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How Greek? How Hebrew?
Rhenferd, Jacob. Dissertationum philologico-theologicarum de stylo Novi T. syntagma. Leovardiae [Leeuwarden]: Heronis Nautae, 1701. 4to (19.9 cm, 7.8"). [xvii] ff., 678 [i.e. 724], [44] pp.
$425.00
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First edition of a collection of essays concerning the linguistic style of the New Testament; among them is Pfochenius's Diatribe de Linguae Graecae Novi Testamenti Puritate, the earliest printed treatise on the purity of its Greek style (1629). A preface by German orientalist Jacob Rhenferd (1654–1712), professor at Franeker (the Netherlands' second oldest university, until it was disbanded by Napoleon in 1811), outlines both the major tenets of his argument and the opposing arguments by Johannes Cocceius, Thomas Gataker, and others who identified Hebraisms.
This is in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, with sidenotes, scattered woodcut initials, and a few woodcut tailpieces; an engraved allegorical vignette signed J.G. graces the title-page.
For the history of printed treatises on this subject at Franeker, see: L. Fuks and R.G. Fuks-Mansfeld, Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands, 1585–1815. Contemporary vellum over boards (rubbed and lightly scuffed); spine with morocco label (rubbed and faded) and old library sticker, boards double-ruled in blind with a blind-embossed central cartouche. Interior age-toned with occasional thumb-soiling, minor stains, and one negligible hole from an ink spot; two old institutional bookplates, pressure-stamp to title-page (and publication date changed to 1702, MDCCII, by adding another “I” in early ink), lower edges with rubber-stamp, librarian's pencilled shelf-marks to verso of title-page and neatly inked five-digit number to bottom of next leaf.
A solid, handsome volume. (29609)
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CASANOVA Beyond His Exploitatious Exploits
Ricci, Seymour de. Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: An address to the Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia, 24 May, 1923. Philadelphia: Privately Printed [for The Philobiblon Club], 1923. 8vo (22 cm; 8.5"). 24 pp.
$22.50
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The great bibliographer and friend of Dr. Rosenbach (and of many American, British, and French bibliophiles and booksellers) entertained the gentlemen of the Philobiblon Club with a good and sympathetic account of Count Casanova, the publishing history of his memoirs, and the fate of the manuscript of the same.
New. Publisher's blue cloth shelfback and French swirl marbled paper over boards; white paper label on front cover. (35760)
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Lima Mourns Charles III — Engraving by Vazquez — A RARE Type of Volume
from an
Interesting Press
Rico, Juan. Reales exequias, que por el fallecimiento del señor don Carlos III, rey de España y de las Indias, mando celebrar en la ciudad de Lima. Lima: En la Imprenta Real de los Niños Expósitos, 1789. Folio. [2] ff., 169, [1 (blank)] pp., [1] f., 50 pp., fold. plt.
$8750.00
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Fr. Rico, an Oratorian, describes the memorial services in Lima on the occasion of the death of King Carlos III, as well as the commemorative art work and its Neo-Latin epigraphs. Fray Bernardo Rueda's “Oracion funebre que en las solemnes exequias del Rey nuestro señor don Carlos III” has a sectional title-page and its own pagination.
The folding plate is of
the funeral monument erected in the king's memory. It is an extremely well executed, large engraving, signed by Vazquez and dated at Lima, 1789.
NUC and WorldCat locate only five U.S. libraries reporting ownership (Yale, Boston Public, Duke, Notre Dame, John Carter Brown). Searches of CCPB and the OPAC of the Spanish national library locate three Spanish libraries reporting ownership; COPAC finds no copies in Britain.
The number of “splendid ceremonies” books produced in colonial Peru is small: There is no census but we suspect the number to be around 20.
Other interesting aspects of the work are that it is an important source on the social and artistic life of Lima in the decade following the Tupac Amaru rebellion and that it is from one of Latin America's famous presses of “orphan children.”
John Carter Brown Library, Catalogue, 1493-1800, III,324; Medina, Lima, 1697; Sabin 73902; Vargas Ugarte, Impresos peruanos, 2546. Contemporary limp vellum with neatly inked title on spine; all edges inked decoratively. Old blurred stamp on front free endpaper, old single numerals very faintly on title-pages. Small tear in margin of plate, not into image. Overall a very good copy, very clean and with wide margins. (34668)
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“Yellow Bird's” English Poetry — Morocco Presentation Binding by Bosqui
Ridge, John Rollin. Poems. San Francisco: H. Payot & Company, 1868. 12mo (19 cm, 7.5"). Frontis. port., 137, [1] pp.
[SOLD]
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Ridge's Poems is widely held to be
among the first published books of poetry by a U.S. native (i.e., indigenous) American in the English language. The author was the son of a chief of the Cherokee, who, with his white wife, went west with other dispossessed Indians in 1850, hoping to strike pay dirt in the gold fields — but didn't. Instead, he settled in San Francisco and launched a writing career with a series of articles on crossing the plains for the New Orleans True Delta. He later contributed many articles and poems for the Golden Era and the Hesperian under the pen name of “Yellow Bird,” the literal translation of his Indian name. Additionally he “owned or edited ten different papers, including the Sacramento Daily Bee, the Marysville Califonria Express, the Grass Valley Daily National, and the San Francisco Herald” (Reese & Miles). Today, Ridge is remembered primarily for his Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta [1854], which transformed the Mexican bandit into a noble Robin Hood.
Ridge's poems were collected posthumously and are here published by his widow, with
a mounted albumen photograph of the author for the frontispiece; the preface includes a detailed account of the assassination of his father, John Ridge. The book was printed by Edward Bosqui & Co., considered San Francisco’s finest 19th-century printer.
Binding: Chestnut-brown morocco presentation binding with bevelled edges, covers framed in black rules, with author and title in gilt in nice frames on each board (gilt stamping the same as seen on the cloth binding).
Binding by Bosqui, with that firm’s ticket.
Cowan p. 533; Graff 3504; Kurutz, California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs 1856–1890, 43; Miles & Reese, Creating America, 122; Norris 3270. Binding as above; rebacked, original spine somewhat unartfully reapplied, sides scuffed. Scratched markings on pastedowns; title-page and a few others with old stains.
A very decent copy, with the presentation binding copies being rare. (39603)
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ILLUSTRATED Bodoni Tribute to the King of Spain
Variant Edition Not in Brooks
Ridolfi, Bernardino. In funere Caroli III Hispan. regis catholico oratio habita in sacello pontificio. Parmae: Ex Regio Typographeo, 1789. Large 4to (30.5 cm, 12"). Frontis., [4], ix, [1], 34, [2 (blank)] pp.; illus.
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From the Bodoni press: Sermon given by Ridolfi, chamberlain to Pope Pius VI, on the occasion of the death of Carlos III, King of Spain. The volume is dedicated to Carlos IV, whose father had been a long-standing patron of Bodoni's — and the new king did choose to maintain the printer's pension. The present example is
an unnoted edition, Brooks 384 describing the 1789 quarto as “4 ccnn. (la prima bianca, la seconda colla figura), VIII, 29 pp.,” while the copy at hand is collated as above, with a frontispiece, two preliminary leaves, nine (plus one blank) pages of preface, and 34 pages of sermon.
That is, Bodoni printed TWO quarto editions, each with a different setting of the text!
De Lama notes that only 1325 copies were printed of the quarto edition in total.
The engravings: The frontispiece, depicting the pope conducting the king's funeral service, was engraved by Raphael Morghen after Stefano Tofanelli, as were the headpiece to the dedication (a medallion with the profiles of Charles IV and his queen, surrounded by a cupbearer, a mother with children, and Athena with sword and scales) and the large vignette on p. 1 (another medallion — this one of the deceased — surrounded by a figure holding the pontifical hat and keys of St. Peter, a mourner holding a mirror, and Athena leaning on a pillar, accompanied by a lion). Three more vignettes, one incorporating the abbreviated Spanish royal coat of arms, were engraved by Giovanni Volpato after Tofanelli, and the text is additionally decorated with two engraved decorative capitals (unsigned).
All of the engravings were extremely well accomplished, with de Lama praising their graceful execution.
Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell.
Of this quarto edition, WorldCat locates only two U.S. libraries reporting ownership (Huntington, Sacramento Public).
Brooks 384 (for another edition); De Lama, II, 55/56. Modern half red morocco and marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-ruled raised bands. First and last few leaves with light foxing in upper portions.
A very nice copy of this very attractive production, here in an unusual state. (40139)
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“Jes' Looky Hyonder, Hey?”
Riley, James Whitcomb. Riley songs o'cheer. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1905]. 8vo (20 cm, 7.8"). 195, [1] pp.; illus.
$75.00
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First edition, first issue of this compendium bringing together poems previously published and these new elements: “Songs O'Cheer,” “Dedication to Bliss Carman,” “A Christmas Carol,” and “Her Smile of Cheer and Voice of Song.” The “Hoosier Poet” presents some verses in his classic midwestern dialect and some in more elegant verbiage, while
Will Vawter provided numerous full-page and in-text illustrations nicely evoking a nostalgic, mostly rural America to match.
