Motteux peter antony (34 risultati)

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Lawrence and Bullen January 1892 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very handsome copy with little wear. Former owners book plate inside cover. LImited edtition. Bonded leather. #34 of 560 copies ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.…

Condizione: Fair. Volume 3. This book has soft covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Volume II. Lightly rubbed and sunned boards with minor edge-wear. Foxing to edges and prelims, though top edge is gilt. Louis Chalon (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt decoration blind stamped on cover and gilt title on spine. Upper section of slpine is missing. Spine is sunned. Spine rubbed at base. Corners bumped. Usual library stamps and labels. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Clean text. Rough cut pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Editiion. Ex-Library Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt decoration blind stamoped on cover and gilt title on spine. Upper section of spine cloth missing and small piece missing at base. Spine is sunned. Small splits to spine edge on lower cover. Light tanning to font and rear end papers. Usual library stamps and labels. Sporadic light foxing through text, otherwise clean contents. Rough cut pages. …

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Brown morocco gilt, small thick 4to., 741, (1) pages. One of 1,560 numbered copies nicely printed by Mackay on mould-made Fabriano and attractively bound by Woolnough. A fine copy.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Uniformally bound in brown cloth and gilt titles to spine, lightly rubbed with chipping to spine of volume 1. Price is for both volumes and depending on destination will incur extra postage to that stated. Please contact me direct for more information and accurate shipping costs.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Natural linen with spine label printed in black and gilt, large 8vo., 741, (1) pages. One of 1,560 numbered copies printed by W. & J. Mackay on Fabriano Cartiere Miliani rag paper. Spare label at rear. An attractive, fine copy in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Titles in red and black; inserted plated; full-olive green-buckram, spines gilt, a little wear to extremities. A very good set.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. A two volume set of this limited edition, no.939 out of 1000 published. First English translation with an introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Quarto hardback Bound in green silk with gilt embossed vignette to the front boards and lettering to the spines. xlviii + 342 pages + xiv + 456 pages Illustrated with 15 engraved plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece plate to volume I Good condition - edges rubbed and spine slightly darkened No inscriptions Printed by the Chiswick Press. Louis Chalon (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. A. H. Bullen 1904. Three volumes. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. With illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Two volumes with owner bookplate, modest cover wear. No copyright date circa 1890. Privately printed by George Barrie & Sons. Emile Boilvin (illustratore). Book.

Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. Complete two volume set. Limited edition, number 923 of 1000 copies printed for England and America. Green moire bindings with gilt vignette to front boards. Page edges untrimmed. Fading and slight rubbing to spines. Foxing to page edges, heavy tanning to free endpapers. Light foxing to first and last few pages in both volumes. Occasional patches of light foxing elsewhere. Tear to upper margin of page xiii/xiv in volume I. Portrait frontis and eight plates in Volume I; six plates in Volume II. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper in both volumes. . Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 8 x 11.25 inches (20 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 4to. xlvi, [2], 341, [3]; xi, [3], 455, [1].…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2 Volumes; Hardcovers in Very Good condition, 8vo, pages: lv,322; ix,448; 3/4 Burgundy leather, red cloth boards, spine titles in gilt, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, red satin place holders, Vol.I with frontis etchings in two states by Emile Boilvin (one with device at bottom) plus 5 additional etchings all with captioned tissues, Vol.II likewise with double frontis and 4 additional etchings; Printed for subscribers only; Tips worn, spine edges lightly rubbed. Bookseller accession no.: 16761. Extra postage will be required for this heavy 2-volume set. The adventures of two giants (a satirical story).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A handsome two-volume set of limited editions of Rabelais" comic Renaissance masterpiece, pairing the UrquhartMotteux translation with Louis Chalon"s illustrations. In the publisher's original green moire binding.A limited edition, being number six hundred and eighty two of one thousand copies printed for England and America.Complete in two volumes.Volume I is illustrated by Louis Chalon with nine plates, including a frontispiece, while Volume II is illustrated with six plates. Collated, complete.A late-Victorian edition of Rabelais" comic epic Gargantua and Pantagruel, presenting the classic UrquhartMotteux translation alongside Chalon"s richly imaginative illustrations.François Rabelais (c.1494-1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, and humanist, celebrated for his inventive language and sharp social satire. His Gargantua cycle remains a landmark of European literature, influencing generations of writers from Sterne to Joyce. In the publisher's original moire binding.Externally, very smart. The odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight fading to extremities and spines. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to moire. Slight discolouration to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge. The odd leaf uncut. Very Good. Louis Chalon (illustratore). book.…

