Provenance:  On the front pastedown, the bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell.

Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only four U.S. libraries reporting ownership of this edition (Harvard, Kansas, University of Texas-HRHRC, Princeton Theological).

•  Brooks 507; Giani 44 (pp. 47–48).   Binding as above, rubbing to extremities and to spine/joints; somewhat noticeable scrape to length of front board and bump to bottom edge, very small spot of discoloration to top edge of front board, small scrape to rear board and rubbing to fore-edge. Without the initial and final blanks (i.e., two blank leaves total). Provenance marks as above; occasional light foxing to leaves, interior otherwise in very nice condition.  (40159)

VOLUME 1:  Epostola. 21 Septembris 1788 (Sallander No. 46); Indulto. 18 February 1789 (Sallander No. 51); Lettera pastorale. No date. (Brooks 1348); Omelia recitata al popolo. 1789, (Sallander No. 54); Indulto. 1790. (Sallander No. 55);Omelia. Recitata nel giorno di Pentecoste, 1790 (Sallander No. 56); Omelia. Recitata nel giorno dell' Assunzione di Maria Vergine. 1790 (Sallander No. 57); Omelia. Recitata al popolo nel giorno si San Bernardo. 1790 (Sallander No. 58); Indulto pubblicato. 1791 (Sallander No. 59); Omelia. Recitata nel giorno di Pentecoste, 1791 (Brooks 432); Omelia. Recitata nel giorni di Tutti li Santi. 1791 (Brooks 433); Omelia. Recitata nel giorno di San Bernardo, 1791 (Sallander No. 61); Indulto. Per la Quaresima. 1792 (Sallander No. 65).

•  Brooks 1146; De Lama, II, 218–19.   Contemporary speckled paper–covered boards, framed in single blind roll, spine with later gilt-stamped red leather title and publisher labels; spine darkened, edges and extremities chewed, back joint starting from head and foot. Front pastedown showing small line of adhesion from now-absent affixed label. A very few faint spots of foxing only, indeed happily few as Bodoni productions can go; internally, an attractive, wide-margined example, with its page edges untrimmed.  (40201)

This Bodoni production is now uncommon, with searches of WorldCat findingonly three U.S. institutions (University of Illinois, University of Kansas, Yale) reporting holdings.

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplates of Brian Douglas Stilwell and Robert Wayne Stilwell.

•  Brooks 1298.   Contemporary quarter brown morocco and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title and acanthus motifs; binding rubbed. Very minor spots of foxing to title-page, wide-margined pages otherwise clean.  (40205)

Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only four U.S. libraries (Wesleyan, Boston University, Johns Hopkins, The Bridwell) reporting ownership of this quarto format edition.

•  Brooks 1105; Brunet, III, 846; De Lama, II, 199; Giani 199 (p. 77).   Contemporary quarter vellum and Bodoni orange paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-ruled bands and gilt-stamped leather title and date labels; corners and edges much rubbed, sides with light scuffing, vellum slightly darkened. Bookplates as above; front free endpaper with small oval of offsetting from monogram label. Occasional faint foxing, pages overall giving a clean, fresh impression.  (40200)

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of Henry Tschudy, depicting an angel bearing a book.

•  Brooks 1305.   Later morocco-backed pastepaper-style paper–covered boards, spine label of tobacco-colored leather with gilt-stamped author and title; very minor rubbing to extremities only. Pages with a few very faint spots of foxing, in factvery notably clean and fresh.  (40206)

Provenance: From the collection of Brian Douglas Stilwell, sans indicia.

•  Brooks 1183; Brunet 16403.   Bindings as above; minimal shelfwear overall, one spine head chipped. Vol. I: first few leaves with very light waterstaining across lower corners, not approaching frontispiece image or type; last few leaves with lightest imaginable waterstaining to lower halves . Vol. III: short tear in oute margin of one leaf. Vol. V: title-page with sprinkling of tiny spots; one page with small ink smear. A clean and handsome set.  (40203)

Provenance:  Pastedown and front free endpaper with bookplates of Brian Douglas Stilwell and Robert Wayne Stilwell.

