Oeuvres completes de Guillaume Apollinaire, fac-similes du tome 4
by Apollinaire, Guillaume
Paris: Andre Balland et Jacques Lecat, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. Full leather case, "G. A. / 4" stamped in gilt on spine; contains facsimiles of 22 pieces of Apollinaire ephemera (photos, postcards, letters, etc.) as well as a card describing each item. Silk interior of leather case just a little frayed and sunned, otherwise case and all items are fine. An interesting little treasure chest of Apollinaire (1880-1918), the French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic... Read More
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Nemrod ou l'Amateur des Chevaux de Courses, Observations sur les Methodes les Plus Nouvelles de Propager, d'Elever, de Dresser et de Monter les Chevaux de Courses...
by Apperlen, Charles-James
Paris: Imprime aux Frais de l'Auteur se trouve Chez Arthus Bertrand, 1838. Paperback. Very Good. Original printed wrappers, edges uncut, in glassine dust jacket. Edges lightly browned or creased. Otherwise good, scarce copy of this manual on horsemanship.
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A Typological Tally: Thirteen Hundred Writings in English on Printing History, Typography, Bookbinding and Papermaking
by Appleton, Tony (compiled by)
Brighton: [The Dolphin Press], 1973. Limited Edition of 1250 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; printed dust jacket. Book is fine, in near fine jacket with just some light wrinkling along the edges. With illustrations reproduced from "A True Description of All Trades," published in Frankfort in 1568, and verses translated from Hans Sachs. Drawings for the woodcuts by Jost Amman.
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L'Ane d'Or
by Apulee; de Bosschere, Jean (illus.)
Paris: Trois Magots, 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed cardstock wraps with glassine dust jacket, loosely held in original custom boards with gilt-stamped lettering in burgundy morocco spine label; in slipcase; pp. 298, text printed in two colors on Arches paper, illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings, along with 7 full-color plates and one tipped-in etching. All in near fine condition, with occasional light off-setting of drawings onto facing page. First edition, very... Read More
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LAsino dOro di Lucio Apuleio Filosofo Platonico. Tradotto nuouamente in lingua uolgare dal melto Ill. Sig. Pompeo Vizani Nobile Bolognese.
by APULEIUS, Lucius (c. 125-170 AD) VIZANI, Pompeo, trans. (1540-1607).
Venice: Heredi dellImberti, 1644. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (150 x 94mm). 325pp. Later vellum. Signatures: +(8), A-T(8), V(4). Woodcut printers device with bird on three hills and monogram GI within cartouche frame. Over 60 in-text rectangular woodcuts depicting of scenes from the Metamorphoses; (title and few signatures intermittently browned, some ink burning on title, margins trimmed; otherwise complete and good). Some early provenance is evident; the title page is inscribed in a 17th century hand by Carlo Bulgarini possibly... Read More
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De periculis contingentibus circa sacramentum eucharistiae
by AQUINAS, Thomas [pseudo-]
Würzburg: Georg Reyser. Hardcover. Very Good. [ca. 1486]. Small folio (270 x 204mm). Pagination: [4] leaves (without signatures, catchwords, or foliation, but comprising q1-4). Later manuscript initial P supplied and affixed at incipit Primum, painted in red, green, blue, pink, and gold. 32 lines of Gothic type. Rubric (fol.1r): De periculis contingentibus circa sacramentu[m] Eucharistiae/ et de remediis eorundem ex dictis S. Thomae de Aquino feliciter incipit. Incipit (fol. 1r): [P]rimum periculum est quod si sacerdos morte uel... Read More
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A Popular Treatise on Comets reprinted from "Popular Astronomy" by Francois Arago
by ARAGO, Francois.
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Small 4to; 164 pp with four black and white plates and one fold-out frontispiece of the planetary system. Original purple cloth, faded witt stains along the edges, but internally sound. Ownership signature and stamp of Maj. Coll. Stonyhurst.
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Tract on Comets, and Particularly on the Comet That is to Intersect the Earth's Path in October, 1832
by Arago, M. (Francois); Farrar, John (translated by)
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1832. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Translated by the French by John Farrar. 8vo; modern 1/4 leather and marbled paper over boards. A couple of repairs to prelims, but a clean copy of an uncommon book.
