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1834réf. 26035Italy 1834. Pen-and-ink watercolour and gouache painted black border titled and dated in white gouache in the lower margin within the border. Lovely 19th-century watercolour of Palermo. Catering to the foreigners flocking to the region on the Grand Tour this lovely watercolour shows the town of Palermo with its beautiful hills and mountains in the background with a large fort in the harbour with a British and French ship beside it. The sky is awash in pinks and blues displaying the incredible light of the region. unknown books
1850réf. 20181Italy 1850. Pair of views gouache over faint etched line black gouache border. Period gilt and faux bois frames. Two splendid panoramic views of Lake Como and Lake Maggiore. Catering to the foreigners flocking to the region on The Grand Tour this pair of hand-painted prints beautifully depict the famed picturesque lakes with rich bands of blue highlighting the water and sky with the surrounding hills and mountains dotted with luxurious villas. In the view of Lake Maggiore we see from a very high vantage point the Borromean Islands: Isola Bella Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatoriwith their extraordinary gardens. The view of Lake Como looks north up the lake towards Switzerland from above Bellagio which occupies the point at which the lake divides in two. The paintings are clearly intended as a pair the images being almost identical in size with matching black painted margins. The prints are as issued with black labels covering the original printed titles. unknown books
1838réf. 36247Girard: Naples 1838. Oblong quarto. Contemporary quarter dark brown calf with green textured paper boards decorative dark brown leather label to upper with "Costanza Angelillo" gilt spine in decorative compartments gilt. Occasional secondary pagination. Contains: Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867 Merope Grand Opera . arrangé pour Piano solo. PNs 8867-8879. Ca. 1848. 1f. recto title verso blank 1 list of subscribers as of 24 December 1847 18 numbers in piano score with occasional text. Subscribers include Filippo Angelillo in all likelihood related to Costanza Angelillo owner of the volume. Merope in 3 acts to a libretto by Cammarano after Voltaire was first performed in Naples at the Teatro S Carlo on 25 November 1847. Pacini Saffo . Souvenirs. Choeur de femmes. Musical manuscript. 1f. recto title on light green paper verso blank 6 pp. Donizetti Gaetano 1797-1848 Roberto Devereux . Représenté au théâtre Royal de St. Charles le 28 Octobre 1837 . L'opéra entier . D.2.50. . 1er -2ème cahier. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-19 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 18 pp. PNs 3939-3943. Ca. 1838. Donizetti No. 8. Cavatine PN 6045. Ca. 1843. 6 pp. 1f. From Don Pasquale. Donizetti Linda di Chamounix Nouvel opéra . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank. Cavatine O luce di quest' anima Ajoutée à Paris pour Mme. Persiani-Tacchinardi et chantée à Naples par Mme. Tadolini. 4 pp. PN 5863; No. 14 Air Final du 2ème Acte de Linda . A consolarmi affrettati Chanté par Mme. Tadolini. 8 pp. PN 5685. Ca. 1840. 2 numbers in total. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. No. 4. Duo chanté par Mme. Tacchinardi et par Duprez. 9-18 pp. PN 3953; Grand opéra . arrangé par piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank 9-15 i blank pp. PN 3962. Ca. 1838. 2 numbers in total. Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901 I Due Foscari. No. 14 Choeur d'Introduction Allagioia. 4 pp. PN 6884; No. 2 Cavatine de Jacopo Dal più remoto esilio Chantée à Naples par Fraschini. 10 pp. PN 6875; No. 3 Choeur et Cavatine de Lucrezia Tu al cui sguardo Chantée à Naples par Mme. Bishop. 7 i blank pp. PN 6876; No. 6 Duo de Lucrezia et du Doge Tu pur lo sai Chanté à Naples par Mme. Bishop et Coletti. 9 i blank pp. PN 6879/ Ca. 1845. 4 numbers in total. Verdi Ernani . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title on light blue paper within decorative border verso blank. No. 12 Suite et Stretta No vendetta. 4 pp. PN 6647; No. 14 Duo final d'Ernani et de Silva Esci a te scegli segimi. 9 i blank pp. PN 6604; No. 15. Air final de Mme. Toldi Se crudele il cor mostrai. 4 pp. PNs 4312 3222; No. 3 Cavatine tyrolienne de Mme. Toldi In questo semplice. 7 i blank pp. PNs 4302 3221. 4 numbers in total. Bellini Vincenzo 1801-1835 I Puritani. No. 18 Duo Il rival salvar tu dei Chanté Par Tamburini et Lablache. 12 pp. PNs 4167 2765. Ca. 1842. 1 number in total. Mercadante Saverio 1795-1870 l Giuramento. . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title listing the 21 numbers in the opera verso blank No. 4. Quatuor Vicino a chi si adora. 5 i blank pp. PN 4115. Ca. 1847. 1 number in total. Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Occasional light foxing. A clean wide-margined copy overall. An attractively-bound collection. Naples unknown books
