Evans trans sebastian (9 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st thus (1969). 379pp. VG+ book; in VG dust jacket, lightly edge worn, gentle toning to front cover and spine, small damp stain to spine, now preserved in archival jacket protector. Ink stamp on ffep of The Phiroz Mehta Trust.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Translation. 379 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light foxing, faint, on the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Zustand: Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. Dust jacket: Marking to covers, browning to spine. Wear to ends of spine and corners. Tear to lower edge of rear cover. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Pale blue cloth binding. Stain to front board and to outer page edge, also slightly affecting front free endpaper. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Complete with the fold-out map. Overall book condition is Good Plus. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xx, 379, 16.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 379 pp, wraps soiled.

Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. Dust jacket: Tear to front cover. Browning to spine. Slight wear to edges. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Pale blue cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Complete with the fold-out map. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xx, 379, 16.…

8vo., original series binding of blue ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, dark top, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with short split in lower joint. First published in EL in 1910. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 445; Seymour 511.0.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. The first English edition of "The Mirror of Perfection," signed and dated at Assisi by its editor Paul Sabatier, in a striking contemporary hand-painted vellum binding. In a contemporary hand-painted vellum binding, with a stylised foliate design in turquoise, black, and gilt to the front board, with vellum ties. The first English edition, translated by Sebastian Evans from the Latin text edited and first published by Paul Sabatier in the same year. With the editor's, Paul Sabatier"s, autograph to the front free endpaper, dated "Assisi, 18 mai 1903". Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece. Collated, complete. An important early account of the life, character and spiritual ideals of Saint Francis of Assisi. The work gathers anecdotes and teachings concerning Francis"s devotional practises, together with his conduct towards the friars and his understanding of the Franciscan Rule. Paul Sabatier (1858-1928) was a French Protestant theologian and historian whose pioneering studies of Saint Francis helped inaugurate modern Franciscan scholarship. An exceptional copy of this formative Franciscan text. In a full vellum binding with vellum tide, with hand-painted design to the front board. Externally, smart. Slight discolouration to vellum, more pronounced to perimeters, with light soiling and the odd minor handling mark. Faint tide marking to rear board. Very small closed tear to upper edge of front board. Minor warping and cockling to vellum. Slight rubbing to boards. Ties functioning, though worn, with soiling. Light scattered spotting to endpapers. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Inscription of Paul Sabatier to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to fore edge of first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). signed by author. book. …

First edition, deluxe issue, number 175 of 200 copies for England from a run of 250. The plates are by Evans's friend Edward Burne-Jones and are stylistically similar to the Grail Quest tapestries Burne-Jones designed for Stanmore Hall, his last major decorating commission before his death in 1898. Evans (1830-1909) was a neo-Jacobite political activist, artist, poet, and translator of medieval French, Latin, Greek, and Italian. He published, separately but in the same year, his study of this text, In Quest of the Holy Graal, an Introduction to the Study of the Legend (Dent, 1898). "As a poet he combined a taste for medievalism with humour", both of which he shared with Burne-Jones. 2 vols, octavo. Illustrated title page and frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones in two states to each vol., with tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black with decorated border. Publisher's deluxe half vellum, spines lettered in gilt, blue paper-covered sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, red silk bookmarkers. Spines toned, short closed tear at head of vol. II, light browning to boards, offsetting to outer leaves, damp stain at foot of gutter of frontispieces of vol. I, else contents notably clean and fresh, bookmarkers detached but retained; a very good copy. …