Anacréon - Leconte de Lisle (trad.) - Derain, André (ill.)Livre Rare Book
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1953ref. 3539Lyon Cercle lyonnais du livre 1953 in-4 en feuilles Lyon, Cercle lyonnais du livre, 1953. 28 x 19,5 cm, in-4, 3 ff. bl. - 80 (17) pp. - 3 ff. bl., 50 lithographies originales en noir dont 1 en frontispice et 8 à pleine page, en feuilles sous couverture de fort papier vergé antique crème rempliée et imprimée, chemise et étui.
1953ref. 22242Sans lieu Cercle Lyonnais du L 1953 In-8, demi-maroquin rouge coins, plats de papier mouchet, dos sans nerfs entirement mosaqu de fleurons en maroquin noir encadrs de jeux de filets dors; doublures et gardes de papier mouchet, tte dore, non rogn, couverture imprime (Ch. Septier).50 lithographies originales in texte d'Andr Derain. Tirage unique limit 200 exemplaires numrots sur vlin.
1793ref. 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
1793ref. 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
1773ref. 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
1773ref. 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
1773ref. CLL-834A Paphos et se trouve à Paris, chez Le Boucher, 1773 In-8 de (2) ff., IV, 280 pp., maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats avec fleurons aux angles, dos lisse orné de caissons de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin olive, double filet doré sur les coupes, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1785ref. 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
1785ref. 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
1880ref. 1072621880. CATULLUS APOLLONIUS OF RHODES ANACREON SAPPHO THEOCRITUS PROPERTIUS LUCIUS MUSAEUS TATIUS. Greek and Latin Classics in French Translation. Paris: A. Quantin 1879-89. Eight volumes. 12mo contemporary full turquoise crushed morocco gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spines raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. $2200.Beautiful eight-volume set of French translations of esteemed Roman and Greek classics including versions of the tales of Hero and Leander Jason and Medea The Golden Ass and the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis finely printed with decorative borders on every page and numerous vignette illustrations in splendid morocco-gilt by the publisher Maison Quantin.This lovely set includes Musaeus Grammaticus' Hero and Leander Achilles Tatius' Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon Apollonius of Rhodes' Jason and Medea poetry of Anacreon and Sappho Theocritus' Idylls Propertius' Elegies Lucius' The Golden Ass the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety and Catullus' Odes to Lesbia and the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis. The vignette illustrations many printed in color and some highlighted with gilt are by Maulle Avril Besnier and Poirson. Text in French. Spines gently sunned. A fine beautiful set. hardcover
1880ref. 1072621880. CATULLUS APOLLONIUS OF RHODES ANACREON SAPPHO THEOCRITUS PROPERTIUS LUCIUS MUSAEUS TATIUS. Greek and Latin Classics in French Translation. Paris: A. Quantin 1879-89. Eight volumes. 12mo contemporary full turquoise crushed morocco gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spines raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. $2200.Beautiful eight-volume set of French translations of esteemed Roman and Greek classics including versions of the tales of Hero and Leander Jason and Medea The Golden Ass and the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis finely printed with decorative borders on every page and numerous vignette illustrations in splendid morocco-gilt by the publisher Maison Quantin.This lovely set includes Musaeus Grammaticus' Hero and Leander Achilles Tatius' Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon Apollonius of Rhodes' Jason and Medea poetry of Anacreon and Sappho Theocritus' Idylls Propertius' Elegies Lucius' The Golden Ass the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety and Catullus' Odes to Lesbia and the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis. The vignette illustrations many printed in color and some highlighted with gilt are by Maulle Avril Besnier and Poirson. Text in French. Spines gently sunned. A fine beautiful set. hardcover books
1556ref. 62303Lutetiae (i.e. Paris), Robert Stephanum (i.e. Robert Estienne) & Guillaume Morel, 1556. Small 8vo. Lovely newer full marbled paper binding with gilt leather title-label to spine (Jens E. Hansen, Aarhus). Light brownspotting to a few leaves and somne leaves towards the end with inkspotting at outer blank margin. Early neat handwritten marginal annotations throughout. A lovely copy. 54 pp.
1556ref. 62303Lutetiae i.e. Paris Robert Stephanum i.e. Robert Estienne & Guillaume Morel 1556. Small 8vo. Lovely newer full marbled paper binding with gilt leather title-label to spine Jens E. Hansen Aarhus. Light brownspotting to a few leaves and somne leaves towards the end with inkspotting at outer blank margin. Early neat handwritten marginal annotations throughout. A lovely copy. 54 pp. Scarce second edition of Elie André’s seminal Latin translation of the Anacreontea – the first complete - which itself is a classic in the history of classical literature. It came to directly influence all later readings of Anacreon. In 1554 Henri Estienne II published the seminal editio princeps of Anacreon which is no less than an outright Renaissance sensation causing the “Anacreaonta” to become the most influential “ancient” Greek poetic text during the Renaissance initiating a poetic revolution in Europe. Simultaneously with this editio princeps Henri Estienne published his own Latin translation of it which constitutes the first translation into Latin. Merely a year later in 1555 Elie André extremely important translation of the Anacreaontea appeared in 1555 printed by Thomas Richard. This translation included additional Odes not in the Estienne edition and was thus the first complete Latin translation of the “Anacreontia”. The following year 1556 Robert Estienne II published his first work namely a second edition of the original Greek Anacreontea that Henri Estienne had published in 1554. Silmultaneously Robert Estienne republished Elie André’s Latin translation which was published separately but which is often found together with the 1556 second edition of the Greek Anacreontea. “The first full translation of CA was again in Latin. It was published by the humanist Elie André 1509-1587 from Bordeaux who was friendly with the Parisian circle around the Pléiade. André’s translation appeared less than a year after Estienne’s edition and comprised the Latin translation only without the Greek text. In a way this can be taken as a signal that the Latin tradition was coming into its own. Accordingly André makes some bolder choices in his translation which already shows in his first lines see Aiijr: Cantare nunc Atridas Nunc expetesso Cadmum: Testudo vero nervis Solum refert Amorem …. In classical Latin the verb expetessere is used only by Plautus and it is extremely rare in postclassical Latin. This brings a somewhat odd ring of comedy to the poem. Here and in a number of other places the translator wishes to strike his readers with an unusual turn of phrase or by some sort of amplification. He does not just imitate ‘Anacreon’ but also competes with him as arguably with Estienne’s translation. André’s willingness to adapt the original text shows also in a certain moralistic tendency not otherwise seen in Latin translations. On the one hand he openly and avowedly changes the text when it comes to unequivocal references to homosexuality: in CA 12 10.8-10 τ µευ καλν νεÏων … φÏπασας Βθυλλον; “Why from my sweet dreams … have you snatched away Bathyllus” for instance he replaces Bathyllus with a puella Cur mane somnianti / Ista loquacitate / Mihi eripis puellam…; in CA 29 17.1-2 ΓÏφε µοι Βθυλλον οτω / τν ταÏον ς διδσκω “Paint for me thus Bathyllus my lover just as I instruct you” he simply suppresses the word ταÏον “lover” Mihi pinge sic Bathyllum / . Estienne’s translation is: Meos Bathyllum amores / Ut te docebo pinge. Here André proceeds in a way similar to the original Neo-Latin Anacreontics in which homosexual love simply does not occur. On the other hand André makes generous use of a metatextual element which is less conspicuous than his changes but is even more extensive and significant. He includes a considerable number of passages in quotation marks and thus identifies them as sort of sententiae. In CA 4 32 for instance lines 1-6 describe how the poet wishes to lie down on myrtles drink and have Eros as his wine steward. This description of a specific setting is followed by some more general lines about the brevity of life which André includes in quotation marks lines 7- 10: “Cita nanque currit aetas / Rota ceu voluta currus. / Sed et ossibus solutis / Iaceam cinis