1870réf. WRCAM51331Venice 1870. Panoramic photograph 11 1/4 x 150 inches. Mounted on card linen-backed in nine sections folding into leather slipcase stamped "VENISE" in gilt. Light surface dusting. Slipcase worn and partially split. Panorama near fine. An amazing panorama of the "Queen of the Adriatic." Measuring over twelve feet this striking panorama shows the southern side of Venice as taken from the bell tower of the Chiesa del San Giorgio Maggiore a 16th- century Benedictine church located just east of the barrier island of Giudecca directly opposite San Marco and the Doge's Palace. The photograph shows the entire expanse of the city from the western end to the public gardens on the eastern extreme of the island and depicts a bustling port city with numerous ships running in the Venetian Lagoon. A stunning and important photographic record of one of the planet's most romantic cities. hardcover books
1860réf. 257826Milan Venice & Verona: P. Ripamenti Carpano 1860. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Bound in the publisher's "chocolate box" style of white paper boards elaborately embossed and chromolithographed front cover with a central die-cut oval revealing a hand-colored engraving of a woman pulling a necklace from a jewellery box her dress embellished with small jewels rear cover with a central embossed image of a floral boquet some foxing throughout in a custom cardboard chemise. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Volume 13 of this Italian art periodical in a beautiful "chocolate box" style binding of embossed and chromolithographed paper boards. P. Ripamenti Carpano unknown books
1825réf. 006547Bergamo: Mazzoleni 1825. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Custom slipcase. . Very Good. Folio 31 by 23 cm. 328 pp. Aquatint portrait 62 hand-colored plates. Lipperheide Be 29. This book is in a larger format than the French original of 1796. This is tantamount to a large paper edition of the original. Custom slipcase with morocco trim patterned paper pastedown. Modern half red morocco binding. Condition: slip case with some separation of a few edges. Repair to joints. Some foxing on paper but overall remarkably clean given the paper stock used at the time in Italy. One long closed tear repaired and a few shorter tear repairs. Mazzoleni hardcover books
1820réf. 360051820. Small oblong folio ca. 24 x 30 cm. Sewn. Notated in ink on rastrum-drawn 12-stave wove paper. Watermark "IVY MILL" dated 1820. The first two works for soprano and continuo the Hasse for 2 sopranos and piano. 1r: Conclusion of unknown work text "Sì vi baccio ma ohimè". 11 measures 1v-3r: POLLAROLO Carlo Francesco ca. 1653-1723. Assisa in Carro d'ombre. Cantata del Sig.r Carlo Franco Polaroli - Termini C9. 1 other manuscript copy located in RISM. 3v-5v: PORPORA Nicola 1686-1768. Se la rosa fresca e bella. Cantata del Sig.r Niccolò Porpora - Sutton 101. 3 other manuscript copies located in RISM. 5v-8v: HASSE Johann 1699-1783. Ah se dite mi privi. Duetto nell' opera Ipermestra dal Sig.r Hasse - Numerous manuscript copies located in RISM. 9-13: blank Outer leaves somewhat browned and soiled; some wear to corners and edges throughout. unknown books
1832réf. 43810n.a.: n.a. 1832. Stitched self wrappers. Very good lightly browned a few lower fore edge corners folded tiny marginal chip at leaf 16 and one closed tear on rear leaf numeral inked on title original stitching but perhaps removed from a later volume. 40 pp. 16mo. "Q. Does God's holy law permit rebelliousness against one's temporal Sovereign R. Never indeed condemns it highly; for the sacred writing which as you know is the very word of God declares that the High Official Podesta does not come from God but whoever resists him resists precisely the ordination of God and thus proceeds to damnation." Thus begins Count Monaldo Leopardi's 1776-1847 counter-revolutionary Catechism on Revolutions arguing that Christianity and the French Revolution are incompatible that the rebellion is an ignominious revolt against the metaphysical and social order established by God and that tradition is more important that abstract concepts of liberalism. Meant for use in schools it was one of two essays published by Leopardi in 1832. Two editions were published in 1832 both rather uncommon. This edition without date and publisher but which Sorbelli's "Opuscoli stampe alla macchia e fogli volanti riflettenti il pensiero politico italiano: 1830-1835" dates as 1832 is held by only two libraries: Univ. Conn. and Biblioteca Casanatense. [n.a.] unknown books
