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Tree in turn, at MacFall's instigation, commissioned him to supply the illustrations for Thoughts and Afterthoughts, his volume of reminiscences; Fraser became more and more acquainted with the theatre world, marrying the American born actress, Grace Inez Crawford and her career interests contributed to Fraser's increased involvement in theatre and costume design. 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Wishing to become an artist, she attended Manchester Art School and, from 1904, Chelsea's Royal College of Art. Her work, which combined socialist realism and Pre-Raphaelite allegory, was influenced by her art teacher, Walter Crane. Following Pankhurst's arrival in London, her parents' friend, Keir Hardie, became an important figure in her life. On his return from visiting India in 1909, he discussed with her his findings and opinions. Increasingly involved with the Women's Social and Political Union, Pankhurst devoted her energies from 1906 onward to fighting for women's suffrage, becoming known for her militancy. 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Fries was considered without doubt the richest man in the Habsburg Empire in the years surrounding 1800.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe splendid engraved plates were elaborately illuminated, each with rich botanical and architectural decoration extending beyond the engraved matter. In addition, the copy has been enhanced by the addition of 15 original watercolours (all in vols. V and VI), whereas the regular copies contain only prints. The only verifiable complete copies, in the Austrian National Library (ÖNB) and the Bavarian State Library (BSB), show less splendid decoration, with only three watercolours each in the respective volumes and no watercolour borders whatsoever. The Fideicommissum collection in the ÖNB holds 5 illuminated volumes of Spalowsky's work, with volume V containing the highest number of watercolours among all copies available for comparison. As the final volume is lacking in the Fideicommissum collection, the eight watercolours and splendid framings of vol. VI of Fries's copy are probably unique. Since 1932, the only copies traceable at auction were those at Ketterer, 2017 (vols I-IV) and Christie's, 2012 (vols I-III). The volumes sold in 2017, along with the ones at the ÖNB and BSB, belong to the normal edition without the watercolour embellishment and the artist's colouring, while the copy sold at Christie's would seem to have been at least comparable to Fries's in respect to its décor. However, neither the Christie's copy nor any of the others discussed above include any original watercolours, which are to be found in that of Fries's alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe splendid bird illustrations surrounded by landscape motifs and architectural decoration are labelled in red ink, identifying the animals' German and scientific names. The labelling is sometimes overpainted, suggesting that the decision to extend the watercolour décor was made at a later stage. The engravings were produced by five artists, among whom were Benedikt Piringer and Sámuel Czetter. In vol. V of the Fideicommissum copy, Piringer signed one of the watercolours, showing that he provided templates for the engravers and contributed to the colouring. Spalowsky's \u003cem\u003eNaturgeschichte der Vögel\u003c\/em\u003e was planned as part of a large natural history publication. In a subscription announcement from 1791 the surgeon and army physician advertised the plates showing species \"previously not illustrated by any author\" and promises the vivid, realistic colour 'of the originals'. A large proportion of the species depicted, including four falcons, originate from Asia, mostly from India and China, and are not to be found in Brisson's or Buffon's works. 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With the rare portolan chart lacking from most copies, including that in the National Archives and both copies in recent auction records (Christie's 2012 and 2016). \u003cem\u003eNautica mediterranea\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1602 and reissued here with only the date on the title page altered, as the colophon bears the original date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePortolan charts originated in the 13th century as navigational aids for sailors in the Mediterranean, and are characterised by rhumb lines, which radiate in the direction of wind or compass points to aid in laying courses between different places on the chart. Crescenzi states in this publication that, 'he has personally experienced the errors in traditional charts [caused by magnetic declination across the Mediterranean] thanks to his period as a hydrographer on the galleys of the Papal fleet (from 1588 to 1593) and other voyages made as a passenger and observer in the period 1594-95. Crescenzio argues that magnetic declination was zero in the Azores and rose gradually and uniformly from Gibralter to the eastern Mediterranean... He propose to correct this by rotating the axis eight degrees clockwise around the Azores as fixed center... The work is accompanied by a printed nautical chart, which dates from 1596 but is the result of the application of the theories subsequently outlined in detail within the 1602 publication itself' (Astengo, 'The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean', The History of Cartography, volume 3, pp. 196-197).