J.R.R. TOLKIEN [signed by Michael George Reuel TOLKIEN, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien]. John HOWE (cover illustrator).Livre Rare Book
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1991AMO-4521Grafton, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 (later printing 4/3/3) 3 volumes (18 x 11,2 cm), 529, 442 et 556 pages. Cartes in fine. Brochés. Couvertures illustrées par John Howe. Etui cartonné rouge et or (un côté déchiré recollé, quelues marques). Volumes très bien conservés, les dos n'ont pas de pli de lecture. Un coin légèrement plié (The Return of the King). Intérieur parfaitement frais, papier légèrement teinté. Paperback edition.
2505Paris: Robert Fouet 1607. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 54pp. 1ff. A8-C8 D4. With the printer's device on the title-page. Modern half goatskin over marbled boards. BM Catalogue of French Books 1601-1700 p. 103; Landwehr French Italian Spanish and Portugese Books of Devices and Emblems 228; Praz p. 306. <br/> <br/> Paris: Robert Fouet, 1607. hardcover
193800760724 Russell Square London: Faber and Faber Limited 1938. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In Limited edition in fine condition signed by both Liddell Hart and Robert Graves. Two volumes in full black niger by Asprey decorative gilt edge tooling and central Arabic style image. Spine raised bands decorative gilt tooling & titles gilt turn-ins and board edges. Vol 1 1938 limitation half title frontis 1 6 vii-ix 1 2 3-187 pp 1 pl portrait signed by Graves at limitation. Vol 2 1938 limitation half title frontis 1 4 v-viii 2 1 2-233 pp 1 pl portrait signed by Hart to limitation. Both volumes with green marbled endpapers a.e.g. with the original covers bound at the rear of their respective volumes. An edition limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies of which 500 were for the UK. A Fine example possibly bound by Aprey's in the 1980's 219143 mm. Higginson A49. <br/> <br/> Faber and Faber Limited hardcover
1797170560England: 2 undated but all from 1797. We are ready at all times to crush the efforts of such seditious Incendiaries Unrecorded by ESTC these broadsides variously commit to ferreting out sedition offer rewards for exposing traitors in the ranks and thank the King for pay increases approved by Parliament on 24 May 1797. Arguments that a foreign-backed disloyal minority are trying to "seduce" a loyal majority betray concern that mutinous feeling could spread quickly through the ranks. Loyalty paid. One broadside offers soldiers in the Oxfordshire Regiment Militia then stationed in Norfolk three days' pay for apprehending those who put "scandalous wicked and seditious handbills" by the entrance to the barracks. In another the signatories subscribe to a pot of 100 guineas payable to anyone discovering future mutinous activity. a "To Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York the Humble Address of the Non-commissioned Officers Trumpeters and Privates of His Majesty's Fourth or Somerset Regiment of Fencible Cavalry " Undated. 233 x 185 mm partial watermark of "I Taylor." b "We the Non-commissioned Officers Drummers and Privates of the Shropshire Regiment of Militia cannot sufficiently express the indignation William Loader Serg.Maj. and Pay-Mast. Lieut. Colonel F. Powell's Company " Head Quarters Blythe Camp: undated. 321 x 195 mm watermarked "J. Wickwar 1794". c "Whereas on Wednesday Evening the 24th Instant a Number of most scandalous wicked and seditious Handbills were put under the Gate of the Barracks occupied by the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia . G. Lambert Serjeant-Major O.R.M." Norwich: 26 May 1797. 370 x 225 mm watermarked "I Taylor 1796". d "To Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Dule of York We the Non-Commissioned Officers Trumpeters and Privates of His Majesty's 10th or Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons Thomas Souter Serjeant-Major." Guilford Barracks: 29 May 1797. 