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1516371021Genoa: Petrus Paulus Porrus 1516. Title printed in red and black within woodcut arabesque border printer's device on final leaf. Parallel text in Hebrew Latin Greek Arabic and Chaldaean Aramaic 4 columns to a page 41 lines. 13 woodcut floriated initials. A10 B-Z8 &8 con6; 200 leaves complete. Folio 13-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches. Contemporary blind tooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards boards with repeated roll of hound hunter and stag spine with floral tools. Clasps perished early repairs with vellum at lower corners; spine darkened with chip at foot joint starting wormholes to the covers. Toning throughout worm holes throughout but heavier to the preliminary and terminal leaves paper loss not affecting text at the lower outer corners of the first 3 leaves minor dampstaining at the lower corners of most leaves and extending from the top inner margin. Scattered early marginalia. Title printed in red and black within woodcut arabesque border printer's device on final leaf. Parallel text in Hebrew Latin Greek Arabic and Chaldaean Aramaic 4 columns to a page 41 lines. 13 woodcut floriated initials. A10 B-Z8 &8 con6; 200 leaves complete. Folio 13-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches. The Genoa Psalter also known as the Octaplum or Quadruplex Psalter was the first polyglot psalter to be published and the first polyglot edition of any part of the Bible. Financed by the Oriental language scholar Bishop Agostino Giustiniani and printed in Genoa in 1516 it presents the psalms laid out in eight columns i.e. four per page on double-page spreads: in Hebrew a Latin paraphrase the Vulgate Latin the Septuagint Greek Arabic Chaldean Aramaic a Latin paraphrase and the editor's notes. "A monument of Renaissance typography this Psalter was linguistically the most ambitious work attempted to date and the first Polyglot work ever published. It provides the Psalms in five languages as well as a marginal scholarship based largely on rabbinic sources. The Arabic text is one of the first two texts and the first biblical text ever printed in this language. The Hebrew types used in this book were apparently never used again" B. Sabin Hill Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust The Piermont Morgan Library 1989 no. 18.<br /> <br /> Notably within a lengthy editor's note to Psalm XIX is what is considered the first printed biography of Christopher Columbus along with a very early description of his voyage. A native son of Genoa Giustiniani presents the discovery of the new world as a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy appropriately glossing verse four of Psalm XIX to include his biography of Columbus: "Their sound is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world." <br /> <br /> The text of the biography of Columbus written a decade after his death includes a brief account of his childhood and continues at length on his discovery of America. Translated from the Latin it begins: "And so their words have reached unto the ends of the earth at least in our own times in which by the marvelous daring of Christopher Columbus of Genoa almost another world was discovered and joined to the community of Christians. And since Columbus often declared that he was chosen by God so that through him this prophecy would be fulfilled I did not consider it unsuitable to include his life here. Therefore Christopher surnamed Columbus a Genoese by birth . lived in our age and through his own efforts explored more lands and seas in a few months than almost all other mortals had done throughout all previous ages . More swiftly than the Portuguese had done he approached new lands and new peoples and at last penetrated regions unknown before now. The news of this matter quickly reached the King who - both out of rivalry with the Portuguese kings and a desire for such new marvels and glory that might accrue to him and his descendants - after long discussions with Columbus finally ordered two ships to be outfitted. With these Columbus set sail from the Fortunate Islands directing his course slightly off the western line . After many days of sailing they had covered great distances. While the others having lost all hope urged a change in course Columbus persisted asserting by reason and conjecture that continuing but a little longer might lead them to discover continents or islands. Nor was he wrong. On the following dawn they sighted land. From this event immense confidence arose in human minds. Later it was learned that these were islands and observations were made of certain peoples there uncultivated and prone to raids on their neighbors even devouring human flesh like wolves. There were violent encounters yet eventually some of these islanders were brought safely to Spain astonishing and delighting all who saw them because they were at first timid unfamiliar with approach easy to persuade and marveling at everything as new."<br /> <br /> An important and desirable work from a liturgical linguistic and historical perspective. Adams B1370; BM STC Italian p. 97; Darlow & Moule 1411; Sabin 66468; European Americana 516/4; Harrisse BAV 88; JCB 3 I:64; Smitskamp 236; Roper Early Arabic Printing in Europe in Sprachen des Nahen Ostens und die Druckrevolution p. 132; Vinograd Genoa 1. Provenance: Cenobii Alois 1570 inscription below title; Bibliotheca Regia Monacensi pencil inscription on the inside front board identifying it as a duplicate; General Theological Seminary ink and blindstamps and other markings Petrus Paulus Porrus unknown
