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London.: Richard Bentley.. 1861.. First edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and black and white text illustrations, [i]-xxxii + 350pp with a final advertisment leaf of Bentley's Standard Novels, 19.4 x 13cm, original blind-stamped blue cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine (dulled) and gilt vignette of a ship with pennants a flutter to the top board, slight spotting mainly limited to the endpapers and age toning to the edges of the text, old varnish to the boards (obscuring gilt lettering to spine and dulling the gilt to the ship vignette) corners tender, but a good clean example of a title scarce on the market. Written in the year Japan opened its doors to foreign trade (but published three years later), by the first British Consul to Nagasaki, Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (he also served as French Consul). As well as giving a key survey of a landmark period (including the structure of society, religion and Japanese attitudes to the West), Hodgson importantly includes a catalogue of Japanese plants (with an index) prepared by the eminent botanist Sir William Hooker (the work's dedicatee) and his own on natural history. Pemberton noted his keen interest in botany and geology in an earlier work written after a turbulent five years on the Darling Downs in Australia. The present work also includes a lengthy chapter by Pemberton's wife taken from letters to her mother, noting her experiences and impressions. ., Richard Bentley., 1861., 0, 1846. [inscribed by "Mrs. Longfellow"] [Together, two volumes, bound together.] Cambridge: Published by John Owen, 1845 | 1846. Bound in three-quarter black morocco with gilt-decorated spine (reading "Waif. | Belfry | of Bruges"). "Second Edition" (printing) of THE WAIF -- (the first printing was likewise dated 1845) -- a book edited anonymously by Longfellow but including (with his name) his famous preliminary "Proem" -- later titled "When Day Is Done." And: First Edition of THE BELFRY OF BRUGES, which though dated 1846, was published in late-December 1845. Both of these were originally issued in either paper wrappers or paper-covered boards -- very fragile bindings intended to be temporary, for the buyer to take to their fine binder of choice. The Longfellows often had their personal copies of his own books bound up by Peter Low, who operated his bindery in the rooms above the Old Corner Bookshop (he had emigrated from London, where his father and grandfather had also been in the book business); the Longfellows invariably used him when they wanted special bindings for presentation purposes (see Carroll Wilson, THIRTEEN AUTHOR COLLECTIONS, for similar examples in Low bindings). Condition is very good-plus, rubbed at the extremities. Blanck 12083 (and see 12075). The front flyleaf is inscribed, "William S. Tiffany | with Mrs. Longfellow's | regards. | Cambridge | Jan 1845." (The first printing of THE WAIF was published in January 1845, and THE BELFRY was published in December of that year -- so Mrs. Longfellow appears to have made the common error of accidentally ante-dating something at the beginning of a new year.) Longfellow's first wife, Mary Potter, had died in 1835 (at age 22) following a miscarriage abroad; he had recently (1843) married Frances "Fanny" Appleton (who would die in 1861, when melted sealing wax she was using dripped onto her light cotton dress, at Craigie House). The recipient of this volume was William Shaw Tiffany (1825-1907), who at the time was a recent graduate of Harvard (class of 1845) -- but who would become a renowned painter, illustrator and sculptor. For several years in the early 1850s he studied art in Paris, returning in 1854. In April 1861 he joined a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War; after re-enlisting in 1864, he was taken prisoner in March 1865, but was "exchanged" nineteen days later as the war drew to a close. A good friend of William Morris Hunt, his best-known paintings include "Lenore" and (donated to Memorial Hall, Harvard) "St. Christopher Bearing the Christ Child." Notably, this volume includes (on p. 29 of THE WAIF and on p. 27 of THE BELFRY) highly-competent pencil sketches, each in effect "illustrating" the poem on that page. These two sketches could only have been done by one of two people: the young budding-artist Tiffany who received this volume, or Fanny Appleton Longfellow who presented this volume to him. She was an accomplished artist herself (see examples of her pencil sketches, quite similar to those in this book, at White Mountain Art -- including two of the earliest artistic images of New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountains) -- though she is said to have curtailed her art after her marriage to Longfellow. In any case, this mutual love of art (and skill at creating it) assuredly answers the question: Why was it Fanny and not Henry who inscribed this volume to young Tiffany?, 1846, 0, New York: E. L. Doctorow, 2009. Original letter. Typed Letter Signed. Very good. Typed letter from E. L. Doctorow to Mr. Roger A. Lewis dated January 2, 2009. Letter is on one side of an 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet. Letter has been folded into thirds to fit into a standard envelop. It has four paragraphs, only two of which are substantive. A copy of the incoming letter to Professor Doctorow is includes, along with the envelop that Professor Doctorow's response came in. Mr. Lewis had apparently attended a program at the National Archives at which Professor Doctorow appeared. He inquired of Professor Doctorow "how do you, as an author, view adaptations of your work." Professor Doctorow in part replied that " Four or five movies have been made from my work, each with a different way of failing. The Ragtime and Billy Bathgate films were a particular disappointment." He later says that "The musical adaptation of Ragtime was more successful..." The two substantive paragraphs provide insight into how Professor Doctorow viewed the difficulty film makers have with his work, since they are "heavily voiced, or, in the case of Billy Bathgate, because significant moral developments occur in the mind of the narrator. Movies can only look in on people. Billy Bathgate, as narrator of the novel, looks out at the world." He further addressed why the musical form was better suited for adaptation of his work. Edgar Lawrence "E. L." Doctorow (January 6, 1931 July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known internationally for his works of historical fiction. He has been described as one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama. They included the award-winning novels Ragtime (1975), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005). These, like many of his other works, placed fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts, with known historical figures, and often used different narrative styles. His stories were recognized for their originality and versatility, and Doctorow was praised for his audacity and imagination. A number of Doctorow's novels were also adapted for the screen, including, Welcome to Hard Times (1967), with Henry Fonda, Daniel (1983), starring Timothy Hutton, and Billy Bathgate (1991) starring Dustin Hoffman. His most notable adaptations were for the film, Ragtime (1981) and the Broadway musical of the same name (1998), which won four Tony Awards. Doctorow was the recipient of numerous writing awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Ragtime, National Book Critics Circle Award for Billy Bathgate, National Book Critics Circle Award for The March, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. Former President Barack Obama called him "one of America's greatest novelists". To support his family, Doctorow spent nine years as a book editor, first at NAL working with Ian Fleming and Ayn Rand among others; and from 1964, as editor-in-chief at Dial Press, publishing work by James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Ernest J. Gaines, and William Kennedy, among others. In 1969, Doctorow left publishing to pursue a writing career. He accepted a position as Visiting Writer at the University of California, Irvine, where he completed The Book of Daniel (1971), a freely fictionalized consideration of the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was widely acclaimed, called a "masterpiece" by The Guardian, and said by The New York Times to launch the author into "the first rank of American writers" according to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt. Doctorow's next book, written in his home in New Rochelle, New York, was Ragtime (1975), later named one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library editorial board. His subsequent work includes the award-winning novels World's Fair (1985), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005), as well as several volumes of essays and short fiction. Novelist Jay Parini is impressed by Doctorow's skill at writing fictionalized history in a unique style, "a kind of detached but arresting presentation of history that mingled real characters with fictional ones in ways that became his signature manner". In Ragtime, for example, he arranges the story to include Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung sharing a ride at Coney Island, or a setting with Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Despite the immense research Doctorow needed to create stories based on real events and real characters, reviewer John Brooks notes that they were nevertheless "alive enough never to smell the research in old newspaper files that they must have required". Doctorow demonstrated in most of his novels "that the past is very much alive, but that it's not easily accessed," writes