Search Results: Titles starting with H from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

[Lisbon], Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses / Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 1993.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. One of 800 copies. 473 pp., (3 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Introductory matter in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin. Pages 35-126 give dates of birth and death for the authors, pp. 127-473 list the authors and their works, in manuscript and printed versions, with locations.***

[Santiago de Chile], Imprenta de la Sociedad, dated October 1851.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (27 x 18 cm.), disbound. Caption title. Light browning. Good to very good condition. Early manuscript foliation in ink. 4 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Revised statutes, authorized by a meeting of stockholders, for a factory that produces woolen cloth. These include changes in management, liquidation of stock, and stockholder meetings.*** Briseño I, 124. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.

Signed at Angra, Palacio do Governo, 26 August 1829.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Broadside (30.2 x 18.5 cm.), Caption title. Browned, with a small tear and tiny holes, not affecting text. In good condition. Early ink manuscript filing notes [?] in upper blank margin. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Announces the defeat of the squadron sent by D. Miguel against Terceira in the Battle of Praia Bay, and reassures the inhabitants of the Azores of their safety and welfare under the legitimate government of D. Maria II. Fought by the coast of Terceira Island in the Azores on August 11, 1829, between Portuguese loyalists and a Miguelista fleet as part of the Portuguese civil war between the liberals, in the names of D. Pedro, former King of Portugal, at the time still reigning as Emperor D. Pedro I of Brazil and his daughter D. Maria II, in whose favor D. Pedro had relinquished his rights to the Portuguese throne, versus the absolutist forces of his younger brother, D. Miguel I. The Miguelistas under command of… Read More

Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / JNICT, 1996.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 4° (24 x 20.3 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. xxxi, 501 pp., many illustrations, 18 folding maps and plans. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Colibri, 1998.. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 316 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. *** ***

Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, 2005.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 102 pp., (1 l.). One of 750 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Livraria Ferreira Lisboa & C.ª, 1875.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original green printed wrappers (small slit between spine and front wrapper near foot; light foxing to covers)). In very good condition. Five-line signed (F.M. de Souza Viterbo) and dated (Porto, 3 October 1875) author's ink manuscript presentation inscription on half title to Boaventura da Fonseca e Silva de Viterbo. 235 pp., (1 l. errata, 1 l. "Obras do Autor"). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of the author's fouth book of poems, one of his earliest works. On the verso of the half title is stated that this book was printed in Porbo: Typ. de Bartholomeu H. de Moraes. There is a POD dated 2018.Sousa Viterbo (Porto, 1845 or 1846-Lisbon, 1910), physician, journalist, historian, archeologist and poet, received his medical degree in 1776, was a naval doctor, but soon became more interested in the humanities, becoming a professor at the Escola de Belas-Artes. Among the more important works of this prolific author were Dicionário… Read More

N.p., n.pr., n.d. (dated in manuscript 16 August 1810).. Large 4° (25 x 20 cm.), unbound. Creased; small piece of wax adhered to verso of first leaf, with loss of a few letters; tear in 2nd leaf (blank). Overall in good condition. Addressed on verso of 2nd leaf to Samuel Holland & Co., Liverpool. 2 leaves (the second blank, except for manuscript address). *** Printed list of Cuban imports (e.g. flour, butter, brandy, silk, umbrellas) and exports (including sugar, coffee, hides, indigo and cochineal). The current prices are written in, with comments on whether the item is scarce, in demand or "dull," and what quality or style is preferable. *** Not located in Jisc. Not located in NUC.

Lisbon, Colibri / CIDEHUS-UE / PhoenixTN, 2007.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. 182 pp., (1 l. advt., 1 l. colophon), tables and graphs in text, bibliographies and footnotes. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Includes some extremely interesting essays on the history of medicine, public health, the great famine in Ireland, cholera in Sweden and homeopathy in nineteenth-century Portugal. Other essays touch on Protestant Geneva in the early modern period, rural Switzerland in the late eighteenth century and the elderly poor in the Ionian Islands and Malta. All texts are in English.***

New York , George Braziller, Inc., in association with the Library of Congress, Washington, 2004.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (31.2 x 23.7 cm.), publisher's gilt-stamped cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Profusely and very nicely illustrated in color. New. xiii, (1), 222 pp. *** FIRST EDITION. Splendid catalogue of an innovative exhibition.***

Lisbon, Na Officina de Miguel Deslandes, 1686.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary limp vellum, text-block edges sprinkled. Numerous woodcut headpieces. Single woodcut tailpiece at end. Very minor worming to a few leaves at inner margins. Small repair to leaf G3, slightly affecting the woodcut headpiece, but not the text. Overall clean, crisp, and in very good condition. (12 ll.), 100 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Contains an account of the life and miracles of St. Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene told in 100 sonnets. There is also an unnumbered concluding sonnet. The preliminary leaves include an index, a sonnet in Latin by Raphael Bluteau, Latin epigrams by Carlo Cazeniga and António Luís Azevedo, a sonnet in Spanish by Juan Pereyra de Sylva, a sonnet in Italian by Carlo Cazeniga, and an octava in Portuguese dedicated to St. Gaetano Tiene. The noted lyric poet André Nunes da Silva (or Andre Nunez da Sylva, 1630-1705), author of Poesias varias (Lisbon, 1671), a member of the… Read More

