Search Results: Titles starting with I from John Price Antiquarian Books

[Venice] A San Luca al segno del Diamante [per Comin da Trino di Monferrato], 1552. Small 8vo, 153 x 95 mms., foliated, 174 leaves + [8] leaves Index + 3 blank leaves, printer's device on title-page, woodcut portrait of Stephano Colonna on verso of title-page, colophon reading In Vinegia per Comin da Trino di Monderrato L'anno. M. D. LII, printer's mark repeated on verso of last leaf, autograph of "W. J. O'Neill Daunt" on top margin of title-page, bound in contemporary vellum, with what appears to be an image of a turtle in very faded color on the front cover; no leaves before title-page, corner cut from leaf 105, folio 109, stub between Y8 and Z1, small piece of fore-margin torn from P5, leaf 217, some spotting and staining, ties gone, stain on title-page goes through to recto of leaf, slight evidence of worming or rodent active of fore-edge of last three leaves and read cover, binding soiled, but text clean and clear, a respectable copy, from the collection of the Irish… Read More

London: Printed for the Author, by Harjette and Savill..., 1834. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. viii, 136, boards, recent cloth spine; a bit shaken. Inscribed on front free end-paper "W. G. Lewis Esqr/ With the Author's Respects" and further inscribed by Lewis to another person. The recipient is possibly the Baptist minister, William Garrett Lewise (1821 - 1885). Copac locates copies at the BL, Cambridge, Glasgow, St. Andrews; OCLC lists no North American copies

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xl, 198, original cloth; some marginal annotations in ink and pencil, spine a little snagged and worn.

London: Printed for E. Curll..., 1713. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [ii], iv, 105 [106 - 108 Contents, 109 - 112 adverts], engraved portrait of Theocritus as frontispiece, contemporary calf; upper joints cracked, top and base of spine chipped. With the autograph and date of Henry Samuel Partridge (1772 - 1858), Magdalen College, Oxford, 23 January 1802, on the front paste-down end-paper. Creech's translation of Theocritus was first published in 1684, just two years after his very successful translation of Lucretius. Straus, p. 221.

Londini: Prostat Venalis apud T. Payne et Filium..., 1787. 8vo (in 4s), 215 x 123 mms., pp. viii, cxxii,[2], 319 [320 errata], engraved frontispiece and two other engraved plates, contemporary polished tree calf, gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments to a flower motif, red leather label; front joint slightly cracked, top and base of spine slightly chipped. Ignoramus was first performed in Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1615 and first printed in 1630; Ruggle (1575 - 1622) wrote other English comedies, but this one was his most successful and continued to be performed up to the end of the 18th century. The play, which apparently lasted five hours when first performed, is a satire on lawyers and is modelled on an Italian comedy, La Trappolaria (1596) by Giambattista della Porta, itself modelled on Plautus. Hawkins' critical edition is a model of 18th century editing and annotation, explaining all the legal jokes. "Scenes from it (edited and produced by David Money,… Read More

In Londra: Presso Molini..., 1795. FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. Large 8vo, 249 x 159 mms. pp. [iii] - x [xi index, xii blank], 253 [254 errata], including half-title, engraved frontispiece (by Medland after Joino), 6 other engraved plates by Birrell after Anne Melicent Clarke, with footnote on page 8, uncut and unopened, almost illegible contemporary autograph on title-page, contemporary marbled boards, with later (19th century) spine and paper label. This Italian translation by George Sivrac uses the plates by Harding that first appeared in 1793. The work appears in various states and issues: this appears to be Hazen's second state. Hazen, p. 63.

In Venetia, Appresso Paulo Ugolino, 1599. Small 8vo, 153 x 99 mms., foliated [xl], 212, contemporary limp vellum; text block pulling away from binding, itself soiled and creased, with repair to inner margin of last leaf; generally just a fair copy, with a contemporary addition to the editor's name on the title-page The scholar Antonio Ciccarelli da Fulgni was active in the late 16th century and died in the same year as this edition of Castiglionle's work appeared, though his function as editor seems to have consisted mainly of expurgating certain passages in the text. "In 1528, the year before his death, the book for which Castiglione is most famous, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano), was published in Venice by the Aldine Press[11] run by the heirs of Aldus Manutius. The book, in dialog form, is an elegiac portrait of the exemplary court of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro of Urbino during Castiglione's youthful stay there at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It… Read More

Londra Per Tommaso Edlin, 1725. 4to, 213 x 139 mms., pp. [xxii], thereafter foliated, with 284 leaves, [6 unnumbered leaves], pp. 49 50 blank], engraved frontispiece, engraved title dated 1527, engraved frontispiece, fine engraved portrait of Boccaccio, several engraved cul-de-lampes, including three-page list of subscribers, contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, red leather label; joints cracked (but firm), lower panel on spine defective, top and base of spine chipped, corners worn. After the last of subscribers and a note is double engraved title-page, with the Giunta on the recto and that of Edlin on the verso. This more-or-less diplomatic reprint was the work of the librettist and translator of Milton, Paolo Rolli (1687 - 1765), who worked in England from 1717 until 1737. A reprint of the much-admired edition by the Heirs of Filipo Giunta [i. e., Pasinello] in Florence in 1527.

