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THREE RARE EDITIONES PRINCIPES, INCLUDING AESCHYLUS' COMPLETE PLAYS, PUBLISHED BY ESTIENNE AND BOUND IN A MAGNIFICENT RENAISSANCE BLIND-TOOLED CALF BINDING.The volume contains three very important Estienne imprints. It is bound in very well-preserved contemporary full blind-tooled calf, showing elaborate concentric borders on the covers and a contemporaneous, or nearly contemporaneous addition, on the central panel, of blind-stamped fleurons, floral centrepiece and two monograms (initials "A.M." - as yet unidentified) topped by a crown within ovals. The spine was skilfully restored in some points. There are metal pieces for protection nailed along the fore-edge of the board's corners and towards the hinges. The works contained in the volume are:POLÉMON, Marcus Antonius. Polemonis, Himerii, & Aliorum quorundam declamationes, nunc primùm edita.[Geneva], Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1567.EDITIO PRINCEPS. 4to, pp. [4], 91, [1] ("Henrici Stephani annotatiunculae in eos declamationum Polemonis & Himeriilcos…
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Polemonis, Himerii, & Aliorum quorundam declamationes, nunc primùm edita [BOUND WITH] Aeschyli tragoediae VII. Quae cùm omnes multo quam antea castigatiores eduntur, tum verò una, quae mutila & decurtata prius erat, integra nunc profertur [BOUND WITH] Manuelis Moschopuli de ratione examinandae orationis libellus.
by POLÉMON, Marcus Antonius; AESCHYLUS; MOSCHOPULOS, Emanuelis
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Ioannis Ioviani Pontani Amorum libri II. De amore coniugali libri III. Tumulorum II, qui in superiore aliorum poematon editione desyderabantur. Lyrici I. Eridanorum II. Eclogae duae Coryle, et quinquennius superioribus quatuor additae. Calpurnij Siculi Eclogae VII. Aurelij Nemesiani Eclogae IIII. Explicatio locorum omnium abstrusorum Pontani authore Petro Summontio uiro doctissimo. Index rerum, quae in his Pontani lusibus contineantur.
by PONTANO, Giovanni Gioviano, CALPURNIUS SICULUS, NEMESIANUS, and Pietro SUMMONTE
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RARE FIRST AND ONLY ALDINE EDITION OF PONTANO'S LOVE POETRYFIRST ALDINE EDITON. 8vo, ff. 170 [i.e.164], [2] (Renouard: "lacune de huit [feuillets] après le fol. 88"; leaves 144 and 165 are blank). Italic letter, a little Roman. Capital spaces with guide-letters, Aldus' device on t-p and verso of final leaf. Imprint and register on recto of second-to-last sheet. A few ms. annotations, mainly on title. Some wear at headcap. An attractive crisp and clean copy bound in 18th-century mottled brown leather, gilt-tooled spine. Original endpapers, a.e.r.Dedicated to Antonio Mocenigo. Francesco D'Asola's preface includes a wonderful praise of Pontano's poetry. The man of letters was very much appreciated by the dedicatee, who kept Pontano's portrait in his private library. D'Asola also tells that the dedicatee's father, Aloisio, who served the Republic as ambassador, brought an old manuscript of Pliny's letters from France to Venice, where the editor and his kin Aldus amended and curated the text for…
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Kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta za 25 let yego sushchestvovaniya (1888-1913) [A brief historical sketch of the Imperial Tomsk University for 25 years of its existence (1888-1913)] [BOUND WITH:] Biblioteka Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta, 1888-1913: kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk biblioteki, sostavlennyy bibliotekarem A. I. Milyutinym [Library of the Imperial Tomsk University, 1888-1913: a short historical sketch of the library, compiled by the librarian A.I. Milyutin] [BOUND WITH:] Sistematicheskiy ukazatel' preparatov muzeya normal'noy anatomii v Tomskom universitete [A systematic index of the preparations of the Museum of Normal Anatomy in. Imperial Tomsk University]
by POPOV, M. F.; MILYUTINYM, A. I.; IOSIFOV G. M.
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3 RARE PAPERS ISSUED IN THE EARLY PROCEEDINGS OF THE IMPERIAL TOMSK UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING MEMOIR ON THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY POPOV, M. F. Kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta za 25 let yego sushchestvovaniya (1888-1913) [A brief historical sketch of the Imperial Tomsk University for 25 years of its existence (1888-1913)]. Tomsk, Tipo-litografiya Sibirskogo tovarishchestva pechatnogo dela, 1913. 8vo, [2], 29, [1] pp. [BOUND WITH:] MILYUTINYM, A. I. Biblioteka Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta, 1888-1913: kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk biblioteki, sostavlennyy bibliotekarem A. I. Milyutinym [Library of the Imperial Tomsk University, 1888-1913: a short historical sketch of the library, compiled by the librarian A.I. Milyutin] Tomsk, Tipografiya Gubernskogo Upravleniya, 1914. 8vo, 34 pp., with the original printed wrappers bound in. Cyrillic stamp on front wrapper and first page. The Scientific Library of Tomsk State University was one of the…
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Dialogo dell'honore... Nel quale si tratta à pieno del duello, con la tavola di quanto vi si contiene, fatta con diverso ordine dall'altre. Di nuovo ristampato.
