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

Lisbon, Academia Portuguesa da História, 1996.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 2 volumes. Very large 8º (24.8 x 19.1 cm.), original printed white wrappers. As new. 368 pp.; (1 blank l.), [371]-781 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Of the 47 contributions, 12 are in Portuguese and 35 are in Spanish. The focus is on Brazilian-Portuguese relations and questions of history, juridical matters, and literature. Among the articles are "Asuntos y cuestiones relacionadas con Portugal y Brasil que se plantean a un biografo de Simón Bolívar" by Tomás Polanco Alcántara, vol. I, pp. 73-79; "Lo nacional y lo americano en la independencia del Perú" by Jose Agustín de la Puente Candamo, vol. II, pp. 455-469; and "Limites entre Ecuador y Brasil" by Angel Nicanor Bedoya Maruri, vol. II, pp. 541-547.***

(Belo Horizonte), Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, 1977.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, original printed wrappers. In good to very good condition. 260 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. Includes essays on politics, literature, culture, and the cities and towns of the Brazilian province of Minas Gerais.***

Lisbon, Typ. de Castro & Irmão, 1852.. First Edition in Portuguese. 8°, original pale pink printed wrappers (some creasing and short tears). Elaborate title-page woodcut of the combined arms of Portugal and Spain. Very occasional slight foxing. Internally fine; overall in very good condition. (1 l.), xiii, 95 pp., (4 ll.), 2 folding maps: 1 very large folding map showing political divisions of Iberia since the Moorish occupation; 1 hand-colored folding map of Iberia. *** First edition in Portuguese; a second and third appeared in Lisbon, 1853 and 1855. Palau lists Spanish editions of Madrid, 1853, 1854 (third edition), 1856 (fourth edition) and 1858. The Portuguese translation of this work advocating an Iberian union roused a furor in Portugal: Innocêncio cites several works in response to it.There are significant references to Macau and Hong Kong.*** Palau 156931: calling for xiii, 95 pp., 2 portraits (in error) and 2 maps, and giving the title as A Iberia, memoria sobre a conveniencia da… Read More

London, Hakluyt Society, 1987.. Large 8°, publisher's boards with dust jacket. As new. xvii, (1), 342 pp. *** Sir Henry Holland, a celebrated physician and tireless traveller, visited Iceland in 1810 and again in 1871. His account offers fastidiously detailed scientific data and a view of Icelandic society.***

Granada, Joseph de la Puerta, (1732).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, early plain wrappers. Title-page with typographical border; woodcut initials and headpieces. Crisp and clean. (2 ll.), 36 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this very rare pamphlet on the Spanish capture of the Algerian port of Oran in June of 1732, written by the expedition's auditor general. Cueva prefaces his account with a description of Oran and its fortifications, the natural history of the surrounding area, and the town's history. First captured by Spaniards in 1509, in an attempt to curtail Moorish privateering as well as to extend the sphere of Christian influence, Oran was relinquished in 1708 by a Spain weakened by the War of Spanish Succession. After reciting the history of the 1509 expedition, Cueva offers his account of the 1732 expedition commanded by D. Joseph Patiño and its successful recapture of Oran. Appended to the pamphlet are lists of officers and "otros aventureros" taking part in the expedition, and a list… Read More

Lisbon, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica, 1988.. Folio (40 x 29.8 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. (1 blank, 9 ll.), 150 ll. of plates, (5, 1 blank, 2, 1 blank, 1 ll.). *** Facsimile reprint of the scarce original edition of Lisbon, 1949.***

Paris, François Barrois, 1717.. 12°, contemporary speckled calf (joints going, spine slightly defective at head and foot, corners worn), spine richly gilt with raised bands in six compartments, crimson morocco lettering piece in second compartment from head, marbled endleaves, text block edges sprinkled red and brown. Engraved headpieces and initials. Wormhole in gutter of 33 ll. near beginning, minor worming at outer margin pp. 133-327, none affecting text. xx pp., (4 ll.), 40, 327 pp. *** Second edition. The first appeared in 1695. Nicolas Choarti (or Chicherai) de Buzanval (1611-1679) took orders, and served as a diplomat. Known for his dedication to his diocese while Bishop of Beauvais, he bequeathed all his goods to the poor.Mesenguy (1677-1763) was best known for his works defending the Jansenists. Although he spoke with many who had known the Bishop and consulted the Bishop's letters, memoirs and sermons, Mesenguy states that rather than giving a precisely detailed account of the Bishop's… Read More

