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19811341330Hyderabad: The Burney Academy 1981. Revised edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Revised edition; G; Hardcover; Spine green with silver print; Boards in green cloth with silver print mild wear to spine caps and corners else clean and strong; Text block has puckering to pastedowns front and rear clean text; Text in Arabic transliterated Arabic and English translation in parallel columns on each page; xxxv 605 pages. 1341330. FP New Rockville Stock. The Burney Academy hardcover books
190018125A Book of Suburban Gardening. London: Harper & Brothers 1900. B/w frontispiece. 275 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Green decorated cloth. Blind-stamping in b/w with scenes painted on front board. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed; head joints starting to wear; spine slightly darkened; very light scattered soiling on boards; edges and pages lightly to moderately toned with light to moderate scattered foxing; previous ownerÕs name in ink to ffep; various signatures lightly sprung. Good/No dust jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1974254422London: Routledge 1974. hardcover. near fine/very good. 244 pages. 8vo red cloth dust wrapper. London: Routledge 1974. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
1975137576Paris: Cite Films 1975. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph for the 1975 film as known as "Scar Tissue." With the label of the Paul Kohner agency on the verso. <br/><br/>Maria Schneider stars as a young woman who must protect the son of her ex-lover when they are kidnapped while she is babysitting him. The final directorial effort of Rene Clement's long illustrious career. <br/><br/>9.25 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Cite Films unknown books
16064235<p>Prague: Aegidius Sadeler 1606. </p><p>Price: $25000.00 </p><p>Oblong folio: 34.7 x 203.5 cm. Engraved title page and 50 engraved plates.</p><p>FIRST EDITION.</p><p>A very fine broad-margined copy with very rich and clear impressions of the plates. Occ. marginal soiling a few pin-prick wormholes in the margins of a few leaves. Bound in contemporary morocco richly tooled in gold. With an engraved allegorical title with the main title incised within a wolf's hide hung on a monument; an engraved dedication to Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels numbered'1' with the text incised on a stone tablet between flanking obelisks and with two putti supporting the dedicatee's arms; and 49 full-paged engraved plates ca. 170 x 270 mm all numbered and signed 'Marco Sadeler excudit' with descriptive captions in Italian.</p><p>This is the first edition. Thirty-six of these images were copied by Aegidius Sadeler from Etienne Du Pérac's " Vestigi dell'Antichità di Roma" Rome 1575. For the other images Sadeler drew on drawings by Jan Breughel the elder and Pieter Stevens. Marco Sadeler whose name appears on the plates was an engraver and print seller in Prague in the early 1600's and probably the nephew of Aegidius. In the middle of the 17th century a copy of the 1606 edition found its way to Rome where it was copied for Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi by Girolamo Ferri and published in 1660.<br /><br />In this series the artists have depicted the ancient monuments of Rome Tivoli and Pozzuoli as they appeared in the late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century: crowned with vegetation half-buried by the rising ground level and encroached upon by a host of post-Roman structures. The scenes are alive with Rome's inhabitants: herdsmen mule-drivers cattle sheep and every manner of citizen. The images in which the ruins are depicted in their un-restored state and within the context of their early modern environments serve as a record of the monuments as they appeared in this period and evoke the atmosphere of daily life in early modern Rome.<br /><br />Sadeler and The Bay of Naples: <br /><br />In addition to the views of Rome the Sadeler series also includes a number of plates of ruins and views of the Bay of Naples and its environs: the Gulf of Baiae Cuma Lago Averno the Campi Flegrei Capo Miseno and the Villa Agrippina at Oplontis and other places within the confines of Pozzuoli.</p><p>Cicognara 3871; Hollstein. Dutch & Flemish XXI 151-201; Fowler 283 2nd ed.; Catalogue of the exhibition "Vestigi delle antichita . Momenti dell'elaborazione di un'immagine" edited by Anna Grelle Rome 1987 pages 123-144 and passim.</p> Aegidius Sadeler, books
