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A Printer's Copy
Magnani, Antonio. Orazione recitata nell'Istituto delle Scienze di Bologna per la distribuzione de' premj solita farsi agli studiosi delle arti del disegno. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1794. Large 4to (31 cm, 12.2"). [6], LXVIII (i.e., LXX) pp.
$450.00
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Bodoni printing of this speech on the state of the fine arts in Italy, delivered at an award ceremony at the Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna and dedicated to Cardinal Archetti. Bodoni produced the only two editions of the speech ever printed, one in folio and one in quarto, the present copy being an example of the latter. The main body of the text is set in italics and the annotations in roman.
Provenance: Front pastedown with very attractive red and black bookplate of the printer-publisher Henry Tschudy; earlier 20th-century cataloguing (H.P. Kraus) laid in.
Brooks 534; De Lama, II, 92-93. 19th century plain paper–covered boards evoking vellum, spine with printed paper label; small spot of light discoloration to lower inner portion of front cover, extremities rubbed. Page edges untrimmed; one outer margin with paper flaw.
A clean, wide-margined copy with an appealing provenance. (40164)
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A
Humanist Printer's Work on Roman Law
Manuzio, Paolo. Antiquitatum romanarum Pauli Manutii liber de legibus. Index rerum memorabilium. Venetiis: Aldus, 1557. Chancery folio (31 cm, 12.25"). [4], lxxx, [2] ff.
$2250.00
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Paolo Manuzio (1512–74), son of Aldo, planned a four-part work on ancient Rome — “De legibus,” “De senatu,” “De comitiis,” and “De civitate romana” — but he only managed to see part one into print before his death. His son, Aldo Manuzio, the younger (1547–97), completed his father's work, with the “Senate” appearing in 1581 and the “Comitia” and the “Roman State” in 1585.
This is the first part's first edition, first issue, with five lines of text on the verso of leaf lxxx, a running title reading “De legibus romanis,” and the error in foliation of leaf lxii numbered lxiii. The text is printed in roman without side- or shouldernotes and with blank spaces holding guide letters (unaccomplished); the fourth leaf of preliminaries is a true blank. The title-page bears a large version of the Aldine printer's device.
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Renouard, Alde, 1557, no. 18; UCLA, Aldine Press: Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy Collection (2001), 525; Kallendorf & Wells, Aldine Press Books, 393 (not indicating which issue). Full contemporary limp vellum, almost certainly the first binding; cockled and worn, with evidence of now-lost ties.
A very nice copy. (38113)
Cockney “Mar”
Mar. [New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, ca. 1934?]. 8vo. [8] pp.
$15.00

Early New World Treatise on the Zodiac
from a Modern Fine Hand Press
with VOLVELLE
Martínez, Enrico. Los signos del zodiaco: Trece grabados de Artemio Rodríguez y uno, del mismo autor. [Tacámbaro de Codallos, Mexico]: Taller Martín Pescador, 2019. Small 4to (25.5 cm, 10"). 40 pp.
$145.00
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Master printer Juan Pascoe of the Taller Martin Pescador explains (p. 1) that the text of this short treatise on astrology comes from pages 25 through 38 of the Repertorio de los tiempos, y historia natural desta Nueva España that the cosmographer and printer Enrico Martinez wrote and published in 1606 in Mexico City.
To that text he has added wonderfully striking woodcuts by the T.M.P.'s long-time artist Artemio Rodríguez and a working replica volvelle.
In his introduction Pascoe tells us about the press that Enrico Martinez used, the later printings of the Repertorio, and the special characters that were recast for this edition “en homenaje a los 480 años de imprenta en México-Tenochtitlán.”
Limited to 150 copies: “Florencia Ramírez compuso las letras de caja Poliphilus Blado, Castellar, con la cruz fourchée tallada por Antionio de Espinosa en 1554 y el punto alargado de Enrico Martínez, 1600. Juan Pascoe y Martín Urbina imprimieron . . . [el libro] sobre papel de hilo De Ponte” (colophon).
Laced-in binding of wrappers with paper label on front wrapper.
As issued, new, beautiful. (40676)
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A Memorial Tribute to Michael Mathes — A 1629 Assessment of California & Its Natives
Martinez, Enrico. Parecer que dio Henrrico [sic] Martinez cosmographo de S.M. en gueguetoca obra del desague a 30 de Iulio de 1629. Sobre las ventajas o perjuicios que se podian esperar del descubrimiento, conquista y pacificacion de las prouincias de las Califonias, con espresion de las costumbres y vsos de sus naturales, &ca. Molino de Sancta Rosa, San Geronymo Tacambaro: Taller Martin Pescador, 2015. 8vo (22 cm, 9"). 12 pp., [2] ff.
$47.50
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As a tribute to, and remembrance of, Michael Mathes, Juan Pascoe printed on his handpress in Mexico this tract by the cosmographer of New Spain. The text of Martinez's assessment of the prospect of exploring, “conquering,” and settling the province of California is an original manuscript in the Archive of the Indies, later printed in several compilations, including Mathes' Spanish Approaches to the Island of California, 1628–1632 (San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1975).
The Taller Martin Pescador edition consists of
100 copies, the main text composed by Florencio Ramirez in Enrico Martinez type, the three-page colophon composed by Juan Pascoe in Blado type, and the whole hand printed on DePonte paper.
Stitched in light wrappers with a paper label on the front wrapper. (40718)
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Part of the Series of Texts Printed by
DIDOT for the
Education of the Dauphin
Massillon, Jean-Baptiste. Petit careme. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine, 1789. Large 4to (31 cm, 12. 25"). [4] ff., 312 pp.
$1000.00
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Massillon (1663–1742) was a noted, much admired, and greatly in demand Oratorian preacher remembered for his gentle persuasiveness. One of his most famous works is this Petit Carême, the compiled Lenten sermons which he delivered before the young King Louis XV of France in 1718. It is here in an edition of
200 copies, a part of the series of texts printed for the education of the Dauphin.

WorldCat locates only two U.S. libraries reporting ownership (Cornell, Cleveland Public).
Binding: Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt extra with green leather gilt label and elegant tooling to top and bottom, bands, and compartments; covers with similarly elegant, well-composed gilt borders and with board edges and turn-ins gilt in complementary fashion. All edges gilt, silk bookmarker present.
Provenance: Bookplate of Brian Stilwell.
Brunet, Supplement, 981; Graesse, IV, 439. Bound as above in excellent condition with only the lightest shelfwear and a very short tear (not advancing) at head of spine; wide-margined leaves very clean with only the lightest sort of normal foxing.
A treasurable copy. (40323)

Bodoni: Poems of “Armonide Elido”
Mazza, Angelo. Opere. Parma: Per Giuseppe Paganino, 1816–19. 8vo (21.4 cm, 8.42"). 5 vols. I: Frontis., xx, 182 pp. II: 192 pp. III: 206 pp. IV: 180, [2] pp. V: 198 pp.
$350.00
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Collected verse from a Parma-born scholar and poet. Mazza (1741–1817), who as a member of
the Academy of Arcadia used the name Armonide Elideo, was known for translating Dryden, Gray, and Thompson into Italian as well as for his own poems. This
Bodoni-printed five-volume set comprises two volumes of sonnets, two of “sciolti,” and one of stanzas and odes; it does not include the dedication found in the quarto edition printed at roughly the same time, but does feature the frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Giovanni Rocca.
Bindings: Contemporary half calf and and marbled paper–covered sides, leather edges ruled in gilt, spines with gilt-stamped title and volume numbers, and with gilt-tooled raised bands and blind-tooled compartments, making a striking effect. All edges marbled; original silk bookmarks present and attached.
Provenance: From the collection of Brian Douglas Stilwell, sans indicia.
Brooks 1183; Brunet 16403. Bindings as above; minimal shelfwear overall, one spine head chipped. Vol. I: first few leaves with very light waterstaining across lower corners, not approaching frontispiece image or type; last few leaves with lightest imaginable waterstaining to lower halves . Vol. III: short tear in oute margin of one leaf. Vol. V: title-page with sprinkling of tiny spots; one page with small ink smear.
A clean and handsome set. (40203)

