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[EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1966)] - Felix EBERTY (1812-84). Die Gestime und die Weitgeschichte ... Mit einer Einleitung von Albert Einstein.[EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)] – Felix EBERTY (1812-84). Die Gestirne und die Weltgeschichte. Gedanken Uberzeit Raum und Ewigkeit. Neu Herausgegeben von Gregorius Itelson. Mit einer Einleitung von Albert Einstein. Berlin: Verlag von Gregor Rogoff, 1923. Small 4to (190 x 129mm). (Some very light mainly marginal spotting.) Original wrappers printed in red and green (lightly stained). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION THUS. It was probably something of a coup for the publishers to secure an introduction by Albert Einstein for their reprint of Felix Eberty’s speculative work which was first published, under a pseudonym, in 1846. The title in English reads: “Stars and World History. Thoughts about Time, Space and Eternity” and it is known that Einstein had read the book and been influenced by it as a young man. His 8-line introduction, translated from the original German, and which, in this edition, makes its first appearance, reads as follows: “There is no lack of current interest in this little book, written by an original, witty person. For it shows, on the one hand, a mind that is critical toward the obsolete concept of time; on the other hand, it shows the peculiar consequences from which the theory of relativity, which so often is being charged precisely for the bizarre nature of its consequences, saves us.” RARE.
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FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). Experimental Researches in Electricity. [etc.]FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). Experimental Researches in Electricity. London: [Vols. one & 2:] Richard and John Edward Taylor; [Vol. III:] Richard Taylor and William Francis, [1839]-44-55. 3 volumes, large 8vo (222 x 142mm). 17 engraved plates, most folding, diagrams and tables, 8-pages of publisher’s advertisements dated May 13, 1839 at the end of vol. one (heavy stain to one plate in vol. III, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining, some leaves lightly browned). Original near-uniform green publisher’s cloth, spines lettered in gilt (corners bumped, some light staining). Provenance: J. B. [?]Gill (old signature on title of first vol.); F. Buddle Atkinson (armorial bookplate in vol. II). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of the twenty-nine series of papers published by Faraday in Philosophical Transactions between 1832 and 1852. Dibner Heralds 64; Horblit 29; Jeffreys 297; Norman 762; PMM 308: “… Although [Faraday’s] discovery of the electric motor and the dynamo was almost entirely incidental to his theoretical discoveries, it laid the foundation of the modern electrical industry – electric light and power, telephony, wireless telegraphy, television, etc. by providing for the production of continuous mechanical motion from an electrical source, and vice versa … [He] coined a whole new terminology – electrolyte, electrolyze, cathode, anode and ion. Helmholtz, in the Faraday Lecture for 1881, pointed out that Faraday had trembled on the brink of discovering the electron theory of matter”; Wheeler Gift 959. With the same author’s Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics (London, 1859, original cloth, FIRST EDITION). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (4)
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FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemistry History of a Candle. [etc.]FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle: to which is Added a Lecture on Platinum. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1861. 8vo (165 x 108mm). Half title, wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Original cloth gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, some staining to endpapers). Provenance: Pope Valley School District, Public School Library, State of California (label, and stamps). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. cf. Howe and Holtz’s Bibliography of the Metals of the Platinum Group (Washington, 1919), p. 112 (citing Faraday's separately published lecture on platinum). With the same author’s Histoire d’ une Chandelle … Troisième édition (Paris, [n.d.], original cloth). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (2)
FINE, Oronce (1494-1555). De duodecim caeli domiciliis, & horis inaequalibus.FINE, Oronce (1494-1555). De duodecim cæli domiciliis, et horis inæqualibus, libellus non aspernandus. Una cum ipsarum domorum, atque inæqualium horarum instrument, ad latitudinem Parisiensem, hactenus ignota ratione delineato. Paris: “Apud Michaëlem Vascosanum, uia Iacobæa ad insigne Fontis,” 1553. 4to (232 x 155mm). Initials, woodcut diagrams and tables (some light mainly marginal staining). Attractively bound in modern mottled sheep gilt. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of this rare treatise chiefly on astrology by one of the most influential mathematical teachers of his time, who was also known for his work as a cartographer and a designer and maker of mathematical instruments. Not in Brunet; International Bibliography of Gnomonica (1997) p. 105; Lalande Bibliographie Astronomique p.76.
FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta.FIRSTSOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Théorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports etDiscussions de la Réunion tenue à Bruxelles, du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911sous les Auspices de M. E. Solvay. Publiés par MM. P. Langevin et M. deBroglie. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1912. Large 8vo (254 x 168mm). Halftitle, illustrations and diagrams (some very light marginal browning). Modernhalf blue leatherette and marbled boards, original blue printed wrappers boundin (repair to verso of corner of upper wrapper, repair to rear endpaper). Provenance:from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITIONof the printed report of the proceedings of the first Solvay Conference whichproved to be a turning-pointing in modern physics. In this first conference,Einstein came to early prominence as the second youngest participant at the ageof 32. Also included among the 18 leading scientists present were the director,Ernest Solvay, Hendrik Lorentz, Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie andHenri Poincaré.
FLEMMING, Walther 1843-1905). Zellsubstanz, Kem und Zelltheilung.FLEMMING, Walther (1843-1905). Zellsubstanz, Kern und Zelltheilung. Leipzig: Verlag von F. C. W. Vogel, 1882. Large 8vo (235 x 160mm). 8 tinted lithographed plates, one folding, some double-page, illustrations (title stained, occasional light spotting). Contemporary black half roan and marbled boards (extremities rubbed, remnants of old manuscript label on spine). Provenance: Bibliotheca Collegii Exaeten (old stamp on title); from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of this seminal work on cytogenetics which first established, and named, the process of ‘mitosis’. In the present work, the author also coins the terms ‘prophase’, ‘metaphase’ and ‘anaphase’ and establishes that all cell nuclei come from another predecessor nucleus. The author was the first to observe and describe systematically the behaviour of chromosomes in the cell nucleus during normal cell division. The book also includes the first illustration of human chromosomes, made possible by the use of aniline dyes.
GALEN (c. 129-200 AD). De naturalibus facultatibus libri tres.GALEN (c.129-200 AD). De naturalibus facultatibus libri tres, Thoma Linacro Anglo interprete. Lyon: Apud Guliel. Rovillium, 1548. Small 8vo (116 x 77mm). Woodcut device on title, initials, tables, index (title lightly browned, A4 torn and repaired with loss, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, spine gilt with 5 raised bands, red edges (joints split, extremities rubbed). Provenance: illegible old library stamp on title; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune.
HELMHOLTZ, Hermann von (1821-94). Die Lehre con den Tonempfindungen als Physiologische Grundlage fur die Theorie der Musik.HELMHOLTZ, Hermann von (1821-94). Die Lehre con den Tonempfindungen als Physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik. Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1863. Large 8vo (214 x 140mm). Half title, diagrams, illustrations and tables (occasional very light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (some splitting to joints, rubbed). Provenance: Stadtmuseum, Bautzen (cancelled stamps and label on upper cover); illegible old inscription on front free endpaper; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 1562: “[Contains] Helmholtz’s theory of hearing, upon which all modern theories of resonance are based. This exhaustive study of acoustics ranks as one of the greatest books on the subject and shows that Helmholtz was, besides being a great physicist and physician, an accomplished musician”; Honeyman 1643; Horblit 49a; Poggendorff III, 611; Sparrow Milestones of Science 41.
