Five volumes text english (9 resultados)

Softbound. Condición: Very Good. Revised Edition. Octavos in dust jackets, 208 + 189 pp., Hebrew/English text, authorities cites, terms and abbreviations, index Introduction and Commentary to The Song of Songs by S.M. Lehrman. Introduction and Commentary toRuth by Judah J. Slotki. Introduction and Commentary to Lamentations by S. Goldman. Introduction and Commentary to Ecclesiastes by A. Cohen. Introduction and Commentary to Eshter by S. Goldman.…

paperback. Condición: Good.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition, #1160 of 1500 copies. Small surface tear on base panel of one slipcase. Boards of volume one lightly soiled. Gilt on spine of all volumes lightly rubbed. 1954 Hard Cover. Four volume set in two slipcases: The First Volume; Notes for the First Volume; The Second Volume: Notes for the Second Volume. Sixty-five of the famous stories collectively known as 'The Arabian Nights Entertainments' or 'A Thousand and One Nights'. The Richard Burton translation, with notes by Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, and John Payne, and color illustrations from paintings by Arthur Szyk.  "One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment."  "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 - 20 October 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages."  "Arthur Szyk (Poland, 1894 - New Canaan, Connecticut, September 13, 1951) was a Polish-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis political illustrations, caricatures, and cartoons during World War II, as well as his illustrations for magazine and newspaper articles and books; including an illustrated Haggadah of Pesach, the Szyk Hagaddah, cited by The Times as "worthy to be placed among the most beautiful of books that the hand of man has ever produced". His illustrations took the form of medieval miniaturists and illuminated manuscripts, which gave them a very distinctive style. Szyk dedicated his work to democracy and freedom, and end to political injustice and human suffering, saying of his work, "Art is not my aim, it is my means", and "I am but a Jew praying in art.…

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Acceptable. Clean text except for slight marking in volumes four and five, sound bindings. Previous owner's name and address on front paste-downs. The boards are stained at spines, it looks like water staining, but no evidence of water damage nor mustiness in the paper, not sure what has caused it. Volume 4 is quite bumped at the foot edge, hence creasing and in the worst case tearing from page 247 to 375. pp. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: good +. 1st Edition. tears to edges of d/j, foxed, ex-library, complete 5 volume set, 8vo. Book.

First Edition. Very good copies all in the original yellow cloth binding, with gilt-blocked red leather armorial motifs to the front boards and a title label of the same on the spines. Covers somewhat dust-dulled, with the spines sun-toned and slightly scuffed. Internally tight, bright and clean, with plates retaining their tissue guards. Remains a well-preserved set overall. This is no. 206 of a 312-set limited large-paper edition; it was printed for the Society of English Bibliophlists on Arnold's Fleur-de-Lys unbleached hand-made paper, with Freudenberg's plates printed on Japanese paper and mounted. Provenance: bookplates of Charles Reginald Dawes and Baron de Spon. Physical description: complete in 5 volumes : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 24 cm. Notes: The translation is by John Chartres. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Tales - France - Translations into English. Romance fiction, French - Translations into English. French literature - 16th century. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copies all in the original yellow cloth binding, with gilt-blocked red leather armorial motifs to the front boards and a title label of the same on the spines. Covers somewhat dust-dulled, with the spines sun-toned and slightly scuffed. Internally tight, bright and clean, with plates retaining their tissue guards. Remains a well-preserved set overall. This is no. 206 of a 312-set limited large-paper edition; it was printed for the Society of English Bibliophlists on Arnold's Fleur-de-Lys unbleached hand-made paper, with Freudenberg's plates printed on Japanese paper and mounted. Provenance: bookplates of Charles Reginald Dawes and Baron de Spon. Physical description: complete in 5 volumes : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 24 cm. Notes: The translation is by John Chartres. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Tales - France - Translations into English. Romance fiction, French - Translations into English. French literature - 16th century. 1 Kg. …

FIVE VOLUMES. 6.25 x 9 inches. Vol. I, cxxxvii + [i] + 124 + [2] pp.; Vol. II, vi + [ii] + 225 + [1] pp.; Vol. III, vi + [ii] + 216 pp.; Vol. IV, x + 244 pp.; Vol. V, x + 263 + [i] pp. Half titles in red; title pages in red and black. Bound in original red cloth, gilt with blind stamped decorative roundels on front boards in similar dust wrapper with sunned spines and partly price clipped on Vol. III. Spines are sunned and light foxing but otherwise a very good set. Illustrated by 73 engraved plates by Sigmund Freudenberg (1745-1801) and by 150 head and tailpiece vignette by Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746-1807). Marguerite of Angoulême (1492-1549) was the Queen consort of Henry II, King of Navarre and sister of Francis 1, King of France. Her collection of 72 tales of love, lust and infidelity are set in a context of eight days of narration. First printed in 1558, this translation is from the authentic text of of Le Roux de Lincy (1806-69) and was first issued by the Society of English Bibliophilists in 1894, edited by Ernest A. Vizetelly (1853-1922). ART / LITERATURE SHORT STORIES LIT. FICTION FRENCH 16TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ART / LITERATURE.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre; - New translated into English from the Authentic text of M. le Roux de Lincy with an Essay upon the the Heptameron, in Five Volumes, Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hans Elektronisches Buch is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans Elektronisches Buch newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.…