Di Bacco, Giuliano & Plumley, Yolanda (eds.): Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Volume Two: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Medieval Culture. Liverpool University Press, 2013. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 259. Illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. In the series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Ref: 54610
[Diamond Classics] Catullus, Gaius Valerius; Tibullus, Albius & Propertius, Sextus: (Opera). Londini [London]: G. Pickering, 57 Chancery Lane (colophon: Excudebat C. Corrall, Charing Cross). 1824. 48mo. (82 x 45mm), pp. [iv], 61, [i], 46, 93, [i] + engraved frontispiece by Stothard, engraved title-page. Engraved headpiece of cherubs to first page of Catullus. Occasional very light toning. Dark brown textured skiver, raised bands and gilt title to spine, a.e.g., dark green endpapers. Spine a little rubbed, very good. Initials F.R. to preliminary blank. From Pickering's 'Diamond Classics' series. Printed in Diamond type by C. Corrall and dedicated to the renowned bibliophile George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834). Keynes, 56 Ref: 54123show full image..
[Diamond Classics] [Bible: N.T.] Novum Testamentum Graecum. Londini [London]: Gulielmus Pickering, 1828. 48mo. (80 x 45 mm), pp. [8], 512. Text entirely in Greek. Engraved frontispiece by Worthington after Leonardo's Last Supper, engraved title-page. Frontispiece and engraved title a little dusty, light age yellowing. Contemporary crushed navy blue morocco, boards and spine gilt, inner edges gilt. Spine sunned, joints and corners a little rubbed. Inscription 'The Hon.ble Francis H. Baring from Bart B. Dowling Feb 13 1878' to fly. From Pickering's famous 'Diamond Classics' series. Dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile. 'The smallest Greek Testament ever published. Reuss places the text among Editiones Stephano-Elzevirian?, i.e. the class represented by Buck's edition of 1632 and similar Testaments.' (D&M). A very good, clean copy, exquisitely printed in Greek diamond type by C. Corrall. Keynes, p.81; Darlow & Moule 4816 Ref: 53683show full image..
[Diamond Classics] [Horace] Horatius, Flaccus Quintus: (Opera). Londini [London]: impensis Guil. Pickering,31 Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1820. First edition thus. 48mo., (82 x 45 mm), pp. [ii], 185, [i] + engraved portrait frontispiece, added engraved title-page. Final page with small portrait of Francis Bacon and motto 'Advancement of Learning', bound without the errata leaf. Occasional very light toning, a little offsetting to t.p.. Dark brown textured skiver, raised bands and gilt title to spine, a.e.g., dark green endpapers. Spine a little rubbed, very good. Initials F.R. to preliminary blank. 'Probably the second book published by Pickering' (Keynes), this first edition of Horace, exquisitely printed in diamond type by C. Corrall, became a bibliographical landmark as the first issue in the 'Diamond Classics', the series dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile. Keynes, 73 Ref: 54122show full image..
[Diamond Classics] [Horace] Horatius, Flaccus Quintus: (Opera). Londini [London]: impensis Guil. Pickering, 1820. First edition thus. 48mo. (82 x 45 mm), pp. [2] 185 [1], including final errata and title-page, plus engraved frontispiece (author's portrait) and added engraved title-page, last verso with small portrait of Francis Bacon and motto 'Advancement of Learning', without the errata leaf. Frontispiece and engraved title-page dusty at margins, a little offsetting from frontispiece, a little yellowing. Contemporary polished calf, single gilt-ruled with blind pointille border, raised bands, spine tooled in blind, gilt-lettered morocco label, joints weakening but firm. Armorial bookplate of A. R. Malden to front pastedown, inscription 'A. R. Malden A.M. Aul: SS Trin: apud Cantab: D.D. Pater Henricus Malden Trin: Coll: apud Cantab: olim Socius' to ffep. 'Probably the second book published by Pickering' (Keynes), this first edition of Horace, exquisitely printed in diamond type by C. Corrall, became a bibliographical landmark as the first issue in the 'Diamond Classics', the series dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile. Keynes, p.73. Ref: 53655show full image..
