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
New Arrivals
One hundred eighty-seven (187) original woodblocks (see photos 1 - 4) for illustrations of various dishes, surtouts, kitchen equipment, etc., that appeared in works by Urbain Dubois (1818-1901). Information provided on back labels of single blocks (more on this below) identifies the following sources: La Grand Livre des pâtissiers et..... More
Principj della Stampa in Perugia e suoi Progressi per tutto il secolo XV.
Perugia: Presso la Tipografia Baduel, 1820. 8vo. viii, 209 pp. Later 19th century cloth spine over marbled paper board, original front wrapper bound-in. With the book label of Tammaro De Marinis. Second edition,originally published in 1806 in only 66 pages. Vermiglioli’s Principj begins with a lengthy history of the origins..... More
Della Prima Promulgazione de’Libri in Firenze, Lezione Istorica.
Firenze: Stamperia di Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1761. 4to. 235 x 170 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches]. viii, 16 pp. Later colored paper wrappers. Book label of Tammaro De Marinis. Manni (1690-1778), a noted historian of printing and literature, was the son of a Florentine typesetter, whose interest in..... More
Biblioteca Italiana, o sia Notizia de Libri Rari nella Lingua Italiana, divisa in quattro Parti principale: istoria, poesia, arti, e scienze.
In Venezia ed in Milano: Michel’ Antonio Panza, 1741. Second edition revised and augmented. 4to. 16, 266 pp. Contemporary limp vellum showing some wear, with a minor repair to the lower part of the spine; some light foxing to the text. Biblioteca Italiana, the first catalogue of its kind published..... More
Osservazioni sulla Chirotipografia ossia Antica Arte di Stampare a Mono.
Roma: Da’ Torchi di Mariano de Romanis e Figli, 1810. 8vo. 210 x 130 mm. (7 ¾ x 5 inches). (2), 106 pp. Contemporary vellum; vellum uniformily soiled, title in ink on the spine. Only edition. Interesting work which discusses the development of hand formed letters during the Medieval period..... More
Serie dell'Edizioni Aldine per Ordine Cronologico ed Alfabetico. Seconda edizione con emendazioni e giunte.
In Padova: Presso Pietro Bandolese, 1790. Small 8vo. iv, 182, 2 pp. 8vo. Contemporary paper wrappers, soiled, spine reinforced at an early date; an otherwise fresh, uncut and unopened copy with large margins. Very good copy of the second edition, published the same year as the first. It is revised..... More
Del Alfabeto y Lengua de los Fenices, y de sus Colonias.
Madrid: For Joachin Ibarra, Impresor de Camara del Rei Nuestro Señor, 1772. Folio. 350 x 265 mm., [13 ¾ x 10 inches. pp. [2], pp. 337-378, [2] pp. Illustrated with three full-page engraved plates and images of coins and calligraphy throughout the text. Bound in full Spanish morocco, double fillet..... More
Congetture del Mse. Giacomo Sardini, Senator Lucchese sopra un’Antica Stampa, trasmesse ultimamente dal medesimo in tre lettere, al molta R.P. Antonmaria Amorett. ed ora pubblicate dal proposto Ferdinarndo Fossi. .
Firenze: Presso Giuseppe Molini, 1793. 4to. 242 x 180 mm., (9 ½ x 7 inches). Illustrated with one engraving one final leaf. Contemporary decorated paper paste paper wrappers; some soiling and minor foxing to the text. Only edition of this rare bibliographical study, which poses that printing began in Lucca..... More
Osservazioni tipografiche sopra libri impressi in Piemonte nel secolo XV.
Bassano: Tipografia Remondiniana, 1807. 8vo. 215 x 135 mm., (8 ½ x 5 1/4/inches). 91 pp. 19th century decorated stiff paper wrappers from Remondini. With the ex-libris of Tammaro De Marinis. Very nice copy Rare history of printing in the Piedmont, based on his short essays published in 1778 and..... More
Rome Reborn: The Vatical Library and Renaissance Culture.
Washington, New Haven, & Vatican City: Library of Congress, Yale University Press, & Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1993. Folio. 300 x 220 mm., [12 x 9 inches]. xxvi, 323, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout with color images. Bound in white linen cloth, dust jacket. Near fine copy."This extraordinarily beautiful book, which contains..... More
Arguments, Natural, Moral and Religious for the Immortality of the Soul.
Worcester: Printed and Sold by Isaiah Thomas, Jun, 1805. 12mo. 165 x 115 mm., [6 ½ x 4 ½ inches]. [4], 5- 121pp., plus 3 pp. ads. Bound in contemporary wooden boards, leather spine, marbled paper boards; binding paper a bit soiled, edges bumped, small part of wooden board showing..... More