Search Results: Titles starting with C from Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books

Paris: Rob. Stephani, 1544. Hardcover. See Description. First and only Estienne edition. 8vo. pp. 208, [32]. Title page with Estienne device [Renouard Typographiques #294]. Latin text printed in italic. The title page shows some mild spotting; a faint monogram is also written in an old hand on either side of the printer’s device. Interior pages are clean and crisp. Bound in early 19th century straight grained red morocco with spots of rubbing to the extremities. The outer joints are professionally strengthened. The upper corner tip to the front cover is neatly patched. All edges are gilt. The inside front cover contains the heraldic book plate and the monogrammed ticket of English book collector Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831) [See De Ricci, "English Collectors…" plate VIII, also pp. 159-160]. An additional heraldic plate from another owner is located on the marbled fly-leaf. Contents include the extant historical works of the Roman statesman and author Caius Crispus… Read More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [2], vi, [2], 225, [1] + 14pp of B&W illustrations in the rear. Bound in red cloth. Very Good - Fine. Reprint of the original 1905 edition. An annotated bibliography of the incunabula in the Trinity College Library, Dublin.

Mansfield Centre, CT.: Martino Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. See Description. Facsimile reprint of the 1927 Magg’s Bros. catalogue/bibliography. Small folio. pp. [6], 9-208. With early title page reproductions. Bound in illustrated boards. (The title is printed in French on the front cover but the interior entry descriptions are in English). The binding contains a spot of bumping on the fore-edge of each board. Interior pages are clean. …Describes early imprints of works by and about the 16th century French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585).

London: Sotheby & Co., 1974. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Small Folio. 2 vols. All published. Part I. A-C, describes lots 1-258. Part II. D-G describes lots 259-502. Includes many illustrations. Bound in Green cloth. Volume II has a small tear in the front hinge, else a clean copy. Prices realized sheet for part II is a photocopy.

Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1874. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 404p. [Page numbering jumps from p.384 to p.389, however, no parts are missing]. Bound in pebbled brown publisher’s cloth. Some fraying and wear to the head and tail caps; 19th century book plate on inside front cover. Pages are clean. The United Brethren of Christ, a product of the 18th century inter-denominational renewal movement, were the first denomination to begin in the United States. The sect originated in Pennsylvania (1767) under the guidance of P.W. Otterbein, a German Reformed pastor, and Martin Boehm, a Mennonite preacher. The movement, at first, was a loose confederation of Lutherans, Reformed Lutherans, Mennonites and Methodists. In 1800 the Brethren officially organized. They elected Otterbein and Boehm as bishops. Later a doctrine was agreed upon similar to ones held by the Moravians and the Methodists.

Bryan, TX: Printed for the Brazos Corral by Cedarshouse Press, 1982. First Edition. . Wraps. See Description. First Edition. 8vo. Edition limited to 535 printings. pp. [2], 20. Staple-bound booklet in paper wraps with an illustration on the front cover. Some minor stress lines are visible on the spine. A small tear is present on the upper edge of the rear wrap. Signed by the author on the inside rear wrap. An essay on collecting range life literature and a list of collectible titles.

London: John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, 1667. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Folio. pp. [16], 325, [7]. Including large woodcut of British coat of arms opposite the title. Printed in English black letter. Re-backed preserving original calf boards; well rubbed; old burn mark or darkened area on front cover. The re-backing extends part way onto the original boards and blends nicely with the old leather; some spots of careful restoration are present on the board edges. A faded early shelf number is hand printed on the fore-edge. The interior is generally clean with occasional brief marginalia in an early hand. A name - "John Byeith" - is neatly written (in the same hand) near the upper edge of the title page. End sheets are renewed in marbled paper. Carefully sealed tear at the bottom of p. 277. The outer edge of some leaves show spots of wear. An interesting compilation of laws and private acts of the English Parliament. [ESTC R232104].

