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in-4 piccolo (mm200x155), pp. 4 n.n., fregio xilografico al frontespizio, grande tavola xilografica a piena pagina (a p. 2). Rarissimo foglio volante figurato. Dettagliato racconto di un fatto di cronaca svoltosi a Smirne, ove il ''Figliuolo d'un Aromatario cioè Speziale'', Commissario del Cadì e Giudice della Città, fece punire pubblicamente il proprio padre per frode, condannandolo a cinquanta bastonate sotto le ''suole de' piedi'', e al pagamento di ''cinquanta Piastre in Denari''. Nella xilografia a piena pagina e raffigura la scena descritta nel testo. Un solo esemplare nelle biblioteche italiane.. .
64 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Dominion Oilcloth & Linoleum inside front cover includes illustration of amourous military couple; Nice colour-illustrated Pepsi ad features pretty blonde and illustration of boys fishing; News digest includes The Marsh Report, 'Cradle to Grave' security, and more; Nice one-page illustrated Canadian Pacific Air Lines ad explains their substantial contributions to the war effort, amid dramatic air and land battle scene; Colour Ritz cracker ad includes service man and woman; Editorial discusses how the war has tarnished certain words and lifted others; Ford Motor Company one-page ad with illustration of Canadian troops in firefight; One-page Northern Electric ad includes illustration of deHavilland Mosquito; Friendly Invasion - great photo-illustrated article on construction of the Alaska Highway, with photo of Felix Murawski, 74th Engineers of Oklahoma City; Pigs' Feet (short story); The Penalty is Death (short story); Canada's Future Housing - photo-illustrated article explains ideas to be borrowed from Great Britain and the U.S.; Chowder Boy (short story); Sea Water Gurney's Boy (short story); Hollywood News and photos; One-page Parker Pen ad shows mailman handing mother a letter beneath caption "Your boy writes often now!"; Beer is Booze; One-page ad for the T. Sisman Shoe Co. includes great illustration of soldier on motorcycle; Canadian General Electric half-page ad boldly proclaims "Vitamins For Victory"; Woodbury Powder ad includes nice photo of Lana Turner; Magnificent centrefold two-colour (red and black) Victory Bonds ad entitled "Shoulder Your Own Share" includes text on left and, on right, a large illustration of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek super-imposed over scene of fighting in her war-torn China; Army Meals Go Modern - nice photo-illustrated article explains and illustrates meal preparation for the gigantic 7,000 man "army restaurant" at Webb Hall in Toronto; Nice colour one-page ad for Heinz Tomato soup includes illustration of tomato-headed aristocrat in top hat and monocle; Fashion illustrations; Is Your Daughter Happy in the Service? - article with photos of Daisy Horner of Dorset, Ontario, Dolly Mawson and Gay Sutton of Toronto, Elizabeth Cook from Creemore, Wren Barbara McClelland of Toronto, and twins AW2 Beryl and AW2 Daphne MacPhee of Charlottetown; Fashion article; Quotes from around the world; Elaborately colour-illustrated Canadian Pacific - Canadian National Victory Bond ad inside back cover entitled 'A Profession of Faith' includes calligraphy explaining their faith in Canada's future; Nice colour Wabasso Cottons ad on back cover shows mother, daughter and sewing machine; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
[Religione] (cm. 15,2) varese policroma sec. XIX. -- cc. 20 nn. Bella marca al frontis, carattere rotondo. Opera anonima di eccezionale rarità. Manca a tutti i repertori consultati. Al verso del frontis sta la dedica al lettore siglata F.S.M.V.S. probabilmente sono le iniziali del nome dell' autore che non abbiamo trovato. Tratta della superbia, gola, lussuria, accidia, morte e di una singolare confessione in 13 pagg. Esemplare molto bello e nitido. Raro così perfetto dato l' uso pratico e popolare cui era destinato. Il Census Iccu, non registra, alcuna copia nelle biblioteche italiane.[f64] Libro
Paperback This a new rleased book that ships from publishers. Pls. allow a minimum of 4 - 6 weeks for deliervy.
