"Se não te agradar o estylo,e o methodo, que sigo, terás paciência, porque não posso saber o teu génio, mas se lendo encontrares alguns erros, (como pode suceder, que encontres) ficar-tehey em grande obrigação se delles me advertires, para que emendando-os fique o teu gosto mais satisfeito"
Bento Morganti - Nummismologia. Lisboa, 1737. no Prólogo «A Quem Ler»

sábado, 9 de junho de 2012

Librairie Le Feu Follet – Livres Anciens Juin 2012



Sibylle Pandolfi da Librairie Le Feu Follet apresentou o novo catálogo desta livraria para Junho. Nele se incluem edições originais, encadernações armoriadas e edições ilustradas.



Deixo aqui alguns apontamentos da minha leitura deste catálogo.

Curioso este exemplar sobre o anonimato e pseudónimos de alguns autores (obra inacabada, pois o seu autor faleceu antres da sua conclusão):



3. BAILLET Adrien. Auteurs deguisez. Sous des noms etrangers; empruntez, supposez, feints à plaisir, chiffrez, renversez, retournez, ou changeez d'une langue en une autre.

Chez Antoine Dezallier, A Paris 1690, In 12 (9,5x16,5cm), xxvj (2) 615pp, relié.

Edition originale, assez rare, parue de façon anonyme.



Plein Veau brun d'époque. Dos à nerfs richement orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Roulette sur les coupes. Un manque en tête. Mors supérieur épidermé avec petits manques. 2 coins émoussés. Exemplaire plutôt frais.





Première bibliographie française consacrés aux auteurs anonymes ou peusonymes. L'auteur, décédé en 1706, ne put poursuivre son travail, et il faudra attendre le dictionnaire de Barbier des ouvrages anonymes pour avoir un travail complet sur le sujet. Par ailleurs, cet ouvrage ne recoupe nullement celui de barbier, puisqu'il devait servir d'introduction à un vaste ouvrage sur le sujet, et en effet, c'est un essai qui tente de comprendre les raisons de l'anonymat ou du travestissement, bien que cela demeure un travail bibliographique (index contenant 1700 pseudonymes).

Parece-me bastante interessante esta história do rei Carlos VII.



10. CHARTIER Jean & COUCY de Mathieu. Histoire du roi Charles VII.

De l'imprimerie royale (Sébastien Cramoisy), A Paris 1661, In Folio (24x38cm), (28) 907pp. (10), relié.





Edition réalisée par Denys Godefroy réunissant pour la première fois les textes sur Charles VII de Jean Chartier, de Mathieu de Coucy et de Jacques le Bouvier. Les trois histoires sont enrichies de pièces historiques et divers mémoires réunis par Denys Godefroy, lequel a rassemblé l'ensemble des écrits connus sur Charles VII.





Un portrait au frontispice et 4 portraits de Jean d'Orléans, Etienne Chevalier Jacques Coeur et Jean Bureau, le tout gravé par Grignon, une grande vignette de titre aux armes de France, plusieurs bandeaux de titre et lettrines historiés très bien imprimés. Belle édition in folio.





Plein Veau d'époque granité. Dos à nerf richement orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Très bel exemplaire. Habile et invisible restauration aux mors en tête et queue, et en coiffes.






Très riche ensemble historique de la période allant de 1422 jusqu'en 1461, outre les textes des trois historiens susnommés et des chroniques anonymes, l'ouvrage contient de très nombreuses pièces, lettres, édits illustrant cette période. Excellente édition, rigoureusement construite, qui commence par un éloge de Charles VII tiré d'un manuscrit anonyme, et se termine sur des portraits et pièces de tous les personnages importants de cette période, notamment Jeanne d'Arc.





Ex-libris gravé aux armes du XVIIIe : Du cabinet des livres de Ponchartrain. Célèbre bibliophile, Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, fut secrétaire d'État de la Marine de 1699 à 1715. Il est demeuré célèbre pour sa gestion des colonies française en Amérique, Louisiane et Canada.

E, já que falamos de história – temática sempre com grande número de coleccionadores – aqui fica este excelente trabalho sobre o condado da Borgonha.





16. DUNOD DE CHARNAGE. Histoire du Comté de Bourgogne : Histoire des sequanois et de la province sequanoise, des bourguignons et du premier royaume de Bourgogne [...]. Histoire du second royaume de Bourgogne, du comté de Bourgogne sous les rois carlovingiens, des 3e et 4e royaumes de Bourgogne [...]

Chez Jean-Baptiste Charmet, A Besançon 1730 - 1735, In 4 (18x24,5cm), (2) xxvj 298pp. xvj 179pp. (1bc) (22) cxij et (4) xix (1) 635pp. (1bc.) (21), relié.









Edition originale rare de ces deux volumes parus respectivement en 1730 et 1735 composant l'histoire du comté de Bourgogne. Un troisième volume, paru en 1740, et qui se trouve plus rarement réuni aux deux premiers traite de la noblesse et des comtes de Bourgogne anisi que de son organisation politique (nous vendons ce troisième volume à part, relié différemment et plus communément, et manquant des 5 feuillets préliminaires, du plan de la ville de Dôle et d'une carte).

  







Les deux tomes sont illustrés de 11 planches, comprenant une carte de Besançon, un plan panoramique dépliant de la même ville, une carte dépliante des provinces sequanoises... L'histoire de l'église de Besançon possède un faux-titre, avec une nouvelle pagination. Il est possible qu'il y eut un faux-titre avant la page de titre intitulée Histoire du comté de Bourgogne, faux-titre que l'on trouve sur le second volume, mais rien n'est certain.







