Search Results: Titles starting with P from Foldvaribooks

Budapest, 1910. In fine condition.. Endre Komáromi-Kacz Endre began his art studies in Budapest, then continued in Munich and Nagybánya. Masters: Ede Balló, Simon Hollósy. Between 1903-1907 he studied at the Benczúr master's school. He went on a longer study trip with a state scholarship in the Netherlands and Belgium. He worked in Budapest, and in the last years of his life he painted the Balaton landscape in Balatonalmádi. From the 1910s, he was one of the permanent exhibitors of the Art Gallery and the National Salon, and won numerous awards. He had a collective exhibition in 1918 in the National Salon, in 1924 in the Art Gallery. Several of his works can be found in the collection of the Hungarian National Gallery.

A Paris: Chez Maret, Libraire, Palais Égalité, Cour des Fontaines, L'an trois de la République, 1795. First edition. In published blue wrappers. Two parts in one volume. Title vignette on spine, lettered in ink. Unopened. Cover chipped, also some closed and opened tears. Outer corners of the title page torn. Lower outer corner of the first two leaves torn. Paper tanned due to aging. Water stains occasionally. Otherwise in very good condition.. First edition. In published blue wrappers. Two parts in one volume. Title vignette on spine, lettered in ink. 80; 35 [=135] p. A scarce document of the French revolution by an admirer of Washington. A social agreement sketched up by an anonymous author who was not satisfied with neither the Constitution of 1791 nor the Constitution of 1793, except for the Declaration of Human Rights. He is an admirer of Washington, on the recto of the title page he praises Washington together with Freedom and Truth: Washington reçois-en hommage. Liberté! Vérité! Scarce… Read More

(Prague): Česká Expedice, 1982. First edition. Samizdat. In original, illustrated, brown cloth. Front pastedown creased, otherwise a fine copy.. First edition. Samizdat. In original, illustrated, brown cloth. 65, (1) leaves and 25 leaves with mounted illustrations (2 coloured) [Recte: 64 leaves, 25 leaves with mounted illustrations (2 coloured) and 2 (title and one full page, coloured) plates. Samizdat edition of 50 political poems and 27 linocuts. In the colophon the author(s) and contributor(s) explaining that they deliberately remaining anonymous. However now it is know that the creator of this book was Jiří Jirásek (b. 1932) the Czech graphic artist, cartoonist and poet. Extremely scarce publication. .

Budapest: Schwarz, 1916. 3. edition. in original paper. In very good condition. 3. edition. in original paper. 39, 16 p.

Budapest: Güttler Antal (Universum nyomda), 1941. First editon. In publisher's cover, originally only front cover: a transparent plastic sheet with gilt title and publisher's information, and two blue leaves. One cellophane leaf with a little loss and one restored. Water stain to lower edge on cover and first two leaves. Otherwise in good condition.. 14 plates separated with coloured cellophane.. 14 plates separated with coloured cellophane. First editon. In publisher's cover, originally only front cover: a transparent plastic sheet with gilt title and publisher's information, and two blue leaves. 14 plates. Antal Güttler was a Hungarian film producer and the director of Palatinus Film. 12 frames and advertisement of movies, text in Hungarian on the cellophanes. Contains the advertisement of four French (Feu Mathias Pascal (1937), Harvest (1937), L'étrange Suzy (1941), Toi, c'est moi (1936)), four Swedish (Lajla (1937), Kyss henne! (1940), They Staked Their Lives (1940), Gentlemannagangstern… Read More

(Rome): Editrice l'Unità - edizione fuori commercio (Graphocolor), 1965. First edition. Non-commercial edition. Housed in red cloth folder. Luxury copy in red morocco, gilt ornamentation on boards and gilt inner edges. Gilt title and ornaments on spine. In fine condition.. With numerous photographical illustration, many colored.. With numerous photographical illustration, many colored. First edition. Non-commercial edition. Housed in red cloth folder. Luxury copy in red morocco, gilt ornamentation on boards and gilt inner edges. Gilt title and ornaments on spine. With the letter from Amerigo Terenzi. (290) p. With the letter from Amerigo Terenzi (1909-1984; chief editor of "L'Unità", chief of the editorial section of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party, later the vice-president of the World Peace Council) to István Dobi (1 page, signed, typed letter with the letterhead of the "Partito Comunista Italiano", dated on October 15, 1965) wherein he explains that the book was sent to… Read More

Prague: Nakladatelé Kvasnička a Hampl, 1928. First edition. In publisher's decorated wrappers. Somewhat creased at extremities. Loose, as issued. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's decorated wrappers. 96 [4] p. and 4 full-page, black and white photographs. Cover design and several illustrations by the avant-garde artist, Adolf Hoffmeister. The Czech poet, novelist, translator, editor and artist, Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973) was one of the founders of Devětsil, and an important figure of the Czech avant-garde. .