Londra Pressa Ch. Chrichley, 1742. FIRST EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 185 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], 100, with the contemporary notation under Steele 's name "da P. Rolli," i. e. the librettist and renowned Italian poet Paolo Rolli (1687-1765). Lacks engraveed frontispiece, edges of leaves a bit ragged and other very slight wear. BOUND WITH: ANTONI (Sebastiano): La Congiura di Bruto, Figiuolo di Cesare. Tragedia del Signor Deglie Antoni. In Vicenza, Con Licenza de Skuperiori, 1733. 8vo, 185 x 110 mms. pp. viii, 80 2 volumes in 1, bound in contemporary quarter vellum, with leather corners, marbled boards (very worn); spine chipped and slightly defective but a good copy. The inscription under Steele's name almost certainly refers to Paolo Rolli (1687-1765) and identifies the translator of Steele's play The Funeral; or Grief A La Mode 1701) for the first time. Rolli translated other work by Steele, e. g. The Conscious Lovers and The Lying Lover, and is known to have worked with… Read More

In Padova Nell Stamperia de Seminaro, Appresso Giovanni Manfrè Con Licenza de Superiori, e Privilego, 1746. 4to, 235 x 180 mms., pp. [xxxii], 502, title-page in red and black, engraved head- and tail-pieces, contemporary vellum, title in ink on spine; ex library with stamp on verso of title-page and last page of text, some very minor defects to four leaves, ot affecting text, binding slightly soiled, but a very good copy. The Jesuit William Darrell (1651–1721) was born in Buckinghamshire and became a Jesuit priest in 1671 and had a distinguished career as scholar and teacher both in England and in France. The work was first published as The Gentleman Instructed in the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life, in 1704 and the Italian translation in 1728. The work was very popular in Britain and was frequently reprinted. "It was published with a supplement, 'A word to the ladies', in 1708 and was in its tenth edition by 1731. According to Dodd it was 'much admired and… Read More

In Amsterdam, nella Stamperia del S. D. Elsevier, Et In parigi si vende Appresso Thomaso Jolly..., 1778. 32mo (in 8s), measuring 104 x 64 mms., pp. 271 [272 blank], 285 [286 blank], engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 24 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary roan, gilt spine, all edges gilt (faded and rubbed); front cover detached, rear joint cracked, corners worn.

Venezia Appresso Antonio Bortoli Con licenza de Sup. e Priv., 1706. Small folio, 237 x 163 mms., pp. [x], 366 [367 - 368 errata], engraved title-page, engraved portrait of author before main body of text, musical notations through, bound in 19th century half calf, darkly marbled boards, neatly rebacked in matching calf, with black morocco labels. A very good and attractive copy. This appears to be the sole publication by Fra. Zaccaria Tevo (1651 - c. 1709), who was also a composer. "Whereas most theoretical writings propound an individual theorist's view on a specific aspect of music, occasionally there appeared a work which summarized a large body of information with no pretensions of originality. Zaccaria Tevo's Musico testore (1706) borrows profusely from authors both ancient and modern and provides, in under four hundred pages, and provides a rich compendium of the ideas and techniques which formed the basis for early eighteenth-century theory. GALILEI, MERSENNE, and KIRCHER… Read More

London, Princed by R. Raworth, M DC XLVII. 1647. Small folio, 202 x 158 mms., pp. [xii], 223 [224 blank], including engraved portrait by Thomas Cross of Guarini as frontispiece, engraved plate opposite first page of text, contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with old spine and black leather label laid down, with ducal crest imprinted in blind on front cover. A very good copy. Il Pastor Fido was first performed in honour of the nuptials of the Duke of Savoy and Catharine of Austria in 1585 and published in 1590 in Venice; it was frequently reprinted thereafter. Guarini (1538-1612) "is remembered for the immensely popular and influential pastoral play, Il pastor fido (1589; The Faithful Shepherd), which stirred up a far-reaching critical debate. Guarini's controversial innovation was in mixing the noble and sentimental styles to create a new genre, his "pastoral tragicomedy," which went far beyond its model, Tasso's Aminta, in combining heroic and pastoral elements. He… Read More

In Glasgua, Della Stampa di Roberto ed Andrea Foulis e si Vendono Appresso Loro, e Giovanni Balfour in Edinburgo, 1763. Small 8vo, 149 x 88 mms., pp. 264, 7 engraved plates by Sebastien Le Clerc (1637 - 1714), contemporary calf, gilt ruled border on cover, spine ornately gilt to a thistle motif, olive morocco label; lower margin of one plate water-stained not affecting plate, joints cracked (but firm), top and bottom of spine chipped, corners worn, but a fair to good copy, with the bookplate of Joseph Knight dated 1863 on the front past-down marbled end-paper, and three autograph inscriptions on the recto of the second front free end-paper, that of Joseph Knight (faint), "George White A. M./ Rector of Huntspill/ Somersetshire/ late Fellow of Balliol/ College Oxford/ 1789," and "[?Scott Nevell]/ 1870." Guarini's Il Pasto Fido was first published in 1590 in Venice. Gaskell 418.

