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Click here to subscribeAnon [Papworth (John Buonarotti)], Poetical Sketches of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous (sic) Subjects, Coloured from Original Designs, Made Upon the Spot by J. Green, and Etched by T. Rowlandson, first edition, R. Ackermann, London 1813, [vi], xvi, 215pp, full-page caricatural aquatint plates, later 20th century quarter-calf and green buckram, gilt-embossed titling to spine, 8vo
Anon [Thornton (Alfred)], The Adventures of a Post Captain: By a Naval Officer, With Characteristic Engravings by Mr. Williams, first edition, J. Johnston, Cheapside [...], London [1817 - 1818], [vi], 282pp, [ii], hand-coloured aquatint title-piece and 24 hand-coloured aquatint full-page caricature plates after Charles Williams (d. 1830), relaid contemporary speckled calf spine and boards, the latter gilt-embossed with triple-fillet and trailing foliage to angles, the black with raised banded compartments gilt-embossed with pimpernels and further foliage, black leather labels, AEG, 20th century marbled endpapers, 8vo
Children's Books - The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, From the Old French, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illuftrated (sic) by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Stoughton, New York and London, [1910], illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, monochrome line engraved sub-title pieces and vignettes, [xvi], 129pp, [ii], contemporary faux 'morocco' oxblood buckram as issued, gilt embossed in the 18th century French taste with rococo scrollwork and allegorical putti, the front board titled, spine conforming, Brentano's of New York label, 4to; Hawthorne (Nathaniel), Tanglewood Tales, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, London 1938, 222pp, tipped-in colour plates, pictorial buckram and endpapers as issued, after the Ancient Greek, small 4to, [2]
Egan (Pierce), Life in London; Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and His Elegant Friends Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, The Oxonian, In Their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis, first edition, second issue, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London 1821, xvi (archive repair to title-page), 376pp, 34 hand-coloured caricatural full-page aquatint plates after George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) and 3 three-fold pull-out music sheet plates, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, the spine embossed with foliate bosses within double-gilt banded compartments, black leather title label, reinforced contemporary marbled endpapers, 19th century ink MS ownership inscriptions to title-page, 8vo
Egan (Pierce), The Life of an Actor [...], first edition, C.S. Arnold, London 1825, xvi, 272pp, hand-coloured title-piece and 26 hand-coloured full-page caricatural aquatint plates after Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828), later 20th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, gilt-titled green morocco labels to spine, later yellow endpapers, short 4to
Local Interest - Sale Catalogue - Humbert & Flint:~ The Drayton Manor Estate, Warwickshire and Staffordshire: Key Plan, By Order of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., with the assent of the Trustees, second edition, October 1909, comprising the first and second portions, pull-out chromolithographic estate and land maps, printed paper covers, floppy medium folios; another, second portion, [3]
European History - Scott (Sir Walter), The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte [...], first edition, nine-volume set bound as six, Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh 1827, pasted with illustrative engravings by an owner throughout, full contemporary gilt tooled calf (relayed), marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate: Benjamin Dickson F.T.C.D., 12mo; the second edition, nine-volume set, quarter-dark purple morocco and marbled boards, 12mo; Forsyth (William), History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena [...], three-volume set, John Murray, London 1853, contemporary green buckram; Alison (Sir Archibald, Bart), History of Europe, From the Fall of Napoleon [...] to the Accession of Louis Napoleon [...], three-volume set, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh 1852 - 1854, contemporary maroon buckram, armorial bookplate: William Blair Esqr of Blair, ink MS ownership inscription: Captain Muir of Blair August 1864, some marginalia, 8vo; Uvedale (Mr), The Memoirs of Philip de Comines [...], volume I only, John Phillips, London 1712, full contemporary calf, inscribed paper title label to spine, 12mo; other early 18th century and later odd volumes of history, various; Thiers (M.A.), The History of the French Revolution, Translated [...] by Frederick Shoberl, third edition, volumes II, IV and V only, Richard Bentley, London 1846, Edwardian half-red pebble morocco and marbled boards binding by Bumpus Ltd, Oxford Street, London W, stamped, marbled endpapers, Pictorial Bookplate of Annie Cowdray by W.P. Barrett and dated 1922, 8vo; Stryienski (Casimir), La Mère des Trois Derniers Bourbons: Marie-Josèphe de Saxe et la Cour de Louis XV, Libraire Plon, Paris 1903, contemporary half-blue pebble morocco and buckram boards binding by Southeran & Co, Piccadilly, stamped, 8vo; Vassière (Pierre de), Lettres d'Aristocrates: La Révolution Racontée par des Correspondances Privées, 1789 - 1794, Libraire Académique, Paris 1907, contemporay morocco spine and marbled boards, early 20th century French armorial bookplate, another Pictorial: Ex Libris Joseph M. Cleason (applied twice, recto and verso pastedown), 8vo; bindings; etc
