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Addison, Joseph (1672-1719).
POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
200 p. Large 16mo. 17 cm. Some age stain. Plain paper wraps. Stamped ownerships of the German Roman Catholic Seminary, Heidelberg. Scarce. OCLC shows only seven copies in U.S. libraries. "Addison was famous as an English essayist, poet, and statesman. Educated at Charterhouse, where he was a classmate of Richard Steele, and at Oxford, where he became a distinguished classical scholar. His travels on the Continent from 1699 to 1703 were recorded in 'Remarks on Italy' (1705). Addison first achieved prominence with 'The Campaign' (1704), an epic celebrating the victory of Marlborough at Blenheim. The poem was commissioned by Lord Halifax. Its great success resulted in Addison's appointment in 1705 as undersecretary of state and in 1709 as secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. He also held a seat in Parliament from 1708 until his death. Addison's most enduring fame was achieved as an essayist. In 1710 he began his contributions to the Tatler, which Richard Steele had founded in 1709. He continued to write for successive publications, including the Spectator (1711-12), the Guardian (1713), and the new Spectator (1714). His contributions to these periodicals raised the English essay to a degree of technical perfection never before achieved and perhaps never since surpassed. In a prose style marked by simplicity, order, and precision, he sought to engage men's thoughts toward reason, moderation, and a harmonious life. His works also include an opera libretto, 'Rosamund' (1707); a prose comedy, 'The Drummer' (1716); and a neoclassical tragedy, Cato (1713), which had an immense success in its own time. In his last years Addison received his greatest prominence. In 1717 he was made secretary of state, an office he resigned the following year. The period (1714-1719) was also marked by failing health, a supposedly unhappy marriage, and the severing of his relations with his good friend Richard Steele." - Columbia Encyclopedia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140 FarRt
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Howard, John Galen.
BRUNELLESCHI. A POEM.
93p. Title page printed in red and black. Deckle edges. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: "To Mr. & Mrs. John F. Braun with cordial greetings from Mr. & Mrs. John G. Howard Berkeley, California 3/25/19". Tall 8vo. Original blue paper binding, front joint cracked. Original paper spine label. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 447 of only 480 copies printed by Taylor, Nash and Taylor, San Francisco, November, 1913. A nice copy. Filippo Brunelleschi (1337-1446) Florentine architect and engineer who was one of the pioneers of early Renaissance architecture in Italy. His major work is the dome (Duomo) of the Cathedral of Florence, constructed with the aid of mahines Brunelleschi invented expressly for the project. PRESS/W34. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Italian Bureau of Public Information.
ITALY TO-DAY. Fortnightly Bulletin. Vol. 1, No. 7. December 2, 1918.
62p. Illustrated with portraits and architecture. Tall 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 10
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Italian Churches.
AUSTRIAN BARBARITY AGAINST ITALIAN CHURCHES.
10p. + Plus 16 full page photographs of damages to major Italian churches. Tall 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Nice copy. Quite scarce. WWI 13
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Italian General Headquarters.
THE WAR IN ITALY. THE AERONAUTICS. Volume 6, November, 1916. Fratelli-Treves Editors.
pp. 321-384. Profusely illustrated with One hundred and eighteen photograph plates of Italian airplanes, dirigibles, machine guns, field artillery, etc. during WWI. Text under plates in English, Spanish, Italian and French. Folio. Original full pictorial printed wraps. Some soiling on front cover and remains of album mountings on rear. Inked inscription of front cover "Photos can be reproduced". WWI 13
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National Historical Society.
THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Italy Number. First Quarter, Volume XIII, Number 1, January-February-March. 1919.
155p. Illustrated with numerous full page photographs. Uncut. 4to. Original full pictorial color printed wraps. Very slightly spotted. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! WWI 13 2c
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Masuccio di Salerno.
THE NOVELLINO OF MASUCCIO. NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY W. G. WATERS. TWO VOLUMES.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with full page engravings on Japan vellum with text tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black on Japan vellum. Uncut. Top edges gold. Large 8vo. Original full green buckram bindings. Original paper spine labels. Bindings very slightly worn at edges. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 221 of only 1250 copies. Edition de Luxe. "The novellino is a collection of fifty stories, each one told by the writer separately, without any striving after continuity. Masuccio does not trouble himself like certain others of the Novellieri, to construct a setting for his work, and to feign that the tales are told in turn by the work, and to feign that the tales are told in turn by the various members of a gentle company brought together by hazard. He tells us that all his novels are true, and that in many cases he is only setting down what he has learnt by the evidence of his senses. " Very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W47
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Gibbon, Edward.