1846réf. 001217Napoli Naples: Tipografia Floriana 1846. 1st Edition thus. Quarter Calf. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 787 pp. 11 color plates of soldiers and fighters and 4 steel engravings of panoramas or views. Comprehensive history of Algeria from Ancient Carthage to the then present of French control. Binding and text blocks are tight. Some occasional foxing and on some pages it is considerable as inevitable given the paper stock used. The costume color plates though are attractive and mostly clean albeit their paper is toned a bit. Red calf spine and boards have a fair amount of rubbing scuffing and wear with some rawness on spine extremities. Overall better than a good copy. Tipografia Floriana unknown books
1889réf. 26328Firenze: A cura del Municipio 1889. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards. Binding cracked some tape repairs to spine and interior small tear to map about good. 133 pp. Illus. with 4 of 6 plates some folding. 26 cm. Contains the maps including the large 29 x 27 inches colored map of central Florence. A cura del Municipio hardcover books
1847réf. 12406Andrea Moretti Genova 1847 - 1857. 1st edition. Hardback. Quarter calf over mottled boards G. 568241234pp cheap paper browned in places top of 4th item shaved close but not affecting text old fold marks to 2 items. A small 6"x 4" bound collection of political pamphlets. Uncommon. Pasella wrote only the third Item. Andrea Moretti, Genova hardcover
1826réf. 12695Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Della Biblioteca Cattolica. Napoli: Italy 1826 First Italian Edition:This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Contemporary Quarter Tan Calfover marbled boardsplain cream endpapersno half title with title lettering in gilt to spinewith elaborate floral gilt decoration to spine alsono raised bands.William Cobbett Son of a farmer and innkeeper Cobbett joined the army when he was 21 but had to flee to America in 1791 after making accusations of military corruption. There he was stung into action in 1794 by the visit of Joseph Priestley the scientist and radical. Convinced that Priestley was a traitor Cobbett wrote the pamphlet that launched his journalistic career. For the next six years he published 12 volumes of diatribes against American democracy his style securing him many enemies and the nickname 'Peter Porcupine'. After paying a heavy fine in a libel judgement Cobbett returned to England in 1800.This title from Cobbett contains information relative to the brewing of Beermaking of breadkeeping of cowsPisBeesEwesGoatsPoultry and Rabbitsand relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a Labourer's family;to which are addedinstructions relative to the selectingthe cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English Grass and Grainfor the purpose of making Hats and Bonnets.Their are no previous inscriptions presentwith occasional foxing internally8vo 562pp First Italian Edition of this Famous Text . Very Good. Half-Leather. First Edition. 1826. Dalla Tipografia Della Biblioteca Cattolica hardcover
1860réf. 257826Milan Venice & Verona: P. Ripamenti Carpano 1860. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Bound in the publisher's "chocolate box" style of white paper boards elaborately embossed and chromolithographed front cover with a central die-cut oval revealing a hand-colored engraving of a woman pulling a necklace from a jewellery box her dress embellished with small jewels rear cover with a central embossed image of a floral boquet some foxing throughout in a custom cardboard chemise. Volume 13 only. Engraved title and 9 engraved plates after contemporary Italian painters. xxxix i 68 xv iii pp. 4to. Volume 13 of this Italian art periodical in a beautiful "chocolate box" style binding of embossed and chromolithographed paper boards. P. Ripamenti Carpano unknown
1896réf. 26549Brooklyn NY: Lia Rand 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 62 pages. Well known for her Philosphy of Cooking this is a very scarce title with beautifully illustrated front board depicting an Italian flower seller in traditional costume. Lia Rand Hardcover
1845réf. 1716491845. ALPHABET. ITALIAN CALLIGRAPHIC MANUAL. Cinquanta tavole alfabetiche. 51 ff. includes 50 engraved b&w plates. 145 x 400 mm. contemporary half-cloth over marbled boards. Bologna: Vendibile da Zecchi ca. 1845. A charming Italian alphabet with illustrations by Carlo Lenzi Giuseppe Lanzani Francesco Franceschini Victor Adam Gaetano Canuti Fillipo Camisana A Magnaron Pietro Romagnoli and Simon Midoli. Some foxing and staining throughout but nevertheless an acceptable copy of a rare book with OCLC listing Getty Huntington Newberry Harvard Texasand 3 in Europe. hardcover