Plein Veau marbré d'époque. Dos à nerfs finement et richement orné, notamment d'un fer à la couronne de France répété dans chaque caisson et sur la pièce de tomaison. Roulette en queue avec cheval bondissant. Pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin beige, avec encadrement de feuillage sur la tomaison. Coiffe de tête du tome I en partie fragile. Petits accidents en queue du tome I. Coiffe de tête en partie élimée au tome II, fragile en queue avec accidents (mors inférieur ouvert en queue). Un coin portant un manque de cuir en bordure. La planche dépliante d'un arc de triomphe romain porte une déchirure et une trace ancienne brune de scotch. Malgré les nombreux défauts cités, exemplaire de bel aspect, au dos très décoratif et en outre bien frais.

O séc XVIII encontra-se representado por esta obra com vinhetas e ilustrações de bela estética e alta qualidade tipográfica.





23. LE BLOND & LA CHAUD. Description des principales Pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans.

Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud, M. l'abbé le blond, A Paris 1780 - 1784, 2 tomes en 2 Vol. pet. In Folio (20,5x34cm), (32) 303pp. et (4) v (3) 215pp. (5), relié.







Edition originale, magnifiquement illustrée d'un frontispice de Cochin, gravé par Saint-Aubin, d'une vignette de titre du même, de 59 grands culs-de-lampe et en-tête (dessinés et gravés par Saint-Aubin) expliqués et décryptés en début d'ouvrage, et de 179 figures hors-texte présentant chacune une pierre gravée (gravées par Saint-Aubin). Belle impression sur Grand papier de Hollande.







Plein Chagrin maroquiné noir ca 1850. Dos à nerfs plats orné de filets et roulettes sur les nerfs. Encadrements à frois sur les plats avec fleurons angulaires. Tranches marbrées. Legers frottements aux coiffes, coins. Manque de papier en marge d'un feuillet du tome I. Quelques feuillets brunis. Pâle mouillure angulaire sur 3 feuillets du tome I. Bel exemplaire, à grandes marges.








Le Duc d'Orléans fut un grand collectionneur, tant de livres, d'antiques et de pierres gravées ; ces dernières fournissent d'utiles renseignements à l'archéologie et sont même déterminantes pour les études sur l'Antiquité. Réunir des pierres gravées exigeait de longues et patientes recherches et beaucoup d'argent, et il n'y a guère que les souverains qui pouvaient rassembler une collection. Celle du Duc d'Orléans, remarquable, fut léguée à Louis XIV. En fin d'ouvrage, une lettre de Daubenton sur l'exactitude de la représentation des hippopotames.

Como um exemplo de encadernações armoriadas temos este exemplar, ainda que com muitas imperfeições, com as armas da marquesa de Pompadour.





33. MONET Philibert. Origine et Pratique des Armoiries a la Gaulloise: qui est la premiere partie du formulaire des Arts, an Francois, et an Latin.

Chez Claude Landry, A Lyon 1631, Pet. in 4 (15,5x23,5cm), (16) 187pp, relié.

Edition originale, rare. Marque de l'imprimeur en page de titre. Impression à petits caractères. La seconde partie, Pratique des armoiries, contient systématiquement la traduction latine de la description des armes.

Exemplaire frappé au centre des plats des armes de la Marquise de Pompadour.







Plein Veau blond XVIIIe. Dos à nerfs orné de 4 fleurons dans des caissons. Pièce de titre de maroquin rouge. Triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats. Tranches rouges. Coiffe de tête élimée. Mors supérieur fendu en tête. Coins émoussés. Frottements. Brunissures sur les premiers feuilets. Le second feuillet (épître au prince de Condé porte un manque au coin droit de 8 cm sur 8 avec perte de texte. Feuillet 7, un petit manque en marge haute, de 3 cm sur 1. Assez bel exemplaire néanmoins, aux armes parfaitement exécutées, dans une reliure en veau blond.





L'auteur remonte à l'empereur Auguste pour le premier usage des armoiries, dont les francs auraient hérité en chassant les romains de gaule ; il s'attarde ensuite longuement sur l'usage des couleurs, des figures depuis les premiers francs jusqu'à la fin du XVIe, et chaque fois explique l'origine des usages et emplois. Il résulte de ces recherches un traité assez curieux dans le domaine, plus épris de légendes que de systématisme et de rigueur. Curieux, intéressant, et fort divertissant par ses fantaisies. Cachet de bibliothèque aux armes de France en page de titre : Ecole Royale Militaire. Un second tampon bleuté : Ecole spéciale militaire (en page de titre et sur quelques feuillets).

Ainda do séc. XVIII e na literatura temos este romance burlesco bem ao estilo da época.



36. MOUHY Chevalier de Charles de Fieux. La Mouche ou les Aventures de M. Bigand.

Chez Poilly ; Chez Jean Neaulme, A Paris ; A La haye 1736 - 1742, 8 parties en 4 Vol. in 12 (10x16,5cm), 265pp; (6) 172pp. et x, 209 (4) 240pp. et (6) 188pp. et (3) 173pp. (3) et (3) 168 (4) 175pp, relié.



Edition originale très rare des 4 dernières parties, précédées des 4 premières (avec titre de relais), dont la troisième, à la date de 1736, est en édition originale. Réunion exceptionnelle et fort rare des huit parties en reliure uniforme, qui plus est en maroquin. La publication de l'ouvrage s'est étalé de 1736 à 1742. Les premières parties de cet ouvrage sont certainement en premier tirage, mais avec des titres de relais à l'adresse d'autres libraires qui avaient racheté le privilège.





