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Studi e documenti relativi alle antichità Agrigentine 1883-1886.

18874462Palermo Tipografia dello "Statuto 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal quarto. Pp. 60. Plus 4 engraved plates one folding bound at end. Extended table figure to text. Half-title present. HARDCOVER bound in full grey cloth manuscript lettering to spine; foxed plates age toned some corners dampmarked. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Pubbicati per cura del R. Commissariato degli scavi e musei di Sicilia. 006-7 Palermo, Tipografia dello "Statuto hardcover

Librarium of The Hague · Pays-Bas110,00 €

Martens, Karl | translated into Spanish by Mariano Jose SiciliaBiblio.com

Manual Diplomatico o Compendio de los Derechos Funcions de los Agentes Diplomatics Seguido de una Coleccion de Actas y Oficios Escogidos pare Servier de Modelo a las Personas que se Dedican a la Carrera Diplomatica Volume 1 & 2 only

182610203Paris: Libreria Americana 1826. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Small octavo. I: xxxix 1 335 1 viii 2 ads; II: 4 ff. 370 pp. In contemporary marbled sheep with spines tooled in gilt; all edges marbled though faded. Bindings present quite well despite some minor abrasions to the leather and a chipped head of the spine to the first volume; contents are heavily foxed and toned throughout; early 20th century owner name in pencil on half titles early owner's wax stamp monogram on each title page. Manual of diplomatic customs procedures and formulas apparently published for the market in newly independent Latin America where diplomatic relations with foreign powers were just beginning. This may well have been the standard manual for Latin America's first ambassadors and consuls in Europe. The two of three volumes present cover such diverse topics as diplomatic missions secret missions types of diplomatic agents credentials public behavior prerogatives e.g. immunity ceremonies length and ending of missions correspondence acts of abdication declarations of war and many other matters. Palau 153168. Libreria Americana unknown

Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA · États-Unis193,00 $US≈ 163,30 €

(BARTLETT, WH). - SICILY W HBiblio.com

Pictures from Sicily. By the Author of Forty Days in the Desert.

185341920London Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. 1853. Royal8vo. Uncut in a very fine orig. full cloth richly gilt spine and covers. Engraved frontispiece engraved titlepage and printed. 8III200 pp. a. 16 pp. of publisher's adv. 1 engraved map textillustr. in woodcut and 30 fine steel-engraved plates with tissue-guards. Text absolutely clean. Plates with some brownspots. First edition. hardcover

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danemark3 000,00 DKK≈ 402,90 €

(COLOR PLATES - TRAVEL AND VIEWS, SICILY). GIGAULT DE LA SALLE, ACHILLE ETIENNEBiblio.com

VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SICILE

1822CJW0802Paris: P. Didot l'ainé second volume Jules Didot l'ainé 1822-26. FIRST EDITION. 641 x 495 mm. 25 1/4 x 19 1/2". Lacking the dedication leaf and subscriber list present in the Abbey copy. Two volumes. Edited by Jean Frédéric d'Ostervald. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco textured paper boards gilt titling on spine edges untrimmed. One map as called for though the Abbey copy has two and 92 ACCOMPLISHED AND BEAUTIFULLY HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES OF SICILIAN VIEWS. Abbey "Travel" 262; Graesse VI 400; Brunet V 1379. ◆Moderate rubbing to joints and elsewhere covers with some scars other minor problems externally but the original bindings entirely solid--and surprisingly so for such an immense book with so many fabulous pictures to look at. Preliminary leaves and text lightly to substantially foxed a half dozen plates with faint overall browning one tissue guard missing the margins of perhaps half the engravings with foxing usually light though noticeable in three or four cases in the second volume but still a very pleasing copy of a beautifully illustrated book the marginal foxing seldom distracting and the engraved images themselves clear and clean afflicted by neither foxing nor the dreaded offsetting from the text. This is an extraordinarily rare copy of one of the most beautiful color plate travel books having to do with Italy. The large and luminous views of Sicily in our two volumes capture the magic of the island as experienced by the traveller of the early 19th century. Sicily's well-preserved Greek temples are of course featured but port scenes Medieval churches picturesque villages and the interior of Etna's crater are also depicted all in exquisite color. The engravings each accompanied by letter press explanations are of great interest and beauty and all but one of them are full-blooded tableaux rather than plans or assemblages of small images. The size of the engraved surface varies on the page as does the distance of the subject from the viewer: we are treated to everything from wide panoramic views to confining inner spaces. While the colors cannot be called pastel they are far from garish with lovely grays typically giving a softness to a scene that often employs subtle shades of yellow blue and green. The plates are memorable for their use of light and shadow to give a convincing feeling of three-dimensionality amidst luminous skies darkened interiors and a number of other variably lit settings. The book was originally published in 24 parts and includes an historical précis by Gigault de La Salle giving an overview of events from antiquity to his own time. Abbey calls the work "the most ambitious of the coloured aquatint books edited by J. F. d'Ostervald" who produced a number of works on the picturesque including two famous oversized editions focusing on regions in France. The book has always commanded a premium price: the unbound sheets were sold at the time of publication for the whopping sum of £34. In his note to the reader Ostervald tells of his search among the portfolios of the artists of Switzerland Germany and England for the perfect materials for this collection. The plates cite the names of the artist and engraver and Abbey notes that "English artists or engravers were responsible for nearly half" of the plates. Among these was Richard Parkes Bonington 1802-28 the tragically short-lived painter whose romantic works were greatly admired by Delacroix. Abbey estimates that about 500 copies of the book were produced and comments that the book is "certainly rare in this country at all events only three copies being reported at auction in the last fifty years." The rarity of the book has not surprisingly increased since Abbey's remark: complete copies with colored plates are still hard to find. P. Didot, l'ainé [second volume Jules Didot l'ainé] unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis46 800,00 $US≈ 39 597,48 €

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Studi e documenti relativi alle antichità Agrigentine 1883-1886.

Manual Diplomatico o Compendio de los Derechos Funcions de los Agentes Diplomatics Seguido de una Coleccion de Actas y Oficios Escogidos pare Servier de Modelo a las Personas que se Dedican a la Carrera Diplomatica Volume 1 & 2 only

Pictures from Sicily. By the Author of Forty Days in the Desert.

VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SICILE

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