BENTHAMIANA; or, Select Abstracts from the Works of Jeremy Bentham ( Sir John Bowring's Personal Copy ) by Bentham, Jeremy; Edited by John Hill Burton - 1843

VENETIIS : EX TYPOGRAPHIA BALLEONIANA, 1730. In 4. Dim. 34,5x25x7 cm. Pp. 36 (n.n.)+460+XCI+(8)+36+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2). Peso Kg. 2,900 Splendido messale di grandi dimensioni e peso del 1730 in folio interamente scritto a caratteri rosso e neri con splendidi capilettera decorati, almeno 1 per pagina (ad esclusione dei canti gregoriani). All'interno del testo tre bellissime incisioni a piena pagina che raffigurano delle scene religiose (l'annunciazione, la crocifissione, la resurrezione). Bella vignetta al frontespizio. All'inizio del messale un introduzione dedicata alla memoria dei tre Papi che si erano occupati di redigerlo (Pio V; Clemente VIII; Urbano VIII) e una sorta di prefazione all'opera con delle tabelle indicanti il calendario liturgico che rimanda alle parti del messale da recitare.<BR>Presente anche Commune Sanctorum e Missae Propriae Sanctorum ad uso dei Frati Minori di San Francesco. Pagine e pagine di canti gregoriani all'interno. Il messale è del 1730,… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1951. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.8 inches). x, 701pp. Illustrated with seven mono photo portrait plates, six of Mansfield and one of Middleton Murry. Tissue guard to frontis illustration. A fine copy in a fine leather binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Full dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with 3 gilt leaves. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Both boards have ruled and doted line borders with elaborate floral corner decorations. Board edges with flower and dot roll in gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Two navy blue silk bookmarks sewn in. Neat previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. A fine, beautifully bound copy.

Osborn, Captain SherardJapanese Fragments, With Facsimiles of Illustrations by Artists of Yedo.
London, 1861 First Edition. Publisher Bradbury and Evans. Octavo. Pp. 139. Fine condition in modern full calf with extensive gilding to covers and spine. Complete with all 27 illustrations: Six full-page colored plates, Eleven full-page B&W woodblock plates, and Ten B&W woodblock prints within the text. The text is flawless, no inscriptions, spotting, or tears, and is clean, bright and tight. The bindings have no wear or damage and all of the edges are in bright gilt. This is a pristine copy in a very attractive Fine binding by Bayntun of Bath.

"O Jevrejskom Pitanju" - On the Jewish Question – The first translation in Serbian language. By Karl Marx
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This translation is extremely rare, there is a total of 6 copies in public Libraries in Serbia (according to COBISS online register) and one copy in the National University Library of Ljubljana. There are no other copies known of this edition in any other European or western library.
As the publisher of the translation was an institution (Arhiv za pravne i društvene nauke), and it wasn't printed en masse since it was considered ideologically controversial. The number of copies printed is most probably 100 and likely under 50. There is a total of 7 surviving known copies besides this one. O Jevrejskom pitanju is a first Serbian translation of the famous Marx's work Jewish Question where he argues whether are the Jews and their capital is indeed a danger for society. The origin of Marx's attitude toward Jews and money is traced to his early life experiences. While Marx's 1st paper attacked… Read More

I believe this is the way it came from the printer, and it was never bound. Not much holding the spine Pages very clear with no foxing some damage around the edges of some of outermost ones.Shipping at cost, to be determined.Will consider offers on price, but may wait to see if I get more than one offer.

VENETIIS : EX TYPOGRAPHIA BALLEONIANA, 1730. In 4. Dim. 34,5x25x7 cm. Pp. 36 (n.n.)+460+XCI+(8)+36+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2). Peso Kg. 2,900 Splendido messale di grandi dimensioni e peso del 1730 in folio interamente scritto a caratteri rosso e neri con splendidi capilettera decorati, almeno 1 per pagina (ad esclusione dei canti gregoriani). All'interno del testo tre bellissime incisioni a piena pagina che raffigurano delle scene religiose (l'annunciazione, la crocifissione, la resurrezione). Bella vignetta al frontespizio. All'inizio del messale un introduzione dedicata alla memoria dei tre Papi che si erano occupati di redigerlo (Pio V; Clemente VIII; Urbano VIII) e una sorta di prefazione all'opera con delle tabelle indicanti il calendario liturgico che rimanda alle parti del messale da recitare.<BR>Presente anche Commune Sanctorum e Missae Propriae Sanctorum ad uso dei Frati Minori di San Francesco. Pagine e pagine di canti gregoriani all'interno. Il messale è del 1730,… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1951. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.8 inches). x, 701pp. Illustrated with seven mono photo portrait plates, six of Mansfield and one of Middleton Murry. Tissue guard to frontis illustration. A fine copy in a fine leather binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Full dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with 3 gilt leaves. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Both boards have ruled and doted line borders with elaborate floral corner decorations. Board edges with flower and dot roll in gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Two navy blue silk bookmarks sewn in. Neat previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. A fine, beautifully bound copy.

Osborn, Captain SherardJapanese Fragments, With Facsimiles of Illustrations by Artists of Yedo.
London, 1861 First Edition. Publisher Bradbury and Evans. Octavo. Pp. 139. Fine condition in modern full calf with extensive gilding to covers and spine. Complete with all 27 illustrations: Six full-page colored plates, Eleven full-page B&W woodblock plates, and Ten B&W woodblock prints within the text. The text is flawless, no inscriptions, spotting, or tears, and is clean, bright and tight. The bindings have no wear or damage and all of the edges are in bright gilt. This is a pristine copy in a very attractive Fine binding by Bayntun of Bath.

"O Jevrejskom Pitanju" - On the Jewish Question – The first translation in Serbian language. By Karl Marx
***
This translation is extremely rare, there is a total of 6 copies in public Libraries in Serbia (according to COBISS online register) and one copy in the National University Library of Ljubljana. There are no other copies known of this edition in any other European or western library.
As the publisher of the translation was an institution (Arhiv za pravne i društvene nauke), and it wasn't printed en masse since it was considered ideologically controversial. The number of copies printed is most probably 100 and likely under 50. There is a total of 7 surviving known copies besides this one. O Jevrejskom pitanju is a first Serbian translation of the famous Marx's work Jewish Question where he argues whether are the Jews and their capital is indeed a danger for society. The origin of Marx's attitude toward Jews and money is traced to his early life experiences. While Marx's 1st paper attacked… Read More

I believe this is the way it came from the printer, and it was never bound. Not much holding the spine Pages very clear with no foxing some damage around the edges of some of outermost ones.Shipping at cost, to be determined.Will consider offers on price, but may wait to see if I get more than one offer.