Parini. "We tell and retell stories, and these stories illuminate our daily lives. He showed us again and again that our past is our present, and that those not willing to grapple with 'what happened' will be condemned to repeat its worst errors." Doctorow also taught at Sarah Lawrence College, the Yale School of Drama, the University of Utah, the University of California, Irvine, and Princeton University. He was the Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of English and American Letters at New York University. In 2001 he donated his papers to the Fales Library of New York University. The library's director, Marvin Taylor, said Doctorow was "one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century", E. L. Doctorow, 2009, 3, HIERONYMI OSORII EPISCOPI SYLVENSIS IN GVALterum Haddonum Anglum, de Religione libri tres. Eiusdem EPISTOLA AD ELISABETHAM ANGLIAE REGINAM. Editio tertia, prioribus emendatior. Accessit CHRISTOPHORI LONGOLII, Oratoris eloquentissimi, non dissimilis argumenti oratio. Cum facultate Superiorum. DILINGAE, Excudebat SEBALDVS MAYER. M. D. LXXVI. [1576]. In 8.º de 12,2x9 cm. Com [ii], 397, [i em br.]; [xii com manuscrito] págs. Encadernação da época inteira de pergaminho com o título (gravado a preto) e a data gravada a vermelho no pé da lombada. Impressão muito nítida com belos e minúsculos caracteres redondos, na carta de Osório, que depois foi Bispo de Silves, à Rainha Isabel I e itálicos nas restantes obras, com 31 linhas por página ao longo de todo o volume. Está ornamentada com pequeno florão na folha de rosto, com belas iniciais decoradas no início da carta e de cada um dos três livros da segunda obra de Osório, que têm florões de remate no fim da cada um. Exemplar com etiqueta de biblioteca colada no interior da encadernação, anotações manuscritas em latim em letra coeva nas folhas de guarda anteriores, com transcrições de traduções em latim de obras de Platão, Eurípides e sobre Esopo e Anarchasis. No fim inclui doze páginas encadernadas junto, com texto manuscrito, em latim, em letra coeva; com ex-libris armoriado de Cristóvão Raisler na folha de guarda posterior fixa, um número de cota a lápis e um pequeno pico de traça na pasta posterior que atinge a parte superior do ex-libris e as últimas três folhas do manuscrito sem impedir a leitura. Edição conjunta de obras muito importantes para o estudo da polémica entre humanistas católicos e protestantes, neste caso com especial referência aos anglicanos, mais um manuscrito. As duas obras de Jerónimo Osório são consideradas obras-primas do latim renascentista (mesmo pelos seus opositores na época), de grande nível intelectual e demonstrando profundos e vastos conhecimentos da Bíblia, da patrística e do pensamento teológico católico e também protestante. Muito importantes, também, pois documentam os debates teológicos e políticos durante a implantação do Anglicanismo que caracteriza e distingue fortemente a cultura e as instituições inglesas até aos nossos dias. A carta à Rainha Isabel I, de Inglaterra preenche as páginas 1 a 64, a obra, In Gualterum Haddonum - Contra Walter Haddon, Magistrado do Tribunal da Suplicação da Rainha da Inglaterra ocupa as páginas 65 a 318. As páginas 319 a 391 são ocupadas pela Oração de Cristóvão Longolio, (Christophe Longueil) aos Luteranos, com uma pequena nota biográfica do autor e, por fim, as páginas 392 a 397 apresentam 13 poesias latinas contra os heréticos e contra Lutero. O manuscrito em latim é um texto (oração?) sobre a vida de Pietro Bembo, humanista e escritor italiano que foi amigo de Longueil e que poderá ser da autoria do humanista francês. Conjunto raríssimo com: 8.ª Edição da Carta à Rainha de Inglaterra que foi publicada pela primeira vez em Lisboa, no ano de 1562. Seguiram-se edições em Veneza, 1563; Paris, 1563; Lovaina, 1563; Dilinga, 1569; Dilinga 1574; Lisboa, 1575; Dilinga, 1577, Colónia, 1585; Treveris, 1585, Colónia, 1588; Colónia, 1589; Roma, 1592; Coimbra, 1794, Lisboa, 1981, Lisboa, 2006. 4.ª Edição raríssima do In Gualterum Haddonum. Estas edições não estão registadas no USTC, em todo o mundo só se conhecem três exemplares: na Biblioteca do British Museum, segundo informação de Sebastião de Pinho e em duas bibliotecas italianas. William Beckford possuiu um exemplar desta edição, que, depois da sua morte, foi vendido em leilão, em 1882 e 1883, 3.ª Parte do catálogo, n.