Hardback. 3 Vols. Rubbed, fawn cloth with gilt spine titles. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed page edges. Owner bookplate to inside Fr. cover of each vol. 9.7" x 7". 1. xlvi pp. + 240 pp. 2. xii pp. + 265 pp. 3. xii pp. + 307 pp. Illus: 14 tissue-guarded plates by Louis Chalon. Wt: 2.6 Kg. Extra postage outwith UK. Uniform set in uniform condition. Good+.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A smart three volume set of this translation of the adventures of Gargantua and Pantagruel from French writer Francois Rabelais. Three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Volume two is illustrated with five plates. Volume three is illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Five books on the adventures of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Although most chapters are humorous, wildly fantastic and frequently absurd, a few relatively serious passages have become famous for expressing humanistic ideals of the time. Written by Francois Rabelais, a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. In his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, a Scottish aristocrat, writer, and translator, and Peter Anthony Motteux, a French-born English author, playwright, and translator. Illustrated by Louis Chalon, a French painter, sculptor, illustrator, and goldsmith. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. Louis Chalon (illustratore). book.…

[Satirical Novels] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] xlvi [2]; 341 [7]; pp.[4] xiv; 455 [5]. With 15 photogravure illustrated plates, including a frontispiece to volume I, with tissue guards. Number 247 of 1000 copies thus. Contemporary green half morocco by W. ROACH of New York for Charles E. Lauriat Co., with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and green cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, and marbled endpapers. Gently toned throughout, otherwise a clean pair internally. Some wear and chipping to spines and corners, and some toning also to spines. Very good.…

Green Silk. Condizione: Very Good Minus. No Wrapper. 1st English Edition. Type: Z A two volume set of this limited edition, being no.881 out of 1000 published. First English translation with an introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Bound in green silk with gilt embossed vignette to the front boards and lettering to the spines. Illustrated with 15 b/w plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece plate to volume I - all as called for. There is light rubbing to the board and spine edges and the cloth at the head and tail of the spine is lightly turned in. Two board corners are bumped to both volumes and there are a few light stain marks to the boards. One split to the outer hinge of volume I measuring 1 cm and one split to the outer hinge of volume II measuring 2 cm in length. Slight split to the inner hinges of Volume I, though the boards to both volumes remain firm and tight. There are no inscriptions and there are a couple of slight stain marks to pp ix of Volume I - otherwsie the textblocks are very clean and tight. Rough cut fore edges and several unopened pages. A very good copy of this two volume limited set.…

Edition : Limited Edition, No. 585 of 1000 copies , Original half morocco boards with matching marble boards, five raised bands in six compartments. Tooled gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers. Title in red and black. , Ex Libris of Abel E. Berland.Introduction by Anatole De Montaiglon and illustrations by Louis Chalon, Vol1. Illustrated with nine plates including frontis, Vol.2 with 6 plates., Volume : Five books in two volume, P.Vol.1: Half Title, Printer imprint, blank, Frontis, blank, Title, blank, publisher?s notice, blank,contents (6), List of plates, blank, Intro (xv-xlvi),1-341, printer?s device; Vol 2: half title, blank, title,printer?s imprint, contents (v-xi), blank, list of plates, blank, 1-455, printer?s device. Front edges are uncut, both books are in very good condition in decorative original bindings.…