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

Paris, Imprimerie Centrale des Chemins de Fer, A. Chaix et Cia, 1880.. Large 8°, wrappers gone, spine split, faded, and somewhat defective, stitching loose. Uncut and mostly unopened. In good condition. Needs binding. 311 pp. *** According to Ernesto do Canto, this was published by the Portuguese government, which never recognized the loan to D. Miguel made in 1832. Nevertheless, bondholders from time to time attempted to create some value from what had become virtually worthless bonds.*** Cf. Canto, Ensaio bibliographico … 1828 a 1834 (1892), 934 (calling for 250 pp.; presumably the first edition).

Paris, Chez F. Béchet Ainé, 1819.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, contemporary tree calf (wear at corners, head and foot of spine; other minor wear), smooth spine gilt with olive morocco lettering-piece, gilt letter, marbled endleaves and edges. Very occasional light foxing. In good to very good condition. Contemporary ink inscription "Conde de Rio Maior Antonio" on half-title. xxvii, 378 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of this survey of Europe in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), including military status and public debts of sovereign nations, and a comparison with the status of Europe before the French Revolution. OCLC lists 1819 editions with imprints of Paris, and Paris and Brussels.Pradt (1759-1837) was born in Allanches (Auvergne) and received a doctorate of theology from the Université de Paris in 1786. In 1789 he was elected to the États Généraux, where he defended the interests of the clergy until fleeing to Germany after the outbreak of the French Revolution. For… Read More

Paris, Chez Béchet Aîné; and Rouen: Chez Béchet fils, 1821.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8°, contemporary plain blue wrappers (somewhat worn), publisher's printed labels on spines (slightly defective). Uncut and mostly unopened. Overall in very good condition; internally fine. (1 l.), xxvi, (2) pp., 255 p., (1 l. errata); (2 ll.), 257 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION; a second appeared in Paris, 1828. Among the topics: the United States Constitution, Hesse-Darmstadt, social reform, political science, government and aristocracy in France and Great Britain, Latin America, the Jesuits, the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) and the Congress of Carlsbad (1819), following the Napoleonic Wars, the former French colony of Santo Domingo, and the "Manifeste de la nation portuguaise."Pradt (1759-1837) was born in Allanches (Auvergne) and received a doctorate of theology from the Université de Paris in 1786. In 1789 he was elected to the États Généraux, where he defended the interests of the clergy until… Read More

Lisbon, Junta de Investigações Científica Tropical / Centro de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga, 1983.. Folio (28.8 x 20.8 cm.), publlisher's gilt-stamped boards with dust jacket (some minor soiling to dust jacket; otherwise in fine condition). Overall in very good condition. 331, (1) pp., 23 ll. plates, most printed on both sides, with many images of maps and plans, 5 large folding plates, footnotes, extensive bibliography, index. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

(Santiago de Chile), Imprenta de la Independencia, dated 28 January 1834.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (29 x 19 cm.), disbound. Caption title. Very light foxing. Good to very good condition. Early manuscript foliation in ink. (1 l.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Another installment in the epic legal battles of Ramón Aliaga. The issue in dispute is whether a married woman can legally cohabit with a clergyman, as a manceba. *** Briseño I, 19. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.

Brussels, Typo-Lithographie Générale, 1910.. First separate edition. Large 8°, original printed wrappers (some very minor chipping). In good to very good condition. 35 pp. *** First and only separate edition.*** NUC: MB, DCU-IA.

[Santiago de Chile], n.pr., dated 15 February 1823.. Folio (30.5 x 20.5 cm.), unbound. Caption title. Uncut. Foldlines. In very good to fine condition. Substantial portions in manuscript; three autograph signatures; early filing note on blank verso. Broadside. *** Promotes D. Juan Fernandez to captain of the Second Infantry Batallion. The document includes the autograph signatures of all three members of the Junta Gubernativa that had been governing Chile since the abdication of O'Higgins on January 28, 1823: Agustín de Eyzaguirre, José Miguel Infante, and Fernando Errázuriz.*** Not located in Briseño. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.