Royal History - Provincial Imprint, Hulbert (C.), Royal Biography: or, Sketches of the Lives of Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses, Eminent for Virtue, Talent, Enterprise, or Suffering, Allied to, or Contemporary with, the Present Royal Family of Great Britain [...], presumably first and only edition, Printed and Sold by the Author, Shreswbury 1828, contemporary boards as issued, paper title label to front, 8vo; Huish (Robert), Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales [...] Comprising also an Historical Memoir of the House of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, Ornamented With Interesting Engravings, Thomas Kelly, London 1818, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, 8vo, [2]
*Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)LA JEUNE ARTISTELithograph, 1949, first state, one of the five proofs bearing a pencil signature (there was no numbered edition of the first state, but an edition of 50 of the second state), on wove paper, with margins plate 39.5 x 30cm, unframed*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
'Henry Moore, Prints and Portfolios' by David Mitchinson, 2010, first edition with dust jacket, half title page inscribed and signed 'For Henry and Penelope, with love and best wishes from David, 31 March 2010', published by Patrick Cramer, Geneva, within slipcase, together with; 'Henry Moore Remembered' by Alan G Wilkinson, 1987, first edition with dust jacket, title page inscribed and signed 'For Henry Wrong, for your library at Much Hadham, with all best wishes, Alan Wilkinson, Toronto, Dec. 2/92', published by the Art Gallery of Ontario and Key Porter Books (2)
Twenty nine Caithness glass paperweights and paperweight clocks including Collectors' Society, Moondance 2002, boxed with certificate (823), Fortune 2004 boxed with certificate, Summer Haze 2003, boxed with certificate (x 2), Raindrop 2002, with a collection of miniatures including Pebble, Misty, Mooncrystal, Dizzy, Pastel, Moondrop, Ringstand and Fleur, the first and second edition of the Charlton Guide to Caithness Paperweights
SHEPARD ALAN: (1923-1998) American Astronaut, the second person, and the first American, to travel in space. Commander of Apollo XIV, the fifth man to walk on the Moon. Book signed, a paperback edition of Moon Shot, The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon, published by Turner Publishing, Inc., Atlanta, 1994. Signed by Shepard in bold black ink with his name alone to the title page. VG
Beaslaí, Piaras. Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland and Michael Collins Soldier and Statesman. Phoenix Publishing Company, Dublin, 1926, first edition, 8vo, green cloth gilt oval miniatures of Collins to front covers; together with Beaslai, Piaras. Michael Collins Soldier and Statesman, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1937, the publisher's binding sample. (3 volumes)
Churchill, Sir Winston S. The Second World War, his presentation copy to Sir Newman Flower, his publisher. Cassell and Company Ltd. -1954, 1949. first UK edition, first printing, six volumes, 8vo, publisher’s deluxe bindings of navy blue pebble-grain morocco with titles in gilt to the spine, for presentation by the author, top edge gilt. By descent from Sir Newman Flower's widow, Beatrice (née Downes). Sir Walter Newman Flower (1879-1964) was an English publisher and author. He transformed the fortunes of the publishing house Cassell & Co, and later became its proprietor. During the war years, Churchill promised Flower that Cassell would be offered anything he later wrote about the war. The Times described the result, Churchill's The Second World War, as "perhaps the greatest coup of twentieth century publishing."
Scott, Robert Falcon. The Voyage of the 'Discovery'. Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1905. Two volumes 8vo., first edition. 260 full-page and smaller illustrations by Dr. E.A. Wilson and other members of the expedition, including photogravure frontispieces, black and white photographic reproductions and maps, 12 coloured plates and with two folded maps in pockets. xxx, 556; xii, 508 pp. Uncut copy with wide margins, top edge gilt, dark blue cloth gilt and raised gilt medallions on front covers; Also Bernacchi, Louis C. Saga of the 'Discovery', Blackie, 1938, 8vo. (3)
Seward, William W. Topographia Hibernica. Ancient and Modern. Giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom; With its Antiquities, Natural Curiosities; Trade, Manufacturers, Extent and Population. Its Counties, Baronies, Cities, Burroughs, Parliamentary Representation and Patronage; Ancient Districts and their original Proprietors. Post, Market and Fair Towns; Bishopricks, Abbeys, Monasteries, Castles, Ruins Historical Anecdotes and Remarkable Events. With An Appendix containing some additional places and remarks and several useful tables. Alex Stewart, Dublin, 1795, first edition, 4to., full calf, folding map of Ireland and folding table.