necesse est” “For hurried life runs along just like a rolling wheel but I shall soon lie a bit of dust from crumbling bones”. The focus of this quotation technique is on lines concerned with the transitory nature of life the uncertainness of tomorrow and the futility of riches. By marking out such lines as sententiae André distinguishes Anacreon the philosopher from Anacreon the drinker and lover and contributes to a larger discourse about the morality of the poet and his poems. While opinions in antiquity were often critical of Anacreon’s morals ‘Anacreon’s’ large flock of modern imitators was united to defend their hero’s virtue. From Estienne’s preface onwards they usually referred to Plato’s Phaedrus 235c where Socrates calls Anacreon “wise” σοφς in matters concerned with Eros. In the 18th century Anacreon the philosopher could even turn into a key-image of enligthened discourses. André’s identification of sententiae in ‘Anacreon’ prepared for this development and could have had a direct influence on it since his translation was widely read until well into the 18th century. The Latin translations of Estienne and André soon became classics in themselves and were the most successful ones in the early modern period.” Tilg: Neo-Latin Anacreontic Poetry. Its Shapes and Its Significance 214. Pp. 177-78. Brunet: I:250; Renouard: I:161. hardcover
ref. 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
ref. 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
1904ref. 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
1904ref. 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
1554ref. CLL-24Paris, [Guillaume Morel pour ?] Henri Estienne, 1554 Petit in-4 de (4) ff., 110 pp., plein chagrin rouge, dentelle dorée en encadrement, dos à nerfs orné de caissons de fleurons dorés, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (Langlois).
1953ref. 30382Sans lieu Cercle Lyonnais du L 1953 In-8, maroquin lavallire glac orn au centre de chaque plat d'un motif tourbillonnant mosaqu en lger relief en maroquin lavallire non glac, titre de l'ouvrage pouss en longueur l'oeser noir sur un dos sans nerfs; doublures et gardes de papier fantaisie, non rogn, tte lisse et tranches teintes noires, couverture imprime. Etui (Henri Mercher, 1975).50 lithographies originales d'Andr Derain, dont un frontispice et 49 in-texte. Tirage unique limit 200 exemplaires numrots sur vlin de Rives.
1791ref. 29736Parma: Giambattista Bodoni 1791. Two parts in one volume. The fine sedicesimo edition of 1791 with provenance of Herzog Albrecht Kasimir August von Sachsen-Teschen. Title with an engraved roundel with Anacreon's portrait by Giuseppe Lucatelli 1751-1828; the following leaf with engraved roundel portrait of the marquis Jose Nicolas de Azara. Text in Greek bound before the text in Latin. 16mo 102x68 mm in very fine contemporary red morocco executed by Georg Friedrich Krauss the leading Viennese binder for Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen. The boards framed within gilt Greek-key roll the smooth spine with author's name and imprint in gilt on double green morocco lettering-pieces four further compartments with the gilt initials 'AS' in fine gilt tools and additional gilt tooling these separated by flat bands trimmed in green morocco and gilt tooled green silk endpapers board edges gilt tooled and turn-ins with gilt dentelles a.e.g. blue silk ribbon marker. 4 120; 122 2 pp. A superb and beautiful copy the condition being essentially without flaw. A FINE COPY OF ANACREON BY THE PROMINENT PRINTER AND PUNCHCUTTER GIAMBATTISTA BODONI 1740-1813 OFFERED HERE IN A PRECIOUS MOROCCO BINDING FOR DUKE ALBERT OF SACHSEN-TESCHEN SON OF FRIEDRICH AUGUST 11 OF SAXONY KING OF POLAND. Albert had a well-known taste for the arts his collection of prints and drawings was one of the richest in all of Europe and he was the founder of the eponymous Albertina in Vienna. In 1791 Bodoni printed two different editions of Anacreon one in octavo and the edition offered here in sedicesimo. The smaller Anacreon is one of the finest books ever executed by the great printer. The text is set in the Greek font he designed a few years prior which was based on one of Henri Estienne's 1554 types. His Greek font was highly admired all throughout Europe. The King of France as Bodoni once stated in a letter requested two copies of this beautiful gem of a book. The very fine binding was executed by the leading Viennese binder Georg Friedrich Krauss. Krauss was active between 1791 and 1824 and was one of von Sachsen-Teschen principle binders. Giambattista Bodoni hardcover