by POSSEVINO, Giovanni Battista
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AN ELEGANT RENAISSANCE IMPRINT ABOUT HONOUR, CHIVALRY ETHICS AND DUELLING4to, pp. [8], 318 [i.e. 322], [42]. Italic letter, some Roman. Large and beautiful printer's device on t-p and Giolito's classic phoenix with motto in cartouche on verso of final leaf. Register and repeated imprint at colophon. Large woodcut historiated initials and elaborate head and tailpieces. Private library shelfmark over C19th paper label glued on upper pastedown. T-p a little soiled, occasional light marginal damp staining, very skilfully restored horizontal tear at margin of first leaf. Contemporary stiff vellum, calligraphic title to head of spine. Internally clean; an excellent, sound copy.Second edition, the first having been printed in 1553. The book is developed in the form of a dialogue between Giberto di Correggio and the author. The first book deals with "what honour is, how it is gained and lost"; the second with "our soul's freedom according to Aristotle, and about the offences of those who have no honour and…
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Ernnestine de Lacy; or, the Robber's Foundling. An Old English Romance.
by PREST, Thomas Peckett
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PENNY DREADFUL, SCARCE AND COMPLETERARE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, [2], 286 pp., illustrated with 36 half-page vignettes in the text and 2 full-page plates signed "Pickering", probably J. Pickering (frontispiece plate printed in landscape format and the second plate bound in the middle of the book, at the beginning of chapter XIV); published in 36 parts. Early 20th century navy blue buckram binding, gilt title tooled to rounded spine and double gilt fillets decorating spine caps. All edges sprinkled in red. Early provenance stamp to verso of both plates and blank margin of p. 130: "From / Ann Plummer's / news paper office / Theobalds Road / London." Additional imprint statement printed at colophon: "London: Published by E. Lloyd at the office of 'The Penny Sunday Times', 231, Shoreditch." Very light browning throughout (a classic aging issue of the thin low-quality paper used in C19th newspapers), negligible repair to a small tear at gutter of final leaf. An excellent copy.Thomas Peckett Prest (1810 -1859)…
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INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO BARON DE LANDAU. Les Plaisirs et les jours. Illustrations de Madeleine Lemaire. Preface d’Anatole France. Quatre pieces pour piano de Reynaldo Hahn.
by PROUST, Marcel
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A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION COPY WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE GREAT BIBLIOPHILE HORACE DE LANDAU. PROUST, Marcel. Les Plaisirs et les jours. Illustrations de Madeleine Lemaire. Preface d'Anatole France. Quatre pieces pour piano de Reynaldo Hahn.
Paris, Calmann Levy, 1896.
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [2], X, 271 pp., [2]; with 14 plates out of the text and several illustrations in the text. Landau's bookplate. Beautiful dedication on the initial blank by Proust to Baron Landau: "A Monsieur Horace de Landau, comme un hommage de ma respecteuse, admirative et reconnaisante amitié Marcel Proust". Contemporary binding in half purple morocco, publisher's printed wrappers preserved. Pasteboard slipcase. Fine copy.
Horace de Landau was an important 19th century banker and a great collector and bibliophile. Part of his famous library was donated to the city of Florence, the other was auctioned by Hoepli in 1945.
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Gnomographoi theognidos megareos gnomai. Phokyliadu poiema nuthetikon. Pythagorum chrysa epe. Solonos gnomai. Theognidis, Phocylidis, Pythagorae, Solonis et aliorum poemata gnomica [BOUND WITH] Tu sophotatu Phile stichoi iambikoi peri zoon idiotetos. Sapientißimi Phile versus iambici de animalium proprietate.
by PYTHAGORAS, THEOGNIS, SOLON, PHOCYLIDES, and Friedrich SYLBURGH (Ed. and Tr.) [BOUND WITH] PHILES, Manuel, Gregor BERSMANN (Tr.), and Joachim CAMERARIUS (Ed.).
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TWO SCARCE EDITIONS OF INTERESTING WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, ONE OF WHICH IS THE SECOND EDITION OF PHILES' ON THE NATURE OF ANIMALS8vo, pp. [8] 152; 32, 159, [9]. Greek and Italic types, sporadic Roman. Woodcut printer's devices, initials, head and tailpieces. Occasional moderate browning and mild damp staining at margins. Generally very good. Contemporary limp vellum with ties and original endpapers.
1) The first work contains the gnomic poems of Pythagoras, Theognis, Solon, Phocylides and other ancient Greek authors. The humanist Sylburg was a German classical scholar born near Marburg. In 1583 he moved to Frankfurt to act as editor of Greek texts for the publisher Johann Wechel. In 1591 he moved to Heidelberg, where he became librarian to the elector palatine and continued the Wechel series by collaborating with the printer Jerome Commelin. The present book is the result of their joint work.
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