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Lower corners a bit bumped. ; Xv, 396pp. The Augustan age was one in which writers were constantly reworking the Roman past, and which was marked by a profound engagement of poets with the historians and historical techniques which were the main vehicle for the transmission of the image of the past to their day. In this book 17 leading scholars from Europe and America examine the fascinating interaction between such apparently diverse genres: how the Augustan poets drew on - or reacted against - the historians' presentation of the world, and how, conversely, historians picked up and transformed poetic themes for their own ends. With essays on poems from Horace's Odes to Ovid's "Metamorphoses", on authors from Virgil to Valerius Maximus, it forms the most comprehensive examination yet of this central topic of this most central of literary periods. ; 396 pages
pp. xii, [13]-214 + Frontis, and one unusual engraved plate. Small 12mo. 14 cm. Slight marginal damp stain. Well foxed and browned. Disbound. Very mildly XLib. Rare American edition of Ovid. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7.
pp. (20), 95, [1]. Small 8vo. (in 4). 18 cm. Latin text. Illustrated with printer's devices and intials. Very foxed. Names crudely inked-out in a couple of places. Original full leather binding, board s detached. Early ownerships of Thomas Hun. This is probably the Hun that was one of the founders of Kappa Alpha Society in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York. An This important London printed Latin edition of AN ART ON HOW TO HAVE HANDSOME CHILDREN includes "Ad Eudoxum Epistola" and "In obitu Petri Gassendi. lugubre encomium". Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
Spine lightly browned. Tear to bottom of spine (2 cm) with chipping. Clean text. ; Contents: Nature of the Dolphin; Types of the Dolphin in Art. Conventions in the Representation of the Dolphin in Art; Dolphin in Minoan Art; Helladic and Cycladic Art. The Art of Cyprus; Geometric Art; The Dophin in Legend and Literature; Dolphin in Art and in Archaeological Remains of Historical Periods of Greece and Rome. ; Dissertation 1927; 135 pages
Full Title: "LIBELLUS, QUO DEMONSTRATUR: CICUTAM Non solum usu interno tutissime exhiberi, sed et esse simul remedium valde utile in multis morbis, qui hucusque curatu impossibiles dicebantur. Editio Altera. [BOUND WITH] Libellus Secundus. [BOUND WITH] Supplementum Necessarium. Three volumes in one." pp. (16), 110; 292; 67 + Wonderful folding engraved plate of the Giant Hemlock. Foxed. 8vo. Contemporary French full mottled leather binding, slightly worn at extremities. Manuscript of the first owner, a physician, (J. F.?) Coste. An important work on the medical properties and other aspects of hemlock, aconite, hyoscyamus, colchicum, etc. Before this publication, these plants were considered highly poisonous and had been rarely used in medicine owing to the difficulty of accurately estimating their doses and the danger this presented to the patient. Anton Storck, a 19-year-old Viennese doctor, in 1760 repeatedly sipped tea laced with hemlock, said to be the suicide drug of Socrates and believed in Storck's time to be beneficial against pain. The experiment so terrified Storck that he lost the ability to speak temporarily, but he suffered no lasting ill effects, and went on to publish this study. There is a direct line from Storck to the Americans Frederick Prescott and Scott Smith, who in the 1940s had themselves so paralyzed temporarily by curare that not even an eyelid could blink, thus demonstrating that the deadly poison could immobilize patients and revolutionize surgery. Throughout medical history researchers have served deliberately as guinea pigs because animal experiments can work only up to a point. Blake, p. 434; Waring 379. Quite scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
Well preserved in the original publisher's cloth. Virtually uncut. Curiously, this copy was apparently issued without the engraved title an d frontis. Pickering was the first in England to use cloth in publisher's bindings. SMALL BOX 2
A few pages with light pencil underlining a few pencil notes. Correction done in ink to 1 page (a number reference) by R. E. Fantham. Very minor shelfwear. ; This volume on the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE - 17 CE) comprises articles by an international group of fourteen scholars. Their contributions cover a wide range of topics, including a biographical essay, a survey of the major manuscripts and textual traditions, and a comprehensive discussion of Ovid's style. The remaining chapters are devoted to focused studies of each of Ovid's major works, with emphasis given where appropriate to the poet's interest in genre and narrative techniques, his engagement with the poetry that preceded his oeuvre, his response to the political, religious, and social realities of Augustan Rome, and his enduring legacy in the European literary traditions of the first 1300 years after his death. Brill's Companion to Ovid combines close analysis of each of Ovid's major works with a comprehensive overview of scholarly trends in the study of Latin poetry and Roman literary culture. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Latin literature alike. ; Brill's Companions in Classical Studies; 548 pages
12mo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked with gilt cross, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, red edges, black endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Unusually robust copy of the original edition of a seminal work more often known in the second edition of 1903 which, given its availability, was comparatively widely issued. A rare survival. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a map, two plates and numerous tables throughout;, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary, neat contemporary inscription on title verso; original burgundy pebble-gained cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal pictorial bookplate on front paste-down. This important text by the notable Mexican diplomat, politician and agricultural pioneer, is extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