Waraw: Nakladem Komisji Kulturalno-Oswiatowej Zwiazku Zawodowego Pracowników Handlowych i Biurowych w Polsce, 1922. Early polish edition. In bit later half cloth. Exlibrary stamps , slight stains and tears on several pages, underlining of the text with crayon and pen in several places, title page glued along the spine) In good condition.. Early polish edition. In bit later half cloth. 59 p. Rare polish edition of this Luxemburg book.

Hungary, 1836. Mons Pannoniae 1836. In original frame. In very good condition. Mons Pannoniae 1836. In original frame. 62 x 65 cm. The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. Archiabbatia or Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae) is a medieval building in Pannonhalma, one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. Founded in 996, it is located near the town, on top of a hill (282 m). Saint Martin of Tours is believed to have been born at the foot of this hill, hence its former name, Mount of Saint Martin (Hungarian: Márton-hegy), from which the monastery occasionally took the alternative name of Márton-hegyi Apátság. This is the second largest territorial abbey in the world, after the one in Monte Cassino. Its sights include the Basilica with the Crypt (built in the 13th century), the Cloisters, the monumental Library with 360,000 volumes, the Baroque Refectory (with several examples of trompe-l'œil) and the Archabbey Collection (the… Read More

1864. 15,9 x 64,6 cm, Album print on 3 sheet. An extremely rare panorama print of Palmyra by Vignes. Vignes was a French admiral and one of the first photographers in the East. Because of his familiarity with the Middle East, Vignes was selected to accompany the archaeologist and early photography enthusiast, the Duc de Luynes, on a scientific excursion in 1864 from Beirut to Palmyra and areas surrounding the Dead Sea. A selection of sixty-four of Vignes's photographs from this trip were reproduced as photogravures by Charles Nègre for the pictorial atlas of Luynes's Voyage d'Exploration à la Mer Morte (1875).

Bécs (Vienna): Ferenc Jankó, 1922. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. Cover slightly chipped and stained. Inside tanned due to acidic paper. Overall in good condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 32 p. Illustrated weekly magazine. With several photographic reproductions. Contains the portraits of the directors Micheal Curtiz, Alexander Korda and Stefan Lorant and frames from their films, Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis (Mrs. Dane's Confession; 1921), Prinz und Bettelknabe (The Prince and the Pauper; 1920) and Die Narrenkappe der Liebe (1921). Cover by Sándor Bortnyik (1893-1976) the Hungarian painter and graphic designer, one of the chief Hungarian avant-garde artists. .

A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, Imprimeur de Roi, rue Jacob, No. 24, 1825. First edition. Unbound as published. Wrapped into publisher's, blue printed wrappers. First edition. Unbound as published. Wrapped into publisher's, blue printed wrappers. [84] hand colored lithographs and the related text pages. Unbound. A scarce copy of Champollion's richly illustrated, hand-colored Panthéon Égyptien. Champollion's Panthéon Égyptien was originally published in a sequel of fifteen livraisons, the main part between 1823 and 1825, in different versions, therefore the structure and the content differ in most copies. The illustrations were made and vividly watercolored by Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois (illustrator and lithographer, also an archaeologist and curator at the Louvre museum), and eventually, 90 plates were published out of the 200 planned by Champollion. The plates of divine representations are accompanied by a legend in hieroglyphs and sometimes in hieratic script. In the corresponding… Read More

Rome, mid-19th century. 8 volumes. 823 white plaster cast medallions each bordered with gilt paper, manuscript numbers added in ink, generally between 1.5 and 5 cm in diameter (some larger). Arranged and mounted in recessed double-sided faux book-boxes, lined with red paper. Manuscript list of contents (not entirely corresponding to the content) in brown ink to front and rear pastedowns of each volume. In original, matching, full vellum binding, gilt spines with 2 labels lettered "Paoletti" and "Impronte opere antiche" or "Impronte opere moderne" with the volume number. A few medallions detached from backing, three with visible traces of crack, and one broken. Some of the bindings are partly dusted, some labels are rubbed with losses to the extremities. Front panel of Vol. 16 discolored, spine somewhat rubbed labels worn. Overall in fine condition. Generally a very well-preserved collection.. 8 volumes. 823 white plaster cast medallions each bordered with gilt paper, manuscript numbers added in ink,… Read More