Bodoni: Poems of “Armonide Elido,” Large Quarto Edition
Mazza, Angelo. Opere. Parma: Per Giuseppe Paganino, 1816–20. Large 4to (12.75", 32.38 cm). 5 vols. I: xxii, 178 pp. II: 189, [1] pp. III: 204 pp. IV: 172, [2] pp. V: Frontis., 194 pp.
$400.00
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Collected verse from a Parma-born scholar and poet, in an edition of imposing size and elegance. Mazza (1741–1817), who as a member of the Academy of Arcadia used the nom de plume Armonide Elideo, was known for translating Dryden, Gray, and Thompson into Italian as well as for his own poems. This
Bodoni-printed five-volume set comprises two volumes of sonnets, two of “sciolti,” and one of stanzas and odes; it includes
a dedication not found in the octavo edition printed at roughly the same time, and features a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by
Giovanni Rocca.
Brunet calls the author “un des plus beaux génies de l'Italie, au XVIIIe siècle,” and Brooks praises this set of his works as “magnificamente stampato.” The page edges of this copy are untrimmed.
Provenance: Front pastedowns each with bookplate of private collector Brian Douglas Stilwell.
Brooks 1182; Brunet, III, 1562. Original “Bodoni” orange paper–covered boards with printed paper spine labels, rubbed (notably at extremities) and dust-soiled with spines mottled; vol. II rebacked (supplying hand-inked facsimile of original spine label), and some volumes variously lacking free endpapers (vol. II front, vol. III both, vols. IV and V rear), vol. V with publisher's advertisement, including prices, on front pastedown. Old cataloguing slip laid in. Scattered, minimal foxing only; pages untrimmed and overall pleasingly clean.
A desirable quintet from this press. (40202)

37 Examples of
Curwen Papers, Plus Notes & History
McKitterick, David; Paul Nash. A new specimen book of Curwen pattern papers. Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1987. 8vo (27.5 cm, 10.8"). xii, 105, [3] pp.; 4 double-sided plts. (some col.), 32 color-printed samples. Portfolio: 5 fold. ff.
$1000.00
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“This book celebrates the co-operation between the Curwen Press and a group of artists who, between the early 1920s and the 1950s, produced the distinctive — and distinguished — series of pattern papers that have become known generally by the name of the Press itself” (p. xi). These productions, used by Curwen and by many other bookbinders for endpapers, book covers, and jackets, were avant-garde examples of modern graphic design. A fortuitously preserved stash of papers enabled the production of this 1987 sample book despite the press's having shut down in 1984, and it includes more patterns, done by more artists, than the previous Curwen specimen book of 1928. Contributing artist Paul Nash's introduction to that 1928 volume is additionally reprinted here.
Each surviving paper pattern (the 32 main samples being each a twelfth of a full sheet, mounted onto heavy stock) is accompanied by a brief biography of its designer and notes on its production; the artists represented, some by multiple papers, are Edward Bawden, Harry Carter, Claud Lovat Fraser, Elizabeth Friedlander, E.O. Hoppé, Margaret James, Thomas Lowinsky, Enid Marx, Paul Nash, Sarah Nechamkin, Eric Ravilious, Michael Rothenstein, Albert Rutherston, Graham Sutherland, Diana Wilbraham, and Althea Willoughby (the specimen of Willoughby's work was specially printed for this volume).
The colophon notes that this is numbered copy XLIV of 335 printed; this is
one of just 85 copies bound by Smith Settle in quarter morocco and Curwen paper, with an accompanying portfolio containing five additional full sheets of pattern paper. The portfolio sheets were designed by Marx, Bawden, Lowinsky, and Friedlander, the latter contributing two patterns. The main volume was set in 12-point Monotype Lutetia (borrowed from the Libanus Press) and printed on Zerkall mould-made and Colorplan papers, with the plates and reprinted pattern papers done at the Senecio Press.
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Quarter dark blue morocco and vividly color-printed paper–covered sides with gilt-stamped title on spine, portfolio in matching paper, both housed in publisher's plain slipcase; portfolio spine and corners showing minor wear, main volume bright and fresh. Top edge gilt. One portfolio sample leaf with two short tears from one edge, papers otherwise in beautiful, crisp condition, as are the text pages of the main volume.
A special copy in lovely condition. (39552)
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TWO First Editions, One Bodoni-Printed
Melesigenio, Euforbo (pseud. of Tommaso Valperga di Caluso). Omaggio poetico di Euforbo Melesigenio P. A. alla serenissima altezza di Giuseppina Teresa di Lorena. Parma: Nel Regal Palazzo Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1792. 8vo (19.2 cm, 7.55"). [4], 84, [12] pp. [bound with] Melesigenio, Euforbo (pseud. of Tommaso Valperga di Caluso). Libellus carminum. Taurini: Ex Typographia Regia, 1795. 8vo. 31, [1] pp.
$550.00
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Valperga di Caluso (1737–1815) studied physics, mathematics, theology, and philosophy as well as serving as a naval officer, mastering multiple languages (and writing First Lessons of Hebrew Grammar), teaching at the University of Turin, and publishing a number of both scientific and literary works. The present volume contains two first editions of his, the first of which is
a Bodoni printing of six pieces in poetic tribute to Marie Joséphine Thérèse de Lorraine, Princess of Carignano (1753–97), herself a writer, prominent salonnière, and member of the Italian literary circle that included Valperga di Caluso and Vittorio Alfieri; the final item of the six offers the
Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Italian inscriptions from the funerary monument of the princess's beloved pet dog. Brooks describes this Bodoni production as “libro molto grazioso con fleuron sul titolo” — referring to the refined typography and to the engraved vignette with a garland of roses enclosing the motto “Deh sia, se 'l canto men, l'ossequio accetto.”
Following the Omaggio poetico is the first appearance of Valperga di Caluso's Libellus carminum, 15 poems in Latin including one to his friend Alfieri, published (as was the former item) under the pseudonym the author preferred for his literary works.
According to Renouard's 1794 catalogue of Bodoni imprints, the edition of Omaggio poetico was limited to 210 copies; it is now relatively uncommon in the U.S., with the Turin-printed Libellus carminum even more so — a search of WorldCat fails to locate
any American institutional holdings of the latter.
Binding: Contemporary mottled calf; spine gilt-extra, with gilt-stamped red leather title-label, board edges with distinctive gilt roll. Stone pattern marbled paper endpapers; all edges carmine.
Brooks 458; De Lama, II, 74; Giani 28 (p. 44). Bound as above: spine with spots of worming and head chipped, these affecting appearance remarkably little; otherwise light wear, small scuffs. Front and rear free endpapers with pencilled bibliographical annotations. One leaf with paper flaw in outer margin, not touching text.
Of interest both for Bodoni's usual elegance in printing and for the contents' connections to some of the most eminent figures of Italian belles-lettres of the day. (40151)

Bodoni Printing with
Portrait of the Author
Melloni, Giovanni Battista. Saggio di discorsi familiari. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1796. 8vo (16.8 cm, 6.61"). [8], 261, [3 (index)] pp.
$250.00
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Uncommon sole edition: Theological discourses from a Bolognese priest (1713–81) known for his hagiographical and biographical works. This handsome Bodoni printing, edited and introduced by the author's nephew Giuseppe Michele Melloni, bears a stipple-engraved portrait of the author on its title-page.
Binding: Signed modern diced red morocco, spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-decorated compartments, covers framed in floral roll (matching roll on turn-ins), elegant stiff marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Binding with Volkert's gilt stamp on back turn-in; volume in custom coordinated slipcase.
Brooks 630; De Lama, II, 114; Giani 78 (p. 56). Not in Brunet. Bound as above, slipcase with minor shelfwear; joints of volume with lightest traces of rubbing. A few pages with light waterstaining to upper outer corners (only)and other, darker but limited staining to a few others; occasional spots of mild foxing. A handsome copy. (40173)