º 290. A primeira edição foi publicada em Lisboa, 1567; a segunda em Dillinga, (Dellingen) 1569; a terceira na mesma cidade em 1574. Foram publicadas outras edições posteriores a esta, Treveris, (Trier) 1585; Colónia, por Goswin Cholinus, 1585; Colónia, Peter Horst, 1588; na mesma cidade por Goswin Cholinus, 1588; na mesma cidade e impressor, 1589; Colónia Peter Horst, 1589; no segundo volume das Opera Omnia, Roma, 1592 e em Lisboa, 2006. As traduções desta obra foram em número apreciável, a saber para francês, Paris, 1563; para inglês, por Richard Shacklock, com duas edições no mesmo ano de 1563 em Antuérpia, e reeditada em fac-simile pela de Scholar Press, 1977. A obra, In Gualterum Haddonum, foi traduzida para inglês por John Fen e publicada em Lovaina, 1568. Foi reeditada em Fac-simile pela Sholar Press, em 1976. A Carta à rainha Isabel I, de Inglaterra foi escrita a pedido do Cardeal D. Henrique, filho de D. Manuel I, no período inicial do reinado isabelino, quando na Europa e no Vaticano ainda havia a esperança da jovem rainha se inclinar para o catolicismo. O pedido deveu-se ao facto de Jerónimo Osório ser muito admirado pela própria Rainha e as suas obras serem muito divulgadas e conhecidas na Inglaterra como demonstra Thomas Earle. Entretanto, como Jerónimo Osório tece grande elogios à rainha, mas ataca com rigor os seus conselheiros, um deles Walter Haddon, com a ajuda de William Cecil, Secretário de Estado e principal conselheiro da Rainha e Sir Thomas Smith, escreveu uma resposta (opúsculo com cerca de 60 páginas) contra a carta de Osório, publicada com local falso de Londres, (mas impressa em França), em 1564. Osório teve conhecimento dela por intermédio de D. Manuel de Almada, Bispo de Angra, que acompanhou a Infanta D. Maria à Flandres, em 1565 e 1566, para se casar com Alexandre Farnese, que lhe entregou o livro, em meados de 1567, tendo Osório redigido a sua brilhante e extensa resposta muito rapidamente, pois foi impressa em 7 de Outubro de 1567. É hoje consensual que as lutas entre católicos e protestantes foram acirradas pelo hábito dos humanistas (por influência da retórica do mundo Greco-romano) se envolverem em polémicas com recurso à retórica para imporem as suas opiniões em vez de tentarem compreender as posições de cada contendor com o fim de atingirem posições equilibradas e justas. Por outro lado, os interesses da Inglaterra e de parte das suas classes dominantes era usar a religião como uma arma de afirmação de poder e de domínio político, o que impossibilitou qualquer conciliação com a cristandade e o papado. No entanto estas duas obras de Jerónimo Osório são um incomparável exemplo de uma nobre tentativa, por meio de uma serena exposição literária, de deter a fragmentação da cristandade que iria depois dar origem a uma Europa cada vez mais dividida e mergulhada em guerras até aos nossos dias. Os editores para tornar o livro ainda mais atractivo juntaram uma obra de polémica contra os protestantes da autoria de Christophe de Longueil e 13 poemas latinos com invectivas e críticas contra Lutero e os protestantes, exemplos muito interessantes de uma vasta literatura que caracterizou a luta de propaganda pela imprensa entre protestantes e católicos nos séculos XVI e XVII. Por fim o possuidor da obra, a quem pertence o ex-libris terá juntado transcrições de obras clássicas nas folhas de guarda e um manuscrito em latim de uma obra relacionada com este conjunto. Jerónimo Osório, (Lisboa, c. 1514 — Tavira, 1580) filósofo, historiador, pedagogo, teólogo, humanista do século XVI, uma das maiores figuras da cultura portuguesa. Exímio latinista, (foi chamado Cícero português) senhor de uma vasta cultura e grande escritor, alcançou grande fama em todo o mundo culto da época e correspondeu-se com grandes figuras internacionais da política e da cultura. As suas muitas obras foram publicadas, reeditadas e traduzidas em muitos países da Europa, incluindo os países protestantes, exercendo uma grande influência, em especial a obra, De rebus Emmanuelis gestis, 1572, uma história do reinado de D. Manuel, que divulgou em todo o mundo os descobrimentos portugueses. O célebre ensaísta Michel de Montaigne afirmou que Osório era: le meilleur historian de nos siècles, querendo dizer com esta expressão que era o maior historiador a escrever em latim desde os grandes historiadores romanos, Tácito e Tito Lívio. Estudou na Universidade de Salamanca, 1527-1534, na Universidade de Paris, 1534-1538, onde conheceu Santo Inácio de Loyola e na Universidade de Bolonha, 1539-1542. De regresso a Portugal tornou-se secretário e capelão do Infante D. Luís, que tinha patrocinado os seus estudos, e foi depois preceptor do seu filho D. António prior do Crato. Foi professor na Universidade de Coimbra, em 1556 exerceu o múnus de simples pároco de Santa Maria de Tavares, da diocese de Viseu, em 1557 passou a exercer as funções de conselheiro e secretário do Cardeal D. Henrique, que o nomeou arcediago da Sé de Évora, em 1560 e Bispo de Silves, em 1564. Nesta diocese desenvolveu um trabalho de grande relevo, não só pastoral e religioso, mas também na promoção do ensino, no desenvolvimento da agricultura e concedeu grande atenção aos problemas sociais, com grandes apoios aos pobres e uma política de grande proximidade à população por meio de visitações em que percorria toda a diocese todos os três anos. Por último, do ponto de vista administrativo, realizou a importante reforma da transferência da