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1692rif. RANALES00twGeorge Gallet 1692. Very Good. Anacreon. Les Oeuvres D'Anacreon et de Sapho Contenant leurs Poesies & les galanteries de l'ancienne Grece. Sapho Sappho. Amsterdam: George Gallet 1692. 398pp. 12mo. Blind embossed vellum with hand titled spine. Book condition: Very good with subtle soiling. Small paper repair to recto of frontispiece. Pages are clean with occasional light foxing and offsetting. Greek and French. George Gallet hardcover books
1960rif. 400753Mount Vernon: THE GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Limited edition. Light offsetting on endpapers near fine in a very good dustwrapper with minimal internal tape repair dampstain on rear panel. One of only 200 copies printed. THE GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS hardcover books
1864rif. 99287Paris: De Firmin Didot Freres 1864. Hardcover. Good. First edition of this translation. Text in Greek. Translated by D'Amb. Firmin Didot. 54 mounted albumen plates of classical illustrations by Girodet mostly mounted two per page. Full leather. Rebacked boards quite worn appears to lack front and rear blanks a good only copy. De Firmin Didot Freres hardcover books
1777rif. 49026Glasguae: excudebat Andreas Foulis 1777. 8vo pp. 100; Greek text in large type with Latin footnotes; contemporary paneled calf gilt-ruled borders gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments with blind-stamped details red speckled edges; spine chipped and label perished later signature on flyleaf a good sound copy. Gaskell 610. excudebat Andreas Foulis unknown books
1820rif. TK0328London:: Printed for James Carpenter 1820. 1820. 2 volumes in 1. Tall 4to. xlvii 1 49-175 1; 3-148 pp. 2 frontispieces 26 engraved plates by Robt. Ker. Porter. The plates are full size for the volume whereas the text leaves are all mounted and expanded to achieve the same size as the plates. Original full gilt-stamped calf; rebacked with raised bands gilt-stamped spine compartments 1 of 2 clasps; corners showing lacks the one clasp. Very good. Illustrated by Sir Robert Ker Porter a friend of the author. Sir Robert Ker Porter KCH was a British artist writer and diplomat. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Russia Spain Portugal and Persia he was one of the earliest panorama painters in Britain was appointed historical painter to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and served as British consul in Venezuela. Printed for James Carpenter, 1820. hardcover books
1785rif. 6702Parma: Ex Regio Typographeio i.e. Giambattista Bodoni 1785. Very Good. Quarto 32 cm; 4. xciv 100 2 pages. Engraved title vignette engraved vignette of the arms of Don José Nicolás de Azara by Domenico Cagnoni. Text in Latin and Greek. Printed in capitals on blue paper. In contemporary dark green-brown speckled calfskin ruled in gilt and bordered with a frond and flower tool all edges gilt. Spine in six compartments titled in gilt and gilt stamped with "Greek pavilion" tool. Greek key turn-ins. Pink marbled endleaves. The whole preserved in recent custom slipcase. Spine fading to brown and beginning to split slightly near head and tail. Few abrasions on boards. Text effectively unblemished. References: Brooks 287 "Magnificamente stampato in caratteri maiuscoli"; Giani Catalogo delle autentiche edizioni bodoniane 3 "Certo questa seconda edizione è più attraente della prima."; De Lama II 35 "bella edizione". Much admired edition in a large quarto format of a text Bodoni had printed in octavo the previous year. Intended in part to show off his new Greek capital letters he printed the entire text on tinted paper in caps and small caps in sharp distinction to any prior edition. Bodoni was actively trying to expand his commercial market and his reputation into Spain during this period hence the dedication to Azara a Spanish noble and sometime resident of Parma. Ex Regio Typographeio [i.e., Giambattista Bodoni] hardcover books
1732rif. 1395174Traiecti Ad Rhenum Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Kroon 1732. Hardcover. Quarto 36 315 1 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in full leather front board is detached has moderate rubbing and shelf wear mild red rot moderate rubbing and bumping to corners. Spine is darkened with moderate cracking loss of leather along the head/tail ends nearly detached end-band at tail of spine lacking the top end-band. Textblock has pencil annotations and a bookplate of "Carberry Tower Library" to front pastedown nearly loose front end page scattered stains and foxing throughout light age toning with more significant age toning around the edges of the end pages. Greek and Latin text. 1395174. Special Collections - Downstairs. Apud Guilielmum Kroon hardcover books
