312 résultats
Across a crowded room in Venice, Marlena de Blesi is seen by a stranger who persuades her to leave her life as a chef and journalist in America to live with him in Italy. This book is her account of what followed. It is an inherently sentimental story, but her 'stranger' is no knight in shining armour, just an ordinary human being who just happens to be the love of her life. As she attempts to adjust to a different culture and absorb the sights and sounds of magical Venice, he too has to learn to accept that the profile he first fell in love with belongs to a three-dimensional woman. Marlena loves Fernando but she also loves to cook. So much the better, if her food can be shared by someone who also loves to eat. However, this is more than a book about sex and cooking. Her descriptions of markets at the Rialto, the preparation and consumption of meals, the loving and sensual details of luscious ingredients, together with descriptions of her romantic house in America and the changes wrought in Fernando's distinctly unpromising flat on the Lido all reveal a woman who will seize and enjoy the moment. Starting to live together as strangers, Marlena and Fernando also have to contend with more practical matters, such as getting things done in Italy in all its bureaucratic glory, as Fernando demonstrates the 'innocent cunning' needed for life there. As their relationship develops, the meals they eat together come to symbolize the love between them. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates, and 240 monochrome photographs and 13 plans (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities and with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. A remarkably well-preserved copy of this famous guide. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Paris - Plon - 1860 - In-8 - Broché - Frontispice + gravure PP HT - 405 p - Très propre intérieurement
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and very numerous plates; blue boards ruled in gilt, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The first single-volume edition combines 'Venice. The Rise to Empire' (1977) and 'Venice. The Greatness and the Fall' (1981).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous plates; brown cloth, upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises 'Venice. The Rise to Empire' (1977) and 'Venice. The Greatness and the Fall' (1981). The two volumes were later combined in a single-volume edition (1982).
Foxing to textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; 9.6 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches; 673 pages
In 16. Dim. 16x11 cm. Pp. (10)+118+(2). Edizione del 1911 di questa monografia sulla Chiesa e il Convento di Santo Stefano in Venezia di Ferdinando Apollonio. Accurata descrizione architettonica e storia della Chiesa. Numerose planches fotografiche coperte da velina. In discrete condizioni. Copertina editoriale in discrete condizioni generali con usure e parti mancanti ai margini e dorso. Legatura in discrete condizioni con rotture. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture.Edition of 1911 of this monography about the Church and Convent of Santo Stefano in Venice written by Ferdinando Apollonio. Accurate description of architecture and history of Church. Different photographic planches covered by tissue paper. In fair conditions. Editorial cover in fair general conditions with wearings and missing parts in the edges and spine. Binding in fair conditions withy cracks. Pages in good conditions with occasional foxings.
26 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine run in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Death at La Fenice (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE) (Chapmans, 1992); Death in a Strange Country (Chapmans, 1993); The Anonymous Venetian (Macmillan, 1994); A Venetian Reckoning (Macmillan, 1995); Acqua Alta (Macmillan, 1996); The Death of Faith (Macmillan, 1997); A Noble Radiance (Heinemann, 1998); Fatal Remedies (Heinemann, 1999); Friends in High Places (Heinemann, 2000); A Sea of Troubles (Heinemann, 2001); Wilful Behaviour (Heinemann, 2002); Uniform Justice (Heinemann, 2003); Doctored Evidence (Heinemann, 2004); Blood from a Stone (Heinemann, 2005); Through a Glass Darkly (Heinemann, 2006); Suffer the Little Children (Heinemann, 2007); The Girl of his Dreams (Heinemann,2008); About Face (Heinemann, 2009); A Question of Belief (Heinemann, 2010); Drawing Conclusions (Heinemann, 2011); Beastly Things (Heinemann, 2012); The Golden Egg (Heinemann, 2013); By its Cover (Heinemann, 2014); Falling in Love (Heinemann, 2015); The Waters of Eternal Youth (Heinemann, 2016; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE); Earthly Remains (Heinemann, 2017; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE). A SPLENDID RUN, COMPLETE TO DATE, WITH THE FIRST AND MOST ELUSIVE VOLUME (TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHERS) SIGNED BY LEON ON TITLE.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern cloth bdg. Small 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. First edition of this epic and historically important account, describing the siege and fall of the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople by Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II in 1453. This is one of the finest literary examples of sixteenth-century Ottoman prose. "This description of the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 is mentioned only by Ismail Pasha in his "Hediyyetü'l Arifîn". The text, which was published as a supplement to TOEM (parts 20 and 21, Istanbul 1331) is said to be taken from a manuscript owned by Halis Efendi. The introduction to Ca'fer Çelebi's life was also written by Halis Efendi. The work is written in a very elegant style, with ayets, hadith, and beyts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish scattered throughout the text and may be considered one of the finest examples of sixteenth-century Ottoman prose writing. [.] Ca'fer's work is in some aspects a reliable source for the conquest of Istanbul. The preparation for the siege is given in this work. The council of war which was held before the siege and in particular Mehmed II's speech to the council is very detailed and the chain placed across the entrance to the Golden Horn and its history is very well described in this work as well. During the siege, the Byzantines received help from the outside. Ca'fer is specific about this and states that "four huge vessels full of provisions, soldiers and ammunition came to help of the Byzantines". After the last attack, Constantinople fell into the hands of the Ottoman army. The date given for this is 857 Cem. I. 20 Seshenbe in Ca'fer's work. The plundering and looting which occurred during the first three days of the conquest are vividly described by Ca'fer Çelebi, but the withdrawal of Justinian and his men which preceded the conquest and the death of the Byzantine Emperor during the capture of the city are omitted in this work. Ca'fer's closing lines are devoted to the conversion of St. Sophia (Ayasofya) into a mosque by Mehmed II. Ca'fer Çelebi used eyewitness accounts as well as written works. It is certain that he did not rely exclusively on any source which is not extant, for the departs from Ruhi, Enverî, Tursun Beg, Neshrî, and Asikpasha-zâde either by adding new information or giving a conflicting account." (Erünsal). Özege 11953; TBTK 7066.
MILAN, Sylvana Editoriale - 1983 - Catalogue d'exposition The Peking Musean of Chinese History / Seminario di Lingua e Letteratura CInese of the University of Venice - In-4 - Broché - Couverture illustrée en couleurs - Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, carte - 213 pages - Bel exemplaire
108 p., 82 fig. coul. Inv. 17343 0