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Revival of the Taima Mandala by ten grotenhuis - 1985

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Revival of the Taima Mandala by ten grotenhuis - 1985

Revival of the Taima Mandala

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Mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल Maṇḍala, 'circle') is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point.

Taima Mandala a principal icon of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism, founded in Japn by Genku Honen (A.D. 133-1212).

Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor. M. T. Ciceronis de inventione libri duo
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Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor. M. T. Ciceronis de inventione libri duo

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Antonium Gryphium (Antonius Gryphius), 1579. 340 S., (5 Bl.) Index; Titelblatt mit Druckermarke in Holzschnitt, schönen Initialen u. Zierleisten; marmorierter Pappband etwas späterer Zeit auf 3 Bünden; Deckel, Rücken u. Kanten etwas berieben, Ecken gestaucht, letzte Bl. leicht wasserrandig, Innendeckel mit geringen Läsuren; enthält die Rhetoriken 'Rhetoricorum ad Herennium' und 'De inventione'; seltenes Expl. dieses Drucks. Pappband. Befriedigend. 12,3 cm.
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HONEST ABE A Study in Integrity
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HONEST ABE A Study in Integrity

by Alonzo Rotchschild

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A biography of Abraham Lincoln early life and his politics.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) produced a verse translation, subtitled "a paraphrase from several literal translations", in 1897. In his introductory note to the reader, Le Gallienne cites McCarthy's "charming prose" as the chief influence on his version.New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, MDCCCXCVII. This Edition consists of 1,250 copies of which this is number 601, signed by Richard De Gallienne.Publicatin; Done into types and printed for John Lane by Will Bradly at the Wayside Press, Springfield, Massachusetts, in November , MDCCCXCVII (1897) stated on last page. 107 pages all in tact, no writing, no tears, clear, bright text. Some yellowing on pacedowns and free end papers, text pages very clean. Cream Boards, one chip on front, spine is solid and intact, top and bottom corners bumped. A perfect copy for restoration.
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The Shepheardes Calender. Latin and English. Calendarium Pastorale, Sive Aegolgae Duodecim,...

The Shepheardes Calender. Latin and English. Calendarium Pastorale, Sive Aegolgae Duodecim, Totidem Anni Mesibus accommo...

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London: Printed by Will Bowyer, MDCCXXXI [1731]. Hard Cover. 8vo; xiv, [4], 240, 245-254 pages, 12 engraved plates, portrait front. (A-Q8, R5). Translated by Theodore Bathurst (d. 1651); published by John Ball. Added title-page in English: The Shepherd's Calendar. English and Latin texts on facing pages. ESTC T135116; Alston III.67; NUC 561: 495. Spenser's English work was first published in 1579 and dedicated to Sir Phillip Sidney; this Latin translation was first published in 1663. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine worn, hinges tender; interior VG. Stock#OB122.
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The Orlando Innamorato. Translated into Prose from the Italian of Francesco Berni

The Orlando Innamorato. Translated into Prose from the Italian of Francesco Berni

by Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 41-1494 / Berni, Francesco, 1497 or 8-1535 / Rose, William Stewart, 1775-1843, translator

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Edinburgh: W. Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1823. Hard Cover. 2 p. l., [vii]-lviii, 279, [1] p.; 19 cm. Title continues: "and interspersed with extracts in the same stanza as the original, by William Stewart Rose." Berni recast Boiardo's poem. "Berni undertook the revision of the whole poem, avowedly altering no sentiment, removing or adding no incident, but simply giving to each line and stanza due gracefulness and polish. His task he completed with marvellous success; scarcely a line remains as it was, and the general opinion has pronounced decisively in favour of the revision over the original. " Rose was an intimate of Byron and part of a circle of English italianists. Armorial bookplate of John Croft Deverell. Vg, bound in full leather. Stock#OB958.
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Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor. M. T. Ciceronis de inventione libri duo
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Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Antonium Gryphium (Antonius Gryphius), 1579. 340 S., (5 Bl.) Index; Titelblatt mit Druckermarke in Holzschnitt, schönen Initialen u. Zierleisten; marmorierter Pappband etwas späterer Zeit auf 3 Bünden; Deckel, Rücken u. Kanten etwas berieben, Ecken gestaucht, letzte Bl. leicht wasserrandig, Innendeckel mit geringen Läsuren; enthält die Rhetoriken 'Rhetoricorum ad Herennium' und 'De inventione'; seltenes Expl. dieses Drucks. Pappband. Befriedigend. 12,3 cm.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) produced a verse translation, subtitled "a paraphrase from several literal translations", in 1897. In his introductory note to the reader, Le Gallienne cites McCarthy's "charming prose" as the chief influence on his version.New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, MDCCCXCVII. This Edition consists of 1,250 copies of which this is number 601, signed by Richard De Gallienne.Publicatin; Done into types and printed for John Lane by Will Bradly at the Wayside Press, Springfield, Massachusetts, in November , MDCCCXCVII (1897) stated on last page. 107 pages all in tact, no writing, no tears, clear, bright text. Some yellowing on pacedowns and free end papers, text pages very clean. Cream Boards, one chip on front, spine is solid and intact, top and bottom corners bumped. A perfect copy for restoration.
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The Orlando Innamorato. Translated into Prose from the Italian of Francesco Berni

