[JENNER (Thomas)]

Albert Durer Revived: Or, a Book of Drawing, Limning, Washing, or Colouring of Maps and Prints: and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers. With directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass. Or, The young-man's time well spent. In which he hath the ground-work to make him fit for doing any thing by hand, when he is able to draw well. By the use of this work, you may draw all parts of a man,... And directions for birds, beasts, landskps, ships, and the like. Moreover, grounds to lay silver or gold upon,... and how to varnish it when you have done. How also to diaper and shadow things, and to heighten them to stand off; to deepen them, and make them glister. In this book you have the necessary instruments for drawing, and the use of them, and how to make artificial pastiles to draw withal. and also directions how to draw with Indian-ink: wherein you have also Mr. Hollar's receipt for etching, with instructions how to use it. Very useful for all handicrafts, and ingenious gentlemen and youths. By Hammer and hand all arts do stand.

London: Printed for John Garrett, [1679.] Small folio (312 x 198 mm), [1], 21, [1] leaves, half-title with engraved portrait of Dürer on verso, 19 full-page engravings on rectos (6 partly coloured in amateur pink pencil) with text on numbered versos, publisher's advertisement on the verso of final leaf, text browned and lightly soiled, stitched as issued with half-title and publisher's advertisement as upper and lower covers, corners a little dog-eared, covers with light chipping to margins and just touching the border of the frontispiece. A rare early edition of a drawing manual which was first published by Thomas Jenner (1621-1672) in 1652 under the title 'A Book of Drawing', with a further edition appearing in 1666. On his death he was succeeded by the printseller John Garrett (1669-1718), who publisher further editions from whose shop "you may have choice of all sorts of large or small maps; coloured, or uncoloured, variety of Dutch and French prints, and prints done in Metzo-Tincto, very good Indian-ink to draw withal, and all sorts of the best copy-books, and Cocker's tutor to writing and arithmetick... and several sorts of coloured sashes to set before windows." All editions are rare and seldom appear in commerece, ESTC locating just a single complete copy of this edition at Harvard.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38755

Keywords: APPLIED ART DRAWING MANUAL TECHNOLOGY

How Things Work

Washington D. C.: National Geographic, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Color Photographs.

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Book number: 18693

Catalogue: Children's Books::Science

Keywords: Science Mechanics Illustrated

How Things Work: The Universal Encyclopedia of Machines.

London: Granada 1979. . 2 vols: 590p, 591p large paperbacks, many figures & diagrams in text, index, covers sl creased, nice and fresh two volume set.

Plurabelle Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: PAQ40516

Catalogue: History of Science

C. VAN AMERONGEN

How Things Work, Book 2

HarperCollins Distribution Services. 1975-05-15. (ISBN: 0586081739) paperback, 5x1x8. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 272338

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology

Keywords: 0586081739

Anonymous

The Wonder World of How Things Work : Fascinating Processes in Modern Industry.

London, Collins, nd. 64 pp. pictorial hard cover. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings, colour frontispiece. Sdescription G. Good condition with numerous minor faults commensurate with age. No Jacket.

Lost and Found BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 23092

Catalogue: children's books

Blanding, Sharon

What Makes a Boomerang Come Back How Things in Sports Work

Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0681411953. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ price clipped; Explains the scientific principles that govern baseball, basketball, darts, billiards, karate, tennis, and other sports; B&W Illustrations; 248 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 35050

Catalogue: Sports::Sports

Keywords: 0681411953 Blanding, Sharon Sports Science 1st Edition Illustrated

Blitchington, W. Peter

THE ENERGY AND VITALITY BOOK. Six Steps to Quick Energy. Energy and Work. How to Get Things Done. Five Steps to Lifelong vigor. Five Energy Stimulators. The Three Main Sources of Energy. The Energizing Power of Love.

Wheaton Ill. Tyndale House Publ. Inc. 1981. 1st printing 143 pages. Pb. Spine slightly discoloured. Scans of this otherwise good copy available. some edgewear

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Book number: 32267

Keywords: gezondheid, , ,

Encyclopaedia Britannica

How Things Work: aerosols to zippers

Bantam USA 1980 Paperback, 224pp. From household appliances to sophisticated scientific apparatus, here are clear explanations of the machines and devices in our lives = what a pulley looks like and does, how a transistor radio operates, the function of a nuclear reactor. This invaluable volume is a fascinating introduction to the world of technology. And it includes specific information on the mechanical, optical, acoustical and electrical principles that make machines work. (ISBN: 9780553131079). Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1467684

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Scientific9780553131079 9780553131079

Ernst, Lisa Campbell,

How Things Work in the Yard.

Maplewood, Nj., Blue Apple Books, 2011. 2nd Printing. Hardcover., Vg in Pictorial Boards. Faint Edgewear. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: Unpaginated.

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Book number: MASTER284271I

Catalogue: Child

John Farndon and Steve Parker

How Things Work (Science Library)

Miles Kelly Publishing 2008 Paperback, 40pp. (ISBN: 9781842369906). Very Good.

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Book number: 1534758

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Childrens, Non-Fiction9781842369906 9781842369906

Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Hg.):

Works that are made of what they appear to be made of : Markus Degerman ; selected works ; [on the occasion of the Exhibition No Matter How Hard You Work to Bring Things Up, There`s Someone out There Working Just As Hard, to Bring Them Down ... by Markus Degerman within the international studio programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, between July 11 and July 23, 2008]. [ed. Markus Derman ; Valeria Schulte-Fischedick].

Berlin : Künstlerhaus Bethanien 2008. [26] S. : überw. Ill. ; 25 cm Hardcover Good condition. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

Antiquariat Thomas HakerProfessional seller

Book number: 800328

Catalogue: Musik

Keywords: Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein ISBN: 9783932754944

LANGONE, John & (U.S.), National Geographic Societ

National Geographic's How Things Work - everyday technology explained.

National geographics ; Conditie: In zeer goede staat. Hardcover.

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Book number: 118386523

MCGOUGH, ROGER

Until I Met Dudley - How Everyday Things Work

Frances Lincoln, 1999. Reprint. Paperback. Riddell, Chris. Quarto. Fine.

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Book number: 112282

Catalogue: Non-Fiction

OXLADE, CHRIS

How Things Work

Hermes House, 2003. Paperback. 23cm x 30cm. 512 pages. Light wear to covers. Very Good.

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Book number: 111287

Catalogue: Non-Fiction

CREIGHTON PEET

How Things Work

Henry Holt Publishing. 1941. Hard Cover. Hardcover/pub.1941/Fair condition/115 pages - A text that shows the different workings of many things such as, speed of sound, friction, expansion buoyancy, worm screw, gears, centrifugal force and mu ch more. [KT512763]. Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12763

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: mathematics, formulas, theory, problems, centrifugal force, friction, experiments, science