Italian Renaissance from Setton Book Collection

In Italian. Spine somewhat faded, pages slightly cocked, one front corner bumped. Some foxing. very slight fraying at head of spine. Illustrations in text and 46 full page sepia plates on heavy clay stock. In original plain cardboard slipcase, which has foxing and a torn corner. Bears signature of former owner, the distinguished medievalist K.M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the… Read more about this item

Not ex-library, no markings of any kind, completely clean. Marchese Roberto Ridolfi (1899-1991) from an ancient and prominent Florentine family, was a brilliant self-taught biographer and writer (the "…one great Italian analytical bibliographer of the 20th century" according to Prof. Conor Fahy of Birkbeck College). He wrote highly esteemed biographies of, among others, Savonarola and Guicciardini and avoids abstract philosophizing and… Read more about this item

Number 169 of 600 numbered copies. Small tear on top front of dust jacket, spine of dust jacket is tanned; what appears to be a water stain on back board and inside of dust jacket, a little age-related wear to dust jacket. Apart from the stain on back board, volume is in essentially new condition. Filippi Editore's 1975 reprint of… Read more about this item

3 Parts in 5 volumes. In Italian. Not an ex-library copy. Bears written name of original owner. All bindings tight, pages completely unmarked, with a little age-browning. Vol.1, parts 1&2 have a couple of bumped corners, part 1 has a couple of light spots. Vol.2, part 1 has a loose rear hinge. Vol 3, part 1 has a… Read more about this item

339 pages. Very good +, with a little tanning of spine; binding is tight, all pages clear, unmarked and pristine. Inscription by Prof. Zupko to the former owner, Prof. Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study; flyleaf bears his ownership stamp. Prof. Zupko is an acknowledged expert in historical metrology and the development of… Read more about this item

Volume is completely solid, binding undamaged in any way, all pages tight and bright, with perhaps a touch of age-darkening. Has some staining on endpapers. Spine appears faded, even though it has been protected by an untorn, unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some soiling, tanning of spine. A publication of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography.

Book condition would be Near Fine, save for a little foxing on top page edges, and slight bumping at heel of spine. Spine of dust jacket is tanned, and there are a couple of very small tears on the back of it, as well as a tiny chip out of it at back of head of spine. Binding… Read more about this item

Near Fine; a couple of small tears at front bottom of dust jacket, some tanning of dust jacket spine and top edge and a little soiling on back; volume itself in near fine/fine condition except for a few very small stains on front page edges.. A hard-to-find first edition of Rubinstein's classic investigation into the… Read more about this item

Three volumes, 1994 pages. In Latin and Italian. Some bumping and abrasion to the Inside edge of the rear board of volume lll, a little corner-bumping to the front board of volume ll, some abrasion to the title label of volume ll, two very small stains on top edges of pages of volumes l and lll. All bindings… Read more about this item

Firmin-Didot's well-known study of Alde Manuce (Aldus Manutius or Aldo Manuzio ca. 1450-1515), the famous Venetian printer, scholar, humanist, typeface inventor, Philhellene, and founder of the Aldine Press, and his involvement in printing and making available original classic Greek texts, in the context of Hellenism in Venice and elsewhere in the Renaissance. First published in Paris in 1875. Ambroise… Read more about this item

Some rubbing of cover, paper of front hinge cracked. 599 pages. This famous book depicts all aspects of ordinary and extraordinary life in the Renaissance, from the historical context to feudal and communal rights and privileges, the private lives of nobles, townsfolk and peasants, food, cooking, mining and the hunt. In 440 engravings and 15 beautifully colored lithographs by… Read more about this item