catedral, para Faro em 1577. Christophe de Longueil (Malines, 1488 - Pádua, 1522) Humanista e jurista franco-flamengo da renascença. Foi Conselheiro do Parlamento de Paris. Depois de defender a superioridade da França e do uso da língua francesa converteu-se ao uso do latim e da superioridade da cultura italiana, tendo escrito o discurso contra os luteranos por encomenda do Papa Leão X. É autor das seguintes obras: Correspondência em especial com Pietro Bembo e Jacopo Sadoleto; discursos: Orationes duæ pro defensione sua ab lesæ majestatis crimine; discursos universitários: Oratio de laudibus divi Ludovici atque Francorum; Oratio in præfatione enarrationis duodetricesimi libri Pandectarum juris civilis; Oratio de laudibus jurisprudentiæ habita Valentiæ. Textos sobre Plínio -o antigo: Oratio de laudibus C. Plinii, Commentarius in librum XI. Plinii Historiæ Herbarum. Os cinco discursos: De laudibus urbis Romæ pronunciados na Academia romana, em 1518, ainda estão inéditos. Walter Haddon (Buckinghamshire, 1516 - Londres, 1572) Doutor em direito, foi vice-chanceler da Universidade de Cambridge, director do Magdalen College, de Oxford e Master of the Court of Requests (Tribunal da Suplicação, destinado aos que não tinham dinheiro para pagar as custas judiciais). Além da carta contra Jerónimo Osório, e da resposta à obra que contra ele escreveu Osório, que deixou incompleta e foi completada e publicada depois da sua morte, é autor de oito orações, trinta e sete cartas e um conjunto de poemas alguns em louvor da Rainha Isabel I e do escritor romano Cícero. Christof Rasler, antigo detentor do livro, cujo ex-libris, está colado na folha de guarda anterior, será um membro da família Rassler, de que são conhecidos, um importante teólogo jesuíta: Christof Rassler (Constância, 1654 - Roma, 1723), que ensinou teologia em Ingolsdtad e Dillingen até 1714, foi reitor do Colégio jesuíta de Dellingen, de 1714 a 1716, quando partiu para Roma para ser revisor geral da Companhia; Christoph R. Rassler (Constança, 1615 - Abadia de Petershausen, perto de Constança, 1675) Monge beneditino e teólogo, abade de Zwiefalten; Franz Rassler (1649 - 1734) Jesuíta, que foi professor no Colégio de Dillingen de 1682 a 1685 e de Jacob Christoph Rassler (1605 - 1665) origem dos Rassler von Gamerschwang. [EN] In octavo. 12,2x9 cm. [ii], 397, [i in br.]; [xii with manuscript] pp. COntemporary full parchment binding with the title (engraved in black) and date engraved in red at the foot of the spine. Very clear printing with beautiful tiny round characters in the letter to Queen Isabel I and italics in the other works, with 31 lines per page throughout the volume. It is decorated with a small flower on the title page, with beautiful decorated initials at the beginning of the letter and of each of the three books of Osório"s second work, which have finishing fleurons at the end of each one. Osório would later become bishop of Silves. ECopy with a library shelf label affixed to the front pastedown, handwritten coeval annotations in Latin on the front endpapers, with transcriptions of Latin translations of works by Plato, Euripides and on Aesop and Anarchasis. At the end it includes twelve final pages bound together, with handwritten text in Latin, in a cohesive font; with an armorial ex-libris by Christopher Raisler on the back pastedown, a handwritten library shelf mark in pencil and a small moth hole on the back pastedown that reaches the top of the ex-libris and the last three leaves of the manuscript without preventing reading. Joint edition of this very important set of works for the study of the polemic between Catholic and Protestant humanists, in this case with special reference to the Anglicans, plus a manuscript. The two works by Jerónimo Osório are considered masterpieces of Renaissance Latin (even by his opponents at the time), of a high intellectual level and demonstrating a deep and vast knowledge of the Bible, patristics and Catholic and Protestant theological thought. They are also very important as they document the theological and political debates during the establishment of Anglicanism, which strongly characterises and distinguishes English culture and institutions to this day. The letter to Queen Elizabeth I of England fills pages 1 to 64 of the book, In Gualterum Haddonum - Against Walter Haddon, Magistrate of the Court of Appeal of the Queen of England occupies pages 65 to 318. Pages 319 to 391 are taken up by Christopher Longolio"s (Christophe Longueil) Oration to the Lutherans, with a short biographical note on the author and, finally, pages 392 to 397 present 13 Latin poems against the heretics and against Luther. The Latin manuscript is a text (oration?) on the life of Pietro Bembo, an Italian humanist and writer who was a friend of Longueil"s and which may have been written by the French humanist. Rare set with: 8th Edition of the Letter to the Queen of England, first published in Lisbon in 1562. It was followed by editions in Venice, 1563; Paris, 1563; Louvain, 1563; Dilinga, 1569; Dilinga 1574; Lisbon, 1575; Dilinga, 1577, Cologne, 1585; Treveris, 1585, Cologne, 1588; Cologne, 1589; Rome, 1592; Coimbra, 1794, Lisbon, 1981, Lisbon, 2006. 