Dealing with the Plague in Russia — A State-Sponsored Monastic Press
Mertens, Charles de. Observationes medicae de febribus putridis, de peste, nonnullisque aliis morbis. Ticini [i.e., Pavia]: Sumptibus Typographiae Monasterii S. Salvatoris et Balthassaris Comini Bibliopolae, 1791. 8vo (20.3 cm, 7.99"). 2 vols. in 1. 234, 158, 4 (adv.) pp.
$250.00
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Mertens (1737–88), a Belgian physician who served for several years as supervisor of medical services at the Moscow orphanage, provided one of the earliest professional assessments of the Russian plague of 1770–72 as part of his present observations on febrile and pestilential diseases. This is the second printing of the first volume, following the first of 1778, and
the first printing to include both volumes; the work was translated into French, German, and English, with the portion specifically dedicated to the Moscow outbreak being pulled out and published separately in English as An Account of the Plague Which Raged at Moscow, in 1771. De Mertens, although an adherent of miasmatic theory, nevertheless made excellent suggestions regarding hygiene and quarantine — the latter earning him a great deal of resentment among both bureaucrats and the populace.
The press that issued this work is an interesting one. The Austrian government created the Press of the Royal Imperial Monastery of S. Salvatore within that monastery in Pavia between 1777 and 1779, and entrusted its operation to the monks, but equipped it with modern equipment and fully financed it. In 1782 the monastery was suppressed, but from 1787 through 1792 the press continued under the supervision of Balthassare Comini, publishing many medical works. Late in in 1792 Comini took full control of the press, dropped “Typographiae Monasterii S. Salvatoris” from the imprint, and continued printing until 1821. From the beginning, the main patron of the press was the University of Pavia.
The text is nicely printed in large, clear type with a woodcut headpiece at the start of each volume (the second volume having a separate title-page); at the back are four pages of advertisements from Parisian medical publisher-bookseller J.B. Baillière, dated 1822, suggesting that perhaps Baillière had purchased the sheets as remainders. This edition is
notably uncommon, with only three U.S. institutions reporting holdings to WorldCat (National Library of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Yale).
Provenance: Front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription “H.S.S. Burman” dated 1848. Later from the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 302. Early 19th–century quarter sheep and blue paste paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped title and compartment decorations; binding rubbed and scuffed, spine sunned, joints starting (sewing holding). All edges speckled red. Inscription as above; small slip of paper with “Caroli de Mertens” inked in an early hand laid in. One leaf with paper flaw affecting lower outer corner, not touching text. Pages clean. (40665)
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A Very Early Mexican Notarial Form
Ocharte before 1565
Mexican notarial form. Carta de poder. [Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, before 9 October 1565]. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.5"). [1] f.
$2200.00
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This leaf contains one notarial form, extending from the recto onto the verso. The characteristics of the recto are: Type face: gothic. Imprint area: 220 x 153 mm. Number of lines of text: 35. First line: Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo First line of main text: paraque por mi y en mi nombre podays pedir y demandar auer recebir y cobrar Last line: quieran mi presencia o mas especial poder Otrosi vos doy este dicho poder para Blanks: at end of line 1. Blank space between lines 1 & 2: 49 mm.The specifications of the verso are: Imprint area: 42 x 153 mm. Number of lines of text: 9. First line: que vuestro lugar y minombre podays hazer et sostituyr este poder en vna per Last line: la clausula judicium sisti iudicatum con sus clausulas acostumbradas Blanks: at the end of lines 4 & 9 and the beginning of 5.
The document was sworn in Puebla on 11 December 1565, before the notary Juan de Bedoya, and in it Francisco Guilen, a citizen of Puebla, gives his power of attorney to Hernando de RIbas, a resident in Veracruz.
Valton (see below) attributed this formulary to Juan Pablos. It bears no relation to the examples of his job printing that we have seen; it does, however, bear
the hallmarks of Ocharte's craftsmanship. The date of this form's printing is based on the exemplar in the Beinecke Library at Yale, where the earliest manuscript date on the carta is 9 October 1565. Assignment of printer is based on types and ornaments.
An excellent, early example of Mexican job printing, with the earliest known example of such job printing having been dated in manuscript in 1562.
Szewczyk & Buffington, 39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America before the Bay Psalm Book, 6 (for the exemplar now at Yale), fully illustrated. Appears to be Carpenter's type 4, attributed by Valton to Juan Pablos. See: Carpenter, A Sixteenth Century Broadside from the Collection of Emilio Valton, and also see, Juan Pascoe, Tratado breve sobre un formulario notarial, which is a study of a different copy of this precise notarial form (which, unfortunately, had its manuscript completion misdated as being 1562 when it is in fact 1566). Removed from a bound volume and slightly tattered in inner margin. One worm hole (pinhole type) in lower blank margin.
A very good example of Ocharte's job printing and an attractive one, with its manuscript completions both bold and legible. (41005)

Ocharte Job Printing Using Roman Type
Mexican notarial form. Carta de poder. [Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, before 15 March 1590]. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.5"). [1] f.
$1875.00
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This leaf contains one notarial form, extending from the recto onto the verso. The characteristics of the recto are: Type face: roman. Imprint area of recto: 256 x 140 mm. Number of lines of text: on recto 33. Woodcut initial is Valton type D. First line: Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo First line of main text: Generalmente, para en todos mis pleytos, causas ynegocios ceuiles y Last line of recto: cias judiciales que co[n]uegan de se hazer; aunque sean de calidad que Blank space between lines 1 & 2: 63 mm.
The characteristics of the verso are: Type face: roman. Imprint area: 42 x 153 mm. Number of lines of text: 9. First line of verso: pa[ra] ello se reqiera, y deua auer otro mi mas especial poder y ma[n]dado Last line of verso mi persona y bienes anidos [sic, for auer] y por auer.
The document was sworn in Mexico on 15 March 1594, before the notary Alonso Santres (??) , and in it Juan Gracia Barranco, a citizen of Puebla but visiting Mexico City, gives his power of attorney to Lope de la Carrera, also a citizen of Puebla, who was not present, to buy in his name gold, silver, and other things as he sees fit.
Valton (see below) attributed this formulary to Pedro Ocharte and the woodcut “S” is of the style of woodcut initials he used in various books.
The earliest known example of such job printing was dated in manuscript in 1562.
Carpenter, A Sixteenth Century Broadside from the Collection of Emilio Valton, #26. Removed from a bound volume and moderately tattered in inner margin. Worming in margins occasionally extending into the text area.
A very good example of Ocharte's job printing, with one of the classic initials. (34746)

A BALLI-Printed Broadside
Mexican notarial form. Carta de poder. [Mexico: Pedro Balli, before 14 September 1590]. Folio. [1] f.
$1875.00
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The text of this power of attorney is contained on the recto and has these printing characteristics: Type face: gothic. Imprint area: 250 x 140 mm. Number of lines of text: 44. First line: SEpan quantos esta carta vieren,como yo Last line: forma d[e] d[e]recho. E para lo auer por firme obligo mi persona y bienes Blank space between the first and second lines of text: 30 mm. Woodcut initial: None.
The verso blank.
Use of capitals in text for words: Generalmente, Magestad, Senores, Presidente, Oydores, Reales, Alcaldes, Juezes, and Justicias.
The manuscript completions were sworn in Puebla de los Angeles on 14 September 1590, before the notary Marcos Reyes. Francisco Hernandez de Tinoco, a citizen of Puebla, gives power of attorney to Hernan Perez, a “procurador de causas,” who is not present.
Our attribution to printer is based on the type used and stylistics of composition.
Edwin A. Carpenter, A Sixteenth-Century Mexican Broadside (i.e., The Valtón Collection), possibly type 14, 15, or 16. Not in Szewczyk & Buffington, 39 Books and Broadsides Printed in America before the Bay Psalm Book. Removed from a bound volume with worming in margins and into text, touching but not costing letters; age-toning. Light waterstain in upper margin.
A good example of a Mexican incunable broadside. (34744)

The 99-Copy Blue Oasis First Edition — Signed by Miller
Miller, Henry. Order and chaos Chez Hans Reichel. Tucson, AZ: Loujon Press, 1966. 4to (25.2 cm, 9.95"). 101, [1] pp.; illus.
$450.00
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“Written in 1937–38 in Paris . . . gifted as a long intimate book letter to the painter Hans Reichel”: Miller's gathering of letters and sketches sent to his dear friend Reichel, here
with an introduction by Lawrence Durrell, in a beautifully designed, award-winning production including
text printed in black, blue, and red; facsimile reproductions of manuscript portions; two loose preliminary textured leaves, one with printed design; and a glossy photographic portrait of the author.
This is
one of 99 “Blue Oasis” copies signed by Miller (out of a total of 1524 printed); signature towards the back of the volume with a laid-in Loujon Press leaf noting that fact.
Publisher's quarter teal morocco and cream cloth–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, in original dust jacket (printed on both sides) and printed cork–covered slipcase; slipcase with corners a little rubbed, jacket with spine and extremities chipped, volume's spine a tiny bit rubbed and sunned at extremities; the volume itself in all, fresh and lovely.
A nice copy of this remarkable first edition. (35851)

