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|||A ARNOLD / THE LIGHT OF JAPAN.
|||A ASCHE / DREI BILDHAUERFAMILIEN AN DER ELBE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / PORT ET DOUANE D'ALEXANDRE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / (CAIRO) LE CAIRE - LE BARRAGE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / (CAIRO) LE CAIRE - VUE PANORAMIQUE ET LA CITADELLE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / (CAIRO) LE CAIRE - FETE DU TAPIS SACRE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / (ALEXANDRIA) FORT NAPOLEON - ALEXANDRIE.
|||P POSTCARD VIEW / (CAIRO) LE CAIRE - TOMBEAUX DES MAMELOUKS.
|||T TOURNEFORT / RELATION D'UN VOYAGE DU LEVANT, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROY..
|||V VOKELT / DIE BAUSKULPTUR UND AUSSTATTUNGSBILDNEREI DES FRUEHEN UND HOHEN MITTELALTERS IM SAARLAND.
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Arnold /
The Light of Japan
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Subtitled "Church work in the dioceses of South Tokyo, Osaka and
Kiushiu, under the Church of England, compiled by A. Arnold, associate
of the S.P.G. in the Diocese of South Tokyo, with introduction by the
Bishop of South Tokyo." Published by the Church Missions Publishing
Co., Hartford, Conn., 1906.
14 x 20cm; xii + 206 + [6] pages, including 17 chapters, 3 appendices
& Index; all 22 full-page
illustrations present (mainly photographic) and map at rear;
presentation inscription on half-title "from A. Arnold to her friend
J.M. Shakeshaft, with love & thanks, July 1918."
yellow/black cloth pictorial HARDBACK; some slight bumping at corners
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accompanying image, tiny "1902-1906" annotation
on title page; else "Very Good".
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Asche /
Drei Bildhauerfamilien an der Elbe
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text wholly in German, subtitled "Acht Meister des siebzehnten
Jahrhunderts und ihre Werke in Sachsen, Boehmen und Brandenburg",
published by Rudolf M. Rohrer Verlag, Wien-Wiesbaden, 1961; 215
pages of text + 141 plates; 17 X 24 cm; 'Good+/V.G.'
brown cloth hardback with gilt titling on spine; in 'Poor/Fair'
pictorial dustwrapper with small tears/abrasions and tape marks near
base of spine formerly the property of Liverpool
Public Libraries, with their ornate armorial bookplate on the front
pastedown and back flyleaf, reference sheet on back pastedown; signs
of librarians's use of transparent tape;
else a clean reference copy with none of the internal faults
associated with lending copies. A substantial catalogue and study
of the works of Johann Boehme, Johann Heinrich Boehme der Aeltere,
Benjamin Boehme, George Heermann, Jeremias Suessner, Conrad Max
Suessner, Johann Heinrich Boehme der Juengere & Paul Heermann. Scarce.
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Port et Douane d'Alexandre
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Postcard View /
(Cairo) Le Caire - Le Barrage
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(Cairo) Le Caire - Vue Panoramique et la Citadelle
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Postcard View /
(Cairo) Le Caire - Fete du Tapis Sacre
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(Alexandria) Fort Napoleon - Alexandrie
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(Cairo) Le Caire - Tombeaux des Mamelouks
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Tournefort /
Relation d'un Voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy.