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94). Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft.HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94). Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1892. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Illustrations and diagrams (title very lightly browned). Contemporary [?or original publisher’s] black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue foliate endpapers, marbled edges. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Hertz’s important series of papers on electromagnetic waves, which includes his proof that they travel at the speed of light, and that they can be created and sent through space by means of wireless telegraphy; they have been of profound importance to 20th-century technology. "Experimental proof by Hertz of the Faraday-Maxwell hypothesis that electric waves can be projected through space ... was begun in 1887, eight years after Maxwell's death. The two main requirements were (a) a method of producing the waves, supposing that they existed, and (b) a method of detecting them once they were produced. Hertz found the first problem easy to solve. He used the oscillatory discharge of a condenser. Detection was much more difficult, because there then existed no means of detecting currents alternating at the high speed of these waves. Hertz in fact used an effect as old as the discovery of electricity itself - the electric spark. By inducing the waves to produce an electric spark at a distance, with no apparent connexion between the oscillator and spark gap, and by moving the sparking apparatus so that the length of the spark varied, he proved beyond question the passage of electric waves through space" (PMM). Honeyman 1669; Norman 1061; PMM 377; Sparrow Milestones of Science 101; Waller 1137.
HOFMEISTER, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (1824-77). Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Keimung, Enfaltung und Fruchtbildung Hoherer Kryptogamen.HOFMEISTER, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (1824-77). Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Keimung, Entfaltung und Fruchtbildung Höherer Kryptogamen (Moose, Farrn, Equisetaceen, Rhizocarpeen und Lycopodiaceen) und der Samenbildung der Coniferen. Leipzig: Verlag von Friedrich Hofmeister [colophon:] Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig, 1851. 4to (267 x 220mm). 33 engraved plates (spotted throughout, some light browning and staining). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards, spine gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Bibliotheca Collegii Exaeten (old stamp on title); old, partly defaced, label on title; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION of this milestone in the history of biology in which the author comes to the “revolutionary conclusion that all green land plants undergo a regular alternation of dissimilar generations in their complete life histories” (Norman) and which significantly contributed to the growth of phylogenetic and evolutionary ideas. "The amount of new information presented is immense; the errors are minor and do not affect the overall picture ... With this single publication, the core of botany passed from its Middle Ages to the modern period" (DSB). The American Journal of Botany stated that the author “stands as one of the true giants in the history of biology and belongs in the same pantheon as Darwin and Mendel.” Dibner Heralds 34 (citing only the English edition of 1862); Nissen BBI 902; Norman 1083; Waller 11538.
HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859). Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung.HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859). Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. [Vols. I – IV:] Stuttgart and Tübingen [Vol. V:] Stuttgart: Cotta, 1845-62. 5 text volumes, 4to (215 x 135mm). (Occasional light mainly marginal spotting.) Contemporary black half morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION. Without the “atlas” volume, as often, but with the posthumously published fifth text volume. PMM 320 (calling for “4 vols. text, and atlas”): “Alexander von Humboldt produced in his ‘Cosmos’ one of the last really comprehensive physical surveys ever to be attempted … [It] was Kosmos – ‘The Cosmos, Outline of a Description of the Physical World’ – based on lectures delivered at the Berlin Singakademie in 1828-9, which Humboldt really considered as his life work. The last of the five volumes was published posthumously from his notes. In his own words it was meant ‘to represent in one work the whole material world, everything we know today of the phenomena in the celestial spaces and of life on earth, from the nebulae to the geography of mosses on granite rock … it is meant to describe a chapter in the intellectual development of mankind (the knowledge of nature). The book contains a complete survey of the physical sciences and their relation to each other.” (5)
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ISOTOPES - Francis William ASTON (1877-1945). Isotopes. [etc.]ISOTOPES - Francis William ASTON (1877-1945). Isotopes. London: Edward Arnold, 1922. 8vo (215 x 140mm). 4 half tone plates, illustrations and diagrams (some very light spotting). Original blue cloth gilt (extremities rubbed, without a dust-jacket [?as issued]). Provenance: A. B. [?]Gillett, 1922 (signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, published in the same year that the author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule" (DSB). Norman 77; PMM 412: "Once Aston had shown that the true atomic weight of an element is arrived at by averaging the mass of its constituent parts, and that there are seven isotopes of mercury and nine of xenon, the possibility that the atomic weights of elements would generally be whole numbers was finally abandoned. The reconstruction of the table of atomic weights by Aston's methods showed that they are only in exceptional cases whole numbers when considered as multiples of the weight of a hydrogen atom. The ultimate consequences of these discrepancies are far-reaching. The ratio between hydrogen and oxygen is not 4:1, as it 'should be', but rather less; which means that when four atoms of hydrogen are transformed into one helium atom some matter is annihilated. In fact this is an example of the interchangeability between mass and energy which is postulated in Einstein's 'General Theory of Relativity'." With the first German edition of the same work (Leipzig, 1923, [?]original cloth-backed boards) and Marie Curie's L' Isotope et les Elémens Isotopes (Paris, 1924, original cloth). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (3)
KIRCHHOFF, Gustav Robert (1824-87). Untersuchungen über das Sonnenspectrum und die Spectren der Chemischen Elemente. KIRCHHOFF,Gustav Robert (1824-87). Untersuchungenüber das Sonnenspectrum und die Spectren der Chemischen Elemente … BesondererAbdruck aus den Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin1861. Zweite, durch einen Anhang Vermehrte Ausgabe. Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler’sVerlagsbuchhandlung (Harrwitz und Gossman), 1862. First part (expanded) only(of 2). 4to (305 x 236mm). 2 folding lithographed plates of spectrums and oneengraved (plates spotted and stained). Original printed paper boards (lacksbackstrip, extremities rubbed, stained). Provenance: Dr. Sigismund[?]Eschwandner (old signature at foot of title); from the Collection of Peterand Margarethe Braune. “A series of delicate experiments by Kirchhoff(‘Investigation of the Solar Spectrum’), partly in conjunction with Bunsen …created the new science of spectroscopy. Sodium was the substance mostfrequently used in experiments with the spectrum, due to its volatility.Kirchhoff found that by exposing in the flame of a Bunsen burner a platinumwire dipped in salt he obtained in the spectrum the characteristic brightyellow lines of sodium superimposed on the spectrum of platinum. By repeatingthe process and introducing vaporized sodium between the incandescent wire andthe screen, the yellow lines were replaced by dark lines. With great ingenuityhe repeated the experiment with sunlight and got the same result. The fact thatthe dark lines were produced when a beam of light from an incandescent elementpassed through the same substance at a lower temperature suggested that thiswas due to absorption. In the solar spectrum, for example, the dark lines werecaused by absorption in the gases of the sun’s atmosphere. Further experimentsshowed that every glowing vapour produced a spectrum peculiar to itself andthereby made chemical analysis possible on a scale and with a degree ofaccuracy previously unknown. More than this, it brought, so to speak, thestellar universe into the laboratory and showed that the basic materials of theuniverse are everywhere the same” (PMM). Horblit 59; Norman 1219; PMM 278(b); Sparrow117. With H. Kayser & C. Runge’s Über die Spectren der Elemente(Berlin, 1888-89, 2 parts [only] in one vol., 9 plates of spectrums, originalboards). (2)
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LIEBIG, Jestus (1803-73). Die organische Chemie in ihrer Unwendung auf Physiologie und Pathologie. [etc.]LIEBIG, Justus (1803-73). Die organische Chemie in ihrer Unwendungauf Physiologie und Pathologie. Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Viewigund Sohn, 1842. 8vo (204 x 130mm). Errata leaf at the end (without the halftitle, occasional light spotting). Contemporary green cloth-backed marbledboards (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION of the follow-up to the author’s Dieorganische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agricultur und Physiologie (1840)whose ‘twin constellation’ Berzelius claimed represented “the dawn of a new dayin vegetable [i.e. organic] chemistry.” “In 1842 [Liebig] carried his chemicalinvestigations into the realm of animal physiology. He showed, like Lavoisier,that animal heat is not innate, but the result of combustion; introduced theconcept of metabolism (Stoffwechsel); and classified animal foodstuffsas fats, carbohydrates and proteins according to their function. He thus becamethe founder of the modern science of nutrition” (PMM 310(b)). With 5 otherworks by the same author, namely Chemische Briefe (Heidelberg, 1844,spotted, original cloth), Untersuchungen über einige Ursachen der Säftebewegungim thierischen Organismus (Braunschweig, 1848, stain to foot of title,contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, “… a rare work which contains acareful study of osmosis and the permeability of membranes …” (Partington)), Annalender Chemie und Pharmacie. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Wöhler und Justus Liebig.Band XLII [only] (Heidelberg, 1842, modern marbled boards), Traité deChimie Organique (Brussels, 1843, modern leatherette-backed boards) and DieGrundsätz der Agricultur=Chemie (Braunschweig, 1855, contemporarycloth-backed boards). Provenance: from the Collectionof Peter and Margarethe Braune. (6)
LILIENTHAL, Otto (1848-96). Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegkunst.LILIENTHAL, Otto (1848-96). Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegkunst. Ein Beitrag zurSystematik der Flugtechnik. Auf Grund zahlreicher von O. und G. Lilienthal ausgefuhrter Versuche. Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1889.Large 8vo (229 x 155mm). Coloured lithographed frontispiece of storks in flight, 8 folding plates,illustrations and diagrams (one plate soiled at fore-edge with 2 short tearswithout loss, some very light mainly marginal browning). Original brown decoratedcloth gilt (corners lightly bumped). Provenance: some localised pencilannotation and marginalia; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the first textbook of mechanicalflight. "Lilienthal's book [became] one of the chief bibles for theaeronautical world after he demonstrated that his theories could be put intopractice … It was the basis on which the Wrights first started building theiraerodynamic work, and they were always high in praise of its pioneering value,even when they were led to modify Lilienthal's findings"(Gibbs-Smith, TheInvention of the Aeroplane 1799-1909 (London, 1965)). "The Wrights themselves, and virtually all their biographers, date the beginning of their serious adult consideration of the flying problem from their reading of the work" (McFarland, The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, London, 1953). Brockett Bibliography of Aeronautics p. 520; Norman 1353.
