We found 106046 price guide item(s) matching your search

Sybil Andrews CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1992)The Giant Cable (Coppel SA 17) Linocut printed in cobalt blue, Venetian red, viridian and Chinese blue, 1931, a good impression of the first state with the pale blue background, on tissue thin oriental laid paper, signed, titled, annotated '1st State' and numbered 29/30 in pencil, framedBlock 312 x 426mm (12 1/4 x 16 7/8in)Sheet 385 x 472mm (15 1/8 x 18 5/8in)Footnotes:The proposed edition of the first state of the Giant Cable was 50, but only 30 impressions were pulled. Andrews removed the blue background for the second state, which was published under the title The New Cable in an edition of 60.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lill Tschudi (Swiss, 1911-2004)Furniture Removing II (Coppel LT 68) Linocut printed in colours, 1941, on tissue thin oriental paper, signed and numbered 7/50 in pencil, annotated 'Handdruck' and 'Orig. Linolschnitt' in pencil in the lower margin, framedBlock 305 x 252mm (12 x 9 7/8in)Sheet 330 x 284mm (13 x 11 1/4in)Footnotes:The planned edition was 50 but only a few impressions were printed, as Tschudi decided that this image was not of the same quality as the first version (Coppel LT 52, Lot 116).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Scarce Life of Irish Monk Desmay (M. Jacques) La Vie de S. Fursy, Patron de la Ville de Peronne, 12mo Peronne 1715. New Edition, engd. frontis, Bound with, Histoire de la Vie de S. Fursy, Patron de Peronne avec, les Vies de S. Foillain, et de S. Ultain ses freres Par Mons.Mignon 12mo Peronne 1715. First Edn., cont. French calf, gilt spine. Emf. (1) * S. Fursy, was an Irish Saint, born near Lough Corrib, he established a monastery in East Anglia, c. 630. He was patron saint of Travellers.

With Attractive Coloured Plates Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abby, lg. 4to London 1823. Published by Author. First & Only Edition. lg. fold. cold. map of the Estate, & 12 full page plts. of which 3 are hand coloured, & wd. cut illus. vignettes thro-out text, plus plate South West View, which is lacking in most copies, a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt tooled spine, & gilt Gothic design on front cover. V. good. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

Delightful Copy of First Edition in Book Form Kickham (Charles J.) Sally Kavanagh; or, The Untenanted Graves, A Tale of Tipperary. 8vo Dublin (W.B. Kelly) 1869. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis. Dedicated to John O'Leary, orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. fine copy of this rarity. (1)

Radcliffe (Rev. Thos.) A Report on The Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders; Drawn up at the Desire of the Farming Society of Ireland, with an Appendix, L. (for John Harding - & W. Porter) 1819. First Edition, fold. hd. cold. map frontis & 11 engd. plts. (4 fold.), cont. hf. calf, spine worn. V. Scarce. Good. (1)

Nicholson (William) The First Principles of Chemistry, 8vo  Lond. (for G.G.J. and J. Robinson) 1790. First Edition folding engd. plt. at end, cont. calf, small patch of rubbing, mor. label. V. good copy of this important work. (1)

Cuala Press:  Yeats (Wm. Butler) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1915. Limited Edition No. 354 of 425 Copies, red & black printing; also Yeats (John Butler) Early Memoires; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1923. Lim. Edition, 500 Copies Only. unopened copy, front loose end Signed 'Cecil Harmsworth' both First Edns., orig. cloth backed grey boards. Good. (2)

Cuala Press: Yeats (Wm. Butler) Seven Poems and a Fragment, 8vo Dundrum, Co. Dublin 1922. Lim. Edition, 500 Copies Only, Device on title, orig. cloth backed grey boards; also Yeats (Wm. B.) The Words Upon the Window Pane: A Play in One Act..., 8vo Dublin 1934. Lim. Edn. 350 Copies Only, wd. cut device on title, uncut, cloth bound blue boards. Both First Edns. V. good. (2)

Cuala Press: A Woman's Reliquary, 8vo Churchtown, Dundrum, 1913. Lim. Edn. 300 Copies Only,  ex libris copy; [Harmsworth] Desmond's Poems, 8vo Dublin 1930. Lim. Edition, 75 Copies Only, Red& bl. title, text corrected in parts; Poems by Thomas Parnell: Selected by Lennox Robinson, 8vo Dublin 1927. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only, front loose blank inscribed 'Cecil Harmsworth;'  All First Edns., & orig. linen backed blue boards. (3)

Rare First Edition [Bronte (Charlotte)] 'Currer Bell,' The Professor, A Tale, 2 vols. London (Smith Elder, & Co.) 1857. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, Vol. I with 2pp. adverts at end, & Vol. II with 8pp adverts 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell,' & 16pp general catalogue of Smith, Elder & Co., dated June 1857, some gatherings becoming loose, orig. purple cloth, faded & joints worn. (2)

Signed & Inscribed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Comedie et actes divers  8vo Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1966. First French Edition. Orig. cream wrappers lettered in blue and black and with publisher's device on both covers, glassine jacket. (1) * Half title inscribed by author to the writer Andre Marissel, dated July? 1966. Six short plays translated by author from English. V. good copy.

