[Typed Letter, Signed, to His Publishers Allen & Unwin] by Shaw, George Bernard - 1948

Small quarto, 2 pages, with a conjugate blank leaf. Thin strip of tissue-paper on the outside rear page, and minimal loss to this blank leaf near the centre of the hinge (both as a result of having been mounted in, then removed from, an album); light creases where folded in four for posting; in excellent condition. Humboldt writes to introduce the geologist Alexandre Brongniart, remembering with gratitude the assistance rendered by le Duc to himself and his friends and collaborators, [Louis Joseph] Gay-Lussac and [Christian Leopold von] Buch. He hopes that M. Brongniart, 'l'homme célèbre', who wishes to visit Vesuvius and the lava flows of Ischia, will be afforded similar kindnesses. Nicola Filomarino, duca della Torre and principe di Boiano, devoted much of his scientific career to the study of Vesuvius and the volcanology of Campania. In August 1805 he accompanied Humboldt to the crater of Vesuvius, with Humboldt's journal recording that his observations were made with the aid of the Duke's… Read More

1972. Near Fine. A warm, gracious 2 pg. ALS from the photographer Paul Strand, referencing --among other things-- an evening with Hart Crane. Strand is patiently responding (from France) to a Vietnam vet (whose 2 letters are here included) who asks if he and his wife might work for an aging Strand in any capacity. Strand's August 1972 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" letter in response is bright and clean and has held up nicely. His hand is strong and the ball-point ink completely legible. Also includes the original enevelope (addressed in Strand's hand and postmarked "Yvesines", France).

1554 RARE Italian Letters Bernardo Tasso Annibal Caro Tolomei Gonzaga Atanagi

A rare collection of 16th-century letters and correspondence by important Italian figures including Bernardo Tasso, Annibal Caro, Claudio Tolomei, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galeazzo Florimonte, Vittoria Farnese d'Este and many other Italian noblemen and women. This collection was edited by Dionigi Atanagi.
This collection of letters is exceedingly rare, especially outside of Italy. There is only one known copy in any American institutional library!

Item number: #10083
Price: $950
ATANAGI, Dionigi

De le lettere di tredici huomini illustri libri tredici
Venetia, 1554.

Details:
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Collation: Complete
o [8], 228
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References: USTC 803648
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 11cm)
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Extremely rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $2,600
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1597 Bernardo Tasso Italian Letters Annibal Caro Pietro Bembo Pope Clement VII

Bernardo Tasso was a 16th-century Italian author who is best remembered for his extensive collection of letters to prominent Italian figures. These letters included correspondence with Cagnino Gonzaga, Annibal Caro, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Guido Rangoni, and Popes Paul III and Clement VII.

This 1597 edition is exceedingly rare – only one example is held in any institutional library in the entire Western Hemisphere!
Item number: #10023
Price: $950
TASSO, Bernardo
Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso. Vtili non solamente alle persone priuate, ma anco à secretarij de principi per le materie che ui si trattano, & per la maniera dello scriuere
In Venetia: Appresso il Griffio, 1597.

Details:
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Collation: Complete
o [8], 284
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References: USTC 858259; Edit16 35451;
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~5.75in X 4in (14.5cm x 10cm)
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Very rare and desirable… Read More

London, 1876. Loose Page . Good+. 7" × 4 1/2" (17.8 × 11.4 cm) . Loose Page [1] p. Hand-written letter by Morris, 1876, probably addressed to Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935) who made various compositions on the texts of Morris.Description: "Madam, you have my permission to publish my song with the music to which you have set it, though I must say I do not think it suitable for that purpose. However that is your affair. I have not heard of this having been set to music before. I am M..., William Morris." Date: 14 January 1876 Condition overall: Good+.

Small quarto, 2 pages, with a conjugate blank leaf. Thin strip of tissue-paper on the outside rear page, and minimal loss to this blank leaf near the centre of the hinge (both as a result of having been mounted in, then removed from, an album); light creases where folded in four for posting; in excellent condition. Humboldt writes to introduce the geologist Alexandre Brongniart, remembering with gratitude the assistance rendered by le Duc to himself and his friends and collaborators, [Louis Joseph] Gay-Lussac and [Christian Leopold von] Buch. He hopes that M. Brongniart, 'l'homme célèbre', who wishes to visit Vesuvius and the lava flows of Ischia, will be afforded similar kindnesses. Nicola Filomarino, duca della Torre and principe di Boiano, devoted much of his scientific career to the study of Vesuvius and the volcanology of Campania. In August 1805 he accompanied Humboldt to the crater of Vesuvius, with Humboldt's journal recording that his observations were made with the aid of the Duke's… Read More

1972. Near Fine. A warm, gracious 2 pg. ALS from the photographer Paul Strand, referencing --among other things-- an evening with Hart Crane. Strand is patiently responding (from France) to a Vietnam vet (whose 2 letters are here included) who asks if he and his wife might work for an aging Strand in any capacity. Strand's August 1972 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" letter in response is bright and clean and has held up nicely. His hand is strong and the ball-point ink completely legible. Also includes the original enevelope (addressed in Strand's hand and postmarked "Yvesines", France).

1554 RARE Italian Letters Bernardo Tasso Annibal Caro Tolomei Gonzaga Atanagi

A rare collection of 16th-century letters and correspondence by important Italian figures including Bernardo Tasso, Annibal Caro, Claudio Tolomei, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galeazzo Florimonte, Vittoria Farnese d'Este and many other Italian noblemen and women. This collection was edited by Dionigi Atanagi.
This collection of letters is exceedingly rare, especially outside of Italy. There is only one known copy in any American institutional library!

Item number: #10083
Price: $950
ATANAGI, Dionigi

De le lettere di tredici huomini illustri libri tredici
Venetia, 1554.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete
o [8], 228
·
References: USTC 803648
·
Language: Italian
·
Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
·
Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 11cm)
·
Extremely rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $2,600
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer… Read More

1597 Bernardo Tasso Italian Letters Annibal Caro Pietro Bembo Pope Clement VII

Bernardo Tasso was a 16th-century Italian author who is best remembered for his extensive collection of letters to prominent Italian figures. These letters included correspondence with Cagnino Gonzaga, Annibal Caro, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Guido Rangoni, and Popes Paul III and Clement VII.

This 1597 edition is exceedingly rare – only one example is held in any institutional library in the entire Western Hemisphere!
Item number: #10023
Price: $950
TASSO, Bernardo
Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso. Vtili non solamente alle persone priuate, ma anco à secretarij de principi per le materie che ui si trattano, & per la maniera dello scriuere
In Venetia: Appresso il Griffio, 1597.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete
o [8], 284
·
References: USTC 858259; Edit16 35451;
·
Language: Italian
·
Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
·
Size: ~5.75in X 4in (14.5cm x 10cm)
·
Very rare and desirable… Read More

London, 1876. Loose Page . Good+. 7" × 4 1/2" (17.8 × 11.4 cm) . Loose Page [1] p. Hand-written letter by Morris, 1876, probably addressed to Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935) who made various compositions on the texts of Morris.Description: "Madam, you have my permission to publish my song with the music to which you have set it, though I must say I do not think it suitable for that purpose. However that is your affair. I have not heard of this having been set to music before. I am M..., William Morris." Date: 14 January 1876 Condition overall: Good+.