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Translated out of French into Englishe, by William Warde. By Henry Bynneman, for Iohn Wight, 1. With a generall table of all the matters conteyned in the sayde booke.
Rare entry in the audiophile avant garde series released by speaker manufacturer Acoustic Research. Crumb's piece is adapted from poems by Frederico Garcia Lorca, and.
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Translated out of Italian into Englishe, by Richard Androse. Imprinted at London: By John Wyght, 1. Click the images for enlargements. Verye excellent: STC (rev. A terrific compendium and a great, great “read.” (3. For 1. 6TH- CENTURY BOOKS, click here.
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For SCIENCE, click here. For NATURAL HISTORY, click here. For MEDICINE, click here. For OCCULT matters, click here. For Books with SPECIALPROVENANCE, click here. This book also appears in the GENERALMISCELLANY — click here. ALDINEAttic Nights .
Click the images for enlargements. Schweiger, Handbuch der classischen Bibliographie, II, p. Egnazio, see: Contemporaries of Erasmus, pp. Gellius” in old ink to fore- edge of volume. New York: Lane & Tippett, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1.
Click the images for enlargements. Brown of Dansville, Livingston Co., NY, dated 1. Inscription as above and a few leaves with small spots/staining. A beautiful, clean copy of a delicately pretty devotional. Large 4to (3. 2. 8 cm, 1. Click the images for enlargements. Binding: Contemporary maroon straight- grained morocco, framed and panelled in gilt single and double fillets with corner fleurons, spine with gilt- ruled raised bands, gilt- stamped compartment decorations, turn- ins with gilt roll.
Containing, a great variety of practical receipts, in gum- flowers, filligree, japanning, shell- work, gilding .. Also, a great many curious receipts, both useful and entertaining, never before published. York: Printed at the New Printing- Office, in Coppergate, for Mrs. Click the images for enlargements. This small practical volume covers the topics mentioned above, even unto raising and caring for canaries and silkworms.
Robertson's title- page promises, while her taxidermical instructions for preserving “birds with their plumage” are both exact and notably intimidating. Andrews may derive from and bear witness to Mrs.
Robertson's social longings! Second and third editions followed, also by Ruddiman for Robertson, the second with an additional engraved title page” (catalogue record, National Library of Scotland). San Francisco: William Doxey, 1.
With the general title- leaves and added index leaves. Text and illustrations were printed on Asian paper; a few issues were printed in green, brown, or dark blue; and from issue 9 to the end, printing was on one side of a leaf only.
I; covers illustrated and printed in color, each volume with a different cover image. Campeche, Merida: Various publishers, 1.
Folio and slightly smaller (3. Click the image for an enlargement. London: John Sharpe, 1.
Click the images for enlargements.! Corbould, and the second showing a landscape with a pike topped with a Phrygian cap, sword, and shield alongside the Bill of Rights and Magna Carta by J.
Pye after “R. W.”. As noted above, Sharpe was not the only printer to think of producing a new Junius in 1. Bumpus, Rivington, Davison, and Hancock also produced editions. A neat, attractive little set of this political classic.
New York: Covici Friede, 1. Folio (3. 1. 5 cm, 1. Click the images for enlargements. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1. Narrow 8vo (2. 3 cm, 9.
Click the images for enlargements. It was a mad sixteenth century Welshman's idea of how wicked women are, and I felt I would go along with him and make the book as exciting as I could.”. This isnumbered copy 1. As one of the first 1. Indian lizard binding done by Sangorski & Sutcliffe — as Sandford put it, genuine snakeskin was unpleasant to the touch, so “my Eves were wrapped in ruby wine- dark lizards.”.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with pressure- stamp of Sir Thomas Ramsay (1. Australian collector. A beautiful, special copy of this sinfully delightful volume. For a bit more (mostly very mild!) EROTICA, click here. For more of WOMEN's interest, click here.
For Books with SPECIALPROVENANCE, click here. This book also appears in the GENERALMISCELLANY — click here. A 1. 9th- Century Student's. Florilegium. Oblong 8vo (1.
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Following that gloomy start is a carefully indited title- page reading “Liber Memoriae continens Excerpta momentosa et Annales Rerum. MDCCCXXXIX,” following which are brief writings on the study of the origin of letters; ancient floods; spiritual beliefs of ancient Romans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and others; and lives of Walter Scott, Robert Burns, James Beattie, John Ledyard, Isaac Newton, etc. Youngs Elliott Benton of Linden, MI, taken from the Isabella County Enterprise of 1. February 1. 87. 8. A very readable, evocative, wide- ranging compendium. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1.
