Thursday, June 3, 2010

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books - May 2010

Accademia lucchese di scienze, lettere ed arti. Prose e rime in onore della celebre Sig. Teresa Bandettini Lucchese fra gli Arcadi Amarilli Etrusca recitate nell'Accademia degli Oscuri di Lucca il di XIII. d'ottobre MDCCXCIV. Lucca: Presso Francesco Bonsignori, 1794.
Works honoring the female poet Teresa Bandettini, member of the Accademia dell’Arcadia.

Bisi Albini, Sofia. Donnina forte. Firenze: Bemporad, 1903.
Third novella by the Italian journalist and writer Sofia Bisi Albini, with a preface by poet and novelist Antonio Fogazzaro.

Coleti, Giovanni Antonio. Catalogo Delle Storie Particolari Civili Ed Ecclesiastiche Delle Città E De' Luoghi D'italia: Le Quali Si Trovano Nella Domestica Libreria Dei Fratelli Coleti In Vinegia. Vinegia: Nella Stamperia degli stessi, 1779.
Catalog of the history of the cities, towns, and small localities of Italy, arranged alphabetically, with an index of authors. The Coleti family were printers, their Tipografia Coletini was one of the most important publishing houses in Venice in the 18th century.

Rubbi, Andrea, ed. Constanzo, Torquato, Bernardo Tasso e Poetesse del Secolo XVI. Venezio, coi titpi di Pietro Bernardi, 1816.
With a “remarkably large number of works by female poets – Vittoria Colonna, Veronica Gambara, Tullia d’Aragon, Chiara Matriani, Laura Terracini […] most with short biographical sketches by the editor.” (from catalog) Part of a longer set called Parnaso italiano.

Carrey, Emile. Recueil complet des actes du gouvernement provisoire (février, mars, avril, mai 1848): avec des notes explicatives, des tables chronologiques et une table alphabétique, analytique et raisonnée des matières. Paris: A. Durand, 1848.

Mignard, Prosper. Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon, jadis duc de Bourgoigne suivi de L' histoire des premiers temps féodaux. Paris: J. Techener, 1858.
First critical edition of this late 13th century epic poem, with plates reproducing the miniatures found on the manuscript of this work.

(PIARRON DE CHAMOUSSET, C. H.) Deux Memoires: le Premier, Sur la Conservation des Enfans, & une destination avantageuse des Enfans trouvés. Le Second, Sur les Biens de l'Hôpital S. Jacques, sur leur état actuel, & leur véritable destination. No place, 1756. (2), 126 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, gilt fillet on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering.
Bound with these two memoirs are a manuscript of 24 pages entitled: "Sur la manière d'élever les enfans sans nourrice", unsigned, dated at end 1756, in a small but fine handwriting, and LA SALLE DOFFEMONT, A. N. Avis très important au public. Sur différentes espèces de Corps & de Bottines d'une nouvelle invention. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Al. Le Prieur, 1759.

Révolution francaise; ou, Analyse complette et impartiale du Moniteur: suivie d'une table alphabétique des personnes et des choses. Table alphabétique du Moniteur, depuis 1787 jusqu'à l'an 8, de la république (1799). Paris: Girardin, 1799. 6 volumes.
Contains an annotated table of contents of each issue of the Moniteur universel during the French Revolution.

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