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Catalogue 27
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18. Le Mariage De Dumollet Et De Mlle
Duret, Ou Retour A St. Malo: Pardon,
par (Don.).
3. Tarchetti, Maurizio. Di Alcune Opinioni Politiche
Popolari In Italia.
Rare Books
13. Gämmerler, Franz. Theater-Director
Carl, seine Leben und sein Wirken.
11. Budetti, Avv.[ocato] Girolamo.
La Sciabola.
28. Mazzuchelli, Conte Giammaria.La Vita Di Pietro Aretino.
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Alastor Rare Books
1.
Buchanan, M.E & Hextall, A.E.
A Catalogue of Second-hand Books
comprising Voyages, Travels and other
Works, mainly relative to Australasia...
The Whole now first offered for sale by
John Buchanan 2, Gate Street, Kingsway,
London_WC2.
London: [s.i], 1928.
£240
4to, 20.5 x 25cm, c.48 ff [of which 6 ff blank & some
stubs]. Original straight grained roan (extremities
rubbed & slight peeling around top corner of lower
board), decorative gilt spine compartments, boards
alike with elaborate scrollwork corner ornaments,
gilt & blind stamped rules, inner dentelles, marbled
end-leaves.
This unusual survival comprises the marked up
bookseller’s sale catalogue for the travel book
selling firm of John Buchanan of London. Consisting
of tipped-in leaves of Buchanan’s catalogue no. 158
on rectos only, manuscript sales figures and totals
are listed together with purchaser names for some
1100 books mainly of the 18th and 19th centuries in
English.
Risorgimento Verses From The Private
Press Of The Deaf-Mute Institute at
Siena
2.
Una Stella E Un Re.
Siena: Tip[ografia] del Sordo-Muti, 1849. £195
8vo, 21.5cm, 11, [1 blank] p., page numbers within
decorative brackets, caption title with bilateral
arrow head & target device. Original self-wrappers,
ms number 2 to top corner (very light spotting to
upper wrapper).
This rare printing of this ode to freedom, which first
appeared previously in the Italian newspaper La Legge,
was penned and printed during the Italian revolution
of 1848-9 [and] celebrates the efforts and commiserates
the failure of the First Italian Independence War
where Carlo Alberto, King of Sardinia and ruler of
Piedmont & Savoy attempted unsuccessfully to oust the
Austrian hold on Northern Italy. Copies recorded at
Harvard & Brown only (microfilm). ICCU records only a
Livorno printing.
3. Tarchetti, Maurizio. Di Alcune Opinioni
Politiche Popolari In Italia.
Alessandria: Presso La Ved. Gabetti Ed
Ottolini Editori, 1848. £195
8vo, 22cm, 36 p. [last page errata], small engraved
mirrored printers ornament of leafy foliage to title.
Original yellow printed wrappers (corners and first
few leaf corners slightly turned), upper cover titling
within fine rule frame with corner ornaments.
Only edition of this Risorgimento synopsis of the
proposals for legal reform of the Italian nobility,
current administration and exploration of the need
for war to resolve the Austrian issue. This is of
some interest in background to the First Italian
Independence War. Appears rare outside Italy.
Worldcat returns Harvard & BL only; COPAC BL only; KVK
Frankfurt only.
A Mute Person, A Pig and A Judge:A tale
Translated from the Chinese
4.
Barone, Giuseppe. IA-Z PAM. Le Baton Du
Muet.
Louvain: Typographie De Ch. Peeters, Libraire,
£240
1882.
4
8vo, 22cm, 8 p.. Original pink wrappers (text block
slightly shaken), sewn, upper cover titling & ms
presentation inscription in Italian from the author
to the Orientalist, Professor Pizzi in esteem & love.
Only edition of this independent printing of this
French translation of a tale from Lum t’u mom an
(Sentences of the tribunal of Judge Pau) which first
appeared in the Oriental Studies review Le Muséon
either in 1882 or the year before and describes the
misfortunes of a mute person subjected to mistreatment.
The online catalogues return a sole copy at Cambridge.
Not in COPAC, KVK or BNF.
5. Michel, Louise. Prise De Possession.
Paris: S.L.I.M. 37, boulevard de Strasboug,
£195
1947.
8vo, 21cm, 32 p.. Original self-wrappers (edges
slightly browned), upper cover titling with portrait
of the author.
The anarchist classic Prise De Possession first appeared
in a single printing in 1890 and this second edition
is from the first printing since 1890. Louise Michel, a
teacher with a life-long involvement in revolutionary
politics and veteran of the Paris Commune, converted to
anarchism in the 1880’s and produced this work, printed
by le groupe anarchiste de Saint-Denis, presumably
prior to flight to England in 1890 after threat of
incarceration for making inflammatory speeches. This
work, a passionate entreaty to the French people to
take possession of their freedom, is rare in the first
edition and rarer still in the second with institutional
holding listed at Brown, BL, Ruhrgebiets only.
6.
Explication Des Ouvrages De Messieurs
De L’Academie De Peinture, Sculpture &
Architecture, Civlle Et Navale,, Etablie
à Bordeaux par Lettres-Patentes De Sa
Majesté, du 25 de Mai 1780.
