Search Results: Authors starting with L from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Paris: Imprimerie Maréchal, 1931 8vo (25 cm), 31 pp, 33 pp of plates (heliographic engraving). Printed wrappers (wrappers little frayed at extremities). Beautifully produced illustrated essay on the glory of Paris.

Harvard University Press, 1990 8vo (24 cm), xvi, 326 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From publisher's blur: This unique contribution to social and urban history describes the struggle of prosperous German bourgeois leaders to bring order to their rapidly growing cities during the tumultuous age of industrial expansion in the decades before World War I. Brian Ladd sets the emerging theory and practice of city planning in the context of debates about the nature of the modern city and the possibility of improving society by regulating its physical environment. In so doing, he reveals the extent to which modern city planning is a product of the aspirations, prejudices, and frustrations of the German burghers who created it. He sifts through the often contradictory motives underlying public health works (including waterworks, sewers, baths, and parks); plans for streets and squares, especially in new developments; working-class housing, zoning, public transit, and aesthetic concerns. He… Read More

Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1853 2 volumes in one 4to (27.7 cm), [4], XIV, 428 pp; [4], IV, 390, [2] pp. Contemporary calf, covers with double fillets and arms of Christ's College Cambridge in gilt, spine gilt with gilt-lettered red morocco label, marbled edges, marbled end-papers, silk bookmark (biding a little rubbed, extremities a little scuffed, occasional light spotting or foxing). The second volume was published in 1855. Near fine copy of the third edition of the foundation work on analytical mechanics, which "occupies a place in the history of the subject second only to that of Newton’s Principia” (Wolf). Lagrange’s masterpiece (the first edition Paris 1788) laid the foundations of modern mechanics. "It is the first textbook to treat theoretical mechanics in a purely analytic way. Its mathematical importance stems mainly from the application of Lagrange's new formalization of the calculus of variations. An important factor for Lagrange was the unification of… Read More

Simon Archery Foundation, 1974 4to (25.5 cm), XVII, 501 pp. Hardcover in dust-jacket (top edge little foxed, bookplate). An indexed catalogue of 5,000 articles, books, films, manuscripts, periodicals and theses on the use of the bow for hunting, war, and recreation, from the earliest times to the present day;

Cambridge University Press, 1937 8vo (22 cm), XII, 115, [5] pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, binding rubbed at extremities but clean and firm copy). First edition. Alfred Landé (1888-1976) was a German-American physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory. The aim of the book was to develop the principles of quantum mechanics on the basis of a few standard observations. The main stress is laid on the complementarity of waves and corpuscles. Part II-IV treat the principle of uncertainty, the principle of interference and Schrödinger equation, and the principle of correspondence. Part V is a mathematical appendix.

Thomas Fischer Rare Book Library, 2005 4to (29 cm), 132 pp. Printed wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 26 September - 21 December 2005.

Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1945 Portfolio 21.5 x 15 cm, two pamphlets in German 12+4 pp, and French 12+4 pp, 36 plates, loosely inserted letter (small tears at the top and bottom of the spine, title in manuscript on the title, ownership signature on the upper flap, paper slightly browned). This portfolio was published in German in 1944 by Braun & Cie, Mulhouse. The French text dated 1945. Facimile of illustrations from the Alsatian 12th century manuscript of the "Garden of Delights", compiled by Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace (Mont Sainte-Odile).

A. Schram, 1970 4to (27 cm), 247 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little stained). Though the historical prints and topographical vies by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) have been known and admired, the present book is the first descriptive bibliography of the famous Dutch engraver. It describes over 100 titles containing ca. 2800 etchings. The relationships between the artist and many of hist influential contemporaries may be traced back in the various indexes.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1992 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 463 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 10-11, 1987 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.

