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185020181Italy 1850. Pair of views gouache over faint etched line black gouache border. Period gilt and faux bois frames. Two splendid panoramic views of Lake Como and Lake Maggiore.<br/> <br/>Catering to the foreigners flocking to the region on The Grand Tour this pair of hand-painted prints beautifully depict the famed picturesque lakes with rich bands of blue highlighting the water and sky with the surrounding hills and mountains dotted with luxurious villas. In the view of Lake Maggiore we see from a very high vantage point the Borromean Islands: Isola Bella Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatoriwith their extraordinary gardens. The view of Lake Como looks north up the lake towards Switzerland from above Bellagio which occupies the point at which the lake divides in two. The paintings are clearly intended as a pair the images being almost identical in size with matching black painted margins. The prints are as issued with black labels covering the original printed titles. unknown books
10856Hardcover. A unique look at human sexuality and literary Romantic love in the early part of the twentieth century during the colonial and modernist eras. As noted by the famous French philosopher Michel Foucault in his "repressive hypothesis" the age of Victorian repression clearly produced non-traditional expressions of lust. The epistolary consists of an original diary and correspondence between two lovers from 1912 to approximately 1916. It is written primarily in English with some excerpts in Italian. The primary diarist is presumed to be an Italian officer during the colonial era of the early 20th century involving Italy Britain and the "Mad Mullah" in the Benadir region of East Africa. The other correspondent is probably a British lady living in Tuscany at the time. The epistolary includes more than one hundred original drawings of various sexual acts most of which are in color and include detailed descriptions of the scenes depicted. Some images are watercolors some pastels and others are simple pencil sketc. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1760260692Brünn: Johann Paul Krauss 1760. Engraved title in each volume vols. II-IV reading "Unser Lieben Frauen .". 189; 2 193-390; 2 393-590; 190 pp. 8vo. Contemporary Italian binding of full brown morocco covers gilt with two outer border rolls corner-pieces and arms of Prince-Bishopric of Trent spine gilt in six compartments a.e.g. Dutch gilt endpapers. Light wear to corners else fine. In original morocco pull-off case tooled in gilt to match lined with Dutch gilt paper. Some wear and splitting to edges of box. Engraved title in each volume vols. II-IV reading "Unser Lieben Frauen .". 189; 2 193-390; 2 393-590; 190 pp. 8vo. Italian Armorial Binding in Original Box. A beautiful Italian armorial binding of the mid 18th-century similar in style to those promoted by the Salvioni firm in the original pull-off case. OCLC locates only one copy of this scarce German breviary in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Johann Paul Krauss unknown books
17562896Rome: Gioacchino & Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni 1756. 8vo 208 x 133 mm. 24 407 1 pp. 2 parts the Office of the Dead separately titled. Printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 12 full-page engravings by Arnold Van Weserhout and Jacob Frey after Joseph Passarus Giuseppe Passaro two engraved title vignettes 12 engraved tailpiece vignettes a few unsigned others by Frey after Passaro or by M. Schedi engraver 3 engraved capital initials numerous red-printed woodcut initials. Foxing occasionally severe short marginal tear to fol. Z7.Slightly later eighteenth-century Roman gold-tooled red goatskin covers with large dentelle border composed of a triple neo-classical roll-tooled outer frame enclosing six large ornaments each with a basketweave design of diagonally crossing gilt fillets framed in volutes and leafy sprigs a few tiny petal or star tools board edges protected with a probably later frame of silver or silver-plated metal discreetly nailed to the binding two elaborately chased silver fore-edge clasps and catches spine in six uniformly gold-tooled compartments gilt edges with gauffred border design pair of green ribbon page markers marbled endpapers; 20th-century black morocco felt-lined case. Provenance: with Gumuchian Catalogue XII/1930/225; Maurice Burrus bookplate purchased from Gumuchian in 1934 purchase notes at end. A striking rococo binding in fine condition on a luxuriously printed and illustrated Office of the Virgin from the official Vatican press.From the mid- to late eighteenth century the Salvioni press used one or more bookbinding workshops that produced finely gold-tooled bindings for their Vatican publications. Although often referred to as the "Salvioni bindery" this appellation is circumstantial: "the Salvioni firm was responsible for