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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGN LANGUAGE 4to. Bound in 20th century rustic boards, with marbled paper spine. In Vicenza, Appresso Francesco Grossi, 1616. First Edition. (Norman 264, Garrison-Morton 3344, and Krivatsy 1516). "Bonifacio's 'book is one of the earliest to be published in Europe that is devoted exclusively to gesture. It was published in Vicenza in 1616 under the following title which, as will be seen, provides a good summary of the aims and contents of the work: "'The Art of Signs with which a visible language is formed, deals [dealing] with the mute expressiveness that is none other than an eloquent silence. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the signs that are made by us by the parts of our body, revealing their meanings which are confirmed by famous authors. In the second part it is shown how all the liberal and mechanical arts make use of this knowledge. New material pertinent for all men and particularly for Princes who, because of… Read More

Béroalde de Verville. L'Histoire Veritable, ou Le Voyage des Princes Fortunez. Divisee en IIII. Entreprises. Illustrated with engraved title, folding woodcut map of the Grand Continent de Moso, and the Plan of the Palace of Secrets. 8vo. 20th century ¼-leather-backed marbled boards; spine with 5 raised bands; morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. A Paris, Chez Pierre Chevalier (1610). First Edition. According to Paul Lacroix, in his Recherches bibliographiques of 1880, it is thought that this book was suppressed by the authorities shortly after publication, resulting in many copies having their titles excised, making the present copy very rare.Béroalde's great novel tells of the 'Fortunate Princes,' their voyage to the Great Continent of Moso and neighboring islands, and their adventures there. It is an alchemical novel in its characters, puns, anagrams, and themes. It is a steganographic novel in the sense that it delights in the revelation of hidden things. It is an imaginary voyage to an… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Gorey on the rectos only, with text in French under each illustration. 12mo. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. The Fantod Press, N.P. 1991. First Edition. (Toledano A103). Signed by Gorey on the title page. Fine.

Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Bound in leather-backed boards, spine labels, gilt lettering and designs on spine. Dedicated to Infante di Spagna D. Lodovico di Borbone Principe Ereditario. Parma nel Regal Palazzo 1795 co tipi Bodoniani. First Edition. Three volumes. The Very Rare Folio Printing. Limited to 130 copies. Brooks 588, describing the book as Magnifica edizione. Boards of Volume I are stained at the edges, head of spine of Volume I chipped; interior very fine. Scarce.

Two parts in one volume.Illustrated title pages in decorative woodcut architectural borders, woodcut initials. Thick 8vo. Modern brown morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottell, 1576. Second Edition of Brooke's abstract of the year-books down to the writer's own time. (Sweet and Maxwell I, p. 187. STC 3828; Beale R471 and R472.) It was based principally on Fitzherbert's work, but contains much new material. Brooke's work fully abridges the Year Books of the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He abridges over 20,000 cases under alphabetical headings. Coke considered it "a worthy and painful work and an excellent repertory or table for the Year Books of the law." A little-known Shakespearean association. The closing lines of Shakespeare's Prologue to the last act of Henry V are as follows: "Then brook abridgement, and your eyes advance / After your thoughts, straight back again in France." "Then brook abridgement" was Shakespeare's hidden joke for the… Read More

First French Edition. 1 of 36 numbered copies.O'CONNOR, FLANNERY. La Sagesse Dans Le Sang. (Wise Blood). Translated into French by M.E. Coindreau. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, in glassine sleeve. Gallimard (Paris 1959). First French Edition.1 of 36 numbered exemplaire copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. This is copy #25. Flannery O'Connor was heavily influenced by several contemporary French writers, the most important being Simone Weil. It is an interesting study to examine the French translation of such a heavily influenced American novel. Uncut. Unopened. Tear to edge of glassine, o/w clean and bright.

Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated. 4to. Original green cloth, paper label on cover, rebacked. 126 William Street, New York (1898). First Edition. Limited to 125 numbered copies. This is copy # 52. Signed by Stephen Crane after his story, The Wise Men. Also signed by 5 of the 6 other contributors: John Langdon Heaton, Irving Bacheller, Post Wheeler, Charles Gaines and Charles Lewis. Cranes story is the first of 7 pieces and it occupies more than half the volume. It was once believed that he signed only 10 to 15 copies, but that number now seems low. It is safe to say he did not signed all copies and the number he did sign is in question. Crane died at age 28, and his signature is exceedingly rare. Scuffing to the front and back covers; paper label soiled; front endpaper slightly wrinkled; some foxing to a few of the preliminary pages; o/w very nice. Uncut; partially unopened. Scarce

BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON. Lara, a Tale / Jacqueline, a Tale. 12mo. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. London: Printed for J. Murray by T. Davison 1814. First Edition. With advertisement after title and publisher's catalogue at end. Spine slightly chipped; head of spine cracked ½ inch; covers soiled; o/w Fine.

The Last of the Great Scouts. The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill,' as Told to His Sister.Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated. 8vo. Original red decorated boards, gold stamped. London: The Partington Company 1903. New Edition. Expressly printed to commemorate the visit of Colonel Cody and the Rough Riders of the Worlds's to Europe 1903-04, and could only to be obtained from the representatives of Colonel Cody. This copy inscribed by Buffalo Bill Cody, "With the compliments / of the subject / W.F. Cody / Buffalo Bill / To E. Drake 1904." Some slight chipping to cover; spine faded; some light foxing; o/w Very Nice. Scarce.

Illustrated with 36 color plates and text manuscript by Raymond Moretti. Folio. Cream-colored vellum binding, with Moretti illustration on cover; enclosed in ¼-leather-backed marbled board box, with vellum spine label. Chez Joseph Pardo à l'enseign du Sefer, Nice (1966).One of 350 copies on vellum pure rag, with an extra suite of 11 full-page color plates on Japan paper. Copy #298, dedicated and signed by Moretti. Laid-in is a "Certificat de Garantie" from Joseph Pardo. Spine of box chipped and frayed; edges chipped; book in fine condition, with clean, bright pages and plates. Rare

COCTEAU, JEAN. Le Cordon Ombilical. Souvenirs. 8vo. Original wrappers printed in red and black. Librairie Plon (Paris 1962). First Edition. 81 pages, on ordinary paper. Presentation copy inscribed by Cocteau, "à ma . . . cher Gérard d'Houville de beaux coeur Jean." Marie de Heredia, also known by her pen-name Gérard d'Houville, was a French novelist and poet. She married poet Henri de Régnier, but had a long-term relationship with Pierre Louÿs, who was probably the father of her son. She also took several other lovers, and her association with openly lesbian colleagues led to rumors about her own sexuality. An interesting association copy. Very Nice.

Translated into French by Henri Robillot. Illustrated with original Frontispiece and full-page color lithographs by Garcia-Fons. 8vo. Padded faux leather, gilt design. André Sauret; de la Collection des Douze Meilleurs Romans Policiers. No. 11. Lithographs printed at Les Presses de Mourlot Frères, Paris 1969. First French Illustrated Edition. Limited to a small number on alfa paper, unnumbered. Fine.

Illustrated with woodcut printer's device on title page; numerous historiated initials; numerous woodcut diagrams (some full-page) and illustrations in text, including a large woodcut of a harpsichord; extensive type-set musical examples in text. Folio. Contemporary limp vellum; manuscript title to spine; endpapers replaced at a later date. Printed by Francesco Senese, Venice 1562. Second Edition, Second Issue. (Adams Z77; New Grove 20, p.646; BM STC Italian, p. 742; RISM B/VI, 908; Damschroder & Williams, Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker, p.392; cf. PMM 81; Printing and the Mind of Man #216).Gioseffo Zarlino, an Italian Renaissance music theorist and composer, was possibly the most important music theorist between Aristoxenus and Rameau, and made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning. His first treatise, Le istitutioni harmoniche, is "a crucial work in the transformation of music which took place in the seventeenth century. Ancient and medieval musical… Read More

