Search Results: Authors starting with C from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

Madrid, Imprenta y Librería de D.E. Aguado, 1863.. 8°, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (some wear), marbled endleaves, text-block edges sprinkled. In fine condition. Inscribed on the half-title by the author (see below). 223, (1) pp., 1 folding plan, tables in text. *** Second edition, augmented, of a work that was first printed in the same year by the Imprenta Nacional of Madrid. Two later editions are listed in Palau, as well as a Portuguese translation by Dr. Venancio Deslandes. Caballero discusses the problems of the rural population in Spain, including insufficient water, poor roads, communal property, scarcity of capital, lack of schools and churches and the fact that the land has been divided into parcels too small for subsistence; then he sets forth his solutions, including (pp. 209-221) a draft of a proposed law that he believes would alleviate the situation.Provenance: This copy was presented by the author to the translator of the Portuguese edition, bearing his ink… Read More

Lisbon, P. Fernandes, 1959.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Jacket slightly frayed at head of spine. Book in as new condition. 535 pp., 6 plates, footnotes, extensive bibliography. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. This work is not a Portuguese language version of the book by the same author, also on Southey, published the following year by the Oxford University Press, though there is some duplication. It is a valuable study, with largely different texts. Published with funds from a grant by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.***

Vaduz, Liechtenstin, Topos Verlag AG, 1980.. Large 8°, contemporary quarter green cloth over marbled boards. Small penciled annotations on front pastedown and free endleaf recto. Otherwise as new. (1 l.), lxv pp., (1 l.), 339 pp., (1 blank l.). *** Facsimile reprint of the very rare Rio de Janeiro, 1881 original edition, the only previous one. Borba de Moraes writes of the 1881 edition:"The preliminary leaves contain a history of the Imprensa Regia and the Imprensa Nacional of Rio de Janeiro from its establishment in 1808 to 1880. This is followed by a chronological catalogue of the publications of the Brazilian national press from 1808 to 1822 inclusive.It is the standard bibliography on the subject. Cabral based his catalogue on the collection of the Imprensa Nacional and other sources. These registers no longer exist; it appears they were destroyed. The Imprensa Nacional was burned and not only its library was destroyed but a great number of books by Cabral were lost.It is a rare book today… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Joseph Lopes Ferreyra, 1712.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30.5 x 21 cm.), contemporary speckled sheep (some rubbing and stains, small defect at top of spine label, a few pinpoint wormholes to spine and two slightly larger worm traces to rear cover near joint), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, black leather lettering piece in second compartment from head. Title page in red and black. Large woodcut ornament on title page. Woodcut and typographical headpieces. Woodcut tailpieces Large woodcut initials. Main text in two columns. Internally fine, overall in very good condition. Later (early nineteenth-century?) ownership signature in blank portion of title page ("Anº Guard. de Cast."?). Marginal note in the same hand on p. 125. (4 ll.), 174 pp., (5 ll. index). *** FIRST EDITION [?] of Part I of a popular and quite rare work on civil and criminal court cases. Complete within itself, it includes discussions on the qualities necessary for judges, prosecutors, lawyers,… Read More

Lisbon, Averno, 2006.. Sm. 4°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 75 pp., (2 ll.). One of 350 copies. *** Previously unpublished poems by the authors mentioned above, as well as by Fernando Cabral Martins, João Almeida, João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, Jorge Roque, Manuel de Freitas, Renata Correia Botelho, and Rui Pedro Gonçalves. Texts in Portuguese.***

Lisbon, Editorial Notícias, 1992.. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new 344 pp. *** Historical novel of the past 50 years in Trás-os-Montes, centered on the heir to a great noble house, whose seat, built in the eighteenth century, was destroyed by fire in the 1920s. The author, born in Chacim, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Trás-os-Montes in 1941, displays a certain ruralism in his early poetry, and in much of his fiction. He has written several historical novels set in his native region. In addition to fiction and poetry, he has published plays and essays. *** See Álvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 89; also João Bigotte Chorão in Biblos, I, 832-3.