Comely Shelf of Poetry Published by the
“Elzevirs of Britain”
THE FOULIS PRESS
Milton, John; Alexander Pope; & Others. Collection of English poets published by the Foulis Press. Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1769–74. Sm. 12mo (12.5 cm, 4.875"). 34 vols. [pagination below].
$6300.00
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In Western culture, the production of small, easily portable printed books of important or popular texts dates from the late 15th century and saw its first important and influential printer willing to dedicate his press to such productions with Aldus Manutius' issuing his series of standard texts in the early 16th century. In the 17th century the Elzevir family came to dominate that market. While the Foulis brothers and their press did not dominate the same way, in the 18th century, they did devote a goodly portion of their time to producing small, scholarly, handsome pocket editions of mostly British poets and essayists.
As a center of 18th-century learning, Glasgow was a happy fit for a printing house dedicated to quality productions made with exceptional type. Robert (1707–76) and Andrew (1712–75) Foulis, two leaders in the renaissance of British printing, are often referred to as the “Elzevirs of Britain.” They created hundreds of texts on a variety of topics and in several languages. Among their notable “firsts” were the first Greek text published in Glasgow and the first work of the English Divines published in Gaelic.
These uniformly bound poetry imprints date from the later years of the brothers' press before Robert's son took over the family business, which lasted until 1800. Their small format meant they could travel easily in the owner's pocket for enjoyment away from his library: while in a coffee house, tavern, or travelling. The collection in hand offers 14 authors represented in 21 different texts, 6 of which are the first or only appearance of the work from the Foulis Press, and includes the following:
*Dryden, John, translator. The works of Virgil. 1769. 3 vols. Variant according to Gaskell. *Thomson, James. The seasons. 1769. Variant according to Gaskell. *Addison, Joseph. Poems on several occasions. 1770. *Shenstone, William. The select works in verse and prose. 1770. *Gay, John. Poems on several occasions. 1770. 2 vols. Variant according to Gaskell. *Pope, Alexander, translator. The Iliad of Homer. 1771. 4 vols. *Prior, Matthew. Poems on several occasions. 1771. 2 vols. *Young, Edward. The complaint: or, night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality. 1771. 2 vols. *Young, Edward. Poems on several occasions. 1771. *Dryden, John, translator. Fables antient and modern. 1771. 2 vols. *Denham, John. Poems and translations. 1771. *Collins, William. The poetical works of Mr. William Collins. To which are added Mr. Hammond's Elegies. 1771. *Garth, Samuel. The poetical works of Sir Samuel Garth, M. D. 1771. *Akenside, Mark. The pleasures of imagination. 1771. *Gay, John. The beggar's opera. 1772. *Milton, John. Paradise lost, a poem in twelve books. 1771. 2 vols. *Milton, John. Paradise regain'd. 1772. 2 vols. *Pope, Alexander, translator. The odyssey of Homer. 1772. 3 vols. Variant according to Gaskell. *Parnell, Thomas. Poems on several occasions. 1773. *Thomson, James. Poems. 1774. *Thomson, James. Liberty, a poem. 1774.
A full list with pagination and illustration information as well as ESTC and Gaskell numbers is available on request.
All volumes uniformly bound in 18th-century polished calf, spines with raised bands, gilt ruling, and gilt lettering on leather labels; a beautiful “long shelf of short books” with spines slightly faded, slightest rubbing, occasional instances of a bit of leather lost to old worm along a joint or an abrasion to a spine or cover; all edges speckled red. Offsetting from turn-ins onto endpapers, pencil annotations in one volume, touch of ink at foremargin of three leaves of another; signatures trimmed closely on third volume of Virgil, first volume of Milton's Paradise Lost “bookmarked” with two paper scraps bearing manuscript annotations, skeleton frontispiece of Young's “Night Thoughts” with an inch-long internal, closed tear to background with no loss, and the maps to Pope's Iliad and Dryden's Virgil in excellent condition.
A handsomely bound, sturdy, and appealing representative collection of the Foulis Press. (35997)

Words for an
Important Irish Poet
from an
Important Irish Press
Montague, John; & Liam Miller. A tribute to Austin Clarke on his seventieth birthday 9 May 1966. [Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1966]. Tall 8vo. 27, [1] pp.
$25.00
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First edition: One of 1000 copies printed of this Dolmen Editions homage to the Irish poet Austin Clarke. Contributing authors include Thomas Kinsella, Hugh MacDiarmuid, Padraic Colum, Ted Hughes, Anthony Kerrigan, Liam Miller, and others; a checklist of Clarke's works is provided.
Publisher's printed paper wrappers; spine and edges gently sunned, edges with minor shelfwear. Half-title with pencilled (relevant) annotations; pages crisp and clean. (29718)
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A Popular Tragedy, from the Bodoni Press
(A Discrepancy in States, the AUTHOR's Fault??)
Monti, Vincenzo. Aristodemo, tragedea. Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1786. 4to (27.3 cm, 10.74"). Frontis., [10], 130, [2 (blank)] pp.
$950.00
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First edition: Striking Bodoni printing of a classically inspired tragedy, limited to 160 copies and presented
very handsomely in large type with wide margins. Written in 1784, the play premiered at the Ducal Theater of Parma in the same year of this first publication. Although Giani suggests that there was one printing of 136 pages and another of 132 (not affecting the text, and without any plausible reason as far as he could tell), neither Brooks nor de Lama makes such a distinction — the discrepancy may be related to the author's having made numerous textual corrections right up until the last minute, perhaps reflected in the two cancel leaves in this copy.
The dramatic copper-engraved frontispiece was done by Barbazza after Mazzoneschi.
Binding: 19th-century dark blue and tan floral pastepaper–covered boards, gilt-stamped red leather title-label on spine; all edges gilt.Provenance: Pastedown and front free endpaper with bookplates of Brian Douglas Stilwell and Robert Wayne Stilwell.
Brooks 312; De Lama, II, 40; Giani 31 (p. 92); Graesse, III, 592. Bound as above, corners and spine extremities rubbed not reducing handsome effect. Title-page with light offsetting from frontispiece and light smudges in outer margin; otherwise, scattered spots of light foxing and a few small stains, some leaves with faint creasing.
A clean and attractive copy. (40131)

Bodoni Press & Dedicated to NAPOLEON
Monti, Vincenzo. Il bardo della Selva Nera poema epico-lirico. Parte prima. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1806. 8vo (21.6 cm, 8.5"). [4], viii, [2], 100, [2] pp.
$525.00
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First Bodoni octavo printing of this epic verse extolling Napoleon's military accomplishments. The poet (1754–1828) changed his colors several times during the course of his career, at first lauding the pope in a number of works before renouncing that conviction in favor of temporarily supporting first the French Revolution and then Napoleon (who rewarded him with a professorship at the University of Pavia), and, later still, after Napoleon's downfall, switching his allegiance from the French to the Austrians. Here, drawing not only on Neoclassical tropes but also on Ossian for literary inspiration, Monti describes Napoleonic triumphs including the Battle of Ulm, the Egyptian campaign, the coup d'état of 1799, and the Battle of Austerlitz.
In 1806, Bodoni printed the six existing cantos (the proposed second and third parts of the poem were never published) in three forms: folio, quarto, and octavo, with the present octavo example
nicely displaying the press's typical restraint and grace. None of the three Bodoni editions are common; only two U.S. institutions report holding copies of this octavo format (UC-Berkeley, Southern Methodist).
Brooks 999; De Lama, II, 171; Giani 176 (p. 71); Graesse, IV, 592. 19th-century treed paper–covered sides with red morocco shelfback, spine with gilt-stamped title and decorative bands; small scuffs to sides, spine with small chip and extremities/edges rubbed with edges lightly sunned; front hinge (inside) opening across paper in part but volume strong. Front pastedown with traces of paper adhesions.
An unusual Bodoni item, with pleasingly wide margins. (40190)

