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De Civitate Dei

De Civitate Dei by AUGUSTINE, Saint

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Seller: Ursus Books
Title
De Civitate Dei
Author
AUGUSTINE, Saint
Seller
Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1475. AUGUSTINE, Saint. De Civitate Dei. 305 ff. of 306 (missing final blank). [a-b8 c-z10 A-G10 H10 (-H10, final blank)], with three blanks (ff. 1, 16, 305). 46 lines, gothic type (2:84) printed double-column, roman headline (4:110). Folio, 286 x 202 mm, bound in contemporary Venetian calf over wooden boards paneled and tooled in blind using a large floral arabesque roll and a smaller interior roll of cords framing a central Islamic-style motif of five knotted lozenges; spine with raised bands separating four compartments blind-tooled in a lattice pattern with pointelle decoration, later paper label; three of four clasps partially intact on front board (traces of four clasps, now lost, on rear board). Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1475. Second Venetian edition of Saint Augustine's City of God, a foundational text of European culture, and a typographical masterpiece from the press of Nicolas Jenson. This copy survives in a contemporary fifteenth-century Venetian binding with Islamic motifs incorporated into the tooled decoration. Augustine's De Civitate Dei appeared in print for the first time in 1467 at Subiaco, printed by Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz. The first Venetian edition of the City of God was printed by Johannes and Vindelinus de Spira in 1470. This second Venetian edition is the only edition of Augustine issued by French printer Nicolas Jenson (1420-1480), the second printer in Venice, whose publications numbered over 100 works and equaled the best, and often surpassed, all Venetian fifteenth-century printed books in beauty and importance. Jenson's types, the often-magnificent impressions, and the mise-en-page of his books, are considered milestones in the history of printing; his very name is synonymous with excellence. Along with his Pliny of 1472 and his Plutarch's Lives of 1478, the City of God is one of Jenson's most beautiful works. The present text is buttressed by wide margins, and entirely rubricated by hand in red and blue. A seminal Christian text, Augustine's City of God had considerable influence not only on Medieval but also Renaissance thought. Augustine has been called "the first medieval man and the last classical man" (Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization, chapter 2). Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Aquinas, Emperor Charlemagne, Voltaire, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and many other theologians and philosophers were inspired by this work. Like the Bible, the City of God has been a major topic of debate for theologians, historians, politicians, and philosophers throughout the ages. The binding is a refined and elegant example of Italian craftsmanship ca. 1450-1480, incorporating Islamic elements derived from textiles, leathers, and possibly Islamic bindings by way of trade routes between Venice and the Near East in the mid-fifteenth century. Scholar Anthony Hobson suggests that Jenson was the first to introduce the Islamic style of binding in Venice (Humanists and Bookbinders, p. 51). A beautiful example of a Jenson incunable in a contemporary Islamic-style Italian binding, this is an exceptional copy of an essential Christian text. Three text leaves trimmed short and with red edges, probably supplied from another copy; internal blank (f. 16) with very light offsetting, indicating it may have also been supplied. Leaves of one quire (i) bound out of order, and some staining, still a bibliophile's treasure. PROVENANCE: Giovanni Battista Contarini, with his donation inscription to a Venetian seminary dated 1 January 1583 on second leaf; Shakespeare collector Doctor John Gott, Bishop of Truro (1830-1906), with his ownership inscription dated 1865 at Rome on front pastedown; Henry H. Runnell, his ownership signature on last leaf; Abel E. Berland, his sale Christie's New York, October 2001. Early ink marginalia throughout, and eighteenth-century equations on rear pastedown. BMC V, 175 (imperfect). Goff A-1235. GW 2879. HC* 2051. IGI 972. ISTC ia01235000. Polain 360. Pellechet 1550 ([310] ff.). Proctor 4096.
Kin

Kin by Burke, Kealan Patrick

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books
Title
Kin
Author
Burke, Kealan Patrick
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9781587672194
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 305pp. Beautiful Unread First Limited Edition Printing. One of only 750 unnumbered copies published. Square tight and clean throughout with a small bump to one tip. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($40.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Signed by the author the limitation page. A very pretty collectable copy of a scarce item.
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MARIHUANA by Woolrich, Cornell ( Irish, William )

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
MARIHUANA
Author
Woolrich, Cornell ( Irish, William )
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
MARIHUANA, Dell, 1951, first edition, light moisture stain to the bottom section of the gutter extending about four cm long at the bottom page edge margins, some creasing to the front corner tips, else near vg in wraps. Among the most desirable of the Dell 10¢ series.
Until That Day: A Novel

Until That Day: A Novel by Wintle, Harold

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Until That Day: A Novel
Author
Wintle, Harold
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
London: John Ouseley Limited, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Good. SIGNED. 349pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. The spine is rolled, the front hinge is going, and the text block is cracked multiple times. Edwardian fiction. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "C. A. B. ("the typer") / from "the Author" / July, 1912.
The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture, 1765-1850

The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture, 1765-1850 by Zogry, Kenneth Joel

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture, 1765-1850
Author
Zogry, Kenneth Joel
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
New in shrinkwrap
Description
Bennington, VT: Bennington Museum, 1995. Hardbound. New in shrinkwrap. Tan cloth boards. Forest green dust jacket with yellow lettering and color illustration. 172 pp. Color illustrations. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition, The best the country affords, held at the Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vt., May 6-July 30, 1995 and the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt. on August 13 to October 23, 1995.
A Description or Breife Declaration of All the Ancient Monuments, Rites, and Customes Belonginge or Beinge Within the Monastical Church of Durham before the Suppression. Written in 1593

A Description or Breife Declaration of All the Ancient Monuments, Rites, and Customes Belonginge or Beinge Within the Monastical Church of Durham before the Suppression. Written in 1593

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A Description or Breife Declaration of All the Ancient Monuments, Rites, and Customes Belonginge or Beinge Within the Monastical Church of Durham before the Suppression. Written in 1593
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: J.B. Nichols and William Pickering, 1844. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xv, 138pp+ index. Bookplate on front pastedown, ink name on front free endpaper, spine sunned, extremities lightly worn, else very good in publisher's green cloth.

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