1480254000Ulm: Johann Zainer 1480. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Bound in 18th-century paper boards with remnant of morocco spine label edges stained red. Spine defective and covers rubbed but binding is sound; several leaves bear stubs at outer edge from former index tabs; first leaf of Psalter extended at inner margin; final two leaves slightly waterstained; some browning and occasional stains; text block seriously trimmed but never into text. Notes on front endpapers and a presentation inscription in 1826 from a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church U.S. In a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Johann Zainer the Elder fl. 1472-93 established the first printing press at Ulm where his first book is dated 1473. This pocket psalter by Zainer is undated; the colophon gives only the printer's name and the city in which it was printed. ISTC gives a conjectural date of around 1480. <br /> <br /> The book's handy but fragile format a thick octavo that would have been easily portable for late fifteenth-century users doubtless guaranteed a low survival rate. Indeed the few copies which have survived are often incomplete fragments or in poor condition.<br /> <br /> ISTC gives the following locations: France: Strasbourg BNU imperfect wanting Commune sanctorum; Germany: Bamberg SB; Berlin SB; Fulda HLB; Leipzig DB/Buch fragment missing; München BSB 2 imperfect; Stuttgart WLB 3; U.S.A: Washington DC Washington Cathedral Library this copy<br /> <br /> The present copy - the only copy in America - is complete save for the first two leaves of the Calendar and the blank leaf at the end. Goff Suppl. P1041a; H 13475; C 4927; GW M36206; ISTC No.: ip01041500 Johann Zainer unknown
1480254000Ulm: Johann Zainer 1480. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Bound in 18th-century paper boards with remnant of morocco spine label edges stained red. Spine defective and covers rubbed but binding is sound; several leaves bear stubs at outer edge from former index tabs; first leaf of Psalter extended at inner margin; final two leaves slightly waterstained; some browning and occasional stains; text block seriously trimmed but never into text. Notes on front endpapers and a presentation inscription in 1826 from a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church U.S. In a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. An Incunable of the Utmost Rarity. Johann Zainer the Elder fl. 1472-93 established the first printing press at Ulm where his first book is dated 1473. This pocket psalter by Zainer is undated; the colophon gives only the printer's name and the city in which it was printed. ISTC gives a conjectural date of around 1480. <br/><br/>The book's handy but fragile format a thick octavo that would have been easily portable for late fifteenth-century users doubtless guaranteed a low survival rate. Indeed the few copies which have survived are often incomplete fragments or in poor condition.<br/><br/>ISTC gives the following locations: France: Strasbourg BNU imperfect wanting Commune sanctorum; Germany: Bamberg SB; Berlin SB; Fulda HLB; Leipzig DB/Buch fragment missing; München BSB 2 imperfect; Stuttgart WLB 3; U.S.A: Washington DC Washington Cathedral Library this copy<br/><br/>The present copy - the only copy in America - is complete save for the first two leaves of the Calendar and the blank leaf at the end. Goff Suppl. P1041a; H 13475; C 4927; GW M36206; ISTC No.: ip01041500 Johann Zainer unknown books
158608537Paris: A. L'Angelier 1586. CONTEMPORARY RICHLY GILT CALF DECORATED IN THE DUODO-STYLE WITH NINETEEN DIFFERENT TOOLS. The outer borders have three double-rules with olive branches trefoils curved rules and a floral roll between. Sewn with S fermés quatrefoils and open circles the central field has twenty ovals each with one of six small tools in it. A single compartment the flat spine presents the same decor but with additional tools its base and crown ruled on the bias; board edges ruled one slightly defective all edges gilt. THICK PAPER COPY. The binding by Clovis Ève adopts the design favored by the Venetian ambassador to Paris Pietro Duodo 1554-1611. The chic S fermé symbolizes love sage seul secret soucieux. Fresh inside and out one lower corner neatly restored.<br /> ¶Balsamo & Simonin A. L’Angelier 163; Delaveau & Hillard Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIIe siècle 3417; BnF Enrichissements 1961-1973 1974 1051; Brun Le Livre français illustré 130 & 278 “gravés très délicatementâ€.  For similar Duodo-style decor see Nixon’s Sixteenth-Century Gold-Tooled Bookbindings 59 and Esmerian’s Bibliothèque I 6.VI.1972 59-61 and Hobson & Culot’s Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings 68-9. A. L'Angelier unknown
1518371799Cologne: Johann Soter 1518. Title within woodcut borders. Text in double columns in Latin Amharic not Chaldaean Greek and Hebrew types across double page spreads. Collation: a-y6 ç6 &6 ¶4 -&6 blank. 147 ff. 1 vols. 4to. Twentieth century red morocco and cloth. Some traces of rubbing to joints. GTS bookplate stamps on first and last leaves. Very good plus. Title within woodcut borders. Text in double columns in Latin Amharic not Chaldaean Greek and Hebrew types across double page spreads. Collation: a-y6 ç6 &6 ¶4 -&6 blank. 147 ff. 1 vols. 4to. The third polyglot Psalter edited by Johannes Potken who had edited an Ethiopic Psalter in 1513. The work is preceded only by the Genoa Psalter 1516 and the Complutensian Bible printed 1514-1517 but not published until 1522. The Introductiunculae in tres linguas externas: Hebraeam Graecam Chaldaeam sic introduction to three languages Greek Hebrew and Chaldaean i.e. Ethiopic is bound after the main text.<br /> <br /> Preserving an early binder's blank marked Duplum Bibliothecae Regiae Monacensis with ink inscription beneath The General Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U States new York 10 December 1826 gift of John Pintard. This marks it as one of the earliest books donated to the newly established library.<br /> <br /> Pintard 1759-1844 was a prominent New Yorker of Huguenot origin patron of education and one of the earliest and staunchest advocates for the preservation and study of the history of New York and the United States. Pintard began to work towards the establishment of a historical society in the city in early 1804 and he was the leader in the organization of the New-York Historical Society in November 1804. He was also a patron of the old French Huguenot Church of St. Esprit and the General Theological Seminary.<br /> <br /> Important and early work. Darlow & Moule 1413; VD16 B 3101; Adams B-1371; Vinograd Cologne 1; D.S. Berkowitz In Remembrance of Creation 1968 no. 175; Fumagalli G. Bibliografia etiopica 1243 [Johann Soter] unknown