1815réf. ABC_49356Milan: Pietro Agnelli 1815. Contemporary half beige cloth marbled paper sides with the title lettered in gold on the spine. 12mo. With a small woodcut vignette on each title page. 5 volumes bound as 2. First and only Milan edition of the Heyaryek-Rouz or Thousand and one days so called to give the work an air of originality Chauvin IV 124. A Persian manuscript of this work was given to Francois Petit de la Croix in Isfahan in 1675 but enjoyed far fewer editions and translations than the Alf layla wa-layla. As Chauvin notes it cannot be determined whether the Thousand and one days or the Thousand and one nights was composed first; nevertheless to this day the Heyarek-Rouz is much less well-known to the Western world IV 123f. Chauvin quotes one commentator who declares the Heyarek-Rouz much more ingenious and more realistic as it sometimes includes marvels following the taste of the Oriental.The bindings show signs of wear some occasional browning and foxing. Otherwise in good condition.l OPAC SBN ITICCULO1E019449 4 copies incl. 1 incomplete; WorldCat 799553244 1 copy; cf. this edition not in Chauvin. Pietro Agnelli, hardcover
1831réf. ABC_49344Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli 1831. Contemporary half calf with the title and volume numbers in gold on the spine. 12mo. With 26 of 27 engraved plates drawn by Pietro Zandomeneghi and engraved by Giorgio Buttazzon. 27 parts in 9 volumes. Rare first illustrated Italian edition of the Arabian Nights the first new translation after Coletis. This is one of the finest Italian editions of the Nights both for its impressive set of plates and for its translation. The editor and translator Antonio Francesco Falconetti had worked on a greatly expanded French corpus that is considered one of the most complete versions of the work: The translation entirely new is based on the latest Paris edition found for the part already made public by Galland on original texts amended and enlarged with new stories by M. Destains and then completed with the addition of a very large number of previously unpublished novellas discovered by M. Hammer which form a good third of the entire series editors preface vol. I p. XI.Overall in very good condition lacking only the frontispiece in vol. II perforation to the blank margin of vol. II p. 293.l OPAC SBN ITICCUVEA0151721 11 copies incl. 8 incomplete; cf. Chauvin IV p. 91 no. 238 second ed.; this ed. not in WorldCat. Giuseppe Antonelli, unknown
1867réf. ABC_49343Milan: Libreria Editrice Oliva 1867. Contemporary half calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine. 12mo. With a wood engraved frontispiece in each volume. 4 volumes. Scarce illustrated edition of a classic testifying to the great popularity which the Thousand and one nights enjoyed throughout the 19th century also in Milan. In his introductory letter to the reader the publisher notes I shall not mention the faults of the competing editions lest I hear and perhaps justifiably so the words qui sine peccato whispered in my ear but I do hope that the care taken with the present one will render it not unworthy of the public to whom it is hereby recommended".Only three copies traced in Italian libraries.With a contemporary rubbed handwritten ownership in scription Fortini Edoardo on the pastedown of vol. 2. Occasional browning to interior as expected. Otherwise in good condition.l OPAC SBN ITICCUTO01223198 3 copies incl. 2 incomplete; WorldCat 875083401 1 copy; cf. not in Chauvin. Libreria Editrice Oliva, unknown
1833réf. ABC_49352Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli 1833. Contemporary boards with a red title label and a black volume number label both lettered in gold on each spine. 16mo. With an engraved frontispiece in each of the 15 volumes. 15 volumes bound as 5. First illustrated Italian edition: a charming edition of the Heyaryek-Rouz or Thousand and One Days so-called to give the work an air of originality Chauvin IV 124. A Persian manuscript of this work was given to Francois Petit de la Croix in Isfahan in 1675 but enjoyed far fewer editions and translations than the Alf layla wa-layla. As Chauvin notes it cannot be determined whether the Thousand and one days or the Thousand and One Nights was composed first nevertheless to this day the Heyarek-Rouz is much less well-known to the Western world IV 123f. Chauvin quotes one commentator who declares the Heyarek-Rouz much more ingenious and more realistic as it sometimes includes marvels following the taste of the Oriental. The lovely frontispieces are drawn by Pietro Zandomeneghi and engraved by Giorgio Buttazzon.The bindings show signs of wear with some worming to the spines occasional light worming to the gutters blank margins. Otherwise in good condition.l Graesse IV 525; OPAC SBN ITICCUTO00988443 12 copies incl. 8 incomplete; WorldCat 1403675888 and other numbers; 1 incomplete copy also in OPAC SBN; cf. this edition not in Chauvin. Giuseppe Antonelli, hardcover
