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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

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

(Rome? ?)., 1650 248 leaves. Manuscript in Italian on the History of Germany, and virtually all of Europe, in the momentous era of the 1620's, prepared for Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) by the Papal Nuncio to the Holy Roman Emperor. Written in a graceful Italian hand. Folio. 340 mm. Text generally clean, but with scattered mold stains. Remains of… 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

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

In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, Venetiis [Heirs of Aldo Manuzio; Andreas Torresanus, Venice]: ., 1521 ff. [60], 320 numbered leaves. Woodcut Aldine anchor and dolphin printer's device on the title page and last leaf. Latin Italic type. Some age stain, especially on first and last leaves. In several places the name of Erasmus is obliterated in ink by a… Read more about this item

National Geographic Society: (1970)., 1970 402 p. Numerous color illustrations. Booklabel on front fly leaf. 260mm. Original full gilt lettered binding. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. CLASSICS BX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London: ()., 1963 405 p. Softbound. Phoenix paperback. PHILO BX 4 0.0. Soft cover.

Dutton, New York: 1904., 1904 219p. + Fine Photogravure plates. 8vo. Uncut fore-edge. Top edge gold. Original full cloth binding, spine a little faded. W120 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Battery Park Book Co., Forest Hills, NY: 1978., 1978 35p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Limited to 600 copies. Battery Park Book Company Bibliographical Reprint Series. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Privately Printed for Rarity Press, New York:1931., 1931 8vo. 356p. + Curious illustrations. Spine faded. W121 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.