![Statue dedication ceremony.- [Barbosa (Domingos Caldas) and others.] Narraçāo dos applausos com que o Juiz do Povo e Casa d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5ae9217-4bf1-4d15-901e-b02300c6305c/2aaa21c2-26a0-4271-8f5a-b02300f21f22/468x382.jpg)
Statue dedication ceremony.- [Barbosa (Domingos Caldas) and others.] Narraçāo dos applausos com que o Juiz do Povo e Casa dos Vinte-Quatro festeja a felicissima inauguraçāo da estatua equestre, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, lacking final blank, engraved folding frontispiece of the statue (not called for), occasional spotting, finger-marking, or light staining, lightly browned, modern ornately blind-stamped calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with red leather label, [Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 70; Período Colonial p.41; Sacramento Blake II, 199; Innocêncio II, 185 & VI, 267-8; Azevedo Samodães 2191; Ávila-Perez 5240], a solid copy, small 4to, Lisbon, Royal Printers, 1775.⁂ 'A very important book, and very rare indeed' (Borba de Moraes). Details of the dedication ceremony for the equestrian statue of D. José I in Lisbon's Praça do Comércio, along with celebratory verse by Barbosa and others. In this edition pagination is continuous. 'Some collectors of these pamphlets...bound them together...these volumes do not always contain the same number of reprinted works' (Borba de Moraes).
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Azores.- Cordeyro (Antonio) Historia Insulana das Ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano Occidental, first edition, woodcut floral ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, marginal worm trace to first and last few ff., some water-staining, mostly from sig. 2L to end, causing some marginal damp-staining in last sig., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) richly gilt decoration and red morocco label, [Azevedo-Samodães 889 'da máxima importância'; Innocêncio I, 114, Leclerc 632; Palha 3890; Sabin 16759], small folio, Lisbon, Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1717.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'Ouvrage important et fort estimé pour l'histoire des Açores et des principales familles de cet archipel' (Leclerc).
Utopia.- Neville (Henry) Relaçaõ de hum famoso descobrimento da Ilha Pinés, e casamento de hum homem com quatro mulheres, e o quanto produziraõ em taõ pouco tempo, first Portuguese edition, drop-head title, woodcut decorative initial, lightly browned, antique style calf-backed boards, spine gilt and with red leather label, [cf. Davis Utopia and the ideal society, 1516-1700, pp.24-25], 8vo, [Lisbon], [Ignacio Nogueira Xisto], [1761].⁂ Rare first Portuguese edition of Neville's The Isle of Pines, 1668. WorldCat records only two copies (NYPL and Newberry). The utopian narrative finds George Pine shipwrecked on an idyllic island with four women, all of whom bear his child, who in turn multiply, eventually giving rise to a society of distinct tribes. The work is written in epistolary form by Henry Cornelius Van Sloetten, part of a group of Dutch explorers, who later discover the island.
Wine.- Gyrão (Antonio Lobo de Barbosa Ferreira Teixeira, Viscount) Tratado theorico e pratico da agricultura das vinhas, da extracção do mosto, bondade, e conservação dos vinhos, e da distillação das agoas ardentes, title with woodcut royal arms, 3 folding engraved plates of distillation apparatus, folding letterpress table, list of subscribers towards end, errata f. at end, light ink marking to foot of front free endpaper and title, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, lower corners worn, rubbed, [Innocêncio I, 184 & XX, 244], 8vo, Lisbon, National Printers, 1822.⁂ Rare, with WorldCat recording only a handful of copies, and not found in the standard food & drink bibliographies. Includes cultivation of vines, prevention of disease, wine production, and the economics of wine making. Gyrão (1785-1863) was an agricultural entrepreneur, politician, and academic.
Bandeirantes & prisons.- Sequeira (Angelo de) Livro do vinde, e vede, e do sermam do Dia do Juizo Universal, em que se chama a todos os viventes para virem, e verem humas leves sombras do ultimo dia o mais tremendo, e regoroso do mundo, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional 18th & 19th century ink annotation, including a long note to 2H1v, front free endpaper detached, some staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with modern (but to style) red leather label and gilt decoration, corners worn, some worming, rubbed and marked, [Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 789, 'very rare'; Período Colonial pp. 339-40. Sacramento Blake I, 89-90. Innocêncio VIII, 66], small 4to, Lisbon, Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1758.⁂ Rare first edition, with the last copy at auction we can trace being in 1981. The author was a repentant member of a prominent 'bandierante' family (slavers, adventurers and explorers). He had originally practiced as a lawyer before coming a monk and missionary. Included are a justification of the exploits of the bandeirantes; a description of a dungeon in the fortress of Santos (so terrible that prisoners would beg to be executed immediately, rather than await sentencing); and a description of a grim subterranean prison on the Ilha das Cobras, where Jews condemned to death by the Inquisition were incarcerated.
Brontë (Charlotte), "Currer Bell". The Professor, to which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, Now First Collected, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, 1864 § Poe (Edgar Allen) The Poetical Works,"Complete Edition", frontispiece and illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities but still bright overall, [c.1852], 8vo (2)⁂ Second item is a rare binding variant in red cloth.
Brazil.- Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (J.C.R.) Diccionario geographico historico e descriptivo do imperio do Brazil, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved dedication f., folding hand-coloured map of Brazil, and 5 folding plans, errata f. at end of each vol., title of vol.1 paper flaw / loss to lower margin, plans of Pernambuco and Rio with short repaired tear (the former with some marginal staining), offsetting, foxing and browning, contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spines in compartments, spines with heads chipped and slightly faded, rubbed and scuffed, [Azevedo-Samodães 2100; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 761; Gonçalves Rodrigues 6368; Innocêncio II, 12; Ramos 453; Sabin 49085; Sacramento Blake II, 11], Paris, J.P. Aillaud, 1845; and 5 others, Brazil, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, especially with the map and plans.
