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1860H23322Stuttgart: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Litterarischen Vereins 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo cloth backed boards very good light wear to covers mellowing to spine contents very good pages a bit tanned. 703 pp. In prose in German. Heinrich Steinhöwel 1412 - 1482 was a Swabian author humanist and translator who was much inspired by the Italian Renaissance. His translations of medical treatises and fiction were an important contribution to early Renaissance Humanism in Germany. Gedruckt auf Kosten des Litterarischen Vereins hardcover
1757ST20210Londres i.e. Paris: Prault 1757-61. 205 x 132 mm. 8 x 5 1/4". Five volumes. Translated by Antoine Jean Le Maçon. <br/> LOVELY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY DAVID stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with intricate central fleuron and scrolling cornerpieces gilt lettering turn-ins with multiple decorative rolls marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Housed in a maroon buckram chemise in a matching morocco-backed slipcase. Engraved illustrated title page in each volume 110 engraved chapter headings and 205 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRAVELOT AND OTHERS 110 of these plates and 95 tailpiece vignettes. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 160-61; Ray 15; Furstenberg 26. A couple of boards with trivial chafing isolated faint foxing occasional minor marginal smudges touching text on a couple of pages but A VERY FINE SET clean and fresh internally with spacious margins and in sparkling bindings with virtually no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is an elegantly bound and unusually well-preserved copy of one of the most famous and charming illustrated books of the 18th century a work frequently regarded as the supreme example of refined libertine illustration of the period. Owen Holloway calls it one of the four masterpieces of book illustration at the end of the Rococo period. Ray too is expansive in his praise calling the work simply "one of the masterpieces of the illustrated book." The publisher first released this work in Italian in 1757 with the present edition following later the same year. Although he had as collaborators on this work some of the outstanding French artists of the 18th century Gravelot born Hubert-François-Bourguignon 1699-1773 was chiefly responsible for its production designing 89 of its 111 plates and all 97 of its immensely delightful tailpieces. In this the most ambitious undertaking of his career Gravelot gave Boccaccio's narrative the settings and costumes of 18th century France and this transposition Ray tells us "made it possible for him to exercise his special talent for depicting the social world around him. For the most part his figures are young the women graceful and pretty the men lithe and handsome." But "all levels of life are presented from the peasant in his hovel to the king in his palace. Every variety of interior is there from boudoirs and bedrooms to dining rooms and salons. Animated street scenes alternate with glimpses of gardens and farms forests and river banks. The human condition has rarely been so attractively displayed." Our copy is particularly pleasing: it is in fine condition with wide generous margins and was bound in rich indigo morocco by David. Parisian binder Bernard David 1824-95 worked under Pfister Dompierre Lortic and Gruel before striking out on his own to establish a very high reputation in the trade. His bindery was taken over by his son Salvador in 1890. Prault] unknown
1886213898London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only 1886. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 145 x 185 mm. Bound in full vellum stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Spines a bit darkened; Very Good. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 145 x 185 mm. <br/><br/> Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only hardcover
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FORT917548Garnier Freres Libraiees-Editeurs. Used - Acceptable. Text in French. Quarto. Full-leather with gilt decoration; Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. B/W engraved illustrations throughout. French version of 'The Decameron'. No publication date stated. Garnier Freres, Libraiees-Editeurs hardcover
1554ST19091London: Iohn Wayland at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium 1554 or 1555. Third or Fourth Edition of the First English Translation of "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/4 x 8 3/4". 9 p.l. clxiii xxxvi xxxv-xxxvii 1 leaves complete including "A Memorial of such Princes" leaf often lacking at the end; collates as ESTC. Translated from the French version of Laurent de Premierfait by John Lydgate. <br/> Attractive 19th century honey-brown morocco by Francis Bedford stamp-signed on front turn-in covers gilt with French fillet frame oblique bouquets at corners raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron framed by geometrical compartments filled with floral tooling gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Title page and Gg4 recto title page of a suppressed supplement dealing with English notables with woodcut title border the top compartment with the Royal Arms termini at sides the pedestal at base with a tablet showing one boy waking another with the motto "Arise for it is day" McKerrow & Ferguson 76a A4 recto with woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve flanked by terminal side-pieces woodcut historiated and floral initials throughout. Printed in black letter. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Christopher William Beaumont Pease; rear pastedown with bookplates of John William Pease and Lord Wardington. Chrzanowski 1555b; Pforzheimer 73; Luborsky & Ingram 3178; STC 3178; ESTC S107087. Spine somewhat sunned and dulled extremities very lightly rubbed boards with a couple of faint scratches but the once very handsome binding still attractive. Title leaf and final leaf extended at foot first few and last couple of leaves excluding title and final leaf with small minor repair at upper corner probably pressed and perhaps lightly washed at the time of binding isolated trivial stains but the text still surprisingly fresh remarkably clean and entirely smooth.