6021This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details. <p>Etching 285mm x 390mm. Trimmed to neatline with insignificant restoration to the upper right corner. Generally very good.<br /><br /></p><p>Very rare no US copy fascinating illustrated broadside sold in Rome during the pandemic of 1656-57 presenting through a series of "snapshots" of the city at this dramatic moment in time a rich and varied iconography of its response to the plague. Printed by Giacomo Molinari and sold in the Strada Nuova behind the church of the Giesu close to Piazza Navona the print is composed of 15 vignettes of different sizes and perspectives along with 20 short explanatory captions alphabetized from A to X at the base of the print keyed to guide the reader to a fuller grasp of the situation. Taken together these scenes were meant to capture the city through the measures taken to contain the spread of the disease cure the afflicted and dispose of the dead.</p><p>Eight are views of civic religious and private resources- some bird's eye encompassing a panorama others close up of specific recognizable buildings- depicting basilicas churches a convent a prison and private residences to give the viewer the scope of the city's repurposed infrastructure. Medieval and modern structures were converted into lazarettos used as temporary quarantine and purgation centers for the afflicted according to the seriousness of their contamination. Two of the views depict the<i> lazaretto brutto </i>leper colony dedicated to the worst cases: the Isola Tiberina and the Convent and Hospital of Santa Maria della Consolazione run by the brothers Hospitallers of Saint John. The Isola Tiberina one of the poorest areas of Rome and close to the Trastevere district with its Jewish ghetto has gates and fences at its perimeter capturing the isolation of the seriously contaminated within its bounds. A depiction of a special boat to ferry the dead Jews and the domestic animals which were tossed live in the Tiber add dramatic macabre details. Three other views are of the <i>lazaretto netto </i>the churches of San Pancras San Eusebio and the private residence of Pius V dedicated to patients with milder cases. In addition there is a representation of a <i>lazzaretto netto e pulito</i> located at the new jail recently built by Pope Innocent X which was used as a <i>stufa</i> something between a Roman bath and a modern sauna where those who were in quarantine in San Pancrazio and San Eusebio were washed and sterilized. The Villa Sandesio is dedicated to the burning of the contaminated clothing. The Basilica of San Paolo le Mure which in fact was the last stop for the afflicted where the deceased received their last sacraments and buried in the mass graves close by is prominently illustrated in the upper left corner.</p><p>Beneath the views 7 smaller vignettes vividly render social scenes during the pandemic: the images include ecclesiastical dignitaries confessors doctors surgeons all actively moving around the city to alleviate the physical and psychological burden of the sick. Guards omnipresent in the images were responsible for transporting the infected by carriage or by foot to their assigned destinations as well as disposing of the dead and of the contaminated clothing and furniture -- often tossing them in a bonfire in the street as shown by the image in the lower right of the print. Such images recorded and served to emphasize the severe laws of "social distancing" between the sick and the healthy then in place. Additionally along the bottom of the print are 20 short explanatory captions alphabetized from A to X and keyed to the views and vignettes to guide the reader to a better understanding of the situation.</p><p>"The management of the Rome plague of 1656-57 was a great success. Its mastermind was the cleric Girolamo Gastaldi who at the start of the outbreak was serving both as the Commissario Generale dei Lazzaretti the Chief Administrator of the epidemic hospitals and the Commissario generale di Sanità per lo Stato della Chiesa… Only 4500 died in Rome about 8% of the population compared to the 150000 who died in Naples and 50000 in Genoa representing over half of their respective populations."—See Michael Widener's comments on Gastaldi's <i>Tractatus</i>… Bologna 1684: https://library.law.yale.edu/news/epidemics-and-quarantines-17th-century-rome. "The well-thought-out measures devised by Cardinal Gastaldi for the control of the plague of 1656 in the Eternal City represent the most logical development of eradicative anti-contagionist practice before the twentieth century and could still serve as a model for action against any truly contagious disease" Hirst pp. 408-9 .