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to mapping, the text covers numerous other maritime matters, including the construction of galleys and nautical warfare, and includes two functioning volvelles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecond edition; 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to (248 x 177 mm); folding portolan map, 2 volvelles, 3 engraved folding plates, engravings, woodcuts, and letterpress tables throughout the text, headpieces and decorative initials, portolan chart and final gathering of the second part mounted on a stub but with old dampstain matching the rest of the text and rear endpapers, repaired tear across a third of the portolan chart with some loss filled in, and a few other small repairs and closed tears and some spotting, Nn4 torn with loss in the lower margin not affecting the text, small worming spots in the margin from Dd2 through Ggg sometimes slightly affecting the marginal notes, Y3 and Y4 misbound after X4, spotting and dampstaining; contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, vellum worn, creased, and darkened, particularly at the spine and edges, and with some small areas of loss, marks, and spots, very good condition; 534 \u0026amp; 63pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CRESCENZI, Bartolomeo.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54997603942775,"sku":"115678","price":37500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/115678_01_02bc42ca-761c-49f1-b67b-05e63ecba76c.jpg?v=1790702940"},{"product_id":"bela-szilard-radium-radioaktivitas-first-edition-1905-115254","title":"Radium és Radioaktivitas.","description":"First edition of the first book on radioactivity published in Hungarian. Rare, Worldcat locates only a single institutional copy at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Béla Szilárd graduated with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Budapest in 1904. Between 1907 and 1910 he worked at the Curie laboratory in Paris, then spent the First World War at the Instituto de Radioactividad of the University of Madrid, returning to Paris in 1920. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSzilárd 'carried out some experiments on special forensic photography, on the measurement of Roentgen rays, and on the determination of the appropriate doses for medical applications... he collected data and published a map of the spread of radioactive substances around the world' and 'constructed electrometers for specialised usage of radioactive measurements and performed experiments with them' (Palló, 'Isotope Research Before Isotopy', Hungarian Academy of Science, 2008). 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The laboratory has remained a leader in physics research up to the present day, and was responsible for numerous twentieth century breakthroughs, including electronic enrichment of uranium for the Manhattan Project, the discovery of the transuranic elements and the anti-proton, and measurement of the cosmic microwave background radiation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking place around 1950 (none of the reference sources listed in the text have publication dates past 1949), the present course begins with relatively basic concepts in electrical engineering and proceeds to linear accelerators, the cyclotron, and beta ray spectrographs. Of the fourteen lectures, three were presented by Nobel Prize winners:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7, Ionization: Emilio Segré (1905-1989) discovered the antiproton and the elements technetium and astatine. An Italian Jew, he was made stateless by the Mussolini government in 1938 while on a visit to Berkeley, and was offered a position at the Radiation Laboratory. Between 1943 and 1946 he worked at Los Alamos, after which he returned to Berkeley until his retirement in 1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10, General Accelerator Considerations: Edwin McMillan (1907-1991) was, with Glenn Seaborg, the first to produce a transuranic element, neptunium. He joined the Radiation Laboratory in 1933 and during the Second World War worked on microwave radar and the Manhattan Project. When hostilities ended he returned to Berkeley, co-developed the synchrotron, and became director of the laboratory after Lawrence's death in 1958.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12, Linear Accelerators: Louis Alvarez (1911-1988) was a pioneer who made fundamental discoveries in physics through his development of the hydrogen bubble chamber. 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While his colleagues tended to specialise in the making of globes, mathematical instruments, sun-dials, or mechanical devices, Bion was able to supply all these articles, whatever they might be, of excellent quality... Unique among his fellow instrument makers in this respect, he wrote several books which achieved great success, and perhaps contributed even more than his instruments, to making his name' (Daumas, \u003cem\u003eScientific Instruments of the 17th \u0026amp; 18th Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e, p. 79).