Lisbon, Impresso por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1605.. FIRST EDITION. 4° in 8s, contemporary calf (almost pristine, with only the slightest wear), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, short title gilt in second compartment from head, covers elaborately decorated in blind, text block edges rouged. Woodcut initials. Text and "Tabula" in two columns. Light soiling on title page. An attractive copy, in very good to fine condition. Small armorial stamp on title page of António José da Cunha Reis da Mota Godinho. Armorial bookplate of his great-great-great grandson, António da Cunha Reis, with initials "A.C.R.". Rectangular stamp of António da Cunha Reis above bookplate on front pastedown endleaf. [10], 351, [7] ll. ¶10 A-Z 2a-2x 2y (¶1 verso blank; ¶10 and 2y6 blank). Licenses in Portuguese. *** FIRST EDITION of one of the most important early accounts of Hernando de Soto's expedition. Two issues of the title page are said to exist, one with the date 1605 (as here), one without date.… Read More

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, Éditeurs / Librarie Nouvelle [colophon: Paris: J. Claye, imprimeur], 1875.. Large 8°, disbound. Vignette with publisher's monogram on title page. Foxing. Internally in good condition. Overall less than good. (2 ll.), xvi, 142 pp., (1 blank l.). *** The play was accompanied by music by J. Offenbach (not present in this volume). Includes a cast list on the verso of the title page.*** *** BOUND WITH:  ALFIERI, Vittorio. Mirra: tragedia en cinco actos de Alfieri. Traducida librement al castellano con prévia autorizacion por los señores A. Leopoldo y S. Infante de Palacios. Representada en Paris por la primera vez el 29 de Mayo de 1855 por La Compañia Dramatica al servicio de S.M. El Rey de Cerdeña. Colophon: Imprenta de E. Thunot y Cª, calle Racine, 26, cerca del Odeon. 32 pp. Some foxing. Overall in good condition.Includes a cast list at the foot of the title page.

Buenos Aires, En la Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos, 9 August 1810.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, unbound. Tear on final leaf, affecting five words without loss. In good to very good condition. (3 pp.) *** FIRST EDITION. On 25 May 1810 a provisional junta was formed to supersede the authority of the viceroy and to carry on the government. Although the new government acted in the name of King Fernando VII, the "Revolution of May 25" was in fact a declaration of independence for Buenos Aires. In this edict, the Junta orders owners of houses fronting on streets to repair the pavement before their homes, and gives specifications for pavements and drains. It also prohibits leaving garbage or dead animals in public thoroughfares and orders owners to kill all dogs in the city within eight days. The decree is signed by the officers of the new government, who were prominent figures in the May revolution: Saavedra, Castelli, Alberti, Mateu, Larrea and Moreno.*** Furlong 1905. Medina 789. Not located in CCPBE.… Read More

Madrid, Imprenta del Colegio de Sordo-Mudos y de Ciegos, 1862.. FIRST EDITION. 4°, contemporary quarter dark purple morocco over marbled boards (front joint with about a 4 cm. split near head of spine, some wear to corners, minor worm damage to leather on front cover), smooth spine with gilt bands and ornaments (some wear to head and foot), title in gilt letters, text block edges sprinkled red. Internally fine; overall in good to very good condition. 181 pp., (1 l. errata), tables in text. *** FIRST EDITION; a second appeared in 1872. Considers the benefits and drawbacks of having favorable customs regulations within the Iberian Peninsula, and their effects on agriculture, industry, and trade; supported with numerous statistical tables.*** Palau 98394.

London, n.pr., 1776.. 8°, contemporary mottled calf (some wear), spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt fillets, crimson morocco lettering piece, gilt short-title, marbled endleaves, light blue silk ribbon place marker. Woodcut vignette on title page. Woodcut headpiece on p. [iii]. Woodcut tailpiece on p. xvi. Woodcut headpiece on p. [1]. Typographical headpieces. Small typographical tailpieces. Some light toning. Overall in good condition. xvi, 299 pp. *** Third edition (the first two having been published in Paris the same year), of this translation by Jean-François de La Harpe (1739-1803), French playwright, writer and literary critic, with substantial historical and critical notes. There were subsequent editions in the nineteenth century. La Harpe's work contributed greatly to the Lusíadas becoming better known in Europe outside of Portugal, especially in France.*** Biblioteca Nacional, Pina Martins, Catálogo da exposição bibliográfica, iconográfica e medalhística de… Read More

Lisbon, Prefácio, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small folio (26.9 x 21.3 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 96 pp., profusely illustrated, a few illustrations in color. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Paris, Pierre Lafitte, 1912.. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers (some wear, spine partly defective). Light browning. Overall in good to very good condition. Label ("Idéal - Bibliothèque") pasted on to front wrapper. 92 pp., (2 ll.), black-and-white illustrations in text. *** *** NUC: Not located in NUC.@, which locates a copy at DLC with 317 pp., 1 l., containing 9 different works.

