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Atti della solenne coronazione fatta in campidoglio della insigne poetessa Dna. Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez Pistojese tra gli Arcadi Corilla Olimpica.

Atti della solenne coronazione fatta in campidoglio della insigne poetessa Dna. Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez Pistojese tra gli Arcadi Corilla Olimpica. by [Bodoni, Giambattista]; Maria Maddalena Morelli (in Arcadia Corilla Olimpica, 1727-1800).

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Title
Atti della solenne coronazione fatta in campidoglio della insigne poetessa Dna. Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez Pistojese tra gli Arcadi Corilla Olimpica.
Author
[Bodoni, Giambattista]; Maria Maddalena Morelli (in Arcadia Corilla Olimpica, 1727-1800).
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Parma: nella Stamperia Reale, 1779. Original edition. Very Good. Quarto (23cm); [4], xii, 296 pages. Engraved portrait frontispiece, headpieces and ornaments by Domenico Cagnoni. Text within typographic borders. In old marbled paste-paper titled in manuscript on spine. Edges stained red and blue to match covers. Bookplate of the distinguished publisher Mario Spagnol (d. 1999) and the author Elena Spagnol (d. 2020), A bright, fresh, lovely copy! Reference: Brooks, 135 ("graziosissimo libro.") When Maria Maddalena Morelli was crowned the first female Poet Laureate before the Pope on the Capitoline Hill in Rome in 1776, the world cracked in half. Half the Arcadian Academy quit the order and formed their own group, the Academy of Strong Men. In order to qualify for her honor, Morelli (whose Academic name was Corilla Olimpica) had to pass a dozen tests, improvising verses before a panel of 12 judges on 12 themes posed to her by the Academy. She was crowned with laurel finally on the evening of 31 August. There followed masses of pamphlets and broadsides defaming her and/or satirizing her and her supporters. An abbot, Roberto Pucci, who wrote a satirical drama about the coronation was even arrested and condemned to death (a sentence that was commuted after Pucci spent a few months in prison). The fact remains that Morelli was one of the earliest and greatest of the improvising poets who so fascinated the English generation of Byron, Keats, and Shelley. She lived the life of a rock star, marrying briefly, leaving her husband and child, and following her muse into theaters and palaces, living off the patronage of the rich and famous. Casanova knew her, Mozart performed for her, the Hapsburg Empress Maria Teresa promoted her and the poets and musicians of the day (Metastasio, Pindemonte, Zanotti, Nardini, etc) fought over her. She collaborated with Nardini. Charles Burney, in "The Present State of Music in France and Italy" (1773), wrote "I this evening met with the famous improvvisatrice, Signora Maddalena Morelli, commonly called La Corilla, who is likewise a scholar of Signor Nardini, on the violin; and afterwards I was frequently at her house. Besides her wonderful talent of speaking verses extempore upon any given subject, and being able to pay a ripieno part on the violin, in concert, she sings with a great deal of expression, and has a considerable share of execution. She has, almost every evening, a conversazione, or assembly, which is much frequented by the foreigners and men of letters of Florence." The volume offered here, printed by Giambattista Bodoni and with a lengthy introduction by him, is the account of the coronation ceremony, followed by dozens of gratulatory verses, mostly in Italian, written by the cream of the Arcadian Academy. The typography and page design are considered one of Bodoni's most lovely.
Keys of the Kingdom, The

Keys of the Kingdom, The by CRONIN, A.J.

