Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., author
Published / Created:
Mcccclxxxxiii die xviii Iulii [18 July 1493]
Call Number:
2017 +316
Image Count:
320
Alternative Title:
Works. 1493 and Tragoediae
Description:
BEIN 2017 +316: Capitals supplied in red or blue. Manuscript note on free back endpaper: Collated complete pp. B. Quaritch Ltd. [undeciphered initials]., BEIN 2017 +316: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 55] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès), 6. Helmut Friedlaender (bookplate "HNF"; sale Christie's NY, 23 April 2001, lot 117). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., BEIN 2017 +316: Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled brown goatskin over thin wooden boards, bound for Antonio Pillone by Hobson's Belluno Binder A. Sides panelled within triple fillets, outer and central compartments adorned with widely spaced small 4- and 5-petalled rosette tools, two inner borders composed respectively of a repeated blossom and leaf tool and leafy tool (see Hobson tools 1, 2, 7 and 11). Spine with two double raised bands tooled with intersecting triple fillets, 4 (of 10) brass bosses, 1 (of 2) clasps and 2 catches. Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of Seneca with abbreviated name and title ("SEN T") at bottom., BEIN Zi +4994: For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Manuscript marginal notes. Worm-eaten, with some damage to text. Bound in old limp vellum, with flap, oriental style, and leather strap; part of the strap, presumably with buckle, missing. Manuscript notes: fol. 2a: "Es dela Libr1. de S. Miguel de los Reyes."; fol. 1a: "This book was given to me by Dr. Pedro Perez the antiquarian of Valencia May 8th 1844. Q. Ayshford Sanford." Dr. Perez's visiting card pasted on fol. 1a. 31 cm., Title from caption of text on leaf I (a1); imprint from colophon., Commentaries by Gellio Bernardino Marmitta and Daniel Caietanus., Signatures: A⁴ a-b⁸ c-z⁶ &⁴ (A1 blank)., and Woodcut initials, also capital-spaces with guide-letters.
BEIN Hfc31 333x: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Ownership inscription on title page: Ex libris N. Ferry., BEIN 1978 1593: Without cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Bookplate and autograph of Philibert Bruys des Gardes, 1769. Manuscript notes on pages 471, 481 and 534., BEIN 2020 749: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 493, and 567. Ownership inscription (crossed out) on title page: Courelle avocat. Ownership inscription on front paste-down: Lefevre ce lundi 3. aout 1835. Copious contemporary manuscript notes, many identifying the characters described in the text. Later manuscript note on front paste-down., Signatures: ã¹² ẽ⁴ A-Aa¹² Bb⁸., and Title vignette: printer's mark.
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (British Museum Satires No. 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images., Later state, with both images contained within double border lines added along edge of plate., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. Imprint statement appears twice, once below each title., Late-20th century restrike on modern paper, with pencil annotation "RP/77" in lower right that suggests a 1977 printing date. The copper plate would have been in the possession of the successor Leadenhall Press in England at the time, according to Nicholas J.S. Knowles., For the original issue of the plate, see nos. 6868 and 6869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Autograph manuscript letter from R. B. Robinson, editor and proprietor of The Kanawha Advance in Charleston, West Virginia, to Benjamin F. Jones, chairman of the Republican National Committee, dated 1884 September 22. Robinson asks for funds to support the publication of The Kanawha Advance, "the only colored newspaper in the state." Robinson also reports that the Democrats are gaining support among African Americans in Ohio and West Virginia ahead of the 1884 presidential election, but claims that a unified republican vote among West Virginia African Americans would secure the state for the party. Enclosed is a clipping from The Kanawha Advance dated 20 September 188[4] reporting on the first Colored Men of West Virginia state convention held in Charleston on 18 September, during which Robinson was appointed chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Colored Men of West Virginia
Description:
Robert B. Robinson was an African American newspaper owner and editor born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1848, to Reverend Robert H. Robinson (1824-1909) and Mary Ann Warwick Robinson (1832-1899). With his brother Magnus L. Robinson (1852-1918), he founded the The Virginia Post in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the late 1870s. In the 1880s, Robinson managed the Virginia branch of The Washington Bee, and established The Kanawha Advance newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia. Robinson was involved with the Republican Party and the Readjuster Party., Benjamin Franklin Jones (1824-1903) was an iron and steel industrialist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1884-1888., In English., and Accompanied by an envelope featuring manuscript notes about the letter in an unidentified hand.
