Search Results: Authors starting with L from Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books Ltd

Four volumes in two, 12mo, pp. 241, [1] table; 248, [2] table; 214, [1] table, [1] blank; 261, [1] table; with engraved frontispiece to each volume, included in each case in pagination; old stamp "G.S Baechingen an der Brenz" on title-page of volumes one and three, old ownership signature "d' Forstner" on title-page of volume one; aside from some sporadic light browning, clean and fresh throughout; in contemporary German calf-backed boards, spine with raised bands and paper labels with titles in a contemporary hand; light wear, but an attractive copy.
A good copy, in an attractive contemporary German binding, of this early French adaptation of The History of Charlotte Summers, the Fortunate Parish Girl, which had first appeared in English in 1749 and is often attributed, probably erroneously, to Sarah Fielding.

The basics of the plot would feel familiar to any reader of Tom Jones, and the eponymous heroine can be seen perhaps as a sister to the foundling of that novel. Certainly, there are many… Read More

8vo, containing 52 theses of between 8 and 15 pages each, divided into three sections; each thesis with an elaborate engraved headpiece and either a tailpiece or a full-page engraving, many signed 'Constantinus' (see below); manuscript list of contents at end; some foxing and browning in places; ownership signature of Constantin on first page and on front free endpaper; a few contemporary annotations to one thesis; in contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, skiver lettering-pieces (one with 'Tom I'); boards and extremities somewhat worn.

An interesting collection of dissertations on civil law presented by students at the law faculty of the University of Turin.

The volume contains three dissertationes, each of which is divided up into theses, all of which are separately paginated, and which discuss the nature and division of law, the role of statue, the ways of interpreting laws, and the responsibilities and position of the judiciary. A full listing of the theses, all of which… Read More

8vo, pp. [iv], 182, [6] contents and privilege; numerous woodcut ornaments throughout; occasional spotting and browning, especially to last few leaves, but largely clean and fresh; contemporary ownership signature on title-page; in contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering-piece; wear to edges of boards and corners with small loss to calf, and slightly sprung, but still an attractive copy.
First edition of this collection of Latin poems, many alongside their French translations, by the poet, novelist, and fabulist Antoine-Louis Le Brun (1680-1743).
Best known for his Fables of 1722, Le Brun here offers a collection of poems ranging from the bawdy (a number of verses addressed to Bacchus) to the tragic (on the drowning of a friend in the Seine), the historical (on the capture of Barcelona by the French in 1696, and on the peace between France and Savoy in the same year), and the moral and religious (on piety and true friendship).
While the bulk of the poems are… Read More