237 x 181 mm partial watermark of "GR". e "We the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the East and West Lothian Regiment of Fencible Cavalry John Virtue Serj. Majorm on behalf of Col. Hamilton's troop " Durham: 31 May 1797. 216 x 165 mm partial watermark corresponding to that in d. f "We the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the Two Troops of the Norfiolk Fencible Cavalry now quartered at Carlisle John Hone Nathan Hewstead " Carlisle: 5 June 1797. 330 x 198 mm watermarked "GR". g "To Lieut. Col. William Mure We the Non-Commissioned Officers Drummers and Privates of His Majesty's 3d or West Lowland Fencible Regiment of Infantry Geo. Clark Serj. Major " Newcastle upon Tyne: 6 June 1797. 335 x 196 mm watermarked "1794". h "To Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York. We the Non-commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers of the Somerset Regiment of Militia Nathan Ashhurst Serjeant-Major " Ipswich: 7 June 1797. 335 x 190 mm watermarked "1794". i "We the Non-commissioned Officers Drummers and Privates of His Majesty's Royal North Lincolnshire Regiment of Militia James Spellman Serj. Maj. " Head Quarters Scarborough: 12 June 1797. 340 x 198 mm watermarked "1794". Nine printed sheets all with letterpress one side only. See note for dimensions and watermarks. All sometime stabilized at edges with paper strips a few old folds chips and short closed tears: a very good collection. unknown
19642511180031Cafa Co. Kowloon Hongkong 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Best Chinese Seal Reference 4 volume set. Thick quartos 27.3 x 20.5 cm 10 3/4 x 8". Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Significant loss to dust jackets of v.1-V.2. Books are in near fine condition besides. Very good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Contents: v. 1. From the Jin to the Yuan dynasty 265-1368 A.D.; v. 2. Ming dynasty 1368-1643 A.D.; v. 3. Qing dynasty 1644-1911 A.D.; v. 4. Brief biographies . <br> Red and black and white illustrations of Chinese seals transcribed and transliterated into English. The seals are presented in actual sizes. An important reference text for determining the authenticity of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. Compiled by the Joint board of Directors of the National Palace Museum and the National Central Museum Taichung Taiwan the Republic of China. <br> Reference: Christie's Auction 2763 In the Pursuit of Knowledge: Asian Art Reference Books 13 Sep 2012 lot 859 price realized $8125. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Cafa Co., Kowloon, Hongkong hardcover
37970London: H.S. Nichols Ltd. 1897. . Limited Library edition one of 570 sets and one of only a few sets issued in the publisher’s full morocco bindings set of twelve volumes full brown bevelled morocco with lavishly decorated boards in gilt gilt decorations to spine five raised bands inner dentelles gilt t.e.g. patterned endpapers b/w frontispiece portrait to first volume b/w plates with caption-sheets; neat ink ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper and to front free endpaper verso light wear to leather at extremities a very good set. London: H.S. Nichols Ltd., 1897. hardcover
Das komplette Werkverzeichnis sämtlicher Gemälde, Aquarelle Zeichnungen und Skulpturen von Pablo Picasso. Bd. 1: 1889-1897 Youth in Spain I - Bd. 2: 1898-1900 Youth in Spain II - Bd. 3: 1900-1901 The Turn of the Century - Bd. 4: 1902-1904 The Blue Period - Bd. 5: 1905-1906 The Rose Period - Bd. 6: 1907-1909 African Period. Bd. 7: 1909-1912 Analytic Cubism - Bd. 8: 1913-1916 Synthec Cubism - Bd. 9: 1917-1919 Cubism to Neoclassicism - Bd. 10: 1920-1921 Neoclassicism I - Bd. 11: 1922-1924 Neoclassicism II - Bd. 12: 1925-1929 Toward Surrealism - Bd. 13: 1930-1936 Surrealism - Bd. 14: 1937-1939 Spanish Civil War - Bd. 15: 1939-1940 Europe at War - Bd. 16: 1940-1944 Nazi Occupation - Bd. 17: 1944-1949 Liberation and Post War Years - Bd. 18: 1950-1955 The Fifties Part I - Bd. 19: 1956-1959 The Fifties Part II - Bd. 20: 1969-1963 The Sixties Part I - Bd. 21: 1964-1967 The Sixties Part II - Bd. 22: 1968-1969 The Sixties Part III - Bd. 23: 1970-1973 The Final Years.