Porto Alegre, Typ. de F. Pomatelli, 1851.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, nineteenth-century crimson quarter morocco over marbled boards (slight wear), spine with raised bands in six compartments, author and short title gilt-lettered in second compartment from head, orange endleaves, original yellow printed wrappers bound in. Light browning. Overall in very good condition. xiv, 162 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Describes the geology of the Rio Grande do Sul region and the uses to which its minerals might be put. Printing began in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, of which Porto Alegre is the capitol, in 1827. (See Rizzini, O livro, o jounal e a tipografia no Brasil, p. 322, note 24; Borba de Moraes, O bibliófilo aprendiz, p. 168). Nineteenth-century Porto Alegre imprints rarely appear on the market.Frederico Augusto de Vasconcellos Almeida Pereira Cabral is described on the title page as "encarregado pelo governo de Sua Magestade Imperial do estudo dos jaziges carbonaceos da Provincia." A native… Read More

Lisbon, A Esfera dos Livros, 2009.. Large 8°, publisher's illustrated boards with dust jacket. As new. 263 pp., 6 ll. color plates, printed on both sides, bibliography, genealogical tables in text. *** Second edition. First published 2008. The nine magnificent women were, in chronological order, D. Teresa, D. Isabel, D. Leonor Teles, D. Filipa de Lencastre, D. Catarina de Áustria, D. Luísa de Gusmão, D. Carlota Joaquina, D. Maria II, and D. Amélia. ***

Lisbon, Na Officina Real Deslandesiana, 1711.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, contemporary speckled sheep (some wear; worm damage to spine near head and foot and to rear cover near joint), spine richly gilt (somewhat faded) with raised bands in six compartments, crimson leather lettering piece in second compartment from head, short title gilt (faded), text block edges sprinkled red. Title page in red and black, with 4.3 x 6.2 cm. emblematic woodcut. Woodcut headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. Typographical headpieces. Internally fine. Overall in good to very good condition. Old (mid to late eighteenth century) ink signature "Pinheiro" in outer blank margin of title page. Older ink inscription scored early in lower blank margin. Engraved armorial bookplate of D. Rui José Eduardo de Sousa do Vale Peixoto e Vilas-Boas and D. Maria da Conceição Ulrich Pinto Basto Vilas-Boas, designed by Luiz Ferros [i.e. Luís António de Paiva Raposo Ferros, 1936-2012], signed in print by him and dated 1980. (8 ll.),… Read More

Rio de Janeiro, Typographia da Ass. do Despertador, 1839.. First Edition. 8°, loose in contemporary marbled wrappers (spine defective). In good to very good condition. 48 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. Rocha Cabral's character was maligned in the Jornal do Comércio, from whom his O Despertador was taking some government business; this Collecção includes reprints of articles printed in the Despertador defending himself against the Jornal's allegations, reminiscences of the author's time in Rio Grande do Sul, a transcription of a circular to the residents of Rio Grande do Sul published as a pamphlet in Villa do Rio Grande do Sul, 1834, the conclusion of "Refutação da correspondência inserta no 'Recopilador Liberal' relativa à subscripção portugueza n'esta provincia, e em outras do Império," also originally published in pamphlet form, Rio Grande 1835, a document on the founding of the Gabinete de Leitura, and letters testifying to Rocha Cabral's character.Rocha Cabral (1806-1850) fled his native… Read More

Lisbon, Typographia de Joaquim Germano de Sousa Neves, 1860.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pink printed wrappers (spine somewhat defective). In very good condition. Old oval white paper ticket with blue border and presumed shelf location "1f" [?] in ink manuscript at center tipped on to upper inner corner of front wrapper. 37 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this parliamentary speech on Church-State relations.José Bernardo da Silva Cabral (Fornos de Algodres, 1801-Lisbon 1869), 1.º Conde de Cabral, was a noted Portuguese politician, serving as minister and secretary of State and deputy to the Cortes. A Chartist, he worked closely with his brother António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, first Conde and first Marquês de Tomar; together, from ca. 1842 to 1846 they formed the "governo dos Cabrais", a virtual dictatorship of Portugal, which largely reorganized the administration of Portugal, solidifying liberal principles along fairly conservative lines. Costa Cabral regained… Read More

Lisbon, Typ. do Estandarte, 1850.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, early plain blue wrappers. In fine condition. 32 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a conservative, argues that there can be too much freedom of the press.José Bernardo da Silva Cabral (Fornos de Algodres, 1801-Lisbon 1869), 1.º Conde de Cabral, was a noted Portuguese politician, serving as minister and secretary of State and deputy to the Cortes. A Chartist, he worked closely with his brother António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, first Conde and first Marquês de Tomar; together, from ca. 1842 to 1846 they formed the "governo dos Cabrais", a virtual dictatorship of Portugal, which largely reorganized the administration of Portugal, solidifying liberal principles along fairly conservative lines. Costa Cabral regained power, this time as Prime Minister, from 18 de June 849 to 26 April 1851. After this the brothers never again were influential in the politics of Portugal. Silva Cabral was in a continual war in the press with his… Read More

Lisbon, Baeta Dias, 1906.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original beige printed wrappers Light stains to inner and lower margins. In good condition, if just barely. (5 ll., 1 blank l.), 1 plate. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of a book of humorous poems. Cabral (1873-1924), was a Portuguese poet and journalist known for his satiric and ironic style and his involvement in the Republican movement. The book contains an original absurdist song that mocks the pretentiousness and ignorance of some writers and speakers of the Portuguese language.*** Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).

