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

Ottowa / New York: Dovehouse Editions and Binghampton / Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996. Hardcover. See Description. First English Edition. 8vo. (223 mm), pp. [2], 379, [1]. Dovehouse Studies in Literature, volume 5 and Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, volume 152. Bound in green cloth with gilt Assyrian relief image on the front cover. No dust jacket as issued. Binding and interior pages are clean. Top edge of the book block is well foxed; the fore edge and bottom contain spots of scattered foxing. English translated of Edward Herbert's De religione gentilium (1645).

Coloniae Agrippinae: Janssonii Waesbergii, 1732. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [32], 680, [4], 93, [1]. With extra illustrated title page and 8 emblematic engravings by A. Schoonebeck (a student of Romeyn de Hooghe). The illustrated title displays a series of images depicting Paradise and the fall of man. The main title is printed in red and black and contains a woodcut device with a Jesuit Christogram. Bound in full modern dark brown bonded leather with a French groove. The interior pages are generally clean and crisp and the plates are well executed with a sharp impression. The illustrated title and the main title are mildly age-toned; a tiny chip on the upper margin of the illustrated title is neatly patched. Two leaves (S6-7) contain an area of chipping on the bottom margin edge (probably a manufacturing flaw). This is the 1732 edition of Jacob Merlo Horstius’s hugely popular devotional book (first printed in 1630; and with Schoonebeck’s engravings – 1683?). Horstius’s… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1849. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 206p. Bound in quarter gray-brown publisher’s cloth with plain paper boards. Carefully re-backed preserving the original spine and paper spine label (worn). Rubbing and wear present to the extremities and boards. Interior is generally clean but with occasional areas of mild scattered foxing as well as some age-toning along the outer edges of the margins. A name and a date (1858) are written in an early hand on the front free fly-leaf. This treatise on superstition and on supernatural beliefs is written by a medical doctor. Chapters are dedicated to discussing witchcraft, dreams, ghosts, ecstasy, trance, homoeopathy, mesmerism, animal fascination or charming and credulity in medicine. According to the preface: "It has been the author’s object to allude to the mental origin of the various popular superstitions that have extensively prevailed among mankind at different periods, and briefly to… Read More

Paris: Chez Abel L’Angellier, 1599. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Blaise de Vigenère edition. Small 4to. ff. [4], 299. With an engraved vignette profile of Apollonius of Tyana on the title page. Text is decorated with woodcut initials. Bound in original full period calf with a gilt oval medallion center piece stamped on both front and rear covers. Re-backed preserving large portions of the original spine. The binding is well rubbed and shows lumpiness, discoloration and general wear. The leather contains areas of modern restoration and patching; the corner tips of the boards are carefully repaired. The gilt border lines (running along the edges of the front and rear covers) are also partially restored. Interior pages are generally clean but show occasional light spotting and toning; some periodic minor worming in the lower and inner margins is also present. The inside front cover displays the book plate of bibliographer Roger de Quiriele (1848-1924). This is the… Read More

Venice: Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1558. Hardcover. See Description. Third Edition. 4to in 8’s. ff. [8], 168. Including decorative initials and 84 woodcut illustrations with the text. Title within woodcut border depicting a variety of metallurgical and mining equipment. Final leaf (recto) contains a printer’s device and colophon - "In Vinegia per Comin da Trino di Monferrato MDLIX" [1559]. Attractive copy. Pages are generally clean and fresh with occasional mild spotting / staining. An old bookplate from the "Royal Military College" is located on the inside front cover. The bookplate is stamped "Sold by H.M Stationery Office." Bound in original limp vellum (minus thong fore-edge ties). Minus binder’s blank fly-leaf in the rear. Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480-1539?) was a Siennese nobleman, engineer and metallurgist. His "Pirotechnia" (first published in Venice, 1540) is considered the earliest detailed hand-book on metallurgy. The work contains… Read More

