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Paris: H. Piazza et Cie, 1902. No. 248 OF 260 COPIES on papier vélin (from a total edition of 300). 248 x 178 mm. (9 3/4 x 7"). 175, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon). EXTRAVAGANT BLUE MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, BY OTTO SCHULZE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with a very decorative gilt frame enclosing a Moorish design featuring a lobed central panel framed by a strip of terra cotta morocco inlaid with 96 black morocco and gilt flowers, and (between this and the outer frame) a panel of lilac morocco inlaid with swirls of gilt vines terminating in 22 red blossoms; raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron surrounded by small tools and five inlaid red morocco flowers, inner dentelles with brown morocco frame flanked by large and small decorative gilt rolls, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original color-illustrated paper wrappers bound in at the rear. With decorative borders enclosing text and with 58 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED ILLUSTRATIONS BY DINET, consisting of title page and… Leer más

Rome: Nella Stamperia di Gio. Maria Salvioni, 1715. 273 x 200 mm. (10 3/4 x 8"). 3 p.l., 31, [7], 31-83, [1] pp. Contemporary sprinkled sheep, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron, red morocco label, marbled pastedowns. Engraved vignette on title page featuring a portrait of Pope Clement XI, four engraved six-line historiated initials, four decorative head- and tailpieces, large headpiece vignette of the Translation ceremony, and TWO ENGRAVED PLATES of the coffin and tomb of St. Leo the Great. Not in Ruggieri or Cicognara. ◆Joints a bit rubbed at head, minor wear to extremities, one quire lightly browned, other inconsequential imperfections, but an excellent copy, clean and very fresh internally, in a solid, pleasing binding. This is a rarely seen copy of the "Report of the Solemn Translation of the Body of St. Leo the Great which took place on 11 April 1715 in the Vatican Basilica," written by the Vatican official who served as Prefect of the Basilica. Born into a noble… Leer más

London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750-52. FIRST EDITION of parts 2-208 (March 24, 1750 through March 17, 1752), WITH FIRST ISSUE TITLE PAGE IN VOLUME I (issued 1751), 1751 reprint of No. 1 with "preceding numbers" reference in colophon (Fleeman I, p. 196), FIRST ISSUE of parts 2-4 without additional line, A THIRD OF THE ISSUES WITH ORIGINAL FOLDS (from delivery) faintly visible. 290 x 175 mm. (11 1/2 x 7"). Without title page in volume II, otherwise complete. Two volumes.. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine panels with black floral stamps, one maroon and one brown morocco label, marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on each title page, historiated headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Occasional neat ink annotations or marginal lines beside paragraphs. Fleeman 50.3R/1a; Courtney & Smith, pp. 25-30; Rothschild 1234. ◆Joints and extremities a bit rubbed, boards slightly chafed, leaves apparently lightly washed and pressed (but everything still quite fresh), a small… Leer más

London: Printed [by Thomas Davison] for G. B. Whittaker, 1824. 204 x 126 mm. (8 x 5"). Three volumes.. Publisher's drab paper boards, paper title label on spines, edges untrimmed. Front pastedown with the bookplate of H. Bradley Martin; pencilled note on front flyleaf identifying this as the Bellew copy (see below for both). ◆Boards with a scattering of small faint spots, negligible rubbing to joints, spine ends bumped (as always), trivial thin worm trail at inner margin of one quire, but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY, the insubstantial bindings with nothing approaching a significant imperfection, and the text clean, fresh, and bright, and with generous margins. This Victorian "three-decker" was issued at a time when publisher's temporary boards, intended to be replaced by a binding of the buyer's choosing, were giving way to publisher's cloth bindings that were "library-ready." With content that is reflected in the work's title, "Ramses" is one of two "exotic" novels by bookseller and orientalist… Leer más

Rome: Georgius Lauer, 16 October 1477. 335 x 238 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 1/4"). Double column, 50 lines in roman type. Edited by Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus. Attractively matted. Remnants of mounting tape to one margin of verso. Goff D-414; ISTC id00414000; not in BMC. ◆Light dampstain to one corner margin, but A FINE LEAF, clean, fresh, and very bright, from the printer who succeeded Han and Riessinger in Rome, and was the inventor of a moving carriage that improved the speed of printing. .

