Search Results: Titles starting with T from Liber Antiquus

Cambridge: ex officina Iohannis Legat, 1598. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary vellum, a bit rumpled, lightly soiled, text block loose at front. A very fine, crisp copy. Smudge on leaf C1, ink spot on leaf G2; small, faint dampstain to upper margin in gatherings E and F. Variable light damp-stain to lower, outer corner starting in gathering L, a bit darker in a few gatherings (L, O, Q); a few natural marginal paper flaws (not affecting text.). An important Elizabethan translation, Richard Bernard's 1598 "Terence in English" at last made these Roman comedies available to Latin-less English readers and performers. It has been argued that certain phrasings from Bernard's English Terence are found in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet (see The New Shakespere Society's Transactions 1875-6, volume 4, p. 198 et seq.). Although numerous Latin editions of… Read More

Bath: Isaac Pitman, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, Bath, England, 1859. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A very good copy in contemporary sheepskin (worn, small defects to spine and corners, a few abrasions to the boards, corners bumped.) Internally very fine, edges of t.p. very faintly soiled. Printed in phonetic characters throughout. FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS TRANSLATED INTO MI'KMAQ, printed in syllabics using a phonotypic alphabet. The translator, Nova Scotia born Silas Tertius Rand, was a Canadian Baptist clergyman, missionary, ethnologist, and linguist. Although he mastered the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and Mohawk languages, his missionary and linguistic work centered on the Mi'kmaq people. In order to render the Mi'kmaq phonemes in his translations, Rand adapted the phonotypic alphabet created in 1845 by Isaac Pitman (1813-1897) and Alexander John Ellis (1814-1890). Today, the Mi'kmaq language is written in three different orthographies: "The Francis-Smith Orthography… Read More

London: Printed by Isaac Jaggard, for Mathew Lownes, 1625 and, 1620. SECOND EDITION OF VOLUME ONE (1st 1620). FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME TWO. The first volume comprises Books 1-5. The second Books 6-10. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary English calf ruled in blind, neatly rebacked retaining the original spine, corners mended, later end-leaves. A crisp copy with minor scattered stains and clean tears (no loss). Light ink stain to first title, light dampstain to lower blank margin of first two gatherings, slight chipping to lower corner of first two lvs. Small rust holes in lvs. E3-4, M3-4, and Dd1-2; small marginal paper flaw to lvs. M1 and 2nd Dd3, lvs. O6 and Ss3 (Pt. 2) with tears in text (no loss), 2nd Oo2 with sm. repaired hole. With the bookplates of Shuttleworth Forcett; Kap Shuttleworth, Cawthorpe Hall; and Stuart W. Jackson; housed in chemise and half-morocco slipcase. Title page of the first volume printed with a woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 212); The second volume with an… Read More

London: Printed by Thomas Creede, 1607. FOURTH COMPLETE EDITION (1st 1584). The first seven books were printed in 1558, and the first nine in 1562. The first complete edition, completed by Thomas Twyne, was printed in 1573. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in an exquisite binding of eighteenth-century mottled calf, highly polished and beautifully tooled in gold along the edges of the boards. The spine is separated into six compartments by the raised sewing supports, each of which, aside from that bearing the citron morocco label, is decorated with attractive floral tools. The large gilt armorial crest consisting of a Pegasus head and wings "LTHD" on upper cover, earl's coronet and "EDDE" on lower cover. The edges of the text block are stained a solid red. The binding is in exceptional condition, with only the slightest bit of wear. The text itself is in excellent condition. The text of the poem is set in Black Letter and is adorned with attractive woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces throughout.… Read More

Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the 'grecs du roi' types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. The boards are framed by a single gold fillet. Central, wreath-like cartouches, also gilt, are stamped at the centers of both boards. The text is in very good condition, with good margins. There is, however, a bit of worming affecting the text in the first part. Second Estienne edition, generally considered the best sixteenth century edition, of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. The war was fought from 431-404 BC "between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head of alliances that, between them, included nearly every Greek city-state. The fighting engulfed… Read More

Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the 'grecs du roi' types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, tall copy in contemporary blind-ruled vellum, edges of the text block sprinkled red and blue. The text is in very nice condition, lightly toned, with minor blemishes (A FEW small ink stains, sm. burn hole in margin of one leaf, ss2 small rust spot, g3-5 v. light dampstain at corner, light damp to lower outer margin of final few signatures, title and verso of final leaf lightly soiled. Provenance: 1. Ownership inscription, dated 1595, of the German jurist, political philosopher, and seven-time rector of the University of Tübingen, Christoph Besold (1577-1638). Besold was a close friend of Johannes Kepler, whom he met while studying at Tübingen… Read More

London: Various printers (details below). 1591-, 1596. A remarkable volume containing 3 separately-printed works, including the first editions of the second part (Cantos 4-6) of The Faerie Queene (1596) and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. calf, the boards gilt-ruled in compartments with ornamental tools at the corners and a large stamp of the Tudor arms at the center of each board (hinges and endcaps restored, corners bumped, later label, lacking ties). Inscriptions: In the Shepheards Calender 1. Contemporary signature of Roger Collings on p. 1; 2. Inscription in Latin on title page, "To the library of Lord John Bond as a gift by M[onsieur] Bloncq [i.e. Blanc] A.D. 1627". 3. Also on t.p., "Lady Carew" and "June 27, 1669" (perhaps Mary Morice of Wirrington (d. 1698), Lady Carew). 4. Unidentified armorial stamp on verso of t.p. For condition of contents, see individual entries below. 5. Another -and quite marvelous- contemporary inscription on the third… Read More

Basel: Ex Officina Hervagiana, 1540. THIRD EDITION IN GREEK (1st ed. 1502). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (lightly soiled, some surface abrasions, discreet repairs to hinges). The binding is stamped with the date 1542 and the initial M. The boards are ruled in compartments, with blind-stamped figurative rolls featuring female personifications of Prudence (holding a mirror) and Justice (with her scales), as well as Christ, Moses, and Lucretia plunging her a sword into hear breast. Further tools include interlocking sheaves of wheat, and small pomegranates. A nice copy with broad margins. There is a little light dust-soiling to the margins of the first few leaves, the final leaf, and scattered instances in the upper margin elsewhere; a persistent light dampstain to the upper, inner corner of the leaves; a wormhole to the outer blank margin, occasionally developing into a short trail, only entering the text in gatherings Z, A, and B. With minute contemporary annotations in… Read More

Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, per Octavianus Scotus, 9 December, 1491. Hardcover. Fine. [Bound with]: Statius, Publius Papinius (b. ca. 45-50 - d. ca. 96) Statii Achilleida cum comm. Ioannis Britannici Brescia: per Iacobum Brtitannicum, 21 May 1485 Folio: 29 x 19.6 cm. Two works bound as one. I. [158] lvs. (the last leaf blank). Collation: a-c8, d-e6, f-s8, t-x6. II. [28] lvs. (the first leaf blank). Collation: A4, a-d6. Bound in attractive 18th c. blonde calf, spine richly gilt with floral tools and morocco label; board edges also gilt (light wear, corners bumped). Fine, crisp copies with minor blemishes as follows: I. Title lightly soiled, marginal dampstain to the first three lvs., leaf l1, leaf g6, and a few lvs. in gathering h; 4 lvs. in gathering e and bifolium f1/8 lightly browned (f1/8 with light ink stain). II. Light dampstain blank margin. Both books with woodcut initials. First work with Octavian Scotus' printer's device on the final leaf. From the library of the French poet and… Read More

London: Printed by Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, 1633. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th century half calf and marbled boards (leather scraped at corners and spine, light wear at lower edges.), spine with title and date tooled in gold. Contents foxed and spotted, some minor stains, outer margin of H4 and I3 trimmed with some minor loss to the ends of the last two lines and the catchword on H4 recto, and the two-line stage direction at the bottom of I3 recto. With an 18th century ink inscription on the title, reading "written by John Ford." With the paper label of James Stevens Cox, (1910-1997), bookseller, publisher, writer, archaeologist, historian, and hairdresser. First edition of John Ford's shocking tragedy dramatizing the incestuous relationship between brother and sister. "The play's open treatment of the subject of incest made it one of the most controversial works in English literature." (Logan & Smith 128) "John Ford never met a character he didn't want to kill:… Read More

Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani, January, 1513. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 18th c. stiff vellum, possibly a deftly executed early 19th c. remboîtage. Attractive spine labels, gilt. Aldine device on title. A very fine copy, the text crisp and bright, with two bifolia uncut, and a few minor faults: title and second leaf lightly soiled and with small repairs, touching a few letters; just the faintest marginal foxing to 3 signatures, the lightest of damp-stains in the gutter of sig. 23, colophon leaf lightly soiled, slight ink mark to leaf 51. Complete with the final blank. The editio princeps of Pindar's odes, printed together with the second editions of Callimachus' hymns and Dionysius Periegetes' "De Situ Orbis", and the first edition of Lycophron's "Alexandra". The Pindar can be distinguished from Aldus' other Greek octavos (printed in Aldus' 4th Greek type) by being printed in Aldus' larger, more attractive, 3rd Greek type normally used in Aldus' larger-format books. "The… Read More

Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartmann, 1597. THIRD EDITION (the 1st ed. of Vol. I appeared in 1556; 1st ed. of Vol. II in 1565). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in matching 17th c. stiff vellum, ruled in blind (covers slightly bowed, vellum lightly soiled, small split at head of rear hinge of Vol. I, 1 end-band loose). The contents are in overall excellent condition, with minor blemishes (Vol I: leaf D2 with small natural paper flaw affecting a few letters, small paste stain to lvs. m3, q2, and GG1; a few index lvs. lightly browned. Vol. II: title very slightly frayed; first four lvs. damp-stained at head, a handful of gatherings with very light damp-stains in the lower margin.) The dimensions of the two volumes, in matching early bindings, differ in size by about 1 cm. Edges of text-block stained an even blue. Third printing of Martin Luther's early correspondence, edited by Joannes Aurifaber (1519-1575), Luther's private secretary, who lived with Luther at the time of the Reformer's death. The first… Read More

Frankfurt: Peter Braubach, 1544. FIRST BRAUBACH EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards dated 1546. The boards are blind-ruled in compartments and elaborately tooled with decorative rolls (the Crucifixion, King David -dated 1543, John the Baptist, urns, interlocking sheaves of wheat, and small floral stamps (binding moderately soiled, lacking one clasp, small defects at extremities). Internally a fine, broad-margined copy with a few deckled edges (title lightly soiled, some very minor light soiling or foxing to the margins of the text). Text printed in Greek, with woodcut initials and decorative headpieces at the beginning of each tragedy. Braubach's Janus device appears on the final leaf. Title printed in red and black. The tragedies of Sophocles were first printed in Greek by Aldus in 1502. This edition, by Peter Braubach (1500-1567), was based on the Giunta edition of 1522, edited by the prolific humanist Antonio Francini (ca. 1480- after 1537),… Read More

Venice: Per Giovan Battista et Melchior Sessa fratelli, 1558. THE COLLECTED POEMS of VITTORIA COLONNA with THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST PART of the COMMENTARY OF RINALDO CORSO. THIS EDITION ALSO INCLUDES THE FIRST PRINTED EDITION of FIVE SONNETS BY COSTANZA D'AVALOS. Hardcover. Fine. A nice, unsophisticated copy in contemporary limp vellum. Title dusty, a few light marginal stains, marginal paper flaw (not affecting text) to leaf *4, short worm-trail in lower margin of five gatherings (Q-S, V-X), touching a single letter in the bottom line of text on some lvs., damp-stain to 4 lvs. in gathering FF and at end, a few other stray marks. This important scholarly edition of the poems of Vittoria Colonna, a copy of which was owned by Colonna's friend Michelangelo (with whom Colonna exchanged verses and from whom she received drawings), is a primary resource for understanding the contemporary critical reception of Colonna's poetry. This edition includes five NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED sonnets by Costanza… Read More