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Catalogue
72
Books
from the Past
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77.
[PERIODICAL]. The Dial. Vol. LXVIII, Number 1 (January 1920).
New York, The Dial Publishing Company, Inc. [1920]. $225
8vo; pp. i-ix (adverts), 136; 8 illustrations, including frontispiece.
Original pink paper wrappers, contents on front, adverts on rear.
The Dial began publication in 1840 as an early forum for transcendentalists
such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In 1920, under
Scofield Thayer as editor, The Dial focused more on literature and
the arts, and until it ceased publication in 1929, was one of the
most influential literary journals in the United States. The Dial
published poetry, fiction, and art, featuring the work of modern
writers such as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, (with the first U.S. publication
of The Waste Land), e.e. cummings, Marianne Moore, William Carlos
Williams, W.B. Yeats, Joseph Conrad, Bertrand Russell and Carl Sandburg,
and artists such as Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and
Georgia O'Keeffe. This issue includes poetry and drawings by e.e.
cummings.
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78.
[PERIODICAL]. The Dial. Vol. LXVIII, Number 3 (March 1920).
New York, The Dial Publishing Company, Inc. [1920]. $250
8vo; pp. i-ix (adverts), numbered [275]-410; 8 illustrations, including
frontispiece. Original pink paper wrappers, contents on front, adverts
on rear.
The Dial began publication in 1840 as an early forum for transcendentalists
such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In 1920, under
Scofield Thayer as editor, The Dial focused more on literature and
the arts, and until it ceased publication in 1929, was one of the
most influential literary journals in the United States. The Dial
published poetry, fiction, and art, featuring the work of modern
writers such as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, (with the first U.S. publication
of The Waste Land), e.e. Cummings, Marianne Moore, William Carlos
Williams, W.B. Yeats, Joseph Conrad, Bertrand Russell and Carl Sandburg,
and artists such as Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and
Georgia O'Keeffe. This issue includes poetry by Edna St. VIncent
Millay, Carl Sandburg and AE (George William Russell).
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79.
PLAUTUS, [TITUS MACCIUS] (c.254-184 BC). M. Accl Plavti Comoediæ,
ex recognitione Jani Grvteri; qui bonâ fide contulit cum MSS.
Palatinis. Accedunt Commentarij Fridrici Taubmanni auctiores; item
Indices rerum & verborum necessarii. [Wittenberg], Apud Zachariam
Schurerum, Bibliopol. Anno Domini M.DC.XXI (1621). $1,250
Thick 4to, pp. [52], 760, 781-1557, [122] , (Indices); p. 193 numbered
187, pp. 196-197 numbered 190-191, p. 1451 numbered 1441; title
vignette of printer's device; decorative head-pieces, tail-piece
and initials; hole in one leaf affecting one word; old, neat repair
to tail of first three leaves of prelims and to margin of final
leaf, with no affect to text; two small holes (paper flaw) at Aaaaa3
(pp. 741-42); few small contemporary inked annotations; despite
hiatus in the pagination, there is no text wanting; textblock cracked
between title-page and text; new endpapers; old shelf-mark and neat
manuscript provenance on front pastedown; contemporary full vellum
with later gilt-ruled morocco title-piece; yapp edges; front cover
embossed in gilt: Bibliothecæ Regiæ Parmensis, with
three fleurs-de-lys. A very good copy.
Graesse V, 328; Brunet IV, 708-709. Plautus' musical Comedies, adapted
from earlier Greek works, began appearing on the Roman stage around
200 BC. They were extremely popular among every class of audience,
both for their theatrical presentation and clever scripting. Plautus'
use of puns, plays on words and familiar character types who reappeared
in various plays set a model for theatrical performance throughout
the ages, particularly in works by Shakespeare and Molière.
The twenty plays collected in this volume represent most of Plautus'
surviving plays. This is the third edition of the work edited by
Friederick Taubmann (1565-1613), carefully reviewed from manuscripts
by Dutch scholar Jan Gruter (1560-1627), librarian at Heidelberg
university. The manuscripts in the Palatine Library in Heidelberg
were donated to the Vatican Library in 1623 by Maximilian I.
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80.
PONTANO, GIOVANNI GIOVIANO (1426-1503). Ioannis Iouiani Pontani
Opera. De Fortitudine: Libri duo. De Principe: Liber unus. Dialogus
qui Charon inscribitur. Dialogus qui Antonius inscribitur. De Liberalitate:
Liber unus. De Beneficentia: Liber unus. De Magnificentia: Liber
unus. De Splendore: Liber unus. De Couiuentia [sic]: Liber unus.
