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SOPHIE MOUCHEZ et al TO Amedee Ernest Barthelemy Mouchez, Admiral of the French Navy and Great Astronomer: 1840s-1890s LARGE ARCHIVE OF 47 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO THE FAMED ASTRONOMER, ADMIRAL, INVENTOR AND AUTHOR ERNEST MOUCHEZ FROM HIS SISTER, CABINET MINISTERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, France 1846 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; sig.
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On offer is an outstanding archive of forty-seven [47] letters from the personal files of famed Admiral of the French Navy and Great Astronomer Amedee Ernest Barthelemy Mouchez. The archive dates 1846 through 1891 and is made up of a few letters from his sister, a letter to his mother and then the balance from colleagues, notables and friends; a number are on stationery of the Republic of France; Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate" Mexico; Ecole Normale Superieure Laboratoire de Chime; Senat and some French Ministerial Office letterheads. This fascinating archive touches upon many of Mouchez' career highlights as the letters deal with a number of different areas - Mouchez' work in China, matters of the Observatory, Mexico, personal communications of friends and colleagues etc. Mouchez had a spectacular career embarking on a career in the French Navy as an ensign in 1843. This was a period of relative international maritime peace and much of the navy's activities were dedicated to exploration and discovery. Mouchez was initially occupied with hydrographic studies along the coasts of Korea, China and South America, penetrating 320 km up the Paraguay River and exploring the Abrolhos Islands. He improved the practice of surveying at sea, adapting terrestrial instruments for naval use, and was especially concerned with the problems of determining longitude. He developed the use of the theodolite and meridian telescope to improve the error in establishing longitude. Attaining the rank of Captain in 1868, he embarked on a series of expeditions to chart the coast of Algeria. At the conclusion of his project in 1873, he was elected to the Bureau des Longitudes and, in the following year, was sponsored by the Academie des Sciences to observe the transit of Venus from St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean. On December 9, he made a sequence of superb photographic plates of the event. In 1875, the Academie elected him a member of the astronomy section and in 1878 he was promoted to rear admiral and awarded the role of director of the Paris Observatory. The observatory had fallen into disrepair and disrepute since the chaos of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune of 1871. Mouchez set about a programme of reconstruction but failed to persuade the government to fund a new observatory outside the centre of Paris. In 1887, he collaborated with Sir David Gill to host an international astronomical conference in Paris. The principal outcome of the conference was a multi-national project to compile and index a photographic atlas of the heavens, the Carte du Ciel. The project consumed massive effort over several decades before it was rendered obsolete by modern astronomical methods. He is also credited with founding Mountsouris Observatory and he is the author of six books on astronomy, navigation, nautical instruction etc. A grand boulevard in Le Havre and a village in Algeria are named for Mouchez. This is a great archive of intersecting and diverse worlds being astronomy, France and her Navy, Algeria, militaria, geography, cartography and South America. VG. Autograph Manuscript 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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NAKAMURA, M. . Changing Corporate Governance Practices in China and Japan. Palgrave Macmillan. 2008.. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN: 9780230221659
Hardback, 304pp., NEW, A timely evaluation of rapidly globalizing governance mechanisms in China and Japan. This book looks at how corporate governance practices in these countries are adapting to Anglo-American practices, but argues that these adaptations are selective, and both countries continue to retain their own local corporate governance practices in some areas. Palgrave NEW.

Hardback, NEAR FINE.

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G. P. Jones: Easy-To-make Dolls - with Nineteenth-Century Costumes, NY Dover Publications, Inc 1977
ISBN: 0-486-23426-6 Good++

Slight edgewear, corners starting to curl, otherwise, book is in excellent condition with no other markings, creases, rips, tears or writing to it. Ten attractive dolls designed to capture the prevailing fashions of the 19th century as reflected in paintings, drawings and photographs. of the time. Step-by-step instructions, full-size patterns, variations such as sewing the bodies out of felt and adapting the body patterns for use with china heads, full page photographs of completed dolls included and clear and precise instructions that are easily understandable to anyone with a basic knowledge of sewing." Not Stated No Jacket Excellent Paperback

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Dernberger, Robert F.; DeWoskin, Kenneth J.; Goldstein, Steven N., Et Al. The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Building the Future, Ann Arbor Michigan 1986 ISBN: 0892640715

- Trade paperback, good condition, w. somwhat rubbed wraps, marks. Some sm creases. Ltly bumped and bent corners, some lt edgwr. Ownership sigs. Ltly tanned p. edges, some lt soil. A few highlighted passages. O/w clean and tight. Good/Wraps; Reprint

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