The Orlando Innamorato. Translated into Prose from the Italian of Francesco Berni

by Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 41-1494 / Berni, Francesco, 1497 or 8-1535 / Rose, William Stewart, 1775-1843, translator

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Edinburgh: W. Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1823. Hard Cover. 2 p. l., [vii]-lviii, 279, [1] p.; 19 cm. Title continues: "and interspersed with extracts in the same stanza as the original, by William Stewart Rose." Berni recast Boiardo's poem. "Berni undertook the revision of the whole poem, avowedly altering no sentiment, removing or adding no incident, but simply giving to each line and stanza due gracefulness and polish. His task he completed with marvellous success; scarcely a line remains as it was, and the general opinion has pronounced decisively in favour of the revision over the original. " Rose was an intimate of Byron and part of a circle of English italianists. Armorial bookplate of John Croft Deverell. Vg, bound in full leather. Stock#OB958.
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The Works Of Shakspere Imperial Edition
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The Works Of Shakspere Imperial Edition

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The Works Of Shakspere. Edited by Charles Knight. Imperial Edition. With Illustration in Steel. London: Virtue & Co. No date. Circa 1875-80. New York, Patterson and Neilson. Two Volume Set. Folio. Illustrations from pictures by C. W. Cope, W. P. Frith, C. R. Leslie, D. Maclise, E. M. Ward, C. Clint, H. S. Marks, W. Q. Orchardson, C. W. Sharp, W.M. Lizars, C. Cousen and others. Contemporary half black leather with green cloth boards and gilt emblem front boards; raised ribs and title and pattern in gilt to spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text pages printed with double columns. Plates are printed on fine heavy paper. Boards and edges have moderate rubbing (see pictures); gilt remains bright and binding is firm. Contents are in near fine condition with flaws noted as follows: Volume I, has light and small foxing marks to the preliminary pages and tissue guard is missing from one plate; Volume II has very small water droplet marks near tail edge and outside of illustration in a few plates.… Read More
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Catalogus Romanorum Imperatorum. Additi sunt et Germanici Imperatores descripti versibus
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Catalogus Romanorum Imperatorum. Additi sunt et Germanici Imperatores descripti versibus

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1553 Sabinus Catalog of Roman & German Emperors ROME Charlemagne Augustus Caesar

Georg Sabinus was a 16th-century German poet and historian who published an important catalogue of the emperors of Rome. Curiously, Sabinus supplemented the lists of Roman rulers with lists of German leaders. Each entry features a short description of the figure including some of which are written in poetic verse. It includes all the known Roman and German rulers such as Charlemagne, Otto the Great, Charles V, Constantine, Julius Caesar, Nero, and Augustus Caesar.
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SABINUS, Georg
Catalogus Romanorum Imperatorum. Additi sunt et Germanici Imperatores descripti versibus
Wittemberg : [Veit Kreutzer], 1553.
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Along the Silk Road (Asian Art and Culture)
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Along the Silk Road (Asian Art and Culture)

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Along the Silk Road
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Narrative Picture Scrolls

Narrative Picture Scrolls

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Along the Silk Road
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Along the Silk Road

Along the Silk Road

by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis; Yo-Yo Ma

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Along the Silk Road (Asian Art & Culture (Numbered), V. 6.)

Along the Silk Road (Asian Art & Culture (Numbered), V. 6.)

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Aminta. Favola Boschereccia. Si Aggiungono le Poesie Scelte

Aminta. Favola Boschereccia. Si Aggiungono le Poesie Scelte

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Firenze, Giuseppe Molini, MDCCCXXIV [1824]. Hard Cover. viii, 489 pages; 15 cm. "The most perfect of pastoral plays" (Wilkins), written and first performed in 1573. This copy is bound in the original paper-covered boards; leather spine, gold tooled. stock#OB104 (dr). VG.
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The Shepheardes Calender. Latin and English. Calendarium Pastorale, Sive Aegolgae Duodecim,...

The Shepheardes Calender. Latin and English. Calendarium Pastorale, Sive Aegolgae Duodecim, Totidem Anni Mesibus accommo...