A Bordeaux: Chez Pallandre Jeune, Libraire,
£395
rue du Chapeau Rouge. 1782.
12mo, 16cm, 24, [2] p., engraved title device with
the civic arms of the city of Bordeaux, attractive
headpiece of a small rural hamlet with church and
outbuildings in a rocky landscape. Contemporary Papier
Dominoté (upper & lower wrapper corners restored) with
an attractive diamond lattice with central blue floral
ornaments and citron yellow colouring to interstices.
This rare guide to the paintings, sculpture and
other art works lists 101 works by the members of
the Academy exhibited at the galerie de l’Hôtel de
la Bourse in Bordeaux, covering all from allegorical
paintings, classical scenes, views of topographical
to architectural features and portraits. Of particular
interest are a number of architectural models in clay and
a machine for demonstrating theoretical perspective.
Not recorded in the online union catalogues.
7.
Jacob, P.L. pseud. Paul Lacroix. Réforme
De La Bibliothèque Du Roi.
Paris: Alliance Des Arts, Et Chez M.Techener,
£160
Libraire. 1845.
12mo, 18.5cm, 151 p.. Contemporary quarter green
pebbled cloth & marbled paper covered boards
(extremities lightly rubbed), green silk marker.
Only edition of this study and defence, by the
bibliophile Paul Lacroix, of the role and value of
the Bibliothèque Du Roi (Bibliothèque Nationale) in
Paris, which was under attack by progressives at this
time. Lacroix argues spiritedly to promote the study
value, and economy of the library but suggests that a
reorganisation is necessary with new rules and a new
catalogue to meet the needs of contemporary readers.A
very good copy (half-title & title lightly spotted).
8.
Appia, Adolphe. La Mise En Scène Du
Drame Wagnérien.
Paris; Léon Chailley, 1895.
£395
8vo, 22.5cm, 51 p. + 1 ff.. Original printed wrappers
(cover edges slightly browned), flat spine (chipped &
worn), upper over titling with engraved monogram &
foliage device.
Catalogue 27
Presentation copy signed by Adolphe Appia.
This detailed study of the staging and lighting of
the operas of Richard Wagner which includes notes on
representative form and a specific study of staging
in the Ring of the Nibelung is the first book by
the revolutionary theatre designer, Adolphe Appia,
and gives details of his theories which emphasise
incorporating scenery and lighting into the musical
work to create and emotional and visual counterpart.
Appears rare outside Germany with institutional copies
listed at Glasgow, BL, Senate & ULondon only.
Verses to Celebrate the Six Hundredth
Anniversary of Dante’s Birth
9.
Ghivizzani, Gaetano. Agli Stranieri Che
Da Ogni Parte D’Europa Convennero In
Firenze Ad Onorare Il Divino Alighieri
Nel VI Secolare Anniverario Dalla
Nasciata.
Firenze i.e. Florence: Col Tipi Di M.Cellini
£220
E.C. Alla Galileiana, 1865.
8vo, 23cm, 8 p.. Recent buff wrappers, sewn.
These verses celebrating Dante Alighieri’s contribution
to Italian literature and his inspiration in the
battle for free thought were written to commentate
a convention gathered to celebrate the six hundredth
anniversary of his birth. A very good copy (slight
creasing to first leaf). Not in COPAC or KVK, world
cat returns copies at Upenn & Cornell only and ICCU
Bologna, Florence, Galatina & Lucca.
The Second Italian War Of Independence
10.Prati, G. La Guerra.
Torino i.e. Turin: Tipografia Cerutti, Derossi
£195
E Dusso, 1859.
8vo, 22.5cm, 13, [1] p., mirrored spiral title device.
Original printed wrappers (light soiling) sewn into
recent buff wrappers.
Poet Giovanni Prati penned these stirring Risorgimento
verses at the outbreak of the Second Italian War Of
Independence in a bloody, war-torn country urging his
countrymen to fight on. He was later to join the Italian
Parliament first as deputy and later as senator.
Rare outside Italy, Worldcat returns a sole copy at
Harvard. Not in COPAC or KVK.
11.Budetti, Avv.[ocato] Girolamo.
La Sciabola.
Napoli i.e. Naples: Tipografico Dei Fratelli
£220
Tornese, 1878.
12mo, 18cm, 60 p., small decorative flourish title
device, titling in shadow font. Modern grey wrappers,
ms upper cover titling. Dedication inscription in
Italian from the author to a substitute procurator.
This unusual, lengthy poem by the Italian lawyer turned
poet, Girolamo Budetti, takes the form of a dialogue
of voices: the fatherland, clouds, water, desert, sky
and the forest and takes an allegorical view of the end
of the Risorgimento and its effect on Italy. A further
poem Canto della sentinella italians a servigio dell’
Austria (Song of the Sentinel Italians in the service
of Austria) is also included. Budetti’s poetry has
been almost entirely unknown outside Italy. He issued
a collection of his poetry in 1877 which appeared in
Garibaldi’s personal collection. Not recorded in the
online union catalogues. Title ownership stamp of the
Libreria Carmine Lauria in Catanzaro.
12.
