Search Results: Titles starting with O from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

London: T. Payne, 1770. FIRST EDITION. 210 x 133mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). 4 p.l., 257, [1] pp. Contemporary quarter calf (tightened, and with joints replaced some time ago), marbled paper boards, raised bands, compartments with gilt floral tool, red morocco label with gilt lettering. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Porchester and three-character alphanumerical private library shelf location; title with the last name of the author written in ink in a contemporaneous hand. Henrey 1189. ◆Head and tail of spine with a little loss, the calf rather aged, boards with general overall soiling, edges and corners somewhat worn, but the restored binding quite sturdy; title slightly foxed, one opening with a few light stains, otherwise a surprisingly attractive copy internally--clean, fresh, and bright, with just the occasional negligible imperfection. According to Henrey, this is "the most comprehensive work on the theory of landscape design developed by the natural school before the time of Humphrey… Read More

Paris: P. Didot, fils aîné de F. A. Didot l'aîné, 1790. ONE OF 250 COPIES. A Large Paper Copy. 325 x 235 mm. (12 3/4 x 9 1/4"). xii, 560 pp. HANDSOME GREEN MOROCCO, GILT IN THE NEOCLASSICAL STYLE, BY CHRISTIAN SAMUEL KALTHOEBER, covers with Greek key border enclosing central panel framed by a chain of palmettes at sides, each descending from the grip of an eagle, garlands and pateras across the top, and the foot with two mermaids flanking an urn, double raised bands separated by thick gilt rule, spine compartments densely stippled, with palmette at center surrounded by garlands and small tools, circlets at corners, gilt titling, turn-ins with Greek key roll, marbled endpapers, original leather hinges, all edges gilt. Engraved arms of the Dauphin on title page. Brunet IV, 1421. For the binding: Foot, Henry Davis Gift II, 189; Maggs 1075, no. 219 and 1212, no. 164; Oldaker Collection 21; British Library Database of Bookbindings, Shelfmark Davis194. ◆Spine uniformly sunned to olive brown, joints… Read More

London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679. FIRST EDITION. 208 x 150 mm. (8 1/8 x 6"). 4 p.l., 78 pp., [1] leaf (epilogue). 19th century half vellum and marbled boards, smooth spine, black label with gilt lettering. Macdonald 83a; Wing D-2322; ESTC R22022. ◆Vellum slightly spotty and soiled, boards with a hint of chafing and one or two minor imperfections, but the binding completely sound and with attractive marbling; light dampstain across preliminary leaves, top and bottom margins trimmed rather close, occasionally cutting into the running title and with most catchwords and signatures affected, the final line or two of text on a dozen or so leaves either partially or completely cut away, other very minor imperfections, but the contents surprisingly clean and bright throughout. An imitation of Sophocles' classic tragedy "Oedipus Rex," this work, adapted to the tastes of Restoration audiences, enjoyed immense success and became the preferred version performed on English stages well into… Read More

Zurich: Chez l'auteur, 1777. First French Quarto Edition. 270 x 200 mm. (10 1/2 x 8"). 4 p.l., 184, [12] (subscribers) pp., [1] leaf (advice to binder), [1] leaf (blank), 190 pp., [1] leaf (advice to binder). Two volumes bound in one. Translated from the German by H. Huber. EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, IN A NEOCLASSICAL STYLE IMITATING THAT OF KALTHOEBER, covers with scrolling vine frame, central panel with sunbursts and swags across the top, palmette tools along the sides, and a variant of Kalthoeber's mermaids-and-urn tool at foot, raised bands, spine compartments with central patera surrounded by small tools, leaf frond and volute cornerpieces, red morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a modern green morocco-lipped slipcase. With two engraved titles, 40 engraved vignettes, and 20 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES BY GESSNER. Front flyleaf with ink inscription to "Henry S. Pakenham / from his friend / Henry H. Evans" (see below). For the… Read More

Paris: [Printed by Jules Didot l'aine for] Chez Dalibon, 1823. 210 x 132 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes.. VERY ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY VIOLET CALF BY THOUVENIN (stamp-signed in gilt on backstrip of volume I), covers each with two single gilt rules enclosing a blind-stamped panel composed of swirls and floral motifs on a stippled ground, with smooth medallion at center within an ornate frame, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments with rectangular gilt tool or gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Volume I with engraved frontispiece. Front pastedowns of volume I with pink ex-libris of Henri Beraldi; front flyleaves of all three volumes with woodcut ex-libris of "A. N. B." ◆Variably foxed as is typical of French paper from this period (significant portions of two of the volumes with heavy foxing), but the set otherwise faultless--the text seemingly unread, and THE BINDINGS IN PERFECT CONDITION. From the collection of the leading expert on 19th century French… Read More

Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1829-32. 235 x 142 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 1/2"). Four volumes. Translated by M. Rinn and M. Achaintre. ELEGANT RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BELZ-NIEDRÉE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet borders, raised bands, spine compartments with crossed and interlocked "E" and "B" at center, surrounded by a lozenge of small tools, curling cornerpieces, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Parallel French and Latin text on facing pages. FRONT PASTEDOWNS WITH THE MOROCCO BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT HOE. ◆Negligible soiling to one cover of volume II, but AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY, everything lustrous and fresh, and with no signs of use or wear. This is the handsomely bound Hoe copy of a bilingual edition of the works of one of the principal poets of the Silver Age of Latin literature in the first century A.D. Statius (45-96 A.D.) is best known for his epics "Thebaid" and the unfinished "Achilleid," composed during the reign of Domitian.… Read More

Paris: l'Imprimerie de Didot jeune, l'An IV [1796]. ONE OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES with color plates (from a total edition of 300). 362 x 268 mm. (14 1/4 x 10 1/2"). 4 p.l., 167 pp. Contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, smooth spine with blind-ruled panels, tan morocco label, edges untrimmed. WITH FOUR ANIMATED COLOR PLATES after Nicolas André Monsiau, three with original tissue guards. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate, front free endpaper with red morocco ex-libris of Henri Beraldi. Cohen-de Ricci 1005; Ray 87; Graesse VI, 233. ◆Spine, boards, and extremities variably rubbed, shallow chip to head of spine, but the original unrestored fragile binding entirely solid. Isolated trivial marginal spots or smudges, but A VERY FINE COPY INTERNALLY--quite clean, fresh, and bright, with vast margins, and with the plates very pleasingly colored. This is the attractive Large Paper Copy, with distinguished provenance, of a collection of farces set among the market… Read More

Paris: Chez Le Boucher, 1773. First Edition with these Illustrations. 214 x 136 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 2 p.l., iv, 280 pp. (without "Héro et Léandre," as usual).Translated by Julien Jacques Moutonnet de Clairfons. LOVELY RED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with rose sprig at center, curling floral cornerpieces, gilt titling, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 25 charming and delicate engraved illustrations by Jean Massard after Charles Eisen. Cohen-de Ricci 79; Brunet I, 254; Graesse I, 113. For the binding: Flety 40. ◆Lower half-inch of joints just starting to show wear, three minor stains and one short scratch to upper board, but a fine and pretty copy, the text fresh and smooth, with deep impressions of the type, with rich impressions of the engravings, with ample margins, and with a lustrous binding. This is a very attractive copy of… Read More

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1811. Editions stéréotype d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot. A UNIQUE COPY, printed for Monsieur F. Bertin. 165 x 115 mm. (6 1/2 x 4"). Two volumes.. ELEGANT CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO BY LORTIC (stamp-signed on front turn-in) covers framed by two sets of gilt French fillets, oblique pointillé tulips extending from the corners of the inner frame, raised bands, spine compartments with inlaid arabesque frame of green morocco enclosing either a floral sprig or the volume number, this surrounded by pointillé tooling forming a dense lace background, gilt lettering in one compartment, turn-ins with intricate gilt roll, gilt fillets, and dogtooth roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedown of volume I with red morocco bookplates of P. Desq, Henri Bordes, and Léon Rattier. Some leaves with a small hole in the upper margin--almost certainly from the printing process. Van Praet II, 362; "Notice d'une collection unique et infiniment précieuse, composée des meilleurs… Read More

