1794. PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA. Madrid, Typographia Ibarriana, 1794. First edition. Engraved title. xiv, 212, [22],16 pp. 8vo., full leather that is rubbed and edgeworn, with small losses at spine ends, and shaken. Beautifully printed on fine paper. Internally fine except for library markings, which are limited to the front pastedown and..... More
1808. ACCUM, Frederick. SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY Two Volumes, with Plates. From the Improved London Edition. Philadelphia, Kimber and Conrad, 1808. Octavo. Two volumes. xx,393pp.; xx,431[7}pp. +VIIff. First American edition. Contains seven engraved plates. First published in 1803, Accum'swas one of the earliest chemical texts to be based..... More
1854. ANDREWS, L[orrin]. GRAMMAR OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Honolulu: Printed at the Mission Press, 1854. [2],156 pp. 8vo., side-sewn, brown cloth back with flexible textured-paper sides. Ink ownership at ffep. This copy is without the folding table, which was apparently not issued in all copies. Leaves are increasingly browned within..... More
1799. BAIRD, Georgii (George) ed. Alexander Hermannus MACDONALD. DISPUTATIO INAUGURALIS DE NECROSI AC CALLO. Edinburgi: Excudebant Adamus Neill et Socii, 1799. 140 pp. (p. 112 numbered as 117, then verso as 112, so actually 141 pp.) 8vo., recently rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper covered boards. Presentation copy, "To..... More
1845. BARTON, Benjamin H., and Thomas Cook. THE BRITISH FLORA MEDICA; OR, HISTORY OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. I. [& II.] London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Second edition. Two volumes, complete. Illustrated with 48 numbered engraved plates, each showing four plants, all nicely hand-colored. xii, [2], 408..... More
1817. THE FIRST BOTANICAL WORK PUBLISHED IN AMERICA BIGELOW, Jacob. AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONTAINING THEIR BOTANICAL, HISTORY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND PRPOERTIES AND USES IN MEDICINE, DIET AND THE ARTS, WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817[-1820]..... More
1862. CAIRNES, J. E. THE SLAVE POWER: ITS CHARACTER, CAREER, AND PROBABLE DESIGNS: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE REAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST. London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862. First edition. Octavo. xviii,304 pp. Contemporary publisher's binding, with binder's ticket (Cavenagh of Dublin) at rear pastedown: red..... More
1876. [CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS] POETIC LOCALITIES OF CAMBRIDGE. Edited (and photographed) by W.J. Stillman. Illustrated with heliotypes from nature. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. 4to, with 12 lovely heliotypes; green cloth, gilt decoration. Ex-library (marks not obtrusive), inner hinge starting, slight wear to extremes. Very good... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #4. Tokyo, April 1932. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous..... More
1962. [CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN, publisher. MINDAI SASHIZUHON ZUROKU Naikaku Bunko Shozô Tanpen Shosetsu no Bu. Tokyo, Shôwa 37 [1962]. 26.5 x 19.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. A useful guide, using facsimile reproductions of pages from Ming Dynasty illustrated short story collections in the Japanese government..... More
1839. FT. COOPER, James Fenimore. THE HISTORY OF THE NAVY of the United States of America. In two volumes. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. Two volumes bound as one (no half titles) in quarter morocco and marbled boards. Blanck makes no mention of this edition, which was issued in the..... More
[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi. Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI" 8 oblong ôban size prints, tipped onto sheets and overlain by English and Japanese bilingual descriptions of the scenes depicted. The sheets are 30.5 x 38.2 cm. Matsuzaki [1895-1972] did these prints in the early 1950s. He had attended Tôkyô..... More
[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist. KOROPOKKURU NO SHI. a little (9.8 x 7.4 cm) leather wraparound box, gold embossed with 13 copperengravings inside, illustrating a text of [POEMS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE], the little people being humanculi of Ainu legend who "take their ease under the trees" of the great..... More