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[MAUPERTUIS, Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698-1759). Venus Physique. [With 3 other works bound in.][MAUPERTUIS,Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698-1759)]. VenusPhysique. [No place: no publisher, 1745. 2 parts [although paginationcontinuous]. Typographical ornament at the head of each part [bound after:] Hyacinth Théodor BARON (1707-87). Ritus usus et laudeabiles facultatismedicinæ Parisiensis consuetudines. Paris: Typis G. F. Quillau, 1751 [andthe same author’s:] Statuta facultatismedicinæ Parisiensis. Paris: Typis G. F. Quillau, 1751. Woodcut devices ontitles, headpieces and initials (some light spotting and browning, a few darkerspots). Together 3 works in one volume, small 8vo (142 x 80mm). Contemporarymottled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges (spine repaired with lossof one lettering-piece, rubbed). Provenance: modern inscriptions tofront free endpaper; some pencil annotation; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of the first-named work."Maupertuis's remarkable work on embryology and genetics. It is dividedinto two parts: 'Dissertation sur l' Origine des Hommes et des Animaux' and'Dissertation sur l' Origine des Noirs'. The first part was originallypublished a year earlier under the title 'Dissertation Physique à l' Occasiondu Nègre Blanc' and was written after an albino Negro appeared in Paris. Ascientist, philosopher, and original thinker, Maupertuis was years ahead of histime in many aspects of biology, particularly embryology and genetics. Hisarguments against the then-prevailing theory of pre-formation and forepigenesis were so close to the idea of evolution that he is a true forerunner ofDarwin and Mendel. His theories and observations are contained in this work,which he may have had published anonymously to avoid repercussions from Churchauthorities" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Barbier IV, 922; Bib.Osleriana 3350; Garrison-Morton 215.2; Heirs of Hippocrates 536; cf.Waller 6354 (references for first-named work only).
MOLLINGER, Otto (1814-86). Himmels-Atlas mit Transparenten Stemen.MÖLLINGER, Otto (1814-86). Himmels-Atlas mit Transparenten Sternen. [No place: no publisher, c. 1850]. 4to (165 x 190mm). 16 engraved star-charts, unbound as issued, contained in original green cloth wallet lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, [?]original green silk ties. Each star chart has the position of the stars marked with small star-shaped holes so that, when they are held up to the light, the heavens are revealed in all their majesty. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune.
MYDORGE, Claude (1585-1647). Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques.MYDORGE, Claude (1585-1647). Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques, et de ses Problemes en Geometrie, Mechanique, Optique, et Catoptique. Où sont aussi discutées & restablies plusieurs experiences Physiques y proposees Rouen: Chez Jean Boulley, 1639. 4 parts bound in one volume, 8vo (165 x 100mm). Woodcut devices on titles, headpiece and initial, illustrations and diagrams (Bbiii torn without loss, light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary limp vellum (stained and wrinkled). Provenance: William Reid (armorial bookplate); Kenney Collection (label); from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. The third part is dedicated to fireworks, many of which are illustrated; the fourth part consists of Denis (or Didier) Henrion’s notes on the work. It was first printed in Paris in 1630.
NEEDHAM, John Turberville (1713-81). Nouvelle Observations Microscopiques.NEEDHAM,John Turberville (1713-81). NouvellesObservations Microscopiques, avec des découvertes intéressantes sur laComposition & la Décomposition des Corps organisés, translated by LouisAnne Lavirotte. Paris: Chez Louis-Etienne Ganeau, 1750. 12mo (164 x 100mm).Woodcut device on title, 8 folding engraved plates at the end (wormtracks toupper margin of many text leaves and to upper edge of all plates, resulting inslight loss, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporarypanelled calf gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: unidentifiedcrowned monogram stamped on verso of title. Provenance: from theCollection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST FRENCH EDITION of a work bythe first Catholic priest to be elected to the Royal Society of London.
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VAN BENEDEN, Pierre-Joseph (1809-94). Memoire sur les Orques. [etc.] VANBENEDEN, Pierre-Joseph (1809-94). Mémoiresur les Orques Observés dans les Mers d' Europe ... (Présenté à la Chasse des Sciences de l' Académie le 1er mars 1879.). [Brussels: no publisher,[?]1879]. 4to (293 x 236mm). 4 lithographed plates including one coloured of awhale (some light spotting and staining). Later blue wrappers, partly unopened.With D' Udekem's Mémoire sur les Lombricins ... Première Partie ([N.p.,c. 1863], 4 coloured lithographed plates, modern wrappers) and Édouard VanBeneden's Mémoire sur la Formation du Blastoderme chez les Amphipodes, lesLernéens et les Copépodes (N.p., c. 1868], 5 lithographed plates, modernwrappers). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and MargaretheBraune. (3)
WUNDT, Wilhelm (1832-1920). Grundzuge der Physiologischen Psychologie.WUNDT,Wilhelm (1832-1920). Grundzüge derPhysiologischen Psychologie. Leipzing: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1874.Large 8vo (222 x 155mm). Illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf (some spottingand browning to title, light marginal browning throughout). Contemporary [or?original] cloth-backed pebbled boards gilt (rebacked preserving originalspine, although with some loss, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Ernst[?]Francke, 1876 (signature on front free endpaper); from the Collection ofPeter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of a work which was "thefoundation of experimental psychology, [and] which uses quantitative methods tostudy psychological processes such as perception and the formation ofideas" (DSB). Garrison-Morton 4976: "[Wundt] is the founder ofexperimental psychology and his book remains the most important on thesubject"; Horblit 100a; Norman 2270.