4th Edition of the very rare In Gualterum Haddonum. These editions are not registered with the USTC, and there are only three known copies in the world: in the British Museum Library, according to Sebastião de Pinho, and in two Italian libraries. William Beckford owned a copy of this edition which, after his death, was sold at auction in 1882 and 1883, Part 3 of the catalogue, no. 290. The first edition was published in Lisbon in 1567; the second in Dillinga (Dellingen) in 1569; the third in the same city in 1574. Other editions were published after this one, Treveris, (Trier) 1585; Cologne, by Goswin Cholinus, 1585; Cologne, Peter Horst, 1588; in the same city by Goswin Cholinus, 1588; in the same city and printer, 1589; Cologne Peter Horst, 1589; in the second volume of Opera Omnia, Rome, 1592 and Lisbon, 2006. Translations of this work were plentiful, namely into French, Paris, 1563; into English, by Richard Shacklock, with two editions in the same year of 1563 in Antwerp, and reissued in facsimile by de Scholar Press, 1977. The work, In Gualterum Haddonum, was translated into English by John Fen and published in Louvain, 1568. It was reissued in facsimile by Sholar Press in 1976. The Letter to Queen Elizabeth I of England was written at the request of Cardinal Henrique, son of King Manuel I, in the early period of Elizabeth"s reign, when there was still hope in Europe and the Vatican that the young queen would lean towards Catholicism. The request was due to the fact that Jerónimo Osório was much admired by the Queen herself and his works were widely publicised and known in England, as Thomas Earle demonstrates. However, as Jerónimo Osório lavishes praise on the Queen, but rigorously attacks her counsellors, one of them Walter Haddon, with the help of William Cecil, Secretary of State and the Queen"s chief counsellor and Sir Thomas Smith, wrote a reply (a booklet of around 60 pages) against Osório"s letter, published with a false London address (but printed in France) in 1564. Osório learned about it through Bishop Manuel de Almada of Angra, who accompanied Infanta Maria to Flanders in 1565 and 1566 to marry Alexandre Farnese, who gave him the book in mid-1567, and Osório wrote his brilliant and extensive response very quickly, as it was printed on 7 October 1567. There is now a consensus that the struggles between Catholics and Protestants were fuelled by the habit of humanists (influenced by the rhetoric of the Greco-Roman world) to engage in polemics using rhetoric to impose their opinions instead of trying to understand the positions of each contender in order to reach balanced and fair positions. On the other hand, the interests of England and part of its ruling classes were to use religion as a weapon to assert power and political dominance, which made any conciliation with Christianity and the papacy impossible. However, these two works by Jerónimo Osório are an incomparable example of a noble attempt, by means of a serene literary exposition, to halt the fragmentation of Christendom that would later give rise to an increasingly divided Europe plunged into wars right up to the present day. To make the book even more attractive, the publishers added a polemical work against the Protestants by Christophe de Longueil and 13 Latin poems with invectives and criticisms against Luther and the Protestants, very interesting examples of the vast literature that characterised the struggle for propaganda through the press between Protestants and Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries. Finally, the owner of the work, to whom the ex-libris belongs, has added transcriptions of classical works on the cover pages and a Latin manuscript of a work related to this set. Jerónimo Osório, (Lisbon, c. 1514 - Tavira, 1580) philosopher, historian, pedagogue, theologian, humanist of the 16th century, one of the greatest figures of Portuguese culture. An excellent Latinist (he was called Portuguese Cicero ) master of a vast culture and a great writer, he achieved great fame throughout the cultured world of the time and corresponded with great international figures in politics and culture. His many works were published, re-edited and translated in many European countries, including Protestant countries, exerting a great influence, especially his work, De rebus Emmanuelis gestis, 1572, a history of the reign of King Manuel, which publicised the Portuguese discoveries throughout the world. The famous essayist Michel de Montaigne said that Osório was: le meilleur historian de nos siècles, meaning by this expression that he was the greatest historian to write in Latin since the great Roman historians, Tacitus and Titus Livius. He studied at the University of Salamanca, 1527-1534, at the University of Paris, 1534-1538, where he met St Ignatius of Loyola, and at the University of Bologna, 1539-1542. On his return to Portugal, he became secretary and chaplain to Prince Luís, who had sponsored his studies, and was later preceptor to his son António, later prior of Crato. He was a professor at the University of Coimbra, in 1556 he became the simple parish priest of Santa Maria de Tavares, in the diocese of Viseu, in 1557 he became a counsellor and secretary to Cardinal Henrique, who appoint, 2.5, New York: Harcort Brace and Company [1946], 1946. First Edition, Eigth Printing. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition, Eigth Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Eliot, T. S. SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1932 [1946.] 8vo., 415pp. full navy cloth gilt title on spine. First edition, eighth printing of May, 1946: printing code [h.5.46] on copyright page. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Eliot in dark blue fountain pen. who has crossed out his name at the top of the title page & written: "Inscribed for / Victor Morrison / by T. S. Eliot / 14.v.47." Counter-signed by the recipient on the front flyleaf dated "Princeton, March 1947." Eliot would win the Nobel Prize in 1948. Gilt dulled somewhat as usual (but still very readable), else a tight, sound, very good copy with a couple of spots to the cloth, showing light use, in a very good or better supplied dustwrapper. Contains: The Tradition of Individual Talent / The Function of Criticism / A Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry / Seneca in Elizabethan Translation / Christopher Marlowe / Hamlet / Ben Johnson / Thomas Middleton / William Blake / Baudelaire & much more. A very nice example. Bookseller Inventory [22-32243]., Harcort Brace and Company [1946], 1946, 0, First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Nuremberg: (circa 1690-1700). 4to (240 x 195mm). 101 leaves. Engraved title-page and 100 numbered copperplate engraved emblems by father and son engravers Jan and Caspar Luyken (or Luiken). Each emblem is printed on rectos and accompanied by a ten-line Latin verse in letterpress. Original blue paper wrappers, edges uncut; (edges lightly browned and some light marginal foxing, spine chipped with loss, but overall still very good). Ex Libris of William S. Heckscher (bookplate to front pastedown). First edition of Christoph Weigel’s Ethica naturalis; his summation of biblical ethics in moralistic prints and etchings. Christoph Weigel (the Elder) was a German engraver, art dealer and publisher. He was known to collaborate with the father and son engravers from Nurembeg, Luyken, to create masterfully engraved books. An engraver himself, Weigel is perhaps best known for his work in atlases, world geography, and universal histories. In this moralistic work, the Luyken team created striking designs of natural elements, animals, and aspects of the human condition to emphasize proverbial messages. This work sought to capture the social organization of mankind through expert engravings; they are classic examples of quality German Baroque printmaking. This copy belonged to prominent twentieth century German art historian William S. Heckscher (1904-1999), who wrote on emblem books and published the major work Reallexicon zu deutschen Kunstgeschichte, where he classified Weigel’s book as one of the encyclopedic works to follow in the footsteps of Andrea Alciato. Notably, it was Hecksher’s claim that Jan Luyken was one of the best emblem artists of all time. Very rarely complete in this original condition. Landwehr, German 639; Praz p. 533., 3, Walther Konig (König, Koenig). New. 2011. Paperback. 3865608442 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in German and English. 128 pp. ; 65 ills. -- with a bonus offer-- ., Walther Konig (König, Koenig), 2011, 6<

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New York: E. L. Doctorow, 2009. Original letter. Typed Letter Signed. Very good. Typed letter from E. L. Doctorow to Mr. Roger A. Lewis dated January 2, 2009. Letter is on one side of an 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet. Letter has been folded into thirds to fit into a standard envelop. It has four paragraphs, only two of which are substantive. A copy of the incoming letter to Professor Doctorow is includes, along with the envelop that Professor Doctorow's response came in. Mr. Lewis had apparently attended a program at the National Archives at which Professor Doctorow appeared. He inquired of Professor Doctorow "how do you, as an author, view adaptations of your work." Professor Doctorow in part replied that " Four or five movies have been made from my work, each with a different way of failing. The Ragtime and Billy Bathgate films were a particular