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

New York: John Ross & Co. (Nation Press), 1867 (1871).  8vo. 225 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches].  xliv, 115 pp., with the half-title.  Bound in original purple cloth , title in gilt on front board; binding faded, front hinge cracked, yet sound; paper stock showing some browning..... 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: Edward Bierstadt, 1866. Image size including text: 425 x 705 mm., (16 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches). Steel engraving by James Smillie after a painting by Albert Bierstadt that was completed in 1863.  Signed in Pencil by both Bierstadt and Smillie. A few brown spots removed by expert..... More

A source collection of antiquarian books and engravings formed by Richard von Hunderdorff on Cicisbeismo, the unusual social convention peculiar to the Italian Enlightenment.  The subject of the catalogue is the relationship between married women and young men of noble birth in 18th century Italy and Spain.  This collection is..... More

Various Printers, 1758-1785. 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 funerals..... More

1954. Oil painting on board.  250 x 297 mm. (9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches).  Signed in lower left corner in black paint and in black ink an inscription reads "Santa Monica, Calif. / A. Dahl 1954".  Label of Wallace Gallery, East Hampton, New York.Anton Dahl (1894-1967), Swedish painter who..... More

Firenze: All’Insegna dell Stella, 1670. Folio manuscript on Paper. 300 x 205, [11 ¾ x 8 inches].  [10], 64 pp.  Bound in contemporary paste paper boards; covers lightly soiled with age.  Textblock beautifully written in one very legible hand.  Paper stock shows a water mark “A  G” over “C”.    This..... More

Padova: Con Licenza de'Superiori e Privilegio, 1783. 8vo.  210 x 145 mm., [8 x 5 ¾ inches.  viii, 287 pp.  Illustrated with an engraved portrait, unsigned.  Bound in contemporary paste paper boards, textblock laced in.  Boards soiled with age otherwise a very good copy. First Italian edition of Franklin’s Political..... More

Colle: Tipografia Pacini e Figli, 1831-32. Three works in one volume.  8vo.  150 x 95 mm., 6 x 3 ¾ inches].  [2], 216 pp.; 220 pp., .[2], 228 pp. Bound in half green morocco, title and decorations gilt on the spine (minor defects to one hinge). A good copy. Three..... More

Firenze: Prezzo del presente Catalogo Paoli 2, e mezzo Fiorentini, 1806. 8vo.  175 x 120 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches].  [4], 210 pp.  Later blue paper wrappers; title-page a bit soiled, paper stock lightly browned with age; otherwise, a very good, sound copy. Giovacchino Pagani was a staple of..... 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

Venezia: [Giambattista Albrizzi], 1760. Oblong folio.  310 x 430 mm., [12 ¼ x 17 inches].  Engraved frontispiece portrait of Piazzetta as an older man flanked by allegorical images of painting and sculpture;  title-page printed in red and black ink with an allegorical engraving illustrating Venice and the Arts;  3 page..... More