promoting the bindings but it is not known which workshop produced them" British Library Database of Bookbindings. Some of these "Vatican" bindings incorporated variously colored or mottled leather. This example with its basketweave cartouches relies purely on tooling for its effect. An example evidently from the same workshop on a book printed at Rome in 1791 by Salomini using analogous cartouches as corner-pieces as well as a similar "spiraling" border design and some of the same leafy spray and star tools is reproduced in Legature papali no. 264."Whereas the . more flamboyant bindings produced by the Salvioni Bindery rely frequently on polychrome enamel heightening these Vatican bindings strike a somewhat more sober note with their very fine dark-red morocco and rich gold-tooling of high quality" Martin Breslauer Catalogue 107/428.Gumuchian Catalogue de Reliures du XVe au XIXe siecle no. 225 plate 68. Cf. British Library Database of Bookbindings Shelfmark c27e18; For other "Salvioni" bindings see Miner / Walters Art Gallery The History of Bookbinding no. 523; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Legature papali da Eugenio IV a Paolo VI no. 264 plate CXCIII. Gioacchino & Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni hardcover books
1870WRCAM51331Venice 1870. Panoramic photograph 11 1/4 x 150 inches. Mounted on card linen-backed in nine sections folding into leather slipcase stamped "VENISE" in gilt. Light surface dusting. Slipcase worn and partially split. Panorama near fine. An amazing panorama of the "Queen of the Adriatic." Measuring over twelve feet this striking panorama shows the southern side of Venice as taken from the bell tower of the Chiesa del San Giorgio Maggiore a 16th- century Benedictine church located just east of the barrier island of Giudecca directly opposite San Marco and the Doge's Palace. The photograph shows the entire expanse of the city from the western end to the public gardens on the eastern extreme of the island and depicts a bustling port city with numerous ships running in the Venetian Lagoon. A stunning and important photographic record of one of the planet's most romantic cities. hardcover books
1618254275Venetiis Venice: Juntas 1618. Title with engraved border 11 full-page engravings black chant notation on red four-line staves lxiii i 557 3; 24; 14 pp. text in double columns printed in red and black. 8vo. Bound in contemporary maroon morocco richly gilt black morocco inlaid panel border surrounding central inlaid entrelac design rebacked preserving original spine lacking clasps and catches a.e.g. joints rubbed front joint starting some light foxing throughout contemporary and early ownership notes to endpapers. Title with engraved border 11 full-page engravings black chant notation on red four-line staves lxiii i 557 3; 24; 14 pp. text in double columns printed in red and black. 8vo. Juntas unknown books
183426035Italy 1834. Pen-and-ink watercolour and gouache painted black border titled and dated in white gouache in the lower margin within the border. Lovely 19th-century watercolour of Palermo.<br/> <br/>Catering to the foreigners flocking to the region on the Grand Tour this lovely watercolour shows the town of Palermo with its beautiful hills and mountains in the background with a large fort in the harbour with a British and French ship beside it. The sky is awash in pinks and blues displaying the incredible light of the region. unknown books
1688254004Napoli Naples: Carlo Porpora 1688. Second edition. Engraved title. xx 229 3 pp. 4to. Mid-eighteenth century Italian polychrome enameled binding of full brown calf covers with two gilt-rolled panells central strap and scroll device built up from gouges surrounded by pointellé flowers with remnants of blue and red enamel edges gilt guaffered and painted with floral and hare design front free endpaper removed bookplate. Second edition. Engraved title. xx 229 3 pp. 4to. A history of ancient sport and games in Italy first printed in 1641. This copy in an elaborate eighteenth-century Neopolitan enameled binding with all edges gilt gauffered and painted. Graesse IV p. 113 Carlo Porpora unknown books
1753214550Venezia: Giambatista Pasquali 1753. Title page of volume I printed in red and black woodcut title vignettes initials tailpieces. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum morocco spine labels worn. Apart from repair to head of spine of vol. II a lovely set from the library of the Borghese-Fantuzzi family armorial bookplate. Title page of volume I printed in red and black woodcut title vignettes initials tailpieces. 2 vols. 4to. The definitive edition of this celebrated catalogue of works written in Italian -- a virtual PMM of Italian printing. It first appeared in 1706 as a bibliopraphical appendix to the Fontanini's work Della eloquenza italiana with 1500 entries. Subsequent editions appeared in 1727 1736 and 1737 before this last and most important edition -- which is entirely the bibliographical part of the work -- containing 5000 entries of Italian works in poetry prose arts sciences etc. with the invaluable commentary by Zeno and an index. Besterman 3213; Graesse II 612 Giambatista Pasquali unknown books
