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Naples: Stamperia Real, 1794. 2 volumes in one. Large 4to. 30 x 220 mm., (11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches). [8], 238pp; [4], 258pp. Illustrated with engraved portrait of the author and 18 engraved plates, some bound out of order, and plate ix is incorrectly number xi. Contemporary vellum, title..... More
Milano: Dalla Tipografia del D. Giulio Ferrario, 1823. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. xii, 13-123 [1] pp. Original blue paper printed wrappers; title in ink on spine; spine split at top and bottom of joint; edges folded, but a good copy in original condition. The..... More
ca. 1775. 4to. 270 mx 205 mm., (11 x 8 inches). 243 leaves, with some blanks between essays. Text includes numerous equations and hand drawn diagrams in the margins. 19th century vellum backed marbled paper boards, vellum tips, manuscript title on spine. A note in pencil, written in Italian, reads..... More
New York: Macmillan Company: a Giniger Book, 1966. Tall 8vo. 250 x 190 mm., [10 x 7 ½ inches]. 302 pp. Illustrated with 49 color photographs by Mario Carrieri, maps, historical views, and portraits of the Popes throughout the text. Pale blue publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. A very good copy. First..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1855. Oblong folio. 380 x 555 mm., [15 x 21 ¾ inches]. 2, 17 pp. (title-page, list of plates, 17 plates). Bound in original printed wrappers, cloth spine; expert paper repair to the wrappers and first leaves, plates clean and in good condition. ..... More
