Search Results: Authors starting with V from Antiquates Ltd

In Venetia [i.e. Venice]: Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1586. [40], 344 [i.e. 346]pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Marked and discoloured, old vellum repair to head of wormed spine. Hinges exposed, naive paper extensions to shaved margins of leaves Hh1-4. From the library of Giovanni Domenico Berio, marchese di Salza (d. 1791), which passed to his son, author and librettist Francesco Maria Berio (1765-1820), with their 'Ex Libris Marchionis Salsae' armorial bookplate on the front pastedown, further armorial bookplate bearing the motto 'Comme je fus' is on the rear pastedown. The first edition of an Italian translation of the Tactica, a significant Byzantine military treatise composed by, or for, the Emperor Leo VI The Wise (866-912), with choice later Italian and English bibliophilic provenance. First translated into Latin (Basel, 1554), the work discusses formations of infantry and cavalry, drills, in addition to siege and naval warfare.… Read More

London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. 71pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's marbled boards, green roan spine, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, both boards held by single cords only, loss to spine. Booksellers ticket of Duffield's Juvenile Library, Bath to FEP, scattered foxing. The first edition, in original unsophisticated state, of an anonymous tale of two London children who are invited to stay with their cousins at Hawthorn Hall in the Essex countryside. A sequel, The summer vacation..., was published in 1821. In his Walks Through Bath... (Bath, 1819), sporting journalist and author Pierce Egan (1772- 1849) makes brief reference to Duffield's Library: 'The news of the day is also to be acquired at the libraries of Messrs. Godwin and Duffield, whose reading-rooms render a lounge most agreeable and pleasant'. Duffield purchased the library, housed at 11 and then later 12 Milsom Street, from… Read More

Reading: Printed by Smart and Cowslade, [1794?] vii, [3], 96pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'From the Author' - a trifle shaved. The sole edition of a pamphlet by William Vanderstegen, published in vindication of his Observations on frauds practised in the collection of the salt duties, and the misconduct of officers fairly stated (Reading, 1793), in which he had levelled charges of corruption at the salt industry and trade. That publication prompted a brief pamphlet war, with merchant and member of the Thames Street Company of Salt Importers, Thomas Weston issuing a response refuting any allegations of misconduct. In this pamphlet, Vanderstegen politely, but firmly refuses to retract his statements, providing further evidence to bolster his charges, particularly with regard to profiteering from exorbitant duties. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (Cambridge, Morrab, and… Read More

Cologne: Chez Pierre le Jeune, 1686. [4], 213pp, [11]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. Rubbed, some loss to head and foot of spine. Endpapers brwoned, armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. The first edition of Claude Vanel's authoritative survey of the political state of the Kingdom of Hungary at the close of the seventeenth century. . First edition. 12mo.

Coloniae Munatianae [i.e. Basel]: Apud Joh. Rud. Thurneisen, 1750. xvi, 563 [i.e. 365]pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 16 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled marbled sheep. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, manuscript shelf-mark to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. A revised and enlarged edition of Jesuit priest and scholar Jacques Vaniere's (1664-1739) didactic poem, written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, praising the picturesque pleasures of life in the countryside and offering inspiration and instruction on the art of gardening, winemaking, hunting and fishing, orchard tending, and beekeeping. . Editio novissima [i.e. new edition]. 8vo.

Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1807. xi, [1], 292pp. With half-title. Recent vellum backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt, with contemporary marbled paper wrappers tipped-in. Minor wear to extremities. Armorial bookplate of 'Robert Henry Clive' to upper wrapper, later ink inscription to half-title, internally clean and crisp. The first edition of this history of the Spanish navy, which includes a life of explorer Pedro Nino (1468-c.1505), by satirical poet and writer Jose de Vargas Ponce (1760-1821). This copy was once a part of the library of British Conservative politician Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), grandson of 'Clive of India', and a founding member of the traveller's club. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1863 [i.e. 1962] [24], cxxi, [7], 320pp, [2]. Contemporary blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. A facsimile of the 1863 translation (produced for the Hakluyt Society) of the travelogue of Italian explorer Ludovico di Varthema (1470-1517), first published in 1510. . Facsimile. 8vo.

Lisboa [i.e. Lisbon]: Na Officina de Jose da Silva Nazareth, 1769. [6], 33pp, [1]. Later marbled paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed. Inked private library shelf-mark to head of title-page, sympathetic paper repair to verso, occasional light spotting. The first edition of an address delivered before the congregation of the church of Santa Joana, Lisbon by Manoel de Vasconcellos (1726-1790); a laudatory oration on the character of Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, Count of Oeiras (1699-1782), bestowed by Joseph I with the title of Marquis of Pombal in the year the present work was printed. . First edition. 8vo.

[Blackburn]: Printed [by C. Tiplady and Son] for private circulation, 1871. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Bernard Lord Coleridge to versos of all FFEPs. A limited edition (one of 156 copies printed for private circulation) of the complete work of metaphysical poet and translator of devotional works Henry Vaughan (1621-1695); compiled and edited, with a dedication to Sir John Duke Coleridge, by literary scholar and theologian Alexander Balloch Grosart (1827- 1899), published as a part of his thirty-nine volume series issued under the general title of the Fuller Worthies Library (1868-1876), and including authors such as Donne, Herbert, and Crashaw. Bernard John Seymour Coleridge, second Baron Coleridge (1851-1927), judge, son of the dedicatee Sir John Duke (afterwards first baron) Coleridge (1820- 1894), and great-grand-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. . 8vo.