FORD JOHN: (1894-1973) Irish-American Film Director, Academy Award winner. D.S., John Ford, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (California), 29th January 1949. The partially printed document, completed almost entirely in Ford's hand, is an Employee's Personnel Statement in which he provides details of his address in Hollywood, his occupation ('M. P. Director'), his marital status, gender and place and date of birth (incorrectly given as 1st February 1895) etc. Signed at the foot. Ford's Social Security account number is entered in pencil in an unidentified hand. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the upper edge and with some minor, light age wear and a small tear to the left edge, about VG Contrary to the date on the present document, Ford was in fact born on 1st February 1894 although he occasionally altered it to 1895 and that date is erroneously inscribed on his tombstone.
MOORE HENRY: (1898-1986) English Sculptor and Artist. Signed 3.5 x 6 photograph by Moore, the image depicting him in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Together with a bold black ink signature ('Henry Moore') and date, 14th November 1973, in his hand to the verso of a colour picture postcard of Moore's sculpture Lincoln Center Reclining Figure in New York. Some light foxing to the postcard, G to VG, 2
HEPWORTH BARBARA: (1903-1975) British Sculptor. T.L.S., Barbara, with holograph subscription ('ever ever'), one page, 4to, Trewyn Studio, St. Ives, Cornwall, 30th September 1966, to Warren Forma in New York ('My Dearest Warren'). Hepworth thanks her correspondent for his two sweet letters and the lovely photographs taken in Battersea Park, commenting 'I was delighted with the photographs of Battersea and to have something of you as well; and I rather specially like the one in my garden here' and further remarking 'I am so happy that you like the sculpture and that it reached you safely and I very much look forward to seeing a photograph of it when you have time. It was lovely of you to telephone me about "three forms". At the moment, of course, we have had to postpone all our plans for the Sculpture Park due to the situation in the country; but we hope to pick up soon'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Some very light, extremely minor staining to the upper edge, otherwise VG Warren Forma (1923-2014) American Filmmaker & Author, known for his 'Artists at Work' documentary film series of 1963-67 which included 5 British Sculptors (Work and Talk) (1964) featuring Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and others.
LEAN DAVID: (1908-1991) English Film Director, Academy Award winner. A good signed and inscribed 7.5 x 10 photograph of Lean in a half length pose alongside actor Christopher Jones (in costume as Major Randolph Doryan) as he rehearses a scene from the film Ryan's Daughter (1970) on location in County Kerry, Ireland. Signed by Lean in black ink to a light area of the image and dated 1990 in his hand. VG Ryan's Daughter, a re-telling of the plot of Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (1857), was set in World War I and received four Academy Award nominations, winning two.
LAURENCIN MARIE: (1883-1956) French Painter. A.L.S., Marie Laurencin, two pages, 8vo, Paris, n.d., to a lady, in French. Laurencin refers to some tapestry designs for chairs that have been made ('It is likely that they are unique') and remarks that the state manufacturers disdain her work, recommending that her correspondent should write to the decorators and adding 'If the tapestry comes back into fashion, what I really want is for them to have the orders'. One very small, extremely minor area of paper loss to the upper left corner and a few light creases to the edges, otherwise VG
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. An exceptional illustrated A.L.S., Olga et Picasso (also signing on behalf of his first wife), to one side of a picture postcard depicting a Christmas winter scene to the recto, Paris, 2nd January 1919, to Mr & Mrs [Henri] Defossé, at the Coliseum Theatre in London, in French. At the head of the letter Picasso has executed a wonderful, charming original pen and ink drawing of a Christmas dinner, apparently for four people with a turkey, two bottles of wine accompanied by four glasses and several bunches of grapes and other fruits laid out on a table. A decorative, dark flowing line adorns the upper part of the exquisite drawing with the year 1919 at the head. Beneath his drawing Picasso writes a brief message to his friends, presenting them with the Christmas dinner, 'Dear friends, here you have, with this well-served table, our best wishes', also adding the address of his Parisian home and workshop at Rue la Boetie in his hand beneath his signature. Such detailed original ink drawings by Picasso, particularly from this earlier stage of his career, rarely appear at auction and the present example is enhanced by an interesting association. Some very minor, light age wear, otherwise VG Henri Defossé (1883-1956) French Conductor, Pianist & Composer. Sergei Diaghilev's favourite conductor, Defossé was chosen to lead the Ballets Russe at London's Coliseum Theatre in 1918 & 1919. Olga Khokhlova (1891-1955) Russian Ballet Dancer, the first wife of Pablo Picasso and one of his early artistic muses. Khokhlova first met Picasso whilst dancing in Diaghilev's Parade in 1917 for which the artist had designed the set and costumes. They married in July 1918 and in July the following year they travelled to London together for the performance of Diaghilev's Le Tricorne for which Picasso had again designed the costumes and stage.
MCCAY WINSOR: (c.1866/71-1934) American Cartoonist & Animator. A good original black pen and ink drawing signed by McCay, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. McCay has drawn Little Sammy Sneeze in a half-length profile pose with an exaggerated inscription ('Heeeooortense') incorporated into the character's huge sneeze. Signed by McCay with his name alone at the foot of the page. Some light creasing and very minor staining and with a small area of paper loss to the upper left corner, otherwise about VG Little Sammy Sneeze was McCay's first successful comic strip which ran in the New York Herald from 1904-06.
BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English Philosopher, Jurist and Social Reformer. A fine, long L.S., Jeremy Bentham, with several holograph corrections, five pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (post 1802), to Baron de Lessert. In an elegantly penned letter Bentham writes to introduce his friend Edward Blaquierre, 'Now for the occasion: Eyes such as yours are of course continually in their travels over the habitable globe viewed through a French medium, the scene exhibited by the regeneration of Spain can not but be familiar to you: not so, perhaps, through an English one. Edward Blaquierre, a most serviceable friend of mine, is in no inconsiderable degree, qualified to satisfy any curiosity which that scene may have left unsatisfied. He is of the noble Irish family of that name. The head of the family - a Sir John Blaquierre - being a parliamentary leader and one of the proprietors of seats in the House of Commons', also explaining that Edward Blaquierre is a naval Lieutenant and was in command of a ship in the Mediterranean 'and in that capacity distinguished himself in various ways, amongst them by saving a Bey of Tunis from an insurrection' and that 'In the world of letters he is known to advantage by several works: one of them entitled "Letters from the Mediterranean"in which some mention, I believe, is made of the Tunis adventure' and further commenting 'there is a good deal of the Irish enthusiasm and a little more than enough of the Irish impetuosity and eccentricity in his turn of mind....amongst his eccentricities was that of sticking into that work of his an enthusiastic passage or two about the delight of Codification coupled with the mention of a name so little worth it as that which began this already too long letter'. Bentham also informs his correspondent that he had not heard from Blaquierre for some years when he received a letter from him 'on the point of embarkation on a visit to Spain with two declared objects: one of these was the giving in that country what notoriety he could to my works: the other, not then explained, but which has since turned out to be, the writing a history