Plein Maroquin rouge d'époque. Dos lisse richement orné. Pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin noir. Triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats, avec fleurons angulaires. Tranches dorées. Roulette intérieure. Mors du tome I en grande partie fendus et coiffe de queue élimée. Mors supérieur du tome II fendu, un léger manque en queue. Mors supérieur du tome III fendu. Mors supérieur du tome IV en partie fendu, idem pour le mors inférieur ; un manque sérieux en coiffe de queue. La moitié des coins émoussés. Quelques tâches jaunâtres dans le premier volumes et quelques rousseurs malgré un ensemble plutôt frais. Malgré les défauts, aspect fort décoratif des dos. L'ensemble demeure un bel exemplaire, fort enviable en cette condition.



Roman picaresque difficilement narrable tant il brille par l'invention, la mouche (terme d'argot pour l'espion) reste l'oeuvre la plus célèbre de son auteur ; on y sent l'influence nette de Lesage et de Prévost quant au modèle narratif autobiographique.

As edições quinhentistas, um pouco a perderem o interesse dos bibliófilos, continuam no entanto a fascinar pelo seu apurado trabalho tipográfico, como é o caso desta história eclesiástica.



49. XANTHOPOULOS Nicephore Calliste. L'Histoire ecclésiastique de Nicephore, fils de Calliste Xantouplois, autheur grec, traduicte nouvellement du latin en françois [...] de nouveau corrigée et mise en meilleur françois qu'auparavant par deux docteurs en en la faculté de théologie à Paris [Ensemble] Histoire ecclesiastique nommee tripartite, divisée en douze livres [...] depuis le temps de Constantin le Grand jusques au temps de Theodose le jeune.

Pour Abel l'Angelier, A Paris 1578, In Folio (21x33,5cm), (9f.) 445ff. (23f.) ; (20) 227pp. (7), relié.



Rare édition originale de la traduction française que l'on doit, selon Barbier, à deux bénédictins : Denys Hangart et Jean Gillot, mais selon des recherches récentes, Hangart serait le seul traducteur et Jean Gillot serait l'éditeur scientifique. L'édition serait également parue dans le format in 8 d'après un exemplaire détenu à Lille. Le privilège a été partagé avec Locqueneulx, Michel Sonnius et autres éditeurs. Marques de l 'éditeur en page de titre.





On ne trouve à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France que les rééditions de 1586 chez le même éditeur, un exemplaire de 1578, in folio, à Lyon.





Le second ouvrage porte la même date de privilège que le premier (page de titre et pagination séparée), mais les exemplaires de 1586 de la BNF ne le mentionnent pas, pas plus que les quelques exemplaires de 1578 détenus à Lyon et à Lille. La réunion de cet ouvrage à L'histoire de Calliste ne s'est donc pas toujours fait. Par ailleurs on trouve à la BNF des éditions isolées de ce titre en 1587, et 1586.





Plein Veau brun d'époque. Dos à nerfs très habilement restitué au XIXe, orné de 6 petits fleurons et de filets noirs. Plats frappés à chaud d'un médaillon central renaissance. Filet d'encadrement (brodures et coins restaurés). Petites tâches diverses sur les plats. Une mouillure très pâle en marge droite en coin sur les premiers feuillets, également en fin d'ouvrage, sur les deux coins en marge. Une légère mouillure en marge basse au milieu, au centre de l'ouvrage. Quelques feuillets jaunis. Dans l'ensemble, bon exemplaire, avec des restaurations plutôt discrètes.





46. TACHARD Guy. Voyage de Siam des peres jesuites envoyés par le roy, aux Indes & à la Chine.

Chez Pierre Mortier, A Amsterdam 1687, In 12 (10x16,2cm), (10) 227pp. (1bc.) (12), relié.


Parece que me entusiasmei um pouco, mas julgo que este catálogo reune um bom leque de opções temáticas, onde pontuam algumas raridades, e a preços relativamrente aliciantes.

Boa leitura.

Saudações bibliófilas.


domingo, 3 de junho de 2012

Livraria Castro e Silva – Catalogo nº 135 / Rare Books Catalog



A Livraria Castro e Silva localizada na Rua do Norte, 44 - 1º andar em Lisboa também lançou o seu catálogo n.º 135 para Junho.





Deste catálogo onde o livro antigo tem sempre um lugar privilegiado, destaco alguns livros que me despertaram o interesse. (1)

Começo com estes exemplares dessa famosa casa impressora que nos colocou entre os melhores na Europa nos primórdios do séc. XIX – a Tipografia Calcográfica, Tipoplástica e Literária do Arco Cego. (2)