Binding: Publisher's green cloth with a young farmer's vignette stamped in white, black, and gilt on the cover, spine with gilt-stamped title and bird vignette.
BAL 16671. Binding as above, dust jacket lacking, very minor rubbing to extremities and front cover vignette. Front pastedown with ownership inscription of Alice Grace Stone. Clean and fresh. (35049)
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An Italian's
EMBLEMS in French with Engravings by a Dutchman
Ripa, Cesare. Iconologie, ou La science des emblemes, devises &c. Qui apprend à les expliquer, dessiner et inventer. Ouvrage tres utile aux orateurs, poëtes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, & generalement à toutes sortes de curieux des beaux arts et des sciences. A Amsterdam: Chez Adrian Braakman, 1698. Small 8vo. 2 vols. I: Engr. title-page, [8] ff., 264 pp., 29 plates. II: Engr. title-page, [1] f., pp. 265–550; 51 plates, [6 (ads)] ff.
$950.00
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Ripa's Iconologia first appeared in 1593 in Italian, published at Rome and although unillustrated was an instant success with several subsequent editions and translations into German, Dutch, English, and French. The French is the work of Jean Baudoin (1590?–1650) and it first appeared in 1636. The
80 leaves of engravings contain six emblems each and are restrikes/reengravings of those created by the Dutch painter and engraver Jacob de Bie for the first French edition.
This later French reissue proudly proclaims on the black and red title-pages that it is, “Enrichie & augmentée dun grandnombre de figures avec des moralités, tirées la pluspart de Cesar Ripa. Par J.B.”
Querard, 2/3, 324; Vinet 114; Brunet, Supplement, 485; Landwehr 687; Adams, Rawles, & Saunders, Bibliography of French Emblem Books, F510. Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine extra, rubbed at corners and two spine tips; age-toned and otherwise the occasional spot or instance of light foxing only.
A delightful little duo. (34958)
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Important
MENNONITE Confession
Ris, Cornelis. De geloofsleere der waare Mennoniten of Doopsgezinden. Hoorn: T. Tjallingius, 1766. 4to (21 cm, 8.25"). [2], xxxiv, xviii, [2], 194 pp.
$1500.00
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First edition: Mennonite articles of faith as expressed by prominent preacher Ris (1717–90), in an attempt to reconcile liberal and orthodox views. This work was deeply influential in the American Mennonite tradition, though not as widely adopted in the Netherlands. The present example is an uncut copy.
Provenance: The title-page verso bears a limitation statement “De Auteur erkent geene exemplaren voor echt, dan die dus, eigenhandig, door hem zelf, getekend zyn,”
signed, “C. Ris.” Title-page recto has signature of American scholar and collector Howard Osgood.
Springer-Klassen 5102. Later limp speckled paper wrappers, spine reinforced with cloth tape, in buckram-covered slipcase with author and date gilt-stamped on spine, remnants of shelving label. Front and back free endpapers partially excised. Title-page institutionally pressure-stamped, with early inked ownership inscription between two lines of title. Lightly cockled, outer corners curled; occasional light foxing, more pronounced towards back of volume. (31093)
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Scots Antiquarianism — ILLUSTRATED
Ritson, Joseph, ed. The Caledonian muse: A chronological
selection of Scotish poetry from the earliest times. London: Robert Triphook, 1821. 8vo. Frontis., iv, 232 pp.
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During the heyday of attempts to find the origins of Great Britain's literature, Ritson collected and published anthologies of nursery rhymes, Robin Hoodiana, English songs and ballads, and English and Scottish poems. Shortly before the present work was supposed to be published in 1785, a fire destroyed part of the printer's warehouse and the manuscript of Ritson's introductory essay; the surviving sheets, printed in octavo with horizontal chain lines, make their first appearance here with a new introduction. The poems are illustrated with vignettes engraved by Heath after Stothard's designs, and with small woodcuts by Bewick. The frontispiece is an engraved silhouette portrait of Ritson.
NSTC 2R11677; Lowndes 2099; Hugo, The Bewick Collector, 434. Contemporary half dark green morocco with red marbled paper sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; some rubbing and with a bit of green discoloration to paper of front cover. Minor offsetting to frontispiece and title-page; mild to moderate foxing in first third of volume and to last few pages. (21934)
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Classic
Collection / Uncommon
Illustrated Variant
[Roach, John, ed.]. The beauties of the poets of Great Britain,
carefully selected from the works of the best authors. Embellished with engravings on wood. London:
Sherwin & Co., 1821–22. 12mo (15 cm, 5.9"). 2 vols. I: [4], ii, 360 pp.; 9 plts. II: [2], iii, [1], 360 pp.;
9 plts.
$250.00
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Scarce-to-say-the-least illustrated variant of a long-popular anthology first published
in 1793. OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 fail to find any holdings of this edition, which is also not listed
by NSTC; from this time period, most catalogues and bibliographies find only the three-volume 1826
printing.
The contents of these two volumes appear to be based almost entirely on John Roach's Beauties of the
Poets of Great Britain, although Roach is not cited as the editor, the pieces are in a different order than
originally presented, and there are a few minor changes: “The Negro Boy” is not included here, while
several “runic odes” by Mathias and Penrose have been added. The expected highlights of Pope, Gray,
Cowper, Burns, Chatterton, Goldsmith, etc. are present, as well as lesser-known pieces such as Mrs.
Carter's “Address to Meditation,” Mary Darby Robinson's “Trumpeter,” and Helen Maria Williams's
“Sonnet to Twilight” and “Sonnet to Hope” (the latter memorized by Wordsworth, whose first
published poem was “Sonnet, on seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep at a Tale of Distress”).
The volumes are illustrated with 18 wood-engraved plates signed by Sears, Willis, and others — not
the 1793 originals.
Provenance:
Ownership note of “Adams Jewett, M.D.” to top of title-page.
This ed.
not in NSTC, Lowndes, or Allibone. Not in British Library OPAC, not in NUC Pre-1956, not in
OCLC, not in COPAC. Recent marbled paper–covered boards, spines with printed
paper labels. Each title-page with early inked ownership inscription in upper margin as above. Some
pages with offsetting; spots of light to moderate staining; one page with pencilled annotation.
(25339)
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Bodoni Printing: Religious Advice for a
Dead Princess's Children
Roberti, Giovanni Battista. Istruzione cristiana ad un giovinetto cavaliere e a due giovinette dame sue sorelle. Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1787. 8vo (22.2 cm, 8.74"). [2], 143, [1] pp.
$350.00
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First edition, one of two variant Bodoni printings: Lessons in Christian faith and conduct dedicated to Prince Gennaro and Princesses Teresa and Caterina, son and daughters of Vincenzo Caraffa (or Carafa), Duke of Bruzzano and Prince of Rocella (1739–1814). Best known for his Annotazioni sopra l'umanità del secolo Decimottavo, the author (1719–86) was a Jesuit professor and polymath who studied philosophy, science, theatre, and literature as well as theology. Bodoni printed this work in the year following Conte Roberti's death, in two similar variations; the present example bears a “DL” monogram over the dedication (likely in honor of Donna Livia Doria, the children's mother, who had died in 1779) as well as the attractively engraved Caraffa coat of arms on the title-page.
Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of private collector Brian Douglas Stilwell.
Brooks 340; De Lama, II, 45; DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 1918.70. Contemporary half marbled calf with marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label, gilt-stamped bands, and gilt-stamped floral decorations in compartments; minor rubbing overall, spine and joints with small areas of pinhole worming. All edges stained red; original silk bookmark present. Pages very clean and fresh, slightly cockled.
A nice copy of this elegantly printed item. (40136)
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Travelling
Where Few Wanted to Go
Robertson, John Parish, & William Parish Robertson. Four years in Paraguay: comprising an account of that republic, under the government of the dictator Francia. Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838. 12mo (19 cm; 7.25"). 2 vols. I: [9] ff., 236 pp. II: 220 pp.
$450.00
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First American edition of the brothers Robertson's wonderful account of their travels in South America culminating in their arrival in Paraguay and an extended residence there. They also recount the efforts to emancipate the various South American regions from Spanish control, compare and contrast Portuguese and Spanish America, describe flora and fauna, discuss native populations, etc. The preliminary leaves of advertisements for other books from the same publishers have their own additional interest.
