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1898024084London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co 1898. Small Octavo. unopened. 2271 pp. Italian text on the left English text on the right of the pages. This work offers a deep dive into the Italian Renaissance poet. Petrarch's passionate conflicted love for his muse Laura exploring themes of divine beauty earthly desire spiritual struggle and the fleeting nature of life all framed in the iconic Petrarchan sonnet form octave and sestet. It's a journey through worshipful adoration torment and eventual penitence for worldly passions revealing the birth of modern lyric poetry. A very nice copy bound by Riviere in 3/4 brown morocco over maroon cloth raised bands with lettering and rules in gilt top edge gilt. from the library of H.L. Tevis at Alma. Dr. Harry L. Tevis a wealthy art collector and botany enthusiast who owned a large estate near Alma California south of Los Gatos in the early 20th century. His property later became home to Alma College. Kegan, Paul, Trench and Co unknown
19311241731931. Longmans Green & Co. 1931. <br /> <br /> 8vo xiii 336 pp. Original green cloth printed paper labels on backstrip and upper cover. Backstrip faded hinges cracked pages clean a good copy inscribed by the author.<br /> <br /> § First edition reverently inscribed by the author to Celia Clark a member of one of San Francisco's founding families wife of Charles Clark son of the Copper King and thus sister-in-law of the library founder William Andrews Clark Jr. The inscription reads "For Celia Clark this my own personal copy is inscribed with affection and humility by her devoted Joseph Auslander." Joseph Auslander 1897-1965 American poet was the Poet Laureate Consultant in English Poetry for the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1941. Celia Clark's sister Agnes Tobin was also a respected translator of Petrarch. unknown
194687999New York: Pantheon Books Inc 1946. First Italian-English Edition. Octavo 20.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and decoration stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; xliv12-5213pp. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Bookshop sticker to front pastedown and pencilled price to upper front endpaper. Light shelf-wear with occasional upper marginal creases; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $3.50 spine-faded with modest shelf-wear soil and tiny chips and tears to extremities; Good. Collection of the Italian Renaissance poet's verse with the table of contents presenting first lines and each work including its English translation. 87999. Pantheon Books, Inc unknown
1572EPL20Weidlitz 1572. Paperback. Very Good. Half-page woodcut illustration depicting the infamous quelling of rebellious peasants. Size: 280 x 190mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1967OB332<p>Milano Carlo Chiesa MCMLXVII 1967. Hard Cover. 35 pages 1 leaf; 25 cm. In Italian and English. "The letter published here is the eighteenth of Book III of the Lettere Familiare and is addressed to Giovanni Anchiseo a Dominican friar and perhaps a relative of Petrarch. It was written about 1346 at Valchiusa." In this letter Petrarch asks the friar for help in finding manuscript texts of classical authors. "La versione Italiana si deve a Vittorio Enzo Alfieri quella Inglese a Betty Radice." "Dalla Stamperia Valdonega di Verona." Privately printed in a limited edition number not stated. No copy in WorldCat. Fine copy in slipcase. Stock#OB332.</p> [Carlo Chiesa] MCMLXVII hardcover
AN ASSOCIATION COPY of this scarce collection. XLIII, 521 pp. WITH THE CALLIGRAPHIC OWNERSHIP INITIALS OF JULIAN GREEN (1900-1998, better known by his French pen-name, "Julien Green") ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, DATED 1949. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
1579384London: Richard Watkyns 1579. First Edition. Very Good. Small 4to; 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. 190 x142 mm; pp. 4 xiv 1-152 First Booke Physicke for Fortune: 153-343 Second Booke Phisicke against Fortune vi table of contents 2. Each book with Epistolary preface by Franucis Petrarche. Translated into English from Latin by Thomas Twyne whose introduction dedicates the work to "Richard Bertie Esquier." Title within woodcut decorative border woodcut decorative initials set in gothic and latin type lacking sig.B and final blank lower corner of title torn and repaired with loss supplied first gathering lower corners repaired some dampstaining and toning throughout but sheets supple and intact. 