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. With Notes, By The Rev. H. H. Milman. A New Edition to Which is Added a Complete Index of the Whole Work. In Six Volumes.
Six Volumes. Portrait frontis in Volume One. Bookseller's label in Volume Three. All volumes age stained. Inked ownership of Joseph V. Diehl all volumes. Large 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth bindings, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Volumes worn with loss at head of spines. Hardbound. Though some wear, this is a nice set of Gibbon's Decline and Fall. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W46
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Burn, Robert.
OLD ROME: A Handbook To The Ruins Of The City And The Campagna. Being an Epitome of His Larger Work `ROME AND THE CAMPAGNA'.
pp. xii, 266 + Twenty-two folding maps and plans. Numerous text drawings. Decorated title page. Unopened. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Gilt pictorial vignette of Romulus and Remus nursing on the she-wolf on front cover. Binding slightly faded. Hardbound. Though XLib, still a very nice 1880 handbook about the then existing ruins and monuments of ancient Rome. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/2
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Johnson, Virginia.
GENOA. The Superb. The City of Columbus. Illustrated.
pp. viii, 298 + frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Top edge gold. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. XLib bookplate. Rear hinge cracked. Age stained. 8vo. Original full vellum like cloth binding, decorated in blue and gold. XLib markings on spine. Hardbound. TRAVEL/2
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Taylor, George B.
ITALY AND THE ITALIANS. With Map and Illustrations.
pp. xiii, 441 + Plus frontis and color map. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Top edge gold gilt. Rear hinge cracked. XLib. 8vo. Original full dark blue cloth binding with Queen Margarhetta's embossed coat of arms in gold and red on front cover. Spine lettered in gold with slight smudge. Hardbound. Though XLib, this is still a very nice copy. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/2
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Symonds, John Addington.
SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. Spines gold lettered and slightly faded. Beveled edges. Hardbound. Though XLib, this is still a very nice copy. John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) was a British writer noted for (among other things) his seven-volume series 'The Renaissance in Italy' (1875-1886). TRAVEL/2
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Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio.
SMALL TALK. For the use of Young Ladies, who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language.
pp. xv, 424. Double column in parallel Italian and English. Old damp stain. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather binding; boards detached; spine worn. Almost disbound. Manuscript presentation on the front fly-leaf "For Charles Greville Esq. / From the Author." The recipient is probably the father of the famous political diarist, Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865). Also with the small printed bookplate of DeWitt Miller, Cross River, Westchester County, NY. DeWitt Miller (born in 1857) was a very famous book collector and public lecturer. This edition is almost identical to Baretti's 'Easy Phraseology for the use of Young Ladies'. The main difference is that it was issued without the Preface written by Baretti's intimate friend, Samuel Johnson. Baretti (1719-1789) was a remarkable character, whose tale cannot be told in this space - except to say that he was a warmly embraced member of Johnson's circle. We can supply a brief biography upon request. First edition. RARE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151 DC
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
THE MARBLE FAUN, OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI
Two volumes. 12mo. 19 cm. No ads inserted. Some old damp stain. Worn original cloth bindings, lettered in gold and stamped in blind. This is apparently the first issue of the first American edition. Published simultaneously in London, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder, and Company, under title: Transformation; or, The romance of Monte Beni. "The MS. of 'The Marble faun' is in a private collection in England, and, in fact, was never in this country, as the American edition was set up from proof-sheets of the English edition." -- Cathcart, Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cleveland, 1905. "Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing" - Hawthorne in the Marble Faun, Chap. 14. W147 / Also Rear. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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De Sismondi, J.C.L.
HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS; OR, THE ORIGIN PROGRESS AND FALL OF ITALIAN FREEDOM.
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 best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas. The history of the Italian Republics had great appeal in early America. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PALIB 6
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Ariosto, Ludovico; Tasso, Torquato.
RIME DI M. LODOVICO ARIOSTO. SATIRE DEL MEDESIMO. Nuovamente purgate, & con ogni diligenza corrette.
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, tanto di Citta, quanto di Contado; ma ancora il vero modo di accrescere, & conferuar le ricchezze. Con la Tavola delle cose notabili. Presso Aldo, in Vinetia (Aldo Manuzio, Venice): 1583. pp. 84, [12]. Woodcut Aldine printer's mark; decorative head and tail pieces, and initials. 24 mo. 130 mm. Wormed and age stained. This is apparently the 3rd part of volume two of 'Delle Rime, et Prose'. Contemporary leather backed paper boards. No flyleaves. Renouard: 233:7. Adams T 247. Ludovico Aristo (1474-1533) and Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) were both great Italian poets. Their bond in this little volume might deserve some further study. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ALDINE BOX SAFE
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; False Imprint.
