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Acosta, Carlos: Kein Weg zurück Die Geschichte eines kubanischen Tänzers, SCHOTT MUSIC, MAINZ, September 2008 ISBN: 3795701929
Vom Havanna-Street-Kid zum international gefeierten Ballettstar. Diese Autobiografie beschreibt mehr als den Aufstieg des Kubaners Carlos Acosta zum Ruhm. Es ist die Geschichte einer Kindheit, in der das Essen knapp und die Liebe allgegenwärtig war. Eine Geschichte, in der die Seele Kubas die Kunst eines bedeutenden Tänzers formte. Es ist aber auch die Geschichte eines Mannes, der gezwungen wurde, seine Heimat zu verlassen für ein Leben im Exil, in Selbstdisziplin und brutaler physischer Härte. Carlos Acosta lässt den Tanz mühelos erscheinen, aber seine Grazie, seine Kraft und sein Charme hatten ihren Preis. Hier erzählt er dessen Geschichte.Carlos Acosta, geboren 1973 in einem Vorort von Havanna, ist auf den Bühnen der ganzen Welt aufgetreten und hat die männlichen Hauptrollen nahezu aller klassischen Ballette verkörpert. Seine internationale Karriere begann er 1990 mit einer Goldmedaille beim Prix de Lausanne. Seit 1998 gehört er dem Royal Ballet, Covent Garden an, dessen Principal Guest Artist er 2003 wurde.Gemeinsam mit den besten Ballett-Tänzern und -Tänzerinnen der Welt wird Carlos Acosta in der spektakulären Show "Jewels of Ballet" auch in Deutschland zu sehen sein. Die einmalige Inszenierung von Robert Wilson bietet eine unvergessliche Reise in die Welt des Balletts.

NEUBUCH! 2008. 368 S., Bildtaf. 22 cm 219 mm x 146 mm x 33 mm

[SW: Bestell-Nr. ED20483; Tänzer (Biografien/Erinnerungen); Acosta, Carlos, Acosta, Carlos]

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CLUSIUS, C. Aliquot notae in Garciae Aromatum Historiam, eiusdem descriptiones nonnullarum stirpium, & aliarum exoticarum rerum, quae a generoso viro Francisco Drake Equite Anglo, & his observatae sunt, qui eum in longa illa Navigatione, qua proximis annis universum orbem circumivit, comitati sunt: & quorundam peregrinorum fructuum quos Londini ab amicis accepit. 1582

Antwerp, Christophor Plantin, [February] 1582. [Bound with:] ORTA, G. DA. Aromatum, et medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium... Antwerp, Christophor Plantin, 1579. [Bound with:] MONARDES, N. Simplicium medicamentorum ex novo orbe delatorum, quorum in medicina usus est, historiae liber tertius... Antwerp, Christophor Plantin, 1579. [Bound with:] ACOSTA, C. Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium... Caroli Clusius Atrebatis opera ex Hispanico sermone Latinus factus, in Epitomen contractus, et quibusdam illustratus. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1582. Four vols in one. 8vo (167 x 106 mm). pp. 43 [1, 4 blank]; 217, [7]; 84, [4]; 88, with woodcut printer's device on titles and woodcut illustrations in text of all four works; very good copies in eighteenth-century vellum-backed boards. I. First edition, and the first printed announcement of Drake's circumnavigation, and containing the earliest descriptions of plants from the western coasts of America. L'Ecluse was in London when Drake returned from his epic voyage (1577-80) and received the plants and seeds collected by Drake's crew. Immediately upon his return to Antwerp he had Plantin print this account, containing descriptions of the specimens collected, notes on localities, and a generous homage to Sir Francis Drake and his crew. As his translation of Acosta's book on the drug plants of the Orient (the second title in this volume, see below) was already in press, this book was styled as a sequel to the Acosta, and the two almost certainly issued together. The title of the first work reads as 'Some notes on Garcia da Orta's History of Aromatic Plants, along with observations on some plants and other exotic things collected by Sir Francis Drake and his companions on their voyage round the world, and on foreign products received by the author from friends in London'. Among American plants described are cocoa and Mexican jasmine. The work contains 15 mostly full-page woodcuts. II. Third edition of L'Ecluse's Latin abridgement and translation of da Orta's book on the plants and medicines of the Orient, based upon his travels in India and Ceylon. III. Second edition of L'Ecluse's Latin abridgement and translation of the first two books of Monardes' treatise on the medicinal plants and minerals of the New World, with extensive commentary. IV. First edition of L'Ecluse's paraphrase of Acosta's Tratado de las drogas y medicinas de la indias orientales (Burgos, 1578). L'Ecluse abridged the text, concentrating on those descriptions of plants he thought detailed and accurate enough, and adding his own commentaries on the plants described. He rejected most of the original woodcuts as being too clumsy and inaccurate for identification purposes. With two woodcuts. Provenance: the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, with engraved bookplate, shelfmark on front pastedown, and blindstamp Macclesfield crest on blank margins of first three leaves I Alden 582.52; Arents (Add.) 69; Hunt 140; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 1146; Voet 1010; see Lenger, Bibliotheca Belgica 3, 767 for an extensive analysis; II Durling 3416; Johnston 120; Voet 1840; Wellcome 4657; III Alden 579.38; Durling 3218; Johnston 119; Voet 1711; Wellcome 4395; IV Alden 582.25; Hunt 139; Voet 1038.