17564062Rome: Gioacchino & Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni Stampatori Pontificii Vaticani 1756. 8vo 210 x 135 mm. 24 407 1 pp. 2 parts the Office of the Dead separately titled. Printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 12 full-page engravings by Arnold Van Weserhout and Jacob Frey after Joseph Passarus Giuseppe Passaro two engraved title vignettes and 12 tailpiece vignettes a few unsigned others by Frey after Passaro or by M. Schedi engraver 3 engraved initials numerous red-printed woodcut initials. Occasional light browning. 18th-century Roman gold-tooled red goatskin covers with densely tooled dentelle border built up from leafy plant tools sprigs floral and arabesque tools each cornerpiece enclosing a grid with gold dots blossom tools and dots in central field ornamental centerpiece of large foliate arabesque and dandelion tools spine in six uniformly gold-tooled compartments block-printed pastedown endpapers with flower and fruit design stencil-colored in red green and yellow gilt edges with gauffred border design; upper cover a bit faded and bowed corner bumped a couple of scrapes to lower cover. Provenance: Horace de Landau 1824-1904 bookplate shelfmark no 47854; Vicomte de Cossette armorial bookplate. A rococo binding on a luxuriously printed and illustrated Office of the Virgin from the Salvioni press official printers to the Vatican. The Salvioni press used several workshops sometimes collectively mislabeled as the "Vatican" or "Salvioni" bindery. Those bound for the papal library were finely executed and different binderies can be identified by their tools color of leather and stylistic details. The present pretty but crowded binding decor with its in places overlapping tooling does not seem to belong to the corpus of binderies represented in for example the Vatican Library's 1977 exhibit catalogue of papal bindings. Stylistically it uses types of tools and decoration - the wide "Louis XV" style border and the basketweave cornerpieces - in vogue during the reigns of Clement XIV 1769-1774 and Pius VI 1775-1799. Its decoration is similar for example to binding no. 262 in Legature papali but it is of inferior workmanship and does not use the same tools. It was probably produced in a Roman shop executing many commissions and forced to work quickly although it could even be a provincial binding. Cf. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Legature papali da Eugenio IV a Paolo VI no. 262 plate CXCI. Gioacchino & Giovanni Giuseppe Salvioni, Stampatori Pontificii Vaticani hardcover books
1825006547Bergamo: Mazzoleni 1825. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Custom slipcase. . Very Good. Folio 31 by 23 cm. 328 pp. Aquatint portrait 62 hand-colored plates. Lipperheide Be 29. This book is in a larger format than the French original of 1796. This is tantamount to a large paper edition of the original. Custom slipcase with morocco trim patterned paper pastedown. Modern half red morocco binding. Condition: slip case with some separation of a few edges. Repair to joints. Some foxing on paper but overall remarkably clean given the paper stock used at the time in Italy. One long closed tear repaired and a few shorter tear repairs. <br /><br /> Mazzoleni hardcover books
1767223077Milan: Federico Agnelli 1767. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. xv 1 343; 2 352; 2 423; 2 374 4; pp. 375-805 Additioni. 4to 25.5 x 20 cm.; 10 x 8 inches. Contemporary half vellum over patterned paper boards brown morocco lettering-piece to spine extremities slightly bumped or rubbed. BEAUTIFUL COPY uncut. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. xv 1 343; 2 352; 2 423; 2 374 4; pp. 375-805 Additioni. 4to 25.5 x 20 cm.; 10 x 8 inches. Italian Translations from the Classics. Fine set of this massive and important bibliography by the Bolognese Argelati 1685-1755 posthumously published with additions and corrections by Angelo Teodoro Villa 1723-1794. Federico Agnelli unknown books
1610001421Venetia: Antonio Pinelli 1610. Full Vellum. Very Good. 8 8 615 pp. 8vo 8.25 by 6.25 inches 21 by 16 cm. Considered one of the most significant pieces of literature from the Middle Ages and a seminal work of literature written in the French language. Also a milestone in historiography as the most important account of the first and second crusades and especially the latter for which William of Tyre was a contemporary witness. The author produced this work at the request of Almaric I in about 1170 and he continued to work on it until 1183. The work was indeed accepted as unquestioned fact for many centuries and only recently have biases been discerned owing from William's entanglement in the political disputes of the day. <br/><br/> Antonio Pinelli hardcover books
