Search Results: Authors starting with C from Liber Antiquus

Bassano: Si vende in Bassano al Negozio Remondini, ca, 1680. ?FIRST EDITION (conforming to the Getty copy, see below.). Hardcover. Fine. Modern binding using 18th-century patterned paper over thin boards. Title and first leaves soiled, title and second leaf with small restoration to blank upper corner; a few minor repairs to the corners of the next two plates. Ink stains to plate number 2 with 3 small corrosion holes. Light creases to final plate. Plate 3 with evidence of a crack in the printing plate. Six copies located in North America: Columbia, Getty, Art Institute of Chicago, Newberry, Harvard, LC. A very rare set of writing models prepared for the use of young students ("utile à giovani"). Each plate is signed by Agostino Tensini, master calligrapher and author of the 1668 "Le meraviglie della penna". "Rarissimo, bellissimo libro di calligrafia con qualche decina di graziose vignette e caricature in calligrafia" (Bonacini). Baroque taste is evident in this book, both in the type of writing… Read More

Modena: Dionysius Bertochus, 15 May, 1500. SECOND EDITION (1st 1499) of the Capella, FIRST HERWAGEN EDITION of the Hyginus. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 16th c. limp vellum. Fine, broad-margined copies on thick paper with just some occasional light soiling and a few instances of foxing in the Hyginus and a dampstain to the upper, inner corner of opening leaves. Bound with: Hyginus, C. Julius (1st century A.D.); Aratus, of Soli. (c. 315-c. 245 B.C.); Proclus Diadochus (ca. 410-484) Fabularum Liber, Ad Omnium Poetarum Lectionem Mire necessarius, & nunc denuo excusus: Eiusdem Poeticon Astronomicon Libri quatuor. Quibus accesserunt similis argumenti, Palaephati de fabulosis narrationibus, Liber I. F. Fulgentii Placiadis episcopi Carthaginensis Mythologiarum Libri III. Eiusdem de vocum antiquarum interpretatione, Liber I. Phurnuti De natura deorum, sive poeticarum fabularum allegorijs, speculatio. Albrici philosophi de Deorum imaginibs Liber. Arati Phainomenon fragmentum, Germanico Caesare interprete.… Read More

Venice: (Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio for) Federico Torresano, 1548. SECOND COMPLETE EDITION (1st 1500), THE THIRD EDITION OVERALL (1st 1492). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. parchment (some soiling, corners bumped.) Woodcut title page border. Full-page woodcut of Saint Catherine on leaf 8 verso. Printer's device on recto of final leaf. The text is in very good condition with instances of light damp-staining, scattered mild foxing. And occasional soiling A few marginal tears and chips to the title page, not affecting the text or woodcut border; tiny hole in the border of the same leaf. Provenance: bookplate of Cardinal Mario Compagnoni Marefoschi (1714-1780). The letters of Caterina Benincasa, known to the world as St. Catherine of Siena. "Born to a large family of cloth dyers in Siena, Caterina Benincasa became a Dominican nun at the age of sixteen. Her self-denial, charity, and bold spiritual writings attracted many followers, and during the insurrection of the Papal States she was called to… Read More

Venice: [apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi filium], 1558. SECOND EDITION WITH MURET'S COMMENTARY (1st 1554). Hardcover. Fine. With three divisional title pages, all featuring the Aldine dolphin and anchor device. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (lightly soiled, corners bumped, small hole in pigskin at head of spine, wear at extremities), signed "A.S.K." and dated 1562 on the upper board. Title page lightly soiled, intermittent mild foxing, light marginal staining in places. A few manuscript notes and underscores. The binding: decorated with blind-stamped images of Apollo (with harp)and the Muses: Caliope (with zither), Thalia (with lute), Euterpe (with horn), Terpsichore (with viola). The Euterpe stamp is signed "S.N.", that of Terpsichore is dated "1549". The binding is probably the work of the Wittenberg binder Conrad Neidel (active 1542-15602), see Haebler, Vol. I, p. 308. This edition marks the second appearance of the celebrated commentary of Marc Antoine Muret, "the most important… Read More

Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, per Octavianus Scotus, 9 December, 1491. Hardcover. Fine. [Bound with]: Statius, Publius Papinius (b. ca. 45-50 - d. ca. 96) Statii Achilleida cum comm. Ioannis Britannici Brescia: per Iacobum Brtitannicum, 21 May 1485 Folio: 29 x 19.6 cm. Two works bound as one. I. [158] lvs. (the last leaf blank). Collation: a-c8, d-e6, f-s8, t-x6. II. [28] lvs. (the first leaf blank). Collation: A4, a-d6. Bound in attractive 18th c. blonde calf, spine richly gilt with floral tools and morocco label; board edges also gilt (light wear, corners bumped). Fine, crisp copies with minor blemishes as follows: I. Title lightly soiled, marginal dampstain to the first three lvs., leaf l1, leaf g6, and a few lvs. in gathering h; 4 lvs. in gathering e and bifolium f1/8 lightly browned (f1/8 with light ink stain). II. Light dampstain blank margin. Both books with woodcut initials. First work with Octavian Scotus' printer's device on the final leaf. From the library of the French poet and… Read More

Basel: Henricus Petri, 1530. TWO SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, lacking clasps but with the brass catches, with acorn tools and rolls of 3 of the Muses: Terpsichore, Euterpe (signed N.C.), and Calliope (signed M.A.). First title dusty, damp-stain in the first part of the Martial. Intermittent annotations in the margins of both works and some underscoring in the Tibullus. The three most famous Roman elegiac poets together with the great Roman satirist.

[Rome:]: no printer, no date, ca. 1574-, 1584. THE FIRST EDITION (1st issue) to include all 100 plates. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 18th c. stiff parchment, title label with gilt lettering. A fine, wide-margined copy with beautiful, rich impressions of the plates. Title lightly soiled and with upper blank margin restored (not affecting the plate.) A few spots in the blank, inner margin of the first plate, far from the image. Else very fine. The publishing history: According to Thomas Ashby's classification of the editions, the first edition of Cavalieri's book of statues appeared before April 1561. That edition, the "Liber Primus" consisted of only 58 plates, all of which were from original drawings, except for the plates of Pasquino and Marforio, which were copied from Lafrery's "Speculum". A second edition appeared in 1561-1562, consisting of an engraved title and only 52 plates. In 1570 the Venetian printer Girolamo Porro made copies of the original plates for his own edition, which he republished… Read More

Florence: Giunti, 1574. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Hardcover. Fine. Title page within an architectural woodcut border containing the Medici coat-of-arms and a small view of Florence. Printer's device at the colophon. Woodcut portrait of Cosimo de' Medici on the verso of the title-page. Foxed. Bound in attractive 18th-century colored paper over thin boards. Extremely rare. No copies in North America. This is a very rare first-hand account, commissioned by Francesco de' Medici, of the elaborate ceremonies in Florence for the obsequies of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1584). It includes minute descriptions of the elaborate funeral apparatus built for the occasion. Among those who managed the artistic aspects of the spectacle was Don Vincenzo Borghini, "one of the guiding spirits of the Accademia del Disegno, an adept inventor of allegorical themes for the Medici court", who worked together with Vasari on Michelangelo's funeral. When Cosimo died his body lay in state on a catafalque… Read More

Venice: Appresso Il [Giovanni Battista] Ciotti, 1621. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. boards covered with a liturgical manuscript leaf. A fine, crisp copy with a little light marginal soiling; verso of final leaf also lightly soiled. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, a full-page portrait of Cosimo II, and 15 full-paged engraved plates. One of the engravings is signed by Francesco Valeggio (or Valesio) (sculp.) and Philipp Esengren (delineauit.) Watanabe-O'Kelly identifies the second engraver as Filippo Csegtenio [?]. A lavishly-illustrated funeral book describing the obsequies held in Venice for Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590-1621) and the elaborate décor created for the occasion. The opulent ceremonies were accompanied by music (now lost) by Monteverdi. The ceremony took place on 25 May 1621 in the church of the Dominican Fathers S.S. Giovanni and Paolo and the decorative programme was entrusted to the architect-painter Matteo Ingoli (b. 1587, Ravenna -… Read More

London: Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by Godfrey Emondson, and Thomas Alchorne, 1631. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th c. quarter morocco and marbled papers over boards (rubbing to joints and extremities), spine tooled in gold. Contents in good condition, cut close with shaving to a number of headlines and some signature marks but not affecting the text itself. Faint dampstain to t.p. and second leaf, and again in gathering E, verso of final leaf lightly soiled. Woodcut headpieces on leaves A3 and A4; attractive casket woodcut at head of leaf B1. Provenance: ex libris John Clawson, John Scott, Robert Lowry van Dyke, and Kenneth Rapoport, with bookplates. First edition of George Chapman's examination of Julius Caesar, one of history's most complex and influential figures, through a re-telling of the events of the Roman Civil War. The extensive stage directions were likely written by Chapman, making "Caesar and Pompey" the only one of his plays with authorial stage… Read More

