Montecassino: Pubblicazioni Cassinesi, 2016. Square 8vo. 155 x 165 mm., [6 ¼ x 6 ½ inches]. [60] pp. One-hundred and twelve color illustrations within the text. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is Fine: in excellent condition with very few signs of significant use or wear. Unknown Edition. A nicely illustrated..... More

Italy: 17th Century. 127 x 98 mm., [5 x 3 ¾ inches].   [16 p. including final blank]. Italy, 17th century.                                                             ..... More

Augusburg: ca. 1750. Original Drawing for Book Illustration.  160 x 197 mm. (6 ¼ X 7 ¾ inches). Drawn on blue paper, laid down on 19th century paper.  Black double fillet ink border.  Shows some light wear but otherwise in very good condition.  An attractive and well executed drawing in..... More

London and New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899-1901. Folio. 2 volumes. [viii], 18 pp., 2 photographic reproductions of portraits of Beardsley and 157 full-page plates; [xii], frontispiece and 173 full-page plates. Original white cloth decorated in gilt; some soiling to the binding, head of spine with tiny fraying..... More

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1950. Large 8vo. 285 x 220 mm., [11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches]. 62, [130] pp., with Appendices: Descriptive List of Plates, Acknowledgements, and an Index of Illustrations and Descriptions. One-hundred and seventy-one black and white photographic plates included on sixty-four separate, unnumbered leaves at the..... More

Pisa: Tipografia Nistri, 1836. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 25 pp. Later wrappers. Rare pamphlet describing the composition and methods for recreating the colors used in the frescos that were painted on the walls of the 12th century Campo Santo in Pisa. In addition, the..... More

New York: Koch, Sons, & Co., 1887. Folio.  480 x 405 mm., [19 x 16 inches].  Printed index of plates followed by 12 chromolithographic images after original drawings by L. K. Harlow.  Each image is mounted to a cardboard mat, 11 of which have lithographic vignettes in the lower corner..... More

Firenze: (Torrentino), 1567. Small 4to. 227 x 155 mm., (9 x 6 inches). [8], 62 pp., wanting final blank. Title-page illustrated with a monumental architectural border in the mannerism style and floral and historiated initial letters throughout the volume.  Bound in 19th century decorated paper binding; some minor discoloration to..... More

Milano & Paris: Nella Stamperia Sirtori & Saugrain & Lamy, 1788, 1779. Two volumes in one.  12 mo.   165 x 100 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches]. [4], 124 pp.;  xii, 242, [4] pp.  Bound in contemporary leather backed boards over speckled marbled paper.  First Italian edition and the first..... More

Italy: Edizioni Kina Italia, c. 2000s. Large 8vo. 265 x 195 mm., [10 ½ x inches]. 128 pp., with an Index. One-hundred and ninety-two color photographs as a well as a color, fold-out map of Verona within the text. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a copy with..... More

Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1866. 8vo.  195 x 130 mm.  [7 ¾ x 5 inches].  185 pp.  Original publisher’s cloth; head and tail of spine with s few minor tears, cloth joint expertly repaired; some minor water staining to the margins of the text.  This copy has an..... More

London: Collins, 1965. 8vo. 215 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾  inches]. 288 pp. with the addition of eight sheets of photographic plates inserted within the text and including Appendices: places of interest not mentioned in the text; Hotels; Twenty restaurants; Some books about Venice; Shops; Index. With..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 8vo. 245 x 170 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½  inches]. x + 498 pp. with two sets of eight leaves each of color plates inserted between text pages and with the following Appendices at the end: Bibliography; Index; Illustration Credits. Fifty-three color illustrations..... More