Authors starting with Q from Edwin V Glaser Rare Books

Vienna: Rudolphum Graefferum. 1781. Scattered foxing. A very good copy of the first edition.. Contemp. three-quarter vellum 5 p.l., 466 pp. 8vo. Quarin, a prominent Austrian physician and director of the Viennese General Hospital, is credited with being responsible for improving and modernizing Austria's medical facilities. The De Curandis is quite uncommon; the Animadversiones went through several editions. Blake, p. 367. Hirsch IV. ... more information

Vienna: Apud Rudolphum Græfferum. 1781. Light foxing on a few pages, not affecting the text. A very good copy.. Quarter-calf over marbled boards 466 pp. with small woodcut vignette on title. 8vo. Quarin, a prominent Austrian physician and director of the Viennese General Hospital, is credited with being responsible for improving and modernizing Austria's medical facilities. ... more information

Paris,: Houry,. 1771.. Binding worn and shabby, joints holding.. orig. mottled calf, (5), 507pp.with various engraved printers devices,16mo, ... more information

Paris: Chez d'Houry. 1749. Corners bumped; two chips on joints. Back endpaper loose. A very good. copy.. Orig. calf, five raised bands, gilt lettering and floral decorations on spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns First edition. iv,(5)432pp., woodcut decoration on title; woodcut head-pieces. 12mo. ... more information

Paris: Chez la Veuve d'Houry. 1770. Joints started, spine ends scuffed A very good copy of the 1770. enlarged edition.. Orig. tree calf, five raised bands, gilt lettering , floral decorations and paper label on spine; marbled endpapers and pastedowns iii,(7),432,iv,88,(3) with woodcut decoration on title; woodcut head- pieces. 12mo. Blake, p. 368. ... more information

1938. A very good copy.. . pp. 77-78. 8vo. ... more information

London: J. Bowyer. 1708. With the bookplate of Dr. Norman Shaftel on the front pastedown.. Title-page a bit dust-soiled. Some light staining and foxing. A very. good copy.. Modern half-calf over marbled boards (16), 82 pp., with a woodcut printer's device on the title-page, and several woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces in the text. Sm. 4to. A rare edition as indicated by Querard and the "Bibliographie de l'Amour". OCLC WorldCat locates two copies. It contains passages suppressed i... more information

London: W. Feales. 1733. A fine copy of the third edition in English.. Disbound., red speckled edges (xxiv), (7)-162 pp., with four engraved plates by Gucht, and numerous elaborate and attractive woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces throughout. 12mo. One of the most famous and popular pediatric poems, Quillet's (1602-1661) classic was first published in Latin at Leyden in 1655. The first edition in English was published anonymously in 1710, with the second edition in English (the first translated ... more information