<br/> <br/> This is a desirable copy of an important 16th century translation of Boccaccio's study of the vicissitudes of fortune prepared by John Lydgate a poet much influenced by Chaucer. Educated in the Benedictine monastery where he eventually served as prior Lydgate ca. 1370 - 1449/50 was a respected poet whose works DNB tells us "bear the mark of a pious and learned mind." And an indication of his importance is reflected in Chrzanowski's statement that "well into the 16th century the premier poets of England were considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower and Lydgate." Undertaken ca. 1431 at the request of the duke of Gloucester the 36365 lines here divided into nine books required a massive effort that took until 1438 or 1439 to complete. In the text a parade of notable historical figures pass before "Bochas" Boccaccio telling of the turns of fate that brought their careers and reputations crashing down from a pinnacle. According to DNB Lydgate's interpretation of the work "urges the traditional doctrines of moderation the avoidance of pride and the pursuit of virtue and demonstrates the horror of discord and strife between kinsfolk. This advice though couched in general terms was highly relevant to contemporary princes." This relevance led to popularity: more than 30 manuscripts of the work survive and it was printed previously in 1494 and in 1527. The final leaf here Gg4 contains the title page for "A Memorial of Such Princes as since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England" intended for issue with "Fall of Princes" but suppressed by Queen Mary. It was finally published as the famous "Mirrour for the Magistrates" in 1559 after Elizabeth I had ascended the throne. The binding here is by the eminent West End bindery of Francis Bedford d. 1883 and was owned by three generations of the Wardington family who created one of the finest private libraries in England. It contains the bookplates of Northumberland banker John William Beaumont Pease 1869-1950 who began the collection; a grandson Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease 2nd Baron Wardington 1924-2005 who was successively Chairman Vice-President and then President of the Friends of the British Library; and a great-grandson the Hon. Christopher William Beaumont Pease b. 1970. The Wardington sales at Sotheby's in London were major bibliophilic events in 2005 and 2006. The very expert extension at the bottoms of the title leaf and the rare final leaf would seem to suggest that these come from another copy the leaves are not facsimiles. In any case every recent copy sold at auction according to RBH lacked one or both of these leaves or had other leaves supplied. This fact plus the fine state of preservation of our copy and its distinguished provenance surely are more than enough to compensate for the volume's one appreciable shortcoming. Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium unknown
192323077Chicago: The Caxton Club 1923. FIRST and LIMITED EDITION one of only 160 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Paper. With 21 plates three of which are in beautiful full colour with printed tissue guards. Also with fine engraved ititials and tables throughtout. 4to publisher’s original half vellum over buff boards with small vellum corner-pieces. 24pp plates. A very fine copy near as pristine. SCARCE LIMITED TO ONLY 160 COPIES. A study of the genealogical tables used to decorate Boccaccio's great mythological work from manuscripts and the early printed editions. Genealogia deorum gentilium known in English as On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles is a mythography or encyclopedic compilation of the tangled family relationships of the classical pantheons of Ancient Greece and Rome written in Latin prose in circa 1360 by the Italian author and poet Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition was in Venice at the early date of 1472. By 1499 no fewer then eight editions had published attesting to the popularity of the work.<br> Ernest Hatch Wilkins was a respected authority on Italian literature. His teaching career began at Amherst as an instructor of Romance languages from 1900 to 1904 and continued at Harvard where he taught from 1906 to 1912 and again from 1947 to 1950 as a visiting lecturer on Italian literature. In 1912 he went to the University of Chicago where he was successively Associate Professor and Professor of Romance languages until his move to Oberlin in 1927. From 1923 to 1926 he served the University as Dean of its College of Arts Literature and Science Wilkins served as Oberlin College's seventh president from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. He authored several respected works on Dante Petrarch and Papini. He was a corresponding member of the Accademia Della Crusca in Florence and was decorated with the Cavaliere della Corona d'Italia in 1920 for his international promotion of Petrarch and Dante. The Caxton Club hardcover
184677497Paris: Barbier 1846. Fine. Barbier Paris 1846 18 x 28.20 cm relié Illustrated edition with first printing of vignettes by Tony Johannot Baron Celestin Nanteuil Grandville Geoffroy and 32 plates by the same artists. Half chocolate brown morocco with corners late 19th century signed Bertault at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine richly decorated with mirror-pattern tools in Romantic style roulette at head and tail frame fillets. Separating fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Uncut copy with full margins. Paper perfectly fresh immaculate. Spine slightly sunned. Some traces of rubbing. Very handsome copy of this rare illustrated Romantic work. Barbier hardcover
