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

New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo. 549 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Green boards stamped in gilt; red topstain. Dust jacket chipped and creased with several short tears; general rubbing and spotting. Boards worn at extremities with fading to edges and general soiling..... More

Torino: Gianini e Fiore, 1849. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); late 19th-century parchment, gilt-lettered spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers; [12],498pp. Parchment margins and spine a bit toned, scattered foxing to textblock, ownership signature to front free endpaper verso, else a Very Good copy. History of the pre-Reformation Waldensian ascetic..... More

Venezia: Presso Antonio Zattae Figli, 1791. First Edition. Small octavo (16cm.); later period-style parchment, two olive gilt-lettered morocco spine onlays, speckled endpapers; [8],196 [but 296]pp. ([*]4 A-S8 T4); steel engraved medallion to title page, fifteen engraved scenes printed in text throughout. Light wear to extremities, chiefly at corners, else a...... More

[Rome?]: Il Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale, [ca. 1943]. Printed broadside [26.25x42cm]. Light edgewear, creasing, and smudging; surface tears to rear with very faint adhesive remnant suggesting contemporary use; Very Good. Il Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale was an anti-fascist political and military organization formed in Italy in 1943 to support..... More

Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1726. Folio (34.5cm.); full contemporary parchment, tan gilt-lettered spine label, spine in seven compartments; [6],632pp. (collated complete); woodcut publisher's device to title page signed in image "G.P.," initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Parchment a bit scuffed and soiled, horizontal crack to spine crown, contemporary ownership..... More

Naples? ca. 1730. Small quarto (21cm.); full contemporary parchment, tan gilt spine label, all edges speckled red and blue; 80pp. (collated complete). Parchment a bit dust-soiled, neat splitting along top edge of boards, early 20th century ex libris to front pastedown, else a Very Good, internally fresh copy. Rather..... More

Napoli: Montanino Editore, ca. 1960. Slim octavo; pictorial card chemise containing [6]pp. of text and eight color plates. Light wear and soil to chemise, else Very Good, contents clean and fine. Collection of costume plates depicting the various uniforms of 18th century Bourbon army regiments, all by the same..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Third printing of this text in English. Quarto; tan cloth boards stamped in red, black, and green; Illustrated endpapers; [406]pp. No dust jacket. Illustrations, many color, throughout. Edgewear with brief exposure; general soiling; binding sound and pages unmarked. Overall a very good and sound..... More

Firenze [Florence]: Nella Stamperia Bonducciana, 1782. First Edition. Small octavo; contemporary mottled calf over marbled paper-covered boards, green and white gilt spine labels, all edges speckled red, marbled endpapers; 378pp.; woodcut title page device, initials, head- and tail-pieces. Darkened spine leather dried and starting to crack along joints, exposure at..... More

New York: Basic Books, 1962. First American Edition of the Dorothy L. Sayers translation. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's black cloth, spines titled in black, red, and gilt, housed in original paper-covered slipcase with printed paper paste-on to upper panel; black and white plates by William Blake throughout. Spines quite sunned..... More

London: William Smith, 1844. A New Edition, Corrected. Small octavo (17.5cm); rustic late 19th-century Arts and Crafts-style binding of tan roan over paper-covered boards; [2],iv,[2],562,[18]pp. Binding a bit bowed, rubbed and unevenly mottled, small chip at spine foot, hinges reinforced at a later date; About Very Good overall. "Bound by..... More

Venezia [Venice]: Per Steffano Monti, 1715. First Thus. Octavo (17.5cm); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling; [8],92,108 [i.e. 208],160,[42]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete); one engrave plate, woodcut title page device, initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Binding rather soiled and worn with losses at spine ends, textblock rather shaken..... More