Crocioni, G. Maggio Rusticano In
Dialetto Fossombronese.
[s.l]: [s.i], [1902?]
£140
8vo, 21 cm, 4 p., headpiece of repeated small foliate
ornaments. Recent buff wrappers.
Fossombrone, originally a an ancient Roman colony
site, is a small Italian town between Perugia and
Pesaro. This unusual item, in Fossombrone dialect,
was produced for the Hermanin-Ausmann wedding and
first printed originally in the wedding celebration
brochure, contains a seventy-six line poem together
with a dialect glossary, describing the singing of
a sacred soul suffering in purgatory in 1723.Not
recorded in the online union catalogues.
13.
Gämmerler, Franz. Theater-Director Carl,
seine Leben und sein Wirken.
Vienna: J.B.Wallishausser, 1854.
£220
8vo, 22cm, [ii], 74 p., tinted lithographic
frontispiece. Original cloth (light sunning to spine
& cover edges).
Only edition of this study of the life and works
of the theatre director, Karl Andreas von Bernbrunn.
After starting an Army career, von Bernbrunn left to
take up work as an actor, first in Vienna and later in
Munich at the Duke theatre. He was quickly promoted
to director
and also founded a drama school. Returning to Vienna,
he initially rented and operated Theater an der
Wien before opening the Carl Theatre in 1845, which
operated until 1945. A very good copy. Rare outside
Germany with copies listed in Harvard & Yale, BL,
Switzerland, Canada & Denmark. Ex-libris bookplate of
Joseph Wünsch.
14.
Catalogus Eener Fraaije Verzameling
Van regtsgeleerde, Geschiedkundige,
Heraldische, Numismatische Godgeleerde
En Dichtwerken.
£195
8vo, [iv], 315 p., original printed wrappers (some
staining and chipping and small closed tear to upper
cover), recent reback in grey cloth).
This Catalogue represents the large auction of legal,
historical, heraldic, numismatic and other works
belonging to a late Professor of Law of Bavaria and local
minister Mr Jacob and sold by the bookseller Frederik
Muller in Amsterdam.In some 4200 lots, listedwith
title, place of publication, date and quantity of
volumes, the collection, in addition to the above is
made up of classical & European literature, geography,
archeology. In very good internal condition. Not
recorded in the online union catalogues.
15.
[Della Lena, Innocenzo]. Dissertazione
Ragionata Sul Teatro Moderno.
In Venezia i.e. Venice. Presso Giacomo Storti.
£650
1791. 8vo, 20cm, 111, [1 blank] p., engraved title device of
urn & scrollwork. Contemporary carta colorata, later
reback in blue paper (a little cracking to tail of
spine), pink paper ms spine title.
This is the only edition and only aesthetic work
on Venetian theatrical and operatic production by
this Venetian doctor, who also wrote on pharmacology
and applications of phlogiston theory, proposing
his ideas on staging, vocal production and theatre
design with reference to contemporary performers and
theatres. Some further research into Dr Della Lena may
bear fruit as he appears to have ended his career in
England as a Doctor in Westminster, London. His will
is held by the British National Archives. Rare outside
Italy. Worldcat records copies at Trento & Milan, KVK
adds Tübingen and not in COPAC.
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16.
La Psychologie Expérimentale. Manifeste
adressé au Congrès Spiritualiste de
Londres (Juin 1898). Par le Syndicat de
la Presse Spiritualiste de France.
Paris: Librarie Du Magnétisme, 1898.
£285
8vo, 31, [1] p.. Modern marbled boards with original
printed wrappers bound in, flat spine with gilt titling.
This interesting address covers the subjects of bicorporeality, magnetism and hypnotism, somnambulism,
telepathy, mediumship (including materialisation),
giving case examples and references. A very good copy
(toning to page edges & original bound in wrapper
edges). Not recorded in the online union catalogues.
17.
L’Amour Et La Devoir Conjugal, Discours
Sur Hebr. XIII. $ Pronouncé à Dublin
Dans L’Eglise De Set. Anne Le 11.
Septembre 1757.
A La Haye i.e. Le Haye: Chez Pierre Gosse,
£350
Junior., 1758.
8vo, 19.5.cm, [4], 38 p., small inverted triangle
typographic title device, headpiece of small printers
ornaments with a floral border round alternating cubes
& circle & feather devices, decorative initial letter.
Recent wrappers.
This unusual French Hibernicum consists of a sermon
dedicated to Lady Caroline Russel and contains a
defence of the prerogative of beauty and privileges
of the fair sex and includes a survey of historically
important women to date. The following sermon
discourses on the importance of monogamous marriage
and condemns libertinage. Not recorded in the online
union catalogues.
18.
Le Mariage De Dumollet Et De Mlle Duret,
Ou Retour A St. Malo: Pardon, par
(Don.).
Paris: Au Cabinet de Lecture, rue des Prètres
Saint-Germain-L’Auxerrois, no. 20. Et chez
£285
Marchand, 1810.
12mo, 14cm, [ii], 184 p., folding frontispiece with an
attractive view of the canal de la Villette in Paris
titled “Dumolet [sic] pregnant un bain dans le canal
de la Villette”. Contemporary marbled boards (corners
bumped), flat spine with attractive gilt laurel wreath
motif compartments & decorative gilt urn and flowers,
black morocco label.