Marbling, Decorated Paper & Bookbinding.- Middleton (Bernard C., editor) The Whole Art of Bookbinding/The Whole Process of Marbling Paper, one of 35 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, 12 tipped-in original samples by Richard J.Wolfe, original half roan over marbled boards, by Jensen Bindery, very slightly rubbed at edges, loose in original cloth-backed board folder (binding of ordinary copies), Austin, 1987 § Easton (Phoebe Jane) Marbling: a History and a Bibliography, one of 850 copies, original cloth with mounted marbled sample mounted on upper cover, a little spotted, Los Angeles, 1983 § Bolton (Claire) Maziarczyk Paste Papers, one of 175 copies, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Oxford, Alembic Press, 1991 § Weimann (Christopher) Marbling in Miniature, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original marbled boards, uncut, board drop-back box, spine slightly faded, Los Angeles, 1980 § Halfer (Josef) The Process of the Marbling Art, one of 500 facsimile reprints, original boards, spine faded, Taos, NM, 1989 § Wolfe (Richard J.) Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns..., Philadelphia, 1990 § Doizy (Marie-Ange) De la Dominoterie à la Marbrure..., Paris, 1996 § Smith (Philip) New Directions in Bookbinding, signed by the author with his note in pencil "This copy has some hand written corrections by the author" to verso of title and corrections to text, 1974, the first three with original marbling samples tipped in, plates and illustrations, some colour, the last three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, v.s. (8)⁂ The first comprises reprints of the first English bookbinding and marbling manuals, the first originally published in Oswestry in 1811, the second in Glasgow c.1815. Both original texts are rare.
![Catalonia.- [Melo (Francisco Manuel de)] Historia De Los Movimientos Y Separación De Cataluña, y de la Guerra entre La Mage](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5ae9217-4bf1-4d15-901e-b02300c6305c/2bb7032e-a137-4353-a1ff-b02300f26280/468x382.jpg)
Catalonia.- [Melo (Francisco Manuel de)] Historia De Los Movimientos Y Separación De Cataluña, y de la Guerra entre La Magestad Católica De Don Felipe el Cuarto Rey de Castilla, y de Aragón, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, N6 lower blank corner repaired, P1 small paper flaw in text, affecting part of a few letters, but with no loss of sense, P8 very small hole in text, with loss of the odd letter, X1&2 working loose, some spotting or smalls stains, occasionally obscuring a few letters or causing paper weakness (see C6 where 5 or 6 letters obscured, and a small marginal hole in C8, affecting ink marginalia and small part of printed side-note verso), mostly lightly browned, heavier to a few ff., new endpapers, large printed bookseller's description mounted on front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, later gilt and modern red leather labels to spine in compartments, a little worming, rubbed, [Arouca III, 218; Azevedo-Samodães 2049A; Garcia Peres 366; Innocêncio II, 439; Monteverde 3337; Pinto de Mattos 371; Salvá 3045], 8vo, Lisbon, Bernardo Da Costa De Caravalho, 1696.⁂ Rare edition of a classic of Spanish Literature. Melo (1608-1666) pursued a military career from the age of 17, and at the outbreak of the Catalan revolt became chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of the royal forces. He was later selected to write this account of the campaign.
Ceramics production.- Xavier (Antonio Velloso, translator) Arte da louça vidrada, title with small wood-engraved royal arms, 10 folding engraved plates, couple of small wormholes / trace to upper margins of plates 7-10 and p.105 to end, short repaired tear within image of plate 8, small repairs to inner margin of a few other plates, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine little chipped, rubbed and scuffed, [Innocêncio I, 286; Rodrigues A tradução em Portugal I, 2664], 8vo, Lisbon, Royal Printers, 1805.⁂ Rare and important translation of two French works on the production of ceramics, which aimed to develop skills in this field in Portugal and Brazil (on faïence by Jacques Lacombe from the Encyclopédie, and an abridged version of 'Mémoire sur les ouvrages de terre cuites...' by Jean Fourmy).
Botany.- Lowe (E. J.) Fern Growing: Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, one colour, illustrations, newspaper clipping on the author pasted to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, colour frontispiece, colour plates, one detached and loosely inserted, tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1871 § Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, colour plates, tissue guards, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (8)
![Children's pasteboard modelling.- [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utitidad y](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5ae9217-4bf1-4d15-901e-b02300c6305c/3f821481-8749-4a0c-bea7-b02300f1a9ae/468x382.jpg)
Children's pasteboard modelling.- [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utitidad y recreo, first edition in Spanish, 8 folding engraved plates, some water-staining and spotting, original light green printed wrappers, foxed and stained, but solid, [Garcia Rico 1615; Palau 17767], Barcelona, José Torner, 1829 § Postal system.- Begas (José Antonio D. y) Nuevo estilo y formulario de escribir cartas misivas, y responder á ellas en todos géneros de correspondencia, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, original printed label to spine, lightly marked, Barcelona, Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1835; and 15 others, 19th century Spanish, v.s. (17)⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.
China.-Macau lottery.- Eu o Principe Regente...Tendo tomado na minha real consideracão as representacões, que fizestes subir á minha Real presenca, para que Eu me dignasse permittir, que nessa cidade de Macáo se estabelecesse huma loteria, single sheet, printed on both sides, printed on a crease in upper half, 281 x 193mm., [Lisbon], Royal Printers, [1810].⁂ Rare. Royal proclamation permitting a Macao lottery.
![World.- [Meriton (George)] A Geographical Description of the World, first edition, additional engraved title, lacking 3 adver](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5ae9217-4bf1-4d15-901e-b02300c6305c/2a250d57-f14d-4371-9596-b02300f31c01/468x382.jpg)
World.- [Meriton (George)] A Geographical Description of the World, first edition, additional engraved title, lacking 3 advertisement f. at end, 18th century ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, endpapers and title, a few instances of ink marginalia, a few marginal chips or short tears, including to additional title and title (touching woodcut border), A5 with short tear into text but no loss, light damp-staining near start, foxing and some light soiling, small worming to lower margin from G1 onwards, gutter split at points with a few gatherings loose or nearly so, rear free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, worn with loss spine head and foot, joints split with covers just holding, [Wing M1790], 12mo, for William Leake, 1671.⁂ Rare, we can trace only later editions at auction. Chapters include Turkey Palestine, America, Mexicana, Peruana, as well as Oriental, African and American Islands.
