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

Lisbon, Quetzal, 1989.. First and Only Portuguese Edition. Large 4º (29 x23.6 cm.), publisher's blind-stamped buckram with dust jacket. As new. 91 pp., (3 ll.) profusely illustrated. *** First and Only Portuguese Edition. The original title of the story by Tabucchi is Voci portata da qualcosa, impossibile dire cosa.***

Madrid, Por Luis Sanchez a su costa, y de Juan Hasrey, 1614.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (29.4 x 21 cm.), contemporary limp vellum (one thong fore-edge clasp preserved), horizontal manuscript short title and "Ilustrada // por // Baltasar Alamos" near head of spine, and eary manuscript decorative flourish near foot, text-block edges sprinkled red. Engraved title within historiated border made up of 8 panels. Engraved arms of the dedicatee on fifth preliminary leaf. Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Text in roman and italic, with a smaller size for the commentary running on 2 or 3 sides of the text. A few leaves with slight toning; a few other leaves in index with minor foxing. Overall in fine condition. Armorial stamp "Beardsley" at center of front pastedown endleaf. (14 ll.), 1003, (1) pp., (76 ll.). Pagination skips from 554 to 604, but text and signatures indicate that there is nothing missing. †4, †10, A-Z8, 2A-2B8, 2C-2P6, 2Q-2Z8, 3A-3Q8, 3R6, ¶-¶8, a-g8, h4. Leaf Qq3 missigned A3; Aaa4… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina Real Deslandesiana, 1715.. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, contemporary speckled calf (minor wear), edges sprinkled, leather lettering piece, gilt letter, spine gilt, 2 original cord page markers preserved. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Top margin dusty. Overall in fine condition. Early ownership inscription above imprint on title. (26 ll.), 313 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST EDITION of this translation of Annals books I-III. One of the licenses, by the respected scholar Raphael Bluteau (author of the Vocabulario portuguez) states that no Portuguese translation of any part of Tacitus had been published before this one.Couto Felix (1642-1713) was fluent in Latin by age 9 and had received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Évora by age 11, after which he went on to study law at Coimbra. Known for his vast erudition and his knowledge of languages, he was appointed head of the Torre do Tombo archive in 1703. This work was published posthumously by his son, who… Read More

Boston, Printed by Thomas B. Wait & Company, Sold by W. Wells, 1809.. First American Edition. Large 12°, disbound. Some browning, faint dampstains, small paper defect on second leaf, affecting a few letters of text. In good condition. 22 pp., (1 blank l.). *** First American edition. Talleyrand discusses the reasons for the increased trade between Great Britain and America following the War of Independence, and the development of American industry. In a separate essay, he considers why colonies have traditionally been established, and recommends that France begin colonization, with careful thought given to size, location, and the nature of the colonists. These two speeches were originally printed in the Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts, 1799; the first separate edition was London, 1805. An English translation was published in London, 1806.*** Sabin 94259. Shaw & Shoemaker 18719. Kress B5581. This edition not in Howes; cf. T15 for the French edition.

Lisbon, Livraria Morais Editora, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY (?) EDITION. 4°, original printed wrappers with printed label tipped onto front wrapper. In very good to fine condition. Author's signed and dated four-line presentation inscription near center of half-title: "Ao grande Poeta Murilo Mendes // oferece com a maior admiração // e amizade o Pedro Tamen // ABR.60". 50 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY (?) EDITION of the third book of poetry by this significant Portuguese poet, who has been awarded the Prémio da Crítica and the Grande Prémio Inapa de Poesia. He also has been influential as a translator, rendering into Portuguese the work of André Breton, Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel Foucault, Georges Pérec, E. Jabès, Thomas à Kêmpis, Sade, Victor Segalen, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Fernando Savater, Camilo José Cela, Pedro Almodovar, Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Carlos Onetti, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others, for which he received the Grande Prémio de Tradução in… Read More