Hors de Commerce Edition Signed by Author Beckett (Samuel) Assez, sm. 4to Paris. Les Editions de Minuit 1966. Original cream wrappers lettered in black, edges uncut, with original glassine jacket. Hf. title page inscribed by Beckett, 2 leaves comprising pp.13-16 of the chapter 'Imagination morte imaginez' by Beckett from the book 'Les Lettres Nouvelles' loosely inserted at front. Some browning and small chips to glassine jacket, no loss, First French Edition Number 47 of 100 Hors de Commerce Copies, not for sale and to be presented by the publisher/author. Inscribed by Beckett to the writer Andre Marisseland, dated 'April 66'. (1)

Thomas Moore's Works - Mostly First Editions Moore (Thomas) The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., sm. 8vo Dublin (for Richard Milliken) 1810. First Edn., cont. diced calf, gilt roll border, gilt spine; Odes of Anacron, translated into English Verse, 2 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1802. Second Edn., port. frontis, cont. mottled calf; also First Dublin Edition of same work, sm. 8vo D. (by Robert Dapper for Wm. M'Kenzie) 1803. Port. frontis. cont. hf. calf; Fables for The Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road, etc, By Thomas Brown, The Younger. 12mo Lond. 1823. First Edn., hf. title, cont. hf. mor.; and, Odes upon Cash, Corn, Catholics and other Matters, 12mo Lond. 1828. First Edn., hf. title, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt decor. A Scarce Collection. (6)

Signed & Inscribed First Edition O'Donnell (Peadar) Adrigoole, 8vo Lond. (J. Cape) 1929. First Edn., With a long inscription (10 lines) to 'Bridie Agnes a Stoir ... ' Signed by the author, & dated 28.2.30. In cloth, with orig. cold. pictorial d.w. Rare. (1)

[Henry VIII, King of England] Regis Angliae Henrici Huius nominis octaui Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Sm. 4to Lugduni (Guliel. Rovillium) 1561. First Lyon Edition. Title within wd.-cut architectural border, just 4 leaves with damp stain in lower end, rt. hand corner, wd. cut heads and initials, cont. full limp vellum, lettered spine, lacks ties but generally a v. good copy. Rare. (1)

Signed Limited Edition Kiely (Benedict) Proxopera. A Novel, 8vo Lond. 1977. First Edn., Signed by Author, August 1977; hf. title, Now in Special Limited Edition Binding No. 45 of 50 Copies, Signed by binder, hf. vellum, & slipcase. Scarce. (1)

With 322 Hand-coloured Plates Mayer (H.L.) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs, 7 vols. Lond. 1842-1850. First Octavo Edition  322 plates, mostly hand coloured, a few plts. loose, cont. hf. green mor. & mor. labels (1 lacking). (7)

With Illustrations by Bewick Thompson (James) The Seasons, Roy 8vo London (by T. Bensley for James Wallis) 1805. First Edn., Large Paper, with engravings by Bewick from Thurston's Designs. A.e.g. attractive hf. green mor. raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, by Tout, Binder. V. good. Scarce Edition. (1)

O'Nuallain (B.) 'Myles na gCopaleen,'  An Beal Bocht, 8vo Dublin (An Press Naisiunta) n.d. [1941]. First Edn., hf. title, decor. ends., & boards by Sean O'Sullivan; also Second Edition of same, 1942; & Third Edition of same, Dublin (Dolmen) 1964, cloth & d.w. Scarce. (3)

Presentation Copy to W. Stevens, with A.L.s. Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, roy 8vo New York (Dodd Mead and Co.) 1901. First American Edition. Hf. title, [64]pp., orig. grey boards with red & black printed label, variant binding not noted by Wade. The spine held tight by d.w.??  Wade 31. * Inscribed on front loose blank, 'W. Stevens from W.B. Yeats with all good wishes 1901,' also with A.L.s. from 18 Woburn Buildings, Euston Road, to ... Dear Mr. Stevens from W.B. Yeats.'  Yeats finishes letter 'You were I think the first editor in England who ever published verse or prose of mine.' Sm. hole on front blank where letter was pinned. (2)

Scarce First Edition Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach, 24mo Paris (Shakespeare and Company) 1927. First Edition. Copyright page and hf. title, with errata slip tipped in at end, in original pale green boards, spine worn & faded. (1)

With a Fine Original Watercolour by the Author Masefield (John) With the Living Voice an Address... Given at the First General Meeting of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse 24th October 1924, [London: Heinemann, 1925]. Printed tan wrappers. Wrappers somewhat creased and lightly soiled, but a good copy. (1) First Edition, preceding the Limited and Board bound issues. Inscribed by the author on the title-page to an American admirer in April of 1948, below which Masefield has executed a lovely ink and watercolour drawing of a single-masted sailing ship at sea, with two crew members working the rigging. Formerly affixed to the half-title is a slip inscribed: With the Living Voice. Spoken soon after the founding of the S.A.S.V. John Masefield, This is among the most attractive Masefield inscriptions, incorporating a watercolour, which we have handled. Simmons 64.