1813rif. 3644London: B.R. Howlette / John Murray 1813. Second edition. Good. 8vo. 2 130 pp. Printed in Greek throughout on fine paper. Contemporary English red diced russia calf rubbed and worn tooled in blind outer frame of gilt palmette rolls all edges gilt drab endpapers. Front endpaper waterstained; second blank leaf with paper flaw; outer margins of final pages darkened from turn-ins. With faults and priced accordingly. THE ONLY KNOWN ILLUSTRATIONS BY MRS. LAVINIA FORSTER. Our copy bears learned MS annotations in Greek and Latin. Beautifully printed in a Greek font created especially for William Bulmer by William Martin. Dibdin described the 1802 first edition as an "elegant work that confers great credit on the printer." Our copy belongs to the second edition which was printed in the same Greek font and retains the 20 fine engraved head- and tailpiece vignettes designed by Lavinia Banks Forster 1774-1858 wife of the present editor Edward Foster. Two of the vignettes are signed in absolutely miniscule lettering "Publ. by W. Miller Old Bond Street 1802." Mrs. Lavinia Banks Forster was the only child of the sculptor Thomas Banks and his wife Elizabeth. She married the Reverend Edward Forster in 1799 and from 1815 lived in Paris with her husband who was at that time Chaplain to the British Embassy. There they provided a social center for artists. Her lively and fully accomplished illustrations for her husband's Anacreon represent the only published examples by her that we have been able to trace. "Few of Anacreon's works survive but those that do focus on wine love homosexual and heterosexual and the overall pleasures of the legendary Roman symposium. Anacreon used various techniques in his writings including self-deprecation and irony. The collection of miscellaneous Greek poems from the Hellenistic Age and beyond known as the Anacreontea was 'mistakenly labeled' with Anacreon's name" see William and Mary Law Library online exhibit. The annotator of our copy was one George Houstoun on title: "Ex libris Georgii Houstoun." Given the lavishness of the binding and the fact that the book itself was printed on fine paper perhaps this individual was George Houstoun 1743-1815 4th Laird of Johnstone Renfrew Scotland. Subsequently signed in pencil inside the lower cover: "R. Bradford." Dibdin Greek and Latin Classics vol. I pp. 266-267 1802 edition. See DNB under Edward Forster. B.R. Howlette / John Murray unknown books
rif. 141498Rye NY: The Gray Moose Press 1954. First Edition. Softcover. VG. Pink & color illus. wraps 20 pp. 8 line drawings. Modern depiction of a poem first published in England in 1651 "a paraphrase of one of the Anacreontics light lyrics written in the style of Anacreon by Alexandrian poets about 200 B.C." With illustrations by Joan Drew Ritchings. One of 500 copies. Nice! The Gray Moose Press paperback books
1802rif. 298001London: White and Miller 1802. hardcover. very good. 130 pages slim 12mo full pebbled brown morocco ornately gilt on spine and covers inner dentelles all edges gilt inner frot hinge reinforced. London: White and Miller 1802. Very good . White and Miller unknown books
1810rif. 283286Philadelphiae: T. Barton Zantzinger et Soc 1810. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Selections with the text in Greek and in Latin. In sheep; spine with very minor loss and gilt rules. Printed by Fry and Kammerer for the Thos. B. Zantzinger Company. 123 pages; 2 publisher’s ad. Shaw & Shoemaker 19363. Very Good binding. T. Barton Zantzinger et Soc unknown books
rif. ST17263-25Market Drayton England: Tern Press 1985. No. 9 OF 75 COPIES signed by the artist. 260 x 270 mm. 10 1/4 x 10 1/2". 6 leaves.Translated into English by Thomas Moore. DYNAMIC DARK BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ALISON MARTIN five wavy lines of inlaid morocco in yellow orange tan beige and brown emanating from a section near the mid-fore edge of the front cover and radiating out and around the smooth spine three of the lines terminating on the fore edge of the rear cover the other two at the head and tail edges front cover also with a single straight diagonal line of inlaid black calf running from head edge to foot slicing through the color waves paste-paper endleaves made by Martin in an ombré of brown/orange/yellow etched with wavy lines echoing the cover design top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. In a felt-lined black cloth clamshell box black morocco label on spine. With five etchings by Nicolas Parry printed in black and sanguine. Tern Press Check-List 38. As new. This appealing fine press edition of an 1800 translation of odes by the sixth century B.C. lyric poet Anacreon comes in a 1995 binding that symbolically embodies the poems and their author. According to Alison Martin's artist's statement "the design represents the five odes as coloured waves against a dark background. These are the ideas and thoughts behind the formation of the Odes the Muses perhaps travelling across the ether destined to come together at an undefined point. . . The poet is represented by the straight black line . . . The man himself has become merely a shadowy figure in the background of his poetic works . . . yet his presence was a vital catalyst to their formation . . . Hence the design is abstract to express things beyond material existence. The colors reflect those used in the paper and printing of the text." Elected a Licentiate of Designer Bookbinders in 1995 Martin earned a degree in English at Leeds University before taking a Diploma in Fine Bookbinding and Conservation at Guildford College. She also worked and trained with renowned binder James Brockman. Tern Press was founded by artist and printer Nicolas Parry and his wife Mary in 1973. In "Matrix 5" Parry said: "Our initial aims were to relate each subject to a relative set of materials to think of the book as an overall work of art rather like an opera with a body stage - props - paper - binding intellect thoughts - words - libretto and feelings music - color - prints to try as in all art to produce a form that lives and breathes. Thus our books are not conceived designed produced through process but are perceived arranged and produced through craft.". Tern Press unknown books