</p><p>The print was engraved by Giovan Battista Gallestruzzi 1615-1669 a painter and engraver member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. For more on this artist see https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-battista-galestruzzi_Dizionario-Biografico/ It is very rare: Both OCLC and ICCU list only one copy at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Rome under Gallestruzzi. Rose Marie San Juan in her book<i> Rome a city out of print </i>p. 233-34 attributes the print also illustrated in her book to Johann Friedrich Greuter active in Rome at that time. Nevertheless the monogram of Gallestruzzi illustrated in his Benezit entry vol. IV p. 588 is identical to the one on the print and all indications lead us to believe that the designer of the print is Gallestruzzi.</p>L. F. Hirst The conquest of the Plague pp.408-09: Rose Marie San Juan Rome a city out of Print p.233-34: Benezit vol. IV: p.588: Laura Volpe for the DSB vol. 51. Rome, Giacomo Molinari, n. d. books
1969211550New York 1969. unbound. 1 pages 10.25 x 7 inches New York March 27 1969. Brief letter signed "Harold" to Carl Miller thanking him for the copies of "Wish you Were Here." The letter says in part: ".It's a lovely job and I still marvel at how much you're able to do in that small office." Two horizontal folds; one tiny spot on the bottom portion of the page. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1953201781953. Softcover. Good Back cover bent; Some foxing to pages. Color wraps. Unpaginated. Color and bw plates. Text in English and Italian. unknown books
34351ARDENE Jean Paul de Rome d'. TRAITE DES TULIPES. Avignon: Louis Chambeau 1760. 12mo. Nineteenth-century cloth spine marbled boards. 252 4 pages 2 folding plates. First edition. Written by this noted French priest and botanist this is only the second boo devoted entirely to the tulip. The first also by Ardene was published in 1754. The text offers a detailed history of the flower instructions on its care and cultivation and a glossary of technical terms. Rare. Only four copies cited by OCLC as being in American libraries. Folding plates by P. Duflos. Very good. unknown books
34353ARDENE Jean Paul de Rome d'. TRAITE DES RENONCULES. Paris: Lottin 1746. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf. Frontispiece ix 279 3 pages 6 plates. First edition. Oak Spring Flora 76 Hunt 526. The first edition of this detailed study of the Ranunculus flower also known Crowfoot or Buttercup. The work describes the plant's history and medicinal use. The alegorical frontispiece and six plates four of which are folding by Benoit Audran and Nicholas Le Sueur. Small library stamp on title page a marginal stain to the tips on some pages light cover wear. unknown books
34413ARDENE Jean Paul. TRAITE DE LA CULTURE DES RENONCULES. Paris: Saugrain 1754. 12mo. Contemporary cat's paw calf. xxxviii 447 4 pages. First edition. A valuable work on the cultivation violets tulips and similar plants. Arde was a French Jesuit. He describes the specific characteristics of the plants their cultivation places of growth and time of flowering. Very good in an ornately gilt handsome French binding. unknown books
16792128667Amstelodami Amsterdam: Apud Danielem Elsevirium 1679. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First two volumes only of three volume set comprising books I-X and XXI-XXX XI-XX are lost. These volumes cover the following though parts are absent due to some portions being lost: The founding of Rome including the landing of Aeneas in Italy and the founding of the city by Romulus; the period of the kings and the early republic down to its conquest by the Gauls; The subjugation of Italy the Samnite Wars before the conflict with Carthage; The Punic Wars. The third volume discussing the Macedonian and other eastern wars down to 167 B.C. is not included. Rear joint of first volume splitting front joint of second volume just beginning to along top edge boards a bit soiled and slightly bowed minor ink marginalia owner name excised from front flyleaf of first volume. 1679 Hard Cover. xliv 922 72 62; 973 60 58 pp. 8vo. Bound in vellum. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Latin text two-column format. The Roman history of Titus Livius often referred to as Livy edited by J.F. Gronovius with extensive footnotes and an enormous index following the text of each volume with appendices by the Italian humanist Carolus Sigonius which continue the chronologies of Livy through the year 751 A.D. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Danielem Elsevirium hardcover books
19989002742New York: D.A.P. / International Center for Photography 1998. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Thomas Roma photographer. Introduction by Ian Frazier. Essay by Ellen Handy. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth with the title stamped in silver on the spine. <br/><br/> D.A.P. / International Center for Photography hardcover books
