Schmidt Frederic Samuel (6 results)

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good+. [First Edition]. [First Edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Collection of Antiquities found in Avenches, Culm and other places in Switzerland. Includes newspaper clippings of archaeological finds in France and beyond of ancient burial and dig sites. Also Pirages catalog listing tag for this volume pasted in. First edition of this important account of Schmidt's excavations in Schwitzerland, mainly finds in the former Roman settlements, the towns of Aventicum (colonized under Vespasian) and Culm. - "Un des meilleurs ouvrages qu'on eut publi?s jusqu'alors sur les antiquitees de la Suisse." (Brunet V:210). The works was reprinted in 1771 under a slightly different title. Fr?d?ric-Samuel Schmidt de Rossan, born in Bern in 1737 and died in Frankfurt am Main in 1796, was a Swiss scholar. Admitted to the evangelical ministry in 1761, Schmidt promptly abandoned theology to devote himself to the study of antiquities. Appointed, in 1762, honorary professor of antiquities at Basle, he was, in 1765, summoned to Karlsruhe with the title of director of the margrave's library. He ended up settling in Frankfurt-am-Main where he carried out various diplomatic missions. Head and tail/edgewear, chipping to spine (minimal loss), scattered minor foxing internally, otherwise tight, bright, and unmarred. Full contemporary speckled calf, with 35 plates, Quarto, 4to, 118, [8], pp with errata at rear, foldout plates. With clippings and annotations pasted in on front boards, endpapers, dated 1899-1900. Owner/institutional bookplate at front pastedown.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. 8vo, 118, (3 index), pp, 35 folding engreveds plates. Uncuted, bound in contemporary cartonné, unsophisticated copy. Schmidt was born in 1737 in Bern. After studying theology, he devoted himself to archeology and Egyptology. In its founding year 1759 he became a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In 1760 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. In 1762 he was appointed professor honorarius of antiquities in Basel. From 1764 he worked in Karlsruhe as Director of the Public Library and the Margrave's Coin and Natural History Cabinet. 1769 Schmidt came as a diplomat of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach to Frankfurt am Main, where he served as Markgräflicher Baden secret Legationrath and Resident. In 1783 he was appointed to the Hesse-Cassel secret council and Upper Rhine district envoy and resident and Pfalz-Sulzbachian secret counselor and resident of Frankfurt am Mayn. On September 18, 1790, the Palatinate Bavarian Imperial Vicariate elevated him to the status of Imperial Baron.

Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Very Good Condition. First Edition. Full contemporary speckled calf, light wear, slightly dry but sound. Scattered minor foxing internally. With 35 plates, one with a minor tear in the gutter, minor foxing, very clean overall. 118, [8], pp with errata at rear. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Archaeology. Inventory No: 046182.

Klein-4°. 56 S. und 34 (1 gefalteten) von Adrian Zingg gestochenen Tafeln. Marmorierter Kalblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückenschild, klassizistischer Rückenvergoldung und Deckelfiletierung Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung und Ganzgoldschnitt. Brunet V, 210. - Haller IV, 228. - Lonchamp 2413. - Zweite, veränderte Ausgabe. Erschien erstmals 1760 bei Samuel Wagner in Bern mit abweichenden Tafeln. Nur die zweite Auflage enthält die Kupfer von Zingg. Friedrich Samuel Schmidt (1737 - 1796) studierte Theologie und Aegyptologie. Er war mehrfacher Preisträger der Académie des Incriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris.Er wurde Professor in Basel, später in Karlsruhe, trat in den diplomatischen Dienst des Marktgrafenvon Baden Durlachund wurde 1790 in den Adelsstand erhoben. - Die vorliegende Publikation war die erste Veröffentlichung zu den römischen Funden der grössten römischen Siedlung der Schweiz sowie zu den Funden aus Oberkulm, Kt. Aargau. Die erste Tafel zu den Funden von Kulm dürfte die erste bildliche Darstellung einer archäologischen Grabung in der Schweiz sein. Der ursprüngliche Vermerk "tome premier" wurde im vorliegenden Exemplar ausgeschnitten und alt mit weissem Papier unterlegt. Titelblatt mit kleinem Stempel. Einbandkanten und Ecken leicht berieben und bestossen. Sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: französisch.

Bern, Abraham Wagner, Fils, 1760. 4to. Contemp. blank boards. A fw scratches to covers and a small inkspot on frontcover. (1),118,(2),(1) pp. and 35, partly folded, engraved plates. A faint small spot on titlepage, otherwise clean and fine, printed on good paper. First edition of this importent account of Schmidt's excavations in Schwitzerland, mainly finds in the former Roman settlements, the towns of Aventicum (colonized under Vespasian) and Culm. - "Un des meilleurs ouvrages qu'on eut publiés jusqu'alors sur les antiquitees de la Suisse." (Brunet V:210). The works was reprinted in 1771 under a slightly different title.

8°, 1 Bl., 118 S., 5 Bl. Späterer Hldrbd. Vorsatz und Titel mit kl. Stempel. Haller IV/228, Brunet V/210. Frisches und breitrandiges Exemplar. + + + Achtung: Für unsere Kunden in Deutschland erfolgt der Versand in der Regel verzollt vierzehntäglich ab Deutschland. + Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden. + Bitte fragen Sie uns an. Danke + + +.