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Alastor Rare Books The Adventurer Deceived,” apparently translated from the original French by Elvervelt, and printed by the noted actor and bookseller Duim (1696-1782). The original French version, if it existed, has not been located. Very clean copy with negligible tear to title page. VII. Rossum, Pieter van (?) Aelius Seianus, Treur-Spel. Gorinchemi [Gorinchem]: By Paulus Vink, Boeckverkooper, 1667. 4to, 200mm, [2], 42p., (lacks dedication page), [many blank leaves of later date bound in at end], partial watermark visible, roman and italic type. Title page engraving within a border, shows crest with portcullis, crown, rampant lions and motto “Sidunt ipso pondere magna, Ceditq. oneri Fortuna suo. --Senec. Agam.” 3/4 vellum with marbled boards, manuscript spine title, pencilled shelf marks to front pastedown and endpaper. Text block very clean and tidy, faint water stains to lower edge at gutter, boards slightly warped with very slight scuffing. This tragedy in five acts concerns Lucius Aelius Sejanus (d. AD 31), who was a once-trusted Praetorian Prefect under the Roman Emperor Tiberius, but who was put to death after betraying that trust. Sejanus has been the subject of various literary works including a 1603 play of Ben Jonson. Authorship of this Dutch play is not certain; most often attributed to van Rossum based on initials following the dedication--a leaf that is missing in this copy--but sometimes assigned to Jan Lemmers. Also issued in 1666 at Dordrecht. VIII. Lope de Vega, Felix Jaloersche Studenten, Bly-Epodende-Spel. [Translated from the Spanish by Theodore Rodenburgh] Amsterdam: Gedruckt by Nicolaes van Ravensteyn Voor Dirck Cornelisz Hout-baeck... 1644 4to, mm, A-G[2], [52]p., partial watermark visible, untrimmed. Gothic, roman, and italic typefaces. Title page vignette inside double border shows [oops, didn’t finish].... and motto “Nobilitas sola est atque vinca virtus.” Decorative initial letter.. Later wove glossy paper wrappers, overall 3-colour floral pattern. A Dutch translation of “La escolástica celosa” (The Jealous Student) was first published at Leiden in 1617. This “happily-ending play” is in three acts, in verse. Lope de Vega (1562-1635) was a key literary figure of the Spanish Baroque, a prolific poet and playwright. Rodenburgh (1574-1644), Dutch diplomat and merchant, was also wrote plays and poems. He became familiar with Spanish literature via his diplomatic travels to Spain, where he met Lope de Vega and translated several of his plays. Water stains to gutter and edges; edges curled; small tears and creases to wrapper, with one back corner lacking. IX. J. V. Vondels Salmoneus. Treuspel Amsterdam: Voor de Weduwe van Abraham de Wees, op den Middeldam, in ‘t jaer MDCLVII (1657). Colophon: Amsterdam: Ter Druckerye van Thomas Fontein, op de Voorburghwal, by de Deventer-houtmerckt, 1657. 4to, 200mm, [8], 60p. *4 A-H [2], partial watermark visible, roman and italic type, decorative initial letters, title page vignette of a decorative well and motto “Discite iustitiam moniti, & non temnere divos.” Red edges, later, very clean wove paper wrappers with repeated motif in red. slight tears to edges with tiny loss to one corner. Text very good, last two signatures loose, smudges to gutter and faint water stains on several pages Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prominent Dutch playwright and poet of the 17th century. He moved in literary circles and studied French, German, Latin, and Greek writers. He wrote 32 plays and translated many others from several languages into Dutch. Salmoneus, in Greek mythology, was king of Elis. This copy has slight tears to edges with tiny loss to one corner; last two signatures loose, smudges to gutter and faint water stains on several pages. X. J. v. Vondels Ifigenie In Tauren. Uit Euripedes. Treurspel. Amsterdam : Voor de weduwe van Abraham de Wees, op den Middeldam, in ‘t Nieuwe Testament, 1666. 4to, 200mm, *4 A-F 4, [8], 48p., title page with printer’s device of well with motto “Elck zyn beurt” [each his turn]. Also Latin motto “Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum.” Decorative initial letters, floral printer’s device on last page, speckled edges, very faint water stains to lower edge, else very clean. Later glossy blue wove paper wrappers with repeated design in black, slightly scuffed, small losses to head and tail of spine, penciled notes and shelf marks to inside cover, bookseller label pasted in, printed bookplate of V. Delamontagne in Art Nouveau style, also older tiny bookplate “Ex Libris A. Ch.” Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prominent Dutch playwright and poet of the 17th century. He moved in literary circles and studied French, German, Latin, and Greek writers. He wrote 32 plays and translated many others from several languages into Dutch. The large Vondelpark in Amsterdam is named for him. This translation of Euripedes’ Iphigenia in Tauris is in verse. £450.00 15. Copies Of The Settlements Made By Edward Colston, Esq., For The Maintaince [sic] Of His Almshouse On St. Michael’s-Hill, & c. And Of His Hospital For The Maintainance [sic] And Education Of Poor Boys On St. Augustine’s Back, Bristol. Bristol: Printed at the Mirror Office, 1839. Large 8vo, 25cm, [2], 65, [1 blank] p., title within rule frame, decorative engraved cornerpieces, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked with recent tan morocco spine and brown label. This scarce collection of printed social welfare early records makes available the 1696 settlement and will of Edward Coulson and relates to the establishment of almshouses and schools in the town of Bristol. COPAC Sole copy LSE. £120.00 16. Corporal Violette. London: R.Pratt 12, Broad Street, Golden Square, [1815]. Catalogue Twenty One Single sheet, 380 x230mm, hand-coloured illustration (signed Radcliffe sc. 213 Picadilly). This fabulous broadside and optical illusion was issued presumably as a curiosity following his imprisonment & exile. The violet seems to have become a symbol of Napoleon prior to his departure for Elba and in his despair he requested a some violets from a child who had been picking a bunch and pronounced them to be a symbol of his quiet resignation to his fate. The violet also became a symbol of his resistance and resolve both for him and for supporters, for subsequent to this he is recorded to have said that he would return from Elba when the violets bloom again. The broadside is of particular note as it includes AN OPTICAL ILLUSION WITH THE FACES OF NAPOLEON, MARIA LOUISA & THE KING OF ROME within the petals & foliage of the print. OCLC returns 2 records (BNF & McGill); Not in COPAC. £500.00 8 9
Alastor Rare Books 17. [Craven, E.H]. [Manuscript Commonplace & Scrapbook with Original Drawings]. [Yorkshire, England], [187-]. Large 8vo, 26.5cm, c.100ff (c.50ff blank), paper stock in varying shades of pink, yellow, grey and blue with a number with printed decorative borders and some with embossed borders, white paper stock watermarked “J.Whiston 1834” contemporary plum roan (extremities rubbed, upper joint cracking), boards alike with ornate blind stamping and central diamond within a cartouche with floral and foliage scrollwork, outer border of a single gilt filet and foliate roll, further blind-stamped inner border of reclining classical figures with goblets, fruit and foliage sprays, inner dentelles, gauffred edges, all edges gilt, blue ribbed silk end papers. This attractive album, produced by De La Rue of London contains and interesting mixture of original verse accompanied by drawings, water-colours and a few coloured & hand coloured printed illustrations clipped from popular publications. There is one competent loose water colour of a woman with three children on a hillside above a tree-fringed rural village with central church (170 x 115mm), pencil sketch of Scrooby church, Yorkshire with a forester dressing a tree trunk in foreground, a highly competent religious verse in a pen & ink border of an arched gothic door way with a further view through another archway into a church interior. Within the work are the poems “The Maiden’s Choice & Those Evening Bells (Thomas Hood) in decorative calligraphy, a section entitled “Localities and Lays of Past & Present with three pages of original verse with clipped illustrations of scenes from Warwickshire & one photograph of a gatehouse in front of a timber beamed house. Of particular note is the final section “Flowers And Rhymes” which contains twelve original poems on different flowers each with an original watercolour at the head on separate pages. These are Snowdrop, Primrose, Daisy, Violet, Bluebell, Lilly of the valley, Wall Stock Gentianella, Forget Me Not, Woodbine, Rose & Mignonette. VICTORIAN LADIES FLOWER POETRY. £300.00 IF yOU WOULD HAVE A GOOD PUDDING, PRAy MIND WHAT yR TAUGHT “LET yOUR MAID EAT THE CRUST” (PARADISE PUDDING). 18. Culinary Manuscript. [Oxford?, England], [1810-1863]. 