Search Results: Authors starting with G from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

São Luiz do Maranhão, (Typ. do Frias), 1872.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards (worn at corners, other minor binding wear), smooth spine with gilt fillets and letter, green endleaves. Occasional very minor foxing. Overall in very good condition. 180 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Most of the poems are unsigned, or signed only with initials. The Gabinete Português de Leitura was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1837; branches are known to have existed in Recife and Maranhão.*** Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in NUC.

Granada, en la Imprenta Real de Francisco de Ochoa, 1692.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, early limp vellum (stained and worn). Woodcut headpiece, tailpiece and initials. Occasional light browning and minor stains. Large repair to final leaf, with loss of a few letters on each of six lines of recto. In good condition. Booktag on front pastdown (seventeenth century printing?) reads, "Este Libro es de Don Juan Antonio Ramirez, vecino del Lugar del Fondon." (8 ll.), 328 pp.; quire Oo missing, but pagination follows; lacking an engraved title and another plate called for in Palau. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.*** Palau 96455: calling for an engraved title page, 8 h., 1 lám., 328 pp. Heredia 4973, no. 7: calling for an extra, engraved title page. CCPBE cites only three copies, in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, the Diputación de Granada, and in an anonymous private library in Granada. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched). Jisc locates a single copy, at British Library. NUC: NNH.

Brasília, Sóbrindes Ltda., 1978.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original printed wrappers. In very good condition. (10 ll.), including 5 pp. of illustrations [2 in color]. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of the catalogue of an exhibition of 50 gouaches by Manoel Cargaleiro held in May, 1978 at Galeria "B" of the Fundação Cultural do Distrito Federal, Brasília, organized jointly by the Fundação and the Portuguese Embassy. There is an introduction by João Clemente Baena Soares, and a sonnet by Nuno Alçada. *** Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).

Lisbon, Colibri, 2016.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 374 pp., (1 l.), viii pp. color plates, footnotes, illustrations, tables, and facsimiles of documents in text, bibliography. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Madrid, Por Luis Sanchez, 1615.. First Edition in Spanish. 4°, contemporary limp vellum (ties gone, other small defects), manuscript title on spine, text block edges rouged. Woodcut of a crucifix on title page. Numerous woodcut initials. Typographical headpieces and tailpieces. Very occasional light spotting and small light waterstains. Overall in very good condition. Small stamp of P. Celino on title page. Old signature of Juan Gonsales on front pastedown endleaf. Six line inscription dated 1680 on rear pastdown endleaf, with two other old signatures below. (30), 153 [i.e. 151; leaf 151 misnumbered 153], (1); 131 ll. Each of the two parts contains a colophon; that for the first part is erroneously dated 1605. *** First edition in Spanish, and the first printing of this work in Spain. An edition in Portuguese appeared at Seville the same year. The original Portuguese edition was printed in Lisbon by Pedro Craesbeeck, 1611. There is also an edition in Portuguese of Lisbon: Pedro Craesbeeck, 1615.… Read More

Lisbon, Por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, nineteenth-century (second half) quarter cloth over marbled boards (minor wear to corners) spine with short title gilt, text block edges sprinkled. Woodcut Bragança arms (in an unusual diamond shape) below a ducal coronet on title page. Title page within typographical border. Woodcut initials. A number of woodcut tailpieces, including one full page on leaf 432 verso. A few running heads and sidenotes touched; some dampstaining in index, final page somewhat soiled. In good to very good condition. Early title page ink inscription by Antonio de Sancta Thereza [2 additional words scored]. (9), 432, (28) ll. *** FIRST EDITION. A second edition appeared in 1619; there were editions in Spanish published at Madrid and Sevile in 1615. Bell writes that the mantle of Frei Thomé de Jesus, the most celebrated preacher of his time, "fell upon Francisco Fernandez Galvão (1554–1610), the prose of whose Sermões . . . is admirably restrained and pure."… Read More

(Lisbon), Edição do Autor, 1932.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original pale green illustrated wrappers, stapled (slight soiling and fading). Slight browning. Uncut and unopened. In very good condition. 30 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.*** Not in Santos, Exposição bibliográfica de Afonso Lopes Vieira.

Porto, Typographia Commercial, 1851.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original blue printed wrappers (lower wrapper stained, spine backed with paper). Horizontal foldline. In good condition. 35 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. A speech in celebration of the first year of the medical school at Porto; includes a brief overview of the history of medical schools and a discussion of the qualities of a good physician.*** Innocêncio III, 253-4; X, 120. Pires de Lima, Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto 1737. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo da Colecção Portuguesa II, 188. Porbase locates a copy at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. NUC: DNLM.