1930137277London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 'Printed in U.S.A.' 1930. Very Good. London G.P. Putnam's Sons 'Printed in U.S.A.' 1930. Small quarto two volumes xxvi 324 and vi 342 pages plus 24 plates by Jean De Bosschère 16 in colour. Attractively gilt-blocked tan buckram top edges gilt others uncut; extremities very slightly rubbed; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set. 'Twenty-five hundred copies have been printed on Worthy No. 2 Special Laid Rag Paper of which five hundred are for England. This copy is Number 352' colophon at the rear of the second volume. Loosely inserted is a publisher's large-format bookmark for want of a better word with some self-promotional text printed on it: 'Mr. Richard Aldington's translation of the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is now issued for the first time. It is an eminently satisfying translation. As poet prose writer critic and scholar Mr. Aldington needs no introduction; who could one think of better fitted for translating "The Decameron"'. 2 items. G.P. Putnam's Sons ('Printed in U.S.A.') unknown
101382London but Paris 1757-61. . 5 vols in 6; 8vo 20 x 13cm 5 engraved titles 110 engraved plates 97 head and tail pieces by Gravelot and Boucher among others engraved by Aliamet Bacquoy Lemire and others plus a frontispiece and 20 extra planches libres unsigned but attributed to Gravelot. Contemporary red morocco spines with raised bands gilt in compartments morocco labels lettered in gilt; some labels in contrasting colour.<br /> A lovely copy of this beautifully illustrated work finely bound in red morocco and including the charming 'figures libres' here bound in a supplementary volume. Cohen among others praised this great achievement of Gravelot Boucher Cochin and Eisen the best illustrators of the French 18th century. The edition not only shows 115 plates and frontispieces but also includes decorative engraved head- and tail-pieces in the best tradition of book illustration of its time. The Italian text was translated into French by A. Le Macon.<br /> Cohen de Ricci 160; Ray 39-41. London [but Paris], 1757-61. hardcover
1804996Y27London: Vernor and Hood Poultry; and Longman and Rees 1804. Leather. Good Only. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated . The second Charles Balguy translated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron' with engravings for each novella inserted from a French edition of the work. The second Charles Balguy translated edition of these short stories from Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. Complete in two volumes. To which are prefixed Remarks on the Life and Writings of Boccaccio and An Advertisement by the author of Old Nick a Piece of Family Biography &c. Balguy's translation first published in 1741 was reissued several times with small or large modifications sometimes without acknowledgement of the original translator. The present set does seem to be a much expanded second edition with a great deal of additional material.Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Renewed endpapers. Bound without half titles. Bound without advertisement to rear of Vol. I. Volume I illustrated with additional tipped-in frontispiece title page vignette and engraved portrait of Boccaccio. Volume II illustrated with title vignette. Collated complete. As well as the title page vignettes and portrait plate that came as issued both volumes have inserts preceding each story tipped-in with the engravings issued for a French edition of the work. Based on available comparisons the illustrations have been cut from an edition published by Jacques Gaillard. Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Externally sunning to Vol I front board. Chipping to the original boards. Internally pages 3-14 of Vol II detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots. Tide mark affecting the first few leaves of Vol I. Good Only Vernor and Hood, Poultry; and Longman and Rees hardcover
19549407Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. 18mo. 10 48 4 pp. illus. Limited edition number 9 of 200 copies. As issued in vellum-backed patterned-paper over boards. Lacking the slipcase. A handsome copy with only light toning to the perimeters of the boards; contents clean. This copy with 4-page prospectus. <br /> <br /> This work was the first book issued by the Gravesend Press that was actually printed using the Graves' press in their stable by Graves and Jacob Hammer. Kredel's charming engraved pressmark of a sleeping pressman graces the final page. Graves writes about this in his Bibliographical Confession the donkey in the window was their family pet Patience. Graves operated the press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of the Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses." Press historian Roderick Cave notes that this was "probably the most successful Gravesend book" p. 263. Cave The Private Press 2nd edition; Graves The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession p. 11-13. Gravesend Press unknown
190065535New York:: The Grolier Club 1900. First edition. publisher's elaborately decorated boards. There is some light foxing to the text and the very slightest of rubbing to the edges of the boards. . 8vo. Folding plate "Fiorenza;" frontispiece portrait. With an Introduction and a Note on the Portraits of Dante by G. R. Carpenter. Printed at the De Vinne Press. The Grolier Club, hardcover
201327065Oldham England: Incline Press 2013. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 1 of fewer than 240 copies printed of which only 50 including this one were bound for subscribers. This book was produced to commemorate Boccaccio's 700th anniversary in 2013 for the international conference and exhibition 'Locating Boccacio in 2013' held at the John Rylands University Library and Town Hall in Manchester. This is an excerpt from De mulierbus the first collection of biographies of women in Western literature. Fine in beige paper covered boards with red cloth spine. The text is printed on blue paper with Poliphilus type. Includes woodcut frontispiece illustration of Joanna Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily 1541 initials and head and tailpieces. In a fine tan dust jacket with red title to spine panel. 22 pages. PRI/092013. Incline Press hardcover