In Venezia appresso Vincenzo Valgrissi, 1560. . Large 8vo, 216 x 147 mms., unpaginaed, collating *8, **4, A-Z8, AA - DD8, a total of 228 leaves, with register on recto of last leaf, printer's ornament on verso, woodcut title-page with medallion portraits of Petrarca and Laura facing each other, a vignette repeated on the top margin of the verso of leaf *5, bound in contemporary quarter calf, vellum boards, all edges gilt; spine a bit dried, boards slightly soiled, but an attractively-printed text, with the armorial bookplate of Sir Rowland Hill (1772 - 1842) "Avancez," on the front paste-down end-paper, and a name in a later hand, probably 18th century on the title-page, "? Rtapotheye". From The Oregon Petrarch Open Book(https://petrarch.uoregon.edu/apparatus/commentary/14670: "Alessandro Vellutello's Commentary, Il Petrarca con l'espositione di M. Alessandro Velutello, was first published in 1525 and was more successful… Read More

Milano Nelle Stampe dell'Agnelli Scultore, & Stampatore, 1680. FIRST AND ONLY ITALIAN TRANSLATION. 12mo, 133 x 74 mms., pp. [x], 251 [252 blank], including engraved title-page, half-title, 5 full-page engraved plates, contemporary vellum, light olive morocco label. A very good copy The French author and playwright Jean Puget de la Serre (1594 - 1665) was a prolific author, publishing over one hundred works in his life; Le Tombeau des delices du monde was first published in Brussels in 1630 and this appears to be the first and only Italian translation. There were numerous French reprints after the first edition of 1630. A satire, the work is more a sepulcher or tomb of the vanities of the world, rather than a bonfire, and the engraved title-page is presumably a representation of souls in hell. The five plates for the five senses are by Nicolaus vander Horst (1598 - 1546), but re-engraved here. See Veronique Meyer: "Un Auteur du XVIIe Siecle et Illustration de sesLivres: Jean… Read More

In Vinetia Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrarii, 1570. Small 4to, pp. [vii], 254, 197 x 123 mms., fine full-page woodcut of soldier on horse before first page of text, 13 woodcuts in text, 26 letter diagrams of troop formations, including one full-page. woodcuts and plans in text; some upper margins closely trimmed. Domenico Mora (1530 - c. 1610) was an Italian writer and military leader who had lived twenty years in Poland working at the service of two kings of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stephen Báthory and Sigismund III Vasa. The work is divided into four parts, the first discussing the duties of a commanding officer; the second covers battle plans, tactics, and strategy; the third, fortification; and the fourth on attacking, conquering, and holding territory, usually a city. Mora expressed some scepticism about soldiers and the vocation of soldiering, asserting that many if not most were undisciplined, given to rape, plunder, and random killings. BOUND WITH: RUSCELLI… Read More

London: Printed for J. Johnson..., 1809. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iii] - 506; [ii], 462, contemporary half calf (marbled boards); lacks half-titles, spine volume 1 slightly defective and with both covers detached, front joint volume 2 cracked and tender. Cowper's translations of Homer were first published in 1791. Russell 279.

Roma Presso La Santa Sede, Ec...., 1830. Large 4to, 283 x 207 mms., pp. vii [viii blank, ix floor plan, x - xi blank, xii lline-engraved ilkustration, 73 [74 imprints], 24 full-page line engravings, contemporary vellum (soiled), printed on thick paper, a very good copy with the bookplate of Samuel Gurney on the front paste-down end-paper. The engravings here came from the workshop of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 - 1520), known generally as Raffaello and reproduce the plan and all wall-paintings from the Sala di Costantino, painted by his workshop between 1520 and 1524.

Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ritchie, for the Society for Publishing Religious Tracts, 1797. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo (in 6s) 165 X 100 mms., pp. 24, disbound; corner torn from title-page. On the verso of the title-page: "The following Discourse was found among the papers on an amiable Christian lately deceased. It does not seem to have been intended by the author for publicaiton. But as it relates to a subject of great importance, and is written with much Christian simplicity, it is hoped its cirulations will not be unseasonsable." ESTC T154487 locates copies in NLS and John Rylands in UK libraries; McMaster and Pittsburgh Theological in North Americ