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present volume 'gives a fairly exhaustive survey of the instruments which a workshop in the first quarter of the eighteen the century was able to offer its clients... The book was intended for the amateur public and its success was due to both the widespread interest shown in mechanics and astronomy, and to the fact that it was adapted to the practical needs of land surveyors and military engineers' (Knight p. 80). 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The contents are well-illustrated and include sections on the general principles of electrical technology, legal and regulatory issues, and technical details of applications like lighting, heating, cooking, and laundry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough edited by Haslett, the book's main author was electrical engineer Margaret Partridge (1891-1967), who began her career as a munitions worker during the First World War, then founded her own firm, M. Partridge \u0026amp; Co., Domestic Engineers. 'The new company focused on providing lighting and electric power for farm and country houses... In 1922 she put on an exhibition of electric models and machines in Exeter, including a range of labour-saving devices aimed at women in the home. It was predicted that her exhibition would \"stir up the women of Exeter to demand the installation of electricity\"' (\u003cem\u003eThe Woman Engineer\u003c\/em\u003e, col. 1, no. 17, 1923). 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Uncommon inscribed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Bateson (1861-1926) was one of the leading figures in the birth of genetics and the revival of Darwinian evolution at the turn of the twentieth century, though he had initially questioned Darwin's gradual accumulation of small heritable changes and instead studied how major (discontinuous) changes are inherited. He focused on plant hybrids, and the present volume summarised his discoveries (Hook \u0026amp; Norman, Norman Library of Science and Medicine 134). But the book also expounded on a fundamental question: 'Variation is the cause of the evolution of species; but what causes variation, and how does it happen?' (Printing and the Mind of Man 356).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly two years later, in 1896, Bateson read the first paper by Hugo de Vries in the series that would reintroduce Mendelian genetics to the scientific community. He 'promptly turned to Mendel's text 'Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden' and recognized its significance... Eagerly he persuaded the [Royal Horticultural] society to have the paper translated into English and published in its \u003cem\u003eJournal\u003c\/em\u003e. Aided by his contacts in the Royal Horticultural Society and his friends in the Royal Society, Bateson gained support for the programme of Mendelian experiments upon which he now embarked' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). He went on to make major discoveries in genetics, including the first evidence of Mendelian heredity in humans, and named many of the primary concepts in the field. His campaign for long-term funding of the subject at Cambridge resulted in the endowment of the first chair in genetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recipient of this copy, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1862-1950), was a Cambridge zoologist who focused on invertebrate taxonomy. At the time of publication he was superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, and by 1919 would become director of the Natural History Museum in London. Harmer's Royal Society obituary notes that, 'William Bateson had gone (? about 1885), as Balfour Scholar, to Siberia, where he learned to speak, but not to read, Russian. 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Describing 'the skin lesions produced by vaccination and the diseases most commonly mistaken for subsequent smallpox', it 'did much to reassure the medical profession that vaccination was safe and effective' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillan's reputation rests primarily on his contributions to the description and classification of skin diseases. 'His division of skin disease into eight groups according to their structure and appearance quickly won the approval of the profession. By 1801 Willan was an acknowledged expert on the subject and was able to give up his dispensary posts and build a private practice based on his specialist knowledge. In recognition of his work he was awarded the Fothergill medal in 1790, and in 1809 was elected to the Royal Society' (ODNB).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillan 'was greatly interested in smallpox as a public health problem... and one of the most powerful supporters of vaccination. 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He was also a talented artist and map-maker whose work 'is closely related to his major fields of mathematics, astronomy, and geography, and his contribution to book production is particularly interesting in extending beyond the illustration to the ornamentation of scientific texts' (Mortimer 225). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present volume is the most important and lavish example of his design work, beginning with a fine architectural title page border with a lunette of Hercules defeating the Lernean Hydra, followed by a full-page woodcut representing the goddess of astronomy, Urania, lecturing the author, who holds a book and an astrolabe beneath a spherical model of the solar system. 