Fallon, Brian and O'Casey, Breon. Breon O'Casey. First edition by Fallon and O'casey, and with original drawing by O'Casey. Scholar Press, Aldershot, 1999. first edition, with drawing in black pen of flowers and vines to the title page, signed by Breon O'Casey and Brian Fallon to the title page.
Heaney, Seamus. Sweeney Astray. A Version from the Irish, signed limited edition. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1983, first American edition, 86pp. 8vo, green cloth blind embossed, gilt, in publisher's slipcase. Number 146 of 350 copies, signed to the colophon page by the author. Illustrated by Barrie Cooke.
Mitchell, Flora. Vanishing Dublin. Signed. 1966, Dublin: Allen & Figgis, First Edition. 4to, green cloth gilt, Illustrated with 50 full page colour plates by the author. Signed to the title page by Flora Mitchell. Published in an edition of only 600, with many of those broken up to sell the individual prints, Vanishing Dublin is a scarce and much sought-after book.
Flann O'Brien / Myles na gCopaleen / Brian O'Nolan. The Hard Life, first edition and a collection of clippings relating to the author. A collection of over 400 newspaper clippings relating to Flann O'Brien / Myles na gCopaleen / Brian O'Nolan, including his daily Irish Times column 'Cruiskeen Lawn'; together with two editions of 'The Hard Life': a first edition, MacGibbon and Kee, London, 1961, 8vo., pp. 157; red publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt on spine; and Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, 1974.
Walsh, Wendy. An Irish Florilegium. Volumes I and II. Volume I with signed original watercolour to the half title page. Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 1983, first edition, 224pp with large format collection of forty-eight illustrations, all hand-tipped colour plates of exquisite drawings by renowned botanical artist Wendy Walsh, brown cloth gilt, with original dust jacket. Loosely inserted four page subscribers list with original signed sketch by Walsh also signed by Dr Charles Nelson. Together with An Irish Florilegium II: Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987. first edition. The second volume of the much acclaimed work, with 48 colour plates by Wendy Walsh and text by Charles Nelson, green cloth gilt with original dust jacket.
Hall, F.G. The Bank of Ireland 1783 - 1946. Hodges Figgis & Co, Dublin, 1959. First Edition. bevelled boards, blue cloth gilt decoration to front board and spine, unclipped dust jacket, x, 521pp with Index, Epilogue, 13 appendices, Architectual Plan of the Bank, Biographical Notes on La Touche Family, The Ouzel Galley Society. Governors & Directors. In original publisher's packaging.
HARPER LEE, To Kill a Mocking Bird, William Heinemann Ltd, London, Melbourne, Toronto, FIRST BRITISH EDITION, 1960, 8vo, owners signature inscribed in ink on front free endpaper, original burgundy cloth, spine titled in silver, original dust-jacket designed by Fratini with price preserved, with some fading to spine, head and foot of spine marginally torn, foot corners bumped
Amy Buller E. : Darkness Over Germany, 1943. 1st. Edition. 8vo. Hb. + Dj. Scarce CONDITION REPORT: Scarce first edition with original dust wrapper. The wrapper has some staining on a corner at the rear which has also very marginally affected the extreme upper margin of the last two pages. Dust jacket with some minor wear at the ext o/w a very good copy.
Dance of Death by Hans Holbein Enlarged Facsimiles of the original wood engravings by Hans Lutzelberger in the first complete edition: Lyons 1547. Privately printed by hand by Arthur K. Sabin at The Temple Sheen Press. 1916. Small qto., original blue paper covered boards with paper spine label. Some light discolouration to boards, otherwise a very good, bright, partially unopened copy. Limited edition of 250 copies. Scarce.
