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Milano E. Treves & c., 1869. 8vo., publisher's brown cloth with a wonderful front-cover brass-stamped design of the frame of a draped window looking out onto a balcony on which there are flowers and butterflies. The design is achieved in gilt with applied onlays of yellow, green, red, blue and white. The rear cover design is much smaller and simpler being stamped in gilt with green onlay; the spine is quite elaborate and the onlays used are pink, blue and green. There is some slight rubbing to the ... more information

N.p. , 1813. Tall 8vo., contemporary three-quarter calf over paste-paper boards; title in gilt on the spine. FIRST EDITION. The work by Count Clarac (1777-1847) is devoted to the archeological remains of Pompei and includes fifteen engraved plates (many of them fold-outs), after his own drawings, engraved by F. Mori. The light foxing that touches some of the text does not affect the plates, whose subjects include architectural renderings, artifacts and inscriptions. We were unable to trace another copy of ... more information

London R. Brimley Johnson, 1901. 4to., three-quarter crushed green morocco over cloth sides; spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration [by Riviere]. The joints and hinges have been renewed using morocco that closely matches the sunned spine and corners.First edition of Trevelyan's second book, it consists of sixteen poems, sonnets and translations, classical in origin, each of which is illustrated by a classical chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and olive green, much in the manner ... more information

New Castel Oak Knoll Books, 1981. 8vo., publisher's blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine; in the original dust jacket. A FINE COPY of the ONLY bibliography of the Press, it is a helpful tool for the collector, bookseller and librarian alike. The entries are extremely detailed, there is a comprehensive index, and a number of useful illustrations and facsimilies. There were but 260 copies of the first edition which made it difficult to obtain for a long time. THE REPRINT OF THE 1938 FIRST EDITI... more information