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After the long wait this was the first sign that his paper had been read at all. The joy of the young scientist was especially great because the recognition of his activities came from one of the greatest physicists of that time' (Pais, \u003cem\u003eSubtle is the Lord\u003c\/em\u003e, pp. 149-150).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The rapidity with which special relativity became a topic of discussion and research is largely due to Planck's early interest. In his scientific autobiography, Planck gave his reasons for being so strongly drawn to Einstein's theory: \"For me its appeal lay in the fact that I could strive toward deducing absolute, invariant features following from its theorems\". The search for the absolute - forever Planck's main purpose in science - had found a new focus' (Pais p. 150). 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The first British bird book illustrated with hand-coloured plates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Little is known of Albin's [c.1680-c.1742] early life, though he was probably born in Germany to a family named Weiss. By 1708 he had changed his surname to Albin and was living in London with his family. His profession of art teacher led him to the close observation of the natural world, reinforced by painting work which he undertook for the naturalist Joseph Dandridge (1665–1747), who collected insects and observed their metamorphosis from egg to fly. He also drew natural-history subjects for Sir Hans Sloane, before gaining the patronage of the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort', who encouraged him to publish a book on insects (Royal Collection trust).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For the most part Albin delineated one bird per plate. The birds are placed on a branch or on the ground, each part coloured. The proportions of the birds are a distinct improvement on those in Willoughby and Ray... 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The translation was intended to counter the Calvinist influence of the Geneva Bible, which had come to prominence following the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 and the return shortly thereafter of the Marian exile community into England, and supersede the earlier Great Bible as the official authorised version of the scriptures in the Church of England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text mainly follows that of the 1539 Great Bible, but both Hebrew and Greek originals were consulted, as well as the Geneva version. At least eleven bishops were involved in the revision, with Parker himself contributing the lion's share of the work, and the whole was completed by September 1568. 'In April 1571 the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury ordered that copies of this edition should be placed in every cathedral, and as far as possible in every church; and enjoined every ecclesiastical dignitary to exhibit a copy in a prominent place in his house for the use of his servants and guests' (Darlow \u0026amp; Moule). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Whitgift became Archbishop in 1583 he attempted, unsuccessfully, to enforce the sole use of the Bishop's Bible in churches and chapels across England. 'The Bishops' Bible was a success in that it replaced the Great Bible (last reprinted in 1569) in churches, to the exclusion of the Geneva version. But the latter continued to be read in Protestant homes and became the foundation of the Authorized Version' (ODNB). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe woodcut illustrations were mostly copied from designs by the Nuremberg artist Virgil Solis (1514-1562) for a picture series\u003cem\u003e Biblische Figuren des Alten and Neuen Testaments\u003c\/em\u003e that was first published in Frankfurt in 1560. The three engraved portraits depict Queen Elizabeth, her favourite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the Secretary of State Sir William Cecil, and are attributed to Flemish artist Franciscus Hogenberg (1535-1590). 'While title-page portraits of the monarch were an established feature of English Bibles, contemporary portraits within the text were a startling departure. The engravings of Dudley and Cecil, prominently placed at the beginning of Parts 2 and 3 respectively, flatter by association with the immediately following books. Dudley, portrayed in armor, mirrors the warrior-hero Joshua. Cecil is position as a new David at the head of Psalms with an open book in one hand, other other grasping the large initials B of the psalm's opening line, \"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the ungodly\"' (Luborsky \u0026amp; Ingram).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is also sometimes known as the 'Treacle Bible' for the rendering of 'balm' as 'triacle' in Jeremiah 8:22.