Italy, 1518. Manuscript document on paper. Only the second half of the document. 13 lines, chancery script, probably written by Ludovico degli Arrighi. Signed by Pietro Bembo as Papal Secretary. Two lines filled by a different hand. With the residue of the papal red wax seal and cord. Water stain to the left edge, and upper right corner. Chipped at sides.. Manuscript document on paper. Only the second half of the document. 13 lines, chancery script, probably written by Ludovico degli Arrighi. Signed by Pietro Bembo as Papal Secretary. Two lines filled by a different hand. With the residue of the papal red wax seal and cord. Papal brief, signed by Pietro Bembo, mentions Carlos I of Spain (later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor). With the signature of Pietro Bembo, the papal secretary, cardinal and scholar, librarian of St. Mark's in Venice, and friend of Aldus Manutius. By the time Bembo had a firm position in the papal court, his reputation as a poet was well established by De Aetna and Gli Asolani,… Read More

Riga: Laikmeta izdevums, 1932. First edition. In publisher's, uncredited Constructivist wrappers. Paper yellowed. Wrappers artistically restored. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's, uncredited Constructivist wrappers. 77, (3) p. Andrejs Kurcijs (1884-1959) was a Latvian poet, writer, literary critic and leftist politician. A major figure of Latvian artistic and political life of the time. He was strongly influenced by the contemporary European modern artistic movements, mainly Expressionism and Activism.

New York: Shocken, 1947. In original cloth with the dust jacket. The jacket in very good conditon, inside fine.. In original cloth with the dust jacket. From Robert Klopstock's collection. Robert Klopstock, who was in the years 1920-1924 a friend Franz Kafka. Professor Klopstock was of Hungarian origin and he got acquainted with Franz Kafka at the end of the year 1920 in Tatranske Matliare (The High Tatras). They were both patients treated for lung tuberculosis. They became close friends and their mutual correspondence shows their real friendship. Robert Klopstock was present at Franz Kafka's death-bed on June 3, 1924 Klopstock was forced into emigration in 1938 and became a U.S. citizen in 1945.

[Argentorati (Strasbourg)]: [Excudebat Joannes Knoblochus (Johann Knobloch)], 1525. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg. Title page with architectural woodcut border. Two 16th-century possessor's inscriptions on the title page. The border of the title page, the first initial, and a few words of the dedication colored in red by a contemporary hand. Occasional notes, and chapter numbers at the upper corner in somewhat later gray ink. o1 and t3 torn at the margin. Binding somewhat rubbed at the extremities, the upper other corner of the front panel bumped. Overall in very good condition.. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two… Read More

Basileae [Basel]: Apud Ioan. Frob. [Colophon: Per Hieronymvm Frob. Ioan Filium] [Johann and Hieronymus Froben], 1520. First collected edition. . In 17th century vellum, the author's name lettered in ink to spine, tinted edges. Leonhard Bürck's possessor's inscription in ink on the title page and p. 431. Woodcut borders to the four title pages. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Woodcut printer's device at the end. Old underlines and marginal notes in ink to a few pages. Stains occasionally. Old restoration to O1-2 with no effect on the text. Overall in very good condition.. First collected edition. . In 17th century vellum, the author's name lettered in ink to spine, tinted edges. Leonhard Bürck's possessor's inscription in ink on the title page and p. 431. Woodcut borders to the four title pages. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Woodcut printer's device at the end. 465[=495] [1] p. [Some misnumberred, omitted.] Coll.: A-K8 L4 M-Z8 2A-2e8 2F4 2G-2I8. Scarce first edition of Erasmus' paraphrases on… Read More

Budapest: Officina, 1937. First edition. In original blue cloth. In fine condition.. First edition. In original blue cloth. 36, (1), (6) p., 16 photographical reproductions. Contains 32 black and white photographs by Miklós (Nicolas) Müller (1913-2000) the Hungarian born photographer who lived most of his life in Spain. He was involved in researches and documentation of folk life in Hungary, and also in the Avant-garde movement led by Lajos Kassák. He left Hungary in 1933 and first lived in Vienna than in Paris and later he settled down in Spain where he opened his studio and illustrated numerous books. During his emigree years in Vienna he had connection with the Group of Modern Hungarian Photographers (releted to Kassák's circle) and worked together with them. For some years lived in Tangiers where he illustrated two books on Morocco. .

Sent from Toronto, 1957. Handwritten postcard by Erdős. Signed by Erdős and six fellow mathematicians. Trace of folding and creasing. With a brown stain to upper edge, no effect on legibility. Overall in very good condition.. Handwritten postcard by Erdős. Signed by Erdős and six fellow mathematicians. 140 × 85 mm. Two lines of handwritten greetings in Erdős's hand, sent to his doctoral advisor Lipót Fejér (1880-1959). Beside Erdős the postcard is signed by fellow mathematicians: Nicholas D. Kazarinoff (1929-1991), Paul T. Bateman (1919-2012), Melvin Henriksen (1927-2009) , George G. Lorentz (1910-2006), Karl Longin Zeller (1924-2006) and Elias Zakon (1908-1991) .