15. CASTEL. (Ricardo de) AS PLANTAS, POEMA DE… PROFESSOR DE LITTERATURA NO PRYTANEO FRANCEZ. TRADUZIDAS DA II. EDIÇÃO, VERSO A VERSO, DEBAIXO DOS AUSPICIOS E ORDEM DE SUA ALTEZA REAL O PRINCIPE REGENTE NOSSO SENHOR, POR MANOEL MARIA DE BARBOSA DU BOCAGE. LISBOA. NA TYPOGRAPHIA CHALCOGRAPHICA, TYPOPLASTICA, E LITTERARIA DO ARCO DO CEGO. M. DCCCI. [1801] In 8.º de 19,5x12,5 cm. Com [iv], 181,[iii] pags. Encadernação da época inteira de pele com rotulo vermelho e ferros a ouro na lombada. IIustrado com 1 frontispício gravado e 4 gravuras no início de cada um dos quatro cantos do poema com jardins e cenas bucólicas. 1ª edição impressa na famosa e inovadora impressão do Arco do Cego que em apenas dois anos de existencia produzio tantas obras primas da nossa bibliografia cientifica. Obra bilingue - francês e português - com uma nomencaltura lineana no final de cada capítulo, em que constam os nomes vernáculos portugueses da flora e da fauna mencionada no poema e a ocorrência geográfica das espécies. Esta obra pertence à bibliografia elmaniana. Inocêncio VI, 49 [Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage] “As Plantas poema de Ricardo Castel, traduzido, etc. Ibi, na dita Offic. 1801. 4.º de 181 pag. com estampas, e o original francez em frente. Reimpresso no Rio de Janeiro, 1811;-e Lisboa, na Imp. Regia 1813. 4.º de 192 pag”. Arco do Cego, 16.

Temos este outro título, que nos revela todo o rigor do processo de impressão e da grande qualidade das ilustrações desta casa impressora, deixo aqui algumas imagens do Volume I, precisamente aquele que falta na obra apresentada no catálogo:





49. MARIANO VELOSO, Fr. José. DESCRIPTIO ET ADUMBRATIO PLANTARUM CLASSE CRIPTOGAMICA LINNEI, LICHENES DICUNTUR. VOLUMEN SECUNDUM. AUCTORE D. GEORG. FRANC. HOFFMANN MED. DOCT. MEDC. PROFES. PUBL. ORDINAR. HOR. R. BOTAN. PRAEFECTO, SOC SCIENT. GOTTING. LUG. PHYSIOGR. LUND. HIST. NAT. PARIS. ALIARUMQUE MEMER. LUSITANORUM BOTANICORUM IN USUM, CELSISSIMI AC POTENTISSIMI LUSITANIAE PRINCIPIS REGENTIS DOMINI NOSTRI, ET JUSSU, ET AUSPICIS DENEO TYPIS MANDATUM CURANTE Fr. JOSEPHO MARIANO VELOSO. ULYSIPONE, TYPOGRAPHIA DOMUS CHALCOGRAPICAE, TYPOPLASTICAE AC LITTERARIAE AD ARCUM CAECI. M. DCCCI. [1801] In 8.º de 19,5x14 cm. Com [iv], 93, [iii] pags. Encadernação da época com lombada e cantos em pele, um pouco cansada. Ilustrado com magnifico frontispício aberto a buril com putti analisando fungos com instrumentos de óptica, em moldura oval, assinado “Romão Eloy Sculp. No Arco Cego” (folha de rosto adornada com gravura xilográfica com o escudo das armas reais de Portugal) e 24 gravuras com vários tipos de fungos, todas elas coloridas manualmente e assinadas “Almda. F. no Arco Cego” numeradas de 25 a 48. Trata-se apenas do 2.º volume de dois, o primeiro volume foi publicado em 1800. Curiosamente em bibliotecas publicas de portuguesas, apenas existe um exemplar do primeiro volume na BNP, que pode ser consultado em formato digital em: http://purl.pt/11990. Obra publicada originalmente em 3 volumes em Leipzig na Alemanha, entre 1790 e 1801. A edição portuguesa foi impressa na efémera, mas famosa, artística e inovadora impressão do Arco do Cego, que em apenas dois anos de existência (1800-1801) produziu 83 obras-primas da nossa bibliografia científica, esforço notável que mesmo com tiragens muito reduzidas nos colocou entre os primeiros países com tipografia científica de referência internacional. Exemplar com tenue assinatura de posse do Eng. Agrónomo Romão dos Passos na folha de rosto. Blake 5, 69.

Segue-se este exemplar saído dos prelos da casa impressora da “dinastia craesbeeckiana”:



18. CEITA. (Fr. João de) SERMÕES DAS FESTAS DA VIRGEM SANTISSIMA, E DE CHRISTO SENHOR NOSSO, COM OITO DO Sacramento, & de algus Santos, & oito de diffuntos. Dedicado ao glorioso S. Antonio, [vinheta com Santo António e o Menino] COMPOSTOS PELO PADRE FR. IOAM DE CEITA, Frade menor da Regular observância da Provincia dos Algarves, natural da Cidade de Lisboa, & Leitor jubilado em Sancta Theologia. Com licença. Em Lisboa. Por Lourenço Craesbeeck Impressor delRey. Anno MDC.XXXIV. [1634]. In 8º gr. (de 20x14 cm). Com viii-340 fólios. Encadernação da época em pergaminho flexível. Impressão a duas colunas ilustrada com uma gravura de S. António na folha de rosto. Inocêncio III, 348: “Fr. João de Ceita, Franciscano da província dos Algarves; bom poeta latino, orador e teólogo. Foi natural de Lisboa, e morreu no convento de Setúbal com 55 anos, no de 1633. Sermões das festas da Virgem Sanctissima e de Christo Senhor nosso, com oito do Sacramento, e de alguns Sanctos, e oito de defuntos. Lisboa, por Lourenço Craesbeeck 1634. 4.º De VIII-340 folhas”.