1767WRCAM45554New York: James Parker 1767. 447991431pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards leather label. Titlepage neatly repaired at bottom not affecting text. Two contemporary signatures on titlepage. Light tanning and scattered foxing. A very good copy. The first book of music printed from type in America. "This is the First Edition in English of the Prayer-Book of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York. It is a translation of the old Holland liturgy. The translation of the book from the Dutch was made by the Rev. John Livingston D.D. The Psalms were rendered into English verse by Francis Hopkinson one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. There are one hundred fifty Psalms in metre accompanied on every page by the printed music. The type for the music notes was ordered from Daniel Cromelin of Amsterdam in 1764. The Ten Commandments are also versified and supplied with music. These are followed by the Songs of Zacharias the Virgin Mary and Simeon. The same musical treatment is given to the Creed and the Lord's Prayer" - Church. EVANS 10561. ESTC W6234. CHURCH 1067. AMERICAN SACRED MUSIC IMPRINTS 398. James Parker hardcover books
181912694Haarlem Joh. Enschede & Zoonen 1819/1819/1824. Kerkboek met gouden boekslot vervaardigd door Hendrik Walter van Haasel Amsterdam ca. 1800. Het Nieuwe Testament of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. Op last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden en volgens het besluit van de Synode Nationaal gehouden te Dordrecht in de jaren 1618 en 1619. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door Last van de Hoog Mog. Heeren Staten-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden uit drie berijmingen in den jare 1773 gekozen met de noodige daarin gemaakte veranderingen. Ingerigt overeenkomstig de thans meest gebruikelijke Taal en Spelling. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen . WITH: Evangelische Gezangen . With: Catechismus Gebeden en Formulieren. 4 werken in 1 band 178 folio 408 244 80 p. Origineel Leren band met goud bestempeld. H. 155 x 87 x 55 cm. lengte slot 11.5 cm. In het boek is de opdracht geschreven: ""Overleden den 26 November 1869 Jan van Loon oud 73 jaar geboren in het jaar 1796."" Het slot is gemerkt met de provinciale leeuw en het meesterteken. Hendrik Walter van Haasel 17721846 was een Amsterdamse goudsmid zoon van goudsmid Albertus van Haasel en Johanna Maria ten Dam. Hij werd rond 1798 in het Amsterdamse goudsmidsgilde opgenomen en gebruikte vanaf 1807 het meesterteken VH. Four works bound in one volume 178 folio 408 244 80 pp. Original gold-stamped Leather binding H. 155 x W. 87 x D. 55 cm. length of the clasp 115 cm. The Church book contains the following inscription: Died on November 26 1869 Jan van Loon aged 73 born in 1796. The clasp is marked with the provincial lion and the maker's mark. The clasp arm consists of a cast and finely art work of flowers birds and grapes. Hendrik Walter van Haasel 17721846 was an Amsterdam goldsmith active from the late 18th to the early 19th century working from the family workshop on the Haarlemmerdijk. Recorded with makers marks VH sometimes accompanied by a hare or arrow after the guild period and later also using the retailers mark VAN HAASEL. Private collection The Netherlands 2010. Literature: H. Vreeken 2003 Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse keuren Zwolle p. 479. Barend. J. van Benthem De werkmeesters van Bennewitz en Bonebakker Amsterdams grootzilver uit de eerste helft van de 19de eeuw Zwolle 2005 p. 49. Haarlem, Joh. Enschede & Zoonen hardcover
167312696Dordrecht Hendrick and Jacob Keur 1673/1673. gegraveerde titelpagina z.p. Originele Schildpadband met 2 zilveren sloten 4 zilveren schanierstukken 7 zilveren hoekstukken versierd met 120 'roosbriljanten' en goud op snede 8°. Nederlands Kerkboek bestaande uit het Nieuwe Testament in de Statenvertaling de Psalmen - met noten - van Petrus Dathenus en de Formulieren. Aantrekkelijke band gebonden in zwart met okerkleurig gevlamd schildpadschild. Het zilverbeslag is volledig versierd met in totaal 120 'roosbriljanten' gemaakt van geslepen glas. 10 briljanten ontbreken; er waren er dus totaal 130. Een klein stukje van de onderkant van de rug is weg evenals enkele minimale stukjes van de zijkant van de band. Het gebruik van het schild van de schildpad als bindmateriaal werd populair in de 17e en 18e eeuw en werd voornamelijk gebruikt voor het binden van religieuze geschriften kleine Bijbels gebedenboeken en geschenkboeken voor de gegoede burgerij. Het materiaal werd verkregen van uitheemse zeeschildpadden en was geliefd vanwege het uiterlijk de glans en de zeldzaamheid. Minder dan 4 procent van de luxere banden die in Nederland werden gebonden in de 18e eeuw werd in ander materiaal dan leer en perkament gebonden. Deze banden werden gezien als luxer en waren duurder. Dit geldt temeer voor schildpad aangezien de schilden niet op grote schaal werden geïmporteerd; hierdoor bleef het materiaal kostbaar en alleen toegankelijk voor de rijken. 2 works in one binding engraved titlepage n.p. Contemporary Tortoiseshell binding with 2 silver clasps 4 silver hinges 8 silver corner-pieces with rose-cut diamonds and gilt-edged text block 8°. Dutch church book containing the States Translation of the New Testament the Psalms -with musical notation- of Petrus Dathenus and the Forms. Attractive binding bound in black with ochre coloured flamed tortoiseshell. The silver fittings are completely decorated with 120 'rose-cut diamonds' made from cut glass. 10 pieces are missing so there were 130 in total. A small piece of the bottom of the spine is missing and some small pieces have been chipped off the sides of the binding otherwise fine. The use of tortoiseshell as a book-binding material became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was mostly used for binding religious texts small Bibles prayer books and gift books for the wealthy middle class. The material came from exotic marine turtles and was valued due to its beauty shine and rarity. -The name tortoiseshell can therefore be misleading because the material has nothing to do with land tortoises. Fewer than 4 percent of the luxury bindings made in the Netherlands in the 18th century were covered in materials other than leather and vellum. These bindings were regarded as richer and were more expensive. This is considered even more for tortoise shells since the shells were not imported in large amounts; due to this the material remained expensive and only available for the rich. Literature: Dijstelberge P. 2011. Papieren pracht uit de Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw p. 69-71 / Noordwijk B. van 2006. Zondags Zilver. Drie eeuwen versierde kerkboekjes p. 209-217 / Noordwijk B. van n.d. Boek band en beslag p. 23 / Rijkelijkhuizen M.J. 2010. Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic p. 96-106. Dordrecht, Hendrick and Jacob Keur hardcover
162712714London for the Company of Stationers 1627. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternehold Iohn Hopkins and others. 171 34 p. Embroidered red velvet binding covered with silver wire 24°. Rare and early miniature binding H. 8 x W. 5.5 x D. 2.5 cm. / 3.15 x 2 x 1 inch. Bound with silver fine wire and with brass sequins. Gold edges. The covers are surrounded by a two-part multi-coloured border partly interwoven with silver wire in the corners stylised branches of golden wire and sequins in the centre a two-coloured embroidered bouquet with flowers of silver wire and coloured metal foils. Back with a double curved two-tone border partly covered with gold wire. Edges scuffed binding restored. The last two pages of the Table are damaged. London, for the Company of Stationers unknown
1777126951777. Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. Door last van de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden Uit drie Berijmingen In den jaare 1773 gekooren. Met de noodige daar in gemaakte veranderingen. With: Catechismus Gebeden en Formulieren. 2 werken in 1 band n.p. 68 p. Zeldzaam miniatuur psalmboekje in originele schildpadband met 2 filigrain zilveren sloten 4 filigrain zilveren scharnierstukken zilveren rug en goud op snede boekblok 32°. H. 82 x B. 55 x D. 2 cm. Een compleet en keurig exemplaar in een fraaie schildpadband met zilverbeslag. Kleine restauratie in de linkerbovenhoek van het voorplat. Het gebruik van het schild van de schildpad als bindmateriaal werd populair in de 17e en 18e eeuw en werd voornamelijk gebruikt voor het binden van religieuze geschriften kleine Bijbels gebedenboeken en geschenkboeken voor de gegoede burgerij. Het materiaal werd verkregen van uitheemse zeeschildpadden en was geliefd vanwege het uiterlijk de glans en de zeldzaamheid. Minder dan 4 procent van de luxere banden die in Nederland werden gebonden in de 18e eeuw werd in ander materiaal dan leer en perkament gebonden. Deze banden werden gezien als luxer en waren duurder. Dit geldt temeer voor schildpad aangezien de schilden niet op grote schaal werden geïmporteerd hierdoor bleef het materiaal kostbaar en alleen toegankelijk voor de rijken. 2 works in one binding engraved titlepage n.p. 68 p. Contemporary miniature Tortoiseshell binding with 2 silver clasps 4 silver hinges silver spine and gilt-edged text block 32° H. 82 x L.55 x W. 2 cm. Dutch church book containing the Psalms -with musical notation- and the Forms. Attractive binding bound in black with ochre coloured flamed tortoiseshell with silver double clasp 4 hinges and silver spine. The clasps hasps and joints on the spine are identically decorated with ornamental designs around a pattern of leaves. The use of tortoiseshell as a bookbinding material became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was primarily used to bind religious texts small Bibles prayer books and gift books for the wealthy middle class. The material came from exotic marine turtles and was valued due to its beauty shine and rarity. -The name tortoiseshell can therefore be misleading because the material has nothing to do with land tortoises. Fewer than 4 percent of the luxury bindings made in the Netherlands in the 18th century were covered in materials other than leather and vellum. These bindings were regarded as richer and were more expensive. This is considered even more for tortoise shells since the shells were not imported in large amounts; due to this the material remained expensive and only available for the rich. Minor repair in the upper left corner of the front cover. A firm and excellent early tortoiseshell binding. Literature: Dijstelberge P. 2011. Papieren pracht uit de Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw p. 69-71 / Noordwijk B. van 2006. Zondags Zilver. Drie eeuwen versierde kerkboekjes p. 209-217 / Rijkelijkhuizen M.J. 2010. Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic p. 96-106. hardcover
1731314639N.p. Watertown or Woburn Mass. 1731. Ink on paper 38 of 41 leaves paginated irregularly 1-60 with an index. Lacking three leaves near the beginning with six tunes as per the index. 1 vols. Small oblong 8vo. Original limp leather binding in Cambridge style worn restitched. Lower cover and index leaf detached. Ownership signature of Nathaniel Clark 1731/2; later provenance notes loosely inserted. Ink on paper 38 of 41 leaves paginated irregularly 1-60 with an index. Lacking three leaves near the beginning with six tunes as per the index. 1 vols. Small oblong 8vo. Fascinating early colonial American manuscript book of tunes with family provenance suggesting connections to Watertown and Woburn Mass.<br/>The manuscript is a compilation of psalm and hymn tunes with some material deriving from the two American tune books published in the 1720s. There are 24 compositions from Walter The Grounds and Rules of Music and 37 compositions from Tufts An Introduction to the Art of Singing Psalm Tunes. Two are American compositions and are marked "new" in the manuscript: Psalm 100 and Southwell which figures in both Walter and Tufts.<br/>There are 60 compositions all but one of which are sacred. The one secular song is "The Sylvan Oracle" from Congreve's Judgment of Paris a Masque 1701 the first verses of which are inscribed here:<br/>Let ambition fire thy mind <br/> Thou wert born o'er men to reign <br/>Not to follow flocks design'd; <br/> Scorn thy crook and leave the plain. <br/><br/>Crowns I'll throw beneath thy feet <br/> Thou on necks of kings shall tread <br/>Joys in circles joys shall meet <br/> Which way e'er thy fancies lead.<br/><br/>The ownership signature "Nathaniel Clark His Book An. Dom. 1731/2" points to Nathaniel Clark 1698-1776 whose son Peter Clark was born in Woburn in 1738. Later family notes on provenance accompany the manuscript. Cf. Britton & Lownens 491-6 & 516-7 unknown books
