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1713D8042Leiden Netherlands / Delft Netherlands: Apud C. Boutesteyn & S. Luchtmans / Apud Adrianum Beman 1713. Hardcover. Very Good. Two parts in one volume 8vo 192 x 120mm. 8 2 604pp. Title printed in red and black. Engraved half title. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Julius Caesar. 13 copperplate engraved plates and maps seven folding Europe Gall Castra Caesaris Caesars bridge Alesia Pompeii Alexandria and full pages depicting Uxellodunum Massilia Avaricum Turris Caesaris and three breeds of land roaming animals p. 237. Later calf; pages 143-154 255-258 357-362 excised front cover loose but present some wear with use tape repairs to some maps overall in tact. Plates are complete tho -- oddly -- text is not. Sold as is. Ex-Libris of Joannis Clarke of the former Trinity Collection Canterbury. Scattered annotations in various 18th century hands by early owners Nov. 10 1747 John Dryden and Sussex in another hand Abraham Covent all on final verso. Inscribed G.B. Blagden March 1793 on engraved half title. Later inscribed M.E. Doble on front pastedown. <br/><br/>Despite the ascription to a shadowy Julius Celsus this is in fact and edition of the biography of Julius Caesar that Petrarch composed very late in his life. As someone imbued with the spirit of Livy Petrarch is much more concerned with Caesars military campaigns and recounts them in detail. The attention he gives to Caesar concerns some facts regarding family history and his personal qualities such as courage and intellect. While the primary source is Suetonius Petrarch reports personal details not found in the Divus Julius such as the year of Caesars birth the names of his parents and his youthful prowess in Greek Latin and rhetoric. This copy certainly captures the essence of a students enthusiasm for pouring over the text leaving their mark and even excising what they like. Despite this the volume includes all of the valuable commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars all Books and ending belli Alexandrini fuerunt as it should. Apud C. Boutesteyn & S. Luchtmans / Apud Adrianum Beman hardcover books
1836FF2429Parigi:: Presso Baudry 1836. 1836. 2 volumes in 1. Sm. 8vo. xxx 2 442 2; iv 288 2 pp. Frontispiece portrait 2 half-titles; light foxing. Original full green straight-grain gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; rubbed Early ownership inscription 1839. Bookplate with signature of Edward Thomas King. With a beautiful scene painted by Don Noble unsigned of Tivoli Italy. Presso Baudry, 1836. unknown books
199316690Berkeley Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press 1993. Forty six dialogues translated by Thomas Twyne with an introduction by Lewis W. Spitz. Woodcut illustrations by Hans Weiditz in the first half of the sixteenth century. Quarter bound in red slubbed silk with printed paper sides. Printed on Lana Royal using Poliphilus Forum and Bembo types with Calligraph initials printed in red. The design printing and binding were done by Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence G. Van Velzer. Number 92 of 175 copies. Fine copy. Foolscap Press hardcover books
182015669Livorno Italy: Dai Torchi Di Glauco Masi 1820. 1/4 leather. Very Good . Lovely 1820 edition of one of the first great modern collections of love poetry written by the Renaissance poet viewed as the "first true reviver of learning in Medieval Europe" Encyclopedia Britannica. The story of Petrarch's love for Laura is well-known but the spirituality and complexity of this love and the cataclysmic loss he felt at her death can be understood only by reading this cycle of his poems. Bound in a modern 1/4 red morocco over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. 5 raised bands gilt-rule and gilt-devices within the compartments. A solidly VG copy with very light staining confined to the upper inner margins of the first third of Vol. I. This edition is very handsomely printed as well. Masi the printer boats on the title page that it is printed with types supplied by Fermin Didot the great Parisian printer. Each volume has a lithographed frontispiece portrait accomplished on the stone by F. Wagner. The portrait of Petrarch introduces Vol. I and the portrait of Laura Vol. II. Thick octavo Vol. I consists of 362 pgs. Vol. II 242 pgs. <br/><br/> Dai Torchi Di Glauco Masi hardcover books