Napoleonic Bodoni . . . QUARTO
[Monti, Vincenzo]. Il bardo della Selva Nera Poema epico-lirico. Parte prima. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1806. Large 4to (30.6 cm, 12.06"). [4], viii, [2], 127, [3] pp.
$600.00
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Impressive Bodoni quarto edition — the first in this format — of this epic lyric poem.
In 1806, Bodoni printed the six existing cantos (the proposed second and third parts of the poem were never completed) in three forms: folio, quarto, and octavo, none of which are now common.
The unadorned text of the present version makes a still understated but real impact at this size.
Brooks 998; De Lama, II, 170; Giani 176 (p. 71). 19th-century brown calf–backed marbled paper–covered boards, spine tooled in gilt and blind with gilt-stamped coronet-surmounted coat of arms at foot (appears to incorporate the arms of Tobarra, Spain); moderate rubbing to spine, joints, and edges. Hinges (inside) with sections showing insect damage, but holding. Page edges uncut. A few instances of light foxing, confined to margins and less than might be expected.
An attractive example. (40189)

Epic French Legends — Inscribed by the Author — Printed by Firmin Didot
Morice, Emile; Joseph Adolphe Ferdinand Langlé. L’historial du jongleur. Chroniques et légendes françaises. Paris: A la Librairie de Firmin Didot, 1829. 8vo (23 cm, 9"). [8], cxxxvii (i.e., ccxxxvii), [3], 64 pp.; illus.
$250.00
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Gothic-decorated collection of French legends, including the tales “Le Droit de Nopçage,” “Le Jugement de Dieu,” “La Cour de Jussienne,” “Le Voeu du Faisan,” and “Le Dict des Crieries et Encombrements de Paris.” Didot printed the title-page in red and black and embellished the text itself with “ornées d’initiales, vignettes, et fleurons imités des manuscrits originaux,” several of which are colored in blue, green, red, pink, silver, or
gold, or combinations thereof. Two of the stories open with illustrated borders, and another one has a full-page illustration preceding the text; notes follow the stories to help readers better understand the “antique” text.
Provenance: Author’s inked inscription “A mon bon ami, Amand Lemire [/] E. Morice” on front free endpaper. From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Printed paper over boards imitating 16th-century strap-work and panelling on covers, with gilt lettering on otherwise plain spine and four gold dots at the corners of the covers’ inner panels; rubbed with some paper chipped, front upper corner and hinge cracked, front free endpaper reattached with paste and chipped at bottom. Light to moderate age-toning and foxing throughout; colors and illumination remarkably bright.
A pretty little thing with plenty of charm. (37895)

Printing as an Art
Morison, Stanley. The typographic arts: Two lectures. London: Theodore Brun Ltd., 1949. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.4"). [2], 106 pp.; 16 double-sided plts.
$100.00
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Two examinations of the printed book, from the typographer who designed Times New Roman. This is the first edition to combine both “The Typographic Arts” and “The Art of Printing” in one volume; it is illustrated with 16 double-sided plates, for a total of 32 images.
This is the
limited deluxe edition of 250 copies, of which there were 75 reserved for the Collector's Book Club: the present example is numbered copy 10 of that group. The leather binding for the special copies was done by G.A. Cramp & Sons, Ltd.
Publisher's brown sheep, front cover with gilt-stamped printing press vignette, spine with gilt-stamped decorative title; corners bumped, joints and spine extremities rubbed. Pages and plates crisp and clean. A solid copy of the deluxe edition. (33633)

“Guilford
& Green
May Be
Strange
Bedfellows”
Morris, Henry. Guilford & Green. [North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1970]. 8vo (24.5 cm; 9.625"). [1] f., 88 pp., [2] ff. (two leaves not counted in pagination), 4 facsims. tipped-in (part fold.), illus, port.
$300.00
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A curious and complicated volume. It is divided into two parts, each independent in almost every way of the other and each with a very formal sectional title: Part 1: A visit to
Hayle Mill [an English firm making fine artists' papers from 1808 to 1987], written from notes made during a visit to J. Barcham Green, limited, by H. Morris; part 2: Dear friend at home; letters written by Nathan Guilford on a journey to Kentucky [where he meant to establish a law practice] in 1814, with an introduction by W. Bell, Jr. The over-all title of this work is taken from the half-title-like leaf preceding the sectional title of part I; part I includes correspondence with
William Morris.
The production was limited to 210 copies, printed using Baskerville types. Part 1 is printed on Jack B. “Green's hand made Royal, and 'Hayle Mill' is printed on hand made 'Bird & Bull Royal” paper. Contained in a pocket of the dust wrappers is a sample of “the paper originally made for covering the sides of the book [but which] was found unsuitable.”
This is copy 152.
Publisher's quarter cranberry-colored calf with decorated paper over the boards, in a cream-colored paper wrapper. A fine copy. (30522)

The English Do Love Their Madeira . . .
So Why NOT Seize the Island?
(Napoleonic Wars). [drop-title] Noticias participadas del Janeyro, con fecha de 12 de marzo de 1808. [colophon:Buenos Ayres: Impenta [sic] de Niños Expósitos, 1808. 4to (19.5 cm, 7.75"). [4] pp.
$225.00
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Here we have essentially two related documents: On pp. [1–2] is the latest news of the war in Europe and then on pp. [3–4] is the “Capitulacion de la isla de la Madera” by the Portuguese to the English (dated at San Lorenzo Funcal 20 Dec. 1807).WorldCat locates only two libraries worldwide reporting ownership of this (JCB, Lilly), but given its presence in the bibliographies below it must be held in non-reporting libraries.
Scarce item from the famous press of “the orphan children” of Buenos Aires.
Medina, Río de la Plata, 563; Zinny, 1808, xxvi; Furlong, Rio-platenses, 1181 (describing only p. [1]–[2]). Without wrappers; leaves once separated from each other and now expertly rejoined at the inner margin.
Very clean, very good. (41417)

Presentation Copy — Pickering Press
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir. Life of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: William Pickering [colophon: C. Whittingham], 1843. 16mo (17 cm, 6.7"). Engr. frontis., [5], 10–144 pp.
$375.00
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First separate edition of antiquarian Nicolas' well-respected Chaucer biography, from the Pickering Press, researched using public records and with plenty of notes following the text. The volume opens with an
engraved frontispiece of Chaucer by W.H. Worthington after H.L. Keens taken from from a manuscript of Hoccleve's poems in the Harleian Library, and bears Keynes' device no. v on the title-page. Nicolas, a prolific scholar, later edited six volumes of Chaucer in the Pickering Aldine Poets series in 1845 and 1852.
Provenance: This is a presentation copy, with the inscription “The Lord Brougham [&] Vaux from the Author” in ink on a front endpaper, and with the Baron’s gilt monogram and coronet stamp appearing on the spine. The Edinburgh-born Henry Peter Brougham (1778–1868), described as “precociously talented” by the Oxford DNB, helped start the Edinburgh Review and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, served as Lord Chancellor, and was the first Baron Brougham and Vaux. Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Kelly, Checklist of Books Published by William Pickering, 1843.12; Keynes, Pickering, p. 82; NSTC 2N8249; Pickering & Chatto, William Pickering (catalogue 708), 214. On Nicolas & Brougham, see: Oxford DNB (online). Half 19th-century polished calf and marbled paper, spine ruled in gilt with a gilt-stamped brown leather title-label and rolls in blind; gently rubbed, some leather faded or darkened. All edges speckled red. Light age-toning; one leaf with chipped edges. Provenance indicia as above with also at top left corner of inside front cover a good-sized paper label over another paper label, this bearing a large “Q”; a shelf mark? a particularly cryptic “bookplate”? (39060)