15th-16th centuries. Largest leaf measures: 340 x 220 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 3/4"). Three leaves matted, two leaves loose. Each leaf with one or two woodcut illustrations, ALL BUT ONE LEAF WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND COLORING. ◆A few leaves lightly browned due to paper quality, one leaf with a dark but thin stain along the gutter edge, a couple leaves with remnants of mounting tape in margins, other small imperfections, but on the whole very clean and with no major condition issues. This group includes one leaf from each of the following books: 1. BOCK, HIERONYMUS. KREUTTERBUCH. Strassburg: Josiam Rihel, 1577. (VD16 B-6022); 2. FUCHS, LEONHART. NEW KREUTERBUCH. Basel: Michael Isengrin, 1543. Without hand coloring. (VD16 F-3243); 3. GART DER GESUNDHEIT. Edited by Johann von Cube. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 28 March 1485. (Goff G-97; BMC I, 35; ISTC ig00097000); 4. LONITZER, ADAM. KREUTERBUCH. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolffs seligen Erben, 1582. (VD 16 L-2423); 5. RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. REFORMIERTE… Read More

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,500 copies (99 of which came with a second volume containing printed samples from the press, and 26 of which were not for sale). 311 x 216 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/2"). 4 p.l. (including initial blank), ix-lix, 285, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon).Translated and edited by Hans Schmoller. Original beige buckram, smooth spine with maroon title label. Frontispiece portrait, many illustrations. ◆Faint water spots to lower third of front boards, tiny stain to rear board, corners gently bumped, but these imperfections very minor, and a fine copy internally, virtually pristine. This is the definitive survey and bibliography of Mardersteig's private press production, and like everything the book describes, this volume itself represents materials of the highest quality and irreproachable workmanship..

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,500 copies (99 of which came with a second volume containing printed samples from the press, and 26 of which were not for sale). 311 x 216 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/2"). 4 p.l. (including initial blank), ix-lix, 285, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon).Translated and edited by Hans Schmoller. Original beige buckram, smooth spine with maroon title label. In a later maroon buckram slipcase. Frontispiece portrait, many illustrations. ◆Slight bump to head of spine, a little inconsequential wrinkling to upper gutter corner of leaves, but a near-fine copy with no other signs of wear, inside or out. This is the definitive survey and bibliography of Mardersteig's private press production, and like everything the book describes, this volume itself represents materials of the highest quality and irreproachable workmanship..

France [Provence], 1711. 292 x 197 mm. (11 1/2 x 7 3/4"). 14 p.l., 122 pp. Single column, 20 lines of text in a very attractive mix of neat roman and italic hands. Excellent contemporary black morocco, covers with two double-ruled gilt frames and fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with large central complex fleuron and scrolling cornerpieces, densely gilt turn-ins, special gilt-flecked glazed endpapers, all edges gilt. Rubrics and headings in red, a number of pleasing two-line initials in red, title page with hand-painted headpiece containing a medallion showing the dove of the Holy Spirit flying in a sunny sky, this vignette flanked by an olive branch and a ribbon bearing the motto "Virtute Probatur" ("The Proven Power"), and with a pair of crossed quill pens bound by a ribbon above the scribe's name; four other headpieces and two tailpieces, all in floral, foliate, and ribbon designs. ◆Leather with general minor wear, a couple of noticeable abrasions to upper board,… Read More

[Sherman Oaks]: D'Ambrosio, 1992. No. 21 OF 75 COPIES (and 10 artist's proofs) SIGNED in the colophon. 225 x 165 mm. (9 x 6 1/2"). 6 p.l., 24 pp., [2] leaves.With an introduction by Patrick Magarick. A delightful box-binding with patterned floral cloth sides, a blue-gray cloth backstrip over a broad telescoping spine composed of five stepped planes, the central and highest of these surfaces with long vertical printed paper label. Text printed on leaves with raised accordion portions, (often these portions are margins framing the text, but sometimes the text is partly on raised and partly on recessed surfaces), both raised and recessed portions with engraved illustrations, cloth inlays, or serigraphs. The recessed title page under a stretched netting meant to resemble opera hose. Most of the leaves with decoratively cut curved and spiked edges. ◆In mint condition. This is a delightful example of the kind of consistently inventive and always severely limited works produced by one of the charming… Read More

Cambridge: Galloway & Porter, 1914. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 250 COPIES. 257 x 183 mm. (10 x 7 1/4"). 5 p.l. (dedication and foreword), plus plates. Printed on rectos only.Translated by Edward FitzGerald. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 31 plates of black & white illustrations (including illustrated title) by Mera K. Sett. Front pastedown with bookplate of Max Klinghoffer, M. D. (1916-2003), decorated medic in World War II and afterward a media figure as part of his work to further disaster preparedness in America. Potter 104; Paas 1939. ◆Binding just a bit worn at extremities, free endpaper at front and back with overall toning (from binder's glue used on facing pastedown), one or two trivial thumb smudges, but an unusually clean and essentially fine copy of an insubstantially made book seldom found in attractive condition. This highly original and provocatively illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the work of a… Read More