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Keys of the Kingdom, The
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CRONIN, A.J.
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Description
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1942. A.J. Cronin's The Keys of the Kingdom, Warmly Inscribed to Ingle Barr at Lucerne CRONIN, A.J. The Keys of the Kingdom. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1942. First edition, warmly inscribed by A.J. Cronin to the distinguished British barrister Ingle Barr (later King's Counsel), suggesting a warm personal and professional friendship. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 184 x 123 mm.). [1-6], 7-254, [1,], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's blue cloth over boards, spine lettered in black. A near fine copy in the original yellow dust jacket printed in pink and black. Spine of dust jacket minimally faded, otherwise near fine. Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "For Ingle Barr/with my best/wishes & all regard/A.J. Cronin./Lucerne/June 1957." The Keys of the Kingdom is one of Cronin's most beloved novels, recounting the life of Father Francis Chisholm, a missionary priest in China. The novel is notable for its spiritual depth, moral humanity and broad popular appeal. It was adapted into the acclaimed 1944 film starring Gregory Peck, further linking Cronin's work to the world of cinema. Ingle Barr, K.C. (1908-1974), was a distinguished British barrister (King's Counsel) who practiced commercial and civil law in London. He was a noted book collector and was active during the mid-20th century in senior legal circles and known within professional and intellectual networks rather than as a public celebrity. While not a household name today, Barr belonged to the upper tier of the British legal profession, precisely the sort of figure with whom a writer like Cronin would naturally associate.
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Christianae Catecheseos Sciagraphia... by [Ames, William] Amesio, Guilielmo

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Christianae Catecheseos Sciagraphia...
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[Ames, William] Amesio, Guilielmo
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Franekerae: Bernardum Berentsma, 1635. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 mo. 225 pp. Modern quarter vellum. A scarce little volume.
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And Even Now by Beerbohm, Max

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And Even Now
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Beerbohm, Max
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good+
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London: William Heinemann, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Yellow cloth, paper spine label; dust jacket. Spine tips and corners bumped. Dust jacket a little wrinkled along the edges but still a very nice copy.
Exhibition card: Stanley Brouwn: my steps in Milan (opens 4 May 1971)

Exhibition card: Stanley Brouwn: my steps in Milan (opens 4 May 1971) by (BROUWN, Stanley)

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Exhibition card: Stanley Brouwn: my steps in Milan (opens 4 May 1971)
Author
(BROUWN, Stanley)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Printed on one side. Card. Milan: Françoise Lambert, 1971. Invitation card for Brouwn’s first solo show with Françoise Lambert, the artist’s second solo exhibition in Italy. In fine condition. ❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 369.
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Report on Cost Finding in Railway Freight Service for Regulatory Purposes by Williams, John H.

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Report on Cost Finding in Railway Freight Service for Regulatory Purposes
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Williams, John H.
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Washington: Federal Coordinator of Transportation, 1936. Paperback. Very Good. 108p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover browned. Age-toned.
The War for the World

The War for the World by ZANGWILL, Israel

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The War for the World
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ZANGWILL, Israel
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. Thick octavo (19.5cm.); original tan cloth, red paper labels printed in gilt mounted to upper cover and spine; viii,[2],455,[9](ads)pp. Spine label partially perished, apparently during the binding process, as the gilt lettering has been partly applied directly to spine cloth. All else Very good and sound. Collection of short works on the early years of World War I by Jewish British humorist, best known for his play The Melting Pot (1908).
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Passion or Conquest by BURROUGHS, Franklin

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Passion or Conquest
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BURROUGHS, Franklin
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
As new
Description
(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2001. First edition of Burroughs' superb 57-page essay on Audubon. One of 400 copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy and bound in wrappers out of a total edition of 500 copies. As new. 8vo, illustrated in color, original green paper wrappers. As new.
Downeaster.

Downeaster. by Bragdon, Roger Weare.

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Downeaster.
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Bragdon, Roger Weare.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
Falmouth Publishing House., (1954). "Building a model of the 'Benjamin F. Packard'". V G. in D J.. 25 cm. 110 pp. B/W plates and Ills.
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MODERN DISCOVERIES IN MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY by Allen, Clifford

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MODERN DISCOVERIES IN MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Allen, Clifford
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Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd ed, London, 1949. 236 pages, clothbound, very good condition in dust jacket. .

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