Titles starting with I from William Dailey Rare Books Ltd ABAA

Venice: Giuseppe Orlandelli,, 1789.. Sm. 8vo, xxiii, 238pp, with an engraved frontispiece and title page. Modern green morocco, covers panelled in gilt and with a red morocco rectangular onlay. A fine copy, uncut.. This translation of Phocion, Athenian statesman and general who was a pupil of Plato and close friend of Xenocrates, is from the French of the abbî; de Mably. It was first printed at Rome in 1763 and excited some controversy, thanks to which Fabroni (1732-1803) removed to Florence. Des... more information

Florence: Giunti,, (1990).. Folio in wrappers, in full morocco folding case. Fine copy.. One of 998 copies finely printed on Magnani paper. Volume One, 136pp, comprises the transriptions and commentaries with b/w illustrations, accompanied by the 23 unbound facsimile plates in coloron recto and verson, with signed colophon. The definitive edition of the Leonardo material assembled by Carlo Alberto of Savoy about 1840. An appendix includes drawings of artistic nature in the Codex on the Flight of Birds as... more information

London: Printed for Nath. Rolls...,, 1694.. 4to, (18), 64, 37-52, 73-120, 129-762, (13 contents), (1 advert.), 763-795, (1 advert.)pp, Contemp. speckled calf (extremities and joints worn, but cords holding), spine with raised bands. Early ownership entry at ffep; title and final 10 leaves somewhat browned, leaf edges mildly toned throughout, tears at top edge 3 leaves resulting in partial loss of headline, and several words on each of two lines pp.93-94, marginal worm traces at final 10 leaves (not affect... more information

London: Imaginative Book Illustration Society,, 2002.. Sm 4to, 144pp, b/w and color illus. throughout. Illus. wrapper. Fine copy.. Articles discuss the illustrations of Eleanor Vere Boyle, Florence Upton, Millais et al. ... more information

Sofia: Sofia Presse,, 1989.. Sm Folio, 222pp, 100 full-page color plates. Black cloth, lettered in gilt, dust jacket, fine in like dj.. First Edition. Essay and 100 magnificent plates of Bulgarian icons dating from the 9th to 19th centuries. Each plate is presented with collection details and a full description on the facing page. ... more information

Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires,, 1982.. Lg. 4to, 256pp, over 150 illus. (most in color), 4-part panoramic view on 2 folding plates. Tan cloth, spine lettered in brown, dust jacket, upper board just slightly warping outward, discreet bookseller label at paste-down, a nearly fine copy in like dj.. First Edition of this sumptously illustrated and detailed catalogue. Chapters discuss Buenos Aires in the 17th-century; the 18th-century capital of Virreinato; the period of English invasion; independ... more information

Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional,, 1926.. 4to, vii, 260, 35 (appendix and index)pp, apprx. 200 tipped-in tinted half-tone plates, b/w text illus. throughout. Half crimson polished calf over textured boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained red, original wrappers preserved, mild wear, otherwise a nearly fine copy, handsomely bound. . First Edition of this very scarce illustrated survey, limited to 600 numbered copies. ... more information

New York: Vintage Books, , (1985).. 8vo, 595pp, wrappers, very good.. ... more information

Chicago: David L. Streeter,, (1884).. Oblong 8vo, 32pp, b&w illus. throughout. Color illus. wrappers, 1 lt crease, 1 sm rubbed spot to rear, otherwise a crisp, very good copy.. Rare catalogue for Streeter, a Chicago shoe manufacturer of reknown, contains drawings and descriptions of mid-late 19th century American men's and women's footwear. ... more information

Mexico, D.F.: n.p., 1945.. 8vo, 105, (4)pp. Printed wrapers, green lettered, unopened, some soiling, age-toning, otherwise very good.. First Edition of Durand's interview-based biographical sketches of Mexican women who have distinguished themselves in the arts, sciences, and intellectual life. Scarce. ... more information

Yellow Springs: Kahoe & Spieth,, 1927.. 8vo, (8), 74pp, orig. cloth, dust jacket. Signature on endpaper, some sun fading to jacket, otherwise very good.. One of 510 numbered copies printed at the Antioch Press. Bentley 261. ... more information

(Montevideo: Editorial 'Nuestra Tierra,', 1969).. Sq 8vo, 68pp, photo-illus. throughout. Illus. wrappers, very good.. Nuestra Tierra 6. Neoclassical and ecclesiastical architecture in Uruguay. ... more information

(Heidelberg: Richard Weissbach), [n.d., ca. , 1930s].. Oblong 12mo, (11 x 17cm), (12)ff. Boards, paper label, label mildly browned boards mildly soiled, otherwise near fine.. Fourth edition (first published in 1900) of Schleiermacher's Idea Towards a Catechism of Good Sense for Noblewomen, a collection of ten aphorisms on love and emotion. Finely printed by Joh. Enschedî; of Haarlem. ... more information

Cambridge: Harvard University, 1957, reprinted, 1968.. 8vo, 56pp, including 8 plates. Self-wrappers. Fine.. Harvard Botanical Museum Leaflet, Vol. 18, No. 1, June 7, 1957. The Malpighiaceous plants described include ayahuasca, yage, and caapi, first identified by Spruce in the mid-nineteenth century. ... more information

Berkeley: University of California Press, , 1958.. 8vo, (6), 27pp. Original blue & cream striped wrappers, paper label, fine.. First Edition, 1000 copies printed. Complimentary copy from Librarian Lawrence Clark Powell, with slip laid-in. Abbott A15. ... more information

Santiago: (Ediciones Universidad Catolica de Chile),, 1983.. Obl. 4to, 103, (1 index)pp, b/w photo-illus., plans, and cross-sections throughout. Orig. brown wrappers, lettered in white, illus. vignette, wrappers lightly rubbed and bumped at corners, otherwise a very good, clean copy.. First Edition of this detailed architectural study of the 19th- and early 20th-century wooden churches in Cautin and Llanquihue, Chile. ... more information

Nuechatel: Victor Attinger, [ca., 1930].. 8vo, 259pp, 2 map, plates. Illus. wrappers, good.. First Edition of an interesting work on Eskimos. ... more information

Roma; Giulio Einaudi,, 1945.. 8vo, 610pp. Ivory cloth, gilt lettering to black stamped spine label, very good.. First Edition, the copy of Oresta Pucciani, professor of Italian at UCLA and fashion designer Rudi Gernreich's long-term companion, with his signature. ... more information

Florence: Sansoni Editore,, 1965 -67 -73.. 3 vols, tall 8vo, blue grey buckram. Fine set.. First Edition, handsomely printed by Giovanni Mardersteig. ... more information

Firenze: coi tipi dei successori Le Monnier,, 1891.. 4to, (10), 320pp, 48 text illus. Recased in half tan morocco over marbled boards, mild-moderate damp and mold-staining in gutter margin throughout, stamps at half- and full-titles, and 1 text leaf, else a good, generally clean, ex-lib. copy.. First Edition. Luciani initiated the modern study of cerebellar function. G-M 1421. McHenry, p.504. ... more information