Amsterdam: Jan Janssonius, 1629. 115 x 55 mm. (4 1/2 x 2 1/8"). 260 pp.; 272 pp.; 304 pp. Three volumes bound in one. Edited by Daniel Heinsius. VERY APPEALING 17TH CENTURY BROWN MOROCCO, covers panelled with double gilt fillet, ornamental cornerpieces à la Duseuil, upper cover with gilt lettering "Ovidii Opera" at head, lower cover with "Edmundi. de Valentin" stamped in gilt at head, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with large central fleuron, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved allegorical title page to volume I, printer's device on title pages of volumes II and II. Graesse V, 70. ◆Tiny (what else?), shallow depression at top of spine, other trivial signs of external wear, isolated small spots to leaves, but A FINE AND CHARMING COPY, the text quite fresh and clean, and the lustrous binding with few signs of use. This is an especially well-preserved copy of a pocket-sized edition of the works of Ovid, edited by the leading scholar of the Dutch Renaissance,… Read More

Birminghamiae: Typis Joannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville Edition. 310 x 260 mm. (11 7/8 x 9 3/4"). 1 p.l., 200, 221-372 pp. (but complete). SUPERB CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT IN THE STYLE OF DEROME, covers with wide dentelle frame composed of botanical elements and many small tools, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by acorns, flowers, stars, and dots, volute cornerpieces, green morocco labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of P. Dupont and with morocco heraldic book label. Gaskell 44. ◆A breath of rubbing to extremities, title page a little browned, final page a bit foxed, other trivial imperfections, but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY, internally clean, smooth, and bright, and in a sparkling binding. This is the impressive quarto edition of a trio of great Roman love poets, in a premier binding befitting the elegant printing. In a sheet dated 1760, which Baskerville issued… Read More

Lugd[uni]. Batavorum [Leyden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1642. 133 x 75 mm. (5 1/4 x 3"). 10 volumes.. VERY PRETTY 18TH CENTURY RED MOROCCO, GILT, covers with French fillet border, raised bands with gilt lettering, spine compartments with central floral sprig framed with curling brackets terminating in ivy leaves, spray of daisies on either side, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait and engraved title in "De Rhetorica," woodcut printer's devices on titles of other volumes, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and decorative initials. Engraved title with contemporary ink signature of "Arn. [illegible due to ink blot]"; another title page with evidence of removal of early inscription; four titles or flyleaves with 18th century ink signature of "Nicoll"; two volumes with two or three marginal notations in an 18th century hand. Willems 535; Rahir 530; Schweiger II, 106; Dibdin I, 400; Brunet II, 8; Graesse II, 157. ◆A couple of rust spots in one volume, occasional mild… Read More

Rome: Ulrich Han (Udalricus Gallus) and Simon Nicolai Chardella, 12 February 1474. 333 x 232 mm. (13 1/8 x 9 1/8"). Single column, 37 lines in roman type. Attractively matted. Capitals struck with yellow. Remnants of mounting tape to one edge. Goff L-6; BMC IV, 24; ISTC il00006000. ◆Shallow light dampstains to edges, a few faint flecks to margins, but an excellent specimen, clean and fresh with wide margins, from the second press in Rome. .

Venice: Jacobus de Paganinis, 24 December 1490. Second Edition. 310 x 215 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/2"). Textually Complete. [208] (of 210) leaves (lacking first and last blanks; outer bifolium of gathering H bound reversed). Double column, 44 lines of main text, 61 lines of commentary, in two sizes of roman type. With commentaries by Lactantius, Mataratius, and Calderinus. Pleasing 17th century crimson morocco, gilt, covers panelled with decorative rolls and oblique floral spray cornerpieces, raised bands, spine compartments with central four-pointed star formed by lancet tools, leaf frond cornerpieces, green morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield's North Library; fore margin of first two leaves with embossed Macclesfield stamp. Goff S-692; BMC V, 456; ISTC is00692000. ◆A little cracking to leather, a sprinkle of small dark spots to boards, a couple faint stains to spine panels, extremities lightly rubbed, text lightly washed… Read More