Lisbon, Livraria Morais Editora, 1962.. FIRST and ONLY (?) EDITION. 4°, original printed wrappers with printed label tipped onto front wrapper. In very good condition. Author's signed and dated five-line presentation inscription near center of half-title: "Ao grande Poeta Murilo Mendes // com a muita admiração // e a muito grata estima // o Pedro Tamen // DEZ. 62". Some annotations [by Mendes?] in pencil. 49 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY (?) EDITION of the fourth book of poetry by this significant Portuguese poet, who has been awarded the Prémio da Crítica and the Grande Prémio Inapa de Poesia. He also has been influential as a translator, rendering into Portuguese the work of André Breton, Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel Foucault, Georges Pérec, E. Jabès, Thomas à Kêmpis, Sade, Victor Segalen, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Fernando Savater, Camilo José Cela, Pedro Almodovar, Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Carlos Onetti, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others, for which he… Read More

Chichester, England, Phillimore, 1978.. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. As new. 188 pp., (2 ll.), 381 illustrations of art works (94 in color) on 135 ll. of plates printed on both sides. *** Important, profusely illustrated reference work containing biographical information on some 2,200 Portuguese artists working in a variety of media. Includes data on exhibitions and prizes awarded.***

Madrid, En la Imprenta de Francisco Martinez, 1638.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, contemporary limp vellum (inner front hinge weak, lacks ties and front free endleaf), pastedown endleaves taken from the text of an earlier work, vertical manuscript title on spine. Two finely engraved plates. Eighteen engraved half-length portraits in text at the beginning of eulogies II through XIX. Double-ruled woodcut border throughout. Woodcut initials. Nine woodcut tailpieces. Some light toning. In fine condition. Two plates with finely engraved portraits of the Conde Duque de Olivares [the dedicatee] and Philip IV of Spain, (6), 100 ll. [i.e., 102, with 96-97 bis]; quire Bb, of 2 ll., bound after quire Cc, which ends with the colophon. Leaf 87 incorrectly numbered 7. *** FIRST EDITION. The eighteen engraved half-length portraits are all dated 1637 and signed by Pedro Perete (or Perrete, d. 1639). Son and pupil of Pieter Perret (b. Antwerp 1555; d. Madrid c. 1625), the younger Perete was one of the second generation of… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Miguel Deslandes, 1682.. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, mid-nineteenth-century tan tree sheep (slight wear; a few other very minor defects), spine gilt with slightly raised bands in four compartments, red leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, gilt letter, gilt date at foot, marbled endleaves, text-block edges blotched red. Woodcut floral vignette on title page. Woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Numerous typographical headpieces. Engraved title backed. Single small round wormhole in lower blank margin of first 20 leaves and the two plates. Minor dampstains in margins of last few leaves. Overall in good conditon. Ink note on verso of engraved title: "Raro e classico // Custou 2:600 // Porto 1867 // A.J.R. Pereira". Also, in green ink on verso of title page: "V. 3:000 / AJR Pereira // 1867 Porto". Engraved added title, engraved frontispiece with sonnet at center, (16 ll.), 659 pp. In some copies p. 239 is incorrectly numbered 236; here it is… Read More

