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1974réf. B70448New York: Medieval Text Association 1974. Softcover. Very good. Gilt stamped stiff paper wraps octavo 352pp. color frontispiece otherwise not illustrated. Book has mild edgewear and rubbing binding tight text clean and unmarked but toned throughout faint foxing to edges of block. Medieval Text Association unknown
1916réf. H39369New Castle PA: C. B. Randall 1916. Hardcover. Fair. Letter "T" of 26 lettered copies. Translated and illustrated by Josef Pierre Nuyttens. 4 of 5 volumes lacking the last volume folio 15.25 x 11.25 inches bound in full brown pigskin with watered silk endpapers and printed on very thick handmade paper. The first volume is in fair condition at best with front board detached and much rubbing and wear including a long jagged scar to cover. The other volumes are in very good condition with light wear to edges and joints contents very good: a few of the plates have some faint rusty foxing to margins. Illustrated with 7 fine pen drawings hand colored by Nuyttens and the publisher C. B. Randall has illustrated the volukmes with several smaller vignettes in ink watercolor and gouache and occasional hand-colored and illuminated letters all initialed C. B. R. It will be clear to anyone that Randall is without much talent skill or sense of draughtsmanship but he sure liked to make fancy books. He is also noted for publishing a lavish edition of the works of James Whitcomb Riley. Nuyttens 1885-1960 was a Belgian-American artist now mostly known for his illustrations for four non-Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. He died in a house fire that destroyed a good deal of his art. C. B. Randall hardcover
1860réf. H23322Stuttgart: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Litterarischen Vereins 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo cloth backed boards very good light wear to covers mellowing to spine contents very good pages a bit tanned. 703 pp. In prose in German. Heinrich Steinhöwel 1412 - 1482 was a Swabian author humanist and translator who was much inspired by the Italian Renaissance. His translations of medical treatises and fiction were an important contribution to early Renaissance Humanism in Germany. Gedruckt auf Kosten des Litterarischen Vereins hardcover
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1620réf. Bv2407The First English Language Edition of Boccaccio"s masterpiece "the dirtiest great book in the Western canon." Two works in one: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the second second English edition of the first as virtually always. Quarto. Late 19th-century full dark red morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Isaac Jaggard 1625 1620. The five year delay of the second volume has summoned various uncertain explanations but by the time it was ready the first printing of the first volume had been exhausted and a new printing produced. No comparable second printing of the second volume has been recorded. The first translation into English of one of the greatest books in all literature to which countless legendary authors -- Shakespeare Chaucer Swift Keats -- are indebted. This anonymous English translation of Boccaccio often ascribed to John Florio is one of a small cluster of imprints to carry the name of Isaac Jaggard joint publisher and printer of Shakespeare's First Folio on the same presses contemporaneous with The First Folio. Described by The New Yorker as "probably the dirtiest great book in the Western canon" The Decameron relates several salacious stories "Wittily discoursed betweene seven Honorable Ladies and three Noble Gentlemen" sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death tormenting the city. The various tales of love and lust in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit practical jokes and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In 1559 when the Vatican first produced its Index of Banned Books the Decameron appeared on its first list. The author has even contributed to the Italian language where the word "boccaccesco" we might say "Boccaccio-esque" is used to describe something salacious or lewd. In the end "Boccaccio creates a human panorama of love courage cowardice wit wisdom deceit and folly. If he does not teach the art of living virtuously he does the 'art of living well" Boorstin 266-70. Small ink annotation to front free endpaper pencil bibliographic annotations to first leaf and recto of rear free endpaper the latter signed "Mr. B. Quaritch Ltd". Text generally clean and fresh with only a few spots of light foxing a tiny bit of light marginal dampstaining to a few leaves front inner hinge expertly reinforced. Occasional tiny hole to leaves affecting letters but not sense of text. An excellent copy handsomely bound. Book #Bv2407. $50000. We specialize in Rare Signed and Manuscript Ayn Rand and other Legends and Landmarks. Isaac Jaggard hardcover
1927réf. 398Gius. Laterza e Figli 1927. Hardcover in half red leather. very well preserved Gius. Laterza e Figli hardcover
1904réf. IYC133222London: Alexander Moring 1904. 1st. h/b. Very good 1st edition of Wicksteed's translation no d/j duckegg blue boards white spine with 4 raised bands and title on panel browned; text block firm pages crisp and unmarked; some foxing on endpapers. Initialled and dedicated by translator ""To Mr & Mrs G. K. Chesterton Xmas 1904. 18mo 170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4"". Brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio. Along with the other sources included in this volume they provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love his involvement in politics scholastic enthusiasms and military experience to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. King's Classics edition ed. Prof Gollancz Alexander Moring hardcover
1890réf. lib36364757BCH. Launette 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Books in Fine shape 3/4 leather with raised ribs on spine Highly illustrated very tight illustrations by wagrez H. Launette hardcover
1920réf. mon0000977143Chatto & Windus 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No edition remarks Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Some rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
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1911réf. mon0000942075Gibbings & Co 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FOUR VOLUMES Gibbings & Co 1911. Bindings firm. Pages clean and bright no markings. Gibbings & Co hardcover
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