19642753London: Hutchinson 1964. Cloth. Good . Edition not stated. Maps on endapers. Many color and black and white photos. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed at edges. The authors were the first westerners in Tibet after the Chinese takeover in 1951. Hutchinson hardcover books
2003133011Burbank CA: Pandemonium Theatre Company 2003. Original poster for the 2003 Court Theatre production of the Ray Bradbury play "The Time of Going Away" which ran as a night of four small plays also including "The Swan" "I Will Arise and Go Now" and "Death and the Maiden." The production ran from October 26 2002 to November 24th 2002. <br/><br/>Bradbury was an avid playwright and a familiar and enthusiastic presence in the Southern Californian theater circuit near his home. In 1963 he and director Charles Rome Smith founded Pandemonium Theatre Company. The two friends would go on to work with the company together for the next four decades until Rome's death in 2004. <br/><br/>11 x 17 inches. Fine condition. Pandemonium Theatre Company unknown books
177371hardcover. Illus. 8vo cloth d.w. N.Y.: Delacorte 1975. vg Presentation copy<br/><br/> unknown books
1723214670London: Printed for Abel Roper 1723. First edition. 6 352 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full calf. Spine label intact upper hinge and joint roughly repaired rear hinge and joint cracked. Internally Fine. First edition. 6 352 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for Abel Roper unknown books
182561801Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1825. New Edition Revised and Corrected. 4 folding maps. 5 vols. 8vo. Early half calf and boards edges a bit rubbed foot of vol. I chipped. Very good copy. New Edition Revised and Corrected. 4 folding maps. 5 vols. 8vo. Feguson's History of the Reublic was so well received in his own lifetime as to become regarded as the standard account in English. Bell & Bradfute unknown books
18282101550D.A. Talboys and J. Vincent 1828. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Spines repaired with minimal loss from spine feet and joints. Volume II: rear board broken away from hinge. 1828 Hard Cover. 360; 342 2 pp. Brown cloth paper spine labels. 8vo. An English translation of a portion of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri Books from the Foundation of the City. The full work encompassed the history of Rome from the earliest legends through the reign of Augustus. This portion of the work focuses mainly on the Punic Wars which pitted the Romans against the Carthaginians. D.A. Talboys and J. Vincent hardcover books
20051960539Hermes House 2005. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 2005 Large Softcover. 256 pp. "Authoritative and informative account of the army and government of ancient Rome. Over 470 photographs illustrations maps and diagrams bring battles military campaigns political intrigue and historical events to life. A highly readable popular history of the military and political power of ancient Rome. Hermes House paperback books
1929WRCLIT25592London: Heinemann 1929. Cloth and boards. First edition. One of 775 numbered copies signed by the author. Corners bumped spine a bit dust soiled else very good. Heinemann hardcover books
45670hardcover. 288pp. 8vo brown cloth d.w. Athens: Ohio University Press 1968. Near fine in very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> unknown books
1968005546Athens: Ohio University Press 1968. xxiii 288p. dj. Ohio University Press unknown books
192541057Rome NY: Rome Gas Electric Light & Power Company ca. 1925. 16mo 15.1 cm 6". 16 pp.; illus. <br><br>Uncommon electric promotional booklet: "Electric service in the home has become an essential comfort of our modern life" p. 14 and this pamphlet encourages homeowners to get their houses wired for it arguing that installations are clean and quick and subsequent electric bills cheap. The text is illustrated with a cutaway diagram showing the process of wiring a three-story house with attic photographs of electricians on the job inside various homes exterior shots of older and newer buildings and an interior image of an "American workingman's home where . . . every possible economy is practiced." The colophon labels this "Electrical Progress Booklet No. 1" part of an advertising campaign noted at the time for its success. Publisher's printed paper wrappers stapled; small scuffs back wrapper with streak of staining pressure point from a front-wrapper scuff or prick unobtrusively carried throughout. => This ephemeral eye-opening item is now scarce. Rome Gas, Electric Light & Power Company unknown books
19979007007John Wiley & Sons Inc 1997. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in textured boards with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover books