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Gebundene Ausgabe, Gr.-8°. Condition: Gut. 1st ed. 2016. 203 S. Das Buch ist in gutem, sauberen Zustand. Ecken und Kanten leicht bestossen. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. -----Inhalt:. This book offers a general introduction to the geometrical studies of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) and his mathematical epistemology. In particular, it focuses on his theory of parallel lines and his attempts to prove the famous Parallel Postulate. Furthermore it explains the role that Leibniz's work played in the development of non-Euclidean geometry. The first part is an overview of his epistemology of geometry and a few of his geometrical findings, which puts them in the context of the seventeenth-century studies on the foundations of geometry. It also provides a detailed mathematical and philosophical commentary on his writings on the theory of parallels, and discusses how they were received in the eighteenth century as well as their relevance for the non-Euclidean revolution in mathematics. The second part offers a collection of Leibniz's essays on the theory of parallels and an English translation of them. While a few of these papers have already been published (in Latin) in the standard Leibniz editions, most of them are transcribed from Leibniz's manuscripts written in Hannover, and published here for the first time. The book provides new material on the history of non-Euclidean geometry, stressing the previously neglected role of Leibniz in these developments. This volume will be of interest to historians in mathematics, philosophy or logic, as well as mathematicians interested in non-Euclidean geometry. 1.Introduction.- 2.The Theory of Parallel Lines in the Age of Leibniz.- 3.Leibniz' Epistemology of Geometry and the Parallel Postulate.- 4.Leibniz' Attempts to prove the Parallel Postulate.- 5.Reception and Legacy.- Leibniz' Texts on Parallel Lines.- Bibliography. ISBN: 9783319198620 Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 522.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Revised English translation of Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Leibnizschen Mathematik während des Aufenthalts in Paris (1672-1676) (1st German ed., 1949). Frontispiece, xi, 372 pp; 30 figs. Original cloth. Very Good, without dust jacket. In print in paperback only at US$50.00. 'When Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz first arrived in Paris in 1672 he was a well-educated, sophisticated young diplomat who had yet to show any real sign of his latent mathematical abilities. Over his next four crowded, formative years, which Professor Hofmann analyses in detail, he grew to be one of the outstanding mathematicians of the age and to found the modern differential calculus. In Paris, Leibniz rapidly absorbed the advanced exact science of the day. During a short visit to London in 1673 he made a fruitful contact with Henry Oldenburg, the secretary of the Royal Society, who provided him with a wide miscellany of information regarding current British scientific activities. Returning to Paris, Leibniz achieved his own first creative discoveries, developing a method of integral 'transmutation' through which lie derived the 'arithmetical' quadrature of the circle by an infinite series. He also explored the theory of algebraic equations. Later, by codifying existing tangent and quadrature methods and expressing their algorithmic structure in a 'universal' notation, lie laid the foundation of formal 'Leibnizian' calculus' (Cambridge University Press Web site). Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The 'Accessio ad Arithmeticam Infinitorum'; 3. The first visit to London; 4. Oldenburg's communication of 6 (16) April 1673; 5. The great discoveries of the year 1673; 6. Readings in contemporary mathematical literature; 7. First communication about the new results; 8. The quarrel over rectification; 9. Disputes about clocks; 10. Leibniz receives first details of Gregory's and Newton's work; 11. Studies in algebra; 12. The meeting with Tschirnhaus; 13. The invention of the calculus; 14. Dispute about Descartes' method; 15. The report on Gregory's results and Pell's methods; 16. Newton's first letter for Leibniz; 17. Leibniz' reply; 18. Tschirnhaus' reaction; 19. Newton's second letter for Leibniz; 20. The second visit to London; 21. Conclusion.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light soiling to rear board of vol. 2 else books have very minor shelfwear. ; The seventh book of Pappus's Collection, his commentary on the Domain (or Treasury) of Analysis, figures prominently in the history of both ancient and modern mathematics: as our chief source of information concerning several lost works of the Greek geometers Euclid and Apollonius, and as a book that inspired later mathematicians, among them Viete, Newton, and Chasles, to original discoveries in their pursuit of the lost science of antiquity. This presentation of it is concerned solely with recovering what can be learned from Pappus about Greek mathematics. The main part of it comprises a new edition of Book 7; a literal translation; and a commentary on textual, historical, and mathematical aspects of the book. It proved to be convenient to divide the commentary into two parts, the notes to the text and translation, and essays about the lost works that Pappus discusses. The first function of an edition of this kind is, not to expose new discoveries, but to present a reliable text and organize the accumulated knowledge about it for the reader's convenience. Nevertheless there are novelties here. The text is based on a fresh transcription of Vat. Gr. 218, the archetype of all extant manuscripts, and in it I have adopted numerous readings, on manuscript authority or by emendation, that differ from those of the old edition of Hultsch. Moreover, many difficult parts of the work have received little or no commentary hitherto. ; 749 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. English translation of Traité d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière (1st French ed., 1760). Frontispiece, xiv, 1 leaf, 248 pp; 48 figs.; 7 tables. Original cloth. Very Good, in very good dust jacket. Bookplate of Robert E. Schofield, who reviewed the book for Technology and Culture (Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring, 1962, pp. 183-184). 