‎De L'Influence du Mouvement de la Terre sur les Phénomènes Lumineux.‎

‎Harlem, Les Heritieres Loosjes, 1887. Lex8vo.Orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit frayed at edges. Upper right corner of frontwrapper gone. A faint stamp on wrapper and on titlepage. In ""Archives Néerlandaises des Science Exactes et Naturelles. Redigée par J. Bosscha"", Tome XXI. VI,492 pp. a. 8 plates (2 in chromolithography, 2 with 8 mounted photographs (photottypie)). Uncut and unopened, clean and fine.(The entire volume offered). Lorentz's paper pp. 103-176.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper on the aberration of light ""in which he concluded that Fresnel's view of the luminiferous ether was superior to Stokes's. Unlike Stokes, Fresnel in his theory of aberration assumed that the ether near yhe earth did not participate in its motion. Lorentz thought that the hypothesis of the complete transparancy of matter to the ether was implicit in Fresnel's whole theory.""(DSB VIII, p.493). Lorentz further shows that the results of the Michelson-Morley experiments did not vindicate the theory of Stokes as Michelson thought, and he demonstrates that the results can be explained by his own theory as a combination of Fresnel's and Stokes's theories.‎

‎Om Identiteten af Lyssvingninger og elektriske Strømme. Meddelt den 25. Jan. 1866. (On the Identity of light- vibrations and electrical Currents - Ueber die Identität der Schwingungen des Lichts mit den elektrischen Strömen - Sur l'identité des vibrat...‎

‎Kjöbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1867. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. In: ""Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger... i Aaret 1867"". X,273,49,(3) pp., textillustrations and plates. (Entire volume offered). Lorenz's paper: pp. 26-45 and pp. 9-16 (Resumé en Francais). Clean and fine.‎

‎Scarce first edition of Lorenz' landmark paper, which contains his important studies on the electromagnetic theory of light in which he - less than two years after, but independently of, Maxwell - found that LIGHT MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, and that his equations lead to the CORRECT VALUE FOR THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT. ""The procedure which Lorenz followed was that of which Riemann had suggested in 1858, namely, to modify the accepted formula of electrodynamics by introducing terms which, though too small to be appreciable in ordinary laboratory experiments, would be capable of accounting for the propagation of electrical effects through space with a finite velocity...The (Lorenz-) equations are, however, the fundamental equations of Maxwell's theory"" and therefore the theory of L. Lorenz is practically equivalent to that of Maxwell, so far as concerns the propagation of electromagnetic disturbances through free aether.....he suggested that ALL LUMINOUS VIBRATIONS MIGHT BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTRIC CURRENTS, and hence that there was 'no longer any reason for maintaining the hypothesis of an aether, since we can admit that space contains sufficient ponderable matter to enable the disturbance to be propagated"" (Edmund Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity I"", p. 267-70).‎

‎Experimentale og teoretiske Undersøgelser over Legemernes Brydningsforhold. (Experimental and theoretical investigations on the refractions in matter).‎

‎Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Bianco Luno,1869. 4to. Uncut and unopened in orig. printed wrappers. [Off-print from: Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., 5 Række, naturvidenskabelig og matematisk Afd., 8 Bd. V.]. Pp. (203-)248. A mint copy.‎

‎First printing, off-print in original printed wrappers of this groundbreaking paper.""A further remarkable result of Lorenz' optical researches on the basis of his fundamental wave equation was the well-known formula (Lorents-Lorenz formula) for the refraction constant R... His first paper on the refraction constant, in which he also gave an experimental verification of his formula in the case of water, dates from 1869. In 1870 H. A. Lorentz arrived at the same result, independently of Lorenz."" (D.S.B. VIII:501).‎

‎Picturesque tour through the Oberland in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland. Illustrated by seventeen coloured engravings and a map showing the principal mountains and glaciers.‎

