Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books

Collection of 42 pieces (arrest, declarations, lettres patentes, ordonnances) published between 1724 and 1787, concerning the manufacturing, production, and commerce of various cloths: a very nice collection on industrial, manufacturing, and economic policy in France in the eighteenth century. 4to. Disbound. – these are cataloged separately, feel free to contact me for a title list.

Adam, Victor, 1801-1866. Les accidents de voitures. [Paris : c.1862]
Wonderful book of humorous prints depicting transportation and traffic accidents in the 19th century – pre-automobile.

Eseqvie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al serenissimo D. Cosimo II qvarto gran dvca di Toscana il di 25 di maggio 1621. In Venetia : Appresso il Ciotti, 1621.
This work describes the funeral celebrations in Venice in honor of Cosimo II de’ Medici and includes detailed etchings showing the views of the church, the procession, and a set of scenes from Cosimo II’s life. The celebration was organized by Giulio Strozzi, of the important Florentine family who had been the Medici’s chief rivals in the 15th century, but later intermarried with them. Strozzi was a well-known librettist and poet, whose output also included works, such as this one, describing Venetian ceremonial and musical culture.

Bandettini, Teresa, 1763-1837. Polidoro; tragedia, [Lucca, F. Bonsignori, 1794].
The first of two plays by the improvisatory poet Teresa Bandettini.

Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736. Réflexions sur ce que l'on appelle bonheur et malheur en matiere de loteries : et sur le bon usage qu'on en peut faire. A Amsterdam : Chez George Gallet, 1696.
First edition of this in-depth treatment of lotteries. The author, a friend of John Locke whose influence is clear in this work, deals with both sides of luck.

EIO -Editoria Italiana Online

Our Italian book vendor, Casalini Libri, also provides us with a subscription to their digital library, EIO. EIO contains digital full text versions of recent monographs and journals from Italian scholarly presses, and is regularly updated.

We just learned that they will be performing maintainance on the database from August 14-23. There may be temporary interuptions to service during this time.

We just renewed this great resource and hope that you are using it in your research. Titles with links to their e-versions appear in Socrates, and you can do full-text searching within the contents of the books from the EIO interface.

Editoria Italiana Online - http://eio.casalini.it/default.asp (restricted to Stanford users)

Wednesday primary source #9 - Jews in Comtat Venaissin

The following manuscript is about Jews in early
modern Carpentras, France.  Before Emancipation
in 1791, Carpentras was one of the five cities in
France known as the Comtat Venaissin where Jews
were allowed to live,because it was under Papal
rule. This census contains details about
Jewish families and kinship networks, property
and living arrangements,and rent and taxes.

Organization: Carpentras (France)
Title: Carpentras : Censes appartenentes
aux heoirs[héritiers] de feu noble
Barthelemy Bollon [Ollon]
1632-1688 : [manuscript]
Physical Description: In-4,
[dimension:220x180mm] de 68 ff. Vélin (Reliure
de l'époque)
Note: "Manuscrit rédigé pour l'essentiel
d'une seule main de 1632-1688, avec
quelques ajouts, le plus récent de
1708."

SPEC-COLL CALL NUMBER                 
1)XX(7933348.1)   

New acquistions - August 2009

FRENCH

Balique, Florence. De la séduction littéraire. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2009.

Brower, Benjamin Claude. A Desert Named Peace: The Violence of France's Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.

Compagnon, Antoine, Jean-Baptiste Amadieu, and Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa. Proust, la mémoire et la littérature: Séminaire 2006-2007 au Collège de France. Paris: Odile Jacob, 2009

Cosnier, Colette. Les dames de femina: un féminisme mystifié. Archives du féminisme. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2009.

Couton, Marie, Isabelle Fernandes, Christian Jérémie, and Monique Vénuat. Pouvoirs de l'image aux XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles: pour un nouvel éclairage sur la pratique des Lettres à la Renaissance. Clermont-Ferrand: Presses universitaires Blaise Pascal, 2009.

Daum, Pierre. Immigrés de force: les travailleurs indochinois en France, 1939-1952. Archives du colonialisme. Arles: Actes sud, 2009.

Dictionnaire des banlieues. A présent. Paris: Larousse, 2009.

