Letters and Holographic Documents

Small quarto, 2 pages, with a conjugate blank leaf. Thin strip of tissue-paper on the outside rear page, and minimal loss to this blank leaf near the centre of the hinge (both as a result of having been mounted in, then removed from, an album); light creases where folded in four for posting; in excellent condition. Humboldt writes to introduce the geologist Alexandre Brongniart, remembering with gratitude the assistance rendered by le Duc to himself and his friends and collaborators, [Louis Joseph] Gay-Lussac and [Christian Leopold von] Buch. He hopes that M. Brongniart, 'l'homme célèbre', who wishes to visit Vesuvius and the lava flows of Ischia, will be afforded similar kindnesses. Nicola Filomarino, duca della Torre and principe di Boiano, devoted much of his scientific career to the study of Vesuvius and the volcanology of Campania. In August 1805 he accompanied Humboldt to the crater of Vesuvius, with Humboldt's journal recording that his observations were made with the aid of the Duke's… Read More

1939. Manuscrit. Bon. En Feuilles. Signé par l'auteur. In-4. A) 8 lettres autographes signées d'Edouard Pichon à sa belle-soeur (l'une incomplète, certaines avec ajouts autographes signés de Hélène Pichon) : 8 pp. in-4 et 6 pp. in-8, certaines datées (1937-1939) ; B) 34 lettres autographes signées de Hélène Pichon à sa soeur (certaines avec ajouts autographes signés de Edouard Pichon) : 59 pp. in-4 et 14 pp. in-8 [1938-1939]. Dans cette correspondance familiale, il est beaucoup question de la santé de l'un ou de l'autre des époux (Edouard Pichon souffrait d'un rhumatisme articulaire aigu et Hélène Pichon de la tuberculose), mais aussi des "Mélanges Pierre Janet" dont E. Pichon s'occupait de la publication (on apprend ainsi que "Bergson envoie 100 francs, mais n'écrira rien parce qu'il a des insomnies (Edouard ne comprend… Read More

1972. Near Fine. A warm, gracious 2 pg. ALS from the photographer Paul Strand, referencing --among other things-- an evening with Hart Crane. Strand is patiently responding (from France) to a Vietnam vet (whose 2 letters are here included) who asks if he and his wife might work for an aging Strand in any capacity. Strand's August 1972 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" letter in response is bright and clean and has held up nicely. His hand is strong and the ball-point ink completely legible. Also includes the original enevelope (addressed in Strand's hand and postmarked "Yvesines", France).

Letter, 1990. Letter. Very Good. Unmarked. Signed letter from the artist Gordon Onslow Ford (1912-2003) to writer/artist Amy Ione in response to an article about his work. Folded into four panels. Includes comments on his view of art theories. British-born painter Gordon Onslow Ford was the youngest and last surviving member of the original Surrealist artistic group, led by the poet André Breton. Also included in the group were Matta, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, and Salvador Dali.

Manchester, 1952-1956. Including 16 typed letters signed (one with the signature clipped out for reproduction in Vistas in Astronomy) and 1 autograph letter signed by Lovell, together with yellow carbons of Beer's typed letters, bound together with green string with metal caps in Beer's tan folder with the name Lovell in ink on the cover. Rust stains to the top three documents and the lower document from the metal caps on the binding string, not affecting the Lovell letters. Occasional mild creasing, otherwise the contents fresh and in excellent condition. An interesting archive of unpublished correspondence between leading radio astronomer Alfred Lovell (1913-2012) and astronomer and science populariser Arthur Beer. Beer (1900-1980) was born in Richenberg, Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), and educated in Austria and Germany. He worked as an astronomer at Breslau University, where he studied binary stars, and at the German Maritime Observatory. He also wrote newspaper columns and was responsible… Read More

1554 RARE Italian Letters Bernardo Tasso Annibal Caro Tolomei Gonzaga Atanagi

A rare collection of 16th-century letters and correspondence by important Italian figures including Bernardo Tasso, Annibal Caro, Claudio Tolomei, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galeazzo Florimonte, Vittoria Farnese d'Este and many other Italian noblemen and women. This collection was edited by Dionigi Atanagi.
This collection of letters is exceedingly rare, especially outside of Italy. There is only one known copy in any American institutional library!