Only edition of this rollicking tale of the provincial
monsieur Dumollet and his adventures and amours in Paris
and St. Malo, was turned into a play by Marc-AntoineMadeleine Désaugiers two years after publication. A
very good copy (light scattered spotting). Worldcat
records a copy in Australia and at the BNF. Not in
COPAC or KVK.
19.
Bonomi, Gian Francesco i.e. Giulio
Valeriano Bonomi. Io. Francisci Bonomii
Bononiensis. Democritus,Sive Morales
Risus In Quinque Aphorismorum Centurias
Editi.
Bononiae i.e. Bologna, Ex Typographia
H.H.Dominici Barberii, 1663.
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£320
12mo, 15cm, [xviii], 124, p., engraved sheep skull
supported by two hammers coiled with snakes title
device, engraved frontispiece on verso with the seated
figure of Democritus with one foot on a globe and the
other on a man’s head, large decorative initial letters
in followers and foliage, scrollwork headpieces.
Original laced vellum (some loss of vellum to upper
and lower cover tail corners).
Only edition of this selection of the aphorisms of
Democritus edited by the cleric and grammarian,
Giulio Valeriano Bonomi. Democritus is thought to
have written some sixty books, but his only surviving
writings are some two hundred aphorisms, of which one
hundred are presented here and dedicated, probably
rather cheekily, to the senate of Bologna and cover
all from good humour. Worldcat locates only the UCLA
copy with this pagination. Two further copies with
an additional 16 pagesection following the text are
located at Harvard & Cornell. Not in COPAC.
20.
La Puce de Mme Desroches. Publiée par D.
Jouaust.
A Paris: Chez D. Jouast, Imprimeur, 1868.
£360
12mo, 17.5cm, [xii], 122, [2] p., title printed in red
and black, engraved title device. Original quarter
brown morocco & marbled boards (corners slightly
bumped), raised spine bands, small gilt stylised flower
motifs, red, yellow & green silk marker.
Printed in an edition of 332 copies, this is one of
15 “sur papier de Chine”. Madeleine des Roches and
her daughter, accomplished poets in their own right,
established a literary salon in Poitiers in the 16th
century which included the humanist Estienne Pasquier
and poets Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson,
René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas
Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe. The group issued their key
work, La Puce de Mme Desroches, in 1590 containing
various collected poems by the group members including
Mme Desroches and is reissued here in a collectors
edition with a reprinting of the original title page.
21.
De Saur. Considérations Sur L’Abolition
Du Divorce.
[Paris]: De L’imprimerie De Porthmann, Rue
£160
Ste-Anne, No. 43, 8vo, 19.5cm, 16 p., half-title & drop-head title.
Disbound.
This short monograph addresses the issue of divorce
in the newly reconstituted post-revolutionary France.
The tide appeared to have turned for the institution
of divorce and post-revolutionary government had been
looking to legislate in the name of social cohesion to
outlaw divorce. The author argues in favour of divorce
when it is by mutual consent. Worldcat locates copies
at Wilmington, Uwest & BNF. Not in COPAC or KVK.
22.
Law, Thomas. An Address Delivered Before
The Columbian Institute, December 17,
1825.
Washington: Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1835.
£295
8vo, 21cm, 40 p.. Original self-wrappers (edges
dusty), side-stitched.
This
rare
economical
monograph
proposes
the
establishment of a National Currency within the
United States issued on the constitutional authority
of Congress as opposed to a circulating medium based
on precious metals or bank notes based on them and
examines the challenges of such a system with current
US and world banking. Worldcat locates Senate House &
Cambridge only. COPAC: Cambridge only.
23.
[Chaper, Eugène]. Notice Historique Et
Bibliographique Sur Antoine Et Pierre
Baquelier Citoyens De Grenoble Et Les
Ouvrages Qu’Ils Not Publies Au XV Et Au
XVI Siècles.
Grenoble: Imprimerie F.Allier Pere & Fils,
1885.
£395
Large 8vo, 25.5cm, 57, [1 blank] p., title printed
in red & black, small red decorative flourish title
device, untrimmed. Contemporary marbled boards
(endcaps worn), red morocco label. One of an edition
of 225 copies of which 25 are on Holland paper.
Catalogue 27
Only edition of this text of a lecture delivered to
L’Academy Delphinale in 1884 on the printing activities
of two brothers, Antoine & Paul Baquelier, the first
printers of Grenoble, France. A short biographical
history is given, followed by a full bibliography
of their 26 extant works printed between 1491 and
1526. A very good copy. Ex-libris bookplate of Abbé
Paul Senequier-Crozet, treasurer of the Société des
Bibliophiles Dauphinois and local historian. Worldcat
returns copies at BNF and Grolier only. Not in COPAC
or KVK.
24.
Camus, Antoine Gaston. Notice D’Un Livre
Imprimé à Bamberg En MCCCCLXII,[Par
Albert Pfister] Lue A L’Institut
National.
Paris: Baudoin, Imprimeur De L’Institut
National, An VII i.e. 1799.