Nem sempre se consegue uma edição original, pelo que um bom fac-simile, terá muitas vezes de ocupar o seu lugar:





37. GONÇALVES. (Estevão) MISSAL PONTIFICAL. [Fac-simile integral]. Pontificales Missae ex missali romano, iuxta decretum sacrosancti Concilij Tridentini restituto. 1610. Lith. F. Appel. Paris. S/d [193?]. De 45x32 cm. Com 48 fólios inumerados. Ilustrado com o fac-simile reproduzido em similigravuras coloridas. BNP não menciona.

Os livros de viagens sempre fascinam qualquer coleccionador. Aqui fica este exemplo:



38. GRAHAM, Maria. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN CHILE, DURING THE YEAR 1822. AND A VOYAGE FROM CHILE TO BRAZIL IN 1823. BY.. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BRWN, AND GREEN PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND JOHN MURRAY. 1824. In 4.º de 26,5x21 cm. Com [viii], 512 pags. Encadernação da época inteira de pele com ferros a ouro na lombada. Ilustrado com 14 gravuras a água-tinta desenhadas pela autora e gravadas por Eduard Finden. 1ª edição. Não existe exemplar na BNP. Trata-se de uma excelente e detalhada descrição do Chile depois da independência e sob o governo de Bernardo O’Higgins. O apendix VI contem uma descrição das árvores e arbustos do Chile compilada em 1792. Maria Graham (1785-1843) foi esposa de um oficial britânico que faleceu durante a viagem de ambos ao Chile. Maria Graham passou vários meses no Chile, a maior parte deles em Valparaiso, como governanta de D. Maria Gloria do Brasil. Enamorou-se do Chile e suas gentes. Contactou com a alta sociedade chilena e acompanhou o comandante da armada chilena Lord Cochrane numa viagem à ilha de Juan Fernadez. Maria Graham foi uma das primeiras mulheres a descrever a vida na América do Sul.



[illustrated with 14 aquatint plates and 10 wood-engravings in the text. First edition. A perceptive, well-informed early and detailed account of Chile after independence under the dictatorship of Bernardo O'Higgins. The Appendix Vi contains an account of Chilean trees and shrubs compiled in 1792. Maria Graham (1785-1843) was married to a British naval officer who had died during their voyage to Chile. She spent several months, mostly at Valparaiso, as governess to D. Maria Gloria of Brazil. She liked Chile and its people, met O'Higgins as well as royalist supporters, and accompanied Lord Cochrane (then commander of the Chilean fleet) on a voyage past the Island of Juan Fernandez. Graham was one of the first English women to describe life in South America.]
 Abbey 714; Sabin 28234. Borba de Moraes 374 (apenas para o outro livro da autora sobre só Brasil, importante nota biográfica).

E temos este exemplar,  em castelhano (não esquecer que nesta data Portugal e Espanha eram um reino unido sob o domínio filipino), mas impresso em Lisboa:



45. LUMBIER. (Raymundi) NOTICIA DE LAS SESENTA Y CINCO PROPOSICIONES nuevamente condenadas POR N. SS. P. INNOCENCIO XI. mediante su Decreto de 2 de Mayo del Año 1679. PUBLICALA EL REVERENDISSIMO P. M. Fr. RAYMUNDO LVMBIER, Cathedratico de Prima de la Vniversidad de Saragoça, Examinador Sinodal de su Arçobispado, Calificador de la Santa Inquisicion de Aragon, y de la Suprema, Predicador de su Magestad, y dos vezes Exprovincial de la Provincia de Aragon, del Orden de Nuestra Señora del CARMEN. RECONOCIDA POR SU AUTOR: DE NUEVO condenadas, y en muchas partes nuevamente añadidas. SETIMA IMPRESSION, AÑADIDAS LAS QVArenta, y cinco Proposiciones de Alexandro VII. LISBOA. Na Officina de Domingos Carneyro. Anno de 1683. In 4º (de 20x14 cm) com xii-336 pags. Encadernação da época em pergaminho flexível. Obra impressa a duas colunas, folha de rosto a duas cores com cercadura decorativa. Exemplar com títulos de posse coevos rasurados na folha de rosto, apresentando manchas de humidade entretanto já desvanecidas pelo tempo. Trata-se provavelmente da primeira edição de duas publicadas em castelhano. Palau e Samodães referem ambos a obra com [xii] pags. preliminares inumeradas e 316 pags. de texto numeradas. O único exemplar existente na BNP apresenta menos 2 fólios preliminares inumerados [viii] mas confere com o nosso nas 336 pags. numeradas de texto. Palau 1990, IV, 299. Monteverde 3235. Samodães 1, 1866. Arouca L 386.

De interesse para qualquer bibliófilo ou simples estudioso da história do livro encontramos este exemplar:





55. PEDROSO. (João) A GRAVURA DE MADEIRA EM PORTUGAL. Estudos em todas as especialidades e diversos estylos. Por… com artigos descritivos por Brito Aranha. Lisboa. 1872. Empreza Horas Romanticas editou. 2 volumes in Fólio (de 36x26,5) [Volume I] (1ª série) com 8 páginas de texto. Ilustrado com 26 fólios com litografias (algumas são cromolitografias). [Volume II] 2ª serie… Lallemant Frères. Lisboa. 1876. Com 26 fólios de texto e ilustrado com 26 litografias (algumas são cromolitografias). Encadernações editoriais com ferros a seco e a ouro nas pastas. Corte das folhas dourado no primeiro volume. Obra única no seu género e importante para a história da tipografia portuguesa, profusamente ilustrada com litografias executadas por J. Pedroso representando monumentos, localidades e personagens célebres, etc, etc. do século XIX. Exemplar em excelente estado de conservação.

