Search Results: Authors starting with I from Hordern House Rare Books

France, 1480. In very good condition.. Illuminated leaf, 182 x 118 mm., with a panel border of liquid gold on one side and red ground on the other, nine 1-line and two 2-line initials in red and blue and gold, eighteen lines of text;. A well-illuminated leaf from a French Book of Hours with an unusual panel border of red, blue and pink flowers on a liquid gold ground on one side and on a red ochre ground on the other. The leaf is from the Book of the Virgin, the Hour of Sext (the sixth hour), which was recited around noon. The illuminated initial 'N' begins Psalm 123 which appears here in full, 'Nisi quia dominus erat in nobis, dicat nunc Israel: nisi quia dominus erat in nobis' ('But that our Lord was in us, let Israel now say: but that our Lord was in us'). On the verso is the commencement of Psalm 124, 'Qui confidunt in Domino...' ('They that trust in the Lord...'). .

Rouen, 1500. Outer edge of border slightly trimmed, otherwise in very good condition.. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers, fruits and leaves; 15 1-line initials in dark red and blue alternately. Fine leaf from a French Book of Hours with a typical Rouen decorative border of acanthus leaves, flowers and fruits, on both sides of the leaf. .

Rouen, 1500. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers on hair-line stems; 4-line initial in dark red and heightened in grey and white on a liquid gold panel enclosing a coloured flower, three 1-line initials in liquid gold on blue or red grounds; 20 lines of text in an accomplished lettre bâtarde, ruled in red; outer edge of border trimmed. A fine leaf from a French Book of Hours with illumination typical of the Rouen scriptoria of this period. The text of the prayers is in French, indicating that this Book of Hours was produced for the local market and not intended for export. The exquisite 4-line initial 'D', which is intricately worked with white tracery and a red rose, introduces Les Sept Requestes. .

Northern France (probably Paris), 1500. In excellent condition.. Illuminated leaf, 215 x 139 mm., with an illuminated panel border on each side of the leaf, one 2-line initial, eleven 1-line initial and nine line-fillers, 18 lines of neat gothic bookhand. A beautifully illuminated leaf from a French Book of Hours with all the hallmarks of Paris- or Rouen work at the end of the 1400s. On the verso, the decorative panel border features a spikey-haired grotesque with a ruddy snout, happily playing a flute and a drum. The panel border on the recto is composed of blue and gold acanthus and coloured flowers and leaves in roundels of liquid gold. .

Rouen, 1480. Illuminated leaf, 182 x 116 mm., with an exquisite panel border on both sides of blue and gold acanthus leaves with unusual orange and red flowers on the verso and red and white flowers on the recto, with ten 1-line initials and two 2-line initials in red and blue, 18 lines of text in a lettre bâtarde; small stain in upper right margin of vers,o slight perforation in fourth line of text from the bottom, else very good. A delightfully decorated leaf from a French Book with fine panel borders, typical of the work of the Rouen illumination workshops of the late fifteenth century. The leaf comes from the Matins service in the "Hours of the Virgin"; the illuminated 'Q' on the recto begins the hymn 'Quen terra ponthus...'. .

Paris or Rouen, 1495. Illuminated leaf, 215 x 152 mm., with a panel border on both sides of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus leaves and coloured flowers and leaves on diagonal grounds of liquid gold, illuminated initials in white tracery on pink grounds, and numerous 1-line initials in gold alternately on red and blue grounds, naturalistic branch line fillers; 27 lines of text in gothic script. A beautifully illuminated leaf from a luxurious fifteenth-century French Book of Hours. This leaf is from the shorter version of the central text of the Book of Hours, modelled on the Divine Office and performed at the eight canonical hours of the day and which was called the "Little Office of the Blessed Virgin" (or Hours of the Virgin). The panel border on each side of the leaf is composed of fields of blue and gold acanthus leaves interspersed with mauve, red, blue and white flowers on zig-zag grounds of liquid gold. Additionally, there are four 2-line initials in white on pink grounds; five… Read More

France, 1830. In very good original condition.. Printed textile, 720 x 770 mm, mounted and attractively framed (externally 1000 x 1050 mm). A desirable and imaginative piece of French block-printed textile dating from the Age of Discovery. The design reflects the excitement for European spectators of the splendid eighteenth and early nineteenth-century voyages exploring new worlds. The discovery of exotic places and meetings with distant peoples, ships on voyages of discovery, and sea-battles, are woven together here encapsulating how the exploration of the Pacific and the Americas were seen. . Provenance: From a New York private collection.

London: Imray, 1881. Main work: Slight split to lower joint at foot, significant browning or staining to text from p. 150 on, text loose in binding but holding. Second and third editions present but damaged and/or imperfect.. Octavo, [6, mispaginated i-iv, iv)], 232 pp. Frontispiece map/chart of San Juan Del Sur; woodcut illustrations in the text. Original blindstamped cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, later paper backstrip laid on the cloth, with title. Extremely scarce first three editions (of three), and a significant gathering of sailing directions for those bound to California and the West Coast during the age of the clipper ship. Though all three are to some extent damaged and/or imperfect, nonetheless they contain a plethora of early maps of coastal ports and harbours from Canada to Central America. Barrett lists the 1868 edition (#1296) but not the 1853 first appearance. The last copy of the 1853 edition at auction made $1560 in 2015. .

London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Some minor foxing.. Three volumes, octavo, with 18 illustrations, in matching half red morocco with marbled boards, raised spines decorated in gilt. A very good set of the first three series of this beautifully produced edition, in a handsome uniform by Bayntun of Bath. Ingoldsby's Legends... is a famous collection of legends,ghost stories and humorous tales and a classic of English literature made popular from the mid nineteenth century. This set includes two portraits of the author Nicholas Ingoldsby. Original engravings throughout are by the leading illustrators of the period, John Leech and George Cruikshank who are known for illustrations in numerous Charles Dickens' publications. A composite set; the first volume is dated 1855, the second volume 1842 and the third volume 1855. .

Melbourne: Stillwell & Co., 1889. Octavo, 23 pp., some foxing, old fold, and manuscript postal address and postmarks (1889), where the pamphlet has been mailed from South Australia to New South Wales; in the original printed wrappers, rather spotted and worn,?ink stain to head of front wrapper. Unusual offprint, rare, and not listed in Ferguson. This lecture by Edward C. Stirling, Surgeon to the Adelaide Hospital and lecturer at the University of Adelaide, "Is Surgery a Science?" is printed from the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia Transactions, from their second session in Melbourne, January 1889. Stirling was born in 1848 at Strathalbyn, South Australia. Educated at Cambridge, and sometime lecturer at St George's Hospital, London, he returned to South Australia in 1875. He had a long and varied career, which included a stint as the member for North Adelaide, a crossing of the continent from south to north with the Earl of Kintore in 1891, and work as the medical officer and… Read More