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

Two volumes, 8vo, pp. iv, xvi, 64, 576, seven folding tables; 12136, 510, seven leaves of tables; woodcut head- and tailpieces, and numerous tables within text; paper largely browned throughout, with some spotting and light marginal staining; occasional contemporary ink marks; wormtrace to foot of tables in volume one, not affecting text, and small wormhole in bottom margin of several gatherings of volume one, again not affecting text; in contemporary calf; spines gilt in compartments between raised bands, gilt lettering-pieces, edges red; stain to foot of volume one, not affecting interior; otherwise, aside from some slight wear to extremities, an attractive copy.

First edition of this rare Latin course, 'useful for everyone studying the Latin language, and necessary for everyone, of either sex, who wishes to learn it easily, quickly, without the help of teachers, and without getting in the way of their everyday occupations'. The author, Ignace Vanière, whose name appears on the title-page of the… Read More

8vo, pp. cccciv, [31] indexes, [1] blank; woodcut headpiece- and tailpieces; paper uniformly lightly yellowed, but otherwise fresh; uncut in later drab stiff wrappers; somewhat browned, and chipped at head.
First edition, rare, of this study of the laws governing religious orders and the election of their superiors, with particular attention paid to the Franciscans, by the Neapolitan lawyer Michele Maria Vecchioni.
Vecchioni sketches the origins and history of the Franciscans, describing their internal governance, the arrangement of the various hierarchies, and the various peculiarities of Franciscan discipline, in order to argue that the superiors of the order do not have the right to dictate or interfere in the election of priors and other heads of individual monastic houses; and that this was in accordance with Pope Benedict XII's 1342 declaration on the Franciscan rule. He explains how the established form of elections conformed not only to good sense and natural reason, but also to the general… Read More