NO RESERVE Courtesy book.- Porta Siqueira (João de N.S.ra da) Escola de politica, ou, Tractado pratico da civildade portugueza, small woodcut crown to title, 4pp. advertisements at end, P6 upper blank corner neatly torn away, couple of small wormholes, occasionally extending to a small trace in text throughout, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, sympathetically and skilfully rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, little rubbed, [Innocêncio III, 427], small 8vo, Porto, Antonio Alvarez Ribeiro, 1791.⁂ Rare copy of what Innocêncio considers to be the second edition of this courtesy book. WorldCat records only one copy (Vanderbilt).
Economics.- Luxury spending.- Sempere y Guarinos (Juan) Historia del luxo, y de las leyes suntuarias de España, 2 vol., first edition, small woodcut ornament to titles, later small ink ownership stamp to titles, vol.1 A8v & B1r 7 lines in total with ink scoring, but perfectly legible, B6 upper blank corner neatly trimmed away, the odd small marginal tear with loss, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, some staining to spines, rubbed, [Aguilar Piñal VII, 4611; Colmeiro, Bibliografía de los economistas españoles 360; Goldsmiths' 12676; Kress B.1489; Palau 307412], a good set, 8vo, Madrid, Royal Printers, 1788.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of this work on Spanish sumptuary laws. The author (1754-1830) was a Spanish politician, jurist, economist, and bibliographer. He condemns lavish spending as a vice, but acknowledges its necessity to keep industry and the state thriving.
Engineering.- Canals.- Fulton (Robert) Tratado do melhoramento da navegaçao por canaes, translated by Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrade Machado da Silva, first edition in Portuguese, title with woodcut royal arms, 18 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink writing trials to front free endpaper, lacking rear endpaper, title spotted and with lower corner little chipped, plate 14 trimmed within image at outer border and less so within inner border, a few plates lightly browned, occasional mostly minor worming, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, flat spine in compartments and with blind-stamped decoration, stained, rubbed, [A Casa Literária do Arco do Cego 35; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 798; Gonçalves Rodrigues I, 2229; Innocêncio I, 104; Período colonial p. 28; Sacramento Blake I, 128-9; cf. Sabin 26201], 4to, Lisbon, Arco do Cego, 1800.⁂ Rare first Portuguese edition of this important treatise on canals by the American engineer, inventor, and pioneer of steam navigation.
Fencing.- Rolando (Guzmán) Nuevo arte de esgrima conforme a la practica de los mejores maestros de Europa, edited by J.S. Forsyth, 23 hand-coloured engraved plates, 6pp. advertisements at end, final f. blank, offsetting, some spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, front free endpaper detached, upper hinge split, contemporary red morocco, gilt, flat spine in compartments, and with initials 'J.A.L.' at foot, upper cover with central title, covers with single filet border, head of spine neatly repaired, stained, rubbed and scuffed, [Leguina 272; Palau 276327; Thimm p.244], 12mo, R. Ackermann, 1826.⁂ A rare translation for the South American market. WorldCat records a BL copy only.
NO RESERVE Hoyle (Edmund) Breve tratado do jogo do whist, second edition, occasional spotting, water-stained, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed claret cloth, gilt, red leather label to spine (1 other removed leaving mark), [Gonçalves Rodrigues 3484; Innocêncio V, 334], Lisbon, Rollandiana, 1818; and c.12 others, most 19th century Portuguese, v.s. (c.13)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with WorldCat recording a Yale copy only.
India.- Freire de Andrade (Jacinto) Vida de Dom Ioão de Castro, Quarto Viso-Rey da India, *4 licence f., 1 full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, a few ff. with an area of marginal loss, occasionally repaired (see in particular 2G6), some water-staining, spotting or foxing, browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, some worming to spine ends, corners little worn, rubbed, [Innocêncio III, 239; Pinto de Mattos 23; Scholberg DC 15; Welsh 4787], small folio, Lisbon, Heirs of Miguel Delandes, 1703.⁂ Rare edition in commerce of this life of one of the most celebrated Viceroys of Portuguese India. He took a great interest in Indian culture and religion, and collaborated on a book on Indian art with the humanist André de Resende.
India.- Krening (Joseph) Conquistas na India em Apostolicas Missoens da Companhia de Jesus, title with woodcut ornament, title with small repaired split in blank area and with 2 ink signatures, C4 repair just within text at inner gutter, without loss, water-stained at end, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern ornately blind-stamped panelled calf, spine in compartments and titled in gilt, [Azevedo-Samodães 1672 'Muito raro'; De Backer-Sommervogel IV, 1236; Innocêncio XIII, 52; Scholberg KF 36], small 4to, Lisbon, Manoel da Sylva, 1750.⁂ A rare little work on Jesuit missions in present-day Tamil Nadu. WorldCat records only a handful of copies. Includes descriptions of the invasion of the Marathas, persecutions of priests by devout Hindus, and accounts of miracles.
India.- Loureiro (Manoel José Gomes) Memorias dos estabelecimentos portuguezes a l'Este do Cabo da Boa Esperança, 4 folding letterpress tables, 2 ff. of errata at end, sig. 3G working loose, bifolium 3O2&3 loose, tables lightly browned, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary light blue wrappers, spine ends worn, but holding firm, some staining, rubbed, unopened, [Not in Scholberg; De Silva 786; Innocêncio VI, 26; Welsh 5817], Lisbon, Filippe Nery, 1835; and 5 others, India, v.s. (6) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce, and contains much on finance and administration in 19th century Portuguese India. Includes municipal expenses for Goa, hospitals, and religious orders, along with information on Mozambique and Macao.