1790K1VF2DNXCCLTSt. Petersburg 1790. Folio. 30 x 20 and 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Imperial Printing Office Unsewn marbled paper spine ad 1; side stitched blue paper spine ad 2. With the text in Russian and French in parallel columns and with ornamental rules at the head of each page. 10; 20 pp. First and only editions of two peace treaties between Catherine the Great of Russia and Gustav III of Sweden which concluded the Russo-Swedish war of 1788-1790 each page with the Russian text in the left column and the French text in the right column. The Treaty of Värälä signed on 14 August 1790 though here dated 6 August by Catherine's representative Otto Heinrich Igelström and Gustav II's proxy Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt effectively restored the pre-war status quo and barred Russia from interferring in Swedish internal affairs which had been one of the reasons Gustav III a cousin of Catherine the Great declared war on Russia in 1788. After initial defeats Sweden was able to destroy nearly a third of the Russian fleet at sea. The second treaty signed on 19 October 1791 at Drottningholm outside of Stockholm established a close military alliance between Sweden and the Russian Empire with each power pledging active support and Catherine agreeing to pay Sweden annual subsidies. Since it was signed with a keen eye on the French Revolution the treaty can been seen as a predecessor to the war of the first coalition of 1792-1797 though neither Russia nor Sweden participated in the latter. Both are printed on Russian paper with cyrillic names and initials in the watermarks. Very good copies old horizontal crease first and last leaves lightly soiled.l KVK & WorldCat ads 1 & 2 SUB Göttingen ad 1 Ohio State ad 2 Strassbourg; not in Bitovt. unknown
In-4to piccolo, (36), 121, (1) pp., 10 tavole. Completo delle 56 silografie nel testo (molte delle quali a piena pagina) e delle 10 tavole incise in rame fuori testo, una delle quali (cuore) con volvelle. Vitello coevo, dorso ben restaurato.
Bookplate of V.M. Turnbull inside front board suggests this copy may have belonged to the owner of the famous collection now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. Bookplate of Hugh John McLean upon front free endpaper. [4], 443 pages. All six plates present. The entire catalogued Franks bequest contained 35,098 plates. Above-average wear to publisher's black cloth. Innumerable small light pencil marginal tick marks beside items of interest. Narrow opening in binding at page 259. Volume II only of this renowned three volume reference. Book
Bookplate of V.M. Turnbull inside front board suggests this copy may have belonged to the owner of the famous collection now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. Bookplate of Hugh John McLean upon front free endpaper. [6], 387 pages. All six plates present. "Includes several minor and supplementary series, viz., one of about two hundred anonymous plates which it has not been found possible to identify; Royal plates; plates of Universities, Colleges and Schools; Premium or school-prize plates; plates of Ecclesiastical, Parochial, and Public Libraries; Naval and Military and Legal and Medical plates; with those of City Companies and Public Offices, Booksellers, and Circulating Libraries. The volume also furnishes notes of a few family plates supplementary to the main series: these have for the most part been discovered in and transferred from the Foreign portion of the testator's collection. Last comes a Heraldic Index to all those plates which, although anonymous, have been identified and inserted in their proper alphabetical places in the main collection." - from Preface. The entire catalogued Franks bequest contained 35,098 plates. Above-average wear to publisher's black cloth. Binding intact. Innumerable small light pencil marginal tick marks beside items of interest. Intriguing light pencil annotation beside item 32550A, a reproduction of a James Worsley plate, on page 319 reads "a copy of the original is in my collection", possibly adding further weight to the suggested provenance of this volume. Volume III only of this renowned three volume reference. Book
