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(Gregorio de Gregori), Stampata in Venetia (Venice): ., 1524 ff. [8], 71, [1] leaves. One text leaf replaced in facsimile. Illustrated. 16mo. 155 mm. Italian Italic. Title page with woodcut pictorial border by Eustachio Celebrino. Ten full page woodcut illustrations; 11 illustrations in the text. One full page illustration shows fireworks, the others show siege engines, bastions, mines, battering rams,… Read more about this item

[Firenze: Heredi di Philippo Giunta], Adi XIIII del mese daprile]. Actually: Pasinello, Venice: 1729., 1527 pp. [14], 284. Printer's devices (fleur de lis) on title and at the colophon. Handsomely printed in Italian Italic type throughout. A fine facsimile of the very rare 1527 original edition. This differs only in correcting a few page numbers. 4to. Original plain full vellum… Read more about this item

Altobello Sallcato: Vinegia:, 1584 Two volumes in one. pp. 24, 576, 17; 143. Small 12mo. 150 mm. Full vellum binding with leather labels; stamped in blind on the front board with the arms of George Matthew Fortescue (1791-1877) of Boconno in Cornwall, and Dropmore in Buckinghamshire. A famous book collector and member of Parliament for Hindon (1826-1831) and a Captain… Read more about this item

[Sienna. Ca: ]., 1890 Two decorated wooden panels, painted in polychrome tempera, gold gilt, and gesso, with a leather spine. 330 x 250 mm. Elaborately decorated on one board with four armorial shields, surrounded by incised stamps on gilt fields and gilt floral sprays on a blue field. The text below the shields reads: "INVENTARIO DELLE COSE DEL LA SAGRESTIA… Read more about this item

Appresso Cosimo Giunti, Stampato in Firenze (Florence): ., 1600 pp. [1], 93 [i.e. 95], [1]. Irregularities in numbering, but apparently complete. Small 4to. 220 mm. Engraved title page. The colophon has a wood engraved Giunti Fleur-de-lis and the text: In Fiorenza, Nella Stamperia di Cosimo Gionti. 1600. Con licenzia de'Superiori (very similar to the wording on the title page). Decorative… Read more about this item

M. Carey and Sons, Philadelphia: ., 1821 48 p. Foxed. Deckle edges. 160 mm. Original printed paper covered boards, darkened. Rear board dampstained. Spine perished. Hardbound. Good. First American edition, published almost simultaneously as the British first, 'The Prophecy of Dante' was written at Ravenna, June, 1819, 'to gratify' the Countess Guiccioli, who believed herself 'at the point of death.'… Read more about this item

In Padova (Padua). Appresso Giuseppe Comino: ., 1739 pp. [24], 255, [1] + Frontis portrait of Boccaccio, engraved by G.P.S. set in decorative frame, at the foot is the text "Effigie di M.Giovanni Boccacci presa da un antico ritratto appresso il Signor Apostolo Zeno." Some off setting from the engraving to the title page. Old damp stain in text. Numerous… Read more about this item

Appresso Pietro Dusinelli, In Venegia (Venice): ., 1583 ff. 84. Printed in Italian italic throughout. Title page and preliminary leaves stained. 24 mo. 130 mm. / BOUND WITH / Tasso, Torquato. IL PADRE DI FAMIGLIA DIALOGO Del S. Torquato Tasso. Nel quale breuemente trattando la vera Economia, sinsegna, non meno con facilita, che dottamente, il Governo non pur della Casa,… Read more about this item

Amsterdamo: [But actually printed by Antonio Locatelli, Venezia (Venice): 1761]., 1761 Two Volumes. pp. Frontis, Engraved Title, XVI (lacks 2 leaves in this section - apparently blanks), 611, [1]; Engraved Title, 493, [3] + Engraved frontis portrait of Boccaccio. Both title pages are fully engraved, each with a vignette showing Cupid sharing tales with Boccaccio as women wait on the… Read more about this item

(Printed by Ballantyne Press for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: ., 1886 pp. 312, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges. Unopened. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Fourth edition. Fine condition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was… Read more about this item

(A.M. Ricci?, Rome: 1836)., 1836 ff. 30, 25 = Fifty-five Original Line Engraved plates, with Italian captions. Some foxing. Oblong folio. 280 x 380 mm. Early half leather binding. Morocco leather name plate on the front cover, stamped in gilt: "A. Thorvaldsen." Front board detached. Hardbound. Very good. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) was a Danish / Icelandic sculptor and artist.… Read more about this item

Ulrico Hoepli, Milano, ITALY: ., 1919 pp. xii, 301. Inked ownership on title page. Paper beginning to brown. 150mm. Stiff printed paper wraps. chipped at edges. Scarce original edition. VERIA BX 3 0.0. Soft cover.

G. Barrie, Importer, Philadelphia: Ca. 1890., 1890 pp. xviii, 493. NO PLATES. Uncut. 195mm. Original full cloth binding, spotted. Remnants of paper spine label. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CLASSICS BX 2 0.0. Hardcover. Good.

(Printed by the Gresham Press for) T. Fisher Unwin, London: 1907., 1907 319 p. + 7 Photogravure portrait plates and a view of the Piazza Della Signoria, Florence. Some plates loose. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gilt. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste down. Large 8vo. 225mm. Original full purple cloth… Read more about this item

Napoli (Naples): 1882., 1882 pp. xxix, 491. Double (and triple) column. Paper browned, but not brittle. Small thick 8vo. 175 mm. Decorated paste paper boards with a vellum back. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. We can locate no other copies, Worldwide, of this edition. Hardbound. Very good. W120 0.0. Hardcover.

Carey & Lea, Philadelphia: 1832., 1832 300 p. 12 mo. Lightly foxed. Deckle edges. Original cloth backed paper boards binding. XLib. Manuscript Ownership and presentation plate: 'Belonging to the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA.). Signed by the librarian. Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi (1773-1842), whose real name was Simonde, was a writer born at Geneva. He is… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, NY: (1998)., 1998 319p. Illustrations by Anastasia Sotiropoulos. Maps by William Haxby. Top edge marked in black. Small 4to. Original full paper covered boards. Original priced dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 5 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by Metcalf and Company, Cambridge, Great Britain for) Crosby, Nichols, and Company, Boston: 1854., 1854 pp. vi, 208. Slightly age stained. XLib bookplate. Inked ownership of C. P Krauth, 1854. Krauth was President of Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and Prof. of Hebrew in the Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. 200 mm. Original full publisher's cloth embossed in blind. Small loss… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Paterson, NJ: (1958)., 1958 pp. x, 289. Illustrated. A few leaves torn without loss. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding decorated with portrait of St. Francis. Slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 10 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by Horace Hart, Oxford for) Longmans, Green and Co., London; New York; Bombay: 1896., 1896 pp. xxix, 477. Inked ownership of Charles E. Finch. All edges heavily gilt. Blue marble endpapers. 220 mm. Original full leather binding. Boards decorated in gold with arms of Oxford. Gilt turn-ins. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Raised bands. Corners worn with slight loss.… Read more about this item