Search Results: Titles starting with I from Bibiliophilia Books

Venetia: I. Francesco de Francheschi Senese - II. Nicolo Moretti, 1589. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small folio. (36.5x24.5 cm). - Part I; [4], 47 [i.e. 49] pages , [4] leaves of plates, - Part II: [4], 86, 70, [2] ( blank) pages, [20] leaves of plates - Part I: Page 49 is printed on the recto of the first leaf of plates. - The second title dated 1588. - Contemporary1/2-vellum, with 4 raised bands, and title in gilt on leather label on spine. - Binding somewhat browned, else fine. - Pages evenly browned, 5 cm tear to Page 69, large brown spot to Page 25, else fine. - Large allegorical woodcut device on title-page, historiated initials and head-pieces. - With 13 double-page iplates, as well as many full-page and text illustrations, in woodcut - Theti served significant time in Munich, where he instructed Prince Maximilian in the art of war. - This is the best and most complete edition of Theti's famous work, after the short 1569 edition (30 pges only), and the1575 edition,… Read More

Wittebergae: Meyer & Zimmermann, 1704. Hardcover. Good. Wide small 8vo. - Detailed titles: I. Introductio ad Praxin Forensem Caute Instituendam, Editio V.correctior, cum privilegio, 1704. - (4),196,(16) pp. - II. Collegium Practicum, in S. S. D. Introductionem Ad Praxin Forensem caute instituendam; in Academia Francofurtana Auditoribus quondam propositum, ., n.d. - (4),199,(18) pp. - III. Tractatus de Actionibus Forensibus .in Academia Fridericiana publicis ., Editio Quarta, 1708. - (12),378,(32) pp. - IV. Dissertatio de Juribus Actionibus non Cessibilibus. (proposuit Dn. Christophorus Schuchartus, Francohusanus), n.d. - 84,(4) pp. - Many engraved head-and tail-pieces, and initials. - Two title-pages are printed in red and black; one with title-vignette. - Contemporary boards (somewhat worn), titles on spine in old ink; interior fine. [FORENSIC LAW - GERMANY - EARLY 1700'S] -

Moscow: Gos. Musikalnoe Isdatelstvo, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto (30x23 cm). - XVIII, 134 pages - Original cloth, with title and giant embossed red flag decoration on front cover. slightly worn, else fine. - First edition, limited to 2000 copies. - 20 revolutionary songs in choral arrangements - In English, French, German and Russian.

Venezia: Presso Luigi Galvani Litografi Editore coi Tipi Gaspari, 1845. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto (32x24 cm). - XXXII, IV, VII, blank, IV, III, blank, III, blank, III, blank, IV, VII, blank, III, blank, III, blank, IV, II, [2], IV, III, blank, III, blank, IV, IV, IV, IV, VI, [2] pages. - Contemporary 1/2 calf, marbled paper covers; title in gilt on leather label on front cover, and spine with 8 gilt double bands. Near fine. - Interior very fine. - Title-page and 2 otherwise blank pages with engraved decorations. - The entire text within decorated borders. - Zenotto (Venezia,1794- Venezia,1863) gives detailed critical descriptions, as well as their locations, of 21 renowned Venetian paintings: 9 by TIZIANO Vecello, 3 by Paolo Caliari detto il VERONESE, 2 by Jacopo Robusti Soprannominata il TINTORETTO, 1 by Vittore CARPACCIO, 1 by Paris BORDONE, 2 by Giovanni BELLINI, 1 by Marco BASAITI, 1 by PORDENONE and 1 by BONIFAZIO Veneziano. - EXTREMELY RARE: not in WordCat.

Roma: Giovanni Zempel, 1789. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. - (20,xvi,232 pp. - Contemporary 3/4 leather, spine with 4 gilt bands and floral decoration, as well as title in gilt on dark brown leather label; marbled paper boards. - Title-page within engraved borders, and with engraved vignette showing both sides of an Emperor Constantine coin. - Fine; interior very fine, with all edges dyed red. - OCLC locates only 4 copies. - Shelf No.: c 337.

London: Trubner & Co., 1876. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. (19X13.5 cm). - [8], 324, {8] pages. - Full cloth with splendid floral decorations in red, blue and gilt. - Somewhat worn spine with title in gilt. - With presentation inscription on the title page: "Dr. Hendley / with the author's warm regards / June 1 1886". - With a profusion of photographs. link to photos on request.

