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

Lisbon, Câmara Municipal, Pelouro da Cultura, 1994.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 30 pp., (1 l.), 5 full-page illustrations in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a native of Évora, born in 1952, has studied anthropology and written books of poetry, short stories, and children's literature, as well as writing for newspapers, with more than 2,000 poems and articles on various subjects.*** Porbase locates three copies: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra. Not located in Jisc.

Coimbra, Na Imprensa da Universidade, 1835.. First Edition in Portuguese. Large 8°, traces of early wrappers. Small woodcut arms of Portugal on title page. Typographical rules. Uncut. Light browning. Very small wormtrail (under 1.5 cm.) in upper margin at gutter, not affecting text. In good condition. xvi, 143 pp.; leaves of quire 6 bound in wrong order (3, 4, 1, 2, 7, 8, 5, 6). *** First edition in Portuguese of Mably's Entretiens de Phocion: sur le rapport de la morale avec la politique, which originally appeared in 1763. This translation from a French edition of The Hague, 1764, includes an introduction by the translator explaining why he considers the work useful for his contemporaries. The life of Phocion (pp. v-xiii) does not appear in the Amsterdam, 1763 edition of Entretiens; it is not clear whether the translator found it elsewhere, or composed it himself. The Entretiens was also translated to Spanish and English.Phocion (ca. 402-318 B.C.) was elected strategos in Athens a record 45… Read More

Kell, n.pr., 1791.. Tall 12º, contemporary mottled calf with gilt fillet at edge, smooth spine gilt with red lettering piece, edges of covers gilt (some rubbing). Crisp and clean. In fine condition. 244 pp. *** Third edition, preceded by two 1789 printings (Paris & Lausanne, and Kell). Written shortly before the French Revolution, this series of letters discusses the duties and rights of a citizen, his obligation to establish the government which will best serve the public good, the underlying causes of good and bad laws, how citizens ought to behave in a monarchy or in a free state, how the Estates General in France should be constituted, and how the Republic may preserve and perpetuate its liberty.The Abbé de Mably (1709-1785), a philosopher and historian, believed that private property was the root of all the ills affecting humanity. He advocated communal ownership instead, but argued that trying to achieve his proposed ideal would cause as much harm as maintaining the status quo, and… Read More

Lisbon, Na Imprensa Nacional, 1821.. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, disbound (traces of early wrappers at inner margins of first and final leaves). Woodcut Portuguese-Brazilian royal arms on title page. One corner bumped. Lower blank margin of title page reinforced. Final leaf with repair to outer margin (13 x 3 cm.), causing loss on final page of 1 letter (the "P" in "Pag.") and about 3 page numbers of the errata. In good condition. (4 ll.), 178, xlvii pp., (3 pp. errata). Leaf BB missigned as B3. *** First Edition in Portuguese. Written in 1758, the work was first published posthumously in 1789 in the original French as Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen. Mably warned against events that later developed during the French Revolution. He begins by reflecting on what a citizen owes to his government, then moves on to what a citizen has the right to expect from the government and how a proper government should be established. With increasing passion (often directed against his supposed… Read More

Macau, Instituto Cultural de Macau / Biblioteca Nacional de Macau, 1989.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (29.6 x 21 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. (2 ll.), 124 pp., (1 l. errata), illustrations (some in color). Text in Portuguese, Chinese, and English. *** FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Biblioteca Nacional de Macau, describing 171 items with full collations and bibliographical notes. Included are works by Wenceslau de Moraes (pp. 11-32), one of the most important interpreters of Japan to the West; works about Moraes (pp. 33-62); and a very useful section (pp. 63-113) of works on the Portuguese and Japan.***

Macau, Imprensa Nacional, 1923.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers (light browning, foldlines). Small wood-engraved arms of Portugal on title page. Corrections in red on pp. 4-5, with mimeographed errata slips on both pages. Foldlines. In very good condition. 6 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION? The author reminds readers that Macau has always been the center of Portuguese influence in the East, and proposes that in order to maintain that status, an organization called "Lar dos Portugueses no Oriente" should be set up, with branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Canton, and elsewhere, that will help preserve Portuguese culture and ties to the mother country.*** Not in Gomes, Bibliografia macaense. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched).

New York, Evening Post Job Printing Office, preface dated 5 May 1884.. 8°, original printed wrappers (spine worn, some chipping and fraying). Front wrapper and first leaf detached from the rest of the work. In good condition, if just barely. 28 pp. *** ***

Oxford, Dolphin Book Co., 1948.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original publisher's cloth (some dampstains) with dust jacket (soiled). Internally in very fine condition; overall good to very good. 237 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Study of the life of the fifteenth-century D. Fernando de Antequera, later King of Aragon, drawn largely from an unpublished chronicle of Alvar Garía de Santa María in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Interesting for its contribution to study of the Catalan Question.***

