Authors starting with G from The Book Block

London C. Cooke, N.d. [ca. 1797]. bound with;[___________] ROWE, NICHOLAS. The Poetical Works. With the Life of the Author. London (C. Cooke), N.d. [1797].$295.Two vols. 8vo., full black straight-grained morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a dotted gilt border; in each corner there is a small leaf and flower tool and in the very center of both covers is a crescent moon enclosing the profile of the MAN IN THE MOON, surrounded by seven stars. Smooth rounded spi... more information

Venice Tolomeo Janicolo, 1529. Sm. folio, polished black 19th century calf with blind cover decoration; applied labels on the spine. The bottom margin of two leaves are shaved, affecting the last line of text; the final leaf lightly spotted. An attractive copy of a TYPOGRAPHICALLY SIGNIFICANT book.The second edition of Trissino's letter to the Pope offering suggestions for orthographic reform of the Italian language, along with the First Edition of his more important Dubbii Grammaticali in wh... more information

Firenze Giacomo Moro, 1797 . Folio, contemporary brown pastepaper-covered wrappers a little worn at the very edges. Preserved in a quarter-morocco clamshell case.First edition (with brilliant impressions) of one of the most imaginative works of calligraphy and decoration that, according to Morison, revived Italian calligraphy at the close of the eighteenth century:"...the disappearance of calligraphy in Italy at the end of the seventeenth century was not so final as had at first se... more information

Paris A. Turnèbe, 8 cal. December, 1554.. Sm. 4to. (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches), 18th century 3/4 vellum over paper-covered boards, title lettered in hand on the spine; edges sprinkled in a red and blue marbled pattern. A FINE COPY.First edition of these ancient texts on surveying, edited by Galland and Adrien Turnèbe from a manuscript which they found in the library of a monastery of the Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer. And as Ruth Mortimer points out, although the title-page fails to na... more information

London At the Office of the Fleuron, 1924. Sm. 4to. (10 x 7 1/2 inches), publisher's burgundy cloth with a paper label on the spine (and a second label tipped in at the back). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. First edition, limited to 350 copies, not to be confused for the 1969 Burt Franklin reprint. The work contains a memoir of Pickering; facsimiles (in red and black) of the many Pickering devices; a hand list of his publications; and 37 facsimile reproduction of various title pages. A useful and at... more information

Basel Gebrüdern von Mechel, 1796 [1843]. Tall 8vo., later quarter cloth over 19th century boards with morocco corners. Quite a nice copy. The work contains 41 large woodcuts of the Dance of Death (many signed with the initials GS), partly after the renowned Basel paintings and partly after Holbein's designs, with descriptive text above and below the images. There is an inserted frontispiece on thin yellow paper which depicts a view of Basel, entitled: "Der Todten-Tanz zu Basel. Anno MDLXXVI.&... more information

Montrose Printed for John Smith Bookseller, 1826. Tall 8vo., publisher's printed gray boards reprinting a modified version of the title-page (the cover quotes excerpts from poems by Burns, Shakespeare and an anonymous poet; the title-page contains one poem longer poetic quotation, also anonymous). Spine with printed title and decoration. WONDERFULLY PRESERVED in a cloth chemise and folding case.Although the title-page refers to this as the "fifth edition" that attribution is questio... more information

Lunenburg David R. Godine, 1966. Tall 8vo., paper spine with printed titling over marbled boards; in a matching slipcase. One of a total of 500 copies printed in black and brick red at the Meridan Gravure Company, this on Curtis Tweedweave.David Godine made a personal selection poems in Latin, Italian, French and English, which were set in a variety of types in several sizes, to produce an appealing book. He has gone on to publish other limited editions and press books, and thousands of high qual... more information