Search Results: Titles starting with U from Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books

1764 Saint Bonaventure Seven Dolors of Virgin Mary Catholic Prayers of Sorrow

"To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?"
― Bonaventure

An exceedingly rare 18th-century printing of Saint Bonaventure's "Seven Dolors" or "The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary". Bonaventure of long considered to be the writer of the text, however, the prayer itself features texts of traditional liturgies as well, including the Stabat Mater.

Item number: #24139
Price: $499

BONAVENTURE, Saint

Uffizio de' sette dolori della beatissima Vergine Maria composto da S. Bonaventura colla coronella e le preci

In Palermo: Nella stamperia di Angelo Felicella, 1764.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 72
o Engraved frontispiece
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15cm x 9cm)

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1888 Jules Verne Captain at Fifteen Dick Sand SLAVERY Africa Voyages Hetzel

"If the name Dick had been given to the little orphan, it was because it was the name of the charitable passer-by who had picked him up two or three hours after his birth. As to the name Sand, it was attributed to him in remembrance of the lace where he had been found."
– Jules Verne, Dick Sand

Jules Verne's adventure novels are some of the most popular and famous works of literature of all time. Known mostly for his works of science fiction, this Verne novel contains no inventions or marvels, but is simply a story of moving scenes of travel and African exploration and zoology. However, the lessons of the work come in the form of the brutal and horrible stories of slavery. Dick Sand, a teenager, must take control of a ship after the captain dies; he encounters shipwrecks, slaves, and experiences revenge all in this popular Verne novel.

Note on dating: like many other Verne first editions, the title page included was… Read More

1888 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition CIVIL WAR Illus.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin," authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a transformative 19th-century novel that challenged the institution of slavery in America. The story showcases the dire conditions and brutal realities faced by African American slaves and is said to have significantly contributed to the initiation of the American Civil War. Stowe uses compelling characters to portray the dehumanizing effects of slavery. As an abolitionist, Stowe used this novel, enhanced by evocative illustrations, not only as a story but as an emphatic plea for change, delivering a profound commentary on the social and moral injustices of her time. As a result, her work has left a lasting impact on readers and continues to resonate in modern times.

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, this edition is profusely illustrated with over 100 engravings throughout and includes an extensive introduction with bibliographical notes by George… Read More

1850 1ed Voyage of US Exploring Squadron Wilkes Ross d'Urville Expedition Maps

A rare first edition of John Jenkins'book, 'Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron.'This work is a condensed voyage anthology, covering the United States Exploring Expeditions, the discoveries of Dumont d'Urville and Captain Ross, and an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea under Lieutenant Lynch. The book focuses on the Wilkes Lynch Expeditions which were important for American Oceanography. Jenkins divided the work into two parts the first being the Pacific and South Seas expeditions with the second part describing Lynch's expedition to the Dead Sea and the River Jordan.

Item number: #40248
Price: $550
JENKINS, John S.
United States Exploring Expeditions : Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron : Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes, of the United States Navy, in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842: Together with explorations and discoveries made by Admiral d'Urville, Captain Ross, and other navigators and travellers,… Read More

1889 Civil War Secret Service Wilkes Booth Lincoln Assassination Baker Military

A beautiful, decorative first edition of the history of "The United States Secret Service." This book, by General La Fayette Baker, deals with the interactions in the American government as well as Baker's views on the role slavery played in the Civil War. Other important events discussed include: Wilson's Raid, Abraham Lincoln speeches, organization of the First District Cavalry, role of women in the Civil War and more.

The most interesting chapter, however, is the chapter on famous assassinations throughout history including:
· Eglon, King of Moab
· Julius Caesar
· James I of England
· Marat, the French Revolution leader
· Alexander of Russia
· Abraham Lincoln

The portion on Abraham Lincoln features an engraving of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, being killed in a tobacco barn by Richard Garrett. Other engravings relating to Booth include him crossing the Potomac and… Read More

1889 Civil War Secret Service Wilkes Booth Lincoln Assassination Baker Military

A beautiful, decorative first edition of the history of "The United States Secret Service." This book, by General La Fayette Baker, deals with the interactions in the American government as well as Baker's views on the role slavery played in the Civil War. Other important events discussed include Wilson's Raid, Abraham Lincoln speeches, organization of the First District Cavalry, role of women in the Civil War and more.