[Gettysburg? PA]: [Pulished by the author], 1972. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. viii, 252. With numerous black and white photo illustrations. Bound in green publisher’s cloth. Binding is fresh and clean. The dust jacket is rubbed and shows some chipping and creasing on the head cap. A small tear is present on the upper edge of the front wrap. Interior pages are clean. "Pennsylvania’s fabulous ghost town. Born in the wilderness, 1865; died 1877. The most famous of all oil boom towns. Within three months a lusty, isolated, unorganized community of nearly 20,000 people, yet provided with hotels, businesses and professions worthy of a thriving city. Played a key role in the early development of the petroleum industry… Today not a single building remains. Here is a faithful documented chronicle of Pithole, illustrated with contemporary photographs" (from the dust jacket).

Paris: Mathurini Du Puis, 1634. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp. [14], 853, [19], 126. Title in red and black with small crown vignette. Text is in Greek with Latin translation on opposite page. Bound in full red morocco (perhaps later 17th century) with spine gilt in 6 compartments - rubbed, chipped. Hinges and spine caps restored; careful repair to corner tips of front cover. All edges gilt. Pages contain minor scattered foxing and age toning. Inscription written in an old hand on verso of front blank. First printed edition of the "Excerpta Peiresciana" manuscript or "De Virtutuibus et Vitiis," part of a large Byzantine anthology of excerpts which were gathered from earlier Greek historical works and compiled under the direction of the emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus (905-959 c.e.). The collection was arranged in 53 sections, 4 of which are extant - 1.) "De Legationibus" 2.) "De Virtutibus et Vitiis" 3.) "De Sententiis" 4.)… Read More

Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1875. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. XI, [1], 507, [1]. Bound in quarter brown morocco. Rubbing to extremities and corners; some discoloration and rubbing on the third panel of the spine due to a former shelf label. A "withdrawn" sticker is pasted on the inside front cover. A library blind stamp is located on the title page and on p.55. Interior is otherwise clean. Second edition enlarged with 6 additional essays. Contains articles on ethics and religion in ancient Greece with discussions on gods, demi-gods and damons. Karl Ludwig Lehrs (1802-1878) was a professor of ancient Greek philology at Königsburg University.

Frederikshald: O. Nielsens Forlag, 1855. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. Part I. pp.XXI, [3], 800. Part II. (with separate title) Passions Praedikener, eller aandrige Forklaring over bor herres og Frelsers Jesu Christi Lidelses og Dods Historie… pp. [4], 195, [1]. Full leather - well rubbed. Lower hinge of back cover repaired. Decorative metal clasps intact. Small chip in the margins of a couple pages. Bottom corner gone from margin on pp.152-153 (2nd part) - not effecting text. Part I. consists of a Norwegian translation of J. Arnt's Postille or Book of Sermons. Part II. Contains Arndt's Passion Sermons. Three nineteenth century Norwegian religious pamphlets (4 pp. each) loosely placed between the pages by a former owner. Two sheets of notes in an old hand are also inserted. Johann Arndt (1555-1621) was a German Lutheran theologian whose writings were influential with the Pietist movement.[EB11].

London: T. Becket and Co., J. Robson, G. Robinson, 1773. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 2 volumes. Volume I. pp. viii, 376. Volume II. pp. vi, [2], 352. (p. vi in volume 2 should probably be numbered iv). "Advertisement" and errata leaves are bound after the title page in volume 2. Library stamp on upper portion of the title page in each volume (and a number stamped lightly on verso). Bound in modern half-calf with marbled boards. Interior is generally clean; pages are mildly age toned with an occasional touch of light foxing; a couple of faint corner creases present; a small marginal tear on p. 157 of volume 2 is neatly sealed. Some spots of light staining present on outer edge of text block. Charles Burney (1726-1814) was an English musician and composer. In 1773 he was elected a member of the Royal Society. According to Andrew Deakin’s Musical Bibliography "The tour of which this book is the fruit was commenced in July, 1772. Dr. Burney visited Brussels,… Read More