1900. [CREPE PAPER BOOK] FLORENZ, K. Japanische Dramen TERAKOYA u. ASAGAO. Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag (Hasegawa, Yotsuya Hommura, Tokyo, Meiji 33 [1900]) Large format (19.6 X 15.4 cm) creped paper book, illustrated with color woodcuts. This is the "Dritte Auflage". Near fine in a clasped wraparound that shows but the..... More
1831. [DEFOE, Daniel]. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]. London : Cochrane and Pickersgill, ., and J. Andrews, 1831. Illustrated: engraved frontispiece portrait of Defoe by Freeman..... More
1888. [EHON - BIRDS & FLOWERS] [Nakayama SUGAKUDÔ]. Shasei SHIJÛ-HACHI TAKA GAJÔ. Tokyo, et al., Hakubunsha, 1888. 35.8 x 23.4 cm. Orihon folding album, in cloth-covered boards with printed paper title label, of 48 color woodcut images of birds and flowers after designs done by Sugakudo, an important student of..... More
1891. [EHON] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24-25 [1891-2]. 4 vols., each approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. Vol.1 [Spring] has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers, of which 7 are huge double page prints. Vol.2 [Summer] has 32 plates, of..... More
1818. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN, artist. SOKEN SANSUI GAFU. Heian [Kyoto]: Bunka 15 [1818]. 2 volumes, 26.1 x 18.7 cm, hand-painted paper covers, original printed title slips, bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji. See Mitchell, p.499., has Sôken's seal on the colophon page and the publishing information on the inside back cover, as..... More
1918. [EMA] Tanaka SHUNJI, editor. EMA KAGAMI Isshû, Nishû. Printed by by Bankadô in Kyôto, Taishô 7 [1918]. Two large tassel-bound volumes of designs and explanatory text regarding the ubiquitous ema tablets used as offerings at shrines. Originally "pictures of horses" "e-ma" were used as a substitute for the horse..... More
1847. [FASHION - WOMEN'S - PERIODICAL] LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS: TOME VII, NOS. 1-17, 22-24; TOME IX, NOS. 1-13, 15-17. Paris: Imprim. Schneider et Langrand, 1847 and 1849. Thirty-six issues illustrated with 72 lovely hand-colored engraved plates, of which 33 are by Heloise Leloir and..... More
![MAP], KENTUCKY AND TENNESEE. Anthony FINLEY](/pictures/thumb/88091_0.jpg?v=1526754663)
1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], KENTUCKY AND TENNESEE. [From A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA.] Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1826. Engraved hand-colored map, 19"x 24". Drawn by D.H.Vance and engraved by J.H. Young. Lightly soiled with light off-setting. Top of center..... More
![MAP], VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. Anthony FINLEY](/pictures/thumb/88093_0.jpg?v=1526754696)
1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. [From A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA... Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1826.] Engraved hand-colored map, 19"x 24". Drawn by D.H. Vance and engraved J.H. Young. includes inset map of the "Plan for Washington..... More
1894. [GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AROUND JAPAN (NIHON MEISHÔ ZU-E). Osaka & Tokyo: Susando. Meiji 27 [1894]. Small 12mo., printed color pictorial boards with cloth spine. Heavily illustrated in wood engraving throughout. Each cut is captioned in English, the text is in Japanese throughout..... More
1917. HOWELLS, William Dean. PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNED MANUSCRIPT NOTE (1917), MATTED AND FRAMED. [n.p., n.p.] note dated May 6, 1917 to William Dana ORCUTT, author of (among other works) FROM MY LIBRARY WALLS: A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MEMORIES. The aforementioned book is based on articles he wrote for The Christian Science..... More
1944. [JUVENILE] BOO-BOO THE BARRAGE BALLOON. England: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., Fine Art Publishers to Their Majesties, The King and Queen, and to Her Majesty Queen Mary, copyright [1944]. An illustrated war-time picture book for English children that tells the story of heroic Boo-Boo, a pachyderm inspired barrage balloon..... More