Lugduni: Sebastianum Gryphium, 1552. Limp Vellum. See Description. Folio. pp. [36], Cols. 1-1218, pp. [3]. With printer's device on title page. The colophon (verso of final leaf) reads "Sebastianus Gryphius excudebat Lugduni, anno M.D.LII." and contains a large woodcut griffin device. Dual column text with fine decorative initials. Several diagrams are included with the text illustrating… Bound in full period vellum (rubbed). Title and shelf number are written on the spine in an early hand. An old ownership or institutional stamp is present on the title page, the second leaf, leaf T5, and also on the colophon page. Interior pages contain mild to moderate age-toning and periodic scattered foxing and spotting. Some pages are more uniformly toned. Raffaelo Maffei (1451-1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian. His "Commentariorum urbanorum" (first published in 1506) is an encyclopedia of all subjects known at the time. The work is particularly notable for the importance given to… Read More

Frankfurt und Leipzig: hallischen Wasisenhaus-Buchladens, 1755. Hardcover. See Description. Second German Edition, enlarged. 8vo. 4 volumes bound in two. Volume I. pp. [40] 471, [1]. Volume II. p. 428. Volume III. pp. [46], 556. Volume IV. pp. 512. Anhang (Addenda) pp. 212, [192]. With frontispiece engraving of the author in volume I. Woodcut illustrated initials throughout; engraved headpiece at the beginning of each volume / section. Bound in full calf with spines gilt in five compartments; rubbing and wear, labels chipped; head and tail caps are carefully restored including some gilt lines which are renewed; corner tips of boards are repaired. Marbled fly-leaves are lacking in the first volume. Notes are written in an early hand on front blank leaf of volume I. Title page is printed in red and black. Interior is generally clean with occasional mild foxing, soiling and wear; one word of marginalia is written in an old hand on p.43 of volume I. Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf (1626-1692) German… Read More

Basel: Johann Froben, 1521. Hardcover. See Description. Folio. ff. [444] plus 6 extra leaves in this copy as signature G is repeated. Colophon: Basileae per Ioannem Frobeniu, Mense Maio. Anno M.D.XXI. Title page contains decorative woodcut border with 10 figures including images symbolizing the four evangelists, Peter, Paul and four early Bishops. Printer’s device also on title page and on verso of final leaf. The introductions to both part I and part II contain woodcut initials. The title to the second part reads: "Concordantiae partium sive dictionum indeclinabilium totius Bibliae." The main text is in 3 columns per page. Bound in period blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards - attractively age-toned. Metal corner pieces are present; clasps are lacking. Title page contains three tiny and unobtrusive worm holes. There is also an area of abrasion next to the printed title proper which affects a tiny area on the inner edge of the woodcut border. Small holes present in upper inner… Read More

Charlestown / Boston: Samuel Etheridge / Russell and Cutler, Belcher and Armstrong, and Oliver and Munroe, 1807. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. Two booklets bound together concerning the murder trial of Thomas Selfridge. 1.) Charlestown, 1806; 52pp. 2.) Boston, [1807 according to Shaw-Shoemaker] pp.168, [8] including map in the rear. Bound in period quarter sheep with paper boards – well rubbed; edges worn; small repair to upper hinge of front cover. Library blind stamp on title page and second leaf of the first booklet and on p. 100 of the second. The title page in the second booklet contains two tears on the lower half which have been professionally repaired. Pages are lightly age toned with scattered spots of foxing and soiling. Several pages are more heavily age-toned / browned. Occasional small marginal tears are neatly sealed. Early Boston Circulating Library book plate on inside front cover. According to Sabin "A trial of extraordinary interest from the high… Read More

Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1890. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Tall 8vo. pp. XXVI, 436, [2]. Includes 2 fold-out plates and several illustrations with the text. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled boards. Faint library blind stamp on title page and on p. 55; number lightly written on verso of title; small marginal tear on p. 171 neatly sealed. Withdrawn ticket pasted on inside front cover. Pages are lightly age toned but generally clean. On reading, reading, dating and classifying Roman Latin inscriptions.