17761744London: Printed by Richard Hett for the Company of Stationers 1776. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 203 x 123 mm. 236 4 pp. Collation: A-P8 COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first owner: "William Pole Esqr. / Mayor 1778." Marbled pastedowns and endpapers a.e.g. Trifle wear to binding extremities. Preserved in a dark brown cloth protective case. AN ELEGANT LIVERPOOL BINDING. While the workshop is still-unnamed twenty examples are known to us including two bindings that were bound for two different Liverpool Lord Mayors. ¶ 1. Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Robert Landor Church Warden of St. Paul's Church 1782 --> now Boston Athenaeum ¶ 2. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool Mayor John Brown dated 1772 Lathrop Harper Cat. 239 item 101 --> Christie's London 25 June 1997 lot 154 ¶ 3. Bible Cambridge 1768 -- Earls of Derby Knowsley Hall Library Lancashire near Liverpool --> Sale Christie's London 1954 --> now Liverpool University Library Knowsley 705 ¶ 4. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes as above -- Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum PML 12936 ¶ 5. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1770 -- Maggs Cat. 966 item 154 ¶ 6. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1770 bound for presentation to George III -- Maggs Cat. 893 item 111 ¶ 7. Bible London 1767 bound for "MB" i.e. Maria Barclay presented to her in NYC by her son-in-law Col. Stephen Delancy ¶ 8. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1773 bound for Liverpool attorneys Richard Gerard and James Clemens "Gent. Bailiffs 1773" formerly Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection Chicago Illinois sold Leslie Hindman auction 6 Nov 2013 Lot 216 ¶ 9. John Morrison The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul London 1774 British Library 280e18 ¶ 10. New Version of the Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Thomas Hutton Gent. Bailiff 1781 --> Clive Coates Helperby Hall Yorkshire --> now Richard Linenthal London ¶ 11-13. Three vols. at least from a collection of more than 300 Liverpool related items sold at Bonhams 11 Nov. 2015 lot 67 including Psalm and Common Prayer books bound for John Dixon St. Paul's Church Warden 1781; Thomas Hutton see No. 10 above and Joseph Birch Gent. Bailiffs; Charles Pole Edmund Rigby Gent. Bailiffs 1783 Richard Linenthal kindly drew my attention to this lot ¶ 14. Bible Cambridge 1768 two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool slave trader John Sparling 1731-1800 --> Messrs. Peter Harrington as of 1/2020 ¶ 15. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1793 early provenance indeterminate Maggs Catalogue 1075 Part II no. 240. NB: in their description Messrs. Maggs state that this binder was also responsible for the example published in their Catalogue 966 no. 191; I do not agree ¶ 16. The present binding executed in 1778 for William Pole Esq. Mayor of Liverpool from 1778-1779 dated 1778. Pole was Collector of Stamp Duties and Agent of the Sun Fire Office a long biographical note appears in pencil on first blank leaf -- subsequently in the library of noted Liverpool bibliophile and philanthropist Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1843-1903 with his armorial bookplate. ¶ 17-18. Bible London 1775 4to. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1781 bound with Psalms Cambridge 1785 formerly with Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts. NB: the two volumes were bound by the bespoke workshop using two sets of tools. ¶ 19. Llyfr Wgeddi Gyffredin etc. Cambridge 1770 --> George III crowned initials added now British Library 222g9. ¶ 20. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1788 bound in 1791 for Henry Blundess Esq. Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1791-1792 and 1793-1794 with Maggs 4/12/24. <br /> <br /> The work of an imitator of this binder greatly inferior in technical ability is found on a copy of the 1790 Oxford New Testament in the British Library C108c28 which is reproduced in the BL Bookbindings Database. <br /> <br /> The names of early Liverpool bookbinders are few but we have located two of them in Gore's 1766 "Liverpool Directory" namely Peter Wright on Bixteth Street and Richard Wright on George Street. The work of the present binder was not within the scope of Ramsden's "Bookbinders of the United Kingdom Outside London 1780-1840. It would appear that the Wrights continued working in Liverpool for some time. According to Ramsden the name Richard Wright appears in the 1777 and 1781 directories and Peter Wright in the 1790 directory. In the 1793 records of burials at Our Lady and St Nicholas Liverpool a certain William Wright is listed as a bookbinder on Sweeting Street.<br /> <br /> ¶ This edition of the Psalms is scarce: ESTC T206585 lists only 5 copies worldwide none in America. Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers hardcover
