Authors starting with T from Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

[Kyoto]: Gyokushiken shi, 1740. Woodblock book in hanshi-bon format (23 cm). Volume 3 only (of 7). 22 double leaves, including 25 full-page illustrations. Bound in traditional fukurotoji style. Binding quite worn, pages thumbed, yet sound and entire. Tachibana Morikuni studied under Tsuruzawa Tanzan and was considered to be a master of both the formal Tosa and the more energetic Kano styles of drawing and painting. Kano and Tosa both influenced the famous Ukiyo-e style practiced by the so-called '... more information

[Edo]: Kobayashi Shimbei, 1833. First edition. Reference: Kerlen, Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books, p. 744.. Woodblock book in hanshi-bon format (23 cm); 5 volumes. 43 single-leaf and 13 double-leaf illustrations after Hokusai. Bound in dark brown wraps with scallop texture pattern, stab-sewn in traditional "fukuro toji" style. Paper title labels printed in red. One title label missing. Threads unraveling in some volumes; edges worn, pages thumbed. Worm trails in one volume affecting 5... more information

Honjo-ku [Tokyo]: Matsuzaki Hanzo, 1874. 16 x 8 cm, oblong; 73 double leaves. Illustrated with pattern designs. Bound in wraps stab-sewn in traditional "fukuro toji" fashion with paper label on upper wrap. Thumbed, with wraps creased and most double leaves split along fold, yet sound and entire. Title page chipped in margin. Stock somewhat toned. ... more information

Tokyo: Tanaka , 1909. Volume 8 only (of 10). 185 x 125 mm; 21 double leaves, unnumbered, including text page and 40 pages illustrating leaf, branch and frond designs. Bound in patterned stiff paper, stab-sewn (fukuro toji). Light water stain in lower margin of title page. One binding stitch interrupted. Volume in a series of design and ornament models for artists. ... more information

Kyoto: Godokan, 1898. 2 volumes, 26 cm; 16 single-page and 10 double-page color woodblock plates of pictorial fabric designs. Accordion fold leaves, bound in boards. Disbound, boards loose but present, most leaves in volume 1 split along the accordion fold. Stock toned. Yet images are bright and attractive. ... more information

Torino: Stamperia Reale, 1820. 31 cm; 4 pages, second page blank. Large woodcut of the complicated seal of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia; two printed strips of blue-green paper bearing examples of the decreed stamps mounted on page 4. Unbound. Bottom edge slightly frayed, small chip at upper right, paper stock rumpled a bit and uncreased. Some soil and toning, but very good condition overall. Edict of the Royal Chamber of the Kingdom of Sardinia decreeing a stamp tax for playing cards and tarot car... more information

Venice: Evangelista Deuchino, 1612. 12mo 914cm); 5 volumes in one. Title within decorative border; Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Complete collation available upon request. Bound in contemporary limp vellum. Titled in manuscript on spine, with shelf mark on old paper label. Shelf wear. Upper joint starting. Hinges a little tender. Extensive worm trails on rear endleaves, with minimal effect on text. Occasional light stains. References: Raccolta Tassiana, 45; BL 17th-century Italian, 891;... more information

Washington County, Georgia,: October 9, 1792, and May 11, 1793. 2 leaves, attached with cotton cord. First leaf 21 x 32 cm, entirely in manuscript, with schematic design; Second leaf, 32.5 x 32 cm, partially printed, completed in manuscript, signed by Telfair. Condition rather rough, with some splitting along folds and ruptures at junctures. Docketed on verso. Edward Telfair (1735-1807), member of the Continental Congress and second governor of Georgia, here grants 1000 acres in Washington County, Georg... more information

London: Printed for T. Becket, P. A. De Hondt and R. Baldwin, 1768. 8vo (22 cm); 2 vols. lxxxiii, 332; 394 pages, and 8 folding engraved plates of comic figures and masks. Bound in contemporary full sheep, rubbed, worn at heel and crown, with portion missing from crown of vol. 1. Leather labels renewed. Joints cracked but holding. Hinges repaired with tape. Text very good. " Lowndes IV, 2607; Clarke, 228 ("A better translation can scarcely be expected"); Schweiger 1079. Funnier than modern e... more information