Chartwell House, 1991 4to (28.5 cm), 128 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "A practical guide that provides uncomplicated answer to many questions. Written with the amateur in mind, 'Silver' provides advice on assessing prices, where to buy and how to negotiate prices. There are tips on recognizing repairs and alterations as well as hints on cleaning and caring for cherished articles. Extensive lists of hallmarks and manufacturers' marks will assist the reader in identifying pieces." (from the publisher's description)

The MIT Press, 2003 8vo (23.5 cm), XVI, 532 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. "The origins of the modern science of engineering can be traced to France's Royal Corps of Engineering in the eighteenth century. In Conserving the Enlightenment, Janis Langins gives us a history of this prototypical technical bureaucracy, using as his point of entry a pivotal dispute on the respective merits of two methods of engineering military fortifications. The story he tells of the tribulations of military engineers at the end of the Old Regime sheds light not only on the evolution of modern engineering but also on the difficulty of innovation in a technical bureaucracy." (from the publisher's description)

Methuen & Co., 1920 12mo (17.5 cm), XII, 296, 8 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities, paper browned).

Faber and Faber, 2001 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 377 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear and toning of paper). Larkin's "Required Writing", his selection from his miscellaneous prose 1953-82, was highly praised and enjoyed when it appeared in 1983. It was the last book to be published by him during his lifetime and won the W. H. Smith Award. It was also chosen by many critics and reviewers as one of their books of the year. Larkin died in December 1985. "Further Requirements" gathers together many other interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews.

Copenhagen: Høst & Søn, 1960 Tall 4to (30.5 x 15.5 cm), 84 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket (dj repaired at the top with tape). Texts in Danish and English. 78 specimens of tableware from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen. Each object is described in Danish and English and illustrated with full page photograph.

D. S. Brewer, 1987 5 volumes 4to (28 cm), XVI, 550 pp; XII, 375 pp; XII, 391 pp; XII, 372 pp; XII, 576 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt. Published as a part of the "Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge" edited by Robert Latham. The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by famous English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. This set is intended to provide as legible as possible a facsimile of each of the single sheet ballads in the library. It reproduces the five volumes of the Pepys Ballad Collection. Appended are those single sheet ballads which Pepys inserted into other books.

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2010 8vo (23.5 cm), XVIII, 637 pp. Laminated wrappers. "In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Jon Latimer offers an authoritative and compelling account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. The British viewed the War of 1812 as an ill-fated attempt by the young American republic to annex Canada. For British Canada, populated by many loyalists who had fled the American Revolution, this was a war for survival. The Americans aimed both to assert their nationhood on the global stage and to expand their territory northward and westward." (from the publisher's description)

Yale University Press, 1995 2 volumes 4to (31 cm), XXX, 326 pp, 4 plates; XII, PP. 327-750. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "This two-volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the United States. All Latrobe's architectural projects are considered in detail, and each project is illustrated with his surviving drawings. Among the works discussed are the U.S. Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Cathedral, the Virginia State Penitentiary, the Stephen Decatur house, and numerous other commissions for public and private buildings. The volumes also analyze Latrobe's style of architectural drawing, trace the evolution of his technique, and place his graphic legacy in the contexts of his own architectural work and international currents at the end of the eighteenth century. The Architectural Drawings represents the final publication of the Papers of… Read More

Vilnius: Leidykla "Mintis", 1967 2 volumes 4to (33 cm), 288 pp; 580 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt and dust jacket, slipcase (slipcase rubbed, dj frayed at extremities, paper missing at corners and spine of dj of the the second volume, bindings and internally fine). Inscribed by the author on the front free end-paper of the first volume, Lithuanian scholar and collector Edmund Laucevicius (1906-1973 ). Preface and summary in Lithuanian, Russian and English, the text in Lithuanian. The first volume contains the text and the catalogue, the second reproductions of 4276 watermarks.

Paris, 1964 8vo (23 cm), [12] pp. Printed wrappers. A study of the first book printed in Taranto in 1565, "Divina predestinatione ristretta in cinque capituli" by Franciscan friar Girolamo Gallucci. Illustrated with 4 plates.

Paris: Arthur Loria, 1963 8vo (24 cm), [8] pp, 2 plates. Printed wrappers. Rare pamphlet contains short preface, description of authentic Apollo and Pegasus bindings, description of fake Apollo and Pegasus bindings, two plates illustrating corresponding authentic and fake bindings.