‎London, published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand (printed by: William Clowes), 1823, in-4to, VIII + 120 p. + 17 plates with views all hand-coloured + 1 map, some stains on the free endpapers only, book contents and plates exceptionally clean, some dust stains mainly in the margins, handwritten on first flyleaf - E.W.P. Bonnet July 1854 - , bound in original light brown clothbound, covers blindpressed, spine with title and ornaments gilt, top of spine with small restoration, in all a fine copy in original publishers cloth. Rare.‎

‎Première édition anglaise. Un bel album d’estampes sur l’Oberland. Très rare et très recherché. (cf. Perret sous Weibel). Perret mentionne sous Lory, n° 2696: ‘Souvenirs de la Suisse...pour faire suite au Voyage Pittoresque dans l’Oberland Bernois’, sans pour autant mentionner ‘le Voyage Pittoresque’, lui-même de 1822 (éd. de Paris), et il confond, selon moi, 2 éditions différentes .First English edition in a beautiful publisher’s binding. Seventeen hand-coloured aquatint views without signatures. The work is considered to be an English version of the work by Phil. Alb. Stapfer «Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland ou Description ...» published in Paris, in- folio,1812, with 1 frontispice by Duncker and 14 coloured plates after G. Lory by S. Weibel which was also published in 1822 in Paris and Strasbourg. In this edition 11 views are by J.S. Weibel & 6 by F. Schmid, F. Schutz, M. Wocher & G. Lory. But ‘Some of the plates in Ackermann’s book, judging by the titles, do not correspond with any in the Voyage Pittoresque done in Paris. (Abbey Travel). These fine coloured views of Swiss lakes, mountains, glaciers & towns, all in typical warm, summerly English colours, are showing: 1 - ‘Bern’, 2 - ‘View near Thun’, 3 - ‘View of Thun’, 4 - ‘View of the Lake of Thun. From upper Island’, 5 - The environs of Thun’, 6 - ‘View of the Castle of Spiez’, 7 - ‘View of the Cavern of St. Beat, near the Lake of Thun’, 8 - ‘View of Unterseen’, 9 - ‘View of Interlaken’,10 - ‘Fall of the Staubbach’, 11 - ‘A View of the Jungfrau’, 12 - ‘View of the Glaciers of Grindelwald’, 13 - ‘View of the Glaciers of Roselouvi’, 14 - ‘Meyringen’, 15 - ‘The Fall of Olstenbach & the Bridge of Wyler, 16 - ‘View of the village of Brienz’, 17 - ‘View of the Castle of Rinkenberg’. The map of the ‘Glaciers of the canton of Berne’ is bound at the beginning as a frontispice. Waber, BSL III/135, cf. III/133; Abbey, Travel 57; vgl. Mandach, Les Lory, p. 137; Perret 4534. (error of date 1923!); Tooley, English Books with coloured Plates. Image disp.‎

‎The Seventeenth Century 1600-1715 [ Signed by the author to Jean Mesnard ]‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Sources in Western Civilization, Herbert Rowen, The Free-Press, New York, 1967, 359 pp.‎

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‎Very good copy, signed by the author to the famous professor Jean Mesnard. De la bibliothèque de Jean Mesnard (1921-2016), l'éminent spécialiste de Pascal et de la littérature du XVIIe siècle, normalien, agrégé de lettres, professeur à la Sorbonne et doyen de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.‎

‎Ghent Altarpiece and the Art of Jan van Eyck : For My Husband Otto H. Forster‎

‎Princeton, University Press, 1980 Illustrated cardboard cover, 255 x 190 x 20 mm., 255pp., 212 b/w plates. ISBN 0691038708.‎

‎The Altarpiece reconstructed - The Quatrain - The Iconography of the Altarpiece - Towards Criteria for judging Eyckian Works - The Ghant Altarpice in Northern Altar Painting - In good condition.‎