In folio (cm 22 x 28), legatura mezza pergamena coeva con angoli in buone condizioni, titolo su tassello al dorso, pp 156, Es. a larghi margini, parzialmente in barbe, i. Erudita opera del Gesuita Dionisi, nato a Verona nel 1724, canonico e bibliotecario a Bologna. L'A. trae gli esempi che andrà via via enumerando, dalle iscrizioni cristiane, dal Decameron e da Dante: florilegio delle "espressioni di riverenza e d'affetto, o di desiderio, o di lutto, o di preghiera, o di lode, segnate sopra i sepolcri". L'A. si ispira al Fabretti, Boldretti, Maffei, Muratori, Zaccaria. I capitoli spiegano come decifrare correttamente iscrizioni con sigle inintelligibili, scambio di lettere, con omissioni di lettere o sillabe, parole ridondanti o mancanti, disgiunte o in fallo. L'A. analizza la "stampa Mannelli" delle novelle del Boccaccio, correggendo e spiegando. Una delle rarissime copie con allegata l'incisione allegorica disegnata da Guarana ed incisa dal Gianpiccoli. Il prezzo è ovviamente conteggiato tenendo conto di parte del valore dell'incisione. Quattro esemplari censiti in SBN.
First English edition, [4], xvi, 126pp., two engraved plates (lightly offset), recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco label to spine. First published, 1786, in Latin, as inaugural dissertation under title: Dissertatio medica de morte submersorum. "An expansion of his dissertation of 1786 for which he received the gold medal of the Humane Society. A pioneering, very important work, emphasizing the importance of ventilation in resuscitation."?American Society of Anesthesiologists exhibition, 50. Wellcome III, p. 136; Garrison & Morton, 2028.53.
[Raro-Vizi-Demonio-Matrimonio] (cm.16) buona piena pergamena originale semirigida con tracce di lacci (uno conservato) titolo al dorso calligrafato.-- cc. 180 nn. l' ultima è bianca. Al frontis marca tipografica con il motto "Festina Lente" all' inizio piccolo capolettera figurato a fondo nero, piccoli fregi ed legante carattere rotondo minuscolo. Opera rara, curiosa e varie volte ristampata come riferisce Graesse. Elenca in 134 capitoli vari vizi e facoltà umane e ne commenta i contenuti: Demonio, angeli, matrimonio, idolatria, spiriti, omicidio, lussuria, morte ecc. Manca a tutta la bibliografia consultata compreso Adams, Bm. Stc. German, Choix, Brunet e vari cataloghi di religione come Rosenthal n° 202 e Olschki Cat. 157 "Theology". Solo Graesse elenca 4 edizioni, la più antica del 1533 ma non siamo riusciti a determinare quale fosse la prima edizione. Alcune carte con fori di tarlo ben restaurati, frontis con antica firma cassata, ipercettibili tracce di alone ma esemplare bello nitido e genuino. Secondo il Census Iccu Sbn. questa edizione di Colonia non è posseduta da nessuna biblioteca italiana. Cfr. Graesse III 206 per altre edizioni.[f52] Libro
in-16, pp. 78, broch. edit. (piccola mancanza al piatto ant.). Terza edizione ampliata e definitiva di opera curiosa e decisamente non comune. Filippo Corridi (Livorno 1806 - 1877) fu brillante matematico e autore di trattati di calcolo, geometria e trigonometria, precettore dei figli del Granduca Leopoldo II di Toscana e, a partire dal 1850, direttore delle Scuole Tecniche delle Arti e delle Manifatture su nomina del Granduca. In quest'opera l'A. si difende strenuamente dall'accusa di essere stato fautore dell'introduzione della ghigliottina in Toscana, discolpandosi attraverso la narrazione dei fatti, corredata dalle pubblicazione di documenti e note ufficiali. Nel codice criminale del Governo Toscano, si ripristinava, il 20 giugno 1853, la pena capitale. La ghigliottina, che era stata fatta giungere a Firenze dalla Francia in gran segreto, era stata imballata in casse con dicitura ''strumenti idraulici''. Tale particolare spinse diversi periodici piemontesi ad attribuire al Prof. Corridi la perorazione, l'acquisto e il montaggio dello strumento di morte. A fronte di tali calunniose asserzioni i Ministri toscani tacquero e l'A. avviò una sua propria indagine che ricostruisse la vicenda, grazie alla cui pubblicazione riuscì infine dimostrare la propria estraneità ai fatti ed a riabilitare il proprio buon nome. Buon esemplare, assai fresco.. .