1791ref. A6K9AB01U79OParma: in aedibus Palatinis Typis Bodonianis 1791. Contemporary gold-tooled green morocco with the title lettered in gold on the spine gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins shiny pink endpapers with a frame of small silver leaves mounted on the pastedowns. 16mo in 4s 15 x 11 cm. With a small engraved portrait of Anacreon in a roundel on the title-page a small engraved portrait of the dedicatee J. N. de Azara in a roundel on the dedication page. Part of the text is set in Greek type. Beautiful copy of Anacreon's poems printed in Greek and Latin capitals that Bodoni had designed and cut especially for his Anacreon editions. The first of these splendid editions was printed in 1785. Our copy is one of 150 printed. A first 8vo edition was printed by Bodoni in 1784 but the 1785 and 1791 editions are by far the most gorgeous and from a philological viewpoint the best. Brooks no. 421 furthermore mentions a 16mo-edition also printed in 1791. The book aroused the admiration of the famous bibliographer Dibdin who wrote in his classic bibliography Greek and Latin classics p. 265: "The Bodoni edition of 1785 and 1791 is printed in capital letters and more elegant and exquisitely finished productions cannot be conceived".Our copy comes from the library of the Comte D. Boutourlin 1763-1829 a Russian soldier military historian politician and librarian of the Imperial Russian Library. He was one of the most outstanding book collectors of 19th-century Russia and he formed an important library which was unfortunately destroyed during the burning of Moscow in 1812. His second large collection of which a catalogue was published in 1831 in 200 copies was formed during his retirement in Florence. It contained 244 important early manuscripts 964 15th-century books many of which were unrecorded a very complete Bodoni collection and other outstanding items 7929 in all. The book was later owned by the Comte Chandon de Briailles whose bookplate is pasted on first flyleaf: "Au Conte Chandon de Briailles". This is most likely Raoul Chandon de Briailles 1850-1908 historian and wine merchant founder of the Chandon de Briailles mark of champagne part of whose rich library was bequeathed to the Médiathèque at Épernay.With the large armorial bookplate of Comte Chandon D. Boutourlin on the verso of the first free flyleaf and the bookplate of Comte de Briailles on the recto of the second free flyleaf. The binding shows very slight signs of wear internally only very slightly foxed. Otherwise in very good condition.l Brooks 422; De Lama II p. 66; Giani Cat. p. 40 no. 17; Palaia & Moscatelli 141; Quand la simplicité devient art 46; cf. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de son Exc. M. le Comte D. Boutourlin Florence 1831. in aedibus Palatinis [Typis Bodonianis], unknown
1953ref. 110019s. l., Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, impr. Fequet et Baudier, Imprimeurs-Typographes, à Paris 1953 In-4 28 x 19 cm. Reliure plein veau vert, signée Creuzevault, dos lisse avec titre en long doré, plats ornés d’un semis régulier de feuilles dorées intercalées de petites pastilles au palladium, tranches dorées, doublures et gardes de chamois vert, couvertures et dos conservés, 80 pp., 50 lithographies originales en noir dont 1 en frontispice et 8 à pleine page de André Derain tirées sur les presses de Mourlot frères. Dernier livre d'illustration originale publié du vivant de l’artiste, au tirage limité à 200 exemplaires sur papier de Rives, dont LXX chiffrés de I à LXX. Celui-ci, N VII. On joint le menu du samedi 30 janvier 1954 illustré d’une lithographie originale supplémentaire. Dos et bords des plats passés.
1555ref. 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
1555ref. 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
ref. 12796Paris, Henri Estienne, 1554.
