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1779ref. 83792S. n. | à Londres 1779 | 8.50 x 14 cm | 10 volumes reliés
1846ref. 77497Paris: Barbier 1846. Fine. Barbier Paris 1846 18 x 28.20 cm relié Illustrated edition with first printing of vignettes by Tony Johannot Baron Celestin Nanteuil Grandville Geoffroy and 32 plates by the same artists. Half chocolate brown morocco with corners late 19th century signed Bertault at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine richly decorated with mirror-pattern tools in Romantic style roulette at head and tail frame fillets. Separating fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Uncut copy with full margins. Paper perfectly fresh immaculate. Spine slightly sunned. Some traces of rubbing. Very handsome copy of this rare illustrated Romantic work. Barbier hardcover
1928ref. 2091202133206096Fratelli Alinari 1928. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Fratelli Alinari paperback
1594ref. 957P37Firenze: Filippo Giunti 1594. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. An uncommon early edition of one of the last works written in Italian by Boaccaccio. An uncommon early edition published in Florence at the end of the sixteenth century.In the original Italian.'Il Corbaccio' or 'The Crow' is a satirical novella in which a man has been rebutted by a widow and is subsequently visited by the widow's dead husband in his dream telling him why she is best left alone.By the fourteenth century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio one of the most important authors of the country's history.Published by Filippo Giunti one of the leading printing firms in Florence in the sixteenth century.Register runs as: 4 A-G8 H-I4. Collated complete.Bookplate of Luigi Strano to the front paste down an author of poetry. In a full calf binding. Externally smart with light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink to the rear endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots and a small tidemark to the tail of the first few pages. Small patch of worming to the first 2 leaves with no loss of text. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. The occasional ink underlining to the text. Very Good Indeed Filippo Giunti hardcover
1952ref. 002184Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarter vellum over patterned paper-covered boards; vellum ruled in gilt with gilt lettering at spine. Top edge trimmed and gilt other edges untrimmed. Housed in cream paper-covered slipcase. Special edition printed by hand-press in Griffo type on hand-made Fabriano paper limited to 225 numbered copies of which this is 106. Octavo. xi 1 blank 127 1 colophon pages. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. One full-page facsimile from the English version printed in 1597. Slightest toning and shelf wear to binding and slipcase. About fine. . Editiones Officinae Bodoni Hardcover
1638ref. 16954Venezia: Pietro Maria Bertano 1638. Hardcover. xiv 472pp. Bound in full vellum with gilt titles and decorations on the spine panel sprinkled edges. A revised and somewhat censored edition of the Decameron by the Florentine nobleman Leonardo Salviati who was among the founders of the Accademia della Crusca originally published in Firenze in 1582. With the bookplate of binders Fletcher and Maude Battershall on the front pastedown endpaper and Fletcher Battershall's signature on front free endpaper. Wear to corner tips front joint partially split at spine. A very good copy. ; Quarto. Pietro Maria Bertano hardcover
1729ref. elala1248Colophon on I12r: Florence: Heirs of Filippo Giunta 1527 i.e. Venice: Pasinello Printed by Stefano Orlandelli at the expense of Salvatore Ferrari 1729. 1729. 4to. ff. 8the last blank 284. woodcut printers device on title & at end. 18th century vellum vellum soiled occasional light marginal foxing. Fine eighteenth-century reprint of the esteemed 1527 Giunta edition of this classic of Italian prose; limited to 300 copies. Adams B2147. Brunet I 999. Gamba 172. Graesse I 440. [Colophon on I12r:] Florence: Heirs of Filippo Giunta, 1527 [i.e. Venice: Pasinello, Printed by Stefano Orlandelli at the expens hardcover
ref. 1934London: Thomas Edlin 1725. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 22pp. 284ff. 13 49 1pp. A2 B4 C2-D2 a4-z4 aa4-zz4 aaa4-zzz4 aaaa4-kkkk4. Contemporary calf rebacked and repaired. With engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait of Boccaccio. ESTC T143906. 0 London: Thomas Edlin, 1725. hardcover
1935ref. 19387Paris Le Vasseur 1935 Paris, Le Vasseur 1935. 3 volumes grand in-8 carrés, brochés, plus un portfolio de même format renfermant le cuivre et les planches libres, le tout sous chemises-étuis.
1609ref. 006287Paris: Matthieu Guillemot 1609. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. "Reueue Corrigee & mise en meilleur ordre en ceste nouuelle Edition A Paris Chez Matthieu Guillemot au Palais en la gallerie des prisonniers." RARE early French edition with Italian and French texts on facing pages. Rectos French only are numbered. 458 pp. Very Good bound in full calf gilt title at spine faded yet legible 5 raised bands with gilt rules red title label edges of boards rubbed prior owner name front end page dated 1823 light toning to end pages contents clean and remarkably free of toning or foxing. Written by Boccaccio in the years 1343-1345 "La Fiammette" "has been called the first psychological novel in a modern language". Matthieu Guillemot Hardcover
1609ref. 006287Paris: Matthieu Guillemot 1609. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. "Reueue Corrigee & mise en meilleur ordre en ceste nouuelle Edition A Paris Chez Matthieu Guillemot au Palais en la gallerie des prisonniers." RARE early French edition with Italian and French texts on facing pages. Rectos French only are numbered. 458 pp. Very Good bound in full calf gilt title at spine faded yet legible 5 raised bands with gilt rules red title label edges of boards rubbed prior owner name front end page dated 1823 light toning to end pages contents clean and remarkably free of toning or foxing. Written by Boccaccio in the years 1343-1345 "La Fiammette" "has been called the first psychological novel in a modern language". Matthieu Guillemot Hardcover books
ref. 34861VERONA OFFICINAE BODONI 1952. LIMITED TO 225 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 24. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS BY BARTOLOMEO DI GIOVANNI RECUT BY FRITZ KREDEL PRINTED IN GRIFFO TYPE ON HAND-MADE FABRIANO PAPER. QUARTER VELLUM OVER PATTERNED CLOTH. A FINE COPY IN A DAMAGED SLIPCASE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT ELWELL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. VERONA, OFFICINAE BODONI, 1952 hardcover
1779ref. 83792à Londres London: S. n. 1779. Fine. S. n. à Londres London 1779 8.50 x 14 cm 10 volumes reliés New edition in which the drawings by Gravelot Boucher and Eisen the majority by Gravelot were re-engraved by Vidal after the 1757-1761 edition. It is copiously illustrated with an engraved title 10 frontispieces and 10 numbered figures per volume totaling 111 figures. Translation by Sabatier de Castres. English binding in full glazed old red fine-grained morocco circa 1850 signed B. M. Bromace on each final leaf. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Title volume number date and place in 3 compartments. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Some pale foxing on an otherwise fresh set. Small fragments missing at head of volumes I and X. Engraved bookplate featuring a nude woman holding a mirror Stephane D. Winkworth designed by Nanni Preston. Attractive edition with charming engravings. Many of a gallant character. S. n. hardcover
ref. 13014Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 4 volumes in-8, demi-maroquin bleu nuit à coins, dos à nerfs richement ornés de filets et fleurons dorés et mosaïque de maroquin rouge, filet doré sur les plats, têtes dorées, un coin tapé. Reliure signée.
ref. 146548Sixteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Latin work on the downfalls of powerful or famous historical and biblical figures. Duodecimo written in Italian bound in full vellum woodcut chapter decorations. Translated and expanded by Giuseppe Betussi of Bassano. In very good condition with light toning and soiling. Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer poet correspondent of Petrarch and an important Renaissance humanist. Often referred to as one of the "Three Crowns" of Italian literature along with Dante Alighieri and Petrarch Boccaccio is responsible for the creation of classic works of imaginative literature such as 'The Decameron' and setting the stage of Renaissance Humanism in Italy. hardcover
1729ref. 166231729 Florence (Venise), Philippo di Guntia (Étienne Orlandini), 1527 (1729), in 4 de 7 feuillets non chiffrés (titre et feuillet blanc compris), 184 feuillets, avec marque typographique de l'imprimeur au verso du dernier feuillet, rel. pastiche de plein velin ivoire, titre manuscrit à l'encre brune au dos, bel ex.
1712ref. 574390Amsterdam; Cologne: George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard 1712. Hardcover. Very Good. Mixed two-volume set uniformly bound in near contemporary straight-grained light brown morocco with decorative blind stamping and gold tooled borders on the covers gilt spines also stamped in blind plain dark brown endpapers all edges gilt. Vol. 1 is the first edition printed in Amsterdam by George Gallet in 1697; Vol. 2 is the second edition printed in Cologne by Jacques Gaillard in 1712. 12mos. Both volumes are in French. Vol. 1: 14 title page and avertissement 14 Table 366pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate and in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 1-44; Vol. 2: 427 12 Tablepp. illustrated with in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 45-100. Note: The Table in vol. 1 includes a duplicate leaf signed 2. Both title pages are printed in red and black. Each volume has a contemporary engraved armorial bookplate and a later Italian bookseller’s ticket on the front pastedown. The spines and edges of the boards are rubbed and worn else a very good attractive set with Romeyn de Hooghe’s celebrated etchings in fine condition. George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard hardcover
1627ref. 177918Venice: Per il Valentini 1627. Hardcover. Poor sewing coming undone foxing and staining of vellum present marks on pastedown endpapers missing otherwise complete. Bound in vellum on board with 3 raised bands. Woodblock capitals and incidental designs. 20 leaves 247 leaves. "Of the geneology of the gods." Binding copy. Fifteen books dealing with "all the gods of the gentiles" along with the life of Giovanni Boccaccio. Per il Valentini hardcover
1627ref. 177918Venice: Per il Valentini 1627. Hardcover. Poor sewing coming undone foxing and staining of vellum present marks on pastedown endpapers missing otherwise complete. Bound in vellum on board with 3 raised bands. Woodblock capitals and incidental designs. 20 leaves 247 leaves. "Of the geneology of the gods." Binding copy. Fifteen books dealing with "all the gods of the gentiles" along with the life of Giovanni Boccaccio. Per il Valentini hardcover books
1712ref. 574390Amsterdam; Cologne: George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard 1712. Hardcover. Very Good. Mixed two-volume set uniformly bound in near contemporary straight-grained light brown morocco with decorative blind stamping and gold tooled borders on the covers gilt spines also stamped in blind plain dark brown endpapers all edges gilt. Vol. 1 is the first edition printed in Amsterdam by George Gallet in 1697; Vol. 2 is the second edition printed in Cologne by Jacques Gaillard in 1712. 12mos. Both volumes are in French. Vol. 1: 14 title page and avertissement 14 Table 366pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate and in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 1-44; Vol. 2: 427 12 Tablepp. illustrated with in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 45-100. Note: The Table in vol. 1 includes a duplicate leaf signed 2. Both title pages are printed in red and black. Each volume has a contemporary engraved armorial bookplate and a later Italian bookseller’s ticket on the front pastedown. The spines and edges of the boards are rubbed and worn else a very good attractive set with Romeyn de Hooghe’s celebrated etchings in fine condition. George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard hardcover books
1757ref. 850Published 1757 in French. Volume one from a five volume set. Cover as shown with this listing bound in red Morocco five raised bands. Marbled endpaper as shown head and tail bands silk ribbon marker marbled edges under gilt. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper and cutting from a magazine attached to blank page in front matter also with some hand written notes. A beautifully crafted book. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi A4 Prault hardcover
1757ref. 852Published 1757-1761 in French. Volume five from a five volume set. Cover as shown with this listing bound in red Morocco five raised bands. small crack at head of spine see photo. Marbled endpaper as shown head and tail bands silk ribbon marker marbled edges under gilt. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Text is foxed and mottled binding is firm. A beautifully crafted book. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi A4 Prault hardcover
1725ref. 2091202133213132Tommaso Edlin 1725. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Tommaso Edlin paperback
1554ref. 35098Venetia: Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi 1554. Very early Valgrisi printing the first done in 1552. Illustrated with historiated initials at the beginning of every novella engraved printer's mark to the title-page Quarto contemporary Italian vellum with yap edges. 8 487 1 10 Tavola 2 8 Epiteti 50 Second Title Page: Vocabolario pp. A very handsome copy a small number of leaves browned and fragile occasionally a small portion of the text excised generally crisp and clean with minor age evidence. VERY SCARCE. THE WORK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EDITIONS OF BOCCACCIO PRODUCED IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. The Life of Sir Giovanni Boccaccio written by Francesco Sansovino precedes the text and at the end is Ruscelli's General Vocabulary of all the entries used by Boccaccio. The General Vocabulary was compiled to help readers navigate the 14th-century Tuscan prose and Ruscelli’s editorial work aimed to refine and standardize the text of Boccaccio during a period when the Decameron was subject to intense scrutiny editing and eventual counter-reformation censorship. Copies from this press are notable examples of Renaissance Italian bookmaking woodcut artistry and early modern publishing history. Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi hardcover
1952ref. 698244 xii128 pages 23 woodcuts 1 facsimile title page limited edition no.188 of 225 copies handmade paper tipped in bookplate for John Ryder Published by Editones Officinae Bodoni hardcover