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Lettres sur la danse, sur les ballets et les arts (Observations sur la construction d'une salle d'opéra, et programme de ballets). by NOVERRE, Jean Georges

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Lettres sur la danse, sur les ballets et les arts (Observations sur la construction d'une salle d'opéra, et programme de ballets). by NOVERRE, Jean Georges

Lettres sur la danse, sur les ballets et les arts (Observations sur la construction d'une salle d'opéra, et programme de ballets).

by NOVERRE, Jean Georges

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St Petersburg, Jean Charles Schnoor, 1803-1804.

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Definite edition printed in St Petersburg in 1803-1804 of the famous "Letters on dancing and ballets" by J.G. Noverre.

Born in Paris from a military dad, from Switzerland, Jean Georges Noverre starts as a dancer in Fontainebleau, in 1742, in front of the court of Louis XIV; he dances in Berlin in front of the court of Frederick the Great, then at the Opéra-Comique of Paris (1749), at the Drury Lane of London (1755) and then travels across France. In 1760, he inaugurates his career as a ballet master in the service of the Duke of Wurtemberg (1760-1768), after having published a book on dancing that Voltaire qualified of "genius work". From 1770 to 1774, he is in Vienna where he collaborates with Gluck, especially to create the ballets of Iphigenia in Tauris and Alceste. In 1774, he is in Milan, before getting from Marie-Antoinette, his former pupil, the position of chief ballet master at the Royal Academy of Music of Paris (where he replaces Gaétan Vestris in 1776). Among the many ballets he creates The Little nothings, for which Mozart had composed a music while he was staying in Paris, stands out. During the Revolution, he goes to England and performs Iphigenia in Aulide at the King's theatre of London. Once back to France, he works on a dance dictionary; he will die in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in relative poverty.

"Noverre offers in his writings, especially in Letters on dancing and ballets, an important legacy: filled with 18th century ideology, he elaborates a doctrine and establishes the rules regarding the art of ballet, considered until then as a mere entertainment. He wants to make a true dramatic art of it in agreement with nature and the characters' manners: he advocates a progressive action, a dance able to express the soul passions and afflictions; he requests a conception unity in the composition of ballet, obliging the composer to adapt his music to the drama and feelings of protagonists. The ballet master must have extensive knowledge in anatomy, music, drawing, painting and a wide humanist culture. Not only must he know dancing, but also to harmoniously coordinate arms, legs and head in the movement. He bans pure virtuosity, reforms leaps and insists on the value of placement of dancers. He considerably lightens costumes removing masks, wigs, sack-back gowns. His theories, hardly applied during his lifetime, were taken back afterwards and can be considered as the essential foundations for the 19th and 20th century choreographic art."

Jane Patrie

A precious dedication copy offered to the Czar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) with this dedication:

"TO HIS MAJESTY

EMPEROR OF ALL RUSSIA.

SIR,

The double favor that I have just received from your IMPERIAL MAJESTY has touched my heart with the most vivid gratitude. Not only he allows me to dedicate him my work, but he agrees to add to this grace, the one of printing it in my benefit. This honor given to the arts

deserves to be celebrated by all the living artists …"

Magnificent volumes printed in St Petersburg in 1803-1804 bound in contemporary red morocco decorated with the arms of Alexander I of Russia Pavlovich, great-son of Catherine the Great, emperor of all Russia, coming from the library of Tsarskoe Selo with armorial stamp on each title-page.

Magriel p. 115; Niles & Leslie p. 389 ("Certainly the most beautiful and perhaps the most complete of all the editions of Noverre").


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St Petersburg : Jean Charles Schnoor, 1803-1804.

4 volumes in-4, un portrait-frontispice gravé par J. Saunders, un feuillet d'errata à la fin de chacun des volumes.

Cuir de Russie rouge de l'époque portant les armoiries impériales russes sur les plats, dos lisses, tranches dorées. Reliures impériales de l'époque.

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Edition originale définitive imprimée à Saint Petersbourg en 1803-1804 des célèbres Lettres sur la danse de J.G. Noverre.