Click the images for enlargements. Bert Clarke designed, composed, and printed this text at The Press of A. Colish in 1. 2 and 1. English Monotype Poliphilus on Curtis Rag from the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, DE. Both the appropriate Club newsletter and prospectus have been laid in. A beautiful collection of short stories.
A text book of Scriptural truths and promises, for every day in the year. London & Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons, 1.
Miniature (7. 3 cm; 2. Click the images for enlargements. Adomeit collection at the Lilly Library. Manning on rear fly- leaf. Newcastle- on- Tyne: W. R. 1. 85. 0. 0Click the images for enlargements. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, this ballad tells a romantic tale of the return of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1.
Scotland, accompanied by the fair Lady Eleanor Neville — with an additional melodramatically heartrending plot element regarding the founding of the hermitage by the former “bold Sir Bertram,” now “poor and humble Benedict” (p. A look at the enduring appeal of medieval legend to the Victorian audience. Folio (2. 8. 6 cm; 1.
Click the images for enlargements. A complex, interesting work of book art in a special copy. U. K.: unknown artist, 1.
Click the image for an enlargement. Perfect for teaching or decorating, perhaps both.
Click the images for enlargements. A solid, very readable first edition from an author deserving of scholarly attention. De viribus membrorum spiritualium. Small 8vo. (1. 6. Click the images for enlargements. The text is in German in Fraktur type. Wellcome 4. 78. 8; Durling 3.
VD1. 6 P6. 11. On “electron,” see: C. J. S. Thompson, The Lure and Romance of Alchemy (London: Harrap, 1. Walter Pagel, Paracelsus: An Introduction to Philosophical Medicine in the Era of the Renaissance (Basel: Karger, 1.
London: John Murray, 1. Click the images for enlargements. Each page of the preface appears in a color- printed, antiquity- inspired frame (ochre, maroon, blue, green, or violet, with several different styles of frame used); the poems appear in simpler frames, but with each section preceded by a chromolithographed title- page (with a total of eight color plates), and almost every text page bearing an in- text wood engraving done by George Scharf after “remains of ancient art” (an index of the original sources and their locations is present at the back of the volume). The decorative elements were created by architect and pioneering design theorist Owen Jones. This volume's price at publication was two guineas which, although less than production cost, priced the work out of the market. Wright Binder.” Boards with triple fillet gilt border at edges; center panel on each board composed of a triple fillet outer border with a floral/vine gilt roll within; gilt corner devices with elements extending along the outer edges of the center panel. Board edges with double fillet rules, turn- ins with same gilt roll as in the center panels of the boards, cream calendared endpapers.
Denbigh, and his small library shelf label to top of front pastedown. A remarkable, wonderful book. Being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna, in Italy: Giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the deserts of Africa, the origin and antiquity of the people, their religion, customs, and laws.
Copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark’s Library, at Venice.
With critical notes by the learned Signor Rhedi. To which is prefixed, a letter of the secretary of the Inquisition, shewing the reasons of.
Signor Gaudentio's being apprehended, and the manner of it. Translated from the Italian.
Philadelphia: Re- printed by William Conover, 1. Click the images for enlargements. While constantly assuring the stern inquisitors of his staunch adherence to Catholicism, he gives elaborate, admiring descriptions of the government, religion, and customs of his African utopia, particularly its training and education of women. Being the substance of his examination before the fathers of the Inquisition, at Bologna, in Italy. Giving an account of an unknown country in the midst of the desarts . Copied from the original manuscript in St. Mark’s Library, at Venice.
With critical notes by the learned Signor Rhedi. Click the images for enlargements. New Haven: The Profile Press, 1. Click the images for enlargements.
Clark” or “Clark” pencilled on front wrapper. Overall a clean, crisp collection of these uncommon pieces. For the use of female schools, and private libraries. Delivered to the pupils of Troy Female Seminary. Boston: Carter, Hendee & Co.; & Allen & Ticknor, 1.
Small 8vo (1. 9 cm; 7. The Emma Willard School, the first school of higher education for women. Is a Murderous Plaything”“Thine, Bawlingly.” Something for the admirers of base ball. New York: Glenn Horowitz, 1. Click the images for enlargements. Folio (2. 8. 5 cm; 1.
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With Bethany Beardslee and the Boston Symphony Chamber Players under David Epstein. Includes a rarely seen promotional pamphlet for the AR lp series. Sid Bass: Moog Espa. These tracks, all original compositions, range from ambient atmospheres to drums/guitar/synth instrumentals to weird electronic songs with insane absurd vocals, using Moog and Buchla synthesizers, white noise generators, oscillators, walkie- talkies, samples of news broadcasts, and detuned barrel organs. With notes by Beatles producer George Martin. Walter . Notes by Robert Moog.