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Each title page continues thus ---- "contenant L'Histoire Ancienne &
Moderne de plusieurs Isles de l'Archipel, de Constantinople, des Cotes
de la Mer Noire, de l'Armenie, de la Georgie, des Frontieres de Perse
& de l'Asie Mineure. AVEC Les Plans des Villes & des Lieux
considerables; Le Genie, les Moeurs, le Commerce & la Religion des
differens Peuples qui les habitent; et l'Explication des Medailles &
des Monumens Antiques. Enrichie de Descriptions & de Figures d'un
grand nombre de Plantes rares, de divers Animaux; Et de plusieurs
Observations touchant l'Histoire Naturelle." OCTAVO SECOND EDITION
Published 1717 in Lyons by Anisson
& Posuel under Royal Licence (Avec Privilege du Roy) --- the first
edition was also published in 1717 but in Quarto in Paris; COMPLETE
THREE-VOLUME SET; the main text in each volume consists of letters to
M. de Pontchartrain, the expedition's sponsor; VOLUME I has 20
unnumbered pages comprising an "Avertissement", an "Eloge de M. de
Tournefort" and the list of "Lettres Contenues dans le Premier Volume"
then 379 numbered pages of main text
(i.e. the text of the letters); VOLUME II has 2 unnumbered pages of
its
list of "Lettres.." then 448 pages of main text;
VOLUME III has 6 unnumbered pages comprising the statements of
"Approbation" & "Privilege du Roy" and its list of "Lettres..", then
404 numbered pages
of main text followed by 59 unnumbered pages of "Table des Materieres
Principales Contenues Dans Les Trois Tomes"[i.e. an analytical index];
of the numerous plates (152 in all) --- which are largely
topographic/ethnographic
or botanic ---
VOLUME I has 45 full-page + 4 fold-out ones,
VOLUME II has 39
full-page + 2 fold-out
and VOLUME III has 61 full-page + 1 fold-out; the plates are taken
from the drawings of Aubriet, the expedition's artist; the plant
types are designated on the plates in interesting pre-Linnean
polynomial fashion; each octavo (13x20cm) volume is bound in stylish
early 20th. century chestnut half-calf with marbled boards, raised
bands, red/gilt title label and black/gilt volume-number label on each
volume, simple gilt striae on raised bands and simple gilt decoration
to head and tail of spine; though bottom outer corner of title-page
of Vol. III somewhat
marked, the whole set otherwise internally crisp/clean and with only
minimal
and very local foxing; though there is some minimal rubbing to
marbling and to bottom and top edges; exterior too very crisp and
clean;
A VERY ATTRACTIVE THREE-VOLUME SET OF A HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK IN THE
HISTORIES OF BOTH GEOGRAPHY & BOTANY OFFERED AT A VERY FAVOURABLE
PRICE INDEED.
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Vokelt /
Die Bauskulptur und Ausstattungsbildnerei des fruehen und hohen Mittelalters im Saarland
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text wholly in German; published as "Band 16" in the series
"Veroeffentlichungen des Instituts fuer Landeskunde des Saarlands",
Saarbruecken, 1969; 1-376 text pages, 377-480 Catalogue pages, 481-600
pages of plates, 1 page of publisher's advertisements;
16 X 24 cm; 'V.G./Fine' brown cloth hardback with gilt titling and
Dewey number on spine; formerly the property of Liverpool Public
Libraries, with their ornate armorial bookplate on front & back
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encountered work.
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THANK YOU FOR READING THROUGH TODAY'S REVISION OF THIS PAGE HEREWITH TOO A BRIEF SELECTION OF TODAY'S HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES:-
21st. August
Events
1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Sh?gun and the de facto
ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1680 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo
Revolt.
1760 - The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of
Mayag|ez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the
founding of the city.
1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain,
naming it New South Wales.
1810 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown
Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1831 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a
rebellion.
1841 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by
John Hampson.
1842 - The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1852 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in
Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1862 - The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.
1888 - The first successful adding machine in the United States is
patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1942 - The Battle of Stalingrad began.
1942 - Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an
attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the
Tenaru.
1944 - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations,
begins.
1963 - Xa Loi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh
Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting
thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 - Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade
Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae
Ceau?escu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet
maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against
possible Soviet reprisals.
1983 - Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was
assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy
Aquino International Airport).
1986 - Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon,
killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
1991 - Latvia declares renewal of its full independence
after the occupation of Soviet Union.
1991 - Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1993 - NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2001 - NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to Macedonia.
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