Amsterdam, Johann Jacob Schipper, 1659.. 12°, contemporary stiff vellum, edges rouged (some soiling, short split at top of upper joint). 103 nearly full-page engraved emblems. Slightly browned. Fine impressions of the engravings.In good condition. Engraved title, (11 ll.), 831, (1) pp., (2, 2 blank ll.). *** An early edition of this enormously popular work, with over a hundred nearly full-page, nicely engraved emblems, present in fine impressions. First published in Munich, 1640, the Idea went through more than twenty editions in the original Spanish, and was translated into French, Italian, English and German as well as Latin. After Quevedo's Política de Dios and the works of Gracián, it is the finest Golden Age treatise on statecraft, covering the education of a prince, his relations with ministers and subjects, his duties as head of state, and his duties to himself in old age and in preparation for death. The emblems at the beginning of each chapter are pictorial statements of the chapter's… Read More

Lisbon, Typographia do Commercio, 1914.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8° (25.5 x 19.3 cm.), original gray printed wrappers (some spotting, spine weak). Internally fine; overall in very good condition. Author's signed 3-line in manuscript inscription in upper blank margin of title page. 79, (1) pp., 2 folding maps in color, 1 leaf with 2 black-and-white photos. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Chapters on documents for the study of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the epicenter; propagation of the earthquake in Portugal; conclusions on the tectonics of Portugal; effects of the earthquake; and notes on Atlantis.***

Rio de Janeiro, Cunha & Irmão, 1895.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards (slight wear at corners; ugly later white manuscript author and title on spine), original printed wrappers bound in. Light browning. In good condition. Ownership inscription of (?) Meirelles, S. Luis, 1911. 258 pp., (1 l. contents), 12 pp. advt. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, with essays on the national theater, women in the intellectual evolution of Brazil, Camillo Castello Branco, Tolstoy's Kreutzer sonata, Jorge Ohnet, the future of poetry, public and private morals, Boulanger, and Zola and Bourget. Viveiros de Castro, a native of Maranhão, was a professor of criminal law.*** Sacramento Blake III, 19: without place and date of publication, or collation. Ford, Whittem & Raphael, Tentative Bibliography of Brazilian Belles-Lettres p. 43: with a list of the contents. NUC: DLC, NN, ICN.

Lisbon, Estampa, 1991.. 2 volumes. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 459 pp., (2 ll.); 330 pp., (2 ll.). Maps and charts. *** Winner of the Prémio de Historia Alfredo Pimenta and the Prémio de Ensaio do Pen Club. The first edition appeared in 1985, the second in 1986, and the third in 1988.José [João da Conceição Gonçalves] Mattoso (born Leira, 1933), outstanding medieval historian and university professor, recognized in Portugal and internationally as one of the most distinguished scholars of the history of medieval Portugal. Much of his scholarly work is largely devoted to that period. He was for 20 years a Benedictine monk, living in the Abbey of Singeverga, Belgium, under the name Frei José de Santa Escolástica Mattoso. During this time he received an undergraduate degree with a major in history, followed by a doctorate in medieval hitory from the Catholic University of Louvain. Returning to secular life in 1970, he taught at the Universidade de Lisboa and at the… Read More

[Lisbon], [colophon] Na Offic. de Antonio Gomes, 1791.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Light browning. Overall in good condition. 8 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this pastoral poem signed in print at the end with the initials "P.P.J.E.F."*** Not located in Innocêncio. Not in Fonseca, Pseudónimos. Not in Guerra Andrade, Dicionário de pseudónimos. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched). Not located in NUC.

Austin, University of Texas Press, 1964.. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Price clipped. Otherwise as new. xv, 355 pp. *** Cattle industry in West Texas.***

Lisbon, Tipografia Ideal for The Author, 1956.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (slightly soiled). In good to very good condition. 95 pp., (1 l. table of contents, smaller l. errata, 1 l. colophon). One of 300 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this book of poems, one of the author's early publications, accompanied by a theoretical essay.E.[rnesto] M.[anuel Geraldes] de Melo e Castro (Covilhã, 1932-São Paulo, 2020), textile engineer, poet, artist, essayist and critic, was one of the leaders of the literary vanguard in Portugal during the second half of the twentieth century. *** On Melo e Castro see Fernando J.B. Martinho in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 118; Biblos, I, 1062-3; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 121-4; also Pamplona, Dicionaìrio de pintores e escultores portugueses (2nd ed.), II, 74. Porbase locates three copies: two at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and one at the Faculdade de Letras-Universidade do… Read More

Lisbon, Publicações Ciência e Vida, 1987.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 85 pp., profusely illustrated. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION in book form. An article by Pedro Dias with the same title appeared in Boletim da Academia Nacional de Belas artes, 2nd series, XXXII (1978), 63-82. The present book considerably augments the article.***