1863réf. ABC_47223Pont-à-Mousson France 1863. Size of the whole when folded and closed: 22.5 x 18 cm. Élie Haguenthal colophon: Paul Toussaint Half red cloth and hand coloured lithographed paper sides. Lithographed folding panorama showing 8 different lithographed scenes captioned in and beneath the illustrations of the Italian War of 1859 from the French-Italian perspective.The 8 scenes 5 3-leaf scenes and 3 single leaf scenes are assembled to make a single long foldout as assembled with the text: 21.5 x 395 cm; image size 19 x ca. 310 cm coloured by a contemporary hand. 5 ll. of letterpress text and the lithographed folding panorama. Second known copy of a lithographic panorama of the Italian War of 1859 also known as the Second Italian War of Independence. This war was fought in the northwest Piedmont region of Italy pitting the Second French Empire and Savoy-Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire and it proved crucial in the process of Italian unification. The text and following hand-coloured lithographs describe and depict eight stages of the war from the departure of French troops for Italy to their return some months later and highlighting several important battles including those at Magenta and Solferino. As a result the influence of the Austrian Empire in Italy was greatly reduced.The present work is extremely rare: we have located only one other copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and it moreover differs slightly from the present one.The title-page functions as the front paste-down the text and illustration of the panorama fold out from there. The text and illustration have been printed on one side of the paper. With a French inscription in pencil at the head of the first page. The binding is somewhat foxed and browned the front board is slightly cracked the red cloth around the spine is slightly faded the back hinge is weakened some occasional staining and very slight foxing throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. WorldCat 461406796 1 copy of a later ed.: Bibliothèque Nationale de France; for the publisher Haguenthal: Dictionnaire des imprimeurs-lithographes du XIXe siècle http://elec.enc.sorbonne.fr/imprimeurs/node/25785. ABE CAT Art History ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY EUROPE MILITARY HISTORY Art & Art History Battle Plans & Siegecraft Italy Mediterranean Regions Military History 19th Century hardcover
1831réf. 41474Napoli Naples Italy: Raffaele Miranda. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo; 246 & 2 blank pages; TWO interesting contemporary accounts of Napoleon Bonaparte both first editions - one published in 1820; the other in 1831 bound together in a handsome octavo volume. The binding is in the Romantique style: quarter black calf over marbled paper covered boards flat spine richly decoratively stamped in gilt plain laid endpapers edges decoratively sprinkled blue. Ad I: 'Biografia istorica del prigioniere di S. Elena : con una descrizione topografica di quest'isola / estratta dalla Galleria de' contemporanei di Luigi Jullian ; prima versione italiana eseguita sull'ultima edizione francese da Domenico Solito.' Napoli : Raffaele Miranda 1831. This copy is signed in ink by Domenico Solito the Italian translator on the verso of the half title page underneath a printed notice to the effect that purchasers should consider copies offered for sale without the signature as counterfeits. The French original was published in several editions as: 'Notice biographique sur Napoléon. Extrait de la galerie historique des contemporains.' This title had appeared in a third edition by 1822: "Troisième édition augmentée jusqu'a sa mort." Bruxelles : Auguste Wahlen et compagnie 1822. The larger work referred to was written by Pierre Louis Pascal de Jullian: "Galerie historique des Contemporains ou nouvelle Biographie seule e´dition dans laquelle se trouven re´unis les hommes morts ou vivans de toutes les nations qui se sont fait remarquer a la fin du 18-me sie`cle et au commencement de celui-ci par leurs e´crits leurs actions leurs talens leurs vertus ou leurs crimes." This work eventually grew to several volumes. The 1831 first edition in Italian is quite scarce to the point that it does not appear in OCLC. There are copies in a few Italian institutions located in the OPAC SBN. There is some diffuse foxing throughout probably associated with the quality of the paper used in this edition as the binding is well preserved. Ad II: 'Massime e pensieri del prigioniere di Sant-Elena manoscritto trovato nelle carte de Las-Casas. Tradotto dal francese da Felice Miola.' Napoli: Dalla tipografia di Porcelli 1820. 