Search Results: Titles starting with L from The Owl at the Bridge

Amstelodami, apud Judocum Pluymer, MDCLXII [1662]. Hard Cover. [60], 672, 683-785, [17] pages (Signatures: [dagger]-3[dagger], p8s, 4[dagger], p6s, A-3C, p8s, 3D, p4s), illus., indexes; 18.5 cm.; engraved title-page. Brunet, V: 286. This edition by Joannes Fredericus Gronovius, 1611-1671, "marks an epoch in the study of Seneca," says Sandys II: 321. Bound in full blind-tooled contemporary leather, repaired by Dragonfly, George & Pat Sargent. Stock#OB519.

Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1953. Soft Cover. 128 pages, 17.5 cm. Series: Que Sais-Je. First published 1946. An early exposition of French Existentialism. Stock#30997. Good, wormhole in margin/ wrappers soiled.

Bruxelles, Crédit Communal, 1989. Soft Cover. 386 p., illus.; 30 cm. Catalog of 130 Japanese art objects exhibited in Brussels during the commercial fair "Europalia 1989". Stock#35902 (pa). Vg/ paper.

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1982. Series: Politique étrangère de la France, 1871-1969. Traces the series of disasters which the French inflicted upon themselves, enabling the Germans to do worse. Inscribed by the author to Prof. Nancy Roelker (who had translated his book on Wilson). Hard Cover. Signed. 611 pages, maps, 24.5 cm. Vg/ dj vg. Stock#29566.

[Firenze], Regione Toscana / Electa Editrice, Milano, c11985. Hard Cover. 225 p., illus. (some col.), 28.5 cm. Part of the Progetto Etruschi, this exibition in Cortona, Italy, is on the Accademia Etrusca and on the Venuti family, collectors of Etruscan antiquities. Stock# 40,051. Fine, bound in red boards; new in shrinkwrap/ dj fine.

NY, Heritage Press [c1954]. Hard Cover. Together with a Note upon the Poems by W. P. Trent. 43 p., 6 plates incl. front. Bound dos-à-dos (une relieure jumelle) with 'Il Penseroso. With the Paintings by William Blake. Together with a Note upon the Paintings by Chauncey Brewster Tinker', 44 p., 6 plates incl. front., 25.5 cm.; blue & grey marbled-paper boards, maroon cloth spine, paper cover labels; VG+ in scuffed cardboard slipcase, with Sandglass. 32953.

From the journal Rinascimento, 1974. "Questo Machiavelli, dunque, che tanto recalcitrava ad identificarsi culturalmente ed umanamente con quello celebre, sembra non accettare di buon grado tale identificazione neppure da un punto di vista documentario..." 62 pages; wraps; Very Good. Stock#mcr29.

Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1872. Hard Cover. 1 p.l., 526 pages; 10.5 cm. This pastoral comedy, first published in 1581, was a popular book in Italy. Bound in vellum, leather label; very good. Stock#SmOB008.

A Paris, Chez M. Dumouchel [1791]. Soft Cover. 43 pages; 19 cm. Dated, page 42, "Nismes, ce 20 mai, 1791". Title continues: "Benoît Saussine, garçon Fossoyeur, Carilloneur et Bedeau..." Pages 34 & 38 are blank in this copy. Martin & Walter, Révolution Française IV: 1, 31059. Water stains on lower last leaves. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Stock#OB1042-5. Vg / in marbled paper wrappers.

NY, Pantheon [1944]. First Edition. Soft Cover. 262 pages; 19 cm. Published 30 March 1944, before D-Day. A novel about the French Resistance by a combatant. Stock#29561. Good+, a few pencil notes/ wrappers.