85222Padova: Minerva. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes. Extremely thick and tall 8vos original printed boards somewhat rough and with hinges repaired but internally quite clean with mostly unopened pages. Padova: Coi Tipi della Minerva 1837. Overall a very good- copy.<br/><br/> "Bonne edition variorum donnee par les soins de M. Carrer." Brunet iv 557.<br/><br/> Minerva unknown books
1959M8883Arezzo:: Stab. Tipografico Zelli 1959. 1959. 240 x 170 mm. 8vo. 16 pp. Page extremities browned. Printed wrappers; ink label in upper corner. Good. Stab. Tipografico Zelli, 1959. unknown books
1985049486Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore 1985. Ristampa 10. Testo critico e introduzione di Gianfranco Contini; annotazioni di Daniele Ponchiroli. xxxviii 471 4p. dj Nuova universale Einaudi 41. Giulio Einaudi Editore unknown books
15841316551584. hardcover. Libri I and II. Libri II Tradotti per Remigio Fiorentino. Title vignette 423 2 113 thick 12mo early calf gilt-decorated raised bands; spine ends worn partially missing corners bumped last page missing text of upper right corner. Venetia: Domenico Farri 1584.<br/><br/> unknown books
192919130Yellow Springs Ohio: Kahoe & Company 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 25 numbered copies. Thin 12mo. 5 by 8 inches. Cream-colored cloth spine printed lettering label brown paper with flecks of dark and gold over boards. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated 32pp. A fine copy with only a trace of rubbing. With the bookplate of the President of Antioch College. Likely printed at the Press at Antioch College for Kahoe as were other imprints of this publisher. Not listed in Healy 'Italian Literature Before 1900 in English' who notes only the other edition of this work in 1929 which had a limitation of 125 copies. THat work was issued in June 1929; it is unknown when in 1929 the present title was issued nor have we been able to determine priority; only that it is a scarce title of this private press. Kahoe & Company hardcover books
16161331655Geneva: Excudebat Esaias le Preux 1616. Hardcover. 16mo. 728 34 pages; VG; bound in full marbled paper covered boards label with gilt titling to spine; mild rubbing and wear; margins trimmed close to top; small and faded ownership stamp to ffep; Pages 32-34 at end blank;<br /> Title vignette with portrait of Petrarch initials tail-piece; shelved case 3. De remediis utriusque fortunae "Remedies for Fortunes" is a collection of 254 Latin dialogues;. 1331655. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Excudebat Esaias le Preux hardcover books
190636771Padova: Societa Cooperativa Tipografica 1906. Softbound. Good- wear to extremities. Yellow printed stiff card wraps with printed image and cloth ties. viii 286 pp. with a few bw reproductions. Text is in Italian and Latin. Published on the occasion of the 5th centenary of Petrarch's birth. Antonio Avena conduce l'edizione «Bucolicum Carmen» sul Variations of codices and a journal in Latin poetry of a gentleman containing old poetry and sharp wit. €. 5000. Societa Cooperativa Tipografica paperback books
190427847Roma: Danesi Editore 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies this being #281. Published to celebrate the 6th Centenary of the birth of Francesco Petrarca. 38 clxxx pp. Contemporary full brown polished calf sides ruled in blind spine with five raised bands ruled in blind and gilt lettering gauffered edges gold decorated endpapers. With twenty-seven miniatures eight plates and three facsimiles. Foreword by Domenico Ciampoli. With a gift inscription of Italian writer and poet Giorgio Vigolo to famous Italian director screenwriter and playwright Giorgio Prosperi on the flyleaf. Apparently the illustrations here included which were taken from different sources generated quite a bit of confusion among scholars in the following years. A few light scuffs to extremities else a bright near fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Quarto. <br/><br/> Danesi Editore hardcover books
1554242933Vinegia: Giovan. Griffio 1554. hardcover. very good. Griffin and putti woodcut device on title page griffin passant device at end 5 large woodcut illustrations and historiated letters. Italic and roman letter. 218 pages small 4to full vellum lacks title label on spine. Vinegia: Giovan. Griffio 1554. A beautiful copy of a scarce book.<br/><br/> Not in Brunet; Cornell 104; not in Graesse; Haym 73 9; Hortis 55 99; Marsand 68.<br/><br/> Giovan. Griffio unknown books