•  Brooks 312; De Lama, II, 40; Giani 31 (p. 92); Graesse, III, 592.   Bound as above, corners and spine extremities rubbed not reducing handsome effect. Title-page with light offsetting from frontispiece and light smudges in outer margin; otherwise, scattered spots of light foxing and a few small stains, some leaves with faint creasing. A clean and attractive copy. (40131)

In 1806, Bodoni printed the six existing cantos (the proposed second and third parts of the poem were never published) in three forms: folio, quarto, and octavo, with the present octavo examplenicely displaying the press's typical restraint and grace.   None of the three Bodoni editions are common; only two U.S. institutions report holding copies of this octavo format (UC-Berkeley, Southern Methodist).

•  Brooks 999; De Lama, II, 171; Giani 176 (p. 71); Graesse, IV, 592.   19th-century treed paper–covered sides with red morocco shelfback, spine with gilt-stamped title and decorative bands; small scuffs to sides, spine with small chip and extremities/edges rubbed with edges lightly sunned; front hinge (inside) opening across paper in part but volume strong. Front pastedown with traces of paper adhesions. An unusual Bodoni item, with pleasingly wide margins. (40190)

•  Brooks 998; De Lama, II, 170; Giani 176 (p. 71).   19th-century brown calf–backed marbled paper–covered boards, spine tooled in gilt and blind with gilt-stamped coronet-surmounted coat of arms at foot (appears to incorporate the arms of Tobarra, Spain); moderate rubbing to spine, joints, and edges. Hinges (inside) with sections showing insect damage, but holding. Page edges uncut. A few instances of light foxing, confined to margins and less than might be expected. An attractive example.  (40189)

•  Brooks 469; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 340; De Lama, II, 77.   Modern light blue paper–covered boards with dark blue morocco corner tips and shelfback, spine lettered in gilt; very slight fading to outer edges of boards, otherwise showing virtually no wear. Pages wide-margined, with speckling to first and last leaves and dust-soiling at untrimmed edges; first two leaves with limited light crescent of staining at gutter, those leaves and a few more with light speckles, a few leaves with paper flaws of various sorts.  (40153)

Provenance:  Bookplates of Wilfred Merton, Robert Wayne Stilwell, and Brian Douglas Stilwell.

•  Brooks 451; Brunet, IV, 783; De Lama, II, 71–72; Giani 23 (p. 43).   19th-century half brown mottled sheep and marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands; extremities rubbed. Front pastedown with bookplates as above and with pencilled reference notes; some foxing or other spotting/soiling intermittently; a volume overall clean and pleasing.  (40150)

•  Brooks, Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, 361; Brunet, IV, 916; Dibdin, II, 360–61; Graesse 467. On Prudentius, see: Catholic Encyclopedia online.   Recent half vellum and paper–covered sides, vellum edges graced with gilt single fillet, spines with gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels and with gilt-stamped Greek key design; binding discolored and a little bubbled from proximity to fire. Edges untrimmed, signatures unopened; vol. I with surprisingly various old waterstaining, sometimes faint and sometimes not, in upper margins of first half and outer margins of last few leaves. Interior of both volumes otherwise clean, with no markings, save that the endpapers are smudged and those untrimmed edges, plus occasional small areas of margin contiguous, are darkly smokestained from that fire. This is a book that has suffered, yet a production that is still as lovely as Dibdin said it was and a set well worth having.  (25517)

Provenance:  Front fly-leaf of vol. I with affectionate inked gift inscription from David Williams to John Griffiths (both academics of the University of Oxford, as referenced in the inscription), dated 1854. Front pastedowns each with 19th-century bookseller's small leather label (“the most Expert Bookfinder Extant”).

•  Brooks 361; Brunet, V, 916; De Lama, II, 52–53; Dibdin, II, 360–61; Graesse 467.   Bindings as above, edges and extremities rubbed, spine labels with small repairs. One of the most desirable editions of this important poet, here in an attractive copy with delightful provenance.  (40137)

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of private collector Brian Douglas Stilwell.

•  Brooks 340; De Lama, II, 45; DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 1918.70.   Contemporary half marbled calf with marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label, gilt-stamped bands, and gilt-stamped floral decorations in compartments; minor rubbing overall, spine and joints with small areas of pinhole worming. All edges stained red; original silk bookmark present. Pages very clean and fresh, slightly cockled. A nice copy of this elegantly printed item. (40136)

Provenance: Unidentified stencilled ownership mark of an anchor flanked by a “G” on the left and an “I” on the right contained in an oval with a solid outer ring and an inner one of dots.

