Essay on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting
by Bell, Charles
London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. 4to. 295 x 230 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [xii], 184 of 186 pp., missing the half-title to Essay VI at p. 105-106. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates and stipple engravings in the text. Near contemporary black leather spine and tips, marbled paper boards; some light rubbing to the joints, otherwise very sound and attractive. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Picton Rose Richards. Like his older brother John Bell, Charles... Read More
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Engravings of the Bones, Muscles and Joints
by Bell, John M.D.
Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, 1816. Bell, John M.D. Engravings of the Bones, Muscles and Joints. Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, 1816, 1815. $ 400.00 Two volumes. 4to. 275 x210 mm. (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches). 108pp.; 123 pp. Illustrated with 32 full-page engravings after designs by the author. Bound in contemporary American sheep, rubbed yet sound; gently foxed throughout. Ex-libris of Dr. Willard I. Myers. First American... Read More
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![[COOKERY & WINE]. Lodi del porco, opera piacevole e ridicolosa. Nella quale à pieno si descrive la perfezzione, la bontà, l’eccelenza, l’industria, la magnanimità, la valorosità, e la fierezza del porco. Nuovamente composta per Ieronimo Berselli bolognese](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/564/909/1475909564.0.l.jpg)
[COOKERY & WINE]. Lodi del porco, opera piacevole e ridicolosa. Nella quale à pieno si descrive la perfezzione, la bontà, l’eccelenza, l’industria, la magnanimità, la valorosità, e la fierezza del porco. Nuovamente composta per Ieronimo Berselli bolognese
by Berselli, Geronimo
Firenze: Stampata in Bologna con licenza de’Superiori et restampata in Firenze, 1592. 8vo. 145 x 95 mm., [5 2/4 x 4 inches]. [4] leaves. Title printed with an typographical border. Bound in recent half red morocco over marbled paper boards, title gilt on spine. A fine copy. Originally published in 1590, this is the second edition of this rare poem in praise of the pork. Written in the form of a eulogy the author, praises the part of the... Read More
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The Sky is Red
by Berto, Giuseppe
[New York]: New Direction Books, 1948. 8vo. 210 x 150 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. vi, 397 pp. Publisher's tan linen cloth, title on spine in red, and outline image of a leaf in red on upper board, dust jacket; scuff to lower board, dust jacket with chips at head and tail of spine with minor loss, edges rubbed of color; some minor water staining. A good copy only. "The Sky is Red is a war... Read More
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The Brave Volunteers from North Haven. (Caption title)
by (Civil War). H. B-----. (Harrison Beverage)
(North Haven?, Maine?), 1864. 4to. broadside. 255 x 167 mm. [10 x 6 ¾ inches]. 12 stanzas of verse in two columns, with woodcut engraving of large sailing ship set beneath the title. American Navy Civil War verse broadside from North Haven Island, Maine,written by Harrison Beverage. The broadside lists many names of sailors from North Haven and ships that they served on. The names included are Hanson Carver, the Brown's - Eben & John, the Alexanders... Read More
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The Charterhouse of Parma. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker
by Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle)
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm., [8 x 5 1/2 inches]. [14], 507, [1]1 pp. Illustrated with two maps and full-page illustrations in the text. Publisher's grey cloth, dust jacket. Near fine copy. Set during the Napoleonic wars, The Charterhouse of Parma is set in the aristocratic court of Parma and the battles leading up to Waterloo and portrays and through its characters and historical perspective "illuminates an entire epoch of European history." ... Read More
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![[ART & ILLUSTRATION]. Nuova Raccolta di Scene Popolari e Costumi di Napoli, Disegnati esattamente dal vero. Stampati e Pubblicati nella Litografia di Signori Cuciniello e Bianchi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/644/1606644954.0.l.jpg)
[ART & ILLUSTRATION]. Nuova Raccolta di Scene Popolari e Costumi di Napoli, Disegnati esattamente dal vero. Stampati e Pubblicati nella Litografia di Signori Cuciniello e Bianchi
by Cuciniello e Bianchi
In Napoli: Cuciniello e Bianchi, 1827. Folio. 400 x 280 mm., [15 ½ x 11 inches]. Printed title on upper board, 24 full page lithographic plates. Bound in original leather back boards, printed title on upper board; some rubbing to the paper on the boards and edges, sine very lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown reading “Bibliothèque Du Prince De Sayn Wittgenstein”. Sound and attractive copy. Rare first edition of Cuciniello e Bianchi’s lithographs representing the costumes and... Read More