4to, c.86ff (32ff blank), contemporary laced vellum, upper cover title in ink “Receipt Book 1810”, Small newspaper advertisement for R.Mallett’s of 25 Great Charlotte Street Blackfriars “Mixture of Nervine Herbs, calculated to remove lowness of Spirits, strengthen the nervous system and improve the general health” tipped to upper pastedown. This dense and highly legible culinary manuscript appears to be the work of a professional cook, clearly with experience and some training, probably in service. This is further supported by spelling & construction and the presence of the the R.Mallett Nervine Herbs advertisement which appeared in publications intended for a working class audience. Some of the recipes have hints of language which suggest origins in Rundell’s New System of Domestic Cookery (1807) & Ashburn’s The Family director; or Housekeeper’s assistant (1807), Over some 85 leaves there are some 150 Georgian recipes ranging from meat, cheese, wine, preserving to cakes and puddings. There does not seem to have been much call for fish and is only one fish recipe for eels is present. There are several recipes of preparation and preserving of oranges which had become more widely available around this time. The recipes are particularly precise “six ounces of currants and may pray pick clean them least they grate in the teeth” (paradise pudding) and written in a engaging style that goes beyond simple instructions “Adam tasted the pudding and it was wonderous nice so Eve cut her husband another huge slice”. several wine recipes (cowslip, orange, currant, elder), pickles, puddings, meat & cheese & fruit. Following this is a kind of recipe commonplace section of some 10 leaves containing various recipes in different hands and autographed including Oxford sausages & Indian curry. At the end of the work are several leaves, initially in the same hand as the first recipe section then continued in a different hand, of medicinal recipes for colic, various types of cough, to waterproof cement, the ague, digestive pills, ulcerated sore throat and others. Strachan (Advertising and satirical culture in the Romantic period p.69-70. Catalogue Twenty One 19. De Bibliothecis Et Catenis Patrum. Lipsiae. Friderici Lankisii. 1727. 8vo, [6], [clxii], 802, [ 84]. Bound With Spener, Philip. Jacob. Das Muster eines rechtschaffenen Lehrers; oder Ausfuhrliche und erbauliche Sebens Befchreibung. Francfurt und. . engraved portrait frontispiece (signed C.Romsfet, sculpsit), title in red and black, roman and italic types, decorative head and endpieces, woodcut initials. Second work title in red and black, gothic type, decorative initials. Contemporary vellum binding, ms spine title & shelf number (a little soiled) The first work forms a comprehensive bibliography of the works of the early church fathers organized by geographic area and is decorated with some particularly impressive headpieces and historiated initials. . Booksellers ticket of J.Leslie London to upperpastedown, 20thc.ownership inscription to ffep. £550.00 20. [De Leurs Majestés Imperialles Et Royalles de Hongue et de Boheme. Colonel actuel Commandant Le Regiment de l’infanterie du General Mareschal son Altesse Le Prince de Ligne Maximilien Comte de Bournonville certifie D’avoir donné Conge absolut au nomme Pieter Mockel, natif de néau, pays de Limbourg.... [Belgium], [1755]. Single sheet, 415 x 330mm, parchment (reverse soiled) , folded for carriage, calligraphic writing on one side, slits for seal ribbons (not present). This manuscript discharge certificate gives absolute discharge to one Pieter Mockel of Néau [Eupen] in Limbourg from the Imperial Army. It is signed by Maximilien, Comte de Bournoville in the names of Maria Theresa and her husband Francis Stephen. A physical description of Mockel is included as being 5 feet four inches, brown hair and eyes and catholic. He is also described as having given four years service as a fusilier in Captain Buiseut’s company. £220.00 21. De Montel, Edoardo. Sul Progretto Di Riforma Della Legge Comunale E Proviciale: Relazione Alla Associazione Progressista Di Milano. Milano: Tipografia Alessandro Gattinoni, 1883. 8vo, 18cm, 79, [1 blank] p., contemporary printed orange wrappers (small split at tail), title within rule frame & corner ornaments. Only printing of these proceedings of the Associazione Progressista of Milan and of interest for Womens studies. The Associazione, a club devoted to political reform in Italy was heavily influenced by liberal socialism. The Associazione seems to have had progressive aims to introduce Women’s suffrage and to generally improve the legal rights and social influence of women as part of the program. Divided into the transactions of three “sittings” this forms a significant part of the second sitting. The first concerns general administrative reform and the third the financing of social administration. A very good copy. Oval ownership stamp of the Associazione Progressista Di Milano. £200.00 £550.00 10 11
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