Baretti Joseph Giuseppe (10 results)

Original Leather Hardbacks. Condition: Very Good. 6th Ed. Corrected and Improved. 1820. Vol. 1: xl, unpaginated; Vol. 2: xlviii, unpaginated. Italian/English dictionary. Vol. 1: Italian to English. Book has impressioned titles to spine with raised and gilt-decorated bands; gilt decorations to boards and board edges. Some wear to spine, edges and corners. Few small stains and bumps to rear board. Page edges printed. Foxing to end papers. Mild water marks to top of rear pages and rear end papers and top of board. Vol. 2: English to Italian. Same titles and decorations as Vol. 1. Wear to edges and spine, some minor loss to leather at top of spine and corners, with small stain and few bumps to boards. Page edges printed. Minor loss to front pastdown at spine. End papers lightly foxed; missing RFEP. Otherwise, pages and contents are in vg condition with no inscriptions.…

Full Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Complete in two volumes. An influential introduction to Italy for travellers of the eighteenth century. I-x, 225 pp; II-vi, 220 pp. Fully bound in contemporary calf. Five raised bands to the spine with gilt decoration. Single brown morocco label with gilt lettering. Light shelf-wear to boards and a little bumping to corners as would be expected with the age. Text-block sound with just a little toning in places. …

Quarta Edizione/ Fourth Edition. Two Volumes. Vol I - Italian-English; Vol II - English-Italian. Volume I - viii, xxxix, The Italian and English Dictionary - Part I Containing The Italian Before the English. Preceduto da una Grammatica delle due Lingue. Intermittent spots of foxing in text. Binding tight. Previous owner's inscription on fep & ffep. Small insect hole through pages of latter half of volume. Vol II - viii, xlviii, The English and Italian Dictionary - Part II Containing the English before the Italian. Patches of foxing intermittently in text. Small insect hole through pages of Preface and Prefix and fep. Both Vols bound in full contemporary leather with gilt lettering on maroon spine labels and rule on spines. Vol I - gilt lettering rubbed. Edges of spine and corners rubbed. Surface of boards rubbed and scuffed in places. Overall condition Good. Vol II - Gilt lettering on maroon spine label intact. Front edge of spine splitting along length. Rear edge of spine split for about 2.5 inches at top. Edges of spine and boards rubbed. Corners well rubbed. Overall condition Good.…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. A brilliant Italian-English dictionary by Joseph Baretti, an extensive work for which he was inspired by Samuel Johnson. Complete in two volumes.An vast and important English to Italian dictionary, with supplemental pronunciation, grammar, and definitions for thousands of English/Italian equivalents.Baretti was inspired by Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and his own low opinion of Ferdinando Altieri's English-Italian dictionary.Baretti was an Italian literary critic, poet, writer and translator. He also wrote a similar dictionary of the Spanish Language, as well as dissertations on Shakespeare and Voltaire.A new edition of this work, originally published in 1760. This edition has been improved and augmented, with above ten thousand words omitted in the previous editions. Corrected by F. Damiani.Bookplate of Samuel Farmar Jarvis, D.D., to the front paste down. Jarvis was the celebrated first historiographer of the Episcopal Church.An ex-institutional copy from the General Theological Seminary Library, with labels to the front paste downs, and stamps. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn and rubbed, with loss of leather to the boards. Tear to the head of the front joint. Institutional ink to the tail of the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Boards are a little discoloured with light marks. Front hinge is strained. Institutional labels to the paste downs, and a bookplate to the front paste down. Front endpaper is detached and chipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. The occasional institutional stamp, including to the title pages. Good Only. None (illustrator). book.…

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, As Issued. 4th Edition. In two volumes, contemporary full calf, later expertly rebacked with gilt lettering. Very Good, small prior owner label, even browning, light scattered toning, boards rubbed, later corner repairs. A solid and well-bound set, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Condition: Good. 4 vols. 12 mo. 1`0 x 18cm. Qtr. morocco and marbled boards. .CLC Number: 601152081. 4 volumes in-12, demi-maroquin vert, dos à nerfs orné, non rogné (reliure de Thouvenin).

Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Very Good Condition. First Edition. 19th century Spanish tree calf, slight wear at edges. Old ownership marks from O'Donovans to title with a long inscription dated 1921 conveying the book from Richard O'Donovan to Luis Barreiro.Endpapers refreshed. Further ownership marks on first page of advertisement and the first text page. Title chipped and repaired, last page of ads worn, scattered foxing (heavier at start and end), but very clean otherwise. Though styled the Second Edition because of Baretti's debt to Giral Delpino's 1763 work, this is the first of the Baretti and substantially different from earlier works (including a great number of words added from Baretti's friend Samuel Johnson's dictionary). 2 parts in one volume, unpaginated. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Reference; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 045425.…

Vellum. Condition: Good. The very scarce first Florentine edition of Joseph Baretti's popular English-Italian dictionary, bound in vellum. The first Florentine edition, carefully revised and corrected. "Containing many words and phrases which have never appeared in any former editions of this work".Volume the Second only, being the English-Italian dictionary.Very scarce edition.Bound in contemporary full vellum, lacking spine label. Bound with the original half title and contemporary endpapers.The successful work of Italian literary critic, poet, translator and linguist Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, often known as Joseph Baretti, the name he used during his years in England.This dictionary became the standard reference work of its kind, going through numerous reprints and revisions and helping to promote a renewed interest in the Italian language. Bound in contemporary full vellum, lacking spine label.Externally, with yellowing and marks to the boards. Rubbing to the extremities. Worming to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots throughout. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

7. Firenze - Florence, dalla Tipografia Cardinali, 1832, 2 vols in-4°, vol. I ; 679 pp ; vol.II ; 692 pp. Bound in uniform contemporary half leather with marbled boards, smooth sine with two title labels. Binding with some traces of use, throughout some slight foxing, still a good set. No library stamps.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1809 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 525 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 525 Language: English.…