![India.- [Santa Rita Carvalho (Antonio Feliciano de)] Resposta ao folheto que tem por titulo, Address of the Right Rev. Daniel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c5ae9217-4bf1-4d15-901e-b02300c6305c/21032642-56dc-4dba-be4c-b02300f425a4/468x382.jpg)
India.- [Santa Rita Carvalho (Antonio Feliciano de)] Resposta ao folheto que tem por titulo, Address of the Right Rev. Daniel O'Connor, D.D. Vicar Apostolic of Madras, to the clergy and people of the See of Meliapor, wood-engraved royal arms to title, Goa, National Printers, 1838; Resposta ao folhetinho, que tem por titulo : "Theological opinion of an eminent Catholic divine, the Very Rev. Father Jarrige, Missionary Apostolic at Pondicherry, on the subject of the Portuguese schism in India, to the Rigth [sic] Rev. Dr. O'Connor, Vicar Apostolic of Madras, on the 19th of July, 1838.", final f. with colophon recto, otherwise blank, Goa, National Printers, 1838; Pastoral do Arcebispo Eleito de Goa, Primaz do Oriente, Governador, e Vigario Capitular do mesmo Arcebispado...mostrando que hum denominado Breve apostolico datado de 24 de abril de 1838 he supposto; e mandando a todos os seus subditos que o nao recebao, nem executem, sem elle se apresentar munido do beneplacito regio de sua magestade fidelissima, wood-engraved royal arms to title, final errata f., Goa, National Printers, 1838, together 3 works in 1 vol., some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt and with red leather label, upper joint starting at head, but holding firm, [Not in Scholberg; Innocêncio I, 135], 8vo ⁂ A sammelband of rare works relating to the fractious relationship between Lisbon and Rome. Pope Gregory XVI restored the banned Society of Jesus in 1837, and so Jesuits landed in India once more. The clergy and laity in Goa seeing their positions threatened rose up in opposition.
Japanning.- Stooter (João) Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking initial f. containing a sonnet in praise of the author (supplied in facsimile), water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later binding using old vellum over boards, stained, [Innocêncio IV, 45 & 437 & X, 363], 8vo, Antwerp, Widow of Henrik Verdussen, 1729.⁂ Rare work on lacquerwork or japanning. We can trace no copy at auction. The author states that he is a native of Antwerp and expert diamond cutter, who wants to improve the standard of cabinet-making in Portugal. The work includes making varnishes, the art of varnishing and gilding furniture and sculptures, and the preparation of gilt inks for manuscripts.
Law.- Caminha (Georgio Martins) Tractado da forma dos libellos, e das allegações judiciaes, title with woodcut royal arms, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, marginal repairs, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, antique style limp vellum, [Innocêncio III, 164; Pinto de Mattos 380], a rare edition, Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeck, 1621; and 6 others, 18th & 19th century Law, v.s. (7)
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Piquer y Arrufat (Andres) Tratado de las calenturas segun la observacion y el mecanismo, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, errata f. at end, folding engraved plate of a saint and angel (not called), sig.Q-S browned, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, later tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, head of spine chipped, a few scuffs, rubbed, [Hernandez Morejón VII, 148; Palau 227176], small 4to, Valencia, Joseph Garcia, 1751. ⁂ Rare. Piquer was physician to Ferdinand VI and Charles III, of Spain, and was a pioneer in Spanish medicine.
Melo (Francisco Manuel de) Apologos Dialogaes...obra posthuma, first edition, small woodcut floral ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, P2 printing flaw to final line recto, some marginal worming, water-stained, mostly in upper margins, but occasionally elsewhere, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments, lacking label, 1 upper corner worn, the others bumped, rubbed and little marked, [Ameal 1489; Avila Perez 4810; Azevedo-Samodães 2041; Innocêncio II, 443; Palha 1556; Pinto de Mattos 373], 8vo, Lisbon, Mathias Pereyra da Sylva & Joam Antunes Pedrozo, 1721.⁂ The rare first edition of what many (including Edgar Prestage) consider to be Melo's best work. We trace only a handful of copies between Library Hub and WorldCat. The work comprises four dialogues, of which the fourth ('Hospital das Letras') is an important source of Baroque literary criticism. Here Justus Lipsius, Traiano Boccalini, Francisco de Quevedo, and the author himself discuss contemporary Spanish and Portuguese literature, as well as Greek, Latin, Italian and French works.
Military.- Barbuda (Coello de) Empresas militares de Lusitanos, title and small woodcut typographic ornament within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f., without f.102 (as often), supplied in good facsimile and ?18th century manuscript (loosely inserted), title with diagonal 20th century ink inscription and small repaired hole, just touching ornament, occasional mostly marginal worming (some repaired), occasionally affecting the odd letter, 2N3 marginal loss, marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 20th century panelled vellum, gilt, spine in compartments richly so and with double leather labels, [Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 76; Innocêncio V, 280 & XVI, 9; Maggs Spanish Books 245; Palha 2767; Palau 56169; Welsh 1552], 8vo, Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1624. ⁂ Rare work on the military achievements of Portugal, which includes discoveries in America. The author explains in his dedicatory preface to the Archbishop of Braga that despite his love for his native land he wrote the work in Spanish, so that his country's achievements would gain a wider audience.
Mining.- Assaying.- Fagoaga (Francisco de ) Tablas de las cuentas del valor liquido de la plata del diezmo, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut arms to head of dedication, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, mostly marginal staining / water-staining, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary manuscript used as rear endpapers, new front endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, [Medina 5582; Palau 86281], 8vo, Mexico City, Joseph Jaúregui, 1773.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'if any one family could lay claim to the leadership of the Mexican silver-mining industry it was the Fagoagas. For three generations...they participated in many of the industry's greatest enterprises' (D.A. Brading, Miners and merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810).
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Mining.- New Spain.- [Galvez (Josef de), compiler] Reales Ordenanzas para la Direccion, Regimen y Gobierno del Importante Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana y de su Real Tribunal General de orden de su Majestad, first edition, initial f. with engraved royal arms by Fabregat recto, otherwise blank, woodcut crowned monogram to title, ink signature beneath printed name of compiler at end, mostly marginal worming throughout, some repaired, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, antique style mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Medina 5040; Palau 251937; Sabin 56260], small folio, Madrid, [?Royal printers], 1783.⁂ First edition of this 'rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs' (Sabin) for New Spain. Only miners born in Spain were allowed to own copies.