The most interesting chapter, however, is the chapter on famous assassinations throughout history including:
• Eglon, King of Moab
• Julius Caesar
• James I of England
• Marat, the French Revolution leader
• Alexander of Russia
• Abraham Lincoln

The portion on Abraham Lincoln features an engraving of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, being killed in a tobacco barn by Richard Garrett. Other engravings relating to Booth include him crossing the Potomac and his secret burial. This book… Read More

1844 TEXAS US Democratic Review American Trade Jesuit Missions Death Penalty
"The United States Magazine and Democratic Review" was a mid-19th-century American political periodical which became famous for its motto – 'The best government is that which governs least". First published in 1837, this magazine featured essays and anecdotes, letters and correspondence, and other forms of governmental communication.
This particular 1844 edition contains interesting topics including:
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Democratic party presidential nominations
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An essay on free trade in America
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Commerce and economics on the prairies
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Early Christianity in America – Jesuit missionaries in North America
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Essay on the use of the death penalty
o Discussions on the abolition of the punishment of death
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Essay on Texas
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Notable works by John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo, Alfred Tennyson, Goethe, and many others
Item number: #20690
Price: $550
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1826 Universal Songster George Cruikshank ART Poetry Song Lyrics Pope Byron 3v

George Cruikshank was one of England's best and most notable 19th-century caricaturists and book illustrators. While he is most known for his illustrations in books like 'Don Quixote'
and 'Comic Almanac', he illustrated a collection of song lyrics entitled 'The Universal Songster'. This book of poetry contains song lyrics by notable poets including Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, and Shakespeare.
Item number: #18312
Price: $550
CRUIKSHANK, George
The Universal songster or, Museum of mirth
London: printed for John Fairburn, 1826-1834.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
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Vol. 1 – xvi, 448
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Vol. 2 – xvi, 448
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Vol. 3 – xvi, 448
o 84 woodcut illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)
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1765 HUGE FOLIOS Bible Edinburgh Scotland Map Plates Taylor Moffat Family RARE
An enormous two-volume Universal Bible published in Edinburgh in 1765.
This huge English Bible contains countless different commentaries and annotated notes throughout taken from, as the title page suggests, 'the best commentators ancient and modern'.
Item number: #20463
Price: $950
Holy Bible
The Universal Bible containing the sacred text at large of the Old and New Testaments, with parallel scriptures
Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Donaldson and John Reid, 1765.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I (Genesis-Psalms) – [4], 756
o Vol. II (Proverbs-Revelation) – [757]-1088; [2], 384, 10; 44
New Testament includes separate title page
Includes an edition of Psalms in metre
o 13 engravings throughout
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References: ESTC T 210280; edition not in D&M
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Provenance: Handwritten
o George Taylor, b. 1785
o Agnes Moffat, b. 1722
o George Taylor, b. 1721
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1786 EARLY America George Washington Virginia Louis XVI American Church Alchemy
The 'Universal Magazine' is a rare, 18th-century English periodical known for its vast topics and articles. This 1786 volume contains highly desirable and important contents including:
· On the preamble to Louis XVI's Edict
· Samuel Johnson's "Character of Richardson" censured
· Portions of 'Furious Orlando'
· Acts imposed against alchemy
· Reactions to new liturgies in America (p.241)
· Memoirs of Charles XII
· Discoveries of comets
· George Washington answers to the State of Virginia (v2p53)
· Reports of recent eruptions of Vesuvius
· Frederick III of Prussia and treaties with America
Item number: #23635
Price: $550
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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure containing… Arts and Sciences. Vol lxxviii-lxxix
London : Published ... according to Act of Parliament, by William Bent, 1786.
Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes in 1 tome
o Vol. lxxviii – [2], 384
o Vol. lxxix – [2], 384
o 24… Read More

