Search Results: Authors starting with F from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Basel: Ludwig König, 1615; 1607; Oppenheim: Hieronymus Galler for the Heirs of Johann Theodor de Bry, 1614;, 1616. Second Edition of the first work, FIRST EDITION of the second and third works; First Latin Edition of the fourth work. 165 x 102 mm. (6 1/2 x 4"). 16 p.l., 674 (i.e. 676), [8] pp., [2] leaves (blank) (lacking three preliminary leaves of text); 8 p.l., 107, [1] pp., [2] leaves (blank); 77, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank); 22, [2], 157, [11] pp. Four works bound in one volume.. 18th century stiff vellum with blind-tooled fillets on covers, flat spine with faded ink title (older repairs to hinges). With a total of 25 full-page and 16 smaller illustrations within text; first work: 18 full-page, three in text; second work: three full-page, three in text; third work: two full-page, eight in text; fourth work: two full-page, two in text. Title page of first work printed in red and black. Front pastedown with bookplate of Dr. Kohlrausch; verso of title page with two ink stamps; third work with… Read More

Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. No. 201 OF 980 COPIES. 216 x 152 mm. (8 1/2 x 6"). 136 leaves (in the facsimile). Three volumes (including two volumes of commentary, one in German and one in Italian).. SUMPTUOUS RED MOROCCO, central panel of each cover with thin open-work black leather in an ornate vine pattern laid over blue and gold silk, creating a stained glass effect, the leatherwork incorporating floral circles painted in red and gold, three large medallions arranged down the center of the panel, those at head and tail of red morocco painted in a black, gold, and blue pattern and with a large, round semi-precious stone at the middle, the central medallion comprising a miniature on silk, that on the upper cover of the Archangel Gabriel, that on the lower cover of the Virgin Mary; raised bands, spine diapered in blind, with a single gilt dot at the center of each lozenge; floral silver cornerpieces and two clasps, red morocco doublures framed in silver, doublure panels with intricate… Read More

Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini Editore/Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2004. No. 7 OF 980 COPIES. 162 x 105 mm. (6 3/8 x 4 1/8"). [472] pp. (in the facsimile). Two volumes (including commentary volume in German).. SUMPTUOUS REPLICA ROYAL PURPLE VELVET, SET WITH LARGE JEWELS, covers adorned with gilded metal filigree lozenge centerpiece containing a large oval lapis lazuli, gilded cornerpieces set with cabochon rose quartz, two golden clasps featuring silver hearts with chain link fasteners incorporating a rectangular piece set with a blue stone, edges gilt and gauffered in a diapered pattern. In a padded, satin-lined blue velveteen jewel box with silver and enamel heraldic crest on the upper cover (the commentary volume concealed beneath the velveteen lining). Rubrics and Calendar text in blue and gold, Kalends and a handful of four- to five-line initials in gold on a blue and green background with foliate decoration, numerous two-line initials in colors and gold, 12 medallions depicting the labors of the… Read More

Zürich: Coron Verlag, 1982. No. 8 OF 150 SPECIAL COPIES in the deluxe binding (of 850 total copies). 457 x 324 mm. (18 x 12 3/4"). 136 leaves (in the facsimile volume). Two volumes (including commentary volume in German). Companion volume by Rainer Kahsnitz. Facsimile attractively bound in the publisher's gold slubbed silk, both covers with brass cornerplates featuring a stylized quatrefoil leaf, front cover with the same plate used, on the diagonal, as centerpiece, wide raised bands; FACSIMILE VOLUME HOUSED IN A STRIKING LEATHER BOX WITH cork lining and a top in which is set A CONVINCING 8 x 5" REPRODUCTION OF THE ECHTERNACH GOSPEL COVER, FEATURING THE 10TH CENTURY OTTONIAN IVORY CRUCIFIXION, AROUND WHICH IS A WIDE FRAME WITH JEWELS set in gold filigree between intricately decorated enamelled plaques; companion volume with vellum spine and rose boards depicting in 28 squares roaring lions in Medieval style. Text in 23 1/2 karat gold, more than 500 initials in colors, gold, and silver, full-page… Read More

Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 2000. No. 208 OF 333 COPIES with the special replica binding. (There were also 60 copies without the reproduction binding.). 387 x 279 mm. (15 1/4 x 11"). commentary volume: 290 x 210 mm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4"); prospectus(?)folio volume: 430 x 300 mm. (17 x 12"). 111, [1], 124 leaves (in the facsimile). Three volumes (including a commentary volume in German and a prospectus).. IN AN ESPECIALLY FINE REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL CARVED IVORY BINDING, upper cover with a headpiece showing two angels holding a medallion of Christ, tailpiece depicting the Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds, large triptych with the Virgin and Child at center flanked by a bearded saint on each side; lower cover with similar headpiece, but with the tailpiece depicting the visit of the Magi and central triptych with Christ triumphant, an angel on either side; both covers encased within metal frames; raised bands, black leather spine. In a padded black leather folding box with color medallion on upper… Read More

Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 1985. No. 1 OF 980 COPIES. 391 x 273 mm. (15 3/8 x 10 3/4"). 1,035 pp. (in the facsimile). Two volumes (including commentary volume in German).. Stately replica blind-stamped pigskin, covers with multiple floral frames, small rampant lion stamped in black ink on each central panel, raised bands, brass and leather clasps. WITH NUMEROUS LARGE MINIATURES depicting battles, sieges, assaults, floods, fires, and the burning of two unfortunates at the stake. ◆In mint condition. The Great Burgundian Chronicle, also called the "Zürcher Schilling" (after the author and after Zürich, where it is kept), is the most original and thorough book from the period on the Burgundian Wars between the Swiss Confederation and Charles the Bold. It was executed around 1480 in the tradition of the Bern chronicles begun by Konrad Justinger in 1420, and it is the most comprehensive of all chronicles ever carried out by Schilling. The Great Burgundian Chronicle gives a unique witness as the… Read More

Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 1993. No. 195 OF 980 COPIES. 206 x 168 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 5/8"). Four volumes (each with separate volume of commentary in English and German). With commentary by Mark L. Evans. Publisher's red velvet, flat spine, two silver gilt clasps, each volume housed in a matching velvet box with the commentary volume (in paper wrapper), gilt coat of arms on upper cover of each box. With 138 borders and 48 miniatures by Birago, and two borders and 16 miniatures by Horenbout. ◆In mint condition. This is a very fine facsimile of a Renaissance Book of Hours with an intriguing history and decoration by two different and distinguished illuminators, one Italian and the other Flemish. The Sforza Hours was originally commissioned from Italian miniaturist Giovan Pietro Birago (fl. 1471-1513) by Bona Sforza, wife of the Duke of Milan, around 1490. A surviving letter from Birago to an unknown nobleman complains that part of the manuscript was stolen by an unscrupulous "Fra Jacopo," and demands… Read More

New York: Random House, 1957. FIRST EDITION. No. 438 OF 450 SIGNED COPIES. 205 x 130 mm. (8 x 5 1/8"). 5 p.l., 371 pp. FINE CONTEMPORARY BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with filigree cornerpieces, gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Petersen A34c. ◆Just a breath of wear to the binding, but a near-mint copy, pristine internally. This is a desirable signed copy of the second volume in Faulkner's "Snopes" trilogy, a work written near the end of his storied career. As ANB observes, "Faulkner drew on the history of his region, its brief rise and its rapid fall; on its rich oral traditions, "the rag-tag and bob-ends of old tales and talkings" (as he called them in 'Absalom, Absalom!') that he had begun gathering from the air in his seemingly misspent boyhood and youth; on its customs, mores, folkways, and dialects; and even on its vegetation, geography, and wildlife. Faulkner's fiction conveys a sense of the past and its force.". Read More

London: Jhon Waley, 1557. Second Edition; First Combined Edition. 190 x 138 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 1/2"). 4 p.l., lxxxvii [87], [1] (blank) leaves; 5 p.l., lvii, lvii-cxx [120] leaves. Translated by Thomas Paynell (Constantinus) and Alexander Barclay (Sallust). Excellent 19th century crushed brown morocco, gilt, by W. Pratt (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with central oval arabesque enclosed in gilt-rule frame with fleurons at corners, raised bands, panels with gilt ornament, gilt titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins, all edges gilt. Printed in black letter. Front pastedown with Aldenham House bookplate; front free endpaper with ink inscription of Henry H. Gibbs [later Lord Aldenham], St. Dunstans (1860) and bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. Pforzheimer 363; STC 10752; ESTC S101906. ◆Trivial loss of gilt to arabesque centerpieces, a hint of shelfwear to lower edge of boards, leaves lightly pressed (as was the custom at time of binding), mild foxing to first and final leaves, occasional minor… Read More

Madrid: Viuda de [Widow of] Joaquín Ibarra, 1799. 310 x 210 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 2p.l., 144 pp. Extremely nice sprinkled calf, covers with gilt chain roll border, smooth spine divided by plain rules and decorative rolls into compartments with floral ornament at center, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with evidence of bookplate removal, the ex-libris of Brian Stilwell pasted over it. ◆Rear joint with thin crack, corners somewhat rubbed, a couple small abrasions, but the binding solid and still lustrous. Internally, A BEAUTIFUL COPY--EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, FRESH, AND BRIGHT, and with vast margins. This is an almost astonishingly well-preserved example of the press work that made Joaquin Ibarra the most renowned Spanish printer of all time, and (along with Baskerville, Bodoni, and Didot) one of the great European printers of the 18th century. His large paper copies, like the present item, were especially beautiful, printed on linen paper with margins that… Read More