[Colophon] Paris, Imprimerie d'Auguste Mie, n.d. [1832].. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 20 titles bound together. 8°, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (minor wear), flat spine gilt divided by fillets into five compartments, "miscellanea" lettered in gilt in second compartment from head, "vol. VII." in gilt in fourth compartment, marbled endleaves, text block edges marbled. Half title only, as issued. In good condition overall. Repair to blank lower margin of final leaf. Otherwise very good. 16 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.*** Canto, Ensaio bibliographico. Catalogo das obras nacionaes e estrangeiras relativas aos successos politicos de Portugal nos annos de 1828 a 1834 (1892), 476. Ramos, A edição de língua portuguesa em França 238. Innocêncio V, 176-7: "raro". Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, "Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira". Porbase locates four copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by… Read More

Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, 2001.. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. One of 500 copies. 23, (1) pp., illus. in color. *** ***

Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 2014.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 534 pp., folding illustrated chronological table, diagrams, illustrations, tables, footnotes, bibliography, index of names. One of 300 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Ana Isabel Buescu [pp. 15-17] and Francisco António Lourenço Vaz [pp. 19-27] provide short introductions. The basis of this fascinating and exhaustive study is the doctoral thesis of Maria Luísa Cabral, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Centro de História da Cultura. The author provides a brief discussion of libraries and schools in the 18th century, including reflections on Portuguese libraries by foreigners and the impressions of foreign libraries on Portuguese travelers. She discusses several notable libraries of the period: Biblioteca Joanina da Universidade de Coimbra, Biblioteca do Colégio do Espírito Santo (Évora), Biblioteca do Convento de Nossa Senhora e Santo António de Mafra, Biblioteca da… Read More

Lisbon, Colibri, 1996.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 131 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Preface by Estar Caldas Guimarães Bertoletti.***

Buenos Aires, Imprenta del Estado, 1836.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30.5 x 20 cm.), disbound. In good to very good condition. (1 l.), iv, [3]-11 pp. *** FIRST EDITION, with an introduction by Pedro de Angelis. It was published in his important Colección de obras y documentos relativos a la historia antigua y moderna de las provincias del Río de la Plata, first printed in 1836-37. Griffin, Latin America: A Guide to the Historical Literature 3090 lists the collection, but Palau also lists each item in that collection separately.The Río Pepirí Guazú forms the border between Misiones, Argentina and Santa Catarina, Brazil.*** Palau 38817: without collation. NUC: DLC, NNH, NN, TxU, NcU.

[Colophon] Madrid, Por Luis Sanchez, inpresor del Rey NS, 1619.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (31 x 21.5 cm.), late nineteenth-century half morocco over marbled boards (some wear), marbled endleaves, spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, gilt title in second from head, gilt year in fourth from head. Engraved title-page by P. Perret, dated 1619 (see below). Woodcut initials and vignettes. In very good condition. Oval stamp of José Maria Nepomuceno on verso of title-page. (4 ll., including the engraved title-page), 1176 [i.e., 1182] pp., (30 ll.). Quire X contains a total of 11 leaves; X5-7 are added between pp. 328 and 329; these three leaves are foliated 329*, 330*, and 331*; the text follows uninterrupted. *** FIRST EDITION of the voluminous first part of the history of Philip II's reign, to the year 1583. Wagner notes, "This book was much used by all later Spanish historians. Lib. 13 [sic; i.e., 12], Chapter XI treats of the discoveries of New Mexico and Juan de Oñate" (Spanish Southwest… Read More

Barcelona, En la Imprenta de Piferrer, 1796.. 4°, contemporary mottled sheep (some wear), smooth spine with citron lettering piece, gilt letter and bands, marbled endleaves. Woodcut vignette on title page of a monogram beneath a ducal coronet. Dampstained in lower margin, not affecting text. In good condition. Two-line ink inscription dated 21 December 1813 at top of second front free endleaf recto, above a penciled profile of a bearded man's head. Small rectangular white printed paper ticket on rear pastedown endleaf with manuscript inscription: "Llibreria // S. i LL.". (4 ll.), 224 pp. *** Second edition of a work first published by Sancha in Madrid, 1793, and frequently since. Ticknor compares it to Montesquieu's Persian Letters and Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, but notes that it is more concerned with literary discussions and satire than either of those works. Cartas marruecas includes sections on Spanish character, customs, nobility and commoners, language, pride, respect for the aged,… Read More