Rome, Nella Tipografia Salviucci, 1864.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4° (22.5 x 16 cm.), original pinkish-beige rear printed wrapper (front wrapper missing). Elaborate wood-engraved initial on p. 3; wood-engraved ornaments on pp. 3 and 36. Elegantly printed on heavy paper, with generous margins. Light stain. Overall in good condition. 36 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION, read by the Duque de Saldanha to a group of Rome's intellectual elite.JJoão Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun, (1790-1876) was marshal of the liberal armies fighting for D. Maria II; he was raised to the rank of conde (1827; confirmed 1833), marquês (1834), and finally duque (1846). Ninth son of the 1.º Conde de Rio Maior and maternal grandson of the 1.º Marquês de Pombal, he was also one of the dominant personalities in Portuguese politics of his era, serving as a cabinet minister 24 times (War, Foreign Affairs, Finance), four times as President of the Council of Ministers and leading a seven coups d'état.*** See also Nobreza… Read More

Rome, Nella Stamperia de Romanis, 1813-1814.. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8°, contemporary boards, spines covered with blue paper and with printed labels (chipping at joints, darkened). Facing pages English and Italian. Uncut. Pinpoint wormhole in inner margin of about the first 70 leaves of volume I, never touching text; more serious worming to about the 60 final leaves of volume II, affecting 5-6 letters per page from p. 356 to end. Overall in good condition (if not for the worming, in fine condition). Contemporary signature on verso of front free endpaper of Roiz [i.e., Rodriguez?] da Silva. 447; 383; 480 pp. *** First edition thus, with English and Italian on facing pages. Mariottini's translation of the first book of Paradise Lost was published in London, 1794; to a critical review in The British Critic he retorted with An Italian warning to the British Critic, London, 1794. Mariottini's translation of the entire Paradise Lost was printed in London, 1796, by G. Polidori.Felice Mariottini… Read More

Angra do Heroísmo, Imprensa da Junta Geral, 1883 (on title page; on front wrapper: 1884).. First Edition. 4°, twentieth-century (second quarter?) half sheep over decorated boards (minor wear), smooth spine gilt in romantic fashion, crimson leather lettering piece, gilt letter, decorated endleaves, original green printed wrappers bound in (repairs to upper outer corner of rear wrapper). Occasional light browning. Seven leaves with skillful repairs to upper inner margins, never affecting the text. Overall in good condition. 297 pp., (2 ll.), 1 folding map of Graciosa. *** FIRST EDITION. The Instituto Açoriano de Cultura published a second in 1981. The work includes chapters on the discovery of the island and its history to 1640; the people, customs, flora and fauna; geology; P. Antonio Vieira, Chateaubriand, P. Jeronymo d'Andrade and the liberal movement; public education including Almeida Garrett; Caldeira da Praia; trade and industry; the coast, mountains, press, philharmonic societies, and the… Read More

Angra do Heroismo, Imprensa da Junta Geral, 1883 (on title page; on front wrapper: 1884).. FIRST EDITION. 4°, recent purple half sheep over faux reptilian boards, (somewhat worn, but sound), top edges rouged, other edges uncut, original tan wrappers (neatly repaired) bound in. Some light browning. Marginal repairs to last four leaves, not affecting text. Map with 3" tear and several short tears at folds, without loss. In good condition overall. 297 pp., (2 ll.), 1 folding map of Graciosa. *** FIRST EDITION. The Instituto Açoriano de Cultura published a second in 1981. The work includes chapters on the discovery of the island and its history to 1640; the people, customs, flora and fauna; geology; P. Antonio Vieira, Chateaubriand, P. Jeronymo d'Andrade and the liberal movement; public education including Almeida Garrett; Caldeira da Praia; trade and industry; the coast, mountains, press, philharmonic societies, and the Monte d'Ajuda (one of the island's highest elevations).António Borges do Canto… Read More

Angra do Heroísmo, Imprensa da Junta Geral, 1883 (on title page; on front wrapper: 1884).. First Edition. 4°, recent quarter mottled sheep over decorated boards, spine gilt, original printed wrappers (repaired) bound in. Some minor waterstains, occasional light browning. Overall in good to very good condition. Author's dated presentation inscription on half-title: "Ao seu presado amigo // A.A. de Castilho, // penhor de Sincera amizade // e affectuosa intima // offe. o auctor // Porto, 8 d'Abril de 1893." 297 pp., (2 ll.), 1 folding map of Graciosa (small repair). *** FIRST EDITION. The Instituto Açoriano de Cultura published a second in 1981. The work includes chapters on the discovery of the island and its history to 1640; the people, customs, flora and fauna; geology; P. Antonio Vieira, Chateaubriand, P. Jeronymo d'Andrade and the liberal movement; public education including Almeida Garrett; Caldeira da Praia; trade and industry; the coast, mountains, press, philharmonic societies, and the… Read More