Extremely Fine Copy of True First Edition Donleavy (J.P.) The Ginger Man, sm. 8vo Paris (The Olympia Press) [1955] Rare First Edition, published in 'The Traveller's Companion Series . Printed 'Special Volume Francs 1.500 ' at rt. corner of back wrapper, no green cross and arrowhead border around the title page, in original green and white wrappers. An almost mint copy. (1) * The author's first novel, originally banned as obscene in Ireland and U.S.A.

Signed First Edition Dahl (Roald) George's Marvellous Medicine, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1985, Second Edn., inscribed love 'Roald Dahl) blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, original d.j., illustrated by Quentin Blake, clean copy. (1)

The Book of Kells   Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN., in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards.  Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with Commentary Volume.    A unique opportunity to acquire a facsimile of one of the World's greatest Art Treasures. (2)

1798 Interest: [Harrop's Elegant Edition] The History of the Irish Rebellion in the Year 1798, 2 vols. in one, Alston (J. Harrop) 1808, hf. calf marble boards, mor. label; Teeling (C.H.) History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, 8vo, L. (Washbourne) 1828, cloth; Madden (R.R.) Literary Remains of the United Irishmen of 1798, 8vo, D. 1887, First Edn., leather backed marble boards, mor. label, as a lot. (3)

A Truly Magnificent Copy of This Rarity Binding: Burke, Thomas O.P. (de Burgo) Hibernia Dominicana, Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum, ... 4to Coloniae Agrippinae (Ex Typographia Metternichiana sub Signo Gryphi) 1762. First Edition. List of subscribers, this copy also contains Pages 137-147, part of Seventh Chapter, dealing with the State of the Protestants of Ireland under the Reign of James II, which is cancelled in most copies. Bound in contemporary reddish-brown morocco and lavishly tooled in gold in both covers by the Vatican Bindery : See A.R.A. Hobson, 'French and Italian Bindings in the collection of Major Abbey,' (privately printed in 1950) for a full account of this workshop. Lacks both free marble ends, all fore-edges gilded and gauffred. Spine lettered De Burgo / Hibernia / Dominicana.  A later professional reback has the original spine laid down. Ex. Libris: Fr. Thomas Bonnet, O.P. (1825-1895) a noted Dominican scholar who lived in Marseilles, with his book label. The Title also bears two small oval stamps of the Dominican mother - house in Rome. (1) * Thomas Burke was born in Dublin in 1709/10 and sent to Rome in 1724 to study for the priesthood with the Dominican Order. After ordination he taught in S. Clement's in Rome and met distinguished scholars and cardinals of the Curia, including the papal nephew Cardinal Neri Corsini, Secretary of State and patron of the architect Allesandro Galilei, the builder of  the façade of St. John Laterano in Rome (and also responsible for the design of Castletown House). Fr. Burke was commissioned to write the history of the Dominican Order after he returned to Ireland in 1743 and worked in the Dominican House in Dublin. In 1759 he was appointed Catholic Bishop of Ossory, no doubt his advancement was helped by his connections with the Roman Curia. Interestingly the Protestant Bishop of Ossory at the time was the famous traveller and writer, Richard Pococke (1756-1765) with whom Burke developed friendly relations. Bishop Burke's book Hibernia Dominicana came out in 1762 and dedicated to Cardinal Neri Corsini, but the imprint was given to the Cologne printing house of Metternich, while it is now generally accepted that it was actually printed in Ireland. The use of a fictitious imprint was occasionally resorted to because of fear of the Penal Laws. However the only harm to Burke came, not from the government, but from his fellow Irish Bishops when they ordered that certain pages from Hibernia Dominicana be ripped out because of the perceived offence they caused, thus ensuring the book's lasting fame.  Some time after the book's appearance the author sent fifty copies to Rome for sale and presentation to colleagues and friends. A small number were specially bound up in the Vatican bindery for presentation to high ranking cardinals in the Curia, including the dedication copy to Nerio Corsini, the Papal Nephew and "Protector of Ireland." About four or five copies survive in de luxe bindings of which the present copy is the only one in a private collection. * An incredible survivor in the finest state.

Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, 8vo, N.Y. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) 1984, Signed Limited Edition, No. 133 (350) copies, illustrated by Barne Cooke, green cloth, slip case, cardboard box; Stations Island, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., cloth & d.j., clean copy. (2)

Mitchell (Flora H.) Vanishing Dublin, 4to, D. (Allen & Figgis) 1966, First Edn., cold. plts., green cloth, d.j. (some wear); Liddy (Pat) Dublin, A Celebration, from 1st to 21st Century, folio Dublin (Vision Design) 2000, Hors. Commerce Edition, hf. calf, boards, by Antiquarian book binders, in matching slip case. (2)

One of 25 Specially Bound & Signed Copies Heaney (Seamus) North, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1975, First, Signed Limited Edition Specially Bound by Brian Dickson of only 25 copies, unopened, green canvas cloth, ptd. label. custom made clam box with marbled paper and black cloth, desirable copy. (1) * This selection of poetry includes two Poems in Memory of his Mother.

Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Grey, 4to Paris (Chas. Carrington) 1908. [but 1910] First Illustrated Edition. Publisher's note printed in red, tipped-in at front, hf. title, 6 wood engraved plts. by Eugene Dete after Paul Thirat, each with captioned tissue guards (one plate repaired in border,) orig. hf. vellum type paper boards, spine repaired. (1)

Landmark in Irish Printed Literature Incunabula: O'Fihily (Maurice) Duns Scotus Joannes: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp. Questiones subtilissme Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis  Folio Venice (Octavianus Scoti) 20th November 1497. First Edn., 131 leaves (include. the rare title page), very fine wd. cut initials thro.-out, bound in later decorated vellum binding, composed from leaves from an old antiphonary. An extraordinarily fine copy of this rarity. Sweeney 1603. Emf. (1) The above volume is a landmark in Irish Bibliography. It is in fact, the First Edition of the First Book by the First Irish Author to write for a Printing Press rather than the Scriptorium.

Incunabula: Platina (Bart.) Platynae in vitas Pontificium ... ad Sixtum IIII Pontificum Maximum, ... Folio Venice (Printed at the expense of Giovanni de Colonia by Johannes Manthem) Venice 1479. Partly illuminated title, & illuminated capitals thro-out, some leaves lacking, in v. good condition. Armorial bookplate of John Spencer Esq., marble ends, later full calf, rebacked, raised bands, gilt spine, as is. Emf. (1) * The First Edition of Platina's outspoken and pioneering Lives of the Saints. * Please note this should read Lives of Popes. 

Signed Limited Edition Le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Portraits, 4to Dublin 1990. First Edn., Portfolio of 8 loose coloured portraits of Famous Irish Men, Edition Limited to 1000 Copies, No. 189, Signed by Artist, cloth in orig. slipcase. V. good. (1)

Illustrated by L. le Brocquy Kinsella (Thomas) The Tain, folio Dublin 1969. Dolmen Edition IX. First Edn., bl. & white illus. thro.-out, orig. black buckram, & pict. d.w., & slipcase. V. good; also T.C.D. - Henry (Francois)ed. The Book of Kells, folio Lond. (Thames & Hudson) 1974. First Thus, fine cold. plts. & cloth d.w. (2)

Fine Complete Facsimile Limited Edition Book of Kells: Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensus, 3 vols. lg. 4to (each measuring 16" x 9"), Berne, Switzerland (Urs Graf.) 1950. Special Limited Edn. No. 337 of 500 Copies. Fine cold. plts. thro.-out. first 2 vols. in original gilt stamped full vellum, the third volume is bound vellum backed blue boards. A very good copy. (3)

With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates McLean (Thos.) Publisher. The Military Costume of Turkey, Folio Lond.(Howell & Brimmer) 1818.  First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis port. & hd. cold. title plus 30 full page hand cold. plts., a.e.g., orig. full straight grained crimson mor., lg. gilt and blind tooled borders. V. good copy. (1)

With 60 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Pyne (W.H.) The Costume of Great Britain, Lg. folio London (Wm. Miller) 1808.  First Edition. Hf. title, with hand coloured vignette title, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates, some off-setting, but v. clean plts., a.e.g., original strait grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders, some rubbing. Good. (1)

Illustrated with Original Photographs Dunraven (Edwin, Third Earl of,) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. large folio London 1875. First & Only Edition, both vols. containing 141 orig. photographic illustrations, some mounts spotted, recent rebind in attractive full vellum, lg. blind tooled borders., raised bands, mor. labels. V. fine set. Ex. Scarce. (2)

One of 750 Copies Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 8vo, L. (The Egoist Ltd.) 1916, True First English Edition (American Sheets) green cloth, blind lettered front cover, gilt lettered spine. [Slocum A11]. (1)

First English Edition Printed Sheets Joyce (James) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 8vo, London (Egoist Ltd.) [1918] (Second Edition), printed at Vister Printing Works Southport, green cloth, blind lettered front cover, gilt lettered spine. [Slocum & Cahoon A13]. (1)

[Swift (Jonathan)] 'Simon Wagstaff' A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversations, 8vo Lond. (for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst) 1738. First Edition Large Paper, Advert leaf at front, LXXXI, 215pp., orig. calf, recased, raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, mor. label. (1)

2 boxed Corgi Original Omnibus trams, 3 boxed Exclusive First Editions Yorkshire Rider buses, 1 boxed Exclusive First Edition Ledgard bus & 1 Corgi Classics Leeds Closed Tram Set