19th century calf gilt panels from early English blind-stamped binding laid down on covers corners worn rubbed. Front pastedown with small engraved bookplate with initials "I N"<br /> <br /> Title page reads: «Physicke against Fortune as well prosperous as adverse contained in two Bookes<br /> Whereby men are instructed with lyke in differencie to remedie theyr affections aswell in tyme of the bright shyniyng sunne of prosperities as also of the foule lowiyng stonnes of adversities. Expedient for all men but most necessary for such as be subiect to any notable insult of eyther extremities. Written in Latine by Francis Petrarch a most famous Poet and Oratour. And now first Englished by Thomas Twyne.»<br /> <br /> STC 19809; ESTC S114602. This is the first edition in English of "De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae" "Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul" written in Latin by the Humanist Francesco Petrarca 1304-1374 commonly known as Petrarch a collection of 254 dialogues mostly drawn from classical sources which seeks to instruct on moral philosophy and show how thought and deed can generate happiness on the one hand or sorrow and disillusionment on the other. It touches on a number of diverse subjects including dancing ball games gambling wrestling hunting and hawking alchemy libraries schoolmasters spectacles toothache lechery gout blindness and deafness. In a recurring theme throughout the dialogues Petrarch advises humility in prosperity and fortitude in adversity. It remained a popular book in Europe over the ages and was translated into English by the Elizabethan physician Thomas Twyne 1543-1613.<br /> <br /> "Latin work by Petrarch begun in 1354 but completed between 1360 and 1366 on how to deal with both good and bad fortune. The first of its two parts contains 122 dialogues between Ratio Gaudium and Spes and deals with how one should behave at times of good fortune; the second contains 131 dialogues between Ratio Dolor and Timor and deals with the behaviour appropriate to adverse fortune. It is a practical manual of moral philosophy and was widely read until the 17th c." Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Richard Watkyns unknown
194638508New York: Pantheon 1946. AN ASSOCIATION COPY of this scarce collection. XLIII 521 pp. WITH THE CALLIGRAPHIC OWNERSHIP INITIALS OF JULIAN GREEN 1900-1998 better known by his French pen-name "Julien Green" ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER DATED 1949. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. <br/><br/> Pantheon hardcover
198145482San Francisco: North Point 1981. First edition. 122 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Original Italian poems with facing translations by Nicholas Kilmer. Collects 42 sonnets and longer songs from the first half of Petrarch’s RIME. San Francisco: North Point, unknown books
19819022937San Francisco: Northpoint Press 1981. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. Translated by Nicholas Kilmer. <br/><br/> Northpoint Press hardcover books
182211427.4Londra London: G. Pickering 1822. 1st edition thus Keynes p. 84. Red cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. Some wear & soiling to binding. Paper title label chipped at top. "George's" bookseller label to front paste-down. Prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a VG copy. 237 13 pp. 9 page index at rear plus a one page advert. Frontis portrait by R. Grave. Engraved title. Heraldic device to printed t.p. 3-9/16" x 2-1/8" <br/><br/>Billed as a "typographical tour de force" the Diamond Classic series was Pickering's first strong push in the publishing business. Initially only the classic in the sense of Greek/Roman authors were issued; this later expanded to include Shakespeare Milton etc. This series also has the distinction of being one of the first publications to use binder's cloth. This title an early one from the series which began in 1820 and continued through 1831. G. Pickering hardcover books
1847277733Florence: Felice le Monnier 1847. Second. hardcover. very good. Introduction by Leopardi. xx 473 pages with text in Italian. Short 8vo contemporary brown ribbed cloth edgeworn and lightly faded on spine and cover; some foxing throughout; marbled endpapers. Firenze: Felice le Monnier 1847. Second edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Felice le Monnier unknown books
1807307338London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1807. First edition. lxviii 216 2 pp. 12mo. Contemporary green morocco covers gilt with single rule border flat spine divided into six compartments lettered in one the rest richly gilt edges marbled. Slight wear to tips. Early ownership signature K.M.M. to flyleaf bookplate of Clara H. Gould. First edition. lxviii 216 2 pp. 12mo. First edition of Henry Boyd's translation of Petrarch's Trionfi here titled The Triumphs of Petrarch. Boyd 1748/9-1832 was born into a farming family in Dromore Co. Antrim and later educated at Trinity College Dublin. His translation of the entire Divine Comedy the first complete rendering into English was published in 1802 and was instrumental in the rediscovery of Dante in the 19th century. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown books