E termino com este exemplar saído dos prelos de Simão Tadeu Ferreira, que tantos volumes imprimiu com boa qualidade tipográfica, pela sua curiosidade temática:





77. VENTURA DA SILVA, Joaquim José. REGRAS METHODICAS PARA SE APRENDER A ESCREVER O CARACTER DA LETRA INGLESA, ACOMPANHADAS DE HUMAS NOÇÕES DE ARITHEMETICA. COMPOSTAS POR JOAQUIM JOZÉ VENTURA DA SILVA, PROFESSOR DE ESCRITA, E ARITHEMETICA. Lisboa M. DCCCIII. [1803] Na Officina de Simão Thaddeu Ferreira. In 8.º com 273, [I] pags. Encadernação da época inteira de pele. 1.ª edição. Ilustrado com uma gravura com o retrato do autor. Inocêncio IV, 114. “JOAQUIM JOSÉ VENTURA DA SILVA, Professor de instrucção primaria e secundaria, e um dos melhores calligraphos portuguezes, n. em Lisboa a 14 de Março de 1777, e m. a 5 de Setembro de 1849. E. Regras methodicas para se aprender o caracter da letra ingleza, acompanhadas de umas noções de arithmetica. Offerecidas ao Serenissimo Senhor D. Pedro, principe da Beira. Lisboa, na Offic. de Simão Thaddêo Ferreira. 1803. 8.º de 273 pag. Com o retrato do auctor desenhado por seu irmão Henrique José da Silva, um dos mais distinctos pintores, que tivemos n'este seculo. Esta obra sahiu mais correcta e accrescentada em segunda edição, com o rosto seguinte: Regras methodicas para se aprender a escrever todos os caracteres de letras, acompanhadas de uma completa Arithmetica, e de um appendice de Geographia. Lisboa, na Imp. Regia 1819. 8.º de 370 pag. Ha ainda uma ultima edição, feita na mesma Imp. 1841. 8.º”.

Como podem ver as nossas edições são bastante cuidadas, tanto sob o ponto de vista tipográfico como pela qualidade das suas ilustrações, pena é que nem sempre se lhes dê o merecido valor.

Boa leitura deste catálogo onde irão descobrir muitas mais obras de inegável interesse.

Saudações bibliófilas.


Notas:

(1) Tive o cuidado de mencionar obras que considero, apesar de tudo, ainda serem acessíveis para a maioria de nós.
(Claro que se exceptua o lote 38, mas este tipo de livros são sempre muito valiosos - aliás nem é  uma impressão portuguesa embora seja de interesse para a história do Brasil e de Portugal.)



sábado, 2 de junho de 2012

Bauman Rare Books – Cats - June Catalogue



A Bauman Rare Books sediada em Nova Iorque, Las Vegas e Fidadélfia (apenas por marcação) nos USA editou o seu catálogo para Junho, subordinado ao tema Cats.





Na sua apresentação pode ler-se:

“Our catalogue for summer opens with a very rare first edition of the 1814 official chronicle of Lewis & Clark’s landmark expedition, with the famous and very scarce large folding map, in contemporary leather.[…]


Cats - June Catalogue
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All told this catalogue contains 123 fantastic items across several broad categories: Americana; Classics (including a 1480 Koberger Bible!); Science, Economics & Law; Literature (including several scarce Orwell titles in dust jackets, and a signed Animal Farm); Travel; and Children’s. Enjoy!”

Como é hábito cito apenas alguns exemplos como ilustrativos da qualidade das obras inclusas nestes sempre bem elaborados catálogos.

Claro que o preço das obras nos deixa quase sempre “água na boca”, pois a bolsa é demasiado curta para a sua aquisição!

Este livro de viagens/exploração, ainda que de maior interesse para o mercado americano, julgo merecer a nossa atenção:



1. LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Philadelphia, 1814. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown sheep, custom half morocco clamshell box.

Exceptionally rare first edition, one of only 1,417 copies printed, of the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent, with the famous large folding map of the course of the expedition and five in-text maps.

“First authorized and complete account of the most important western exploration and the first of many overland narratives to follow” (Howes L317). “American explorers had for the first time spanned the continental United States and had driven the first wedge toward opening up our new far western frontier” (Streeter 1777). “The importance of exploring this area [beyond the Missouri River] had been evident to Thomas Jefferson as early as 1783… but it was not until twenty years later that Jefferson, then President of the United States, saw the realization of his idea… The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in December 1803 greatly increased the importance of the expedition, which finally began its long journey [in 1804]… They wintered in the Mandan villages in the Dakotas and in the Spring pushed on west across the Rocky Mountains and then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. Returning by the same route nearly two-and-a-half years after they had set out they arrived back in St. Louis in September 1806 to the amazed delight of the nation which had given them up for lost. Though unsuccessful in their attempt to find a transcontinental water route, they had demonstrated the feasibility of overland travel to the western coast” (Printing and the Mind of Man, 272).

