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Two Volumes. Irregular pagination. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of J.P. Binns on paste downs. Manuscript ownership of J. Fowle, Jr. Sept 5, 1821 on title page of both volumes. Each of these early owners have made manuscript notations of legal terms and points of law on various leaves, most in ink some in pencil. Penciled ownership of Joseph G. Patterson, Jr. Sept. 1902 on first fly leaf of Volume II. 240 mm. Original full leather bindings, worn. Leaf scroll design on boards. Boards fragile. Spines very worn and lacking spine labels. Title continues: "Second American Edition: With Corrections And Additions, By A Gentleman Of The Bar." S&S/AI 13707. Hardbound. SCARCE. AMERLAW 1
IN HEBREW. SIGNED BY EDITOR. 250x175 mm. 348 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
- Hachette & Cie, Paris & London & Boston 1883, 12x18,5cm, relié. - Troisième édition. Reliure en pleine percaline sapin, dos lisse légèrement gauchi, plats décorés de motifs floraux à froid. Envoi de H. Maidoz pour l'auteur. Quelques petites rousseurs, ex-libris au verso du premier plat. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
20 x 65 cm. 314 sheets of heavy, multi-layered paper stained in blue over the whole area, varnished on the writing space, surrounded by a frame, within which are written 8 lines of approximately 80 characters in Tibetan uchen (dbu-can) script using gold ink. Each leaf written on both sides. Upper cover from another manuscript, in black ink; beneath a flap are 2 lines of very large script with the words "in the language of India". The first leaves of the manuscript contain 4, 5, 6 and 7 lines of script. Text is complete. A canonical Buddhist sutra and the central text of the Mahayana Prajnaparamita school. The present text is a Tibetan translation from the original Sanskrit, of which there are also Chinese, Korean, and Japanese translations. The "Perfection of Wisdom" sutra exists in a range of shorter and longer recensions, of which that in 8,000 lines is regarded as having been the source, since according to Buddhist belief, its precursor, no longer extant, in Buddhist Prakrit, the vernacular language actually spoken by the Buddha, transmitted the actual spoken words of the Buddha. This Sanskrit text was then expanded into versions in 10,000, 18,000, 25,000, and 100,000 lines or verses, for the advanced adepts who could appreciate detailed commentary, and on the other hand abbreviated to versions in 2,500, 700, 500, 300, 150 and 25 lines for those of lesser understanding. Modern scholarship considers that the text was elaborated by a series of additions to a small original core, not identical to any of the later 'short' versions, over the period from 50 to 700 CE. - The first Tibetan translation was made in around 850 CE and the second in 1020 CE. By this time the text had achieved its canonical form. Further comparison with the Sanskrit original and with additional Sanskrit manuscripts led to revisions of the Tibetan translation in 1030, 1075 and 1500. The Tibetan translation achieves a high level of understanding and accuracy and has been useful to modern scholars occupied in establishing and analysing the Sanskrit text. The whole range of Tibetan versions of the sutra on the "Perfection of Wisdom" has been edited, translated and commented on by Edward Conze. - The sutra recounts a debate at Rajagriha, on the Vulture Peak, where 1,250 Buddhist monks gathered to hear the Buddha. The other main speakers are the Buddha's disciples Subhuti, who puts forward the Prajnaparamita principles, and Sariputra, who puts forward the conservative views of those monks who are unable to follow these new developments. - While there is no colophon, this manuscript was almost certainly donated or sponsored by a lay person who hoped to win merit by financing the copying of the text. This manuscript is a superb example of Tibetan uchen (dbu-can) calligraphy produced during the 13th and 14th centuries. The text shows a few archaistic orthographic characteristics, such as the presence of the da-drag (the letter 'da' as a secondary suffix for some syllables), which suggest an early date, probably 13th or 14th century. - Although the manuscript is not illustrated, it displays some of the best uchen calligraphy produced in Tibet. The gold letters are pleasingly spaced and very exactly executed on the lustrous blue ground, which represent "the clear empty space, the void from which all things arise". - Some damage to the outer corners of the upper and lower 10-20 leaves. With very early marginal patches over tears from frequent turning of the pages. - Provenance: McCarthy Collection, Hong Kong, 2010-18. Previously in a UK private collection, UK, acquired in 1999.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 48 p., color ills. The Ottoman monograms tughra (tugra).
LIMITED EDITION - COPY No.204. This edition of five hundred numbered copies was designed and printed in Oxford by the University Press on Clan mould-made paper. Contains full-page b&w 10 illustrations. 245x175mm. X+56 pages & 10 plates. Grey illustrated board Hardcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Rear cover rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine slightly wrinkled and yellowing. Spine edges bumped. Spine hinges rubbed and wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book by the father of Hebrew codicology is otherwise in very good condition.
