Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bibiliophilia Books

[Bruxallas], 1940. No Binding. Poor. (31x24 cm). - Single page printed on both sides; top and bottom with the blue white and red colors of Belgium. - Edges frayed. - The sarcastic logo for the editorial offices is given as: "Redaction et Administration - OBERFELDKOMMANDATUR: 1 Place du Trone, Bruxelles - Editeur Responsible: PETER PAN,YJardin d'Egmont, Bruxelles. - Entirely in English, starting out as: "Tou are our liberators and we are proud to cheer you!" - EXTREMELY RARE : Not in World Cat , which locates only a single copy of a similar item 'La Libre Belgique ressuscite en 1940" [ Nanterre, France].h

No Binding. Fair/not applicable. The Friend of Women of letters from a doctor about the influence of women's clothing on their habits and health; and the necessity of the usual use of the baths keeping their present costume. Followed by an Appendix containing cosmetic recipes and a therapeutic appropriate to the taste. Adorned with seven engravings in intaglio. Second edition, corrected and very augmented. Dedicated to HM the Empress of the French. Paris, at Barba and at the author's, year XIII (1805). Format: in-8, xlviii + 448 pages, frontispiece engraving by Ponce, 6 engravings in intaglio in text., on the last page devoted to the errata, signed by the author. Military, Marie de Saint-Ursin (1769-1819) was then inspector general of the health service, and editor for ten years of the Gazette de Santé. (Querard V, 534). Her book, built in the form of 21 letters devoted to the beauty and health of women, is historically important for feminine hygiene. It describes the origins of… Read More

Rome: Belle Arti, 1837. Hardcover. Near Fine/not applicable. 32mo (13x9 cm). -- 75 pages. - Contemporary half-cloth, marbled boards, spine with 6 bands and title in gilt - Near fine. - Quite rare: WorldCat locates only 5 copies (2 in Italy, 2 in the US , and 1 in the UK).

Venetia: Giacomo Sansovino, 1569. Hardcover. Fine. Thick octavo (20x15 cm). - [32], 531 leaves. - Very fine. - Old thick vellum on board, title in gilt on a gilt-decorated red leather label on spine. - Very fine, except for one edge of label slightly hurt. - Marble end-papers. - Printer's device on title-page, - A profusion of headpieces. large decorated initials, as well as smaller ones. - Interior very fine, except for Leaves 57 through 64 being bound after Leaf 72. - A tight copy. - PEDRO MEXIA [(Pietro Messia] (1497-1551) was a Spanish Renaissance. One of his major works is "Historia Imperial y Caserea" (1545), which was translated into Italian, the present volume, by the prolific Venetian humanist, LODOVICO DOLCE (1508/10- 1568). - The book gives a detailed history of Empires and Emperors, starting with the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar and his successors, and continued through the Holy Roman Empire, up until Emperor Maximilian. link to photos available on request.

Athenais (Athens): Athenaidos, 1886. Hardcover. As New. Octavo (22x15cm). - [8], 1125 pages. - Modern blind-tooled red morocco, blind-tooled decorations in gilt on both covers (Greek cross in front, Madonna in back), spine with 4 raised bands and title in gilt, blind-tooled). - Very fine. - Title-page and verso of front free end-paper with stamps. - With a profusion of small illustrations. - A folded sheet of 12 maps inserted, as issued. The multi-colored English language maps show, among others, Egypt. Sinai, Canaan, Lands of Jewish Captivities, Palestine and Jerusalem. - A massive work, discussing all questions related to the Bible, such as history, ethnology, archeology, theology, etc.

New York: Liberator Publishing Co., 1918. Soft cover. Near Fine/not applicable. Imperial octavo (27.5x21.5 cm). - 42, [2] pages. - Original covers printed in red, blue and black. - On the back cover: a full-page ad: "RED RUSSIA - John Reed' story of the Lenine (SIC) Revolution". - Tiny losses. - Also includes: MAX EASTMAN: "The Triumph of Karl Marx"; HELEN KELLER: "In Behalf of the I. W. W."; Max Eastman 's poem: "iISADORA DUNCAN", "Two Sonnets - By LOUIS UNTERMEYER; and a center-fold drawing by BOARDMAN ROBINSON: "The Interruption".