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Le Creve-Coeur
by Aragon
Gallimard, 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth over boards, backed in red morocco, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board. Original wraps bound in. Spine chipped; front board detached. Original binding (wraps) still quite nice, with just a tiny chip at bottom corner of front cover. Collection Metamorphoses XI.
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LOVE LABYRINTH
by Araki, Nobuyoshi
Shinchosha, Japan, 1995. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Color photography. Nudes. City life. Araki style. Nice copy.
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[Rendering of Proposed Penn Station / Madison Square Garden Complex.] Theater, Hotel & Exhibition Center and Office Building -- Pennsylvania Staton -- New York City, N. Y. -- R. H. McGraw & Company Developers-Constructors -- Charles DuBose Architect
by [New York City; Architecture]
c. 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rendering of proposed Penn Station / Madison Square Garden complex. Mixed media on board, image measures 23.75x32.5 inches; board measures 29.75x37.5 inches; caption on paper label below image with loose matte board over both. Signed "Rudolph Asiou Jr." (?) in image. Light spotting to image and mild staining from glue along bottom edge. One of the creative submissions for the second incarnation of Pennsylvania Station, after the original railroad landmark was demolished in... Read More
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Archive of Letters, Notebooks, Photographs and Other Documents Pertaining to Horse Racing in India
by [archive]
primarily Calcutta and Bengal, primarily 1950s-1970s. Ephemera. Very Good. A rich archive documenting horse breeding and racing, centered around the Chota Nagpur Stud Farm and the racing career of Fiona Tyabji in Calcutta and Bengal. It includes: 3 financial ledgers from (March 1967 to January 1970, January 1970 to September 1971, January 1974 to June 1975); scrapbook (approx. pp. 200) of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes, 1954-1959; 8 manuscript notebooks (approx. pp. 80), "catch alls," collecting names of... Read More
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The Ragionamenti, or Dialogues of the Divine Pietro Aretino. (Two Volumes, Complete)
by Aretino, Pietro
Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1889. Hardcover. Fine. Six dialogues in two volumes, complete, with a reproduction of the author's portrait engraved by Mark Antony Raimondi. Quarter black calf and blue marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, blue topstain. Corners very lightly bumped; John Kobler's (tasteful) bookplate on front paste-down. A very handsome set.
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Varia comensuracion de Juan de Arfe y Villafañe, Natural de Leon, y Escultor de Oro y Plata
by ARFE Y VILLAFAÑE, Juan de (1535-1603) – ASENSIO Y TORRES, José, ed.
Madrid: En La Imprenta Real, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1, folio (287 x 195mm). (Volume I: [8], 1-36, [8 pls.], 37-68, [4 pls.], 69-95, [7 pls.], 97-126, [32 pls.]; Volume II: [2], 1-60, [18 pls.], 61-99, [15 pls.], 101-112, [12 pls.], 113-166pp.) 96 engraved plates, including diagrams of geometry, anatomy and architecture. Bound for William Stirling (1818-1878) in mottled morocco gilt-stamped to front cover with his arms (a bend engrailed with three buckles) surrounded by... Read More
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La philosophie du bon sens, ou Réflexions philosophique sur lincertitude des connaissances humaines, a lusage des cavaliers et du beau sexe.
by ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste de BOYER (Marquis d) (1703-1771).
London: Aux depens de la compagnie, 1737. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . M. DCC. XXXVII [1737]. 12mo (158 x 86mm). [xii], 444, [66] pages. Signatures: *(6), A-S(12), T-Z(6), Aa(6), Bb(4). Title printed in red and black. 2 (of 4) full-page engraved plates after authors drawings by Chapon, including the sea-monster in moonlit landscape facing p. 193 and allegorical and astronomical figures facing p. 425. Engraved diagram of angles facing p. 293 and engraved French heraldic device of... Read More
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Ptolemaeus parvus in Genethliacis junctus Arabibus
by ARGOLI, Andrea
Lugduni: Sumptibus Iosephi, & Petri Vilort, 1654. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition (first in 1652). Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 inches). [viti], 211, [1, blank] pp. Woodcut charts. Contemporary vellum with manuscript spine lettering. One line of contemporary annotations to first and last pages. Overall, a very clean and large copy. A complete astrological guide based on the Ptolemaeus system by this famous Italian mathematician and astrologer. Caillet 384 (first edition).