•  Brooks 629.   Contemporary light boards covered with tan paper speckled with red; paper of spine damaged with loss. Housed in a simple one-ply phase box.  (39613)

•  Brooks 641; De Lama, II, 117; Giani 84 (p. 56).   Contemporary light green paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; binding rubbed, soiled, joints and extremities chipped. Scattered small spots of foxing, only; first four leaves showing larger (but still limited and diminishing) evidence of exposure to a pale purple'ish liquid. Pages generally clean.  (40174)

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of Robert Wayne Stilwell, front free endpaper with bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell. Front fly-leaf with faded inked gift inscription dated 1837.

•  Brooks 598; De Lama, II, 107; Giani 72 (pp. 54-55); Brunet, V, 156; Graesse, VI, 279.   Bound as above, extremities unobtrusively refurbished; front joint unobtrusively starting from head. Bookplates and inscription as above, front and back free endpapers with later pencilled bibliographical notes. Charming. (40170)

•  Brooks 692; Brunet, V, 638. This ed. not in De Lama, not in Schweiger.   Modern quarter green morocco and green pebbled cloth–covered boards, spines with gilt-stamped title and gilt rule–framed compartments; spines sunned (not unattractively), volumes lightly rubbed overall. Some pages creased in the press, with variable spotting/soiling/foxing, the last generally speckle-type; still asolid, dignified set. (40179)

•  Brooks 594; De Lama, II, 106; Giani 71 (p. 54); Schweiger, II, 1006.   Bound as above, rebacked with the original spines laid down; sides and edges with moderate scuffing. Faint spotting, occasionally more pronounced, to many page edges; pages overall clean. Bodoni's unadorned typesetting embodies classical elegance.  (40168)

•  Brooks 1100; De Lama, II, 196. Not in Brunet, not in Graesse.   Original Bodoni orange paper–covered boards, front cover with gilt-stamped title and author and paper now more brown than orange — rubbed at extremities and spine with loss of paper in top 7". Bookplates, ownership markings, and inscription as above. Pages clean. An uncommon item, with extended, interesting provenance.  (40199)

Provenance:  Covers with armorial supra-libros of Henry Welbore Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761–1836), with his motto: “Non haec sine numine.” Front pastedown of deep blue with armorial bookplate and “C” shelf-list tag at one corner, front free endpaper with bookplates of Robert Wayne Stilwell and Brian Douglas Stilwell.

•  Brooks 514; Brunet, V, 673; Giani 46 (p. 48).   Binding as above, rebacked with original spine laid down and recent gilt-stamped red leather labels; corners and lower edges rubbed. Bookplates as above. Free endpapers with offsetting from turn-ins. Pages notably clean clean and crisp. A striking copy of this dramatic presentation. (40163)

•  Brooks 650; Giani 92 (pp. 57/58).   Contemporary green calf, covers framed in gilt double fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-tooled compartment decorations between gilt-ruled raised bands, board edges and turn-ins with gilt rolls, all edges gilt; spine and board edges browned, spine label chipped, joints and extremities rubbed. Pages faintly age-toned, otherwise clean.  (40176)

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of private collector Brian Douglas Stilwell.

•  Brooks 379; Brunet, V, 673; Giani 11 (p. 39); Renouard, IV, 305.   Binding as above, unobtrusively rebacked preserving original spine; light wear to joints and extremities, sides with small scuffs refurbished with a restrained hand. Bookplate as above; front free endpaper with pencilled reference annotations. The wide-margined, crisply printed and engraved pages are notably clean. Distinctive for its occasion and and desirable for its lovely production.  (40138)

•  Brooks 1017; Brunet, V, 667; De Lama, II, 175; Giani 179 (page 72).   Bound as above, rebacked with original spine sunned to brown reapplied; sides with scuffs (some showing signs of refurbishing) and with edges and extremities moderately rubbed.A monument of both literature and typography in a very clean and handsome copy. (40192)

•  Brooks 548; De Lama, II, 96–97; Giani 59 (p. 51).   Contemporary half brown calf and marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled; rubbed overall with fore-edge and spine label chipped, pin-hole worm action to spine/joints without this reaching interior. Free endpapers, front fly-leaf, and final blank each with one horizontal crease in lower portion; front endpapers with pencilled annotations. Occasional light to moderate foxing.  (40167)