15741331491Vinegia Venice: Apresso Iacomo Vidali 1574. Hardcover. Large Octavo 28 419 leaves; VG; bound in 20th century ochre calf. paneled spine with gilt titling; white paint stains to both boards; with aWoodcut on the frontispiece 8 woodcuts interspersed in the text including a full page map of Valchiusa; interior clean; shelved case 3. Contains Petrarch's Rhymes and Triumphs with annotations by Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo.;. 1331491. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Apresso Iacomo Vidali hardcover books
182175006Firenze: J. e L. Ciardetti 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. 8 plates including frontis xxxi 366 483p. Contemporary 1/4 leather over marbled boards. 23 cm. Backstrip dry. Scattered foxing heaviest on plates and tissue guards. Italian text. <br/><br/> J. e L. Ciardetti hardcover books
1967243187Milano: Carlo Alberto Chiesa 1967. paperback. near fine. Text in Italian Latin and English. 35 pages. Tall & slim 8vo stiff printed wrappers slip case. Milano: Carlo Alberto Chiesa 1967. A fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Carlo Alberto Chiesa unknown books
1909118390Padova: Societa Cooperativa Tipografica 1909. Softbound. Good- but with wear to extremities and front cover detached. Yellow printed stiff card wraps with printed image and cloth ties. Vol. 2: lxiii 156 pp. with several tipped-in bw plates. Text is in Italian and Latin. Published on the occasion of the fifth centenary of Petrarch's birth. Thirteen critical essays on Petrarch and his works by twelve expert authors. Societa Cooperativa Tipografica paperback books
1973046808Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies 1973. A translation of the Liber sine nomine by Norman P. Zacour. 128p. original stiff printed wrappers. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies unknown books
180586630Pisa: Tipografia della Societa Letteraria 1805. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. portrait viii 4 xxii 2 352 2. 368p. i.e. 268p. -- pagination in Tomo II jumps from 225 to 326. 19th century quarterbinding boards with marbled paper with vellum spine and corners. 40cm. Marbled paper worn away along some cover edges. Light to moderate foxing mostly in Tomo I and most heavily on portrait and title-page in that volume which also has a few leaves which are browned and a moderate stain in the lower right portion beginning quite small and faint about page 240 and becoming more extensive leaf-to-leaf until one reaches the back cover where it is visible most of the lower quarter of the rear pastedown. Italian text. Edited by Giovanni Rosini. Petrarch was a celebrated 14th century Italian poet who is also considered one of the founders of humanism. <br/><br/> Tipografia della Societa Letteraria hardcover books
1748277950Florence: Apollo 1748. hardcover. very good. With a copper portrait of Petrach after Simon Memmi. liii 384 page with text in Italian. Short thick 8vo contemporary white paper boards with manuscript title on spine ; minor repairs to the joints. Prima parte: Sonetti e Canzoni di Francesco Petrarca in vita di Madonna Laura. Sonetti 1-227 & Canzoni 1-39. Seconda parte: in Morte di Madonna Laura. Sonetti 228-317 & Canzoni 40-49. Firenze: Nella Stamperia all' Insegna d'Apollo 1748. A very good copy of this uncommon edition handsomely printed.<br/><br/> Apollo unknown books
1920240860Munich: Muller 1920. Limited. hardcover. very good. Schinnerer Adolf. 12 tipped in lithographs by Adolf Schinnerer. Translations selected by Franz Spunda by many translators including Rainer Maria Rilke. 4to vellum spine and corners over patterned boards spine darkened and with minor edgewear faint dampstain on upper inner margin still a very good copy. Munchen: George Muller 1920.<br/><br/> Number 181 of 330 numbered copies<br/><br/> Muller unknown books
18691332134Firenze: Successori Le Monnier 1869-1870. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine blue with gold print; Boards half bound with blue cloth to spine and blue and white paper to boards mild wear to corners and spine caps bump to rear top corner of vol. 2 shelfwear to cloth with slight smudging; Text blocks have name in ink on front flyleaf bookplate on pastedown of vol. 1 both vols. have significant foxing throughout binding is tight clean text; Text in Italian; CONTENTS: Volume I. Lettere e Note I - VIII 499 pages - Volume II. Lettere e Note IX - XVII 587 pages. 1332134. FP New Rockville Stock. Successori Le Monnier hardcover books