London: [s.n.], 1687. FINAL BLACK LETTER EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. sprinkled calf, the boards framed by a repeating gold tool. Discreetly rebacked preserving most of the original spine, corners bumped; new endpapers. With the full-page engraved portrait of Chaucer bound opposite the title page and a second title page (leaf c1) with a three-quarter page woodcut of Chaucer's arms. A very fine, crisp copy with trivial faults: a burn-hole in blank margin of leaf E4; two small spots on leaf N3; lvs. T2-3 lightly toned, clear dampstain to gathering Uu; occasional rust spots. The contents are: "The Canterbury Tales", together with the "Prologues"; "The Romaunt of the Rose"; "Troilus and Criseyde"; "The Legend of Good Women"; Chaucer's translation of Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy"; "The Dreame of Chaucer"; "The Assemblie of Foules"; The Flower of Courtesie"; "How Pitie is Dead"; "La Belle Dame sans Mercie"; "Annelida and false Arcite"; "The Assembly of Ladies"; The Conclusion of the… Read More

London: Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Anchor, in the lower walk of the New Exchange, 1656. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A very good, crisp, complete copy of this rare book, bound in contemporary English sheepskin, ruled in blind, rebacked, boards heavily worn. Metal-cut t.p. rule shaved on two sides, portrait leaf with small repair to lower left corner, just entering the blank corner of the plate mark (no loss to image), blank corner of leaf B6 excised (no loss), a few tiny repairs to marginal tears. The book includes a woodcut chess board on p. 14. The portrait of King Charles I is by Peter Stent (fl. 1640-1667). The book includes a poem by Richard Lovelace (1618-1658). In this issue the poem begins "Sir, now unravell'd is the Golden Fleece" and is unsigned. In another issue (no precedence), the poem is titled "To his Honoured Friend on his Game of Chesse-Play" and is signed "R. Lovelace."(See Leon, "The Games of Greco", p. 234).… Read More

Naples: Giovanni Domenico Montanaro, 1634. FIRST EDITION of the first work. SECOND EDITION (1st ed. 1604), with updates, of the second work. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, moderately soiled. Internally very good copies: I. ('Il Puttino'): Free end-paper a little ragged, upper blank margin of first few leaves slightly nibbled, mild foxing, gatherings G-I lightly browned, occasional small stains. II. ('Inventione'): Small dark stain in upper blank margin throughout, not affecting the text; gathering G lightly browned. Large woodcut printer's device on both title pages. Alessandro Salvio (1575-1640) was one of the foremost Neapolitan chess-players. A student of Michele di Mauro, Salvio cemented his international standing in 1598 when he defeated the Sicilian master, Paolo Boi. He established a chess academy in his native Naples (in the house of jurist Alessandro Rovito) and was a frequent player in the chess houses of the city, where he also demonstrated his skill at blindfold… Read More

Paris: Ex Officina Roberti Stephani, 1538-, 1539. FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in matching 18th c. speckled calfskin bindings, rebacked, the gilding to the spine largely preserved, minor wear, corners bumped. The text is clean and broad-margined, with just the occasional minor dampstain to the upper edge of the upper blank margin. A few 18th c. annotations and underscores. 17th(?) c. inscription (scored through) on first title page: "Ex bibliotheca Petri à Thoma Montalbanensia". Each of the five volumes has its own dated title page with a large woodcut Estienne device. The first volume is introduced by an additional, general title page. Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 are dated 1538. Part 2 is dated 1539. The colophon at the end of the first volume reads: "Excudebat Robertus Stephanus Parisiis, Ann. M. XXXIX. Idib. Augusti." The text is adorned with large criblé initials throughout. For his edition, Robert Estienne used the text of Cicero as edited by Pietro Vettori, and has included… Read More