‎DISQUE VINYLE 33T MA JAMAICAINE / KINGSTON KINGSTON / CETTE FILLE LA / C'EST PAS NOEL / LES DIAMANTS DU RUTZ J'LES COMPTE SUR UN DE MES DOIGTS / CA SWINGUE UN MAX / ROXY.‎

‎VOGUE. 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Phtos du groupe sur la couverture et dans la pochette par RKM. Petit accroc d'enviorn 3 cm sur la tranche de la couverture.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎ Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Etrange fruit. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1991; in-4, 44 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. eo.‎

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‎Le centaure tatoué. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1992; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.‎

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‎DISQUE VINYLE 33T AIN'T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF MY JELLY ROLL, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY, DROP THAT SACK, JELLY ROLL BLUES, OLD KENTUCKY HOME, CHIMES BLUES, SAINT JAMES INFIRMARY, I WANT A BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN, I AIN'T GOT NOBODY, PANAMA, DR.JAZZ....‎

‎GUILDE INTERNATIONAL DU DISQUE. non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Pochette en noir, blanc et jaune, biographie de PHILIPPE KOECHLIN dérrière la pochette.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Disque n° SJS-1262 Classification : 410-33 Tours‎

‎Etude Historique sur Matthieu de Merle, baron de Lagorce et de Salavas, et de sa Famille. Thèse présentée à la Faculté de Théologie Prof.te de Paris et soutenue publiquement le 19 juin 1891 ‎

‎ grand in-8 broché - 1891 - 94 pages - dédicacé - Ed. Privas, Imprimerie J.-J. Roux‎

‎assez bon état (quelques pages cornées, petits manques au dos et premier plat) ‎

‎Les MERVEILLES de l'INDUSTRIE ou DESCRIPTION des PRINCIPALES INDUSTRIES MODERNES‎

‎4 volumes de 762, 731, 684 et 739 pages, format 205 x 290 mm, illustrés, reliés cartonnage dos cuir, s.d. (fin du XIXe-début du XXe siècle), Furne, Jouvet et Cie Editeurs (Paris)‎

‎Tome I : Industries chimiques : verre et cristal ; poteries, faïences, porcelaines ; savon ; soudes et potasses ; sel ; soufre et acide sulfurique. Tome II : Industries chimiques : Sucre ; papier ; papiers peints ; cuirs et peaux ; caoutchouc et gutta-percha ; teinture Tome III : Industries chimiques : Eau ; boissons gazeuses ; blanchiment et blanchissage ; phosphore et allumettes chimiques ; froid artificiel ; asphalte et bitume Tome IV : Industries agricoles et alimentaires : Pain et farines ; Fécules et pates alimentaires ; lait, beurre et fromages ; vin ; cidre ; bière ; alcool et distillation ; vinaigre ; huiles ; conserves alimentaires ; café et thé‎

‎Bréviaire tiré du romain, accomodé à l'usage des religieuses Ursulines... rare livre illustré.‎

‎ 1714 Paris : Louis Josse, 1714- In-8,reliure pleine basane usée époque,titre au dos usé,2 fermoirs metal, tranches rouges,texte latin- français, rubriqué noir et rouge, gr.- Collation: Complete with all pages: [28], 556 (i.e. -484), clvi,32p.- 14 gravures ht - titre gravé + 13 gravures paginées dans le texte, etat correct- rare livre illustré.Texte en latin, rubriques en français. Les hymnes sont pré-Urban VIII. Une note au début indique que ce bréviaire a été imprimé sans les offices de la Semaine Sainte et l'octave pascale, et sans le petit office de Notre-Dame et l'office des morts. Après p. 174 la pagination revient à la p. 171, puis après la deuxième p. 173 passe à la p. 246, mais aucune page ne manque; fautes identiques à l'édition originale de 1687 , calendrier. pagination : (xxvi), 177, 246-556, clvi,32p. ‎

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‎URSULINE Sisters Catholic Breviary Roman Missal Monastic Nuns Illustrated ‎

‎Centre de recherches agronomiques de Bingerville- La nutrition minérale du Caféier en côte d'Ivoire‎

