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Bergamo: Dalla Stamperia Mazzoleni, 1830. 8vo. 195 x 125 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 inches]. xii, 271 pp. Illustrated with a engraved portrait of Franklin by Mazzoleni. Bound in contemporary half leather binding and corners, marbled paper boards, spine with title label and simple gilt tooling, traces of paper label..... More
N,p. (New England): ca. 1820. Folio. 300 x 185 mm., [12 x 7 ½ inches]. 44 pp. Self-wrappers. Watermark paper "Crown (over) GR (over) 1813". Very attractive and legible manuscript containing written rules and examples for compound addition, compound subtraction, reduction, multiplication of Federal Money, division of Federal Money, compound..... More
Verona: Stamperia Giuliani, 1796. 4to: 305 x 130 mm., [12 x 9 inches]. xvi, 224 pp. Engraved portrait of the author by de Bernardi after Agos. Ugolini. Bound in contemporary boards, spine a bit chipped, edges bumped and a bit worn, and joints previously repaired. Printed on good paper with..... More
Milano: Societá dei Cuochi Milanesi, 1892. Two volumes. Large 4to. 300 x 220 mm., [11 3/3 x 8 ¾ inches]. lvi, 303 [1] pp; 363, [3] pp. Illustrated with 64 plates with numerous images per plate. Bound in contemporary leather backed boards; expertly repaired at the joints of both volumes..... More
Firenze: Via Panzani, 1832. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. 8 pp. Later mauve colored paper wrappers. Ownership stamp of H. Gerroid. Rare pamphlet discussing recent bumper harvests of wheat and methods for the production of the healthiest and cheapest flours to produce..... More
Milano: Dalla Tipografia del D. Giulio Ferrario, 1823. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. xii, 13-123 [1] pp. Original blue paper printed wrappers; title in ink on spine; spine split at top and bottom of joint; edges folded, but a good copy in original condition. The..... More
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Naples, ca. 1835. Panorama drawing in pencil, pen, and brown ink, on four sheets of paper, total measurement of 255 x 1480 mm., [10 x 58 ¼ inches] backed on linen and folded, in excellent condition. A striking example of a Grand Tour panorama of Naples that is nearly one..... More
Milano: Dall Stamperia Reale, 1809. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 104 pp. Original marbled paper wrappers, some light foxing in the text. Excellent copy, printed in an edition of 1,300 copies, some on fine paper. Rare first edition of Foscolo’s controversial essay celebrating his..... 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
Paris: Deloges, Libraire, 1861. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 64 pp. Illustrated with 1 color lithographic plates. Bound in original terra cotta printed paper wrappers; showing some minor wear but otherwise a very good copy. First edition. First in a series of manuals written and..... More
[New York]: ca., 1817. 8vo. 200 x 160 mm., [7 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches]. 9 pages of text, about 2700 words. Folded sheet attached by pin; last leaf detached. Highly legible manuscript on paper. Peter Buell Porter was a military hero from the War of 1812 against British and..... More
Barcelona: mprenta de Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840. 8vo. 213 x 160 mm., [8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches]. [4], 93, 1 pp. of text; illustrated with 100 engravings. Bound in contemporary brown mottled Spanish calf, red title label on spine. The binding is a bit rubbed but sound and attractive copy. ..... More
Paris: A. A. Renouard, 1819. 8vo. 205 x 125 mm., [8 x 5 inches]. 60 [1] pp. Illustrated with one lithographic plate. Bound in modern boards, leather label. Very good copy. First and only edition, printed in an edition of 250 copies only and published by the noted bibliophile and..... More
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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1855. Oblong folio. 380 x 555 mm., [15 x 21 ¾ inches]. 2, 17 pp. (title-page, list of plates, 17 plates). Bound in original printed wrappers, cloth spine; expert paper repair to the wrappers and first leaves, plates clean and in good condition. ..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 8vo. 240 x 140 mm., [9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches]. [viii], 291, [23] pp. Publisher's brown boards, red spine, dust jacket. Near fine copy. Well researched and documented story of the love affair of Di Robilant's ancestor Andrea Memmo, one of the last..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. xvi, 463 pp. Illustrated throughout by the author. Cream colored boards, orange spine; dust jacket. New fine copy. First edition. Yeadon, a writer for National Geographic, brought his narrative skills to the province of Basilicata in..... More
Biblioteca Comulane. 8vo. 240 x 165 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches]. 78 pp. Fully illustrated with color plates. Pictorial wrappers. Printed exhibition catalogue of books, manuscripts, and drawings from the collections of the Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati of Siena, exhibited to celebrate the visit of the Madison Council..... More
Siena: Biblioteca Comunale, 2006. 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches]. 64 pp. Illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Decorative wrappers in an antique style. History of the reconstruction of the Public Library of Siena, a public works project that incorporated Renaissance buildings and the use..... More
8vo. 190 x 130 mm., [7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. [viii], 99 pp. Illustrated by Harrie Wood. Original red cloth, dust jacket. Slight fading to binding and jacket, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Written in novel form in Russian and rewritten in English by Charles Angoff, this..... More
New York: Walker & Company, 2000. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 1/2 x 6 inches]. [xii], 194 pp. Illustrated with 19 black and white images in the text. Original brown boards, dust jacket; near fine copy. First American edition. "Ross King has brought a novelist's eye and ear to..... More
New York: Macmillian and Co., 1894. 8vo. 195 x 125 mm., [7 1/2 x 5 inches]. [10], 297 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 half tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, a few scrapes and nicks to the spine, otherwise sound and attractive copy. Engraved bookplate of Sarah Gilbert Wood..... More
N.p., (Pompei). N.d. (ca. 1950). Small 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Illustrated with 32 color postcards, linked together in accordian fashion and bound in boards, decorated with a view of ancient Pompei and Blessed Virgin Mary.High gloss tourists cards printed in color, each with..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Small 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. [x], 209 pp. Publisher's yellow boards, title on spine; dust jacket. First edition. An account of a travel to Sutri, an ancient Etruscan village, by an attorney escaping the high pressure of..... More
New York: William Morrow: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. 8vo. 325 x 155 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches]. xv, 269 pp. 8 pages of black and white plates. Publisher's two tone paper boards, dust jacket. Very good copy. First edition. Bestselling biography of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo..... More