[Diamond Classics] [Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Opera). Londini [London]: Impensis G. Pickering, 1823. 48mo. (88 x 48 mm), pp. [6], 220. With engraved frontispiece (author's portrait) and title-page. A few edges untrimmed, light age yellowing, the odd spot. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt-lettered. Head and foot of spine a bit rubbed, hinges starting. Autograph R.W. Lamb 1939 to front pastedown; another illegible to ffep. From Pickering's 'Diamond Classics' series. Dedicated to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), renowned bibliophile, and exquisitely printed, by C. Corrall. A clean copy. Keynes, p.92. Ref: 53694show full image..
Dicuil; (Letronne, A[ntoine-Jean], ed.:) Recherches G?ographiques et Critiques sur le Livre de Mensura Orbis Terr Compos? en Irelande, au Commencement du Neuvi?me Si?cle, par Dicuil; Suivies du Texte Restitu? par A. Letronne. Paris: Chez Germain Mathiot, 1814. 8vo., pp. [ii], 249, [i], 94. Text in French and Latin. Toned, light stain radiating from top fore-edge corner through most of text-block but not obscuring text. Later olive green paper, brown cloth gilt label to spine, endpapers replaced, edges sprinkled. Spine a little darkened, end-caps slightly creased, corners bumped with top two starting to fray, top edge dusted. Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae was originally published by Walckenaer in 1807. This edition is based on two mss. in the Biblioth?que Nationale, Paris, with additional readings obtained from the collation of the Venice and Florence mss. Ref: 47047
Ditchfield, P. H. & Page, William (eds.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Berkshire. Volume One. Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Resea 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Corners lightly bumped, a little shelf-wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to ffep. Reprinted from the 1906 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54080
Ditchfield, P. H. & Page, William (eds.): The Victoria History of (the County of) Berkshire. Volume Two. Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Resea 1972. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Corners bumped, a little shelf-wear, otherwise very good. Bookplate of Robert Smith to ffep. Reprinted from the 1907 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54081
[Domesday Book] [Farley, Abraham (ed.)]: [Domesday Book, Seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi regis Angli?, inter archivos regni in domo capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus. [London]: [Record Commisioners], [1783.] EDITIO PRINCEPS. 2 vols. Folio. ff. 382; pp. 450. Without titles, as issued. Vol. I, first 4 leaves a little creased, light toning, very faint foxing to some leaves, occasional light smudgy marks; vol. II, occasional tiny spots and smudges but generally brighter inside than vol. I. Contemporary reddish-brown diced russia, neatly rebacked with original spines retained. Spines gilt with green morocco title and volume labels, gilt borders, marbled endpapers. Vol. I spine a bit crackled, ruined, a few small marks, corners worn and repaired; vol. II, head cap split horiztonally with both it and the endband coming loose, a little rubbed, corners repaired but bumped, still very good overall. Recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to ffep verso, each volume. Three booksellers' catalogue descriptions tipped onto ffep verso, vol. I. The significance of Domesday Book was perceived at an early stage by scholars such as Selden, who printed extracts at the end of his edition of Eadmer in 1623. Domesday Book itself was held under lock and key and could only be consulted for a fee, with an additional charge of fourpence for each line transcribed. Without a complete printed edition scholar's regard for Domesday was combined with an ignorance of its general contents, until 1783 when this edition was printed at the behest of a Royal Comission. It was printed in record type, designed for the occasion by J. Nicholls and cut by J. Jackson (former apprentice of William Caslon the elder), and later destroyed in the Westminster fire of 1834. Douglas, in his work English Scholars 1660-1730, expresses the view that Farley's achievement has been 'shamefully neglected', and that 'he produced one of the most accurate and reliable transcripts in the history of English scholarship'. Title-pages to theses volumes were supplied by the Record Commission in 1816, and two subsequent volumes (comprising additions and index) were provided in 1811 and 1816. ESTC 097297; Upcott p.xiii Ref: 54574show full image..