1785rif. 23485Parma: Bodoni 1785. Hardcover. Contemporary marbled paper over pasteboard with paper spine label. Very good in red cloth clam shell box. 6 LXXXII 103 1. 30.5 x 23 cm. Engraved title followed by a second page with engraved vignette at head the entire work printed in capital letters. Wide text margins. Latin commentary followed by Greek text. Commentary written by P. Paciaudi. DIBDIN Vol. I p.151. "There is a copy in the British Museum. It was the author's intention to have embellished the work with suitable engravings. but the plates were stolen by some person he employed." BROOKS. COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DI EDIZIONI BODONIANE. 287. Bookplate of Bibliotheca Giuliari. Interior very fresh and clean joints rubbed but firm backstrip head lacks two centimeters. Bodoni hardcover books
1735rif. 64712London: Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office 1735. First Addison Edition. Small octavo. Original full brown calf. Spine hinges cracked on front and rear but holding. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Very good. HBS 64712. $400. Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office unknown books
1904rif. 8838Boston Nathan Haskell Dole 1904 Handsomely bound in gilt ruled 3/4 brown Levant Morocco and linen covered boards. Elaborate gilt tooled spine compartments with gilt scored raised bands.Gilt titles. Top Edges Gilded. Tall 8vo. 6.5"x9". The Adelphi Edition. Number 171 of an Edition Limited to 475 copies printed upon French Handmade paper. Illustrated by monochrome frontispieces and elaborate border decorations to each page of text. Sets is comprised by- The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by Jeremy Collier; The Ecolgues of Vergil. Translated by Baron Bowen; Sayings of Epictetus. Translated by T.W. Rolleston; Selections from Gesta Romanorum. Translated by Rev. Charles Small; Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology. Translated by n/a ; The Satires of Horace. Translated by Various Hands; The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phæacians Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey. Translated by Andrew Lang and Prof. Butcher; Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian. Translated by F.A. Paley; The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar. Translated by Abraham Moore; Selections from the Koran of Mohammed. Translated by George Sale. Various very mild rubbing to covers.Several extremely mild chips to several caps. Small scuffs to several spinesincluding a short vertical streak to Koran spine. Some corners gently bumped. A gleaming crisp and clean Fine set. Nathan Haskell Dole hardcover books
1793rif. 139954Parma: Bodoni 1793. contemporary calf gilt borders on covers black and red leather spine labels gilt leather turn-ins marbled pastedowns and endsheets. Bodoni Giambattista. small 8vo. contemporary calf gilt borders on covers black and red leather spine labels gilt leather turn-ins marbled pastedowns and endsheets. viii 100 pages. Printed by Giambattista Bodoni in Parma Brooks 503. Minor shelf wear else a near fine copy. Pages 73-100 contain the "choice of poems mostly not complete which are published under the name of Anacreon". There were 6 copies on parchment. A lovely copy. Anacreon one of the most celebrated Greek lyric poets was born at Teos in Ionia. He lived in Samos and Athens where his patron was Hipparchus. His poetry is know for it's grace and elegabce and it's celebration of the joys of wine and love. Bodoni unknown books
1555rif. ST16215gLutetiae Paris: Apud Henricum Stephanum 1554; Paris: Apud Thomam Richardum 1555. First work: EDITIO PRINCEPS; Second Work: First Complete Latin Translation. 198 x 135 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4". 