Search Results: Authors starting with C from Bibiliophilia Books

Cadiz, Ohio: David Christy, 1835. No Binding. Fair/not applicable. missing binding but complete 411 pages 1835-1836 1 copy this edition/volume in WorldCat 10/18 Very rare Cadiz, Ohio imprint.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1670. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick octavo (22.5x13.5 cm). - [16], 918, [32] pages. - Contemporary full vellum; small remains of title on red label on spine; fine. - Uncut. - Title-page with engraved pictorial illustration, and with a small hole (1x6 cm) at the bottom, not affecting text or illustration. - With a multiply folding engraved map, and 4 engraved Illustrations on 2 plates. - Map and plates are very fine. - A later issue of Elzevir's classic edition of Caesar's collected works - and a fine example of Elzevirian printing;

No place: No publisher, 1562. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. No publisher, no place. - Large 4to. (34.5x21 cm). - [11],683, {24] pages. - In contemporary hard vellum, quite worn and soiled. At the end, a separately titled unpaginated section:"Table ov brief Sommarie des Principales matieres concontenues enseste Institution de la religion Chretienne, dresse selon l'ordre de l'Alphabet", printed in double columns. - Printed marginalia. - Many pages soiled and partially browned. - On verso of front cover, a small book label, with decorated borders: "Robert Stokes"; an engraved book-plate: "Stokes"; as well as another label, as follows: "This Book formed part of the Library of George Stokes, Esq, the founder (A.D. 1840), while living in Colchester), of the Parker Society ..." - Calvin's seminal work on Protestant theology, which serves the basis for the system of doctrines by the Reformed Churches, i.e., Calvinism. - First… Read More

Munchen: Verlag Kurt Desch. Soft cover. Very Good. Imperial quarto(28.5x20.5 cm) - [3], 52 pages. - Original dark brown wrapper, title printed within a frame. Small cracks in spine. - typescript, printed on cheap after-World War II paper. - "Published under authority of 6870 District Information Control Command license number: US-E 101. - Publication date not given. - VERY RARE: WorldCat locates only 3 copies (Erlangen, Karlsruhe, Munchen), and gives 2 different guesses for the date (1946 and 1950). Clearly, in view of being published under U.S. Army authority, the1946 date seems to be much more likely.

Romae: Philippus et Nicolaus Romanis, 1826. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. Quarto (29x22 cm). - [4], 52, [1] pages, and 2 enormous multiply folding tables. - Half-leather with gilt decorated spine, and with quite worn marbled boards. - Scholarly study about the discovery, in 1817 at Eski-Hissar, Anatolia (supposed to be the ancient Stratonicea), of a Roman tariff inscription fixing a maximum price for all kinds of commodities, on the external wall of a marble edifice. - EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only 3 copies (Geneve, Berlin and Chicago)

London: S. Gilbert, 1743. Hardcover. Good. Square small 8vo. - (16),254,(2) pp. - Disbound, somewhat darkened, loose, edges of some pages worn. Lacks end-papers. - Engraved title-page vignette, and several head- and tail-pieces.

New Tork: J. Carey, 1794. Hardcover. Good. 16mo (17x10.5 cm). - 224 pages. - Contemporary full calf, corners and edges worn. - Lacks title-page. - Works by Trumbull, Freneau, Humphreys, Dwight, Barlow, and many others

Dublin: DBA, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo (23x16 cm). - XII, 194 pages. - Publisher's black cloth; title in gilt on spine. Illustrated d/j. - As new. - With 22 plates. - THe role of Celtic and other Nordic goddesses in fertility rituals.

Venetiis: Andreae Muschij (or Muschius), 1606. Hardcover. Good. Title continues: " . Patauium, ac finitimos, attinentia opportune interseruntur". - Venetiis, M. DC. VI. / Ex Typographia Andreae Muschij. - 8vo. - (24),306 pp. - With a 2-page dedication to the Archbishop of Milan: "Illustrissimo, et Amplissimo D. Federico Borromeo S.R.E. Cardinali Archiepiscopo Mediol."; and with an "Errata sic corrigito" at the end of the Index. - Disbound, old waterspot on lower left corner of the first 24 pages, small closed tear on upper right corner of p. 33; else fine. - Splendid engraved coat-of-arms on title-page; engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces. - Contemporary ownership inscription, in ink, on title-page. - First edition (a second edition was published, with identical number of pages, by the Typographia Seminarii in Padua, in 1696). - History of the Benedictine monastery of Santa Giustina di Padova, as well as of the city of Padua. - Quite rare: OCLC locates only 5… Read More

Modena: G. Vincenzi e Compagno, 1828. First edition . Hardcover. Fine/not applicable. Small 8vo. - xi,316 pp. - Original beige decorated boards, printed in black, somewhat soiled, else fine. - Uncut. - With 8 engraved figures on 2 folding plates, and with numerous text illustrations of inscriptions on Roman marble monuments found in and around Modena.

Paris: La Belle Edition , 1918. Soft cover. Very Good. Fernand Leger. Square octavo (19x18 cm). - 32 pages, uncut. - In original wrappers, illustrated in yellow and blue, in the cubist style. - In a protective clear acetate wrapper (which is somewhat yellowed and frayed, due to age). - Printed entirely in bright red, title page also in red, with a blue illustration. - With 2 full-page plates in blue, and 2 text illustrations in red. - First edition of the first book illustrated by Leger (and the only one in the cubist style). - No. 202 of 327 copies, 300 of which are "sur papier a la forme". - Very strongly anti-war, as indicated by the title itself ("J'ai tue" = I killed). - Both Cendrars (1887-1961) and Leger (1881-1955) served on the Western Front during World War I. (In fact, Cendrars lost his right arm in 1916.) - A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE PACIFIST DOCUMENT AND ART WORK.

Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan, 1965. Hardcover. Fine. (28x21.5 cm). - VI, 73 leaves. -- Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. - Inscribed in ink: "Bill & Betsy, / I hope you benefit from my efforts in this / project as much as I / feel I do ---- / Best wishes! / Steve / 10.27/75" - Very fine. - Doctoral dissertation - The main topics are: !. Techniques used in measuring attitudes toward language. 2. Black dialect;: a cultural shock. 3. Teaching Afro-American literature. - RARE: WorldCat records only 5 microform copies, and no hard copies.

Helmstat [i.e. Venice]: Gio Radic [Giovanni Radici], 1734. Hardcover. Very Good. (18.5x12.5 cm). - [8], 252 pages. - Grey boards. - Part of back end-paper torn off. else fine. - Uncut. - With full-page engraved portrait of Trenck as frontispiece. - The biography of the renowned and controversial Croatian general, and leader of the famous Panduri. - VERY RARE: WorldCat gives only 2 locations [Gottingen and Paris]. Photos available on ABEbook

Chicago, 1920. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. -[2],iv,184,[1] pp. - Original light brown cloth, title embossed in gilt on front cover. A few small lightly darkened spots on front cover and spine, else very fine. -- The Censorship Commission was appointed by Alderman Otto Kerner, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the City Council [later Illinois Attoney General (and father of a future Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner)], on November 23, 1918. - Among the members of the Commission was Alderman Anton J. Cermak [later Mayor of Chicago (who was assinated on February 15, 1933, in Miami, while standing next to President -Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt at a rally)]. -- Includes the November 27th, 1918 memorandum by the Second Deputy Supt. of Police, reporting the number of movies cut, for the following reasons: Unlawful 467, Immoral 220, Indecent (Comedy) 183, Indecent (Drama) 42, Nude 36, Obscene 17, Race 6, Creed 3, Total 974. - Among the 26 witnesses, whose testimony is reported, were William A. Brady,… Read More

Bruxelles: Balthsaris Vivien. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. (34x22.5 cm). - [1], 586, [29 ] pages. - Full calf, rebacked. - Rebacking (5 raised bands, title printed in gilt on black leather label on spine) very fine; covers worn corners bumped. - Title-page, with vigvette, printed in red and black. - Profusely illustrated with over a hundred of engravings. - Illustrations very fine. Link to additional photos available on request.

Roma: Bernardino Olivieri. No Binding. Fair. Title continues: " . e possesso del successore incise in rame, ed accompagnate da una detagglata descrizione, e spiegazione". - Roma / Presso Bernardino Olivieri. / Tipografo dell'Archiginnasio Romano. / Con Superiore Approv. - 12mo. - 128 pp., plus plates. - Disbound (a very small portion of the original brown wrappers, with decorated borders, laid in). - With 17 engraved plates (unnumbered). - Pp. 87-92 (and the 3 plates in between these pages) have smoke marks and some losses in the upper right hand corner of the margins (but without any damage to the text or the illustrations). - - A detailed description of the duties and sacred functions of College of Cardinals, describing all steps in electing a new Pope, as well as the ceremonies which follow. - The exquisite engraved illustrations show, among others, the funeral procession of Pope Pius VIII, the entry of the Sacred College of Cardinals to the Conclave, the presentation of the new… Read More

Venetiis: In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1521. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/not applicable. (In colophon:) Venetiis in aedibus Aldi, / et Andreae Soceri / mense Ianuario. / M.D.XXI. - 16mo. (16 1/2 x 11 cm). - (16),331 leaves printed on both sides. - With the anchor printer's device of Aldus on title-page. - On verso of title-page, Aldus Manutius dedicates the book to Philippo Cyvlano Mora, Secretary of the King of Pannonia (Hungary), and his Ambassador to Venice. - Contemporary full vellum, title in old ink (mostly faded) on spine. - Very fine. - In Latin (mostly) and Greek. - Printed in Italics. - Second Aldine edition. - Adams C 1909.

Magdeburgi: Tobiæ Schro?dteri, 1660. Soft cover. Near Fine/not applicable. Wide crown octavo (19x15 cm). - [8], 200, [1] pages. - Unbound. - Title-page printed in red-and-black, with a delicate vignette. Slight foxing, else fine. - With a 1-page "Errata" at the end. - In Latin. - Daniel Clasen (1622-1678) was aProfessor of Law at the University of Helmstedt. - The WorldCat listings do not note the "Errata" page.

Paris: Ste?re?otype d'Herhan, de l'imprimerie des Fre`res Mame, 1807. Hardcover. Good. 24mo. - viii,298 pp. - Stereotype D'Hernan. De L'Imprimerie des Freres Mame: Paris, 1807. - Contemporary 3/4 leather, green boards, lacks latch. - Title in gilt on leather label on spine. - Overall wear, else very good.

Paris: Simon Dautreville et Cie,, 1832. First edition . Hardcover. Good/not applicable. 16mo. - 186 and 44,(4) pp. - Contemporary red half-morocco. Gilt-decorated spine with 4 raised bands. Extremities worn, some foxing on pages, else very good. A compilation of war-cries and mottos of the European aristocracy,in alphabetical order. - BOUND TOGETHER WITH: M. De Saint- Epain: L'Art De Composer Les Livrees Au Milieu Du XIX e Siecle d'apres ses principes de la Science heraldique precede d'une Notice Historique. Paris. 1853. - With 40 engraved designs on 6 plates showing livery uniforms. - No copies in Wordcat this edition. (10/18)