In-16 gr. (mm. 192x123), cartonato muto coevo, pp. (8),116,(2), con fregio xilografico al frontespizio. Il vol. contiene: “Prefazione dell’editore - Introduzione - Idea dell’opera - Doppia origine delle pene - Origine di diritto delle pene - Del fondamento del sovrano di punire - Ristretto, e circoscritto l’uso e l’applicazione della pena capitale alla punizione de’ rei incorreggibili.., etc.”. "Edizione originale". “Giovanni Battista Gherardo d'Arco (1739-1791), aristocratico, economista e letterato nato ad Arco (Trentino). Ha scritto numerose opere di economia: il primo lavoro che gli valse una certa rinomanza fu la dissertazione presentata all'Accademia delle scienze di Mantova in seguito a un concorso bandito nel 1770 e pubblicata successivamente col titolo “Dell'armonia politico-economica fra la città ed il suo territorio”. Si è occupato anche di diritto costituzionale, arte, filosofia e storia”. Così Diz. Biograf. Ital.,III, pp. 789-793. Esemplare ben conservato, con ex-libris al risguardo.
92 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan; Magnificent full-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division features Montreal's Miron & Freres Ltd. using an HD-20G, the world's largest tractor shovel with a 4-yard bucket; Very colourful full-page ad for BA service stations; Great colour photo full-page ad for the General Electric Twin-System refrigerator; The fight over Vitamin E - a bonus length feature on how Dr. Evan Shute and Dr. Wilfred Shute claim to be using Vitamin E to improve major health problems of their patients - with photos; Response to the Vitamin E article by the Canadian Medical Association; The corpse that hoaxed the Axis - Part One of the amazing story of how "Major Bill Martin" was part of a British Secret Service plot to mislead the Nazis into thinking the Allies would invade Sardinia, not Sicily; Anna had to be a clown - Claudia Anna Russell-Brown is a funny lady! - with large photo; The Duke of Edinburgh - the man behind the Queen - part 7 and final instalment of series "The Family in the Palace"; Can the West Stand Peace? - will Malenkov's peace offensive increase the danger of a slump and turn it into a propaganda victory for the Communists?; Louis Hemon - Vagabond Genius - article with photos; The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels (fiction); Henry Morgan and Company Limited, of Montreal, are the holdest and most courtly department store keepersin Canada - article with great photos; Never tell a woman anything (humour); The fastest man on four legs - Horse Jockey Johnny Longden - article with photos; Colour ad for the Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Sedan; Nice vintage colur ad for Cycla-matic Frigidaire refrigerators; Nice full-page two-colour ad for 1953 GMC trucks; Electrohome television and radio ad; Excellent colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows 1953 scraper in action plus a rare 1923 photo of a tractor pulling a scraper which is loading a horse-drawn wagon with earth; Great Coke ad on back cover shows smiling woman at gas station; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: Robinson Cruesoe's Island; A Fight with a Leopard; The White Slaves of the Grand Banks; In Search of Pearls; The Guardians of the Yukon; The Adventures of a Miniature "Strong Man"; My Tour Through Java; An American "Oliver Twist" - II; The Tragedy of the Tower; In Quest of the Bird of Paradise; A Race with Death; Down the Crank-Pit; "The Land of Enchantment"; The Demon Snake; The Ghost of Musket Flat; Two Days in the Under-World; A Treasure-Hunt in the Arctic; Down the Grand Canyon; Father Raymond's Burglar; Stealing a Secret; My Motor-Trip to Constantinople - I; My Friend the Leopard; The Convict's Story; Hunting the Wild Carabao; Six Days in a Swamp; Frog Farms; The Garo's Oath; Tracking the Wire-Thieves; A Tale of Two Tigers; A Lady in Far Fiji - I; "Bud" Turner of Missouri; My Motor-Trip to Constantinople - II; Dublin and I; Monsters of the Forest; How Hassan Captured the Battleship; The World's Model Prison; Beseiged by Monkeys; Christmas in Montenegro; The Poacher's Daughter; Through Friesland on Skates; A Speculation in Turkeys; Searching for Castaways; In the Land of the "Long-Lips"; A Chapter of Accidents; A Lady in Far Fiji - III; What Befell the "Kathleen"; The Tragedy of a Swiss Mountain; An Indian "Sherlock Holmes" - II; The Sea-Hedgehog Harvest; The Sheriff and the "Bad Men"; The Vanished Islands; On the Frontier in Central Africa - I; Running the Blockade; What Happened in Carpenter Creek; 'Twixt Ice and Sea; A Pedestrian's Predicament; Four on a Raft; The Perils of Walrus-Hunting?; The Story of Maungawahati; Sergeant Daley's Ordeal; On the Frontier in Central Africa - II; An Indian "Sherlock Holmes" - III; The Village of "Scissor-Grinder" Guides; "Slippery Letts"; The Company of Mercy; The Mummy Head; Wide World Picture Tours - I; Two Stowaways; The Mystery of the "Placer"; An Iceberg Ship; Life on a Dahabeeyah; Cornering a Cattle-Thief; Among Brigands and Wild Sheep in Mongolia; Two Men and a Shark; Through the United States on a Bicycle - I. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
