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THE VULCHITRUN TREASURE.
, Sofia, Jusautor, 1987, Bound, cloth with gold impression, illustrated dustjacket, frontispice, 240 x 330mm., 102pp., beautiful illustration in colour and b/w.
The treasure as a whole, the composition, the concealer and the owner of the treasure, accumulation, the lids and vessels, the cross and the four-leaved clover, Macedonian bronzes, the handle of the Tripartite vessel, etc. In good condition.
"VENEL, (GABRIEL FRANCOIS). - THE ANALYSIS OF SELTZER-WATER.
Reference : 44935
(1755)
Mémoire sur L'Analyse des Eaux de Selters ou de Seltz. Première - (Seconde) Partie. (2 Mai 1750).
(Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1755). 4to. Extracts from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome II. Pp. 53-112. Clean and fine, wide-margined.
In these two memoirs Venel attempted to prove that effervescent mineral waters contain a quantity of common air in solution, thus seperating carbon dioxyde (he called it air surabondante) without knowing what it really was, thus beeing ""so close to making a discovery without actually making it..."" (Fourcroy). ""In 1750 Venel described his analysis of the effervescent mineral water of Selz, in Germany. Evaporation yielded only common salt and a little lime, and he was more interested in the effervescence, which was, he thought, caused by the escape of common air. All water contained a small amount of dissolved air, but Selzer and other effervescent waters contained superabundant air, as Venel called it. He made artificial Selzer water by adding the correct amounts of marine (hydrochloric) acid and soda to pure water, and he called the product aerated water, a term that is still in use. Stephen Hales had thought that effervescent mineral waters contained “sulphurous spirit"""" Venel’s experiments proved the absence of the gas now called sulfur dioxide, but he failed to notice that the ""superabundant air"" differed in any way from common air. It was, of course, carbon dioxide, characterized in 1754 by Joseph Black, who called it fixed air. Fourcroy later commented that no one had ever been so close to making a discovery without actually making it as was Venel.""(DSB).
GETIJDEN TE BRUGGE,
Gent , De Spiegel, 1946 Originele uitgeversomslag onder papieromslag, frontispice, 135 x 210mm., 20pp.
Maandschrift voor Poezie, tweede jaargang, nr. 11. In goede staat.
The Spirit of France. A french digest.
Sydney (Australie), Ford & Son Press, septembre 1944 ; in-8 agrafé. 72pp. Couverture illustrée présentant des rousseurs.
![The Spirit of France. A french digest.. [VERCORS] - [The silence of the sea].](https://static.livre-rare-book.com/pictures/AIS/12184_1_thumb.jpg)
Avec un bel envoi autographe à ses parents daté du 9 mai 1945, par le rédacteur et éditorialiste de la revue : Alan Rowland Chisholm (professeur de français et animateur de "L'Ecole de Melbourne" ; il était critique et mémorialiste, spécialiste de la poésie française, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Valéry...). Outre des articles sur la littérature française : Gides, Anatole France, Romain Rolland, Aragon, Colette... on trouve dans cet opuscule des essais sur les arts, la philosophie, la situation de Paris dans la guerre.. et surtout la première publication australienne de la traduction anglaise du "Silence de la mer". Elle occupe les pages 26 à 39, et comme l'indique une note à la fin, a été établie d'après le texte anglais paru dans le magazine "Life" du 13 octobre 1943 à New-York (page 102). On y retrouve les mêmes coupures des pages 51 à 54, 61, et 64 à 66 de l'édition française de 1942 ou 43.
VIENNA 1900. VIENNA, SCOTLAND AND THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE,
Edinburgh, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1983 Softcover, illustrated cardboard wrappers, 200 x 200mm., 80pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. . ISBN 0114923337.
Offers a glimpse of the cultural ferment, and explores the changes taking place, in Vienna at the turn of the century. Book is in good condition.
REINAERT DE VOS.
, Maldeghem, Delille, 1903., Gebrocheerd, originele uitgeversomslag, stoffige omslag, gerepareerde rug, 13,5x28cm, 70pp, gebruiksporen, onfris exemplaar.
Zangspel in 3 bedrijven. Duimpjesuitgave, vol. 41.
S'élancer: Une aventure humaine et écologique sur les plus hauts sommets d'Europe
ALISIO 2022 224 pages 2x23x15cm. 2022. Broché. 224 pages.
Très bon état
The Great Iron Ship
1953 in-8 cartonnage éditeur avec jaquette illustrée - 1953 - 224p - Ed. Hamish Hamilton, London
bon état - des dechirures importantes sur la jaquette
Oeuvres & Themes: Michel Strogoff
Editions Hatier 2004 160 pages 12 2x17 3x1 2cm. 2004. pocket_book. 160 pages.
Etat correct
Saints' Lives for Medieval English Nuns, I. A Study of the 'Lyves and Dethes' in Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604
, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, xxxii + 398 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:24 b/w, 8 col., 5 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503545516.