186043002Firenze: Felice le Monnier 1860. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with faint foxing on first and last leaf with neat writing verso of plain paper wrappers. 70 pp. 16mo. Giudicata da Francesco Petrarca. Fiske: Catalogue of the Petrarch Collection 45. Felice le Monnier unknown books
1993135131Berkeley / Santa Cruz CA: Foolscap Press 1993; large 4to. full leather clamshell box; 138 pages. <br /><br />Limited to 175 numbered copies. Here is a book that fairly crackles with wit and wisdom for six hundred years have not dimmed its ability to speak to our minds through the clarity of its perspective the power of its language and the vivid pertinence of its thought. Because of the genius shown in his lyrical works Francesco Petrarca 1304-1374 inspired the Renaissance in Italy. He set patterns and standards for the revival of learning and at the same time was a powerful advocate for the preservation of valuable manuscript material. From the classic models Petrarch transmitted a refinement of taste and thought and a polish and politeness of speech and style. <br /><br /> This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Don Etherington bookbinder and former director of Conservation at both the Library of Congress and the Harry Ransom Center Austin TX. The binding is a full black and gray crushed moracco with leather onlay panels and ruling in blind. Leather spine label with title stamped in gray ink. Handmade headbands. Beautiful marbled paper makes up the pastedowns and endpapers. Stamped by the binder on the rear pastedown 'Don Etherington 2018'. The book is housed in a custom cloth-covered boards clamshell box with a leather spine label with the title stamped in gray. <br /><br /> Petrarch's original manuscript De remediis utriusque fortunae or Remedies for Both Good and Bad Fortune or Phisicke Against Fortune is a work of prose consisting of two hundred and fifty-three dialogues that he completed near the end of his life. It represents a distillation of his moral philosophy arranged as a treatise that shows how our ideas and actions help us create either true happiness or sorrow and disillusionment. Throughout this long concatenation of dialogues Petrarch counsels modesty in prosperity and courage in adversity; he warns us against putting all our hope of happiness in mundane victories here on earth; instructs us on how to deal with our "Importunate Neighbours" tells us how to cope with "Loss of Time" and what to do when we experience "A Disagreeably Wavering Mind." <br /><br /> For Foolscap Press the most difficult choice has been to select from the entire range of Petrarch's dialogues the forty-six that make up this edition. <br /><br /> Introduction by Lewis W. Spitz <br /> Lewis W. Spitz William R. Kenan Jr. University Professor Professor of history at Stanford University brings his considerable scholarship to the question of Petrarch's influence on the northern Renaissance as well as providing an overview of Petrarch's written works. Through background and example he shows why Phisicke Against Fortune is as he says "a mirror for mankind." <br /><br /> Illustrations by Hans Weiditz <br /> Hans Weiditz c.1495-c.1536 was an important member of the small group of outstanding woodcut designers of the German Renaissance whose membership included Albrect D'rer Hans Holbein and Hans Burgkmair. The fact that he was nearly alone in illustrating a great number of secular books makes him in many ways a more interesting artist than his more famous colleagues. <br /><br /> Weiditz is best known for his illustrations for "Brunfels' Herbal" which is recognized as the most important herbal of the period and the first botanical book to contain realistic and accurate illustrations. Weiditz's imagination and close observation of real life show most clearly in this herbal and in his handling of the woodcuts for the dialogues of Petrarch. In illustrating Phisicke Against Fortune Weiditz demonstrates his highly individualized style and addresses an astounding range of issues among which are: an individual's relationship to society; secular versus religious perspective; how we perceive and respond to nature and natural laws; and how we behave toward each other. <br /><br /> As an appendix to the text we have included notes on the Weiditz illustrations based on information from Walther Scheidig and translated especially for this edition from the German by Beate Reid. <br /><br /> Essay by William