£330
4to, 27cm, [ii], 29 p., five folding plates. 19th century
diapered paper-covered boards (corners rubbed), gilt
titled spine.
The unusual book of the title, Historie van Joseph,
Daniel, Judith and Esther,was discovered by a German
clergyman and briefly described in the Magasin
Historique-Littéraire Bibliographique in 1792, prior
to full and illustrated description here in 1799
by this deputy of the National Convention in the
French Revolution with samples of text, watermarks and
illustration. Camus went on to publish bibliographical
work on Stereotyping and Polytyping and his abilities
as bibliographer were noted by Dibdin. Worldcat:
Bayerische, BNF, BL, NAL & Glasgow. COPAC: NAL,
Glasgow, Cambridge & Oxford. Bigmore & Wyman I. 102.
25.
Heidenhain, Dr. Rudolf. Der Sogenannte
Thierische Magnetismus.
Leipzig: Druck und Berlag von Breitkopf und
£295
Härtel, 1880.
8vo, 22cm, [ii], 40 p., engraved title device with
medallion with classical helmeted head on a stone
inscribed 1719 and flanked by a wolf holding an
Aescapulian staff, marl stick and hammer in foliage.
Contemporary quarter black cloth & marbled boards
(endcaps worn).
Breslau Professor and physiologist, Rudolf Heidenhain,
produced this detailed study of the hypnotic state from
his own experiments, refuting the notion it is created
by a magnetic force. He explores suggestion, sensory
experience under hypnotism, artificial hallucinations
and movement. Heidenhain proposes the thesis that the
hypnotic state is caused by inhibitory nervous action.
A very good copy (light toning to title, last page &
end leaves). Appears rare outside Germany. Worldcat
locates copies at Warsaw, RCOS, Harvard, Columbia &
Zurich and COPAC Leeds & Cambridge.
26.
Golovine, Ivan. Types Et Caractères
Russes.
Paris: Capelle, Libraire-Éditeur, 1847. £195
2 vols, 8vo, 21.5cm, I-[xvi], 391, [1] p.; II-387, [1]
p.. Original quarter red morocco & red paper-covered
boards (rubbed, some water spotting to second volume
covers).
Only edition of this humorous look at Russian character
and characters living in contemporary 1840’s France and
Europe and commentary on Russia and Russian exiles. In
a series of literary vignettes, we are taken through
the friend of the Polish, the spy, the French slave
and to the Russians at play in a masked ball and the
brigand avenger. A good copy (endleaves toned, light
scattered spotting, moisture mark to corner of first
twelve leaves of second volume, one leaf lacking blank
lower corner from paper flaw).
27.
Swinborne, Frederick. Wallington
Pfander. Gustavus Adolphus: An
Historical Poem And Romance Of The
thirty Years War [And] [Poems Translated
From The German] [And] [Original
Miscellaneous Poems]
[London]:[1870s to 1883?]
£1200
Original
handwritten
manuscript
with
author’s
corrections, presumably copy for printing in a wooden
box (lid repaired) with handwritten paper label
giving contents (11 poems translated from the German
and 16 original poems in addition to the manuscript
for“Gustavus Adolphus” with contents given for the
individual twelve books).
Swinborne was born in Agra, India in 1848 and was
educated in Wurtemburg and Kings College London before
entering his uncle, George Swinborne’s isinglass &
gelatine manufacturing business. He patented his
uncle’s improved method of gelatine manufacture from
animal skins the US in 1887 and other countries and
later became a partner in the firm.
Parallel to his commercial activities Swinborne also
established a career as a historical poet in the heroic
style. His first extant published work was Gustavus
Adolphus: an historical poem and Romance of the Thirty
Years War (1884). He was not to publish again until
the beginning of the 20th century when he published a
series of poems over the period up to the end of the
Great War, including sonnets on subjects such as why
a channel tunnel should not be built and on Income
tax.The collection includes four further translations
from the German not listed on contents label; 16
original poems and two further unlisted poems.
THE FIRST SERIOUS STUDY OF ARETINO
AND HIS WORKS
28.
Mazzuchelli, Conte Giammaria.La Vita Di
Pietro Aretino.
In Padova: Giuseppe Comino, 1741.
£350
8vo, [viii], 303, [1] + 4 p. publishers catalogue,
engraved portrait frontispiece within oval medallion
on a wolf skin with head & paws, engraved rectangular
title vignette of a citizen digging amongst ancient
ruins with quotation from Horace “Quidquid sub terra
est in Apricum proferet aetas” (Whatever is under the
earth, time will bring to light), engraved headpiece
of flowers and foliage, large decorative initial
letters of foliage & mythical beasts, endpiece of
crossed pipes & laurel wreaths, engraved in Italic and
Roman types with shoulder notes, 6 engraved plates of
portrait medallions, contemporary laced cartonatura
(small split head of lower joint).
First edition of Mazzuchelli’s pioneering study of
the Italian Renaissance writer, satirist and serial
moral disrupter, Pietro Aretino. It includes an
annotated bibliography of both his printed works and
works attributed to him and is the first serious study
of Aretino and his works.Ownership signature of Juan
Mosa?.Cluzel. Aretino & L’Arétin 133.