18236probably Italian 19th Century. 2 vols. Oval images each 10 x 8 inches vividly matted in gold and framed and glazed to 20 x 16-1/2 inches. Very good. 2 vols. Oval images each 10 x 8 inches vividly matted in gold and framed and glazed to 20 x 16-1/2 inches. Classical Oil Paintings. Decorative studies probably from a larger series of classical divinities. unknown books
1901220983Akron Ohio: The B.F. Goodrich Company 1901. 40 x 29-1/2 inches. Signed "V. Corcos 1900". Small hole lower right some short tears along top edge some soiling. Framed. 40 x 29-1/2 inches. The B.F. Goodrich Company unknown books
1860257826Milan Venice & Verona: P. Ripamenti Carpano 1860. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Bound in the publisher's "chocolate box" style of white paper boards elaborately embossed and chromolithographed front cover with a central die-cut oval revealing a hand-colored engraving of a woman pulling a necklace from a jewellery box her dress embellished with small jewels rear cover with a central embossed image of a floral boquet some foxing throughout in a custom cardboard chemise. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Volume 13 of this Italian art periodical in a beautiful "chocolate box" style binding of embossed and chromolithographed paper boards. P. Ripamenti Carpano unknown books
1800130Venice 1800. 1. Mercier Louis Sébastien. Il Disertore. Commedia del Sig. Mercier. Tradotta dal Francese. Bologna: Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino 1772. 8vo. 82 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. ICCU cites one copy in Bologna; NUC cites only the 1796 edition at Johns Hopkins only. Not in OCLC. 2. Albergati Capacelli Francesco. Il Capriccioso. Farsa del Cittadino Francesco Albergati Capacelli. Venice. 1797. 8vo. 42 pp. Original past paper wrappers. NUC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and NYPL; OCLC adds Munich; ICCU list 8 locations. 3. Alberghetti Forciroli Carlo. Edipo. Tragedia inedita del Cavaliere Carlo Alberghetti Forciroli. Venice 1797. 8vo. 68 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. NUC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and NYPL; OCLC adds U Penn; ICCU lists 12 locations. 4. Collin d'Harleville Jean François I Castelli in Aria. Commedia del Signor Collin d'Arleville. Traduzione inedita di Giovanni Piazza. Venice 1798. 8vo. 76 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. No copies in US libraries. ICCU cites 20 locations. 5. Cornielle Pierre. Il Cid. Tragedia di Pietro Cornelio. Tradotta da Giuseppe Greatti. Venice 1798. 8vo. 87 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins U Penn Duke and Getty. 6. Dumaniant M. Guerra Aperta Ovvero Astuzia Conrto Astuzia. Commedia del Sig. Dumaniant tradotta da Pietro Andolfati. Venice 1798. 8vo. 76 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC Johns Hopkins and U Penn. 7. Piron Alexis. Gustavo Wasa. Tragedia di Alessio Piron. Tradotta dal Nobile Francesco Gritti. Venice: 1798. 8vo. 95 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and U Penn. 8. Bassi Domenico. L'Impensato Accidente. Commedia del Signor Domenico Bassi. Venice 1799. 8vo. 72 pp. Original paste paper boards. NUC cites copies at Boston Public Library and NYPL; OCLC adds U. Penn. 9. Avelloni Francesco. Giulio Villenwelt Assassino. Commedia del Signor Francesco Antonio Avelloni. Venice: 1800. 8vo. 64 pp. Original paste paper boards. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and Michigan State. 130. unknown books
197116792Roma: Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada 1971. First Edition. Lithographed poster offset in three colors; 100cm x 70cm ca 40" x 28"; on heavy paper. Minor toning; light creases at margins; Near Fine - Grade A/A-. A bit of a puzzle: the poster appears to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Associazione Bandiera Rossa an Italian Trotskyist group; but the poster bears the imprint of the PCI the main-line Marxist-Leninist party in Italy -- an ideological implausibility even within the chaotic confines of Italian Marxism. Adding further to the confusion is a quotation from Antonio Gramsci founder of the PCI in upper right. In any case a terrific graphic attributed here to Luciano Prati whose name we encounter on a few late-70s Italian film posters but nowhere else. Duke University appears to be the only North American institution to hold a catalogued copy of this work. Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada unknown books
28024Vue a route du promenade Faglio a Livorn" "Vue du San Antoine e.d. Ferdinande.a Livorn" and two scenes in Augsbourg. 1 vols. Image 12 x 16 inches; matted and framed. Vue a route du promenade Faglio a Livorn" "Vue du San Antoine e.d. Ferdinande.a Livorn" and two scenes in Augsbourg. 1 vols. Image 12 x 16 inches; matted and framed. Handsome Views of Livorno and Augsbourg. unknown books