1820277730Parigi: Presso Lefevre 1820. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes. 192; 192; 240 pages with 2 small engraved portraits in the first volume. 32mo full contemporary mottled calf; gilt-stamped spines with black leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges. Parigi: Presso Lefevre 1820. Some light wear at joints and extremities still a very good set with light scattered foxing.<br/><br/> Tomos IV - VI de 'Biblioteca Poetica Italiana' Scelta e Publicata of A. Buttura.<br/><br/> Presso Lefevre unknown books
1841577London: Henry Colburn 1841. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS MEASURE 8.75"x5.75". FIRST EDITION 184 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN GREAT CONDITION. Henry Colburn unknown
1974000012778New Haven: Yale University Press 1974. First Yale University Press edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. 8 ix-xvii 2 2-252 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With a few full-page illustrations by Deane Keller. Translated and annotated in English by Thomas G. Bergin. Just a touch of sunning to the spine panel of the jacket. Yale University Press hardcover
1565336295Venice: Beuilacqua 1565. hardcover. very good. 367 pages 13 page index text in Italian several copperplate engravings and initials a small bit of spotting and 1 page cancelled with early inking. Thick 32mo full mottled calf. no text on binding. Small book plate on inside front cover with a design and a crown. Venetia: Nicolo Beuilacqua 1565 a very good copy. Scarce.<br/> <br/> Beuilacqua unknown
1903709641903. PETRARCH. Fifteen Sonnets of Petrarch. Selected and Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Original vellum-backed boards. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1903. One of 430 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at the Riverside Press. Grolier 100. Warde 40. Small bookplate else near fine. unknown
0829500626.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1624D19140Venice: Nicolo Misserini 1624. Hardcover. Good. In Venetia: Appresso Nicolo Miserini 1624. Engraved title. 24mo. A few woodcuts. Old leather quite worn a.e.g. With 4 manuscript sonnets at the end on blank leaves. Old gift inscription and small old book label of Emmanuel Martin. A worn but charming little book. <br/><br/> Nicolo Misserini hardcover
1532324740Vinegia 1532. hardcover. very good. 303 pages with text in Italian. Thick 16mo old vellum-backed boards. Venegia: A san Moyse al segno dell'Angelo Raphael per Francsco di Alessandro Bindoni e Mapheo Pasini 1532. Some pages with old marginal repairs still a very good clean copy.<br/> <br/> unknown
1581289574Venitia.: Alessandro Griffio. 1581. 18th century full brown leather gilt floral borders raised bands gilt spine decorations speckled edges ribbon marker. Very good a few worm holes to cover old repair to top edge of title page scattered foxing. 8vo. 21x15 cm. Italian text. Set in a small attractive and very readable italic type. Leaf 415 erroneously numbered 413. Tightly bound in a handsome binding. weight: 2.1 lb. Engraved title page with decorated border and printer’s device historiated initials. Alessandro Griffio. hardcover
154144614Venegia Italy: Ioan. Antonio di Nicolini & i Fratelli da Sabbio 1541. 8vo 24 ccclxxxiiii 4 leaves; late 19th-century three quarter vellum over marbled boards maroon morocco gilt spine labels all edges red marbled endpapers; spine quite darkened lacking b3-6 from La Vita del Petrarcha quires G and V supplied; very good and sound. See Adams 807 and BM STC Italian p. 204 for the 4to edition. Ioan. Antonio di Nicolini & i Fratelli da Sabbio] unknown
154144614Venegia: Ioan. Antonio di Nicolini & i Fratelli da Sabbio 1541. 8vo 24 ccclxxxiiii 4 leaves; late 19th-century three quarter vellum over marbled boards maroon morocco gilt spine labels all edges red marbled endpapers; spine quite darkened lacking b3-6 from La Vita del Petrarcha quires G and V supplied; very good and sound. See Adams 807 and BM STC Italian p. 204 for the 4to edition. <br/><br/> Ioan. Antonio di Nicolini & i Fratelli da Sabbio] hardcover books
1766D19895Venice: Antonio Zatta 1766. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Beautiful wide-margained copies. Early ownership signature of Vincentii Marcarelli. <br/><br/> Antonio Zatta hardcover