1596F75BBB01U79OBrescia 1596. Small 8vo 14.5 x 10 cm. Pietro Maria Marchetti Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment sewn on 3 alum-tawed thongs with manuscript title on smooth spine. With Marchetti's woodcut anchor and dolphin device imitating Aldus's on the title-page 16 numbered engraved emblematic illustrations plate size 8.5 x 6.5 cm woodcut headpieces tailpieces and decorated initials 3 series and decorations built up from cast fleurons. With the Latin text set in italic and the Italian translation in roman. 106 6 blank pp. First edition of the so-called Oracles of Leo the Wise with a bilingual Latin an Italian text and 16 lovely and rather surreal engravings: an emblematic book of prophecies traditionally attributed to Leo VI 866-911/12 Emperor of Byzantium from 866 to his death and at least here also to Antonius Severus 188-217 sole Emperor of Rome from his murder of his brother in December 211 to his death the book does not indicate which Severus is intended but the preface notes that he reigned from 212. The Latin text was circulated already attributed to Leo the Wise in the 12th century but Christians revived it in the 16th century and interpreted it as a prophecy that the Ottoman Empire would fall in 1622. These oracles remained popular in the 17th century when they were presented as having predicted the setbacks that the Ottomans suffered in Europe in that period.Owner's inscriptions on the title-page further with a bookplate. With a water stain in the first quire but otherwise in very good condition with only very minor foxing. The sewing supports have broken at the back hinge the thong ties are lost and the vellum is slightly wrinkled but the binding is still in good condition.l BMC STC Italian p. 622; Caillet 11042; Edit16/ICCU CNCE 28586; Mortimer Italian 254. hardcover
1532K7GAXLMCHM25Paris 1532. Folio. Jean Parvum index: Jean Petit 18th-century cat's paw calf richly gold-tooled spine with red title-label red edges. With a woodcut printer's device on the individual title-page for the index. 36 671 188 pp. Praised 1532 edition of Pliny's Naturalis historia: "Cette édition citée avec éloge par Ernesti et par Rezzonico." Brunet. Pliny's Natural history is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge based on the best authorities available at the time. It encompasses the fields of botany zoology astronomy geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. ''We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf Pliny identifies Tylos Bahrain as a place famous for its pearls He attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society and that those from the Gulf were specially praised The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire the Persian Empire India and South Arabia'' Carter.With bookplate on paste-down some ink notes on the title-page the first page and occasionally in the margins; title-page a bit soiled; some wormholes near the end of the book mostly in the margins. Binding slightly worn along the extremities. Overall in good condition.l Brunet IV col. 715; Carter ''The history and prehistory of pearling in the Persian Gulf'' in: Journal of the economic and social history of the orient 48 2005 pp.139-209; Graesse V p. 339 "Excellente édition"; for Pliny: DSB XI pp. 38-40. unknown
1521Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1606. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 2 435 i.e. 434 4 441-554ff. Geneva version. Contemporary blindstamped calf hinges weak. Spine partially missing. All bosses intact. ESTC S102033; STC 2nd ed. 2197. Bound with: Herrey Robert F. Tvvo right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie 1606. Quarto. Unpaginated. 164pp. A8-K8 L2. ESTC S102034; STC 2nd. Ed 13230. <br/> <br/> Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1606. hardcover