29. D.O.M. Leoni XII. Pont. Max. Benefactori Divino
Implorato Praesi Dio Ex Auctoritate Eminentissimi
Principis Julii Mariae De Somalea S.R.E Cardinalis
Vice-Cancellarii Et Permissu R.P.D Belisari Cristaldi
Sacrae Consistorialis Aulae Advocati, Et Almae Urbis
Archigymnasii Rectoris Deputati Caesar Lippi Lucensis
J.U.D. Ex Lege Eorum Cod. De Bonis Eorum Qui Sibi
Mortem Consciverunt.
Romae i.e. Rome: Apud Franscicum Bourlie, 1826.£180
Single sheet, 580 x 430mm, printed on one side,
fold lines, border of mirrored foliage & grass head
printers ornaments, large central engraving of an
eagle hovering above a shield with the cross key &
mitre and crowned eagle insignia of Pope Leo XII,
flanked with two bearded figures holding cross keys and
a sword.
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An unusual survival of this broadside announcement of a
public debate in the Apostolic chancery in the Vatican
of the legal, moral, religious and human issues in
relation to SUICIDE and defending a series of seven
propositions concerning the treatment of persons
taking their own life. particularly in relation to
distribution of their assets. A very good copy (Feint
semi-circular stain to blank upper margin and a couple
to short tears to left hand blank margin)
30.
L’Arte Del Bucato Domestico Secondo
I Processi Inglese E Francese. Che
Comprende Il Lavorio Della Lavandaia
Di Fion Le Semplice Saponate, Il Dare
Il Colore Azzurro, Lo Inamidare, Lo
Stirare.
Milano: Col Tipi Di Giovanni Pirotta,1829.
£320
12mo, 108p., with two folded tables of illustrations,
and folded list of saints’ days for 1831, roman,
italic, and gothic types, light foxing, later quarter
cloth with marbled boards (lightly scuffed), “No. 3”
in manuscript on title page and half title.
Only edition of this unusual little work on laundering
and dying different fabrics after the English & French
fashions and of some significance for social history
in the comparative study of contemporary domestic
hygiene. Sole online institutional copy at Florence.
31.
Lettera Giustificativa Di Antonio
Zatta Per il Libro uscito sotto il
suo Nome nello scorso Gennaio 1760.
INTITOLATO DIMOSTRAZIONE DELL’OSSEQUIO,
E RISPETTOSA VENERAZIONE AVUTA DAI
MINISTRI DI SUA SANTITA VERSO LA SAGRA
PERSONA, ED I MINISTRI DI SUA MAESTA
FEDELISSIMA. Con altra Lettera di
Risposta alla medesima.
In Venezia i.e. Venice: Presso Antonio Zatta,
£280
1761.
8vo, 18cm, 83, [1 blank] p., printed in Roman & Italic
types, engraved title vignette. Contemporary Italian
carta fiorata indiana i.e. decorated floral paper with
purple stems & fronds and red flowers (some fading &
toning around cover edges) over cartonatura cf Qillici
33 for a similar example, long-stitching to spine
running three-quarters of spine length.
Only edition of the Venetian printer and publisher,
Antonio Zatta’s response to the criticism that he had
discredited the Jesuit order. Told through a series of
letters, the work further details the various events
leading to the expulsion of the Jesuit order from
Portugal in 1759, following various events including
a quarrel with Portuguese prime minister, Joseph I,
and having exercised illicit, scandalous & public
commerce. Includes a 62 item annotated bibliography
of libels against the Jesuit order. A very good copy
(scattered light spotting). Worldcat locates copies
at BL, Trento, Rovereto, Bib Naccional Madrid, Not in
COPAC. Infelise (2000) L’editoria veneziana nel ‘700
p.91; Bib. de la Compagnie de Jésus 11 p.220.
32.
Osservazione Di Un Caso Raro Di
Sonnambolismo Raccolta Da Alcuni Medici.
Torino i.e. Turin: Tipografia Mancio Speirani &
£295
C., 1833.
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8vo, 22.5cm, title device of snake coiled round
a garlanded Roman amphora, partially unopened.
Contemporary purple wrappers.
Only independent printing of this case study of a
persistent somnambulist, extracted from the
Repertorio
Medico-Chirurgica
del
Piemonte.
In
remarkable detail, the daily life of the somnambulist,
Pietro Balmaverde, is described over the 17th February
(1832?) with regard to activities undertaken, food
eaten, etc., giving an additional social historical
interest. This is followed with a minute description
of an episode of sleepwalking that night and what he
did and said. The description involves the sleepwalker believing he is holding and presenting to the
observing doctor, an egg of the devil. Following
the case description, a description is given of the
general physical condition of the patient, including
breathing, urination, digestion. reflections on
occurrence of sleepwalking with regard to frequency
and duration and final remarks on the observation that
the somnambulist was very reluctant to seek a cure.
Not in Worldcat, COPAC, ICCU
33.
[Passport] Dn. Antonio Y Milla Caballero
Maestrante De La Real De Sevilla,...