Paris: Drouhin, 1790. FIRST EDITION. 265 x 205 mm. (10 3/8 x 8"). Two volumes.. VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY MARBLED CALF, GILT IN A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN, covers with a cresting palmette frame featuring ornate urn ornaments at corners, flat spine divided into compartments by Greek key roll, floral spray centerpieces, one green and one black label, marbled endpapers. With 55 PLATES OF COSTUMES designed by Philippe Chéry and engraved by Pierre-Michel Alix, 50 of these PRINTED IN COLOR, five in black and white (a couple of these with color highlights applied by hand), and with a color portrait of the author (from the 1802 edition) tipped in at front. Colas 717; Hiler, p. 542; Lipperheide 3203; Cohen-de Ricci 227; Brunet IV, 1135. ◆One corner worn to board, joints and extremities lightly rubbed, but the bindings lustrous and generally very attractive. First volume slightly browned throughout, second volume occasionally so, volume II with two-inch marginal stain to upper gutter, affecting four quires… Leer más

London: Edward Moxon, 1856. Apparently the FIRST EDITION. 200 x 130 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/8"). viii, 355 pp. (bound with the half title and with an inserted plate as frontispiece).Edited by Alexander Dyce. VERY PLEASING SLIGHTLY LATER DARK BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, ATTRACTIVELY GILT, covers with French fillet border and elegant botanical cornerpieces, raised bands, heavily gilt spine in compartments featuring elaborate scrolling cornerpieces, an intricate fleuron centerpiece, and tiny circlets, turn-ins with plain and stippled rules and filigree gilt decoration at corners and midpoints of two sides, textured (silk?) brown and cream millefleur-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 55 PORTRAIT PLATES, five in color, all with tissue guards. Verso of the front free endpaper with the engraved bookplate of Robert B. Lawrence. ◆A hint of browning to some of the inserted plates, but A FINE AND HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY, the text especially fresh, clean, and smooth, and the binding bright and… Leer más

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. FIRST EDITION, First State, with 1823 watermark and comma following title on the title page of volumes I and II. 203 x 127 mm. (8 x 5"). Without two leaves of ads at the end of volume III. Three volumes.. Pleasing 19th century brown quarter morocco over marbled boards by René Asper of Geneva (stamp-signed on front pastedown), raised bands, gilt titling, edges untrimmed. Todd & Bowden 178Aa. ◆A hint of rubbing to the joints, trivial scratch to one board, occasional minor foxing, other insignificant defects, but still an excellent set, the text fresh and clean, and the bindings showing little wear. This collection of tales in the "Waverley" series of novels is set during a fictional third Jacobite rebellion in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie. It includes the chilling supernatural short story "Wandering Willie's Tale," an account of a tenant's trip to hell to obtain a rent receipt from his deceased landlord, a piece the Oxford Companion… Leer más

[Cambridge]: John Legat, 1598. Second Printing. 153 x 98 mm. (6 x 3 7/8"). 4 p.l., 375, [1] pp. Modern sprinkled calf, blind-ruled covers, raised bands flanked by double gilt rules, brown morocco label, remnants of paper library shelf label at tail of spine. Printer's device on title page. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection; rear pastedown with deaccession stamp of Bradford City Libraries. STC 19736; ESTC 19736. ◆Spine just faintly sunned, leaves lightly browned (due to paper quality) and trimmed a bit close at head, grazing headline on a couple of leaves, isolated marginal stains or tiny rust spots, but an excellent copy, fresh and clean, in a sympathetic binding with few signs of wear. This was an important work in establishing distinctions in liturgy and doctrine between the Catholic Church and the Church of England, written by a moderate puritan whom DNB considers "perhaps the most significant English theologian of his age." Perkins (1558-1602) was one of the most… Leer más

London: H. Sotheran & Co.; St. Albans: F. Sander & Co, [1886-]1888-90; [1891-]1892-94. FIRST EDITION. 545 x 406 mm. (21 1/2 x 16"). Lacking one text leaf. Two series in four volumes.. Stately contemporary dark brown morocco, upper cover with elaborate gilt frame enclosing a gilt armorial device, raised bands, compartments lavishly gilt and with the name of a previous owner stamped in gilt at tail of spine, all edges gilt. WITH 192 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED PLATES OF ORCHIDS (96 in each volume) by H. G. Moon, W. H. Fitch, and A. H. Loch, many finished by hand, with new tissue guards. Front pastedowns with the bookplate of Peter Dowding Prankerd. Sitwell, "Great Flower Books," p.135; Nissen 1722. See also: Swinson, "Frederick Sander: the Orchid King" (1970). ◆A hint of shelfwear, but the bindings sound and quite lustrous. Occasional light scattered foxing internally (including a handful of plates), several plates with expert (virtually indistinguishable) repairs to small patches of color (where the tissue… Leer más

