Resultados de búsqueda: 16th / 17th / 18th Century from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

Paris: Chez De Hansy, 1794. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, full leather binding with gilt to spine. Book is in poor condition, with the front board detached as well as the front end page and title page. The leather to the spine shows chipping at top and bottom and is only held on by the rear board hinge area. The remaining pages are well bound with no issues. Pages are tone due to age and foxing is present throughout. A couple pages had small corner folds and page 65 has a chip missing from the bottom of the page, which is well outside of the text area. There is some minor handwriting which is done in pencil. There is a small signature lightly penciled on one of the rear end pages and opposite the title page has a few letters lately written in pencil along the top edge. The book is in rough shape but does appear to be complete. Text is mainly in French but is also in Latin, which is in a smaller font. Good candidate for… Leer más

Padova, Italy: Nella Stamperia del Saminario appresso Giovanni Manfre, 1754. Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, thin vellum covered boards with handwritten title on spine. Exterior spotted and darkened along with edge and corner wear the rear board is a large piece missing in the upper outside corner along with a split to the spine measures about 2 inches. The internal binding of the text pages are tight but there are no free end pages in the front of the book. There's a name penned on the front pastedown and a stain is present which starts at the title page and slowly decreases to about page 40. No other handwriting find in the book. Paper is told due to age and foxing is present throughout the worst being on the end pages. The rear end pages and pastedown also has a dampstain along the bottom edge. The low condition grade is mainly because of the missing front end pages. A couple of the pages to Marx in the corner where… Leer más

London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full leather with red morocco label on spine. Marbled end pages. Nice edition with only edge chipping and spot on center of front board. To which are added two essays; I. On the Poetry of the Eastern Nations. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. Interior pages lightly toned but of heavy stock, so they are in good condition. There are a few scattered notes in pencil, which can easily be erased if desired but since this book bears the bookplate of Joseph Cooper Walker (placed upside down in rear of book) the pencil marks have a historical significance. Joseph Cooper Walker (c.1762-1810) was an Irish antiquarian and writer and one of the original members of the Royal Irish Academy. The bookplate is by Duff and has the motto "Hope" added, which is the second state. Book binding good - no hinge cracks or torn/loose pages. The Joseph Cooper Walker bookplate makes… Leer más

Edinburgh and London: Printed for William Creech and sold by T. Cadell, 1790. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original full leather hardcover published posthumously by the poet's son in 1790. Only handwriting found in book was on the front pastedown where someone signed and placed some numbers, all in pencil. Pages show foxing/darkening in spots with the worst being around the end pages and boards. Binding good - no torn or loose pages. See photos.

1567. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16th century hardcover.Two books bound into a single edition. First book is "Regularum utriusque iuris cum ampliationibus ac limitationibus liber primus" dated 1557 - 661 0pp. plus lengthy index. Second book is "Tomus II Regularum Ad Reliquas Regul. Petri a Duenas adiectus & ex iuris corpore summa cum diligentia collectarum " dated 1567, 103 pp. plus index. Publisher: ad candentis Salamandrae insigne. Full leather bound, speckled edges. Appears to be an eighteenth century rebound. First book has writing and underlining present, 2nd book in bound copy appears clean and brighter. Exterior leather is in nice shape with only minor splits.

Philadelphia, PA: Printed for the Reported, by J. Ormrod, 1799. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original 1799 publication which appears to have been rebound with cloth in the late 19th to early 20th century. Front pastedown contains the law publisher business label of Geo. T. Bisel Company along with the stamped name of the Pennsylvania attorney who likely had the book rebound. Tan cloth boards are soiled and darkened. Leather labels on spine are brittle and cracked with numerous chips missing. Internal binding of text pages are tight and secure and only issue with binding is a small crack starting on the front board. Pages are toned due to age and foxing and spotting is present. Only handwriting found in the book is on the top of the title page which bears the signature of the original owner: James Booth. No other markings found, not ex-library. Note: this is the original publication from the 1700s… Leer más

Hieronymi Agricolae, et Michaelis Wagner, 1649. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Original hardcover, thin marbled boards. First published in 1649 of which this book states the date. 331 pp plus listing of questions. Title page carries the cachet "Gymnas, Imm.Conc.Soc.S., Paris, Ad Vall, Gir., IHS" (appears to be ex-lib.) and the bottom 1/4" of the page was cut off as it appears to have been done to remove a signature. Binding strong and pages tight. No worn or loose pages. No underlining or handwriting other than a small notations in the corners of both board pastedowns.