of the revolution, the news of which had just arrived here. Not only unpaid but unasked by me, or anybody else, he has been working for me with as much zeal as the highest paid ambassador could manifest in the service of his Monarch: and to that zeal, I am indebted for that notice from the cortes, of which some not very correct accounts, I believe, have found their way into some of your well-disciplined and well-purified newspapers. He continues full of gratitude for all the service he has done me'. Bentham states that Blaquierre has been married for a year and is currently residing in Paris ('a place of abode which the state of his finances renders a rather more convenient one than London') and is occupied in the completion of his history of the Spanish Revolution, continuing 'The liberty, I am thus taking with you, is, on his part, altogether unasked and unexpected. It would be a real satisfaction to me to bring together two men so worthy of each other: but my respect for both of you forbad my annoying either of you by a letter of introduction, which I have no title to give, and which it might be unpleasant to the one to receive, or the other to deliver: should, therefore, any intercourse have place, it is with you that it will commence'. The philosopher also writes of Blaquierre's proposed renovation of a property near Montpellier and continues to reflect on previous meetings with his correspondent and their wife at their home in Paris in 1802 as well as pleasant days 'at a place I had for four or five years in Devonshire', remarking 'Madame la Baronne, your wife, who was then skipping about from room to room in a state of maiden innocence, can not possibly have had cognizance of my existence, unless it were by the gloom with which the sight of a stupid old man, with deaf and aching ears, may have damped the gaiety of the rest of the company' and also writes of a Mr. Garnier, whom he believes has now been made a Marquis, observing 'If he is a man like other men, and in particular like other Frenchmen, the evidence I gave him of the impression made upon me by his discoveries in relation to the monetary system of ancient Rome, as detailed in his translation of Adam Smith, did something for me. Should Mr. Blaquierre become known to you, perhaps you might give him the additional honour of being known to Mr. Garnier'. Bentham concludes his letter with an anecdote concerning his correspondent's mother, 'One person of your family, the remembrance of whom (would you think it?) is still a source rather of uneasiness to me than satisfaction, is Madame de Lessert, your mother. Yes; for the chance of breaking your ladies with a laugh, I will give them matter for one, though it be at my own expense. At that dinner of which I partook at your house, there were, I suppose, not so few as twenty in company, all of the masculine gender - all of them compleatly unknown to me. As we marched in procession from the drawing room to the dining room, I observed Madame de Lessert's hand stuck by her side, waiting for some other to take hold of it. It had never entered into my conception that the honour could be designed for any such insignificant person as myself: observing, however that the hand still remained single, I perceived my mistake: but it was then too late to attempt repairing it, without encreasing, instead of obliterating, the ridicule. If the lady be still giving the family the benefit of those virtues, of which I heard so much, and to which the evidences were so visible in her countenance, lay me at her feet. I beg of you, communicate to her this my confession, and, if she gives me absolution, Blaquierre, without trouble to your pen, might be the bearer of it´. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert ( 1773-1847) French Banker & Naturalist.John Blaquiere (1732-1812) 1st Baron de Blaquiere. British Soldier, Diplomat and Politician of French descent. Chief Secretary for Ireland 1772-76. Blaquiere fathered three daughters and four sons, including Edward Blaquiere, the subject of the present letter.Jeremy Bentham is considered as the founder of the modern utilitarianism.
ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 3rd March 1887, to his friend and translator, Ernst Ziegler, in French. Zola apologises for the delay in his reply, commenting 'You cannot imagine the trouble I am in, and the pile of work ahead of me…..I don't know how I am going to be able to pull through' and continues to inform Ziegler that he is going to write to the Wiener Allegemeine Zeitung, remarking 'The deal is indeed mediocre. But the eight hundred guilders are still better than nothing. Try and make up for it elsewhere, if you can. If I have not responded sooner, about Italy, it is because “La Terre” was sold there a while ago, to the newspaper La Tribuna, for three thousand francs. I do not think you could be offered a higher amount', and further adding 'I have sold in England as well, for the same amount, and I will be selling in Spain for two thousand francs, and probably in Sweden for 500 francs. And that is all. You have Portugal, Russia and America left. I would certainly like nothing better than to agree with you on the whole of Europe, on the condition that I would not be selling at a loss. Besides, this time, time is running out. We were taken unawares. Our business will be bad, I can see it, and I feel very sorry for you.' Zola concludes his letter writing 'I have already proofread three prints, I will send them back to the printing house, in order to get proofs which are entirely correct. Let me know by return of post how many copies you need.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Zola to Ziegler in Vienna. A letter of good content and association relating to the business side of writing. A few very light traces of former mounting to the verso of the final page, otherwise VG La Terre was the fifteenth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series and was published in 1887. One of the most graphically violent and sexually explicit novels of the 19th century, La Terre caused considerable controversy at the time of its publication and the English translation in 1888 resulted in the prosecution for obscenity of the publisher, Henry Vizetelly.
MALAPARTE CURZIO: (1898-1957) Italian Writer, Filmmaker & War Correspondent, one of the intellectuals who, during the 1920s, supported the rise of Italian fascism and Benito Mussolini. A.L.S., Malaparte, one page, 4to, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris, 4th January 1932, to the journalist Max Dorian, in French. Malaparte thanks his friend for their good thoughts and sends a thousand greetings for the New Year, continuing to add that he has received a copy of Le Courier with an article signed Max Dorian on the subject of Bauer-Bus's books and also asking 'Have you received l'Italia Letteraria with my own article on Bauer's books?', further remarking that he will be at the publishing house Grasset before noon tomorrow. Malaparte concludes his letter with a sentence in Italian. A few neat splits to the edges of the folds and some light creasing and a small area of paper loss to the upper right corner, G
IONESCO EUGENE: (1909-1994) Romanian-French Playwright & Dramatist. A printed 4to handbill announcing a performance of Virginia Woolf's play Freshwater at the University Theatre in New York, 20th - 21st October 1983, signed by ten individuals associated with the production, some of them cast members, including Eugene Ionesco, his wife Rodica Ionesco, Simone Benmussa (director), Nathalie Sarraute, Joyce Mansour, Jean-Paul Aron, Florence Delay, Nigel Nicolson and two others. An interesting and unusual grouping of signatures. A few very light, extremely minor creases, VG The printed text at the base of the handbill explains 'This will be the first time Freshwater has been performed in the United States. It was given once in 1935 by friends of Virginia Woolf at the home of her sister Vanessa Bell…..the play was published in English in 1976. Elisabeth Janvier's adaptation appeared in 1981. This version was given a single performance on December 13, 1982, at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Many of those who will be performing the play in New York were in the Paris cast. Thanks to the collaboration of the British Council, Nigel Nicolson, a famous member of the Bloomsbury Group, will be present at the October 20 performance to present Freshwater.'