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lovely example, with early annotations including a note in pen to the foot of the first book of Chronicles dated '1590' with a 19th-century transcription on tipped-in blue paper:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As thou shalt understand oute of this testamente the tru godlynes and the salvasion of ouer soules both by hearing of it and laying up as a storehouse in the harte. With a true and sinsear loue and so take up the crose of Christe Jesus and folowe hime, that is to suffer afflictiones and fornes and scurges as Crist did when he suffered afflicksiones for ouer sines. 1590'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a further note in the same hand to the second book of Esdras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, five parts in 1 vol.; large folio (40.5 x 29 cm); black letters, text in double columns in 57 lines, calendar printed in red and black, general title with xylographic word panel in woodcut architectural border and an engraved medallion portrait of Queen Elizabeth, the royal arms and allegorical figures, 2 further engraved portraits, comprising: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (to the divisional title of Part 2), and Sir William Cecil (to the recto of A2 in Part 3), all attributed to Franciscus Hogenberg, woodcut New Testament Title, the text further illustrated with 131 narrative woodcuts (of 133, missing those on E2-3 in Part 1 which are lacking in this copy) after Virgil Solis, 5 woodcut maps and numerous diagrams, woodcut printers device to verso of final f., contemporary annotations in pen including note dated '1590' to recto of Q8 in Part 2 with 19th-century transcription on blue paper tipped-in at fore-edge, further note in same hand to foot of X3 recto also in Part 2, general title trimmed and mounted in the 18th-century with calligraphic dated ownership inscription in pen to verso, some early underlining and marginalia in pen throughout, tear to head of E6-7 in Part 1 repaired with glue with resultant residue to head of E7, pen marginalia to Part 1 K6, smoke damage to lower corner of N4-5 of same part, paper brittle with tear repaired in archival tape, small hole with loss of text to O6 also in Part 1, dampstaining to final 2ff causing minor loss to text, both ff with early paper repairs at gutter margin, as mentioned lacking ff E2-3 in Part 1 (numbered XXXXIV-V) comprising final chapter of Genesis and opening chapter of Exodus, lacking final blank f., otherwise complete with some ff possibly supplied form other copies; 20th-century gilt-panelled calf, the centre of the covers with jewelled cross formed of red, green and purple morocco onlays, modern endpapers, minor wear, very good; collation: A-Q\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e[-E\u003csup\u003e2-3\u003c\/sup\u003e], A-Y\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e Z\u003csup\u003e10\u003c\/sup\u003e, A-E\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e F\u003csup\u003e6 \u003c\/sup\u003eG-Z\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e 2A\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e 2B\u003csup\u003e12\u003c\/sup\u003e, A-O\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e P\u003csup\u003e6\u003c\/sup\u003e, A-T\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e V\u003csup\u003e5\u003c\/sup\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC S122070; STC 2099; Herbert 125; DM 89; Luborsky \u0026amp; Ingram B:2099.","brand":"[BISHOP'S BIBLE]; HOGENBERG, Franciscus \u0026 SOLIS, Virgil (illustrators).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57444889952631,"sku":"124387","price":57500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124387_01_f693f175-20a4-4a11-a58b-11f697451122.jpg?v=1791538553"},{"product_id":"thomas-paine-letter-colonel-john-fellows-paris-20-january-1797-122542","title":"Autograph letter signed Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows.","description":"An extraordinary, rediscovered letter signed by, and in the hand of, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) reiterating his call for President George Washington to retire from office. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe letter, dated 20th January 1797, was sent just weeks before Washington stood down at the end of his second term, thereby establishing the precedent, later codified in the Twenty-Second Amendment, that 'No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrust of the letter concerns the publication of Paine's infamous\u003cem\u003e Letter to George Washington\u003c\/em\u003e, which attacked the character of the President and the influence of the Federalists on government policy, including the highly inflammatory claims that John Adams had said 'that the Presidency should be made hereditary in the family of Lund Washington', and that John Jay believed 'that the Senate should have been appointed for life'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaine's animosity had been building since the ratification of the Jay Treaty the year before, which he saw as evidence not only of the Washington administration's pro-English and anti-French bias, but as a symptom of a general decline in the democratic ideals of the nascent republic. It also represents the culmination of Paine's personal animosity towards the President whom he felt, perhaps justly, had failed him in his hour of need. This harks back to Paine's imprisonment by the Jacobins in 1793 and the apparent refusal of the Washington administration to recognise Paine's American citizenship, for which treachery, Washington was never forgiven. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis animosity is felt particularly in the closing paragraph of our letter, which Paine wrote whilst awaiting 'news from America of the state of the federal elections. You will have heard long before this reaches you, that the French government has refused to receive Mr [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckey as minister. While Mr [James] Monroe was minister he had the opportunity of softening the matter with this governm[en]t for he was in good credit with them tho they were in high indignation at the infidelity of the Washington administration. It is time that Mr Washington retire; for he has played off so much prudential hypocrisy between France and England, that neither government believe any thing he says'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur letter recalls how Paine had sent his attack on Washington to his protégé Benjamin Franklin Bache (1769-1798) 'in August last' by way of his friend Captain Nathan Haley 'to be printed in a pamphlet'. However, still at the time of writing in January 1797, Paine had of 'yet no certain account of its publication. I mention this that the letter [to George Washington] may be enquired after, in case it has not been published or has not arrived to Mr. Bache. Barnes wrote to me from London 29 August informing me that he was offered three hundred pounds sterling for the manuscript. The offer was repulsed because it was my intention it should not appear till it appeared in America, as that and not England was the place for its operation'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts publication had in fact been held back by Bache himself, who perhaps felt that it would not help the Jeffersonian cause in the upcoming presidential election. The \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e finally appeared on the 8th December 1796, the day after Washington had given his farewell address and signalled his intention to stand down at the end of his second term, where it was met with embarrassment from fellow republicans and irrevocably tarnished Paine's reputation with the federalists. Washington, in any event, did not respond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough anonymous, our letter's recipient has long been identified as Paine's particular friend, Colonel John Fellows (1759-1844), who had served in his uncle's militia during the Revolutionary War. Fellows shared Paine's republican sympathies and his bookshop-come-publishing house, established in 1793, soon became 'notorious for containing what the Federalists considered heretical works' ('Letter from Fellows to William Lee of Washington', May 1821). He acquired the copyright for Part I of the \u003cem\u003eAge of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e, which he brought to the press in 1794, and published pamphlets of Joel Barlow, to whom Paine had confided his manuscript on his way to prison. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvenance:\u003cbr\u003e1. Firstly for the recipient, Colonel John Fellows, with a manuscript note to the top of the first page noting the letter's acquisition: 'From the late Col. Fellows original letter of Thom[as] Paine'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Secondly for the English radical printer James Watson (1799-1874), who published a\u003cem\u003e Life of Paine\u003c\/em\u003e in 1839 (a copy of the 1849 edition of this work is provided with this letter). We know from this \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e that Watson had obtained a different letter by Paine to Fellows dated July 31\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e 1805, which had been given to him by a Mr. William Clark, likely the printer who operated out of a shop on New Bond Street, who had obtained this letter directly from Fellows himself. It seems likely therefore, that our letter came by a similar route. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Thirdly for the Liberal MP Joseph Cowen Jr. (1829-1900), who served as Member of Parliament for Newcastle from 1865 until 1886. Cowen obtained the letter directly from Watson (see the accompanying note on ledger paper), and later gave permission to the American historian Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907) to publish the letter in full in his collected Writings of Thomas Paine, which appeared in four volumes between 1894 and 1896. The letter was then passed down by family descent to the present-day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a rare opportunity to acquire a letter of real significance from the philosopher of the American Revolution, which has been in private hands since its acquisition in the nineteenth century. Paine is rightly regarded by most as a Founding Father, whose pamphlet \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e did more than any other to rally support for independence during the war years, and whose passionate commitment to the democratic ideal has shaped the course of the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA full transcription of the letter may be provided upon request.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutograph letter signed; bifolium (21 x 16.5 cm); [3]pp in pen in the hand of Thomas Paine signed by him to the bottom of p.