Lisbon, [colophon leaf:] Na Typographia de Emilio Braga, Ldª, 1922.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers (some spotting, spine somewhat frayed). Slightly spotted. Overall in very good condition. Author's signed four-line presentation inscription in ink to [João] Aragão Barros on title page. (8 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this poem set in Heidelberg.The author (1900-1970), distinguished publicist and notary, was the son of António Tavares de Carvalho, notary of King Manuel II. Both father and son wrote a number of works pertaining to their profession.*** See Grande enciclopédia XXX, 823: no mention of his poems. Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not located in KVK (51 databases searched). Not located in NUC.

Coimbra, Publicações do Instituto Alemão da Universidade de Coimbra, 1938.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (front wrapper detached; splitting at spine). Uncut and unopened. Lightly browned. In good condition. vi, 106 pp., 1 l. facsimile. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.*** NUC: DLC, CU.

Porto, Editora Empreza da Historia de Portugal, de Schaefer, 1878?.. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers (some small stains) In poor condition. Some small wormholes, touching a few letters of text. Burn damage to several leaves Non-authorial ink presentation inscription in upper portion of inner rear wrapper. Pp. [5]-40. *** ***

London, Bell & Daldy, 1856.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, publisher's embossed cloth, spine with short-title gilt, gilt circular stamp with arms of D. Maria I and D. Pedro III on front cover, gilt circular stamp on rear cover with a Cross and "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES". Inner front hinge weak. Some very slight wear to binding at head and foot of spine. Overall in good to very good condition. Two line ink manuscript presentation inscription "from the Author" on front free endleaf recto. vi pp., (1 l.), 216 pp., 32 pp. publisher's advt., frontispiece plate and 11 illustrations in text. *** FIRST EDITION of this travel account with significant historical notes. The author, Hugh Owen, 1st Baron of Torre de Pero Palha, dedicated the present book to his father, also Huge Owen, author of The Civil War in Portugal, and the Siege of Oporto.The Cross with the motto "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" which appears on the rear cover of the binding is taken from the accounts of Eusebius and Lactantius of the Emperor Constantine's… Read More

Lisbon, Universidade Lusíada Editora, 2011.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. One of 500 copies. 677 pp., (1 blank l.), heavily annotated, extensive bibliography, illustrations and numerous tables in text, index of names, index of places. *** FIRST and ONLY published EDITION. This work originally appeared as a doctoral thesis, defended in the History Department of the Universidade Lusíada, in CD-ROM format in 2009.***

Madrid, Imprenta de Don Tomas Jordan, 1834.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, Contemporary calf (slight wear to corners and joints), flat spine in five compartments with raised bands, some gilt, including title, covers with elaborate blind–stamping within single gilt fillet, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt, text block upside-down in relation to spine. engraved frontisportrait of Perez de Pulgar by Antonio Giraldes, dated 1833, after Francisco Enriquez y Ferrer. A few blue penciled annotations in margins. In fine condition. Engraved frontisportrait, viii, 323, (1) pp. *** FIRST EDITION. Hernan Perez del Pulgar was a Castilian military commander from Ciudad Real, who earned fame during the Granada War,*** Palau 155734.

Baltimore, A. Hoen & Co., (1853).. 8°, brown publisher's cloth, gilt- and blind-stamped (upper cover detached but present, some fading and wear). Title from publisher's boards. In good condition. 3 large folding maps, showing the Valley of the Amazon (short tear at one fold), the Huallaga and Ucayali Rivers and the Pampa del Sacramento (copied from a map by Fr. Manuel Sobreviela, of 1790); and the Huallaga, Ucayali and Amazon Rivers. *** ***

Coimbra, Coimbra Editora for The Author and Coimbra Editora for Editorial Inova, Porto, 1949–1967.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8°, recent crimson half sheep over decorated boards, flat spine gilt, marbled endleaves, original printed wrappers bound in. Light toning in margins. Overall a very good set. Both volumes with author's stamped signature, stating that volume I is number 415 of 500 copies, and that volume II is number 476 of 1,000 copies. 193, (1); xxxviii, 197 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION.***

New Haven, William Reese Company, and Sydney: Hordern House, 2004.. Large thick 8º (26.1 x 18.4 cm.), publisher's medium blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait. New. xxiii, 792 pp. *** Second edition, revised and enlarged. Fully indexed by author and title, and with chronological index of publication dates.The long awaited substantial revision and reorganization of this important catalogue of Pacific voyages. Since its original publication in three volumes between 1974 and 1983, the Hill catalogue has been an essential reference for anyone interested in Pacific Voyages, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, and the South Seas. A significant number of the voyages stopped in Brazil on their way to the Pacific. The first edition has long been out of print and commanded high prices in the antiquarian market.***