Biography & Autobiography from Pazzo Books

Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1567. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Later boards, title soiled and final page soiled and browned, title with minor repair in gutter, scattered minor finger soiling and foxing, mostly very clean. An early edition of Vascovo's collection of sermons by Augustine and others translated into Italian. [28], 448pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read more

Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. 1/4 blue leather over marbled boards, old library marks to endpapers and half title, small mark from label removal on spine, original wraps bound in. Slight age toning, otherwise clean. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No:… Read more

Madrid: Oficina del Establecimiento Central, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf, spine darkened, corners worn; pencil marks to endpapers, else very clean internally. 3 volumes in 1, each with a separate title. 72pp, 64pp, 77pp Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory… Read more

Leiden: Elsevier, 1660. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Fair Condition. First Elsevier edition, full vellum, inner hinge cracked and text block pulled away from binding, old notes to title and a few spots elsewhere; lacking the frontis and portraits but textually complete. 452pp plus index. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography &… Read more

Francfort: Frans Rottenberg, 1688. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Later full burgundy morocco by Zaehnsdorf, hinges cracked and weakening, largish chip to spine, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. First three pages chipped at the edges, small paper repair to page 5, scattered light foxing. 89, (3)pp. The first edition of a notorious book about… Read more

Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1553. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Contemporary vellum, darkened, worn at corners, old inscription to front blank, dampstain to upper right corner early on and lower margin towards the end, modest browning and foxing, crease to center of last 30 pages. 2 volumes in one, each page with medallion portraits and a brief… Read more

Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco, densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing, mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper, minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking one signature, pages 177-192, otherwise… Read more

Paris: Honoré Champion, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Very Good Condition. Blue cloth backed marbled boards, corners bumped, light age toning internally, old ownership marks to endpaper. A scholarly biography of the 13th century Provençal troubadour. 200pp with a fold out genealogy. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography… Read more

Lisbon: Antonio Gomes, 1786. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, light wear at edges and hinges. Scattered light foxing, endpapers browned, a few small tears at page edges, one touching some text but with no loss - a clean, bright and fresh copy overall. xiiii, 497pp. With 3 plates… Read more

Madrid: Oficina De D. Benito Cano, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Four volumes in contemporary acid calf, published 1789-1791, second volume has two tears in the leather where it adhered to the front of volume one, gilt spines, corners bumped, small scratches (Volumes III and IV), hinges and bindings intact. Marbled end papers,… Read more

London: John Murray, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Original green cloth, corners slightly bumped, spine rubbed. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 044856.

Amsterdam: Andre de Hoogenhutsen, 1695. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf elaborately tooled on the spine, over wooden boards - large section of leather lacking from the front board, but otherwise sound. 2 volumes in one, scattered age toning to pages, small wormhole in rear margin, quite clean and bright overall and attractively… Read more

Paris: La Librairie Historique, 1821. Later Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Original wrappers, worn at corners, spine rubbed and chipped. Moderate foxing. 251pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 044021.

Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Job. Lovely, bright, full color illustrations. Slight wear to edges of decorative boards, a few light surface marks, upper corners lightly bumped, scattered browning, largely to page edges. An attractive copy of a lovely book. Size: Folio. Illustrator: Job. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read more

Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. A. Robida. Lovely, bright, full color illustrations. Slight wear to edges of decorative boards, a few light surface marks and light stains to the rear board, scattered browning, largely to page edges and in the gutters. Size: Folio. Illustrator: A. Robida. Quantity Available: 1.… Read more

Venice: Gioliti, 1586. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. The first edition in Italian of this biography of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556, beatified 1609). Full contemporary vellum, worn, discolored, splitting at the spine ends, title worn and browned, dampstain to last section, a few small wormtrails, scattered foxing and staining, first section loose. (xlii),… Read more

Amsterdam: Johannes van Ravesteyn, 1662. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum, a bit discolored. (10)486, (18), 118, (14)pp. Portraits of Henrik and Cosimo de Medici. 2 works bound in one by the eminent Dutch historian and playwright. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History.… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in green pebbled cloth - light shelfwear, spines slightly darkened, otherwise a lovely set. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category:… Read more

London: W. Owen, 1764. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, front board detached, rear loose. Scattered marginal notes in an early hand, pencil notes to pastedown. 565pp plus index. 156 biographies ranging from Epicurus, Avicenna and Galileo to Hooke, Newton, Boyle and Leibnitz. With the portrait of Newton that was apparently… Read more

London: J. Cundee for T. Hurst, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. Later half leather, worn at the edges, hinges rubbed. Scattered foxing but generally quite clean internally. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 042317.