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AINE, H. Roux and L. Barre.
Herculanum Et Pompei Recueil General Des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc. Decouverts Jusqu'a Ce Jour, Et Reproduits D'Apres Le Antichita Di Ercolano, Il Museo Borbonico Et Tous Les Ovrages Analogues Augmente De Sujets Inedits Graves Au Train Sur Cuivre Par H. Roux Aine. Paris: Librarie De Firmin Didot Freres, 1870-1872. In eight volumes. Later edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary red half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, single gilt decoration in the compartments. Bookplate, a touch of rubbing but still a near fine set which includes volume 8 which is frequently lacking.
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BECCELLI, Giulio Cesare.
Il Gonnella Canti XII Con Gli Argomenti Di Ciascun Canto Di.......A Sua Eccellenza Chiara Pisani.
Verona: Per Dionigi Ramanzini Libraio a S. Tomio, 1739. First edition. Sm.4to., full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, (4), 280pp. Slight dampstain on lower edge of several leaves not affecting the text, but certainly a very good copy.
Verona: Per Dionigi Ramanzini Libraio a S. Tomio, 1739. First edition. Sm.4to., full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, (4), 280pp. Slight dampstain on lower edge of several leaves not affecting the text, but certainly a very good copy.
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
La Marchesana Di Monferrato Novella Di........
Venezia: Dalla Tipografia Di Giambattista Merlo, 1856. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 32pp. Bookplate, small tape repair to top of the spine o/w very good.
Venezia: Dalla Tipografia Di Giambattista Merlo, 1856. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 32pp. Bookplate, small tape repair to top of the spine o/w very good.
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CAMPI, Paolo Emilio.
Bibli: Tragedia Del Conte.....Di Modana Accademico Ducale.
Modena: Preso La Societa Tipografica, 1774. First edition. 4to., cont. flexible marble paper boards, handwritten label on the spine, 148, (1)p.errata. Spine faded with some rubbing o/w a near fine, clean copy with wide margins.
Modena: Preso La Societa Tipografica, 1774. First edition. 4to., cont. flexible marble paper boards, handwritten label on the spine, 148, (1)p.errata. Spine faded with some rubbing o/w a near fine, clean copy with wide margins.
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CASTELAR, Emilio.
Old Rome and New Italy. By....Translated by Mrs. Arthur Arnold. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. Later edition. 8vo., orig. rust cloth, (viii), (9)-(302), 8pp.ads. Name on halftitle, some chipping to spine ends o/w very good.
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CASTELAR, Emilio.
Old Rome and New Italy. Recuerdos De Italia.....Translated by Mrs. Arthur Arnold.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition in English. Tall 8vo., orig. dec. rust cloth, vi, 352pp. About fine.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition in English. Tall 8vo., orig. dec. rust cloth, vi, 352pp. About fine.
| $225 | Book Number: 24013 | Order / Enquire |
CHIABRERA, Gabriello.
La Firenze Poema Di......Divisio In IX. Canti Cogli Argomenti Di Donileo Eginetico.
Ferrara: Per Giuseppe Rinaldi, 1777. Later edition. (first published 1615, there was also an edition in 1628). With the bookplate of Stillman Drake. 12mo., full cont. calf, 147, (1)pp. Ink name on front blank, worm holes in rear blanks and the last leaf not affecting the text, binding rubbed with wear to extremities, a good copy.
Gabriello Chiabrera [1552-1638] Italian poet. Along with Marini, Chiabrera is one of the greatest lyric poets of that century. Chiabrera especially was a devoted student of Greek and is often called the Italian Pindar. But he also used the French poet Ronsard as a model. "He used to say that he strove to follow Columbus in discovering a new world, a new world of poetry, as a reaction against the conventionalities of Petrachism and the degenerated taste of the century." "On the whole, his poems are marked by splendid epithets, beautiful images , grace of form, richness of rhyme....."
Ferrara: Per Giuseppe Rinaldi, 1777. Later edition. (first published 1615, there was also an edition in 1628). With the bookplate of Stillman Drake. 12mo., full cont. calf, 147, (1)pp. Ink name on front blank, worm holes in rear blanks and the last leaf not affecting the text, binding rubbed with wear to extremities, a good copy.
Gabriello Chiabrera [1552-1638] Italian poet. Along with Marini, Chiabrera is one of the greatest lyric poets of that century. Chiabrera especially was a devoted student of Greek and is often called the Italian Pindar. But he also used the French poet Ronsard as a model. "He used to say that he strove to follow Columbus in discovering a new world, a new world of poetry, as a reaction against the conventionalities of Petrachism and the degenerated taste of the century." "On the whole, his poems are marked by splendid epithets, beautiful images , grace of form, richness of rhyme....."
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CLEMENT, Clara Erskine.
Rome The Eternal City Its Religions, Monuments, Literature, and Art.