Dublin: Printed by B. Grierson, 1766. 8vo (21 cm) lx, ii, [4], [7]-436 pages. Lacks frontispiece. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Corners worn. According to Adam Clarke, Bibliographical Miscellany (p. 229), "A better translation can scarcely be expected; it is such as Terence deserved, and done by a man of almost equal comic powers with himself. ... more information

London: [Charles Whittingham], 1854. Eton School Prize edition inscribed to Thomas Seddon. Quarto (29 cm); [2] leaves, 463, [1] pages. Publisher's device on colophon. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Bound in original full polished calf, triple ruled in gilt. Marbled endleaves; gilt edges. Spine and edges worn, spine perishing at crown and heel. Spine scuffed and worn, title label not present. Upper joint starting at crown. Upper hinge split. Contents quite good, with occasional light foxing. ... more information

London: T. Becket, P. A. De Hondt and R. Baldwin, 1768. 2nd edition, revised and corrected. 22cm; 2 volumes. 8 folding engraved plates of comic figures and masks. Bound in contemporary full sheep, rubbed, worn at heel and crown, with portion missing from crown of vol.1. Leather labels renewed. Joints cracked but holding. Hinges repaired with cloth tape. Text very good. References: Lowndes IV, 2607; Clarke, 228 ("a better translation can scarcely be expected:); Schweiger 1079. ... more information

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1970. 26cm; 188 pages. Illustrated. Bound in wraps, in very good condition but for bottom wrap, which is creased. ... more information

[Paris], ca. 1775. 12 x 19 cm; 44 numbered pages, last blank. Each page with double-ruled border in ink. Sewn into plain wraps, titled in ink on upper wrap "Lettre de M. Terray, Cont.eur Général." Lower corner of fore-edge scalloped away from last twenty leaves, minimally affecting text. Impressed with a tax stamp for paper ("quittance des roles des tailles") twice on lower wrap. Manuscript copy in secretarial hand of text published surreptitiously as a pamphlet "... more information

Venice: Appresso li Prodotti, 1683. 15 cm; 599, [1 blank] pages. Half title present. Typographic and woodcut ornaments. Bound in contemporary vellum, worn. Shaken at upper hinge. Title in ink, old paper shelf label on spine. Pages generally tanned, with scattered light foxing. The classicist Fulvio Testi worked diligently to oppose of the baroque excesses of Marino and his followers, and to maintain Horatian decorum. After a brilliant diplomatic career he died--or was murdered--in prison. His poe... more information

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970. 8vo; 792 p. Cloth in d.j., VG/G+ (d.j. exhibits shelf wear, tears at edges). Comprehensive. ... more information

London: A. and C. Black, 1908. First edition.. 23 x 31 cm; [40] leaves and [36] color plates after paintings by Thackery. Preface by George Ade. Bound in pictorial cloth, somewhat discolored. A little shaken. Hinges repaired. Occasional light foxing. Caricature sketches of travel in Egypt, with descriptive letterpress. ... more information

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1989. 34cm; 424 pages, including 273 plates, mostly in color. Cloth in dust jacket. VG/VG, with shelf wear only. ... more information

London: Longman, Green, and Longman, 1863. 20 cm; 227 pages, with 12 wood-engraved illustrations in text. Bound in contemporary purple polished calf, ruled in blind with gilt-stamped border. Spine decorated in gilt. Covers scuffed and rubbed at edges, spine faded, leather label chipped, front joint starting. Light foxing on endleaves. Quite good overall. ... more information

Venice: Girolamo Scoto, 1587. Folio (33cm); 779 pages. Printer's woodcut device (the three graces) on title page. Woodcut initials. Disbound. Preserved in custom-made solander case. Several early ownership inscriptions on title page. Stain on fore edge. Occasional light stains in text. The title page of this Venetian edition of the shorter works of Saint Thomas claims that the essay on the Machiavellian theme of the education of princes is printed here for the first time. ... more information