A Collection of Various Ceramic Figures to Comprise Royal Doulton Darling, Bedtime, Musicale, My First Pet and Holly, Three Royal Worcester Figures to Comprise Limited Edition the Fashionable Victorians, "june" Modelled by Sybil V Williams and Jessamine Bray and First Kiss and a Spanish Figure

ACE Trains 0 Gauge Limited Edition C/1 PO (Paris-Orleans) green 3-Coach Set, comprising Composite, All First and All Third Coaches, all fitted with finescale wheels, in original box, E, box F-G, writing on lid

Ian Fleming, The Spy Who Loved Me, London 1962, First Edition of Ian Flemings 10th Bond Thriller. Original Black Paper Boards with Silver Gilt, Red End Papers, Original Dust Jacket with Original Price of 15/- Shown on Inside of Dust Jacket. A Near Fine Copy with Booksellers Information Sheet.

Prigogine,H.,: Ponts suspendus. (Paris, GLM 1964). 19,5 x 14 cm. OKtn. 39 SS. 1 Bl. mit 1 kolor. u. signierter Orig.-Radierung von Joan Miró. 39 S. Okart. Eins von 105 (GA 495).num. Exemplaren. - A first copy with the sign etching in colors. - One of the 105 first copies on Arches vellum, the only ones decorated with an original etching in colors signed by Miró, from an edition limited to 495 copies.

Rost,J.L.: Atlas portatilis coelestis. Oder Compendiöse Vorstellung des gantzen Welt-Gebäudes, in den Anfangs-Gründen der wahren Astronomie. Nürnberg, J. E. Adelbulner für J. Chr. Weigel 1723. 8°. Dplblgr. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz, 6 Bll., 362 S., 11 Bll., mit 30 (st. 38; 1 dplblgr.) kolor. Kupfertafeln. Spät. Ldr. (Rckn. fleckig). Warner, Sky explored 212: "Strongly influenced by Hevelius". Brown 195. Poggendorff II, 701. Nicht in Houzeau-L. Erste Ausgabe. - Der Nürnberger Astronom Johann Leonhard Rost (1688-1725) brachte 1718 ein "Astronomisches Handbuch" heraus, "das erste streng wissenschaftliche Compendium in deutscher Sprache ... Recht tüchtige Leistungen sind auch der Atlas coelestis portativus ..." (ADB XXIX, 274).- Die schön kolorierten Tafeln zeigen Diagramme und Konstellationen sowie eine Mondkarte; am Schluss 14 Kupfertafeln mit Darstellungen der Tierkreiszeichen. - Kaum fleckig. - First edition. Astronomical atlas with double-page title printed in red and black, 38 engraved, contemp. coloured plates (1 double-page). The plates with astronomical diagrams and constellations. The double-page engraving XVI shows the full moon after Hevelius; the last 14 plates with Zodiac signs.

Zeiller,M.: Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Das ist Beschreibung der Vornehmsten Stätte unnd Plätz in dem hochl. Nider Sachß. Crayß. Frankfurt, Merian Erben 1653. Fol. Mit Kupfertitel, 4 gest. Karten und 36 gest. Tafeln. S. 3-242 (recte 218), 3 Bl. Kalbldr. d. Zt. mit Rverg. (Stärker best., berieb., ob. Kap. mit Fehlstellen, tls. etw. wurmstichig). Wüthrich IV, 60. Erste Ausgabe. - Stellenweise schwach gebräunt u. etw. fl., vereinzelt kl. Wurmspuren im w.Rd. Insgesamt guter Zustand. - Calf leather of the time with spine gilt (More heavily bumped, rubbed, upper chap. with missing parts). Chap. with missing parts, some wormholes). First edition. - Slightly browned in places and somewhat spotted, sporadically small wormholes in white margin. Overall good condition.

CAMÕES, Luís de.- RIMAS | VARIAS | DE | LUIS DE CAMOENS, | PRINCIPE DE LOS POETAS HEROYCOS, | y Lyricos de España. | ... | COMMENTADAS | POR MANUEL DE FARIA, Y SOUSA, CAVALLERO | DE LA ORDEN DE CHRISTO.- Lisboa: Na Imprenta de Theotonio Damaso Mello, 1685-1689.- 5 tomos em 2 vols.; 28 cm.- E., 17th century edition of the «Rimas», in the variant that includes the «Vida del Poet», topped by an allusive xylographic vignette, the «Juizio das Rimas» and the «Discurso asobre de los versos...», texts written by Manuel de Faria and Sousa. The first volume integrates the first two volumes with consecutive numbering: [52], 356 p. The remaining three volumes, although with a single title page, have two independent numbering series: III - [4], 207, [1 br.] p.; IV and V – 339, [1 br.] p. First volume with minor flaw on the top margin of the title page (to save ownership) and some (minor) stains on the outer margin of the last pages; title page of the second volume with imperfection in the top margin (probably for the same reason). Otherwise, a clean copy. Full sheepskin contemporary binding, preserving the original endpapers. José do Canto, 25. Arouca, C 84 and 85.