Chicago: Baker & Co, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. Wide royal octavo (24.5x18.5 cm). - [12], 205 (recte 206), [57] leaves. - 3/4 leather (non-uniformly darkened), 5 bands and title in gilt on spine; on the front cover embossed in gilt: "Worlds Fair" . (Published on the occasion of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893). - With frontispiece portrait [slightly damaged). - Profusely illustrated with close to 1000 signs.

New York, 1949. No Binding. Very Good. An enormous sheet (69x51 cm), printed on both sides, folded into tall 12mo (21x12.5 cm). - Fine; except for the parts exposed after folding are somewhat browned. The chessboard problem by Duchamp and the date on the title-page slightly scraped. - No. 2 of the short-lived surrealist - dadaist periodical by Abel(1910-2001), called by Jean-Paul Sartre "the most intelligent man in New York City". - Many surrealist and dada illustrations. - Art work by Francis Picabia, Lam and Matta. - Articles by Henri Pichette, Martin Heidegger, Stephane Hessel, Harold Rosenberg, and "An Open Letter to Jean-Paul Sartre" by Lionel Abel.

Chicago: American Irish Historical Society, Illinois Chapter, 1917. Soft cover. Poor. (23x15 cm). - 48 pages. - Worn stapled dark green boards. - Includes a li st of all officers of the AMERICAN IRISH HISTORIAL SOCIETY, as well as all members of the Illinois Chapter.

Pest: M. E. Lowy's Sohn, 1859. Hardcover. Fine. Duodecimo (19x11.5 cm). - 83, [1] pages. - Original blind-stamped decorated dark grey cloth with a gilt frame, with embossed gilt letters: "J T". - Exceptionally fine, almost as new. - Bright green end-papers. - On the back free end-paper, in old fading ink: " Von .. Onkel Johan Jonas .. 1859". - In German. - In the "Vorbemerkung", Wolf Alois Meisel authorizes the Verlagshandlung M. E. Lowy[s Sohn in Pest to publish a new edition of his work, which he has revised; signed "Stettin, im Sivan 5619. / Dr. Meisel". - A collection of 89 numbered Jewish prayers and songs. - Extremely rare: WorldCat locates only 3 copies [Cincinnati, Jerusalem and Budapest]

Aureliane [Geneva]: Heredes Petri de la Roviere, 1626. Hardcover. Near Fine/not applicable. VERY HEAVY THICK QUARTO (33x21 cm). - 717, [28];{1}, 480, [2], [76] pages - Modern full black cloth, very good. - Interior fine, except for many tiny wormholes, mostly in Volume IV; and that the lower10x7cn corner of the last page is cut off, with the loss of only one number. - Both title-pages with large (12.5x8.5 and 8.5X10.5 cm) engraved printer's devices. - Title-page of Volume IV is dated 1630, and printed in red-and-black. - Many engraved initials. - An important source of information for the history of Europe during the second half of the 16th century, especially for France. - JACQUES AUGUST DE THOU (1553-1617) was a French historian and a President of the Parlement de Paris. - Quite rare: WorldCat locates only 6 copies (2 in Denmark, and 1 each in US, Mexico, Germany and Switzerland).

Venezia: Andrea Poletti, 1750. Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. Title continues: "Dove con nuovo metodo Si descrivono in Compendio tutti gli Organi suoi , e i loro principali uffizj , per istruire a bene intendere secondo il nuovo sistema, la Teorica, e Pratica Medicinale." - Poletti, Venezia, 1750. - Small 8vo. (10),255,52 pp. - With engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, head-pieces, initials, end-piece, and 134 anatomical illustrations on 20 plates. Title-page in red and black. - "Description of all the human organs and their functions through a new method". - The second piece, a treatise on human muscles, is dedicated to Pascoli. - With engraved armorial bookplate of Adrian Walton Zorgniotti M.D. - Contemporary full vellum, very good; interior and plates fine.

Colonia [actually Lucca]: no publisher, 1758. Hardcover. Fine/not applicable. 16mo (16.5x11 cm). - XX, 239 pages. - Contemporary hard vellum, title in old ink and a chipped label on spine. Fine. - Interior very fine. - Guicciardini provides a detailed description of the sack of Rome on May 6, 1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

London: Dean & Son, 160a Fleet Street, 1880. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. 24 pgs victorian children s book. See photos for condition. Fragile but solid.

