Les commentaires de César. de [César, Jules]; [Perrot d'Ablancourt, Nicolas] (trad.) - 1650

Liber I-XIV and De Spectaculis. The works of Martial became highly valued on their discovery by the Renaissance, whose writers often saw them as sharing an eye for the urban vices of their own times.
Description: Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscripts. Duodecimo: 15 × 8.5 cm; pag.: 492. With copper-engraved frontispiece.
Condition: Minor soiling and wear to covers. Missing front free endpaper. Very faint marginal toning to contents, inner hinges cracked but firm on cords. Overall a well-preserved copy.

First edition, number 266 of 785 numbered copies.
Description: Paperback in glassine wraps. Octavo: 24.5 × 16 cm; pp. 122, untrimmed. Illustrated with 6 full-page woodcuts, numerous borders, initials and tailpieces by Picard le Doux.
Condition: Glassine wraps slightly yellowed. Internally quite fine.

First edition. Limited edition, one of 60 copies printed on Hollande Van Gelder, numbered I to LX, of which this is no. XXXI.
Description: Quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards. Octavo: 23 × 15 cm; pp. 90, [1]. Illustrated with numerous decorative borders, head- and tailpieces by Gabriel Pinta. Top edge gilt.
Condition: Despite light wear to the extremities, the binding is in very good condition. Internally, clean and free of marks.

A handsomely produced book published by Golden Cockerel Press, designed by Robert Gibbings and with initials designed by Eric Gill. Limited to 360 copies, of which this is No. 303.
Description: Quarter vellum over blue boards with gilt titles on spine. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; pp. 39, [2]. Printed from 18 pt. Caslon Old Face in black and red on Arnold's unbleached hand-made paper.
Ref.: Cave/Manson 26; Chanticleer 26
Condition: Vellum darkened and showing a few marks, rubbed on corners and sunned along upper margins, internally clean and bright.
Notes: 'Fra Lippo Lippi' by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue in verse running the length of 376 lines. The poem was published in 1855. Fra Lippo Lippi was a Florentine monk who lived in the fifteenth century. He was a painter of some renown, and Browning most probably gained familiarity with his works during the time he spent in Italy. Lippo's most important statements concern the basis of art: should art be realistic and true-to-life, or should it be… Leer más

First Edition. The first Golden Cockerel Press book to be printed in the 'Golden Cockerel' font, which was specially designed for the press by Eric Gill. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is No. 964.
Description: Original green leather spine and decorated boards (designed by Tirzah Garwood). Gilt title to spine. Octavo: 25 × 17 cm; pp. [1], 57, [2]. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed on English hand-made paper. With 4 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings.
Enclosed: Loosely inserted is the "Notice to Subscribers" by Moira and Robert Gibbings.
Ref.: Cave/Manson 74; Chanticleer 74
Condition: Spine ends show some rubbing, apart from that a very fine, crisp clean and tight copy.

Liber I-XIV and De Spectaculis. The works of Martial became highly valued on their discovery by the Renaissance, whose writers often saw them as sharing an eye for the urban vices of their own times.
Description: Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscripts. Duodecimo: 15 × 8.5 cm; pag.: 492. With copper-engraved frontispiece.
Condition: Minor soiling and wear to covers. Missing front free endpaper. Very faint marginal toning to contents, inner hinges cracked but firm on cords. Overall a well-preserved copy.

First edition, number 266 of 785 numbered copies.
Description: Paperback in glassine wraps. Octavo: 24.5 × 16 cm; pp. 122, untrimmed. Illustrated with 6 full-page woodcuts, numerous borders, initials and tailpieces by Picard le Doux.
Condition: Glassine wraps slightly yellowed. Internally quite fine.

First edition. Limited edition, one of 60 copies printed on Hollande Van Gelder, numbered I to LX, of which this is no. XXXI.
Description: Quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards. Octavo: 23 × 15 cm; pp. 90, [1]. Illustrated with numerous decorative borders, head- and tailpieces by Gabriel Pinta. Top edge gilt.
Condition: Despite light wear to the extremities, the binding is in very good condition. Internally, clean and free of marks.

A handsomely produced book published by Golden Cockerel Press, designed by Robert Gibbings and with initials designed by Eric Gill. Limited to 360 copies, of which this is No. 303.
Description: Quarter vellum over blue boards with gilt titles on spine. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; pp. 39, [2]. Printed from 18 pt. Caslon Old Face in black and red on Arnold's unbleached hand-made paper.
Ref.: Cave/Manson 26; Chanticleer 26
Condition: Vellum darkened and showing a few marks, rubbed on corners and sunned along upper margins, internally clean and bright.
Notes: 'Fra Lippo Lippi' by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue in verse running the length of 376 lines. The poem was published in 1855. Fra Lippo Lippi was a Florentine monk who lived in the fifteenth century. He was a painter of some renown, and Browning most probably gained familiarity with his works during the time he spent in Italy. Lippo's most important statements concern the basis of art: should art be realistic and true-to-life, or should it be… Leer más

First Edition. The first Golden Cockerel Press book to be printed in the 'Golden Cockerel' font, which was specially designed for the press by Eric Gill. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is No. 964.
Description: Original green leather spine and decorated boards (designed by Tirzah Garwood). Gilt title to spine. Octavo: 25 × 17 cm; pp. [1], 57, [2]. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed on English hand-made paper. With 4 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings.
Enclosed: Loosely inserted is the "Notice to Subscribers" by Moira and Robert Gibbings.
Ref.: Cave/Manson 74; Chanticleer 74
Condition: Spine ends show some rubbing, apart from that a very fine, crisp clean and tight copy.