Orléans, Da' Torchj di L.P. Couret de Villeneuve, 1787.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, contemporary speckled calf, smooth spine gilt in six compartments, red spine labels in second and third compartments with titles (some wear to edges and hinges, slightly defective at head and foot of spine), marbled endleaves, text block edges marbled. Woodcut vignette on title page. Woodcut headpieces and ornaments. Scattered light stains and browning. Overall good to very good condition. 502 pp. *** First edition thus. Two of these three pastoral plays formed the inspiration for operas.Tasso's Aminta, a pastoral romance set in the era of Alexander the Great, was the basis of a libretto by Metastasio, Il re pastore, which premiered in 1751. Metastasio's libretto became the basis of Mozart's Il re pastore, which premiered in 1775, and of Aminta, il re pastore, by Antonio Mazzoni (d. 1785). Tasso's story was the basis for the ballet Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, with music by Léo Delibes, first performed in 1876.… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Pedro Ferreira, Impressor da Augustissima Rainha N.S., 1738.. 8°, contemporary sheep (some rubbing; slight wear), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, citron leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, gilt letter, text block edges sprinkled red. Small typographical vignette on title page. Woodcut Portuguese royal arms and initial on second leaf recto. Woodcut headpiece and initial on third leaf verso. Other small woodcut initials and typographical headpieces. Large woodcut emblematic tailpiece on p. 124. Woodcut tailpieces on pp. 312 and 341. Small hole in upper outer corner of leaf Qiiii, causing loss of the "2" of p. 259 and the "0" of p. 260. Light toning. Overall in very good condition. Ink inscription on front free endleaf recto "Encadernado em pasta // em 29 de Janeiro de 1745 // [signature illeg.]". Blue on beige printed paper ticket of the Antiquarian bookseller José Rodrigues Pires, R. 4 de Infantaria, 34–1º Dto., Lisboa, in upper outer… Read More

Rio de Janeiro, B.L. Garnier (printed by Typ. Pinheiro & Cª), 1874.. First Edition. 8°, contemporary quarter burgundy sheep over marbled boards (wear to corners; other slight wear), spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt fillets, gilt lettering in second compartment from head, marbled endleaves. Scattered very light, minor stains. Overall in very good condition. 237 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION, with four short stories and a one-act play, "Da mão á boca, se perde a sopa". A native of Rio de Janeiro, Taunay (1843-1899), historian, lexicographer and political figure, was also one of the foremost Brazilian novelists of the later nineteenth century, as well as a distinguished politician. His literary works—most written under pseudonyms such as Sílvio Dinarte—include the novels Inocência (1872) and O encilhamento (1893). Inocência, set in the sertão of Matto Grosso, was one of the first Brazilian novels to forsake Romanticism for Realism.*** Sacramento Blake I, 58: without… Read More

Coimbra, Na Real Imprensa da Universidade, 1810.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 8°, contemporary sheep (very slight wear to extremities, small round paper tag tipped on to lowest compartment of spine), smooth spine minimally gilt without lettering, text block edges rouged (for volume I) and tinted yellow (for volume II). In very good to fine condition. xxiv, 350 pp., (1 l. errata), 2 folding engraved plates, 1 large folding table of chemical substances; viii, 174 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of what can be called the first attempt at a hydrological survey of Portugal. Over a half-century later, it was still the only such work of any significance, according to Rodrigues de Gusmão (as quoted by Innocêncio). The greater part of the first volume consists of an inventory of all known sources for mineral water within continental Portugal, as well as the Island of São Miguel in the Azores. Each source is carefully classified and located geographically. The book begins with a… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina da Mesma Academia Real, 1791.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 10 works bound in 1 volume. 4°, contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards (minor wear to corners), smooth spine with gilt fillets and dark green leather lettering piece displaying "miscellan // medica" in gilt letter, text block edges sprinkled. Woodcut vignette of the Real Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa on title page. Typographical headpiece on p. 1. Printed on thick paper of excellent quality. Clean and crisp. In very good to fine condition. Fine internally. (2 ll.), 37, (1) pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Instructions to those seeking the cure at the baths of Caldas da Rainha: how to prepare, what to do while undergoing treatment, and when to visit them. Tavares was best known as a pharmacologist; his texts were used in the Lisbon medical schools for some time. The final page contains a list of books published by the Academy of Sciences. Some copies have an addition leaf of advertisements.*** Innocêncio III,… Read More

Lisbon, Typ. de I.H. Semmedo, 1848.. 8°, stitched, early pink plain rear wrapper. Uncut and unopened. Light browning. Small nicks at edges. In good condition. 40 pp. *** Second edition; the first appeared earlier in 1848, with 42, [1] pp. It is an impassioned if belated response to A voz do Propheta, a political essay by Alexandre Herculano that was published anonymously in 1837.The author (1806-1877), a native of in Extremoz (in the Alemtejo), was son of General Antonio Tavares Maggessi and himself a captain in the cavalry.*** Cf. Innocêncio I, 190, for the author and for the first edition. Porbase locates one copy each at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and Biblioteca João Paulo II-Universidade Católica Portuguesa; five copies of the first edition at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and one at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. No edition located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase.