'In the latter part of the Essai [1729], Bouguer published the second of his great optical discoveries, often called Bouguer's law: In a medium of uniform transparency the light remaining in a collimated beam is an exponential function of the length of its path in the medium. This law was restated by J. H. Lambert in his Photometria (1760) and, perhaps because of the great rarity of copies of Bouguer's Essai, is sometimes unjustifiably referred to as Lambert's law. Just before he died, Bouguer completed a much larger book on photometry, the Traité d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière, published posthumously (1760) by his friend the Abbé Nicolas Louis de la Caille. The Traité goes far beyond the Essai, describing a number of ingenious kinds of photometers, including a method of goniophotometry, and even attempting an elaborate theory of the reflection of light from rough surfaces, although this was not successful. The third and last part of the book, however, gives a valid elementary theory of the horizontal visual range through an obscuring atmosphere, arriving at a law, usually credited to H. Koschmieder, considered to belong to the twentieth century. It is fair to consider Pierre Bouguer not only the inventor of the photometer but also the founder of an important branch of atmospheric optics. The eighteenth century is not an outstanding epoch in the history of optics, but Bouguer's contribution to that science is notable by any standard' (Middleton in D.S.B. II: 343-4; he notes a Latin translation appeared in 1762 and a Russin one in 1950). [441].

11 titles bound in 1 volume. Small 8°, contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards (minor wear), smooth spine gilt in romantic fashion with "miscellanea // medica" lettered in gilt at cener, pink endleaves. Woodcut Portuguese-Brazilian royal arms on title page. In very good condition. 30 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this work on the cultivation of poppies and the extraction of opium.Avellar Brotero (1744-1828) fled to France in 1788 to escape persecution by the Inquisition, and there published his Compendio de botanica in order to earn his living. It immediately established his reputation as a botanist, and upon his return to Portugal in 1790 he was given the chair of botany and agriculture at Coimbra. His two best known works, Flora lusitanica, 1804, and Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior, 1816-1827, were the first lengthy descriptions of native Portuguese plants. As director of the botanical gardens at Coimbra and Ajuda, he was responsible for their reorganization and enlargement.Provenance: The entire volume was owned by Francisco António Rodrigues de Gusmão (1815-1888), physician and author, perhaps the most significant collaborator of Innocêncio Francisco da Silva in the course of the writing of the still indispensable Dicionário bibliographico portuguez. He presumably commissioned the binding. It was purchased in the auction of books owned by Rodrigues de Gusmão and Mário Tomás da Costa Roque (1932-1983), distinguished physician, the author of books on the history of medicine and on printing history, an important auction catalogue with 1,320 lots, sold 1 and 2 April, 1998. See Silva's and Pedro de Azevedo, Biblioteca de Francisco António Rodrigues de Gusmão e Mário Tomás da Costa Roque, Lisbon: Silva's, 1998. The introduction to the catalogue contains an extract from the Dicionário bibliographico about Rodrigues de Gusmão, and an essay by Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão about Costa Roque. For Rodrigues de Gusmão see Grande enciclopédia, XII, 929.*** Innocêncio II, 259-64. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo da coleção portuguesa I, 53-54. Not in Pires de Lima, Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto. Not in Wellcome. NUC: ViU, ICN.*** BOUND WITH: PINTO, Agostinho Albano da Silveira, ed. Noções sobre a colera-morbus Indiana extrahidas principalmente da obba [sic] de James Kennedy e d'outas coordinadas . Lisbon: Na Impressão Regia, 1832. Small 8º, xii, 113 pp., (1 l. errata). Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. In very good to fine condition. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. There is much information specific to India. Silveira Pinto (1785-1852), a native of Porto, earned degrees in philosophy, medicine and mathematics from Coimbra University. He fought with the Batalhão Academico during the Peninsular War. A member of the Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, as well as numerous other learned societies both foreign and domestic, he was a deputy to the Côrtes in every legislature from 1838 to 1852, and was responsible for a number of other publications.* Innocêncio I, 13. Gonçalves Rodrigues, A tradução em Portugal 4252. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo da coleção portuguesa II, 321. Not in Pires de Lima, Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto. Not located in OCLC. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. AND BOUND WITH:PEREIRA, J.[oao] F.[elix]. Breves e claras instrucções contra a cholera-morbus ordenadas em beneficio da familias e a ellas dedicadas. Lisbon: Na Impressão Regia, 1833. Small 8º, 16 pp. Woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. In very good condition. We were not able to find any other author with last name Pereira and initials J.F.FIRST and ONLY EDITION. According to the catalogue of the Lisbon Faculdade de Medicina, the initials J.F. on the title page stand for João Felix. However, João Felix Pereira appears to have.