1671Imprinted at London by Robert Barker 1611. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 602 ff. --4 A8-E8 F6 A8-Z8 Aa8-Zz8 Aaa8-Hhh8 Iii2 4 Kkk-Yyy8 Zzz10. Text ends on fo. 554 really 552; and tables on L2. Contemporary calf rebacked. With bosses. Clasps missing. Illustrated. Darlow & Moule 239. Bound with: The vvhole book of Psalmes: collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold Iohn Hopkins and others. London: printed by R. Feld for the Companie of Stationers 1612. Octavo. x 100 iipp. ESTC S124338; STC 2nd ed. 2542. Imperfect; lacks all after page 76 and Herrey Robert F. Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie 1611. Quarto. Unpaginated. 164pp. A8-K8 L2. ESTC S122433; STC 2nd. Ed 13232.5. <br/> <br/> Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1611. hardcover
1797035987London: G. Nicol 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 11 1/8" Tall. Frontispieces Plates And Illustrations. Ii Xxxiv518; Ii Xx 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding Five Bands Morocco Spine Labels Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper Original Off-White Endpapers Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards Hinges Tight Contents Clean Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times Bookseller 94 Consular Road Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894 Erased In Volume 1 Of George Ernest Morrison And A Few Marginalia Which Appear To Be His; George Ernest "G. E." Morrison 1862 - 1920 Also Known As Morrison Of Peking Or Chinese Morrison Was An Australian Adventurer Appointed In February 1897 As The Times Correspondent In Peking Despite His Lack Of Knowledge In The Chinese Language. He Traveled To Vladivostok And Reported To The Times That Russian Engineers Were Making Preliminary Surveys From Kirin Towards Port Arthur Then Sent A Telegram To Say That Russia Had Presented A Five-Day Ultimatum To China Demanding The Right To Construct A Railway To Port Arthur. This Was A Triumph For The Times And Its Correspondent But He Had Also Shown Prophetic Insight In Another Phrase Of His Dispatch When He Stated That "The Importance Of Japan In Relation To The Future Of Manchuria Cannot Be Disregarded". After A Visit To Siam And England Then To Australia 1899-1900 He Returned To Peking. When The Boxer Uprising Broke Out And During The Siege Of The Legations From June To August Morrison As An Acting-Lieutenant Showed Great Courage Always Ready To Volunteer For Every Service Of Danger. After A Siege Of 55 Days The Legations Were Relieved By A Multinational Force Which Then Ransacked Much Of The Palaces In Peking With Morrison Taking Part In The Looting. There Was Great Uncertainty Regarding The Future Of China In The Following Months And Through The Times Morrison Managed To Depict A Skewed Picture Before The British Public. While Russia And Japan United In Opposing Any Dismemberment Of China The Country Was Nevertheless Punished By The Imposition Of A Heavy Indemnity. In 1904 Morrison Became A Correspondent With The Japanese Army. He Was Present At The Entry Of The Japanese Into Port Arthur Early In 1905 And Represented The Times At The Usa Peace Conference. In 1907 He Crossed China From Peking To The French Border Of Tonkin And In 1910 Rode From Honan Across Asia To Russian Turkestan. From Andijan He Took A Train To St Petersburg And Then Traveled To London Arriving On 29 July 1910. A Great Chinese Physician Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Succeeded In Staying The Spread Of This Mortal Sickness Which Seemed To Threaten The Whole World. Morrison Published A Series Of Articles Advocating The Launching Of A Modern Scientific Public Health Service In China. When The Chinese Revolution Began In 1911 Morrison Took The Side Of The Revolutionaries. In August Morrison Resigned His Position On The Times To Become Political Adviser To The Chinese Government And Immediately Went To London To Assist In Floating A Chinese Loan Of £10 Million. In China During The Following Years He Had An Anxious Time Advising And Endeavoring To Deal With The Political Intrigues That Were Continually Going On. He Visited Australia Again In December 1917 And Returned To Peking In February 1918. He Represented China During The Peace Discussions At Versailles In 1919 But His Health Began To Give Way And He Retired To England Well Aware That He Had Only A Short Time To Live. He Died On 30 May 1920 . A Nice Historical Association. Later Ownership Signatures Of G B Wilson. <br/> <br/> G. Nicol hardcover