Paris: Bibliothèque Chacornac, 1903. Second Edition. . Wraps. See Description. 8vo. pp. [6], v, [1], 57, [3]. Bound in original publisher’s wraps. The bottom corner of the front wrap is a bit bumped and creased. Otherwise this is a tight and clean copy. Interior pages are uncut and clean. A tiny tear is present on the upper edge of page 7. First printed in Paris, 1894. A treatise on the astral body. The preface is written by the famous French occultist Papus (Gerard Encausse). An additional booklet was published in 1895 (not present here) titled "Principes de physique occulte I: les microbes de l’astral.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1967. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. xiv, 105, [1]. Red cloth. Vg+ / About Fine. Without glassine wrapper. An annotated survey bibliography listing 402 works dealing with fifteenth-century English printing.

Hartford: A. Work, 1853. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp.377, [1]. With woodcut frontispiece. Brown publisher's cloth. Some wear to head and tail caps. Split near the tail cap, in the lower hinge to the front cover (20mm). Corners somewhat bumped. Solid in its binding. Scattered foxing. First published in 1847.

New York: Dial Press, 1934. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [4], 309, [1]. Bound in brown publisher’s cloth. No dust jacket. Binding is generally clean but contains minor spots of rubbing and wear to the extremities; light bumping is present to the bottom edge of the front board. Interior pages are clean. Pieces clipped from the dust jacket including blurbs are loosely inserted inside the rear cover. "The cases dealt with include examples of poltergeist phenomena wherein persons remain uninjured when struck by stones that come flying through the air and cannot be traced to any human source; unaccountable appearance and disappearance of uncanny visitors; swinging doors and doors that open and close themselves despite bolts and locks; mysterious rappings and apparent obsessions; and many other weird instances that are not easily explained" [from remaining dj clipping]. Chapters include "Ashanti cultural influence in Jamaica", "Jamaica… Read More

New York: The American Tract Society [c. 1843], 1843. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 440p. Bound in full period sheep. Binding shows rubbing, wear and some spots of peeling. Leather has been treated for preservation. The lower outer joint to the front cover is neatly and professionally strengthened. Interior pages show occasional mild corner creasing and periodic light scattered marginal foxing. A name is written in a faded old hand on the front free fly-leaf. Isabella Graham (1742-1814) was a Presbyterian native of Scotland who in 1789 moved to New York City. She devoted herself to good works with several institutions in that city. Her memoires were first published in 1816. A new edition with additions appeared in 1828 [not 1838 as given in Allibone]. [Allibone I, p. 715].

Cooperstown: Stereotyped and published by H. & E. Phinney, 1828. Hardcover. See Description. 16mo in 8's (92 mm tall in boards). pp. 322 + 282. First section consists of the Psalms; the second section contains hymns with separate title page and pagination. The title for the hymns reads: "Hymns and spiritual songs in three books. by Isaac Watts.Cooperstown: Stereotyped and published by H. & E. Phinney, 1828." Bound in period American sheep-skin with simple label on the spine. Binding is solid but contains rubbing, wear and some crackling. Leather has been nicely treated for preservation. Interior pages show foxing throughout and general wear. Corner creasing is common - generally light. A 15 mm tear located on the upper part of p. 21 is neatly sealed; a tiny tear on the title page is also sealed. titles in the upper margins of a few leaves are partially trimmed. Occasional printing defects (i.e. p. 21 near tear) are present. The front blank fly-leaf is lacking and the rear… Read More

Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1798. Hardcover. See Description. Fifth Revision. 8vo. 652p. Bound in full period sheep with gilt spine label. Binding is sturdy and attractive but reveals the usual signs of rubbing, wear, spots of discoloration, etc. The tail cap of the spine and a couple small spots along the outer joint are carefully repaired/restored. Interior pages show some age toning, scattered foxing, and mild damp staining. Several leaves display crease marks. The inside front cover and front fly-leaf contain a name and date – "Peleg Almy’s book 1798." This is probably Peleg Almy (1761-1854) who was a resident of Rhode Island. This is the fifth revision of the Rhode Island laws. The first edition which appeared in 1719 was the earliest printed edition of Rhode Island law. [Sabin 70626].