Concedo seguro Juan Bautinta Fran[sis]
co Dauvergne, oficial Franzes que pase
ala ciud[a]d Pampalona, donde deve
presentante a el...Capital general.
[s.l] [s.i] 1795
£125
Single sheet, 310 x 200mm, printed on one side,
heraldic engraving, folded for carrying.
This rare Spanish passport is a printed form completed
manuscript for the French official, Juan Dauvergne,
allowing safe passage to Pampalona in Spain whilst
en route for Madrid. The validity, which is given in
days, has not been completed and a generic statement
is given allowing him to remain until the 18th of the
month
34.
Proposta Sopra La Consonanza Delle
Antichita Indiane Con La Storia Di Mose
Tratta Dagli Anniversari Discorsi Del
Sir William Jones.
Torino i.e. Turin: Dalla Stamperia Reale,
£195
1822.
8vo, 19.5cm, 27 [1 blank] p, roman and italic type,
half title, modern brown and cream printed wrapper
with manuscript paper title label, a very tidy copy.
Only printing of this monograph exploring the links
between the biblical Moses stories and the religion
and mythology of ancient India. Bossi (1787-1866)
was an admirer of Sir William Jones (1736-1794), the
Anglo-Welsh philologist and co-founder of the Asiatick
Society of Bengal in 1784. Jones believed that Moses
drew his narrative from early Indian literature via
Egyptian secondary sources.
Bossi reviews this argument and others in his footnoted
argument, in which he asserts, following Jones, that
Moses’ stories match with earlier --non-Christian-tales of human history, though they are more
poetically written. Bossi, a conservative Catholic
priest and academic, seems to have submitted his
essay to “L’Amico d’Italia,” one of the conservative
journals of the time (published in Turin 1822-1829)
possibly without getting a sympathetic response. This
separate publication is unlocated in online sources,
and the journal itself seems to be held only at the
British Library.
35.
Alfeonio, Rosalte i.e. Constantino
Ranieri.Cantata Da Dirisi Nell’ Arcade
Adunanza Della Colonia Augusta Da
Tenersi Nel Prato Del Frontone Nell’
Agosto dell Anno 1717.
In Perugia: Per Constantini Stamp. Cam.
Episc., 1717.
£220
8vo, 12mo, 6 p., woodcut title device of foliage
sprays, page numbers within decorative brackets,
small reverse mirrored printers ornament of flowers &
foliage, contemporary cartonatura with carta decorata
spine of recent application?
Catalogue 27
Only edition of these unrecorded pastoral verses in
praise of the happiness of the country life delivered
in the form of a song to members of the Accademia
Arcadia in Perugia. The Accademia Arcadia was formed
in 1690 in Rome in reaction to the extravagance of
the Baroque period, seeking a return to pure, simple,
graceful Classical literary forms and living, becoming
a literary movement that expanded across Italy through
the last years of the seventeenth and first quarter of
the eighteenth centuries. A very clean copy. Not in
WORLDCAT, COPAC, ICCU, KVK.
DEDICATED TO THE ITALIAN NUMISMATIST
CELESTINO CAVDONI
36.
Capranesi, Francesco. Appendice
Alla Difesa Della Gemma Originale
D’Aspasio...La Quale Serve Di Riposta Al
Sig. Cav. Girometti.
Fabriano: Prezzo Giovani Crocetti, 1846. £175
8vo, [2], 18 p., original yellow printed wrappers
(some soiling), upper cover title within decorative
concentric border of repeated leafy printers devices
with corner ornament, single rules & interlinked hoops,
lower cover alike with central vase & foliage device.
Only edition of this monograph on classical sculpture.
Capranesi, an antiquary, archeologist and ancient
Roman numismatist, explores techniques of ancient
sculpture in relation to establishing the authenticity
of the classical Greek carved Jasper, then in the
Imperial collection in Vienna, reproducing the bust of
Minerva. It includes letters attesting to the head’s
authenticity as a supplement. Worldcat (Sole copy
BNF); Not in COPAC; ICCU (3 holdings only).
37.
D.F.B.D.d.S.T Iconologia Vari Pregi, E
Virtu’ Sonetti Con Un Previo Elogio Alla
Bell’Arte Della Dipintura.
Milano i.e. Milan: Nella Stamperia di
Francesco Pogliani, 1794.
£175
8vo, 80 p. engraved title device of crossed shawm
& tabor pipes with ribbons, foliage & tambourine,
endpiece of foliage arabesques with flat basket with
fruit & flowers. Recent hal
f cloth & marbled papercovered boards, new endpapers.
Only edition of this unusual fourteen page elegy to the
beautiful art of drawing, to the aesthetic qualities,
the discipline and historical record followed by
a collection of indexed sonnets to the virtues of
mankind. Worldcat returns a sole copy at Utrecht; Not
in COPAC, KVK or ICCU.
38.
Franklin, Benjamin. A Spese della Libera
Propaganda. La Scienza Del Povero
Riccardo Di Beniarmino Franklin.
[Torino]: Arnoldi Marzo, 1850.
£240
Small 4to, 105 x 140mm, 32p., original wrappers,
printed upper cover title with horse-drawn plough
share vignette.