17483799Frontispiece of Britannia enthroned engraved Title list of Subscribers Contents Title of 1743 and 190 engraved plates many illustrated with head & tail pieces: Folding map of the King's Dominions in Europe Africa and America follows plate 7; A folding Table of Several Particulars. as plate 163. Tastefully rebound in eighteenth century style full lozenge blind ruled calf; five raised bands; ruled green morocco label. A handsome supple copy.; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. George Bickham hardcover
17483799Frontispiece of Britannia enthroned engraved Title list of Subscribers Contents Title of 1743 and 190 engraved plates many illustrated with head & tail pieces: Folding map of the King's Dominions in Europe Africa and America follows plate 7; A folding Table of Several Particulars. as plate 163. Tastefully rebound in eighteenth century style full lozenge blind ruled calf; five raised bands; ruled green morocco label. A handsome supple copy.; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. George Bickham hardcover books
19672091202133103941Nihonhyoronsha 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 29 Nihonhyoronsha paperback
19742083002115804196Institute of Modern Chinese History Academia Sinica 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 21 Institute of Modern Chinese History, Academia Sinica paperback
19892110502151001315Agricultural policy review meeting 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 14 Agricultural policy review meeting paperback
2110502150901931Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1666ALDR0371London, Printed for J. Starkey 1666. Kl.4°. 96 S. [Frontispiz fehlt]. - Angebunden: STUBBE, Henry. The Miraculous Conformist: Or An account of severall Marvailous Cures, performed by the stroaking oft the Hands of Mr Valentini Greatarick (sic!); With A Physicall Discourse thereupon, In a Letter to...Robert Boyle Esq;...By Henry Stubbe, Physician at Stratford upon Avon (etc.) - Oxford, Printed by H. (Henry) Hall Printer to the University, for Ric. (Richard) Davis 1666. Kl.4°. 2 unbedr. Bl., Titelbl., 2 nn. Bll., 44 (= 40) S. (Ss. 35 bis 38 überspr.) - Angebunden: LLOYD, David. Wonders No Miracles; Or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates (sic!) Gift of Healing Examindet, Upon occasion of a Sad Effect of his Stroaking, (etc.) - London, Printed for Sam. (Samuel Speed) 1666. Titelbl., 46 S. Lederband d. Zeit, Einbandrücken restauriert, Reste des früheren Rückenbezugs mit (abgeriebener) Goldprägung und des von alter Hand beschriebenen Rückenschildchens aufgeklebt, Einbanddeckel mit Zierrahmen in Goldprägung, mit dreiseitiger, grossteils abgeriebener Stehkantenverzierung, Buchschnitt rotgefärbt, Vorsatz erneuert. Wenig gebräunt, nur schwach stockfleckig. Mit ausführlichen bibliographischen und biographischen Anmerkungen von alten Händen auf den unbedruckten Blättern (This Book is very Curious & very Scarce), eine Anmerkung betreffend die falsche Seitenzählung am zweiten und eine Autorenangabe (by David Bryde) am dritten Titelblatt. NUC 216,238. 574,340 u. 336,191 - Sammelband mit drei selbständig erschienenen Schriften in Erstausgaben (bzw. im Jahr der Erstausgabe erschienen) von bzw. über den zu seiner Zeit berühmten und umstrittenen - auch noch später immer wieder in Publikationen erwähnten - Wunderheiler - Valentine Greatrakes (1628-1682). Der aus Irland stammende 'Geistheiler', wirkte in Irland und England und hatte neben Erfolgen auch Misserfolge zu verzeichnen. Der Sammelband enthält eine Schrift des Naturwissenschaftlers und anerkannten Altphilologen H. Stubbe (auch Stubbes; 1632-1676), die Greatrakes Heilungen durch Handauflegen ins Bereich des Wunderbaren und Mysteriösen verweisen, sowie eine Schrift, die heute dem Biographen David Lloyd (1635-1692) - nicht David Bryce, wie auf dem Titelblatt vermerkt - zugeschrieben wird, in welcher er gegen Greatrakes Stellung nimmt. Als Reaktion darauf verfasste Greatrakes den vorliegenden 'Brief Account' in Form eines Briefes an den bekannten Naturforscher Robert Boyle. Der aus Irland stammende Boyle (1627-1692) gilt als Mitbegründer der modernen Naturwissenschaften. Diese drei zeitgenössischen, noch zu Greatrakes Lebzeiten erschienenen, Schriften sind überaus selten. - Das fehlende Frontispiz liegt in Kopie bei. - Differenzbesteuert