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Exactissimae Secundorum Mobilium Tabulae
by ARGOLI, Andrea
Padua: Typis Pauli Frambotti, 1650. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. Contemporary cartonnage binding, edges untrimmed. Complete. A very handsome copy of this work by Argoli, an important Italian mathematician and astrologer.
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De Diebus Criticis
by ARGOLI, Andrea
Padua: Apud Paulum Frambottum, 1652. Hardcover. Very Good+. Quarto. 8 3/4 x 6 1/4. Full contemporary cartonnage binding, edges left untrimmed. Complete. Andrea Argoli was an important Italian mathematician and astrologer. This is a pleasing copy with contemporary marginalia.
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L'Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto (4 volume set)
by Ariosto, Lodovico
London: Livorno presso Gio Tom Masi e Comp. , 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. An attractive 12mo set in full red leather, spines heavily gilt. Green spine labels gilt. Some rubbing overall and wear to spine labels, but still a charming set. Each volume with engraved portrait, engraved title, and engraved plates throughout.
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Roland Furieux, Poeme Heroique. Traduction nouvelle, par M***. 3 volume set.
by ARIOSTE; [Ariosto, Ludovico]
Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1756. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. Contemporary calf bindings, some wear, but a decent set.
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[Greek title] Aristotelis et Theophrasti Metaphysica. Addita in fine Varia locurum lectio, partime e diversis editionibus, partim ex interpretibus. Addita item, prater Indicem capitum, duo rerum ac verborum Inventaria; Latinum & Graecum
by ARISTOTLE (384 B.C.-322 B.C.) --THEOPHRASTUS (371 B.C.-287 B.C.) – SYLBURG, Freidrich, ed. (1536-1596)
Frankfurt am Main: Apud heredes Andreae Wecheli (heirs of Andreas Wechel), MDLXXXV (1585). Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (210 x 149mm). 16 blank leaves (at front and back), [4], 318, [2] pages, including final leaf with Wechel printer’s device. Title also with Wechel’s woodcut printer’s device (a pegasus soaring over a caduceus, pair of cornucopia and shaking hands, AW monogram twice). Edited by Friedrich Sylburg. Dedicated to French scholar Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609). Latin dedication, notes, and index. Greek... Read More
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Lysistrata
by Aristophanes; Seldes, Gilbert (ed., intro.); Picasso, Pablo (illus.)
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. Full red leather, gilt-stamped illustration on boards, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine, all edges gilt, moire endpapers. With illustrations by Picasso throughout. A touch of sunning along spine, and extending just beyond the front joint -- else fine.
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The Ancient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His voyage to Jerusalem, as ambassador from Ptolomaeus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews : concerning the first translation of the Holy Bible by the seventy two interpreters...First Englished from The Greek by the learned and Reverend Dr. John Done late dean of St. Pauls.
by Aristeus [Donne, John]
London: W, Hensman and Thom. Fox booksellers in Westminster Hall, 1685. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 16mo. 192 pp. Contemporary calf rebacked. Provenance: Robert S Pirie (bookplate). For quite some time this work was thought to be by John Donne. The first edition appeared in 1633. Lengthy manuscript note at the front, quotes from Isaac Walton's The Life of Dr. Donne with original notes by an antiquary.
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The Birds
by Aristophanes
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the illustrator, Marian Perry. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Well-preserved copy, book and slipcase in excellent condition.
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Divi Thome Aquinatis in Libr[orum] de Anima Aristotelis Expositio. Magistri Dominici de Flandria Ordinis Predicator[um] in eundem Libru[m] Acutissime Questiones & Annotationes
by Aristotle. Thomas Aquinas & Dominic of Flanders.
Venice: Octaviani Scoti per Bonetus de Locatellis, 1503. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio, printed in gothic type in two columns, woodcut initials & text diagrams; woodcut printer's device on final leaf. Bound in modern half parchment with printed paper boards. A copy with significant contemporary marginal notes in several sections, the annotations run tight up against the outer margin. Title page cut down by one inch at the foot; some scattered spotting & worming, but generally a nice... Read More
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