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The Rocky Mountains (Lander's Peak)
by Bierstadt, Albert
New York: Edward Bierstadt, 1866. Image size including text: 425 x 705 mm., (16 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches). Steel engraving by James Smillie after a painting by Albert Bierstadt that was completed in 1863. Signed in Pencil by both Bierstadt and Smillie. A few brown spots removed by expert paper conservator. Excellent condition. "This painting is the major work that resulted from the artist's first trip to the West. His intention to create panoramic views of... Read More
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Prose di Monsignor Stefano Rossi, Ligure
by Binding. Rossi, Stefano
Firenze: Nella Stamperia Granducale, 1841. 4to. 265 x 200 mm., [10 ¼ x 8 inches]. xxvi, 244, [1] pp. Gift binding, bound in full purple morocco, with a large border of three designs, including an outer gilt boarder of Greek design, a wider decorative leaf and vine pattern gilt border and a single fillet gilt border, all enclosing a large, embossed lozenge of patterned acanthus leaves and vines filling the center of both boards; spine decorated with six gilt... Read More
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The Country Election
by Bingham, George Caleb
New York: Goupil & Co., 1854. Image size 550 x 758 mm., (21 7/8 x 29 7/8 inches). Printed on wove paper. Margins and legend removed; some restoration to the sky in the upper left, and old paper repair to central right otherwise a strong and highly detailed image. One of the classic American images of the mid-19th century was based on a painting created by George C. Bingham in 1851-52. The popularity of the painting, and... Read More
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Dissertazione sopra la Porpora Antica e sopra la Scoperta della Porpora ne'Murici. Scritta nell'Occazione di Rispondere alle Critiche del Dr. Ambrogio Fusinieri
by Bizio, Bartolommeo
Venezia: Tipografia di Gio Cecchini e Comp., 1843. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 112 pp. Original blue paper, printed wrappers, stitched as issued; front wrapper with some creases and the spine with some rubbing, otherwise sound and attractive. First and only edition of Bartolommeo Bizio's response to the work of Dr. Ambrogio Fusinieri's essay on the creation of the color purple from the internal organs of mollusks found in abundance in the Mediterranean... Read More
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Original Acrostics, on Some of the Southern States, Confederate Generals, and Various Other Person and Things
by Blackwell, Robert
St. Louis: Published for the Author, 1869. 8vo. 185 x 120 mm., [7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. 100, [iv] pp. Illustrated throughout with wood engravins. Brown publisher's cloth, title gilt on spine. Cloth somewhat faded and worn, text block partially loose in binding.First edition. Post Civil War book of poems, many of which highlight the lives of Confederate soldiers and leaders, including R. E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Andrew Johnson . Some are of a religious... Read More
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Catalogue of the Valuable and Interesting Professional and General Library of an Eminent Physician, removed from Warwickshire, comprising . . . {Standard works in History and Literature}, Works on Obstetric Science, embracing many early and Rare works on the Subject, a few choice works of Art. .
by (Blenkinsop, Henry)
London: Puttick and Simpson, 1866. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 60 pp. Stitched as issued with original buff printed paper wrappers. Very attractive copy of Henry Blenkinsop's (1813-1866) library catalogue, sold immediately upon his death in 1866. The collection consists of 1099 lots, 1069 of which are books. The catalogue is organized by size and then author and it contains many hundreds of medical books, many on the study of obstetrics,... Read More
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Degli uomini tali quali sono o come dovrebbero essere, opera di sentimento.; Translated by Orazio degli Arrighi Landini
by [Blondel, Jean]
Hamburg: [s.n.], 1759. 8vo. 177 x 121 mm. (7 x 4 3/4 inches). 103 pp. Woodcut vignette on title-page. Printing flaw on page 26 with first few words at the beginning of each line are faintly printed. Text lightly soiled. Original paste-paper wrappers, orange paper back strip with paper label pasted over spine; edges of spine rubbed, occasional worming to gutter. Rare Italian edition of Jean Blondel's essay on mankind, which is dedicated to all classes of society.... Read More
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![A Catalogue of Books. iv, 1948 pp. WITH: New, Valuable, and Most Important Books, of which, the Advertiser has Purchased the Entire Editions or Remainders, and now Offered at Very Reduced Price s. 148, [iv] pp](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/606/1603606461.0.l.jpg)
A Catalogue of Books. iv, 1948 pp. WITH: New, Valuable, and Most Important Books, of which, the Advertiser has Purchased the Entire Editions or Remainders, and now Offered at Very Reduced Price s. 148, [iv] pp
by Bohn, Henry C.