‎Gouvernement général de l'A.O.P.. Mars 1957. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 191 pages. Nombreuses rousseurs. Titre et auteur en doré au dos+ 4 nerfs. Quelques planches.. . . . Classification Dewey : 633.7-Plantes alcaloïdes (tabac, thé, cacao, café, pavot)‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 633.7-Plantes alcaloïdes (tabac, thé, cacao, café, pavot)‎

‎THE BRITISH MUSEUM CHRISTIAN ART,‎

‎London, The British Museum Press, 2007 Bound, red cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour, 185 x 250mm., 248pp., profound colour illustration. ISBN 9780714150536.‎

‎What makes a work of art Christian? Is it in the eye of the artist or the viewer? Can its meaning be understood by an individual artist or patron, or only within a Christian community? How was Christian art created and sustained over two millennia? How has it influenced and responded to the art of other great world religions? What is its function in post-Christian societies? This innovative book liberates Christian art from its traditional chronological framework and treats it as a response to universal human themes: relationships between women and men, food as an expression of friendship, refugees seeking asylum, coping with old age. New condition. ‎

‎Le centaure tatoué. ‎

‎, Les humanoides associés , 1992; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.‎

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‎Ars Lyrica 15 (2005-2006) - Journal of the Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2008 Paperback, IV+136 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503525686.‎

‎Candelas Galas, 'Don Giovanni: Models and Reproductions'; Brad Eden, 'Strains of Elvish Songs and Voices: Victorian Medievalism, Music, and Tolkien'; Lisa Wersal, 'Rich in Love: Images and Perspectives in the Songs of David Roth'; Anne Berthelot, 'From Purcell to Albeniz: Merlin at the Opera'; Robert S. Haller, 'Mallory Meets Wagner in Madrid: Albeniz's Merlin and the Mythologizing of Arthur'; Edward Green, 'Marcabru and the foundations of Modern Song'; Angelica Minero Escobar, 'Anywhere out of the World: Escapism in Baudelaire-Duparc's L'invitation au voyage'. New.‎

‎On the Theory of the Moon. (I-II). Received November 30, Read December 12, 1833. (and Part II:) Received and Read March 13, 1834.‎

‎(London, Richard Taylor, 1834) 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1834 - Part I. Pp. 123-126 a. pp. 127-141.‎

‎First appearance of Lubbock's ""Lunar-Theory""""John Lubbock (1803-65), was an astronomer and mathematician. He made a special study of tides and of the lunar theory and developed a method for calculating the orbits of comets and planets. In mathematics he applied the theory of probability to life insurance problems.""‎

‎NIETS TE DOEN,‎

‎Antwerpen , De Vries , Gebonden. 18PP nieuw staat ISBN 9789059271050.‎

‎Als je niets te doen hebt in een land zo wit en vlak als papier, dat is een stokje genoeg om de mooiste dingen te beleven. Nieuw.‎

‎Le petit écho de la mode : Un siècle de presse féminine‎

‎COOP BREIZH 2016 146 pages 19 3x25 15x1 52cm. 2016. Broché. 146 pages.‎

‎Très bon état - légères marques de lecture et/ou de stockage mais du reste en très bon état- expédié soigneusement depuis la France‎

‎Kracht van de vogel - over de toekomst van de Vlaamse Christen-Democraten‎

‎, Uitgeverij Lannoo 1993, 1993 Paperback, 160 pagina's, Nederlands, 215 x 155 mm, boek in goede staat, . ISBN 9789020922202.‎

‎Luc Martens, tot 1999 Vlaams Minister van Cultuur, Gezin en Welzijn, is classicus en was een tijdlang actief in het onderwijs. In 1979 volgde hij Miet Smet op als directeur van het Instituut voor Politieke Vorming. Vanaf 1984 was hij ook adjunct-nationaal secretaris van de CVP. In 1989 werd hij adjunct-kabinetchef bij wijlen minister Coens. In 1991 werd hij CVP-senator voor het arrondissement Roeselare-Tielt. Eerder verscheen bij Lannoo zijn boek 'De kracht van de vogel'.‎