Romae: Philippus et Nicolaus Romanis, 1826. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. Quarto (29x22 cm). - [4], 52, [1] pages, and 2 enormous multiply folding tables. - Half-leather with gilt decorated spine, and with quite worn marbled boards. - Scholarly study about the discovery, in 1817 at Eski-Hissar, Anatolia (supposed to be the ancient Stratonicea), of a Roman tariff inscription fixing a maximum price for all kinds of commodities, on the external wall of a marble edifice. - EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only 3 copies (Geneve, Berlin and Chicago)

Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1889. Hardcover. Near Fine/not applicable. Octavo (23.5x15 cm)> - 113 pages. - Leather over wooden boards, strong and heavy; on front cover title and the seal of Boston ("Bostonia condita 1650"), within triple decorated frames, in gilt; back cover also with the seal within a triple frame in gilt;, spine with 5 raised bands and flower decorations in gilt. - Marbled end-papers (red, white and blue). - Edges of the versos of covers embossed in gilt. - Very fine, almost as new. - Thomas N. Hart (1829-1827) was Mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890, and then again 1900 to 1902. - A 94-page APPENDIX, in 37 parts, gives a detailed description of the status of the city and its government. - EXTREMELY RARE: WORLDCAT DOES NOT LOCATE ANY COPY.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): Apud Thomam Fritsch nd (1640?), 1640. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. Title continues: " . Notis illustratae. Editio Novissima, Cum Gratia & Privilegio Elect. Sax." - 12mo. - (16),924,(95) pp. - Contemporary full vellum, fine. - With engraved full-page frontispiece portrait, engraved title-page vignette (pegasus), and a few engraved initials and tail- pieces; fine. - Very rare: OCLC locates only a single copy (Saint Bonaventure University), with identical title and pagination, but instead of "no date", with "1640" (and then stating that "Date taken from prefatory material").

Budae: Typis Regiae Universitatis, 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. (17.5x10.6 cm). - 64 paged. Title page and last page with engraved vignette. - Elegant slim 3/4-calf, title on label on spine. - Corners and edges very slightly worn. - Ownership entry in ink: "Biblioteca NKaniensis / Scholarum Piarium 1828' Piarist Gymnasium Nagykanizsa". - The textbook used in gymnasiums and elementary schools in all the provinces of Hungary. - EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only the Hungarian Academy of Sciences copy. Link to additional photos available on request.

Leipzig: Crusius, 1784. Hardcover. Good. Emandata et Aucta Cura Io. Iacobi Eberti. - Lipsiae / Sumtibus Siegfr. Leberecht Crusii - MDCCLXXXIV. - Editio sexta. - Thick 12mo. - xxxii,816,44 pp., plus plates. - Contemporary 3/4-leather, title on red leather label on spine with blind-stamped figurative decorations (small [about 1/2"] split on top of spine). marbled paper boards (worn). - Interior fine. - Ownership signature. in old ink: "Johannis Meszoly / Anno 1813". - With 459 illustrations on 52 plates. - With a 44-page section consisting of logarithmic and trigonometric tables, as well as 14 astronomical and 2 geographical tables (all printed in Wittenberg by Adam Christian Charisius). - Weidler was Professor at the University of Wittenberg. The first edition of this popular textbook appeared in 1718. No copies in WorldCat 10/18

No place: No publisher, 1562. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. No publisher, no place. - Large 4to. (34.5x21 cm). - [11],683, {24] pages. - In contemporary hard vellum, quite worn and soiled. At the end, a separately titled unpaginated section:"Table ov brief Sommarie des Principales matieres concontenues enseste Institution de la religion Chretienne, dresse selon l'ordre de l'Alphabet", printed in double columns. - Printed marginalia. - Many pages soiled and partially browned. - On verso of front cover, a small book label, with decorated borders: "Robert Stokes"; an engraved book-plate: "Stokes"; as well as another label, as follows: "This Book formed part of the Library of George Stokes, Esq, the founder (A.D. 1840), while living in Colchester), of the Parker Society ..." - Calvin's seminal work on Protestant theology, which serves the basis for the system of doctrines by the Reformed Churches, i.e., Calvinism. - First… Read More