Genova: Pietro Giovanni Calenzani, in Piazza nuova, 1667. First Edition. Quarto (21cm.); contemporary limp parchment recently rebacked; [16],300pp. (collated complete); engraved half title page signed in image by Domenico Piola, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Parchment a bit cracked along spine edges where the original binding meets the new..... More
London: Mandrake Press, 1929. First Mandrake Edition Limited to 550 copies of which this is no. 265. Large quarto (29cm.); publisher's limp green gilt-embossed pictorial parchment, all edges gilt; xlix,[1],160pp.; twenty (20) leaves of full-color plates (collated complete), additional color vignettes at the head of each chapter. Parchment rather soiled..... More
Napoli [Naples]: Publicati da Raffaele Gargiulo, 1842. Later printing. Quarto (28cm.); 19th-century green textured boards (recased), gilt-lettered spine; title page & 160 leaves of plates (collated complete), including one folding; volume bound with 12pp. contemporary manuscript index in rear providing the names of each artwork depicted in the plates, as..... More
London: William Heinemann, [1999]. First U.K. Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [8],232pp. Just a hint of shelf wear, textblock a shade toned due to inferior paper quality, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on..... More
Antverpiae [Antwerp]: Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1622. First Edition. Quarto (24cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling; [16],202,[4]pp. (collated complete); engraved title page signed in image "Pet. Paul. Rubenius pinxit," woodcut initials throughout. Ex-Vatican Library with their 19th-century shelf labels and deaccessioned rubberstamps throughout, leather ties perished, textblock a bit browned..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1935]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream printed price-clipped dust jacket; 315pp. General chipping and edge wear to margins including small loss mid-spine panel not approaching text, another small loss to rear panel affecting text without loss of meaning, flap folds and spine..... More
Venezia [Venice]: Presso Niccolò Pezzana, 1736. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo (16cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling; 311,[1]; [4],335,[9]pp. Textblock significantly shaken and starting to separate from binding, parchment darkened along spine, small ink stain to textblock fore-edge, light foxing throughout, else Good to Very Good overall... More
Venetia [Venice]: Nicolo Pezzana, 1674. "In questa ultima Impressione, con ogni diligenza rivisti, e corretti." 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine in four compartments, all edges speckled red; 650,[20](collated complete); added engraved title page depicting St. George slaying the dragon, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Binding a...... More
![Item #31238 Vetustiora Latinorum Scriptorium Chronica [Two Volume Set]. Thomas Roncallius, ed](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31238.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1732209993)
Patavii [Padua]: Apud Jo. Baptistam, et Filios Penada, 1787. First Edition. Two volumes; large quartos (29cm.); contemporary parchment over block-printed paper-covered boards, tan gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled red; collated complete; text printed in double columns. Ex-St. Charles Seminary Library with spine shelf labels and rather extensive rubber-stamping throughout..... More
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Firenze [Florence]: [Bartolommeo di Libri], 1494. Small quarto (21cm.); contemporary paneled calf crudely rebacked in gilt-tooled calf sometime in the 17th century; [222]pp. (of 224), collated and lacking pictorial title page, otherwise complete. Leather worn along margins with some shallow exposure, panelling partly effaced, textblock a bit finger-soiled and shaken..... More
![Item #31209 Misreadings [Signed]. Umberto Eco, William Weaver, trans](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31209.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731447492)
San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. First English Language Edition. 12mo (19 cm); 180pp. White illustrated card wrappers with French flaps and price intact ($12.95). Covers lightly scuffed and rubbed with minor shelfwear to bottom margin. Toning to top edge and wrappers bowing up at fore edge. Pages clean..... More