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Blackwell rare books CATALOGUE B 158 Blackwell rare books RECENT ACQUISITIONS & OTHERS CATALOGUE B158 Blackwell Rare Books 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Direct Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 333555 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1865 792792 Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1865 794143 www.blackwell.co.uk/ rarebooks Our premises are in the main Blackwell bookstore at 48-51 Broad Street, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, discipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. There is lift access to each floor. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre, and close to several of the colleges and other university buildings, with on street parking close by. Oxford is at the centre of an excellent road and rail network, close to the London - Birmingham (M40) motorway and is served by a frequent train service from London (Paddington). Hours: Monday–Saturday 9am to 6pm. (Tuesday 9:30am to 6pm.) Purchases: We are always keen to purchase books, whether single works or in quantity, and will be pleased to make arrangements to view them. Auction commissions: We attend a number of auction sales and will be happy to execute commissions on your behalf. Blackwell online bookshop www.blackwell.co.uk Our extensive online catalogue of new books caters for every speciality, with the latest releases and editor’s recommendations. We have something for everyone. Select from our subject areas, reviews, highlights, promotions and more. Orders and correspondence should in every case be sent to our Broad Street address (all books subject to prior sale). Please mention Catalogue B158 when ordering. Front cover illustration: Item 274 Back cover illustration: Item 74 Section One: Antiquarian Books Cruikshank’s bibliographer’s copy . Adshead (Joseph) PrisonsandPrisoners.Longman,Brown,GreenandLongman.845, FIRSTEDITION,engravedfrontispiecesatirizingprisondisciplineisbyGeorgeCruikshank,2 lithographedplates,onefolding,ofPentonville,pp.[ii],xvii,3-326,8vo.,orig.rib-graindark greencloth,thebackstripletteredingilt,bumpedathead,thecoversembossedinblindwith bordersandcentrallozenges,bookplateofAlbertM.Cohn,fine(Cohn6) £450.00 AnimportantearlyVictoriansurveyoftheBritishprisonsystem,withcommentsoncomparable developmentsinAmerica.Theauthorwasanadvocateofreform,whofavouredtheModelPrison SystemasintroducedatPentonville.Heopposedthecommonpracticeofsolitaryconfinement.Of specialinterestisthechapteronCharlesDickens’melodramatictreatmentofthesubject. Thiscopyhasthearmorialbookplateofthewell-knownCruikshankbibliographerandcollector, AlbertM.Cohn. 2. Alciphron. Alciphron’sEpistles;inwhicharedescribedthedomesticmanners,theCourtesans, andParasitesofGreece.NowfirsttranslatedfromtheGreek[byWilliamBeloeandThomas Monroe].G.G.J.andJ.Robinson;LeighandSotheby;andR.Faulder.79,FIRSTEDITIONin English,half-titlewitherrata,pp.[iv],270,8vo.,nineteenthcenturyhalfcalf,backstrippanelled ingilt,blackandredmoroccolabelswithgiltlettering,byJ.Larkinswithhisstamponthe endpaper,bookplateofSolomonR.Guggenheim,verygood(ESTCT86057) £550.00 AcollectionofletterswritteninthesecondcenturyAD,inaverypureAtticdialect;theauthorwas probablyacontemporaryLucian.ThesettingisAthens.Ofparticularvaluearethe‘courtesan’letters, whichcontainmuchinformationderivedfromthelostplaysofMenander,andotherwritersofNew Comedy. 3. (Angling.) KEENE(J.H.) Thepracticalfisherman:dealingwiththenaturalhistory,thelegendary lore,thecaptureofBritishfreshwaterfish,andtackleandtacklemaking.“TheBazaar”Office. [88,]wood-engravedfrontispiece(oxidisedonverso)and20plates,textillustrations,errata- slippresent,stitchingslightlyshaken,pp.[iv],48,[5],3,[3],8vo.,orig.browncloth,backstrip dulled,extremitiesrubbed,giltblockedwithtitleandvignetteofangler,uppersideblockedwith titleongiltscrollandthreeillustrationsoffish,chalkedyellowendpapers,upperhingesplitbut firm,a.e.g.,good £180.00 4. (Antiquarian Book Trade.) MARKHAM(Sheila) ABookofBooksellers.Conversationswiththe AntiquarianBookTrade.SecondImpressionwithCorrections.Markham:OakKnollPress,New Castle,Delaware.2007,reproductionsofphotographicportraitsofrarebooksdealers,pp.328, 8vo.,orig.printedorangewrappers,new £15.99 Conversationswithfiftyrarebooksdealers. 5. (Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association.) OUTOFPRINT&INTOPROFIT. AHistoryoftheRareand SecondhandBookTradeinBritainintheTwentiethCentury.EditedbyGilesMandelbrote. SecondImpression.BritishLibrary.2007,numerousreproductionsofphotographsofbookshops andbookdealers,pp.xviii,44,roy.8vo.,orig.darkblueboards,backstripgiltlettered, dustjacket,new £30.00 Mapsoutthehistoryofthebooktradeinthetwentiethcentury.Twentycontributorsdescribeand explainthewaysinwhichbooksellersacquiredtheirstockandsoldbookstocustomers.Thework offersinsightsintochangesintasteandfashioninbookcollecting.