Commentary Maria (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Uncorrected Proof of these letters - "from its first ebullient pages to the tragic finale, an important book that has the weight, scope, and richness of a major autobiography". Preface by Elia Kazan. Illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. DJ has some light scuffing.

First edition Fine and bright in close to fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Covers have slight smudging, a creased corner, and sticker residue. ; Uncorrected proof.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Small paperback edition with ight wear and a few small creases to cover. In Spanish.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. -----------Navy cloth covers with gilt cover design of head with either hair or horns. Book is 10 1/2" x 8". 216 pages. The book begins with introduction, after that the entire book is full-page b/w plates. . . . . . . Book VERY GOOD CONDITION, solid binding and clean bright fresh book. no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 264pp.; HB red w/gilt; some rub w/stains on covers; bookplate, bk.pastedwn.; clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.&white-photocover; rubbed w/wear on edges. 240 illus. Part of 'Buildings of Europe Series'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 407pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Remainder mark, light foxing on page edges, cloth edges lightly sunned, very good in a fine dust jacket. Letters from Williams to his closest friend, the woman who was the inspiration for Maggie in *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback, 4to, 324pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, red cloth gilt, Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0788504126.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. German language. 4.76x0.79x7.40 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: New. W. W. Norton,1939. 130 pages.New Soft cover. 7.75"x5.0". be20.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 179p Size: 26cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Maria Sibylla Merian (illustrator). Limited edition, limited to 1000 copies, this is number 14. Produced by The Folio Society in 2006. 91 facsimile illustrations recreated from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum, originally gifted to the museum by Sir Hans Sloane. Peter The Great also collected the works for The Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg. Quarter bound with green Nigerian goatskin leather to the spine, black leather title label lettered in gilt, cloth sides with a beautiful design by David Eccles, based on plate 38, in gilt, silver, and black, of Cancytius antaeus, or the Giant Sphinx Moth. Illustrations printed on high quality Furioso paper, which has a close appearance and feel to the original vellum that the illustrations were painted on. Printed at the Cambridge University Press and hand bound by Smith Settle, Yorkshire. Together with the commentary volume, bound in dark green cloth, printed on high quality laid paper, with an introduction by Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at The British Museum, all housed in a buckram solander case with black leather gilt title label to the spine. Very large folio, the box measures 57x39.5x10.5cm. Weighing approximately 12kg. Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering naturalist and artist whose meticulous observations helped to transform our understanding of the natural world. At a time when insects were widely dismissed as "beasts of the devil" that spontaneously emerged from mud, she spent decades breeding and studying them. Her illustrations and research provided clear, documented evidence of metamorphosis, proving that caterpillars, cocoons, and butterflies were different stages of the same living creature. Her unique contribution to science was her ecological approach to illustration. While other artists of the 17th century drew specimens in isolation, Merian depicted insects alongside the specific plants they fed upon, effectively creating the first visual records of food chains and host-plant relationships. This holistic view of nature moved beyond simple classification toward an understanding of how different species interact within an ecosystem. At the age of 52, Merian shattered social norms by funding her own scientific expedition to Suriname in 1699, an unprecedented feat for a woman traveling without a male protector. During her two years in the South American rainforests, she documented exotic species and local indigenous knowledge. During this time she produced the 91 watercolour plates featuring here. She went on to write the book; Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, a work which included a number of the illustrations from this collection of watercolours. Today, she is celebrated as a "Mother of Biology" whose work laid the foundation for modern entomology and influenced the classification systems of Carl Linnaeus. Many naturalists have named new species in her honour, including three butterflies - Opsiphanes cassina merianae, Heliconius melpomene, and Catasticta sibyllae, plus The Cuban Sphinx moth, a shield bug, an orchid bee, two spiders, a genus of mantises, a lizard, a toad, and even a subspecies of African Stonechat birds, plus a genus of flowering plants; Meriania, found in Central and South America and the Caribbean, plus another flowering plant found in South Africa; Watsonia meriana. Condition - The books are in fine condition, the slipcase has a few scuffs and marks, and some bumping to the edges, very good. Also comes with the three loose prints housed in their original paper envelope in fine condition. Very large and heavy book which may require additional postage for some international locations (possibly cheaper for some others). Please feel free to contact me for further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Fine condition. Issued in a limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, of which this example is lettered 'J' as part of 20 additional lettered copies 'not for sale'. Elephant folio facsimile volume with accompanying small quarto commentary volume, together with three fine-art prints selected from The Surinam Album, all housed in the publisher's clamshell box. The elephant folio is quarter bound in leather, with gilt and silver-foil blocking to the spine and a decorative gilt and silver illustration to the upper board. It contains 91 superb facsimile reproductions of Maria Sibylla Merian's original watercolours. The volume is in fine condition. The commentary volume by Julie Harvey includes a biographical study of Merian alongside detailed commentary on the plates. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator, renowned for her pioneering work on insect metamorphosis. At the age of 52 she travelled to Suriname, spending two years documenting its flora and fauna, much of which had not previously been scientifically recorded. This work resulted in 91 watercolour plates, the first sixty later published as engravings in Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. The watercolours reproduced in this facsimile are taken from the British Museum's collection, originally assembled by Sir Hans Sloane, and are presented in the same sequence as the original engravings.

Quarter-Leather. Condition: Like New. Maria Sibylla Merian (illustrator). limited to 1,750 numbered copies. Half-bound in blue leather with buckram sides printed with diaperwork pattern. Separate leather title label blocked with a design by David Eccles in gold, red and blue. Gilded on all three edges, with a ribbon marker. Presented together with the Commentary volume by Professor Michelle P. Brown in a buckram-bound solander box with a leather title label. Printed on Swiss-made Furioso paper. Over 150 images, 84 manuscript pages. Book size: 11½ x 8½".

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. Tall quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slipcase is in good conditon wth spots and scuffs to covers. 176 p. with index and many color illus. of flowers, crabs, shells, dendrites, insects,etc.

Hardcover. First edition thus. 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), folios, green leatherette with gilt title and ornaments; 277 leaves (i.e. 554 pp. facsimile), 166 pp. (commentary), slipcase. Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established following the reconquest of Spain from years of Moorish dominance. Text was written by the Bishop of Huesca, Vidal de Canellas for King James I of Aragon and Catalonia. Originally written in Latin this manuscript is a translation into the Navarro-Aragonese vernacular language. The original, the only extant copy of this text, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Shipping weight is approximately 7 kilos or 15.5 pounds and extra shipping charge will be necessary). Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 16th edition. 2 vols. 1625p; 1836p. A set of two small hardcover books bound in full brown leather with attached ribbon bookmarks. Very good condition. Gilt text on covers is lightly chafed; bottom corners rubbed on second book. Owner's gift inscriptions on front and back endpapers in the second book; small pen scribbles on page 566 in second book as well. Rest of text clean. Both volumes have tight binding. A two-volume Catholic missal in Spanish,"Festivo" and "Diario." All text, including the Ordo, is in Spanish only (no Latin). Both volumes measure approx. 6.4" x 4.5". The "Festivo" volume has an Imprimatur dated May 1, 1978, and "Diario" has an Imprimatur dated January 5, 1973.