LAWRENCE D.H.: (1885-1930) English Writer. Book signed, being a softcover edition of Pansies, a collection of poems by Lawrence, First Edition privately printed for subscribers only by P. R. Stephenson, London, June 1929. Signed by Lawrence in blue fountain pen ink to the limitations page and numbered 227 in his hand. This limited edition of five hundred copies represents the first printing of Lawrence's final poetry book to include the fourteen poems excised from the Secker edition five months previously which was suppressed by Scotland Yard. In the original paper wrappers, printed in red and black, and housed in the original plain card slipcase. Some light, minor age wear, most noticeable to the spine and slipcase. About VG
TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. Statement Signed, Rabindranath Tagore, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., August 1921. The page bears a heading in the hand of a collector reading Maxims of Life of the Leading People of the whole World and Tagore has provided his response below, written in an unidentified hand, and stating 'Life's highest opportunity is to be able to offer hospitality to God. We live in God's world and forget him, for the blind acceptance which is one-sided never finds the truth. It is a desert which receives rain but never offers fruit in return and its receiving has no meaning. God's world is given to us, and when we offer our world to God, then the gift is realised'. Some light overall foxing and a few light, minor creases and small tears to the edges, G
SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, to the verso of a picture postcard of William Shakespeare's Memorial in Stratford-on-Avon church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 22nd September 1922, to R. H. Tawney. Demonstrating his wit, Shaw writes, in full, 'Do you suppose I should be alive now - at 66 - if I opened bazaars? On your life, make an iron rule never to open anything, least of all that most loathsome of bourgeois mediocrity institutions, a bazaar. Tell the South Tottenham enthusiasts to go to Bath.' To the recto of the postcard, beneath the image of Shakespeare's Memorial, Shaw has observed 'He's exactly like Samuel Butler in this'. Hand addressed by Shaw. A letter of fine content and association. One light horizontal crease to the centre, not affecting the text or signature, and most noticeable to the image on the recto. Otherwise about VG R. H. Tawney (1880-1962) English economic historian and social critic, an important proponent of adult education. Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English author, of whom Shaw was a great admirer, and whose works included The Way of All Flesh (1903)
KASNER EDWARD: (1878-1955) American Mathematician who introduced the term 'googol'. D.S., Edward Kasner, with his position as Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University added in his hand beneath his signature, one page, 4to, New York, April 1953. Kasner responds to a researcher's questionnaire in homage to Albert Einstein, with their questions at the head of the page, 1. What kind of a place do you assign to Einstein in modern science? 2. What sort of an influence has he exerted upon your work? Or what do you owe to him? 3. What kind of a place does he occupy in the history of world science? Kasner's dictated answers appear immediately beneath in an unidentified hand, '1. The Greatest. 2. I have written a dozen papers on the Einstein Theory. These are published mainly in American Journal Mathematics…….3. Next to Archimedes and Newton'. Rare. A few light creases and a couple of light, minor stains to the right edge, none of which affect the signature. About VG
LESLIE JOHN: (1766-1832) Scottish Mathematician & Physicist, remembered for his research into heat. Leslie gave the first modern account of capillary action in 1802 and froze water using an air-pump in 1810, the first artificial production of ice. Manuscript D.S., John Leslie, one page, oblong 8vo, College of Edinburgh, 14th February 1823. The document states, in full, 'I hereby certify that Mr. James Campbell has regularly attended the Natural Philosophy Class since the beginning of the current session until this date'. Some light age wear and two very small, minor traces of mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
PONTECORVO BRUNO: (1913-1993) Italian-Russian Nuclear Physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi. A slim 4to printed booklet signed by Pontecorvo, being a copy of an essay entitled Electron and Muon Neutrinos which appeared in the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics published by the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Volume 37, issue 6 (12) in 1959. Printed in Cyrillic and with a concluding paragraph in English regarding Pontecorvo's experiment. Signed ('B. Pontecorvo') in ink to the upper edge of the front cover and dated Dubna 1970 in his hand. Accompanied by the original envelope. Rare. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
RASPAIL FRANCOIS-VINCENT: (1794-1878) French Chemist, Naturalist & Physician. A.L.S., Raspail, one page, 8vo, Maison d'arret, Versailles, 10th February 1833, to [Francois] Bulos of La Revue des Deux-Mondes in Paris, in French. Raspail informs Bulos that he will voluntarily take in charge the monthly review which he wishes to insert into his journal, although kindly asks that he be given several other publications including Le Temps and Le Journal du Commerce, La Revue Britannique and La Revue Encyclopedique. Raspail further asks if any of his correspondent's friends could also obtain a chemistry annual and a pharmacy journal and have them sent to him via Mr. J. B. Bailliere's bookshop, whose address he provides, who could then forward them via Raspail's friend, the chief editor of Vigilant. With integral address leaf. Some light age wear, otherwise VGRaspail was imprisoned during King Louis Philippe's reign from 1830-48 and was a candidate for Presidency of the Second Republic in 1848. However, he was then involved in the attempted revolt of 15th May 1848 and in March 1849 found himself again imprisoned as a result.
MARK HERMAN F.: (1895-1992) Austrian-American Chemist, recognised for his contributions to the development of polymer science. An interesting T.L.S., H. Mark, one page, 4to, Brooklyn, New York, 28th January 1954, to Professor Henry Corbiere, on the printed stationery of the Institute of Polymer Research at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Mark thanks his correspondent for their kind letter and continues to answer the questions he posed, in full, '1) After 3 years of studies, I gave the first Seminar talk which drew the attention of my professors in Vienna to me; then it took again 2 years until I gave another Seminar talk to achieve the same thing in Berlin. Hence I would say that my scientific debut required some hard work. 2) I studied with the money which I had saved while I was an officer in the Austrian Army during World War I and I started to earn money as an instructor after 3 years of studies. Since then I earned all my money by my profession as chemist. 3) I am best known through my work on Highpolymers, particularly through the X-ray investigations on the structure of cellulose and rubber. I believe the best work I did is the explanation of rubber elasticity as an entropy effect. 4) My main interest is concentrated on the exploration of fundamental aspects of science.' A letter of excellent autobiographical content. A few very light, extremely minor creases to the extreme edges, VG
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. A.L.S., `E´, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1924] , to Jaffrey P. Buchanan. Typically writing in bold dark pencil, Edison expresses his concerns and states `Buchanan, We lose 100 Records daily due to hairs. Can´t these be seen by inspector of varnished blank & picked with needle´. ´Very small overall age wear, otherwise VG Jaffray P. Buchanan was employed by Edison as Manager of his Record Disc Division. The present note refers to Edison and Buchanan´s works on the production of the phonograph records.
LACAN JACQUES: (1901-1981) French Psychoanalyst & Psychiatrist. A small series of original pencil and pen and ink diagrams in the hand of Lacan, unsigned, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d. The diagrams comprise various interlocking nodes, presumably created by Lacan during his studies with Structuralism. With two pencil annotations. Some extremely minor, light staining to one edge and a very slight corner crease, VG
BRAGG WILLIAM HENRY: (1862-1942) English Physicist, Chemist & Mathematician, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1915. T.L.S., W H Bragg, one page, 4to, Albemarle Street, London, 13th February 1929, to A. W. Isenthal, on the printed stationery of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory at The Royal Institution. Bragg thanks his correspondent for their letter and information and continues to make a clarification, 'I am sure that Sir Arthur Schuster when he told me his little storey (sic) about Rontgen did not mean to imply that Rontgen had been rude only that Rontgen seemed to think he had been. If I gave any other impression, I am very sorry'. Some light creasing and a few tears to the edges, none of which affect the text or signature. G Arthur Schuster (1851-1934) German-born British Physicist. Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923) German Physicist, discoverer of X-rays and winner of the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901.
EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. An excellent and lengthy A.L.S., `Papa´, two pages, 4to, 10th April 1936, to his son, in German. Einstein refers to Professor Pauli and to Sigmund Freud, and states `Once again, a long time has passed since I had last time written to you…I am sitting here in my study, wrapped in a blanket and still freezing cold, just because they are thinking it is Spring and therefore the furnace must be turned off…´, further referring to his day by day work and to Princeton `I keep on working with the same young man on problems which are so difficult that they keep on amazing me over my own courage. When I am losing steam, I just need to look, from my giant window, to the meadows with flowers and trees, and in the distance I can see the top of the tall tower of the University buildings, in the style of University buildings seen in England..´ further adding an amusing comment `It seems to me that only English things are held in high esteem here. If you say that you are coming from Switzerland, they consider that as being comical, because they think there is only chocolate and cheese there..´ Einstein further refers again to his work `I hardly get around reading books. Scientific work is practically eating you up, especially once the elasticity of your youth is gone.. From Germany, I am hardly hearing anything directly any longer, because anything and everybody there that I had trusted in, is either dead or scattered all over the world. Prof. Pauli from Zurich is here with me, he is a very young and clever physicist who probably sees me as some sort of fossil.´ Before concluding Einstein makes very interesting comments referring to Freud, stating ´Freud will be turning 80 soon. I finally have come to the conclusion that he actually has been correct in his main theses. From a very reliable source, I have heard accounts about ordinary case studies of his that defy any other explanation. I must admit, that in this regard, you certainly saw the light a lot sooner than I did. The reason probably was…´ A letter of excellent content and of good association. About VG Eduard Einstein (1910-1965) Second son of Albert Einstein from his first wife Mileva. Nicknamed by his father "Tetel". Edward was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of twenty. It has been often reported that the drugs and "cures" of the time damaged rather than aided the young Einstein, his memory and cognitive abilities were deeply affected by electroconvulsive therapy treatments. Albert Einstein emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1933 after the rise of the Nazi German government and never saw his son again, although they corresponded regularly. Eduard lived most of the time at the psychiatric clinic in Zurich, where he died in 1965 of a stroke at age 55. Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) Austrian-born Swiss & American Physicist. A pioneer of quantum physics. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for his "decisive contribution through his discovery of a new law of nature, the exclusion principle of Pauli principle", the basis of a theory of the structure of matter. Widely recognized as one of the most brilliant Physicians of the XXth century.Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist & Founder of Psychoanalysis. Freud formulated the Oedipus complex and developed his theory on the Analysis of Dreams. He lived and worked in Vienna until 1938 when he escaped the Nazis and went to the United Kingdom where he lived in exile the last year of his life.
FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish Biologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945. A rare manuscript D.S., Alexander Fleming, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (annotated 4th September 1949 in ink in an unidentified hand at the foot). Fleming responds to a researcher's questionnaire featuring their questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific "debuts" easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living (another profession or a private income) enable you to make yourself known in science?.......3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your master piece (sic)?' The biologist provides his answers below, in full, '1. Merely the result of years of hard work and observation. 2. No. 3. Penicillin because this has been useful to mankind. Perhaps best work was on the action of antiseptics or on lysozymes.' Documents or letters in any form signed by Fleming in which he refers to penicillin are rare and desirable. Some light age wear and minor creasing, largely to the extreme edges, a small area of paper loss to the upper edge and some ink show through from a few annotations in the hand of the researcher to the verso, only very slightly affecting a few words of Fleming's text and not the signature. G
SYNGE RICHARD L.M.: (1914-1994) British Biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1952. Manuscript D.S., R L M Synge, one page, 4to, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire, 27th April 1953. Synge responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their questions at the head of the page, 1. Were your scientific “debut” easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living (another profession or a private income) enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Synge provides his answers immediately beneath, '1. I suppose rather easy. 2. Lived nearly entirely from laboratory work. 3. Invention of partition chromatography with A. J. P. Martin, 1941'. Synge also suggests the researcher consults Les Prix Nobel en 1953 for further information and apologises for the delay in replying. Some very light, extremely minor foxing and a few small, neat tears to the edges, otherwise VG
STAUDINGER HERMANN: (1881-1965) German Chemist. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953. Staudinger demonstrated the existence of macromolecules. Signed oblong 12mo page, light Brown paper, n.p., 1st June 1954. Staudinger responds to his correspondent who was asking what was his Maxim of Life, stating `H. Staudinger; Maxime de vie - “Die Makromolekulen Chemie. Accompanied by a contemporary postcard photograph. About G
LIVINGSTONE DAVID: (1813-1873) Scottish Missionary & Explorer of Africa. D.S., David Livingston (an early example of his signature frequently used in the 1840s), one page, slim oblong 8vo, Kuruman, South Africa, 1st April 1842, being a manuscript cheque ordering Rev. Dr. Phillip in Cape Town to 'Eight days after sight please pay to John Maskell Esq or order, the sum of forty pounds Sterling, and place the same to the account of salary from the London Missionary Society'. With various annotations and endorsements to the recto and verso and a single ink stroke cancellation, partially running through a few letters of Livingstone's signature (although still perfectly legible). Some light creases and minor age wear, G David Livingstone's first posting as a missionary was at Kuruman in 1841
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) English Actress, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 4.5 magazine photograph, the image depicting Leigh standing in a full length pose in costume. Signed by Leigh with her first name in bold pencil to a light area at the base of the image; Joan Crawford (1905-1977) American Actress, Academy Award winner. T.L.S., Joan, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Los Angeles, California), 16th January 1961, to Robert and Sally Roberts, thanking them for a lovely Christmas greeting and commenting 'How sweet you were to think of me during the Holiday Season'. Accompanied by the original envelope; James Cagney (1899-1986) American Actor, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Jim C, two pages, 4to, Verney Farm, Stanfordville, New York, 17th July 1969, to Ann. Cagney writes of a rainstorm he endured when returning from his correspondent's home, 'All sensible drivers pulled over to the side and stayed. I was trying to make that boat…..There were wrecks all along the way; sports cars upside down; V.W's on their sides, big cars turned broadside to traffic….It cleared just before I turned south…..Quite a trip' and also refers to some work he has done in the woods with a man from California, 'The work did me a world of good. Tis the peasant in me…..I'll be doing that job each year from now on'. Some light overall age wear and Cagney's letter with some light creasing and a tear to the right edge of a central fold. G to about VG, 3
BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. A good vintage signed sepia 9 x 14 photograph, incorporating an Apostolic Blessing, the image depicting the Pope seated in a three-quarter length pose wearing his white cassock, mozzetta and zucchetto. Photograph by Guiseppe Felici of Rome and bearing their imprint to the mount. Immediately beneath the image appears a neat calligraphic text, in Italian, 'Blessed Father, Gabriella Mazzetti Stellingwerff humbly prostrated at the feet of Your Holiness begs for…..his Apostolic Blessing' and beneath this the Pope has added his signature ('Benedictus PP XV') with two additional lines of text in his hand, in Italian, 'We bestow our heartfelt implored apostolic blessings', also dated 16th April 1921 in his hand. A few very minor, small and light scuffs to the image, otherwise VG Guiseppe Felici (1839-1923) Italian Photographer whose firm were the official photographers of the Vatican for four generations.
PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. A large vintage signed 13.5 x 20 photograph, incorporating am Apostolic Blessing, the circular image depicting the Pope seated in a half length pose wearing a cassock, mozetta and zucchetto. Photograph by Guiseppe Felici of Rome and bearing their credit stamp to the mount. Immediately beneath the image appears an attractive neat calligraphic text in black and red inks and with a decorative initial letter M, in full, 'Most Foly Father, John Jermann and family, humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness, beg the Apostolic Benediction and a Plenary Indulgence to be gained at the hour of death, on condition that, being truly sorry for their sins, even though unable to confess them and to receive the holy Viaticum, they shall at least invoke with their lips, or heart, the Holy Name of Jesus'. Signed ('Pius PP. XI') by the Pope immediately beneath the text and alongside a blind embossed seal. Some light chipping to the edges of the image and with some large, extensive tears and areas of paper loss to the edges of the mount. Only about G Guiseppe Felici (1839-1923) Italian Photographer whose firm were the official photographers of the Vatican for four generations.
JOHN XXIII: (1881-1963) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1958-1963. Beatified in 2000 and Canonized in 2014. T.L.S., +Ang Jos. Roncalli, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris), 26th June 1951, to the directors of the champagne house Moet & Chandon in Epernay, in French. The carbon typed letter, evidently a retained copy signed by the future Pope, is a request for champagne, 'I would be grateful if you could send to the [Apostolic] Nunciature through diplomatic channels, 4 cases of 24 bottles of champagne Brut Imperial with the usual presentation, that is to say, with the coat of arms of His Holiness'. Four small staple holes to the upper left edge and some extremely minor, light age wear, VG Roncalli served as Apostolic Nuncio to France from 1944-53. He once declared that 'Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age'.