Walter . Bach / Burt Bacharach / The Beatles / Richard Wagner. USAColumbia M 3. 20. Includes Carlos' pre- Moog experimental early electronic compositions from the Columbia- Princeton Electronic Music Center, plus some whimsical Moog- based pop song covers and electronic reorchestrations of classical works. Great assortment of experimental, classical, and pop synth sounds. Contemporary Music Project #3- - George Crumb: Madrigals, Books I- IV (1. Edwin London: Portraits of Three Ladies (1. Germany. Acoustic Research in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon 0.
Rare entry in the audiophile avant garde series released by speaker manufacturer Acoustic Research. Crumb's piece is adapted from poems by Frederico Garcia Lorca, and is performed by mezzo- soprano Jan De.
Gaetani and the University of Pennsylvania Contemporary Players conducted by Richard Wernick. London conducts his own work, which is performed by Marilyn Coles, soprano, Royal Mac. Donald, narrator, and The University Of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. George Crumb: Makrokosmos Vol.
II - Twelve Fantasy- Pieces After The Zodiac For Amplified Piano (1. USAColumbia Odyssey Modern American Music Series Y 3. Robert Miller. Incorporating amplification, vocal effects, inside- the- piano string playing, and treatments in the form of paper, glass, and wire brushes placed on various strings, this piece . Fassett (of Symphony Of The Birds fame) narrates this whimsical demonstration of the then- astounding capabilities of the newly invented magnetic tape recorder, showing how familiar sounds can be made to oddly sound like totally different ones, how multiple sounds from disparate locations can be collaged together to create utterly alien soundscapes, and how entire universes of sound can be derived from the most unlikely sources, with several truly bizarre moments (perhaps the most hilarious being when he attempts to pronounce his name backwards in order to hear what it sounds like when played in reverse).
Highly recommended as a fascinating period document, as a trove of sound effects, and as a beautiful specimen of outsider musique concrete. Mort Garson & Richard Burton: The Little Prince. USAPIP 6. 81. 3sealednm.
Obscure ultra rarity by the great occult electronic composer Mort Garson in beautiful unopened condition. Garson composed awesome ambient Moog synth background music for this children's story record featuring Richard Burton narrating Antoine de Saint- Exup. Same recording on both sides of the record, one has page turn beeps the other does not.
Haack did a few of these . His beautiful Fantasy In Quarter Tones was only his 2nd microtonal composition, an attempt, in his words, . Includes an essay by Bress entitled . Hoffman + Harry Revel + Les Baxter: Music Out Of The Moon - Music Unusual Featuring The Theremin (1.
USACapitol CCF 2. Boxed 3x. 7. This is also Les Baxter's first album, featuring him conducting compositions by Revel with Hoffman on Theremin. It is music that can affect the sensitive mind in a way that is sometimes frightening.. All of side 1 is taken up by Exemples Sonores, a beautiful montage of demonstrations of then state- of- the- art synthesis methods, sound experiments, newly invented electronic instruments, audio processing techniques, and psychoacoustic phenomenon. Side 2 features 8 excellent and rarely heard experimental electronic compositions by IRCAM residents ranging from purely electronic works to live instrumental pieces incorporating realtime electronic processing.
Performers include the Ensemble Inter. Contemporain directed by Peter Eotvos as well as Boulez, soprano Jane Manning, contrabassist Barry Guy, engineers/assistants Gyorgy Kurtag, Marc Battier, and Stanley Haynes, and others. Contributors to the Exemples Sonores include most of the other composers on this disc plus Maurice Bejart, Vinko Globokar, Roger Reynolds, Harrison Birtwistle, Jean- Baptiste Barriere, and many others.
Includes photocopy of the 8- page insert (not the original but a complete reproduction of it). Andre Jolivet: Concerto for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra (1. Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1.
France. Erato STU 7. Fantastic avant garde work featuring the Ondes Martenot early electronic keyboard instrument played by Jeanne Loriod, plus Lily Laskine on harp and the composer conducting Orchestre Philharmonique De L'ORTF. Mel Kaiser: Science Fiction Sound Effects Record. USAFolkways Science Series FX 6.
Rare lp of spacy ambiance derived from pre- synthesizer electronic sounds and tape manipulations, with a great 5. It seems Mel recorded a bunch of brief musique concrete compositions and extended drones, and then matched them up with track titles like . Works enjoyably cohesively as an extended suite of abstract early electronic compositions as well as a DJ tool. Ton De Leeuw: Litany Of Our Time (1. Clair Obscur (1. 98.