London: Printed by H. Middleton for George Bishop, 1581. 168 x 110 mm. (6 5/8 x 4 1/4"). 4 p.l., 792 pp. Contemporary flexible vellum, yapp edges, flat spine with ink titling, front hinge reinforced with paper. Title page with early ink inscription of Richarde Grosvenor; front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Grosvenor's descendant, Hugh, Duke of Westminster (dated 1884); front free endpaper with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. STC 11448; ESTC S112728. ◆Vellum somewhat soiled, small chip to head of rear cover, a little soiling to title page, isolated faint foxing or small rust spots, but an unusually clean and fresh copy internally, in a serviceable binding with antique appeal. This is an infrequently seen polemical treatise from the English Reformation addressing theological arguments over Purgatory and transubstantiation, one of 21 such works Fulke (1528-89) produced to refute Roman Catholic attacks on the doctrines of the Church of England. According to DNB, "Fulke… Leer más

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682. FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. 210 x 165mm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). 8 p.l., 28 leaves. Later tan paper boards, title printed in black on upper cover. Front pastedown with book label of Charles Whibley. Macdonald 16a ii; Wing D-2342; Pforzheimer 337. ◆Spine with a thin, two-inch piece missing and with minor wear at the top, a couple of small stains, but a perfectly serviceable binding nonetheless; text with light overall browning, one leaf with a chip at top margin touching the running title, but a very good copy internally, with no major condition issues. Written in response to an English translation of a controversial work of biblical criticism ("Histoire critique du vieux testament"), this poem in support of Anglicanism is considered one of Dryden's most important writings on his own religious philosophy. In the words of DNB, it "marked a distinct departure in [his] career. Though his plays had often shown an informed interest in religious and philosophical… Leer más

London: Vale Press, 1902. ONE OF 310 COPIES (an additional 10 copies were printed on vellum). 298 x 203 mm. (11 3/4 x 8"). cxcviii pp, [1] leaf (colophon). VERY HANDSOME MAROON CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ZAEHNSDORF (signed on front turn-in and stamped on rear pastedown), covers with center panel of blind-stamped palmettes and festoons in staggered rows, gilt foliate sprays at convergence points, raised bands, spine compartments with blind-stamped palmette centerpiece and gilt leaf sprigs at corners, maroon silk endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Woodcut vine border by C. S. Ricketts on first text page. Van Capelleveen A 73a; Tomkinson, p.170. ◆Lower corners a little dented, light foxing resembling a fine spray in many lower margins, occasionally spreading upwards, (probably resulting from the printing process), but certainly a fresh copy in a lustrous binding with only minor signs of use. This stately printing of one of Browne's most celebrated and enduring writings is perhaps the most… Leer más

Charleston, S.C.: The News and Courier Book Press, 1882. ONE OF 100 COPIES printed for Private Circulation. 240 x 150 mm. (9 3/8 x 5 7/8"). 180 pp. Publisher's blue-gray cloth, covers stamped in red with thick and thin rules at head and foot, floral ornaments at corners, and the letters "C. S. A." at center, smooth spine lettered in red, endpapers renewed. Howes D-151. ◆Spine darkened and with a small rubbed patch, covers a little soiled and discolored, minor rubbing to extremities, but the binding solid, and quite an excellent, clean copy internally, with only the most trivial imperfections. This is quite a scarce account of an Englishman's service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Captain Francis Dawson (1840-89) was born in London as Austin John Reeks. After attending college, he embarked on a Grand Tour of the Continent before the Southern cause for secession captured his romantic imagination. He determined in 1861 to travel to the American South to be part of the fight. In… Leer más