Munchen, Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, 1963. The Opera in Munich from the ceremonial musical written by Giovanni Baptista Maccioni for the entrada of Ferdinand III to performances of Carl Maria von Weber, Rossini, and Mozart in the 1820s. Hard Cover. 272 pages, illus., 23 cm. Ex-library but VG. Stock#33389.

title continues: ...Nouvelle Edition corrigée et disposée dans un ordre plus méthodique, Augmentée d'une exposition des recherches ou des opinions de la Chambre, de Porta, de Camper, de Gall, sur la physionomie; d'une histoire anatomique et physiologique de la face; précédée d'une notice historique sur l'auteur, Par Moreau (de la Sarthe), Professeur à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. Ornée de 600 gravures en taille-douce, dont 82 tirées en couleur, et exécutées sous l'inspection de Vincent, peintre. Tome Deuxième. Bound in brown mottled boards, leather spine gone, internal foxing; a good using copy. Stock#ofc0878.

Paris: Delagrave, 1934. Hard Cover. 139 pages, 2 leaves; 18 cm. Second edition; the first was 1930. If, as Prof. Higgins said, "The French don't care what you say as long as you pronounce it properly," here's the French Higgins to tell you how to sound right. Stock#46667. Vg / hardbound.

Paris: Depelafol, Libraire-Éditeur, 1835. Hard Cover. Volume 8 only (of ten): 2 p.l., 288 p., 68 plates (1 folding), portrait frontispiece; 25 cm. "Nouvelle edition. Corrigée et disposée dans un ordre plus méthodique, augmenée d'une exposition des recherches ou des opinions de La Chambre, de Porta, de Camper, de Gall, sur la physionomie; d'une histoire anatomique et physiologique de la face; précédee d'une notice historique sur l'auteur, par Moreau (de la Sarthe)." This eighth volume deals with (1) relations of physiognomy and art including Silhouettes and (2) Physiognomy and mental health. Bound in original boards, rebacked with cloth; very good. Stock#OB687.

Paris, Éditions Cahiers d'Art [1936]. Hard Cover. 2 p. l., 7-16, [4] pages, 1 l., 388 plates on 112 leaves; 33 X 25 cm. A pictorial survey of Greek art. Christian Zervos Greek-French art historian founded and published Cahiers d'Art. He was a supporter of and cataloger of Picasso. Stock#40615. Good+/ dj soiled, worn, chipped

Busto Arsizio: Bramante, 1981. Series: Arte e tecnica. Hard Cover. 335 p., 609 illus. (some color), plans; 32.5 cm. Beautiful Italian woodwork and furniture from the Middle Ages through the 19th century, wonderfully illustrated. Fine/ dj fine/ slipcase fine. Bibliography: p. 335. Stock#39457a.

Busto Arsizio: Bramante Editrice, c1983. Series: Arte e tecnica. Hard Cover. 119 p., [166] p. of plates, illus. (some color); 32 cm. 252 rugs are illustrated, many of them rare, most in color. Bibliography, pp. [115]-119. Number 312 of 2000 printed. Dj; fine in slipcase itself in shipping carton. Stock#40753.

Paris, Presses Universitaires, 1958. Soft Cover. 127 p., 17.5 cm. Series: Que sais-je? 13. Astronomy without a telescope includes not only techniques for observation with the eye alone, but radio astronomy. Stock# 33,457. Good/ paper.

Ateneo, Roma [1968]. Assunto taught aesthetics at Urbino and later Rome. These are seven essays on art and literature. The title essay is derived from the fact that just before he died Stéphane Mallarmé wrote an essay which anticipates issues of Industrial design raised in later decades. Soft Cover. 177 pages, index; 22 cm. Vg/ stiff paper covers spotted. Stock#30789.

Gallimard [Paris, 1931]. Soft Cover. 170 pages; 23 cm. Handsomely printed with red headers. "Exemplaire sur Vergé d'Arches. No 589"; of 1200. First published in 1930, this autobiographical nover tells of a young boy who discovers his homosexuality.  Good, grease stain on front cover; spine splitting; a few pencil notes; internally Vg/ paper covers. Stock# 32061