American Imprints 52683; Sabin 71961. This edition not in Palau. Publisher's pebbled brown cloth bindings: black tape at top of one spine and onto the covers. Bindings show modest wear, publisher's paper spine labels slightly chipped; text blocks slightly skewed in bindings and light waterstaining in lower inner margins of vol. I. Exsocial club library: 19th-century bookplate, call number on endpaper, pressure-stamp on title-page, no other markings. (28891)
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“Full a Fun, Tales, An Rhymes” — “Printed for the Author”
[Robinson, Joseph Barlow]. [Works of Sammy Twitcher]. Owd Sammy Twitcher's
CRISMAS BOWK FOR THE YEAR 1870. Derby: Printed by the author, [1870]. 8vo (21.3 cm, 8.4"). 26 pp.; 4 plts. [with] Owd Sammy Twitcher's visit tu't Gret Exibishun e Darby. Derby: Pr. by the author, [1870]. 8vo. [24] pp. [and] Owd Sammy Twitcher's second visit tu't Gret Exibishun e Darby, wi' Jim. Pr. by the author, [1870]. 8vo. [24] pp. [and] Owd Sammy Twitcher's visit tu't watter cure establishment, at Matlock-Bonk. Darby: Pr. by the author, [1872]. 8vo. 54, [14 (adv.)], 22 (adv.) pp.; 4 plts.
$750.00
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Attractively bound collection of the first editions of these four humorous works written in thick Derbyshire dialect (the first sentence here reads “Frend, ah gey thee my hond, ah dunna mene tow fingers, bur a gud grip, az tha'll feel tinglin e aw thy veins”).
Three of the pieces include glossaries of some of the more opaque terms. Two of the essays recount
visits to the extensive and interesting Midland Counties Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition of 1870, and the final entry features a lengthy appendix offering a more serious look at
Matlock-Bank, its hydropathic establishments, and its other landmarks, this in standard English. Mr. Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, referenced in the text, is the first business appearing in the subsequent advertisement section, which is extensive, evocative, and contains
many ads embellished with little recommendations (by “Twitcher”?) in Darbyshire doggerel.
The author, who spent most of his life in Derby, was a sculptor as well as a Derbyshire historian, and he appears to have supplied the
original illustrations here himself. The two pairs of plates (one lithographed, one steel-engraved) are done in notably different styles — we suspect that two different engravers worked from Robinson's sketches. Robinson wrote one additional Twitcher piece in 1881, describing a visit to the Royal Agricultural Show, not included in this gathering.
All the Twitcher books are now scarce: WorldCat finds very few U.K. holdings of these titles and virtually no U.S.
Provenance: First text page with early pencilled ownership inscription of Mr. H. Mills in upper outer corner.
Crismas: NSTC 2R14138; Visit: NSTC 2R14139; Second Visit: NSTC 2R14140; Watter Cure: NSTC 0643751. Later quarter green calf and fine combed marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; minor shelfwear. Pencilled ownership note as above. Light age-toning; first two works with mild foxing and last leaves with avery light, old waterstain across a lower corner.
A highly personal production in text *and* illustration; an entertaining and very uncommon gathering. (36501)
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“Afloat by the Heels, in That Terrible Ocean
In a Manner of Which You Can Scarce Have a Notion”
(Robinsonade — Not Defoe, Daniel). Robinson Crusoe: With thirty illustrations. London: Wm. S. Orr & Co. (pr. by Vizetelly Brothers & Co.), [ca. 1843]. 16mo (17 cm, 6.45"). Frontis., [2], 39, [1] pp.; 8 plts., illus.
$300.00
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Uncommon comedic verse retelling of the most famous castaway story of all (sorry Gilligan, sorry Tom “Cast Away” Hanks, Will “Lost in Space”), featuring
a total of nine sepia-tinted plates and a number of in-text vignettes. In this version, Crusoe stays lost mostly because he prefers to be his own king, free of civilization, rent, and taxes; once having left his island, he sells Friday and puts his mother in the workhouse. Among other cracks at contemporary societal quirks, the narrator suggests that Crusoe would have found his lack of a wife “the most pleasing of facts” if only he had read Malthus and Martineau, and the scanty costumes of the natives are compared to those at the ballet this season.
The wood-engraved frontispiece is signed “A.C.,” i.e., Alfred Crowquill, pseudonym of A.H. Forrester, while the other
tinted plates and black and white in-text illustrations are unsigned. While the exact publication date of this volume is difficult to identify, Orr published this popular piece in 1840 and 1844, as well as part of the 1843 edition of the Comic Album; it appears here as part of the “Comic Nursery Tales” series. This stand-alone printing is scarce: WorldCat locates only seven U.S. institutions reporting copies (Boston Public, Yale, Huntington, Lilly, Minnesota, Free Library of Philadelphia, SUNY-Stony Brook).Provenance: From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
NSTC 2D7678. Not in Gumuchian; not in Osborne Collection. Publisher's original printed paper–covered boards; paper slightly darkened, edges and extremities rubbed, joints refurbished. Now in a sturdy, dark blue cloth–covered clamshell case and matching slipcase. Pages evenly age-toned. One leaf with tear from lower margin, touching two lines of text and lower edge of one illustration (without loss); one leaf with short tear from lower margin not touching text.
A worthwhile copy of this unusual parody, in its original binding and nicely box-housed. (39980)
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“Improved Taste of Modern Time Must
Question the Crudities of Former Days”
Rocco, Sha [pseud. of Abisha Shumway Hudson]. The masculine cross and ancient sex worship. New York: Asa K. Butts & Co., 1874. 8vo (19 cm, 7.75"). 65, [7 (adv.)] pp.; illus.
$200.00
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First edition: A study of cruciform sexual symbolism in ancient religions, touching on Indian, Egyptian, Chinese, and other mythological connections to the shape of the cross. The volume is illustrated with in-text engravings of statues, relics, and other items, including the final chapter (“The Phallus in California,” about the results of the author's antiquity-hunting expedition in Stanlislaus County, CA), which features a representation of what the author says is misidentified as an “Indian pestle.”
Hudson was a Massachusetts-born physician and one of the founders of the Keokuk Medical College; his publisher here was the notable freethinker and
contraception advocate Asa K. Butts, who has supplied several pages of advertisements for some of his other publications.
Publisher's blue cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title and fish vignette with blind-stamped decorative borders; spine slightly darkened, small spots of light discoloration, extremities rubbed. Sewing just barely starting to loosen but holding; pages clean.
A more than decent copy of this interesting and, shall we say, “highly personal” work. (35139)
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Redeemed at Death — Nottinghamshire Printed
(Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of). The repentance and happy death of the celebrated Earl of Rochester. To which is added, some suitable verses on the occurrence, by Dr. Isaac Watts. Nottingham: Printed by Sutton & Son, 1814. 16mo (16 cm, 6.25"). 8 pp.
$175.00
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Percy Cropper in 1892 pioneered the study of Nottinghamshire chapbooks. His bibliography lists this account of Rochester's atheism and redemption at death as the last entry in the chronology of chapbooks printed in Nottingham City, before proceeding to his discussion and survey of printing in the rest of the shire.
It is nicely printed using a variety of type styles and sizes, and has a woodcut on title-page of St. Mark and an attractive woodcut at the end of an angel among clouds with a banner reading “finis.”
Provenance: From the chapbook collection of Albert A. Howard, sans indicia.
Cropper, Nottinghamshire Chap-books, 31. Folded as issued; untrimmed; unopened. Very good. (38806)
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A Young Ladies' Writing Club: The Fruits of their Labors in 1885
Handwritten, Illustrated, & Custom Bound
The Rocket Club. Manuscript on paper, in English. “Essays of the Rocket Club.” [England]: 1885. 4to (23.8 cm, 9.375"). [200 (195 used)] ff.; illus.
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A remarkable collection: One year's worth of
original, handwritten pieces painstakingly composed and assembled by the members of a private “girls'” essay society, covering a wide range of literary, cultural, and historical topics, gathered in a luxurious custom binding. At the time this volume was commenced, the club was coming into its eighth year of existence — “a venerable age for an essay society” according to the author of the introduction, whose pseudonymous “Elm” signature often shows up in these pages graced by a sketched leaf. Following Elm's admonishment to write more things worth reading in the coming year are pieces like “Books for the Million” (regarding the advantages and disadvantages of booms in publishing and public libraries, signed by Pleasance), “The Ministry of Little Things” (a parable in verse, from Ivy), “A Day in the Orkneys” (a travelogue by Sirius), a lengthy essay on personal influence by Serapis, and groups of essays from multiple contributors on assigned topics including fashion, 17th-century poets, architecture (to which Elm had strong objections, considering it too broad a topic to address in this format), beetles, and “Music: Its Use and Influence.”
The essays seem to have been submitted on a monthly basis, with each club member having an opportunity to comment on the month' offerings. In some instances, the critical responses are as interesting as the original pieces!
As mentioned in the November criticism section, there were at least 16 members of the club, although some were more active than others. It seems all but certain that all of them were female, well educated, and sufficiently wealthy to participate in this type of leisure activity. Several made use of overtly feminine pseudonyms (Stella, Faith, the intriguing Duhitar) or self-identifiers (Elm mentions “us girls”); Sirius, Serapis, Aquarius, Nitor, and Tortoise are less obvious — but in at least one instance a Serapis essay bears a follow-up comment that begins “she wishes to say . . .,” and other critical responses give us additional she/her references for Key, ?, Aquarius, Pleasance, and Dragonfly. Ivy is an interesting case, rebutting a point on contemporary male fashion by describing men's style as “simple, sensible, & comfortable,” and then going on to say “as to women, they may attire themselves in any way almost that is most convenient,” which seems curiously self-distancing from feminine experience. One of the few specifically female-oriented topics, “Should the Franchise be Extended to Women?,” brings several references to “our” characteristics, and although no hardline declarations in favor of suffrage are made, several essayists tentatively conclude that single women running their own households should have the right to vote.