1769 MARINE Dictionary 1ed Falconer Military Ships Navigation Engravings NAVY
"With living colours give my verse to glow:
The sad memorial of a tale of woe!"
– William Falconer, The Shipwreck
William Falconer was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose poetry focused on marine life and life at sea. His most important work, 'The Shipwreck', was written in 1762 and gained him instant and immense success. The story follows the adventure on an English ship headed home, but was wrecked in Greece.
However, in addition to 'The Shipwreck', Falconer wrote many other works revolving around marine and sea life including his "Universal Dictionary of the Marine". This encyclopedia-like work is an alphabetically-organized work offering descriptions and examples of countless nautical terms. Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of this work is the impressive, folding engravings – illustrations that depict ships, ship construction, fleet maneuvers, and so much more! Truly impressive work!
Item number: #23715
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1775 RARE & ENORMOUS Family BIBLE King James English Illustrated Maps Southwell

A rare, mid-18th-century Family Bible published by Cooke in London. Starting in 1765, this family Bible was published in parts and intended to be distributed throughout Ireland, Scotland, England, and the Americas. Curiously, Rev. Henry Southwell paid Cooke a large sum just to get his name on the title. This undated Bible is complete in one tome, as published, and includes over 100 illustrated engravings of portraits and Bible scenes.

Item number: #7917
Price: $950
SOUTHWELL, Henry [edit.]
The Universal Family Bible: or, Christian's Divine Library, containing the sacred texts of the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha at large, explained and illustrated with copious notes and annotations...
London: Printed for C. Cooke, [1775]

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~15.75in X 10.25in (40cm x 26cm)
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1626 MEDICINE 1ed Jean Riolan Universal Compendium Physiology Anatomy Health

Jean Riolan was a 17th-century French physician known for being Marie de Medici's personal doctor. His medical studies were most closely related to those of William Harvey, especially pertaining to blood circulation. One of his most important medical treatises was his "Universal Medicine Compendium" in which he defined the physiological make up and functions of body systems and the effects of medicine the body.

Item number: #22352
Price: $599

RIOLAN, Jean

Universae medicinae compendium

Parisiis: Apud S. Périer, 1626. First edition.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 348
• Provenance: Handwritten – [Henrici Prouansat, 1668]
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13.5cm x 8cm)
• Quite rare

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1762 Important CARDIOLOGY Discovery Illustrated + John III Poland Ivan RUSSIA

The 'Universal Magazine' is a rare, 18th-century English periodical known for its vast topics and articles. This 1762 volume contains highly desirable and important contents including:
· Medical and anatomical discoveries
o On the parts of the human heart, ventricles illustrated
· On the life of John III Sobieski, King of Poland
· Dethroning of Ivan VI, emperor of Russia and ascension of Peter III
· Description of Wiltshire, England

Item number: #24460
Price: $499

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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure containing… Arts and Sciences. Vol lxxviii-lxxix

London: Published ... according to Act of Parliament, by John Hinton, 1762.

Details:
· Collation: Volume XXXI; July-Dec issues
o [2], 380, [4]
o 12 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13.5cm)

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1885 Japanese Samurai History Nihon Gaishi Tokugawa Shogunate Genpei War Japan

An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Nihon Gaishi,' a 19th-century book on the history of Japan by Rai San'yo, a confucianist philosopher, historian, and poet of the Edo era. The whole work of 'Nihon Gaishi' was the first comprehensive study of samurai history, covering Japanese history, from the emergence of the Minamoto clan and the Genpei War, through to the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu in the Edo era. His history was later banned in several provinces because it encouraged strengthening the authority of the Emperor and was a major influence on the Sonnō jōi movement, a movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. It became part of the private studies of Chinese people in meiji Japan and in their curricula became one of the most read history books from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. (Mehl)
This rare 1885 edition is written in Kanbun in a column handwritten format.