This is a fine hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued. Completely clean. Text in SPANISH. Gerónimo de León (1854- 1917) was a Mexican painter of retablos. Illustrated throughout in color. The endpapers are an illustrated group of 101 of Gerónimo de León's paintings. 9" high X 13" wide, 132 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket and slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese only. Still one of the best references for Candido Portinari. Not quite the catalogue raisonne, but it has his best work. About 390 pages with 212 illustrations including over 100 color plates + the catalog with all the works reproduced in smaller black & white illustrations, complete with dates, media, provenance. Foreword by Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco. Prefaceby Jayme de Barros. Lovely pale blue illustrated endpapers designed by Portinari. 12" high X 9" wide. A large heavy book. Foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text completely in Spanish. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition of the same name presented at the Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico, July-Oct. 1995). Texts by curator Jorge Alberto Manrique ('Impresionismo y Modernidad en México') and others. The essays contextualize Clausell's work within the Mexican art scene and the work of his contemporaries. Includes bibliographical references. Checklist with 178 works. 152 illustrations, almost all in color. 11" high X 9" wide, 192 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear to the edges of the jacket, and a small chip at the top of the spine. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from November 1984 to January 1985. Reminiscence of Covarrubias by Al Hirschfeld. Essay by Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Chronolgy. Lists of Illustrations and Writings Published in the United States. Bibliography. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 163 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, includes fold-outs. Bibliography. Artist name index. Brown silk page-mark present. Edition size: 5000 copies. 12" high X 11" wide, 393 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Massive reference book on the Itamaraty Map Collection: thousands of maps, prints, and architectural plans relating to the formation of Brasil in the 16th century to ca.1800. Illustrated throughout in color with many fold-outs, hundreds of plates. Bibliography. 12" high X 11" wide, 400 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with small closed tear to top front edge.. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese. One of the most complete reference books on Brazilian iconography. Particularly strong on 19th century prints and albums. Illustrated mostly in color some black & white. Hundreds of images. Bibliography. 11" square, 272 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear to cover edges, and a vertical crease to the black rear cover. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in Spanish. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Mexico City at the Centro Cultural/ Arte Contemporaneo in 1987, a virtual retrospective survey of the full range of this multi-talented artist and collector. Essays by a dozen scholars. Bibliography. Chronology. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 261 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust wrapper. Jacket rubbed a bit at the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Adal Alberto Maldonado, a k a Adal, (1948- 2020) was born in Puerto Rico and moved to the States as a teenager. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (M.F.A. 1972) where he received recognition as a photographer or artist who uses photographs. This may be his first book. Introduction by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Illustrated throughout in black & white with Adal's surreal photographs. 11" square, unpaginated. about 70 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just a little wear at the base of the spine of the jacket. Signed in ink, by the artist, Marina Nynez del Prado, on the title-page underneath her printed name. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed with the artist's address. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish. Illustrated in black & white with photographs of this modernist sculptor's works, several fold-outs. Marina Nunez del Prado (1910- 1995), was born in La Paz, Bolivia and worked in Bolivia and eventually Peru her whole life. 10" high X 7" wide, 227 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
This is a fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Monograph on the Brasilian artist Oswaldo Goeldi (1895- 1961) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Text in Portuguese with English at the rear. Illustrated in color and black & white with about 250 images. There are 3 fold-outs which reproduce 3 illustrated books by the artist. Chronology. 12" high X 10" wide, 216 pages + red 20 page booklet in rear pocket. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
In-8, 8ff-641p.-22ff. Nom de possesseur découpé en pied de la page de titre gravé et quelques passages soulignés à l'encre rouge. Sinon bon exemplaire.
Rouen, l'Imprimerie Privilégiée, 1787; in-18, 8-208 pp., reliure plein cuir d'époque, dos lisse (coiffe de queue arrachée, frottements, épidermures) pièce de titre brun clair (papier fatigué). Phèdre naquit en 15 av. J.-C. D’abord esclave à son arrivée à Rome, il fut affranchi et se mit à écrire. Choisissant la fable comme genre littéraire, il adapta les fables d’Ésope et en profita pour en rédiger quelques-unes lui-même. Plus tard, La Fontaine adapta les fables d’Ésope et de Phèdre… Bon état.
lxi + 170 pp., with some figures in text, "Post editionem principem mediolanensem A. MCCCCXCV ad fidem codicum praes. antissimorum denuo edendum curavit L.A. Birkenmajer", 24cm., text in Latin, original softcover, pages still uncut, in the series "Munera Saecularia Universitatis Cracovensis" vol.IV, good condition, rare, W100954
Meditationes B. Anselmi cum tractatu de humani generis redemptione, D. Bernardi Idiotae viri docti de amore divinis, Omnia ad Ms. exempla emend. & in meliorem ord. distributa opera ac studio, R.P. Henrici Sommalii Societatis Iesu Theologi, 1 vol. in-16 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos à 4 nerfs orné, Sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmond et Sociorum, Coloniae Agrippinae [ Cologne ], 1649, 385 pp. et 12 ff. n. ch. Etat très satisfaisant (petits mq. en coiffes, 2 cahiers remontés, bon état par ailleurs). Latin
xxiii + 721pp., 42cm., text printed in 2 columns, original softcover (with few minor defects), pages are still uncut, text and interior are clean and bright, volume 63 of the Acta Sanctorum, good condition, text in Latin, weight: 4.5kg., H107626