[SW: America/Herbals / Early Botany/India / Ceylon]

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DE BRY, Theodor (1528-1598): Historia Americae sive novi orbis [Grands Voyages, parts I to IX]

Frankfurt: de Bry or Matthaeus Becker, 1590-1605-1602. Parts I-IX bound in two volumes, folio. (13 5/16 x 9 1/8 inches). Numerous plates, maps and illustrations (complete). Seventeenth century French red morocco gilt, covers with triple fillet borders, spines in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with elaborate overall repeat decoration in gilt made up from a central lozenge composed of volutes, surrounded by corner-pieces made up from volutes and small tools, gilt turn-ins, marbled paper pastedowns, gilt edges. A very fine set of the first nine parts of the Latin edition of De Bry's celebrated Grand Voyages here bound in fine French 17th century red morocco. A cornerstone to any serious collection of travel books, this work is one of the greatest collections of voyages published during the early golden age of European exploration. It is the greatest illustrated work depicting colonial-native interactions in the New World. These nine parts were first published in both Latin and German between 1590 and 1602. The present volumes contain the first nine parts of the series in Latin, all in first editions, except for part three, here in a second edition published in 1605 with minor differences from the first edition. The entire Latin edition of the Grand Voyages consists of thirteen parts, while the complete German edition has fourteen parts. However, seventeen years passed after the publication of the ninth part, with volumes ten through fourteen published between 1619 and 1634. "Theodor De Bry, who began the publication of this collection of voyages, was born in 1528 and died in 1598, after having published Parts I to VI of the Great Voyages. He was a skilful engraver, and many of the plates in these parts were from his own burin...After the death of Theodor De Bry the series was continued by his widow and two sons, Johann Theodor and Johann Israel De Bry, who in 1599 issued Parts VII and VIII, and in 1602, Part IX. With this part it is presumed the publishers intended to close the series, as it bears the title: Nona & Postrema Pars" (Church). The content of the individual parts are as follows: Part I of De Bry's Grand Voyages is Thomas Hariot's account of the British Roanoke colony. This is the first illustrated work devoted to Virginia and the Carolinas, and provides the best account of the first attempt at British colonization in the New World. De Bry adapted the original watercolors of John White, depicting the Carolina Indians, to illustrate the work. These engravings are the best pictorial record of American Indians before the 19th century, while the map is the first detailed depiction of the Carolina capes and coast. This is one of the most important early works on the settlement of North America. Part II is a collection of accounts relating to the attempted settlement of Florida by French Protestants in the 1560s. The text is drawn from the accounts of Jean Ribaut, Rene de Laudonniere, and Dominique de Gourgues and describes the foundation of the colony in 1562 and its difficult existence until the massacre of the settlers by the Spanish in 1565. De Bry illustrated this part with engravings after the watercolors of Jacques Le Moyne, depicting the life and ceremonies of the Florida Indians. As ethnographic documents, these are second only to those of John White, as records of American Indian life in the 16th century, and like White's work, these illustrations remained unrivalled until centuries later. A seminal work for early North America. Part III is made up of two accounts related to Brazil. The first is that of Hans Staden, a German mercenary in Portuguese service who was captured by the Tupi Indians. His is one of the first detailed accounts of South American Indians. The De Bry engravings, based on Staden's drawings, are significant ethnographic documents. The second part is the sensitive narrative of Jean de Lery, a French Calvinist minister who lived among the Indians, whose illustrations are also important. This part is a seminal work on the early colonial period in Brazil. Parts IV, V, and VI together are De Bry's edition of Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo, an important history of the Spanish conquest of the West Indies which was first published in Italian in Venice in 1565. The De Bry edition is notable for its dramatic illustrations and its fine maps of the Indies. Part VII is Ulrich Schmidel's account of his travels to Brazil and Paraguay between 1535 and 1553. The narrative was first published in the 1597 German edition of Part VII, printed two years earlier than the present Latin edition. Part VIII consists of relations of six different voyages: three by Sir Francis Drake, one by Thomas Cavendish, and two attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh. Drake's first voyage took place between 1577 and 1580. The account, written by Nino de Sylva, had not previously been published. Drake's second voyage around the world, completed in 1585, is based upon an account by Thomas Cates and the account of the third voyage, directed against the Spanish in Panama in 1596-97, is taken from the log book of the expedition. Cavendish's circumnavigation in 1586- 88 is based on an account by Thomas Pretty. Raleigh's first voyage, during which he reached Guiana, was undertaken in 1595. The second voyage attributed to Raleigh does not appear to have been made by him. Rather, it seems to be an account by Laurent Keymis, who accompanied Raleigh in 1595 and then set out separately for Guiana in 1596. Part IX contains important accounts relating to Latin America and the Pacific, including the work of Jose de Acosta and the Pacific voyages of Oliver Van Noort and Sebald De Weert. Acosta's Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias, first published in Seville in 1590, is regarded as an important source on the history of the Indians of Mexico and Peru. Based on Acosta's experiences and observations while serving as a missionary in both countries from 1577 to 1588, the work provides a vital picture of Spaniards and Native Americans in the early colonial period. The engravings which relate to Acosta's text depict in vivid detail the customs of the Aztecs and Incas. Included are engravings of Indians hunting, fishing, and working in the mines of Potosi, llamas as beasts of burden, and various Aztec religious and social rituals. The account of Van Noort's voyage describes a journey between 1599 and 1601 to the Moluccas via the Straits of Magellan. The voyage included stops at the Mariana Islands, Manila, Borneo, and Java. De Weert's voyage was also on a vessel sent to the Molucca's via the Straits of Magellan. The voyage met with disaster, the commander of the expedition died, and De Weert's ship was the only one that returned. Both Van Noort's and De Weert's accounts are illustrated with engravings depicting places visited, Indians, and interactions between the Dutch and the native populations. Arents 37, 39, 44; Church 141,145,151,154,156,158,161,164,168; European Americana 590/31, 591/39, 605/118, 594/11, 595/8, 596/9, 599/80, 599/ 21, 602/1; JCB (3) I:383-84, 387-88, 390-92, 393-94, 395, 396-97, 399, 400-402, 406-8; Sabin 8784

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ACOSTA, Christoval. Tractado delas drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales, con sus plantas debuxadas al bivo. Burgos, Martin de Victoria, 1578.
First edition of an influential illustrated Spanish adaptation of Garcia da Orta's unillustrated <I>Coloquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medicinais da India</I> (Goa, 1563). Da Orta was a physician who had studied for many years the local flora at Goa, especially concentrating on plants which could be of potential use as drugs. Acosta, a Jesuit and fellow physician, met da Orta during his travels through India.Acosta's version of the <I>Coloquios</I> is considered the most useful. His work surpasses the original in its systematic, first-hand observations of both East and West Indian plants. Among the Asian plants are ginger, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, opium and cardamom. American plants described are pineapple, sugar, cane, rubber, and the 'Indian fig' of Peru.
Some browning; some expert marginal restorations; title re-margined at bottom with loss of 1 line of text: stamp on first fly-leaf and verso last leaf. A fine copy of this influential work.
<I>Alden & Landis 578/19; Garrison & Morton 1819; Hunt 130; IA 100.422; Nissen, BBI 3 (note); Norman Library 1; Palau 1962; Pritzel 13; Sabin 113; Stafleu & Cowan 23. </I>
Natural History; Botany [Herbals];Medicine; Physics

4to. 19th-century red morocco, spine gilt, triple gilt fillets on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles (CHAMBOLLE-DURU). With the title-page containing the coat of arms of the city of Burgos, an oval portrait of the author, 47 mostly full-page botanical woodcuts (including 2 woodcuts of elephants after drawings by Acosta), all woodcuts. [24], 448, 38, [2 blank] pp.

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