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Ravenna: Longo Editore, [1977]. Including Baretti's long lost theatical productions, Chisciotte in Venezia; La Filippa trionfant; intermezzo musicali; and his Fetonte sulle rive de Po, and La Voix de la Discorde, ou la Bataille des Violons. 8vo. 116 [2] pp. Original printed wrappers.Most famous for his association with Samuel Johnson, his..... More
Venizia: Presso Antonio Savioli, 1775. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 107 [1] pp. Contemporary paste-paper boards; binding soiled, title in ink on spine, text block lightly foxed throughout. First edition, followed by a Verona edition, with addition, printed in 1798. A select bibliography, listing..... More
Roma: Appresso il Bernabo e Lazzarini, 1747. 4to. 263 x 198 mm. (10 1/4 x 8 inches). xii, 476 pp. Title-page in red and black, with an engraved bignette portraying the hall of the Capponi Library; decorative woodcut initial letter throughout. Uncut copy printed on strong paper; some scattered foxing..... More
Milano: Philippe Foyot per Rocco & Ambrosio da Valle, 1521. Two parts on one volume. Large 8vo. 280 x 190 mm., [11 x 7 ¼ inches]. [18] including a blank leaf, 161, [1] ff.; [16], 146 ff. Large woodcut frontispiece introducing the second part of an image representing and a...... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. 8vo. 311 pp. Black cloth boards, image of a "pick and shovel" gilt on upper board and spine; top edge of text with red/orange wash; dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author on front free endpaper. Endpapers and pastedowns slightly toned; unclipped dust jacket..... More
New York: Phaedra Inc. - Publishers, 1970. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [vi], 311 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket; jacket a bit toned and bumped at the corners and small tear at lower edge of the front wrapper. Previous owners stamp on front pastedown..... More
New York: Julian Messner, 1960. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [viii], 246 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Jacket with rubbing at the edges, head and tail of spine with minor tears, a bit fading to the color of the jacket, otherwise very good copy.First..... More
Santa Rosa (CA), Black Sparrow Press, 1989. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. 266 pp., plus a full-page portrait of Fante and a one page biography. Original printed wrappers. Very good copy.First Black Sparrow edition, originally printed in 1938. Fante's first novel, an autobiographical story of..... More
(New York): Europa Editions:, 2020. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. 322 pp. Original white cloth boards, dustjacket. Very good copy in fine dust jacket.First American Edition. Follow up to the Neapolitan Quartet that rocked the literary world with it insights into the lives of young girls..... More
Milano: dall Tipografia dell'Autore, 1828. 4 volumes. 8vo. 227 x 150 mm (9 x 6 inches). xvi, 332, [2] pp; 382, [2] pp. viii, 430 [2] pp. vii, [1], 304 pp. Illustrated with 34 aquatint illustrations by Angelo Biasoli, 3 genealogical tables, and illustrations in the text. Uncut copy in..... 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: The Modern Library, 1995. Illustrated from Etchings by Gian Battista Piranesi. Three volumes. Thick 8vo. liii, 840 pp.; [12], 841-1668pp.; [12], 1669-2538 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of images of Rome by G. B. Piranesi and numeorus maps of the Empire showing the changing nature of the influence of..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, Ld. 1905. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 inches]. 235 pp. Illustrated with a folding map of Southern Italy and a few illustrations in the text. Original green publisher's cloth, title and decoration in gilt on cover; title and author on spine; spine..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm. , [8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches]. [xii], 188 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, small chip to the top edge of the lower cover. First edition. Hughes, the noted historian of 20th century Europe tackles the literary genre with his..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1932. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. 200 pp. Illustrated with 20 collotype reproductions. Original black cloth; stamped in gilt, top edge stained black. Original cream dust jacket, plain wrappers. Bookseller's ticket of Paul Elder & Co., San Francesco to rear..... More
Lucca: Giovanni Riccomini, 1767. 8vo. 203 x 135 mm. (8 x 5 1/4 inches). 32 pp. Engraved title-page vignette of a putti and a dolphin; two woodcut decorative initial letters, head- and tail-pieces of putti and designed backgrounds. Original red Italian decorative paper wrappers; remnants of a paper label on..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. 8vo. 125 x 160 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches]. 6, 351 pp. Fully illustrated with plates and images in the text. Cloth, dust jacket.First edition. "This wonderful chronicle of Florence is worthy of the City and its lucky inhabitants. Reading it..... More
Paris and Rome: EM Paul, L. Huard et Guillemin and I. Rossi, 1894. Two parts in one volume. 8vo. 237 x 152 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches). ii, 315, [1] pp.; [2], 308 pp. Late 19th century half vellum over decorated paper boards, edges rubbed but a sound..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Small 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [ 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. [8], 294, [2] pp. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Very good copy.First American edition. Sandor Marai was a ardent anti-facist who emigrated from Hungary to Italy and then to the United..... More
In Parigi: [Venice]: A Spese di Giannalberto Tumermani Stap. Veron. 1742. Folio. 350 x 240 mm., [ 13 x ½ x 9 ¼ inches]. [viii], 143, 96 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 24 engravings in the text. The typographical design of the poem is Ricchi, who divided each page into two..... More
Pesaro: Dalla Tipografia Nobili, 1837. 12mo. 157 x 100 mm. (6 x 4 inches). 255, [1], 56 pp. Decorated printed wrappers; some minor damage to wrappers, secured with celophane wrapper. Priced booksellers catalogue containing 17th, 18th and 19th century Italian books in all fields of literature, history, science and the fine..... More
London:2017. Puskin Press, 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [6], 184 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Original black boards, dust jacket. Very good to fine condition.First edition. Published from a newly discoverd diary, the textt describes the prelude to the coming of the WWII as..... More
London: Peter Owen, [1953]. 8vo. 190 x 12o mm., [7 1/4 x 5 inches]. 211 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket; jacket with some light abrasion and a bit of fading to the red; verso of the jacket shows some discoloration, otherwise a very good copy.First English edition. Collection of Pavese's..... More
London: John Lehmann, [1952]. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm., [7 1/2 x 5 inches]. 189 pp. Publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket by John Minton. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, the whole rather foxed, especially the verso and rear panel, white portions of the spine showing toning, additional light..... More
Firenze: Grazioli, 1791. Small 4to. 175 x 125 mm (7 x 4 ¾ inches). 99 pp. Illustrated with a hand colored engraving designed by Giuseppe Piattoli and engraved by Vascellini. Later decorated paste paper boards. Very good copy. Rare first edition. Very attractive copy of Rastrelli’s poem that satirizes..... More