Subject (Geographic):
West Virginia., United States, and West Virginia
Subject (Name):
Jones, Benjamin F. 1824-1903. (Benjamin Franklin),, Robinson, R. B. 1848- (Robert B.),, Colored Men of West Virginia., and Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
African American newspaper editors, African American newspapers, African Americans, Political activity, Presidents, Election, and Politics and government
BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 1: With v. 12 (bound between v. 12, no. 1 and v. 12, no. 2): Machine-age exposition. [New York : s.n., 1927], BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 1:8; 2:5., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Autograph: Leigh Dauenberg: 1:8., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 1, no.11: autograph of Byba Giuliani., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 4, no. 1,3,9,11; v.8, no.2: Bookplate of C. Van Vechten., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol.4, no. 12: Autograph of Gladys Chandler Graham., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 7, no. 11: Autograph, bookplate and ms. notes of Josephine Herbst., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol.8,no.2; v.9,no.3; v.10,no.2; v.12,no.2: Bookplate of C.Van Vechten and presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten from Gertrude Stein., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 6:10., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: Bookplate of C. Van Vechten in v.4, no.2,4,8,10,12., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: Blind stamp of Baltimore Museum of Art in v. 10, no. 1,2; v. 11, no. 1., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 3:9-10., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:5; 5:5, 9; 11:2; 12:1., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: Vol. 10, no. 1 has blind stamp of Baltimore Museum of Art, BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 4:3., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:3; 7:3; 9:3., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 5: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 5:5; 7:4; 9:2., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 5: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 4:1, 4:4., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 6: From the library of John J. Slocum., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 7: From the library of Ezra Pound; v. 6-7, bound with: Calendar of modern letters, v. 8, no.2; v. 8, no. 2 with autograph of Ezra Pound; v. 8-9 has presentation inscription from E. Pound to W. Bird, Place du Palais, Bourbon, and, tipped in front, typed poem "Le coq prodigue or 'The movement'"., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 8: From the library of Ezra Pound, autographed, and with ms. notes by him., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 9: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:1., BEIN YCAL MSS 43 Box 210: From the Ezra Pound Papers., BEIN Gallup Eliot C40: Gold title label (4:1 copy 1). Blue-green title label (4:1 copy 2). Uncut (4:3 copy 2). Copies 1 and 2 housed together. From the Donald C. Gallup Collection of T.S. Eliot., Title from cover., Published in Chicago, 1914-Jan. 1917; in New York, Mar. 1917-Mar. 1921; in Paris, autumn 1921- ; in New York, -1929., Edited by Margaret C. Anderson., Foreign editor: Ezra Pound., and v.1-12, 1914-1929. 1 v.
BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 1: With v. 12 (bound between v. 12, no. 1 and v. 12, no. 2): Machine-age exposition. [New York : s.n., 1927], BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 1:8; 2:5., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Autograph: Leigh Dauenberg: 1:8., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 1, no.11: autograph of Byba Giuliani., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 4, no. 1,3,9,11; v.8, no.2: Bookplate of C. Van Vechten., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol.4, no. 12: Autograph of Gladys Chandler Graham., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol. 7, no. 11: Autograph, bookplate and ms. notes of Josephine Herbst., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 2: Vol.8,no.2; v.9,no.3; v.10,no.2; v.12,no.2: Bookplate of C.Van Vechten and presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten from Gertrude Stein., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 6:10., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: Bookplate of C. Van Vechten in v.4, no.2,4,8,10,12., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: Blind stamp of Baltimore Museum of Art in v. 10, no. 1,2; v. 11, no. 1., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 3:9-10., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 3: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:5; 5:5, 9; 11:2; 12:1., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: Vol. 10, no. 1 has blind stamp of Baltimore Museum of Art, BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 4:3., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 4: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:3; 7:3; 9:3., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 5: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 5:5; 7:4; 9:2., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 5: From the Elizabeth Jenks Clark collection of Margaret Anderson: 4:1, 4:4., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 6: From the library of John J. Slocum., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 7: From the library of Ezra Pound; v. 6-7, bound with: Calendar of modern letters, v. 8, no.2; v. 8, no. 2 with autograph of Ezra Pound; v. 8-9 has presentation inscription from E. Pound to W. Bird, Place du Palais, Bourbon, and, tipped in front, typed poem "Le coq prodigue or 'The movement'"., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 8: From the library of Ezra Pound, autographed, and with ms. notes by him., BEIN: Za ZL74 copy 9: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 4:1., BEIN YCAL MSS 43 Box 210: From the Ezra Pound Papers., BEIN Gallup Eliot C40: Gold title label (4:1 copy 1). Blue-green title label (4:1 copy 2). Uncut (4:3 copy 2). Copies 1 and 2 housed together. From the Donald C. Gallup Collection of T.S. Eliot., Title from cover., Published in Chicago, 1914-Jan. 1917; in New York, Mar. 1917-Mar. 1921; in Paris, autumn 1921- ; in New York, -1929., Edited by Margaret C. Anderson., Foreign editor: Ezra Pound., and v.1-12, 1914-1929. 1 v.