Moroccan princesses' unexpected arrival in Portugal.- Sousa (João de ) Narração da arribada das princezas Africanas ao porto desta capital de Lisboa, seu desembarque para terra, alojamento no palacio das necessidades, hida para Quéluz, seu embarque, e volta para Tanger, first edition, dedication in Portuguese and Arabic, text in Portuguese, occasional light spotting or staining, antique style speckled calf-backed sage boards, vellum corners, spine gilt and with red morocco label, a very good copy, [Innocêncio IV, 42], small 4to, Lisbon, Printers of the Academy of Sciences, 1793.⁂ Rare, with only a handful of copies recorded by WorldCat. A first-hand account of the arrival in April, 1793 and subsequent stay in Portugal of the wives, concubines, and children of Moulay Abdessalm, and their entourage (a total of 221 people). Following dynastic struggles in Morocco he had sent them by ship to Salé, but bad weather and other factors brought about their arrival at the bay of Cascais. The Portuguese court dispatched de Sousa to meet them. He was Professor of Arabic at the University of Lisbon. The work describes tours they made and courtly entertainments given before their departure for Tangiers in the August. The final leaf lists the principal members of the party.
Music.- Camões.- Bomtempo (João Domingos) Messe de requiem à quatre voix, choeurs, et grand orchestre avec accompagnement de piano à défaut d'orchestre. Ouvrage consacré à la Mémoire de Camöes. Oeuvre 23, engraved throughout, large ink ownership inscription to verso of title, showing through, pp.101/102 small piece from upper blank corner, some water-staining, spotting, and finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine richly so and with red morocco label, spine and upper corner of lower cover repaired, small piece out of leather of upper cover, corners little worn, water-stained, rubbed, [New Grove III, p.844; Vieira I, pp.129-132; Vasconcellos I, pp.22-23 & 29], small folio, Paris, Auguste Leduc, [c.1819-1820].⁂ Rare copy in commerce of what is considered by many to be Bomtempo's masterpiece. This memorial to the great Portuguese poet Luís de Camões was composed and performed (in private) for the first time during a brief stay in Paris in 1819. Provenance: Antonio Manoel Marques, Villa S.João da Pesquina, 1856 (ink inscription to verso of title); Manuel Ferreira, Alfarrabista, Porto (modern bookplate to front pastedown).
Portuguese affairs in London & Rio de Janeiro.- Carneiro (Heliodoro Jacinto de Araujo) Cartas dirigidas a S.M. El-Rey D. João VI. Desde 1817. A cerca do estado de Portugal e Brazil, e outros mais documentos escritos, first edition, final verso with contemporary marginal ink note and another obliterated note, the latter showing through recto, but printed text perfectly legible, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original drab wrappers, lacking backstrip, some chipping, loose, [Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 156; Bosch 325; Gauz p.698; Innocêncio III, 177; Rodrigues 230], Cox & Baylis, 1821; and 3 others, by the same, large 12mo & 8vo (4)⁂ Rare. 'The Cartas are important and interesting documents for the study of Portuguese affairs in London and Rio de Janeiro before the Portuguese revolution and the independence of Brazil. They are very difficult to find today' (Borba de Moraes). The author fled to London when the French invaded, and spent most of his life abroad, employed in diplomatic, scientific, and private missions for the Sovereign.
Portuguese Enlightenment.- Lima Bezerra (Manoel Gomes de) Os estrangeiros no Lima: ou conversaçoens eruditas...com huma descripçaõ de todas as villas, freguezias, e lugares notaveis da Ribeira Lima, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol.2 and 6 views and plates, of which 5 folding, vol.1 red pencil word just within platemark of plate of arms at p.333, 2M2 printing flaw at head recto, vol.2 little marginal worming at foot towards end, both vol. water-stained, causing some damp-staining to last few ff. of vol.2, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red leather labels, [Innocêncio V, 445 & XVI, 222; Palha 2739; Soares I, 399; Welsh 1789], small 4to, Coimbra, University Printers, 1785-1791.⁂ Rare first edition of one of the most important works of the Portuguese Enlightenment. The work takes the form of a dialogue between five 'foreigners' (English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese). Topics of conversation include industry and commerce, agriculture, and Portuguese antiquities and noble families. There is also much on notable places along the Lima river. The author was a physician and surgeon in Porto, who worked to disseminate medical knowledge throughout Portugal. Provenance: Ruy Dique Travassos Valdez (large 20th century bookplate to front pastedown of vol.1).
Post-earthquake public health.- Sanches (António Nunes Ribeiro) Tratado da conservaçaô da saude dos povos...com hum appendix Consideraçoins sobre os terremotos, com a noticia dos mais consideraveis, de que fas mençaô a historia, e dos ultimos que se sintiraô na Europa desde o I de Novembro 1755, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, I8 short marginal tear, small single wormhole turning into small trace in places to lower marginal corners, some spotting or light staining, occasional creasing, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine chipped, corners worn, a few scuffmarks to upper cover, rubbed, [Innocêncio I, 213; Pinto de Matos p.567], a good copy, Paris, Bonardel & du Beux, 1756; and a 1757 Lisbon edition of the same, 8vo & small 4to (2)⁂ Rare first edition of this important treatise on public health in the aftermath of the Lisbon earthquake of 1st November, 1755. We can trace no copy at auction. It includes an appendix on earthquakes, which discuses the Lisbon and other earlier incidents across the world. Sanches (1699-1783) was a Portuguese physician, philosopher and Encyclopédiste of Jewish descent. He argues that the reconstruction of Lisbon is an opportunity to make buildings well aired and sanitary.
William Anders Rare second colour photograph of the first Earthrise witnessed by humans. Apollo 8, 24 December 1968 16.50 GMT Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper, 25.2 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo no AS08-14-2384], with THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermark on verso (mid-1970s print), (NASA/North American Rockwell)Footnotes: The full view of the entire 70mm square Hasselblad frame of this most famous image is very rare. While the first colour Earthrise photograph was used by picture editors around the world, this superb second photograph taken seconds later wasn't published in magazines or newspapers of the time and is very rare. 'When I looked up and saw the Earth coming up on this very stark, beat-up lunar horizon, an Earth that was the only color that we could see, a very fragile-looking Earth, a very delicate looking Earth, I was immediately almost overcome by the thought that here we came all this way to the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet, the Earth.' William Anders North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.