496 pages. Glossary. Index. Over five hundred black and white photos. A chilling historical photographic record of the Soviet Gulag and its legacy. "Kizny spent more than fifteen years researching this work by collecting eyewitness accounts from former Polish prisoners who had returned to their country after Stalin's death. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed him to see for himself what remained of the dreaded Gulag, take photos and interview witnesses. Each chapter covers a key camp or work project and includes a detailed chronology of the camp, personal accounts of the survivors and formerly banned and previously unpublished archival photographs." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Minor tape repair and slight loss to bottom corner of page 359, otherwise a high-quality copy of this massive, important and sobering tome. Lest we forget. Book
Features: More Queer Fixes - A Meeting with a Meteor, In the Dark with a Mamba; A Night Attack; The Shot-Pickers; The Underground Pirates; Housekeeping Troubles in Annam; "In the Name of the Czar!" - I - A Subterranean Duel; Across Africa By Boat - I; Cupid and the Wire; Fallen Among Thieves; Remarkable "Follies"; Through the Black Canyon; Across Australia on a Bicycle; The Crop that Failed; Eight Days on an African Farm; Across Africa by Boat - II; More Queer Fixes - A Ride With Death - Sixteen Days Entombed - Lost in a Swamp; On the Roof of the Western World; Black Magic - A Weird Experience - Tambooze the Zulu; Life in the Sulphur Mines of Sicily; A Fight for Life Under Water; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger"; The Present that Went Astray; The Menace of the "Black Hand"; The Wreck of the "Dundonald"; The Experiences of a "Jackaroo"; The Story of Jasper Brown; Sporting Stories - A Brush with Elephants - The Senator's Tiger - A Ride on a Rhino; Buried Treasures in England; Six Months on a Drifting Ice-Floe; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger" - II; A Deal in Diamonds; Elk-Hunting in Sweden; How I Found My Wife; Across Africa by Boat - III; More Queer Fixes - an up and down affair - a battle with a shark; The Romance of Hermann Ochs; The "Night Riders" of Kentucky; "Captain Starlight"; More Queer Fixes - Imprisoned Under a Ship's Keel - A Motor-Boat in a Cyclone - An Uninvited Guest; A War Against a River; A Railway Stowaway; The Kauri Timber Industry; "Who Am I?"; My Ascent of Aconcagua; Running the Gauntlet; Eight Years in Babylonia - I; The Secret of the Castle; Ruined!; An Island in the Making; A Duel of Brains; Across Africa by Boat - IV; An Encounter with a Waterspout; The Ship that Disappeared; A Mountain of Gold; The "Vultures of Paris"; Eight Years in Babylonia - II; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - I; Caribou-Hunting in Newfoundland; More Queer Fixes - An Actor's Adventure - A Shifted Cargo; Through France in a Yacht; The Keeper of the Light; Flooded Out; The Bridge-Builders; Five Days in a Blizzard; A Holiday in Crete; A Short Cut; A Lion-Hunt in a Sewer; The Carriers of the Thames; How I Visited the Gouliot Caves; A Day with the South Sea Prince; More Queer Fixes - A Race Against a Leak - Two Hours in a Crevasse - The Millionaire's Messenger; The Perchten Dancers of Salzburg; The Wassmann Diamond; On the Frontier at Gibraltar;; A Romance of Two Islands - I; A Railway Smash to Order; The Ghost of the San Jose Mine; Up the Athabasca with the Fur-Traders; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - II. Average wear. Modest lean to spine. A sound copy. Book
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
A prescient series of fictional letters, spanning sixteen months between 1932 and 1934, between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his gentile business partner who has returned to Germany in the formative years of the Nazi regime. First published in Story magazine in 1938. The magnum opus of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor [1903-1996], she was assigned the nom de plume Kressman Taylor by her husband and Story's editor Whit Burnett who, per an online reference, felt the concept of murder by mail was too strong to appear under the name of a woman. [61] p. Dust jacket not included. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality vintage copy of this stunning literary achievement. Book
76 pages. While grieving the loss of his beloved, author receives a message from the other world. "Willink was one of the earliest philosophers to postulate that the world exists in more than the three dimensions we are used to, thus setting the stage for the development of hyperspace theories." - Wikipedia [quoting Michio Kaku and Paul J. Nahin]. 7.5" x 5". Prior owner's details neatly written inside front board. Few pencil markings erased from contents. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, blind crease across top corner of front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The fourth Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Stamp deletions on ffep, back inner cover and title-page with black marker. Rubbing to extremities. Colour loss along spine from previous removed call numbers (there are other call numbers on spine). Text is clean. ; With 192 illustrations of the tomb plans and types. The two maps show the Royal Cemeteries of the Abydos and the Saqqara Cemetery. This book was the first volume in Reisner's planned series on the Giza Necropolis. ; 428 pages
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title, 7 coloured plates and pictorial endpapers; black flock cloth, upper board with mounted illustration (repeated from text), backstrip lettered in silver, printed endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. The first illustrated edition of Pratchett's classic introduction to Discworld.