London: [Printed by Ballantyne and Co. for] J. C. Nimmo, 1889. No. 22 OF 870 COPIES printed for England and America with 25 plates in two states. 267 x 168 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 5/8"). Two volumes.. EXTREMELY HANDSOME RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, VERY INTRICATELY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-ins and with special oval gilt stamp on rear pastedowns), covers with wide filigree frame with densely massed scrolling fleurons, raised bands (unevenly spaced in the continental style) forming five compartments, the second and two small bottom compartments with titling, the top and elongated middle compartment decorated with intricate gilt in the same way as the boards, broad inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers (with a thickly gilt lining between dentelles and pastedowns), top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. With 50 plates (comprising 25 images, each in two states: one proof before letters done on plate paper, the other on Whatman paper, titled and hand colored), as called for. A Large Paper Copy.… Leer más

Rome: Printer of the "Mercuriales quaestiones, 27 April 1474. 402 x 279 mm. (15 7/8 x 11"). Double column, 55 lines in roman type. Attractively matted. Verso with scant remnants of two mounting tabs. Goff D-442; BMC VII, 1128; ISTC id00442000. ◆Paper slightly wavy, light dampstain in lower corners (well away from the text), but an excellent specimen, the paper clean, crisp, and bright. .

Venice: Vindelinus de Spira and Johannes de Colonia, 1472. 362 x 250 mm. (14 1/4 x 9 7/8"). Double column, 55 lines in roman type. Attractively matted. Paragraph marks written in red or blue, one three-line initial in red. Goff L-57; BMC V, 161; ISTC il00057000. ◆An early Venetian leaf IN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE CONDITION, entirely smooth, clean, and bright. .

London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1888. Second edition, American issue. 184 x 127 mm. (7 1/4 x 5"). 2 p.l., 229, [1] pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Half title with ink ownership inscription, "Kate D. Wilson, Jan. 26th, 189[0]." Front pastedown with bookplate inscribed "Capt. James Hart, Baltimore, 26 Feb. [19]46." BAL 10583; Edel A-31b. ◆Spine slightly rolled, tiny snag at top of backstrip and one at bottom, light rubbing to small portions of the joints and extremities, but still a nearly fine copy, the cloth and gilt especially bright, the hinges solid, and the text with virtually no signs of use. Like many of James' novels, "The Reverberator" chronicles the adventures and misadventures of American innocents abroad. It opens with the visit to Paris of two young sisters who give an unfortunately forthright interview to a reporter working for "The Reverberator." The novel is one of the author's lighter works, with plenty of romance thrown in, and it is… Leer más

London: Printed for John Brooks, 1829. 229 x 152 mm. (9 x 6"). xxxii, [1] leaf (section title), 270, [2] pp. (without the initial blank). LUXURIOUS OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO, VIGOROUSLY AND SPLENDIDLY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front doublure, and with the firm's oval exhibition stamp on rear endleaf), covers framed by multiple plain and decorative rules and garlands of palm and olive branches, large central panel densely tooled with 13 horizontal rows of either four or five elegant floral sprigs of various shapes, some within flower-framed ovals, others on a stippled background; flat spine gilt in similar fashion, gilt titling, TAN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with intricate central gilt arabesque on a field semé with gilt dots and daggers, tan morocco endleaves with gilt border, top edge gilt and beautifully gauffered to match the floral design on the covers. From the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck (though apparently with his bookplate removed). Granniss 45. ◆Spine sunned toward brown (a ubiquitous… Leer más

Perusiae [Perugia]: ex officina Andreae Brixiani, 1563. SOLE EDITION. 210 x 155 mm. (8 1/4 x 6"). 4 p.l., 78, [4] leaves. 19th century vellum-backed pink marbled paper boards, smooth spine, black morocco label, remnants of paper (shelf?) label at foot of spine, newer endpapers. Printer's device on title page. With Greek inscription in ink on title page, occasional ink marginalia, and with a page of inked notes written in Latin in an early hand on blank verso of final leaf. Leaf *3r with an inexpert but endearing pen-and-ink drawing of a rider on a galloping horse below the dedication, with some pencilled embellishments around it; A4r with an ink-drawn small face in one margin. EDIT 16 CNCE 23145; Gehl, "Advertising or fama?: local markets for schoolbooks in sixteenth-century Italy" in Costas, ed., "Print Culture and Peripheries in Early Modern Europe" (2012). ◆Corners a little bumped, boards lightly chafed, title page a bit soiled and browned, four leaves affected by the same small burn hole (a… Leer más