Venice: Per Giovan Battista et Melchior Sessa fratelli, 1558. THE COLLECTED POEMS of VITTORIA COLONNA with THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST PART of the COMMENTARY OF RINALDO CORSO. THIS EDITION ALSO INCLUDES THE FIRST PRINTED EDITION of FIVE SONNETS BY COSTANZA D'AVALOS. Hardcover. Fine. A nice, unsophisticated copy in contemporary limp vellum. Title dusty, a few light marginal stains, marginal paper flaw (not affecting text) to leaf *4, short worm-trail in lower margin of five gatherings (Q-S, V-X), touching a single letter in the bottom line of text on some lvs., damp-stain to 4 lvs. in gathering FF and at end, a few other stray marks. This important scholarly edition of the poems of Vittoria Colonna, a copy of which was owned by Colonna's friend Michelangelo (with whom Colonna exchanged verses and from whom she received drawings), is a primary resource for understanding the contemporary critical reception of Colonna's poetry. This edition includes five NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED sonnets by Costanza… Read More

Nuremberg: Johannes Petreius, 1543. FIRST EDITION, and a very fine and crisp copy. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in attractive, contemporary Parisian calf with some discreet repairs. The boards are blind-ruled and adorned with gold-tooled ornaments. This is one of very few to have appeared on the market in a contemporary binding. The text is in excellent condition, with just minor blemishes (small early erasure of an ownership inscription on the title just slightly touching the "D." in the date. Light damp-staining to first six leaves.) Collation as in Horblit; this copy without the errata leaf -printed separately and later- that is found in a minority of copies (about 20 percent). Preserved in a morocco-backed box. Provenance: At the foot of the title-page, an early signature has been thoroughly lined through. 17th- or 18th-century inscription on title of the Jesuit College of Paris. Bookplate of Gustavus Wynne Cook (1867-1940, amateur astronomer, collector, and benefactor of the Franklin Institute). … Read More

London: printed by William Stansby for the author, 1611. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th c. straight-grain green morocco, gilt (light wear to hinges, and extremities, joints strengthened). A very good, complete copy, a.e.g., with minor faults: plate of the Venetian courtesan facing p.261 re-margined and with small, clean tear, lower edge of leaf e5 restored with loss to a few words on recto, made good in pen, a few discreet paper repairs, occ. rust spots, causing small holes in lvs. Nn3 and Oo1. Complete with the additional engraved title ("Coryats Crudities Hastily gobled [sic] up") by William Hole, 4 engraved plates, engraved text illustrations by Hole, full-page woodcut arms of the Prince of Wales, woodcut headpieces, and decorative initials. Clock plate trimmed to plate mark. Internally very fine. Provenance: George Steevens (1736-1800, commentator on Shakespeare, friend of Samuel Johnson, with whom he collaborated on the 10-volume edition of Shakespeare's works (1773), ink stamp… Read More

London: By Iohn Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate, beneath Saint Martines, 1564. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine copy, clean throughout, bound in early 20th c. brown morocco, gilt. Printed in Black Letter, With a fine, historiated, woodcut title page border populated by swans, youths playing instruments, griffins, and masks. A large woodcut illustration, taken from Foxe's "Martyrs", shows six reformers being burned at the stake. An important collection of writings by English Protestants, many of whom had been martyred, compiled and with a preface by Miles Coverdale. There are letters by Lady Jane Gray (1536/7-1554) (a letter written "to her syster the Ladye Katheryne, immediately before she suffered"), John Bradford (1510?-1555) (including a partial reprint of "An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse", STC 3480.5), John Careless (as well as a ballad, about which see below), Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) (including a partial reprint of "The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene,… Read More

London: In the Savoy, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1670. THIRD EDITION of "Steps to the Temple". Hardcover. Fine. Contemporary English calf, upper joint cracked. Complete with the engraved frontispiece. Provenance: Richard Heber, his sale 1834, to Britwell Court; Richard Jennings. This collection of Crashaw's poetry comprises the third edition (not the second, as the title states) of his "Steps to the Temple" (first 1646), the third edition of "The Delights of the Muses" (first edition 1648) and the second edition of the posthumous "Carmen Deo Nostro...Sacred Poems" (first edition 1652). "The Delights of the Muses" and the "Carmen Deo nostro" each has a divisional title page on leaves F8r and K5r respectively. Along with Donne, Herbert and Marvell, Crashaw was one of the most important of the Metaphysical poets. "Compared with one another, Crashaw represents more of Donne's ecstasy, and Herbert more of his reason" (George… Read More