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"HUGGINS, WILLIAM and W.A. MILLER. - HEAVEN AND EARTH BUILT OF THE SAME ELEMENTS.
Reference : 42260
(1864)
On the Spectra of some of the Fixed Stars. Received April 28, - Read May 26, 1864. (+ Supplement:) On the Spectra of some of the Nebulae. A Supplement to the Paper ""On the Spectra of some of the Fixed Stars."" Received September 8, 1864, and printed i...
(London, Taylor and Francis, 1864). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 154 - Part II, pp. 413-435 a. pp. 437-444 and 2 lithographed plates.(1 plate showing the spectroscope which could be attached to his eight-innch telescope invented by Huggin's and Miller, the start of stellar spectroscopi, the other plate showing the obtained spectra of the nebulæ Aldebaran and Orionis).
First printing of a historical paper in spectroscopy and cosmology in which the authors shows, by analysing the spectrae of nebulae, of stars, of planets, of comets, and of the sun, that they are all built of the same elements as the earth. Thus was ""laid to rest the twenty-one-century notion of Aristotle's that the heavens were composed of a unique substance not found on the earth.""(Asimov). They also shows that there is a considerable diversity of chemical composition among the stars.In this paper Huggins also describes his discovery, by spectroscopy, that a number of nebulae are luminous gas clouds.""William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer, a pioneer in spectroscopy and photography. He examined spectroscopically the chemical constitution of stars and comets, and the gaseous nature of planetary and diffuse nebulae"" he applied the Doppler Principle to the measurement of the radial velocities of stars, and published an atlas of representative stellar spectra"" (Ripley: Source Book in Astronomy).
"HUGGINS, WILLIAM. - THE FIRST DETERMINATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF A STAR.
Reference : 42262
(1868)
Further Observations on the Spectra of some of the Stars and Nebulae, with an Attempt to determine therefrom whether these Bodies are moving towards or from the Earth, also Observations on the Spectra of the Sun and of Comet II., 1868. received April ...
(London, Taylor and Francis, 1868). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 158 - Part II, pp. 529-564 and 1 lithographed plate. Clean and fine..
First appearence of this milestone paper, announcing the very first determination of the movement and velocity of a star. (Sirius). This discovery of the motion in the line of sight, the radial velocity, is of exceeding importence in astronomy, for it can be determined by shifts in the position of the spectral lines, without regard tothe distance of the star.In this paper Huggins applied to spectroscopic astronomy the principle enunciated by Doppler in 1841 that the positions of spectrum lines change as the object moves to or from the spectator. After consulting,in 1867 with James Clerk Maxwell, but wholly independent of him, Huggins presented to the Ropyal Society early in 1868, this paper with the observation on the spectrum of Sirius, from which a motion from the earth could be deduced of ab. 25 miles pr. second.""William Huggins (1824-1910), English astronomer, a pioneer in spectroscopy and photography. He examined spectroscopically the chemical constitution of stars and comets, and the gaseous nature of planetary and diffuse nebulae"" he applied the Doppler Principle to the measurement of the radial velocities of stars, and published an atlas of representative stellar spectra"" (Ripley: Source Book in Astronomy).
Le Gangster amateur (The Amateur crook)
N° 17 - in-8 broché - sd - 250 pages - Ed. Gallimard - coll. Détective
bon état (Légers plis de lecture - petit manque en haut du dos)
Oeuvres & Themes: Le dernier jour d'un condamne
Editions Hatier 2005 192 pages 12 2x1 2x18 6cm. 2005. pocket_book. 192 pages.
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Hugo Victor Babic Laurence Jannuska Cécile
Reference : 500089397
(2019)
ISBN : 9782035979087
Les Contemplations livres 1 à 4 (Spécial Bac)
LAROUSSE 2019 160 pages 12 45x17 53x1 02cm. 2019. Broché. 160 pages.
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Cosette une enfance malheureuse: Les misérables
Cle International 2014 156 pages 14 8x1 2x14 8cm. 2014. Broché. 156 pages.
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Classique Hachette - Le dernier Jour d'un condamné Victor Hugo
HACHETTE EDUC 2006 176 pages 11x1x17 8cm. 2006. Broché. 176 pages.
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Huguelit Laurent Bichon Angéline Leclerc Blaise
Reference : 500048942
(2022)
ISBN : 9782845944152
Manifeste paradisiaque: Jardinage permaculture et spiritualité
MAMA 2022 304 pages 14 4x21 9x3 2cm. 2022. Broché. 304 pages.