disappointment." He later says that "The musical adaptation of Ragtime was more successful..." The two substantive paragraphs provide insight into how Professor Doctorow viewed the difficulty film makers have with his work, since they are "heavily voiced, or, in the case of Billy Bathgate, because significant moral developments occur in the mind of the narrator. Movies can only look in on people. Billy Bathgate, as narrator of the novel, looks out at the world." He further addressed why the musical form was better suited for adaptation of his work. Edgar Lawrence "E. L." Doctorow (January 6, 1931 July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known internationally for his works of historical fiction. He has been described as one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama. They included the award-winning novels Ragtime (1975), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005). These, like many of his other works, placed fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts, with known historical figures, and often used different narrative styles. His stories were recognized for their originality and versatility, and Doctorow was praised for his audacity and imagination. A number of Doctorow's novels were also adapted for the screen, including, Welcome to Hard Times (1967), with Henry Fonda, Daniel (1983), starring Timothy Hutton, and Billy Bathgate (1991) starring Dustin Hoffman. His most notable adaptations were for the film, Ragtime (1981) and the Broadway musical of the same name (1998), which won four Tony Awards. Doctorow was the recipient of numerous writing awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Ragtime, National Book Critics Circle Award for Billy Bathgate, National Book Critics Circle Award for The March, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. Former President Barack Obama called him "one of America's greatest novelists". To support his family, Doctorow spent nine years as a book editor, first at NAL working with Ian Fleming and Ayn Rand among others; and from 1964, as editor-in-chief at Dial Press, publishing work by James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Ernest J. Gaines, and William Kennedy, among others. In 1969, Doctorow left publishing to pursue a writing career. He accepted a position as Visiting Writer at the University of California, Irvine, where he completed The Book of Daniel (1971), a freely fictionalized consideration of the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was widely acclaimed, called a "masterpiece" by The Guardian, and said by The New York Times to launch the author into "the first rank of American writers" according to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt. Doctorow's next book, written in his home in New Rochelle, New York, was Ragtime (1975), later named one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library editorial board. His subsequent work includes the award-winning novels World's Fair (1985), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005), as well as several volumes of essays and short fiction. Novelist Jay Parini is impressed by Doctorow's skill at writing fictionalized history in a unique style, "a kind of detached but arresting presentation of history that mingled real characters with fictional ones in ways that became his signature manner". In Ragtime, for example, he arranges the story to include Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung sharing a ride at Coney Island, or a setting with Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Despite the immense research Doctorow needed to create stories based on real events and real characters, reviewer John Brooks notes that they were nevertheless "alive enough never to smell the research in old newspaper files that they must have required". Doctorow demonstrated in most of his novels "that the past is very much alive, but that it's not easily accessed," writes Parini. "We tell and retell stories, and these stories illuminate our daily lives. He showed us again and again that our past is our present, and that those not willing to grapple with 'what happened' will be condemned to repeat its worst errors." Doctorow also taught at Sarah Lawrence College, the Yale School of Drama, the University of Utah, the University of California, Irvine, and Princeton University. He was the Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of English and American Letters at New York University. In 2001 he donated his papers to the Fales Library of New York University. The library's director, Marvin Taylor, said Doctorow was "one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century", E. L. Doctorow, 2009, 3, Walther Konig (König, Koenig). New. 2011. Paperback. 3865608442 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in German and English. 128 pp. ; 65 ills. -- with a bonus offer-- ., Walther Konig (König, Koenig), 2011, 6<