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, (1896). In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. decorated red cloth, xi, 422; vii, 423-831pp. Spines a bit faded o/w a near fine copy of an attractive book.
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, (1896). In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. decorated red cloth, xi, 422; vii, 423-831pp. Spines a bit faded o/w a near fine copy of an attractive book.
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CORSINI, Bartolommeo.
Il Torracchione Di.......Con alcune spiegazioni de l'aggiunta del suo Anacreonte Toscano...... Londra: (a spurious imprint, probably Paris), Si trova in Parigi appresson Marcello Prault, 1768. In two volumes. First edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, (xvi), 383; 375pp. Outer hinge of volume II cracked but holding, a very good set. Bartolemmeo Corsini [1606-1673] Italian poet, author of the above comic heroic poem.
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CRAWFORD, F. Marion.
Salve Venetia Gleanings from Venetian History. With 225 Illustrations by Joseph Pennell.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1905. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. turquoise cloth with decoration in gilt and white on upper cover and with a smaller version of the same on the spines, xii, 517, (4); xii, 441, (4)pp.ads. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1905. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. turquoise cloth with decoration in gilt and white on upper cover and with a smaller version of the same on the spines, xii, 517, (4); xii, 441, (4)pp.ads. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
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CRESCIMBENI, Giovanni Mario.
Le Vite Degli Arcadi Illustri....Parte Prima. In Roma: Nella Stamperia di Antonio de' Rossi, 1708. First edition of Part One. (the remaining parts were published in 1710, 1714, 1727 and 1751 respectively). 4to., full contemporary vellum, (20), 222, (10)pp. Vellum somewhat soiled but o/w a near fine copy. Contains short biographies of the following; Francesco Redi, D'Angelo Della Noce, Francesco D'Andrea, Marcello Malpighi, Carlo Maria Maggi, Raffaello Fabbretti, Lorenzo Bellini, Vincenzio Viviani, Antonio Caraccio, Benedetto Menzini, Francesco de Lemene, and Cardinale Enrico Noris.
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DE BUNSEN, Madame Charles.
In Three Legations. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1909. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xv, 375pp. A bit of rubbing o/w a nice copy.
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DENNISTOUN, James.
Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbion, Illustrating the Arms, Arts and Literature of Italy, from 1440 to 1630.
London: Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. In three volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with gilt decoration in the middle of the upper covers, gilt decoration on the spines, xlviii, 448, (32); (xxiv), (472); (xx), 472pp. Inner hinges badley cracked, chipping to the spine ends, a better than good copy but not very good.
London: Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. In three volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with gilt decoration in the middle of the upper covers, gilt decoration on the spines, xlviii, 448, (32); (xxiv), (472); (xx), 472pp. Inner hinges badley cracked, chipping to the spine ends, a better than good copy but not very good.
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FAURE, Gabriel.
Rome. London: The Medici Society, nd. (193-?) Square 8vo., cont. blue leather, cloth, (154)pp. Name on halftitle, rubber stamp on e/paper o/w near fine.
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FAURE, Gabriel.
The Dolomites. London: The Medici Society, 1925. First edition. Cloth, 143pp. A nice copy.
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FRIEDLANDER, Herman.
Views In Italy, During a Journey In The Years 1815 and 1816.
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, paper boards, leather spine label, 124pp. A fine copy.
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1821. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a calf spine, paper boards, leather spine label, 124pp. A fine copy.
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GALLENGA, A. (Antonio).
Italy Revisited. By..... London: Samuel Tinsley, 1875. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels, xii, 403; (viii), 400pp. Volume 1 lacking the blank o/w a near fine copy.
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GALLUZZI, Tarquino.
Tarquinii Gallutii Sabini e societate Jesu Carminum Libri Tres ...... Romae: Apud Bartholomaeum Zannettum, 1616. Second edition. (First published in 1611). From the library of the noted Galileo scholar, Stillman Drake. Sm. 8vo., full contemporary vellum, (16), 495, (1)pp. [ I8, A-Z8, Aa-Hh8] Titelpage torn at edges, with wormholes affecting the decorative border but not the title or imprint, small stain on the lower corner of the last 30pp. not affecting text, o/w a very good copy of this volume of poetry by the Jesuit Latinist, Tarquinio Galluzzi [1573-1649].
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GENN, C.T.
Rome. London: A. & C. Black, 1919. Reprint. "Peeps at Great Cities" series. 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth (school prize binding), (96)pp. Spine faded o/w fine.
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GIODANO, da Rivalto.
Prediche del beato F. Giordano da Rivalto dell "Ordine de'Predicatori. Fiernze: Stampeiria di P.G. Viviani, 1739. First edition. From the library of Stillman Drake with his bookplate. 4to., full contemporary vellum, l, (1)-324pp. [ (26), Qq4, R6] Lightly soiled o/w near fine.
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