In addition to the beautifully hand-calligraphed and illuminated title-page, the volume also contains a number of mounted illustrations. These include a pencilled “design for a border,” symbolically signed by Key, which received high praise from the club members in that month's criticism section; five costume drawings in one of the essays on fashion, likewise symbolically signed by Dragonfly; five striking depictions of beetles, four in color (the one of an African beetle bearing the sub-caption “Drawn from life,” which has been followed with a pencilled question mark!); a sketch of an Irish “Bian” horse-drawn carriage (accompanying an essay on the life of Charles Bianconi); and six lovely painted landscapes (including coastline, mountain, and village scenes — some connected to a group of essays on “What Constitutes Beauty” and some to “A Type of English Scenery”).
Binding: Contemporary black morocco, covers framed in gilt rolls and fillets with inner blind roll and blind-tooled corner fleurons surrounding gilt-stamped title (“Essays of the Rocket Club. 1885); spine with gilt-stamped raised bands and gilt-tooled compartment decorations. Board edges with gilt roll, turn-ins with blind roll; marbled endpapers and top edges gilt.
Bound as above, spine head repaired and refurbished; somewhat rubbed and a little scuffed — a volume that was both used/referred to and treasured. Many leaves with short tears from outer margins, often with old, possibly contemporary repairs; some leaves showing faint, pressed-out creases most likely from mailing.
Unique, enjoyable, and eminently worthy of study. (36353)
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French Translation of the NT with
Exegesis of Text
& of PICTURES
Rohault de Fleury, Charles. L'évangile études iconographiques et archéologiques. Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1874. Folio (33 cm, 13"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., [8], vii, [1], 287 pp.; 53 plts. II: Frontis., [4], 320 pp.; 46 plts.
$350.00
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Sole edition. A study of the iconography of Jesus in Late Roman and Medieval art, from the 3rd to the 12th century. Each chapter (165 in all) covers a particular scene in the life of Jesus, and the text begins with a Catholic translation in French of the relevant passages from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The text is accompanied by illustrations, copious interpretive notes of the iconography and critical commentary, both exegetical and archaeological. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church, the preliminary leaves including an “approbation” by the Archbishop of Tours and a letter from the Archbishop of Paris.
The book is illustrated with 100 engraved plates and numerous in-text engravings, as well as a frontispiece map of the Holy Land in each volume. The plates are mostly figural illustrations taken from paintings in catacombs and on sarcophagi, illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, ivory figurines, murals, etc. The title-pages are printed in black and red ink, and decorated with an engraved vignette.
Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt on the spines and front covers. Spines sunned and front cover of vol. II slightly sunned along fore-edge also; cloth of spines frayed at extremities and chipped in other places. Hinges (inside) of vol. I a little weak, stitching exposed; corners bumped with cloth damage; pages very shallowly bumped. Ex-library, with shelf labels on spines, institutional bookplates on front pastedowns, pressure-stamp to title-pages and one other page in each volume. Paper very good; pages clean and bright. (24688)
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First on Several Fronts
Rojanovsky, Fedor [Feodor], illus.; Esther Averill & Lila Stanley, eds. Daniel Boone. Paris: Domino Press, 1931. Folio (36.5 cm, 14.4"). [16] pp.; col. illus.
$325.00
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“Historic adventures of an American hunter among the Indians”: The first trade edition of the first book from Esther Averill and Lila Stanley's ex-patriate Domino Press, and the first English-language children's book illustrated by Caldecott Medal–winning, Russian-born artist Feodor Rojanovsky (Domino published a French-language version in the same year). The text was printed by Robert Coulouma of Argenteuil, and
the brightly colored lithographic illustrations are five-color direct from the stones by Mourlot Frères of Paris.
The limited edition of this work was of 25 copies on velin d'arches, issued unbound, in wrappers.
Allen & Allen, Feodor Rojankovsky: The Children's Books and Other Illustration Art, DP1.a. Publisher's color-printed paper–covered boards with blue cloth shelfback; corners and spine extremities rubbed, spine gently sunned, cream paper very slightly darkened with a few faint spots. Pages fresh and clean.
A very nice copy of a landmark work of children's illustration. (38684)
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Progress — Easy, Clean, & Safe!
Rome Gas, Electric Light & Power Company. The dirt-less workman. Rome, NY: Rome Gas, Electric Light & Power Company, [ca. 1925]. 16mo (15.1 cm, 6"). [16] pp.; illus.
$75.00
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Uncommon electric promotional booklet: “Electric service in the home has become an essential comfort of our modern life” (p. 14), and this pamphlet encourages homeowners to get their houses wired for it, arguing that installations are clean and quick, and subsequent electric bills cheap. The text is illustrated with a cutaway diagram showing the process of wiring a three-story house with attic, photographs of electricians on the job inside various homes, exterior shots of older and newer buildings, and an interior image of an “American workingman's home, where . . . every possible economy is practiced.” The colophon labels this “Electrical Progress Booklet No. 1,” part of an advertising campaign noted at the time for its success.
Publisher's printed paper wrappers, stapled; small scuffs, back wrapper with streak of staining, pressure point from a front-wrapper scuff or prick unobtrusively carried throughout.
This ephemeral, eye-opening item is now scarce. (41057)
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Early 17th-Century Collection — Highlights of Ronsard's Works
Ronsard, Pierre de. Recveil des sonnets, odes, hymnes, elegies, et avtres pieces retranchees aux editions precedentes des oeuures de ... avec quelques autres non imprimees cy-devant. Paris: Chez Nicolas Buon, 1609. 12mo (15.1 cm, 5.9"). 360 pp., 12 ff. (lacking 4 final ff., the “Table des Poesies contenves en ce recveil”).
$825.00
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Dubbed “the prince of poets,” Ronsard was one of the leading lights of the French Renaissance; his influence was felt in his own time via the school of poetry he helped found (La Pléiade) and thereafter through his revitalization of classical forms and inspiration. The first collected edition of his extensive oeuvre appeared in 1567, published by Buon, who in tribute to Ronsard's enduring popularity continued to produce various updated, corrected, and annotated versions into the 17th century. The present volume, vol. 11 of Buon's 1609–10 printing of the complete works, offers some of the poet's most significant productions — including many of his best-known poems along with more obscure verses, as well as his important l'Abrégé de l'art poétique français. It is set here as a
duodecimo rather than Buon's better-known folio printing of the same year: Conveniently portable, this smaller production still features
woodcut and typographic headpieces, and decorative capitals.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with large ex libris label of Grace Rolleston.
Brunet, IV, 1375. Contemporary vellum, later recased using green silk bands with new headbands; vellum slightly sprung, back cover with significant area of discoloration (from glue inside?), binding showing moderate wear overall but sturdy and serviceable. All edges stained blue. Bookplate as above. Four final leaves lacking, see above. Pages clean; last few leaves with waterstaining at inner portions, final leaf adhering to free endpaper.
If you want a neat, compact yet compendious, early 17th-century distillation of “Ronsard” in one volume — here it is! (39486)
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“True Poetry Forever Lasts”
Ronsard, Pierre de. Songs & sonnets ... Selected & translated into English verse by Curtis Hidden Page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, [May] 1903. 8vo (19.2 cm, 7.6"). xxxvi, 137, [2] pp.
$125.00
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This collection of poems on love, nature, and poetry itself begins with biographical notes. The Renaissance “Prince of Poets,” Ronsard (1524–85) was the “favorite and friend of six successive [French] kings,” with patronage from queens and princesses to match. Many editions of his works appeared before 1623, and one in 1629, however none came forth again until 200 years later, when interest in 16th-century poetry was revived by Sainte-Beuve, Blanchemain, et al.
This edition was designed by the great American typographer (or “typster,” as he labeled himself) Bruce Rogers, and he left his mark on its final page; it was limited to 425 copies printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, MA. Bound in maroon paper–covered boards with a white paper spine label printed in black, this is copy 405 and is in its original dust wrapper and with its box, being
rare thus. The spare label is tipped in at the back.
Work of Bruce Rogers, 101. Bound and in its box as above; dust jacket and box label sunned, box edges rubbed. The pristine text is, which can be read with enjoyment by peeping, is
unopened and uncut. (30539)
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Christian Spiritual Conversation: A Mennonite Catechism
Roosen, Gerhard. Christliches gemüths-gespräch von dem geistlichen und seligmachenden glauben, und erkäntniss der wahrheit, so zu der gottseligkeit führet in der hoffnung des ewigen lebens, Tit. I, v. I.: in Frag und Antwort für die ankommende Jugend ... Germantaun [Pa.]: Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer, 1790. 12mo (13.8 cm, 5.4"). 241, [1] pp.