Lisbon, Imprensa de Francisco Xavier de Souza, 1850.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, later plain wrappers. Uncut. Light browning. In good condition. 12 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Part of the Eu e o Clero pamphlet war: the author politely disagrees with Herculano.In volume I of his Historia de Portugal, 1846, Alexandre Herculano called the Battle of Ourique a "pious fraud." Legend had it that D. Afonso saw an apparition of Christ at Ourique in 1139, and that year is traditionally used as the foundation date for the Portuguese monarchy. The clergy and the press attacked Herculano for lacking patriotism and piety. In Eu e o clero, 1850 (addressed to the cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon), Herculano denounced the fanaticism and ignorance of the Portuguese clergy. The controversy this set off continued for some years. Herculano's statements on the Battle of Ourique are today accepted as correct.The author (1806-1877), a native of in Extremoz (in the Alemtejo), was son of General Antonio Tavares Maggessi… Read More

Lisbon, Relógio d'Água, 2006.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 145 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION. Born in 1970, the author published his first work, Livro da dança, in 2001. His novel Jerusalem (Círculo de Leitores, 2004; Caminho, 2005) was awarded the Prémio LER by the Millenium B.C.P. and the Prémio José Saramago for 2005. His Senhor Valéry (2002) was awarded the Prémio Branquinho da Fonseca by the weekly newspaper Expresso and the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Investigações, Novalis, poesia (2002) was awarded the Prémio Revelação de Poesia APE / IPLG, 1999. A volume of poems, O homem ou é tonto ou é mulher (2002), was adapted for the stage at the Teatro Aberto during the "encontro do Novíssimo Teatro de Expressão Portuguesa e Alemã" by the Artistas Unidos n’ A Capital. His poetry has appeared in anthologies in Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium, as well as in English and American reviews, while his prose has been translated into Italian,… Read More

Lisbon, Imprensa de Francisco Xavier de Souza, 1850.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, early plain green wrappers (faded). Some soiling on title page. In good to very good condition. Old blue-bordered paper tag on title page with shelfmark ("1358"). 37 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST EDITION; a second appeared in the same year, with only 32 pages. In this pamphlet, part of the Eu e o Clero pamphlet war, the author politely disagrees with Herculano. Herculano responded with Solemnia verba, Cartas ao sr. A.L. Maggessi Tavares, 1850, and shortly thereafter Tavares replied to Herculano with Carta em resposta a outra do sr. A. herculano, que tem por titulo "Solemnia verba," 1850.In volume I of his Historia de Portugal, 1846, Alexandre Herculano called the Battle of Ourique a "pious fraud." Legend had it that D. Afonso saw an apparition of Christ at Ourique in 1139, and that year is traditionally used as the foundation date for the Portuguese monarchy. The clergy and the press attacked Herculano for lacking… Read More

Aveiro, Gráfica Aveirense, 1943.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original beige printed wrappers. Unopened. In very good condition. Author's signed ("José Tavares") and dated ("1-XII-962") seven-line presentation inscription on the half-title to Snr. Carvalho Pereira. 61 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Analysis of the first two editions of Eça de Queiroz's O Crime do Padre Amaro.José Pereira Tavares (1887-1983) wrote anthologies of Portuguese literature and works on Portuguese grammar that went through many editions.*** NUC: DLC, MH, NcD.

Lisbon, Tinta-da-China, 2018.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 717 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION***