CASTELLO S. ANGELO CON LA GIRANDOLA
by ROME. FESTIVALS. Brambilla, Ambrogio, artist (active 1579-99)
Rome: Antonio Brambilla, 1579. FIRST STATE of three. Hardcover. Fine. Etched by Ambrogio Brambilla (active 1579-99) after his own drawing. Signed and dated in the plate "Io. Ambr. Bram. Inv et fe. 1579". Published by Claudio Duchetti, whose name appears at the foot of the plate. Two other states were printed (in the 17th c.). The second state (1602) bore the address of Giovanni Orlandi, which in the third state (printed ca. 1614) was abraded and replaced by... Read More
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Il Mercurio Errante Delle Grandezze di Roma, tanto antiche, che moderne... In questa Ottava Edizione migliorato, ed accresciuto... Diviso in due parti. La Prima contiene Palazzi, e chiese. La Seconda Ville, giardini, terme, acque, teatri, cerchi, archi trionfali, guglie, sepolcri, ed altre antichità, e cose singolari di Roma
by ROME. Pietro Rossini (fl. 1693); Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)
Roma: A spese di Fausto Amidei Libraro al Corso sotto il Palazzo del Signor Marchese Raggi, per Generoso Salomone, 1760. EIGHTH EDITION, EXPANDED. THIS IS THE SECOND ILLUSTRATED EDITION (1st 1750). Hardcover. Fine. TWO COPIES, both bound in contemporary stiff vellum with speckled edges (the first soiled; the second with small stains.) Fine copies, each with a little bit of light foxing and a few light stains. Second copy with light spots on plate 12 and a small... Read More
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Vestigi delle antichita di Roma Tivoli Pozzvolo et altri luochi. Con privilegio di sua Sac. Ces. Mae. Stampati in Praga da Aegidio Sadeler scultore di essa mae 1606
by ROME. Sadeler, Aegidius (1570-1629)
Prague: Aegidius Sadeler, 1606. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine, broad-margined copy with very rich and clear impressions of the plates. Occ. marginal soiling, a few pin-prick wormholes in the margins of a few leaves. Bound in contemporary morocco, richly tooled in gold. With an engraved allegorical title with the main title incised within a wolf's hide hung on a monument; an engraved dedication to Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels (numbered'1'), with the text incised on a stone... Read More
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A restitvtion of decayed intelligence: in antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renovvmed English nation. By the studie and trauaile of R.V. Dedicated vnto the Kings most excellent Maiestie
by Rowlands, Richard [alias Richard Verstegan] (fl. 1565-1620)
Antwerp: by Robert Bruney, 1605. And to be sold at London in Paules-Churchyeard, by Iohn Norton and Iohn Bill, 1605. FIRST EDITION, bound with the FIRST EDITION of Camden's "Remaines. Hardcover. Fine. The title page, printed in red and black, features an engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel. The text is illustrated with ten engravings by the author, including images of fossils, the Saxons arriving in Britain, the Teutonic Gods, and Ethelbert bringing Christianity to England. Two... Read More
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A Relation of Three Embassies from His Sacred Majestie Charles II to the Great Duke of Muscovie, the King of Sweden, and the King of Denmark. Performed by the Earle of Carlisle in the Years 1663 and 1664. Written by an Attendant
by RUSSIA. Miege, Guy (bap. 1644 - d. ca. 1718)
London: printed for John Starkey, 1669. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (A French-language version appeared at Amsterdam in the same year.). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary polished calf, rebacked preserving original spine, corners bumped, light wear. Complete with the two engraved portraits of Charles Howard, First Earl of Carlisle (1628-1685) and Tzar Aleksey Mikhaylovich (1629-1676), just shaved at fore-edge. Title a little dusty, clean tear to margin of Z1 (not entering the text). Fine. First edition of this eyewitness account... Read More
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Nachred das greulich laster, sampt seinen zwölff Eygenschafften
by Sachs, Hans (1494-1576)
Nuremberg: Georg Merckel, 1553. FOURTH EDITION (1st ed. ca. 1532). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern quarter vellum and paste paper over boards. With an unsigned title woodcut (by Georg Pencz?). A tall, broad-margined copy with a few deckled edges preserved. Small natural paper flaw on the final leaf. Bound with a second, anonymous poem, "Klaglied: Deren von Magdeburgk, zu Gott und allen frommen Christen." [Coburg, C. Schnauß], 1551, which has light dampstains. A popular poem on the evils... Read More
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Vestigi delle antichita di Roma Tivoli Pozzvolo et altri luochi. Con privilegio di sua Sac. Ces. Mae. Stampati in Praga da Aegidio Sadeler scultore di essa mae 1606
by Sadeler, Aegidius (1570-1629)
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1660. SECOND EDITION (first printed in 1606). Hardcover. Fine. With an engraved allegorical title with the main title incised within a wolf's hide hung on a monument; an engraved dedication to Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels (numbered'1'), with the text incised on a stone tablet between flanking obelisks and with two putti supporting the dedicatee's arms; and 49 full-paged engraved plates (ca. 170 x 270 mm), all numbered and signed 'Marco Sadeler excudit', with... Read More
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![Operetta molto divota da Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara... sopra edieci comandamenti didio: diricta alla madonna, o uero badessa del monasterio delle Murate di Firenze nella quale si contiene laexamina depeccati dogni [!] & qualunque peccatore: che e utile & perfecta confessione](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/422/332/1548332422.5.l.jpg)
Operetta molto divota da Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara... sopra edieci comandamenti didio: diricta alla madonna, o uero badessa del monasterio delle Murate di Firenze nella quale si contiene laexamina depeccati dogni [!] & qualunque peccatore: che e utile & perfecta confessione
by Savonarola, Girolamo (1452-1498)
Florence: [Gianstephano di Carlo da Pavia], 23 October, 1508. THIRD EDITION, mimicking the layout and using the same woodcuts as the edition published at Florence by Bartolommeo di Libri, 24 Oct. 1495. Another Florentine edition, undated, was printed by Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, ca. 1495-1496. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 20th c. brown morocco. A fine copy. Savonarola’s name has been censored on the title. With a fine woodcut scene on the title page showing Savonarola conversing with... Read More
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![La expositione del Pater Noster Composta per Frate Girolamo da Ferrara… [and] Epistola a una devota donna Bolognese sopra la sancta comunione](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/584/382/1693382584.0.l.jpg)
La expositione del Pater Noster Composta per Frate Girolamo da Ferrara… [and] Epistola a una devota donna Bolognese sopra la sancta comunione
by Savonarola, Girolamo (1452-1498)
? Florence: ?A.Tubini, L. de Alopa and A.Ghirlandi, ca, 1505. AN EARLY ITALIAN EDITION of Savonarola’s “Expositio Orationis Dominicae” and “Epistola della communione”. The Italian versions, first printed at Florence in 1494 or 1495, preceded the printing of the original Latin texts. This edition was long attributed to Gian Stefano di Carlo da Pavia but more recently it has been identified as the work of Tubini, Laurentius de Alopa, and Ghirlandi, who, beginning 1499, printed various works by Savonarola... Read More
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![L'idea della architettura universale, di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto veneto divisa in X. libri [...] Parte seconda Dell'esquisitezza de' cinque ordini ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/539/1680539809.0.l.jpg)
L'idea della architettura universale, di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto veneto divisa in X. libri [...] Parte seconda Dell'esquisitezza de' cinque ordini ..
by Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1552-1616)
Venice: Giorgio Valentini, 1615. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary vellum (soiled, with small stains and two small wormholes in the upper cover, tiny nick at head of spine, corners bumped.) A very nice copy, printed on high quality paper, with scattered marginal soiling, a few minor stains and marginal tears (lvs. H6 and N2 in Pt. II), and a damp-stain with a mild tide-line affecting the last five gatherings. The first title is soiled in the... Read More
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Rosa Ursina sive Sol ex Admirando Facularum & Macularum suarum Phoenomeno varius…Libris quatuor…
by Scheiner, Christoph (1573 or 1575 – 1650)
Bracciano: [Privately Printed by] Andreas Phaeus, 1626 to, 1630. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. An excellent copy. Bound in contemporary vellum, lacking ties (a few wormholes to the lower cover, small puncture and a little rumpling along the fore-edge of the upper cover.) Complete with the errata leaf and blanks F4, R6 & 4I6 (b3 bound after c2, few small tears, a some scattered toning and foxing, a few inconsequential blemishes). With an early German manuscript shelf label –... Read More
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Salmacis, Lyrian & Sylvia, Forsaken Lydia, the Rape of Helen, a Comment thereon with Several other Poems and Translations
by Sherburne, Sir Edward (1618-1702) trans
London: Printed by W. Hunt, for Thomas Dring, at the sign of the George, near Cliffords-Inn in Fleetstreet, 1651. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Hardcover. Fine. A very good, crisp copy, complete with the etched frontispiece, bound in contemporary sheepskin (spine repaired, some surface abrasion, mild wear to extremities). Minor blemishes as follows: light dampstain to leaves B6-7 and gathering G; small, light stains on leaves D1, E, G8. A few other scattered blemishes. Margins of final three gatherings... Read More
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![ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΑΙ ΕΠΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΙΔΙΑΙ. [Works in Greek] Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis, & cum Latinis Ioach. Camerarij. Annotationes Henrici Stephani in Sophoclem & Euripidem, seorsum excusae, simul prodeunt](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/744/1326744580.0.l.jpg)
ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΑΙ ΕΠΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΙΔΙΑΙ. [Works in Greek] Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis, & cum Latinis Ioach. Camerarij. Annotationes Henrici Stephani in Sophoclem & Euripidem, seorsum excusae, simul prodeunt
by Sophocles (496-406 B.C.)
Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1568. FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. FIRST ESTIENNE EDITION. Bound in contemporary English calfskin, ruled in blind and with a small arabesque at the center of each board and fleurs-de-lis at the angles of the central compartments. There is wear to the boards and minor restoration to the upper hinge, as well as a small leather repair to the lower board. The corners are bumped with loss to the leather; rear joint cracked but firm.... Read More
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![Τραγῳδίαι ἑπτὰ μετὰ σχολίων παλαιῶν καὶ πάνυ ὠφελίμων. Tragoediae septem, cum interpretationibus vetustis & valde utilibus […]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/530/723/1522723530.13.l.jpg)
Τραγῳδίαι ἑπτὰ μετὰ σχολίων παλαιῶν καὶ πάνυ ὠφελίμων. Tragoediae septem, cum interpretationibus vetustis & valde utilibus […]
by Sophocles (496-406 B.C.E.)
Frankfurt: Peter Braubach, 1544. FIRST BRAUBACH EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards dated 1546. The boards are blind-ruled in compartments and elaborately tooled with decorative rolls (the Crucifixion, King David -dated 1543, John the Baptist, urns, interlocking sheaves of wheat, and small floral stamps (binding moderately soiled, lacking one clasp, small defects at extremities). Internally a fine, broad-margined copy with a few deckled edges (title lightly soiled, some very minor light soiling or... Read More
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Relation des missions des PP. de la Compagnie de Iesus dans les isles, & dans la terre ferme de l'Amerique Meridionale. Divisée en deux parties. Avec une introduction à la langue des Galibis Sauvages de la terre ferme de l'Amerique
by SOUTH AMERICA CARIBBEAN. Pelleprat, Pierre, S.J. (1606-1667)
Paris: Chez S. Cramoisy & G. Cramoisy, 1655. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy in its original binding of 17th c. mottled French calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label (minor wear to the spine.) Fine and fresh with just the occasional small rust spot. Engraved arms of the dedicatee, Nicolas Fouquet, on the second leaf. First edition of this rare relation describing the Jesuit missions in the Caribbean and on the South American mainland, providing... Read More
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Three works bound together: I. The Shepheards Calender (1591); II. The Faerie Queene (1596); III. Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595)
by Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1559)
London: Various printers (details below). 1591-, 1596. A remarkable volume containing 3 separately-printed works, including the first editions of the second part (Cantos 4-6) of The Faerie Queene (1596) and Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 17th c. calf, the boards gilt-ruled in compartments with ornamental tools at the corners and a large stamp of the Tudor arms at the center of each board (hinges and endcaps restored, corners bumped, later label, lacking ties).... Read More
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The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: together with the other Works of England's Arch-Poet
by Spenser, Edmund (ca.1552-1599)
[London]: By H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1611-, 1613. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, second issue (see below for issue points). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th c. sprinkled calfskin, gilt, hinges discreetly repaired, mild wear to corners and extremities. The boards are ruled in gold, with shell ornaments at the corners and a gilt arabesque at the center. The text itself is in very nice condition, lightly pressed, with a few trivial blemishes and small rust holes to four leaves... Read More
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Magnificentissimi spectaculi, a Regina Regum Matre in hortis suburbanis editi, in Henrici Regis Poloniae invictissimi nuper renunciati gratulationem, Descriptio. Io. Aurato Poeta Regio Autore
by SPLENDID CEREMONIES. Dorat, Jean (1508-1588); Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-85)
Paris: Ex officina Federici Morelli Typograhi Regii, 1573. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in red morocco by René Aussourd. Gilt turn-ins, title and date tooled in gold on spine. A truly excellent copy with only discreet repairs to the upper margin of bifolium F2-3, not affecting the images. Beautifully illustrated. An illustrated account of the spectacular ballet staged by Catherine de Médicis for the Polish ambassadors in the Jardin des Tuileries in August 1573, on the occasion of... Read More
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Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines
by Strada, Jacopo (1507-1588); Gessner, Andreas (1513-1559)
Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1559. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary limp vellum (mild soiling, a bit rumpled, re-cased, endpapers renewed, lacking ties), the boards blind-ruled with a large central compartment with small tools at the corners and a central armorial stamp. (re-cased, endpapers renewed) A fine copy with light marginal soiling and minor foxing. The individual leaves are on guards, with some early staining and small paper flaws in the innermost part of the gutter. Discreet marginal... Read More
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The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie
by Tacitus, Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius (ca. 56 – ca .115 A.D.); Savile, Sir Henry (1549-1622)
London: By Arn. Hatfield, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598. Hardcover. Fine. [Bound with, as issued:] The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Fower Bookes of The Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola. The second edition. London: [By Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598 Folio: 30 x 20.7 cm. [8], 271, [1] p. (1st 2 p. blank) Collation: [par.]⁴ A-Y⁶ Z⁴(1st leaf blank save sig. mark); [6], 12, 227, [3]... Read More
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θουκυδιδησ μετα σχολιων... Thucydides Cum Scholiis…
by Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)
Basel: Ex Officina Hervagiana, 1540. THIRD EDITION IN GREEK (1st ed. 1502). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (lightly soiled, some surface abrasions, discreet repairs to hinges). The binding is stamped with the date 1542 and the initial M. The boards are ruled in compartments, with blind-stamped figurative rolls featuring female personifications of Prudence (holding a mirror) and Justice (with her scales), as well as Christ, Moses, and Lucretia plunging her a sword into hear breast. Further... Read More
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Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio
by Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)
Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the ‘grecs du roi’ types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. The boards are framed by a single gold fillet. Central, wreath-like cartouches, also gilt, are stamped at the centers of both boards.... Read More
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Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio
by Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)
Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the ‘grecs du roi’ types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, tall copy in contemporary blind-ruled vellum, edges of the text block sprinkled red and blue. The text is in very nice condition, lightly toned, with... Read More
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![Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore & architetto aretino; parte prima e seconda [-terza] ; in questa nuoua edizione diligentemente riviste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/563/744/1326744563.0.l.jpg)
Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti di Giorgio Vasari, pittore & architetto aretino; parte prima e seconda [-terza] ; in questa nuoua edizione diligentemente riviste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine
by Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)
Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1647. THIRD EDITION (1st ed. 1550) and the SECOND ILLUSTRATED EDITION (1st 1568) of Vasari’s “Lives”. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in three uniform bindings of contemporary stiff vellum, somewhat soiled. The text is in overall fine condition, with some light browning, occasional foxing, and a few marginal damp-stains. The three volumes are illustrated throughout with the well-known woodcut portraits of the artists set within ornate frames. For this edition the editor,... Read More
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Indicazione Antiquaria del Pontificio Museo Pio-Clementino in Vaticano, stesa da Pasquale Mass Cesenate Custode del Museo Stesso/ Catalogue Indicatif des Antiquitès Composant Le Musèe Pie-Clèmentin au Vatican par Paschal Massi de Cesèns Garde du dit Musèe
by VATICAN MUSEUMS [Clement XIV, Pope (reg. 1769-1774); Pius VI, Pope (reg. 1775-1799)] Massi, Pasquale, da Cesena
Rome: Presso Lazzarini, 1792. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Printed on blue paper. In contemporary mottled calf, the spine and boards tooled in gold. A very fine copy of the very rare first catalogue of the Museo Pio-Clementino - founded by Pope Clement XIV in 1771 and greatly expanded his successor by Pius VI-, written for the use of visitors by the keeper of the museum, Pasquale Massi of Cesena. Rare. The Museo Pio-Clementino was the first major curatorial... Read More
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