4 p.l. 110 pp. 1 leaf blank; 24 leaves. Two separately published works in one volume. First work: Translated and edited with notes and commentary by Henri Estienne. Second work: Translated by Helias Andreas Élie André. Fine retrospective reddish-brown goatskin in the style of the period French fillet frame on covers raised bands spine compartments formed by double gilt rules endpapers raised exposing laced-in boards as an imitation of an antique binding. Estienne device on title page of first work; Richard's device on title of second. First work: Renouard 115:1; Schreiber 139; Dibdin I 258; Adams A-1001; Brunet I 250. Second work: Schweiger I 26; Adams A-1002. ◆Recently and very expertly washed and resized some leaves with very faint browning otherwise bright and fresh as well as entirely clean in a convincing new period-style binding. The first book to be published by Henri Estienne the initial work here is the original printing of an important collection of classical lyric poetry described by Dibdin as "a beautiful and rare edition." According to Schreiber this collection of Greek poems written in imitation of the sixth century poet Anacreon "became the most influential 'ancient' Greek poetic text during the Renaissance and Estienne's editio princeps virtually caused a poetic revolution." One of the greatest of the scholar-printers of the 15th and 16th centuries Henri Estienne 1528 or 1531-91 found these poems in two old manuscripts compiled the collection and did the Latin translation. The work became the first project released under Henri's imprint by his father Robert's press; Schreiber believes the presswork was done by Guillaume Morel rather than by Henri himself as it used three sizes of Claude Garamond's lovely and renowned "grecs du roi" type. The second work here includes additional odes not in the Estienne edition and is thus the first complete Latin translation of the "Anacreontia." It is a rare work: OCLC finds just two copies in North America while ABPC and RBH record three copies all bound as here with the 1554 Estienne. Apud Henricum Stephanum, 1554; Paris: Apud Thomam Richardum unknown books
1773rif. ST16314Paris: Chez Le Boucher 1773. First Edition with these Illustrations. 214 x 136 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". 2 p.l. iv 280 pp. without "Héro et Léandre" as usual.Translated by Julien Jacques Moutonnet de Clairfons. LOVELY RED MOROCCO GILT BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet border raised bands spine gilt in compartments with rose sprig at center curling floral cornerpieces gilt titling densely gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 25 charming and delicate engraved illustrations by Jean Massard after Charles Eisen. Cohen-de Ricci 79; Brunet I 254; Graesse I 113. For the binding: Flety 40. ◆Lower half-inch of joints just starting to show wear three minor stains and one short scratch to upper board but a fine and pretty copy the text fresh and smooth with deep impressions of the type with rich impressions of the engravings with ample margins and with a lustrous binding. This is a very attractive copy of the first printing of an anthology of French versions of classical poetry described by Cohen-de Ricci as "one of the most elegantly illustrated books of the 18th century." Charles Eisen 1720-78 was Louis XV's court painter as well as drawing master to Madame de Pompadour. Bryan says that "almost all the important books published in France in his time contain his exquisite plates" which "he engraved with a light point and with striking originality." He "took his inspirations direct from nature but added something of the ideal after the manner of Watteau and Boucher." The text contains biographies of and works by four important Greek poets: Anacreon sixth century B.C. Sappho b. ca. 612 B.C. Bion third century B.C. and Moschus second century B.C. The binding here is a perfect example of the kind of handsomely done French classical work produced for an extended period under the name of Chambolle. A rough contemporary of and certainly the equal in technique to binders like Trautz Marius Michel père Lortic and Cuzin the elder Chambolle served his apprenticeship under Hippolyte Duru and later formed a partnership with him as is clear from the stamped signature on our volume. Chambolle's son continued the business when his father retired in 1898 and in her "Modern Bookbindings" Sarah Prideaux says of her contemporary "Chambolle most worthily continues the traditions associated with the name of his father. . . . To him are confided the classics of former times which he clothes in the styles appropriate to them keeping to a simplicity of ornamentation which reveals great taste and feeling for composition.". Chez Le Boucher unknown books
1785rif. ST11935Parmae: Ex Regio Typographeio 1785. ONE OF 50 COPIES ON FINE PAPER of a total of 310 copies. 308 x 216 mm. 12 1/8 x 8 1/2". 2 p.l. xciv 100 pp. 1 leaf. VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO spine beautifully gilt in compartments between green stylized pentaglyph and metope strips flanked by double raised bands the plain-ruled compartments densely stippled with gold dots surrounding a small central medallion from which emanate a number of wavy vines bearing flowers and small leaves anular dot cornerpieces elaborately gilt turn-ins blue watered silk endpapers the pastedowns framed with elegant gilt garlands and bead-and-lozenge roll free endleaves with cresting gilt frame leather hinges these expertly renewed at top and bottom all edges gilt. In a modern brown cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. Small author portrait tondo on title page large and elaborate armorial vignette on dedication page engraved by Cagnoni. Text of poems in Greek commentary in Latin both printed entirely in majuscules. Front