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

Three volumes in one. Folio (34.5cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt emblem to both boards of an "A.R.", gilt-ruled spine in five compartments; woodcut title page vignettes and initials throughout. Leather rather worn with mid-19th century repairs to extremities, else a Very Good example of three early Parisian editions of the..... More

[Verona]: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, [1948]. Nuova Editione, Ampliata e Aggiornata. Two volumes; quarto (25.75cm.); publisher's red gilt-embossed pictorial cloth; xv,[1],509,[2],[510]-1002pp.; 10 leaves of color plates (tissue guards), illus. throughout of text. Some internal and external foxing, front hinge of Vol. 1 a bit weak, else Very Good and..... 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

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. First Edition. Octavo. 575 pp. Black and white photographs and illustraitons, complete. Black cloth stamped in green and gilt; dark topstain; map endpapers. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to edges with some scuffing to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More

Roveta [Rovetta]: Negli Occhi Santi di Bice, 1820. Three octavo volumes in one. 612 pp. + 3pp. emendazioni. Continuously paginated. Frontis portrait depicting the "Three Crowns" of Italian literature, Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Vellum binding decorated in gilt with hand-painted cover depicting Dante holding a copy of the Divine..... More

Florence: Alinari Brothers, 1904. Quarto; 158pp. Monochrome plates throughout. Blind-embossed cream cloth-covered boards with red lettering. Covers bumped at corners, with concave bow to front board and both bowing outward at fore-edge. Opens easily to between a few gatherings, but binding is still holding soundly. Pages a bit toned but..... More

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; xvi + 693pp, including 27 appendices (on Intelligence structure; U-boats; bombing; air offensive; the Nuremberg raid; etc.) and index. Ten tipped-in fold-out maps or site plans, several in six colors. Coated black dust jacket; hunter green cloth with gilt spine lettering..... More

Senigallia: Tipografia Lazzarini, 1837. First Edition. Octavo; [vi] + xlvi + 234pp. Engraved portrait of Arsilli as frontispiece. Quarter bound in sea-green leather with small leather corners. Boards in coordinated stone-marbled paper; textblock faintly speckled on all edges in same sea-green. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine; title set off..... More

Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981. Uniquely bound copy. First Edition (of which 3000 copies were printed); this copy bound as gift presentation in 1981, upon first publication. Octavo (27.5x21x3.5cm); 334pp, including artist-specific bibliographies and index. Multiple paintings reproduced in B&W for each of the 27 painters within the Baltimore..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black buckram, upper cover and spine stamped in red; xi,[1],250pp. Minor discoloration to cloth, light shelf wear, later (1993) ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon treatise on modern education by Giovanni..... More

Boston: J.G. Cupples Co., 1890. Second Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's half grey cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers, white pictorial wrappers bound in (as issued); [4],168,[8](ads)pp. Light rubbing to boards, faint soil to upper cover, corners and spine ends bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound..... More

Milano: Nicolò Bettoni, 1828. Two volumes in one; 24mo (12.5cm.); contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, all edges speckled; 163, 141pp. Light wear to spine edges with tiny chips at crown, small early 20th-century private library spine label, faint foxing to preliminaries, else a Very Good, internally fresh copy..... More