Roy. 4to. First Edition title in red and black with numerous fine full-page facsimiles; grey boards gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE
4to., First Edition thus, with 7 plates of facsimiles; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. XXI.
Volume I: light shelfwear and scuffing to boards. Inner hinges slightly weakening. Light tanning to pages. VG in no DJ. Volume II: DJ is in good condition with chipping to corners and spine ends. Large tears to DJ but mostly intact. Rubbing to front panel has worn away a couple of letters of title. Book is VG and has light foxing to textblock. Light tanning to pages. A few pages have minor creasing to upper corner. Otherwise both volumes very sound; Published for the department of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University. Errata slip inserted (v. 1). 13 individual manuscripts of the Roman comic dramatist in all, including an introductory "genealogy", plus a partial list of later illustrated manuscripts. ; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE. Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages. ; Vol. 1/2/2022; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 231 pages
First Edition, 4to, 193 plates (17 in colour), orig. cloth, d.w. with slight insect damage otherwise a very nice copy. An important collection comprising of 71 Western, 5 Greek and 13 Oriental manuscripts, together with a number of fragments.
72pp.+ 48 plates out-of-text, 26cm., hardcover (editor's grey cloth), dustwrapper with few small tears repaired, good condition, S85111
New English Original bdg. C. 4to. (31 x 23 cm). Parallel text in English and Persian. 264 p., color ills. "The mason's script (Khatt-e banna'i) or the Angular Kufic script. In its different materials, compositions, and styles of execution, the Masons' script may be admired on the walls and in the corners of mosques, theological schools, and other holy buildings beside inscriptions in scripts such as naskh, tholth, kufic, etc. The Safavid period (1491-1722) in Iran was the culmination of tilework and along with it, the marvelous maturity of the Mason's script, leaving behind excellent relics to behold...".
xi + 373pp., original softcover, 25cm., some foxing on edges, VG
First edition, xvii, [2], 410pp., ex-library copy, buckram.
First edition, xvii, [4], 640pp., very good ex-library copy, buckram.
First edition, xi, [1], 703pp., a very good ex-library copy, buckram.
First Edition, 5 plates, orig. cloth. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
IN HEBREW. 170x240 mm. V+267 pages. Soft cover. Cover slightly scratched. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.
RARE book of updated studies on the handwritten Hebrew books of the Middle Ages and the transition from manuscript to print, offering new methodology of qualitative codicology in Hebrew palaeography. The book is in four parts: 1) Methodology, 2) Medieval Scribes: Personal Manifestations and Common Practices, 3) Codicological Description and Palaeographical Analysis and Identification of Selected Manuscripts, 4) The Beginning of Printing and Scribal Tradition. Contains numerous b&w plates with medieval Hebrew manuscripts, list of sources and indices of subjects and manuscripts. 280x225mm. 283 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover upper corners and spine edges slightly bumped. This out-of-print book by the father of Hebrew codicology is in very good condition.
4to, [x], 33, [3]pp., title printed in red and black, 50 facsimile plates (4 in full colour), orig. quarter red Roxburghe morocco, uncut, t.e.g. This handsome illuminated manuscript from Lord Beauchamp's library at Madresfield Court is well described and illustrated. It is one of the small number of known Books of Hours made for English owners between 1240 and 1350 and Miss Backhouse has provided authoritative commentary on its history, text and decoration.
4to, [x], 33, [3]pp., title printed in red and black, 50 facsimile plates (4 in full colour), with the book label of the Printer's Library and a small stamp to verso of title, orig. quarter red Roxburghe morocco, uncut, t.e.g. This handsome illuminated manuscript from Lord Beauchamp's library at Madresfield Court is well described and illustrated. It is one of the small number of known Books of Hours made for English owners between 1240 and 1350 and Miss Backhouse has provided authoritative commentary on its history, text and decoration.
First Edition, xxiv, 506, [1]pp., 2 folding plates, faint stamp to verso of title, later half red morocco, marbled boards.
30x24 cm. 21+18+184+184 pages. Gilt hardcover with slipcase. Cover slightly dusty. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Octavo, xvii,347p; viii, 425p. 21 plates, includes foldout illustration of Sistine Chapel ceiling. Bound in original publisher's green cloth, very light foxing, a stellar example of this book. This a presentation copy to Samuel Gobat, Bishop of Jerusalem: "Presented to Bishop Gobat with the affectionate regards of the author, Blaise castle, Augt 19th 1861".
8vo., cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. High quality facsimile reissue of the edition of 1769
