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Marmontel, M. Belisaire, bound with Fragmens de Philosophie Morale: Pour servir de suite a Belisaire
Paris Chez Merlin 1767, 1768 First edition Half Leather Very Good
12mo. (6 by 4 inches, 15 by 10 cm.) 180, [4], 48 pp. French classic novel on the Byzantine general who served under the Emperor Justinian and successfully reconquered part of Italy after its final loss to the "Barbarians" the century earlier. Belisarius, as he is known in English, went from being among the most powerful men of his day to being imprisoned for corruption before being pardoned by Justinian. Legend has it that Justinian also ordered him blinded, and thus Belisarius was reduced to beggary. While probably apocryphal, the legend was popularly dessiminated in this novel, and as a direct result the depiction of Belisarius as a blind beggar encountering one of his former soldiers became a popular subject for painters who found the story of such a dramatic reversal of fortune irresistible. The leather and boards of the binding have wear but remain attractive and are of the period.
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200.00 USD
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Professor Zappe Gemalde aus der Romischen Geschichte nach Millots Plane dargestellt Mit 48 Kupfern
Wien (Vienna) Anton Pichler 1817 Half Morocco Good
4to. (27 by 21 cm, 10.5 by 8 inches.) 199, [1] pp., plus 48 copper engraved plates, including three that are folding and are more than double the size of the standard plates in their width. The plates, depicting scenes of Roman history, are full of gore, drama, action. They are rendered in the historical style that might be associated with the Baroque but was still certainly going strong in the ambitious canvasses of the early nineteenth century. The half morocco is rubbed along the joints and dry and scuffed elsewhere. The marbled boards are scuffed and have typical edgewear. The leaves are toned with some light soiling. A dampstain affects the margins of a bunch of pages, not affecting the plates.
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475.00 USD
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[Budden, Maria]. Ilustrated by Mr. Brooke True Stories from Ancient History; Chronologically Arranged. From the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne (Two Volumes)
London J. Harris and Son 1822 First Edition Full Calf Fine
Exceptional copy of this juvenile history, including 72 exquisitely hand-colored vignettes, two per leaf, or 36 plate leaves, including the two frontis leaves. (Most copies of this book lack color.) 12mo, measuring 6 by 4.5 inches, or 16.5 by 10 cm. viii, 195, iv, 192 pp. t.e.g. Pretty gilt incised figures within spine compartments, and floral band around perimeter of boards, with marbled endpapers. An occasional fox mark, but overall, clean and tight.
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1400.00 USD
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