BEIN Za St34 933A copy 5: Autograph of Norman Holmes Pearson., BEIN Za W6453 Zz933S: Ms. notes of Thornton Wilder. From the Thornton Wilder Papers., "Third printing, October 1934"--T.p. verso., and The life of Gertrude Stein written by herself as though it were the autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
Annales of England and Chronicles of England from Brute unto this present year of Christ 1580
Description:
BEIN 1987 303: 20 cm. Imperfect: final leaf 4G8 wanting; bled at edges with some loss of text. Few manuscript annotations throughout. Armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Viscount Clive., BEIN Osborn pa94: 20 cm. Manuscript pencil annotations concerning provenance; early manuscript ink annotations and corrections throughout. Ownership inscription of Margaret Barrie on page [32] at beginning indicates this book was left to her by her father Burton, read by her in 1675, and read by Oliver in 1679. Armorial bookplate of John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley. Bookplate of Michael Scott. Binder's stamp of Riviere and Son. Stamp of H. Sotheran, with explanation in manuscript that the book was actually bought from Pickering. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya., BEIN Osborn pa105: Quires ²[par.]-3[par.]⁴ (the table and errata) bound at end. Manuscript shelfmark "942" written on shelf label. Armorial bookplate of the Bishopsgate Institute, with its blind stamp on multiple pages throughout and ink stamp on title page verso, no. "1627" and classification "942" written in manuscript. Ink stamp of Quenby Library also on title page verso. Few manuscript annotations throughout, with a manuscript genealogical table on rear flyleaves in what appear to be two different hands. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya. Bound in 16th-century full English calf, with stamp: Sober Society. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf)., "Apparently the first edition of the 'Chronicles' in the complete form"--BM., Later editions published as: Annales., Actual printer's name from STC., Signatures: [par.]⁴, ²[par.]-3[par.]⁴ A-3I⁸ 3K⁸(-3K7,8) 3L-4G⁸., Final page blank., Engraved title page showing the descent of sovereigns from Edward III., and Includes index.
Publisher:
By [Henry Bynneman for] Ralphe Newberie, at the assignement of Henrie Bynneman
BEIN Gallup Eliot C117: From the Donald C. Gallup Collection of T.S. Eliot., BEIN Tanselle Z38 0016: Autograph: Morris Star: 78:1., BEIN YCAL MSS 43 Box 197: From the Ezra Pound Papers., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 1: Some volumes are bound (62, 65-66,68-80, 82, 84, 86); some bound voumes have indexes (62, 65-66, 68-75, 77-80); some bound volumes lack advertisements and wrappers of individual issues (62, 65-66, 68-75, 77-80)., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 1: Stamp: Library of the Union Theological Seminary, New York: v.65-66., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 2: Some volumes are bound, have indexes, but lack advertisements and wrappers of individual issues (68-73)., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 2: Bookplate: Carl Van Vechten: 66:784; 68-73., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 2: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 85:1., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 3: Autograph: R.H. Williams: 84:6., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 3: From the library of Donald C. Gallup: 71:5; 72:2,4; 74:1,3; 75:6., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 3: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 69:6; 76:5; 79:5., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 3: Vol. 86, no. 6 bound with v. 79, no.5-6. Bookplate: H.D., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 70:1-2; 71:4-6; 72:1, 4-5; 73:1, 6; 74:1, 6; 75:3; 77:2, 6; 78:1, BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: From the library of Donald Gallup: 69:2; 70:4, 6; 71:1; 72:3; 73:5; 74:2, 4-5; 75:1-2, 4; 76:1, 5; 77:1, 5; 80:4., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: Ms. notes by William Carlos Williams: 82:6., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: Stamp: Santa Barbara Public Library: 72:6., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: From the library of Donald Gallup: 70:5., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 4: Stamp: Fresno State College Library, Fresno, California: 70:4-5., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 5: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 68:5; 70:4,6; 71:6; 72:2-3,6; 73:3, 6; 74:2,4-5; 75:2; 76:3,6., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 5: From the Dudley Poore Papers, with his autograph: 75:1., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 5: Issues lack original wrappers: 69:3. 79:5-6; 86:6., BEIN Za Zd5 copies 6 and 7: From Scofield Thayer's library; many issues with his bookplate; many issues with markings or annotations by him., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 8: From the library of Alfred Stieglitz: 70:4; 76:3., BEIN Za Zd5 copy 8: From the Dudley Poore Papers, with his autograph: 74:4., BEIN Za Zd5: From the library of John J. Slocum: 69:1(copy 4); 75:5(copy 3), Title from caption., Founded by F.F. Browne., and Editors: May 1880- May 1913, F.F. Browne (with W.R. Browne, 1900-1913); June 1913- July 1916, W.R. Browne; Aug.-Sept. 1916, C.J. Masseck; Jan. 1917-Dec. 1918, G.B. Donlin and others; Jan. 1919-Nov. 15, 1919, R.M. Lovett and others; Nov. 29, 1919-June 1926, Scofield Thayer; July 1926-July 1929, Marianne Moore.