CAETANO, Tommaso de Vio, O.P., Cardeal.- REVEREN | dissimi D. Tho | mæ de Vio Ca- | ictani, cardina- | lis sancti Sixti | perquàm docta, | resoluta ac com | pe[n]diosa de pec- | catis Summula | nuper dilige[n]tis | sime recognita.- Lvgdvni: Væneunt in vico Mercuriali, apud Vincentium de Portonarijs, 1538.- 248, 101, [1] f.; 17 cm.- E., Tommaso de Vio, known as Cardinal Caetano (1469-1534), Dominican religious, Italian exegete, philosopher and theologian, born in Gaeta (Lazio); vicar general of his Order, he was named cardinal in 1517, having participated in the excumbation process of Martin Luther. Lyon edition of one of his most important works, originally published in 1525. The second group of 101 pages contains another work by the same author, with its own title page (Ientaculorum novi testamenti), but apparently it is a single typographic unit. First title page, a little dusty, printed in black and red, with an old manuscript: Dos Carmelitas descalços do Porto. Otherwise, a slightly cropped, but vey clean specimen. Contemporary full sheepskin binding, or a little later, with gold florets between the sections.

BERNARDO DE CLARAVAL, Santo.- D. BERNARDI | Doctoris Mellitissimi, | AC PRIMA ABBATIS | Claræuallensis oenobij, | OPERA QVATENVS in HVNC | VSQVE DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | Omnia accuuratissima recognitione & so- | leri collatione ad fidem exempla- | rium permultæ antiquitatis re- | stituta natiuæ integritati. | Quæ nostra hæc editio præter superiores nunc primum typis | euulgat, nosse licebit ex catalogo & appendice, [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei. M D XLIX. [1549].- [58], 451, [4] f.; 21 cm.- E. Junto com: -----.- OPVSCVLA | QVAEDAM, ET SER | MONES D. BERNARDI | CLARAEVALLENSIS COE- | NOBII ABBATIS PRIMI, | quæ nec in Lugdunensibus, neque in Pa- | risiensibus impressionibus | reperiuntur, NVPERRIME AVTEM IN QVODAM | uetustissimo exemplari inuenta, suis operibus | nunc per me excusis addita, quo- | rium indicem sequens in- | dicabit pagella. [gravura xilográfica].- Ad Signvm Spei, M. D. L. [1550].- 45, [3] f.; 21 cm. Junto com: -----.- D. BERNARDI | DOCTORIS MELLITISSIMI | AC PRIMI ABBATIS CLA- | RAEVALLENSIS COENOBII | OPERVM | TOMVS SECVNDVS. | QVATENVS IN HVNC VSQVE | DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | omnia accuratissima recognitione & solerti col- | latione ad fidem exemplarium per- | mutæ antiquitatis nati- | uæ integritati | restituta. | [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei, 1549.- 485 f.; 21 cm.- E, 16th century Venetian edition of some of the most important texts by one of the great Doctors of the Church. Saint Bernard (1090-1153), reformer of the Cistercian Order, canonized in 1174 by Pope Alexander III, founded in 1115 the Abbey of Claraval, mother house of around 350 monasteries spread across Europe, including Alcobaça. It contains ancient manuscripts, in both volumes: Cœnobijj Costensis vsu[m] vero obtinet Frater Antonii Rebellus; Br. Diogo de Brandão. Title page of the first volume with some stains and wormholes, without affecting the text. Contemporarry bindings (?), full sheepskin, with blind decoration on the covers and new (reconstructed) spines, retaining the four metal clasps (a loose strap). Carmine edges with the abbreviated author's name inscribed in large capitals on the front edge.

BIBLIA SACRA. [Bíblia de Gutenberg = The Gutenberg Bible.- Edição fac-similada = Facsmile edition].- Paris: Edition Les Incunables, 1985.- 2 vols.; 41 cm.- E. Junto com:GUTENBERG (THE) Bible: a commentary: historical background, transcription, translation / Jean-Marie Dodu.- Paris: Edition Les Incunables, 1985.- 2 vols.; 40 cm.- E., Luxurious facsimile reproduction of the Gutenberg Bible, or 42-line Bible, consensually considered the first book printed in Europe using movable characters or typography (s.d., ca. 1450-1455). The first two volumes are made up of the facsimile (in lithograph) respecting the dimensions and colours of the original (red, blue and black) kept in the Biblioteca Mazarina, the oldest public library in France, founded and developed from the personal library of Cardinal Mazarino (1602-1661). The two volumes that accompany the facsimile, authored by Jean-Marie Dodu, include a historical introduction, the Latin transcription, accompanied by the English translation. The four volumes, as new, retain the publishers' bindings, those of the facsimile fully in red morocco, with closed gold panels on the spines and the top edge gilt at the head (with protective cases); the complementary volumes, with cloth bindings.