Bogota, Colombia: Tercer Mundo, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. NEREO. 78 unnumbered pages. - Hardback, with illustrated d/j, and title in red (corners and edges somewhat worn). link to photos on request - INSCRIBED BY PARDO on front free end-paper. - With 50 photos by Nereo (mostly full page), showing the deplorable conditions of the poor in Colombia. The chapter titles are: ALDEAS - LA VIDA - INDIOS - NEGROS - CAMPESINOS - MANOS - ALEGRIA - ANCIANOS - DOMINGO - MIEDO - LIBERTAD - OJOS - CARAVANAS - LA CIUDAD - POR LAS CALLES - EL DESTINO - LA NOCHE - AGONIA - LA ASPERA

Paris: Louis Billaine, 1669. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. 16mo. - (10),215 pp. - Contemporary full leather; spine with 5 bands, and with decorations and title in gilt. - Quite worn. - Title-page slightly soiled, interior else fine. - Title-page with engraved vignette; engraved head-piece and some initials. - (5 Copies found in WorldCat 10/18)

Venetia: Nicolo Beuilacqua, 1563. No Binding. Very Good/not applicable. Title continues: "Di M. Francesco Guicciardini gentil- / huomo Fiorentino: / nuoumante con somma diligenza ristampata, & da / molti errore ricorretta. Con l'aggiunta de' som- / marij a libro per libro: & con le annotationi in mar / gine delle cose piu notabili: / Fatte dal Reverendo Padre Remigio / Fiorentino." - Thick 12mo. - 24 unnumbered + 470 numbered + 2 unnumbered leaves. - Beuilacqua, Venetia, 1563. - Two small closed tears, without loss, on title-page. Some foliation numbers are slightly shaved. - Printing and the Mind of Man 84 (for the first edition of 1561). - The most famous work of Guicciardini, the humanist and historian, (1483-1540), "La Historia D'Italia" was first published only after his death, by his nephew, Agnolo, in 1561 in Florence, at the press of Lorenzo Torrentino, Impressor Ducale. The first edition, and the few editions of 1562 and 1563, contained sixteen books… Read More

Venetia: Domenico Farri, 1587. Hardcover. Fine/not applicable. Thick and wide crown octavo (20.5x16 cm). - [46], [9], 488, 111 leaves . - 3/4 hard vellum, title in old ink on spine with 4 bands; marbled paper covers. - Fine, except for the last 8 leaves which are somewhat frayed and soiled - The last four of the 20 "libri" have a separate title-page " Delll' Historia di Italia ...Gli Ultimi Qvattro Libri", and separate pagination. - With a profusion of printed marginalia.

Paris: Jean Mariette, 1722. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. Title continues: " . apelles communement les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete, Composees de Parterres, de Bosquets, de Boulingrins, &c." - Wide large 8vo. - (8),293,(11) pp. - Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, title and floral decorations in gilt (bottom of spine and front cover somewhat damaged). - Interior and plates very fine. - With 38 double plates (4 of them folding). - This book, which integrated the methods of Le Notre into a comprehensive system, is considered to be the foremost authority on formal gardens. - The book was actually written by D'Argenville, under the supervision of the architect Le Blond, whose designs were engraved by Mariette.

New Haven: Peck, White, & Peck, 1858. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo (18.5x11.5 cm). - 2 blanks, VIII, 150 pages. - Contemporary 1/2 leather, brown cloth; spine with title in gilt, quite worn. - Inscribed in ink by Gibbs: "Prof. Geo. E. Day, D. ,D. / with respects of / J. W. G." - Gibbs was Professor of Sacred Literature at Yale, where later his son, Josiah Willard Gibbs, the first great American scientist, was also a professor.

