F.S. Church's oils and is signed by him. The photograph is taken by Kurtz. There is also an original drawing by Church accompanying the photograph, inscribed:"Knowledge is Power"Dedicated to College Girls of AmericaFrom original painting by F.S. ChurchTo Miss Hazel L Leitchwith compliments ofCharles L Freer.Frederick Stuart Church was born in 1842 in Michigan, and studied in Chicago at the Academy of Design. He was awarded a silver medal at the St. Louis Exp. in 1904, and his work "Moonrise" is on display at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. He died in 1924 in New York City. (Fielding 152)This particular painting currently hangs in the Frederick Stuart Church Collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan, having been included in the donation given to the library by Charles L Freer, a patron of the arts contemporary to Church and also a close personal… Read More

Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1836. Very good. Size : 270x340 (mm), 10.625x13.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States East (States);

London: J. Murray, 1864. Very Good. Notes: An important gold rush map. The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Although the first gold discovery was made in 1859 at Horsefly Creek by Peter Dunlevy, followed by more strikes at Keithley Creek and Antler Creek in 1860, the actual rush did not begin until 1861, when these discoveries were widely publicized. By 1862, following the strikes at William's Creek, the rush was in full swing.Major General Henry Spencer Palmer was a British army military engineer and surveyor. He did considerable surveying work in the British Columbia interior from 1858 to 1863., Size : 190x240 (mm), 7.5x9.5 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada West British Columbia

London, c.1860. Very Good, backed with acid free paper for long term preservation. Image Size : , Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 456x329 (mm), 17.95x12.95 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Medium: Steel Engraving, Categories: Natural History Botany;

Toronto: Walker & Miles, 1878. Very Good;. Size : 405x655 (mm), 15.94x25.79 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: Maps Canada Ontario Southwest;

Toronto: Walker & Miles, 1879. Very Good;. Size : 400x300 (mm), 15.75x11.81 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: Maps Canada Ontario Southwest;

Toronto, 1878. Very Good;. Size : 405x575 (mm), 15.875x22.625 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada Ontario Southwest;

Oxford: J.Ryman, c. 1835. Very Good. Image Size : 220x302 (mm), 8.66x11.89 (Inches), Platemark Size : 288x369 (mm), 11.34x14.53 (Inches), Paper Size : , Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Engraving, Categories: Views Europe England Others;

Philadelphia: Bradley & Co., 1866. Good, With two tears professionally repaired. . Image Size : 298x450 (mm), 11.73x17.72 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 347x477 (mm), 13.66x18.78 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Views United States East; Landscapes

England: Charles Frohman, c.1901. Rebacked expertly, saving the original spine, otherwise in very good condition.. Binding: Original gilt cloth, flat spine with gilt text., Size: 4to., Illustration: P.1-198, Category: Book Literature;Book Plate Books General;

New York: Ackerman Lith., 1855. Very Good. Size : 567x470 (mm), 22.25x18.5 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: Wagner & Camp, "The Plains and the Rockies: A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, adventure, and Travel in the American West", 256; Wheat, "Mapping the Transmississippi West", 868, Category: Maps United States West (States); Maps United States West California;

Robert Duncan Company , c. 1930. Fine and handsome copy. . Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Full Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt title on cover and spine. , Notes: Freemasonry., Size: 8vo, Category: Book Religious General;

Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923. A very good copy.. Binding: Contemporary paper boards, title written in period ink on flat spine. , Notes: Text in French.Sadi (1184–1291), the prominent Persian poet, studied in Baghdad. There he met Suhrawardi, the founder of the Ishraqi or "Illumination" School, whose original writings attempted a synthesis of Zoroastrian, Platonic, and Islamic ideas: interpreting Platonic ideas in terms of Zoroastrian angelology. The "Orient" of his "Oriental Theosophy" is the symbolic Orient, the East, and the dawn is the symbol of Spiritual Light and Knowledge. Sadi, having to flee Baghdad because of the Mongol threat, went on a long journey that took him to central Asia and India, then to Yemen and Ethiopia through Mecca. Sadi was captured by the Franks in Syria and worked as a slave labourer until he was ransomed. He proceeded to North Africa and Anatolia, before returning to his native Shiraz in 1256. His Bustan (Fruit Garden), an ethical-didactic text, was composed in… Read More

New York: Random House, 1941. Very good condition, text is clean.. Binding: Original blue cloth. Flat spine. Top edge tinted red. , Size: 4to, Illustration: Illustrated with fine wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller., Transation: Peter Motteux, Pages: P. 567 pp., Category: Book Literature

Paris: Veith et Hauser, c. 1839. Very Good. Notes: This is a charming depiction of a leisurely Spanish celebration in Granada., Image Size : 263x374 (mm), 10.35x14.72 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 410x553 (mm), 16.14x21.77 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Pastime & Amusements Others; Performing Arts;Views Europe Spain;

London: William H. Allen & Co., 1873.. A very good copy.. Binding: Contemporary full cloth with blind-stamped title on upper board within quadruple blind-stamped lines, spine in five compartments of blind-tooled bands, gilt lettering on two, edges speckled red, endpapers with advertisements. , Notes: Sadi (1184–1291), the prominent Persian poet, studied in Baghdad. There he met Suhrawardi, the founder of the Ishraqi or "Illumination" School, whose original writings attempted a synthesis of Zoroastrian, Platonic, and Islamic ideas: interpreting Platonic ideas in terms of Zoroastrian angelology. The "Orient" of his "Oriental Theosophy" is the symbolic Orient, the East, and the dawn is the symbol of Spiritual Light and Knowledge. Sadi, having to flee Baghdad because of the Mongol threat, went on a long journey that took him to central Asia and India, then to Yemen and Ethiopia through Mecca. Sadi was captured by the Franks in Syria and worked as a slave labourer until he was ransomed. He proceeded… Read More

Persia (Iran). , c.1709.. Binding: contemporary full black morocco, flat spine., Notes: The Transcendent Philosophy of the Four Journeys of the Intellect, known as Four Journeys, is an extended compendium of Islamic philosophy written by the 17th century Islamic scholar, Mulla Sadra. The book explains his philosophy of transcendent theosophy. It was first published in print in 1865 in Tehran in four volumes, where it was accompanied by a commentary on three of the volumes by Hadi Sabzavari (1797–1893). To date, no notable, critical English translation of the book has been made.Mulla Sadrā (Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī) (c.1571 CE–1640 CE), was an Iranian Shia Islamic philosopher, theologian and ‘Ālim (scholar). He was a prominent figure in the Iranian cultural renaissance of the 17th century. Oliver Leaman of the University of Kentucky calls Mulla Sadra "the most important and influential philosopher of the last four hundred years in the Muslim world". Mulla Sadra's writing style is… Read More

Venice: G. Tasso, 1830. Excellent. Size : 370x475 (mm), 14.5x18.75 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: ; Maps Africa Continent

Paris, 1747. Excellent. Notes: The print depicts the important bridge on Neva in St.Petersburg built by the renowned French engineer Peronnet. The bridge allowed the safe passage of tall ships., Image Size : 240x605 (mm), 9.5x23.75 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 360x675 (mm), 14.125x26.5 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Views Europe Russia; Architectural General;

Venice, 1835. Excellent. Size : 262x228 (mm), 10.31x8.98 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps South America Countries;