$400.00
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Only the second American edition of a popular catechism, originally published in 1702; the first American edition was the Ephrata Cloister printing in 1769. Includes hymns by Christopher Dock and others, on pp. 224–41; Etliche christliche Gebäte has a separate title-page.
Arndt & Eck 762; ESTC W5504; Evans 22858 & 22493. Contemporary mottled sheep with remnants of original clasp, rebacked quite some time ago with calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and publication labels; original leather edges rubbed, spine leather with cracks, spine extremities chipped, joints expertly strengthened and hinges (inside) reinforced. Pages age-toned; first and last few leaves waterstained, scattered staining elsewhere. One leaf with small hole, just barely touching one character without loss. (27903)
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Nonesuch Press Edition: A Novel
C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Read Aloud
to
Make the Inklings Laugh
Ros, Amanda McKittrick. Irene Iddesleigh. London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. 12mo (20 cm, 7.9"). 151, [1] pp.; illus.
$125.00
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Nonesuch printing of the first novel from an Irish author who made a career out of being critically savaged for her florid and improbably alliterative prose. Anna Margaret Ross, who wrote under the “Ros” pseudonym, first published this tragic novel about a doomed marriage at her own expense in 1897; Mark Twain called it “one of the greatest unintentionally hilarious novels of all time,” and to this day it continues to be featured on lists of the worst books ever written.
“This edition follows exactly the text of the original Belfast issue of 1897 except that certain misprints have been corrected,” according to the edition statement; the text is ornamented with reproductions of the original
three wood engravings by W.M.R. Quick. The present example is numbered copy 719 of 1250 printed.
Provenance: Calligraphic bookplate of Norman J. Sondheim, American collector of fine press books.
McKitterick/Rendall/Dreyfus 33. Publisher's half sheep and pink, red, and brown mottled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; spine gently sunned, extremities a bit rubbed. Front pastedown with bookplate as above; light foxing to endpapers, with a very few faint spots elsewhere. Lovely Nonesuch production of a “must read it to believe it” novel! (32039)
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Betrayal/MURDER! in Oxford
Rosanna; the Oxford tragedy / In two parts. Part I.--How fair Rosanna, of the city of Oxford, was by a young gentleman betrayed of her virginity. Part II.--His cruelty in murdering her, and how a rose-bush sprung upon her grave, which blossoms all the year through; and how the murder came to be found out, by his cropping the rose, &c. Glasgow [Scotland]: Printed for the Booksellers, [18--]. 12mo (15 cm, 6"). 8 pp.
$95.00
Title woodcut vignette of a young woman in a bonnet, leaning against a gate. “[No.] 20” printed at the foot of the title.
Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). The bottom half inch of the leaves and the top inch of the rear leaf are separated; very good. (38504)
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“Give Each
DOG His Due”
[Roscoe, William]. The council of dogs. Illustrated with suitable engravings. Philadelphia: Brown & Merritt for Johnson & Warner, 1809 [i.e., 1821]. Square 8vo (13.1 cm, 5.2"). 16 pp.; 8 plts.
$500.00
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First edition, second issue, with a frontispiece by Benjamin Warner dated 1821. The dogs feel slighted that birds, insects, and other animals “now a days” have their stories told by poets; this is produced to correct that peculiarity. The
eight plates are delicately limned copper engravings and the first one, which acts as the frontispiece, is, as in all copies, pasted to the front board of the binding.
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Rosenbach, Children's, 603; Shoemaker 5091. Publisher's plain salmon-colored paper over light paste boards. Some plates browned as in all copies; glue stains showing through frontispiece. A few leaves mildly foxed.
A nice book, a charming book. (38470)
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Father of
Pediatric Medicine
Rosén von Rosenstein, Nils. Des Herrn Nils Rosén von Rosenstein ... Anweisung zur Kenntniss und Cur der Kinderkrankheiten. Göttingen und Gotha : Bey Johann Christian Dieterich, 1768. 8vo (17.7 cm; 7"). [8] ff., 541 (i.e., 539 ), [1] pp., [7] ff.
$600.00
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Johann Andreas Murray's German-language translation out of the Swedish of Rosén von Rosenstein's treatise on childhood diseases and their cures (Underrättelser om barn-sjukdomar). This is the “2. verm. und verb. Aufl.” Rosén von Rosenstein (1706–73) was a Swedish nobleman, the physician to the king of Sweden, an original member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a professor at the University of Uppsala; he published the first edition of this work in 1764, basing it on a series of lectures he had delivered. It is considered one of the most important works in the history of pediatrics and was quickly translated into English, German, French, and Italian.
Garrison and Morton say of the first edition in English: “Sir Frederick Still considered this work 'the most progressive which had yet been written;' it gave an impetus to research which influenced the future course of paediatrics.”
Translator Murray (1740–91) was a Swedish student of Linnaeus and later a professor of botany and medicine at Göttingen.
Provenance: Bookplate of Adamus Elias Schmidt, dated 1784. Early 19th-century signature of a Philadelphia doctor (erased) at top of title-page.
G&M 6323. Contemporary half calf, well worn: leather dry and gone to red with joint leather lost, cords holding, paper of covers worn through to boards in some places. Text with age-toning. Not a pretty copy but complete, and solid for now. Housed in a red cloth clamshell case. (22256)
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Catalogue of His Own Collection — Early American Children's Books
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1933. Stout 4to (27 cm; 10.625"). lix, 354 pp., [86] leaves of plates; facsims. (some col.).
$575.00
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One of
88 copies on Zerkall Halle paper and bound in blue pigskin, out of a total edition of 585 copies, this being copy XIII (i.e., 13), signed
by Rosy below the number.
Rosenbach was the leading bookseller in America during the first half of the 20th century, helping to form the collections of Huntington, Folger, Widener, Doheny, Bell, Lilly, Clements, and many others. His personal collecting included American Judaica and Early American children's books. This is the highly illustrated and very bibliographically detailed catalogue of his personal collection of the latter. The collection was donated to the Free Library of Philadelphia.
The introduction is by A.E. Newton, Rosenbach's friend and customer, and a man whose own books on the joys of collecting helped fuel the fashion for it in the 1920s and 30s.
Blue pigskin, embossed in black on covers with an early American design; rebacked in plain blue morocco; abraded joints nicely refurbished. In the original black cloth slipcase but without the paper label. A good+ copy. (34040)
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First Appearance of
Dulac's Pearlescent Illustrations
Rosenthal, Léonard; Edmond Dulac, illus. Au royaume de la perle. Paris: L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza, [colophon: Printed by G. Kadar, 1920]. Folio (30.6 cm, 12.1"). 139, [1] pp.; 10 col. plts.
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Lavishly produced history of pearls by a Parisian jeweler who achieved international prominence as a pearl merchant. Rosenthal first published this work in 1919 as a plain pamphlet, before commissioning a set of illustrations from Dulac that are
printed here for the first time, in a deluxe edition limited to 1500 copies, with this being numbered copy 293. Dulac's ten
color-printed, gilt-heavy illustrations gorgeously display his Middle Eastern and Indian inspirations, as well as a sensual appreciation of various
elegantly nude ladies associated with pearl lore and mythology. In addition to the ten plates, the chapters are decorated with underwater-themed decorative initial capitals printed in olive and black (featuring octopuses, jellyfish, dolphins, etc.), with each text page set off by a decorative head- and tailpiece in olive.
Binding: Contemporary half caramel morocco with sides of cafe au lait, cream-swirled marbled paper, and leather edges with gilt rules; spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt-dotted raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Combed marbled endpapers and top edge gilt.
Original silver and gilt sea-fan pattern on blue wrappers preserved and bound in. A signed binding stamped by Gruel on front turn-in.
Binding as above, showing mild wear to edges and extremities, front cover with one small unobtrusive scuff. Original silk bookmark present and attached, with lower end faded; all guard leaves present. Pages slightly age-toned, and with variable staining to top margins of first seven leaves including title-page and first plate with its tissue; same accident discernable on some leaves thereafter, with staining very light and/or confined to a bare short sliver at page edge. Pages otherwise clean and plates brightly beautiful.
A handsome production well showcasing Dulac's beaux-arts style. (38734)
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A Cute Little Bodoni
Rosini, Giovanni. Poesia, la musica e la danza, versi ... Parma: co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1796. Small 8vo (16.5 cm, 6.5"). [4] ff., 30 pp.
$725.00
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Giovanni Rosini (1776–1855), a professor, novelist, poet, dramaturge, and writer on art, was fortunate to have this collection of some of his poetry
beautifully printed in elegant, minute type by the famous Bodoni Press. Brooks says of this edition: “Ravissante impressione bodonienne.”
Provenance: Unidentified stencilled ownership mark of an anchor flanked by a “G” on the left and an “I” on the right contained in an oval with a solid outer ring and an inner one of dots.