Londoon: Henry C. Bohn, 1841. Thick 8vo. 210 x 140 mm.; [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. Illustrated with a view of Bohn's York Street premises and a title-page designed in antique style printed on card stock. Bound in original red morocco spine and tips, marbled paper covers; joints and part of spine expertly repaired with Japanese tissue. The catalogue measures 5 inches [130 mm.]. Henry Bohn was the son of a German bookbinder who emigrated to England in the early years... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Aspinwall, Concerning Louis Bonaparte's Book
by (Bonaparte, Louis). Appleton, Thomas
Leghorn, Italy, 1818. 4to. 250 x 210 mm., [9 ¾ x 8 ½ inches]. 6pp., approximately 1000 words. Autograph letter signed, written in ink in very legible hand, folded. Remnants of an impressed seal, paper stock a bit browned, edges frayed, with a few small holes and cuts at folds all expertly reinforced with Japanese paper. Confidential and quite rare letter written by Thomas Appleton, U. S. Consul in Leghorn, Italy to Thomas Aspinwall, the American... Read More
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Lettere sui primi libri a stampa di alcone citta' e terre dell' Italia Superiore. Lettere Prima. Monumenti della tipografia Genovese nel secolo XV. Lettere Secondo. Primi monumenti della Pavese e Bresciana tipografia, nuovamente scoperti
by Boni, Mauro
Venezia: Stamperia di Carlo Palese, 1794. Small folio. 240 x 192 mm. (11 x 8 inches). cxxxii pp. Illustrated with 3 engraved vignettes by Francesco Novelli. Contemporary decorated paste-paper boards, some minor wear but a very good, sound copy in an original binding. Inscribed by the author in brown ink. First Edition. This work on early printing in Genoa, Pavia, and Brescia is Boni's attempt to arrange in chronological order the books that come the presses in these... Read More
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Jennifer and Her Camera
by (Children's Story Book)
New York City, 1950. Oblong folio. 280 x 360 mm.; [11 x 14 inches]. 14 pp., illustrated with 14 large black and white photographs. Bound in a large paper pad of thick paper stock; leaves loose from binding. An ownership sticker with the name Mrs. Paul E. Eisler of Eastchester, New York is pasted to the front cover. Original hand-made children's story book set in New York City and illustrated with black and white photographs. The narrative tells... Read More
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T. S. Eliot
by Housatonuc Bookshop
Salisbury, Conn.: The Cantina Press, 1938. 16mo. 140 x 105 mm., [5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches]. 72 pp., printed on tissue. Unadorned orange paper wrappers; 2 preliminary leaves and last leaf with some discoloration of the paper stock, otherwise very good. Beautifully and creatively printed catalogue by the Cantina Press containing 28 first editions by the Anglo-American writer, T. S. Eliot. "The books (which are all fine copies and are accurately described) punctuate the several periods... Read More
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Notizia de'Novellieri Italiani
by Borromeo, Anton-Maria
Bassano, 1794. 8vo. xxi, 3, 243 pp. Late 19th century red morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards. Beautifully printed on thick paper, with wide margins. First edition of this catalogue of books of fiction in the library of Anton-Maria Borromeo. Borromeo (1724-1813), son of an illustrious... Read More
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The Companion Guide to Florence
by Borsook, Eve
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1966. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 x 5 1/4 inches]. 416 pp. Illustrated with 24 half-tone plates. Original green cloth, dust jacket; some minor wear to the corners and edges of the dust jacket, cloth binding in very good condition. First edition of Borsook's guide to Florence, written for the traveler as an introduction to all aspects of this Renaissance city. Mixing history with a contemporary account of Florence, Borsook... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres Français, Italiens, Espagnols, Etc., tant Anciens que Modernes
by BOSSANGE, BARTHÉS ET LOWELL
Londres, 1843. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm., (9 ½ x 6 ¼ inches). vi, 538 pp. Original blue diced cloth, gilt title on spine, boards embossed in decorative design in blind. Book plate of the Chatsworth Attic Sale, 5-7 October 2010. Fine copy. "The Catalogue we now offer to the public notice contains a selection of the best productions of French, Italian and Spanish literature of the last century, and is the only Foreign Catalogue of importance that has appeared in... Read More
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![Order of Procession for the Funeral of the Hon. Peter E. Bossier, A Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Louisiana...[Caption title]..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/825/604/1358604825.0.l.jpg)
Order of Procession for the Funeral of the Hon. Peter E. Bossier, A Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Louisiana...[Caption title]..
by (Louisiana. Hon. Peter B. Bossier)
[Washington, D.C., 1844. Folio broadside. 340 x 220 mm., [13 1/3 x 8 ¾ inches]. Wide geometric mourning border. Old folds. Two small pieces lacking from right hand margin, but very good Bossier was of a Creole family, one of the earliest to settle in Louisiana. He was a cotton and sugar plantation owner. A Calhoun democrat, he served from March 4, 1843 until his death on April 24, 1844. He was later reinterred in Natchitoches, La.. ... Read More
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Elogio Storico de Conte Commendatore Gian-Rinaldo Carli
by [Bossi, Luigi]
In Venezia: Lo Stampatore Carlo Palese, 1792. 8vo. 220 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. xvi, 285, [3] pp. Illustrated with an engraved oval portrait and one head piece engraving designed by Francesco Mingardi and engraved by Francesco Novelli. Bound in contemporary paste paper boards, paper label with title in ink on spine. Boards are a bit soiled, but generally a very good copy. First biography of Gian Rinaldo Carli, the famous Italian scientist, economist... Read More
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Catalogue of Books of the Mercantile Library of Boston, together with the Acts of Incorporation, and the By-Laws and Regulations Adopted January, 1848
by Boston
Boston: Printed for the Association, 1848. 8vo. 235 x 140 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 135 pp. Original salmon-colored printed wrappers; some darkening of the wrappers and foxing to the text block, endpapers discolored; shelf mark in ink on lower part of spine and endpapers; a sound and not unattractive copy. The Mercantile Library of Boston was established in 1820 to facilitate the moral and intellectual development of all classes of the community, especially young men. ... Read More
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