Search Results: Authors starting with E from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

Lisbon, Edição do Autor (depositários: Livraria Petrony), (1969).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4° (22 x 17 cm.), recent red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered, top edges rouged; original pale green printed wrappers bound in. In fine condition. 157 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Edição do Autor (depositários: Livraria Petrony), 1969.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4° (21.5 x 16.25 cm.), original printed wrappers. As new. 157 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Off. de Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1761.. 4°, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments (lowest compartment defective; lettering piece and endleaves gone). Small woodcut vignette on title page. Woodcut headpiece with typographical border and woodcut initial on p. 1. Very small worm trace in upper outer blank margin of Y3-Bb1. In good condition. Contemporary ink inscription in upper blank margin of title page: "Ill.ma Sor [lightly scored] Jose Maria Lopo Cavalliero da // ordem de Christo Consul Deputado da Sicilia"; smaller inscription in a different hand just below in outer margin more heavily scored. Blue oval rubber stamp on recto of fifth preliminary leaf and on pp. 183 and 400 of "Pedro A. Ferreira // Porto // Abbade de Mirasaya". A few scattered penciled marginalia. (8 ll.), 400 pp. *** Second edition of this eighteenth-century masterpiece of prose—one of the few notable prose works written by a Brazilian in the second half of the eighteenth… Read More

Lisbon, Na Typographia Rollandiana, 1778.. 8°, contemporary mottled sheep (some wear, small worm trace to front cover near head of spine), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments (slight defect to head), crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, gilt short title, text block edges rouged. Woodcut vignette with publisher's monogram on title page. In good to very good condition. Old ink cipher at top of front free endleaf recto. Octagonal blue stamp of Livraria Antiga e Moderna just below and to the right. xxxii, 373 pp. Page 366 numbered correctly (sometimes wrongly numbered 356). *** Third edition of this eighteenth-century masterpiece of prose and forerunner of the modern novel of ideas. First published in 1752, this edition was edited by Silva de Eça's son, who made many changes. It is the first to contain the "Carta sobre a fortuna" (pp. 326-68), which Silva de Eça had left in manuscript.A native of São Paulo, Silva de Eça spent most of his adult life in… Read More

Lisbon, Na Typographia Rollandiana, 1778.. 8°, contemporary mottled sheep (some wear, rubbing), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from top, gilt letter, text block edges rouged. Woodcut vignette with publisher's monogram on title page. In very good condition. Old ink inscription on recto of front free endleaf. xxii, 373 pp. Page 366 in its first state, wrongly numbered "356". It sometimes appears in the corrected state. *** Third edition of this eighteenth-century masterpiece of prose and forerunner of the modern novel of ideas. First published in 1752, this edition was edited by Silva de Eça's son, who made many changes. It is the first to contain the "Carta sobre a fortuna" (pp. 326-68), which Silva de Eça had left in manuscript.A native of São Paulo, Silva de Eça spent most of his adult life in Portugal. This work on the themes of Ecclesiastes is his principal work, and one of the few notable prose works written by a… Read More

Lisbon, Typographia da Livraria Ferin, 1908.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, stapled into beige wrappers (upper missing). Wood-engraving on title page of the arms of the Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa. One corner bent. Small dampstain on final three leaves. In good to very good condition. 99 pp., (2 pp. bibliography and biography of author), (1 blank l.); tables in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Published to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the opening of the ports of Brazil to foreign trade, this essay by a noted maritime historian covers the natural resources of Brazil and their value in trade during the colonial period; José da Silva Lisboa as a Brazilian economist; the decree of January 28, 1808, opening the ports of Brazil after the royal family fled there during the Peninsular War; and the consequences of that act. Five royal decrees of 1808 are reprinted at the end.Vicente Maria de Moura Coutinho Almeida d'Eça (1852-1929) was a captain in the Portuguese Navy, a professor… Read More

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. xvi, 136 pp., illustrated in color and black & white. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in 1982.***

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 4° (29 x 23.5 cm.), recent crimson half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt lettering in second and fourth compartments from head, gilt date at foot, original illustrated wrappers bound in. In fine to very fine condition. xvi, 136 pp., well illustrated in color and black & white. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in 1982.***

London, Oxford University Press, 1971.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers (slightly browned), stapled. In very good condition. 31 pp., heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Porto, Edições Afrontamento, 2000.. Tall 12°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 238 pp. *** This volume consists of two previously published, prize-winning poetical works, both out-of-print for some time: Figuras (1987), was awarded the Prémio Inasset/Poesia; Sobre os mortos (1991), won the Grande Prémio de Poesia, APE. The author has published at least 15 previous volumes of poetry, beginning in 1956. He also received the Prémio de Poesia do Pen Club for Introdução à filosofia (1981). *** See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 174.

Santiago de Chile, Imprenta de la Independencia, 1835.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (27.5 x 16.5 cm.), nineteenth-century marbled wrappers (upper wrapper torn across, without loss). Small woodcut coat of arms on title page. Dampstained. Good condition. (2 ll.), 182 pp., (1 l. errata). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Egaña proposes rules for the judiciary, covering procedures for civil cases, types of trials, appeals, recursos, and recusaciones. Extensive sections deal with debtors and inheritance, and the final section includes special rules applicable to farmers, merchants, and mining.Mariano Egaña (1793-1846), son of the brilliant politician Juan de Egaña, was active in the war for Chilean independence. A conservative, he helped write the Constitution of 1833, and from 1834 until his death was a member of parliament.*** Briseño I, 277. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.