Brooks 629. Contemporary light boards covered with tan paper speckled with red; paper of spine damaged with loss. Housed in a simple one-ply phase box. (39613)
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Didot
Handsomely Presents Rousseau
Rousseau, Jean Baptiste. Odes, cantates, epitres et poesies diverses. Paris: Chez P. Didot, fils aine de F. A. Dudot l'aine, 1790. Large 4to (32 cm, 12.75"). xii, 560 pp.
$1250.00
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First Didot printing of Rousseau's poetry; he was to reprint the work in two volumes, 12mo format in 1799. “Cette edition a été imprimée, au nombre de 250 exemplaires, avec de nouveaux caractères gravés exprès par Firmin Didot, sur du papier vélin de la fabrique de MM. Dervaud et freres Henry, d’Angoulême” (p. [vi]].
This was part of the continuation of the series originally printed for the education of the Dauphin.
Provenance: Bookplate of Louis Boutemy, later owned by Tisseyre Boutemy.
WorldCat locates five U.S. libraries reporting ownership (Pierpont Morgan, NYPL, State Library of Indiana, St. Johns, St. Catherine University).
Brunet, V, 1491. 19th-century half red morocco and marbled boards, rubbed at extremities; top edge gilt, silk place marker. Foxing of a the lightest sort and that not “throughout.”
A lovely copy. (40332)
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Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste. Oeuvres poétiques ... avec un commentaire par M. Amar. Paris: Chez Lefèvre, 1824. 8vo (23.1 cm, 9.1"). 2 vols. in 1. Frontis., xxxv, [1], 419, [5], 363, [1 (blank)] pp.
$225.00
First edition of this compilation. Rousseau’s verses and epigrams enjoyed enormous popularity in their day; they appear here as part of the “Collection des classiques françois,” with commentary by Jean Augustin Amar du Rivier and an engraved frontispiece portrait done by Taurel.
Brunet, IV, 1421. Contemporary black half morocco over blue pebbled cloth, spine beautifully gilt extra, leather edges ruled in gilt; volume clean and virtually unworn. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate and with institutional rubber-stamp (no other markings); some soiling and offsetting to front pastedown and free endpaper. Many leaves lightly to moderately foxed, a few more heavily — the paper here was not as good as it might have been. One leaf with short tear from upper margin, touching page number but not text.
An attractive production. (19301)

Dangerous Jesuit Ideas
Roussel de La Tour, Claude-Pierre. Extraits des assertions dangereuses et pernicieuses en tout genre, que les soi-disans Jésuites ont, dans tous les temps & persévéramment, soutenues, enseignées & publiées dans leurs livres, avec l'approbation de leurs supérieurs & généraux.... Paris: Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1762. 4to (26.2 cm, 10.31"). [6], viii, 442 (i.e., 542) pp.
$400.00
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First edition: a controversial selection of excerpts from Jesuit writings on topics such as simony, blasphemy, astrology, idolatry (Chinese and Malabar), perjury, homicide, suicide, regicide, etc., intended to
prove the evil influence of the Society of Jesus — and coming at a critical moment, just prior to the French suppression of the order. Roussel was allegedly assisted by the Abbés Louis-Guillaume Minard and Claude-Pierre Goujet in compiling the text, which is printed in parallel columns of Latin and French, with shouldernotes and bibliographical references. Simon published a 12mo edition in the same year, and the work was subsequently reprinted several times, with its dissemination prompting numerous responses including Préjugés légitimes contre le livre intitulé Extraits des Assertions.
Provenance: From the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
Barbier, Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, II, 404; DeBacker-Sommervogel, XI, 164 (see numbers 1214–49). Contemporary mottled calf, covers framed in double gilt fillets, spine gilt extra, with gilt-stamped leather title-label; leather acid-pitted, front joint cracked and back joint starting, spine leather cracked and chipping, edges and extremities rubbed. Original silk bookmark intact and attached. Front free endpaper with pencilled bibliographic notes. Pages slightly age-toned; mild to moderate waterstaining to some margins. Pp. 529–36 bound in between p. 520 and p. 521.
Internally solid, very readable, and quite incendiary. (40666)
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“Vous N'aurez de Paix ni avec Dieu, ni avec Votre Conscience,
ni avec les Hommes”
Royou, Thomas-Marie. Lettre de l'abbé Royou a M. de
Loménie, décardinalise, moitié de gré, moitié de force; mais toujours archevêque de Sens, malgré
lui, malgré la constitution. Paris: Au bureau de l'Ami du Roi, 1791. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). 15, [1]
pp.
$100.00
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Uncut, never bound copy: a condemnation of Étienne Charles de Loménie de
Brienne, who gave up the archbishopric of Sens in the year of this publication. The author
begins by
comparing Brienne to an aged coquette who makes a show of renouncing flirtations at
the moment when her fading charms have ceased to captivate.
Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only five U.S. institutional holdings.
Martin & Walter 30351. Remnants of original simple sewing
present; spine chipped and splitting. Title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner
and pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Edges untrimmed and slightly ragged; title-page
with lower outer corner creased. Minor spots of faint foxing mostly confined to margins, pages
otherwise clean. (30838)
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Legalese Has Always Been
Joke-Worthy
Ruggle, George. Ignoramus. Comoedia coram rege Iacobo et totius angliae magnatibus per academicos Cantabrigienses habita. Editio quarta, locis sexcentis emendatior. London: Ex officina I[ohn] R[edmayne], 1659. 12mo (13 cm, 5.1"). Frontis., [22], 153, [1] pp.
$450.00
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Early, uncommon edition (first printed in 1630) of the tremendously popular Latin-language academic farce that introduced the title's modern English usage. First produced in 1615 in Clare College, Cambridge, the play, which took six hours to perform at its premiere, mocks a foolish lawyer prone to particularly inept use of legal jargon in Latin. The copper-engraved frontispiece here features the protagonist in front of an array of reference books and case documents such as “Proude Buzzard contra Peake Goose.” This is the stated “editio quarta, locis sexcentis emendatior.”
Provenance: Front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription of Richard Wattel; back free endpaper with inked note: “H.h Price ex dono Rich. Wattel 17 June 1810.”
Gregg, Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration, L8d; ESTC R8556; Wing (rev. ed.) R2214; Sweet & Maxwell 241. Contemporary sheep framed in double blind fillets; rubbed, especially at spine and extremities, with sewing starting to loosen and text block separating from spine, back joint just starting from foot. Frontispiece with small smudge in lower portion (not touching main figure); pages lightly age-toned. (34493)
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The First Australian Star Catalogue — “Devoted to the
Heretofore Unknown Parts of the Heavens”
(PRESENTATION COPY)
Rumker, Charles. Preliminary catalogue of fixed stars intended for a prospectus of a catalogue of the stars of the Southern Hemisphere included within the Tropic of Capricorn now reducing from the observations made in the observatory at Paramatta. Hamburgh: Printed for Perthes & Besser, 1832. 4to (25 cm; 10"). 20, xxv pp.
$20,000.00
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One has to say it plainly: this is
a foundation work of Australian science and an important one for the history of world astronomy — the first Australian star catalogue. Christian Carl Ludwig Rümker (a.k.a. Charles Rumker, 1788–1862) was born at Stargard, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany; he studied to be a builder and passed his master builder examination in 1807 but abandoned that career for teaching mathematics. Two years later, he gave that up in favor of the sea and England, serving variously as a midshipman in the East India Company, a helmsman in the merchant navy, a teacher of sea cadets, and an officer on H.M.S.'s Benbow, Montagu, and Albion. His introduction to astronomy came while on Mediterranean service, where he made the acquaintance of Baron Franz-Xaver de Zach, an Austrian astronomer.
He published various papers and his work attracted favorable review. Captain Peter Heywood, under whom he had served in the Montagu, recommended him to Sir Thomas Brisbane, the newly appointed governor of Australia, and Rümker was engaged as the governor's private astronomer; he landed in Australia as a member of the Brisbane party. Once Gov. Brisbane's Parramatta observatory was completed in 1822 he began his work, and made significant discoveries, but friction with Brisbane caused him to resign; he returned to Parramatta in 1826, was appointed the official government astronomer in 1827, and continued thus through the end of the decade.
For his later life, quarrels, and achievements we recommend the fine article in the online Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Rumker’s catalogue of stars visible in the southern hemisphere had both a purely scientific aim and a practical one. The systematic study and cataloguing of the stars visible with the aid of observatory-based telescopy in the southern hemisphere was in its infancy in the 1820s: The Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope was established in 1820 and was the first permanent astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere. Thus one can see the importance of Parramatta being up and working in 1822. On the practical side, Gov. Brisbane was a naval officer who knew the importance of the stars in navigation. Rumker’s work and his catalogue served both science and the Royal Navy, as he offered “Constants of Aberration and Nutation”; a “Comparison of my Observations with those made by La Caille”; and notes on “Double Stars,” “Magnitudes and Colour of the Stars, Nebula's, &c.,” and so forth — with the grand quotation of our caption being taken from his Preface.
Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only nine copies in U.S. libraries.