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1742. FIRST EDITION. 165 x 98 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 7/8"). With four pages of ads at the end of volume I; one leaf of ads at the beginning and two pages of ads at the end of volume II. Two volumes.. VERY PRETTY TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY RIVIERE & SON (stamp-signed on front turn-ins), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with central fleuron within a lozenge of dots, curling cornerpieces, gilt lettering, lacy gilt turn-ins, dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed together in a brown buckram slipcase. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Cross III, 305; Rothschild 844; Tinker 1034. ◆Occasional mild browning or faint foxing, but AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET, clean and fresh internally, in unworn bindings. This is a handsomely bound copy, with superior provenance, of the first appearance of a breakthrough work in the field of English literature. Fielding had a profound influence in determining the development of the novel, and… Read More

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES PRINTED, with the misprint "Lightning" corrected on p. 4. 212 x 160 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 3/8"). xiii, [1], 21 pp. (followed by blank leaves added by the binder). Near-contemporary pebble-grain rose-colored buckram, flat spine with gilt lettering. In red cloth chemise and handsome later slipcase of rose polished calf, its sides with gilt-ruled border and scrolling cornerpieces, the back with raised bands, gilt compartments with floral sprig centerpiece, two black morocco labels. Front pastedown with ink owner signature of William Bell Scott (see below); title page with ink notations "Tetrastichs [sic] of Omar the Tent Maker" and "Translated by Edward Fitzgerald [sic]" in Bell's hand; marginal annotations in pencil. Rear pastedown with 1879 advertisement for the fourth edition of the Rubaiyat. Potter 1; Ashley II:121; Grolier "English" 97; See Day, "History of English Literature 1837 to Present," pp. 65-66. ◆Cloth spine and board edges… Read More

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868. Second Edition. 205 x 157 mm. (8 x 6"). xviii, 30 pp. A nice amateur binding of brown pebble-grain morocco decorated in blind and gilt to a sunburst design, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Title page with ink inscription "John C. Ropes / With all good wishes from W. A. Harris / Feb. 6th 1870"; p. 30 with letter to Ropes from William Dean Howells, dated Boston, Feb. 28, 1891, tipped on, and rear flyleaf with a handwritten copy of Howells' poem "Judgment Day," signed by the poet, pasted on. Potter 129. ◆Top of spine and joints somewhat rubbed, a very faint vertical crease through much of the text, otherwise excellent. As the second printing of Fitgerald's "Omar," this is an important book, but our copy is especially intriguing because of the letter and manuscript poem from William Dean Howells in the back and the inscription on the title page to American attorney and military historian John C. Ropes from W[illiam] A. Harris. A Harvard graduate, Ropes (1836-99)… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1881. FIRST PUBLISHED AMERICAN EDITION, from the Third London Edition. 174 x 127 mm. (6 3/4 x 5"). 77, [2] leaves. Original brown cloth, upper cover with gilt title and floral sprig within a black frame, smooth spine with gilt lettering and flower. Front flyleaf with penciled inscription: "Prof. Wm. M. Sloane / with the affection of / Chas. Dudley Warner," dated July 7, 1881. Paas 2679. ◆Only trivial imperfections--A VERY FINE COPY of a book extremely difficult to find this well preserved. This first edition of the Rubaiyat published in America, in FitzGerald's 101-verse third version, has a distinguished link with the U.S. literary scene of the late 19th century. The inscriber here, Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), was a major American literary figure, important in his time as an essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel "The Gilded Age." Educator and historian William Milligan Sloane (1850-1928), to whom it is… Read More

PLEASING MARBLED CALF, GILT, BY RIVIERE & SON (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), covers with star-and-lozenge roll border, raised bands, spine compartments with capital "A" at center, curling vines at corners, one red and one green morocco label, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
WITH 24 FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES AFTER WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS BY W. RUSSELL FLINT. ◆Green label a little faded, joints with just a hint of wear, occasional minor foxing, otherwise fine--clean and fresh internally, the bright plates with rich colors, and the attractive binding showing few signs of use.Originally produced by the Riccardi Press for the Medici Society in 1920 as a two-volume set, this is an attractive variant printed on thin paper that makes possible an edition to be issued in one—in this case, handsomely bound—volume. Written in the 15th century by Thomas Malory (ca. 1405-71), the sweeping "Mort d'Arthur," an English version (despite the title) of earlier chivalric tales in… Read More

Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1774. 180 x 114 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). 1 p.l., 275 [i.e., 274] pp. Handsome contemporary hunter green morocco, covers with border of decorative gilt rolls, flat spines gilt in compartments with medallion centerpiece inside a dotted-rule lozenge, volute cornerpieces, gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (small spot of green paint to front joint). Gaskell 55. ◆Head of front joint a little rubbed, spine slightly darkened, title page lightly browned, other trivial imperfections, otherwise an excellent copy in a lustrous binding, with clean, fresh text that shows no signs of having been read. This is the duodecimo version of the Baskerville Classics edition of these Roman histories, offered here in an especially attractive binding. The only extant historical works of Sallust (86-34 B.C.), both included here, are his history of the conspiracy of Catiline against the senate in the year Cicero was consul, and his… Read More

Gouda: P. Rammazenius, 1638. FIRST EDITION of the "Philosophia Moysaica," bound with the First Latin Edition of the "Responsum.. 318 x 196 mm. (12 5/8 x 7 3/4"). 4 p.l., 96 leaves, 97-[112] pp., 113-152 leaves; 30, [1] leaves. Modern binding using part of a 16th century antiphonary leaf, flat spine. With two large copper-plate engravings, four copper-plates in text, and 26 woodcut figures in the text. Biblotheca Osleriana 2629; Gardner 237; Wheeler Gift 112; Ferguson I, 284; Wellcome I, 2331-32; Caillet 4036. See also: DSB, pp. 47-49. ◆Leaves faintly browned, occasional minor marginal stains or smudges, a few tiny rust spots, but AN EXCELLENT COPY of a book difficult to find this good--the leaves generally clean and very fresh, and in an unworn binding. Illustrated with abstruse and mysterious diagrams, this volume contains two separate books by an author who, while nominally part of the scientific community, had his feet firmly planted in the realm of the metaphysical. The bulk of the present… Read More

London: Printed by T. Gillet for Longman et al., 1797. 265 x 163 mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/8"). Two volumes.. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, covers with double gilt fillet border, raised bands, gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edge gilt (inexpert older repairs to joints). EACH VOLUME WITH RICHLY DETAILED FORE-EDGE PAINTING, that on volume I depicting the old "Tabard" Inn, Southwark, and that on volume II showing Furnival's Inn, Holborn. Housed in a fleece-lined double-compartment slipcase. Title pages with engraved vignette. Front flyleaf of each volume with ink ownership inscription of Mary Erskine dated 1803, noting it was a wedding gift from her cousin Lord Wodehouse, and with later ink presentation inscription to "Walter and Katherine" on their 13th wedding anniversary (17 February 1931) from "their mother, Kate Goodrich." ◆Spines faded to brown, as usual with green morocco, and with half a dozen minor abrasions, joints somewhat worn (front joint of… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 214 x 148 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 3/4"). xx, 368 pp. Contemporary black pebble-grain morocco, gilt, covers with frame in the Romantic style, raised bands, spine compartments with central floral sprig, fleuron cornerpieces, gilt lettering, gilt-rolled turn-ins, all edges gilt. WITH A FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF CONWY CASTLE IN WALES. With engraved frontispiece portrait and extra engraved title page with vignette. Front free endpaper with ink owner inscription of John Bassett Hallam, dated July 1882; front flyleaf with affectionate presentation inscription to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hallam from James Bassett dated 28 September 1852. ◆Spine a little dulled, general minor wear to the leather, frontispiece and title page rather foxed, occasional foxing or minor smudges to text, but still a very good copy (especially for a volume that would normally experience frequent manipulation to view the painting)--generally clean and fresh, in a solid binding with surprisingly… Read More

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; Dublin: William Frederick Wakeman, 1827. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 135 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/8"). Two volumes.. VERY PLEASING CONTEMPORARY SEA GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, covers with gilt floral frame enclosing a central blind-stamped arabesque, raised bands, spine compartments densely gilt with floral tools and volutes, turn-ins with decorative gilt roll, light blue watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. EACH VOLUME WITH AN ANIMATED FORE-EDGE PAINTING SET IN THE ITALIAN LANDSCAPE. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of John Thornton Down. ◆Spines slightly and uniformly sunned, joints with just a hint of rubbing, corners a little bent, volume I lacking free endleaf at the back, trivial imperfections internally, but an extremely pretty set in essentially fine condition, the bindings entirely solid, with especially lustrous covers, and the text clean and fresh. This is the travel memoir of a rather dyspeptic Englishman who frequently finds himself… Read More