Lisbon, Na Officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1782.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, contemporary mottled sheep (rather worn at corners, head and foot of spine, front cover scraped), spine richly gilt with raised bands in six compartments (lettering piece gone, with some damage to second compartment from head; third compartment from head also damaged), covers with gilt borders, gilt floral tooling at each corner, and gilt Portuguese royal arms at center, covers with milled edges (considerable wear), marbled endleaves, all text block edges gilt and gauffered. Printed on excellent quality, thick paper. Four large and very finely engraved initials. Three finely engraved headpieces (from the same plate), and one large finely engraved tailpiece. Binding "tired" and worn; internally in fine to very fine condition. Overall in good to very good condition. (4 ll.), 256, xiv pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST EDITION. The author, a native of Tomar (1739-1796), wrote of a number of biographical works, the present one being… Read More

Recife, Typ. do Commercio, 1892.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, later blue quarter cloth over decorated boards (light wear), author, title, and date gilt-stamped on upper cover. Light browning. In good condition. 34 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this collection of brief essays.*** Not in Sacramento Blake; see VI, 391 for the author's O Guilherme, conto, Rio de Janeiro, 1895. Not located in Porbase, which cites Galvão as editor of the Jornal do domingo, Recife 1893, and his Calabar na historia ou o dominio hollandez no Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1914, each in a single copy, at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira, respectively. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).

Lisbon, DisLivro Histórica, 2007.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 4° (31 x 25.3 cm.), publisher's printed boards. Printed in blue and black throughout. As new. (1 l.), 523, (1) pp., (1 l.), ample illustration (about half in color), footnotes. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, na Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real, 1751.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, early nineteenth-century marbled wrappers (slight wear at extremities). Nicely printed on heavy paper, with generous margins. Woodcut ornament on title page, woodcut headpiece, tailpiece, and initial. In fine condition. Old rectangular paper tag with printed red border, serrated edges and shelfmark in ink manuscript ("702 E"), on upper inner corner of front wrapper; 5.5 x 5.5 cm. paper label with ink manuscript autor, short title and date near center. (3 ll.), xiii pp. *** FIRST EDITION. The author of this birthday panegyric on Pedro da Mota e Sylva was a subordinate of Mota e Sylva at the Secretaria dos Negocios do Reyno. The praise is effusive, for example: "Vossa Excellencia he hum tal Ministro, que o desejão para seu Secretario todos os Principes da Europa" (p. iii). A second edition appeared in the same year.Filippe José da Gama (1713-1779?), a native of Lisbon, was a member of the Academia Real da Historia… Read More

Lisbon, Na Offic. dos Herd. de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1746.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound, later rear plain brown wrapper, edges rouged from an earlier binding. Rather elegant woodcut vignette on title page, woodcut headpiece, initial, and tailpiece. Light soiling on title page. In good to very good condition. (2 ll.), 59 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this fulsome speech praising D. Maria Josefa da Graça de Noronha, at whose Quinta de Valverde (near Cascais) it was read. D. Maria Josefa, the only daughter of the third Marquês de Cascais, was the wife of D. Francisco Xavier Rafael de Meneses, who had succeeded as sixth Conde da Ericeira and second Marquês de Louriçal in 1742.Filippe José da Gama (1713-1779?), a native of Lisbon, was a member of the Academia Real da Historia Portugueza and published a number of orations and eulogies. His Censura, on the rules of translation, filled 38 pages in Thomas José de Aquino's Tradução portugueza da Ode IV do livro IV de Quinto Horacio… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Joseph Antonio da Sylva, Impressor da Academia Real, 1736.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, later plain brown wrappers, text-block edges sprinkled red earler. In good to very good condition. (4 ll.), 132 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The subject of this funeral oration, Manoel Caetano de Sousa (1658-1734), was a clerigo regular theatino, a founding member of the Academia Real da História and its first director. He was also a member of various other academies of his day. According to Innocêncio he published nearly 300 works, most of them in Latin. D. Francisco Xavier de Meneses, Marquês de Ericeira, an intimate friend, wrote a Catálogo of his writings, both printed and manuscript. Manoel Caetano de Sousa was the elder brother of António Caetano de Sousa, author of the monumental História genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa.Filipe José da Gama (1713-before 1779), was also a member of the Academia Real da História and various other academies. He wrote a number of similar… Read More

Lisbon, M. Gomes [printed at the Imprensa Nacional], 1896.. 8°, contemporary crimson quarter morocco over decorated boards (slight wear to corners), spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, gilt title in second compartment from head, marbled endleaves, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, red silk ribbon place marker, original illustrated wrappers bound in. Steel-engraved headpieces, tailpiece vignettes, initials, and 13 half-page illustrations in text. In fine to very fine condition. Bookplate of João Lopes Holtreman. Oval dark blue on gold glossy paper ticket of Livraria Academica, Porto, in upper outer corner of front pastedown endleaf. (2 ll.), 317 pp., (1 l.). One of 10 copies (numbered 11 through 20 and with the publisher's stamped signature), this being number 20, on heavy, high quality "papel Whatman" with two plates containing proofs for each of the 13 text illustrations, one in black and white, the other in red and white. *** First illustrated edition, in a special paper limited… Read More