4to. (32), "171" (recte: 471), (1) pp. With printer's woodcut device to title page, two initials and 19 woodcut diagrams in the text. Slightly later vellum. First edition of this important commentary on al-Qabisi's most influential work, "al-Madkhal" (the text of which is included in the Latin translation of Joannes Hispalensis prepared in 1144): an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy, the astrological science of casting nativities, or divination as to the destinies of newborns. The author, known as "Alchabitius" in the Latin tradition, flourished in Aleppo, Syria, in the middle of the 10th century. "Although al-Qabisi's education was primarily in geometry and astronomy, his principal surviving treatise, 'Al-madkhal ila sina'at ahkam al-nujum' ('Introduction into the Art of Astrology') in five sections [.], is on astrology. The book, as the title indicates, is an introductory exposition of some of the fundamental principles of genethlialogy; its present usefulness lies primarily in its quotations from the Sassanian Andarzghar literature and from al-Kindi, the Indians, Ptolemy, Dorotheus of Sidon, Masha'allah, Hermes Trismegistus, and Valens. Although completely lacking in originality, it was highly valued as a textbook" (DSB). "Together with the writings of Abu Ma'shar and Sacrobosco's 'Sphaera mundi', 'al-Madkhal' became Europe's authoritative introduction to astrology between the 13th and the 16th century [.] In 1560 the commentary of Naibod (also known as Nabod or Naiboda) appeared in Cologne. This professor of mathematics had previously published the first book of Euclid's 'Elementa' and his own treatise on arithmetics. For his commentary he relies mainly on Ptolemy, Bonatti and Regiomontanus. Its wide circulation bears evidence to the vivid interest which al-Qabisi's astrology engendered as late as the early 17th century A.D." (cf. Arnzen, p. 96 & 106f.). Naibod (1523-93) taught at the universities of Cologne and Erfurt, adhering to the Ptolemaic principles. His commentary on al-Qabisi was banned by the Catholic church. Naibod is said to have discovered a new method to prognosticate a man's fate, but was unable to avert his own murder in spite of his having presaged it (cf. Jöcher III, 806). - Slightly browned but a good copy. Provenance: 1) Contemporary handwritten ownership "Joannis Roberti Aurelii" on the title page, probably by Jean Robert of Orléans who in 1557 published "Sententiarum juris libri quatuor". 2) Later in the famous collection of the Polish theologian Józef Andrzej Zaluski (1702-74), with his stamp on the title page. With his brother, Zaluski founded the Bibliotheca Zalusciana, the first Polish public library, dispersed in 1795. 3) The book was subsequently acquired by the Warsaw industrialist Jan Henryk Geysmer (1780-1835) (his stamp on the foot of the title). 4) Bookplate of the composer Robert Curt von Gorrissen (1887-1978) on front pastedown. - VD 16, N 14. Adams N 3. BM-STC German 642 Houzeau/Lancaster 4882. Zinner 2239. Thorndike VI, 119f. BNHCat N 2. Grassi p. 483. Dewhirst I.1, 781. Hamel II, 187f. Cantamessa 5437. DSB XI, 226. R. Arnzen, "Vergessene Pflichtlektüre: Al-Qabisis astrologische Lehrschrift im europäischen Mittelalter", in: Zft. für Geschichte der arab.-islam. Wiss. 13 (2000), pp. 93-128, at p. 112 no. 6. Cf. M. H. Fikri, Treasures from The Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe (Qatar 2009), nos. 9f.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. XXVI + 374 pages, very good condition. - - Contents: Foreword, Introductions. - - Part 1: Nut and the Realm of the Stars: Nils Billing: The Dialogue of Geb and Nut in Relation to the Royal Sarcophagus in the Pyramid of King Pepy I. - - Nadine Guilhou: Le Soleil dans les Bras de Nut dans les Tombes Thébaines. - - Mykola Tarasenko: The "Children of Nut" and their Rebellion in Chapter 175A of the Book of the Dead. - - Bernard Arquier: L' Astérisme du Bélier dans l' Ancienne Egypte. - - Azza Ezzat: Staircases in Ancient Egyptian Pools: Iconographic Attestations and Ouranographic Connotations. - - Brigitte Vallée: Les Hypocéphales et la Déesse Céleste Nut. - - Kurt Locher: Gods Coming from the Left : Possible Astronomical Origins of Religious Processions. - - Sabine Stemmler-Harding: Devil in Disguise - On the Stellar Mythology of Apophis and its Potential Connection to the Constellation Htp-Rdwy. - - Frank Goddio: Un Récit de la Création ressurgit des Profondeurs. - - Anne-Sophie von Bomhard: The Genesis of the Stars in Ancient Egypt, according to the Naos of the Decades. - - Massimiliano Franci: Defining Time. - - Gaëlle Chantrain: Une Journée dans le Temps et l'Espace - Remarques Lexicales au Sujet de hrw et grh. - - Themis G. Dallas: The Ancient Skyscape Over the Sanctuary of Egyptian Gods in Marathon. - - Mona Haggag: The Tazza Farnese: An Alexandrian Vision of the Cosmos. - - Jean-Pierre Levet: Les Constellations Anthropomorphes de l' Hémisphère Nord et l' Astrosophie chez Ptolémée. - - Part 2: Ancient Egyptian Religon, Art, History and Their Celestial Undertones: Jean-Pierre Pätznick: La Déesse d'Eléphantine à l'Epoque Thinite : Tabouisation Locale du Nom Divin. - -Tatjana A. Sherkova: Sacral Numbers in Ancient Egypt : Historical and Psychological Study. - - Azzazy/Ezzat: The Sycamore in Ancient Egypt - Textual, Iconographic & Archaeopalynological Thoughts. - - Ahmed Mansour: Notes on the role of Htm(w)/Htmty-Ntr in Turquoise Mining Expeditions. - - Dina 'El-Gabry: A Fragmentary Dyad of Penwah and of his Wife Meryt : Cairo Museum JE 27955, CG 1003. - - Hamdy Ahmed 'El-Sorogy: The Flea Insect as a New Symbol for God Seth. - - Hedvig Györy: On the History of Feline Amulets - A Preliminary Study of Cat Amulets. - - Detlev Quintern: The Lion and the Mouse - Travelling Ethics. - - Sophia Tsourinaki: Between Dionysos and Christ : Cosmological Images on a Hellenistic Fulnerary Textile. - - Ashraf-Alexandre Sadek: De la Spiritualité des Anciens Egyptiens à la Spiritualité Chrétienne. - - Youhanna N. Youssef: The Date of Consecration of the Sanctuary of Patriarch Benjamin. - - Manto Papaioannou: Psychostasia in Byzantine Art through the Iconography of Archangel Michael. - - Part III: Egyptian Mathematics, Medicine, Archaeoanthropology and Egyptomania: Irem Aslan-Seyhan: Considerations on the Study of Ancient Egyptian Mathematics in Modern Turkey. - - Stephanos Geroulanos: An Introduction to Alexandrian Medicine and Surgery. - - Constantinos Triantaphyllidis: The Genetic History of Hellas, Egypt and of the Near East and the DNA Study of King Tut'ankhamun. - - Adam Lukaszewicz. One more Hand that rocked the Cradle of Egyptology - Count Jan Potocki. - - Mladen Tomorad: Aegyptiaca and Various Forms of Egyptomania in Croatia. - - Antigoni Maniati: Brief CV and list of Publication of Prof. Dr Dr Alicia Maravelia. - - Evi Batra: Epilogue - Dr Dr Alicia Maravelia and the Association of Greek Women Scientists.

Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. Paul Hullmeine (ed). Pages: 479 p. Illustrations:10 b/w, 4 tables b/w. Language(s):English, Arabic. Publication Year:2024. Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-60717-7. Hardback -- Summary Ptolemy's Almagest (2nd century AD) is the most influential work of ancient and medieval astronomy. This work, however, does not tell us the full story about its author's views of the heavens. After completing the Almagest, Ptolemy turned his attention to a physical investigation of celestial motions. The result is the Planetary Hypotheses, a bold attempt to provide a celestial physics that coheres with the mathematical account of astronomical observations in his Almagest. This book provides the first complete critical edition and English translation of the Arabic version of the Planetary Hypotheses, which is lost for the most part in its original Greek. It furthermore provides an extensive commentary on the whole work, which situates the Planetary Hypotheses within the context of its time and investigates philosophical ideas central to the work. These include the epistemic value of mathematics relative to natural philosophy, and the shape, number, and dynamics of the celestial bodies. The book also investigates the influence of the Planetary Hypotheses on a wide range of medieval Arabic astronomical and philosophical works from the 9th to the 13th century AD. The upshot is to establish the Planetary Hypotheses as a crucial text for understanding the history of philosophy and science from Greek antiquity to the Arabic Middle Ages TABLE OF CONTENTS I Introduction II Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, and the Physical Reality of the Celestial Bodies III The Dynamics of Celestial Motions IV Conclusion V The Arabic Version of the Planetary Hypotheses: Edition and Translation VI Commentary Glossary Bibliography Index.

First edition in German, splendidly bound, of Fuchs's monumental herbal. This vernacular edition was extensively revised and enlarged with six additional illustrations and a new index. With these changes and its stronger medicinal focus, "the book's nature and the function of pictures within were transformed" (Kusukawa, p. 133). First printed in Latin the year before as De historia stirpium, this work is "one of the landmarks of pre-Linnaean herbal-botanical literature" (Norman), not least for containing the first printed glossary of botanical terms. It encompasses over 400 German species and 100 foreign species of plants, most of which were drawn from samples in Fuchs's personal garden, even those of typically exotic origin. For each plant, Fuchs provides a detailed description of their characteristics, habitats, uses, and relevant appearances in classical and medieval accounts. Of particular note is the inclusion of several recently discovered species from the New World, such as pumpkin, watermelon, chilli peppers, and maize (which he believed was native to Turkey). By describing these for the first time in print, Fuchs is said to have "initiated the history of some American plants" (Hunt). For the illustrations, Fuchs employed three artists: Albrecht Meyer, who drew the plants from life, Heinrich Füllmaurer, who transferred the images to woodblocks, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, who undertook the woodcutting. Very unusually for the period, portraits of these men appear at the end of the book - "one of the earliest examples of such a tribute paid to artists in a printed book" (PMM). The woodcuts of the plants are to scale and include their root systems and, often, sample-specific details such as leaves damaged by insects. They "established a standard of plant illustration which has been followed until our own day" (ibid.). In his introduction to the first German edition, Fuch explains that he revised the Latin work specifically for the medical needs of the German-speaking "common man" ("der gemeine Mann"), and that he had spared no expense in doing so. Some of the formal apparatus of the text was abbreviated to accommodate longer descriptions of the plants, and a new index of disease names in German was added to facilitate finding remedies. "There was a stronger focus on medicinal effects of plants: arguments in the Latin text appealing to pictures for the identification of the Petasites, for instance, disappeared, but the medicinal virtues of the Pestilenzwurz were extolled. The exotic plants were described as having become common in the German lands. It was no longer a universal history of plants for the Galenic good doctor", but a book for a much broader audience (Kusukawa, p. 133). The six new woodcuts for this edition illustrate "Hunerbis", "Spitziger Wegerich", "klein Schlangen Kraut", "Knabenkrautweible", "das Mittel", and "Kuchenschell". The blind-stamped design on this binding reflects the contemporary German taste for finely detailed ornamental rolls arranged to form a sequence of frames. The tools on the covers are not recorded in EBDB and therefore cannot be attributed to a specific workshop. The biblical scenes appearing here (the crucifixion, resurrection, fall of man, and Nehushtan) were popular designs at the time and especially during the second half of the 16th century; heads in roundels were also popular, although this specific roll is unusual in depicting both men and women. Two comparable bindings featuring similar rolls arranged in a similar fashion are held by the Biblioteca dell'Archiginnasio in Bologna (shelf numbers 4.D.I.12 and 7.L.III.10, respectively produced in Saxony and Southern Germany). The content leaves bear a watermark depicting a Baselstab ("rod of Basel"); this symbol was introduced by paper makers in Basel in the 1520s and is typical of paper produced in that city in this period. The watermark on the endpapers, depicting a heraldic eagle with wings displayed and within a circular border, is not recorded in Bernstein, Briquet, or WZIS; the closest example we have traced is WZISDE1185-S2059_40, dated c.1650. Provenance: from the library of the German doctor Christian Daniel Jung of Kirchen (1801-1858), with his ownership inscription on the title page. Jung studied mathematics, physics, medicine and chemistry, later working as a general practitioner, surgeon, and obstetrician. He also wrote on history, publishing a work describing a public execution carried out in Kirchen in 1785 (Letzten Hochnotpeinlichen Halsgerichts, 1785). Adams 1107; Cleveland Herbal Collection 62; Nissen 659; Norman 1808; Printing and the Mind of Man 69 (Latin ed.); VD16 F 3243. Sachiko Kusukawa, Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, Text, and Argument in Sixteenth-Century Human Anatomy and Medical Botany, 2012. Folio (240 x 800 mm): 6 6 4 a-z6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 AA6 BB8; 444 leaves, unnumbered. Full-page woodcut portrait of Fuchs on title page verso, woodcut portraits of Füllmaurer, Meyer, and Speckle on leaf BB7 verso, 517 woodcuts of plants, of which 2 printed without ink - a curious printer's error - resulting in blind impression only on Bb2 verso and BbX recto, printer's device on title page and verso of last leaf, woodcut initials. Contemporary German blind-stamped calf over bevelled boards, spine with 5 blind-ruled raised bands, later paper label lettered in manuscript in second compartment, covers triple blind-ruled to a panel design, outer border with roll of biblical scenes, including the fall of man (lettered "peccatum"), the crucifixion ("satisfatio"), the resurrection ("iustificacio"), the Nehushtan (unlettered), second border with roll of five heads in roundels and vases, third border with tendrils and leaves, central panel with same roll of biblical scenes enclosed by bands with fleurons, engraved brass clasps and catch-plates. Binding sometime discreetly repaired at spine ends, joints, and corners, original clasps and straps reattached and anchor plates renewed, title page.

Boston [1897], Millet. Red cloth spines over stiff wrappers, 15 vol. set, 382p.,29 of 30 hand colored albumen photos +215 b.w. collotype photos by Tamamura,15 color flower collotypes by K. Ogawa. folio size:32 x 39.5 cm .*FIRST & ONLY EDITION* . *** **** *** . . .A STUNNINGLY EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF OLD JAPAN . . WITH . . 29 HAND-COLORED 8 X 10" ORIGINAL ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS . . & 215 BLACK & WHITE COLLOTYPE TEXT PHOTOS . . BY THE EMINENT JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER K. TAMAMURA . . . PLUS . . 30 FULL-PAGE COLOR COLLOTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS . . BY JAPAN'S MOST CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER, K. OGAWA . . . INCLUDING . . . 15 FULL-PAGE TEXTILE PATTERNS IN COLOR . . * THE TEXT AUTHOR: CAPTAIN FRANCIS [Frank] BRINKLEY 1841-1912; . He was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor, scholar, Military advisor & journalist who resided in Meiji period [1968-1912] Japan for over 40 years. . In 1867 Captain Brinkley returned to Japan, never again to return home. Attached to the British-Japanese Legation and still an officer in the Royal Artillery, he was assistant military attaché to the Japanese Embassy. . He resigned his commission in 1871 to take up the post of foreign advisor to the new Meiji government and taught artillery techniques to the new Imperial Japanese Navy at the Naval Gunnery School. . Brinkley was one of a very few westerners who actually mastered the Japanese language soon after his