M. Ivins Jr. <br /> In his essay on Hans Weiditz William M. Ivins Jr. 1881-1961 former Curator of Prints at the Museum of Modern Art shares his infectious enthusiasm for the artist whose life had remained largely unappreciated until modern scholarship brought to light his great contribution to German Renaissance art. <br /><br /> Translation by Thomas Twyne <br /> The Elizabethan Age was great both for the depth of its literature and the translations into English of many foreign works. Thomas Twyne's translation of Phisicke Against Fortune from Latin into English was completed in 1579. Now newly transcribed from the Elizabethan blackletter with the spelling and punctuation standardized Twyne's translation can be clearly enjoyed. We have retained intact the particular character of the work and the marvelous flavor of the language. <br /><br /> This edition brings together for the first time Thomas Twyne's translation of Phisicke Against Fortune and Hans Weiditz's wonderful woodcut illustrations which were made for the German edition of 1532. The original German edition contained two hundred and sixty-one woodcuts illustrating all of Petrarch's dialogues. We have selected forty-six dialogues that represent the enduring wisdom of Petrarch and the impressive imagery of Hans Weiditz. <br /><br /> Limited to 175 copies each book measures 12 x 9 inches and consists of 160 pages printed letterpress on Lana Royal a mould-made paper from France. The text was set in Monotype as well as handset type using Poliphilus Bembo Italic and Forum with Calligraph Initials printed in red. 135 copies are hand-sewn and the rounded spine is covered in red Japanese cloth and is stamped in gold. Printed paper sides cover the boards. 40 copies are specially bound in quarter goatskin and red Japanese cloth and come in a slipcase covered in cloth and printed paper sides. Foolscap Press books
155339337colophon: In Venetia: per Domenico Giglio 1553. 4to 21 cm 8.25". 2 vols. in 1. 94 346 pp.; illus. <br><br>First illustrated edition of Petrarch's Sonetti et canzoni and I Trionfi to appear with a biography of the author and the extensive commentary of humanist Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo. The Renaissance page management by which a short section of text may be printed as near-surrounded by a sea of commentary is on full show here with text and commentary presented in different sizes of italic type with plenty of historiated woodcut initials in varying sizes throughout. This edition is one of two printed in 1553 the other unillustrated one having come from G. Giolito also of Venice. Fowler notes that this edition does not incorporate Gesualdo's dedication the index to the commentary or the giunta but it does contain a letter to Bernardo Priuli from Giglio; in our copy I Trionfi has been bound before the rest of the text contrary to the directions of the register.<br>Â Â Â Â The work begins with a Grecian-style woodcut title-page featuring medallion portraits of Petrarch and Laura originally used in the Nicolini-Daniello edition of 1549; the cut is repeated to create a sectional title-page for I Trionfi. Also present are the => six detailed half-page woodcut illustrations of I Trionfi and Giglio's printer's device at the colophon.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: With a partially removed armorial bookplate of the Bibliotheque de Rosny the library of => Duchess Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile King Henry the Fifth's mother on front pastedown and two bookseller descriptions of the item in hand on binder's blanks; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Adams P820; Brunet IV 552; EDIT16 CNCE 25824; Fowler Petrarch Pet N 553; Fiske p. 103. French 17th-century speckled calf spine compartments lettered and elaborately stamped in gilt with gilt rolls along bands covers framed in triple fillets with French curl marbled endpapers all edges speckled red and brown green ribbon placemarker; well-rubbed with some loss of leather joints outside starting but covers firmly attached tailband loose. Light age-toning with chiefly faint marginal waterstaining throughout a few other small spots or stains. Some leaves with uneven edges or faint holes from paper manufacture; three leaves closely trimmed including the title-page and two corners cut away. Bookplates and labels as above a few small pencilled notes and one in ink on free endpapers. => DESIRABLE. per Domenico Giglio hardcover books
