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FROM A COLLECTARIUM IN LATIN MADE FOR A FEMALE RELIGIOUS

FROM A COLLECTARIUM IN LATIN MADE FOR A FEMALE RELIGIOUS by CHARMING ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
FROM A COLLECTARIUM IN LATIN MADE FOR A FEMALE RELIGIOUS
Author
CHARMING ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
France[?], ca. 1450. 97 x 61 mm. (3 3/4 x 2 5/8"). Single column, 20 lines in an attractive gothic book hand. Each leaf with two or more one- to two-line initials painted in blue or maroon with delicate white tracery and charming enclosed flowers, all on a field of burnished gold, the left or right margin on one or both sides with a bar border of blue and white, terminating in gold ivy leaves in the upper and lower margins. ◆The bar borders just slightly trimmed by the binder, otherwise in excellent condition, the text well preserved, the vellum unusually clean, the colors quite bright, and the glistening gold without any erosion or loss of brilliance. Taken from an intact manuscript we sold in 2006 that was subsequently dismembered, these lovely leaves have considerable aesthetic appeal and charm as well as notable interest because of their surprising size, distinctive musical and textual content, and peculiar hypothetical provenance. In origin, the collectarium (sometimes called a collectar, collectarius, collectaneum, orationale, or capitulare) was a compilation of the collects, or prayers, said during the various hours of the Divine Office. But over time it came to comprise an ad hoc collection of the prayers and ceremonies not found in other service books that were specific to the uses of a particular house, congregation, or religious order. The presence of music throughout the original book indicates that our leaves were part of a choir book; however, unlike most choir book leaves, which range from very large to enormous in order to allow simultaneous use by a number of singers, the present pocket-size manuscript is quite atypical in that it could only have been used by a single person at any one time. These leaves are also highly unusual and, therefore, most interesting in that we know from consulting other portions of the original that this collectarium was written, not for a monastic house, but for a community of religious women who are referred to in other parts of the manuscript as "sisters." Judging from the frequency with which she is mentioned in the original, members of that community using the present choirbook seem clearly to have identified closely with the penitent Magdalene, the original book containing a portion of the double feast they celebrated for her and her presumed sister, Martha. This suggests a fascinating possibility in terms of the manuscript's provenance: beginning in the 13th century, houses of penitential sisters, known as Magdalens, were established in many European cities, often by wealthy lay persons, with the aim of providing former prostitutes with a safe haven in a religious community. It is just possible that our manuscript leaves were part of a book that was used in such a convent..
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Observations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, Comments by Truman Capote by AVEDON, Richard; CAPOTE, Truman

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Seller: Sanctuary Books
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Observations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, Comments by Truman Capote
Author
AVEDON, Richard; CAPOTE, Truman
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Publisher's white paper-covered boards, in original acetate jacket and slipcase. An exceptionally bright copy, unusual to find this. Slipcase worn along edges, but difficult to find a copy of this easily prone to wear book in better condition.
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The Actor: Or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing. A new work, written by the author of the former, and adapted to the present state of the theatres. by HILL, "Sir" John.

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The Actor: Or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing. A new work, written by the author of the former, and adapted to the present state of the theatres.
Author
HILL, "Sir" John.
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. Containing impartial observations on the performance, manner, perfections and defects of Mr. Garrick, Mrs. Cibber, Mr. Barry...in their several capital parts. London: for R. Griffiths, 1755. 12mo, early ful l calf, gilt. Pp. 284, [20] + 2 ll. ads. Hinges just starting, top of spine chipped, a fine copy within. First edition of an important book. Hill entirely reworked his earlier translation of de Saint-Albine's La Comedien (1747) into this expanded overview of the state of English acting, producing what has been called the first English book to describe the principle of the intuitive identification of an actor with his role. An attractive copy. Lowe 3717; CBEL II, 739..
THE BLIND ASSASSIN

THE BLIND ASSASSIN by Atwood, Margaret

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THE BLIND ASSASSIN
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Atwood, Margaret
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781906100032
Condition
Fine
Description
Fyfield: Oak Tree Press, 2000. First edition, limited to 135 numbered copies signed and dated "January 7 08" by Atwood on the title page of a total edition of 160 copies. Copy #116. Ink drawing by Yoko Ono for this edition. Cloth-covered boards with printed paper labels. Issued without dustjacket. Vol. 6 in the publisher's series of first chapters from Booker Prize winning novels. Issued with a numbered original print by Ono and signed by her and a slipcase. This copy does not have the signed print or the slipcase. Otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Yoko Ono. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
AMERICAN HERO

AMERICAN HERO by Beinhart, Larry

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AMERICAN HERO
Author
Beinhart, Larry
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780712659284
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Century, 1993. First UK edition, first prnt. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Beinhart's fourth novel, reissued in 1994 as Wag the Dog which was the bBasis for the Barry Levinson film "Wag the Dog" starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche.. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.
Lady Rose's Daughter

Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphrey Mary

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Lady Rose's Daughter
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Ward, Humphrey Mary
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Christy, Howard Chandler. Signed by Author(s). Light blue cloth with embossed gilt title, 8vo, 233 pages, black and white illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy though out, signed by 'Mary A. Ward'; Boards are dust soiled and edge worn with a few mottled drops on covers, deckle edge pages are age toned with no markings, binding is sound; no dust jacket. Two volumes, numbered no. 2 of a limited printing of 350 copies.
The jesters: a simple story in four acts of verse. Adapted from the French...by John N. Raphael

The jesters: a simple story in four acts of verse. Adapted from the French...by John N. Raphael by ZAMACOIS, MIGUEL

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The jesters: a simple story in four acts of verse. Adapted from the French...by John N. Raphael
Author
ZAMACOIS, MIGUEL
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
New York: Brentano's, 1908. 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. [2], 175-[176]; very good in original navy blue cloth, gilt dec. spine, light wear to extremities, minor browning spotting to edges and endpapers. Smith 310.
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CHASSEURS DU CIEL by Accart, Capitaine

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Title
CHASSEURS DU CIEL
Author
Accart, Capitaine
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Grenoble: B. Arthaud. Very Good. 1941. Softcover. Grenoble and Paris: B. Arthaud, (1941). Softcover, 204pp., charts and map in rear, some pages un-cut. minor toning, light use wear to wrappers, overall a Very Good copy. In French. .

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