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Ensayo político sobre la isla de Cuba (Theatrum naturae. Serie Textos clásicos)
Doce Calles 1998 440 pages 18 034x4 318x25 4cm. 1998. Cartonné jaquette. 440 pages. Cet essai politique d'Alexander von Humboldt présente une analyse détaillée de la société cubaine au début du XIXe siècle basée sur ses deux visites sur l'île. L'ouvrage examine en profondeur l'influence de l'esclavage sur la pensée et la conduite économique et politique des propriétaires terriens de La Havane et constitue un texte parfois considéré comme polémique en raison de ses prises de position sur cette question
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"HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER von. - ON THE SNOW-LINE OF THE HIMALAYA.
Reference : 44059
(1820)
Sur la Limite inférieure des neiges perpétuelles dans les montagnes de l'Himâlaya et les régions équatoriales.
Paris, Crochard, 1820. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Tome XIV - Mai 1820. The entire issue offered. Htitle a. titlepage to vol. 14. (4),112 pp. Humboldt's paper: pp. 5-56. Clean and fine.
First appearance of Humboldt's importent investigation of the snow-line in the Himalayas. He found, that the snow-line on the northern side of the Himalaya is much higher than below the equator, and that there is a connection between the lowest line of the permanent snow, the oscillations of the snowl-line and the lowest line of snowfall.The issue also contains the importent chemical paper by PELLETIER & CAVENTOU ""Examen chimique de plusieurs végétaux de la famille des colchicées, et du principe actif qu'ils renferment. (Cévadille (veterum album)"" colchique commun (colchicum autumnale))."", pp. 69-83.
Soul Searching: Human Nature and Supernatural Belief
Chatto & windus 1995 256 pages 16x2 8x23 4cm. 1995. Relié. 256 pages.
proche du très bon état cepdenant une tache en haut de la tranche
Narrative of the Oppressive Law Proceedings, and Other Measures Resorted to by the British Government and Numerous Private Individuals, to Overpower the Earl of Stirling and Subvert his Lawful Rights Written by Himself
James Walker, Printer Hardcover Edinburgh 1836
Very good 4to. VI, 176, 77 pages. Original grey boards, rebacked. Manuscript ex libris on endpaper. With the two facsimiles, the folding genealogical chart and the errata insert. [Lande 461, TPL 1974].
DE TUCHTELOZEN. THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE.
Leiden, Sijthoff, 1966 Paperback, originele uitbgeversomslag in kleur, 20x13 cm., 304 pp.
De strijd tussen een pas benoemd, onervaren leraar en zijn klassen op een ambachtsschool in een volksbuurt in New York City. Scholen als deze zijn berucht, de leerlingen behoren tot de verwaarloosde, harde, semi-criminele massajeugd. Werd verfilmd onder gelijknamige Engelse titel met in de hoofdrollen Glenn Ford, Anne Francis en Sidney Poitier
L'homme dans la coulisse (The man behind).
Alger, Editions Col. Nem, collection Vampire, 1946. Petit in-8 broché, couverture imprimée. Tampon sur garde, dos un peu taché avec tout petits manques en tête et en queue.
Suite à un accident immobilisant votre libraire pour quelques semaines, le traitement des commandes est bien assuré, mais momentanément ralenti. Merci de votre patience et de votre compréhension.
Naissance des cités
Nathan 1991 17x2 6x24 2cm. 1991. Broché.
Très Bon Etat de conservation intérieur propre bonne tenue
Ardennes vagabondes
NOIRES TERRES 2007 192 pages 2x28x23cm. 2007. Broché. 192 pages.
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HU SHIH (Dr. Ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States of America)
Reference : 11333
China, too, is fighting to defend a way of life, an Address by His Excellency, Dr Hu Shih, Ambassador of China to the United States of America, delivered at Washington, D.C., March 23, 1942.
San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, July 1942. 1 volume in-4, 18 pages, hard covers, cloth spine, in very good condition. Rare document, limited edition to 200 copies.
"Of this significant contribution to a better understanding of events now transpiring in the Far East, two hundred copies have been printed on handmade paper at the instance of Carl I. Wheat and with the generous approval of Ambassador Hu Shih, for whose personal use one hundred such copies have been reserved. The title and signature in Chinese are from His Excellency's facile brush. The address starts by these words: "You know what you are fighting for. You are fighting for the preservation of your democratic way of life which, as I understand it, is the way of freedom and peace."
Husken-Ulbrich Dominique Gagnepain Emmanuel Collectif
Reference : 500188520
(2020)
ISBN : 9782011355409
Géographie 2nde - élève grand format (éd.2010): Sociétés et développement durable
Hachette Collections 2020 320 pages 22x1x28 2cm. 2020. Relié. 320 pages.
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"Détruisez la Vendée !" - regards croisés sur les victimes et destructions de la guerre de Vendée.
CVRH, 2007 24 x 16 cm., 634 pp, Broché Envoi de l'auteur.
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David Teniers the Younger: A Biography .
, Brepols, 2011 Hardback with dusjacket, XXVI 214 p., 86 b/w ill., 190 x 250 mm, Languages: English, fine condition !. ISBN 9782503536774.