“The Editor Flatters Himself that the Execution of this Reprint . . .
Will be
Self Recommended”
The noble and renowned history of Guy Earl of Warwick. Containing a full and true account of his many famous and valiant actions, remarkable and brave exploits, and noble and renowned victories. Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham for John Merridew et al., 1821. 12mo (19.5 cm, 7.75"). x, [2], 148 pp.; illus.
$250.00
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Chiswick Press production of this enduringly popular romance, first printed in the 17th century and here illustrated with a frontispiece of Guy's statue “in the Chapel at Guy's Cliff” by S. Williams, a title-vignette of a woman sitting on a bower bench, and two pages showing his “armour, etc.”
Binding: 19th-century half brown morocco and papier tourniquet paper–covered sides, gilt lettering on spine with ruling in blind, covers with blind beaded roll along leather edges; French curl marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, green ribbon placemarker.
Provenance: 20th-century bookplate of the Sondley Reference Library of Asheville, NC, on front pastedown and its embossed stamps on frontispiece, title-page, and two leaves of text; clipping of a bookseller's description on endpaper. Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Bound as above, gently rubbed. Moderate age-toning with light spotting, a few unevenly trimmed leaves of text and one missing corner from paper manufacture, foxing to first and last few leaves of volume.
A strong and attractive copy of a book that's still a “good read.” (38427)

One of 30 Special Copies — Extra Plates, Signed Binding
Nogaret, François-Félix, et al. Le fond du sac, ou recueil de contes en vers et en prose & de pieces fugitives. Paris: Leclere (pr. Lyon: Louis Perrin), 1866. 8vo (20 cm, 7.8"). xli, [3], 172, [2] pp.; 12 plts.
$1000.00
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Nogaret (1740–1831) was perhaps more noted as France's theatrical censor or as the Freemason responsible for various Masonic hymns than as an author — with one exception, that being his story about an automaton created by a man named Frankenstein, predating Shelley's by almost 30 years. In the present collection (originally published in 1780), he gathers some of his own poems, short stories, and literary essays, including “La Main Chaude,” “Délire bachique,” and “Bouquet à Jean” along with pieces by other contemporary hands. This is
one of only 30 copies printed on papier de Chine, this example with an extra suite of plates bound in offering a second state of the frontispiece and the 11 headpiece engravings by Duplessis-Bertaux.
Binding: Contemporary signed blue morocco, covers framed in gilt triple fillets with gilt-stamped arabesque central medallion surrounded by a frame of gilt double fillets with gilt-stamped corner fleurons, spine gilt extra, with gilt dentelles and marbled paper pastedowns; lower edge of front dentelle stamped “Allô” (Paul Charles Allô, 1823–90). All edges gilt. Original slim, tricolor silk bookmarker laid in.
Vicaire, Manuel de l’amateur de livres du XIXe siècle, 201. Binding as above, spine gently sunned, joints and extremities rubbed, area of light discoloration to each cover at joint, back cover with small scuffs; front hinge (inside) tender. Front pastedown with unidentified bookplate reading “Exploranda est veritas” (name effaced); back free endpaper with institutional rubber-stamp and note of proper deaccession. Bookmarker separated and laid in, as above, with offsetting on either side; scattered light foxing. Volume now housed in maroon cloth–covered clamshell case partially lined with marbled paper.
Interesting 19th-century French belles-lettres, beautifully produced, here in a beautifully bound example with the bonus suite of plates. (34918)
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Illustrated Fables from the Chiswick Press
Northcote, James. One hundred fables, original and selected. London: Geo. Lawford (pr. by C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press), 1829. 8vo (20 cm, 7.87"). Frontis., viii, 272 pp.; illus. [with the same author's] Fables, original and selected ... second series. London: John Murray (pr. by C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press), 1833. 8vo (20 cm, 7.87"). lx, 248 pp.; illus.
[SOLD]
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AESOPIAN MORAL TALES, some in prose and some in verse, each illustrated with a headpiece vignette and decorative capital, and most bearing a tailpiece as well. The
over 500 wood engravings were accomplished by a variety of hands (including William Harvey, one of Thomas Bewick's pupils) after designs by Harvey and by the author himself; they are attributed in indexes at the back of the volumes. The first volume is here in its stated second edition, following the first of the previous year, and the second volume in its first edition.
Provenance: Front pastedowns with “Suivez raison” armorial bookplate of Robert Callwell, front free endpapers with “Spectemur agendo” armorial bookplate of Laurence A. Waldron, Dublin. Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 55 & 56; NSTC 2N10328 & 2N10331. Contemporary half green morocco with green pebbled cloth–covered sides, leather edges with gilt fillet, spines with gilt-stamped title and dates and blind-stamped compartments; spines slightly sunned and volumes showing light shelfwear. Bookplates as above. Pages gently age-toned, otherwise clean.
A handsome set of a classic Aesop. (40759)

Presentation Copy from the Illustrator — A Star-Studded Colophon
Novak, David Alan, comp. & ed. The first one hundred years, 1892–1992. A keepsake volume for the centenary of
the Rowfant Club. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1992. 4to (26 cm; 10.25"). xii, 77 pp., illus.
$200.00
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Assembled here are short biographies of members and honorary members, stories of various furnishings of the club house, episodes in the history of the club, and details of the club's library.
Limited to 315 copies, “[t]his book was printed at the Yellow Barn Press . . . during the summer of 1991. It has been set in 15 point Perpetua designed earlier this century by Eric Gill. . . . The paper is Rives. . . . The book was bound at the Campbell-Logan Bindery. . . . John DePol designed the pattern paper for the covers. Neil Shaver printed the book on a Vandercook III. Denise Brady folded and collated the edition” (colophon).
DePol also provided the
numerous wood engravings that enhance the text. This is copy 303.
Presentation copy from DePol: “For Morris Gelfand, old friend, with warm regards . . . John DePol December 3, 1991.” Gelfand was the proprietor of The Stone House Press.
Publisher's red cloth shelfback, boards covered with DePol's gray and white illustrated paper. A very nice copy. (35832)

A
Perishable Press–Favored Author
Olson, Toby. The pool, from the novel Dorit in Lesbos. Driftless [i.e., Mt. Horeb], WI: Perishable Press, 1991. 8vo (26.2 cm, 10.3"). 38 pp.; 1 fold. plt.
$400.00
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First edition: Stand-alone printing of a particularly evocative sequence from Olsen's novel Dorit in Lesbos, dedicated to Alan Peacock (given here as Allen). This interesting Perishable Press printing was handset in Gill Sans and printed on Shadwell paper, made by Kent Kasuboske “back in the Oligocene sometime” according to the colophon; the work is illustrated with an oversized, folding plate and other designs by Lane Hall.
The present example is
numbered copy 49 of 107 printed, signed by the author at the end of the text.
Publisher's paper wrappers, front wrapper with applied collage elements, in glassine dust wrapper. A nice copy. (30920)
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A.K.A. “Four Poems” — Hamady's Calligraphic Inscription
Olson, Toby. Three & one. Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. 16mo (13.3 cm, 5.25"). [16] pp.; illus.
$125.00
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First edition of this collaboration between Olson and Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press, with a title variance commented upon in the postface; while the half-title calls this Three & One, the title-page gives Four Poems, with the Perishable Press bibliography using the former. The typeface was Sabon-Antiqua printed in blue, maroon, black, and grey on Frankfurt and Frankfurt Cream papers, sewn into blue marbled paper wrappers, and the poems are
illustrated with two intricate drawings by Mary Laird, hand-tinted with colored pencils by the printer. 145 copies were printed.
Provenance: This copy inscribed, in an angular, decorative hand (presumably Hamady's), to a contemporary bookseller and archivist, with the inscription dated 1976.
Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press, 76. Wrappers as above, with very faint traces of wear to extremities, otherwise clean and fresh. It should be noted that the hand-tinting is to small portions of the illustrations only, and very subtle in tone; inscription, as above, large and bold.
A nice copy of this “first,” with an interesting inscription. (37227)
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Perishable Press Production from Walter Hamady, His New Wife,
& One of His Favorite Poets
Olson, Toby. Worms into nails. Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. 8vo (24.3 cm, 9.6"). [32] pp.
$115.00
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First edition: The second collaboration between Olson and Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press, who eventually produced a total of seven books together. Signed by the author at the dedication, this is numbered copy 36 of 200 printed — of which only 140 copies were for sale. The text is Palatino “hand-set by the PPL's new partner . . . Mary Hamady” (according to the colophon), printed in red, black and tan on handmade Fabriano paper; Two Decades describes the gilt front-cover image as “Jack Beal's drawing of worms literally turning into nails.”
Two Decades of Hamady & the Perishable Press, 28. Publisher's navy cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped vignette; spine all but imperceptibly sunned, otherwise clean and fresh. (31574)
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Perishable Press Poetry
Oppenheimer, Joel. Del quien lo tomó: A suite. Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1982. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). [26] pp.
$140.00
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First edition: “Adornment of Body,” “The Jane St. Poem,” and “Autumn,” preceded by a collage illustration that Hamady (who called this production a personal favorite) described as “a 'lady-out-of-the-map' rising die-cut from a grommetted card pocket with a red halo.”This is
one of 228 copies “manually printed in this farmhouse parlour on various shadwell papers hand-formed in the barn,” according to the colophon, which also mentions that “sultry august is when we finish” [sic].
Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited, 103. Publisher's sparkly “flesh-glitter & sequin” paper wrappers, spine with “Joel” pressure-stamped in reverse.
A beautiful copy. (33821)