1631019267Oxford: William Turner Printer 1631. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 319 pages of text followed by i colophon and preceded by two engravings. Original blind-ruled calf without any spine labeling. The front hinge has been repaired and an antique front flyleaf has been added. The engraved title page has minor browning/toning and soiling as does the engraved armorial dedication page. The title page is apparently the only 17th Century publication containing a portrait of the first Stuart King. On the title page King James faces the reader while King David is holding a harp; engraved by William Marshall active ca. 1617-1649. The title page and final page also has minor soiling. The text except for a small number of tiny spots of soiling remains clean and unmarked. Measures 55/8 inches height. First edition. William Turner, Printer Hardcover books
165811846Charenton Estienne Lucas 1658/1660. Exceptional fine binding 12° H. 15 x W. 85 x D. 35 cm. without pagination. Clasps are missing corners trifle worn. The lavishly gilt overall pattern on both covers mainly consisting of pointillé-stamps and drawer-handle tools richly gilt spine with 6 compartments with floral motif and raised bands. This kind of binding is often attributed to Magnus as we can read in the catalog of the exhibition: ""Albert Magnus en zijn tijd"" 1961 pp.13: ""That he father Magnus Hendricksz. sent his gifted youngest son Albert to France to learn the trade. It is striking in this connection that there are several Bibles printed in Charenton which are provided with Magnus bindings"". Foot Henry Davis Gift I 237: ""It is unusual for any binder's shop to possess so many and so closely similar variants of a fair number of tools and as most of the bindings on which the slightly different tools have been used seem to have been produced during the period during which Magnus worked it is probable that we deal with more than one shop. Surely a town such as Amsterdam with a large and thriving book trade would have had more than one binder who was capable of producing well-bound beautifully finished books."" A fine binding by Magnus or his circle. Charenton, Estienne Lucas hardcover
180212105Haarlem Johannes Enschede en Zonen/Amsterdam Johannes Allart 1802/1807. Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik Door last van de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden Uit drie berijmingen in den jaare 1773 gekooren. 492 10 z.p. Origineel rood Marokijnleer met goud versierd twee gouden sloten goud op snede en het boekblok geciseleerd 12°. H. 15 x W. 9 x D. 4 cm. Band iets geschaafd Prachtig decoratief gebonden exemplaar van een Nederlands kerkboek met daarin de Psalmen de Evangelische Gezangen het Vervolg daarvan de Catechismus en de Formulieren. Voorzien van twee 18-karaats gouden sloten met afbeeldingen van bijbelse kruiken in vierkante kaders versiert met slingers van bladeren en fraaie goudbestempelde riempjes eveneens met afbeeldingen van bijbelse kruiken in vierkante kaders versiert met slingers van bladeren. Het geheel is vastgezet met bloemvormige gouden spijkertjes. De sloten zijn vervaardigd door de Rotterdamse edelsmid Adrianus van Bemme 1772-1811. De letters MST zijn aan de binnenzijde van de aanzetstukken gestempeld samen met de jaarletter 'b' 1809 en het keurmerk van de stad Rotterdam. 492 10 n.p. Contemporary red Morocco Leather decorated with gilt two golden clasps gilt-edged and gauffred 12°. H. 15 x W. 9 x D. 4 cm Binding a little grazed.Dutch church book containing the Psalms Hymns all verses with full musical notation and the Forms. Attractive binding bound in red morocco with floral decoration gilded at the edges and with two 18-carat golden clasps. The clasps are formed of biblical jars in square frames decorated with garlands of leaves and with fine gold-stamped straps also with pictures of biblical jars in square frames decorated with garlands of leaves. The whole is fastened with flower-shaped gold nails. The maker is a goldsmith from Rotterdam named Adrianus van Bemme 1772-1811. The fittings are marked with the letters MST stamped on the inside of the hasps together with the letter 'b' for the year 1809. Golden claps on a church book were already seen as rather exceptional in the past and because of the expensiveness that has not changed until now.Literature: Noordwijk B. van n.d. Boek band en beslag p. 13 / Noordwijk B. van 2013. Zilver voor de Zondag. Boecxkens met Pragtigh Sluytwerck p. 305-315 Haarlem, Johannes Enschede en Zonen/Amsterdam, Johannes Allart hardcover
184911744Amsterdam A. Th. Van Rossum z.j./1858/1849/1866. Het Nieuwe Testament of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. Op last van de Hoog- Mog. Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden en volgens het besluit van de Synode Nationaal gehouden te Dordrecht in de jaren 1618 en 1619. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. WITH: Evangelische Gezangen . WITH: Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen Mitsgaders de Christelijke Catechismus Formulieren en Gebeden der Gereformeerde Kerken. 556 378 8 320 22 8 122 8 p. Originele donkerblauw fluwelen band met 1 gouden slot en goud op snede boekblok 8° H. 15 x L. 10 x W. 5 cm. Nederlands kerkboek bevattende het Nieuwe Testament met daarachter de Psalmen Gezangen Catechismus en Vervolgbundel van de Gezangen. Zeer fraaie band gebonden in origineel donkerblauw fluweel met een 18-karaats gouden slot met keurmerk. Het gouden slot is fraai bewerkt en onder andere voorzien van kleine bloemmotieven. Contemporary dark blue velvet binding with 1 golden clasp and gilt-edged text block 8°H. 15 x L. 10 x W. 5 cm. Dutch church book containing the States Translation of the New Testament the Psalms and Hymns -with musical notation- and the Catechism.Fine binding bound in dark blue velvet with a marked 18 karat golden clasp beautifully decorated with floral motifs among other fine details. Amsterdam, A. Th. Van Rossum unknown
