Search Results: Titles starting with E from Liber Antiquus

Basel: Adam Petri, 1519. FOURTH PRINTING (in the year of the first). Hardcover. Fine. Modern marbled wrappers. Lightly damp-stained, a few side-notes shaved. With an ornamental woodcut title border. A German translation, attributed to Spalatin, of an early Latin work by Luther on confession. In 1518 Spalatin had requested that Luther write a short instruction on how to confess. Luther sent him a Latin version of the present tract on January 24, 1519. The Latin original, apparently untitled, was not published. Luther later developed the text into his "Confitendi ratio," ("A Rationale of Confession"), which was issued in March, 1520. "[Luther wrote a series of tracts after posting the 95 Theses on October 31st, 1517, and before his final breach with Rome. In them is clearly traceable the progress that he was making in dealing with the practical problems offered by the confessional, and which had started the mighty conflict in which he was engaged. They open to us an insight into his own… Read More

Nuremberg: Gedrückt zu Nürnberg durch Friderich Gutknecht, 1554. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. The first work was first printed in 1535 as "Eyn new gedichte von den Schmeichlern"( VD16 S 478). The third fable appeared as a broadside ca. 1540 (Weller 82, not in VD16). I have been unable to trace an earlier ed. of the second fable. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern vellum over boards (soiled, slightly bowed). The text is in very good condition with a little light dust-soiling, a few small spots on the final two leaves, and soiling to the verso of the final leaf. With two woodcut illustrations and a fine woodcut ornament on the final leaf. No copies traced in North America. Hans Sachs' reworkings of three traditional fables, two by Aesop ("The shepherd flatters the wolf" and "The hares and the frogs"), and one ("the envious man and the miser") by the Latin fabulist Avianus. The first woodcut shows the devious wolf hiding in his cave. The second shows the miser and envious man having their eyes gouged out.… Read More

N.p. [France]: No printer [by the artist], 1900. FIRST STATE (of two), before the addition of the artist's signature in the plate. Hardcover. Fine. All plates in fine condition, with some glue residue on the versos at the upper corners (probably from earlier mounting), far from the images. One sheet lightly spotted. Housed in a modern custom, chemise-lined black Morocco box (41.5 x 29 cm.). A complete set of Albert Besnard's striking suite of 26 etchings on the theme of death, printed on vellum and signed by the artist. This is one of only four copies printed on vellum. The other five sets (the edition was limited to nine impressions) were printed on paper (vélin d'Arches.) At least one of the other vellum copies has been dispersed (a single print on vellum is held, as part of a set (of the second, 1921 issue) on paper, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) Coppier (1920) and Delteil (1926) tell us that Besnard used the technique known as "retroussage" (using a piece of soft, fine… Read More

a Lobain [Louvain]: [Irish Franciscan Press] Ar na chur a ccló maille ré hughdadhás, 1616. FIRST EDITION of this exceptionally rare book printed in Irish type. I have located only four copies in North America: Harvard, Newberry, Huntington, and Notre Dame (defective.). Hardcover. Fine. Text printed in Irish type (known as "Louvain A" after the Irish Franciscan press at Louvain where this book was printed.) Small woodcut of Christ carrying the Cross on title, another of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus on 2nd leaf verso; text on the final leaf set in the shape of a cross. Small woodcut initials in the text. Bound in 18th c. three-quarter sprinkled blond calf and marbled paper over boards, the spine with attractive floral tools, gilt and a red Morocco label, also gilt. A very good copy with minor cosmetic blemishes. Title page, margin of 2nd leaf, and final leaf soiled, very light damp-staining in scattered gatherings, occ. marginal soiling , text-block a bit tight. Inscription at foot of… Read More

Rome: Jacopo Mazzocchi, 1521. FIRST AND SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th c. vellum (lightly soiled, endpapers renewed, text block resewn.) A very good copy with some minor interventions performed subsequent to the 19th c. rebinding: title soiled, first two leaves with repairs to the blank inner margin (far from the text), two lvs. with small adhesion scars costing a few letters, some stains in the gutter of the opening gatherings lightly washed but still visible, light damp-stain to outer corner of those same gatherings; scattered marginal damp-stains, lower corner of leaf P4 discreetly restored, no loss to the text. Leaf T5 and those in gathering [con] lightly toned, leaf [rum]2 spotted, leaf CLII with natural paper flaw costing a few letters, minor worming in lower margin of some gatherings, occ. spotting in final gatherings, lower blank corner of final leaf clipped, a few other minor blemishes. A foundational book on Roman epigraphy, Mazzocchi's "Epigrammata" is the first substantial… Read More