De Obedienta: Libri quinque. Cum Gratia & Priuilegio. Impressum
Venetiis, per Bernardinum Vercellensem: Anno Salutis MCCCCCI [1501]
Die primo Kalendas Martii. $6,000
Folio; [148] leaves. Signatures: a8, b-z6, &8 (last leaf blank);
single column, 42 lines; in Roman type; printed letter guides in
initial spaces of 4 and 8 lines. Covers worn and dusty; spine from
contemporary printer's waste over paper boards, with handwritten
title in ink and small paper shelf label; penciled notes on fly-leaves;
occasional marginalia and underlining of text; old water stains
to first few leaves; some small ink stains, not affecting text.
Leaf eii is missigned dii. Imprint taken from the colophon.
Adams 1856; Kress I:24. The Renaissance humanist and poet Giovanni
Gioviano Pontano was born in Cerreto di Spoleto and educated in
Perugia and Naples. He became tutor to the sons of Alphonso the
Magnanimous (1416-1458), and subsequently occupied diplomatic and
advisory positions in the Court of Naples. Alphonso established
the Accademia Alphonsina as a forum for scholars to debate questions
of philosophy, politics, and literature and Pontano was a prominent
teacher, eventually becoming the school's president. The Accademia
was renamed in his honour, and is still operating today. Pontano
was a popular writer and had a respectable body of work published
during his lifetime. This early edition includes his major philosophical
and political essays, as well as two dialogues, one of which, Charon,
is often found excised from collections of Pontano's works due to
its unflattering depiction of the clergy (cf. Renouard). Pontano
also wrote treatises on astronomy, art and language, but he was
most appreciated as a gifted Latin poet who mastered the Greek epigrammatic
form. The printer of this edition, Bernardino de Viano, was active
in Venice from 1500-1512 and 1520-1543, publishing in Latin and
Italian under several variations of his name.
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Scarce Collection of Engraved Music
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81. [PORRO, PIERRE-JEAN, 1750-1831] PATOUART FILS. La Muse
Lyrique. Dediée à la Reine (sic). Recueil d'Airs Avec
Accompagnement de Guitarre; Par Mr. Patouart Fils. Par Souscription.
A Paris, Chez Mr. Jolivet, Md. de Musique de la Reine, 3ème
volume, Janvier-Decembre 1773. $500
8vo; pp. 198, [2] (index of songs); engraved title page, with arms
of Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793); engraved half title by
L. LeGrand, after a drawing by A. Huet; original mottled blue paper
wrappers, faded and worn at edges; spine restored; uncut; few leaves
age-browned; very occasional spotting; printed on heavy paper; engraved
text and music in fine condition.
Oxford. The popularity of guitar music in 18th century France, particularly
among the nobility, led to the publication of a number of periodicals
that distributed new compositions with accompanying lyrics. La Muse
Lyrique was published by subscription between 1770-1789, 50 times
per year, each issue comprising four engraved pages of music. The
bound volumes were dedicated to Marie Antoinette: Madame la Dauphine
(1770-1774) and La Reine (1775-1789), and published at music publishers
Jolivet (1770-1776) and Baillon (1777-1789) (cf Oxford). The music
includes songs for one or two voices with guitar. Pierre-Jean Porro
was a guitar virtuoso and teacher, as well as an editor and publisher
of music (Baker's). During his time, the design of the guitar evolved
from a five-string instrument to the six strings that are commonly
played today.
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82.
[PORRO, PIERRE-JEAN, 1750-1831] PATOUART FILS. La Muse Lyrique.
Dediée à la Reine. Recueil d'Airs Avec Accompagnement
de Guitarre; Par Mr. Patouart Fils. Par Souscription. A Paris, Chez
Mr. Jolivet, Md. de Musique de la Reine, 5ème volume, Janvier-Decembre
1775. $500
8vo; pp. [198], [2] (index of songs); engraved title page, with
arms of Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793); engraved half title
by L. LeGrand, after a drawing by A. Huet; printed on heavy paper;
original mottled blue paper wrappers; spine restored; uncut; few
leaves age-browned; very occasional spotting; small ink spot on
one leaf, not affecting notation; 1-inch tear in lower margin of
one leaf neatly repaired. Otherwise, engraved text and music in
fine condition.
Another volume of this work.
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