2312 - 2379 VARIA. EROTICA, FASHION and COSTUME, JUDAICA, OCCULTISM, SPORTS, TEXTILES, THEOLOGY etc.
- First/ final few pages w. offsetting from (sl. dam.) dustwr.
AND 1 other: J.V. ANDREAE, Die Chymische Hochzeit des Christian Rosenkreuz (Basel, 1987, 4th ed., plates, orig. cl.).
- Owner's entry on title-p.; trifle foxed. Lacks portion of backstrip; traces of tape at foot of spine.
- Cloth partly (sl.) sunned. = With loosely inserted index booklet (9,(7)p., orig. wr.).
- All vols. backstrip sl. foxed.
= Facs. reprint of the 2nd ed. (1970). I. Die Weisheitslehre des heiligen Graal; II. Homo Coelestis; III. Universum; IV. Das Grosse Zeichen.
AND 3 others, i.a. C. GILLY, Adam Haslmayr. Der erste Verkünder der Manifeste der Rosenkreuzer (Amst., 1994, (facs.) plates, orig. cl.).
- Endpapers and fore-edge sl. foxed; upper hinge weak.
= Rare work on spiritualism by the English naturalist A.R. Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, with chapters on i.a. animal magnetism, clairvoyance, apparitions, phantasms. Crabtree 979 (1st ed. London, 1875).
- Hinges weak; two lvs. loose; sl. yellowed; title foxed and w. paper ticket. Joints splitting; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Extremely rare postal stamp catalogue, covering all countries and regions of the globe.
= Impressive and very rare thesis.
Evans, R. The Fabrication of Virtue. English Prison Architecture 1750-1840. Cambridge, University Press, 1982, 1st ed., 464p., 218 ills., orig. gilt boards w. pict. dustwr., sm. 4to. Ignatieff, M. A just Measure of Pain. The Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850. New York, Pantheon Books, 1978, 257p., 26 ills., orig. cl. w. pict. dustwr., sm. 4to. - AND 4 others on prisons and punishment, i.a. R. MORRIS, Prisons (Past-into-Present-Series) (London, 1976, 59 ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., sm. 4to) and R. BERENDS a.o., Arbeid ter disciplinering en bestraffing (Zutphen, 1984, 28 ills., orig. pict. limp boards, sm. 4to).
- Two vols. w. large owner's entry on upper pastedown; one vol. w. 2 library stamps on title-p. and binding sl. rubbed/ soiled.
= Racing and Steeple-Chasing (1887, 2nd ed.); Riding/ Polo (1891, 1st ed.); Cricket (1904, 7th ed.).
- Occas. (water)stained in inner margin; some foxing. Covers sl. worn; paper over boards loosening.
= Interleaved copy, w. contemp. Dutch annots. Rare edition, not in Van der Linde and A. Rueb Stichting.
ADDED: 2 other (early) 20th cent. works on chess.
- Good/ fine copy.
- Lacks wrappers.
= A rare treatise on the art of swimming, considered from a sientific point of view in 10 propositions. Nothing could be found about its author. Abo is the present city Turku in Finland.
- Without text vol. = Very rare publication on the art of swimming.
- Lacks 3 samples; occas. foxed; partly sl. waterst. in (blank) margin. Backstrip dam.
= Trade-catalogue of the chemical manufacturer Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik. With dedication leaf to "Monsieur Lombard (...) pour usage personnel."
AND 1 other trade-catalogue by I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft (Frankf. a.M., ±1910, 6 lvs. w. 144 col. samples of cotton, bound as a leporello, orig. cl., large 8vo).
- Fine copy of this trade-catalogue. = Rare.
- Occas. sl. foxed, otherwise fine. Owner's entry "J. de Vidal de St Germain" on ticket on frontcover.
= With examples of threads in various materials and thicknesses, each accompanied by a handwritten explanation of the properties of said thread type.
- Album worn; samples sl. frayed.
= Contains samples for curtains and furniture upholstery, partly with nice Jugendstil motifs.
AND 1 other album containing cloth samples w. passementaries.
- Some offsetting. Upper joint splitting; backstrip rubbed.
= An insightful album showing examples of dyed textiles (mostly cotton and wool) in many vibrant shades, well-preserved due to lack of exposure to sunlight. Incl. annotations on which synthetic dyes were used - occas. with full recipes for dye baths and pastes - popularized after the invention of "mauveine" (a purple aniline dye) in 1856 by the then 18-year-old W.H. Perkins. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Lacks 1 leaf w. samples and 5 separate samples; 1 leaf loose.
= Rare fashion trade-catalogue with textile samples for suits and summer dresses, i.a. shantung, toile, ottoman, satin cotton, poplin, tweed, taffeta and wool, with accomp. situational sketches.
- Some samples sl. soiled. Binding sl. chafed/ rubbed. Good and complete copy.
= Trade-catalogue of dyestuffs manufacturer F. Bayer with various samples of dyed semi-silk and wool-silk fabrics.