Poor Richard originally made his introduction to Italy
in the early 19th century through a translation into
Italian initiated by Napoleon. This work, No. 2 from a
series including Cesarotti’s “La Politica”, includes
an Italian translation from the original English with
a four page introduction. Rare. Worldcat (unlocated
microfilm holding); ICCU (4 Italian holdings).
39.
Monteiro, [Joao] Franco. Mais Factos Para
a vida mora, da Eschola Medico-Cirurguca
de Lisboa.
Only edition of this author’s signed copy of this
description and memoir of the surgical-medical school
in Lisbon by a former student. The school was founded
0by Government decree in 1836 by the transformation
of the Royal School of Surgery. A very good copy
(two short tears to upper blank edge of title page).
Unlocated in the online catalogues.
40.
Pouillain de Saint-Foix, Germain
François. Lettres Turques, Et Le Temple
De Gnide Du Même Auteur.
Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau, ImprimeurLibraire, près le Collége des Jésuites, 1748.
£195
8vo, 170mm, 124, 55, [1] p., title page in red and
black with engraved vignette of lady with a cherub,
various headpieces of repeated printers ornaments
in decorative borders, decorated initial letters
in similar borders, contemporary vellum, gilt spine
title with decorative rules (faded), speckled edges.
(later?) signature of Dr Berardelli on title page,
slight foxing to endpapers, else very clean copy. The
imprint is fictitious.
This little volume contains two works, as issued.
Pouillain
de
Saint-Foix
(1698-1776)
enjoyed
considerable contemporary popularity as author and
playwright. His Lettres d’Une Turque (1730) was
written in imitation of Montesquieu’s Lettres Persanes
of 1721. Le Temple de Gnide, which follows with
separate pagination, is a prose poem by Montesquieu. A
sensual work, it was published anonymously in 1725 and
appeared in various editions subsequently, achieving
considerable popularity in its time. It, too, is a
supposed translation--this time from the Greek--and
begins with a preface by the putative translator.
Copies of this 1748 volume held only at Oxford,
Cambridge, and the Library of Congress.
41.
[Tengnagel, Matthijs Gansneb] Het
Leven Van Konstance VVaer af volgt het
Tooneelspel De Spaensche Heidin.
Amsterdam: Johannes Iacott, 1643.
£650
4to, 156, [3], [1 blank] p., woodcut printers title
device, large historiated initial, SIX ENGRAVED
PLATES BY PIETER NOLPE AFTER SIMON DE VLIEGAR, PIETER
QUAST & ISAAC ISAACSZOON. 18th century half-vellum &
marbled sides (rubbed), manuscript spine title. This
beautifully illustrated book is based on the Cervantes
novel “La Gitanilla” and follows the fortunes of one
Spanish heathen in this Dutch comedy set in the courly
traditions. A very good copy. Exlibris label of V.De
La Montaigne. Locations: (UCamb, Harvard, BL, BNL, NL
Sweden & 5 German libs).
42.
TORCHE, Abbé Antoine. Le Chien de
Boulogne, ou L’Amant fidèlie. Nouvelle
galante.
Paris: Jean Ribou, 1668.
£495
12mo, [8], 220p., contemporary sheep (corners bumped),
banded spine with gilt double rule compartments with
central fleuron and shepherds crook curl ornaments
(tail endcap worn with three small wormholes).
First edition of this curious amorous French novel,
written in an accessible, upbeat narrative, which was
seemingly written after a humiliating feminine rebuff,
the Abbé Torche tells the tale of a Bolognese lover
who turns into a dog to receive the attentions of the
one he loves . Worldcat locates 3 copies at BL, Den
Haag & Hamburg. Des Essarts. Les siècles littéraires
de la France p.241. Bib. clérico-galante p.167.
Lisbon: Typographia de J.B de Gouveia, Rua do
£295
Carvalho no.95, [c.1843].
8vo, 19.5cm, 29 p., partially unopened, AUTHOR’S
SIGNATURE ON TITLE PAGE, disbound, spine strengthened.
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Stra
Conv
Il Di
Ann
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4. Barone, Giuseppe. IA-Z PAM.
Le Baton Du Muet.
Catalogue 27
Ghivizzani, Gaetano. Agli
anieri Che Da Ogni Parte D’Europa
vennero In Firenze Ad Onorare
ivino Alighieri Nel VI Secolare
niverario Dalla Nasciata.
10. Prati, G. La Guerra.
12. Crocioni, G. Maggio Rusticano In
Dialetto Fossombronese.
16. La Psychologie Expérimentale. Manifeste adressé au
Congrès Spiritualiste de Londres (Juin 1898). Par le
Syndicat de la Presse Spiritualiste de France.
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8. Appia, Adolphe. La Mise En Scène Du
Drame Wagnérien.
27. [Manuscript] Swinborne, Frederick. Wallington Pfander
Gustavus Adolphus: An Historical Poem And Romance Of
The thirty Years War [And] [Poems Translated From The
German] [And] [Original Miscellaneous Poems]
6. Explication Des Ouvrages
De Messieurs De L’Academie De Peinture
12
5. Michel, Louise. Prise De Possession.
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