arrival, and both spoke and wrote it well. This may account for the Japanese naval success over Russia in 1904! . In 1878 he was invited to teach mathematics at the Imperial College of Engineering, which later became part of Tokyo Imperial University, remaining in this post for two and a half years. . In the same year he married Yasuko Tanaka, the daughter of a former Samurai from the Mito clan. They were the parents of two daughters and a son named Jack Ronald Brinkley [1887 - 1964]. . In 1881 until his death he owned and edited the JAPAN MAIL, Mail a newspaper, receiving financial support from the Japanese government and consequently maintaining a pro-Japanese stance. The newspaper was perhaps the most influential and widely read English language newspaper in the Far East. . He was an eminent author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. See below for more details. . *** RARITY: This set is highly collectable, seldom found, among his RAREST sets, most of his works consist of 10 volumes, this being a 15 volume set was issued in a small edition. With excellent photos & illustrations of Japan. . *** SUBJECTS & CONTENTS: An eclectic work, covering all of aspects of Japan, Japanese life, people, costumes, famous scenery, Mt. Fuji, costume, customs, trades, textiles, tattooed men, rice culture, Ikebana Zen flower arrangement, tea, musical instruments, dancers, women, gardens & many Yokohama views. . Additionally includes silk culture & weaving, arms, armor & Samurai, flowers in color, theatre, actors, Sumo, landscape, Kimono & other garments, Kyoto, Tokyo, Kobe, Nagasaki, architecture, bronzes and too many to list. . Views of famous places, daily activities, toil, work, trades, farming, commerce, household activities and much more. . A keen insight to the Japanese with essays by their scholars in English. . *** LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED BY TWO EMINENT JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS: . K. OGAWA IMAGES: Each volume begins with 15 beautiful full-page color collotype photo of a flowers. . T. TAMAMURA IMAGES: Followed by followed by 2 hand-tinted albumen large size photos per volume [29 of 30] present, each is large size: 8 x 10 inches, each with separate caption sheet. . They show portraits, famous scenic spots, famous people, sights and much more. . Followed by 215 black and white text collotype photographs. . These photos show interiors of homes, art works, country scenery, activities of daily life, and a host of other views on Japan in the late 19th century. . * This work is a fascinating insight to the Japanese and their way of life, culture and the results of western influences from abroad. . An excellent primary visual source for Japan prior to her modernization and huge leap into the western--influenced new world. . A superb photographic essay capturing stunning images of old Meiji period [1968-1912] Japan, by her two most iconic photographers. . *** CONTENTS OF THE 15 SECTION/VOLUME SET: . This title was edited by Captain Francis Brinkley. . The table of contents is found on the last page of volume 15. Volume 1 begins with page 1, and each volume continues the pagination to the end on volume 15 as page 382, the set is complete. . Introduction by Arthur J. Mundy . Chapter.1: THE EMPIRE, ITS SIZE, BUILDINGS, CITIES & SCENERY . Edited by Captain Francis Brinkley. . Chapter 2. THE EARLY JAPANESE AND THEIR HISTORY. . Chapter 3. ditto above, concluded. Lacking 1 of 2 color . albumen photos. . Chapter 4: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOKUGAWA DYNASTY AND . JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH THE ORIENT IN THE EARLY . AGES OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA. . Chapter.5: JAPAN'S DEBT TO CONTINENTAL NEIGHBORS IN EARLY . ERAS. . Chapter 6: MEDIAEVAL JAPAN . Chapter 7: YOSHITSUNE, GENGHIS AND THE MONGOL INVASION . Chapter 7: ditto above, concluded. . Chapter 8: CREEDS AND CASTES . Chapter 9: RELIGION AND RITES . Chapter 10: SUPERSTITIONS AND DIVINATION . Chapter 11: FESTIVALS . Chapter 12. OBSERVANCES AND PASTIMES . Chapter 12. ditto concluded . Chapter 13: JAPAN'S COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL INTERCOURSE . WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. . Chapter 13. ditto above, concluded . Chapter 14. THE ATTITUDE OF JAPAN TOWARD FOREIGN RESIDENTS, . JAPANESE FINANCE. . Chapter 14. ditto above, concluded . Chapter 15: MODERN JAPAN IN BRIEF. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY TWO ICONIC JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS: . TAMAMURA KOZABURO [1856-1923?] & OGAWA Kazumasa [1860-1929]: . He worked in his Yokohama studio & provided images, albums and photographic service to both Japanese and mostly his foreign clie.