[N.p. (Lisbon?), , 1775].. FIRST EDITION. Folio half sheet (31 x 21 cm.), unbound. Printed on recto only. Top margin dusty,with single round hole in blank margin, otherwise fine. Overall in very good to fine condition. Old ink number "72" in upper outer corner of recto. Broadside. *** FIRST EDITION, "exceedingly rare" (Borba de Moraes), of this poem in honor of the dedication of the equestrian statue of D. José I in Lisbon. The bronze statue, executed by the great sculptor Machado de Castro, dedicated on D. José's sixty-first birthday, remains one of Lisbon's most important monuments, dominating one of the major squares of Europe, the Praça do Comercio or "Black Horse Square."José Basilio da Gama (1740-95), born in Minas Gerais, came to Rio de Janeiro at age fifteen to study with the Jesuits. He fled to Portugal upon the Society's expulsion. Then, casting aside his novice's robe, he traveled to Rome, where he was admitted to the Roman Arcadia under the name Termindo Sipilio. Several years later… Read More

Rio de Janeiro, De L'Imprimerie de Gueffier et Cª., 1831.. First Edition. 8°, original green printed wrappers. Wrappers within two ruled borders. Woodcut of a sailing ship on rear wrapper. Light dampstain in lower outer corners of first few leaves. In very good to fine condition. 63 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. Saldanha da Gama, a faithful supporter of D. Pedro I, here argues against the forced abdication of the Emperor, and discusses the weakness of the Brazilian government before the Regeneration, its mistakes (such as the suspension of civil liberties) during it, and improvements made after it. The author (1808-1875) was a native of Bahia, son of its governor. He served numerous times in the Brazilian legislature and was Minister to Vienna when the revolt broke out on 7 April 1831.*** Sacramento Blake V, 175. Innocêncio XIII, 191: confusing the author with his son of the same name (b. Rio de Janeiro, 1839). Not in Bosch. Not in Rodrigues. Porbase locates a single copy, at the Biblioteca João… Read More

Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1982.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. As new. v, 264 pp., (1 l.), portrait of Burton on half title verso, footnotes, extensive endnotes, bibliography. *** First edition thus of a landmark of Brazilian literature. After the fall of the Marquês de Pombal, all available copies were suppressed, and Borba de Moraes describes the original 1769 Portuguese language edition, reproduced here in facsimile, as "rare and sought after." The theme of this great epic is the Spanish and Portuguese campaign against the seven missionary villages in the region southeast of present-day Paraguay, whose Indian inhabitants had allegedly been incited by the Jesuits to revolt against the provisions of the Treaty of 1750. With its grandeur, pomp, and severe beauty, Basilio da Gama's poetry establishes him as the pioneer of Brazilian Indianism, which was later to become a chief theme of Brazilian letters. Written in run-on blank verse, the poem… Read More

Coimbra, Na Real Imprensa da Universidade, 1808.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, disbound. Small wood-engraved royal arms of Portugal on title page. Typographical ornaments. Dampstain at corner. In good condition. Old manuscript ink pagination "391-403". 11 pp. *** FIRST EDITION, with an ode and a sonnet. The ode salutes a Portuguese general who was murdered by his own men. Bernardim Freire de Andrade (1759-1809) commanded the forces of the Junta at Porto (actually an unruly militia) during the Peninsular War. The year after this poem was published, Freire de Andrade was ordered to face Marshal Soult's army of professionals; fearing to order a retreat, he tried to leave the army and was thrown into jail in Braga. A group of militiamen broke into the jail and murdered him. Three days later, the French under Soult inflicted a crushing defeat on the Portuguese at the Battle of Braga.The sonnet, on p. 11, is to Brigadier General D. Miguel Pereira Forjaz (1769-1827). When Junot took power in Lisbon, Pereira… Read More

Lisbon, Na Oficina de Caietano Ferreira da Costa, 1768.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Woodcut ornament on title page. Map (mostly typeset) on p. 4. Somewhat browned. In good condition. Remains of old paper tag in upper inner corner of title page, without loss. Old ink foliation (429-426) in upper outer corners of rectos of each leaf. 16 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of what appears to be a satire on military training, of a "battle" description that consists of marches and counter-marches, digging of ditches trinxeiras), and elaborate maneuvers on the part of cavalry, infantry, and baggage trains.In a minor episode in the Seven Years' War, a Franco-Spanish army invaded Portugal in 1761 at Trás-os-Montes, capturing the towns of Miranda do Douro, Bragança, and Chaves. Portugal's military might had not been a major concern of the Marquês de Pombal, and in order to respond to the invasion, an Anglo-Portuguese army had to be hastily assembled and trained under the command of Wilhelm, Conde… Read More