Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Foldvaribooks

[Imprint from colophon]: Venetijs [Venice]: per Bonetum Locatellu[m] : impensis nobilis viri Octauiani scoti ciuis Modoetie[n]sis [Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus], 1493. First edition of this collection (second overall, here enlarged). In its first binding, blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards, with original clasps. Illustrated with eighteen woodcut diagrams. With several woodcut initials, and initial spaces with guide letters, a woodcut printer's device on the recto of the final leaf. Text in two columns, gothic type, 66 lines, and headline. The leather of the binding was partly removed from the panels to patch the defects at the spine by an old hand. The upper clasp on the rear panel and the catches are missing. Few underlines and marginal notes in red and brown ink by different old hands. Wormholes to the second half of the book, affecting only the margins. The upper outer corner of A1 is torn, not affecting the text. Faint damp stain to the edges stronger at the beginning and the… Read More

[N.p.]: [S.n.], 1980. First edition. Samizdat. Carbon copy. In original, illustrated, grey cloth. Paper yellowed due to ageing. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. Samizdat. Carbon copy. In original, illustrated, grey cloth. (24) leaves. Samizdat edition, published probably to commemorate the death of Vladimír Holan. With symbol of mourning and remembrance on front panel: a black flower growing from a large capital "H". Contain details of Holan's poems. Vladimír Holan (1905-1980) was a Czech poet, who was famous for his obscure language he used in his poetry. His most known poem is Noc s Hamletem (A Night with Hamlet, 1964), that is also quoted in this book. .

À Bonn: chez Simrock [PN 309], 1803. First Simrock edition. In contemporary blue paper with handwritten oval title vignette on the front panel. First part (piano) bound into the other three loosely inserted. Ownership inscriptions on the front panel and title page by different hands. On title page, "Dietrich" on cover the same name overwritten by Carl Guhr, whose name also inscribed on the title vignette. Cover slightly dusted, stained, somewhat worn at spine. Foxing throughout, and occasional stains in all parts. Otherwise clean. Overall in very good condition.. First Simrock edition. In contemporary blue paper with handwritten oval title vignette on the front panel. First part (piano) bound into the other three loosely inserted. 19, (1); 6; 6; 4 p. Carl Guhr's copy of this complete set with all four parts of Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2. Mozart composed Piano Quartet No. 2. in E-flat major in 1786, and it was first published in Vienna by Artaria in 1787. The present copy belonged to Carl Guhr… Read More

Coloniae [Köln]: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum [Johannes Gymnich], 1529. First edition in German-speaking region (preceded only by a Venetian edition). In later paper. Tinted edges. In fine condition.. First edition in German-speaking region (preceded only by a Venetian edition). In later paper. ff. 29 [1] [2 (blank)]. Rare and early edition of Marulić's fifty parables. And extremely scarce print by Marko Marulić (1450-1524), often hailed as the "father of Croatian literature and Renaissance". "Quinquaginta parabole" delves into the tenets of Christian living, presenting them through fifty concise parables as indicated by its title. Dedicated to Marulić's friend Toma Niger Mrčić, a Croatian humanist, diplomat, and later bishop of Skradin and Trogir. Scarce, only one record in RBH (2006, Reiss und Sohn). USTC list only four copies (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven; Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek, Köln; Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart; Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala) USTC 674968; VD16… Read More