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Essais sur la minéralogie et la métallurgie.Maestricht, J.E. Dufour & P. Roux, 1779. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (22.5 x 13.5 cm). Contemporary decorated paper wrappers.

LUCHET, Jean Pierre Louis de (= Marquis de LA ROCHE DU MAINE). · 1720 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.91 | £1,877.10 | ¥396,009)

[4], XXVII, [1], 232 pp.Very rare first edition (printed in Maastricht) of a mining manual by a French enlightened marquis who worked as chief librarian at the Hessen-Kassel court of Friedrich II (1720-1785). Although mentioned reference literature, the book is very rare on the …

Globe du monde contenant un bref traité du ciel & de la terre.Langres, Jean des Preyz, 1592. 4to. With a woodcut on the title-page showing an armillary sphere, 3 woodcut folding plates of the solar system, a celestial chart in two hemispheres and a (terrestrial) map of the world in two hemispheres, 4 woodcut maps in the text (including a map of Europe), many astronomical and cosmographical woodcut figures and tables in the text and woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. 18th-century half brown sheepskin, brown paper sides.

GIRAULT, Simon. · 1614 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€18,000.00 ($19,839.28 | £15,016.79 | ¥3,168,076)

92 ll.Rare French 16th-century astronomical, cosmographical and geographical work by Simon Girault. This short treatise, comprising three books presented in the form of a dialogue between two children named Charles and Marguerite, discussing several aspects of heaven and earth. …

C. Valerius Flaccus Argonautica Book II. A commentary.

POORTVLIET, H.M., · 1991 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

VU University Press, Amsterdam, 1991. (II),349p. Theses. Paperback. Edges a bit rust stained. Corners cover slightly dog's eared. (Rare thus). ‘P. has written a very good book in many respects, which on the whole seems to me to rank over its German counterparts. He is strong on…

Plato. Political Philosophy.

SCHOFIELD, M., · 2006 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

Oxford University Press, 2006. 1st ed. X,344p. Original dark blue cloth with dust wrps. Upper edge a bit foxed. With authors intention to Jaap (Mansfeld). Signature from J. Mansfeld and date on free endpaper. Series: Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought. Nice copy. ‘…

The Interactive Past. Archaeology, Heritage & Video Games.

MOL, A.A.A., C.E. ARIESE-VANDEMEULEBROUCKE, a.o., (eds.), · 2017 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€34.95 ($38.52 | £29.16 | ¥6,151)

Sidestone Press, Leiden, 2017. 235p. Paperback. Video games, even though they are one of the present’s quintessential media and cultural forms, also have a surprising and many-sided relation with the past. From seminal series like Sid Meier’s Civilization or Assassin’s Creed to…

Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered

Arthur K. Wheelock Jr.; Lloyd DeWitt; Stephanie S. Dickey; E. Melanie Gifford; Jaap van der Veen · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 2008. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. xi, 308 pp. over 200 mostly color plates. "Jan Lievens (1607-1674) was one of the most fascinating and enigmatic Dutch artists of the 17th century. Daring and innovative as a painter, printmaker, …

Quebec and Related Silver at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Fox, Ross Allan C. · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Detroit, MI, Wayne State University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt spine lettering, gray and blue illustrated dust jacket with white and blue lettering on cover and spine, 174 pp. bw illustrations throughout. "In Quebec and Related Silver at The Detro…

Art and the Internet

McNeil, Joanne; Quaranta, Domenico · 2013 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Black Dog Publishing, 2013. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated covers. 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. Art and the Internet is a much-needed visual survey of art influenced by, situated on and taking the subject of the internet over the last two…

James Rosenquist: Visualising the Sixties

Bancroft, Sarah, (and) Kelsey Corbett, (and) Alex Taylor, (and) James Rosenquist · 2019 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2019. Hardcover. A teal matte hardcover book with printed boards. The title is printed in light blue both across the front cover and down the spine. The headband is white and navy. The front and back free and pasted end pages are a black-and-whit…

Louis I. Kahn--Architect: Remembering the Man and Those Who Surrounded Him

Dagit, Charles E., Jr.; Kahn, Nathaniel · 2013 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 2013. Hardcover. Illustrated glossy dj; green cloth boards, white lettering on spine. xxiv, 119 pages : illustrations. Few people in the history of art and architecture have planted a seed of inspiration that grew to become a towering o…

Americans in Paris 1860-1900

Adler, Kathleen and Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, et al. · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, National Gallery of London, 2006. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 288 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. A wonderful study with new scholarship and insights. Lists, illustrates and annotates over 100 works by your favorite artists, with many pictures drawn from priv…

Speeches That Changed The World: Book & Audio CD

Simon Sebag Montefiore · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.73 | ¥1,632)

Quercus 2007 Hardback, 224pp. This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from …

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Paul Torday · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2007 Paperback, 320pp. 'Dr. Alfred Jones has many reasons to be content with his life. His latest paper 'Effects of Increased Water Acidity on the Caddis Fly Larva' looks set to cause a stir on the pages of Trout & Salmon, his job as a fisheries scientist i…

Remembering defeat : civil war and civic memory in ancient Athens.

Wolpert, Andrew. · 2002 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xviii, 190 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - In 404 b.c. the Peloponnesian War finally came to an end, when the Athenians, starved into submission, were forced to a…

The American presidency.

Bellamy, Francis Rufus. · 1957 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

With an introduction by D.W. Brogan. London : Hamish Hamilton, 1957. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket (chipped). xvi,175 pp. ; 21 cm. Owner's stamp on title-page. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. From the publisher : That the 'greatest job …

Tinbergen Lectures on Economic Policy.

Knoester, A. & A.H.E.M. Wellink (eds). · 1993 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

Amsterdam : North-Holland, 1993. Hardcover. xi,157 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Contains : Part 1 Six Tinbergen lectures on economic policy, A. Knoester and A.H.E.M. Wellink: on macroeconometrics, profitability and macroeconomic po…

There Are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me

Gabrielsson, Eva & Linda Coverdale & Marie-Francoise Colombani · 2011 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Seven Stories Press, 2011. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First U.S. Edition, origina…

Auction Prices and the Evolution of Taste in Dutch and Flemish Golden Age Painting (1642–2011).

Carpeau, Peter: · 2017 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€137.80 ($151.88 | £114.96 | ¥24,253)

2017, (22 x 28 cm), 295 pp. English text, 82 b/w/ ills., hardcover Taste is a well known but largely underestimated phenomenon. Yet it is one of the factors that has shaped our knowledge and view of art. Why is Rembrandt van Rijn today considered to be one of the greatest painte…

Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past

Symes, Ruth A · 2015 · Naomi Symes Books

£10.99 (€13.17 | $14.52 | ¥2,319)

(Pen and Sword, 2015) Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out…

Galileo in Rome : the rise and fall of a troublesome genius.

Shea, William Rene. · 2004 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. 226 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science an…