Doyle, William. Aristocracy and Its Enemies in the Age of Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Dutoit, Thomas, and Philippe Romanski. Derrida d'ici, Derrida de là. Paris: Galilée, 2009.

Fasseur, Valérie. Froissart à la cour de Béarn: l'écrivain, les arts et le pouvoir. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009.

Genette, Gérard. Codicille. Paris: Seuil, 2009.

Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009. 386p. $79.95.

Gourévitch, Jean-Paul. Les Africains de France. Paris: Acropole, 2009.

Larbaud, Valéry, and Paule Moron. Journal. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2009.

Panchasi, Roxanne. Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France between the Wars. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2009.

Quand les femmes témoignent: histoire orale, histoire des femmes, mémoires de femmes. L'Europe au fil des siècles. Paris: Publisud, 2009.

Sheridan, Geraldine. Louder Than Words: Ways of Seeing Women Workers in Eighteenth-Century France. Lubbock, Tex: Texas Tech University Press, 2009.

Soll, Jacob. The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009.

Watson, David Robin. Georges Clemenceau: France. London: Haus Pub, 2008.

ITALIAN

Battaglia Ricci, Lucia. Esperimenti danteschi: Inferno 2008. Genova [etc.]: Marietti 1820, 2009.

Bernardi, Marco, and Angelo Colocci. Lo zibaldone colocciano Vat. Lat. 4831. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 2008.

Ciappelli, Giovanni. Fisco e società a Firenze nel Rinascimento. Studi e testi del Rinascimento europeo, 36. Roma: Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2009.

Corfiati, Claudia. Il principe e la regina: storie e letteratura nel Mezzogiorno aragonese. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 2009.

Dante Alighieri, Francesco Torraca, and Valerio Marucci. Commento alla Divina commedia. Edizione nazionale dei commenti danteschi, 68. Roma: Salerno, 2008.

Istituto Italiano per gli studi filosofici. Peiresc et l'Italie: actes du colloque international, Naples, le 23 et le 24 juin 2006, istituto italiano per gli studi filosofici, palazzo Serra di Cassano. La république européenne des lettres, 3. Paris: A. Baudry et cie, 2009.

O'Connell, Monique. Men of Empire: Power and Negotiation in Venice's Maritime State. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Ombra, Marisa. La bella politica: la Resistenza, "Noi donne," il femminismo. Laissez passer, 19. Torino: SEB 27, 2009.

Pugliese, Stanislao G. Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

Pupino, Angelo Raffaele, and Elena Candela. Studi sulla letteratura italiana della modernità: per Angelo R. Pupino. Napoli: Liguori, 2008.

Tosco, Carlo. Il paesaggio storico: le fonti e i metodi di ricerca tra Medioevo ed età moderna. Grandi opere. Roma: Laterza, 2009.

Varchi, Benedetto, and Vanni Bramanti. Lettere, 1535-1565. Studi e testi del Rinascimento europeo, 35. Roma: Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2008.

Wednesday Primary Source #8 - convent register

A manuscript volume containing biographical information about the nuns of the Santa Maria Annuciata delle Murate in Florence, 1629-1809. Catherine de' Medeci had stayed here in the 16th century.

You can find the location of the convent (and many other buildings, streets, and neighborhoods) on Brown University's "online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence :
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/florentine_gazetteer/

Organization: Santa Maria Annunciata della Murate (Convent :
                    Florence, Italy)
Title: Vita e morte, 1629-1809.
Physical Description: 1 v. (149 leaves)
Summary: Biographical details, including date of birth and of
entry to the convent, names of parents, and date of
death.  The second of two volumes, the first probably
lost or stolen as a result of political turmoil.
Note: A Benedictine convent of about 250 sisters.
Note: Phillipps MS 22159; purchased by Stanford, 1990.
Subject (LC): Santa Maria delle Annunziate
Subject (LC): Benedictine nuns--Italy--Florence.
Subject (LC): Convents--Florence.
Subject (LC): Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Subject (LC): Women.
Subject (LC): Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737.
Subject (LC): Florence (Italy)--History--1737-1860.
Title: Santa Maria Annunciata della Murate Obituarium.
Title: Obituarium S. Maria de Florencia.
Title: Santa Maria delle Annunziate.

SPEC-COLL CALL NUMBER          COPY  LOCATION                        
1)MSS CODEX M0544 F CB        1   MANUSCRIPT