‎Luc Peire: catalogue raisonn of the oil paintings‎

‎, Lannoo, 2005, Hardcover + dusjacket, 250 x 295, 432 PAGES catalogue raisonn of the oil paintings. FINE! ISBN 9789020961065.‎

‎Luc Peire overleed tien jaar geleden. Hij liet een internationaal erkend oeuvre na. Vandaag is hij een van de belangrijkste vertegenwoordigers van de geometrische abstractie in Europa- Dit boek wil de honderden olieverfschilderijen uit zijn diverse periodes catalogeren en interpreteren.er wordt een lijn uitgetekend in Peires oeuvre van meer dan zestig jaar. Naast een monografie en een catalogue raisonne bevat het een volledige herwerkte biografie en tentoonstellingslijst.- Deze catalogus met meer dan 1000 kleurillustraties van het werk van Luc Peire is een must voor kunstliefhebbers. text in english.///Luc Peire died ten years ago. He left behind an internationally recognized oeuvre. Today he is one of the most important representatives of geometric abstraction in Europe. This book aims to catalog and interpret the hundreds of oil paintings from his various periods. It traces a line in Peire's oeuvre spanning more than sixty years. In addition to a monograph and a catalog raisonne, it contains a completely revised biography and exhibition list. - This catalog with more than 1000 color illustrations of Luc Peire's work is a must for art lovers. text in english.‎

‎[Ethiopian writing] Grammatica Aethiopica: ab ipso Autore solicite revisa, & plurimis in locis correcta & aucta. Editio secunda. Accedit Prosodia, Cum Appendicibus, Praxi Grammatica, et de scribendis epistolis Aethiopicis" denique index Vocabulorum di...‎

‎Frankfurt am Main, Apud Johannem David. Zunnerum et Nicolaum Wilhelmum Helwig,1702. Small folio. Very nice recent blue hcalf w. gilt lettering on spine. Title-page printed in red and black, w. woodcut vignette and stamp: ""Jews college, London"". Some brownspotting, but all in all a very nice copy. (12), 184, (8) (Index) pp.‎

‎Second edition of Ludolfus' groundbreaking Ethiopian Grammar. The German, Job Ludolf, was the first to bring the study of Etiopian subjects into a system, and his present work is the first of its kind to see the light of day. It was unusal for the time to take up the study of something like the Ethiopian laguage, and after Ludolfus' important philological works followed a long period of neglect, which did not end till the second half of the nineteenth century, when these studies were finally resumed, causing them to flourish. Brunet III, pp. 1223.‎

‎DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE. NORHERN NETHERLANDISH ART 1580 - 1620,‎

‎Zwolle/ Amsterdam, Waanders/ Rijksmuseum, 1994 Bound, cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour, 230 x 305mm., 718pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN 9789066303911.‎

‎This large volume, the catalog for a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, covers an important transition period in the art of the Netherlands, just before the era of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and other masters. Although the exhibit includes work by such well-known artists as Franz Hals and Hendrick Goltzius, the bulk of the art work will be unfamiliar to nonspecialists. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts are all included. Several long essays begin the volume, and over 1000 small black-and-white photographs and 100 full-page color plates of the exhibited artists are accompanied by full scholarly annotations. A substantial acquisition for specialized collections. In good condition. ‎

‎The Return of the Buddha. Buddhist Sculptures of the 6 th Century from Qingzhou, China. Richement illustré et documenté ( planches en couleurs, photos et figures en noir et blanc, catalogue, appendice). Texte en français sur feuilles.‎

‎Museum Rietberg, Zurich s.d. (2002). Bel exemplaire relié, reliure ornée d'éd., Iin-4 (31x24), 236 pages avec planches et annexes + texte en français.‎