Alfred Worden An extremely rare photograph of the Earth rising over the lunar horizon taken through the UV lens giving the illusion of a Double Earth, unpublished after the mission, Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), BLACK NUMBERED NASA AS15-99-13442 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)Footnotes: This exceptional picture of a "Double Earth" rising over the lunar surface was taken by Alfred Worden from the Command Module Endeavour during its 24th revolution of the Moon from an altitude of about 120 km with a special UV transmitting 105-mm lens and a special filter mounted on the Hasselblad camera along with magazine N containing the UV sensitive film. The combination creates an unprecedented image of stunning abstract beauty. NASA released a variant of this photograph taken through another filter (NASA image AS15-99-13446).Condition Report: A small tear(restored) and creases at top right of white margin. Lower right corner shows handling wear. Condition Report Disclaimer
James McDivitt or Russell Schweickart A rare photograph of the Command and Service Module "Gumdrop" over the Earth and pointing toward space, unpublished after the mission, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969 Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso, RED NUMBERED NASA AS9-24-3637 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)Footnotes:A magnificent photograph of Gumdrop seen against the dark background of space with the Earth 145 miles below. The mission afforded the opportunity to test the CSM (Commande and Service Modules) and the LM (Lunar Module) in Earth orbit conditions before going to the Moon on later missions and to take the first photographs of both spacecraft in space.Strong but light, the Command and Service Module would protect the crew during their launch and journey, and on their fiery return to Earth.Condition Report: Some toning in left margin and one fingerprint mark (also in left margin), otherwise very good.Condition Report Disclaimer
Ron Evans Two large format Metric Camera orbital photographs over Crater Heaviside (1) and craters Franz, Macrobius A and B (2) Apollo 17, 7-19 December 1972, very rare unreleased photographs Large format vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper [NASA metric camera photos No AS17 0485 (Crater Heaviside) and AS17 1209 (craters Franz, Macrobius A and B)], 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in), blank on versos, numbered AS17 0485 and AS17 1209 in margins (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center), (2)Footnotes: Two magnificent large format photographs showing great detail of the lunar surface from orbit. The high resolution Fairchild camera was mounted in the SIM (Scientific Instrument Module) bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module and operated by Ron Evans.
Charles Duke, John Young or Ken Mattingly Two rare orbital views of the Moon, showing great detail of the lunar surface in the area of craters Bohnenberger and Argelander on the nearside, unpublished after the mission, Apollo 16, 16-27 April 1972 Vintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25,4 x 20,3 cm (10 x 8 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on versos, RED NUMBERED NASA AS16-118-19016, NASA AS16-119-19035 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center), (2)Footnotes: "The thing that impressed me about the Moon is how different regions are so different. Now they all look the same to the geophysicist. But they sure look different to the people that are orbiting close in. Every little crater's got a different characteristic. And it's sure hard to pick out till you get down there and really look at 'em." - John Young
Neil Armstrong Lunar Module "Eagle's" landing leg and lunar horizon as seen during Neil Armstrong's first minutes alone on the lunar surface, not published after the mission, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in), numbered AS11-40-5859 in bottom margin on recto (NASA/USGS)Footnote: This extremely rare image taken by Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface near the landing leg and ladder of Eagle whose shadow is in the foreground, was captured shortly after his famous first words on the Moon: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." According to the mission plan, while waiting for Aldrin to emerge out of the cabin, Armstrong was supposed to collect in priority a contingency sample of lunar surface material in case of emergency return. But he instead chose to immortalize his first moments on the Sea of Tranquillity with the Hasselblad camera mounted on his chest."Picture yourself in Armstrong's shoes, as he surveys the lunar landscape just after landing. The view appears uninviting, forbidden, hostile and he wonders 'What kind of day will it be?' It will be a day like all days on the surface of the Moon - a velvet black sky with a terrain of rocks, boulders, craters and dust in all shades of gray." James Lovell, Apollo 8 and 13 astronaut (Chaikin, Space, introduction)
Extremely rare photograph of the first manned rocket leaving Planet Earth with humans on board as the Saturn V is pictured through the telescope of the Smithsonian Observing Station in Maui, Hawaii after the burn of the translunar injection Apollo 8, 21 December 1968 Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, original photograph for publication in "Aviation Week" magazine, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (7.9 x 10 in), with annotations in pencil and the "Aviation Week" magazine stamp on verso, with editorial labels pasted on recto Footnote: "The moment of humankind's first voyage to the Moon and back was captured in a series of photos taken at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observing Station in Maui, Hawaii. They show the trans-lunar injection rocket burn which sent Apollo 8 hurtling out of Earth orbit toward the Moon on December 21, 1968-perhaps the only such images that exist." David Le Conte, Royal Astronomical Society Fellow See more at the Smithsonian: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/photographing-apollo-8s-orbit-toward-moon
The first photograph of the nearly full Earth from lunar orbit, Lunar Orbiter 5, 8 August 1967Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), with names of continents and oceans of Earth superimposed by NASA on recto and NASA caption numbered 67-H-1432 on verso (NASA Headquarters)Footnotes:A very important early photograph of the Earth, belonging to the very rare club of Earth photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiters. NASA caption: As most Americans slept in the predawn hours of August 8, 1967, NASA's Lunar Orbiter V spacecraft trained its telephoto lens on the sunlit side of the Earth and made this first photograph of the nearly full Planet from 214,806 miles away. Lunar Orbiter V was about 3,640 miles above the surface of the Moon. The area of the Earth ccovered extends from 14° W longitude to the eastern terminator about 135° E longitude, a total of about 150° or approximately 5/6 of the full hemisphere. It will provide scientists with additional information on the amount of light reflected by a nearly full-Earth.Literature: "Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure", Thomas, ed., pg. 143; "Exploring Space with a Camera" (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 115.Condition Report: A couple of very minor dents, very good Condition Report Disclaimer