Light wear and scuffing to covers. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight bindings. Many color photos and illustrations. Each volume is around 150 pages 8 5/8"w x 12'H. Produced in consultation with the world's foremost authorities: more than 200 expert authors from all over the world. This enquiry into the supernatural "takes you deep into the wellsprings of the human mind, now as in the past. That is what a study of man and the supernatural is about, and that is why it matters." From Aberdeen Witches to Zurvan. Editorial Advisory Board: C.A. Burland, Glyn Daniel, E.R. Dodds, Mircea Eliade, William Sargant, John Symonds, R.J. Zwi Werblosky, R.C. Zaehner
In-8° libricino di pp. (34) tra manoscritte e a stampa; un manuale di istruzioni per la preparazione della chiesa e degli abiti degli officianti, e per i rito da officiare in caso di funerale di un reale o di un pontefice; a pp. 2 e 3 vi è una pianta della zona d’altare e a fianco la legenda con la “spiegazione della contropianta dimostrativa della distribuzione delli luoghi per l’esequie di un re (mmss), da cui si possono tratte le indicazioni sulla sistemazione di panche e sgabelli nella zona dell’altare, seguono 9 pagine di testo “de officio...” rimontate, e l’ultima parte tutta manoscritta, contiene il “rito da osservarsi da chi fa l’orazione funebre per la morte di qualche re e c. alla presenza del Sacro Collegio”, “l’ordine con il quale si procede con li cinque vescovi al catafalco per le cinque assoluzioni”, “rito dell’assoluzione solenne con cinque assolventi”. in fine 2 cc.bb. Legatura coeva in piena pelle verde con cornice dorata ai piatti.
[8], 92 p.+ 80 p. manoscritte in bella e regolare grafia con le Osservazioni; 18,5 cm. Tutta pergamena rigida coeva. Ottima copia, rara, unica per le osservazioni manoscritte (autore sconosciuto)
In 8, pp. (2b) + 46 + (2). Stemma xilogr. al fr. Ex libris al verso della sguardia. Legatura coeva in p. pg. Statuti della Confraternita delle anime del Purgatorio di Roma il cui scopo principale - come dichiarato nel primo capitolo - e' 'l'esercizio di opere di Pieta', e di devozione con profitto spirituale de' Fratelli'. Tra gli uffici della Confraternita c'e' anche quello di assistere i condannati a morte: quando e' dichiarata la condanna a morte di un prigioniero, si stabiliscono un numero di messe 'ad postulandam gratiam bene moriendi'. Il giorno antecedente l'esecuzione si recitano continue orazioni 'da applicarsi in sollievo dei delinquenti, e nel giorno della morte dopo l'ore 20, per suffragio de' medemi, invigilera' che da Fratelli si reciti nella nostra Chiesa l'Officio intero di requie'. Il giorno successivo alla morte viene fatta celebrare una messa cantata con l'assistenza di 33 'povere vedove preventivamente invitate' alle quali viene distribuito in segno di ricompensa un giulio ciascuna 'per suffragio di quell'anima'. Il denaro raccolto dalle cassette delle elemosine dovra' essere impiegato per la celebrazione di altre messe. A tal fine sara' redatto un libro nel quale compare da un lato il nome del giustiziato e dall'altro il denaro raccolto durante le messe celebrate per lui. Si allega un foglio sciolto (cm 20 x 27,5) con stemma della Confraternita xilogr. in testa. Si tratta del foglietto che veniva distribuito alle 'carissime sorelle' per invitarle a presenziare alle oblazioni delle messe.