Paris?, Early 19th Century. Large sheets, measuring approximately 16 x 14 inches, one a bit smaller.  Decoratively printed in color by woodblock printing, executed with extreme care with near prefect registration.  Original sheets laminated to a paper host in back-to-back method.  Very good condition. On the verso of one of..... More

Venetia: appresso Pontio Bernardon, 1682. 12mo.  155 x 75 mm., [6 x 3 inches].  [12], 115 pp.  Illustrated with a woodcut vignette on the title-page, head- and tailpieces, and floriated initial letters.  Bound in contemporary brown calf; joints expertly restored, textblock tight within the binding.  This copy has two old..... More

(Biddeford): N.p., ca. 1850-55. Broadside, 14" x 8," double column, signed in type by three selectmen with attestation by town clerk at end. Folded in quarters with several tiny holes (no loss), a number of creases, minor stains, one short marginal tear, etc., but overall quite sound. Comprised of 19..... More

New York City: ca. 1950. Oblong folio.  280 x 360 mm.; [11 x 14 inches].  14 pp., illustrated with 14 large black and white photographs.  Bound in a large paper pad of thick paper stock; leaves loose from binding.  An ownership sticker with the name Mrs. Paul E. Eisler of..... More

Verona: Various Printers, 1758-86. Rare Series of Twenty-Four Festival Broadsides Celebrating the Accomplishments and Appointments of Members of the Dionisi Family of Verona During the Middle Years of the Eighteenth Century.  Including celebratory broadsides commemorating civil appointments, ordinations, taking of religious habits by the women of the family, retirements, and..... More

Napoli: nella Stamperia dei Fratelli Raimondi, 1781. 4to.  250 x 190 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ½ inches].  [4] ff., 48 pp.  Illustrated with an engraved portrait of the author by Giuseppe Aloja.  Bound in early 20th century leather spine over marbled paper boards.  Offset from portrait to the title-page..... More

In Milano: Presso Gaetano Motta al Malcantone, 1809. 12mo.  165 x 100 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches].  xxiv, 336 pp.  With an illustration of a table (Tavolo per Pranzo di 30 Coperti servita a 18).  Contemporary paste paper boards.  Manuscript note on front pastedown reading “per il cuoco di..... More

Peterboro: 1838-1878. Gerrit Smith  (1797-1874).  A Collection of Thirty-Six Publications, mostly from the Press in Peterboro on the Political and Religious Movements in Mid-19th Century America.      Mostly bifolium and broadside publications measuring approximately 12 x 8 inches.  Some previously folded but all very clean with no foxing or..... More

Bergamo: Per Francesco Locatelli, 1766. Folio.  355 x 250 mm., [14 x 9 ¾ inches].  [2], lvii pp.  Illustrated with a full-page engraved portrait of Giovanelli, engraved title-page with ornamental border, large cartouche signed “Wagner”, six engraved tailpieces and a full-page engraving on the final leaf.  Bound in contemporary Venetian..... More

Milano: Tipografia de’Fratelli Sonzogno, 1824. 8vo.  210 x 140 mm., [8 x 5 ¼ inches].  lxxvi, 591, [1 blank], lxxiii, [1] pp.  Illustrated with three folding engraved plates.  Bound in contemporary straight-grain blue morocco, spine git, gilt fillet boarders and inner dentelles, yellow endpapers, edges gilt.  Basserman-Jordan bookplate on the..... More

New York: H. A. Thomas, Lithographic Studio, ca. 1875. Color lithographic plate. 22" x 28". Printed on paper and mounted to board and varnished; small scuffs & gouges, some pieces of the print are missing, edges worn, but the colors are strong and the images well preserved. An evocative print..... More

New York: Baker & Scribner, 1849. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. 103 pp., plus 4pp. ads. Original pictorial boards highlighted in black, red and blue watercolor; boards soiled, joints cracked, spine chipped, yet intact; cheap paper stock toned brown. With faults an unusual binding..... More

Torino: excudebat Ion. Mich. Briolus R. Sc. Ac. et R. Ag. Soc. Imp. e Bib. 1788. Bound with:   Dardana, Giuseppe Antonio. In agaricum campestrem veneno. - Turin, excudebat Ioan. Mich. Briolus, 1788.                                       ..... More