Turnhout, Brepols, 2009 Hardback, LXVI+250 p., 155 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503406817.
This volume presents the first edition of the Letters of Iakovos Monachos addressed to the sevastokratorissa Eirene, sister-in-law of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180). Writing in the late 1140s, Iakovos offers spiritual advice to Eirene, and affirms his support for her in times of trouble. This is a rare example of the correspondence of a Byzantine spiritual father and provides tantalizing glimpses into Eirene's difficult life. Both are significant figures in Byzantine cultural history, Iakovos as the author of the renowned Kokkinobaphos Homilies on the Theotokos and Eirene as a noted literary patroness. The Letters' style is striking. They are constructed almost entirely from a mosaic of quotations from the Cappadocian Fathers and other patristic authors, the most recent being Niketas of Herakleia. Very little can be attributed to the pen of Iakovos himself, leaving questions about his motivation but also incidental insights into the holdings of a monastic library. The Letters are preserved in a handsome contemporary manuscript, very probably a presentation copy made for Eirene or her heirs, and two fragmentary late sixteenth-century copies. The edition is accompanied by the usual apparatuses and indices, and a full introduction discussing the transmission of the text and setting out the context for Eirene's life and the correspondence. The book will be of interest to specialists in Byzantine spirituality, Byzantine epistolography, the history of the twelfth century, women's history, and Byzantine literacy. Languages: Greek, English.
Jeffreys, D.G. and H.S. Smith: The Anubieion at Saqqâra. I. The Settlement and the Temple Precinct. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1988. 115pp plus 51pp monochrome illustrations, maps, diagrams and plans. Cloth. 32x26cms. The first volume of a projected series of three concerns the settlement, administrative and temple areas of the Anubieion temple town, from its origins to the Christian village. Finds include hieroglyphic inscriptions and reliefs, sculpture, pottery and coins. Index of objects published in Volume I, description of plates and figures.
The first volume of a projected series of three concerns the settlement, administrative and temple areas of the Anubieion temple town, from its origins to the Christian village. Finds include hieroglyphic inscriptions and reliefs, sculpture, pottery and coins. Index of objects published in Volume I, description of plates and figures. Text in English
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LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9782365112581
Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises - M.D.W. Jeffreys - A. Vaillant et M. de Lisle
Reference : 86487
(1945)
Institut Français d'Afrique Noire à Douala , Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1945 Book condition, Etat : Moyen broché, sans couverture grand In-8 1 vol. - 100 pages
1 carte contrecollée en frontispice de l'article sur la flore, 9 planches hors-texte totalisant 31 figures de plantes en noir et blanc édition de 1945 Contents, Chapitres : M.D.W. Jeffreys : Le serpent à deux têtes de Bamum, 6 pages et 1 figure - A. Vaillant : La flore méridionale du Lac Tchad, introduction de M. de Lisle (Caractères des zones climatiques - Itinéraires des prospections botaniques - Formation végétale du sultanat de Goulféi - Formations arbustives adaptées au terrain - Tableau récapitulatif des espèces - Stations botaniques prospectées - Caractère des saisons au sultanat de Goulféi - Considérations générales - Renseignements bibliographiques), 85 pages, 9 planches hors-texte avec 31 dessins botaniques de P. Mavianne - Le coin des livres état moyen, il manque les plats de la couverture et le dos, ensemble bien solide et complet du texte et des planches, cela reste un exemplaire correct de lecture d'un ouvrage assez peu courant, prix réduit - Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises - Territoires du Cameroun - n° 9 de mars 1945
Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises - M.D.W. Jeffreys - H. Baudelaire - Dr. H. Koch - M. de Lisle - M. Guillaume - R.P. Jos. Sohler
Reference : 86476
(1944)
Institut Français d'Afrique Noire à Douala , Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1944 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur grise grand In-8 1 vol. - 96 pages
1 carte en frontispice (situation des dialectes dans ce volume) 2eme édition, 1944 Contents, Chapitres : M.D.W. Jeffreys : L'origine du nom Fulani - H. Baudelaire : La numération de 1 à 10 dans les dialectes Habé de Garoua, Guider, Poli et Rey-Bouba - Dr. H. Koch : Proverbes Badjue et Bikélé - M. de Lisle : Note sur la faune coléoptérologique du Cameroun (Coléoptères) - M. Guillaume : Observations sur l'exploitation des Funtumias - R.P. Jos. Sohler : Dans la flore du Cameroun, l'Alstonia Congensis - Questionnaire sur l'agriculture indigène - L'Institut français d'Afrique Noire de Dakar et la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises legeres traces de pliures sur la couverture qui reste en bon état, intérieur frais et propre, papier à peine jauni, cela reste un bon exemplaire - Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Camerounaises - Territoires du Cameroun - n° 5 de mars 1944
1863-1869 (1904) 5 vols. 1945 p., 142 (102 hand-coloured) pls, 5 col. frontispieces, cloth (with the coat of arms of Bradfield College in gilt on front cover). Volume 1 (on land molluscs) is the 1904 reprint, but all are uniformly bound. A crisp set of this important 19th century standard work on western European molluscs.