JOHN XXIII: (1881-1963) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1958-1963. Beatified in 2000 and Canonized in 2014. A highly unusual D.S., + Ange Roncalli, twice, as Apostolic Nuncio to France, two pages, 4to, Ankara, 26th December 1944. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is an United States Air Transport Command Priority Identification Certificate in which authority is requested for Roncalli to travel on an Air Transport Command aircraft from Ankara to Cairo on 27th December 1944, detailing the reason for travel as 'To take up post as Papal Nuncio at Paris'. The document is also signed by various officials, one of whom certifies that 'the movement of this passenger is necessary and essential to the successful prosecution of the war, and that the mission of this passenger is of such urgency that transportation by air is necessary' and also provides details of Roncalli's permanent address at the Vatican City and records his personal weight as being 95kg and an authorised baggage allowance of 50kg. The second page of the document is a release declaration signed by Roncalli stating that the flight will be made at his own risk and responsibility, and in consideration of the permission extended to him by the United States he discharges the American government and its officers and agents 'from any and all claims, demands, action or causes of action, on account of my death or on account of any injury to me which may occur by reasons of the said flight….', further stating that the Vatican City should be notified in case of an emergency. A rare document relating to what is understood to be the first flight to have been made by a Pope, and a Saint. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG On 22nd December 1944, during World War II, Pope Pius XII named Roncalli to be the new Apostolic Nuncio to the recently liberated France. In this capacity he would negotiate the retirement of bishops who had collaborated with the German occupying power. Roncalli left Ankara on 27th December 1944 and made a series of short haul flights taking him to Cairo, Beirut and Naples. On 28th December 1944 he arrived in Rome and the next day left for France to begin his new role.
LIGUORI ALPHONSUS: (1696-1787) Italian Catholic Bishop, Canonized a Saint by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839. Liguori, one of the most widely read Catholic authors, was also a composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and is the patron saint of confessors. An extremely rare Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in Italian. The manuscript is in the form of a religious prayer in the hand of Liguori, in part, 'My God, You who are so full of love and mercy, please save us from evil'. The manuscript would appear to have been created for use in a mass, with certain sections missing which Liguori would seemingly have been able to recite from memory. To the left column of the final page appears an autograph declaration signed by Giuseppe Murrone, a priest in charge of the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, confirming that the prayer is entirely in the hand of Liguori. Signed at Monterone and dated 22nd August 1836 (by which time Liguori had been beatified by Pope Pius VII, in 1816). A blind embossed paper seal is neatly affixed beneath Murrone's declaration. Some light overall damp staining, only very slightly affecting the text, which remains completely legible. G
BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method known as the Salesian Preventive System. Founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Canonized as a saint in 1934. Rare A.L.S., Sac. G. Bosco - Figliastro, one page, 8vo, Torino, 26th June 1877, to [Countess Callori], in Italian. On the printed stationery of the "Oratorio di s. Franc. di Sales", Bosco writes to his correspondent, addressing her `Mia Buona Mamma´ and confirms he will visit her that evening `With good appetite´. Further referring to his joy at having learned she is feeling better, `I pray God that He keeps you healthy for many long years and under his protection´. Some very light overall age wear, otherwise VG
GRIMOD DE LA REYNIERE ALEXANDRE BALTHAZAR LAURENT: (1758-1837) French Gourmand and Gastronome who acquired fame during the reign of Napoleon for his lifestyle. The first public critic of cooking, Grimod is considered to be 'one of the founders of the modern French culture'. A fine, rare A.L.S., with his initials G D L R, three pages, 4to, Beziers, 7th March 1791, to his mistress [Adele] Feuchere, in French. Closely written in his small hand, Grimod sends his mistress an affectionate letter, and also makes several gastronomic references, 'I don't know if in your city there are many lovers who are separated….but I think that the feelings are no less strong. There are here many quite beautiful young ladies, many handsome men, and I don't hear about any gossip, so that we could deliver certificates of chastity to everybody', remarking that he sees old devout ladies who have very good tables, especially in the Bishopric, where he is treated the best, 'My rest here is good to gain weight and I will return to you round as a ball and as fat as a barrel. All this weight will be good for you'. Grimod also tells his lover that he will send some partridge, commenting that they are currently drier than in the Autumn, 'but still extremely good when they are not overcooked. I think you should make a very good cold pate with them', and explaining that they are rare at present as they have been hunted a lot, further writing 'When Lent starts I will choose beautiful ones for you in the market. I am also sending you some dry fruits and chestnuts'. The gourmand declares that his appetite is excellent and he has not suffered any stomach problems despite postponing his medicine 'so that I am not obliged to diet….and miss some very good banquets'. In concluding Grimod states that he thinks of the pleasures of seeing Feuchere soon when he 'will press you in my arms and will get so ecstatic with you in the sweetest flavours of love', declaring 'I kiss all parts of your pretty little body with my most ardent kisses'. The final page bears an address panel in Grimod's hand and with a small area of paper loss, slightly affecting a few words of text, caused by the original breaking of the seal (parts of which are still present). Some light staining and minor age wear, about VG
CARNARVON EARL OF: (1866-1923) English Aristocrat, best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. An extremely rare A.L.S., Carnarvon, one page, 8vo, Seamore Place, London, 26th April 1919, to a gentleman. Carnarvon informs his correspondent that he has sold his house in Berkeley Square and is trying to move into Seamore Place, explaining that if he can find the tailpiece he will let his correspondent know, 'but everything is in a state of extreme chaos here'. In concluding Carnarvon further remarks 'I have also got a drawing of Mrs. Pinchwife'. A few spots of light foxing, some minor creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges and with a minor area of paper loss to the upper edge, G Mrs. Margery Pinchwife is a character in the Restoration comedy The Country Wife written in 1675 by William Wycherley. The play reflects an aristocratic anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness.
CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English Archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An 8vo Walker's loose leaf book used by Carter as an address book and containing around 150 entries, many with telephone numbers, written by Carter in pencil with his neat hand to the feint ruled pages. Arranged alphabetically (some individuals grouped by city, i.e. Alexandria, Cairo, Paris etc.) the entries feature various family members, friends, acquaintances and colleagues of the archaeologist including the Earl & Countess of Carnarvon (as well as Countess Almina, the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who had supplied financial backing to the search and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb), his brother William Carter (at the Carlyle Studios on Kings Road, Chelsea), Samuel Carter, Albert Carter, the Earl of Crawford, Baron Harold de Bildt, the archaeologist and Egyptologist Guy Brunton, Comte de Lavison, Lady Pinching, Sir Lionel Darell, the art collector George Eumorfopoulos, the Egyptian Embassy in London, the Egyptian Exploration Society, Captain Bruce Ingram, Mrs. Montague Gluckstein, Lord Hutchison of Montrose (incorrectly entered as Melrose by Carter), Princess Louise Handjeri, Sir Thomas Hohler, the chemist and archaeologist Sir Robert Mond, the art historian Eric Maclagan, Lady Violet Melchett, Lord Decies, the Savile Club, Spink & Son, Lord & Lady Selsdon, Tessiers Ltd., Prince Wiasemsky etc. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few slight stains to the plain black covers. VG
SCHWEITZER ALBERT: (1875-1965) Alsatian Theologian, Musician, Philosopher & Physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952. An unusual hemp table mat, with unwoven borders, featuring an ink illustration of an antelope to the centre and with the red ink initials ASB to the upper right corner, signed and inscribed by Schweitzer to the left, in French, remarking that the antelopes and staff of the hospital are regretfully watching the departure of Guy Barthelemy, although console themselves with the hope of seeing him return to their home in the future. Schweitzer has added the names of seven antelopes before signing his own name, further adding the place and date, Lambarene, May 1951, in his hand. At the base of the mat appear eleven further signatures, presumably those of the hospital staff. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG In 1952 Guy Barthelemy founded the French Association of the Friends of Albert Schweitzer (AFAAS) in Paris. The organisation remains active to this day, continuing to promote the humanitarian work Schweitzer began.
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