Netherlands. Composers' Voice CVS 1. Excellent experimental electronics. Clair Obscur was realized at the legendary INA- GRM studios and is described by the composer as . Computer and Digital to Sound Transducer- - Max V. Mathews: Bicycle Built for Two (1. Numerology (1. 96. The Second Law (1.
May Carol; Joy To The World / John R. Pierce: Molto Amoroso; Variations in Timbre and Attack (1. Stochatta (1. 95.
Five Against Seven- -Random Canon; Beat Canon; Melodie / Newman Guttman: Pitch Variations (1. James Tenney: Noise Study / S. D. Speeth: Theme and Variations / David Lewin: Study No. Study No. 2 (1. 96. Orlando Gibbons: Fantasia / Frere Jacques. USADecca DL 9. 10.
Original pressing of one of the greatest early electronic records, documenting the first music ever synthesized by a computer. These recordings are the earliest output of the composers and scientists who worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories in the 5. Bicycle Built for Two features a computer- synthesized voice that influenced Stanley Kubrick in his staging of HAL's death scene in 2. A Space Odyssey. 4. Marshall Mc. Luhan + Quentin Fiore + Jerome Agel: The Medium Is The Massage. USAColumbia CS 9.
Unplayed original red label 2- eye pressing of this fantastic stream- of- consciousness sound collage sampled by DJ Shadow, Towa Tei, The Kleptones, etc., an audio version of Mc. Luhan and Fiore's visionary 1. Mc. Luhan attempts to make his revolutionary theories more accessible to a 'turned- on' public by framing them in the language of popular culture and advertising, intercutting his own recital of his writings with electronic sound effects, field recordings, mass media sound bytes, and jazzy psych- rock played by John Simon. Peter Mennin: Symphony No. USANew World NW 2. Modern American symphonies, with Leonard Bernstein conducting The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Jean Martinon conducting The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cover art by social realist Ben Shahn.
Olivier Messiaen: Trois Petites Liturgies De La Pr. Prospective 2. 1e Si. Smith, and conductor Bruno Canino. Randall: Quartets In Pairs (1. Quartersines (1. 96. Mudgett- Monologues by a Mass Murderer (1.
Barry Vercoe: Synthesism (1. Charles Dodge: Changes (1. USANonesuch H- 7.
One of the best albums of early computer- synthesized music, here made with the ancient sound synthesis programs Music IV by Max V. Mathews, Music IVB by Hubert Howe, and Vercoe's own IBM Music 3. Realized at the computer centers of Columbia and Princeton and Bell Telephone Laboratories. Rusty In Orchestraville - The Instruments Talk - Rusty Plays. USACapitol CCF- 3. Boxed 3x. 7. Intended to help get kids interested in learning music, this story features a boy frustrated by his daily piano lessons who dreams of befriending musical instruments, which talk back to him in strange synthesized voices made using effects from Sonovox vocoder equipment (with each instrument of the orchestra given a uniquely vocoder- treated voice!).
Credits go to producers Henry Blair and Billy Bletcher, composer Billy May, writer Alan Livingston, and technician Gilbert Wright of Sonovox. Contemporary Music Project #4- - Roger Sessions: Piano Sonata No. Charles Wuorinen: Duo For Violin And Piano (1. Germany. Acoustic Research in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon 0. Rare entry in the audiophile avant garde series released by speaker manufacturer Acoustic Research.
The Erickson features trombonist Stuart Dempster who commissioned the piece. With violinist Paul Zukofsky joining the composer on piano on the Wuorinen and pianist Robert Helps on the Sessions. Roger Sessions: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd (1. USANew World NW 2. Based around a Walt Whitman poem. Seiji Ozawa conducts The Boston Symphony Orchestra with Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Dominic Cossa, Florence Quivar, Esther Hinds. Ravi Shankar: Transmigration Macabre .
Probably the closest to a free jazz setting that the Baschet instruments have ever come. Promo copy. 2. 5Contemporary Music Project #6- - Harvey Sollberger: Grand Quartet For Flutes (1. Arthur Berger: Septet (1. Peter Westergaard: Variations For Six Players (1.
Germany. Acoustic Research in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon 0. Scarce unopened copy of this rare entry in the audiophile avant garde series released by speaker manufacturer Acoustic Research. With Arthur Weisberg conducting the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, pianists Robert Miller and Gilbert Kalish, Sollberger playing flute and conducting the Group For Contemporary Music at Columbia University, percussionist Raymond Des.
Roches, and cellist Fred Sherry. Karlheinz Stockhausen: Prozession (1.