Proctor R. : Watched By The Dead,1887. Original cream boards printed in black with an intricate pictorial design. First Edition, with a catalogue listing publisher's titles issued in 1887. Refer to Condition report notes for more detail. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: An early and uncommon consideration of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by the writer most widely known for his popularizations of astronomy. The front board design is adapted from the original Drood parts wrapper, and is also used for the engraved title.
NO RESERVE Alighieri Dante. Le terze rime... con sito, et forma de lo Inferno novamente ristampito. [Venezia: Gregorio de' Gregori, 1515 circa].In-8° (mm 160x97). Carte [246] (di 250, mancano le carte iniziali [*]1-2 con l'epistola di Andrea Torresano a Vittoria Colonna e le carte bianche H7-8). Con tre illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo di cui due a doppia pagina raffiguranti il Sito et forma della valle inferna (cc. H4v-H5r) e i peccati dei gironi infernali (cc. H5v-H6r), e una a piena pagina con i cerchi del Purgatorio (c. H6v). Restauri al frontespizio, alle prime carte e alle finali con le xilografie, gora marginale, alcune carte con tracce di polvere. Legatura ottocentesca in mezzo marocchino con punte, carta marmorizzata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso, tagli colorati. Abrasioni ai bordi dei piatti. Fittamente postillato lungo il testo da mano antica.Rara contraffazione dell'aldina del 1515, della quale riproduce con esattezza il formato, il carattere di stampa e il numero di carte. Il plagio si deve con molta probabilità allo stampatore forlivese Gregorio de' Gregori, attivo a Venezia e a fano tra il 1480 e il 1528, lavorando sia da solo sia in società, ora con il fratello Giovanni de' Gregori ora con Bernardino Stagnino. Batines I, 75-76; Mambelli, 25; Martini, 29-20; Brunet II, 502; Koch, 7; Sander, 2322.8 ° (160x97 mm). [246] (of 250, wanting first leaves [*] 1-2 with the epistle of Andrea Torresano to Vittoria Colonna and blank leaves H7-8). With three woodcut vignettes in the text of which two double-page depicting the Sito et forma della valle inferna (ff. H4v-H5r), the sins of the infernal circles (ff. H5v-H6r), and a full page with the Purgatory circles (f. H6v). Restorations on the title page, the first papers and the finals with woodcuts, marginal waterstains, some papers with traces of dust. Nineteenth-century Morocco with edges, marbled paper on the covers, gilt titles on the spine, coloured edges. Fictitiously handwritten noted.A rare counterfeit of the Aldine edition of 1515, which reproduces exactly the format, the print character and the leaves number. Plagiarism is probably due to the Forlì-born printer Gregorio de' Gregori, active in Venice and in Fano between 1480 and 1528, working both alone and now with his brother Giovanni de' Gregori, now with Bernardino Stagnino. Batines I, 75-76; Mambelli, 25; Martini, 29-20; Brunet II, 502; Koch, 7; Sander, 2322.
NO RESERVE Cacherano di Bricherasio Giovanni Francesco Maria. De' mezzi per introdurre, ed assicurare stabilmente la coltivazione e la popolazione nell'agro romano. Roma: Barbiellini alla Minerva, 1785.In-8° (mm 199x134). Pagine xiii, [1], lxxx, 406, [2]. Tre tavole incise su rame ripiegate fuori testo. Esemplare completo dell'errata. Ottimo esemplare. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone, titolo manoscritto al dorso; tagli spruzzati in rosso e in azzurro. Al contropiatto anteriore notazione manoscritta 'L 803= Roma [...] :40:'.Prima edizione di questo trattato dedicato a papa Pio vi, con il quale Cacherano di Bricherasio delinea una via pratica e sperimentale alla volontà di riforma dimostrata dal pontefice. La prima parte del trattato prende le mosse dalla necessità di mutare del tutto il rapporto tra la città e la campagna: Roma era troppo grande, troppo popolata, priva di manifatture e di artigianato e viveva soltanto dei proventi dell'amministrazione, dei tribunali, del lusso. La sua situazione era notevolmente aggravata dal fatto che il territorio circostante era "mal coltivato o affatto incolto". Lo Stato doveva incamerare almeno una parte dell'Agro romano, lottizzarlo, assumendosi il compito della bonifica e dell'insediamento. Tutta la seconda parte dell'opera, invece, è dedicata a descrivere i villaggi che sarebbero stati così costruiti, con le loro chiese, i loro parroci e medici, tratti dai conventi e ospedali romani, rendendo così questi ultimi finalmente utili e attivi. "L'opera di Cacherano di Bricherasio di distacca da tutte le precedenti non solo perché scritta nella piena metà del secolo xviii quando le dottrine economiche e agrarie sono assunte a dignità di scienza, ma per il suo chiaro valore che pone l'autore sul piano dei migliori scrittori economici dello Stato romano..." (Enzo Piscitelli, La Riforma di Pio VI e gli scrittori economici romani, Feltrinelli, 1958). Kress Italian 537.8° (199x134 mm). XIII, [1], 406, [2] pages. Three copper engraved plates, folding, out of text. Copy complete of the errata. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards, inked title on the spine. Sprickled red and azure edges. An amazing copy. On the front pastedown inked note 'L 803= Roma [...] :40:'.First edition of this work dedicated to Pope Pio VI, with which Cacherano di Bricherasio outlines a practical and experimental way of the will of reform demonstrated by the pontiff. The first part of the Treaty starts from the need to change the whole relationship between the city and the countryside : Rome was too big, too populous , without factories and craft and lived only of the administration proceeds , the courts , the luxury. His situation was greatly exacerbated by the fact that the surrounding area was "mal coltivato o affatto incolto". The State had to rake in at least part of the Agro Romano , dividing it , taking on the task of cleaning up and settlement. Throughout the second part of the work , however , it is devoted to describing the villages that would be so constructed , with their churches , their pastors and doctors , taken from Roman convents and hospitals , thus making them finally useful and active. Kress Italian 537.
NO RESERVE Cunningham William. Modern civilisation in some of its economic aspects. London, Methuen, 1896. In-8° (mm 177x116). Pagine XVI, 227, [1], 32. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione.Legatura editoriale in tela rossa, titoli e filetti impressi in nero al piatto anteriore, titoli dorati al dorso. Al contropiatto etichetta 'Ermanno Loescher Roma'.Prima edizione di questo scritto di economia politica, in cui l'economista e viaggiatore scozzese William Cunningham "sistematizza un'architettura concettuale del problema dell'ineguaglianza destinata a duratura fortuna: il miglioramento di qualità della vita introdotto dal modo di produzione industriale, la missione di esportazione nel mondo che ne compete al Regno Unito per mettere a frutto tutte le terre sottoutilizzate del pianeta, ma soprattutto un gioco di parallelismi tra ascesa delle masse operaie in Occidente e inclusione dei popoli extraeuropei nel mercato mondiale, entrambe viste nella comune prospettiva di un mondo più unito e più equo" (Gozzini Giovanni. Percezione e realtà dell'ineguaglianza globale una visione di lungo periodo. Modena, 8 settembre 2005, p. 6).8° (177x116mm). XVI, 227, [1], 32 pp. Good copy. Red canvas boards, fillets and titles tooled in black on the upper cover, spine with gilt titles. Label on a pastedown 'Ermanno Loescher Roma'.First edition for this essay about economic policy, composed by the Scottish economist and traveller William Cunningham.Prima edizione di questo scritto di economia politica, in cui l'economista e viaggiatore scozzese William Cunningham "sistematizza un'architettura concettuale del problema dell'ineguaglianza destinata a duratura fortuna: il miglioramento di qualità della vita introdotto dal modo di produzione industriale, la missione di esportazione nel mondo che ne compete al Regno Unito per mettere a frutto tutte le terre sottoutilizzate del pianeta, ma soprattutto un gioco di parallelismi tra ascesa delle masse operaie in Occidente e inclusione dei popoli extraeuropei nel mercato mondiale, entrambe viste nella comune prospettiva di un mondo più unito e più equo" (Gozzini Giovanni. Percezione e realtà dell'ineguaglianza globale una visione di lungo periodo. Modena, 8 settembre 2005, p. 6).8° (177x116mm). XVI, 227, [1], 32 pp. Good copy. Red canvas boards, fillets and titles tooled in black on the upper cover, spine with gilt titles. Label on a pastedown 'Ermanno Loescher Roma'.First edition for this essay about economic policy, composed by the Scottish economist and traveller William Cunningham.