1441ST19882Italy Ferrara 1441-48. 205 x 200 mm. 8 x 7 7/8". 35 lines in a very fine rounded gothic hand. <br/> Text in dark brown and red capitals touched with yellow two four-line "KL" initials in blue pink and green on burnished gold ground with leafy marginal extensions the initials on the recto crowned with an exuberant spray of green blue and gold acanthus hairline tendrils pink flowers and gilt bezants and leaves the verso initials with a long bar border on outer margin painted pink on gilt ground with pink green and blue motifs at middle and top the border traced with black the top of the border accompanied by a spray of hairline tendrils colorful flowers gold bezants and leaves. ◆Lower margin of the verso trimmed away with loss of the end of bar border though not the text some of the other margins trimmed close crowding but not affecting the decoration some fading to brown ink less faded on recto legible on both sides in any case negligible dampstain in upper margin short closed tear just entering gold bar at top left of verso; not without imperfections but still an exquisite and very desirable leaf with richly colored and gilt embellishment.<br/> <br/> This item presents a very special perhaps singular opportunity to own the only known calendar leaf from the renowned Llangattock Breviary to emerge since the manuscript was taken apart in the 20th century. Executed with great skill and delicacy in sensitive Italianate colors highlighted by spring green and pink our leaf is unsurprisingly from a manuscript intended for a powerful aristocrat. It comes from the celebrated Breviary illuminated for the chapel of the Marquises of Este rulers of Ferrara and Mantua a manuscript commissioned by Leonello d'Este duke of Ferrara from 1441-50. According to the d'Este family records this manuscript seems to be the Breviary done for Leonello by Giorgio d'Alemagna Bartolomeo de Beninc Guglielmo Giraldi and Matteo de' Pasti see Toniolo "La Miniatura a Ferrara dal Tempo di Cosm Tura all'eredit di Ercole de' Roberti" 1998 pp. 19-20 and 76-77. Leaves from this manuscript show subtle variations in the style of the illuminations a result of work performed individually by a team of artists doing variations on a theme. At one time in a Spanish library the manuscript was brought to Britain during the Peninsular War and came to be owned by the Rolls family later Lords Llangattock of Monmouth in Wales from whom it takes its name. By the time the work reached Britain most of the miniatures had already been cut out. The Breviary sold at Christie's on 8 December 1958 lot #190 after which it was acquired and subsequently dismembered by Goodspeed's of Boston. The attribution of this leaf to the Llangattock Breviary is based its script ruling and style of decoration as well as physical attributes such as width of the leaf and the appearance of the vellum which all correlate to other known leaves from this manuscript. Furthermore according to the 1958 auction description of the complete manuscript the entire calendar section had its lower margins trimmed away as here. The present leaf appeared in a 1979 catalogue of bookseller Kenneth Rendell and it remains the only known calendar leaf from this manuscript that has ever been advertised. unknown
180645461Stockholm, 1806. Large folio oblong. (44 x 61 cm.). Contemp. hcalf, covers with marbled paper. Titlelabel in red and gilt pasted on frontcover. Wear to foot of spine, otherwise fine. Engraved titlepage (battle view), engraved plate depicting the Carl Gustav on horseback in front of a battle scene and 11 engraved plates showing battlescenes after Dahlberg's drawings. All engravings in beautiful toned sepia aquatint. A few marginal brownspots. A very fine copy.
