1837. CODEX PHARMACOPEE FRANCAISE Redigee par Ordre du Gouvernement par une Commission Composee de Mm. les Professeurs de la Faculte de Medecine, et de l'Ecole Speciale de Pharmacie de Paris. Paris: Bechet Jeune, Libraire de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 535 pp. + [4]... More about CODEX PHARMACOPEE FRANCAISE
1877. ADAMS, Henry, editor. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW-ENGLAND FEDERALISM 1800-1815. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1877. First edition. xii, 437 pp. Preface by Adams on pages [v]-viii. Octavo, red cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of Moorfield Storey (American, 1845-1929), an attorney and an important civil rights activist who served... More about DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW ENGLAND FEDERALISM 1800-1815
[ADVERTISING] SUZUKI Nagai, editor. Shirôto ni mo Kantan ni mo dekiru KAKUSHU KANBAN SÔSHOKU NO TSUKURIKATA PRACTICAL METHODS OF BUILDING UP VARIOUS SIGNS AND DISPLAYS. Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha, Showa 13 [1938]. Oblong printed wrappers. 18.8 x 26 pp. 32pp+. Sign design for the amateur. Good condition. More about Shirôto ni mo Kantan ni mo dekiro KAKUSHU KANBAN SÔSHOKU NO TKURIKAT
1871. BARKOW, H(ans) C(arl) L(eopold). BEMERKUNGEN UBER GEGENSTANDE AUS DEM GEBIETE DER VERGLEICHENDEN ANATOMIE PHYSIOLOGIE UND ZOOLOGIE. Breslau: Robert Nischkowsky, 1871. 4to. 90pp. 6 lithographs. Light green paper-covered boards backed with dark green cloth. Lettered in black to front and back. Bookplate to front pastedown and signature in ink to... More about BEMERKUNGEN UBER GEGENSTANDE AUS DEM GEBIETE DER VERGLEICHENDEN
1872. LEDYARD, Addie. COOLIDGE, Susan (pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey). THE NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN. With Illustrations by Addie Ledyard. Boston: Roberts Brothers, (1871). First edition of the author's first book. Wood-engraved illustrations. 12mo. 8,[2],[5]-231 pp., preceded by a leaf of publisher's advertising for the 1871-72 holiday season. Publisher's blue cloth... More about NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN
1935. SEIHÔ Takeuchi. [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher... More about SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHÛ, artist. Chûtô ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Hasshû. Tôkyô, Yoshikawa Kôbunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. A bit of departure from earlier volumes in the series, this eighth volume contains 6 sheets of color woodcut reproducing watercolor sketches by Asai..... More about Chûtô ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Hasshû
1910. [EHON] Nakamura Fusetsu, artist. FUSETSU HAIGA. Tokyo: Kôkadô, Meiji 43 [1910]. 2 volumes, 27.9 x 16.4 cm., Green paper covers with printed paper labels, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. In a modern clasped chitsu case. This is the "saihan" printing of April 1910, the same month as the first printing... More about FUSETSU HAIGA
1814. [EHON] Satô SUISEKI. SUISEKI GAFU. Bunka 11 [1814]. 25.6 X 18.8 cm. This copy of the first series of Suiseki's gafu of figures is a classic of the Shijo genre, universally praised. [See Mitchell pp 505,6; Hillier Vol.2, pp. 753-6; Holloway 51; Ryerson 379; Brown p.93] This copy is... More about SUISEKI GAFU
1864. [EHON] Suzuki Fuyô, artist. HI KANGEN SANSUI GASHIKI 3 vols. Edo, Kyôto & Ôsaka, Genji Gannen [1864]. Suwaraya môhei, et al. Blue-grey blind-patterned covers with printed paper title labels, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.9 x 17.5 cm. The original edition of this interesting book was published by the same publisher..... More about HI KANGEN SANSUI GASHIKI 3 vols
1812. [EHON] Tani BUNCHÔ, artist. NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols. Kyoto, Osaka, Edo, [1812]. String-bound, fukuro-toji, original printed paper title labels, b+w woodblock depictions of the "Famous Mountains of Japan." A work justly famed for its accurate representation of the mountains in question. According to Mitchell, this is the third... More about NIHON MEISAN ZUE 3 vols
1859. FIGUIER, Louis. LES MERVEILLES DE LA SCIENCE; Ou, Description Populaire des Inventions Modernes. Paris: Furne, Jouvet Et Cie, [1859]. In French. 752 pages. The first 188 pages are devoted to photography while the following 20 focus on stereoscopy. The text is thoroughly illustrated with 612 engravings and diagrams. Small... More about LES MERVEILLES DE LA SCIENCE
![MAP], MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. Anthony FINLEY](/pictures/thumb/88095_0.jpg?v=1526754720)
1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. [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. Center... More about MAP], MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND
![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 about MAP], KENTUCKY AND TENNESEE
1542. GALEN. GALENI IN LIBRUM HIPPOCRATIS DE VICTUS RATIONE IN MORBIS ACUTIS Commentarii quattuor. Ioanne Vasseo Meldensi interprete, a quo denuo sunt recogniti & regustati. Paris, Simon de Colines, 1542. 8vo. [8]172ff. Second edition, revised from the first edition of 1531, and with a new dedication. Galen's commentary on Hippocrates'... More about GALENI IN LIBRUM HIPPOCRATIS DE VICTUS RATIONE IN MORBIS ACUTIS
1930. HEARTMAN, Charles. AMERICANA: PRINTED AND IN MANUSCRIPT. Metuchen, NJ: Published by the author, 1930. 120 pp. 4to., green marble-pattern paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Bookseller's catalogue with some extraordinary items of Americana (books and ephemera); includes facsimile title pages and a two-color folding facsimile reproduction... More about AMERICANA: PRINTED AND IN MANUSCRIPT
1900. HEDIN, Svedin. TRANS-HIMALAYA: DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET 3 VOLS. London: Macmillan and Co., 1910, 1913. 8VO. 3 volumes. 436pp., 441pp., 426pp. profusely illustrated. Red cloth, stamped in gilt to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Spines on Vol I & II slightly sunned, cloth lightly worn. A few... More about TRANS-HIMALAYA: DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET
1572. HOGENBERG, FRANZ. (HOEFNAGEL, Joris). GADES AB OCCIDUIS INSULAE PARTIBUS. Double-page folio view of Cadiz, Spain, signed Georg Hoefnagel, 1564. From Volume V, no. 5. of CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM, Cologne, Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg (1572-98). Hand-colored. 14 1/2 by 19 1/2 inches. Light toning and wrinkling to margin; smudges... More about CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM: GADES (CADIZ
![Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA San-pen. HOKUSAI MANGA, Katsushika I-itsu](/pictures/thumb/88705_0.jpg?v=1528219746)
1817. (HOKUSAI MANGA) Katsushika I-itsu [Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA San-pen. Edo: Kadomaruya, Bunka 14 [1817]. 22.6 x 16.0 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers with replaced, brushed title label. Though Nagoya-based Eirakuya Toshiro editions of the MANGA are quite common, the Edo issues by Kadomaruya are quite unusual. In addition... More about Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA San-pen
1936. [INSECTS] TAKESHITA Kin'u, artist. KÔRINFÛ MUSHI KURABE 3 vols. Kyôto, Uchida Bijutsu, Shôwa 11 [1936]. Each volume, 48.9 x 33.8 cm. From the library of the Fujii Shôten. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Each volume has a table of contents page and 12 large color woodblock prints of insects in nature..... More about KÔRINFÛ MUSHI KURABE 3 vols
1885. [JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES] Kobunsha. THE FIRST 13 VOLUMES OF THE JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES. This set of the series was published by the Hasegawa family when they were known as Kobunsha, working from an address in Minami Saegicho, Tokyo, their first address. The series began in 1885, printed... More about JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES
1921. TSUDA SEIFÛ. [KAKEMONO - HANGING SCROLL] Tsuda SEIFÛ, artist. "MOMOKAWA" LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM, DANCING CRANES. Hanging scroll, image size 135.2 X 33.4 cm. Beautifully mounted on brocade with BONE jiku. The painting is signed and sealed by Seifû (1880-1978), an extraordinarily influential artists and designer who... More about "MOMOHARA" LANDSCAPE OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM, DANCING CRANES
1789. [KUSAZÔSHI] Torii Kiyotsune, artist. Higashi no Hime Nishi no Hime AMEWAKAMIKO. N.P., N.D. [An'ei 8 {1779} Nishimuraya]. 17.2 x 12.5 cm. This little 3 volume b+w woodblock printed kibyôshi story book was part of the revolution in vernacular literature taking place in the mid to late 18th century in..... More about Higashi no Hime Nishi no Hime AMEWAKAMIKO
1926. KYOMU SHISÔ-SHA. YOSHIYUKI Eisuke (edited by). KYOMU SHISÔ = Nihilism. 3 volumes, all published. Tôkyô: Kyomu Shisô-sha, Taisho 15 (1926). 21.6 x14.8 cm. Western binding, paper wrappers. Eisuke Yoshiyuki (1906-1940) was a dadaist poet and modernist novelist. Born in Okayama prefecture, in 1922 Yoshiyuki quit high school after being..... More about KYOMU SHISÔ = NIHILISM
1700. LEMERY, Nicolas. PHARMACOPOEIA LEMERIANA CONTRACTA: LEMERY'S UNIVERSAL PHARMACOPOEIA ABRIDG'D, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's Dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal Pharmacy: to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected... More about PHARMACOPOEIA LEMERIANA CONTRACTA: LEMERY'S UNIVERSAL PHARMACOPOEIA AB