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In-4° grande; pp. (20), 503, (1), marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio. Legatura in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Un libro di viaggio che ripercorre i luoghi di San Domenico. Il domenicano Giovanni Michele Pio compila in quest’opera una straordinaria storia dell’Ordine di San Domenico, letta sia attraverso le vite degli uomini che resero tanto illustre quell’ordine, sia attraverso i luoghi fisici, conventi e monasteri, che segnarono la diffusione dei domenicani in Italia e in Europa, ma anche, ciò che è specialmente interessante, in Asia e in America. Pio descrive infatti per i singoli conventi le architetture, le cose mirabili che vi sono conservate, gli eventi che vi hanno avuto luogo, e lo fa, come dichiara nella lettera al lettore, per aver viaggiato e visto lui stesso in tutta Italia, e affidandosi per l’estero a fonti scritte, come per le fondazioni in Spagna, Inghilterra, Francia, Germania, Fiandre, Polonia e Portogallo, e per le relative missioni nelle Indie Orientali e Occidentali. La testimonianza di un domenicano contemporaneo è di straordinaria importanza per ricostruire la rete dei movimenti attraverso cui viaggiavano non solo I missionari e l’evangelizzazione, ma anche la cultura e l’economia europea, principalmente spagnola e portoghese: Goa, Mozambico, Cochin, Messico, Perù, Cile, Cuba, Porto Rico, Acapulco, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Filippine ecc. Nelle pagine dell’opera si legge anche la storia dell’Inquisizione, di santi e miracoli. Molto ricche le tavole d’Indice con i conventi, i monasteri delle monache, santi, religiosi e religiose, pontefici, cardinali, arcivescovi, vescovi, scrittori, e la Tavola delle cose più notabili. (Fantuzzi, voll VII, p.42; manca a Sabin) In-4th large; pp. (20), 503, (1), woodcut printer’s mark on title page. Full vellum contemporary binding with handwritten title on the spine. A travel book that follows the places of San Domenico. The Dominican Giovanni Michele Pio compiles in this work an extraordinary history of the Order of St. Dominic, read both through the lives of the men who made that order so illustrious, and through the physical places, convents and monasteries, which marked the spread of Dominicans in Italy and Europe, but also, what is especially interesting, in Asia and America. In fact, Pio describes for the single convents the architectures, the admirable things that are preserved and the events that took place there, and he does so, as he declares in the letter to the reader, for having traveled and seen himself throughout Italy, and entrusting himself for abroad to written sources, as for the foundations in Spain, England, France, Germany, Flanders, Poland and Portugal, and for the related missions in the East and West Indies. The testimony of a contemporary Dominican is of extraordinary importance to reconstruct the network of movements through which not only missionaries and evangelization traveled, but also the European culture and economy, mainly Spanish and Portuguese: Goa, Mozambique, Cochin, Mexico , Peru, Chile, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Acapulco, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Philippines etc. In the pages of the work one can also read the story of the Inquisition, of saints and miracles. The index tables with convents, monasteries of nuns, saints, men and women religious, pontiffs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, writers, and the Table of the most notable things are very rich. (Fantuzzi, vols VII, p.42; Sabin is missing)
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, 7 plates, woodcut illustrations in the text and full-page colour map; original maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, chocolate endpapers, uncut, backstrip lightly chafed at head and tail else a near fine copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of T.V. Scudamore on front paste-down, and 24pp publisher's catalogue (January 1887) bound in at end. The frontispiece has been mounted on front free endpaper verso; the plate 'Monastery of St. Paul', called for at p.217, is placed at p.223. THIS VOLUME REMAINS THE ONLY SUBSTANTIAL WORK IN ENGLISH dedicated to the Athos peninsula, its monasteries and its monks. The author, who lived with the monks of several monasteries during the 1880s, records its ecclesiastical history throughout the Byzantine and Ottoman periods to its present status as an independent Greek state. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Pages 102-195 plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Musical Smugglers - a Hungarian liable for military service manages to evade the border patrol and escape; The Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific - article by John N. Cobb, formerly of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, supported with many wonderful photos; On the Wings of the Wind - the extraordinary story of how Mrs. S.L. Pattison met her husband in New Mexico; Four Women in the Desert - four ladies set out to penetrate the ancient Coptic monasteries of the Libyan Desert, the oldest Christian religious houses in the world - article with photos; The Lovers' Raft - a remarkable story from China, describing the fiendish punishment meted out by the wild border tribes to those who are suspected of being false to their marriage vows; Through the Land of Witchcraft (part IV) - remarkable stories of 'ju-ju' from remote districts of West Africa, with photos; The Crusoe of Soledad Bay - Beached yachters in Southern California meet a marooned criminal derelict working out his own salvation; Across the Congo part V of a lady's journey in Central Africa, with photos; Joe's Battle - Canadian timber-wolves attack a cabin; The Humours of Mountaineering - with photos; 'Tween Decks on a Cattle-Boat - a young Canadian wishing to reach England signs on as a cattleman upon a steamer at new York; Penelope in the West Indies - with great photos; Trapped in a Log-Jam - the curious adventure which befell two American college students on the Ohio River; Photo and brief write-up of Arizona convict Roy J. Meyers who invented a Tesla-like "Power Absorber" which drew energy from the atmosphere; Great group photo of Utah seniors with combined ages of ten thousand years!; Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Eagle 9-12 motorcycle by the American Motor Company; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Original wrappers. Large 8vo. (21 x 16 cm). In Greek (Modern). 21 p. First and only edition of this exceedingly rare and one of the earliest church regulations of the Greek Orthodox community of Attalia [Antalya]. Attalia was not a large urban center or major trading hub, but neither was the Greek Community marginal, and it was well integrated into the regional economy. It was different from other areas in Asia Minor due to a combination of factors ranging between demography, geography, local Orthodox leadership, and the city's social milieu. In contrast to the West-coast cities and many villages in Asia Minor with Orthodox majorities, Attalia's population was only about one-third Orthodox. The main area of difference in Antalya was the Community leadership, which was key to the maintenance of cordial relationships between Christians and Muslims, and the secular and ecclesiastical elements of Orthodox leadership in Antalya tended to cooperate for collective benefit. Throughout this period, a local elite managed to control education and other Community institutions, perpetuating an identity that was compatible with the local Ottoman context. In this last period, the Greek Community printed several books and tractates including a brief history of Antalya and this "regulation book" in the Meli Printing House, which was the only printing house of the Greek Community in Antalya. Only one institutional copy is located in OCLC 1030075331 (Suna Kiraç Library of the Koç University).
Complete series in 13 volumes (in 16 physical parts), 21cm., illustrated softcovers, introduction in English and text in Latin, very good condition, weight: 3.2kg., [CONTENT: Volume 1: Provincia Sancti Brunonis. Ordinations, Dispositions, etc., 1301-1450 (173pp.), Volume 2: Idem, 1451-1566 (177pp.), Volume 3: Idem, 1567-1934 & Necrology 1469-1741 (232pp.), Volume 4: Certosa di Serra San Bruno. Ordinations, Dispositions, etc. 1487-1934, Necrology 1517-1772 (193pp.), Volume 5-1: Certosa di Trisulti, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1297-1563 (110pp.), Volume 5-2: Certosa di Trisulti, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1564-1934 & Necorlogy 1281-1772 (115pp.), Volume 6-1: Certosa di Padula, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1321-1650 (105pp.), Volume 6-2: Idem 1651-1843 & Necrology 1316-1771. Necrologium domus Sancti Laurentii de Padula ex chartis capituli generalis (by dom Palemon Bastin) (142pp.), Volume 7: Certosa di Napoli, ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1338-1530 (166pp.), Volume 8: Certosa di Napoli, Ordinations, Dispositions, etc. 1531-1837 (132pp.), Volume 9-1: Certosa di Napoli, Necrology 1332-1772 (80pp.), Volume 9-2: Certosa di Napoli. Kalendarium Domus Cartusiae Sancti Martini supra Neapolim. Ms. Archives de la Grande Chartreuse A-5/166a (pp.81-178), Volume 10: Certosa di Guglionesi, Certosa di Catania, Certosa di Capri (152pp.), Volume 11: Certosa di Santa Croce, Roma. Ordinations, dispositions, necrology, 1370-1561 (117pp.), Volume 12: Certosa di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Roma. Ordinations, dispositions, necrology. 1561-1796 (102pp.), Volume 13: Certosa di Chairamonte (143pp.)], R104566
Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Greek (Modern). 79 p. Not in OCLC. The Metropolis of Chalcedon is an ecclesiastical territory (diocese) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Christianity spread in Chalcedon during the 2nd century AD. The city was initially the see of a bishopric before being promoted to a metropolis at 451 AD, at the time of the Fourth Ecumenical Council. It is one of the four remaining active Greek Orthodox Church metropolises of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey today and the only one surviving in Asia Minor (Anatolia). During the 14th century, the metropolitan see remained vacant, due to the Ottoman conquest of the region. However, it was reorganized in the 15th century, possibly after the Fall of Constantinople and the subsequent incorporation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate into the millet system of the Ottoman society. The first recorded metropolitan of that time was Joseph, in 1477. In the following years, the jurisdiction of the metropolis was extended to the east. During the late 17th century the see of the diocese was transferred to Kuzguncuk (Ermoulianai, Chrysokeramos), where it remained until 1855. At that period a number of monasteries were established, like the one of Saint Panteleimon, which was declared Stauropegic. The metropolitan of Chalcedon was one of the five Elder metropolitans from the wider region of Constantinople, the other being those of nearby Herakleia, Cyzicus, Nicaea, and Nicomedia. Following an Ottoman decree of 1757, they had to be always present in the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and had direct access to the Ottoman Sultan, to whom they announced the election of the new Ecumenical Patriarch. From the mid-19th century, the local metropolis prospered thanks to the significant population increase and economic development of the local Orthodox population. In 1855 the see of the metropolitan returned to Chalcedon during the primateship of Metropolitan Gerasimos. Moreover, the newly erected church of Saint Euphemia became the new cathedral. The metropolitan mansion was built near the cathedral in 1902. This is the first and only known printed regulation book of the Greek Community in Chalcedonia (Kadiköy). Extremely rare.
Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
3 tomes: xii,708 + 774 + 583pp., reliures cart. (plats marbés, dos en cuir avec titre et faux-nerfs dorés), 24cm., cachet de bibl., qqs.rousseurs, bon état, peu commun, [ces tomes 3 à 5 forment la continuation des 2 premiers volumes des annales], R50201
In-8°, 1 volume pp. (6),546,(2), con 6 tavole numerate e 59 figure; 2 volume (4), LXXXI, 467, 4 tavole numerate, legatura in pergamena ad imitazione di legatura monastica (rovinata) In-8°, 1 volume pp. (6),546,(2), with 6 numbered plates and 59 figures; 2 volume (4), LXXXI, 467, 4 numbered plates, binding in parchment imitating monastic ligament (damaged)
Pages 225-264. Features: Cover photos of dramatic Paris rioting and street-fighting; Twelve dramatic photos of Paris street-fighting and its aftermath; Photo of the French "National" cabinet; Photo of Monte Carlo were gold sovereigns and dollars are now used instead of counters on a gaming table; Great photo of M. Martenot and his very early version of an electronic piano; Two photos of the first Munich carnival procession under Nazi hospices Two pages of photos entitled Government "Coup D'état"in Austria - military action against the socialist in Vienna and Linz; Lovely photo of exquisite Irish gold work believed to date from about 700 BC - a magnificent collar; large colour self-portrait by Richard Parkes Bonington; Page of photos of French royalists - there exiled "King", their leaders, and their newspaper; Review of the book "The Book of the Greyhound", by Edward C. Ash; Two pages of photos of wild dogs from around the world; Two pages of photos document the family tree of a new breed of "Boar-Hound", created through German experiments; Fantastic centrefold photo illustrates the courage of "Papa Gastounet" - the veteran statesman in his car in the midst of the crowd on his arrival in Paris to form a national