Provenance: Presented to Alexander Dallas Bache, a great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and at the time of publication of this work a professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania: “Professor A.D. Bache / with the author's Compts.” in ink on the front wrapper.
Publisher's blue-green wrappers, covers stained and separating; text block stitched as issued. Overall age-toning; occasional foxing; faint waterstaining in upper third of most pages. Overall a good++ copy. (35203)
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Three Plates with Cottage Designs
(Rural
Housing Issues). Third annual report of the directors
of the Association for Promoting Improvement in the Dwellings and Domestic Condition
of Agricultural Labourers in Scotland. Edinburgh: Pr. for the Association by
William Blackwood & Sons, 1857.
$139.50
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Uncommon pamphlet, detail-packed as to both present housing realities and desirable changes, illustrated with three plates containing plans and elevations for cottage designs
by architect William Fowler.
NSTC 2A17980 (for all years 1855–61). Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with small inked numeral in upper outer corner, otherwise clean. (17033)
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Hymeneal Verse from the Bodoni Press
Rusconi, Francesco, & Vincenzo Paolo Rusconi. Rime di Francesco e Vincenzo-Paolo fratelli Rusconi di Cento. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1796. Large 4to (30.7 cm, 12.08"). [10], 74 pp.
$650.00
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Sole edition, printed by Bodoni: Poems by two brothers, collected by their father (Pier-Dionisi Rusconi) in honor of the wedding of Teresa Gozzadini and the son of papal treasurer Antonio Gnudi, to whom the volume is dedicated. The text is printed with the dignified simplicity typical of Bodoni's work.
This poetic tribute is now uncommon: Searches of WorldCat locate
only seven reported holdings in U.S. institutions (UCLA, Harvard, Southern Methodist University, Stanford, University of Oregon, University of Texas, Yale).
Brooks 641; De Lama, II, 117; Giani 84 (p. 56). Contemporary light green paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; binding rubbed, soiled, joints and extremities
chipped. Scattered small spots of foxing, only; first four leaves showing larger (but still limited and diminishing) evidence of exposure to a pale purple'ish liquid. Pages generally clean. (40174)
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The “Father of American Psychiatry” on Mental Illness
Rush, Benjamin. Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot (pr. by J. Crissy & G. Goodman), 1835. 8vo (21.9 cm, 8.62"). 365, [3 (adv.)] pp.
$350.00
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The first psychiatric textbook written and printed in America, here in an early edition — the stated fifth — following the first of 1812. Rush (1745–1813), born near Philadelphia to Quaker parents, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and a leading doctor and teacher of medicine during the late
colonial and early republic years of the nation; he helped pioneer the idea of insanity as a curable disease, emphasizing diagnosis and treatment (often physically based) for mental patients.
Provenance: Front pastedown with alchemically and astrologically symbolic armorial bookplate of prominent psychiatrist and book collector Marcus Crahan. Later from the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
American Imprints 34062; Garrison & Morton 4924 (first ed.); Osler 3860 (first ed.). Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label and gilt rules; binding scuffed, spine with small early printed paper shelving label, joints and extremities unobtrusively refurbished. Bookplate as above. Upper margin of title-page with old repair and small hole towards upper center; first 20 ff. with similar hole piercing upper outer corner, and one leaf with short tear from upper margin just touching first line of text. Final advertisement page and back free endpaper with early pencilled doodles and numerals; browned, with varying degrees of foxing and old waterstaining.
A solid, very readable copy of this medical landmark, with nice provenance. (40496)
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An American Medical Doctor's Observations . . .
. . . in German for the German
Public
Rush, Benjamin. Medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. Leipzig: In der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1792. 8vo (22.5, 8.75"). [6], 358 pp.; 2 folded leaves of tables. [with his] Neue Medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. Nurnberg: in der Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1797. 8vo (22.5, 8.75"). ix, [1], 302 pp.
$900.00
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Bound in this thick volume is the sole German-language translation of both volumes of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations. The translation is from the pen of Friedrich Michaelis (1727–1804), a well-regarded and much published Leipzig physician. Among the subjects discussed and essayed in these volumes are medical practices of the American Indians, climate in Pennsylvania as it related to health, war and disease, aging, the effects of alcohol, and personal reporting on dropsy, measles, the flu, gout, and rabies.
Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and a leading doctor and teacher of medicine during the late colonial and early republic years of the nation.
Provenance: Bookplate of Samuel X. Radbill (Philadelphia book collector, bookplate collector, and medical doctor).
VD18 11231777 for the first title; second title not in VD18; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 394. Contemporary German pastepaper over boards; binding very worn. Interior very good. (39953)
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Sound Study — “Professional” Provenance
Rush, James. The philosophy of the human voice: embracing its physiological history; together with a system of principles by which criticism in the art of elocution may be rendered intelligible, and instruction, definite and comprehensive. To which is added
a brief analysis of song and recitative. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1833. 8vo (21.7 cm, 8.5 “). [4 (ads)] ff., 432 pp.
$250.00
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Second edition of this seminal study “which at the time was said to be the
most advanced medical study of the human voice” (ANB), by Philadelphia physician James Rush (1786–1869). With over 30 diagrams and charts, including myriad
musical notations to show the pitch and duration of syllables, the text offers a systematic notation for the description of speech sounds, followed by a detailed
treatise on elocution, used for generations to teach oratory, articulation, and speech therapy.
“As a medical scientist who was led to explore the entity called 'mind' and as a 'voice scientist' who rigorously studied vocal behavior, James Rush was probably the first investigator to see that mind is inseparable from the physical phenomena of self-expression” (Hale, 234–35).
At the time of his death, Rush left an estate of more than one million dollars and his books to The Library Company of Philadelphia, which established the Ridgway Branch in his wife's name. Of historical note, James's father, the noted physician and politician Benjamin Rush, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as was James's maternal grandfather, Richard Stockton.
Provenance: Ownership signature of S.J.P. Anderson, “Hanover College, In., Jan. 1836"; later 19th-century bookplate of James J. Anderson, Nashville, IL. S.J.P. was among other things a
famed pulpit orator for whom a book like this would have been of special interest; he was sufficiently well known as such that the makers of “Brown's Bronchial Troches” long published his testimonial that their lozenges were “EFFECTUAL in removing Hoarseness and Irritation of the Throat, so common with SPEAKERS and SINGERS.”
American Imprints 21025; Sabin 74251 (note); ANB online (James Rush). On Rush's contribution to American elocution studies, see: L. Hale, Dr. James Rush, in K. Wallace, ed., History of speech education in America, pp. 219–37. Publisher's full plain sheep, modest gilt tooling to spine and board edges. A foxed copy, with also a light semicircular waterstain across gutter in lower margins; still, complete and sound with its paper unsoiled, untattered, and strong. (34827)
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An AMERICAN Statesman in London — First Series
Rush, Richard. Memoranda of a residence at the court of London. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. 8vo (22 cm, 8.7"). 460 pp.
$200.00
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First U.S. edition of the first series about Rush's involvement with the negotiations between Great Britain and the United States on the question of the treatment of slaves under the treaty of Ghent, the northwestern boundary between the United States and British possessions, Spanish affairs, West Indian trade, and other “diplomatic maneuvers” including the conflicting claims to Oregon (Howes). Rush was the American envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from 1817 to 1825; in addition to the political content, he here provides a good amount of information on his
social and cultural activities while in London.
American Imprints 21026; Howes R522; Sabin 74264. Period-style quarter tan cloth and light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label. Pages age-toned, with minor spotting; a good, clean copy. (27208)
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An
AMERICAN
Statesman
in London
Second
Series
Rush, Richard. Memoranda of a residence at the court of London, comprising incidents official and personal from 1819 to 1825. Including negotiations on the Oregon question, and other unsettled questions between the United States and Great Britain. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 8vo (24.5 cm, 9.6"). xii, 640 pp.
$100.00
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First edition of the second series about Rush's involvement with the negotiations between Great Britain and the United States on the conflicting claims to Oregon, and other “diplomatic maneuvers” (Howes). Rush was the American envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from 1817 to 1825; in addition to the political content, he here provides a good amount of information on his
social and cultural activities while in London.