N.p., n.pr., dated 1 March 1827.. Folio (31 x 21.5 cm.), unbound. Caption title. Uncut. In fine condition. (2 ll.) *** In the 1820s, Chileans engaged in an ongoing dispute over whether the nation should have a strong central government or should be a loose confederation of provinces. This proposal includes lists of what the provincial assemblies will be allowed to do and what they are restricted from doing. Among the provincial powers are supervising education, electing certain judges, disbursing pensions, and organizing provincial militias. Among the actions forbidden to such assemblies are setting restrictions on trade, engaging in foreign affairs, maintaining warships, and granting sanctuary to those wanted for crimes in other provinces.The document bears the printed signatures of Diego Antonio Elizondo, Francisco R. de Vicuña, Juan Fariñas, and J.M. Novoa.*** Briseño III, 210, no. 1289 (suggests that it was printed in Santiago at the Imprenta de la Biblioteca); cf. I, 295. Not located in… Read More

Providence R.I., The John Carter Brown Library, 1998.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, brown publisher's cloth with black painted labels on upper and lower covers. Dos à dos printing. As new. 46 pp., (2 ll.), (blank l.); 51 pp., (2 ll.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, issued in both paperback and, as is the present copy, in publisher's cloth. An address by the Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Sir John Huxtable Elliott, delivered in November 1996 on the occasion of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Library. The English and the Spanish version are published together in a single volume, dos-à-dos , with the translation into Spanish by Prof. Antonio Feros. The lecture revisits the thesis enunciated by Herbert Bolton in the 1930s concerning the common factors in the development of British America and Spanish America in the colonial period. ***

Lisbon, Colibri, and Barrancos: Câmara Municipal, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 107 pp., (1 l.), illustrated, including 8 pp. color illustrations in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Santarém, O Mirante, 1996.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 64 pp. One of 1,000 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a journalist born in 1955, founded and directed the newspaper and publishing house O Mirante in Santarém. He has suffered judicial punishment for criticizing a government official, something which would be impossible in the USA under the first amendment.*** Porbase locates three copies: Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra. Not located in Jisc.

Lisbon, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1983.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. 133 pp., (3 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION.***

Lisbon, En la Emprenta de Manuel Lopes Herrera [sic; i.e., Ferreira], 1696.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, recent period sheep (slightly warped), spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, text-block edges rouged. Woodcut vignette of fruit basket on title page. Woodcut headpiece and large woodcut initial on second leaf recto. Typographical headpieces, smaller woodcut initial, and large woodcut tailpiece at end. Browning. Minor light dampstain. In good condition. Contemporary manuscript foliation. 32 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this poem in octavo rima in memory of D. Mariana de Austria. It is dedicated to Don Manuel de Senmanat y Lanuza, Marques de Castel de Rios, Spanish Ambassador to Portugal. The author was an Augustinian canon at Santa Cruz de Coimbra, about whom little else is known. Innocêncio cites a funeral oration by him for the Portuguese Queen D. Maria Sophia Isabel de Neuburg, celebrated in the Royal Monastery… Read More

Lisbon, Edições Salamandra, 1994.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, publisher's illustrated wrappers. As new. 276 pp., (1 l., 1 l. advt.), many tables and graphs in text, bibliography. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. This exceptional master's thesis, defended at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa had appeared as a "texto policopiado" in 1992.***

Regensburg, Verlagsanstalt vorm. G.J. Manz, 1913.. 8°, publisher's green cloth, stamped in art deco style (hinges loosening). Wood-engraved headpieces and initials. With 17 wood-engravings in the text of scientific equipment and electrical equipment for practical uses. Light browning. Blank corner (3 x 3 x 4.5 cm.) missing from title page. Overall in good to very good condition. Early oval purple rubber stamp: "Malteser Hilfsverein Aachen." viii, 128 pp. *** Second edition? It had appeared in Regensburg, 1904. Includes chapters on magnetism, static electricity, electrochemistry, galvanization, electrical lighting, electromagnetism, induction, X-rays, and heavy current (including the Siemens motor). Illustrations in the text show scientific and practical equipment for using electricity.*** Not located in Jisc.

Lisbon, Imprensa de J.G. de Sousa Neves, 1870.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original pink printed wrappers. Largely unopened. In very good condition. 23 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Discusses the consequences of the Franco-Prussian war, arguing that the old model of the European state was obsolete and advocating federalism as the only future for the continent. The author suggests that a pan-Latin federal state (made up of Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal) would confront similar pan-Germanic and pan-Slavic entities.Antonio [José] Ennes (1848-1901), member of the progressive political and 1870s literary movement in Portugal, by the time of his death had worked across three continents as a journalist, dramatist, librarian, government minister, colonial administrator and diplomat. He was a member of the "generation of the 70s" – the name given to a movement dedicated to political liberalism and realism in art – other prominent members included Eça de Queiroz, Antero de Quental,… Read More