Benedictis Jacobus (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2pp. Format is a single card, printed on two sides. Text in Latin. Several minor bumps and creases to extremities, with mild soiling and some tanning to paper. No writing to item 0 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2pp. Format is a single card, printed on two sides. Text in Latin. Several minor bumps and creases to extremities, with light soiling and some tanning to paper. No writing to item 0 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2pp. Format is a single card, printed on two sides. Text in Latin. Several minor bumps and creases to extremities, with mild soiling and some tanning to paper. No writing to item 0 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1868 Riverside Press Edition. This is a 11 page, sewn chapbook, printed at the Riverside Press by H.O. Houghton and Company. Stiff card binding. Some foxing spots on the endpapers, otherwise a VG copy. Dual language Latin/English poem.

Condition: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. All edges gilt; six full page color prints of the mother and child - Mary and Jesus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. St. Benedictis' hymns for the Mother in brown cover with gilt titling, gilt and floral pictorial decoration on front board. Light shelf wear on the corners and on ends of the spine. some soiling outside and light rubbing near the outer edges of the cover. Some light age darkening on the pages with no impact on text or designs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Puiblished. First Edition. Blue cloth with gilt titling, gilt and floral pictorial decoration to upper boards, all edges gilt, 6 full page chromolithographs to illustrate the hymns. An elegant editon of St. Benedictis' hymns for the Mother. Comprising of two poems, "Mater Speciosa" and "Mater Dolorosa". Printed in Bavaria 347 at bottom of title page. I would guess the date about 1890. A beautiful book. Unpaginated, about 32 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Color Illustrations (illustrator). First Thus. In blue cloth with gilt titling, gilt and floral pictorial decoration to upper boards, all edges gilt, color plates throughout, 8vo, unpag. An elegant editon of St. benedictis' hymns for the Mother. (minimal light shelfwear to extremities). Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. This is a charming, antique copy of "THE STABAT MATER" by Jacobus de Benedictis. The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. Circa 1890's (there is no date of publication stated); Ernest Nister / London; E.P. Dutton & Co. / New York. The book features a decorative floral front cover, beautiful full-page color plates, illustrations around the text, and gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Comprising Versions of "Mater Speciosa" and "Mater Dolorosa" by Dr. Neale and Earl Crawford. From the introduction: "The two hymns reprinted in the following pages bear a very close relationship to each other. They are both generally believed to be the work of the same author, Giacomo da Todi, or Jacobus de Benedictis, as he is sometimes called. He left a great number of poems, most of which have been reprinted, by far the most celebrated being the 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa' (the second of the following hymns). Of this there are said to be eighty versions in German, and many in English." Condition: Clean front cover and spine; there is a small, light stain at the bottom of the back cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Occasional foxing to the pages. Bright, bold colors to the illustrated plates. Bright gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Light Edge Wear and Soiling. No Jacket. Front cover floral designs in white, gilt, green. Comprising versions of two poems, "Mater Speciosa" and "Mater Dolorosa". Printed in Bavaria 347 at bottom of title page. Half-title page in gilt. Six full-page chromolithographs to illustrate the hymns. Dr. Neale and Earl Crawford created versions of these hymns, presented in exquisite typography, with gilt embellishments as titles and borders. The final plate has a 3/4" closed tear in its free edge. Small spots on free edge of the first three leaves. Size: Square Octavo.