8vo: 115 & 1 blank pp. This was presented at the time of publication as written or dictated by Napoleon himself. Now historians generally accept the notion that the text reflects mostly the work of the man to whom it was supposed to have been dictated -- Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonne´ comte de Las Cases. In the same manner as the first volume bound here this copy is signed by the Italian translator this time on the verso of the title page. This title does appear in OCLC see number: 18586354 -- four locations only: 2 copies at Harvard 1 each at UC Berkeley and the University of Manchester UK Library. There was another Italian version published during that same year of 1820 in Palermo That one appeared without a translator's name specified but stated: "Novissima traduzione interamente riformata e ricorretta." The Palermo edition is most likely the sort of thing that Felice Miola and his Neapolitan publisher were hoping to avoid by signing the "genuine" copies like ours. OCLC locates a copy of the Palermo verso at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Two rare Italian contributions to the vast literature of Napoleon one published while the former Emperor was still held by the British on remote Saint Helena. There are no marks of ownership other than the faint number "959" stamped at the upper corner of the first title. Both titles have diffuse moderate foxing; there is some toning to the upper portions of the leaves of the second title. The splendid binding is well preserved apart from some erosion of the marbled paper at the edges and corners of the boards.; Signed by Translator . 1831. Raffaele Miranda hardcover
1841réf. 1414853Firenze Florence: Sansone Coen 1841. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 946 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In green leather quarter binding with gilt titling and decoration to spine and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Boards show moderate shelving wear with scuffing to covers. Rubbing along edges at head and tail and at corners. Scrape along fore edge of front cover. Faint cracking to leather on spine. Small area of chipping at the head. Exposed board at the fore corners. Text block is lightly age toned and moderately foxed along the edges faint dust soiling to the top edge. Faint water damage near the bottom of the gutters on endpapers through p. 3. Shelved in Room F. 1414853. Special Collections - Upstairs. Sansone Coen hardcover
1839réf. 15692Torino: Alessandro Fontana 1839. believed first edition. . Hardcover. Good. Orazio Vernet. 4to A good copy for its age leather spine rubbed at edges bumping to cloth cover corners. Some foxing. Very heavy book may incur additional postage charge. Alessandro Fontana hardcover
1832réf. 43810n.a.: n.a. 1832. Stitched self wrappers. Very good lightly browned a few lower fore edge corners folded tiny marginal chip at leaf 16 and one closed tear on rear leaf numeral inked on title original stitching but perhaps removed from a later volume. 40 pp. 16mo. "Q. Does God's holy law permit rebelliousness against one's temporal Sovereign R. Never indeed condemns it highly; for the sacred writing which as you know is the very word of God declares that the High Official Podesta does not come from God but whoever resists him resists precisely the ordination of God and thus proceeds to damnation." Thus begins Count Monaldo Leopardi's 1776-1847 counter-revolutionary Catechism on Revolutions arguing that Christianity and the French Revolution are incompatible that the rebellion is an ignominious revolt against the metaphysical and social order established by God and that tradition is more important that abstract concepts of liberalism. Meant for use in schools it was one of two essays published by Leopardi in 1832. Two editions were published in 1832 both rather uncommon. This edition without date and publisher but which Sorbelli's "Opuscoli stampe alla macchia e fogli volanti riflettenti il pensiero politico italiano: 1830-1835" dates as 1832 is held by only two libraries: Univ. Conn. and Biblioteca Casanatense. [n.a.] unknown
1826réf. 43269Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards. Former owner's bookplates to inner covers william wickham with armorial shield. Some rubbing and flecking off of leather from spines. Spine label of vol. 2 has a bit of loss. Corners edgeworn. Map is a bit torn along fold but no loss. Some foxing.; Vol. I: 1826 x 472 pp; Vol. II: 1826 iv 444; 2 Volume Set; 1-2 . 1826. Oxford At the Clarendon Press hardcover