Summary Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604 contains a unique prose legendary almost entirely of female saints, all of whom are virgins, martyrs, or nuns. The manuscript, which also has varied post-medieval items, is written in one hand probably dating from c. 1480 to c. 1510. This previously unstudied Middle English collection features twenty-two universal and native saints, both common (like John the Baptist and thelthryth) and rare (such as Wihtburh and Domitilla). These texts are dependent on a complex mixture of Latin sources and analogues. Specific linguistic and art-historical features, as well as attention to the predominant female saints of Ely and post-medieval provenance, suggest an East Anglian convent for the original readership. Through an exploration of the manuscript and its later ownership (both recusant and antiquarian), a discussion of its linguistic attributes, a consideration of local female monastic and book history, a comparison of hagiographical texts, and a wide-ranging source and analogue study, this Study fully contextualises these Middle English lives. The book concludes with a survey of the structural and stylistic aspects of the texts, followed by three appendices, and an extensive bibliography. The texts are edited for the first time in its companion volume, Saints' Lives for Medieval English Nuns, II: An Edition of the 'Lyves and Dethes' in Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. The Manuscript II. Language and Dialectal Provenance III. Convent and Geographical Location IV. Hagiographical Context and the Selection of Saints V. Latin Sources and Analogues VI. Reading the ?Lyves and Dethes' Conclusion Appendix 1. Universal Latin Saints' Lives: Sources and Analogues Appendix 2. Latin and Middle English Versions of Athelthryth Appendix 3. Middle English Translations of John the Evangelist Bibliography Index
Saints' Lives for Medieval English Nuns, II. An Edition of the ?Lyves and Dethes' in Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604
, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, xvi + 502 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503607832.
Summary Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604 contains a unique collection of prose saints' lives evenly divided into eleven universal and eleven native saints (predominantly culted at Ely). Clearly intended for the devotional life of nuns, presumably in an East Anglian convent, the volume comprises nineteen female figures, all of whom are virgins, martyrs, or nuns, and three male saints (two apostles and a hermit). These late Middle English lives are translated from a variety of Latin sources and analogues including material by Jacobus de Voragine, John of Tynemouth, and others. The collection demonstrates an interest in showcasing native saints alongside their universal sisters. Luminaries of the English Church, such as thelthryth of Ely and her sister Seaxburh, are found in the company of notable virgin martyrs like Agatha and Cecilia. Famous saints like John the Evangelist and Hild of Whitby feature alongside others such as Columba of Sens and Eorcengota. Fully analysed and contextualised in its companion volume Saints' Lives for Medieval English Nuns, I: A Study of the ?Lyves and Dethes' in Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 2604, these texts are edited here for the first time. Alongside the edition of the twenty-two saints' lives and full textual apparatus, there are extensive overviews and commentaries providing details of the sources and analogues as well as explanatory historical and literary notes. The edition concludes with three appendices, a detailed select glossary, and a bibliography of works cited. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Editorial Procedure A Study and Edition of the Saints' Lives Here begynnyth the lyfe of Seynt Iohn Baptist Here begynnyth the life of Seynt Iohn Euangeliste Here begynnyth the lyf of Seynt Columbe e virgyn [Here begynneth the martirdome of Seynt Agace the virgyn] [The life of Seynt Cecile the virgyn and martir] Here begynnyth the life of Seynt Barbara the virgyn and martir The life of Seynt Audry of Hely virgyn and martir Here begynnyth the life of Seynt Sexburge, sister to Seynt Awdre, which was the next abbes of Hely aftir hir Here begynnyth the lyfe of Seynt Ermenylde, the first doughter of seynt Sexburgh Here begynnyth the lyfe of Seynt Werburgh, the doughter of Seynt Ermenyld Here begynnyth a shorte lyfe of Seynt Erkengoode, the secunde doughter of Seynt Sexburgh and the awnte of Seynt Wereburgh, and of Seynt Alburgh at was sistir to Seynt Awdre of Hely Here begynnyth the life of Seynt Whitburge Here begynnyth the lif of Seynt Edith of Wylton Here begynnyth the holy life of Seynt Edburgh, abbes of Tenett aftir Seynt Mildrede Here begynnyth the holy life of Seynt Aswyde e nonne of Folkstone [The holy lif of Seynt Hilde abbes of Streneshall] Here begynnyth the life of Seynt Martha, abbes of many nonnes and e syster of Mary Mawdelen Here begynnyth a litill short mencion of the life of Seynt Domitille Of the Life of Seynt Iustine Abbes and Martyr [Here begynnyth the lyfe of Seynt Benett] Thus begynnyth e lyfe of Seynt Modewyne Here begynnyth the life and miracles of Seynt Leonarde Textual Apparatus Overviews and Commentaries John The Baptist John the Evangelist Columba Agatha Cecilia Barbara thelthryth Seaxburh Eormenhild W rburh Eorcengota (and thelburh) Wihtburh Edith Eadburh Eanswith Hild Martha Domitilla Justina Benedicta Modwenna Leonard Appendix A. Section Summaries Appendix B. Miracles Appendix C. Place-Names Select Glossary Select Bibliography
Metal Candlesticks, History, Styles and Techniques
USA, Schiffer 1997, 1997 Hardcover, 184 pages, English, 310 x 235 mm, in fine condition, illustrated, . ISBN 9780764301568.
This beautifully illustrated book documents the progression of metal candlesticks and chandeliers from Roman times through the centuries to the present. From the beginnings of candles to the variety of metals used to make their holders, the discussions in this book are informative and clearly explained. The hundreds of illustrations display a surprising variety of specialized candlestick types from European sources of many cultures. Candlesticks can be seen as a common link among the diversity of peoples as they all provide light and reflect artistic preferences. Common as they are, candlesticks actually have a fascinating and rich cultural heritage. This book celebrates the forms.