government; Fascinating photos and text describe unknown monasteries of mysterious Tibet visited during a recent journey by the Royal Academy of Italy Expedition; Page of photos illustrates reptile skins and some fashions made from them; Chinese porcelain; Photos of great fissures in the earth in Bihar, India, caused by an earthquake; Interesting page of illustrations explains precautions against Thames pollution - testing water drift with floats; Photos of personalities of the week include Capt. B. E. Miles, Lieutenant Commander R. L. Tufnell, the signers of the Balkan Pact, Washington Singer, Dr. Bernard Hollander, Douglas Freshfield, the Maharajah of Darbhanga, Mary Duchess of Hamilton, Gen. Sir Percy Radcliffe, the young king of Afghanistan Zahir Shah, the constituent Council of the United Ireland party, and Mr. Gillie Potter at the Oxford Union; Nice one page De Reszke cigarette ad; and more. One page loose but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Complete in 2 volumes: 255 + 659pp., with numerous bl/w illustrations, in the series "Analecta Cartusiana" volume 297, 30cm., original softcovers, text in German, text clean and bright, very good, weight: 4kg., R104506
Ouvrage complet en 2 tomes: xliv,525 + 560pp., 23cm., reliures cart. uniformes d'époque, dos en cuir avec titre et fleurons dorés, feuilles de garde marbrées, rousseurs dans le texte (toujours bien lisible), papier peu bruni, qqs. petits cachets sur les pages de titre, bon état, poids: 1.8kg., R106783
Complete series of 3 text volumes (but Indices-volume is not included): 279 + 510 + 657pp. with some bl/w illustrations & 1 loose folding map in vol.2, 25cm., in the series "Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in België" extranummer 16, text in German, few foxing at edges, luxury edition in editor's grey cloth binding (hardcover), good condition, B89605
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Backstrip mostly chipped away. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., 2e éd., br.orig. (dos restaurés), 22cm., texte en bel état
pp. (2). 304 (8) [Index]. 8vo. 210 mm. Nice modern faux leather binding. Hardcover. The printer apparently transposed the X & the L of the Roman numerals, changing the correct date for this edition of 1768 to 1748. Early ownership of John Evered. The right to receive tithes was granted to the English churches by King Ethelwulf in 855. The Saladin tithe was a royal tax, but assessed using ecclesiastical boundaries, in 1188. Tithes were given legal force by the Statute of Westminster of 1285. Adam Smith criticized the system in The Wealth of Nations (1776), arguing that a fixed rent would encourage peasants to farm more efficiently. The Dissolution of the Monasteries led to the transfer of many tithe rights from the Church to secular landowners, and then in the 1530s to the Crown. The system ended with the Tithe Commutation Act 1836, which replaced tithes with a rent charge decided by a Tithe Commission. The present work gives wonderful details on the tithe "value" of various monasteries, locales, and institutions. Very good. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
2 tomes (complet): xliv,525 + 560pp., 23cm., la plupart des pages sont non coupées, br.orig. (dos peu restaurés), rousseurs dans le texte
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., br.orig. (dos restaurés), 22cm., texte en bel état
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., 1e éd., reliures cart. (dos en toile), 22cm., bel état, (Traduction française… par J.Lugné Philipon en collaboration avec le r.p.du Lac S.J.)
Folio, First Edition, with 376 fine coloured reproductions and several other photographs and maps, patterned endpapers; original tan faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in gilt and colours, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
Complet en 2 tomes: lvii,432 + vii,310 pp., 2e édition augmentée, 24cm., brochures originales, bon état, R101707
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; 3 plates and a double-page map in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition
ix, (1), 210 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white diagrams and photographic plates. "Presents a full and factual account of the origins and history of these strangest of monuments." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Modern aesthetic full leather bdg. with embossed decorations. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Greek (Modern). 134 p. (Missing pages at the end), b/w ills., and 4 color folded maps of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas. Not in OCLC. Extremely rare.