Search Results: Titles starting with V from Adam Weinberger Books

Berti (Lorenzo) . Regole di Canto Gregoriano. Roma, 1836. 4 to. 29 x 22 cm. 128 pp. + index 1/4 vellum and marbled boards. The handwritten cursive text and musical notation is ENTIRELY LITHOGRAPHED, making this one of the earliest completely lithographed Italian imprints. Provenance: 1866 handwritten Venetian seminary inscription and stamp to title and small ink American seminary stamp. This very rare and unusual work was printed for the Pontifical Urban University on the Janiculum Hill in Rome. The Urban College and the Printing House of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide (for which Sciotto printed) is one of the rare Italian imprints printed on the extraterritorial property of the Holy See.The regulations set down here of the Gregorian chants- their instruction and study- had been in use since the 17th century and were intended for missionaries of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, especially to the East including Japan and China. Their procurators were especially active in… Read More

A VERY RARE 1805 AMERICAN SONGSTER IN A DELIGHTFUL VERNACULAR BINDINGJenks, Stephen. THE DELIGHTS OF HARMONY: or, NORFOLK COMPILERBeing a New Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems; with a variety of set pieces, from the Most Approved American and European Authors. Likewise, the Necessary Rules of Psalmody Made Easy. The whole particularly designed for the use of Singing Schools and Musical Societies in the United States. Dedham, Mass. Printed by H. Mann for the Author, 1805. Oblong 8vo, vernacular binding: contemporary calf-backed boards recovered in near contemporary patterned cloth given board detachment at an early date. 112 pp. (last leaf with minor loss to upper margin touching letters) Interestingly, Shaw & Shoemaker call for only 95 pages. Here p. [96] is an Index & pp. 97--112 contain "Additional Music, to the Delights of Harmony, &c." I can find no other copy with the full Additional music; a copy sold by Goodspeed in RBH in 1972 has a partial appendix up to p. 104. which… Read More

VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica. Venice: Franciscus Francisci and Johannes Criegher, 1568. 2 parts in one volume. Small folio, 295 x 210 . Large woodcut device on title, replete with woodcut anatomical illustrations, leaf 2d5 present with figures intact on one sheet and not cut-out and superimposed. Full limp vellum over boards, spine handsomely title in a contemporary calligraphic hand. Internally, first blank worn, some inner marginal detachment from textblock at p. 10/11 but holding strong, some occasional upper marginal damp-staining, occasional marginal worming, some occasional toning possibly re-cased in the original binding. Generally, a handsome and very presentable copy in the original binding. Ref: Adams V-606; Cushing VI.A-4; Harvard Italian 529; Osler 569.Provenance: approx. five separate early inscriptions to first blank indicating that this copy was used by various doctors at a near contemporary Italian medical and surgical institute.This is the… Read More

VIRGINIA. Message of the Governor, Dec. 7, 1863. Richmond, 1863. DOC. No. 1 8° stitched in original wraps. EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE IMPRINT in commerce, with a powerful speech on the righteousness of the Southern Cause. Wraps with minor chipping and toning. In 1863, during the thick of the American Civil War, Virginia stood as a primary battleground and key stronghold of the Confederate States. By December of that year, the state had already witnessed a series of critical confrontations, most notably the Battle of Chancellorsville in early May. Here, Confederate General Robert E. Lee achieved one of his most remarkable victories, overcoming a numerically superior Union force. Amidst this tumultuous backdrop, the "Message of the Governor, Dec. 7, 1863" would have been delivered, reflecting the state's perspective and condition in a war that was tearing the nation apart. Given the significant events of that year in Virginia, the Governor's message would likely address the state's wartime… Read More

Von den Jüden und iren Lügen, Zum andernmal Gedruckt vnd mehr dazu gethan.Wittemberg Lufft 1543. 128 pages. 18.5 cm. Bound in a 15th century leaf. 17th century inscription on the inside board. This is Panzer 3425.This work is printed in the same year as the first edition but enlarged, as the title indicates. Title page lower margin cut. Else good.

German religious reformer and founder of the Lutheranism movement, Martin Luther grew increasingly hostile towards the Jews following their refusal to accept his religious reformations.
In the present work, the most virulent of Luther's anti-Semitic attacks, he subjects the Jews to a torrent of vile abuse. His practical suggestions range from forced labor to outright banishment: "First, their synagogues should be set on fire and what ever does not burn up should be covered over with dirt so that no one may ever be ale to see a cinder or stone of it. Secondly, their homes should likewise be broken down and destroyed..And this ought be done… Read More