Specchio di Guerra
Panigarola, Francesco Contemporary calf, rubbed with significant surface wear, loss at spine ends and corners; still quite sound. Scattered minor foxing, quite clean internally. Second edition of Panigarola's military history of the bible with an interesting glossary/index at the beginning. Illustrated throughout. [72], 324pp First published in 1595 Provenance: V. Duchataux (bookplate dated 1887) Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 048660.- $1,650
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Il Petrarcha con l’Espositione di M. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo [with] I Trionfi del Petrarca
Petrarca, Francesco (Petrarch); Gesvaldo, Andrea (notes) 19th century full leather, rubbing at edges and hinges, binding quite sound, endpapers refreshed. Slight scattered foxing; browning to bottom of title and first few leaves in the preliminaries and final leaf, two small temoin at end of book; an attractive copy with 6 woodcuts in the Trionfi and a full page map of Valclusa. (52), 667, (1). Printer's mark on verso of final page. Giolito published similar editions of Petrarch with commentary by Gesualdo (first was 1533) and Vellutell (first was 1538) in the 1540s and 50s with the same map and engravings. Adams P820, Mortimer 375 (for the 1543 Vellutello ed.) Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048658.- $2,000
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Canones et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici et Generalis Concili Tridentini Sub Paol III. Iulio III, Pio IIII Pontificibus Max
Council of Trent (Conciliii Tridentini) Old quarter leather over marbled boards. Title browned with old ink removal, early notes and underlines, some with some acidification from the ink, scattered throughout, some trimmed, Upper right margin with a half circle missing for a few dozen pages early on, not touching text, modest foxing. Still, very good overall and the first quarto edition of the Council of Trent's clarifications of Catholic doctrine and teachings. 284pp. Ahmanson-Murphy 721, Renouard 190:4, Adams C2795 A crucial counterreformation document, the council met from 1545-1563 to discuss the ramifications of the Protestant reformation. Due to disagreements over whether a council was necessary or desirous, and a few wars, the council did not meet until right around the death of Martin Luther, twenty-four years after his excommunication. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048655.- $2,100
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Bruges La Morte
Rodenbach, Georges Loose in portfolio as issued with a chemise and slipcase; modest wear to green moire slipcase, slight wear to covers due to the weight of the book. Number 15 of 15 copies on Japon Imperial paper with the fine illustrations by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. illustrations in 5 states (color in text, color with additional printer's marks, blue, green, bistre). Laid in is a signed note from Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Lévy-Dhurmer had done a fine portrait of Rodenbach with Bruges in the background in 1895 which serves as the frontis illustration here along with a quote from Rodenbach. "J'aime beaucoup le talent de M. Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer qui fait a moi un portrait delicieux ou je me vois moi-meme comme en songe, dans un recul et un avenir d;années confondus avec ma chere Bruges-La-Morte, a laquelle il me mela, comme si j'en faisais partie." A really fine edition and marvelous pairing of artist and novel. First illustrated edition. Size: Folio. Illustrator: Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 048651.- $2,500
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Fasti Consulares, ac Triumphi Acti a Romulo Rege Usque ad ti. Caesarem. Eiusdem In Fastos, et Triumphos, id est In Universam Romanam Historiam Commentarius
Sigonius, Carolus (Sigonio, Carlo) Old parchment backed boards, worn and a bit soiled. Light foxing and creasing to title, scattered minor foxing internally, a few early marginal notes and marks at end. With the Aldine device to title. 16, 169, (1) leaves. Final leaf is errata and a bit browned. There is a second title after the first section. The second and best edition of this chronological history of Rome (one of the first in this order) based on the lists or fasti in which Ancient Rome's history was recorded. Earlier editions lacked the crucial commentary and the section on the etymology of Roman names (De nominibus Romanorum)leading Brunet to call the first edition "rare mais sans valeur" Adams S1115, Brunet V 380. Graesse VI 403, Ahmanson-Murphy 496 Provenance: Thomas Webb (signature to title) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048654.- $1,500
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Imperio de la China y Cultura Evangelica en El, por los religiosos de la propia Compañia
de Faria y Sousa, Manuel (1590-1649); Semmedo, Padre Alvaro Attractively bound in later but old acid calf with gilt spine. Light wear, remains of old paper label to spine, inner joint slightly cracked, but binding quite firm; marbled endpapers, later blank endpapers. Small section with a bit of worming in the lower margin, not really touching any text, slight creasing to text. A bright, attractive copy of the second Spanish language edition. (18), 252pp Related to Portuguese poet and historian de Faria y Sousa's planned history of the Portuguese in all the parts of the world of which Asia Portuguesa, Europa Portuguesa and Africa Portuguesa appeared posthumously . The first edition of this work appeared in 1642 but without de Faria y Sousa listed as the author. Palau 86689, Brunet V 272 (1642 ed) Provenance: Jose da Silva Santos, Porto (bookplate or bookshop ticket); Dorothy Willard Straight (bookplate) Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048653.- $2,250
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Decretorum collectanea : ex varia copiosaque scriptorum ecclesiasticorum
Gratianus; Antoine de Mouchy Early blindtooled and rules black calf, modest wear, hinges and joints a little loose, leather a bit dry and cracking in places but binding firm overall and still an attractive example. Old seminary stamp and bookplate, later marbled endpapers and gilding to page edges. Light ruled throughout. Possibly a recased early binding or reemboitage with newer lettering piece, endpapers and gilding; . Index, 663 leaves. The second edition of the 12th century Decretum published by Charlotte Guillard, the first was in 1547. Guillard had run the printing business in Paris after the death of her first husband around 1518 until she was remarried in 1520 to Claude Chevallon wherupon they ran the press together until his death in 1537, whereupon she ran it herself until her death in 1557, printing an estimated 200+ editions on her five or more presses with dozens of employees. Provenance: Bibliotheque Grand Seminaire Nantes (stamp), Our Lady of the Holy Cross Library, Berryville, VA (bookplate) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048657.- $850
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The Poetical Works of Wordsworth
Wordsworth William Rebound in full brown morocco, elaborately tooled, gilt ruled, raised bands on spine, Cockerell endpapers, edges gilt. Undated ca. 1869, from the 1827 edition fo Wordsworth's works. Scattered foxing and soiling early on. A very fine binding in the style of Douglas Cockerell (and marked as such by a previous bookseller on the rear endpaper, but not signed or stamped by Cockerell. 600p. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046577.
Goethes Werke. Illustrirt von ersten deutschen Künstlern. Band 1-5
Goethe, J.W. Five volumes in brown decorative cloth, illustrated. Undated ca. 1890. Previous owner's bookplate, clean internally, wear to corners. Nice examples. Size: Quarto (4to). 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 048636.- $100
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Commento di Ser Agresto da Ficarvolo sopra la prima ficata del padre Siceo; con la diceria de Nasi
Aretino, Pietro; Annibale Caro Early full parchment, wear at edges, modest soiling, some staining internally and worming in the lower right corners throughout not touching text, but quite close at times. Published as the last part of Aretino's Ragionamenti with a separate half title and introduction. 118pp A nice edition of Caro's licentious - the imprint is false (Bengodi is a fanciful place like Cocaigne) - sometimes identified as London, but more likely Lyons. Brunet I 1589 called it "fort licencieux". First published in 1539. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Erotica; Inventory No: 048641.- $750
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