DEL DECAMERONE DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCI Cittadino Fiorentino.
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 veranda of a house in the background. Italian text. 8vo. 205 mm. Wide margined; uncut; deckle edges. Some slight age stain. Old tape repair at frontis hinge. No front free fly-leaf. Early vellum backed marbled boards binding. An attractive (if mis-leading) edition. The Decameron is a collection of novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). It is a 14th-century medieval allegory told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. Boccaccio probably began composing the work in 1350, and finished it in 1351 or 1353. The bawdy tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary import, it documents life in 14th-century Italy - From Wiki. A false imprint - Because of its sometimes erotic nature, printers and publishers were often loathe to claim the Decameron as their own. Therefore 'Amsterdamo' appears in the imprint of this edition. It was not printed in Amsterdam, but almost certainly in Venice, by Antonio Locatelli. There are several similar, but different editions. They are identified by examination of the occasional ornaments and a notice at the very end of volume two, which in our example reads: "Si Vende Lire Venti Venete." (Sell this for 20 pounds). No priority noted for the variants. W118
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Boccaccio.
THE DECAMERON, OR TEN DAYS' ENTERTAINMENT OF BOCCACCIO. With Eighteen Steel Engravings.
pp. 2 [Publisher's catalogue], (2) [Title and copyright pages], 500 + 18 full page steel engravings. printed on yellow paper. Text foxed. Early autograph ownership of William Hay. 12mo. 175 mm. Original red embossed patterned cloth binding. Spine lettered in gold gilt. Hardbound. Very good. The publisher, Calvin Blanchard (1808-1868), had a disreputable reputation. At his shop on Nassau Street 'you could buy all kinds of books that your minister would frown upon - whether for free thought or for obscenity made little difference to this unsavoury Calvin.' Boccaccio is seen as not terribly erotic these days, but in the era before the Civil War it was considered 'stimulating' and 'saucy'. SCARCE. EROS 2 / York DC16
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Seghezzi, Antonio Federico (Compiler).
NOVELLE VENTOTTO DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCI Scelte ora la prima volta dal suo Decamerone ad uso principalmente de' modesti giovani e studiosi della Toscana favella. Con la Descrizione della Pestilenza stata in Firenze nel 1384 dello stesso autore.
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 head and tail pieces. Text in Italian vernacular. 8vo. 170 mm. Old full vellum binding with 2" loss to spine. Includes: Twenty-eight novels by Boccaccio; and his description of the plague in Florence in 1348. With an extensive foreword by Anton Federigo Seghezzi. This collection of his lesser known, but significant works is treasured by all collectors of the Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). A great Italian author and poet, a friend, student, and correspondent of Petrarch. His works in the Italian vernacular became a model for all who worked in that language for almost a millennium. SCARCE. SMALL BOX 4
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Lambertini, Properso (Pope Benedict XIV).
INSTITUTIONES ECCLESIASTICAE PROSPERI LAMBERTINI. Postea Benedicti XIV. Pontificis Optimi Maximi. Quas Latine Reddidit Ildephonsus A S. Carolo Scholarum Piarum, Rector Collegii Urbani De Propaganda Fide.
pp. [12]. 367. Printed in double columns. Title page in red and black. Woodcut initials and devices. Folio. 385 mm. Contemporary full leather binding, sprung at top front joint. Very good. Hardbound. Benedictus XIV (1675-1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was Pope from 1740 to 1758. He was a polymath celebrated as intelligent and witty. He was a proud patron of the arts and of science, and he supported efforts to beautify Rome and restore neglected monuments. He denounced the Church's cruelty to the Central and South American Indians. Benedict XIV was also responsible, along with Cardinal Passionei, for beginning the catalogue of the Vatican Library. He was especially generous to his native Bologna. LIV RM
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Facciolati, Jacobo (1682-1769).
FASTI GYMNASII PATAVINI JACOBI FACCIOLATI OPERA COLLECTI. Ab anno MDXVII quo restitutae scholae sunt ad MDCCLVI.
Part two of three parts. pp. (5), 484. Engraved title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces. 4to. 240 mm. Tp. with old foxing and soiling, but still attractive. Early stiff paper boards binding, without spine covering. A famous and important history of the University of Padua which was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second oldest in Italy. SCARCE. NW1 /Editio Small Box 1
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Luigi, Ferdinando Di S.
VITA DEL BEATO GIAMBATTISTA DALLE CONCEZIONE.
pp. viii, 176, 1 + Engraved portrait plate. 4to. 270 mm. Original leather backed marbled boards binding. Early stamped ownership of Cosmas de Cursiis (?). Saint Juan Garc¡a L¢pez-Rico (1561-1613) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest from the Trinitarian Order who would establish a branch of his order which he named the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Later in his life he assumed the name of "John Baptist of the Conception". He made it his mission to renew his order and he became known as a great reformer of the aims and structure of his order which he had applied to the new one that he established. He was also a prolific writer on theological matters. He was beatified in 1819 (when this work was published) and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975. Scarce. W112
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MacDonnel, David Evans.
A DICTIONARY OF SELECT AND POPULAR QUOTATIONS, WHICH ARE IN DAILY USE. Third American Edition, Corrected, With Additions.
pp. (6) [Index of Abbreviations is bound out of place], (vii)-x, (2), (13)-322, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Title age stained. 12mo. 180 mm. Boards detached. Virtually disbound. Text block tight. Title continues: "Taken From The Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, And Italian Languages: Translated Into English, With Illustrations, Historical And Idiomatic". S&S/AI 44649. Third American edition. PAIMP 10
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MacDonnel, David Evans.
A DICTIONARY OF SELECT AND POPULAR QUOTATIONS, WHICH ARE IN DAILY USE. Third American Edition, Corrected, With Additions.
pp. (6), (vii)-x, (2), (13)-322, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Very foxed. Early manuscript ownership of James Booth on title page and first fly leaf. 12mo. 180 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Lacks spine labels. Title continues: 'Taken From The Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, And Italian Languages: Translated Into English, With Illustrations, Historical And Idiomatic'. S&S/AI 44649. Third American edition. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 22
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(Haliburton, Thomas Chandler) [1796-1865].
THE CLOCKMAKER; OR THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF SAMUEL SLICK, OF SLICKVILLE. Second Series.
192 p. Damp stain. Age stain. 12mo. 190 mm. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Boards damp stained with loss. Paper spine label perished. Hardbound. Fair. Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. Politically, he played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation. While Haliburton gained a reputation as a local businessman and as a judge, his greatest fame came from writing. He wrote a number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He rose to international fame with his Clockmaker serial, which first appeared in the Novascotian and later published as a book throughout the British Empire, becoming popular light reading. The work recounted the humorous adventures of the character Sam Slick. He was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada. S&S/AI 56101. First edition of the second series. PAIMP 23
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Byron, George Gordon Noel (1788-1824).
THE PROPHECY OF DANTE. A POEM. BY LORD BYRON.
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.' Byron was experiencing heightened interest in Italian literature and Italian politics, which lent zest to this labour of love, and, time and place conspiring, he composed 'the best thing he ever wrote' (Letter to Murray, March 23, 1820). S&S/AI 4895. PAIMP 25
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Moore, John (1729-1802).
A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY: With Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. Written by John Moore, M.D. During his Travels through those Countries, in the years 1777 and 1778, with his Grace, The present Duke of Hamilton. The First Volume.
pp. 358, (1). Issued in three numbers in one volume, the second and third with half-titles. The first and third numbers include bookseller's advertisements. End of the third number indicates the end of the second, and last volume. First signature bound out of order. LACKS one leaf in first signature. Age stain. 8vo. 200 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board detached. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Spine worn. Pencil manuscript ownership of George M. Keim on title page. George May (1805-1861) also know as George M. Keim of Reading, Berks County, PA. Born in Reading, Berks County, PA, March 23, 1805. Uncle of William High Keim. Democrat. Chief burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833-34; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1838-43; mayor of Reading, PA, 1853. Died June 10, 1861. Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA. Also early manuscript initials, S.P.A. with Susanna Abington crossed out. Presumably issued also as vol. 2 of Bell's 1783 ed. of Moore's work, originally published at London in 1781. Evans 18036. Hildeburn 4321. Hardbound. Good. SCARCE. EVANS1
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Gualterotti, Raffaello.
LUNIVERSO OUERO IL POLEMIDORO POEMA EROICO DI RAFFAEL GUALTEROTTI.
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 initials in the text as well as typographic and wood engraved head and tail pieces. The engraved title is most unique, as it appears unfinished or a work in progress. It is meant to represent the promise of the youthful hero of the poems. Michelangelo is said to have prized this book. Some old worming and age stain, but generally good. Loose, in an early flexible vellum binding. On the engraved title is an old ownership stamp of the Bibliotheque Marseille; and a larger oval stamp in red indicating that the book was sold in 1845. Raffael Gualterotti (1543-1638) was, among other things, the chief astrologer at the Medici Court. A claim is made that he built a very early spyglass / telescope in 1590. RARE. SAFE ADD 1
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JONI - BINDING BY THE MASTER ARTIST/FORGER I.F. JONI.
RARE WOODEN BOOK COVERS DECORATED IN THE MEDIEVAL STYLE OF THE TAVOLETTE DI BICCHERNA OF SIENA. PROBABLY CREATED BY ICILIO FREDERICO JONI.
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 DEL DUOMO EDE LALTRE COSE MOBILI DELU OPARA RIFATTO LASICO DA VOLTA AL TENPO DEL UENE RABILE UOMO FRANCESCHO DI PAOLO TADDEI ANNO D. 1475." [Roughly translated: Inventory of the things in the sacristy of the Duomo Ede. Taken from the last by the incomparable Frances Taddei in the year 1475. The front board has a lovely Rennaisance Madonna and Child, with "Samis de Petris" below. This de may have been an attempt to attribute the painting to the artist Sano di Pietro. Beveled edges. Brass bosses at each corner. Very good. RARE. A contemporary of the famed "Spanish Forger", Icilio Federico Joni (1866-1946) was born in Siena. As a young man he worked in the shop of a gilder and art restorer. He began, as a sideline, to produce imitations of fifteenth century Sienese painted wooden panel book covers. He based these tempera painted wooden panels on the Tavolette in the Archivio di Stato, which he probably never saw in person. It is quite clear from his autobiography (1932) that he was proud of his skill and his brilliant imitations of the ancient art of Siena. He considered them original art rather than 'forgeries'. There are probably no more than twenty examples of his work extant today. From the Bridwell Library, SMU: "A skilled producer of imitation "Gothic" altarpieces, he received a commission c. 1890 to create a book cover in imitation of those found on Siena's Tavole di Biccherna, the elaborately gilt and painted fourteenth-century tax registers. Without ever seeing a real Biccherna, he established a lucrative business of faking Biccherna covers. Joni later boasted of incidents in which the local police were alerted to books purportedly stolen from Siena Cathedral or the state archives, only to discover that they were by Joni. A number of book collectors were deceived by Joni's creations, and several of his works were published as Gothic originals. Today, Joni's forgeries are highly valued in their own right. In his autobiography Joni discussed his methods for antiquing the covers by mixing soot, turmeric, chrome yellow, and gilding gesso with gum arabic to produce the patina on the gold. The bosses were bathed in ammonia and the clasp plates were dipped in iodine, "which rusted them in just the right way." Note that Joni's boards are simply glued onto a rough leather spine; he apparently did not know how to replicate a fifteenth-century sewing structure." Research in America has clarified Joni's role as a restorer in such works as Piermatteo d'Amelia's Annunciation (Gardner Museum) and the half-length figures in Fra Angelico's Annunciation (Mrs E. Ford Collection). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Front Case 1/R
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MANUSCRIPT ON THE HISTORY OF GERMANY, ETC IN ITALIAN.
REALATIONE DELLO STATO DELL' IMPERIO. e di tutti li Principi, Marchesi, e Conti della Germania dal 1621 per tutto lnno 1628.
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 old vellum binding. Interesting colorful paste paper end sheets. With the bookplate of Elkin Mathews = Charles Elkin Mathews (1851-1921) London publisher, bookseller, and collector who played an important role in the literary life the English speaking world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also with a circular Sneyd family book plate [probably Ralph Sneyd (1793-1870), but perhaps earlier]. This work is often attributed to Carlo Carafa [an incompetent and criminal administrator who was executed for treason at Castel San Angelo on Mar 4, 1561 by Pius IV]. but it is certainly by a later Carlo Carafa, born in Naples in 1611, who was bishop of Aversa and Papal Nuncio to Switzerland, the Republic of Venice, and to the Holy Roman Emperor. The Holy Roman Emperor at this time was Ferdinand II (1578-1637), a member of the House of Habsburg. He was also King of Bohemia, and King of Hungary. His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War. Ferdinand's aim, as a zealous Catholic, was to restore Catholicism as the only religion in the Empire and suppress Protestantism. The Neapolitan Carafa family produced a large number of bishops, cardinals, and some saints. Cardinals in the Carafa family include (with dates of their elevation to Cardinal): Filippo Carafa (1378); Oliviero Carafa (1467); Gianvincenzo Carafa (1527); Carlo Carafa (1555); Diomede Carafa (1555); Alfonso Carafa (1557); Antonio Carafa (1568); Decio Carafa (1611); Pier Luigi Carafa, seniore (1645); Carlo Carafa della Spina (1664); Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (1686); Carafa di Belvedere (1764-1830); Francesco Carafa della Spina (1773); and Domenico Carafa della Spina (1844). Biographical and bibliographic confusion among them is rampant. UNIQUE. A wonderful item for further scholarly study. Chest 2/4
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni I Num. 1-2 Gen-Feb. 1926.
4 tav. f/t, 92 p., (8), 1 cartina a colori ripiegata f/t (la catena del Rif) : ill. a colori ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni I Num. 8 Agosto 1926.
3 tav. f/t, 96 p., (4) : ill. ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni I Num. 10 Ottobre 1926.
84 p., (4), 1 cartina a colori ripiegata f/t (I confini dell'Albania) : ill. acolori ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni I Num. 1-2 Dicemb. 1926.
1 tav. a colori f/t, 104 p., (4) : ill. a colori ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni II Num. 3 Mar. 1927 Anno V.
104 p., 1 cartina in b/n ripiegata f/t (Poppiano) : ill. in b/n ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni II Num. 4 Apr. 1927 Anno V.
100 p. ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Esercito e nazione. - Rivista per l'Ufficiale italiano. Anni II Num. 5 Mag. 1927 Anno V.
96 p., 1 cartina a colori ripiegata f/t (Somalia) : ill. a colori ; 29 cm. Brossura illustrata a colori di Alfonso Grassi (Solfara, Av 1918 - Salerno 2002). Ottimo. ****.
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Togliatti, Palmiro (Genova 1893 - Yalta 1964)
Opere. - III, 1 - 2. 1929 - 1935. (Due volumi). A cura di Ernesto Ragionieri (Sesto Fiorentino, Fi 1926 - Firenze 1975).
CCXXXVI, 456 p. - 823 p. ; 22 cm. Fa parte di : Opere : 3.1-2 1929-1935. Prima edizione. Cartonati in balacron con sovracopertine di Giuseppe Monatanucci. Timbri di appartenenza al primo volume. Ottimi. **** Peso 1,5 Kg.
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Kotel’nikova, Liubov Alexandrovna (Mosca 1926-)
Mondo contadino e citta’ in Italia dall’XI al XIV secolo. - Dalle fonti dell’Italia centrale e settentrionale.
XXX, 467 p. ; 22 cm. Traduzione di Luciana Sandri Catocci. Collezione : nuova collana storica. In questo volume l’autrice affronta il passaggio dall’economia feudale in Italia all’economia capitalistica. Cartonato con sovracoperta illustrata. Timbri di proprieta’ (biblioteca storico-politica dismessa). Come nuovo. ****.
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Somare’, Enrico (Travedona, Va 1889 - Milano 1953)
Omaggio ai grandi pittori italiani dell’Ottocento. - Raccolta stata pubblicata per la prima volta nel fascicolo del maggio 1925 della rivista di coltura (sic) e d’arte L’Esame. A cura e con introduzione di Enrico Somare’.
Da p. 405-412, 32 tav. : illustrato in b/n ; 26 cm. Artisti presenti: Carnevali (il Piccio), Induno, Cremona, Bianchi, Ranzoni, Previati, Tallone, Segantini, G. Ciardi, Fattori (vedi immagine a lato), Lega, Signorini, e molti altri. Nelle tavole e’ indicata la collezione. Brossura ingiallita, firma di appartenenza e dedica. Ottime le pagine. ****.
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Iconografia pittorica dell’Ottocento italiano. - 104 tavole con 93 riproduzioni di quadri in nero e 24 a colori.
(10), 24 tav. a colori, 93 tavole in nero : completamente illustrato ; 30 cm. Le opere sono in ordine alfabetico. Cartonato in m/tela con titoli in oro al dorso e alla prima copertina. Ottimo. ****.
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Dipinti del XIX secolo. - Asta 1226. 9 dicembre 2003.
(93) s. numerazione : ill. a colori ; 30 cm. Artisti presenti (con immagini): Boldini G., Bonomelli R., Casciaro G., Ciardi B., etc. Brossura. Come nuovo. ****.
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Dipinti del XIX secolo. - Asta 1248. 25 maggio 2004.
149 p. : ill. a colori ; 30 cm. Artisti presenti (con illustrazioni): Carcano F., De Nittis G., Hayez F., Inganni A., Mancini A., Mariani P., Morbelli A., Nono L., etc. Brossura. Come nuovo. ****.
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Dipinti del XIX secolo. - Asta 1341. 30 maggio 2006.
219 p. (di cui 1 doppia ripiegata) : ill. a colori ; 27 cm. Artisti presenti (con illustrazione): Bianchi M., Bruzzi S., Carnovali G. detto il Piccio, Ciardi G., Filippini F., Gignous E., Induno G. (tav. doppia), Mancini A., Mariani P., Sala P., etc. Brossura. Come nuovo. ****.
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Collezione Chiesa. - Galleria Scopinich, Milano.
(12), LIX tav. : completamente illustrato in b/n e a colori (10 tav.) sono indicati tecnica e misure ; 28 cm. Invito inserito. Catalogo di vendita all’asta della Galleria Scopinich tenutasi il 16 e 17 Dicembre 1931. Le opere sono di artisti dell’Ottocento italiano fra cui: Agazzi Carlo, Bazzaro, Cavalleri, Ciardi Beppe e Guglielmo, Fattori, Fornara, Gallelli (v. immagine a lato), Hayez, Previati, Tallone Cesare, Tito, Zandomeneghi. Catalogo tirato in 700 copie numerate, la nostra e’ la n. 283. Cartonato in t/tela (tracce di polvere). In ottime condizioni. ****.
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Martini, Andrea (curatore)
La bella forma. - Poggioli, i calligrafici e dintorni.
IX, 279 p. ; 22 cm. Tra il 1939 e il 1944 diversi registi italiani: Soldati, Castellani, Poggioli, Lattuada e Chiarini, scelsero la via dell’ispirazione letteraria, la cosiddetta “bella forma”. Collezione : cinema. Brossura illustrata. Come nuovo. ****.
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P. DEL GIUDICE
CORSO DI STORIA DEL DIRITTO ITALIANO ANNO ACCADEMICO 1904-05 ANNO ACCADEMICO 1905 - 06
In 8. Dim. 25,5x19,5 cm. Pp. 536, 475. Rarissima raccolta di appunti del corso di diritto del Senatore Pasquale Del Giudice (1842-1924) nato a Venosa (Potenza) professore di diritto all'Università di Pavia. Siamo in possesso degli appunti litografati su copia manoscritta redatti da Pirotta e Besta sulle lezioni dell'anno accademico 1904-05, 1905-06 sulla storia del diritto italiano. Firma in copertina del primo volume. Numerose sottolineature a matita colorata e note manoscritte. Pagina manoscritta di appunti. Purtroppo le pagine dalla 89 alla 120 del primo volume risultano mancanti. In discrete condizioni ma molto raro. Copertina editoriale in mediocri condizioni generali con usure e parti mancanti ai margini e dorso. Legatura quasi assente. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Volume I: usure ai margini con perdita di testo alle pagg. da 11 a 15, da 513 a 517, pp. dalla 89 alla 120 mancanti. Volume II: usure ai margini pag. 189. Segno di restauro all'ultima pagina dei due volumi. Very scarce collection of notes of the course of right by the senator Pasquale Del Giudice (1842-1924) born in Venosa (Potenza) teacher of right in the University of Pavia. We only have the lythographed notes on handwritten copy written by Pirotta and Besta about lessons of academical year 1904-05, 1905-06 about the history of italian right. Signature in the cover of the first volume. Different underlinings in coloured pencil and handwritten notes. Handwritten page of notes. Unfortunately pages from 89 until 120 of the first volume are missing. In fair conditions but very scarce copy. Editorial cover in poor general conditions with wearings and missing parts in the edges and spine. Binding is almost missing. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxings. Volume I: wearings in the edges with missing parts in pagg. from 11 until 15, from 513 until 517, pp. from 89 until 120 are missing. Volume II: wearings in the edges pag. 189. Sign of restauration in the last page of the two volumes.
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L'UMBRIA AGRICOLA GIORNALE DI ECONOMIA RURALE E DELLE INDUSTRIE CAMPESTRI ANNO VII - NUM. 7-8 15 E 30 APRILE 1889
In 4. Dim. 27x19 cm. Pp. da 49 a 64. Numero del 15 e 30 aprile 1889 de "L'Umbria agricola", rivista bisettimanale di economia rurale diretta da Riccardo Gamba. La rivista conteneva numerosi articoli di agricoltura e allevamento, molti di interesse locale. In questo numero: Notizie commerciali e coloniali, Giurisprudenza amministratica sui boschi, Scuole agrarie, I vini italiani a Colonia, Innesto delle viti americane in Toscana, Concorso tra aziende vinarie, Riunione viticola a Firenze, Conferenza sulla peronospora viticola, Trasporti di prodotti agricoli, I vini italiani in Tunisi, Importazione dellle sanse in Francia, Ricchezza alcolica dei vini bianchi, I nostri vini in Germania, Adunanza di produttori di vino a Bari, Esportazione del vino delle Puglie in America ecc... In buone condizioni. Brossura editoriale assente. Legatura assente. Pagine in buone condizioni con rare fioriture. Usure marginali. Number of the 15th and 30rd of April 1889 of "L'Umbria agricola", biweekly magazine of rural economy directed by Riccardo Gamba. The magazine contained different articles of agriculture and breeding, many of them of local interest. In this number: Comemrcial and colonial information, Administrative law about wood, Agricultural schools, Italian wines in Colonia, American grapes in Tuscany, Wine meeting in Florence, Conference about peronospora, Transports of agricultural products, Italian wines in Tunisi, Import of olive resiues in France, Alcoholic quantity in white wines, Our wines in Germany, Meeting of wine producers in Bari, Export of wine from Puglia to America ecc... Editorial original cover. Editorial cover is missing. Binding is missing. Pages are in good conditions with foxings. Wearings in the edges.
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GUIDA ITINERARIA DELLE STRADE DI GRANDE COMUNICAZIONE E DI PARTICOLARE INTERESSE TURISTIUCO DELL'ITALIA
In 16. Dim. 15,5x10 cm. Pp. 262, 330, 358, 314. Raccolta completa dello stradario del Touring Club Italiano edizione 1927-1930. La raccolta consta di due volumi sull'Italia settentrionale (1927-28), uno sull'Italia Centrale (1929), uno sull'Italia Meridionale (1930) All'interno centinaia di piante topografiche di città, piantine delle principali strade e descrizione di come si presentavano allora. Per ogni città la distanza in chilometri con gli altri paesi e il numero di abitanti, la presenza di stazioni e telegrafi. Alla fine di ogni volume una mappa ripiegata che mostra le strade di quella zona d'Italia. Numerose pubblicità d'epoca. In ottime condizioni Copertina in tela editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure e parti mancanti ai margini e dorsoo. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni. Complete series, edition 1927-30) of this street guides of Touring Club italiano. the collection is made up of two volumes about Northern Italy (1927-28), one about Central Italy (1929), one about southern Italy (1930). Inside there are hundreds of topographic plants of cities, maps of the main streets and description of how they were in that period. For each city there is the indication of distance in kilometers with other cities, the number of inhabitants and the presence of stations and telegraphs. At the end of each volume there is a folding map representing the streets of that part of Italy. Different advertisings inside. In very good conditions. Editorial cloth cover in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
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PARTITO LIBERALE ITALIANO POSIZIONE E PROPOSTE SUI PIU IMPORTANTI PROBLEMI NAZIONALI
In 16. Dim. 17x12 cm. Pp. 342+(2). Interessante volume del 1964 a cura del Partito Liberale Italiano sulla sua posizione e proposte sui più importanti problemi nazionali. All'interno: situazione politica e centro sinistra, Ordinamento dello Stato e problemi costituzionali, Politica economica, Finanza pubblica, Lavoro e sicurezza sociale, Politica sanitaria, Problemi vari (Rai Tv, turismo, societa per azioni, pensioni di guerra ecc.. alla fine allegati: I più significativi inasprimenti fiscali operati dai governi di centro sinistra, Elenco di alcune proposte liberali presentate dal maggio 1963 al luglio 1964 (IV legislatura). In ottime condizioni. Copertina editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in ottime condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Interesting volume of 1964 by the Partito Liberale Italiano about the position and proposal about the most important italian problems. Inside: Political situation and centre left party, Order of State and Constitution problems, Economical policy, Public finance, Law and social security, Health policy, Different problems (Rai Tv, turism, spa, war pensions ecc.. At the end: The most hard dinancial laws by left party governments, Some liberal proposal from may 1963 until july 1964 (IV government). In very good conditions Editorial cover in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in very good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
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