A number of years passed between the end of the expedition and the 1814 printing of the official account. Lewis had made some arrangements for publication, but upon his suicide in 1809 Clark undertook the project, which was in disarray. “This is the great mystery of Lewis’s life. There is only speculation on what kept him from preparing the journals for the publisher, but no one can know the cause for certain, any more than anyone can know for certain the cause of his suicide… When Clark arrived at Monticello [where the journals had been sent], there was apparently some talk about Jefferson’s taking over the journals and doing the editing to prepare them for the printer. There was no man alive who had a greater interest in the subject, or one who had better qualifications for the job. But he was sixty-five years old and desired to spend his remaining years at Monticello as a gentleman farmer… After some false starts, Clark persuaded Nicholas Biddle to undertake the work. Biddle was only 26 years old, but he was a prodigy… Biddle was the perfect choice. He threw himself into the work and did it magnificently… In 1814, the book appeared, titled The History of the Expedition Under the Commands of Captains Lewis and Clark. It was a narrative and paraphrase of the journals, completely true to the original, retaining some of the more delightful phrases, but with the spelling corrected. [As a result of the failing health of Dr. Barton, who was to do the scientific volume] Biddle did relatively little with the flora and fauna… For the next ninety years, Biddle’s edition was the only printed account based on the journals. As a result, Lewis and Clark got no credit for most of their discoveries. Plants, rivers, animals, birds that they had described and named were newly discovered by naturalists, and the names that these men gave them were the ones that stuck. Lewis had cheated himself out of a rank not far below Darwin as a naturalist” (Ambrose, 469-470).

“The Lewis and Clark expedition stands as a major event in American history, solidly establishing our title to the vast Louisiana Territory and later to the Oregon country. The explorations revealed a strange and unknown world, full of exciting wonders, and pointed the way to its possibilities for future development” (Downs, Books that Changed America, 40). Sabin 855 and 40828. Graff 2477. Wagner-Camp 13.1. Paltsits, lxxvii. Small three-by-three inch section of map restored in fine facsimile and with repaired four-inch tear near gutter, title page of second volume and several leaves of text with short tears expertly repaired, free endpapers absent in second volume, usual browning and foxing throughout, scarce contemporary bindings a bit worn but fully intact. A desirable and complete copy of the most important work in American western exploration.

Refira-se esta obra de Isaac Newton:



4. NEWTON, Isaac. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, the Laws of the Moon’s Motion, according to Gravity [by John Machin]. London, 1729. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full speckled brown calf gilt rebacked.

First edition in English of Newton’s Principia, published two years after his death, with scarce copper-engraved frontispieces and three headpieces by the translator Andrew Motte, 47 engraved folding geometric plates (three accompanying Machin’s treatise) and two folding tables.



First published in Latin in 1687, “the Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed, Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the greatest synthesis of the cosmos, proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained, in mathematical terms, with a single physical theory. With him the separation of the natural and supernatural, of sublunar and superlunar worlds disappeared. The same laws of gravitation and motion rule everywhere; for the first time a single mathematical law could explain the motion of objects on earth as well as the phenomena of the heavens. The whole cosmos is composed of inter-connecting parts influencing each other according to these laws. It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought, equaled perhaps only by that following Darwin’s Origin of Species… [Newton] is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time and the founder of mathematical physics” (PMM 161).

John Machin’s 71-page treatise “Laws of the Moon’s Motion According to Gravity” misbound at rear of Volume I, with accompanying plates bound at the end of Volume II. Bound without half titles, as usual. Babson 20. Gray 23. Norman 1587. Early ink owner signature on title page of Volume II. Minor marginal wormholing to a few leaves of Volume II, very faint scattered dampstaining to text, only slight rubbing to boards. A most desirable, near-fine copy.

E aqui temos a obra que “empresta” o nome para este catálogo:



13. NAM, Jacques Lehmann and COLETTE, (Sidonie-Gabrielle). Chats. Paris, circa 1950. Modern half navy cloth portfolio (19 by 21 inches) with original image and text from original portfolio laid down on front cover, containing six loose folio gatherings and five original aquatints (as issued), original prospectus laid in.



Limited first edition, one of 25 copies on Imperial Japon paper, of five wonderful folio color aquatints of cats, each signed and numbered by Jacques Nam, accompanied by amusing commentaries by Colette, with six original watercolors signed by Nam on the half title and the accompanying text for each aquatint. Including an original prospectus also signed by Nam laid in.



“Time spent with cats is never wasted” (Colette). Jacques Nam was known primarily for his paintings and illustrations of animal subjects, mostly cats, which found their ways into the Salon d’Automne and the National Gallery of Beaux Arts. During the early 20th century, Nam provided illustrations for such French magazines as La Vie Parisienne and Le Petit Journal Illustré de la Jeunesse. Colette’s works “express a sensibility shaped by the style of the belle époque and informed by a sensual responsiveness to the life of nature and the world of childhood” (Drabble, 213). No one who is fond of cats can afford to miss her descriptions of “Le Siamois,” “Simplette,” and “Fastagette.” Text in French. Part of a more general limited edition of 380 copies. Laid in is an original prospectus for the work, signed by Nam beneath the top illustration. Also laid in is a photograph of a self portrait by Nam surrounded by cats. Without one silk tie, a beautiful copy.

E este outro soberbo exemplar  até pela sua proveniência (Thomas Jefferson):



14. JEFFERSON, Thomas. Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, Principal Ministre de Henri le Grand;… Nouvelle Edition…. Londres [but actually Paris], 1767. Eight volumes. 12mo, contemporary French mottled calf gilt, morocco spine labels. Housed in four separate chemise and custom clamshell boxes.