1862-1869 5 vols. 1945 p., 142 (102 hand-coloured) pls, 5 col. frontispieces, cloth. Ex library Arthur S. Merrill (with his signature). A crisp set of this important 19th century standard work on western European molluscs in the original publisher's cloth.
1865 393, p., 8 pls, hand-coloured frontispiece, publisher's cloth (with some waterstaining in upper margin covers). Some pencil annotations (old records of species from 1902).
London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1988. 4to. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. XIII,115 pp., 79 figs. on plates and 51 plates.
Londres, 1988 Oxbow 115 p., 51 planches hors texte, relié sous jaquette. 25,5 x 32
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Cambridge, University Press, 1956. Small 4to. Orig. full cloth. IX,714 pp.
London, Taylor and Francis, 1913-14. 8vo. Bound in two recent uniform full cloth bindings with gilt lettering to spines and front boards. Extracted from ""The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine"" Sixth Series Volume 26 Nos 156 and 160, entire issues offered. A fine and clean set. Pp. 1024-1034 + 1plate"" pp. 703-713.
First edition of this groundbreaking paper which Rutherford considered A WORK ON PAR WITH THE VERY DISCOVERY OF THE PERIODICAL TABLE, introducing the concept 'Atomic Number'.Moseley notes a regularity in the shifting of spectral lines when the elements (he examines 50 elements) are arranged according to atomic weight. He finds that bombardments of the various elements with cathode rays yeilds a systematic sequence of vibration frequencies, and from this he derives the concept of atomic number, which he recognizes as equal to the nuclear charge.""Moseley, working under Rutherford at Manchester, used the method of X-ray spectroscopy devised by the Braggs to calculate variations in the wave-lenght of the rays emitted by each element. These he was able to arrange in a series according to the nuclear charge of the element. Thus if the nuclear charge of hydrogen is 1, in helium it is 2, in lithium 3, and so on by regular progression to uranium as 92. These figures Moseley called atomic numbers.he pointed out that they also represented a corresponding increase in extra-nuclear electrons and that it is the number and arrangement of these electrons rather than the atomic weight that determines the properties of an element. It was now possible to base the periodical table on a firm foundation, and to state with confidence that the number of elements up to uranium is limited to 92. When Moseley'stable was completed, six atomic numbers had no corresponding elements"" but Moseley himself was able to predict the nature of four of the missing elements.""(Printing and the Mind of Man No. 407). Another paper on the same subject was published by Moseley the next year (1914).
A & M RECORDS. 1978. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. + SCREAM IN THE NIGHT / NO WOMAN NO CRY / OH MY SOUL / DESPERATION DRIVE / BEEN THERE AND BACK. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours
SP4681 Classification : 410-33 Tours
1863 xiv, 465 p., 8 pls, col. frontispiece, publisher's cloth (spine chipped/worn).
1878 24 p., 2 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
1863-1869 (1904) 5 vols. 1945 p., 142 b/w pls, 5 col. frontispieces, publisher’s cloth. Volume 1 (on land molluscs) is the 1904 reprint, but all are uniformly bound. A fine and crisp set of this important 19th century standard work on western European molluscs.All volumes have the ex libris (book plate) of Dr. W. Vervoort and the signature of Dr. A.C. van Bruggen on the first free end-paper. And the first volume has a note by Van Bruggen who got this set in 1988 from Vervoort which states (in Dutch): first owner L.B. Holthuis [the famous carcinologist], who bought this work from stock (new) before the second world war’’.