N.p., n.pr., possibly 1837.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (29 x 18.5 cm.), disbound. Woodcuts at head of page of a cavalryman and two footsoldiers. Caption title. In good to very good condition. Early manuscript foliation in ink. Broadside. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The local militia of Valparaiso encourages the participants of the expedition against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, which set sail in September 1837. This flyer was clearly written after the Quillota mutiny of June, which resulted in the execution of Diego Portales: "Decidles tambien que entre vosotros están los que en época mas reciente y de fúnebre memoria, ahogaron al nacer el monstruo impio de la rebelion, incitado por ese mismo tirano que vais a destronar." In a 180-degree shift of public opinion, Marshal Santa Cruz was blamed for the Quillota mutiny and the death of Portales, and Chileans were suddenly eager to invade Peru.*** Not located in Briseño. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc. Not… Read More

Lisbon, Colibri / IELT, Instituto de Estudos de Literatura Tradicional, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010.. First published edition. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 317 pp., (2 ll.), maps and tables in text, footnotes, bibliography. *** First published edition of what was originally an exceptional doctoral thesis defended at Université Paris Nanterre in 2007. From the North down to the south of Portugal, in the ruins of ancient monuments and of abandoned villages, as well as in certain rocks, dolmens, grottos, water springs, wells and even rivers we find the shelters to an enchanted Moira, a fantastic creature that was entrusted of a treasure. This creature, a she, waits for someone to disenchant her. Sometimes this creature appears to humans under the shape of a woman and others under that of an animal (a goat or a serpent). She can also show herself as a woman in the torso and as a snake from the waist down, simultaneously. It usually… Read More

Barcelona, Tipo-Lit. de Celestino Verdaguer, 1884.. 8°, modern burgundy cloth, spine with red and green spine labels. Elegant head- and tailpieces. Slight browning (but not brittle). In good condition. 175, (1) pp. *** Second and preferred edition, revised and augmented, with more than 70 pages added to the first edition (1882), and with numerous errors corrected. We have seen mention of at least five editions (through 1900).The author (1853-1911) discusses and quotes at length from sixteen authors of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including one woman (Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda).*** Trelles VI, 154. Palau 106029; he does not list the first (1882) edition. Ford, Whittem and Raphael , A Bibliography of Cuban Belles-Lettres, p. 71. NUC: IU, OrCS, FU, MH.

N.p., n.pr., 1852?.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original beige printed wrappers. In very good condition. 26 pp., (1 blank l.) *** FIRST EDITION. The essay covers legitimacy in general, the legitimacy of the king of Portugal, and the state of Portuguese finances in early 1852. Each of the first three sections is signed in print with the initials "J.G.C." The fourth section ("Etat financier du Portugal au commencement de 1852") is signed in print with the intial "M."*** Not located in Porbase. Jisc states that the British Library has two print copies as well. KVK adds Universität Salzburg.

Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1739.. 4°, contemporary stiff vellum (stained, hole in vellum of lower cover), red leather spine lettering piece, gilt (slightly defective). Engraved initials and vignettes. Some soiling. Overall in good to very good condition. Signature at foot of title page scored. 140 pp., with 5 engraved plates (one of them paginated). *** Third edition of this 5-act play, with an attractive full-page engraving facing the beginning of each act, and extensive notes at the end: "Allegoria ed esposizione della Cantica sopra l'Assunzione al cielo di Maria" (p. 101-40). NUC lists earlier editions of Rome 1732 at MH, MnU, CU, PU; Rome 1733 at NN.Giuseppe Maria Ercolani (1672–1759) was a lawyer, architect, and poet who also pursued geography, theology, and mathematics: Sulamitide is a play about a son of the king of Egypt at the time of Solomon; it is followed by an allegory on the Assumption of the B.V.M.*** Not in Brunet (cf. IV, 40) or Praz. NUC: ICU, MH.

N.p. [Havana?], n.pr., n.d [ca. 1850?].. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Text in 2 columns. In good condition. 16 pp. *** On p. 3 begins the caption title Observaciones que hace el Sor. Freemind a la contestacion que el Sr. Don. J.A. Saco ha dado desde Calais a los Cubanos anexionistas. Signed Freemind on p. 12. According to the entry in OCLC for the Boston Public Library copy, these are observations attributed to Juan Diaz Quibus. Pages 13-16 contain a series of poems on similar Cuban themes.*** Not located in Trelles; for earlier mention of the New York periodical La Verdad, issued in folio format, see III, 163.