1924005766Firenze: Casa Editrice G. Nerbini 1924. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. The complete run comprised of 21 installments or fascicoli of an extremely scarce Italian pulp magazine that anthologized supernatural fiction. 4to. 29.5 by 19 cm. No copies on OCLC nor in other catalogues we checked Bibliotheca Italiana etc. The magazine although produced on the cheapest of pulp paper which ages terribly did have striking cover artwork for each of its installments. The stories presented are all translations of works in English or French with the original authors never credited. There is one story per installment and the stories have titles such as "La Valanga Vendicatrice" "La Pietra Fatale" "Il Salto della Morte" "Il Telefono Misterioso" and "La Mummia senza Pollice". Casa Nerbini founded in 1897 was until 1943 a major Italian publisher of fumetti or Italian comic books. After Nerbini folded Mondadori published some of its more popular titles. Condition: the pages are heavily age toned the paper brittle and there have some some discrete archival repairs made on the cover pages. Soiling to the front cover. We would nonetheless grade the volume as being in very good condition as the issues are ones that were inevitable given the paper stock used. <br/><br/> Casa Editrice G. Nerbini paperback books
179326835London: Printed by J. Davis; For R. Faulder New Bond-Street 1793. 1st edition. Full red morocco-style sheep. AEG. Marbled paper eps. Overall VG some extremity rubbing/usual foxing. xiv 241 pp. Illustrated with 6 copperplate engravings 5 folding. 4to. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed by J. Davis; For R. Faulder, New Bond-Street unknown books
1741214611Venezia . Milano: Michel'Antonio Panza 1741. Second edition. 12 266pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later vellum-backed boards uncut red leather spine label. Boards scuffed tear in lower joint very slight internal foxing; overall a very good sound copy. Second edition. 12 266pp. 1 vols. 4to. Michel'Antonio Panza unknown books
169615588Parma: Alberto Pazzoni e Paolo Monti 1696. First Edition. 12mo 16cm. Contemporary vellum over boards; inked spine title; 48 406 26pp. Chafing and perforation to vellum along front joint but holding strong; pencilled note to rear endpapers; text fresh tight and clean; Very Good. A manual of letter-writing illustrated throughout with examples chosen from the author's apparently very large oeuvre. The examples are on a variety of subjects mainly chosen to illustrate the changes in tone and style of address to be used in addressing correspondents of varying stations. Fontana was of a prominent family of Parma and apparently wrote most of these letters while a resident in the estate of his patron Count Alessandro Sanvitale. Rare; OCLC gives four locations of which only one in the U.S. Stanford. From the library of artists Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate bookplate inside front cover. Alberto Pazzoni e Paolo Monti unknown books
1561232896Venice: Per Comin da Trino di Monferrato 1561. 16 768 pp. Woodcut printer's device on title. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum with original ties. Covers a bit worn and soiled some early dampstaining to lower outer corner of last several leaves. Overall a good solid copy. 16 768 pp. Woodcut printer's device on title. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The Flower of Italian Letters. A collection which was originally published in 1554 compiled by Atanagi and containing letters by the original 13 authors: Ludovico Ganosa; Giovanni Battista Sanga; Giovanni Guidiccioni; Giovanni Matteo Giberto; Francesco della Torre; Jacopo Sadoleto; Nicoló Ardinghelli; Paolo Manuzio; Paolo Giovio; Bernardo Tasso; Annibal Caro; Claudio Tolomei; and Paulo Sadoleto.<br/><br/>Libri 14 and 15 were added to the 3rd edition of 1556 in which more letters by the above were compiled by Ruscelli as well as Giovanni Boccaccio; Lorenzo de' Medici; Daniel Barbaro; Alberto Lolio; Giacomo Sannazaro; Andrea Navagero; Cardinal Bembo and others.<br/><br/>All of the early editions are very scarce: OCLC finds no locations for either the 1554 or the 1556 editions only 4 locations in the US for this edition of 1561. Gamba B. Serie dei testi 1828 no. 1245-1247; not in Adams Per Comin da Trino di Monferrato unknown books
192554671Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1925. First edition. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 93 in black and white reproducing 126 miniatures. x126 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter purple morocco and marbled paper boards original printed wrappers bound in. Binding a little scuffed small chip from foot of spine else very good. First edition. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 93 in black and white reproducing 126 miniatures. x126 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown books