Despite the fact that David Teniers the Younger has always been considered one of the most important and prolific Flemish painters of the seventeenth-century, no critical biography of the artist exists which draws on the comprehensive documentary evidence of his life and work. Hans Vlieghe's monograph aims to fill this gap. Based on the corpus of all known documentary sources as well as some newly discovered ones, this book traces the path of Teniers success and provides a detailed survey of his relations with his patrons and clientele, while also illuminating his studio practice and associations with fellow artists in Antwerp and Brussels. The author in addition examines Teniers manifold activities against the background of his ever-changing social and familial context. The resulting analysis draws a picture of a painter who came from the artistic milieu of Antwerp, yet deliberately made different choices from those of his father, from whom the young Teniers received his initial training. In order to meet changing tastes and satisfy the demands of the market, and following the example of Adriaen Brouwer, Teniers quickly acquired a reputation as a painter of low-life genre scenes. Vlieghe goes on to clarify how Teniers rose to become court painter to the Habsburg governors in Brussels, and the means used by the artist to achieve greater social recognition, which included extensive self-representation and considerable conspicuous consumption. Teniers later years were marred by difficulties, brought on by his diminishing success as an artist and by financial difficulties with his children. Vlieghe shows how these circumstances led to Teniers dying in rather deplorable circumstances. Pictura Nova (PICT 16)
Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550)
, Brepols Publishers, 2010 hardcover, XIV 717 pages ., 43 b/w ill., 178 x 254 mm, English Hanno Wijsman is Researcher in Medieval History at Leiden University, focusing on the cultural history of the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, with special attention to books and libraries in the Low Countries and France. ISBN 9782503525587.
This interdisciplinary study presents a two-part survey of the production and ownership of luxury manuscripts in the late-medieval Netherlands. Part I analyses a corpus of 3,700 illustrated manuscripts produced between 1400 and 1550 in the Low Countries. The result is a cornucopia of information about many aspects of manuscript production: chronological, geographical and gender distribution, the genres of texts, the languages used, the dimensions of books, the number of illustrations, and the relationship between the making of hand-written and printed books. Part II examines the libraries of the pre-eminent owners of illustrated manuscripts in the Netherlands: the ducal family and the noble elite. The great bibliophile Philip the Good set an example of book collecting that was emulated by the nobles of the court, creating a typical ?Burgundian? fashion in book ownership by which a small elite demonstrated a well defined group identity. Luxury Bound charts this new vogue in books and reading, an important aspect of cultural change in the late-medieval Low Countries.
Books in Transition at the Time of Philip the Fair,Manuscripts and Printed Books in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Low Countries.
, Brepols, 2010 softcover, VI 319 p., 74 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm,Languages: English, French. ISBN 9782503529844.
In 2006, 500 years after his death, the Royal Library of Belgium organised an exhibition revealing treasures from the era of Philip the Fair (1478-1506), last duke of Burgundy. This volume reunites most of the papers delivered at a conference held during the exhibition, increased with four new chapters. Ten specialists from Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States discuss the book market and its place in society in this transitional period when manuscripts and printed books were produced and used next to one another. The contributions are organised in pairs around five topics, whereby in each case one author treats manuscripts and the other printed books: Philip the Fair and his books, art in books, music in books, politics in books, the book market. Contributions by: Renaud Adam, Jean-Marie Cauchies, Marieke van Delft, Lieve De Kesel, Samuel Mareel, Zoe Saunders, Susie Speakman Sutch, Herman Pleij, Rob Wegman, and Hanno Wijsman.
Palazzi di Genova Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard part XXII, 2 volumes set.
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2002 Hardcover with dusjackets, 2 volumes set., 588 pages ., 372 b/w ill., 180 x 265 mm, Languages: English.*NEW ISBN 9781872501338.
This two-volume publication explains the history of Rubens's book containing famous examples of Genoese Renaissance architecture intended to trace the development of architecture in his own country and all over Europe, analyses his comments and interpretations of the original plans and reproduces all drawings. In 1622 Rubens published a splendid volume on Genoese Renaissance architecture, with precise engravings depicting fa ades and plans of a dozen villas and palaces. In publishing famous examples of 'modern' architecture, Rubens intended to trace the development of architecture in his own country and all over Europe. He believed that the true principles of good building, both aesthetically and functionally, were discovered by the Ancients and rediscovered in Renaissance Italy. In publishing his book at the height of his fame, Rubens succeeded in presenting himself not only as a great painter but also as a connoisseur and authoritative teacher in the field of architecture. This two-volume part of the Corpus Rubenianum explains the history of Rubens's book, analyses in detail his comments and interpretations of the original plans and reproduces all drawings.
Le Québec: Un voyage de découverte
Modus Vivendi 2009 27 432x1 778x21 082cm. 2009. Broché.
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