Venice: (Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio for) Federico Torresano, 1548. SECOND COMPLETE EDITION (1st 1500), THE THIRD EDITION OVERALL (1st 1492). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. parchment (some soiling, corners bumped.) Woodcut title page border. Full-page woodcut of Saint Catherine on leaf 8 verso. Printer's device on recto of final leaf. The text is in very good condition with instances of light damp-staining, scattered mild foxing. And occasional soiling A few marginal tears and chips to the title page, not affecting the text or woodcut border; tiny hole in the border of the same leaf. Provenance: bookplate of Cardinal Mario Compagnoni Marefoschi (1714-1780). The letters of Caterina Benincasa, known to the world as St. Catherine of Siena. "Born to a large family of cloth dyers in Siena, Caterina Benincasa became a Dominican nun at the age of sixteen. Her self-denial, charity, and bold spiritual writings attracted many followers, and during the insurrection of the Papal States she was called to… Read More

Florence: nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per li Tartini, e Franchi, 1725. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, edges of text-block sprinkled red. A very fine copy, printed on thick paper. The large, folding plate of the catafalque (51 x 35 cm.) is also in fine condition. An account of the funeral ceremonies for Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 30 Oct. 1723). The ceremonies took place in the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence on 16 May 1724.The volume offers us a comprehensive and minutely detailed description of the funeral honors and the decorations that had transformed the church of San Lorenzo. Chief among these was the catafalque built by the architect Alessandro Galilei. The engraving of the large panel is the work of Vincenzo Franceschini, after Galilei's design. The second part of the work contains the funeral oration, delivered by Andrea Alamanni. To the façade of the church, draped with black damask, were affixed three large, inscribed plaques,… Read More

Venice: Appresso Il [Giovanni Battista] Ciotti, 1621. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. boards covered with a liturgical manuscript leaf. A fine, crisp copy with a little light marginal soiling; verso of final leaf also lightly soiled. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages, a full-page portrait of Cosimo II, and 15 full-paged engraved plates. One of the engravings is signed by Francesco Valeggio (or Valesio) (sculp.) and Philipp Esengren (delineauit.) Watanabe-O'Kelly identifies the second engraver as Filippo Csegtenio [?]. A lavishly-illustrated funeral book describing the obsequies held in Venice for Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590-1621) and the elaborate décor created for the occasion. The opulent ceremonies were accompanied by music (now lost) by Monteverdi. The ceremony took place on 25 May 1621 in the church of the Dominican Fathers S.S. Giovanni and Paolo and the decorative programme was entrusted to the architect-painter Matteo Ingoli (b. 1587, Ravenna -… Read More

Florence: Per Gio. Batista Landini, 1634. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary parchment (upper cover soiled and with light staining, small defects to parchment at foot of spine), tooled in gold with attractive ornaments. A fine copy with sharp impressions of the etchings. The text with minor blemishes as follows: light marginal foxing, a few small spots, marginal soiling to blank margin of p. 27, light stain to the blank lower margin of pp. 28-29. The folding plate it in excellent condition. Illustrations: 10 etchings by Stefano della Bella comprising a portrait of Prince Francesco de' Medici, a large, folding view of the church interior with catafalque, and 8 striking emblems on shields, with Latin mottos and macabre elements. The folding plate is in its second state, with the monogram SDB (see De Vesme I, No. 74). A superb funeral book for the young Francesco de' Medici (1614-1634), fourth son of Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena of Austria, who died of the plague on 25 July 1634.… Read More

Rome: Collegio Societatis Jesu, 1596. FIRST EDITION OF THE DEFINITIVE VULGATE TEXT. Hardcover. Fine. Jesuit emblem on title-page, wood-cut initials throughout. A very good copy of this rare edition. Small area of corrosion at head of the title page, not affecting text, as the result of an early ink inscription. Contents with scattered foxing and occasional light damp-stains and a few ink spots. Bound in 17th c. sprinkled calf (some abrasions to boards, minor wear to foot of spine, extremities rubbed, corners lightly bumped), spine and board edges richly gilt, marbled endpapers. This is one of the rarest of all 16th century editions of the "Exercises". I have located only six copies in the U.S. (Newberry Library, Boston College, Texas, Scranton, Fordham, Georgetown). The first edition of the definitive vulgate text of the Spiritual Exercises, with annotations to the text, drawn up by a commission appointed by the Fifth General Council of the Society (Nov. 1593- Jan. 1594). The revision brought the… Read More

Louvain: by Martin van Overbeke, 1728. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary calf (upper joint and corners mended). The text is in in excellent condition. First edition of this Irish grammar, printed in English and Irish at the Irish Franciscan College in Louvain, by the Irish poet and antiquary Hugh MacCurtin (Aodh 'Buí' Mac Cruitín). MacCurtin tells us that he came to publish this work after forty years of studying the Irish language and finding all available grammars and instructional texts wanting. However, the text is largely taken from an unpublished "Grammatica Anglo-Hibernica, or a brief introduction to the Irish language"(ca. 1713) by the Gaelic scribe and lexicographer Francis Walsh (Proinsias Bhailís)(1654-1724). MacCurtin omitted "certain passages with which he possibly disagreed, such as Walsh's suggestion that the Latin character was more suitable than the Irish character for printing purposes as it was less expensive and common to all nations."(Ní Mhunghaile,… Read More