text paul white (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A very nice copy. Wrapper has a little shelf wear. Colour reproductions throughout. Oblong 8.5X10 inches.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. illustrated throughout with black and white photographic and drawing plates (illustrator). Firmly bound, embossed, decorated brown artificial leather boards. Some light foxing on top page edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Photography by Patrice Molinard. Black and white illustrations printed by Braun in Mulhouse and colour by Draeger in Paris (illustrator). Clean and firmly bound cloth boards, signature of previous owner inside.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. White, Dr Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8 7/8" x 9 3/4", 119 pages, stunning black and white photographs, gazetteer, biographies. They were the visible representations of power and privilege at the core of ancestral lands. Now they are quietly decaying, the social order that sustained them fragmented into something more equitable yet also more alienating. But they still have the power to compel our gaze and to stir the imagination with thoughts of belonging. They are the lost mansions of Wales. Paul White's portfolio of stunning black-and-white photographs of these houses represents a significant cultural and historical document, and it is with these images that Damian Walford Davies' English text and Sian Melangell Dafydd's Welsh text continue a keen and intriguing dialogue. Hb in dw, a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 15 Color Plates, 26 Black And White Plates, Many Illustrations In Text (illustrator). 1st Edition. 180, 239 Pp. (Two Parts Bound In One Volume). Quarter Morocco, Gilt, Over Marbled Boards, Marbled Endpapers. Mid-20Th Century Bookplate Of Aimee Doolittle,With Artist's Initials M. W. B. Wear, Paper Worn Away At Edges, Binding Strong And Hinges Tight. A Few Name Stamps Of Former Owner Andre Laugier, With Some Underlining And Notes In The Text On A Few Pages, Contents Otherwise Clean And Square, No Foxing, Colored Plates Brilliant. Per French Wikipedia, Paul-Antoine Gratacap , Known As Cap , Born In Mâcon1788 And Died In Parisin1877, Was A French Pharmacist , Naturalist And Science Writer. A Pharmacist In Lyon And Then In Paris , He Was An Associate Member Of The Academy Of Medicine And President Of The Pharmacy Society . He Introduced Into Medical Practice Pharmaceutical Preparations Based On Glycerin (Memoir Presented To The Academy Of Medicine On January 17, 1854) . He Divided Them Into Two Large Classes: Glycerolated, Made With Glycerin Alone, And Glycerates, Made With A Mixture Composed Of Glycerin And Starch , Having The Consistency Of Starch . He Is Also The Author Of Biographical Studies On Numerous Scientists. Knight Of The Legion Of Honour , He Was Also A Member Of The Academy Of Sciences, Belles-Lettres And Arts Of Lyon From 1825, As Well As Of The Royal Academy Of Medicine Of Belgium And The Academies Of Sciences Of Turin , Venice , Florence . A Bust Of Pierre-Antoine Cap, Called Serious Portrait Of Paul-Antoine Gratacap , Was Sculpted In 1841 By Dantan The Younger ; It Is Kept At The Carnavalet Museum In Paris . Paul-Antoine Cap Is The Father-In-Law Of The Composer Adolphe Blanc . André Laugier (1 1770- 1832) Was A French Chemist, Pharmacist And Mineralogist; Perhaps The Namestamp Is That Of A Library Of Pharmacy Names After Him. .