17761744London: Printed by Richard Hett for the Company of Stationers 1776. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 203 x 123 mm. 236 4 pp. Collation: A-P8 COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first owner: "William Pole Esqr. / Mayor 1778." Marbled pastedowns and endpapers a.e.g. Trifle wear to binding extremities. Preserved in a dark brown cloth protective case. AN ELEGANT LIVERPOOL BINDING. While the workshop is still-unnamed sixteen examples are known to us including two bindings that were bound for two different Liverpool Lord Mayors. ¶ 1. Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Robert Landor Church Warden of St. Paul's Church 1782 --> now Boston Athenaeum ¶ 2. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool Mayor John Brown dated 1772 Lathrop Harper Cat. 239 item 101 --> Christie's London 25 June 1997 lot 154 ¶ 3. Bible Cambridge 1768 -- Earls of Derby Knowsley Hall Library Lancashire near Liverpool --> Sale Christie's London 1954 --> now Liverpool University Library Knowsley 705 ¶ 4. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes as above -- Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum PML 12936 ¶ 5. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1770 -- Maggs Cat. 966 item 154 ¶ 6. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1770 bound for presentation to George III -- Maggs Cat. 893 item 111 ¶ 7. Bible London 1767 bound for "MB" i.e. Maria Barclay presented to her in NYC by her son-in-law Col. Stephen Delancy ¶ 8. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1773 bound for Liverpool attorneys Richard Gerard and James Clemens "Gent. Bailiffs 1773" formerly Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection Chicago Illinois sold Leslie Hindman auction 6 Nov 2013 Lot 216 ¶ 9. John Morrison The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul London 1774 British Library 280e18 ¶ 10. New Version of the Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Thomas Hutton Gent. Bailiff 1781 --> Clive Coates Helperby Hall Yorkshire --> now Richard Linenthal London ¶ 11-13. Three vols. at least from a collection of more than 300 Liverpool related items sold at Bonhams 11 Nov. 2015 lot 67 including Psalm and Common Prayer books bound for John Dixon St. Paul's Church Warden 1781; Thomas Hutton see No. 10 above and Joseph Birch Gent. Bailiffs; Charles Pole Edmund Rigby Gent. Bailiffs 1783 Richard Linenthal kindly drew my attention to this lot ¶ 14. Bible Cambridge 1768 two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool slave trader John Sparling 1731-1800 --> Messrs. Peter Harrington as of 1/2020 ¶ 15. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1793 early provenance indeterminate Maggs Catalogue 1075 Part II no. 240. NB: in their description Messrs. Maggs state that this binder was also responsible for the example published in their Catalogue 966 no. 191; I do not agree ¶ 16. The present binding executed in 1778 for William Pole Esq. Mayor of Liverpool from 1778-1779 dated 1778. Pole was Collector of Stamp Duties and Agent of the Sun Fire Office a long biographical note appears in pencil on first blank leaf -- subsequently in the library of noted Liverpool bibliophile and philanthropist Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1843-1903 with his armorial bookplate.<br/><br/>The names of early Liverpool bookbinders are few but we have located two of them in Gore's 1766 "Liverpool Directory" namely Peter Wright on Bixteth Street and Richard Wright on George Street. The work of the present binder was not within the scope of Ramsden's "Bookbinders of the United Kingdom Outside London 1780-1840. It would appear that the Wrights continued working in Liverpool for some time. According to Ramsden the name Richard Wright appears in the 1777 and 1781 directories and Peter Wright in the 1790 directory. In the 1793 records of burials at Our Lady and St Nicholas Liverpool a certain William Wright is listed as a bookbinder on Sweeting Street.<br/><br/>¶ This edition of the Psalms is scarce: ESTC T206585 lists only 5 copies worldwide none in America. Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers hardcover books
172755069London: printed by John Baskett. and by the Assigns of Henry Hills decease'd 1727. Later edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three parts folio in fours 38 by 24 cm. 380 23 3 table pp; text in two columns. Additional engraved title page; main title in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments. Contemporary two-tone paneled calf triple-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endleaves; all edges gilt. Covers very lightly scuffed with mild traces of wear at extremities; upper joint just starting at top; occasional touches of mild mostly marginal foxing. A very good or better copy complete and handsomely bound.<br /> <br /> An uncommon and beautifully printed edition of the Book of Common Prayer "the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by and common to both priest and people" Carter and Muir. Despite early revisions and some major alterations following the Restoration the original simplicity of the language has been presevered the text remaining substantially unaltered since 1662. References: ESTC N67554 locates only 4 copies. Cf. Carter & Muir Printing and the Mind of Man 75 ed. 1549. Collation: pi1 a-c4 A-Aaa4 Bbb2 = 203 leaves. printed by John Baskett... and by the Assigns of Henry Hills, decease'd hardcover
1771373724Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine for and sold by John Perkins in Union-Street near the market 1771. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked. Expert restoration. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. ETSC records only two examples of this issue AAS and NYPL. Evans 11987; ESTC W4709; Welch 1072.27 Printed [by William M'Alpine] for and sold by John Perkins, in Union-Street, near the market unknown
1724000253Paris Antoine Urbain Coustelier 1724