Perishable Press: Fathers, Sons, & Women
Oppenheimer, Joel. Notes toward the definition of David. Minor Confluence [i.e., Mount Horeb], WI: Perishable Press, 1984. 8vo (25.5 cm, 10").
[20] pp.; illus.
$50.00
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First edition: Cleanly designed Perishable Press production, this being one of 210
copies and
signed by the author, illustrated with a wood engraving by Pati Scobey. The
colophon proclaims “This book is the first for the third decade of this press, and is the one-hundred-seventh since beginning in 1964" — it also thanks produce manager Randy Hagen for
saving onion skins over several months to facilitate the production of the handmade Shadwell
“Onionskin” cover stock.
Publisher's paper wrappers as
above, front wrapper with tiny lion device stamped in red. A fresh, unworn copy.
(30919)

Lenten Liturgy from the
Phoenix Press
Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy & ritual. [In Greek: Triodion katanyktikon, periechon apasan ten anekousan auto akolouthian tes Hagias kai Megales Tessarakostes ... ]. Benetia: Ek tou Hellenikou Typographeiou o Phoinix, 1876. 4to (32 cm, 12.5"). [4], 455, [1 (blank)] pp.
$625.00
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Third edition of this handsome Phoenix Press production, following the first of 1839. The liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church during Lent and the weeks leading up to it appears here with the half-title, title-page, and text elegantly printed in red and black (with a lot of red), and with the text in double columns; the title-page bears a wood-engraved phoenix vignette and decorative border.
Uncommon: OCLC locates only two U.S. institutional holdings, one of which has since been deaccessioned.
Contemporary blind-stamped black cloth, covers with central gilt-stamped cross and Virgin-with-Infant vignettes, spine with gilt-stamped title; edges, extremities, and back cover rubbed; cloth wrinkled at spine with small bubbles on covers and split at front joint with fragility. Front covers lacking clasp hardware (straps present on back cover), spine with inked shelving number; hinges (inside) tender. Front pastedown with New York bookseller's small ticket. Half-title, title-page, and several others institutionally pressure-stamped. Some mild foxing, most pages clean. All edges speckled red. (25894)

OVERBROOK OVERVIEW
Overbrook Press. Overbrook Press.: A checklist, 1934-1940. Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press], 1940. 16mo. [16] pp., color illus.
$20.00
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Original wrappers; stapled. Staples rusting. (35295)

Uncommon Then & Now
Parabosco, Gerolamo. Il Viluppo, comedia nova. In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de'Ferrari, 1567. 12mo (13.7 cm, 5.4"). 59, [1] ff.
$450.00
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Uncommon edition of Parabosco's second comedy. In addition to his other plays and various literary works, Venetian Parabosco (c. 1524–57) composed several madrigals and served as the organist at Saint Mark's. As might be expected from a Giolito production, the text here is handsomely printed in single columns with italic type incorporating a variety of
decorative headpieces, type ornaments, and historiated initials; two versions of his printer's device appear on the title-page and final page of text.
This edition follows those of 1547 and 1560, which was actually a collection with five additional Parabosco plays, and precedes a 1568 edition. Searches of Worldcat, COPAC, and NUC Pre-1956 reveal only three U.S. institutions reporting ownership (Duke, UPenn, and the Folger). This edition is also notably absent from most relevant bibliographies.
Provenance: An armorial bookplate of 19th-century English book collector Edward Cheney with the motto “Fato Prudentia Major” appears on the front pastedown; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Bongi, Annali di Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari, I, p. 147 (1547 ed.); EDIT16 CNCE 26527. This edition not in Adams, Brunet, or Graesse. On Parabosco, see: Treccani (online). Vellum over boards, publication information inked on spine; evenly dust-soiled with ink faded. One tiny chip along edge of title-page; otherwise, light age-toning with a handful (only) of small light stains. Bookplate and label as above.
A pretty, pocket-sized play from a great 16th-century press. (39555)

Missionary in Mexico — Fine Press Production
Pascoe, James (1841–88). Mission work in Mexico: Reprinted from The Sword and the Trowel, London, 1886. Tacambaro: Taller Martin Pescador, 2020. 8vo (25.5 cm, 10"). [1 (blank)] f., 15 [i.e., 14] pp., [2] ff.; illus., photos.
$65.00
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Master Printer Juan Pascoe has found a copy of his great grandfather’s own account of religion in Mexico and his missionary work there, and as a tribute to him Juan has produced a nicely illustrated and handsomely printed edition of that article, which appeared in Spurgeon’s famous periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. The illustrations are two cuts of 19th-century presses, three tipped-in photographs (one of James, another of James’ mother-in-law, and the third of one of James’ daughters), and a title-page cut reproduced from
the only illustration ascribed to James himself in his long-running periodical.
Limited to 56 (unnumbered) copies.
New. Sewn in stiff wrappers with printed label on front wrapper. (41109)

PASCOE on CÉSAR
Pascoe, Juan (comp., ed., intro., contrib.). Cornelio Adrián César: Impresor flamenco en México, 1597–1633. Volume I: 15971604. [Tacambaro, Mexico]: El Taller Martìn [sic] Pescador, en colaboración con la Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa de Oaxaca y The John Carter Brown Library, 2017. 4to (29.8 cm; 11.5"). 410 pp., illus.
$145.00
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The most detailed bio-bibliographical study to date of one of Mexico's greatest colonial-era printers, incorporating Juan Pascoe's keen-eyed assessment, as a practicing handpress printer, of César's skill as a printer. Essays are from the pens of Juan Pascoe, José Toribio Medina, Emilio Valtó, Enrique [i.e., Henry] Wagner, Román Zulaica Gárate, Alexandre A.M. Stols, María Grañén Porrúa, Bas van Doesburg, and Jack Asworth. The volume covers César's work through 1604; vol. II is in the research stage and will be printed after 2020.
An absolute “must have” for all academic libraries, all scholars of the book in Mexico, and anyone interested in fine printing in a colonial setting.
Publisher's wrappers printed in black and red; illustrations in black and white and in color.
A very handsome production. (38187)
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The History & Bibliography of
The Taller Martín Pescador
(through 2014)
Pascoe, Juan. Taller Martín Pescador, anecdotario y bibliografía / 1971–2014. Oaxaca: Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca, Huipulco, Tlalpan, 2014. 4to (31 cm, 12"). 208 pp., illus., (some color)., facsims.
$95.00
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A history of Taller Martín Pescador, master printer and typographer Juan Pascoe's fine press atelier in Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. The volume, which is in Spanish, includes a history of Pascoe, his family beginning with his great grandfather, and his press, as well as press publication history, information about projects, and a complete list of published works (pp. 144–207) through November of 2014.
The introduction (pp. 5–7) is by María Isabel Grañén Porrúa.
Limited to 500 copies printed in November, 2014, in “Talleres de Offset Rebosán” in Mexico City. As of late June, 2020, WorldCat reports only seven libraries, all in the U.S., reporting ownership.
Stiff wrappers. New. (41143)
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Bodoni First Edition: Enduring Sickness Cheerfully
Pasta, Giuseppe. Del coraggio nelle malattie. Trattato. [Parma: Giambattista Bodoni], 1792. 8vo (23.1 cm, 9.09"). [4], xvi, 106 pp.
$500.00
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First edition of this treatise on the art of maintaining courage and optimism during illness — an early look at the impact of patients' psychological states on their physical condition. In addition to practicing medicine in Bergamo, Italy, Pasta (1742–1823) was the author of literary pieces including the poem “La Musica Medica,” as well as a volume of rules of etiquette for doctors. Here, in addition to assessing the impact of temperament, education, faith, etc. on an individual's ability to withstand bodily affliction, he suggests that music, wine, opium, and good company may improve recovery. The text is presented in Bodoni's usual restrained, distinguished style.
Brooks 469; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 340; De Lama, II, 77. Modern light blue paper–covered boards with dark blue morocco corner tips and shelfback, spine lettered in gilt; very slight fading to outer edges of boards, otherwise showing virtually no wear. Pages wide-margined, with speckling to first and last leaves and dust-soiling at untrimmed edges; first two leaves with limited light crescent of staining at gutter, those leaves and a few more with light speckles, a few leaves with paper flaws of various sorts. (40153)

