Notizia de’Novellieri Italiani.
Bassano, 1794. 8vo. xxi, 3, 243 pp. Late 19th century red morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards. Beautifully printed on thick paper, with wide margins. ..... More
Bassano, 1794. 8vo. xxi, 3, 243 pp. Late 19th century red morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards. Beautifully printed on thick paper, with wide margins. ..... 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
Firenze: Tipi della Galileiana, 1845. 8vo. 232 x 152 mm. (9 x 6 inches). vii, [1], 268 pp. Bound in modern calf over marbled paper boards. Text uncut and unopened; some light foxed throughout, and one tiny wormhole affected the upper corner of pages 163-268. First edition of the Marchese..... More
(Venezia): nella Stamperia degli Stessi, 1779. (64). 4to. 245 x 190 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches). xii, (first leaf blank), 328 pp. 19th century cloth backed marbled paper boards; inner hinge cracked yet very sound. Bookplate of Anthony Hobson. Very good copy of a rare catalogue. First edition..... More
Firenze: Tipi della Galileiana, 1845. 8vo. 232 x 152 mm. (9 x 6 inches). vii, [1], 268 pp. Bound in modern calf over marbled paper boards. Text uncut and unopened; some light foxed throughout, and one tiny wormhole affected the upper corner of pages 163-268. First edition of the Marchese..... More
Venezia: Per Pietro Savioni, 1782. 12mo. 190 x 110 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 /12 inches). [2], 7-293pp., missing preliminaries, pp. 1-6. Contemporary vellum; recased, with title-page soiled, otherwise a very good copy.Rare first edition of this catalogue of Italian historiography, written by Jacopo Morelli, Librarian of the Biblioteca Marciana..... More
Venezia: Nella Stamperia di Modesto Fenzo, 1776. 8vo. 210 x 120 mm., [8 x 4 ¾ inches]. vi, [2], 179 pp. Illustrated with an etched vignette of a coat-of-arms on the title-page. Bound in original paste-paper boards; some light soiling to covers, otherwise a very good copy. Only edition of..... More
Padova: Nella Stamperia del Seminario, 1808. 8vo. 212 x 145 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 inches). xx, 75 pp. Later 19th century vellum backed boards. Near Contemporary ownership inscription of Marino Pagani in ink on free front endpaper.First edition. Description of the collection of old master prints collected by the..... More
Paris: Chez J. Techener, Libraire, 1852. 8vo. 213 x130 mm. (8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches). [viii], 5 35 pp. Contemporary nineteenth century calf spine over marbled paper boards, gilt spine leather label; some cracking to the joints, but a sound copy. Important collection of one of France’s most important..... More
Firenze: Dalla Tipografia di Luigi Pezzati, 1836. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 inches). Portrait of Rivani by Niccolò Palmerini. vi, 159 pp. Disbound and covered in modern wrappers; first signature loose from text blick. Portrait lightly foxed with offset to title-page. First edition. Interesting private library..... More
New York: 1962. 8vo. 235 x 160 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches]. 55 pp. Illustrated frontispiece and 24 plates. Tan linen cloth binding, title gilt on spine. Stralem, Harvard class of 1924, began collection in a minor way after graduation and focused on building a collection of England..... More
Boston: J. K. Wiggin & Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1868. 8vo. 205 x 120 mm., [8 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches]. xxv, 166 pp. Contemporary morocco spine and tips over cloth boards; spine very rubbed, front high broken. Bookplate of Isaac John Greenwood. First edition. Full title listing of over 1500..... More
Venise: Joseph Antonelli Imprimeur-Libraire, 1837. Thick 8vo. [2], xxi, [3], 576 pp., xxvi, 183, [1]1 pp. 215 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. Illustrated with two plates showing marks of designers and engravers. Bound in contemporary leather back marbled paper boards, joints rubbed and upper joint cracked..... More