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, or Michael Collins Three impressive and very rare views from the Apollo 11 spacecraft taken successively after Apollo 11 launch, comprising: 1) the Earth from orbit at sunrise before translunar injection [NASA photo No AS11-36-5296] 2) the curvature of the Earth over the USA following translunar injection [NASA photo No AS11-36-5303] 3) the blue Planet earth from deep space [NASA photo No AS11-36-5332], Apollo 11 16-24 July 1969 Three vintage chromogenic prints on resin coated paper, 25.2 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), with THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermark on versos (mid-1970s prints) (NASA/North American Rockwell)Footnotes: "The world of the 1970s will be vastly different from the world of the 1960s, and many of the changes in it will result directly from the new perspective that we have suddenly acquired. By heeding the lessons learned in the last decade, and attacking our many problems with the same spirit, determination and skill with which we have ventured into space, we can make 'this island Earth' a better planet on which to live." NASA administrator George M. Low, October 1970 North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.Condition Report: MintCondition Report Disclaimer
Alfred Worden, James Irwin or David Scot Four extremely rare orbital views of the Moon from magazine 93/P, unpublished after the mission,Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971 FVintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based paper, 25,4 x 20,3 cm (10 x 8 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on versos, RED NUMBERED NASA AS15-93-12591, NASA AS15-93-12631, NASA AS15-93-12645, NASA AS15-93-12698 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center), the third [AS15-93-12645] with three filing holes in top margin not impacting image, (4) Footnotes: AS15-93-12591: Mare Imbrium, AS15-93-12631: Schröters Valley, AS15-93-12645: Humboldt, AS15-93-12698: Mare Imbrium. "Apollo 15 was the first mission of discovery. All the missions before were equatorial in orbit, but this was the first to depart from this region and travel farther north and south. Apollo 15 went closer to the poles into territory we had never seen before. We got new observations of things we did not expect, supported by fabulous hand-held photography." Farouk El-Baz, the astronauts' lunar orbital geology instructor (Schick and Van Haaften, p.113)Condition Report: Three punch holes in print AS15-93-12645Condition Report Disclaimer
A. Worden, D. Scott, or J. Irwin, An extraordinary UV photograph of the Earth seen in a bright halo during translunar coast, not published after the mission, Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25,4 x 20,3 cm (10 x 8 in), BLACK NUMBERED NASA AS15-99-13411 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center).Footnotes: This extremely rare unreleased ultraviolet photograph of our Home Planet, seen as a bright halo in the dark void of space through a special 105mm UV lens, was taken 49,511 nautical miles [91,694 km] from Earth with spectroscopic film (magazine 99/N)."As we got further and further away, the Earth diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man." James IrwinCondition Report: A long crease in upper right corner and a large area of paper loss in the right margin. Processing marks across lower right corner of the imageCondition Report Disclaimer
Frank Borman Four rare views of the never before seen farside of the Moon taken successively as the spacecraft followed its westward track over the farside of the Moon during orbit 7 and 8, Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968 Vintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photos No AS8-14-2421, AS8-14-2431 (inverted), AS8-14-2432 (inverted) and AS8-14-2436], with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on versos (NASA/North American Rockwell), (4)Footnote: These photographs were taken by Frank Borman with the 250mm telephoto lens while his colleagues James Lovell and William Anders were sleeping during their scheduled rest period (orbits 7-8) over the 37-km Crater Planté (10°S latitude and 163°E longitude, unnamed at the time of the mission), over an area east of Crater Amici, (10° S / 175° W); and an area south of Chaplygin, (12° S / 152.3° E). Borman later described the Moon as "a science fiction world-awesome, forlorn beauty" (LIFE, 17 January 1969). North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module. Condition Report: Lightly toned; very goodCondition Report Disclaimer
Alfred Worden, James Irwin or David Scot Four rare orbital views of the Moon, showing great detail of the lunar surface, unpublished after the mission, Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971 Vintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25,4 x 20,3 cm (10 x 8 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on versos, RED NUMBERED NASA AS15-93-12661, NASA AS15-96-13030, NASA AS15-97-13244, NASA AS15-97-13277 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center), (4) Footnotes: AS15-93-12661 - Lubbock H, AS15-96-13030 - Mare Imbrium at the terminator, AS15-97-13244 - area north west of La Hire rille, AS15-97-13277 - Hecateus B. "Apollo 15 was the first mission of discovery. All the missions before were equatorial in orbit, but this was the first to depart from this region and travel farther north and south. Apollo 15 went closer to the poles into territory we had never seen before. We got new observations of things we did not expect, supported by fabulous hand-held photography." Farouk El-Baz, the astronauts' lunar orbital geology instructor (Schick and Van Haaften, p.113)
Four rare views of the lunar surface and the probe's scientific samplers Surveyor 5, 11 September 1967 Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), with NASA captions on verso (numbered 67-H-1288, 67-H-1309, 67-H-1319, 67-H-1330), (NASA Headquarters), (4)Footnotes: Surveyor 5 carried the first 'chemistry set' to aid the exploration of the lunar soil. The probe made one of the most significant finds of the Surveyor missions - that the Moon's surface was likely basaltic and therefore conducive to human exploration. Less than two years after the landing of Surveyor 5, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set down the Lunar Module Eagle less than 100 km away, and returned rocks with chemistry similar to those measured by the SurveyorCondition Report: Very goodCondition Report Disclaimer
Two very rare candid portraits of the crew of the last manned lunar surface mission (2 photos), Apollo 17, December 1972 Vintage chromogenic prints on resin coated Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso (NASA/North American Rockwell)Footnotes: Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan pose with false moustaches next to mock-ups of the LM and Lunar Rover. Charles Duke and John Young of Apollo 16 and Stuart Roosa of Apollo 14 also appear in the second portrait (left). North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module. Condition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer
Michael Collins Very rare view of a crescent Earth during homebound journey, not published after the mission, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo No AS11-44-6685], with THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermarks on verso (mid-1970s print) (NASA/North American Rockwell)Footnotes: "In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited." Neil Armstrong (1999 press conference for the 30th anniversary of the Moon landing) North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.
Neil Armstrong A rare version of this photograph of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon together with Armstrong's famous first words on the Moon imprinted in bottom margin, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based GAF paper, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in), [NASA photo no AS11-40-5902], with the words "That's one small step for a man... one giant leap for mankind" imprinted in bottom margin, blank with no watermark on the verso (NASA Headquarters)Footnotes: Walking on the lunar surface near a leg of the Lunar Module, Buzz Aldrin is surrounded by a vacuum atmosphere in the 1/6th gravity environment. In this silent world he can hear only the crackling of communications, the sounds of his life support system and the echo of his breathing in his helmet.