pastedown with morocco monogram bookplate of Charles C. Kalbfleisch engraved bookplate of Hugh Morriston Davies and book label of Charles Whibley see below. Brooks 287; Dibdin I 265; Schweiger 25; Brunet I 252; Graesse I 111. ◆Spine probably a bit sunned though difficult to tell with so much gilt four tiny wormholes to joints extremities with a hint of rubbing but the binding solid lustrous and attractive; A SPECTACULAR COPY INTERNALLY entirely clean fresh and bright and with enormous margins. This is a superb copy of the luxury paper Bodoni printing of the works of the sixth century B.C. lyric poet Anacreon. Imbued with delicacy and grace these works come down to us only in fragments quoted by other authors or in the derived form of imitators and they did not find their way into print until after the middle of the 16th century. Produced by Giambattista Bodoni 1740-1813 the most celebrated European printer of his era this remarkable piece of work is called "magnificent" by Brooks and Dibdin says that a "more elegant and exquisitely finished production . . . cannot be conceived." The appearance of the page printed only with capitals and offered here in a copy with vast margins is simply as stately and powerful as one could ever hope for. Bodoni was not only a great printer but also the most important type designer and punchcutter in Italy during his day. He was responsible for some of the most graceful and immaculate books to be printed during the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century and the present item is certainly to be counted among his most beautiful productions. The present copy has a distinguished provenance. Charles C. Kalbfleisch was a discriminating American collector whose library featured a great many beautiful bindings and who was known for choosing only the finest copies available. Parke-Bernet sold much of his collection in January of 1944 in a sale entitled "The Arts of the Book . . . The Splendid Library Formed by the Late Charles C. Kalbfleisch New York." Hugh Morriston Davies 1879-1965 was a pioneering surgeon known as "The Doyen of Thoracic Surgery" who collected fine bindings especially those of the 18th century. Charles Whibley 1859-1930 authored important books and wrote popular periodical columns of literary interest edited a number of works in the substantial and distinguished "Tudor Translations" series was at the center of a British literary circle with links to the Symbolist poets of France and made an enormous contribution to literature by recommending T. S. Eliot to Faber & Faber. Ex Regio Typographeio unknown books
1796rif. 15634York: Printed by Wilson Spence and Mawman and sold by C. Dilly…et al. 1796 First edition of this attractively printed translation of Anacreon's Odes by Thomas Gilpin. The odes are translated into simple English prose "designed for the use of those who have made no great progress in Grecian literature." The twenty-ninth odes is not translated as "There are several expressions…which might give offence to a delicate ear. Original boards uncut rebacked in paper with printed spine label laid down. Small octavo. Greek and English text on facing pages. Former owner's bookplate. Some light waterstaining at the beginning otherwise a very good copy. Uncommon. Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, and sold by C. Dilly…[et al.], hardcover books
rif. 200918169A Rotterdam, Chez Fritsch et Bohm, 1712 ; in-12, 354-5, plein veau dos a nerfs, bien orné haut de coiffe fendu et pt manque, coins un peu écrassé. Traces de mouillures en marge.
rif. 200406381Paris, Didot l'aîné, anVIII (1800) ; in 16, 107+119+130+90 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Les 2 volumes. Tomes I-II en un volume et tomes III-IV en un volume, très bon état, demi-maroquin avec tranchefile, tranches colorées.
1984rif. 65343Paris, Hugues de Fleurville, 1984, in-4, plein cuir vert à décor repoussé, dos décoré à l'or, tranche de tête dorée, 405 pages. Tampon du tirage de tête réservé à Jean de Bonnot. Très bon état. Complet d'une garde illustrée volante.
rif. LCS-17412Précieux et superbe exemplaire relié en maroquin citron de l’époque aux armes et pièces d’armes de Jeanne-Baptiste d’Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue (1670-1736). Paris, Pierre Emery, 1684. Avec Privilege du Roy. In-12 de (1) f.bl., (14) ff., 390 pp., (1) f. d‘errata, (1) f.bl. Plein maroquin citron de l’époque, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, armoiries et mention « Meudon » au centre des plats, dos à nerfs orné de pièces d’armes, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, coupes décorées, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées sur marbrure. Reliure de l’époque. 158 x 90 mm.
1710rif. 23121710 LONDINI AUGUSTA Imprimebatur Impensis Matthei Hawkins, prostatque venalis ad Angelum in Areâ Paulinâ A. D. CIC DCCX. (1710) Un volume in°12 plein maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs. Décors floral estampé à froid sur les plats. Filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, les chasses et chants des plats; Tranches dorées. Portrait en frontispice 10 + 172 pages. Deuxième édition