Thomas Jefferson’s copy of the memoirs of the Duke de Sully, a writer “usually included in Jefferson’s lists of recommended historical reading” who shared many of Jefferson’s interests in an agrarian economy. With Jefferson’s manuscript initial “T” written in front of the letter “I” (substituting for “J”) signature in each volume, and with his manuscript initial “I” written after the letter “T” signature in each volume (save for the final volume, which has no “T” signature). With impeccable provenance: with ownership signatures of Jefferson’s descendants, this set was once in William Randolph Hearst’s library. Jefferson’s initials are here as found in most of his own books, which are rarely ever seen on the market. Sowerby notes that Sully’s Memoires “are usually included in Jefferson’s lists of recommended historical reading.” Sowerby further notes that the first set that Jefferson owned, the set that was part of the library he sold to the Library of Congress, was the 1778 edition. The present set was almost certainly purchased by Jefferson to replace the set sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. This set is listed in the 1829 auction catalogue of Jefferson’s library (item 75: 8 volumes, 12mo), but it was apparently kept by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. It is not surprising that Jefferson would recommend Sully’s memoirs as part of a course of historical reading, or that he would be sure to have a set at hand for himself—the two men shared several common notions. Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully (1560-1641) served King Henry IV of France in several capacities, as an army officer, engineer, Superintendent of Finances, and as a confidential advisor. As did Jefferson, Sully strongly favored agriculture over industry as an economic base, and encouraged its expansion. He also encouraged stock raising and forbade the destruction of forests. In order to facilitate trade, Sully encouraged internal improvements, sponsoring canals, roads, and bridges, and he abolished export fees on grains and wine. The first portions of Sully’s memoirs were originally published in 1638, and the work was translated into several languages and reprinted often. Jefferson compiled three substantial libraries in his lifetime. Books from his collection are exceptionally scarce on the market. To find a set of books that Jefferson thought of so highly, and with whose author he was in such agreement, is rare indeed. Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 199. The front fly leaf of the third volume is signed in pencil by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Thomas Jefferson’s grandson and the executor of his estate), the signature reading “Th. J. Randolph/Edge Hill/Virginia.” Sarah N. Randolph (T.J. Randolph’s daughter and Thomas Jefferson’s great-granddaughter), also of Edge Hill, has also signed her name on a slip of paper laid into the third volume. This set was sold by Hammer Galleries in 1941 as part of the sale of books from William Randolph Hearst’s library. Bindings worn, a few joints cracked, spine ends of first volume chipped (with a one-inch piece missing from head of spine). Leaves V6 and V7 in second volume loosely laid in. An occasional minor fox mark, some light tanning. Overall, very good condition in unrestored contemporary French calf-gilt.

Podemos igualmente encontrar esta obra imortal de Gustave Flaubert, que é muitas vezes “a estrela” em alguns leilões:



74. FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris, 1857. Two volumes in one. Thick 12mo, contemporary marbled boards rebacked in tan calf gilt.

Rare first edition, first issue in book form of Flaubert’s literary masterpiece, “the definitive model of the novel” (Émile Zola) and the work that “ushered the age of realism into modern European literature.” Upon publication of Madame Bovary, both Flaubert and his publisher were brought to trial on charges of immorality and narrowly escaped conviction (the same tribunal found Charles Baudelaire guilty on the same charge six months later). Although purportedly based in part on the circumstances of Flaubert’s friend Louise Pradier, the author’s claim that “Madame Bovary is myself,” with his unrelenting objectivity and deep compassion for his characters, earned him a reputation as the great master of the Realist school of French literature. Flaubert’s attention to minute particulars of description and his belief in “le mot juste” significantly influenced later writers and thinkers, making Madame Bovary integral to the evolution of modern literature. First serialized in La Revue de Paris in October and December of 1856, this is the first issue in book form, with misspelling of “Senard” as “Senart” on dedication page. With both half titles; bound without publisher’s advertisements. Text in French. A handsome copy in fine condition.

E para quem aprecie literatura policial, como eu, aqui ficam as Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes (claro que o preço reduzirá drasticamente o número de potenciais compradores!):



76. CONAN DOYLE, Arthur. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. WITH: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London, 1892, 1894. Two volumes. Octavo, original pictorial light blue and dark blue cloth, custom slipcases.

First editions in book form of these classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, illustrated by Sidney Paget. Although Sherlock Holmes first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887), his adventures in the Strand Magazine brought both him and his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, lasting fame. “The initial 12 tales were collected between covers as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, published in England and America in 1892; and 11 of the second 12… as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. If any reader be prepared to name two other books that have given more innocent but solid pleasure, let him speak now—or hold his peace!” (Haycraft, 50). These volumes contain such famous and memorable tales as “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” Of special note is the last case in the Memoirs, “The Final Problem,” in which Holmes apparently meets his death in a struggle with “the Napoleon of crime,” Professor Moriarty. “At one point, tiring of the detective, Doyle attempted to exterminate him… but the clamor of his admirers forced him to resurrect Holmes for several further volumes, and his popularity has waned little since” (Benet, 273). Green & Gibson A10a, A14a. Interiors with scattered light foxing, occasional soiling, inner paper hinges expertly reinforced. Cloth bindings with mild rubbing to spines and edges. An exceptionally nice pair of volumes, quite unusual in this condition.



24. (VIRGINIA) BEYER, Edward. Album of Virginia. Richmond: Edward Beyer, 1858. Large oblong folio (25 by 17-1/2 inches), period-style three-quarter calf gilt retaining contemporary cloth boards, original red morocco cover label.

Bom penso que já consegui cativar a vossa curiosidade. Agora há que ler e procurar alguma obra que possa interessar, ou pelo menos, colhermos mais algumas informações bibliófilas e bibliográficas sempre úteis para o nosso coleccionismo.

Saudações bibliófilas.