David Scott Extremely rare photograph of the first lunar eclipse observed from deep space, Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso, RED NUMBERED NASA AS15-96-13119 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)Footnotes: The Apollo 15 spacecraft was about 200,000 km from Earth when the crew captured this truly out of this world view of a lunar eclipse from deep space (through the 80mm lens) that had never been witnessed by humans before.Original NASA caption for a variant of the photograph: The lunar eclipse, which occurred while the Apollo 15 spacecraft was returning from the Moon, was recorded in a series of color photographs. Eleven photographs were taken over a 16-minute period before and during the Moon's entry into Earth's shadow. A second set of ten photographs was obtained over a like period of time as the moon was leaving the shadow. Even when the moon was not in eclipse during this series, it was in Earth's penumbra - the partially shadowed region where only a part of the sun's light can reach the moon directly. These photographs were taken (hand-held mode) by astronaut David R. Scott, commander, using the electric Hasselblad camera. The view was taken with the 80mm lens. Other data on these two-second exposure frames taken six minutes after exit from the eclipse: the white region, whenever it appears, is penumbral lighting of the lunar surface. The orange-red-brown band is caused by sunlight that has first passed through Earth's atmosphere where the shorter wavelength, blue light has been scattered out, allowing only a diminished intensity red light to reach the moon. These pictures tell us something about Earth's atmosphere with the lunar surface acting as a projection screen where we can examine the results. These pictures give us an initial record of scattering by a known atmosphere that can later be compared to similar observations made by future spacecraft showing other moons circling other planets in our solar system. Eastman Kodak SO368 film was used in this series.Condition Report: Light vertical scratch across the black background, though it is very shallow and narrow, it is noticeable.A very small tear in the bottom margin, touching the bottom right corner of the image.Hardly any toning. The black background has light pink-ish tinge. Condition Report Disclaimer
Bill Taub A rare view of the first American in space, Alan Shepard, during the final medical examination prior to the launch of the first American manned space mission from Cape Canaveral, Mercury Redstone 3, 5 May 1961 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.4 x 25.3 cm (10 x 8 in), with NASA caption dated 5 May 1961 on verso (NASA Headquarters) Footnotes: NASA caption: Astronaut Alan Shepard is getting his pre-flight physical from Dr. Douglas, the Astronauts' flight surgeon, a few hours in the count down before launch. The Freedom 7 spacecraft took astronaut Shepard on the U.S. first manned space ride May 5, 1961.
Buzz Aldrin The first photograph of Planet Earth in the lunar sky taken by humans, above the Lunar Module Eagle at Tranquility Base, a very rare unreleased photograph, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, [NASA photo no AS11-40-5923, originally shot on color film], 20.5 x 25.3 cm (8 x 10 in), blank on verso, numbered AS11-40-5923 in bottom margin (NASA/USGS) Footnote: An incredible image showing a profound transition in the course of human evolution, as human beings were contemplating their Home Planet from the surface of another world for the very first time.
Very rare photograph from space from the human-rated orbital spacecraft, unpublished after the mission, Mercury Atlas 4, 13 September 1961.Vintage chromogenic print on heavy early fibre-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in), [NASA image MA-4-4713-340], with EKC watermarks on verso.Footnotes: An extremely rare photograph from a series of automatic sequential pictures taken from space from the unmanned human-rated spacecraft during the 1-orbit flight (apogee of 248 km; perigee of 156 km). The Mercury Atlas 4 flight was the first successful orbital flight test of the Mercury program.The Earth sky Maurer 220G camera on board the unmanned capsule was equipped with a timer, a 75mm lens and GAF Super Anscochrome T-100 Superior ASA 64 colour reversal film.
William Anders The most celebrated image of the Earth rising above the Moon's horizon. This is the first Earthrise witnessed by humans and captured in colour on camera in the original 70mm square format of the Hasselblad frame. The view was observed by the crew of Apollo 8 at 75h 48m and 39s of the mission and during the fourth orbit of the Moon. Taken with a 70 mm Hasselblad camera, 250 mm telephoto lens, colour magazine 14/D Apollo 8, 24 December 1968 16.49 GMT Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 25.2 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA photo No AS8-14-2383], with This paper manufactured by Kodak watermark on verso (printed mid-70's) (NASA/North American Rockwell)Footnote: This full view of the entire 70mm square Hasselblad frame of this most famous image is very rare. "There was nothing in the plan for an Earthrise photo. Indeed, we didn't even see an actual Earthrise until, on our third orbit, we changed the spacecraft's orientation to heads up and looking forward. As we came round the back side of the Moon, where I had been taking pictures of craters near our orbital track, I looked up and saw the startlingly beautiful sight of our home planet 'rising' up above the stark and battered lunar horizon. It was the only color against the deep blackness of space. In short, it was beautiful, and clearly delicate." William Anders (Jacobs, p. 33). North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.
Four rare and unpublished TV camera views of the astronauts during lunar surface activities, transmitted by the RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar rover, plus a photograph of the RCA camera Apollo 16, 16-27 April 1979 Vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), with RCA (Radio Corporation of America) Astro Electronics stamps numbered 72-4-558, 72-4-563, 72-4-572, 72-4-580, and 70-H-86 on versos, (5)Footnotes: The RCA TV camera was mounted on the Lunar Rover and allowed Mission Control to follow the astronauts' activities at each station visited on then lunar surface once the high gain antenna of the Rover was pointed toward Earth. It could be remotely operated in pan and tilt axes as well as zoom, allowing far better television coverage of the EVA than on the earlier missions.
Neil ArmstrongBuzz Aldrin beside the deployed U.S. flag, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 196920 July 1969Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 20.5 x 25.5cm (8 x 10 in), [NASA AS11-40-5875], with NASA caption on versoFootnotes:Very rare photograph of an astronaut with the face clearly visible in the visor. Normally the visor would be reflecting the light but due to Buzz moving his body forward inside the suit while also turning his head left to peek at Neil, Buzz's head can be seen inside the visor. Well defined footprints are visible on the lunar surface.Condition Report: Yellow tinge to margins but otherwise very goodCondition Report Disclaimer
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