Lisbon, Miguel Deslandes, a custa de Antonio Leite Pereira, 1682.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, contemporary limp vellum (front cover rather defective, with three pieces gone from upper and lower outer corners, lower center, one of four thong ties. Woodcut rose above imprint on title page. Large woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Typographical headpieces and tailpieces. Overall in good condition. Internally very good. Despite the binding faults mentioned, an unsophisticated, honest copy. Single line of old ink initials and numbers in upper portion of front free endleaf recto. Three old (contemporary?) ink signatures on title page, two scored. (8 ll.), 230 pp., (9 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION of this rare work written by Sousa de Macedo for his nephews, discussing the nature of happiness and how to achieve it. The Dominio appeared again with the 1716 and 1720 editions of Eva e Ave.Sousa de Macedo (1606-1682), a native of Porto who studied law at Coimbra, reached the highest echelons of the magistracy… Read More

Ponta Delgada, (Typ. da Sociedade Auxiliadora das Lettras Açorianas), 1853.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Two tiny round wormholes throughout, 1 letter of text lost on some pages. In good condition. Early ink manuscript note ("Nº 9") on upper outer blank margin of title page. Table on p. 32 with numerical findings for population of Ponta Delgada scored in early ink manuscript; corrected totals in old ink manuscript in lower blank margin. (1 l.), 35 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Documents the particulars of agriculture, trade and industry in Ponta Delgada. Ponta Delgada here refers not only to the seaport and major city of São Miguel, but also to the administrative district that included S. Miguel and S. Maria. The report, submitted by the Secretary-General of the civil government, concludes with six pages of tables. There is a section on various printing establishments (pp. 22-4), bookbinders (p. 24) and booksellers (pp. 24-5). This work is dedicated to António Maria Fontes Pereira… Read More

Lisbon, Officina Craesbeeckiana, 1656.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, modern boards. Woodcut arms of Portugal on title-page; large woodcut initial. Brownstain at head, without loss of text. (4 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION. Sousa de Macedo (1606-1682) studied law at Coimbra and rose to the highest echelons of the magistracy and diplomatic service, including secretary to the Portuguese Ambassador to London and Ambassador to the States of Holland. He was Secretary of State under D. Afonso VI, whom he commends in this speech made when D. Afonso was crowned in 1656. Sousa de Macedo also wrote numerous other works in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin, including Flores de España, excelencias de Portugal, Lisbon 1631.*** Arouca M12. Innocêncio I, 276-8; VIII, 311-2. Barbosa Machado I, 399-403. Pinto de Matos, p. 540. Exposição Bibliografica da Restauração 1457. Garcia Peres p. 542? Bell, Portuguese Literature pp. 260-1 Palha 3293. Azambuja 2485. Monteverde 5192. Ameal 2299.  NUC: MH (imperfect, with the margins too… Read More

The Hague, Na Officina de Samuel Broun, 1651.. FIRST EDITION. Large 4°, contemporary speckled sheep (head of spine defective, corners and outer edges worn, several small wormholes in boards, free endleaves gone), spine richly gilt with raised bands in five compartments, gilt short-title in second compartment from head. Large woodcut initials and headpieces. Some soiling to title-page, light waterstain near outer margin of first few leaves, round wormhole in first 14 leaves, never touching any text, another smaller round wormhole in blank outer margin of first 3 leaves, a few additional small holes in blank portions of title-page. Despite these faults, in good to very good condition. Eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of the Rev. James Burnell. Small annotation in red ink on title-page: "Camões, 29, 38". (6 ll.), 246 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of this guide of conduct for princes; the work was printed again in 1737, together with the author's Flores de España. Sousa de… Read More

Angra do Heroísmo, Região Autónoma dos Açores/SREC/DRAC, 1981.. 3 volumes. 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. (2, 4 ll.), 571 pp., (6 ll.); (2, 1 ll.), 649, (9) pp.; (2, 1 ll.), 294 pp., (1 l.). *** ***

Lisbon, Na Officina de Ioam da Costa, 1666.. FIRST EDITION. 12°, eighteenth-century tree sheep (very slight wear), smooth spine richly gilt, crimson leather lettering piece, short author-title lettered gilt, marbled endleaves, text-block edges sprinkled red. Woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Outer margin of title page cut close and reinforced without loss. Light browning. In good to very good condition. Old seven-line ink manuscript inscription on final front free endleaf verso. (6 ll.), 249, (2) pp. t6, A-K12, L6. Leaf D7 wrongly signed D6. *** FIRST EDITION of this interesting contemporary analysis of the likelihood for lasting peace between France and Spain following the 1659 Peace of the Pyrenees, which ceded Roussillon to France, a symptom of the shift of European power from Spain to France. Giving a history of the long-standing enmity between France and Spain, Ribeiro de Macedo mentions French claims to Spanish territories in the Peninsula and outside it (including Rousillon and… Read More

Lisbon, Na Impressão Regia, 1817.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, contemporary quarter mottled sheep over blue-gray boards (spine with two vertical splits and other defects), plain flat spine. Small woodcut Portuguese royal arms on title page. Internally very good to fine. Occasional light to medium browning. Overall in very good condition. (10 ll.), iv, xxv, 201 pp. *** First edition in this form. The first of the three essays in this volume (pp. 1-102) concern the necessity of introducing industry in Portugal. It had first appeared in the London periodical Investigador portuguez. The second essay (pp. 103-44), written in 1675, is a proposal for transplanting spice trees from India to Brazil, which Macedo thought would bring great wealth to Portugal; it first appeared in the Rio de Janeiro periodical Patriota. The third essay, "Sonho politico" (pp. 145-76), deals with the qualities of a perfect judge. It had already been printed three times, in the Obras metricas, 1721, and in the first and second editions… Read More

[Lisbon, Antonio Isidoro Fonseca, 1743].. 4°, later plain beige wrappers. In good condition. 39 pp. *** Fragment from volume I of Obras do doutor Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo, 2 volumes, Lisbon: Na Officina de Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca, 1743, the first edition of Ribeiro de Macedo's collected works. Ribeiro de Macedo is considered one of the classic Portuguese writers, in fact one of the greatest prose writers in the history of the language. "Occupa um logar mui pouco; mas o que d'elle temos foi o que bastou para os criticos lhe daram logar entre os classicos de primeira nota" (Innocêncio).*** See Innocêncio II, 215-6. Azevedo-Samodães 2813. Avila-Perez 6535. Monteverde 4569. Pinto de Mattos (1970) pp. 538-9. On Ribeiro de Macedo, see also Hanson, Economy and Society in Baroque Portugal pp. 126-37; Ana Hatherly in Biblos, III, 304-5; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, I, 433-4; Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (17th ed., 2001), pp. 446, 484, 536, 543, 548, 563-4;… Read More

Lisbon, Na Officina de Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca á custa de Manoel da Conceição, livreiro, 1743.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 4°, nineteenth-century (ca. 1825-1840) half tan calf over pebbled cloth (some wear at corners), spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt bands and lettering, text-block edges marbled, green silk place marker. Upper margin rather short, causing the word "Obras" in the table of contents for volume I to be just touched. Nevertheless, in very good condition, almost fine. (8 ll.), 329, (1) pp., (1 blank l.); (8 ll.), 357 pp., (1 l.). Leaf A1 in volume II (apparently blank, canceled and replaced by the table of contents leaf following leaf A4). *** FIRST EDITION of Ribeiro de Macedo's collected works. A second edition appeared in Lisbon, 1767. Volume I contains his ambassadorial reports from France, several essays on the political relations between Portugal, France and Spain, and a panegyric on the Nemours family. Volume II contains a genealogy and biography of D.… Read More

Paris, Na Officina de Roberto Chevillion, 1670.. FIRST EDITION. 12°, twentieth century (circa 1985) period crimson morocco, spine richly gilt with raised bands in five compartments, gilt lettering in second and fourth compartments, covers double ruled in blind, marbled endleaves. Four woodcut headpieces. Typographical headpiece. Two woodcut tailpieces. Woodcut initials. Some small ink stains and occasional minor dampstaining. Woodcut headpiece on leaf A1 recto slightly shaved at outer margin. In good to very good condition. (6 ll.), 135, (1) pp. Page 113 wrongly numbered 213. *** FIRST EDITION of this history and genealogy of Conde D. Henrique, the father of the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso I (also known as Afonso Henriques), who reigned 1139-1185. The introduction advises the Conde de Souré on the benefits of studying history. The final page offers a statement from P.G. de Sainte Marthe, historiographer to the king of France, that the Portuguese kings can indeed trace their history back to… Read More

Lisbon, Instituto Português de Museus / Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, 1993.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (27.3 x 23.2 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 70 pp., (1 l.), profusely and excellently illustrated, mostly in color. One of 1,000 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this catalogue for an exhibition of gold jewelry from the provinces of Minho and Douro in the North of Portugal, held at the Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis.***

Lisbon, Por Paulo Craesbeeck, Impressor, & Livreiro das Tres Ordens Militares, 1645.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, later marbled paper wrappers. Woodcut initial on page 1. In good condition. Foliated 236-249 in old ink manuscript on upper outer corner of each leaf recto. (1), 13 ll. []1, A-C4, E1. *** FIRST EDITION. Licenses and tax statement on the lower half of final leaf verso, not present in some copies. There is also an edition of Coimbra: Viuva de Manuel de Carvalho, 1654.Frei Francisco de Sancto Agostinho de Macedo (1596-1681) was a native of Botão, near Coimbra. Entering the Jesuit Order aged 14, he transferred to the Capuchins in 1642. Employed by D. João IV in diplomatic missions to France, Rome, and England. he was made an honorary citizen of Venice during a mission there, and eventually held a chair in moral philosophy at the University of Padua.*** Arouca S131. Barbosa Machado II, 90. Innocêncio II, 323. Iberian Books B71806 [47569]. Monteverde 4831.  Porbase locates six copies: five in… Read More