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London: Printed by Will Bowyer, MDCCXXXI [1731]. Hard Cover. 8vo; xiv, [4], 240, 245-254 pages, 12 engraved plates, portrait front. (A-Q8, R5). Translated by Theodore Bathurst (d. 1651); published by John Ball. Added title-page in English: The Shepherd's Calendar. English and Latin texts on facing pages. ESTC T135116; Alston III.67; NUC 561: 495. Spenser's English work was first published in 1579 and dedicated to Sir Phillip Sidney; this Latin translation was first published in 1663. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine worn, hinges tender; interior VG. Stock#OB122.
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Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli cittadino e segretario Fiorentino. Volume Ottavo. Mandragola;...

Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli cittadino e segretario Fiorentino. Volume Ottavo. Mandragola; Clizia...

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Milano, Dalla Società  de Classici Italiani, 1805  de Classici Italiani, 1805. Hard Cover. Octavo; 419, [1] pages; 22.5 cm. Also includes: L'Andria di Terrenzio; Commedia in Versi; Rime. These are Machiavelli's Italian plays, important for Renaissance literature and still funny. Very good copy, bound in half leather with marbled paper boards by Dragonfly. Bertelli, Machiavelli Bibliography, Secolo XIX: 8.8. Stock#OB323.
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Révolutions De Paris, Dédiées A La Nation et au District des Petits-Augustins¦ No. 105

Révolutions De Paris, Dédiées A La Nation et au District des Petits-Augustins¦ No. 105

by Prudhomme, Louis Marie, 1752-1830

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Paris, De l'imprimerie des Révolutions de Paris, rue des Marais, 1791. Soft Cover. 1 leaf, 52 p., frontis.; 19.5 cm. "Ce 16 juillet, 1791" at end. This is a much more formally printed account of Louis XIV's flight to Varennes, with an engraved frontispiece showing his carriages halted by a mass of soldiers. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Stock#OB1042-14. Very Good in marbled paper wrappers.
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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer:  A Facsimile of the William Morris  Kelmscott Chaucer

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer

by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company. Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket toned, tattered, waterstained and soiled, endpapers and boards foxed.. 1958. Facsimile. Hardcover. A facsimile reprint of the William Morris magnum opus, the Kelmscott Chaucer, with the 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Glossary for the modern reader. Off-white embossed cloth. The Kelmscott Chaucer was originally published in 1896, in a limited edition. This facsimile reproduces all the original illustrations, text, borders, and decorations in a slightly smaller size. xx, 554pp. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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HONEST ABE A Study in Integrity
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HONEST ABE A Study in Integrity

by Alonzo Rotchschild

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The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Contantinople 1554-1562.
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The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Contantinople 1554-1562.

by Busbecq, Ogier Ghiselin de; Edward Seymour Forste

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Oxford Clarendon Press, 1927, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition 1927 as "newly translated from the Latin of the Elzevir edition of 1633" by Edward Seymour Forster. -- Includes 3 plates (one is title-page of the Elzevir edition) and one folding map (illustrating Busbecq's travels). -- Hardcover, ownership is pencil dated 1927. Condition: very good minus (cloth over thin boards is bumped at corners, some wear spine crown; spine slanted). -- Pages are bright and clean, overall a nice copy of this SCARCE and significant book.
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Les Contes de Boccace Decameron Les Cinq Dernières Journées
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Les Contes de Boccace Decameron Les Cinq Dernières Journées

by Boccace, Boccacio, Antoine Le Maçon

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Printed 20 December 1934. Les Cinq Dernières Journées is the second volume of the famed Brunelleschi illustrated version of the Decameron with their erotic content. Wonderful condition as seen in photos, perfect for a collector or bookseller looking to complete the set. Softcover in very good+ condition.
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Chronicon Preciosum: Or, an Account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other...
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Chronicon Preciosum: Or, an Account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other Commodities; and of Stipends, Salaries, Wages, Jointures, Portions, Day-Labour, etc, in England, for Six Hundred Years last past: To which is added, An Historical Account of Coins, Illustrated

by Bishop William Fleetwood

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First
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Hardcover
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Binding in full leather with five raised bands on the spine. Cover edges and corners are worn. The hinges are broken but the cords are holding the covers well. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown: "William Charles De Meudon Earl Fitzwilliam." Also, inked letters at top left of pastedown: B: 5: 51 (marked through) E. VI. 5. No title on spine. Gently effaced library ownershp stamps on bottom title page and first text page. Paper clean and unfoxed. 147 pages followed by a 2-page index, and an appendix of 30 pages plus 12 plates illustrating gold coins of the kings of England.
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Divinity of Desire
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Divinity of Desire

by Eugene Del Mar

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Used
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first
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Hardcover
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Cottonwood, Arizona, United States
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NZ$342.40

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It has green fabric covered boards, there are some wear spots on these. Gilt title lettering, in good+ condition. Spine excellent condition; a nice clean and attractive book. Easy to carry in purse or pocket. Great for collectors and antique book lovers.
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NZ$342.40