Napoli: A spese di Giuseppe Ponzelli, 1746. Six volumes in five; folio (42.5cm.); uniformly bound in full contemporary vellum, gilt spine lettering, all edges speckled grey and orange; collated and complete (collation available upon request); engraved illus., head- and tail-pieces, and initials throughout. Minor wear, chiefly at corners, textblock occasionally..... More

Venice: "Presso gli Editori Sopraindicati Rio Terrà S. Toma al N. 1652," [c. 1830]. (The "editori sopraindicati" are not named, though space is allotted on the front panel for an individual bookseller's name.) Quarto volume of 48 engravings, each on its own leaf, with additional portfolio of 18 loose engravings..... More

Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi Editore, 1927. First Edition, one of 200 copies printed. Octavo (25x17x1cm); 79pp, including appendix and index. Laid paper wrappers of warm limestone gray, imprinted with publisher's elegant naval emblem and motto: Ventis Secundis—Under Favoring Winds. B&W portrait of Vico as frontispiece. Entirely in Italian. Covers shows..... More

Venezia: Nella Stamperia Remondini, 1758. First Italian Edition. Two volumes in one; 12mo (15.5cm.); full contemporary vellum retaining original endpapers; xii,216;420pp. (*6 A-I12, A-R12 S6 [Q signature missigned P]); nine folding plates of engravings, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Vellum rather stained with some loss along fore-edge of rear cover..... More

Hardcover. Napoli: Dalla Tipograpfia Masi, 1817. Octavo; [iv], 402p +1 errori at back. Engraved portrait frontis. Brown boards with leather spine and gilt lettering. Joints splitting with amateur rust-colored tape repair over spine ends and down front joint. Boards otherwise edgeworn with a few bumps and  the starts of a...... More

Rome: Edizioni Punctum, 2005. First Edition. Signed by photographer on title page, which is gathered with text at the end rather than the beginning of the volume. Octavo; unpaginated [76pp + xiii]. Sixty-two full-page photographs in color and B&W. Ancillary text in parallel Italian and English. Coated paper on boards;..... More

Milano: Presso Luigi Cioffi Editore-Libraio, 1860. Seconda Edizione. Small 12mo (16cm.); contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, gilt spine, all edges speckled (briefly bleeding to text block); 215pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Some general shelf wear, small contemporary private library spine label; overall Very Good and sound. Uncommon edition of this popular account..... More

Milano: Dalla Società Tipografica de'Classici Italiani, 1822. 32mo (11cm.); full contemporary gilt-tooled morocco, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges gilt; 127pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Ex-British Embassy of Rome with their bookplate to front free endpaper, leather scuffed at extremities and joints significantly rubbed and cracked, 1cm. loss at spine..... More