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Milano: Pietro e Giuseppe Vallardi, ca. 1819. Small 12mo. 120 x 80 mm., [4 ¾ x 3 ¼ inches]. 324 p. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title-page and three engraved plates by the Vallardi brothers. Bound in full red morocco, gilt border of acanthus leaves and vines on the..... More
Ravena, Ohio: Printed by William Coolman, Jr., 1832. 12mo., 165 x 100 mm.,[6 1.2 x 4 inches[. [xii], 14-348 pp.. Bound in contemporary American sheep, red leather label; joints and edges rubbed, text with sporadic spotting in the margins, paper stock browned with age. With faults a good sound copy..... More
Firenze: Nella Stamperia Granducale, 1841. 4to. 265 x 200 mm., [10 ¼ x 8 inches]. xxvi, 244, [1] pp. Gift binding, bound in full purple morocco, with a large border of three designs, including an outer gilt boarder of Greek design, a wider decorative leaf and vine pattern gilt border..... More
Lecce: Nella pubblica Stamperia di Vincenzo Marino, e Fratelli, 1795. 4to. 240 x 180 mm., [9 ¼ x 7 inches]. 29 leaves plus 1 blank; printed on recto only on light blue paper. Illustrated with a title-page vignette. Bound in prepared paper wrappers decorated with a dot & gold star-bursts..... More
Florentiae: Typographia Francisci, Moücke, 1791. Large 4to. 290 x 210 mm.,[ 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches]. xii, 160 pp. Illustrated with an engraved portrait based on a medal struck in 1493 with a likeness of Rinucinni on one side and a lion with a serpents tail on the other. ..... More
Philadelphia: Published and sold by Kimber and Sharpless, ca. 1830. Folio. 275 x 2 15 mm., [10 ¾ x 8 ½ inches]. [4], 570pp;, [4pp. Family Records], [571]-770 pp. Illustrated with 10 wood engraved plates. Bound in Contemporary mottled calf, four raised bands; some minor rubbed to the binding, otherwise..... More
New York and Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1915. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches[. 184 pp. Illustrated throughout with a photographic frontispiece and 29 photographic plates in halftone and head-and-tail pieces designs, all by the author. Unsigned binding of blue cloth, with a gilt, black..... More
Boston: Stereotyped by J. Reed, 1830. 12mo. 155 x 95 mm., [6 ¼ x 3 ¾ inches]. xi, xxv, [27]-216 pp.; 215 pp. Illustrated with two engraved frontispiece portrait and title-page. Bound in an American binding of green morocco, with gilt spine; some light fading of the green morocco, edges..... More
Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve (de Imprimerie de Monsieur), 1789-1804. 12 volumes. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. Illustrated with 300 engraved plates; 204 [Old Testament] and 96 [New Testament]. Collates complete, both pagination and illustrations agree with Cohen-De Ricci’s collation on p. 935. Bound by Bradel..... More
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1971-2014. This archive consists of 12 file folders containing correspondence between Mel Kavin of Kater-Crafts Bookbinders of Pica Rivera, CA and the preeminent British restoration bookbinder, Bernard Chester Middleton. The Designer Bookbinders website says of Middleton: “Bernard was one of the most influential and respected bookbinders of our time. During..... More
Modena: Printed at the Stamperia Ducale by Giuseppe Conte Fabrizj, 1791. Small 4to. 212 x 148 mm., (8 ½ x 6 inches). Engraved title-page, 31 leaves. Illustrated with an engraved title, within an ornamental boarder designed and engraved by Gasparo Gaiani. Bound in contemporary Italian mottled calf, spine tooled in..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by Neill & Co. for the Author, 1794. 8vo. 130 x 210 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 inches]. xxxix, 393 [3] including the final errata leaf. Bound in contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments with original green morocco label titled in gilt, plain gray endpapers, speckled edges. ..... More
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Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi & Andreae Asulani, 1522. 8vo. 165 x 100 mm., [6 ¼ x 4 inches]. 204 ff., first 4 leaves unnumbered, leaf 136 numbered 236. Bound in contemporary Venetian brown calf, both boards decorated in blind with triple fillet borders, enclosing a larger border of embossed floral..... More
In Venezia; [Venezia]: Nella Stamperia di Antonio Zatta, 1766. Folio. 80 pp. Title-page printed in read and black ink, illustrated with a full-page engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, 7 engraved head-pieces, 7 engraved tail-pieces. and decorative printer’s ornaments separating verses throughout. Folio. 72 pp. plus 1 blank. Title-page printed in..... More