Paris: Chez Le Clerc, Libraire, Quay des Augustins, a` la Toison d'or, 1759. Hardcover. Poor/not applicable. (16mo 17.5x10 cm). - 618, [3] pages. - Contemporary mottled calf, in poor condition, and lacking spine. - With an undated ownership signature in old ink. - Contains 3647 recipes, as follows:"Base de la Cuisine 86, Pates 23, Sauces 116, Ragouts 57, Potages 146, Hors-d'oeuvres 709, Entrees 1114, Releves au grosses Entrees 179, Gros entrements 110, Entrements ordinaires 658, Office 449".

Londres & Paris: Chez Jean Nourse, Libraire, dans le Strand. Et se trouve a Paris, Chez Delalain, Libr.rue & a core de la Comed. Francaise, 1769. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo (20x13 cm). - 368 p. - First edition. - Contemporary calf; 5 bands on spine with gilt decorations and title in gilt on leather label , corners worn, front cover detached. - Marbled endpapers (front free endpaper missing). - Interior very fine, with wide margins. - The famous pioneering work on the regulation of prostitution.

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

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1904. Hardcover. Near Fine. (22.5x15 cm). - XV, blank, 271 pages. - Publisher's full dark red cloth, title embossed in gilt on front cover and spine. - Near fine. - The book by the greatest expert on the subject at the turn of the century, owned by his successor at the top. Link to photos available on request.

Rio de Janeiro: Oriente do Rio de Janeiro, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (22x15 cm).. - 388 pp. - With a separate title-page on (the unnumbered) Page 221: "Rituaes do Grande Oriente Unido e de Supremo Conselho do Brazil - I.", with a date of 1879, as well as a full-page table of "Alphabetos Maconicos" on (the also unnumbered) Page 325. With a full-page Errata - Half red morocco, spine with 4 raised bands and title in gilt, marbled end-papers. Edges quite worn. With an old blue label of the Porto Allegre book dealer Joaquim Alves Leite, and a bookplate of a now defunct U.S. seminary library. - The Grande Oriente do Brazil is a masonic body in Brazil, in the tradition of Anglo-American Freemasonry. This book gives their constitution and laws and descrbes all of their rituals, including the funeral ones. - Extremely rare: WorldCat gives no location at all, and only a single one for the somewhat shorter (373 pages) first edition of 1875 [Universidade de Sao Paulo]

Fulton Co. Ills. - [Galesburg. Ill.]: [Colville & Grubb], 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo (21x14.5 cm). - !00 pages. - Publisher's dark green cloth, title in gilt within decorated field. Slightly scuffed, corners worn, else very good. - Interior very fine. - Frontispiece with engraved portrait. - A collection of 10 essays and stories, and 2 poems. - Especially interesting is her essay "Dream and Dreamers", as well as the concluding lines of the first contribution, " Kossuth and Congress": " As the Magyar chief passed over the threshold of that Federal House, he was accompanied by millions of black men --- then with silent tread, but afterward manumitted to freedom, in the stern panoply of war --- shackles stricken off, and no insignificant integral element in the great army of liberty that, in crushing an oligarchy, restored again to the sons the heritage transmitted them by the fathers". - Extremely rare: WorldCat locates only 2 copies.

Gyoma: Kner izidor, 1916. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. DIVEKY JOZSEF. (20x13.5 cm). - 154,[6] pages. - Red half-cloth, grey boards illustrated in red and black. - Near fine. - with 6 full page illustrations by Jozsef Diveky. first edition - link to photos on request.

A La Haye: Les Freres Vaillant, 1759. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. [EARLY ANTI-JESUIT WORK - MISSIONS IN CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN] 16mo. - viii,388,(2) pp. - Vaillant, a la Haye, 1759. - With a very substantial (44-page) "Table Alphabetique", and a 1-page "Errata" at end. - Half-leather, spine with gilt decoration and title on leather label; marbled paper covered boards (somewhat worn). Interior very fine. - Sabin 3685, Kress 4560, Goldsmith 9443. - A critical description of the Jesuits' commercial activities in Latin America and Asia; missions to China, Indies, Japan and Manila; the destruction of missions in China; relations with and indoctrination of Indians; etc.