Sabin 74265; Howes R523; Allibone 1893. Publisher's brown cloth, blind-stamped, spine with gilt-stamped title and blind-stamped decorations; rubbed with cloth split at joints and front cover with spot of discoloration. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, old inked call number on endpapers and flyleaf (which has small old adhesions of paper to verso); no other markings. Very light to moderate waterstaining to upper inner portions of central third of the volume. (26480)
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In FOLIO: “[A]
bare Narrative
of matter of
FACT,
digested in order of time”
Rushworth, John, comp. Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments. Beginning the sixteenth year of King James, anno 1618. and ending ... [with the death of King Charles the First, 1648] ... London: Pr. by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659–1701. Folio (31.5 cm; 12.5"). 5 parts in 8 vols. I: Frontis. port., [15] ff., 691, [1 (blank)], 57, [1 (blank)] pp. II: Frontis. port., [5] ff., pp. 1–617, [1 (blank)] p., pp. 717–884 pp., 1 plt. (port., Duke of Hamilton). III: pp. 885–1060, 1085–1196, 1199–1388; appendix pp. 1–315, [1 (blank)] pp.; 1 plt. (port., Earl of Strafforde). IV: Frontis. port., [3] ff., 184 pp., fols. 185–92, pp. 193–400, [16] ff., pp. 385–552, fols. 553–64, pp. 565–788, [6] ff. V: [1] f., 208 pp., pp. 259–410, 459–770, 777–99, 791–975, 974–88, [6] ff. VI: Frontis., [1] f., xvi, 148 pp., pp. 177–352, 361–656, [4] ff.; fold. plt. VIII: Title-leaf, pp. 731–890 (837, 838 repeated), 913–1056, 1059–74, 1097–1431; [1] p., [9 (index)] ff. VIII: Frontis., title-leaf, [4] ff., pp. 1–76, 101–252, 401–786, .
$4500.00
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Rushworth (1612?–90), a partisan of Cromwell and Parliament, compiled one of the most famous and still sought-after assemblages of documents on the history of England during the early Stuart period and the Civil War era. Biased though it be, the work is a major source for historians, both amateur and professional, and for students of English law.
For the latter, in addition to the obvious parliamentary proceedings, there is the noteworthy inclusion at the end of vol. III of the “Star Chamber Reports” that compose the appendix, and the devotion of all of vol. VIII to the trial of Thomas, Earl of Stratford; the set in hand has the issue of vol. I having no map but two plates, both present. As our caption notes, this vast repository purports to have been made as “a bare narrative” of its “fact[s]”; but it now resonates with a richness far beyond mere chronicle.
It repays both extended and “dip-in” reading for pleasure.
Wing (rev. ed.) R2316, R2318–19, & R2333; Lowndes 2152. Recent half speckled calf, old style; marbled paper sides; round spines, raised bands, gilt center devices in spine compartments, bands accented with gilt beading. Binding signed by Starr Bookworks. General gentle age-toning, with some pages and sections browned due to nature of paper, including some plates; intermittently recurring instances of old waterstaining, sometimes with some cockling and most notable in vol. VI, there affecting the fold-out plate of the “Battail of Naseby”; minor worming in upper margins also of vol. VI (not anywhere close to text), and a short closed tear. Occasional foxing and other spotting, variously; occasional early marginalia. Old library pressure- (not perforation-) stamps in some blank margins, with light shelfmark pencilling to title-page versos and a number slenderly inked in each volume to lower margin of first text page.
A strong, satisfactory, very nice antiquarian set. (22477)
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For “Workmen & Laborers” & Including Ruskin's
Attack on Whistler
Ruskin, John. Fors clavigera. Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain. New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.6"). 4 vols. I: 430 pp. II: 459, [1] pp. III: 425, [1] pp. IV: 412 pp.
$100.00
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Facsimile printing of the 1886 Frank F. Lovell & Co. edition: pamphlets presenting Ruskin's perspective on contemporary moral and social issues.
Publisher's teal cloth, spines with gilt-stamped title; spines with gilt slightly dimmed and minor extremity wear, front cover of vol. II with a small light smudge. A solid and pleasant set, with its pages very crisp and clean. (33164)
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“My dearest John,” “My dear Girl,” “My dearest Boy,” “My dear Father” . . .
Ruskin, John James; Van Akin Burd, ed. The Ruskin family letters. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, © 1973. 8vo. 2 vols. I: Frontis., lviii, 417, [1] pp. II: Frontis., [418]–792, [2] pp.
$45.00
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First edition: the correspondence of John James Ruskin, his wife, and their son John, from 1801 through 1843 — an important body of material for scholars of the great art critic.
Publisher's red cloth, spines gilt-stamped, in matching slipcase; volume spines sunned, slipcase showing minimal shelfwear. Overall very clean and crisp. (33160)
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Seven Successful Sermons
Russel, Robert. Seven sermons on different important subjects ... the sixty-second edition. Philadelphia: Pr. by R. Folwell for R. Campbell, 1795. 12mo (17.5 cm, 6.9"). 84 pp.
$275.00
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Early U.S. edition, following the first London printing of 1700. This popular and oft-reprinted collection of sermons comprises: I. Of the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost; or The sin unto death. II. The saint’s duty and exercise; in two parts. Being an exhortation to, and directions for prayer. III. The accepted time, and day of salvation. IV. The end of time, and beginning of eternity. V. Joshua’s resolution to serve the Lord. VI. The way to heaven made plain. VII. The future state of man; or, A treatise on the resurrection.
Uncommon. ESTC, OCLC, and NUC Pre-1956 report only nine U.S. holdings, one of which has been deaccessioned.
ESTC W22234; Evans 29452; Sabin 74292. Contemporary mottled paper, recently rebacked with plain brown cloth; paper abraded around board edges. Hinges (inside) reinforced. Front pastedown with early inked numerals (calculation). Pp. 49/50 bound in out of order. Pages browned and foxed but strong and supple. (25253)
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A Prince, Accused of Heresy & Lust
Russell, John. Don Carlos; or, persecution. A tragedy, in five acts. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1822. 8vo (22 cm, 8.7"). xvi, 119, [1] pp.
$175.00
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Based on Schiller's play (which also served as the basis for Verdi's Don Carlos), this tremendously popular piece portrays Don Carlos as a romantic hero brought down by the machinations of both the power-hungry Spanish Inquisition and his tyrannical father, King Philip II. This is the second edition, following the first of the same year — in fact, the work was so successful that it went through six printings in that year, although contemporary critics were not universally fond of either the text or its actual stage performance. The author, Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, was better known as a reformist politician than as an author, serving twice as Prime Minister. Here he gives a brief overview of the historical circumstances in the preface, although he ruefully admits that “the two main props upon which the following attempt at a play is built, have no solid foundation in history” (p. v): that is to say, the Prince's devoted passion for the Queen (first promised to him, then married to his father), and the malign intervention of the
Inquisition.
Provenance: From the library of Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., sans indicia.
NCBEL, III, 1138; NSTC 2R21229. Contemporary tree calf, covers framed in small floral gilt roll, spine with gilt-stamped red and green leather title and author labels, spine compartments with gilt-stamped floral decorations, board edges and turn-ins with gilt rolls; minor rubbing to spine, joints, and extremities. Light foxing.
An interesting piece, in distinguished dress. (39827)
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“The Grisly Form of
Star-Chamber Tyranny Stared Me in the Face”
Russell, William. Letters of William Russell, on the doctrine of
constructive contempt. With a true copy of the original affidavit, upon which the sheriff of the county of Dublin was attached, and an accurate report of the judgment of the King's Bench in that case. Dublin: [s.n.], 1786. 8vo (20.4 cm, 8"). [iii]–xl, 155, [1] pp. (lacking half-title).
$1000.00
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Sole edition of this strongly worded epistolary examination of constructive contempt (contempt of court which occurs outside of the court's actual presence) and its role in Sheriff Henry Steevens Reily's case — the disposition of which the author considered an attempt to subvert the rights of free Irish citizens. The dedication to Prime Minister William Pitt makes particular note of the "independent situation of Irish courts" (p. vii).
While this work is certainly held in the expectable Irish libraries, it is
little held in British or American librariess. In fact, searches of NUC, ESTC, and WorldCat locate only two libraries in the U.S., both in the northeast (Cornell, Boston Public) reporting ownership.
ESTC T179610. Period-style half calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title. Half-title lacking; title-page with early inked inscriptions in upper portion (one inked over), lower corners torn away, and edges chipped as next few leaves' are; first dedication page with early 20th-century inscription in inner margin. Pages darkened, especially at edges, and a good many bumped; last four leaves tattered with old repairs to lower corners taking a few letters but not sense, and once-separated final leaf with repairs also to upper and inner margins. A copy with some rough aspects, but one now sound and
a book that's scarce. (34108)
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Russell, William. The speech of the late Lord Russel, to the sheriffs: Together with the paper deliver’d by him to them, at the place of execution, on July 21. 1683. [colophon: London: John Darby (by direction of the Lady Russel), 1683]. Folio (30.2 cm, 11.9"). 4 pp.
$350.00
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Nicknamed “the Patriot,” Lord William Russell should have been called “the Unlucky”; he was executed for his alleged role in the Rye House Plot of 1683,although “no reason exists for supposing [him] to have been cognisant of the desperate scheme for the assassination of the king and the Duke of York,” according to the DNB. Here the condemned man sets down on paper “all that I think fit to leave behind me,” which is an assertion of his innocence and his anti-Catholic beliefs.
ESTC R36940; Wing (rev.) R2356A. On Russell, see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Unbound, spine delicately reinforced. Pages age-toned and creased, with a few tiny pinpoint holes. Tissue repair to tear from inner margin extending across both leaves, touching but not obscuring a few letters. P. 2 with numerals in an early inked hand in the outer margin. (14472)
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