Item number: #10083
Price: $950
ATANAGI, Dionigi

De le lettere di tredici huomini illustri libri tredici
Venetia, 1554.

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Collation: Complete
o [8], 228
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References: USTC 803648
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 11cm)
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Extremely rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $2,600
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1597 Bernardo Tasso Italian Letters Annibal Caro Pietro Bembo Pope Clement VII

Bernardo Tasso was a 16th-century Italian author who is best remembered for his extensive collection of letters to prominent Italian figures. These letters included correspondence with Cagnino Gonzaga, Annibal Caro, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Guido Rangoni, and Popes Paul III and Clement VII.

This 1597 edition is exceedingly rare – only one example is held in any institutional library in the entire Western Hemisphere!
Item number: #10023
Price: $950
TASSO, Bernardo
Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso. Vtili non solamente alle persone priuate, ma anco à secretarij de principi per le materie che ui si trattano, & per la maniera dello scriuere
In Venetia: Appresso il Griffio, 1597.

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Collation: Complete
o [8], 284
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References: USTC 858259; Edit16 35451;
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~5.75in X 4in (14.5cm x 10cm)
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London, 1876. Loose Page . Good+. 7" × 4 1/2" . William Morris letter with signature; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London: 1876. 7" x 4 1/2" (17.8 x 11.4 cm). Loose Page [1] p. Hand-written letter by Morris, 1876, probably addressed to Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935) who made various compositions on the texts of Morris.Description: "Madam, you have my permission to publish my song with the music to which you have set it, though I must say I do not think it suitable for that purpose. However that is your affair. I have not heard of this having been set to music before. I am M..., William Morris." Date: 14 January 1876 Condition overall: Good+.

1898. Near Fine. 1 handwritten letter on both sides of a piece of Naval and Military Club stationery with the club emblem and a black border, dated 13 July 1898. General Bindon Blood (1842-1940), a British Army commander who served in India, Southern Africa, and Afghanistan, is responding to an invitation. He was in London briefly in the summer of 1898 after being appointed major general and before returning, as he references here, to the Meerut district of India, "which is one of the very best commands in India." He was appointed in command of that district in September 1898. Although he spend part of 1901 fighting in the Second Boer War, he returned to India later that year. In 1907 he retired to London. Winston Churchill served under Blood in 1897 and dedicated The Story of the Malakand Field Force to him. In Near Fine Condition: small discoloration on the first side; otherwise, clean and crisp.

1823. Very Good +. 1 handwritten letter, dated 6 March 1823, from Lord Thomas Cochrane to Captain David Porter of the U.S. Navy expressing condolences over the death of Lt. Cocke, who was killed when the Spanish commander in San Juan fired to warn the American ships from entering the port. Lord Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860), later Admiral, had earned the nickname The Sea Wolf during the Napoleonic Wars before being dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814 following a conviction for fraud on the Stock Exchange. In 1818 he went to Chile and became First Vice Admiral of its navy, leading it during the Chilean war of independence against Spain. In 1820 he was was active in achieving independence for Peru. He left the Chilean Navy on 29 Nov. 1822. Cochrane was apparently on his way to Brazil on 6 March 1823 when this letter was written. On 21 March 1823 he took command of the Brazilian Navy. He left Brazil in 1825, fought for Greece in 1827 and 1828, and was restroed to the Royal Navy in 1832 as a Rear… Read More

Stuttgart, Germany: Edition Dornberger, 1971. Original folded silkscreen Christmas card . Dated, inscribed, and signed by famed American artist Robert Indiana: "25-XII-'73. Agnes. Greetings. So nice to receive your note--the "Art" sculpture is at Colby for '75 Inaugural (on loan). Bob." Indiana created Christmas cards that he sent to his personal friends, and Agnes almost certainly was the important Canadian-American artist Agnes Martin. I have not yet determined which sculpture is referenced in the note. The silkscreen is in near-fine condtion: clean and bright, with a hint of wear along the folding edge; the fold is slightly askew revealing a bit of the white margin of the note.. SIGNED. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Indiana. 5 7/8 Inches X 5 7/8 Inches. Fine Art Print.