SERAFINO DA FERMO, C. RL., Frei.- Tratados de vi- | da spiritual, que enseñan como el h~- | bre subira del estado de pecca- | do a la cumbre de la | perfection. | florão tipográfico] | Impresso por mamdado, y con approbacion del | muy alto y illustrissimo señordon Enrri- | que Cardenal dela Santa Iglesia Ro- | mana, Infante de Por- | tugal, &c.- Em Coymbra: s.n. [por João de Barreira e João Álvares], M. D. LI. [1551].- [8], 208, 280 p.; 14 cm.- E., 16th century edition of a mystical text by Fr. Serafino da Fermo (ca. 1490-1540), theologian and preacher, born in Fermo (Marcas), canon regular of Lateran, disseminator of the doctrines of the Dominican Battista Carioni da Crema (†1534) , who would be condemned by the Inquisition in 1552. The first text (208 p.) is titled “Libro de la conversion del sinner al amor de Dios...”; the second (280 p.), “Espejo del alma”. Copy slightly cropped, but clean. Interesting contemporary binding, worn and with imperfections (but recoverable), with b.ind tooling on the covers and lack of fixed endpapers and ties. Anselmo, 284. Biblioteca Nacional (16th century), 848. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 501.

SOARES, D. Frei João, O.A.D.- COMMENTARIVM | in sacrosanctum domini nostri IESV Christi Euangelium, | secundum Matthæum: rectu[m] & synceru[m] sensum explicans. | Plurimas etiã hæreticoru[m] minimè orthodoxas opiniones, egregiê dilues. | Cõcionatoribus, disputatibus, & omnibus catholicis apprimê vtile. | A Reuerendiss. Dño. D Ioanne Soarez, Episcopo Conimbricensi, | & Arganili Comite, æditum. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas episcopais] | Cum gratia & priuilegio Regio ad decenium. | Indice etiam locupletissimo adiecto.- Conimbricæ: Apud Ioannem Barrerium Typographum Regium. [Anno M. D. LXII. 1562].- [4], 577 p.; 26 cm.- E., Fr. João Soares (1507-1572), born in Urrô (Penafiel), was a hermit of Saint Augustine and participated in the third session of the Council of Trent (1561/63); he was confessor of King D. João III and bishop of Coimbra between 1545 and the year of his death. He left us the constitutions of his diocese (Coimbra, 1548) and an extensive bibliography on religious themes, namely commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Mark. In 1548 he was responsible for publishing the new “Constitutions” of his bishopric. Second edition, with the royal privilege occupying the front of the second folio. The first edition (Anselmo, 158), in addition to other differences, presents the privilege on the verso of the first folio. On the back of the last sheet (missing in the BNP copy) there is a colophon dated October 1561. Copy, cropped, with ablation of the last line of the imprint (with the date), on the title page. Otherwise, a very clean and complete copy. Full sheepskin binding, from the 17th century(?) with mottled patina, preserving the original endpapers intact, on plain paper. Anselmo, 164. Biblioteca Nacional (16th century), 855. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II only refers to the 1566 edition. Reiss & Auvermann (Auction 40), 1803 (the same copy, with the mistaken cataloging as being from the first edition) .

[SILVA, D. Jorge da].- TRACTADO EM | QVE SE CONTEM A PAI- | xam de Christo, segundo p Texto dos | Euangelistas muy deuotamente mora- | lizada: & outra Doctrina muito deuo- | ta & proueitosa, q[ue] mostra os proueitos | de se juntar hu[m]a Alma cõ Xpo & duas | Elegias à bem auenturada Magdalena | [gravura xilográfica] | Cõ hu[m] aparelho pera cõfessar & cõmu[m]- | gar: & hum virtuoso Exercicio, | & a Doctrina Christam. Com licença do Sancto Officio.- Euora: em casa de Martim de Burgos, impressor da Vniversidade, 1589.- [8], clxix, [6] f.; 13 cm.- E., Devotional work attributed by the bibliography to D. Jorge da Silva (†1578), nobleman and State councilor who accompanied King D. Sebastião I on the tragic journey to Africa. In the preface (2nd and 3rd preliminary pages), the printer Martim de Burgos, states: “This liuro, deuoto Lector, I print in this city Deuora meu Pay que[que] Deos aja, per duas veses & toda a copia dos liuros se dispe[n]deo muito depressa...”, so this is the third edition, the first two having been printed by André de Burgos, also in Évora, in 1571(?) and 1574 respectively (Anselmo, 379 & 409). Edition mainly composed in round characters, with some epigraphs and current titles in Gothic. Cropped copy, with slight browning and occasional minor stains; title page a little shorter; carmine edges, with excess ink sometimes staining some margins. 20th century full sheepskin binding. Inocêncio, IV, p. 175 and VI, p. 333. Anselmo, 428. Biblioteca Nacional (16th Century), 853. Bibliotec de D. Manuel II, not mentioned.

PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- LES | VOYAGES | ADVANTVREVX | DE | FERNAND | MENDEZ PINTO, | FIDELLEMENT TRADVITS DE | Portugais en François par le Sieur BERNARD | Figvier Gentil-homme Portugais.- A Paris: Chez Arnovld Cotinet, et Chez Iean Roger, M. DC. XLV. [1645].- [8], 1020 [i. e. 940], [12] p.; 22 cm.- E, Second edition of the first French translation of the famous book by Fernão Mendes Pinto (1510/14-1583), traveler and adventurer, born in Montemor-o-Velho, which was republished in Paris, once again, during the 17th century , in 1663 (the first edition was also published in Paris, in 1628). Fernão Mendes left for India in 1537, having stayed in the East for around 21 years. The “Pilgrimage”, a fantastic account of his troubled adventures, was originally published on the initiative of Fr. Belchior Faria, 31 years after his death (Lisbon, 1614), from the original manuscript bequeathed by the author to Casa Pia dos Penitentes. Copy lightly handled, slightly cropped (especially at the head) and with some browning; Cover page a little dusty. Contemporary binding, full sheepskin, a little worn, missing the first free endpaper. Cordier (Sinica), II, 2067. Palau, 163206. Leite de Faria, 32-2.

[MONTANUS, Arnoldus].- AMBASSADES | MÉMORABLES | De la Compagnie des Indes Orientales | DES | PROVINCES UNIES, | Vers les | EMPREURS | DU | JAPON. | Contenant | Plusieurs choses remarquables arrivées | pendant le voyage des Ambassadeurs; | Et deplus, la Description | Des Villes, Bourgs, Châteaux, Forteresses, Temples & | autres bâtimens: Des animaux, des Plantes, Montagnes, Rivieréres, Fon- | teines; Des moeurs, coutumes, Religions & habillemens des Japo- | nois: Comme aussi leurs exploits de guerre, & les révolutions | tant anciennes que modernes que ces peuples ont essuyées...- A Amsterdam: Chés Jacob de Meurs, Marchand Libraire. M. DC. LXXX. [1680].- [8], 227, [9], 146, [6] p.: il., 1 mapa desdobr., 14 [i. e. 13], 11 [i. e. 12] gravuras desdobr.; 34 cm.- E., First French translation of this important description of Japan, published without the author's name, Arnoldus Montanus (ca. 1625-1683), theologian, writer, historian and professor, born in Amsterdam (Montanus is the Latinized form of the surname van den Berg or van Bergen). The work, composed of two parts with independent pagination, consists of a collection of writings by Jesuit missionaries, published between 1649 and 1661 for the East India Company, standing out for its rich iconography. The edition is illustrated with an engraved allegorical frontispiece, a large fold-out map (Route d’Osaca à Iedo), 4 fold-out engravings and 21 double engravings; It also includes 70 copperplate print illustrations (±135x170 mm), alongside the text. Copy apparently treated and washed, missing the last engraving of the first part: “Le Temple de Dayro” (p. 222/223 or 224/225); the second part includes an engraving not recorded in the index: “Grand temple proche de Saccai” (p. 92/93). Extensive ownership on the free endpaper: “Ce livre appartient à Jean-Baptiste Cavernier Aubergiste Ala(?) Petit Allonville Grande Route Domaine à Albert... Le 18 février 1834, Cavernier”. 19th century (?) binding, reconstructed, with parchment spine (?) and new endpapers. Cordier (Japonica), 385.

MANUEL I, D. (Rei de Portugal).- EPISTOLA | Potentissimi ac inuictissimi Ema | nuelis Regis portugaliæ & Algarbiorum, | &c. De Victoriis habitis in India | & Malacha. Ad . S . in Christo Patrem & | Dñm nostrum Dñm Leonem . X. | Pont. Maximum. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas de Portugal].- Romæ: impressa per Iacobum Mazochium, [9 de Agosto do] 1513.- [6] f.; 21 cm.- E., Very rare original edition of an important letter addressed by King D. Manuel I to Pope Leo proudly announcing the recent successes of Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) in India and the East Indies, with particular emphasis on the conquest of Malacca in 1511. The small leaflet consists of a single section with six leaves (A6 signatures), with 11 printed pages (the last one blank) and the following colophon at the end: Romæ printed per Iacobum Mazochium .9. Augusti. A second edition of this same epistle was published in Vienna, Austria, on September 16th (just 36 days after the first), by the printers Hieronymus Vietor & Johannes Singriener. The copy, slightly cropped, but very clean, has a small central flaw on the title page, repaired on the back, without loss of support; the same flaw, with less extension, is repeated in the next leaf. Full blue morocco binding, probably from the 20th century, signed: Bound by Zaehnsdorf. London. England. (workshop active between 1842 and 1947). Covers with triple square fillet and the Manueline coat of arms, in the centre, gold engraved; gold stipple on the thickness of the boards and gilt edges. The rear board has a pocket, possibly for storing a document, but it is empty. We are not aware of the existence of any copy in mainland Portuguese libraries (public or private), having only found two copies of the same edition in the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada (quotas: Safe 110 RES and JC/ AR.2 A/390 RES), the second of which belongs to the José do Canto Collection. Library of Congress (for the only copy referenced outside Portugal), DP605. M357 1513.