(UKBooksinPrint) blackwell rare books First Greek Edition 6. Appianus, of Alexandria. Πωµαικων...RomanarumhistoriarumCeltica...Paris:Typis Regiis,curaacdiligentiaCaroliStephani.55,unobtrusiveschoollibrary-stampontitle- page,occasionalearlybriefms.marginalnotes,lightmarginalfoxing,unpressed,pp.393,[2], folio,lateeighteenthcenturysprinkledcalf,splitsatheadandfootofjoints,slightlossathead ofbackstrip,raisedbands,chippedgiltletteredredleatherlabel(perhapsrelaidfromearlier binding);sidesblindpanelled,withoutertriplefilletandinnerblindrollborders,giltrollon boardedges,bookplatesofHillandL.A.Burd,sound(Adams340:BrunetI,p.64;MossI,pp. 73/74:Renouardp.02) £1,700.00 ThisfirstGreekeditionofAppianwasinitiatedbyRobertEstienne,butpublishedbyDr.Charles Estienne,hisbrother,thefirstyearhetookoverthepress.Theuseofthephrase‘curaacdiligentia’ shouldprobablybetakentomeanthatCharleswaspublishingonbehalfofsomebodyelse(itwould beusualtoaddthewords‘etsumptibus’or‘impensis’ifhewasalsothepublisher).Thetextwastaken fromtwomanuscriptsinthelibraryoftheKingofFrance.‘Averybeautifuledition.’(Moss)‘Thename ofCharlesStephendoesnotoftenoccurinbibliography,andthosewhocherishscarceworkswilldo welltotreasuretheproductionsofthiselegantscholarandprinter...TherearefewGreekvolumesof morebeautifulexecutionthanthisEditioPrincepsofAppian...’(Dibdin)CharlesEstiennecontinued hisbrother’spressuntil56.AquartoTestamentandthispresentvolumearetheonlybooks publishedbyhiminGreek.Hisskillbroughtroyalpatronageandthiswasthefirstofhispublications todisplaythewords‘TypisRegiis’. Aquinas’ famous Commentaries on the Gospels 7. Aquinas (Thomas, Saint) OpusaureuzSanctiThomedeAquinosup[er]quatuorevangelia nuperrimereuisuzmultisme[n]dispurgatu[m]&eme[n]datu[m]studiosissime...verissimis quottationib[us],necno[n]marginalib[us]su[m]mariisdecoratum...Queo[mn]iadenovo additasunt:&nu[n]q[ue]al[iu]simpressafuere:[Venice:OctavinusScotus][52],large woodcutandthetextintriangularlayoutonthetitle,woodcutprinter’sdeviceattheend,ink inscriptionstothetitle:‘CatenaAurea’,thegoldenchain,andafaintownershipinscription, woodcutinitialsthroughout,singlewormholesthroughthebeginning,throughthetext,oneor twostains,minimalrepairstooneortwoouteredges,ff.[4],37,folio,latervellumoverstiff boards,rebackedpreservingtheoriginalbackstrip,sound(NotinAdams) £1,100.00 Ascarceprintingof‘TheGoldenChain’,orAquinas’commentariesontheFourGospels,withallthe eleganceofearlysixteenthCenturyVenetianprinting(fivecopiesrecordedworldwidebyOCLC,and onlyonebyCOPAC). 8. Aristotle. AristotelisetTheophrasti...scriptaquaedam:quaevelnunquamantea,velminus emendataquamnunc,editafuerunt.Geneva:ExofficinaHenriciStephaniParisiensis.557, FIRSTHENRIESTIENNEEDITION,woodcutEstienneprinter’sdeviceontitle-pagepicturingtreewith graftsfallingtothegroundandLatinmotto‘Nolialtumsapere’(benothighminded,butfear); contemp.inkmarginaliainGreek,asisthemajorityoftextwithjustpreliminariesandnotesin Latin,somelightwaterstainingtolowerforecornerofpageblock,goodpp.[viii],7-68,8vo., serviceablemodernfullburgundycalfbyHalesofBloomburg,PA;backstripletteredgiltdirect, giltdatedattail,sideswithdecorativegiltfilletroll,newhand-sewnsilkheadbands,two-toned Turkishmarbledendpapers,good(Brunet3376:GraesseI,2:Renuoard6:Lohr,Renaissance Quarterly,Vol.35,No.2.(Summer,982),pp.64-256) £750.00 ThiseditionoftheselectwritingsofAristotleandTheophrastuswasthefifthbooktobepublishedby thesecondHenriEstienne(528-598),eldestsonofthegreatRobertEstienne.Hisearlyyearswere spentasanapprenticeathisfather’sbusinessinParisandlatterlyinGeneva,towhereEstiennesenior hadrelocatedafterdifficultieswiththeSorbonne.Fromtheageofnineteenhespentseveralyears travellinginItaly,searchingformanuscriptsofclassicalauthors.OnhisreturntonorthernEurope,he travelledtoFlandersandEnglandbeforeestablishinghimselfinParisatthepressofhisuncle,Charles Estienne,wherehepublishedhisfirstworkontheeditioprincepsofAnacreonin554.By556he hadestablishedhisownpressinGeneva,thoughhestillreferredtohimselfasa“Parisianprinter” (typographusparisiensis).557wasasuccessfulyearforthenewlyestablishedprinterwiththiswork beingthethirdofsixbookspublishedthatyear.By559hisfatherhaddiedandlefttheGeneva-based printingbusinesstoHenriEstienne(HenricusStephanusSecundus). 2 ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS 9. Aristotle [Græcè:Aristotleousperipoietikes].Aristotelisdepoeticaliber,GraecaetLatine,cum notis.FirsteditionaseditedbyWilliamParsons.Oxford:eTypographeoClarendoniano.760, engravedportraitvignetteonthetitleandlibrary-stamp,pp.[viii],32,8vo.,contemp.catspaw calf,spinewithfiveraisedbands,panelledingiltandwithredmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering, marbledendpapers,armorialbookplateofWilliamGordon,good(ESTCT34078) £180.00 TheGreektextisfollowedbyaLatintranslation,andasectionofnotesandvariantreadings.