Né à Paris d'un père militaire, d'origine suisse, Jean Georges Noverre débute comme danseur à Fontainebleau, en 1742, devant la cour de Louis XV ; il danse à Berlin devant celle de Frédéric II, puis à l'Opéra-Comique de Paris (1749), au Drury Lane de Londres (1755) et parcourt ensuite la France. En 1760, il inaugure sa carrière de maître de ballet au service du duc de Wurtemberg (1760-1768), après avoir publié un livre sur la danse que Voltaire qualifiera " d'ouvrage de génie ". De 1770 à 1774, il est à Vienne où il collabore avec Gluck, notamment pour créer les ballets d'Iphigénie en Tauride et d'Alceste. En 1774, il est à Milan, avant d'obtenir de Marie-Antoinette, son ancienne élève, le poste de maître de ballet en chef de l'Académie royale de musique de Paris (où il remplace Gaétan Vestris en 1776). Parmi les nombreux ballets qu'il crée se détachent Les Petits Riens, pour lesquels il obtient une musique de Mozart, qui séjournait alors à Paris. Lors de la Révolution, il passe en Angleterre et y donne encore Iphigénie en Aulide au King's Theatre de Londres. Rentré en France, il travaille à un dictionnaire de la danse ; il mourra à Saint-Germain-en-Laye dans une relative pauvreté.

" Noverre laisse dans ses écrits, parmi lesquels Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets, un héritage important : imprégné de l'idéologie du XVIIIè siècle, il élabore une doctrine et fixe les règles concernant l'art du ballet, considéré jusqu'alors comme un simple divertissement. Il veut en faire un véritable art dramatique en accord avec la nature et les mœurs des personnages : il préconise une action progressive, une danse capable d'exprimer les passions et les affections de l'âme ; il exige une unité de conception dans la composition du ballet, obligeant le compositeur à conformer sa musique au drame et aux sentiments des protagonistes. Le maître de ballet doit posséder des connaissances approfondies en anatomie, en musique, en dessin, en peinture et une vaste culture humaniste. Qu'il sache non seulement danser, mais aussi coordonner d'une façon harmonieuse bras, jambes et tête dans le mouvement. Il bannit la pure virtuosité, réforme les sauts (entrechats fouettés et non plus frottés, sauts en diagonale et non plus verticaux), insiste sur la valeur de l'en-dehors et du placement des danseurs. Il allège considérablement le costume, supprimant masques, perruques, robes à panier. Ses théories, peu appliquées de son vivant, furent reprises par la suite et peuvent être considérées comme les bases essentielles de l'art chorégraphique du XIXe et du XXè siècle. "

Jane PATRIE

" Lorsque je me proposai d'écrire sur un art, objet constant de mes études et de mes réflexions, j'étois loin de prévoir le succès et l'effet de mes lettres sur la danse ; quand elles parurent en 1760, elles furent accueillies avec intérêt par les gens de lettres et par les personnes de goût ; mais en même temps avec un sentiment de dépit et d'humeur de la part de celles pour qui elles étoient principalement composées. Elles soulevèrent presque tous les danseurs des spectacles de l'Europe, et notamment ceux de l'Opéra de Paris, spectacle qui étoit, qui est, et qui sera longtemps le premier et le plus magnifique des temples de Therpsicore, mais celui dont les prêtres ont le plus de prétention et d'irritabilité. On cria à l'anathême, on me traita d'innovateur, et l'on me regarda comme un homme d'autant plus dangereux, que j'attaquois des principes consacrés par leur ancienneté… " (Avant-propos de la présente édition).

Précieux exemplaire de dédicace offert au Tsar Alexandre Ier (1777-1825) avec cette dédicace :

" A SA MAJESTÉ

L'EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES.

SIRE,

La double faveur que je viens de recevoir dc votre MAJESTÉ IMPÉRIALE, a pénétré mon cœur de la plus vive reconnoissance. Non seulement elle me permet de lui dédier mon ouvrage, mais elle daigne ajouter encore à cette grâce, celle de le faire imprimer à mon bénéfice. Cet honneur fait aux arts mériteroit d'être célébré par tous les artistes de nos jours… ".

Magnifiques volumes imprimés à St Petersbourg en 1803-1804 reliés en maroquin rouge de l'époque décoré et frappé des armes d'Alexandre Ier Paulowitz, petit-fils de Catherine II, empereur de toutes les Russies, provenant de la bibliothèque Tsarskoe Selo avec cachet armorié sur chaque feuillet de titre.

Magriel p. 115 ; Niles & Leslie p. 389 (" Certainly the most beautiful and perhaps the most complete of all the editions of Noverre").

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Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

by Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant

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9780399157424
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0399157425
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition June 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.
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Germinal

Germinal

by Emile Zola

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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

by Jacobson, Alan

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9780983626008
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0983626006
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. July 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, hand signed by Alan Jacobson. Numbered editions are numbered 1-100, in custom slipcase.
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The King of the Golden River

The King of the Golden River

by Ruskin, John

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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain

by Sinclair, John L

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Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version

by Franklin, Benjamin; Bigelow, John

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.
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Ikebana Arranging Images
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Ikebana Arranging Images

by Kamata, Soseke

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Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.
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