1731 Letters of Turkish SPY by Marana Ottoman Letters Byzantine Political 6v SET

Most known for his work 'Letters Writ by A Turkish Spy', Giovanni Paolo Marana was a political refugee during the reign of Louis XIV in France. The first volume, however, is the only volume he is known to have written. The subsequent seven volumes are attributed to various authors, even though some experts claim that Marana himself may have written them.

'Letters' is a collection of hundreds of fictional letters by an Ottoman spy named Mahmut, who also happened to be in the court of Louis XIV. The correspondence in this work covers the mid-17th-century in France are a satirical view of the current state of politics and society in Paris – making slights at figures such as Cardinal Richelieu.

Item number: #21899
Price: $795

MARANA, Giovanni Paolo

L'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens, ou, Lettres et memoires d'un envoyé secret de la porte…

A Cologne [i.e. Rouen] : Chez Erasme Kenkius, 1731.

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1634 ENGLISH 1ed Guez de BALZAC Letters Cardinal Richelieu Valete Louis XIII France

Jean Guez de Balzac was a 17th-century French author known for his letters and essays. His letters, which have been his claim to fame, have still been studied by modern writers for their prose style.

This 1634 first English edition of Balzac's 'Letters' was dedicated to Cardinal Richelieu and includes correspondence with Richelieu, Cardinal Valete, de Bois Robert, and many other prominent French nobles, though none more important than those to King Louis XIII.

Item number: #22353
Price: $950

BALZAC, Honoré de

The letters of Mounsieur de Balzac. Translated into English

London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Richard Clotterbuck, 1634. First English edition.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [24], 80, 83-401 (i.e., 410), [4]
o Pagination errors expected
• Provenance: Handwritten – J. Horner
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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1543 Marcus AURELIUS Stoic Philosophy Meditations Venice Italian Spanish Guevara

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Antonio Guevara, a 15th-century man of letters, grew up in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain. His work, now, is considered of little more than historical interest, but his writing style and contents reflect the tastes of the court of Charles V, who he was writing for later in his life.

Guevara's 'Libro di Marco Aurelio' features a lengthy biography of Marcus Aurelius and includes published letters of Emperor Aurelius. This treatise is work on Spanish morality through the lens of the life of the famed Roman Emperor. From about 1530 to the end of the century, a notable increase of interest in Marcus Aurelius can be seen in Western Art. Guevara wrote this book hoping to capture some of the profits that could be gained from promoting Marcus Aurelius.

Item number: #22460
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1581 Saint Athanasius of Alexandria Pope Mark Serapion Amun Africa Egypt Coptic

Athanasius the Great of Alexandria was a 4th-century church father who was known as being one of the greatest Egyptian leaders in Christianity. He is often best remembered for his opposition to Arius and Eusebius of Nicomedia which ultimately relegated him to exile multiple times.

His best and most often referenced work was his book on the life of Saint Anthony the Great, which appears, along with the rest of his known works, in this 1581 folio edition of the works of Athanasius. Other works found in this book include:
· Arguments against Arianism
· Episcopal letters to the church in Corinth
· Interpretation of Psalms
· Letters
o to Pope Mark
o to Saint Serapion
o to bishops in Africa
o to Christian brothers in Egypt, Syria, Phoencia, and Arabia
o to Saint Amun (or Ammon)

Item number: #22800
Price: $995

ATHANASIUS of Alexandria

Divi Athanasii Magni Alexandrini… Read More