[3] in total forming 72 lines of text, manuscript corrections in text to lines 18 and 19 of p.[1], and line 1 of p.[3], later note in pen to head of p.[1] stating 'original letter of Tho[mas]s Paine' and 'from the late Col. 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Nobel Prize application materials are rare, and we are unaware of any other examples having come on the market. This one is particularly interesting for showing cooperation between nominator and nominee, as Andrade requests Appleton's comments on the nomination statement, noting with deadpan humour that the matter is 'of some indirect interest to you'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Victor Appleton (1892-1965) earned his degree at Cambridge and then joined the Cavendish laboratory under Ernest Rutherford. There he 'commenced a lifelong systematic investigation of the structure and electrical properties of the upper atmosphere', in particular the relationship between radio waves, the layers of the atmosphere, and magnetic variation caused by the sun. 'These researches, the first distance measurements by radio, were of great technological significance for radio communication, and his experimental methods were used later by Robert Watson-Watt in the development of radar' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Neville da Costa Andrade (1887-1971, known as Percy by his colleagues), was appointed Quain professor of Physics at University College, London in 1928. There, 'he built up and sustained for many years an outstanding research school in the physics of solids and liquids, which produced many classic papers on the growth and plastic glide of metal single crystals, on the origin of cracks in glass, and on the viscosity of liquids (ODNB).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe earliest material in this file is the printed invitation to Andrade to submit a nomination, dated September, 1945. This is accompanied by two copies of the Nobel Code of Statutes (one first edition published in 1901, and the other published in 1946) and two lists of previous winners (published in 1945 and 1947).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext, a manuscript letter from Appleton dated December 9, 1945, apparently replying to a request from Andrade that is not included here. 'My dear Edward, I hope the enclosed will be suitable for your purpose. I've felt guilty in writing it but I've had to put the case as fairly as I can. Naturally I am pleased - very pleased - that you should think of me whatever happens!...' This is accompanied by a manuscript in Appleton's hand which describes the primary steps in his research programme and his findings: 'A. initiated the use of radio wave methods of explaining the electrical layers of the upper atmosphere (since called the ionosphere) and has since taken the leading part in the prosecution of this work till today. From his scientific work and that of others in this field has come the practical technique of radar... The work on the ionosphere has opened up a new field of geophysics...'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrade replies with a typed letter signed on December 13th, 'My dear Vic, I send you herewith a rough draft of what I propose to send to the Nobel people. If there are any alterations or additions that you can suggest, let me know. Needless to say, I will preserve the strictest confidence about any help which you care to give me in this matter, which is of some indirect interest to you', followed by a request for copies of papers and a handwritten note asking that he 'please return this, as I have no copy''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe typescript copy of the nomination includes small, pencilled corrections in Appleton's hand and ink corrections in Andrade's. These were incorporated into the finished nomination, of which there are two carbon copies, as well as a carbon of Andrade's covering letter to the Nobel Committee Chairman, dated December 21st, 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrade's nomination was successful, and Appleton was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1947.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOfficial printed invitation from the Nobel Committee with typed and manuscript additions; 3-page manuscript by Appleton on the backs of 4 printed pages, with accompanying manuscript letter on a single leaf of plain paper; typed letter signed from Andrade to Appleton on University College London letterhead with duplicate; 1 typed and 2 duplicated copies of Andrade's nomination, the typed copy with pencil and ink corrections; official Nobel Prize Code of Statutes published in 1901, and the same published in 1946; lists of previous award winners published in 1945 and 1947. Occasional toning and small spots, some rust marks from paperclips, very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[APPLETON, Edward] ANDRADE, [Percy] Edward Neville da Costa.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57631521636727,"sku":"120768","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/120768_01.jpg?v=1792616069"}],"url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/collections\/booksellers-choice.oembed","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}