London: Printed by J. Darby, for A Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. [4], 35 [i.e. 355]pp, [1]. Parallel French and English text. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, scattered foxing. An early eighteenth-century edition a parallel-text French and English edition of a popular manual on conversation, first published in English in English in 1691, written, despite the spurious claims of the subheading, by Pierre d'Ortigue de Vaumorière (1610-1693). Five editions appeared prior to 1750, the majority attributing the text to Richelieu. ESTC T132009.. 12mo.

Madrid: En la Imprenta del Consejo de Indias, 1785. [12], 257pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled cat's paw calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Josh. Pitt, Cirencester to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. A handsome late eighteenth-century edition of Spanish author Luis Vélez de Guevara's (1579-1644) most celebrated novel. First published in 1641, the work is a fantastical allegorical satire of the laws and customs of Baroque Spain, notably adapted by French dramatist Alain Lesage (1668-1747) as Le Diable boiteux (1707; The Devil upon Two Sticks). The novel is printed here together with two works by playwright Francisco de Navarrete y Ribera, 'Novela de los tres hermanos, escrita sin el uso de la a' and 'Novela del caballero invisible compuesta en equívocos burlescos'. . 8vo.

Bruuxelles: H. Dumont, 1834. [4], xx, 65pp, [1]. With a half-title and 15 lithographed plates. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked and recornered. Lightly rubbed. Plates foxed. The second edition, printed in the year after the first. of French anatomist and physician Alfred Armand Louis Marie Velpeau's (1795-1867) richly illustrated monograph on embryology. The London Medical and Surgical Journal (No. 77, Vol. III., 1833, p.831) received the work favourably: 'Former physiologists commenced with the inferior animals, while our author began with man, and descended to the lowest animal. He divides his subject into two parts, the annexes, or appendages of the embryo, and the whole embryo itself. In treating the different parts of his inquiries, he gives a history of the conclusions of each, and confirms or rejects them by numerous original observations. He displays the most profound erudition and great dexterity as an anatomist. He gives fifteen plates, containing numerous… Read More

Munich: J. Poppel et M. Kurz, 1847. 128pp, [2]. With 24 engraved plates. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. The sole edition, in original state, of a Munich-printed, French language guide to the history and architecture of Venice, handsomely illustrated with twenty-four finely produced engraved plates of views. . 8vo.

London: Burns & Lambert, 1855. xii, 319pp, [1]. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, navy cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Contemporary bookplate with motto 'sancta maria ora pro nobis' and initials 'W. H.' to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. A handsome copy of the collected poems of Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814- 1902), dedicated to theologian, and leader of the Oxford movement, Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890). De vere first met Newman in 1838. In 1854 the Irish Catholic hierarchy appointed Newman to be first rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Newman in turn established de Vere in the chair of political and social science. However, de Vere, ever preoccupied with his poetry, gave no lectures and took no students. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for J. Nourse et el., 1772. [12], 148, [4], 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled marbled calf, later expertly recased preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Very small work-track to foot of latter half of text-block, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'From the Author'. The sole edition of administrator in India Harry Verelst's (1734-1785) defence of the British leadership in Bengal. From 1766 onwards, Verelst became a loyal supporter of Robert Clive (1725-1744) and repeatedly acted as governor during Clive's absence or indisposition, finally succeeded to his position in 1767. William Bolts (1739-1808), a junior merchant and speculator who claimed to have been done great financial and commercial at the hands of Clive and Verelst, went to great lengths in publicly denouncing the supposed arbitrary power exercised by the authorities. In 1772, Verelst published the present work,… Read More

London: The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. An abridged edition of Verne's classic adventure novel, edited by journalist William Thomas Stead (1849-1912); number 47 in the "Review of Review's" Masterpiece Library, Penny Popular Novels series. . 8vo.

London: Printed by Thomas Davidson, [1825]. 15pp, [1]. Recent marbled paper wrappers. A very good copy, with only the slightest of browning to gutter margins of title and final page, and a very small hole to p.11-12. A catalogue of the 1825 Maddox Street gallery exhibition of the works of Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Veronese, accompanied by other master painters including Gainsborough, Lorrain, Rembrandt, and Titian. Scarce, with COPAC recording copies at five locations (BL, Cambridge, Courtauld, Oxford, V&A). OCLC adds Cleveland, Getty, and Princeton. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Castell Brothers. Printed in Bavaria, [1889]. [32]pp. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, buff pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and dulled, short tears/chipping to edges, loss to spine panel. The third known copy of a Bavarian-printed anthology of devotional poetry and Bible verses for each day of the month, preserved in an early pictorial dustwrapper. Castell Brothers were primarily publishers of stationery, greetings cards and board games; founded in London in 1878, the firm operated until purchased by Gibsons in 1983. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at only two locations (BL and Cambridge). . First edition. 16mo.

Guernsey: Printed by H. Brouard, 1849. viii, [2], 112pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting, binder's ticket Weemys & Co. to REP. The sole edition of a Guernsey-printed collection of anonymous devotional, sentimental, and topographical verse, including a poem commemorating the visit of Queen Victoria to the island in 1846, and others containing references to Calf of Man and the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. OCLC and COPAC records copies at six locations (BL, Illinois, LAC, Melbourne, NLW, and Oxford). . First edition. 8vo.

London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., [1862]. iv, 92pp, [2]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement leaf. Original publisher's maroon buckram, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, light ink-staining to boards spine sunned. Ink-spotting to front endpapers, ownership inscription to FFEP, lightly foxed. A charming collection of devotional verses designed for a juvenile readership. . 8vo.