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1877 Japanese Woodblock Samurai History Nihon Gaishi Tokugawa Shogunate 22v RARE

An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Nihon Gaishi,' a 19th-century book on the history of Japan by Rai San'yo, a confucianist philosopher, historian, and poet of the Edo era. This edition was edited by Jiro Yorimata, the original author's second son The whole work of 'Nihon Gaishi' was the first comprehensive study of samurai history, covering Japanese history, from the emergence of the Minamoto clan and the Genpei War, through to the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu in the Edo era. His history was later banned in several provinces because it encouraged strengthening the authority of the emperor and was a major influence on the Sonnō jōi movement, a movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. It became part of the private studies of Chinese people in meiji Japan and in their curricula became one of the most read history books from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. (Mehl)
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1901 Booker T Washington 1ed Up from Slavery American Poverty KKK Racism

"Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others."
― Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington was a famous 19th-century American civil rights activist known for his anti-slavery platform during the height of Negro lynchings in the American South. Born as a slave child during the American Civil War, Washington describes his difficulties and obstacles in his autobiography 'Up From Slavery'. This work follows more than forty years of his life, the state of race relations, and the rise and fall of the Negro social ladder.

While many authors and political leaders, such as WEB du Bois, were highly critical of Washington's work, he still emphasized the importance of education among the black population, especially in the South, which was a realistic tactic to easing racial tensions. This book was also gives the first mention of extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

Item number: #24926
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1858 Japanese Samurai Ninja Yokai Battle Hokusetsu Utagawa Illustrated Naruto

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' which was serialized from the Edo period for 30 years with 48 volumes written in Hiragana drawn by Utagawa Kunisada II and intended for a popular audience. 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' became a major influence for all modern ninja stories in modern day being adapted into theater, movie, video games, and manga, most notable the manga Naruto.
This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format. This edition contains excellent illustrations throughout of different scenes from 'Hokusetsu' of samurai, battles, courtesans, ninja, flying yokai, monks, and more!
Item number: #16693
Price: $499
TANEKAZU, Ryukatei
(Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows, Mirror of the Ages) (Hokusetsu bidan Jidai Kagami) 児雷也豪傑譚(じらいやごけつものがたり)
[Edo: Ansei 5 1858]

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1873 Japanese Samurai Battle Hokusetsu Utagawa Color Illustrated Woodblock Print

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' which was serialized from the Edo period for 30 years with 48 volumes written in Hiragana drawn by Utagawa Kunisada II and intended for a popular audience. The most dominant and influential movement of nineteenth century Japanese woodcut art was the Utagawa School. Throughout the century, Utagawa School artists were particularly adept at actor portrayals, genre depictions and scenes from mythology and folklore. The designs of Kunisada and Kunisada II influenced an entire generation of European artists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, Vuillard, Bonnard and many others.

This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format. This edition contains excellent illustrations throughout of different scenes from 'Hokusetsu' of samurai, battles, courtesans, demon and Tengu masks, and more!

Item number: #12883
Price: $499
TANEKAZU,… Read More

1583 1ed Martyrology of Monk Usuard Saint Bede Eusebius Famed Medieval Martyrs

Usuard was a 9th-century Benedictine monk who is primarily remembered for his book "Martyrology" – a work that was the most famous work of its kind through much of the Middle Ages. Curiously, Usuard, according to many of the earliest manuscripts, used the work of Saint Bede, Florus of Lyon, and Saint Ado and their studies into martyrs and saints. Notable figures covered in this work include Eusebius, John the Baptist, Gregory the Great, Pope Marcellus I, Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint Stephen, and many others.

This 1583 edition was collected and edited by Molanus, a 16th-century Louvain theologian.

Item number: #22740
Price: $950

USUARD

Usuardi Martyrologium, quo Romana Ecclesia, ac permultae aliae vtuntur, iussu Caroli Magni conscriptum, cum additionibus ex Martyrologijs Romanae Ecclesiae

Antverpiae: apud Philippum Nutium, 1583. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o "Usuardi… Read More