“In the Dew of Time”
Perishable Press. Broadside, begins: “Warning! Oh yes you can too do it & whoumzoevber sed not is full of snot ... ” [Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press], 1980. 8vo (27 x 19 cm.; 10.5" x 7.25"). 1 p.
$125.00
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A type specimen thank-you to Paul Duensing for teaching “an old dog a new trick. At least P[aul] H D[uensing] managed to taught [sic] W[alter] S H[amady] to cast type in the barn! Here is the first attempt at solo experiment & this is Ashely-Crawford 24 point. MFG. Spring 1980.”
Fine copy. (30791)
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A Landmark of 15th-Century Poetry,
from a
Landmark Press
Poliziano, Angelo. Le stanze di messer Angelo Poliziano di nuovo pubblicate. Parma: Nel Regal Palazzo Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1792. Large 4to (30.8 cm, 12.12"). [4], xv, [1], 60 pp.
$750.00
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Born Angelo Ambrogini but commonly known as either Poliziano or Politian[us], this author tutored the children of Lorenzo de' Medici, taught at the University of Florence, and not only translated Latin and Greek classics but also produced significant poems of his own in both Latin and Italian. His writings were read and praised by Erasmus, Pico della Mirandola, Battista Guarini, and many other eminent scholars of the Renaissance — with Erasmus going so far as to make use of Poliziano's Epistolae (as they were originally titled) for his Adagia. The present piece, a verse tribute to Giuliano de' Medici, was unfinished in Poliziano's lifetime and some debate has ensued over the joust referenced in the name commonly given for the poem, Stanze per la giostra.
Here, the two existing books of the Stanze are handsomely presented in a dignified Bodoni production dedicated to Count Cesare Ventura, whose coat of arms appears as part of a large engraved vignette. Brunet states that
only 162 copies were printed.
Provenance: Bookplates of Wilfred Merton, Robert Wayne Stilwell, and Brian Douglas Stilwell.
Brooks 451; Brunet, IV, 783; De Lama, II, 71–72; Giani 23 (p. 43). 19th-century half brown mottled sheep and marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands; extremities rubbed. Front pastedown with bookplates as above and with pencilled reference notes; some foxing or other spotting/soiling intermittently; a volume overall clean and pleasing. (40150)

Singing the Praises of the Immortal Jenner: Vaccination Verse
Ponta, Gioachino. Il trionfo della vaccinia: Poema. Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1810. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.58"). [12], 302 pp.
[SOLD]
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Sole edition: An epic poem inspired by Jenner's smallpox vaccine, here in
a handsome Bodoni printing that consisted of just 250 copies, with a dedication to Joseph Bonaparte. This 104-verse tribute — with each canto followed by lengthy annotations — covers the history of smallpox, as well as the efforts of other scientists and physicians, in the course of paying tribute to Jenner and his accomplishments.Provenance: Front pastedown and free endpaper with bookplates of Brian Douglas Stilwell and Robert Wayne Stilwell.
Brooks 1088; Giani 193 (p. 75). Not in Brunet. Cream paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label; front board with upper inner and lower outer corners bumped. Several instances of variable foxing, with title-page and final page more noticeably spotted; six leaves each showing small stain from now-absent organic(?) material.
Solid, overall clean copy of this interesting medico-literary Bodoni production. (40197)

Prudentius, Bodoni, & TWO Oxford Friends — A Handsome Set
(Extra-Beloved Here for Its Surviving Bookseller's Label)
Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius. Aurelii Prudentii Clementis V.C. Opera omnia nunc primum cum codd. vaticanis collata praefatione, variantibus lectionibus, notis, ac rerum verborumque indice locupletissimo aucta et illustrata. Parmae: Ex Regio Typographeo, 1788. Large 4to (30.2 cm, 11.89"). 2 vols. I: [10], 71, [3], 361, [3] pp. II: [4], 284, [2] pp.
$800.00
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First edition of Prudentius from the Bodoni press. Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348 – ca. 410) was a Roman Christian poet born in Northern Spain, known for the asceticism he adopted late in life as well as for his lyric (Cathemerinon, Peristephanon), didactic (Apotheosis, Hamartigenia, Psychomachia), and polemical works (Contra Symmachum). The Psychomachia is particularly notable as one of the earliest Western examples of allegorical verse, exerting much influence on the subsequent medieval development of that genre. Here, the texts were edited by Giuseppe Teoli, who signed the dedication as well as supplying the preface, footnotes, and indexes.
This is a typically handsome Bodoni production with wide margins, an elegant type, and a different engraved vignette on each title-page; Dibdin calls it “one of the most beautiful editions of a classical author I ever beheld.” 18th- and 19th-century critics tended to agree with him and with Eschenburg, who deemed this edition “splendid and valuable.”
Binding: Contemporary light brown morocco, covers with wide frames composed of multiple gilt rolls, spines of darker brown morocco with gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels; main label reading “Aurelii Opera.”
Board edges and turn-ins with gilt rolls and, in an unusual treatment, with the darker brown of the spine echoed in these areas as an accent. Endpapers of light blue moiré silk, all edges gilt.
Provenance: Front fly-leaf of vol. I with affectionate inked gift inscription from David Williams to John Griffiths (both academics of the University of Oxford, as referenced in the inscription), dated 1854. Front pastedowns each with 19th-century bookseller's small leather label (“the most Expert Bookfinder Extant”).
Brooks 361; Brunet, V, 916; De Lama, II, 52–53; Dibdin, II, 360–61; Graesse 467. Bindings as above, edges and extremities rubbed, spine labels with small repairs.
One of the most desirable editions of this important poet, here in an attractive copy with delightful provenance. (40137)

A Night Out at the Club: Antiquaries, Gamesters, Lawyers, Newsmongers,
“Opiniators” et al.
Puckle, James; Samuel Weller Singer, ed.; John Thurston, illus. The club; or, a gray cap for a green head. A dialogue between a father and son. London: Chiswick Press (Pr. by C. Whittingham, for Charles Tilt and N. Hailes), 1834. 8vo (17 cm, 6.69"). Frontis., xvi, [4], 128, 24 (adv.) pp.
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Elegantly printed Chiswick Press production of this popular “humorous little manual” (p. xi), offering “shrewd and instructive views of human conduct” (p. ix) — an alphabet of fools, knaves, and other types of immoral or unpleasant characters with one “wise” exception only. Thurston's 25 character vignettes, originally done in 1817, are expressive without tipping over into cartoonish; they appear here reprinted by Whittingham with the aid of the celebrated wood-engraver John Thompson, who supplied several additional pieces. This is
the first appearance of Singer's edition.
Provenance & Evidence of Readership: Title-page with pencilled ownership inscription of Roger Ingpen, 1924; front free endpaper with pencilled note reading “The notes at the end of this book are by my uncle John at whose sale I purchased this book. - R.I.” (Ingpen was an editor and literary critic best known for his Shelley in England; his uncle supplied occasional marginal
annotations on text pages and detailed pencilled notes on back free endpaper). Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
NSTC 2P28587. Publisher's textured dark blue cloth, covers blind-stamped with acanthus leaf frame, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding cocked, spine sunned, extremities lightly rubbed. All edges gilt. Front hinge (inside) open from head with sewing loosened and tender. Pages evenly age-toned with light spots of foxing to first and last few leaves, pencilled markings as above, otherwise clean. (41041)

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