187012071Amsterdam J. Brandt en Zoon 1870/1870/1876/1870. Het Nieuwe Testament of alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonds onzes Heeren Jezus Christus uit de Grieksche Taal in onze Nederlandsche Taal getrouwelijk overgezet. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. WITH: Evangelische Gezangen . WITH: Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen . Mitsgaders de Christelijke Catechismus Formulieren en Gebeden der Gereformeerde Kerken. 4 werken in 1 band 592 4 311 12 295 8 112 8 53 1 p. Originele bruin fluwelen band met gouden filigrainslot en goud op snede boekblok 12°. H. 98 x B. 5 x D. 55 cm. Titelpagina eerste werk ontbreekt langs de randen van de band lichte slijtageplekken. Fraai Nederlands kerkboek in klein formaat bevattende het Nieuwe Testament met daarachter de Psalmen en de Formulieren. Aantrekkelijke band gebonden in paars/bruin fluwelen stof voorzien van een zeer fraai gouden filigrainslot bestaande uit 2 fijn bewerkte muisjes en een sluitstuk. Filigrain is een vorm van fijn goud- of zilversmeedwerk en is gemaakt van gedraaide draad eventueel met kleine metalen bolletjes of opengewerkte bloemen zoals bij dit exemplaar. 4 works in 1 binding 592 4 311 12 295 8 112 8 53 1 p.Contemporary brown velvet binding with a double filigree golden clasp and a gilt-edged text block H. 98 x W. 5 x D. 55 cm. Light wear marks along the edges. The title page from the first work is missing. Fine Dutch church book containing the New Testament in the States Translation the Psalms Hymns and the Forms. Attractive brown velvet binding the clasp consists of two hasps and a small clamp in a filigree design both beautifully decorated with a cut-out filigree pattern of flowers. Filigree is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewelry. Amsterdam, J. Brandt en Zoon unknown
162927807London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1629. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary olive morocco 2 gilt outer panels with gilt-stamped lozenge on upper and lower cover ties lost black leather title lanbel a.e.g. Signed on back free-endppaer "Mary Crosse/Mary Crosse/ Her Booke/1678. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for the London Company of Stationers the organization that policed the London print trade. This book bears a near-contemporary ownership inscription by a woman implying that this copy at least was owned personally and used outside of church. Printed for the Company of Stationers unknown
162927807London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1629. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary olive morocco 2 gilt outer panels with gilt-stamped lozenge on upper and lower cover ties lost black leather title lanbel a.e.g. Signed on back free-endppaer "Mary Crosse/Mary Crosse/ Her Booke/1678. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for the London Company of Stationers the organization that policed the London print trade. This book bears a near-contemporary ownership inscription by a woman implying that this copy at least was owned personally and used outside of church. Printed for the Company of Stationers unknown books
187011877Amsterdam J. Brandt en ZoonHaarlem Johannes Enschedé en Zonen 1870. Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik Door last van de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden Uit drie berijmingen in den jaare 1773 gekooren. 311 295 112 53 p. Origineel gebonden in roze fluweel met 1 gouden slot en goud-op-snee-boekblok 12o. H. 10 x W. 6 x D. 35 cm. Beide zijden van de rug vakkundig gerestaureerd. Prachtig gebonden exemplaar van een Nederlands kerkboek met daarin de Psalmen de Evangelische Gezangen het Vervolg daarvan de Catechismus en de Formulieren. Voorzien van een 18-karaats gouden slot met bloemmotieven. 311 295 112 53 p.Contemporary pink velvet with 1 golden clasp and gilt-edged text block 12o.H. 10 x W. 6 x D. 35 cm. Sides of the spine skilfully restored.Dutch church book containing the Psalms Hymns and Forms. Attractive binding bound in pink velvet gilded at the edges and with an 18-carat golden clasp with floral decoration. Amsterdam, J. Brandt en Zoon|Haarlem, Johannes Enschedé en Zonen unknown
1867711New York: American Bible Society 1867. 3/4 cloth. Very Good . 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Folio. 1 872 974 leaves. Printed in raised letters for the blind. Tears to upper margin of front endpapers and edges lightly soiled. Bound in contemporary 3/4 black leather and black cloth which is worn at edges. A scarce early American edition of its kind. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries several decades before the widespread adoption of Braille printers and educators in France and Britain began developing a variety of tactile reading systems for the visually impaired making independent reading among the blind possible for the first time in history. The results of an important competition at the Royal Society of Arts in Edinburgh in 1832 inspired the American activist Samuel Gridley Howe to research and develop his own embossed reading system for the blind which emerged in 1835 as "Boston Line Type." Drawing upon the methods of James Gall an entrant in the Edinburgh competition Howe created an alphabet of angular raised roman letters that "was said to be far less bulky and therefore less expensive than contemporary European roman-letter systems" PRINTING HISTORY p. 20. With the aid of a $1000 grant from the American Bible Society Howe purchased the first printing press for the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind today the Perkins School for the Blind and produced the country's first complete raised-letter Bible for the American Bible Society in 1842. The present Book of Psalms appears to have been printed with the first complete Howe-ABS Bible retaining the pagination of that production and was published separately with a new title page. ABS had published Selections of Psalms in 1835 and the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind a Psalms and Hymns in 1840 and 1848 this is a very early edition of the Psalms. A rare work. Elizabeth M. Harris IN TOUCH: PRINTING AND WRITING FOR THE BLIND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Smithsonian 1981. Elizabeth M. Harris "Inventing Printing for the Blind" PRINTING HISTORY Vol. VIII No. 2 American Printing History Association 1986 pp. 15-25. "The First Books Embossed in the U.S. for Blind Readers 1833-1880" compiled by the Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Bible Resource Center "Translation through Multimedia American Bible Society unknown