THE GREATEST BOOK OF RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTUREIllustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf I4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded in. Royal Folio. 19th-century ¼-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges gilt. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1567. First Edition. First Issue. The most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of French Renaissance architecture. The first and only published volume. A second volume was planned by the author but never completed.Mortimer, Harvard College Library Cat.: French 16th-Century Books, no.355; Brunet, Supple. I, 888-9; Fowler Architect. coll. 99; Clouzot, Philibert de l'Orme, pp. 90-107; Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog 2362; Pettegree, French Vernacular Books 15434; cf. Adams L… Read More

TREATISE ON AGRICULTUREIllustrated with 19 full-page wood engraved plates of agricultural tools and equipment.Agostino Gallo was a famous agronomist who introduced the cultivation of rice and wheat in Italy. This treatise on agriculture describes in detail various farming practices; the quality of the soils; the cultivation of alfalfa, vine plants, gardens, etc.; and the cows, oxen, sheep, goats, horses, and donkeys who were an integral part of the process.8vo. Limp remounted vellum. Venice, Camillo Borgominerio (Borgominieri), al segno di San Giorgio, 1578. Later Edition.Endpapers renewed (with 18th century paper); 2 old marginal inscriptions; slight water stain on one page; o/w a fine copy of this fascinating treatise on 16th century agricultural practices.

INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPYFirst French Edition of McCullers first book. One of 100 hors commerce copies, of a total edition of 2750 copies printed on velin blanc suedois. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Francis Ambriere from Carson McCullers."Francis Ambrière was a French author. He was selected for the Prix Goncourt in 1940, for his book Les Grandes Vacances.Soft cover. Fine. Traduit de lAnglais par Marie-Madeleine Fayet. Preface de Denis de Rougemont 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Éditions Stock, Paris 1947.A fine, partially unopened copy. McCullers presentation copies are scarce.

1642. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to. Later marbled half calf, lightly worn, gilt borders, gilt letters on spine. London; for Mathew Walbancke, and Laurence Chapman, 1642. First Edition. An important and rare work examining Francis Bacon's legal philosophy. The historian William Hepworth Dixon had referred to the Napoleonic Code as the sole embodiment of Bacons thought. A few unobtrusive marginal annotations, mostly in pencil; lacking the portrait; o/w a very nice, clean copy

DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY HENRY CLAYSIGNED BY ROBERT TODDEarly 1-page legal document written by Henry Clay, signed by Robert Todd (father of Mary Todd Lincoln), John Monroe and Henry Payne.The document is written totally in Henry Clay's hand, but is not signed by him. N.D. (ca. 1840s). The document reads in part: "McCurdee vs Harrisons. In the case in support of the plea of justification the defendant offered the following warrants, acknowledgements of service . . . The plaintiff objected to the readings of the said papers ad proved that they were all in the handwriting of Hezekeah Harrison. . ." Henry Clay, American lawyer and statesman responsible for the Missouri Compromise, was Secretary of State and Whig candidate for president. Robert Todd, father of Mary Todd Lincoln, and thus Lincoln's father-in-law, was a state senator and a very successful merchant. Both he and Clay lived in Lexington, Kentucky. They were obviously acquaintances, and may have shared the same political views. Even though her… Read More

RARE VERSAILLES IMPRINTLongus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. Ecrites en grec par Longus, & translatées en françois par Jacques Amyot. Illustrated with 7 full-page etchings. 32mo. Bound in red morocco, gilt rule and design on covers; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt letters; marbled endpapers; aeg. A Versailles, Sévere Dacier, Libraire de Mm Les Gardes-du-Corps du Roi, 1784. A fine copy of this rare Versailles imprint.

Les Aventures dAntoine Doinel. Les Quatre Cents Coups. LAmour à Vingt Ans. Baisers Volés. Domicile Conjugal.Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Original paper wrappers, in dust wrapper. Paris Mercure de France 1970. First Edition of Truffauts second book. Presentation copy inscribed by Truffaut, "Pour Mrs Ingrid Hjerting avec les hommages de François Truffaut."The book contains screenplays for the first four Antoine Doinel movies. Antoine Doinel, realized onscreen over a number of years by Jean-Pierre Leaud, was Truffauts autobiographical double. The Doinel films compiled here begin in Doinel's childhood with The 400 Blows and continue through adolescence and early manhood with Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, and Bed and Board. A very nice copy. Scarce in dust wrapper.