NO RESERVE Dally Nicolas. Usi e costumi sociali, politici e religiosi di tutti i popoli del mondo. Torino: Stabilimento Tipografico Fontana, 1844-1847.Quattro volumi in-8° (mm 256x168). Pagine [4], 637,[3]; [4], 431, [1]; [4], 408, [2]; [4], 477, [1] con oltre 240 tavole fuori testo finemente colorate all'epoca, per lo più protette da veline originali. Lievi bruniture diffuse ma buon esemplare. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde, titoli e fregi in oro ai dorsi, abrasioni. Tracce di ex libris rimossi ai contropiatti. Prima edizione italiana di quest'opera profusamente illustrata sui costumi di tutto il mondo. Colas, 3042; Choix, 15954; Lipperheide, Ad 26; Graesse II, 321 cita solo 3 volumi.LOTTO GIA' PROVVISTO DI LICENZA D'ESPORTAZIONEFour volumes, 8° (256x168 mm). Pagine [4], 637,[3]; [4], 431, [1]; [4], 408, [2]; [4], 477, [1] pages. More than 240 plates hors texte, with fine contemporary colourin, gmostly protected by original tissue papers. A good copy, slightly browned throughout. Contemporary green quarter-leather. Spines gilt tooled,with titles lettered in gold. Abraded in places. Traces of ex libris on the pastedowns. The first Italian edition of this work, rightly famous for its illustrative apparatus, depicting habits and customs of all cultures of the world. Colas, 3042; Choix, 15954; Lipperheide, Ad 26; Graesse II, 321 (mentioning only three volumes).THIS LOT COMES WITH AN EXPORT LICENCE.
NO RESERVE Erasmus Desiderius Roterodamus. Hyperaspistes diatribae adversus Servum Arbitrium Martini Lutheri. Basilea, Johann Froben, 1526. (Legato con:) Id. De libero arbitrio. Basilea, Johann Froben, settembre 1524. Due opere in un volume in-8° (mm 159x107). I. Carte [156]. Iniziali xilografiche ornate alle carte a2r e a3r; marca tipografica del Froben al frontespizio, ripetuta al verso dell'ultima carta. II. Carte [48]. Iniziale xilografica ornata alla carta a2r; marca del Froben al frontespizio e al verso dell'ultima carta. Legatura moderna in marocchino nero, titolo in oro al dorso. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, lievi gore. Timbri al frontespizio della seconda opera, alcune note manoscritte di mano coeva nel testo. Prima edizione di due importanti opere di Erasmo, che si inseriscono nella diatriba teologica con Martin Lutero. Infatti Erasmo aveva pubblicato quest'opera sul libero arbitrio, un attacco a Lutero, alla quale quest'ultimo replicò nello stesso anno con l'edizione del De servo arbitrio, basa- to sul terzo capitolo delle Epistole ai romani e in cui si dichiara l'assoluta incapacità dell'uomo, nella sua condizione di creatura caduta, di compiere atti morali. Erasmo replicò prontamente con l'Hyperaspistes, ma senza ottenere risultato alcuno. Ufficialmente Lutero ignorò la sua risposta, sebbene la sua corrispondenza privata rechi numerose testimonianze della sua irritazione. I. Adams E, 673. II. Vander Haeghen I, 20; Kossmann 178; Bezzel 1263; De Reuck 152; Adams E, 595. Two works in one volume in-8° (159x107 mm). i: 156 unnumbered leaves. Woodcut decorated initial on leaves a2r and a3r; Froben's woodcut device on title-page repeated on the verso of last leaf. ii: 48 unnumbered leaves. Woodcut decorated initial on a2r; Froben's woodcut device on title-page repeated on the verso of last leaf. Modern dark morocco, gilt title on spine. Very good copy some minor dampastains. On the second work: Library marks on the title-page, and some contemporary manuscript notes throughout.First edition of this two important works by Erasmus to be inscribed in his theological diatribe with Martin Luther. In fact Erasmus wrote, therefore, in defence of the freedom on the will, an attack on Luther, entitled: Diatribae de libero arbitrio. The work, it may be said, was couched in a calm and dignified style. Though by no means sufficiently profound in its theological reasoning, the proofs are drawn with skill from the Bible and from reason. Luther's reply was the De servo arbitrio (1524), henceforth the official programme of the new movement. Starting from the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, it teaches the absolute incompetency of man in his fallen state to perform moral acts; no franker antithesis to the humanistic ideal could be imagined. Erasmus replied in a work entitled Hyperaspistes, but without effect. Luther ignored this reply, except in private letters in which he showed much irritation.I: Adams E, 673. II: Vander Haeghen I, 20; Kossmann 178; Bezzel 1263; De Reuck 152; Adams E, 595; BMC VIII.927(948)
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